Chapter 143: A chance?
"Ah, my hand!"
"Blo-Blood!"
"Run!"
All the people around were panicked when a ten-meter man with a "Quirk" that made him a mutant with a praying mantis body rampaged on the street.
Many ran away in panic, but some were hurt.
Ryukyu and Nejire quickly acted and fought this villain.
Meanwhile, Mineta helped with the evacuation while lamenting and wondering where the rest of the heroes were.
Do they leave work at five p.m.?
Does no one work overtime?
Isn't there anyone who works at night?
He was helpless, but with his appearance and voice, he was able to calm everyone and make them evacuate smoothly.
By now, he realized the "Singing (Mastery)" that he had received before seemed to have an effect making his voice have a soothing effect. It made people calm down, and they followed his instructions better.
"Give me your arm."
"Ye-Yes."
The bleeding arm seemed scary, but it was only cut on the skin. However, for normal people, who lived in modern society, this was a normal thing.
Mineta used his "Quirk" and closed the wound on the arm with his substance, which caused the grown-up man to sigh in relief.
"You should go to the hospital when you are okay. If you can stand up, then hurry up and go since this place is dangerous."
"Th-Thank you!"
The grown-up man was in tears and snot, wanting to hug Mineta, but Mineta had already left since he didn't want to be hugged by a man.
Soon, the street cleared up, and he helped everyone to evacuate. Even if the villain had rampaged around and few people were hurt, he quickly instructed everyone to support each other and helped the people who were in need of help.
Usually, this was impossible since everyone in this place should have thought that their lives were more important than others, but no matter how evil humans were, they had an emotion called empathy. He used that emotion and made them help each other so they could evacuate together.
When everything was done, he looked up and saw Nejire and Ryukyu were still fighting against the villain.
The body size of the villain was clearly bigger than Ryukyu, and the two sharp blade arms on his hands were so sharp that they could cut down a building, but even so, he didn't have much experience, and he had lost his mind after using a Trigger.
Ryukyu also wasn't alone since Nejire was there.
Nejire's "Quirk" made her able to fight from a distance and shoot out a wave of the beam, causing the villain to scream in pain.
When Ryukyu saw this, she soared directly higher and slammed the villain to the ground!
*BOOOOOOOOOOM!*
The earth trembled, and the street was in ruin.
Mineta watched all of this in silence and wondered whether Ryukyu had to pay for the damage. Still, one thing was for sure. He wouldn't touch an insurance business in the future since he could see how he might go bankrupt.
When the dust that covered Ryukyu disappeared, the villain passed out and returned to how he used to be. The villain's body became smaller, and he was in a weak state, unable to do anything.
"Thanks for your hard work, Ryukyu-san."
Mineta moved and took out a tumbler with his juice.
"Thanks."
Ryukyu didn't reject it and returned to normal before she took his tumbler and drank it. He didn't hide it from her, and she knew that he had the power to make a drink to recover her stamina. It was also the reason why she could continue her job even if she was being dominated by Mineta every night.
"Kidd! Kidd! Me too!" Nejire also landed on the ground and asked him for a drink.
"Here."
"Thanks!" Nejire drank Mineta's juice happily.
While he usually made grape juice, he felt it was too monotone, so he made lychee juice, which gave a nice white color of juice. However, watching the two drink his white juice with a sigh of relief and a happy smile made him feel strange somehow.
"By the way, can I ask you something, Ryukyu-san?"
"What's wrong?"
"Do you have to pay for the damage on the street?"
Ryukyu stared at him for a moment and said, "...probably, I will have to pay for them, but not all of them."
"Once again, thank you for your hard work."
"Yes, it's hard work." Ryukyu let out a long sigh since this was also the difficulty of being a hero. They had to do their work perfectly without causing damage to the surrounding area, but was it possible?
No.
She was just a human, not a god. Therefore, it was impossible for her to be omnipotent.
He felt that being a hero was really difficult, especially for those who had a "Quirk" that would cause damage to the environment. Even if the damage caused on the street was done by an accident, Ryukyu would have to pay it, but even so, she would also receive a good commission since this villain was dangerous.
What was even more important, the government might be able to track the circulation of Trigger in this country from this villain, which would give Ryukyu more commission.
'Trigger, huh?'
Personally, he was interested in this drug and wanted to study it. After their talk, Ryukyu and Nejire contacted the police to handle the aftermath of this villain, but he studied this villain for a while before he created a tendril from the bottom of his shoes, taking out another drug from the pocket of this villain.
Naturally, he used his invisibility and calm manipulation so that neither Nejire nor Ryukyu would notice what he was doing. When he was able to get the Trigger, he kept it on his "Overcoat," or pocket dimension, thinking he would study this drug later.
However, while he was in the middle of his thought, a dark fog suddenly appeared behind him, quietly without anyone noticing.
At first, he didn't notice this abnormality, but he saw a reflection of the light coming from behind. He wasn't sure what it was, but he quickly realized a danger appeared behind him.
Nejire and Ryukyu also noticed it, and their hearts almost stopped. They couldn't think straight, and their bodies moved faster than their minds could.
'Minoru is going to die!' 2x
This was the thought of the two of them.
Unlike Ryukyu, who was quite far away since she needed to talk with the police and made an excuse that the street was damaged by the villain, not her, so she didn't have to pay.
Nejire had always been by his side, enjoying his white juice, so she quickly moved in front of him to protect him.
It was impossible for them to watch him die, and she had to protect him!
Stain, who had appeared all the way from Hosu City to Shinjuku, didn't care about Nejire, and his body emitted a full bloodlust.
His intention was clear, and it was to kill Mineta.
When his bloodlust was emitted, the two staggered for a while before they gritted their teeth to move forward to protect him.
Their courage was admirable, but Stain, who had only one thought on his mind, didn't care about anything.
However, if Nejire tried to stop him, he was going to kill her too!
His blade flashed, and it was about to stab her throat!
Nejire flinched, and one thought appeared in her mind. 'I'm going to die!'
Did she want to die?
Obviously not!
She closed her eyes in fear, but after a while, she didn't feel anything, and she felt something warm splash on her face.
"Huh?"
She was confused since she was alright, but the scene before her eyes made her unable to believe what was happening.
"MINORU!"
Her scream echoed through the street.
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