Bang!
With a powerful tackle containing every bit of strength in his body, Sora crashed into the figure he had seen.
Splat!
The instant Sora crashed into the figure, they instantly turned into a puddle of mud without being able to react to his tackle. Sora wasn't stunned.
The instant he was a single step before the figure, his eyes locked onto two more figures that were looking at him in surprise.
"A hero?!" One of the figures exclaimed the instant he saw Sora. "Wow! He took you down with a simple tackle! You're so weak!"
"Looks like a hero has sacrificed himself," the other figure said, blue flames rising from his hands.
Straightening his back and turning to look at the two figures with a smirk on his face, Sora instantly recognized the figures. They were none other than Dabi and Twice.
Dabi had remained more or less hidden for various years, but Sora was able to keep track of him through simple investigation. Able to find the patterns and the peculiarity of his actions as he burned families down to ash.
Then, there is Twice, he was more recent as compared to the other villains. Yet there was one thing that allowed Sora to instantly find him out. His eccentric speech pattern and his quirk.
Lowering his waist and spreading his legs slightly, Sora raised his arms into his Basic Strike Technique: Palm Stance.
"Now…" Dabi smiled lightly, as if everything was alright. "Who are you, hero?"
Not really caring for an answer, Dabi's flaming hand instantly shot off a powerful burst of fire. The blue flame is scalding hot and Sora could already feel his flesh burning and melting. With a calm mind, Sora controlled his sense of pain and ignored it.
His strong body was lasting a while against the blue flame, greatly demonstrating just how durable Sora's body is compared to other normal people. Within his body, he could feel his inner force move and begin to combat against the fire. It aided his regeneration, making it look like he was able to withstand Dabi's fire.
It caused Dabi to furrow his eyebrows and step back. "Anytime, Twice."
Dabi urged Twice to join in, actually feeling some form of urgency as he looked at Sora. It was like Sora is immune to his fire, bathing in it.
Instantly turning his gaze to Twice, Sora moved. He couldn't let Twice join in or else this fight will last longer than it needs to. Since Dabi couldn't hurt him, then he can focus on Twice and take him down.
With a large step forward that appeared like a jump, Sora pressed his weight forward and into his hand. It was swiping down, akin to a slap as Sora's palm struck the forming Dabi clone and destroyed it. Taking half a step forward, Sora swiped with his other hand, a direct palm attack forward.
Pa!
"Ah! He got me! I'm going to die!" Twice fell back after Sora's palm fell on his chest. "Oh… wait, I'm just hurt…"
Twice rolled and twisted on the floor in pain. Although Sora's mastery level of the Basic Strike Technique is really low, it allowed him to channel his strength in a more refined way. If the mastery rises, the strength would as well.
Turning his gaze to Dabi, Sora narrowed his eyes. Dabi is a dangerous person, if he defeats him, he will search for revenge. The best way to take him down will be to simply kill him and get rid of the problem beforehand.
Sora's golden eyes were serene, unperturbed about the idea of killing someone. With his experience from his past life and his steady heart.
"Those are some dangerous eyes…" Dabi said, his eyes looking at Sora carefully.
Without saying a word, Sora changed his Palm Stance to the Fist Stance. At his current level of mastery, the palm stance doesn't carry enough lethality to kill someone like the fist does. He changed his posture and clenched his fists before stepping forward.
"Hmph… not even a Pro hero and you're this annoying…" Dabi said as he moved and increased the output of his fire. He turned serious, a light smirk on his face.
Dashing forward, Sora punched forward with a straight punch, his fist rapidly arriving before Dabi. With a slight jump to the side, Dabi effortlessly dodged Sora's punch, but before he could relax, Sora stepped on the floor with his foot digging into the floor before twisting his waist and thrusting out another fist.
Dabi's eyes widened, caught unaware by the incoming fist.
This is when Sora is finally able to truly demonstrate his fighting experience. Even with terrible skills, Sora now had a small bit of control over his body. With that little bit of control, Sora can now actually fight properly.
"You're a dangerous man," Sora said with a smirk, noticing Dabi's cautious eyes.
Pa!
Sora's fist hit Dabi's abdomen and pushed forward. Tilting and shifting his weight forward, Sora punched out with his other hand straight to Dabi's waist.
"You're… the dangerous one…" groaned Dabi as his body began to generate even more blue fire. The fire was potent and with the intense heat, a couple of trees began to catch on fire.
Sora smirked.
***
Hiding behind some trees, Shino peeked over to the side and looked at the three figures that were getting ready to separate. They turned and got moving.
"Are you ready?" Tiger's voice came through the radio and Shino used her telepathic quirk to send the go signal to both Tiger and Ryuko.
[Go!]
Jumping out, Shino jumped out, the person right before her was Magne, a muscular person who is carrying a large weapon. In front of Tiger is Mustard, the young gas manipulator who uses poison gaze. Then, the person Ryuko was dealing with is Moonfish, behind her are a couple of earth beasts she had created beforehand.
"An ambush?!" Magne frowned and instantly got to fighting.
Moonfish and Mustard were equally surprised, their eyes wide. Mustard gritted his teeth and instantly reached behind himself before pulling out a gun.
Bang!
He shot at Tiger, who had expected it. Ryuko's observant eyes had long seen everything that these three villains had. She speculated and investigated them, reporting everything she found to Shino and Tiger. Even Tomoko helped by searching their previous crimes and reporting any useful information.
Moonfish reacted rapidly as well, instantly rising into the sky with his teeth that had turned into blades. He turned his head and shot the blades straight towards Ryuko.
Without batting an eye, Ryuko urged forward her Earth beasts, instantly summoning more of them straight from the ground. Some of them were cut and crushed under the force of the Earth Beasts, but Moonfish was soon overwhelmed by the Earth Beasts.
With a smile, Ryuko kept back, focusing on creating more Earth Beasts. Suddenly, Ryuko's eyes widened in worry as she felt her body being pulled. Her body was unnaturally dragged and she felt some panic whilst being unable to control her body.
Jumping forward at Magne, Shino swiped her cat gloves claws at Magne's back. "Eyes on me!" She jumped to the side and dashed right back in an instant, clawing at Magne's body. She attacked and pushed Magne around, preventing them from attacking back.
"One down!"
Over at Ryuko's side, Moonfish had been completely overrun with the Earth Beasts, taken down in an instant. He was on the floor, trapped and surrounded by earth.
'We should have taken her down the instant she found us,' Magne thought, gritting their teeth in anger.
Before they could say or think anything more, a purplish gas was covering the area. Ryuko and Shino turned their attention to Tiger who was wrapping their arms around Mustard and restraining them. His face was red, holding their breath amidst the toxic gas around him.
Mustard's arms were flailing around, trying to remove Tiger's hold over his body. Yet with Tiger's Pilabody Quirk that makes him soft and stretchy, removing him won't be easy at all. Within just a couple of seconds, Mustard's arms fell to the side.
The purple gas that was already spreading rapidly dissipated.
Now, with those two gone, Magne was left alone.
Without suspense and three versus one, Magne was taken down and secured like Moonfish and Mustard.
"Great! Sora, we're done over here. Need help?" Shino smiled triumphantly as she used the radio.
But the line remained quiet. She turned her head to Ryuko and Tiger who looked at her with concerned looks.
"Sora?"
They all checked in as well, but Sora didn't respond yet at all.
Just as they were getting more worried, they heard some static from the radio. Yet the voice that came through wasn't Sora's, but Aizawa.
"I have eyes on a villain. Through what I could hear, he has another partner in the cliffs," Aizawa reported.
Ryuko and the other two turned to look at each other and moved out together. They could only hope that Sora is doing well. They believed in Aizawa's experience and quirk to be able to combat the villain he had discovered.
As for Sora, they could only believe in his strength.
***
Over at Aizawa's location, Aizawa was hiding behind a tree, his eyes looking up at a villain hiding in the branches of a tall tree.
Activating his quirk, his eyes briefly glowed red and his hair lightly lifted into the air.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, the figure high on top of the branches exclaimed in surprise. He sighed, stretching and looked around.
"Looks like a snooping pro hero has arrived," Mr. Compress exclaimed.
Aizawa moved and used the wraps he had on himself to bind Compress. Jumping away, Compress dodged the wrap and laughed.
"Slow down! We have ALL night!"
Compress joked as he jumped and dodged to the side. Aizawa didn't miss a beat as he followed behind Compress and continued to attack him.
With the wraps blocking Compress' routes, he was pulled into a close combat situation. Behind the mask, Compress was smiling nervously as he tried fighting back. It was a shame his fighting abilities weren't the best.
'Where's that warp guy?' Compress began to feel pressured, knowing that if this continues, he will be captured. 'I need to get out of here…'
Looking around, Compress continued to jump and evade the wraps from Aizawa.
Aizawa continued moving without a word, attacking and sending his wrap to wrap around Compress. With just one wrong move, Aizawa can get the upper hand in an instant.
***
"Hehe… what a view." A muscular and tall man with blonde hair said in a snarky tone. "Look at those kids…"
A cold smirk spread on his face and his eyes narrowed. He looked around and slowly began stepping down the mountain with anticipation.
Snap!
Within the dark forest below him, there was a beast with a solid body and a brownish color. An Earth Beast, without thinking, Muscular activated his quirk. Muscle fibers covered his body and his size instantly increased a few sizes.
Roar!
The Earth Beast roared and lunged at Muscular.
"Haha! Come you beast!"
Muscular laughed, swinging his fist and breaking the earth beast down to small pieces of dirt. He laughed and turned to look at the three figures that were emerging from the darkness.
"This guy is going to be difficult to deal with compared to those other guys," Shino muttered to Tiger and Ryuko. Her eyes looked at the man, instantly recognizing him as the man who murdered her sibling and their partner, leaving their child in her care.
"We just need to stall until Eraser Head can come help…" Tiger nodded, agreeing with Shino.
Looking at Muscular, Ryuko felt some cold sweat. Even her Earth Beasts could barely last a single hit from Muscular. She will need to summon many to overwhelm Muscular and do her best.
"We can do this…" Ryuko smiled, encouraging herself and her friends.
"Yeah! We can do this!" Muscular roared with laughter as he appeared before Tiger with a manic smile on his face. His raised fist fell down heavily, hitting Tiger and sending him flying back.
"TIGER!"