The Gravity Manipulator in My Hero Academia
Chapter 88

Momotani Hanawa's fighting style

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The battle began somewhat inexplicably.

This girl's fighting style is not like All Might's "I'll overcome any obstacle by myself" style. Instead, it is closer to a style of positional warfare, which involves layers of calculation and the use of various traps for defense and offense.

After spreading the ropes around herself, the girl stopped moving and kept her eyes fixed on Uraraka Shige's figure. At the same time, she manipulated the ropes, which were neither obviously colored nor difficult to detect, to launch a series of attacks on Uraraka Shige in ways such as whipping and lashing. Often, every time Uraraka Shige dodged one rope, he would face another rope attacking him from another direction.

Although such attacks are relatively easy to dodge, the sheer number and frequency of them, coupled with their endless repetition, made him feel as if he were "a small fishing boat adrift in a storm at sea, tossed about by torrential rain, hurricanes, and waves, with the sky dark and the surrounding area filled with continuous waves, a sense of oppression that made it hard to breathe."

"This won't do..."

Uraraka Shige began to feel troubled by this situation. If things continued like this, the end result would undoubtedly be that he would be exhausted and unable to resist Momotani Hanawa's attacks. Therefore, he had to find a way to get out of this situation.

However, at this moment, Uraraka Shige was already finding it difficult to keep dodging and blocking Momotani Hanawa's attacks. Although the attacks were not actually very strong, the frequency was just too fast, so how could he possibly have the attention to observe his surroundings?

"Fine, if that's how it is..."

However, the inability to observe his surroundings meant that he was far behind and lacked in intelligence. Almost everyone in modern society knows how important information and intelligence are. Therefore, Uraraka Shige suddenly made a decision: he planned to withstand two attacks in exchange for a chance to take a look at his surroundings and make up for some of the gaps in his information and intelligence.

Judging by the intensity of the attack, even if he were to be whipped three to five times, he wouldn't suffer any serious injuries. At most, he would feel a burning pain where the rope struck him, leaving some whip marks.

However, if he were to actually do this, Uraraka Shige still had a concern: he couldn't be sure if the intensity of the attack was truly real. He didn't know if the Momotani Hanawa could make the ropes whip harder, and if so, how strong could it be? He wondered if his current body could withstand such an attack.

With these concerns, Uraraka Shige inevitably hesitated, and even almost got whipped several times for nothing. This situation startled him, and at the same time, the words that an elder had told him in his previous life echoed in his mind once again.

Sometimes, you need to be decisive... even if there might be serious consequences, it's better than missing an opportunity altogether...

"That's right, now that we've thought of it, we should give it a try!"

A barely perceptible hint of determination suddenly appeared in Uraraka Shige's eyes, and it was this seemingly insignificant determination that led him to make his choice.

The result of his choice did not disappoint him.

While enduring two lashes from the rope on his back, he also noticed that Momotani Hanawa remained stationary, leading him to make a guess.

"I don't know what her 'Quirk' is, but now it seems it's definitely related to ropes. Maybe it's the 'Quirk' that allows her to manipulate ropes. And I don't know to what extent or to what extent she can do it, but since she started the attack, she hasn't moved. Although it's possible that she hasn't been attacked threateningly enough, maybe... maybe it's because after using her 'Quirk' like this, she loses her ability to move, which makes her a weakness!"

The method to verify whether this is true or false is actually quite simple.

"As long as we launch a strong enough attack..."

Uraraka Shige suddenly stopped in place, enduring the whipping from behind by a rope. Using the slight force of the whipping as leverage, he activated his Quirk's technique "Hyo" and began to charge forward. His path was directly in the direction of Momotani Hanawa, and the forward momentum caused the whipping from the side to miss.

Just as Uraraka Shige used 'Pai', Momotani Hanawa, who was standing in the rope formation, suddenly felt that the ropes she was controlling, which were Uraraka Shige, suddenly became slightly more difficult to control.

Although it is still possible to operate it quite freely with more focus, there is always a sense of obscurity when operating it, like opening a door only to find that the hinges are rusty.

Then, when Uraraka Shige and rushed towards her location, she was even more surprised.

"What the hell is this guy! Under this frequency of attacks, he can still detect that I've become his weakness? This isn't something a normal child could do, not even some lecherous adults could manage this..."

But then, Momotani Hanawa suddenly felt inexplicably sorry for Uraraka Shige.

"It's a real pity, but after all, this is a weakness in my own 'Quirk,' and at my age, how could I possibly have left such an obvious opening to survive in this society?"

Just as Momotani Hanawa had thought, when Uraraka Shige rushed to the edge of the protective circle made of brightly colored ropes within two meters of her, the ropes closest to Uraraka Shige suddenly became active.

Two of the ropes snaked and coiled on the ground, wrapping around Uraraka Shige's feet, while three other ropes stood upright, wrapping around Uraraka Shige's arms from the left and right. The last rope lashed out at Uraraka Chu's face with such force that it even produced a tearing sound. If this blow had hit, Uraraka Shige would likely have been disfigured.

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