Hat Trick

In the end, the League of Villains and its allies managed to escape.

The two Nomu that Shigaraki brought with him seemed to be expendable pawns; he never intended for them Nomu leave from the beginning.

After Tomura Shigaraki ordered the Nomu to fight, one of the Nomu clung to Shota Aizawa. Suffering from "dry eye syndrome," Aizawa Shota couldn't keep his eyes open for long, but the Nomu found an opportunity to block Shota Aizawa's view with its body, allowing the Warp Gate of the Kurogiri to be restored.

The other Nomu desperately stood in front of the League of Villains of Villains. These two Nomu weren't particularly strong, only equivalent to ordinary Pro Hero. Under the combined fire of the group, he quickly lost his ability to move. But his actions weren't in vain; he League of Villains precious time, allowing them to file into the Warp Gate one by one.

Not far away, the wildfire set off by Dabi continued to burn, illuminating the Midnight sky as if it were daytime.

The marble was also taken by the enemy and was not intercepted.

"Damn it, they still got away!" Tiger angrily pounded the tree trunk. "I failed to protect the Ragdoll, I deserve to die!"

After venting his frustrations, he knew exactly what he had to do, and silently walked into the forest to find the students who had not yet emerged from it.

Uraraka, Asui, Todoroki, Shoji, and Aizawa re-entered the forest as search and rescue team members to look for the others.

After seeing the League of Villains leave, Midoriya finally let out the breath he had been holding back, felt the pain in his arm, and collapsed to the ground.

Mandalay stayed behind to care for the American Shorthair and Midoriya, while Jilan also stayed to provide emergency treatment for Yaoyorozu.

Under Jilan's Hamon Healing, Yaoyorozu slowly opened her eyes. She looked at Jilan with guilt and whispered, "Jilan, I'm sorry, I didn't protect Hagakure and the Ragdoll."

Through Yaoyorozu's fragmented narration, Jilan had already learned what had happened. Yaoyorozu moved Jiro and Hagakure to the Earth Beast, secured them with ropes she created, and then focused on controlling the Earth Beast. She had no idea that Jiro, disguised as Himiko Toga, would secretly get up and stab her.

Yaoyorozu was stabbed in the abdomen by Toga. Her mind was clouded, and she fell from the Earth Beast, her head hitting the ground hard. After that, she didn't remember much, only that in a daze, Toga pulled her along as a bargaining chip to threaten Aizawa.

Jilan shook her head. "You've done your best. It's my fault. I didn't realize that Jiro was actually someone else in disguise."

Jilan had no idea that Jiro was actually Toga in disguise. After all, the anxiety of Dabi Yaoyorozu Jiro and the other two away was undeniable. In other words, Himiko Toga acting alone and had already switched the two before Dabi and the others discovered that Jiro and the other two were unconscious due to the Poison Gas.

Himiko Toga cannot Copy Quirk, so she couldn't choose the Quirk Toru Hagakure Invisibility like Toru Hagakure. Instead, she chose to extract Jiro's blood and transform into his appearance. Although they look the same, she cannot extend or retract the Earphone Jack like Jiro.

Under normal circumstances, Jilan might have noticed this, but Toga chose a very clever time. Toga and Jiro were asleep, so no one could verify her authenticity.

Jilan smiled wryly, "I've really been tricked. But I have no right to judge others."

Jilan took out the last remaining marble from her pocket, and its faint blue glow illuminated Momo Yaoyorozu's face.

Yaoyorozu exclaimed in surprise, "Jilan, could it be that...!"

Jilan smiled and nodded, "That's right, the Ragdoll is in here."

Jilan obtained three marbles from the Magician. He used the first marble to deceive the Kurogiri, allowing them to successfully exchange hostages with Jilan. He then handed the second marble to Yaoyorozu, making them believe that the Ragdoll had been returned to Yaoyorozu, thus distracting them and creating an opportunity for Jilan.

The third marble, the one containing the Compress Ragdoll, was actually kept by Jilan and never handed over. Just when Toga thought he had achieved his goal, he tricked them again, letting them know that what they had worked so hard for was a fake. Presumably, that drove them crazy with anger.

This is Jilan's hat trick; he outsmarted the League of Villains three times with just three marbles.

"Now you don't need to worry about the Ragdoll anymore, get some rest," Jilan said softly to Momo Yaoyorozu.

"Hmm." Momo Yaoyorozu smiled as she saw that Jilan had successfully fooled everyone in the League of Villains. She nodded gently, leaned against the tree, and closed her eyes.

Jilan walked towards Mandalay. The American Shorthair had also woken up by this time. After hearing that the League of Villains had taken away Ragdoll and a student, she was filled with regret and buried her face in Mandalay's arms, crying, "It's my fault. If I hadn't been subdued by the enemy in time, the League of Villains wouldn't have succeeded with my Earth Beast, and Ragdoll wouldn't have been captured."

Mandalay patted her back, tears streaming down her face, and comforted her, "It's not your fault. This time, the League of Villains clearly came prepared. They analyzed the Quirk of each of us, which is why you were targeted by the enemy."

Seeing Jilan approach, Mandalay quickly wiped away her tears and gave a bitter smile, "Jilan, is something the matter?"

She knew that Jilan had single-handedly held off several people during the operation and was the first to spot and rescue the Ragdoll. Although the Ragdoll was eventually captured, she was still very grateful to Jilan. If it weren't for Jilan, they wouldn't even have known that the Ragdoll had been captured.

"Mandalay, I have something to tell you." Jilan pulled out some marbles. "The Ragdoll wasn't taken away; she's still with me."

When Mandalay saw that Jilan was holding a marble that looked just like Toga's, her eyes lit up instantly. She snatched the marble from Jilan's hand and examined it from various angles, but she didn't sense anything strange about it.

Finally, the Mandalay sheepishly returned the marbles to Jilan: "Jilan, please help us turn the Ragdoll back to normal."

"This is a gadget from the League of Villains member 'The Magician.' His Quirk is Compress, and if he doesn't revert to his Quirk, Ragdoll can't get out. However, my Hamon can brute force it out and cancel his 'Compress.'"

As Jilan explained, he wrapped the surface of the marble with Hamon. He needed to slowly let the Hamon penetrate into the marble to eliminate the "Compress" Quirk attached to the Ragdoll's body.

Hamon is immune to most control skills, including the Magician's Quirk. Even if he confronts Jilan head-on, Jilan's Quirk has no effect on him. However, Jilan has hardly ever used his Quirk to remove the Quirk from anyone else.

Mandalay and the others realized the complexity of Jilan's behavior, and quickly covered their noses, barely daring to breathe, just watching Jilan with tense expressions.

A few minutes later, to the expectant gaze of the Mandalay, Jilan appeared out of thin air in his hand as if by magic, revealing an unconscious woman—a Ragdoll with green hair!

Jilan breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, after consuming the Stock Solution, his control over the Hamon had improved significantly; otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to do such delicate work.

Ragdoll!

Mandalay pushed the American Shorthair aside, took the Ragdoll from Jilan's hands, and hugged it tightly, saying in a tearful voice, "I'm so glad you're alright!"