With his newfound metal-bug wings, the green-masked hero ascended through the clear, cloudless evening sky, heading straight for the large metallic ball—crafted by his swarm of metal locusts—that encased the sludge villain.
"LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT, YOU DAMN HERO!!!" The sludge villain roared, thrashing wildly inside the metal ball.
Thick oozes of sludge began to seep out from the gaps in the metal ball, desperately trying to break free against its almost liquid-like encasing...
But no matter how much force it exerted, the villain could not break free from this bona fide prison of it. Every bit of sludge that managed to escape was immediately swarmed and patched back inside by the relentless metal locusts.
The only thing it managed to free was its grotesque, ugly visage. And yet, it felt as if the swarm of metal locusts was allowing it this brief moment of fresh air... but never enough to truly escape.
After all, the swarm followed the will of its creator... wanting the vile villain to witness its creator's presence.
As the green-masked hero finally reached the floating metallic prison, he hovered just above it, watching the futile struggle below with cold detachment.
"Huh...?"
The villain managed to glance back toward the looming figure of the masked hero... but all it could see was the dark silhouette of the hero, framed by the orange evening sun.
It painfully lifted its grotesque head, looking up at the hero's visage... only to meet the glowing red bug-visor of his helmet, shining down with an unrelenting gaze of judgment.
"Painful, isn't it?" the hero said, his voice low, almost a whisper, as he looked down upon the writhing sludge villain.
The villain's frantic movements paused, if only for a moment, as it felt the most intense dread it had ever known. It had felt fear before in the presence of All Might... but now, in front of this masked hero...
It tasted true fear, down to its very core.
"Painful. Suffocating. Helpless. This is what every single one of your victims felt, trapped in your vile sludge."
"W-what...?" the sludge villain muttered, dumbfounded, only to receive an even more piercing glare from the hero's glowing red visor.
"It's only fitting you experience a fraction of your own cruelty," the hero added, his tone darkening.
"D-Damn you...!" it managed to mutter back, cursing through clenched teeth, though its voice was weak and barely a whisper, unable to penetrate the ominous aura of the masked hero.
The masked hero himself descended closer towards the trapped sludge villain, his green helmet drawing closer to its ugly visage, until he stared directly into its grotesque, barely-formed eyes.
"Feel it. Remember this dreadful feeling to the core of your soul, and carry it with you until your last breath."
Then, with a burst of wind, the masked hero flew away from the hovering metal ball, leaving the sludge villain to suffer inside its prison of liquid metal.
The sludge villain managed to weakly look up and see the hero that had trapped it now hovering above, silhouetted against the setting sun behind him.
The masked hero spread his metal-bug wings wide, their thin, delicate-looking structure casting an imposing shadow for all to witness.
On the ground below, witnesses stared in awe at the looming figure of the masked hero, bathed in the glowing light of the setting sun, his wings gleaming with an otherworldly sheen.
But for the villain, writhing in agony and tasting its own bitter irony... it watched with dread, as if gazing upon the Angel of Death itself, ready to pluck its life away at any moment.
Suddenly, a small swarm of metal locusts materialized beside the hovering masked hero. The swarm melded and shifted together slowly... before transforming into a large, metallic green locust.
"SHRIEK!!!" The large locust let out an ear-piercing shriek, bringing even more terror to the heart of the sludge villain. It could feel the intense wrath emanating from the creature, as its glowing red eyes mirrored the intense glare of the masked hero.
"Let's go," the masked hero whispered to his metallic companion.
"SHRIEK!!!"
The green locust then shifted back into a swarm of metal locusts, which swarmed down to the masked hero's right leg, encasing it in a heavy, protective layer of metal.
Then... his right leg now glowed with an intense, ethereal green light, almost as if the hero's leg itself was burning with immense power...!
The masked hero's wings flared even wider, catching the evening light before they began to vibrate with increasing intensity...!
The thin, metal-bug wings shimmered in the orange glow of the setting sun, buzzing with an intense energy that reverberated through the very air around him...!
And with one powerful flap... he shot upward! The masked hero soared higher into the sky, rising above the floating metal prison that held the sludge villain captive.
For a brief moment, he hovered in the air, suspended like a bird of prey locking onto its target. Then, without warning...
"Rider..."
He dove.
The hero plunged down like a bolt of lightning, wings folding tightly against his armored form, maximizing his speed! The wind roared around him, a blur of motion as he gained momentum, hurtling toward the villain trapped below!
But midway through his descent, the hero suddenly twisted his body in one fluid motion, unfurling his wings just enough to stabilize himself...
His glowing right leg thrust forward, blazing with an ethereal green light that grew more intense by the second...!
A flying side kick—like a missile locked onto its target.
The villain's grotesque eyes widened in horror, realizing the inevitable, but unable to move—unable to escape its fate!
And with a final burst of speed...
"KICK!!!"
The masked hero's glowing leg collided with the metal ball!
CRASH!
The metal ball shattered into millions of shards, revealing the sludge villain's oozing form!
But that wasn't the masked hero's true target. His kick didn't stop there.
His burning right leg slammed into the sludge villain's body, the force driving through the villain's vile form, sending ripples of impact throughout!
The masked hero's kick drove the sludge villain downward with unstoppable force, propelling its writhing form through the air!
With every ounce of strength channeled through his burning leg, the hero drove the villain towards the ground beneath them!
They both descended quickly... and then made impact with the earth!
CRASH!!!
The ground exploded in a thunderous burst of debris and smoke... and then followed by a massive blast!
BANG!!!
The impact sent shockwaves rippling outward, the fiery explosion illuminating the twilight sky of Musutafu.
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Author note (and shameless shilling again):
Is that... a nuke Rider Kick?
LMAO, well, it certainly a bang, not big enough to obliterate half the city though.
Maybe in the future... but for now, it's just an explosive kick.
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