Spectators

"Is it over?"

Midoriya didn't even notice his own body falling downwards; he stared intently at the place engulfed by flames.

The ice beneath Shoto Todoroki's feet spread down to Midoriya and the others, forming a slide that carried them behind him. Above them Stain, already unconscious, his limbs impaled by ice blocks from Todoroki's attack.

"Hey, no way, this senior who was clamoring to kill me was taken down by a few brats..." Shigaraki was incredulous. In the blink of an eye, Stain had been knocked unconscious by a coordinated attack from Midoriya and the others.

"Shigaraki, you're next." Shang Shigaraki 'Hizashi Yamada rang out from a distance, behind him was the still immobile Indian, but soon, many more hurried footsteps could be heard rushing over.

"Could it be that other Pro Hero have arrived...?" Tomura Shigaraki kept retreating. Even with his confidence in his abilities, he had never imagined fighting so many people alone. "Kurogiri, where did you go? If you don't come back soon, I'm going to die here!"

At the highest point of the alley, the misty figure of Kurogiri lay on the edge of the rooftop, watching Shigaraki retreat. He finally couldn't help but say, "Jilan, Shigaraki is in a very dangerous situation right now. Can you let me go? As you can see, I haven't made any unnecessary moves."

A hand crackling with golden electricity pressed down on his head. Jilan Jiyu peeked out, watching more and more Pro Hero gather there, and released the hand from Kurogiri's head. "Of course. But before that, you should send me back."

The Kurogiri thought of what had happened before--

"Choose: will you go through this door to Hosu City now, or watch your companion lose his life?"

The Kurogiri gave Jilan a choice, and Jilan already knew in his heart that he would choose to go to Hosu City through his own efforts. How could someone who aspires to be a hero not help when his friend is in danger?

However—"My favorite thing to do, Jilan Jiyu, is to say 'no' to those who think they're right." He actually heard Jilan Jiyu say coldly, "You talk about friends, aren't friends just for sacrifice? I don't care what that Stain wants to do, or who he wants to kill. As long as what he does has nothing to do with me, I have no interest in finding him."

Kurogiri was surprised to hear such seemingly anti-heroic remarks. Whether it was the USJ incident or the Sports Festival matches, he had witnessed Kurogiri's valiant fighting. Kurogiri even thought his master's decision might be wrong; Jilan Jiyu could never have been absorbed into their League of Villains. But now, he was saying he wasn't going to save his classmates, his friends!?

Just as the Kurogiri was about to say something, Jilan Jiyu rushed towards him after saying those words. With a series of "Ora"s, he was instantly subdued, and even his Quirk Warp Gate could not be activated due to the "Hamon" that Ji Lan Ji Yu continuously injected into his body!

"Now, open the door for me," Jilan said calmly.

Kurogiri felt utterly absurd. He had clearly said he would take him to Hosu City, and he had refused. But now, he was asking him to open the door? Was he lying to him?

However, regardless of the process, Jilan Jiyu chose to go to Hosu City, which was exactly the same as the adults' idea. After the Kurogiri removed the restriction on his body, it decisively opened the door for him.

Not long after Shigaraki appeared, Jilan and Shigaraki came to the rooftop to watch their battle. It was a building dozens of meters high, and even if you occasionally looked up, you couldn't see the movements above unless you looked carefully.

This made Kurogiri very curious. Even though Jilan saw his classmate in danger, he didn't do anything. Even though if Ji Lan just called out to him, he would have sent him directly to the battlefield below.

Of course, if he helped, he would quickly move away from here. Even if Jilan saved his classmate, he couldn't explain why he suddenly appeared in Hosu, thousands of miles away, after the battle.

As arranged by his master, Jilan will inevitably be suspected by the Pro Hero. Even if he can temporarily deceive them, he will no longer be trusted, and society will question him... When he can no longer bear it, the only place he can go is the League of Villains.

This is the adults' plan.

However, Jilan remained like a spectator, watching the battle with a calm gaze. Even when Shoto Todoroki faced life-or-death situations several times, he showed no intention of helping him, as if their lives were none of his concern...

"Excuse my rudeness, Jilan, you came all the way here, why didn't you go up and help them?" Kurogiri stood up, his tone still calm, showing no anger at Jilan's actions just now.

"I don't need to save them," Jilan Jiyu replied calmly.

The Kurogiri paused slightly, then bowed to him. "As expected, Master was right. Your personality is the most suitable for our League of Villains... If you are interested in us, go find Giran. I believe that if it's you, finding him won't be difficult."

The Kurogiri opened the Warp Gate, silently waiting for Jilan to pass through.

"It's really dazzling..." Jilan squinted at the people below, murmured a sentence, and turned around without any hesitation to pass through the Warp Gate.

Jilan left through the Warp Gate in the Kurogiri, and no one knew that he had ever been here except for the Kurogiri and the master he mentioned.

"Shigaraki, you're not getting away!" Midoriya threw a heavy punch at Shigaraki, but because he was wary of Shigaraki's hand that Decay everything, he gritted his teeth and forced his body to turn away from Shigaraki's outstretched hand.

In the distance, Shoto Todoroki's flames shot towards Shigaraki. At this moment, Shigaraki had no choice but to dodge in a sorry state, but the flames still burned a section of his shirt.

Iida's exhaust pipe had completely stopped working and would be unusable without several hours of recovery. He realized that Hizashi Yamada had no strength left and was just bluffing, so he stood beside him and supported him.

"The enemy is here!" At that moment, something even more infuriating happened to Shigaraki: the Pro Hero arrived one after another, glaring at him angrily. "You're the mastermind behind the destruction of the city!"

"Oh no!" Shigaraki panicked. If the Kurogiri didn't arrive soon, he was doomed.

"Shigaraki, I'm back." Perhaps hearing Shigaraki's call, the Kurogiri appeared behind Shigaraki at the opportune moment, forming a Warp Gate. Its voice sounded somewhat weary, "It's time for us to retreat."

"Tch, there's no other way."

Shigaraki didn't investigate why the Kurogiri had arrived so late. He took a deep look at the bound Stain and the newly risen Izuku Midoriya, and then lunged into the Warp Gate the instant the flames roared towards him!

"Is it finally over...?"

The strength that had been supporting Midoriya vanished instantly, and he was about to collapse to the ground when Shoto Todoroki caught him from behind and nodded.

"That's right, it's over."