Sometimes It Was Better to Let Your Fists Do the Talking...

The rope behind him trembled slightly, giving Uraraka Shige a chilling feeling. He had no idea what had lurked behind him without his noticing.

What is that?

So, the instant Uraraka Shige sensed the movement behind her, she turned forward, took a step in a diving motion, and simultaneously reached behind her to grab the rope that was standing upright and waving like a snake. She pulled it in front of her and began to examine it closely.

As Uraraka Shige made these moves, Momotani Hanawa was also somewhat surprised that her control over the rope had been affected, and couldn't help but look at Uraraka Shige, who was examining the rope, with her beautiful eyes.

However, because of the location where Uraraka Shige was positioned, the light was blocked by the lush canopy behind him, so Momotani Hanawa was unable to see Uraraka Shige's appearance clearly.

"This rope..."

Uraraka Shige, examining it carefully in the moonlight for a while, but found nothing special. Just as she was about to casually toss the rope aside, she suddenly remembered that the girl named Momotani Hanawa seemed to have used something similar to steal her money before.

So Uraraka Shige to look at Momotani Hanawa, only to find that Momotani Hanawa was looking at her with an expression of doubt, inquiry, and a hint of fear, which made her basically confirm the origin of the rope.

"This rope, is it yours?"

Uraraka Shige, extending her hand directly from the shadows into the moonlight, so that Momotani Hanawa could also clearly see the shape of the rope.

Momotani Hanawa remained silent.

"What are you trying to do? Control this rope again to steal my money?"

Uraraka Shige asked Momotani Hanawa in this way, while extending the hand holding the rope in front of him, bathed in moonlight, and shaking it from side to side. The rope in his palm swayed from side to side with his movement, like a dazed little snake shaking its head.

Uraraka Shige's words still didn't elicit any response from Momotani Hanawa, but his actions startled her, causing her to activate her 'Quirk' and Uraraka Shige's hand.

As the rope was swiftly pulled from his palm, the friction between it and his hand caused Uraraka Shige to feel a burning pain. He instinctively released his grip, and then turned his palm towards himself again, discovering that a bright Uraraka Shige mark was beginning to appear where the rope had touched, and it was vaguely visible that the skin had been rubbed raw.

"Tsk!"

This caused Uraraka Shige's face to darken suddenly, and a hint of anger appeared in her eyes. Her already irritable mood, caused by the various things she had encountered recently, became even more agitated.

He couldn't help but click his tongue softly.

Then, showing his bruised palm to Momotani Hanawa, he spoke again.

What do you mean by that?

Uraraka Shige coldly stared at Momotani Hanawa, then began to hurl insults at her.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Do you no longer intend to engage in petty theft and instead go straight for murder for money?"

Uraraka Shige's words immediately made Momotani Hanawa's expression turn somewhat angry.

Although she was indeed in the wrong, it only resulted in Uraraka Shige suffering a minor injury—a scraped skin on her palm.

In fact, if it weren't for some unknown problem with Uraraka Shige, which made the rope she was manipulating with her 'Quirk' suddenly become difficult to control, Uraraka Shige wouldn't have noticed the rope that had lurked behind him.

At that time, Uraraka Shige will obediently be whipped unconscious by that rope, or she will use that rope to gag him to avoid being ridiculed.

Instead of what happened now, where she was so nervous from overthinking that she subconsciously activated her 'Quirk' after noticing that Uraraka Shige was holding her rope, and directly pulled the rope out of Uraraka Shige's hand.

Okay, but it's already happened.

Even so, she didn't think Uraraka Shige could say such hurtful things to her. After all, she had returned the money, food, and drinks she had received when she could have simply walked away, because of the sounds coming from Uraraka Shige's stomach.

Thinking about this, she suddenly felt even hungrier.

"Oh dear, I'm so sorry, little brother~~"

So Momotani Hanawa, who was tormented by hunger and starting to get irritable, suddenly chuckled softly, even squinting her eyes into pretty crescent moons, though she still forced herself to endure it.

"Sister, I didn't mean it. I think you'll forgive me, right?"

Momotani Hanawa asked Uraraka Shige in a tone that sounded like she was stating a statement, then looked at Uraraka Shige and continued to speak softly.

"And don't you think you should apologize to me for what you said, little brother?"

Already irritable, Uraraka Shige was further annoyed by Momotani Hanawa's repeated 'little brother's', so when faced with Momotani Hanawa's three consecutive questions, he answered without thinking.

"Huh? Apologize? Because I didn't describe your behavior properly? Well, you were right, after all, you initially stole money from me, which hardly qualifies as petty theft."

"Hehe..."

Upon hearing Uraraka Shige's response, Momotani Hanawa let out a cold laugh. Then, in the next moment, feeling equally agitated and flustered by hunger and regret, she suddenly activated her 'Quirk'.

Dozens of thin ropes emerged from her collar, cuffs, and hem, and were then manipulated by her. Some of the darker-colored ropes began to set up various traps around her, while the more brightly colored ones, which were immediately noticeable, began to spread out around her like a swarm of snakes, forming a protective circle around her.

After witnessing this scene, Uraraka Shige naturally understood the choice and plan of the girl named Momotani Hanawa. Coincidentally, he was also in need of a place to vent his emotions, as he was deeply agitated by the recent events.

The next moment, a light dust and fallen leaves began to drift and disperse from the ground. Uraraka Shige released himself from his 'Heavy Shackles' and began to fully activate his 'Quirk' to prepare for the possible attack from the girl named Momotani Hanawa.