Midoriya leapt to the side as another splash of green landed near his feet, and whipped out another knife, throwing it at Serpenta. The villain jumped off the lamppost, hissing, and lunged at Uwabami, but the pro hero swiftly dodged, before ordering, "Get the civilians away from here!"
"On it, fam!" Utsushimi yelled, immediately pulling up a woman who had fallen down, "Everyone, there's a villain attack here!"
Noticing that some of the other villains were eyeing the civilians who were trying to escape, Midoriya lunged at them, punching one in the face. The woman with literal snakes for hair hissed at him, but Midoriya just flipped her over his shoulder, slamming her into the ground, before kicking away a man with an entire serpentine lower body.
The man with what looked to be a porcupine quirk growled, and fired off some quills, but with the enhanced senses from her snakes, Uwabami was able to evade the attack in time.
"Maboromicamie, there's a civilian hiding behind some bushes behind you; get him out of there!" Uwabami yelled, twirling around and kicking a villain in the face with her heels, "Hakryuen! Be careful, there is another villain standing on the roofs, and they probably have a long-range attack. I'm calling for backup, but I don't know when they'll arrive."
Utsushimi immediately heeded Uwabami's instructions to get the remaining civilians away from the fight, as Midoriya weaved through various villains, using the white cloth around his arms to tangle the villains up, and flung them against a bunch of other villains. Hatsume had weaved a thin layer of metal into the cloth, making it sturdier and stronger, though that meant that he lost the ability to slice the cloth apart if he had to, but he could deal with that later.
He was still wearing a layer of bandages over his arms, underneath the cloth, just so that no one could see his scars, but he could also use them as a make-shift capture weapon if he had too.
Midoriya knocked out two more minor villains, and Utsushimi seemed to have finished evacuating all the civilians, and she jumped in to join the fight with basic hand to hand combat. Together, it didn't take them too long to take out the fodder villains, and Utsushimi ran off to take care of the stragglers who were starting to run away.
The green haired boy noticed that the villain that fired off quills was aiming in Utsushimi's direction, and shot out a blade out of his bracer to get his attention, before leaping forwards. He weaved through the projectiles that were sent in his direction, lashing his capture weapon onto the porcupine villain, and reeling him in.
Midoriya raised his knee so that the villain would crash face-first into it, knocking him out, but was forced to jump to the side as an air bullet flew past him, digging a crater into the ground. That was seriously getting annoying, but Midoriya couldn't do anything about it at the moment.
Behind the car that had exploded, another figure leapt out, aiming a knife at Midoriya's throat, but the greenette used his bracers to block the attack, and ducked as another air bullet flew past his head. Midoriya glanced upwards, noticing that there was a man who was aiming at him with what looked like a finger gun, before parrying away the man who had a knife.
Serpenta growled, and leapt down, turning her hand into a green cobra and lunging at Uwabami, but the hero just evaded her attack.
"Why are you so intent on taking me down?" Uwabami asked, dodging a bite from the cobra as the villain whirled around, and Serpenta hissed, turning her other hand into a yellow cobra, "With a versatile quirk like mine, I thought I could be a hero. All my life, I've been compared to you. We both have snake-like quirks, and your's just increases your senses! My quirk has much more uses, both offensively and defensively! But no, my quirk is too destructive, it's too dangerous, all I can do with my quirk is hurt people, my quirk is evil! I was never allowed to use my quirk, ever! But now, I have the freedom to do whatever I want! I can use my quirk however as I please! I refuse to be oppressed by this society, and all of us share the same sentiments!"
"Well said, boss!" The man with the knife grinned, slashing at Midoriya again, "Trust me, kid. I have a quirk that lets me turn machinery into bombs! I've been trying to hide my quirk my entire life, just so that I can get by, but once my quirk came out, I got fired. Over and over and over; no matter what I do, even suppressing my quirk doesn't do anything! You can be the purest person in the world, and everyone would judge you based on your quirk."
Midoriya parried the knife away, and knocked the knife out of the villain's hand, but he had no choice but to jump back as another air bullet flew past his neck. Midoriya growled, and the villain pushed himself to his feet, grabbing his knife and lunged at Midoriya again.
Midoriya swiftly dodged the knife, and smacked his bracer into the back of the villain's neck, knocking him out.
Uwabami had been doing a good job dodging Serpenta's attacks, and tried to retaliate with a few good kicks, but the villain was fast, and easily evaded her attacks.
The pro hero let out a yelp and fell to the ground as Serpenta finally managed to graze her arm with the yellow cobra, and the villain was just about to attack the downed pro hero when Midoriya tackled Serpenta away.
"Yellow causes paralysis!" Uwabami gasped, as Serpenta pushed herself up and lunged again, turning the yellow cobra into a red cobra, its fangs growing out to a ridiculous length.
So that's what red does. So yellow causes paralysis, green spits out acid, purple is poison, and white causes blindness. If she has snakes of secondary colours like green and purple, then she most likely also has a snake that is orange in colour. I'll have to look out for that.
"Police are here, fam!" Utsushimi yelled, running back towards the fight, "They're detaining the villains!"
Midoriya waved at Uwabami, before using his knife to deflect Serpenta's red cobra, and Utsushimi immediately nodded, rushing over and dragging Uwabami away so that Midoriya wouldn't have to worry about her.
Midoriya parried away Seroenta's fangs, before the villain jumped back, morphing one hand into a orange cobra, and the other into a green one.
The greenette jumped aside as green acid flew past his face, and twisted hastily to dodge two more air bullets, giving Serpenta the perfect opportunity to sink the fangs of the orange cobra right into his arm.
Midoriya bit his lip, and yanked his arm away from Serpenta, stumbling away, slightly dizzy, and the villain just smirked at him.
"Listen to me, little hero... turn around..."
Midoriya could vaguely tell that the villain was talking, but her voice just seemed to reverberate inside his head, echoing about, alluring him to obey.
The green haired boy found himself wanting to turn around, and stopped himself in time.
"Go on... hurt those heroes... go on, child... you're quirkless... you know our plight..."
The urge to obey grew stronger, but Midoriya refused to give into that urge, despite how right it felt. It was like she was brainwashing him -
Pain .
The effects of Shinsou's Brainwashing quirk could be countered by using pain. Sure, Shinsou's quirk wasn't exactly brainwashing, but the effects were rather similar. Shinsou's quirk forced others to listen to him, but Serpenta's quirk just seemed to urge her victims along, slowly telling them that what she was saying was right and that they should obey her.
Midoriya's never been under the effects of Brainwashing before, but he would assume that it would be much easier to snap out of her quirk compared to Shinsou's.
The green haired boy slowly raised his knife, and plunged it into his arm, pain rushing through his entire body like an electric shock, effectively snapping away her control of his mind.
"I know my hypnosis doesn't work all the time, but seriously, what's wrong with you!?" Serpenta hissed, in shock and somewhat concerned, "What kind of hero stabs himself in the arm!?"
There was a loud bang from above, and Midoriya looked up, seeing a hero wearing a cape holding the knocked out air-bullet sniped in one arm, "We got him!"
Serpenta hissed in distress; all her henchmen were taken out, and there was a self-harming kid right in front of her.
"Maybe you should stop picking on kids, you know?" Uwabami's voice rang out, and Serpenta turned, noticing the pro hero standing in the distance.
"What?!" Serpenta growled, "You shouldn't be able to move yet?! How are you able to stand?"
"Who knows? Maybe you want to figure it out?" Uwabami mocked, and Serpenta turned towards the hero, turning her hand into a green cobra. She fired off some acid at Uwabami, but the acid just flew through her, and Uwabami's figure evaporated into mist.
"Sorry, fam, that was just an illusion!" Utsushimi winked, as Serpenta roared, angry at being tricked, turning her other hand into a blue cobra and lunged at the Shiketsu student, "You little shit! I'll strangle you!"
Utsushimi just sidestepped her, raising her knee and hitting her in the stomach, knocking her away. Hissing in pain, Serpenta pushed herself to her feet, but Midoriya took that opportunity to jump in, whacking Serpenta in the back of her neck, knocking her out.
Uwabami is right... Midoriya noted. Utsushimi never uses her quirk in conjunction with her hand to hand fighting skills...
He wondered if any of his classmates had that issue too. That is something that would definitely be exploited in fights.
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It had taken some time for the police to finish arresting Serpenta and all of her henchmen, and the medics had spent some time dealing with Midoriya's bloody arm; Uwabami's paralysis had worn off at that point. However, now that all the fighting was over and had worn off, the celebrity hero was getting swarmed by all her fans and reporters again.
It took all the effort of the police, and the other heroes that had popped up for backup, just so that they didn't overrun the scene. Midoriya was glad that the fighting was over, but the one downside to that was that Utsushimi started talking again.
How the girl managed to turn a conversation about quirk usage into one about dating, Midoriya had absolutely no idea; to be fair, though, he wasn't really listening to everything she was saying.
"Have you ever considered dating? Our school's so old-fashioned it doesn't allow dating! Le sigh! I'm like, seriously exasperated?" Utsushimi comically waved her arms about, "They're not okay okay to, like, making an exception! Not fun at all! I know it's a good school and all, but like, 'sup? We can't date anyone, like, at all?"
Midoriya just continued walking, trying to ignore Utsushimi; he knew what dating was, he's seen some of his classmates dating before, and while it did seem nice to have someone caring about you all the time, Midoriya never really thought about it too much. Everyone hated him, the world hated him, and sure, there were a couple of people who seemed to think he was okay, but he wasn't interested in stuff like that.
"But, like, wouldn't you want someone to like you for who you are?"
Okay, maybe it would be nice, he would admit, but he wouldn't waste his time thinking about something that would never happen. He wasn't deserving of love.
"Anyways, you should like, talk more. Try talking more!"
Midoriya really wished she would just shut up.
"So... once we get back to the agency, you'll have another photoshoot, right? And like, you'll be a guest on a radio show? And then another magazine interview, right? And we'll be stuck in the building, though, watching you film everything? Really lame, but like, that's also crazy!"
"I'm really sorry about all this, I was hoping I could train with you two some more before we engaged her, or any other villains, for that matter. I really wasn't expecting that she would show up today. Hakryuen, the only reason why we managed to deal with the situation with so little damage was because you managed to surprise them, so I'm really grateful for that," Uwabami sighed, smiling gently at her interns, "You two can hang out in the agency if you like. Is there anything you like to drink? I'll send someone to get it for you."
"It's okay, fam! It wasn't that bad!" Utsushimi smiled, giving the pro hero a victory sign, and Uwabami replied, "It's no big deal; it's on me. If you like something, just say it."
"No worries! You're like, so generous, though! We totally owe you tons!" Utsushimi chirped, and Uwabami smiled softly, "After everything you've done, you two deserve a rest. Don't worry too much about it."
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The second day of the work studies flew by without too many problems, and Midoriya walked out of Uwabami's agency, holding his hero costume; since Utsushimi was interning with Uwabami for the entire period of time, she was allowed to leave her costume in the agency.
"You're not coming tomorrow? That's like, sad, fam! You're like, real quiet, but you're cool. Maybe we'll like, have a joint training session!" Utsushimi grinned, as Uwabami sighed, smiling softly, "During these internships... I'm supposed to be the one taking care of you, but in the end, you were the ones fighting my battles for me. Thank you for that..."
"I'll do my best to make sure that something like this doesn't happen. And that we'll both be better prepared to tackle it." Uwabami patted Utsushimi on the shoulder, before turning to facing Midoriya.
"Thank you for everything you've done." Uwabami said, giving him a bow.
Midoriya internally gawked at her. She was bowing at him? And she still wasn't straightening up?
The green haired boy was struggling to find his voice, figuring that was the only way to get Uwabami to stop bowing; she couldn't see his sign language from that position, and Midoriya really had no idea how to react to people bowing at him.
"I... uh... you too... uh... Thank you..." Midoriya awkwardly croaked out, clenching his fists nervously; his voice was just terrible.
Uwabami stood up straight, and smiled sweetly at him, "I wish you the best of luck on your other internships, Midoriya. Good luck. Knock them all dead."