Chapter 25: Part 24
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When I got to the main performance venue, I realised that I was very late: Aizawa had already been taken away, and the silhouettes were just visible. The Almighty had already been rescued by Todoroki from Nomu and Kurogiri, while the latter was being held down by Katsumi, with Kirishima and Shizuka standing behind her. Ha! Maybe I'm just in time! And without slowing down, he jumped out between Shigaraki and the All-Powerful One.
- Dibs on me! - Pointed straight at Noma.
- What?' the crowd screamed.
- 'Young Kayama,' the number one hero put his hand on my shoulder, 'leave this to the professionals!
- No way! - I'll share my loot,' I said, surprising the hero. You didn't say before that it's yours, did you? That's it, I'm ahead of you!
- This is not a child's toy! - said Yagi threateningly.
- What difference does it make to me, - I want to test myself! With my quirk, it's hard to find a training fight, and this Nomu must have super regeneration, he's just the perfect dummy. - Imagine what would happen if you took my opponent away from me now? You'd be praised, and then I'd come out and say that I was the first to say 'Dibs on me'! I mean, you're gonna be the one that everybody's gonna turn their backs on, you know? - I hope he's seen the show, or I'm wasting my time.
- I'm so sick of you all,' Shigaraki wheezed as he watched me and my hero argue, "you're getting in the way," he started scratching his neck, 'you're bothering me! - roared the guy.
- Oh go you go for a walk, minor character, - waved in his direction, - there are grown-up uncles talking here do not interfere!
- Grown-ups? Out of the way? A minor character? - I think the guy's eyes started to pop out of his orbits at my statement, - Nomu! - He roared, spreading his arms and throwing his head back, -Return our transport and kill this upstart!
Hearing my enemy's words, I did not hesitate to create a flame around me amplifying to my maximum strength. He's faster than me, stronger than me, I must burn him to the ground! There was a loud bang at the side where Katsumi was and then a gust of wind hit me and looking in the direction where the wind blew, I saw Nomu's head, which was confidently trying to build up its body. I increased the size of the flame so that I couldn't see the thing and concentrated on the place where the monster's head was, so that I wouldn't run out of energy, it took so much effort to create a trap of that size.
- What happened? - Katsumi, did you manage to dodge? - Katsumi asked her friend who was nearby, but she didn't say anything, because none of us saw anything, even I, who was concentrating on the thing, felt only the wind of the stump flying past, lucky it didn't hit me.
- Where's Nomu? - Shigaraki scratched his neck again, 'Kurogiri, where's Nomu? I don't see him? Did you move him somewhere else? - he asked the flying smoke nearby.
If I understand what happened, that artificial thing attacked Katsumi, but our number one rushed to save her, and after the blow that the Almighty took on himself, the smoke was released, and Nomu, following orders, rushed at me, falling into my flame trap, like cheese on a grater he dissolved into it. Well, not quite dissolved, his head is still intact, and I'm keeping it from growing. Yeah, I could kill him, but then there'd be too many questions. Noma hasn't been tested, and the fact that it's just a puppet with a broken mind hasn't been proven yet. I don't have a licence, I'm a sixteen year old schoolboy, if I killed someone, I don't even want to think about what would happen.
- Ha-ha-ha-ha! - laughed ringingly as hero number one emerged from the dust cloud, -your this monster was too weak and burned out on the job, come on, you're next! - beckoned him with my hand, and my flames flared even higher and were almost at my chest level, because I was running out of strength too fast and Nomu was starting to have a body. The Omnipotent standing near the edge of my fire seemed to notice the carcass and didn't get involved in the situation.
- No, I don't believe it,' the hand-face man ranted hysterically, 'No, no, no, you can't, no, I don't believe it, it can't have happened, you're lying to me! I'll kill you myself! - he roared, rushing towards me.
- No, Shigoraki,' the villain tried to stop his partner, 'we'd better retreat now! - But he didn't seem to hear anything, heading towards me, but he couldn't make it, he fell to his knees and a pool of blood began to collect under him.
- So they're already here! - Toshinori exclaimed, looking back, while Shigaraki had holes in both of his arms and blood was gushing out. It looks like it's the Gunslinger, and he's so far away you just can't hear the gunshots.
Kurogiri reacted almost immediately and covered his companion with a wall of mist, trying to teleport away.
- No Kurogiri, I want to kill him, wipe him out, trample him, no stop, I'll kill him! I'll kill him! I'll kill him! I'll kill him! I'll kill him! I'll kill him! - Shigoraki's voice grew quieter and quieter, and eventually disappeared into the teleporter, as did his partner. When the enemies disappeared I took out the flames, Nomu recovered, but stood there like a stump without doing anything.
- Ha, looks like he doesn't know what to do without his master. - expressed what everyone around me was observing. I knew that from the beginning and they would have had to figure it out, but why waste time, right?
- Toru! - exclaimed hero number one, -that was too reckless, you will definitely be punished for such an act!
- Oh,' he waved me away, 'there's no need to praise me so much, you're not the one to fight him when you're like an inflatable balloon - you'll burst at any moment...
- Hm, - Yagi's clouds grew darker, - it looks like we need to have a serious talk....
- Yeah, I don't mind, and stop going dark, it's not cool for a number one hero, you know!
- Dark, young Kayama, what are you talking about? - The hero replied confusedly, not understanding my statement.
- Darkness I say stop it, why are you doing this? Everyone out of the gloom! - I shouted cheerfully and darkness fell.