Chapter 53

Hearing the sound made by the guy who attacked her, Uraraka Shige was immediately startled.

Although his body was still unable to move, his mind had become increasingly focused and clear due to the series of events that had occurred. He would probably regain control of his body in just a few minutes.

While Uraraka Shige was astonished that the person who broke into his home and attacked him was someone who sounded about the same age as him, Ochaco, who was fighting the intruder, also noticed something was amiss.

Who are you?!

Ochaco's attitude was somewhat fierce, but it made some people feel that her questioning was rather charming and cute.

For Ochaco, the intruder's voice sounded somewhat familiar, which surprised her, but more than that, it gave her a sense of familiarity, as if she heard it every day, but only unintentionally. She and the owner of the voice were not very familiar with each other.

Meanwhile, the intruder, whose true identity was subtly revealed by the sound he instinctively uttered, simply stared at Ochaco, silently stood up, and remained silent, his hidden expression remaining completely undetectable.

Whew~

The intruder launched another attack, creating a slight gust of wind. Although it was unclear whether it was out of rage or simply his Quirk, he clearly intended to incapacitate Ochaco as well.

Ochaco endured the pain in her hand and continued to deal with the intruder.

The voice sounded somewhat familiar to Ochaco. The intruder was extremely insidious, constantly harassing Ochaco with Uraraka Shige, who was lying on the sofa and temporarily unable to move. Moreover, whenever Ochaco dodged his attacks, he would turn his missed attacks on Uraraka Shige on the sofa, forcing Ochaco to take his attacks head-on.

Each time Ochaco parried his attack, she would try to touch the intruder directly with the fleshy part of her fingertip in order to activate her 'Quirk' and instantly disable the intruder's ability to continue attacking her and Uraraka Shige.

However, each time, the intruder evaded it decisively. In fact, to avoid Ochaco's seemingly insignificant attack methods, the intruder would even deliberately give up some opportunities to directly attack Ochaco.

His behavior further convinced Ochaco that this intruder was indeed someone who was quite familiar with her, or at least had some understanding of her, including her 'Quirk'.

Time passed second by second. Even though the intruder did not have enough strength to launch a powerful attack due to his physical condition, and Ochaco also did some basic exercises with Uraraka Shige every day to improve her physical fitness, Ochaco's physical endurance and ability to withstand blows were much stronger than some children of the same age who did not exercise often.

Even so, Ochaco's hands and arms, which she used to block the attacks, were still covered with numerous wounds from the blows. However, the sudden sense of responsibility she felt as an older sister, as well as her Uraraka Shige, meant that she was now so focused on protecting Uraraka Shige that she instinctively ignored the pain and was able to endure it for the time being.

The nearby sofa and coffee table were also damaged by the aftershocks of their battle. Uraraka Shige to the sounds of their fight and felt anxious.

"Ugh!"

Finally, as Ochaco cried out in pain once again, Uraraka Shige felt as if his spirit and will had suddenly broken through an invisible, intangible, and indescribable barrier. He felt much more Invigoration, and the heaviness in his body lessened considerably. He then felt as if he had regained control of his body, and in the next moment, he suddenly opened his eyes.

Uraraka Shige took a few heavy breaths to get more used to controlling her body, then struggled to sit up, shook her head vigorously, and looked at the intruder right in front of her, who was constantly attacking Ochaco.

Ochako, who was standing right in front of her, silently shielding her from the intruder's attacks and only twitching and letting out a muffled Ochaco when her hands were hit, was instantly consumed by a surge of rage as she felt extremely frustrated from being unable to do anything while lying on the sofa.

"Hit!"

Seeing that the intruder's stick was about to land on Ochaco's arms, which she had forcibly raised in front of her, Uraraka Shige suddenly activated his 'Quirk'. By abruptly reversing the direction of Gravity acting on the stick and simultaneously amplifying that Gravity, he slowed the stick's downward swing.

"Smack~"

The next moment, Ochaco, who was bracing herself for the pain of the wooden stick striking her arms again, heard a sound that was subtly different from the one she had heard when she was hit by the stick before. Her arms, which had been throbbing with pain from the repeated attacks and were now slightly numb, no longer felt the pain of being struck by the stick.

A hand reached out from behind her, from below, and steadily caught the wooden stick in the intruder's hand, protecting her. It held the stick tightly, not giving it a chance to slip out of its grasp like she had.

When Ochaco saw this scene, she was immediately overwhelmed by an almost endless surge of surprise and joy. She knew that Uraraka Shige had woken up.

Ochaco, who trusted her younger brother implicitly, immediately relaxed from her tense and serious demeanor.

Then, the pain that had been suppressed by her body's instincts during the battle surged up again, causing Ochaco to cry out in pain. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she swayed as she sat down on the sofa, curling up and protecting her arms with them, as if that would lessen the pain in her arms.

After catching the wooden stick that the intruder had lashed at her, Uraraka Shige didn't hesitate to remove the 'Heavy Shackles' that had been binding her. Reducing the Burden on her body, she pulled hard and, relying on her physical strength which was several times greater than Ochaco's, forcibly pulled the wooden stick from the intruder's hand and gripped it tightly in her own.

Then, Uraraka Shige's eyes almost spit fire, filled with resentment and anger, as she stared intently at the intruder who was wearing a cover and whose voice was very soft. She showed no mercy because of the intruder's seemingly lowly status, and even used her 'Quirk' to increase the power of her attack, going all out.

Without a doubt, given Uraraka Shige's strength, coupled with the amplification effect of his 'Quirk', if this attack had landed squarely, the intruder would at least have been injured and rendered unconscious.

However, whether it was Ochaco's cry of pain or something else, Uraraka Shige's attention was momentarily diverted. In addition, the guy's dodging was quite agile, so this counterattack did not successfully hit the intruder. It only grazed him, causing the intruder to suffer a scratch and also causing the intruder's disguise to fall off his face.

If this doesn't work, I'll just pretend I never wrote this chapter and delete everything... I'm completely lost... It's driving me crazy...