Amadeus Mask

"Is this the place...?" Midoriya followed the instructions in his earpiece and arrived at the Flood Zone. Although he had many doubts, his desire to rescue Kaminari overwhelmed everything, and he came here without Asui.

In front of Midoriya was a medium-sized cruise ship, its bow facing the adjacent marine park, which was now quietly floating in the middle of the water.

As far as Midoriya knew, after he and Mineta were attacked by the enemy, the ship had been cut in half by one of the enemy's water jets.

So what's the current situation with this ship? Did the school approve funding to bring it in from who-knows-where again, or is it just an illusion created by the enemy's Quirk in front of us?

"See that ship ahead? Get on board." The instructions came through the headset again.

There's no need to consider how the ship got here anymore. Since the enemy sent him alone to board, can we assume he's already on the ship?

Midoriya took a deep breath and plunged into the water.

When Midoriya emerged from the water, soaking wet, his green hair now lay messily on his head like seaweed.

Perhaps the enemy anticipated his arrival and lowered a rope ladder for themselves on the side of the cruise ship. Without hesitation, Midoriya climbed the ladder and boarded the ship.

Incidentally, Midoriya's battle suit is still under repair; he's currently wearing the academy's tracksuit.

"Go down to the deck and stop at the doorway at the end."

Although Midoriya had visited a ship with a similar structure before, the situation was urgent at the time, so he only stayed on the deck. The ship was not large, with only two floors and a dozen or so rooms. It did not seem to be a new model, but rather a style popular in the last century. The sound insulation was not good, and the Vibrate of the machinery could be heard even on the deck.

Midoriya walked down the stairs, and in less than a minute along the corridor, he reached the end of the room. Midoriya reached out and turned the doorknob, opening the entire room to him.

The room was dark, only about 20 square meters. Apart from a table in the middle, there were black instruments flashing green lights all around. Directly opposite Midoriya, a huge screen covered the entire wall.

The screen was divided into several small sections. Many of the sections in the upper right corner showed views of different alleyways. In the middle, which occupied a quarter of the entire screen, the view was Midoriya's first-person perspective, showing everything in the room, like opening a live stream of himself on a webpage, shrinking the view countless times.

Is this his perspective? Have I been under surveillance all along? Midoriya saw many classmates on the screen in the upper left corner, and they were facing a tall man who seemed to be carrying a white handbag.

"Oh, you've arrived."

This time, the sound didn't come from the earphones, but appeared clearly right next to his ear. A figure was leaning against the wall, and because he was attracted by the only light source in front of him, Midoriya didn't notice the person at first.

Startled, Midoriya didn't have time to carefully examine the scene with his classmates. He abruptly assumed a fighting stance, facing the man, and said in a deep voice, "Who are you? Why did you capture Kaminari? Why are you here monitoring us?"

Midoriya had many questions he wanted to ask the person in front of him, the most important being: where exactly Kaminari?

The man emerged from the darkness and stood in front of Midoriya; his image was then displayed on the large screen.

He was dressed in black like a clergyman, with a golden cross hanging around his neck and a golden mask on his face. He carried no weapons and seemed to have no intention of fighting.

He smiled, one hand behind his back, and said, "Hello, nice to meet you. You can call me Amadeus Mask, or you can simply call me Mask."

"Amadeus... Mask..." This was a name Midoriya had never heard before; there was no Pro Hero associated with this name in his notebook.

"You arrived without stopping, very good." Mask nodded in satisfaction. "If you had arrived a moment later, your classmate might not have been saved."

As he spoke, a cabinet creaked open, and Midoriya instinctively turned his head to see Denki Kaminari inside.

Kaminari sat in a chair, strapped with a seatbelt, his wrists forcibly bound by steel bracelets extending from the chair, and his ankles also bound by protruding iron rings. When he saw Midoriya appear, he struggled to speak, but his lips, taped shut again, could only utter muffled sounds. So he kept shaking his head, his eyes shining with pleading, as if begging Midoriya to leave.

"Kaminari- kun!" Midoriya was relieved to see Kaminari unharmed, but being bound to the chair and unable to move, he turned to Amadeus Mask and glared angrily. "Why are you tied him up like this? I'm here! Let him go!"

"Why the rush?" the man smiled. "He's not hurt yet."

"Kaminari isn't injured...?" Just as Midoriya breathed a sigh of relief, his heart leaped into his throat at the man's next words.

"However, who knows what will happen next..." The man turned to look at the screen, which showed his back. He took out a remote control and pressed a button. The screen instantly showed the crater in the middle of the earthquake zone.

"Now that all the actors are here, let's begin our performance."

Midoriya has now confirmed that the enemy in front of him cannot be League of Villains of Villains. If he had been there at the time, he definitely wouldn't have remained inactive!

Bakugo placed his hands behind his back, his palms exploding continuously. Using the recoil from the explosions, he accelerated, instantly reaching the enemy!

"Go to hell!"

Bakugo pushed off the ground and jumped up, his hands poised to smash into the enemy's face!

The enemy reacted quickly, taking a step back in an instant, and met Bakugo's smash with a knee kick.

Bakugo, seeing the enemy change tactics, remained calm. A slight smirk played on his lips as he grinned maliciously, saying, "You fell for my trap! I knew you'd do this!"

Flames erupted from Bakugo's palms, and when his clasped hands collided with the enemy's knee, a violent explosion occurred, instantly engulfing both of them in smoke and dust!

"Did Bakugo succeed?!" Kirishima grinned. "That guy is really strong. He's probably on par with some Pro Hero!"

They wanted to help, but Bakugo insisted on dealing with the enemy alone, and without communicating with the others, he rushed forward instantly.

I initially thought Bakugo was reckless and impulsive, but now it seems he has done his thinking.

"Ugh--!" Through the smoke and dust, the figures of the two fighting together could be vaguely seen. Although Bakugo was much shorter than his enemy, he was agile enough and had extraordinary talent in combat.

The two didn't fight for long before a figure flew out of the smoke, sporting a yellow afro—it was Bakugo!