Everyone's Actions

Earlier, while All Might was talking with the principal, he had been seized by an ominous feeling. He hurriedly cut the conversation short and rushed here. On the way, he happened to run into young Iida and got a rough account of the situation...

All Might was filled with regret as he walked in with heavy steps. He was furious with himself. His students had been so frightened, his juniors had fought so hard, and he had known nothing of what was happening so close by!

"Everything is all right now. You ask why..." All Might no longer cared about his regrets. He only wanted to make up for his mistake. He raised his head and glanced at the students beside him, their eyes filled with excitement and joy, and at those scattered throughout the different areas. Then he laughed and said, "Because I am here!"

Uraraka spoke to All Might in a voice thick with tears. "All Might, Mr. Aizawa...!"

"Yes, I know..." All Might looked at Shota Aizawa, who lay facedown in the middle of the plaza, and fought to contain his anger. "I'll make them pay."

Just as All Might prepared to use his power to rescue them all in one go, he saw Tomura Shigaraki move. Seeing All Might arrive, Shigaraki did not stop, but swung his hand out even harder.

Although All Might did not know what his Quirk was, he knew something bad would happen if he completed the swing. But right now, he needed time for his body's fuel to spread throughout him and set that powerful body in motion...

I won't make it...!

Just as All Might watched helplessly as Tomura Shigaraki's hand touched Asui's head, blaming himself for it—a beam of light, a golden light, appeared there, expanding bit by bit and shining brilliantly!

Katsuki Bakugo watched the scene in some shock. He had rushed over, cursing all the way, as soon as he received Jilan Jiyu's message. But the enemies had been troublesome, and the collapse zone was a long way from the central plaza, so he and Kirishima had only just arrived.

As far as he was concerned, he was the only one suited to rescue Shota Aizawa. Once he stepped in, none of the other enemies would stand a chance against him, especially after he had defeated the enemies in the collapse zone. Before this, he had never truly fought anyone in a life-or-death battle. Once he felt how strong he was against the enemies, his heart filled with confidence.

If someone needs saving, then yours truly, Bakugo, is the hero for the job!

But he was too late.

It was only a few hundred meters, a distance he could see across, but all he could do was stand helplessly on a rock next to the one the Nomu had smashed earlier and watch as the Nomu attacked Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki attacked Asui.

Then, a light bright enough to illuminate the entire USJ spread from Jilan Jiyu's weakened body...

"This light... It's so blinding..."

Katsuki Bakugo raised the arm that had gone limp earlier and aimed the gear on his hand at Tomura Shigaraki, a wild grin spreading across his face. "Can't let that guy hog all the glory!"

At the same time, many people sensed something and raised their heads.

"Even in the deepest darkness, light will appear..."

In a dark alley ravaged by wind and rain, a crow-headed boy walked toward the light, his body hidden beneath his cloak and his arms folded across his chest. In the shadow the light cast behind him was a terrifying face.

This was Fumikage Tokoyami. Beside him was Koji Koda, a boy with a rhinoceros head. Behind them were several enemies piled in a heap!

"Kaminari, it's all your fault we got threatened!!"

In the mountain zone, Denki Kaminari, who had just been seized by a hidden enemy and used to threaten Yaoyorozu and Jiro, still wore a vacant expression. Kyoka Jiro grabbed his collar and shook him hard. "If Ojiro hadn't dropped out of the sky behind that enemy like some kind of divine warrior, we would've all been wiped out!!"

"You're giving me too much credit, Jiro." Ojiro smiled sheepishly. "Honestly, if there had been as many of them as there were at the start, I couldn't have done anything either. Kaminari did a lot. There's nothing he could do about ending up like this, right?"

A faint light shone from Momo Yaoyorozu's chest, and an old-fashioned cell phone popped out from the exposed area at the front of her costume. She looked at the phone, which could now get a signal, and breathed a sigh of relief. "It looks like that enemy who could discharge electricity was the one blocking the signal. We should have been able to get reception the moment he showed himself in front of us."

As Yaoyorozu tried to contact the police, she thought back on what had happened and felt a little rueful.

After she, Jiro, and Kaminari had been enveloped by the black mist, they had arrived here, only to be surrounded by several enemies.

Denki Kaminari's Quirk was electrification. He could release electricity stored in his body, but he could not control it well and made no distinction between friend and foe. In other words, his accuracy was E.

After they had fought for a while and their stamina began to flag, Yaoyorozu endured the hunger in her body and created an insulating sheet that blocked electricity, letting Kaminari unleash his Quirk to his heart's content...

The result was that all the enemies were wiped out. Kaminari had released too much electricity in a short time, causing his brain to short-circuit and turning him into an idiot incapable of thinking.

Just as the girls thought the battle was over and let their guard down a little, an enemy burst out of the ground and seized Kaminari in an instant. Watching to see if either of them made any rash moves, he backed away, seemingly intent on escaping.

Even Jiro's surreptitious little move was spotted by the enemy. Just as the two girls were at a loss, Ojiro flashed out from behind a large rock, sent the enemy flying with his powerful tail, and tied him up with a rope.

"Thank goodness you came, Ojiro. Otherwise, we might have been captured by the enemy." With impeccable manners, Momo Yaoyorozu bowed to him solemnly. "Thank you so much!"

Seeing Yaoyorozu wearing such revealing clothes, showing the curves of her body without seeming to realize it, Ojiro conscientiously turned his head away like a gentleman and deflected the credit. His face slightly red, he said, "Actually, I only came here because the class president told me to. It was just a coincidence. Even the rope was given to me by the class president."

The class president... Yaoyorozu had been somewhat upset because she thought she was the best choice for class president, but hearing Ojiro say that made her a little more accepting of Jilan Jiyu.

"Look, someone's using a flashlight!"

Kaminari had recovered a little awareness, but he was still dazed. Grinning foolishly, he pointed at the pillar of light that had suddenly appeared.

"Idiot, wake up! What light?" Kyoka Jiro snapped. She pressed her earphone jack into his back, making his whole body twitch.

He's still out of it anyway. I'll just deny hitting him afterward. Thinking that, Jiro casually slapped him across the hair.

"No, there really is a light!" Yaoyorozu looked in the direction it came from, and her expression changed dramatically. "It's over by the flood zone. Something might have happened to the others!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she ran in that direction. If what Ojiro said was true, the class president, Jilan, should have gone to the flood zone!

Please be all right, she prayed silently.