Chapter 26 - One Against All

(Nero POV)

"You like to show off, don't you?" the Tanuki girl in my arms asked with a sarcastic smile.

"Sure," I replied as a creature lunged a punch toward me.

The creature in question was a large, black humanoid monster with a very muscular body and many scars. Its brain was exposed on top of its head, with large eyes surrounding it. It had a beak-shaped mouth filled with sharp teeth.

It wore only beige pants and metal knee pads designed to imitate skulls. Its feet and torso were bare.

He looked like he came from "Alien".

With that thought, I slightly turned my head toward Cassandra.

"Are you alright?" I asked with concern.

Cassandra, with a grateful look, nodded her head in affirmation.

"Good." I smiled and turned my gaze to the creature.

"Friend, although, like every fan of fiction, I like humanoid monsters, I can't forgive you. After all, you tried to hit sweet Cass, and, on top of that, you hurt my sensei." I said, pointing my finger at him, who was under Michiru's leg.

"You're strong, but I'm stronger." At my fingertip, red energy formed.

"[Reversal Red]."

The red sphere fired at point-blank range, hitting the giant humanoid's body and sending it flying.

But it seemed like the red's impact didn't cause much damage. From my vision, it seemed that his body absorbed the shock wave caused by the red. However, not completely, as cuts were forming on his skin. Furthermore, there was also the repulsive force that dragged him through the air.

With that thought, Red made his body collide with the water with a loud thud.

"Nero!"

Hearing a very familiar voice, I turned toward it, seeing my Ochaco on top of the U.S.J. entrance.

With a relieved smile, I raised my hand to wave at her.

She is fine.

I thought with relief as a broken voice echoed across the place.

"No! No! No! You're ruining everything." A broken and dark voice echoed across the square.

The owner of this voice was a thin man with fair skin and many wrinkles around his eyes. He had messy blue-gray hair of varying lengths, the longest tufts reaching his shoulders and falling over his face in uneven waves. His eyes and mouth were obscured, but you could see his maniacal expression, with very small, bright red irises.

He wore normal black clothes. The strangest thing was that his body sported fourteen embalmed hands, all positioned to hold different parts of his body.

This guy doesn't look very good; he even looks like a zombie.

"Sorry, Mr. Zombie," I said with a polite smile.

"I don't think it's a good idea to tease a villain," Michiru exclaimed as I enjoyed the sweet feeling of her tail wrapped around my waist.

"You!" Mr. Zombie exclaimed, advancing toward me.

I spoke. An arrogant smile formed on his lips.

But instead of appearing arrogant, it looked more cute.

I thought without worry, especially since the zombie's hand was still in the air without touching me.

I looked at Michiru, smiling at her.

"Why are you smiling?" she asked, suspicion shining in her eyes.

"Honey, I need my hands free. Enjoy the trip, and don't worry, I'll catch you."

I flexed my arms and threw her up as she screamed.

"Who are you calling honeyyyyyy!" she screamed as her body was thrown into the air.

Without hesitation, I turned my waist and punched him in the stomach.

"Arghh." He let out a groan of pain as he tried to touch me with his hand, which unfortunately was impossible.

Positioning my left arm behind me, I threw a jab right in the center of his face, making the hand glued to his face fly away.

"FATHER!" he screamed with the purest hatred.

Ignoring that word for now, I raised my arm and closed my hand, causing an explosion near him.

His body received the space explosion, being thrown back and leaving a trail of blood.

I raised my arm, and at the same moment, my hand touched a fleshy surface, which was Michiru's ass.

I used the space to keep her in place, almost as if she were floating in space.

"Where are you touching, you pervert?" she screamed.

"Hahaha!" I let out a laugh, and without saying anything, I offered my other hand to Cassandra, who, without hesitation, placed her hand over mine.

We teleported close to the sensei, placing Michiru on the ground.

"Pervert," she muttered with a red face, but she didn't seem to be angry or upset.

I just smiled and looked at the sensei who was on the floor.

"Are you okay, Sensei?" I asked, but it was pretty obvious he was in bad shape. His hand was broken extremely, and there was blood all over his body.

"And… I'm fine," he said with difficulty, though it was visible that he was in pain. "N… Nero, you just need to hold on until the pro-heroes arrive."

"Sorry, Sensei, the correct thing would be 'he has to hold out until the pro-heroes arrive.' Now rest and leave the rest to me," I said, slamming my fist against my hand.

"Nomu!" the zombie screamed, throwing himself towards the hand as the man in black teleported to his side.

With his scream, the monster jumped out of the water, and his body fell next to Mr. Zombie.

Oh! Mr. Zombie's name is Tomura Shigaraki, I thought.

"No, until that little shit is dead, I'm not leaving." Shigaraki placed the hand he called father on his face, and his body visibly relaxed at that action.

"Sounds like someone has daddy issues," I said, a little ironic considering I'm the one saying it.

"Nomu, kill him…"

Before Shigaraki finished his sentence, I teleported in front of the monster.

"Grrrhhhh!" Nomu roared, punching the [infinity]. Again, I threw a red at him.

This time, Nomu quickly moved his hand, defending himself from the red. However, his body was pushed away, leaving a spray of dust.

With my amplified vision, I saw the dark purple mist moving.

"Tomura Shigaraki," the man in black shouted, expanding his body.

"You're boring," I said, using Blue.

Although his body was a black, purple mist, still, something in him was being pulled by the blue toward the smaller villains, causing a large collision.

Meanwhile, I quickly turned around and punched Shigaraki, hitting the side of his body.

He took a few steps back, then turned his smiling face to me.

Mr. Zombie laughed about it.

Raising my hands, I began to tear the surrounding space, and as I closed my hands, the spaces exploded in sequence.

Shigaraki has extraordinary reaction speed, but he was still caught by two space explosions. The first caught his arm, destroying it, and the second directly hit his body, throwing him back to the ground.

I took a quick look around and turned to Nomu, who was holding the red sphere. In fact, he wasn't even being dragged by the red anymore. He held the sphere and threw it up.

"This guy is good," I thought, raising my right hand.

A red sphere began to form over the palm of my hand.

I'm going to go a little heavy this time.

"[Reversal Red]," I said, shooting out the red sphere, now twice the size of the one I normally use, larger than a basketball.

All the villains even remotely close were thrown away, breaking several body parts as the red sphere made its way. Meanwhile, Nomu, who was holding the other sphere, flexed his muscles and threw it aside, revealing his hand completely covered in cuts.

At that moment, Red was in front of him. Nomu naturally tried to block Red, but as he attempted to grasp the sphere, it exploded through his hands and pierced his chest, leaving a gaping hole. A waterfall of blood flowed from his wound.

Well, it looks like it's over...

Before I could finish my thought, the creature began to regenerate within seconds, letting out a roar.

"Idiot!" Shigaraki said, standing up. "Nomu was created to defeat the Symbol of Peace. You think he would lose to a kid?" Even with his hand on his face, his smile was extremely distorted. "Nomu is basically the anti-peace symbol." Shigaraki spread his hands as smaller villains began to surround me.

I scratched my head.

Apparently, this is going to be a bit of a problem.

I thought, swinging my hand and using Blue, causing these minor villains to be brutally pulled toward the Nomu. At the same time, I took a step using [Mercury] several times.

With each teleportation, a smaller villain fell to the ground. They didn't even realize what was happening; they only knew that suddenly I appeared in front of them and hit them in a vital area.

Meanwhile, Nomu just ignored the bodies that hit him, thanks to the Blue, as if they were ants.

Sinking my punch into a villain's stomach, I saw out of the corner of my eye the Nomu's leg muscles flex, and then he jumped up. In a few seconds, he was in front of me.

Without the slightest worry, I teleported upwards while his blow hit the ground, creating a huge crater.

I teleported to Sensei's side, surprising Michiru, while Cassandra remained calm.

"Sensei, that thing sure isn't human, right?" I asked, pointing to the Nomu.

"No," Aizawa-sensei, who was sitting, said. "He's an artificial human."

"Aizawa-sensei, can I go all out against him?" I asked with a slight smile.

"Yes, this thing is not considered a living being, even though it is alive." There was a bit of reluctance in his voice, as he knew where I was going.

"Good." I raised my hands, pressing one over the other, as I united red and blue, making purple rays begin to surround my body.

Enormous pressure was unleashed. Michiru's hair stood on end; her instincts most certainly said that what was materializing should not exist. Even Cassandra noticed, and a cold shiver ran down her spine.

"W-what is this!?" Aizawa-sensei exclaimed in disbelief at what he was seeing.

I didn't say anything; I just released my hands, extending my index and little fingers outward, leaving the rest folded.

In front of my fingers, an imaginary mass of energy formed, completely distorting space.

The humanoid creature, lacking survival instincts, advanced toward us, even though it trembled with fear.

I moved my index and thumb fingers in a pinch, while at the same time extending my middle finger.

"[Hollow Purple]," I said, firing the purple sphere. I wasn't worried about whether the creature would dodge because within the domain of this technique, time, space, and distances become infinite, making it impossible for opponents to escape or avoid attacks.

Purple destroyed everything in its path, but the only target was Nomu.

Within seconds, the purple sphere was in front of him, hitting him directly.

...

Nothing remained.

Purple completely disintegrated Nomu in a directional explosion.

There was no trace of him; it was almost as if he had disappeared from the world.

Instantly after using the purple, I felt a wave of tiredness course through my body, and my head throbbed slightly with pain.

I took a deep breath, maintaining my posture, and turned to

the three behind me, who had almost comical expressions of shock, even the stoic Cassandra.

"Hmm! How about we go and eat pancakes?" I asked with a smile.

The three remained dumbfounded until a broken voice howled.

"No! No! No!" Shigaraki screamed, grabbing his face with his hands as if he were trying to tear off his own skin.

"You!" His red eyes glared at me with an intense, primordial hatred.

"Me?" I said with a slight smile, pointing to myself.

"I'll kill you." Shigaraki removed his hands from his face and took a step toward me.

This is going to be a little tiring.

I thought, walking toward him, watching his every micro-movement.

But let's resolve this...

At the moment I thought about it, the door of the U.S.J. was broken down.

"Do not be afraid!" A voice, tinged with anger, echoed throughout the U.S.J.

All eyes turned to the source of the voice: All Might.

"Well, I'm here," All Might exclaimed, but there was no smile on his face.