Chapter 9: Call My Bluff

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Y/n's POV:

I was still pretty much in disbelief over what had just happened. That brain villain was now completely out of sight thanks to All Might. There was a large bunch of smoke where All Might was standing, presumably from the sheer force of his attacks.

"I really have gotten weaker..." Said All Might. "In my prime, five hits would've been enough. But today it took more than 300 hits."

He stood there proudly with his clenched fist raised to his chest. From where I was, it almost looked as if he was steaming.

"Now, villains..." He said as he turned to the last two. "I'm sure we'd all like to end this as soon as possible."

The guy with the hands started seething and talking to his self. He started aggressively scratching his neck to the point where it made and audible coarse sound, and I could see his neck turning red from being scratched raw.

"What's wrong?" All Might continued. "You're not coming? You said you'd "clear" this or something, right? Come and get me if you can."

The villain took a few steps back. His arms were shaking.

It looks like All Might has this pretty much taken care of. If the rest of us split now, All Might won't have to worry about protecting anyone, so it'll be easier for him to fight.

Something's off though. Why hasn't All Might just started wiping the floor with these scrubs? Is he just trying to show off? There's no reason to do that. Unless... he's bluffing.

The hand villain's scratching had intensified now.

"If only I had Nomu..." I heard him mutter. "That guy would've been able to go up against him without thinking about anything!"

He kind of just did though...
For a villain, he sounds pretty childish.

The foggy villain started whispering something to the hand villain. His scratching had also stopped.
While we stood and waited for All Might to make a move, some of the other lesser villains had picked themselves off the ground.

"All Might will do something about the main bad guys," Said Kirishima. "Let's go help the others!"

I looked back at Midoriya. He was just standing there, almost as if he were frozen in place. He was staring almost blankly over at All Might within the smoke.
Just then, the hand villain started sprinting over towards All Might at full speed.

"This is revenge for Nomu!" the hand villain shouted.

Why isn't All Might doing anything? If he could beat that Nomu guy, he could definitely beat them... so why? From here it looks like his stance is faltering. He did mention going beyond 100 percent, so maybe he was talking about some limit.

Then, I felt a gust of wind from where Midoriya was standing, and he was nowhere to be seen. I looked over and saw him flying through the air towards the villains.

"Get away from All Might!" I heard him yell.

Before Midoriya could get close enough, the hand villain reached through a portal and was now about to grab hold of Midoriya's face. Just before the villain could activate his quirk, his hand was suddenly shot.
I looked over to where the bullet came from and saw that it was fired from the entrance. The other teachers were finally here.
Soon, they started making quick work of all the villains.

"Aw man, they're here," I heard the hand villain say. "It's game over now. Shall we go home and try again later, Kurogir-"

He hadn't finished his sentence before he was shot several more times by Snipe. The two were attempting to escape until Thirteen used her quirk to try and capture them. Before they could get pulled all the way over, the fog villain had disappeared with the hand villain.

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