Chapter 26

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Bio-Terror dashes between the trees with a stunned Kouta in his arms. Thankfully it wasn't long before they ran into his teacher. "Eraserhead, I have Kouta."
"Midoriya?" He takes notice of his students' state. "You're covered in blood."
"Don't worry, it's not mine." Although now that his attention was drawn to it, it was taking every fiber of his self control not to consume it in front of his teacher, cause holy shit were Muscular's genes powerful. The taste was almost addictive. It was like having cinnamon on your lips and desperately trying not to lick it off.

"That doesn't reassure me." He notices Bio-Terror leaving. "Hey, where do you think you're going?"
"To deliver a message to Mandalay so she can relay it to everyone else. I don't know why, but these villains are after Bakugou specifically."
Eraserhead sighs. "If you're going back to the facility, then give her a message from me."

As he ran as fast as he could to the facility, Bio-Terror couldn't help but contemplate the fact that he's been doing a lot of running through the woods, and lamented the fact he hasn't gotten his hands on an Iida's genes yet.

Finally breaking the tree line, he saw a lizard man swinging a giant sword made of dozens of other swords down at Mandalay. 'That is the tackiest piece of weaponry I have ever seen.' Seeing it swing down towards the brunette pro heroine, he decides to show off his new trick.

First he used Muscular's genes to make himself bigger and stronger, the sudden bulk putting him on par with All Might's size. Then he added on layers of large, thick scales that were turned into solid black metal thanks to Tetsutetsu's DNA. And just for fun, he added a little of the USJ Nomu's shock absorbent power. Unlike his fathers crustacean-like shell, there was not a single gap in his defences, bar his two glowing eyes. An immovable object and an unstoppable force all at the same time.

Since his father gained his armour and blade powers at the same time, Izuku decides to do the same thanks to Kamakiri's DNA. Unlike his fathers blade however, he didn't simply turn his whole arm into a sword. Rather, the blade seemed to grow from the back of his right hand, curving like a scimitar as well as extending up to his shoulder.

 Rather, the blade seemed to grow from the back of his right hand, curving like a scimitar as well as extending up to his shoulder

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Internally deciding to aptly name this new form Juggernaut, he stands in front of Mandalay as the sword comes down, clashing it with his own blade, causing it to completely fall apart. Retaliating with his non-bladed arm, he gives the lizard villain a love tap that sends him hurtling into the trees. "Before anyone asks, yes I am Midoriya, and yes I learned ANOTHER new trick. Mandalay, Kouta is safe with Eraserhead, and he passed on a message for you to give to the students with your Telepathy. Everyone is allowed to fight back. Oh, and the villains are looking for Bakugou specifically."

Seeing Pixie Bob unconscious and injured, Bio-Terror turns his other hand into a whipfist and brings her close, healing bacteria leaking from between his scaled armour before setting her down gently. Then he made his way back into the woods to look for Bakugou.

While Juggernaut was without a doubt his strongest form physically, the weight of the metal scales meant he wasn't as fast as he could be, and returned to his default state. 'I kinda hope Iida has at least a tiny wound I can get some blood from. I need more speed.'

This train of thought is interrupted by what looks like a giant claw made of scribbly shadow suddenly coming from between the trees to crush him. "What the fu-" caught off guard by the sudden introduction of eldritch beings into his day, the claw came crashing down on Bio-Terror's current position. Thankfully he was tackled out of the way by his many-armed classmate.

"Tentacole, what the actual fuck is that?"
"It's Tokoyami. He told me before we started this that his quirk gets harder to control in the dark, and when a villain jumped us and I lost an arm, he went berserk." Bio-Terror takes notice of the bleeding stump his comrade currently has, brushing his fingers against it in a show of concern. Of course, he used the opportunity to get some blood.

Bio-Terror breathes some healing bacteria on Tentacole's face. "Breathe this in. It'll heal you."
Tentacole takes a deep breath, his bleeding stump quickly knitting itself shut. "Thanks. We still have to deal with Dark Shadow though. I think we can-"
"Forget whatever you were just about to say, I'll handle this."

As Bio-Terror confidently walks towards the rampaging sentient shadow, his colleague does his best to whisper-yell at him to stop. Shifting back into his Juggernaut form, without the sword this time, he calls out to the rampaging quirk. "Oi, Polly! I've been wanting to test this out in something tough!"
Tokoyami can be seen peeking out from the writhing mass of darkness. "M-Midoriya? Please, you have to run! Leave me!"

"Oh I see, is the six foot turkey afraid to fight me? Come on!" He bangs a fist on his chest, the clanging of metal reverberating through the area. "Put one right here, you giant chicken!"
Tokoyami can be seen visibly struggling as he's taken back into the darkness. "Midoriya, you have to-" and he's gone. Only Dark Shadow remains.

The dark behemoth charges towards Bio-Terror on a blind rage. With Dark Shadow rapidly approaching from the front and Shoji yelling at him from the back, he was completely unfazed, staring down the rabid beast that had overwhelmed his avian classmate.

When Dark Shadow was close enough, Bio-Terror backhanded it across its bird-like face, sending it careening through the trees, creating a trail of destruction behind it. This time he didn't let them recover, dashing over and grabbing the sentient quirk by the head, suplexing the behemoth in a similar fashion to his fathers Hunter Dirtnap technique.

Sufficiently stunned, Bio-Terror makes sure to keep it pinned, although it certainly tries to struggle. "That's enough Dark Shadow!" The sentient quirk merely struggled harder and screeched at him. Returning the gesture, he alters his vocal cords and lets out an ear splitting roar that sounds similar to a Leader Hunter right in Dark Shadow's face, emitting a murderous aura worthy of a being with the power to consume civilization.

Severely cowed, Dark Shadow retreats back within its host, who was evidently shocked by this turn of events. "You... you forced Dark Shadow into submission. That's never happened before."
"You never met me before." Bio-Terror extends an armoured hand. "Let's go find Bakugou."

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