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Koichi blasted himself toward the Villain, reaching out with his hand.
All For One's left hand moved, and a mighty blast hit the Hero from the sides, sending him flying.
"Your Quirk is also useless…" All For One remarked, landing on the ground. "Stay away from this battle, kid."
"Master…" Shigaraki said as other Villains appeared around him, gagging at the black liquid's filthy taste.
This was the first time Shigaraki had spoken to his Master since the Training Camp incident.
"You failed again, huh, Tomura?" All For One commented humorously, walking toward Shigaraki. "No matter. Just try again. I have brought all your associates here, including this child."
Momo squirmed in All For One's grasp, barely able to let out grunts.
His fingers were so tightly pressed around her throat that her eyes had rolled back in her head, making her even forget to use her Quirk.
"Take as much time as you want," All For One said, standing in front of Shigaraki. "Do it as many times as you need to. I will keep… cheering you on…"
Shigaraki's pupils shook. "Master…"
Suddenly, both All For One's and Shigaraki's heads snapped toward one direction.
On top of Gang Orca, who was lying unconscious, a blackness had surfaced. It was as if the space had collapsed there, with thick smoke lingering on its perimeter.
A blur shot out of that blackness.
Its momentum was so great that the moment it appeared in the outside world, a BOOM rang out, sending all Villains and injured Heroes flying.
Time stopped.
A bloody line manifested once again in All For One's mind, but it wasn't grinning anymore. His ballooning left hand lifted toward the blur, as he poured over a dozen Quirks into it to meet the incoming attack. Simultaneously, he willed to steal Creation Quirk from the girl, almost succeeding.
Almost because the sudden appearance of the blur had unexpectedly caused All For One to tighten his grip around Momo's throat, making her pass out.
So, just before the instantaneous event of stealing her Creation Quirk could have played out, Momo… collapsed inward, disappearing right from between his fingers.
As if that was the cue, the blur punched.
Gravity Crusher: 10000% —
In pure anger, All For One fired the attack, the blurry figure gaining a set of blue eyes in his vision.
A fist, larger than a man's head, greeted him from the other side.
— Singularity Punch!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
A storm brewed, the dust rising to the seventh heavens.
Nothing was left standing upright where the fist had met All For One's Air Cannon, boosted by numerous enhancer-type Quirks.
Then, a crack rang out, splitting the clouds of dust and clearing the field.
"Ah…" The Radiant of Gravity groaned, twisting his neck, as he crawled out of the debris some fifty meters away. "That felt… almost good."
Standing only a few steps away from his original place, All For One put down his hand as he looked at the over 7 ft tall huge old man.
"… I see…" All For One said, looking around. "Someone with a Warp-like Quirk is working with you, too… Mr. Alexander Becking?"
All the wounded Heroes, including Koichi, had disappeared from the field.
With the timing of Alex's arrival and the scale of the destruction, it would have been impossible for them to survive without external help.
Alex cracked his neck, taking his first step toward the Villain with a loud THUD.
"My reputation precedes me, huh?" he said, his eyes landing on All For One's right hand. "I can say the same for you, too, you weak bastard…"
Red-black strips had come out of the Villain's fingers, lodging themselves into Kurogiri and activating his Quirk forcibly.
Then, even as the aftermath of the collision of their attacks had raged in the field, All For One had thrown all the Claws into the portal, including Shigaraki.
That was the reason he had skidded back a few meters, to begin with.
"I had dreamed of visiting you, Mr. Alexander," All For One said, shifting his feet to face the enemy. "Your Quirk… is tempting."
"Hahaha!" Alex, weighing over 18000 kg, boomed out a laugh. "My Quirk… is tempting?"
"Oh, yes…" All For One nodded. "Not only because of its obvious strength, but… also because it belongs to a Radiant."
Alex's blue eyes shone bluer than ever.
[… Impossible…] Singularity stuttered in his mind. [My brother… How…]
"It… doesn't matter how…" Alex said before digging his feet into the ground and crossing the gap between him and All For One with a BOOM.
Then, he punched.
Red-black strips again came shooting out of All For One's right hand, heading toward the incoming fist. No matter how strong Alex's skin was, these strips would penetrate right through them, stealing his Quirk.
With a jerk, Alex changed the direction of his punch, his fist landing on the ground.
Chunks of earth, as large as mansions, came sprouting from the ground like stony geysers between Alex and All For One.
Suddenly, red-black bolts of lightning thundered on All For One's side.
A magnificent blast of air tore those stony chunks to pieces and created a chasm as it kept going on, disintegrating the rubble.
With a HISS, the Radiant of Gravity appeared behind All For One.
"You are fast…" All For One commented. "… for someone weighing that much…"
Air split apart as Alex punched, the earth giving in, becoming a dozens-of-meters-large crater.
However, to his utter surprise, he had missed the target, despite the sheer speed of the punch.
Alex's head snapped up, and he found All For One levitating midair.
For the Villain to dodge his attack meant that his raw, instantaneous speed was several times higher than the speed of sound itself.
"Give me a second, Mr. Alexander," All For One said, taking his eyes off the Radiant. "I need to greet an old friend."
Alex's head snapped in the direction where the Villain was looking, and he noticed a white trail.
In the very next second, the white trail covered hundreds of meters and appeared right over All For One, punching out as it roared — "SMASH!"
The BOOM jolted the spirits, All For One canceling the punch with his own attack.
Seething in rage, the newly arrived figure landed on the ground, his blue eyes matching Alex's own.
"Thank you, Alex…" the figure said, jumping lightly on his feet. "But… you need not intervene anymore. Why?"
All Might, the No. 1 Hero, looked up with a smile. "Because I am here!"
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