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Chapter 19 - Painting the Town Red

*GENERAL POV*

The streets crawled with police and hero's. It was unnaturally quite, the people had fled the streets once they noticed the police and hero's out in force.

There was a tension in the air. The type of tension that any seasoned hero and cop new. It was the feeling when shit was about to hit the fan in the worst way possible.

Things didn't pop off until a blonde haired man that was covered in muscle fibers charged through an ally throwing a dumpster at the nearest police car causing an explosion.

In the blink of an eye the previously empty street became a war zone.

*KEN'S POV*

I've had my clones running around different cities looking for any signs of All for One moving but came up empty more times often than not.

It wasn't until my Hawkeye clone spotted Muscular in Musutafu. He was hard to miss especially when he was spotted ripping a cop in half.

Opening portals for my other clones we stepped into the war zone that was previously Musutafu.

*GENERAL POV*

Their arrival was made known by a blood curdling screams made by a villan named C4. He was missing both arms and his screams were cut short by a blade cutting his head off.

Ronin didn't stop for a moment. Both blades were out blurring around him cutting off limbs and bisectting those who were in range.

Those who were smart enough to run were met with a shirtless redhead swinging a kanabo that shattered bones and skulls.

Arrows of different elements rained down. Head shots and shots to the heart seemed to always hit. It wasn't long before the arrows stopped and a shadow lept from the building staff with both sides producing lightning blades in the shape of a double headed axe.

Behind police lines they were tending to the wounded and trying to get the citizens who were caught in the crossfire to safety. A boy in a dirty white cloak and mask was healing who he could.

When a villain with a bulls head broke through the police line it took one jab above the heart for the villain to cough up blood and fall to the ground dead.

The Brotherhood had arrived and were cutting down the enemy like they weren't even there.

*HAWKEYE POV*

Shooting from the rooftops I aimed for those whose quirks could allow them to escape such as flight and speed.There will always be a chance of one of them escaping, but this way they are less who can do so easily.

Putting his bow away he grabbed his staff and made two blades of electricity as he jumped down from his perch. Using one side to dig into the building to slow his decent he wanted till he was about 20ft from the ground before he used the building to leap at Muscular.

At the last moment Muscular dodged to the side but still ended up with a cut on his cheek.

Muscular: "Hahahahaha!!!! Come on and give me a good fight!!!"

Not waiting for a response the amount of muscle fibers doubled as he charged at Hawkeye.

Ducking the first strike Hawkeye turned the electric axe into more of a traditional blade that lengthened to about a foot in length. He was aiming for Muscular's heart.

Sensing the danger he began to leap back. Seeing this Hawkeye turned his piercing strike into an upward slash. He ended up taking his right eye as a result.

Letting out a pained roar that quickly turned into mad laughter he spoke again. "Yes!!! This is what I've been looking for come and entertain me some more!!!!"

His muscle fibers began to cover his body bulking his body to a grotesque degree. When he charged again he cracked the ground and shattered the nearby windows.

He was in front of Hawkeye in less than a second both fists raised ready to smash him into the ground. The ground shook and a crater was formed where Hawkeye stood. This opponent who a prolonged fight with would only cause needless destruction.

Instead of leaping away he slid under Muscular and swiped at his legs.Looking back Hawkeye saw while he cut into the fibers he didn't reach the man beneath. Leaping above a back hand strike that leveled a building he landed on the arm and charged towards his head.

An enlarged hand came down trying to crush Hawkeye on Muscular's arm. He however used shunshin to appear next to his head mid swing.

The blade passed through Muscular's skull splitting his head in two right at the bridge of his nose. Using his body as support he lept to his next victim.

*BEAST'S POV*

The Beast ran through a torrent of blades each one that came into contact with his body shattered upon inpact. Reaching the man who was producing the blades the Beast grabbed him by his skull and dug his thumbs into his eyes before using his hold as leverage to rip him in half.

Everyone that surrounded him looked on in fear. The Brotherhood killed but for the most part they crippled. It seemed that this time around there would be no mercy and no survivors.

Letting out a roar of pure rage Beast charged at the nearest villain. Before he could runaway he was grabbed by the foot and dragged back.

Before he could let out anything resembling a cry for mercy a foot caved his skull in.

Not giving a second thought about his recent kills he charged yet again.

*RONIN'S POV*

Ronin never stopped.

Limbs and heads flew as he ran. There was no hesitation when he cut his enemies down. No matter how strong the defense his warp sword cut it in two.

He cut down swarms of enemies with his whirlwind blade. Sending out sharp winds that bisected villains in mass was a common sight.

The streets ran red with rivers of blood. Ken wouldn't show mercy not now not for this.

*SENJU'S POV*

The injured lucky were mostly limited to those who were fighting. A few injured were civilians but the cops and hero's did a good job in evacuation.

He rarely had to fight. On the occasion a villain would make it through the blockade but that's when he would step in.

They all agreed to take no prisoners when it came to villains. If it is a war All for One wanted then it was a war he would get. They had no room to hold prisoners and weren't going to waste resources to build a prison.

First responders and support hero's gave him a room as he worked, both out of respect and fear. He had so far killed eight different villains and didn't hesitate to take over a patient someone else was working on.

Now was not the time for niceties, now was the time for action.

*GENERAL POV*

While many of the heros wanted to stop the Brotherhood there were to many villains running around destroying everything in sight.

The battle raged on the heros and police standing their ground while the Brotherhood wiped out the opposition.

In the sky Hawks was flying around helping evacuate the few civilians that remaind trying to see and record the battle. He was distracted by the cry of a hawk one that let out multiple calls as if trying to get someone's attention.

Below he heard someone send several calls back in reply. Next both Senju and Beast ran towards Ronin who made a portal that the rushed into and closed after they entered.

On the radio ever hero and cop received a message. A giant that appeared to made out of rock was rampaging in Nagano.

Some heros like Hawks and several others that had the advantage to move long distances mobilized and started to move to Nagano.

This was an attack on multiple fronts slowly but surely wearing down the cops, heros and the Brotherhood.More and more reports came in from each city calling for help.

*KEN'S POV*

Ronin was my main loadout. It was by far my favorite to use in combat in terms of speed and versatility it out classes the rest in my opinion.

I knew what he would do or at least I had an idea. So I picked Ronin for my main loadout this time around. I could use it to transport my clones wherever else he sent his forces.

Using my ability to speak to animals I had them look after each city to let me know where else he sent his troops.

I didn't expect him to deploy all over Japan.

Luckily there seemed to be no organization. Chaos seems to be their only goal and if preparations weren't made they would have succeeded.

After sending Hawkeye and Senju to deal with Gigantomachia me and my other clone began to pick up our pace. Several birds had come letting me know the different states of each city.

While not on the verge of complete collapse many of the villains from Tartarus led the charge. Very few heros could deal with them and it seemed as tho they were evenly spread out.

Taking out these heavy hitters was a priority.

If I could get them out of the way, the hero's could be more useful in suppressing the villains.

Looking at the once battlefield, it was now littered with corpses and drenched in blood. Shaking my head a let out a shrill whistle. Hawkeye came running over and without a word I made a portal that let to another city.