Chapter 41

As times change and chaos ensues, so do the number of fools who lack common sense.

However, such chaos did not occur in this city at all.

Because the entire city has been taken over by members of 'Meta Liberation' without anyone noticing.

The energetic, sporty girl who just bought a drink from a vending machine on the street is a member of 'Meta Liberation'.

In the office building diagonally above, the office worker who is hunched over his desk, writing furiously, is a member of 'Meta Liberation'.

The owner of a 24-hour convenience store located in a storefront downstairs in an office building is a member of 'Meta Liberation'.

The homeless man huddled together, shivering and covered in filth, in a small alleyway diagonally opposite the convenience store was also a member of 'Meta Liberation'.

Apart from the few streets occupied by the remnants of 'AFO', the rest of the city has been completely ruled and conquered by 'Meta Liberation'.

Even the city's official secretary is a member of the 'Meta Liberation' group who was brought here in the last few months.

Outside the city, there are also 'united' forces that have already established a perimeter by leveraging their numbers to forcibly besiege it.

There are also those unknown members of organizations, and powerful individual enemies who have not yet joined any faction.

This is what 'Meta Liberation' has been preparing for over the past two months.

In comparison, the preparations made by Uraraka Shige seemed rather meager.

The Killer Cancer was ahead of everyone else; his 'Quirk' was enough to ensure he wouldn't face real death, making him excellent for scouting.

The surroundings were quiet, probably because the changes in the city had made 'AFO' prepared, and there were either traps or ambushes set up here.

In fact, both were used here.

As the Killer Cancer continued forward, the seemingly flat ground ahead suddenly sank, collapsing into a huge crater five inches long and five inches wide, with several booby traps at the bottom.

It is foreseeable that once someone falls into this place, there will be no chance of survival.

So the Killer Cancer's body twisted instantly, his muscles bulging and twitching. He somehow managed to leap into the air, avoiding falling into the pit with the mud and being engulfed by the flames from the booby trap explosion.

However, there was nowhere to gain leverage in mid-air.

Therefore, when faced with ninja shuriken flying from the nearby shadows and steel balls crackling with electricity, Killer Cancer had no way to dodge them.

At this time, his body had not yet grown up and he was powerless to resist the two hidden weapons, so he had no choice but to ask Uraraka Shige and others for help.

"Quick..."

He uttered only one word before suddenly falling silent.

A black ball had somehow flown in front of him, instantly growing to half a meter in size, swallowing the incoming ninja shuriken and electrified marbles, and then disappearing without a trace.

No one could see that Uraraka Shige's face, shrouded in Kurogiri, subtly changed the moment the black sphere swallowed the marble.

What caused the change in his expression?

An enemy who emerged from the shadows offered a smug explanation, revealing the answer.

"Magnetics can generate electricity, and electricity can generate magnetism. Once an electric current forms a magnetic field through a special method, I can adjust the current to influence the rotation of the magnetic field, thereby launching small metal objects."

Sparks crackled and popped from the enemy's palm.

"I call this technique the Railgun. However, I rarely use it in practice... because there isn't suitable ammunition... and also because I've developed a better technique."

Using a steel ball as a carrier, I manipulate an electric current to add a magnetic field to the ball. Once the steel ball hits the target, I can use the mutual attraction between the magnetic fields to ensure that all my attacks hit their mark.

Similarly, if a steel ball, also imbued with a magnetic field, hits the same person twice, it will cause the magnetic fields within the steel balls to interact and detonate each other, temporarily neutralizing some of the biomagnetic field.

In other words, just one steel ball is enough to hit a person, and the person hit will suffer a series of blows, causing most of their biomagnetic field to be disrupted and instantly stop.

The consequences of a organism's biomagnetic field ceasing are self-evident.

Unfortunately...

"But that thing..."

The enemy, whose palm crackled with electricity, pointed at the black sphere.

"It's confirmed. I have absolutely no chance of winning!"

He probably read a famous book called "On How to Say the Most Sincere Words in the Most 'Boo' Tone".

Even the ninja standing next to him was completely taken aback by this. For a moment, he stared blankly at his companion, who was running his electrified hands through his hair, making it crackle and pop, and who seemed to be enjoying it with a blissful expression.

Realizing what was happening, she quickly turned her head away, unable to bear looking at it.

She and this idiot don't know each other at all; they must be fake childhood sweethearts.

... but...

The enemy, who appeared to be a ninja, couldn't help but steal another glance at the incredibly stupid Bilibili guy beside her, whom she found utterly repulsive.

Why did God have to be so blind and give him a face that so easily arouses girls' impulses?

The ninja blushed slightly beneath his mask.

It seems someone once said that only she would swoon over a face like that.

... After the enemy with electric hands brushed through her hair, she followed up by brushing her hands across her sides, cheeks, collarbone, and other areas, her body twisting more seductively than a Tantric yoga master. In the end, she had no pose left to strike and could only stand awkwardly, looking in the direction of the Killer Cancer.

"Then please tell me the purpose of your visit."

While asking this aloud, she was secretly wondering why her foolish childhood friend hadn't understood her meaning and used that all-powerful smoke bomb to help her escape this dangerous situation.

Undoubtedly, his questioning of the Killer Cancer was merely an attempt to buy time, waiting for his childhood sweetheart to unleash their final move and escape this perilous place.

However, he made one mistake.

That is, he shouldn't have Killer Cancer as a means of stalling for time in the first place.

Caught completely off guard, he and the ninja were suddenly blasted apart by an immense force, both falling unconscious without a moment's delay.

Fortunately, at least their lives are safe.

So Uraraka Shige and his entourage of over ten thousand people marched in a grand procession toward the hiding place of 'AFO'.

With overwhelming force, they made no further attempt to conceal their intentions, determined to take down the resurrected 'AFO' in one fell swoop.

At this moment, however, they had no idea what awaited them ahead—whether it was a pleasant surprise or a nightmare that would haunt them forever.

But no matter what lies ahead, they will always have to move forward.