"Well, since all of you, pipsqueaks are just all gonna fall by my hand, I'd like to announce my hero name before you all drop to the ground," Hakuji further taunted both classes. Everyone was starting to dislike him. In truth, he's just like Bakugo if he were older, but with a higher amount of ego stored within his hard head and a better-looking face. "It's Akaza," the man continued. "My hero name is Akaza and all of youuu..." he said, waving his pointing finger at both classes. "Will refer to me as so."
"Right, right, enough with the intros, let's just get to it," Aizawa uttered, impatiently. Then he switched his attention to both classes as he picked up a box from the ground and lifted them up. "Here, there'll only be two numbers in this box, that is 1 and 2. One will be for Hakuji--"
"Akaza."
The latter rolled his eyes. "Whatever--Akaza will be one, and Y/n will be two. Each one of you will pick from this box, shuffled of course. The game is simple. Akaza here will fight twenty-one of you, jumbled, alone, and the same goes for Y/n, he'll also fight twenty students, or twenty-one since Shinso's here. With each strike, punch, hit, or whatever you can do to damage them, you gain a point for your class," Then the seemingly always exhausted teacher slipped another grin. "It's still both classes versus each other... it's just that both of you guys have to collaborate on how to beat them...I honestly can't help...I think I'll enjoy this..."
Class 1-A in particular, shivered at their teacher's sudden change in mood. Was he secretly a sadist? Does he like others suffering?
"The only downside is that...you're all forced to cooperate with each other, whether you like it or not. But that doesn't matter. Just get as many points as you can. Y/n and Akaza won't just let you hit them, now would they?"
Bakugo stomped through both classes and stuffed his hand in the box, taking some small peeks. Even though Aizawa could clearly see the blonde taking a peek, he didn't mind one bit, he'd lose either way to whoever he'd face among the duo.
The anger-issue kid lifted his hand from the box and got ONE. He grinned and huffed as he started trudging away.
This continued on and on. Each student from both classes would stuff their hand in the box, lift it up, and gain the number they get by chance.
Suddenly, right then and there, All Might and Midnight strolled into the scene. Though the former number one hero expected a battle between Class A and B, he was rather stunned to see how 2 of the most powerful students in the UA were present.
"AH! I see that Y/n and Hakuji are here!" All Might started, trudging toward the duo and greeting them with a smile. "What's going on? Anything interesting?"
"We're gonna fight Class 1-A and B," Y/n said bluntly.
"O-Oh...Wait, who decided this?"
"Sir Aizawa did."
"I see..." Then the former number-one hero secretly trudged his way to Aizawa just in front of the duo. "Aizawa-san...Don't you think..this is a pretty...bad idea?"
"No not really," the latter responded, not fazed by the blonde's sudden appearance. "Why?"
"T-Those kids can't handle those two! Just one of them is already too much! They're gonna lose!" All Might whisper shouted to the exhausted latter.
"That's...That's basically the entire point of the exercise," Aizawa confirmed. "They already accepted the fact they'll lose. So, that's alright."
"A-Are you sure this is...valid for them?"
"You tell me, Class A has faced a lot of adversities and improved a lot due to that and they seek more opportunities to get better, Class B on the other hand has steadily improved and would grab any opportunity to get better," Aizawa said to All Might. "I'm sure this is the same thing for them. Something they can learn from their seniors. They're 'big bros,' if you'll see it that way."
The former number one could only grumble, switching his attention to both classes that already started discussing with one another, planning, and how they can increase their chances. Then his lips curved into a smile when both classes really seemed to be excited about fighting their...'big bros.'
"All right students," Vlad King announced. "Those who picked up the paper that reads 'ONE', will battle against Akaza. Be ready, you guys will start first. The first twenty-one of you, including Shinso, will fight your first opponent. I want all of you to hopefully learn something from this experience."
THE GAME BEGINS
CONTESTANTS FOR THE FIRST FIGHT:
Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
Juzo Honenuki
Nirengeki Shoda
Kosei Tsuburaba
Pony Tsunotori
Itsuka Kendo
Neito Monoma
Ibara Shiozaki
Shihai Kuroiro
Kinoko Komori
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Katsuki Bakugo
Momo Yaoyorozu
Minoru Mineta
Fumikage Tokoyami
Shoto Todoroki
Koji Koda
Eijro Kirishima
Yuga Aoyama
Kyoka Jiro
Rikido Sato
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Hitoshi Shinso
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The loud blare of an alarm signaled the start of the fight. However, the students chosen for the first fight gathered among themselves first before they all grouped together as a whole.
"So...it's a one-man army sort of thing," Shoto interpreted, judging how there were twenty students going to fight against one man.
Momo trudged toward the latter as she thought. "Judging by the fact that Sir Aizawa highly praises Y/n and Akaza...they're no joke at all. They're the real deal if sir says it that way. A well-organized plan should be the solution here."
"But like...at the same time," Jirou added, suddenly beside the duo. "We have to beat class B by hitting or hurting Akaza as much as we can...That we need to figure out how to do...while being able to functionally cooperate with them."
"We'll figure it out once we merge with class B," Momo reassured the latter. "Maybe we can receive some insights coming from them."
"I agree!" Kirishima shouted, slamming his fists together. "Let's plan this out! For class A!"
"Indeed. For class A," Tokoyami barged into the conversation. "I noticed a classmate from Class B would be compatible with assisting Dark Shadow and me, to strengthen us further. Hopefully, that will help."
"Merci."
"As long as we gather our strength as one, we'll be able to get some hits!" Sato assured them.
"Oh man, oh man..." Mineta said, rubbing his balls--I mean, rubbing the balls on his head. "If sir Aizawa praises those guys like that....then how the hell am I supposed to react?! Sir's just basically saying we'll lose metaphorically! My spirit is shattered!!"
"Tch," Bakugo scoffed, leaning in the conversation. "The only plan here is to beat that egotistical fuck, Akaza, till he quivers."
"That is sooo you," Shoto retaliated, gaining a glare from the latter.
"Ah, guys," Koda said, interrupting them. "Class B is coming to us."
Class A turned their attention to the other ten Class B members strolling toward them. Some seemed eager to interact with them, some were neutral, and some had a fixed frown, not really fond of them yet.
"Alright guys, keep you're composures, it's time..." Momo said, as she and her other classmates trudged toward Class B.
Once they finally merged as one group, they started initiating a plan.
"It can't be helped, we're forced to cooperate with you guys," Class B's Vice representative, Shoda uttered sarcastically.
"Sadly, that is the case, I can't beat up you guys anymore...sighhhh..."Juzo teased seemingly dejectedly.
"Fear not, for Class B shall attain more hits and strikes than Class A!!" Monoma shrieked, raising his hands toward the sky. "LEAVING US AS THE MORE SUPERIOR CLASS THAN EVER BEFORE!!!--"
Then Kendo knocks him out, holding him in his arms as she apologizes on his behalf. "Come on guys, don't be so rash, let's not focus on the points, let's focus on trying to beat that guy."
"Didn't sir Aizawa say it's like...almost non-achievable?" Komori said with a giggle.
"But sir didn't say it's entirely impossible!" Jirou said, trying to gain some hope.
"Hey," The sudden broadcast called for their attention.
It was Akaza.
"Listen up children," the man said with a hand on his hip. "Usually you guys are given info about an enemy's quirk, its uses, and their functions. So, being the kind, gentle, and humble man that I am, I'll give you my quirk's functions."
The greenhead, noticing how the senior hero was willing to give out info on how his quirk works, brought out his notebook and a pen and was ready to write it all down.
"My quirk is simple. Basic if you will," Akaza continued. "It's Shock Absorbtion. The name says it itself. I can absorb any sort of shock or trauma thrown at me, making me unfazed by any sort of physical attacks."
Izuku immediately wrote that down, amazed.
As for the others, they all listened intently during this grace period.
"Not only that," the man added. "I can send back the shock that was thrown at me a hundred times stronger than it initially was. It would practically make any normal human being gets knocked out cold before my fist even comes in contact with them," then he grins ever so slightly. "Of course, you guys aren't normal anymore, you're heroes. So if I see each one of you resist my strikes, you already have my respect. Don't drop on your knees. It's as simple as that. Oh right, my durability also increases drastically as well every time I absorb the trauma or shock. Nearly making me ...invincible, as I like to put it."
No one liked how he placed it that way. A quirk...that may seem basic but with so many uses...especially if the user knows how to manipulate his quirk, Akaza truly is a formidable opponent.
Y/n, mildly annoyed had to intervene. "Hakuji, you're not invincible. I literally knocked you out several times on five occasions."
"Oh shut up, that was 2 years ago you dumbass. You couldn't even keep up with my speed at that time until now!" the latter retaliated with a grin, a vein throbbing on his temple.
The huge man only sighed. "Fine, fine, whatever, continue your...monologue or something."
"Naw, I just finished," Hakuji said, scratching his chest before turning in the opposite direction, his back facing everyone else. "I'll head to my position now," he said, trudging toward the walls and towers of pipes and wires before turning his head to the team he'll be battling against. "Make it fun, would ya? Don't be boring, alright? For me? Thanks~" Then his tone suddenly darkened,"I'll be looking forward to it," he added before disappearing in a flash, leaving behind a small crater for a trace.
...
"Yeahhh that wasn't helpful at all," Kirishima admitted. "He absorbs shocks and sends them back a hundred times stronger?! That can basically knock out anyone!"
"Tch only retards drop to the ground for this guy," Bakugo spat. "This guy gets on my fucking nerves, I'll kill him."
"I think that's a bad idea," Shoto retaliated. "We need to control and minimize our attacks if he can absorb them."
"Did he say there's a limit to how much shock he can take?"Pony asked, curious.
"No...he didn't. Assuming he does, it'll probably take way too long for us to overload him with shock," Kendo answered. "This guy's honed his quirk far better than we have known. It's best we keep caution with this guy."
"...So it's...practically impossible for us, on our level right now, to beat him to a pulp, huh?" the beast man, Jurota uttered, annoyed.
"If that's how it's gonna be..." Tetsutetsu said enthusiastically with a wide grin.
...
"Then we can hit him with everything we've got! No holding back!"
---
Akaza was seen seemingly strolling around battlefield Gamma, randomly punching walls and accidentally creating large creators. Robot camera drones hovered around the man, inspecting him at different angles as he waltzed around. This eventually diminished his patience and shattered almost all of them, just leaving one intact.
"It's been 75 seconds, I'm getting really bored right now," the man mumbled to himself. "Did I scare them too much? Did I wet their pants? I guess I should've been less intimidating so they can go all out on me," he said, sighing as he placed his hands in the pockets of his baggy battle pants and continued his aimless stroll around battlefield Gamma. "Uhgggg so BORINGGG!!--"
Suddenly, a low whistle from afar progressively became louder and louder. At a distance, the man was able to witness the bullet suddenly increase its speed by a ton, a small shockwave signifying that, then a shadow punched the bullet at such precision, allowing the said bullet to increase its speed, then suddenly a string of orange flames landed itself at the base of the bullet, now, setting the thing on fire, and finally, a loud explosion announced its appearance, making the bullet ascend its speed by tenfold, already breaking the sound barrier.
Three seconds later, a flaming red hot .50 caliber bullet was mere centimeters before piercing Akaza's right eye, however, the man effortlessly deflected the bullet with his fingers, causing the bullet to pierce the ground instead, leaving a crack.
His sadist instinct kicked in, curving his lips into a toothy grin. "Holy shit...this is your plan?" he couldn't help but chuckle. They were wild to do something like that. "...To fuckin kill me...? Were you all that desperate to beat me? Do you really think a .50 cal is gonna bring me down?"
"We wouldn't try to end you if we knew you were fast. With that speed, we can't even see you. Actually, there's no way we can beat you," said a voice behind him, Akaza, turning his head, noticed it was Shoto, standing behind him menacingly--allowing the half hot and cold to continue. "All we can do right now is to hit you as much as we can without restraint, so..." The boy said before his left side started emitting orange hot flames while his right started sending cold winds, freezing some of his skin. "We apologize in advance." Then right behind Shoto, the towering walls of pipes and wires were filled with students to the brim activating their quirks.
"Ho~?" the latter had to grin. He might be able to enjoy this.
Bright flashes of light suddenly flared as a loud explosion zoomed toward Akaza, the man gracefully moving his side to the right to dodge the attack. Right after, a barrage of horns, coming from Pony's quirk came bolting toward Akaza who would end up dodging each and every one of them with ease, grinning to himself. Adding to the assault, Tokoyami would send his quirk, Dark Shadow to attack Akaza from a distance. Once Dark Shadow got to a close distance, he'd let out a battle cry as he lifted his fist to strike the man.
"What is that thing?" the latter asked in mild disgust as he swiftly dodged the strike of Darkshadow before sending a barrage of kicks using his right foot, causing the quirk to be hurled right back at the owner, crashing onto him with a groan.
Shoto noticing this, retaliated with a pillar of orange hot flame, only for it to be blown away by a strong gust of wind from the latter's fist.
"Come on, really? Do you think a pillar of flames with zero technique is gonna do something to me?" Akaza provoked before avoiding a large sonic heartbeat wave coming from Jirou.
After that, a large beam of blue sparkling light came to be, coming from Aoyama's quirk. A blue laser Akaza was forced to duck once it attempted to land on him. "A laser?" Once he looked around for a bit and spotted Aoyama spewing laser from his navel, the man easily countered it by flicking his finger directly at the sparkling man, sending a large shockwave that disrupted the forest of pipes and causing most of the students there to stumble and fall.
Suddenly, the ground below him suddenly softened making the man's feet sink to the ground. This effectively allowed Shoto to activate his quirk, inhaling deeply before sending a large iceberg directly at the man almost instant, enveloping him in a large mountain of ice seen from the other side.
"Now, Tokoyami!" Shoto shouted, giving his classmate the signal to drop a large number of metal pipes on the fragile iceberg, causing everything to shatter and fall.
"Ibara!" once her name was called out, her vines sprouted from her scalp, lengthened, and grabbed onto multiple pipes and other junk prepared for her and dropped it all directly onto Akaza's current position.
Right after their continuous assault, they stopped momentarily if the damage they've done actually did something.
A cloud of smoke and debris enveloped the whole scene before it eventually blew away.
Everyone present at that moment paused...
...and waited.
"Was that it?" a voice echoed behind everyone else that oozed with distaste. "That would've worked if I allowed that to hit me, or if I were as slow as a snail," his voice came from the forest of pipes and wires and eventually materialized from the dark, strolling up to them unscathed. "Though I have to say, teamwork was perfect 100. Keep that up. It'll get you, weaklings far."
Suddenly, an orange explosion sped in his direction, causing a huge block of Battlefield Gamma to become enveloped in such an explosion, sending a shockwave that shook the entire battlefield.
"WHO'RE YOU CALLIN' WEAK?!" Bakugo roared from within the cloud of smoke, his palms sparking up. "YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE HERE NOT FIGHTING BACK!"
From nearby, Akaza was seen unscathed once more, squatting on a pipeline from above everyone else. "Hey, I was complimenting your teamwork. Didn't that at least give you some sort of ego boost?"
Then there was a bit of clicking and grumbling from a distance that was inaudible from deep within the pipes and wires.
"IT SURE FUCKIN DID!! THAT'S WHY I ATTACKED YOU DUMBASS!!" the blonde retorted, his voice cracking a bit from yelling.
Akaza only sighed as a grin curved his lips as he slowly stood up at full height. "Fine~ I'll give you guys a few hits," he said shrugging, "Make it count though cuz--"
Suddenly, the man's eyes became dull, and all sorts of movement numbed, leading him to just stand there on the pipeline, unmoving.
Meanwhile, from the spectator's view, they immediately recognized that effect as Shinso's brainwashing. The remaining students from classes A and B couldn't help but grin to themselves. Akaza underestimated them, now it was their turn to return a blow.
Back with everyone else in Battlefield Gamma, Dark Shadow took the honor of grabbing Akaza from the pipeline and hurling him down to the ground, sending a medium-large crater on the ground. Kosei on the other hand, took the opportunity to use his quirk, which was solidifying air with his breath, and trap him inside a huge box of solid air.
Right after, everyone else let out a sigh of relief.
"Take that you stupid piece of shit," the real voice coming from Bakugo uttered with a smirk said as he gave the brainwashed Akaza the finger while still within his air cage.
"HAH! That's what you get for decreasing my chances!!" Mineta yelled, kicking the air cage.
"It's good we got him restrained! But still...he's too fast for us!" Kendo said. "If it weren't for Shinso's quirk we'd be all around the place!"
"Good work Shinso-san! You did well in the plan!" Shoda said, patting the purple-haired teenager on the back.
Everyone else complimented the teenager's usefulness. Except for Bakugo, he was too busy spitting insults at the brainwashed Akaza.
"Well, Shinso, how long does your brainwashing usually last?" Momo questioned, gazing a bit at Akaza's motionless body.
"...I'm not so sure, but I know it's long enough for us to gain points," he replied. "And...assuming he has a higher pain tolerance than us...even if we go all out on beating him, it won't cut him out of my brainwashing, so it should be fine."
After hearing that, a bright smile was plastered on everyone's face, except Bakugo. Maybe they could actually beat Akaza, maybe they could actually bring him down!
---
Y/n squinted, watching how the events went down.
"...Sir," Y/n said, calling out Vlad King, gaining his attention.
"Yes, Y/n?"
"Call off the match."
Everyone within the range of hearing those words in the spectating area became utterly confused with a mix of shock. Why would Y/n want to call off the match? Clearly, Shoto, Bakugo, Momo, and the rest of them are going to win. Why would he?
"Kero...they're going to win though. Did Y/n not want to see them win?" Tsyu questioned, scratching her arm.
"No...I think it might be deeper than that...!" Ochaco said, pondering. Then a light bulb went off. "MAYBE HE CAN'T BARE TO WITNESS HIS CLASSMATE LOSE!! IT'LL SHATTER THEIR EGO!!"
"No that's not it..." Izuku interrupted, holding his chin. "I can't put my finger to it but..." the greenhead gazed at the screen the figures of his classmates with members of class B around Akaza's trapped and motionless position. "I still feel the same unease when I see him...Nothing's changed when he's brainwashed! Actually...that feeling of unease became even stronger!!"
"Sir, please call off the match," Y/n said, his tone, even though dull, his words had some weight to it.
"I apologize Y/n, but I'm not calling off the match," Vlad King responded. "They still have a remaining 15 minutes."
"But sir--"
"Are you doubting my students' abilities?!" the teacher retaliated. "Even though you may no longer be a student from the freshman year, I'm still a teacher. So as I teacher, I tell you to pay attention. Pay attention how MY students--"
"And class A!" Mina, Sato, and the others shouted.
"--Will bring down Akaza."
Y/n just frowned in response before gazing at the screen once more. "..."
---
"Uh, guys, why is he twitching?" Mineta said, pointing out the obvious.
"Yeah...it's kinda unnerving..." Pony agreed, scooting away a bit from the air box.
"Is he...trying to resist the brainwashing like how Izuku did it?!" Kirishima suggested as he stepped away for a bit.
Bakugo growled. "Hey you, air hardener!"
"It's Kosei!!"
"Release Akaza from the cage, Imma beat him before he gets back to consciousness," he uttered darkly.
The latter gulped at the blonde's dark expression and went with his request, freeing the brainwashed man from his cage.
The blonde, grinning like a madman, prepared his attack, his palms flashed bright orange as the heat all materialized at a single point before facing his fired-up palm at the twitching Akaza.
However...
Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu acted quicker. He sought Shoda's quirk, twin impact so that when the airhead activates his steel quirk, the latter will activate his, sending a powerful strike at Akaza's gut.
...
That was the plan at least.
So before Bakugo would send another block-destroying explosion, Tetsutetsu got in the way, interrupting the blonde.
Irritated, the blonde yelled. "GET OUT OF THE WAY IDIOT!!"
"NEVER!!" the latter yelled back, activating his steel quirk and recoiling his fist. "I'LL BE THE ONE TO GAIN THE FIRST POINT!! SHODA! NOW!!"
Once on signal, Shoda did as told, activating his quirk, allowing Tetsutetsu's fist to go zooming directly at Akaza's torso before--
...
Before Akaza suddenly appeared behind the latter as a blue hue, grabbed the back of his head, and slammed him to the ground. He slammed the poor boy's head to the ground several more times before tossing him like a ragdoll to the other side of the battlefield, fabricating a loud explosion.
At that moment, everyone was stunned. Especially Shinso.
"W-WHAT THE HELL?! D-DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT????!" Mineta screeched.
"W-wait a sec...he wasn't supposed to even move without Shinso's command, right?"
"S-Something's wrong..!!"
"D-Did you see that?! I couldn't see his movements at all!"
"H-He just threw Tetsutetsu like he was nothing!! That guy was like 300 kg pure steel!!"
"H-Hey..hey..hey...wasn't Akaza under your brainwashing, Shinso?" Monoma questioned, his grin quivering.
"He...He's supposed to be...unless a shock big enough can break him out of it but....his eyes...that means he's still under my control," Then Shinso inhaled before speaking. "Fall on the ground."
...
Nothing happened. Akaza just stood there, his back facing the others.
"Tch, he's not responding," Bakugo said. "Whether we like it or not, we're going to have to beat him the fuck up in that form."
Then he faced his glowing orange palm again at the towering man.
"Explode."
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
"Prepare for Plan B!" Momo said out loud.
Once the pillars of smoke cleared, Bakugo frowned and growled as he took notice of how Akaza was seen in the large clouds of smoke seemingly unscathed, his back still facing them. But knowing he attacked him and gained a hit, that was one point for class A.
"Come on you dead--"
The blonde's words were cut off when he took a hit on his gut, Akaza's shoe sinking into Bakugo's torso before plummeting the blonde back into the forest of pipes, sending a loud shockwave.
Shoto, in response, sent another huge iceberg attack in hopes of trapping the man in the ice. However, clearly, that didn't do a thing, since Akaza easily shattered the iceberg with one strike from his fist, sending waves of cold air that sent the others shivering.
"I don't understand...why is he fighting back?!" Kendo said, getting frustrated. "He's supposed to be under Shinso's brainwashing!!"
Momo created a canon ball using her quirk, aimed directly at her intended target, and shot her shot.
The canon directly sped toward Akaza at blinding speeds, without him knowing what was coming after him.
The teenager hoped to gain a direct, but to her dismay, the latter just caught the canon ball with one hand as if it was nothing and crushed it.
Then in just a second, he was in front of her, his fist held up high, ready to pound her to the ground, but before that could happen, Kendo, using her quirk which made her hand much larger, landed an attack that struck the latter's whole body, staggering him momentarily. Though that was enough for Kendo to grab Momo and drag both of them away from Akaza and sink into the ocean of pipes.
"Are you alright, Yayarouzo?!" She said, carrying her with her large fist as they ran deeper into the pipes.
"Yes, thank you..." the latter replied. "I don't understand though...how was he able to resist Shinso's brainwashing?"
"He hasn't...he's still under his brainwash, hence why he's not in his usual cocky attitude."
"...Your right...but...what's making him fight back?"
---
After everyone else figured out that as a group they failed, they scattered and switched to plan B, making use of their surroundings. Hide, then surprise attack, repeat.
On the other hand, Kirishima, Shinso, and Monoma were seen running past and jumping over some pipelines and wires as they tried to gain as much distance away from Akaza as possible.
"What the hell was that?!" the redhead yelled. "Did you see what he did to Tetsutetsu?! He blasted that guy away!!"
"OHHH DON'T WORRY KIRISHIMA, WE'LL DEFINITELY BITE BACK AT AKAZA, WE JUST NEED TIMING AND PATIENCE!! WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME TO SPARE SO LET'S NOT RUSH EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STILL ENEMIES!!" Monoma retorted, letting out a hysterical laugh.
"You're...a weird guy."
On the other hand, Shinso was still bummed out by the fact Akaza wasn't following orders like he was supposed to. And as of late, he was currently pondering what made him revolt the way he did.
---
Mineta started off rashly. Throwing his purple balls at Akaza screaming like a little girl.
"TAKE THIS, YOU BASTARD!!!" Mineta yelled his lungs out. "GRAPE RUSHHHHH!!!"
Then Komori sprayed some water to increase the humidity as she activated her quirk, sending waves of mushrooms and fungi directly at Akaza. "Shroom!!"
The man simply stood there as he was being shrouded and enveloped in Mineta's...balls...and mushrooms as well.
"H-HE'S NOT MOVING!!" the grape hero yelled. "Now's our chance!! Attack!! Attack!! NOW!!"
Then Kosei came out of the forest of pipes and used his quirk, blowing an air cage at Akaza, trapping him. The man sighed in relief, however, it would soon be a breath of fear once the latter easily shattered Josei's air cage like it was nothing.
In a final effort, Kosei reared his fist and aimed to strike the man's face. However, Akaza this time reacted to that, landing a strike on the latter's face faster than Kaibara can perceive, which created a loud shockwave, knocking him out instantly and falling flat on the ground.
"WHAAAATTT?!?!?!" Mineta yelled again, stunned. "MY BALLS SHOULD'VEWORK SINCE THEY'RE ALL VERY STICKY!! AND KOMORI'S MUSHROOMS SHOULD'VE DECREASED HIS MOVEMENT!!! SO WHY DIDN'T THAT WORK?!?!?!"
Then right after, Akaza was seen tearing off the mushrooms and sticky balls all around him as if they were paper, causing the duo spectating to become even more shocked.
"BASTARDDD YOU CAN'T JUST RIP THEM AWAY THAT EASILY!!"
"N-No way...the shrooms stick to the skin and usually sticks there until I tell them to stop..." Komori uttered, her voice stuttering. "How can he just remove it?! It'll tear off his skin!"
So once Akaza tore off everything that covered up his body, his skin was not even reddish from pulling out the stickiness or the Mushrooms, he was completely unaffected.
"THIS MAN ISN'T MAKING ANY SENSE!!!"
Sadly the yelling of the tiny hero exposed the duo's location, causing both of them to get a strike to the gut, knocking them out.
---
"This is bad...we're losing our numbers rapidly.." Tokoyami uttered. "Ibara's been knocked out...Komori...Mineta...and the others. He's...I hate to admit it but he's way too strong. Way out of our league..."
"Indeed...it's very discouraging..." Kuroiro agreed.
After running some distance, Jirou let out a long sigh. "Damnit...how long has it been?"
"Five minutes..."
"Shit...Five minutes in and we already lost so many...I don't even know how many are there of us left."
"I'll send Dark Shadow to scout around the area to find the others and regroup...hopefully he doesn't encounter Akaza in the process," then Tokoyami switched his attention to his sentiment quirk. "Ready, Dark Shadow?"
"Yup!" the Shadow responded.
"Alright, go find the others."
With that, Dark Shadow sprinted away, speeding from Pipe to pipe to find the remaining others.
---
"I think I get it..." Momo said, taking a break with Kendo taking a seat on a pipeline. "It's his instinct. He has a strong connection with his instinct, that's what's making him dodge, counter, parry, and attack. But...I still don't understand how he's still going even under Shinso's brainwashing."
Kendo only chuckled to herself. "Man...we came up with a plan we thought would be effective and yet..."
A loud explosion, most likely coming from Bakugo echoed throughout the Battlefield, a cloud of smoke enveloping the scene before a strong gust of wind clears it.
"...It totally backfired.."
Suddenly, a large wave of Ice enveloped the battlefield from afar which eventually shattered due to Akaza's counterattacks. Right after, a huge mountain of orange flames envelopes the scene, however this time, the flames were blown away the same way a man would blow the flame of a candle.
Momo just rubbed her nape as she thought about it. "He's...basically fighting us in his sleep...