Chapter 143: Imminent Danger (2)
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"Ugh… so annoying!"
Toga couldn't help but stomp on her feet as she rattled her teeth together and grunted at the phone on her hand.
It wasn't getting any network!
How was she supposed to let Neji know about the shit that was gonna go down?!
Toga peeked her head out of the washroom to find a blue-skinned bulky man standing guard outside the door.
"Hey," She called. "Why isn't there any network??"
"Huh?" The man turned to her with an annoyed look. "Why do you even need network in the washroom? What the fuck?"
"Shut up, I just wanna watch some porn, you got a problem with that?!" Toga glared at him.
The blue-skinned man seemed irritated, but he didn't look so surprised. This woman was crazy, after all.
"Ugh… Didn't you hear? Because we're going to launch an attack on all of the cities in Japan, it's necessary to make sure the heroes can't contact each other. So the MLA is jamming all the networks for the time being." The man spoke seriously and then turned forward again. "If… you want porn, I can share some of my files-"
"Ewwww…" Toga's disgusted voice interrupted him, causing his face to freeze before she stepped out of the washroom and walked away. "Yuck… maybe I should have vomited first."
She walked while the man stood on his spot, silently with his eyes covered by shadow.
But Toga's mind was busy somewhere else.
'Tch… I have to somehow let Boss know about all this…' She was very motivated because the 'bonus' she received after the completion of Izuku's mission was simply… spectacular.
The Meta Liberation Army was about to attack every city of Japan, and not only that, but they were also planning to free all the villains who were locked in Tartarus–the special prison where all the captured supervillains were located.
Everything in this country will get turned upside down if that were to happen.
Toga…really, really liked that idea. So much so, that she was already wet down there. But…Neji surely wouldn't like this plan, and if he wasn't pleased with her job, she would only get to stay wet forever.
Toga walked, her mind busy as she tried to think of any way that she could let Neji know about all this.
Luckily…or maybe unfortunately, Neji wasn't in a position where he could care about all this. Because currently, he's facing death.
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The plasma beam engulfed Neji's entire body and hit the wall behind, causing it to shatter and open up a gap to the outside where Neji managed to use his Shockwaves to move away from the beam's trajectory.
His ⟨Hollow King's Armour⟩ was immediately cancelled, unable to even hold the pressure of the air, as he landed on the ground to calm his nerves.
"What the fuck happened…"
While he cursed, he noticed a large chunk of ice spring out inside the classroom and then he heard the sound of explosions from there.
Only a second later, the explosion stopped as the students yelled in unison.
Certainly, one of them was killed.
'Nothing is adding up… where did this Tier-8 come from?!' Neji cursed in his mind. 'Hisashi Midoriya… ugh, is that Izuku's father?! Shit, then he's after me… I have to escape.'
He was about to turn around and run, but he realised… Nejire was in the school.
'Dammit!'
He gritted his teeth and connected his mind with Kurai. Kimi and Kurai were in the parking lot already because school was about to end after this class, and they'd surely come running here the moment they heard the commotion.
'—Papa?'
Their minds connected with a click.
'Why is your heartbeat so fast? What happened?'
[Gamer's Mind] allowed Neji calm thinking even right now, and so he quickly came up with the best decision for the current situation.
'Kurai, tell your mommy to run towards your grandparents. There's a chance they are in danger… you go with her too.'
'But–'
'It's fine… I will switch up with you if the danger is too high.'
Neji could switch places with Kurai with mental thought, that was one of his familiar-pact benefits, along with things like 'Fusion'. But…
'Okay… Don't hesitate to do so.'
…He of course won't throw Kurai on death's door.
'I know. Now move out with your mommy.'
Neji cut the mental call with that.
Neji's parents were with Momo's parents, out because of a group party amongst the rich people. Neji couldn't thank his luck enough for that. With Kimi protecting both his and Momo's parents, only a threat like Hisashi would be able to harm them.
The moment he cut the call with Kurai, something strong hit the remaining walls of the classroom Neji was in as the entire wall then broke out.
"Everyone!" It was Kirishima, who had slammed his shoulders on the wall. "Run out! Or we all will die!"
There was no retort to that, and except for Bakugo and Todoroki, whose bloody dead bodies lay down on the floor, everyone jumped out of the two-story building.
But, not everyone could escape.
Hisashi Midoriya's eyes met Setsuna Tokage's, whose eyes spun and her green irises changed to red. Then, with a nod, she used her quirk to transform into pieces as she ran behind all the students.
It took Neji a second to realise what happened.
Hisashi Midoriya used his Dragon powers to control Setsuna, who was a "Lizard" type quirk user.
'His Quirk isn't just strong… it's versatile too, which means this is worse than I thought.'
The man turned to Neji. But by then, Neji was already blasting to the 3rd-year compartment, from where students and teachers were peeking out to see the commotion.
Hisashi's draconic eyes narrowed, his arms still resting behind his back.
'He survived my Dragon Breath… Guess that's how strong he needed to be for him to bully someone like Midoriya who had two strong quirks. I should finish him quickly.'
He crouched down, flexing his leg, as two red wings popped up from his back. He kicked the ground and flung forward at the speed beyond what Neji was flying at.
In literal milliseconds, he caught up with Neji in the air and raised his arm on top of his neck, going for a karate chop from his spikey forearm.
Neji's eyes turned to meet him, but he was too slow as the hand came down on his neck.
But his hand couldn't touch Neji's neck, because…
[Luck Plays a Role!]
"POWEEER!!!"
A naked young man floated above Hisashi as he yelled and slammed his fist on Hisashi's chin at a speed beyond Hisashi's own.
There was a huge shockwave from the punch, which threw Neji far from the spot, causing him to slide on the road on his face. He slid, leaving a trail of blood behind, as one of his eyeballs popped up and got pasted under his body too.
He stopped when he hit a tree and quickly took out a Health Potion to free himself from the unimaginable pain.
Meanwhile, Hisashi slammed on the ground, creating a crater, as he watched the naked blonde glare at him.
"I didn't think a villain had the courage to come to UA, but then again, you're not just any villain, are you? To withstand my 100% punch so easily…" said the blonde, Mirio Togata, as he stood in the air naked. "But fear not, I am here."
Hisashi's lips twitched as he slowly started to get up.
Hisashi knew about One for All, which was why AFO told him about Mirio, the current successor of One for All. Truth be told, even if he could use 100% of One for All, he wasn't at Prime All Might's level, but this kid was surely strong from that single punch alone.
Hisashi stood up and turned his head to find Neji drinking something in the distance, which healed his bloody face and missing eye in an instant. Hisashi could only see because of his dragon sight, so Mirio clearly missed it.
"Mirio!"
The shout of a girl interrupted Hisashi's observation as he looked at the sky where a periwinkle-haired girl floated with a hero costume in her hand.
"Wear this!"
She threw the costume which Mirio simply jumped inside of and he was already wearing it without any issue.
'So that's the Permeation quirk… useful.'
While that was true, Hisashi's eyes soon locked on the girl's face.
'Yes… that's her, Nejire Hado. She deserves to die too for not educating her brother properly.'
Slowly, Hisashi rolled his shoulders, realising he won't be able to get to Neji with Mirio here if he didn't take this seriously.
His skin started to change as red draconic scales started to appear on top, the whites of his eyes changing into black as his red irises started to glow brighter. He tore his clothes apart, except for his pants, revealing the draconic scales on his torso and back.
Then, without saying anything, he crouched down and kicked the ground, flying with his wings flapping as he reached his hand out for Nejire.
But again, he failed to grab the Hado.
"American Smash!!!"
A blonde muscular man came flying from the far, his arm pulled behind him as he slammed his fist on the scale-covered chin, as Hisashi was yet again thrown back.
But this time he didn't hit the ground and instead simply snapped his head backwards.
"All Might." Hisashi hissed, as he spat out a teeth. "Your punches have become weak."
All Might had his hand on top of Mirio's shoulder to stay afloat in the air. "Shut up, Catastrophic Dragon. How dare you come to Japan?! No, how dare you hurt my students?!"
Hisashi grunted, turning his head to where Neji was supposed to be, but was nowhere to be seen, as he considered what to do.
'...Well, if I take his sister as a hostage, he will be forced to come out anyway.'
Then he turned to All Might again. "Heh, are you two really enough to stop me?" He asked. "I am curious."
Mirio turned to Nejire first. "Nejire, get away from here."
"What?! No!"
Mirio pointed his hand at the tree under where Neji's blood had created a pond. "Are you sure you don't want to find your brother first?"
"..."
Nejire was about to nod after a second, but before she could, Hisashi made a move again.
"She's going nowhere!" Hisashi widened his mouth, firing a Beam of Plasma again, but All Might raised his arm in the air and slapped the beam out of existence.
"You are not hurting anyone anymore." He spoke, his lips not forming a smile.
Hisashi was about to say something, but he sighed and rubbed his temple. "You idiots."
He didn't want to use this here, as he simply wanted to finish Neji off and escape into the city where All Might and Mirio would be scared to hurt civilians. But this… it seems he must transform into his Dragon form.
That form is quite injured because of his clash with Star and Stripes, but these two weren't at her level right now.
With a grunt, Hisashi took a breath in just as his body twisted and he started to enlarge.
Mirio and All Might stepped back, along with Nejire who was about to turn around to leave–but she didn't have to.
—Boom!
With a burst of shockwave, Neji appeared behind her, grabbing her by her waist, as he kept moving forward.
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Neji was hiding behind a building in the far with his ⟨Eyes of the Lord⟩ activated. He was waiting for a perfect opportunity to grab Nejire and leave, and finally as he watched Hisashi start to transform, he found the opportunity.
From the looks of it, he was transforming into a huge dragon, so it would take a few seconds, and that was enough for Neji.
He used ⟨Gravity Negation⟩ on himself, which would allow him speed beyond what he showed a while ago. Unfortunately, he wouldn't be able to use ⟨Hollow King's Armour⟩ as it needed extra attention to even keep active which he couldn't give while flying too fast.
With that in mind, Neji put his hands behind him and blasted like crazy, getting flung in the air like a paper as he felt the air friction clash with his skin and eat out his HP.
But because of the crazy speed boost that the lack of weight allowed him, he reached Nejire in an instant as he grabbed her and kept moving. But he had to slow down and return to his normal gravity because otherwise, if his durable body couldn't hold the friction, Nejire would be hurt too much.
Midair, he slowed down and met Nejire's eyes before he had to slow down more to locate the acupuncture point in her neck as he pushed some of them and caused her to lose consciousness.
Immediately after, he put her into his inventory and picked up his speed, going towards the glowing golden gate of the huge tower that stood beside the school building.
But—
"You're going nowhere!"
Hisashi's voice came flying, as Neji barely caught the sight of the huge red dragon, bigger than a train, and taller than a 10-story building, as he widened his huge mouth and fired another beam of plasma that seemed to Neji to have engulfed the whole UA as it reached out and destroyed his body.
[Ding! Danger Alert! Your HP is lowering at a dangerous rate!]
[Danger Alert! Your HP has become less than 100!]
[Danger Alert! Your HP has become less than 10!]
[Danger Alert! Your HP is about to reach Zero–]
The message was interrupted by another message.
["A Man doesn't die so easily."]
[The Skill, "Last Man Standing" is reacting to the current situation.]
[The "Skill Last Man Standing" has stopped the depletion of HP temporarily and granted Invincibility for 5-seconds.]
Neji barely pushed the golden door of the Tower as light surrounded his entire body before his eyes rolled back.
The last thing he saw was Mursha whose eyes widened as she yelled in horror.
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Author's Note: The skill finally got a chance to shine after 62 chapters since its first appearance.
😔 Guys, new week, I even posted two chapters, throw me the scraps of power stones.