The Sanatorium

The saying goes, "Three days, three days, then three more days, and then another three days after that."

When you don't know what to do, just create a new three-day period.

Three days can solve everything. What? No? Then take another three days!

In short, with this thought in mind, another three days passed.

Uraraka Shige and the others stood at the entrance of a ridiculously large sanatorium. According to Chisaki Kai's investigation, this should be the place where those three powerful figures were located... that is, the place where the leader of the Shie Hassaikai was imprisoned.

The sanatorium is located on the outskirts of the city, so that in the event of a battle, it will neither affect the stability of the city nor prevent the police and 'heroes' from being unable to provide support in time.

It can be said that the sanatorium must have foreseen the battle that would follow when it was first established.

"This is the place, ostensibly a sanatorium, but actually used to detain various special individuals."

"The Chief of Staff was detained on the outermost perimeter, which was actually a sanatorium."

Chisaki Kai was wearing a long, hooded robe with a bird-beak mask peeking out from under the hood, making him look exactly like a medieval Western Plague Doctor.

What he meant by the outermost perimeter was actually the outermost ring of buildings within the entire nursing home.

But that was all he knew.

"... that's all?"

Despite clinging to his Eri, Uraraka Shige was still dressed as the 'Death Omen Star,' except that several pitch-black spheres had appeared around him, revolving around him in a very regular manner, like celestial bodies.

Eri, on the other hand, did not have this kind of costume that made her look like she was going to a masquerade ball.

She simply washed up properly, made herself smell nice, and changed into a decent set of warm clothes. Although she was still very thin, she looked much cuter than she had three days ago.

Moreover, after these three days of contact, she had gained some understanding of Uraraka Shige, or rather, 'Death Omen Star'. Even when Uraraka Shige her in his arms, she was no longer so nervous that her whole body stiffened. She even had the mood to turn her head and look around the sanatorium.

"Was Grandpa locked up here?"

Eri's voice was still trembling slightly, showing that she was still afraid of her current situation.

"Yes. We're going to rescue your grandfather now."

Uraraka Shige to understand this quite well, offered a word of comfort, and then, carrying Eri, walked into the sanatorium.

Their swaggering behavior was immediately captured by the security cameras outside the nursing home, which were supposed to be used for cover.

Chisaki Kai had not anticipated Uraraka Shige's actions and remained silent for a moment, but still quickly took two steps to follow.

This is not in line with the plan.

Uraraka Shige's reckless behavior was not just inconsistent with his original plan; it completely contradicted the plan they had previously agreed upon.

However, Uraraka Shige did not stop his progress because of this.

"No, this is exactly what I planned... my plan."

Now, Uraraka Shige needs to continue to uphold the name of 'Death Omen Star'. He also needs to recruit many powerful individuals. He cannot complete his revenge alone, much less be crowned king alone. He must find enough helpers... just like 'AFO' back then.

His plan was to storm through the sanatorium's "instance," or at least breach its outer perimeter.

This will likely allow him to recruit a large number of people.

As for the loyalty of these personnel?

He is no longer the soft-hearted man he was three years ago.

So, does loyalty really matter?

He just needs manpower.

The outer wall of the sanatorium was about a dozen steps away from him. Even if Uraraka Shige walked there little by little, it wouldn't take much time. So, after only three to five seconds, the outer wall of the sanatorium was already very close to Uraraka Shige, as if he could reach it.

Uraraka Shige then raised his hand and gently beckoned. A jet-black sphere that had been orbiting him silently broke away from its original trajectory and rushed towards the outer wall in front of him. Just before it made contact with the outer wall, it rapidly expanded and enlarged.

Then it crashed straight into the wall, passed straight through the outer wall, and created a hole more than a meter long in the outer wall.

The sphere then shrank along with the outer wall that had been Compress to its center, returning to its original trajectory.

After Uraraka Shige materialized Gravity, due to its internal Gravity structure, these jet-black materialized Gravity spheres all possessed the properties of Chaotic Gravity Field, allowing them to exist permanently and influence the surrounding natural Gravity, assimilating it into their own part.

It also possesses the property of Compress objects affected by Gravity into the interior of the sphere.

Doesn't it look remarkably similar to Black Hole?

But in reality, this is far inferior to Black Hole...

Uraraka Shige kept walking, carrying Eri through the large hole in the outer wall, thus officially entering the courtyard of the sanatorium.

Chisaki Kai followed suit and entered quickly.

The courtyard of this sanatorium was neither filled with ambushes nor completely empty; rather, it was like any ordinary sanatorium, with a few trees scattered about.

The trees were all small, like they had only been planted a few years ago. There were also several lawns arranged according to the nine palaces and eight trigrams of the country where Uraraka Shige Shang Shi was born.

Outside the saplings and lawn, there was a pebble path, with benches made from the logs of small tree trunks, painted the original wood color with chemical dyes, which felt somewhat ironic and funny.

The natural wood color is actually more widely recognized as the natural wood color than the natural color of the wood itself.

On these rows of natural wood benches, a few patients are scattered about, receiving treatment and care.

Most of them were elderly, with two or three children whose appearances were not immediately apparent. There were more adults than children, a total of four or five, all of whom should be in their prime.

At this moment, all the patients were staring at Uraraka Shige and his two companions who were walking in through the large hole in the outer wall. The children, who were probably playing around, were also watching them.

Quietly.

Seeing Uraraka Shige felt no fear whatsoever; instead, she let out two deliberately eerie laughs.

Given his voice, his deliberate, eerie laughter sounded more like a ghost than a ghost himself.

Eri was already frightened by the quiet scene in the sanatorium courtyard, and when she heard Uraraka Shige's laughter, her petite body stiffened instantly.

After Chisaki Kai entered, he was naturally subjected to the inhumane stares of the patients, but his expression remained extremely indifferent, and he continued to maintain a blank expression.

On the contrary, Uraraka Shige suddenly stopped laughing the moment he felt the body of the Eri he was holding stiffen, and instead coughed twice in a low voice.

Then he turned to look at the group of patients in the courtyard, took a deep breath, and roared out with a murderous intent that was still hoarse and muffled.

What are you all looking at?!