Goal? Plan? Persuasion.

Chisaki Kai emerged from the alley as usual and returned to his temporary safe haven nestled in the cracks of the city.

Just as he placed his hand on the doorknob, as he had done in the previous days, intending to open the door directly, a black ball suddenly shot out from behind him without making a sound, grazing past his ear and disappearing into the doorway.

A smooth, neatly trimmed, and seemingly deep hole had silently appeared in the door.

About the size of a baby's fist.

"..."

Chisaki Kai knew that after hiding for several days, he had finally been caught by a very troublesome guy.

He turned around and looked behind him.

Just as expected!

Behind him, a figure with a fluttering cloak and swirling Kurogiri, who appeared to be of short stature and wearing a hood, obscuring facial features and limbs, stood where he had just passed.

"Ha~ I didn't expect to meet you here."

In the arms of this figure, a small figure was being held.

Chisaki Kai knew who it was; it was Eri, his nominal adopted daughter.

However, he is now a member of 'Death Omen Star'... Of course, he has absolutely no connection with Thunder Bluff or anything like that.

The 'Death Omen Star' spoke in a very calm tone, so even though his words should have been surprising, they didn't sound surprising or astonishing at all.

Therefore, Chisaki Kai was not fooled by Uraraka Shige and exposed 'Death Omen Star's' hypocritical act without hesitation.

"You've been following me all this way, haven't you?"

Chisaki Kai's attitude was also cold, not at all like someone who had abandoned them not long ago and was now being sought out.

This also shows that he didn't take the fact that he left them alone after achieving his goal at the sanatorium to heart at all.

His attitude thus displeased Uraraka Shige.

"Well... is it really that cold? Although we haven't been apart for a long time, and our relationship isn't so close that a day apart feels like three autumns... shouldn't someone who made a mistake at least show some basic apology and remorse?"

But whatever, I didn't follow you all this way for that reason anyway.

Uraraka Shige looked at Chisaki Kai intently, without dwelling on his attitude.

"Let's go, it's time to start the plan. We agreed that you would join me, or have you changed your mind?"

But Chisaki Kai clearly didn't care what Uraraka Shige said about him... whether it was his attitude or anything else.

"Give back the Eri."

He was simply asking 'Death Omen Star' for the Eri it was holding.

The team leader he rescued was very concerned about this little cutie.

Uraraka Shige's eyes were hidden under his hood, and bandages were wrapped around them, making it impossible to discern his gaze or expression.

He could feel the little one in his arms trembling slightly after hearing Chisaki Kai's words, clearly showing his fear of Chisaki Kai.

He himself was very dissatisfied with Chisaki Kai's behavior at the time and his attitude and reaction now.

"Fine... fine, that's settled then... I knew you wouldn't keep your promise. So be it."

As he said this, Uraraka Shige helplessly spread his hands, seemingly about to give up. However, the black ball behind Chisaki Kai started spinning and flew towards them.

The black ball swept past the door, creating another hole in it, still silently, while Uraraka Shige continued to distract Chisaki Kai.

"The more I develop my 'Quirk,' the more I understand a principle. It's not simply a matter of whether I'm human or not, but rather that everything has a limit, and the closer you get to that limit, the more difficult it becomes to grow further."

Chisaki Kai was indeed drawn to his words. He frowned and looked at Uraraka Shige, then hesitated before speaking.

What do you mean?

Upon Uraraka Shige, dressed as the 'Death Omen Star,' suddenly burst into laughter for no apparent Eri, startling the already nervous Huai Li in his arms.

"... What I mean is very simple. I've developed a lot of interesting moves and techniques based on my 'Quirk'... For example, this one, I call 'Jade'!"

Uraraka Shige suddenly started shouting loudly, his voice as unpleasant as ever.

Chisaki Kai was momentarily distracted by Uraraka Shige's sudden loud voice, but was quickly snapped back to reality by a sense of urgency.

It's behind me!

Chisaki Kai threw the bread in his arms aside, then crouched and rolled to the other side. The moment his palm touched the ground, he activated his 'Quirk'. A row of messy ground spikes rapidly multiplied and grew from his position in the direction of Uraraka Shige.

However, the sense of danger coming from behind changed direction, and Chisaki Kai had no choice but to interrupt his 'Quirk' and continue to dodge the attacks that were emanating a strong sense of danger from behind.

The black sphere behind Chisaki Kai, under the control of Uraraka Shige, relentlessly pursued Chisaki Kai. At the same time, another black sphere quietly dissolved, dispersing into Kurogiri, providing almost complete protection for himself and Eri. Uraraka Shige himself even lifted Eri into the air, preventing most of the attacks that Chisaki Kai could launch from the ground and the surrounding buildings.

Chisaki Kai being chased around on the ground by a small but deadly black ball, making him look quite pathetic.

He also tried to launch several attacks on the 'Death Omen Star', but all of them missed. He even tried several times to use his 'Quirk' to create something to block the source of the deadly crisis behind him, but he couldn't do it at all.

After running for several minutes, having exhausted himself, he realized that 'Death Omen Star' had no intention of killing him, so he simply stopped.

The black ball that had been chasing him for several minutes stopped right after he did.

"... What do you want?"

This time, it was Chisaki Kai who asked about the 'Death Omen Star' again.

Dressed as the 'Death Omen Star,' Uraraka Shige chuckles.

"Ha... You should have known this all along. Keep your promise, join me, help me get revenge, and together we'll do something big."

Chisaki Kai silent.

A moment later, Chisaki Kai picked up the bread he had thrown on the ground and dusted off the packaging... The bread was now a little cold, which made him sigh silently.

Who is the target of their revenge? And what is their plan?

Uraraka Shige remained silent for a moment, then decided to briefly and directly tell this 'young master' his goals and plans.

Then...

"'AFO'... Gathering manpower."

Yes, that's direct and concise enough.