Capítulo 2066: 85
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There was a long moment of awkward silence as the heroes just stared at Dabi, who stared right back. Shouto thought Midoriya was absolutely insane for opening the door like he was inviting in a friend, not a villain, but he had to respect the audacity of the power move. It immediately put the heroes at an advantage and took away the element of surprise that Dabi had almost definitely been counting on.
Finally Nedzu broke the silence, "Oh my, this office is getting rather crowded isn't it?"
Dabi responded by sending a stream of fire directly at Shigaraki, but Shouto created an icewall to protect him just in time. The wall melted immediately under the heat of Dabi's flames, and Shouto glared at him, "Don't you dare touch him."
Epurr hissed in agreement and launched herself at Dabi, scratching at his scars and the staples on his face until Dabi ripped her off and flug her away with a snarl, "Get out of my way, Shouto Todoroki."
"So Mineta told you my name." Shouto rolled his eyes, "how impressive."
Aizawa stepped in front of them, "Cheat Code, you take the others back to your lab. Use the tunnels, we'll deal with him."
"Fat chance." Dabi tried to shoot more fire, but Aizawa shot him with a glare. "Oh, fuck this."
He reached his hand into his pocket and grabbed something. Aizawa rushed forward, but Dabi just smirked, "Too late, he's already on his way."
Nedzu's fur stood on end, "And who would that be?"
A swirl of purple mist appeared in the middle of the room and Kurogiri stepped out, "You called?"
Mineta was stuck to the wall, hiding in a patch of shadows near the ceiling as he watched the students gathering. The Pussycats were doing a headcount of all the students while the UA teachers stood off to one side, handcuffing all of the villains that the students had managed to take down. They had done a lot better than he'd thought they would, or maybe it was just that his allies had done worse, because the only villains missing from the captured pile were Dabi, Kurogiri, and himself.
And now the lights were back on.
This entire attack was turning into a disaster and Mineta didn't know how to turn it around, not with their current numbers. However, they couldn't' afford to fail either, because failure meant that they lost Shigaraki, who knew enough to cripple them...which was probably why their attack had failed in the first place. They needed to pull out something that the heroes coudlnt' predict, something that Shigaraki's knowledge wouldn't help against, something so powerful that no matter even if they knew what they were up against, they wouldn't be able to fight.
Mineta pulled out the phone he'd stolen from Kaminari. They needed the big guns.
Ochako looked over at Hitoshi, who nodded and both of them rushed forward.
"What do you think you're doing here?" Hitoshi yelled. "If you want to get to him you're going to have to go through us!"
"What are you…?" Kurogiri went limp just in time for Ochako to barrel into him and knock him from the brainwashing. She scrambled to her feet with a grin as Kurogiri started floating.
"Got ya." Ochako put her hands together, "Release!"
Dabi scowled and turned to Kurogiri, "Nevermind you useless waste of oxygen, I'll handle Shigaraki myself."
Kurogiri nodded and disappeared and Ochako grabbed Hitoshi's hand, "Let me know if you need me to stop."
Hitoshi's expression hardened, "I'll stop when we catch him."
Gravity shifted and they ended up on top of the school, but the moment they got there, Kurogiri left again. After three more jumps of his, Ochako stopped, "He's trying to wear us out."
Hitoshi looked green, "It's working."
Ochako bit her lip and looked around. They'd ended up in one of the fake cities that UA used as a training ground, "If I can just get...oh, i'm an idiot."
"What?" Hitoshi fornwed. "What did you just realize?"
"Well…" Ochako started. "I can determine more or less where around my target I appear, right, so if I appear close enough, then I can grab him and bring him back."
"Only if you're fast enough to do that before he gets away from you." HItoshi pointed out. "His teleporting hasn't been throwing yours off, has it?"
"Not enough that I can't make this work." Ochako's eyes were determined as she dropped Hitoshi's hand. "I'll be back soon.
Hitoshi nodded, "And I'll be waiting."
Shouto glanced back and forth between Shigaraki and Dabi before turning to Midoriya, "There's a tunnel entrance just right here, right? The one your girlfriend came out of."
Midoriya looked like he was about to say something else before he stopped himself with a blush, "Yeah. the one my girlfriend came out of. That one."
Shout didn't have time to figure out that reaction, nor did he think that was the most important thing to worry while there was a psychopathic flame killer after them, "I'll stay back and help Aizawa, you two get Dusty to safety."
Hatsume nodded, "Got it."
"Do I get any say in this?" Shigaraki complained.
"No." Midoriya answered shortly. "Good luck Todoroki."
"If you're going to do something, do it quickly." Aizawa snapped. "I do have to blink eventually."
Shouto glared at Dabi and went to stand besides Aizawa, "Go. we got this."
"I believe that I shall accompany you." Nedzu said to Midoirya. "I do not believe the computers in this room will be functional for that much longer. Your workroom has a better set up."
"And whose fault is that?" Midoriya responded.
There was a scramble behind them as they got into the tunnels, but Shouto was more concerned with the staring contest he was having with Dabi, who looked confused and angry, "Since when are you all buddy-buddy with Shigaraki?"
Shotuo shrugged, "Since my old man kicked me out and he was the one who kinda took me in."
Dabi did a double take, "Wait, Dad kicked you out? He didn't even kick me out."
Shouto froze, his thoughts racing as he tried to make sense of that until everything finally clicked, "Touya?!"
Kurogiri knew he hadn't completely shaken the girl, Uraraka, that would have been a ridiculous assumption. If what Trapper had said was correct, she now had a permanent tag on him that could not be removed without a significant change in weight and it would not be safe to return to the base until that happened. He could starve himself for a few days, that would be simple enough, but there was the question of if the change would be sufficient. There was also the option of amputation, but he did not want to impact his usefulness to Sensei if he could help it. Basically, for the moment, he was out of good options.
He felt something barrel into him and then all of a sudden, the world was shifting just like it did when he warped. He knew the girl must have grabbed him and forced him to teleport, but why would she do something like that? He was used to teleporting and ending up in a new location, so there was no way she could throw him off using that strategy!
He readied himself for a fight before he even figured out where he had ended up and his eyes widened when he heard Tomura's voice, "I'm not coming back, will you stop trying to grab me already?!"
"You surely can't be abandoning Sensei so easily…" Kurogiri felt his brain go blank again, realizing too late that young Tomura was nowhere to be seen. He'd fallen for their ruse and this time, there was no one around to knock him out of it. He was somewhere within the UA training grounds and alone with the teleporter and the brainwasher. Wonderful.
"Alright, Hitoshi." The girl said. "He's all yours."
The brainwasher, Hitoshi Shinso, came into view, fiddling with a mask on his face that Kurogiri recognized as the support item he'd used during the sports festival. His quirk must have something to do with his voice, then, rather than confusion as Trapper had suggested. Sensei would be pleased.
"I am really getting sick of this stupid sensation." Shinso muttered. "Multiple people in the same head, which based on Spinner's answer, means you've got someone else's quirk. So? Whose quirks do you have?"
Kurogiri didn't answer, obviously. He didn't even know what Shinso was talking about. He wasn't a Nomu, he was simply...Kurogiri. That was who he was and that was who he had always been.
Shinso facepalmed, "Oh, right. I need to phrase it as an order, not a question. Tell me what quirks you have."
"Warp Gate is created from multiple quirks." Kurogiri answered, the shock of his response almost enough to knock him from the brainwashing. Not quite, unfortunately, but Kurogiri's brain was absolutely reeling. He was a nomu. He was just another one of the doctor's creations. But the nomu were slaves and he was Sensei's trusted servant...right?
"Ok…" Shinso hummed thoughtfully. "Tell me where you got them."
"All for One gave them to me." Kurogiri answered. "He stole them from their original holders."
"Ask him more about All for One." Uraraka said. "I'm pretty sure he has something to do with One for All."
Shinso nodded, "Tell me about All for One and his connection with One for All."
As soon as he'd said his name, Dabi turned tail and ran. Shouto gave chase as he threw himself out the window and Shouto used an ice slide to follow him. Dabi, no, touya, snarled as he shot another jet of flame in Shouto's direction, melting the slide so the other heroes would have difficulty following, "So you figured it out. What? You want a gold star or something?"
"No, but an explanation would be nice." Shouto dodged the attack and shot back with an ice spear, "I thought you were dead."
"Yeah, well maybe it should have stayed that way."
Dabi snapped. "What you guy going to do now, go away to the old man?"
"Are you kidding? I haven't talked to Endeavor in weeks." Shouto said. "He kicked me out, remember?"
"Why?" Dabi huffed but didn't send out any more flames, which was progress, "why would the great endeavor kick out his masterpiece?"
"He was trying to prove that I needed him and his power to succeed." Shouto shrugged, "And I figured out that I didn't."
Dabi was silent for a long moment before he suddenly cracked up laughing, "That is a bigger fuck you to Dad than I've ever even though of. Are you even going to be a hero?"
"If I do, it won't be full time." Shouto said. "I'm actually making a name for myself as a gamer, so I want to see where that goes before I commit to anything."
" a gamer!?" Dabi cackled harder. "Endabor's perfect masterpiece is dropping out of heroics to be a gamer? Oh my god, that's amazing!"
Shouto considered pointing out that he might not be dropping out of heroic entirely, at least not right wavy, but figured at this point that strategy might start another boss fight, so it was probably better to just keep his mouth shut and let his brother have this.
Eventually, Dabi stopped laughing and gave him anod, "do me a favor and don't tell dad I'm alive. I've got plans for how to devastate him even more than his failed masterpiece already has."
Shouto smiled, "I guess I look forward to seeing what you come up with then."
Dabi shook his head and laughed as he walked away, "A gamer."
Shotuo rolled his eyes. He took pride in being a disappointment, so dabi's reaction didn't really bother him. He needed to reunite with the students and…
"I can't believe you got him to just walk away."
Shotuo tried to shoot a stream of fire in the direction of the voice, but his quirk didn't work. Shouto deflated in relief, "Oh aizawa, it's just you. How much of that did you hear?"
"Enough." Aizawa's hair fell. "But don't worry. It would be illogical for me to spill a secret you already promised to keep. Plus I'm curious too. Also…" he shot out his capture weapon and caught shouto as he couldn't' run away. "We need to talk about your current living situation."
All for One was angry. He was a patient man, he enjoyed pulling strings and then watching those tiny actions have great effects over decades. He had been looking forward to the sweet devastation on All Might's face when he realized Shigaraki's true identity for almost fifteen years now and yet, that plan had been ruined in a moment by the stupid child's teenage rebellion! He'd raised Shigaraki to be his masterpiece and carefully controlled his upbringing so that he would never question it, but no, somehow when he wasn't looking, Tomura had decided that he wanted to be normal, as if that was even a possibility.
Well, All Might's face when he realized he'd been too slow to save his master's grandchild from being murdered by his arch nemesis would not be quite as exquisite, but it would make a half-decent consolation prize. It would have been easiest to have Kurogiri warp him over to UA, but for some reason, he was unable to get in contact with that particular project, which probably meant he had fallen into the hands of the heroes. It was a terrible loss, one that he could undoubtedly blame Tomura for, but at the very least, it would lead to the heroes learning his true identity, which would deal a powerful psychological blow in All for One's favor. Not ideal, but it was something he could work with, and arriving normally would make for a grander entrance anyway.
He stood in front of the UA gates, undamaged so far. The heroes inside hadn't yet called for outside backup, most likely because they had the attack under control and to avoid any negative press coverage that could damage the school. All for One smiled. They wouldn't be able to cover it up after what he was about to do.
He held up his hand, "Air Cannon times three."
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