Experiment

"All Might, could you help me get him back to a sitting position?" Jilan Jiyu silently withdrew her hand, not feeling embarrassed at all. "He's too tall; I can't reach his head."

"Haha!" All Might laughed, pressing down on the Nomu and making him sit on the bench in front, while teasing Jilan Jiyu, "Jilan, you still need to grow taller, you can't be less than 1.9 meters tall!"

Jilan Jiyu rolled her eyes. "I don't have the Joestar Family's Jinchuriki bloodline. Reaching 175cm as an adult is already my limit, okay...?"

"Is this okay?" All Might straightened his Nomu body like a primary school student in a meeting, with his hands on his lap and his back straight.

"Your back is too straight." Jilan Jiyu slapped the back of the Nomu hard, and he sat in a hunched, slouching position with his head down.

Like Star Absorbing Great Art, Jilan Jiyu pressed their right hand against the exposed brain of the Nomu's head and uttered a soft shout, "Hamon Overdrive!"

Golden Hamon crackling with electricity emerged from the surface of Jilan Jiyu's palm, stimulating the Nomu's head. All Might noticed the Nomu's pained expression and asked anxiously, "Jilan boy, how are you?"

"It feels smooth to the touch, as if something is attached to the surface, preventing his brain from contacting the outside world." Jilan Jiyu frowned, increasing the intensity of the Hamon release. "But this layer of tissue isn't too thick; it can be broken through."

In this somewhat dimly lit room, the Hamon of light seemed to be the only source of illumination, clearly revealing the various blood vessels on the Nomu.

"Alright." Jilan Jiyu took two steps back. "Now we'll see what happens."

Just as All Might was wondering what was going on, Nomu slowly raised its head, stood up from its seat, and stared intently at All Might!

"Jilan, what have you done?!" All Might assumed a fighting stance, cold sweat beading on his forehead. He thought to himself, "I might not be able to beat Nomu right now. If he wakes up, I'll have to hold him off first and let Jilan get away..."

Just as All Might was planning his escape route, the Nomu suddenly raised its chained hands, parallel to its shoulders, and jumped like China zombie. With its jump, the chains on its body rattled.

As All Might stared in disbelief, Jilan Jiyu nodded knowingly. "As expected, the Nomu has absolutely no self-awareness now..."

"... Huh?"

"Nomu, raise your hands." Following Jilan Jiyu's instruction, Nomu raised her hands straight up without the slightest hesitation.

"Squat down."

"Stand up."

Raise your hand.

"Turn around."

The left eye is everted, and the right eye is crossed.

"Uppercut followed by a rising dragon kick."

Jilan Jiyu issued various commands like training animals, and the Nomu faithfully accepted them, completing the actions quickly and accurately.

"Is this still the Nomu that's been punching itself...? It's totally a loyal pet obeying its master's commands," All Might couldn't help but think.

"Spinning and jumping with eyes closed."

When Jilan Jiyu gave the order again, the Nomu suddenly stopped moving, only maintaining its most hunched standing posture.

"Has it reached its limit...?"

Jilan Jiyu exited the research mode and looked at All Might, who was sitting properly in a chair like a student at some point. She smiled apologetically and said, "Sorry, All Might, I was too focused just now."

All Might shook his head and smiled, saying, "Young Jilan, focus is a good thing, no need to apologize... But has your research been successful?"

"I have a general understanding of how the Nomu works," Jilan Jiyu paused for two seconds, then said, "As you can see, I just controlled the Nomu's actions, making it complete a series of movements under my control. This is because the Nomu has absolutely no capacity for self-thinking."

"What!?" All Might suddenly slammed his fist on the table and stood up. "If he can't think, is he being manipulated by someone else?!"

Before Jilan Jiyu could speak, All Might sat down and calmly muttered to himself, "That's right... that's exactly it. The Nomu is a tool controlled by a boy named Tomura Shigaraki..." All Might chuckled self-deprecatingly and whispered, "Am I venting my emotions on a wooden doll... how embarrassing."

Jilan Jiyu didn't hear the second half of the sentence, but nodded in agreement. "My Quirk, Hamon, has an effect that can temporarily paralyze a person's nerves, allowing me to temporarily manipulate them into making actions under my will."

Jilan Jiyu paused, recalling the duel between Caesar Sa and the JoJo the Second, and added, "A person with a normal mind can only be controlled for about a minute at most, but I was able to control the Nomu for a full ten minutes, which means that his mental state cannot be described as weak."

"Wait, young Jilan!" All Might suddenly asked anxiously, "You can control other people's actions, but what if the person you're facing is me?"

"To put it simply, if I want to control other people, I need to inject Hamon into their brains, paralyze the afferent nerves, and instead of the central nervous system, issue commands to the efferent nerves."

Jilan Jiyu demonstrated their Hamon; the golden Hamon flickered in the air for a moment before dissipating. "As you can see," they explained, "Once the Hamon leaves the body, it dissipates at an extremely fast speed without a medium to propagate, making it very difficult to reach the nerve centers of others."

"Furthermore, once the opponent shows signs of resistance and their nerve activity becomes extremely strong, the Hamon can at most paralyze their movements. It's very difficult to control someone's body even for a second." Jilan Jiyu pointed to the Nomu: "His structure is different from ordinary people; his brain is completely exposed. I can use the Hamon to directly contact his brain."

All Might breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, there were such significant limitations; it would have been virtually impossible Nomu. Thankfully, it wasn't possible. If he could freely control other people's bodies, how terrifying would that ability of the boy Jilan be...?

Jilan Jiyu didn't say something: if they wanted to control a normal person's body, they would have to transmit Hamon through the body, ideally through the lips to the brain. However, he wouldn't do that to anyone else.

"To summarize, this monster called Nomu is merely a bio-weapon controlled by someone else. Perhaps it has some kind of Quirk, or perhaps its brain is equipped with a special receiving device that issues various commands to its nerves. When the controller Tomura Shigaraki, is too far from the receiving device, it goes out of range and loses command, remaining still—like a computer in standby mode."

Upon hearing Jilan Jiyu's explanation, Officer Sancha's cat -Sancha eyes widened with excitement, and he slammed his fist on the desk. "So that's how it is! No wonder our people couldn't get him to talk no matter what they did, he has absolutely no self-awareness!"

After finishing his business, Inspector Tsukauchi arrived at the detention center, hoping to see All Might. He overheard Jilan Jiyu telling several officers about their findings. He slowly took a sip of tea and said, "Since this student has analyzed the operating principle of the Nomu, I will temporarily waive the charge of you impersonating me and submitting a false report."

Upon hearing Inspector Tsukauchi's words, Inspector Sancha immediately shuddered and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking that his presumptuous decision to let All Might into the interrogation room might very well yield the truth about the Nomu, he became excited again, his eyes filled with admiration as he looked at All Might —no wonder he was his idol, easily accomplishing what others couldn't!

Putting aside the fact that his report was entirely based on what Jilan Jiyu said, and that All Might was actually just there to vent, if he had proactively made the All Might request to Inspector Tsukauchi, Inspector Tsukauchi would probably have agreed.