Chapter 57 - White Flag

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"LUNAE POINT!" 

Mirko shot off at the speed of sound leaving a residual image of herself as she turned into a white blur and disappeared from Lot's sight completely.

"UNTERRATE!"

Lot shouted as he forced his Quirk to the maximum.

The marks on his body began to pulse as if they were veins, and in less than a second, everything in front of him in a 200 foot range was completely wiped off the map as if it had never existed in the first place.

"Haa... Haa..."

Seeing the destruction caused, he quickly took a deep breath while keeping his guard up. He looked around cautiously waiting for an attack, a taunt or whatever cheap cliché a Hero would do in these situations.

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Nothing.

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Silence.

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Lot let out an exhausted sigh as he confirmed that, Mirko, had been killed.

"Haa... Haa..." 

Gasping in pain Lot collapsed to the ground as he felt the adrenaline slowly leave his body. "...I'm too old for this...I need a retirement..."

Lifting his head to glare at the sun in all its splendor before closing his eyes in delight at the warmth the distant star gave him. "...Maybe fisherman..., that sounds good, just me, the sea and the fish..."

"That sounds good..." Lot muttered as he lay back on the hard asphalt ignoring all the destruction around him. "That is just what an old man needs..."

Lot opened his eyes reveling in the beautiful blue sky-.

'What's that?' He thought as he squinted his eyes. "A smudge?"

Suddenly his eyes widened like saucers.

 "Oh fuc-"

BOOOOOM!

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<Meanwhile with Nighteye...>

Nighteye was standing next to Kojo in a darkened room, two guards guarding the door of the place to ensure their protection. Both were sitting facing each other with their eyes closed.

Nighteye was calm and serene like an immovable mountain.

Kojo... was not so relaxed, you could tell at a glance that something was making her uneasy. She was sweating bullets and the knuckles of her fists were white from the force exerted.

Possibly due to the stress of having so many people connected by her Quirk.

'Sir we have finished with the second floor of the hideout! We have a total of 34 Hashimoto captured! We await further orders!' reported a police officer to Nighteye through the Mental Passage.

'Regroup, then divide your group into two, I want the first group to take the Hashimoto out of the hideout and bring them to our position. The second group is to go down to the second floor and support Burnin against Reaper and the possible Hashimoto, understood?'

'Sir! Yes Sir!'

Nighteye quickly gave orders to the group while constantly receiving information from the other Teams. Personally I wanted to be in the middle of the Raid to give orders more easily, but with over 60 people it was quite difficult to give orders to everyone in the middle of the action.

'Mirko reporting!' Mirko's characteristically enthusiastic voice sounded in Nighteye's head. 'I've managed to knock Lot out!'

'Well done Mirko! I will mobilize the Mt.Lady Team to your position and send someone to pick up Lot' Nighteye thought as a small relief filled his mind for a moment, that was one less big shot.

'Got it!' Exclaimed Mirko with a confident laugh. 'So what are my new orders?'

'We need reinforcements against Reaper, when he showed up he used some sort of gas against Tracer and Lemillion that knocked them out-'

Nighteye froze for a moment before gritting his teeth hard. 'Shit...'

'Sir?' Came Mirko's confused voice. 'Something wrong?'

'... Impulse has been killed in combat and it looks like Aegis won't be able to hold out for long against Reaper' Nighteye reported with a cold tone. 'Mirko, I request your presence urgently on the second floor otherwise more than 5 Heroes might fall in combat'.

'... I'm coming right away' Announced Mirko, Nighteye could feel Mirko's murderous intent coming to his mind.

'Be careful, still no sign of Yunma or the Hashimoto Leader-' Nighteye tried to warn but Mirko had already cut off the mental passage. "Haa..."

Nighteye let out a tired sigh before sending orders back to the Mt.Lady Team.

'This was getting more complicated than expected...'

He didn't realize how Kojo hadn't spoken for a while now.

Or how they weren't just two people in the same room anymore....

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<Hashimoto Hideout Second Floor>

"Impulse!!" Aegis shouted as he watched Reaper's bullets pierce through his partner's skull leaving only a mush of blood and brains.

BANG!

"One down..." Reaper muttered with delight.

Aegis' gaze turned red as he lunged towards Reaper like a bull. "Bastard!!!"

Taken by surprise, Reaper received a heavy blow to the jaw that stunned him for a moment before he looked at Aegis with clear annoyance but was forced to dodge another Burnin flare.

The fiery Heroine began to slowly advance towards both of them with a blank expression. However her hair flickered with intense flames that made it easy to guess her mood.

"I think I'm going to reserve a seat for you deep in hell!" Burnin exclaimed as she launched several green flares towards Reaper.

The latter tried to retreat but was blocked by Aegis which launched blow after blow towards the mercenary. Caught between fire and a persistent bastard, Reaper was forced to play defense.

Even then every now and then he would take a hit from Aegis or a burn from Burnin, he tried to use his shotgun but Aegis would simply use his Quirk and Burnin stayed at a safe distance.

The combat became even more intense, these idiots were not like Oxton and his partner, these were trained Heroes who knew how to coordinate and fight with great efficiency.

Suddenly a voice echoed down the hallway... to Reaper's bad luck, it wasn't Sombra voice.

"Ma'am! I've managed to clear the gas!" Exclaimed a man's voice, Tat. "I see Tracer and Lemillion both are convulsing on the floor!"

"Move them to safety!" Burnin exclaimed as she launched another round of flames. "Mirko is on his way! Hang in there Aegis!"

"No problem!" Aegis roared as he connected a punch to Reaper's chest, only for Reaper to dodge it by turning into mist.

'Lot lost to Mirko?' Reaper thought in disbelief as he watched the situation quickly turn to shadow. 'Damn useless Hashimoto bastards!'

"Reaper!!" Came Sombra voice from across the hallway. "It's ready!"

Sombra voice made Aegis pause for a moment, a moment that was key for Reaper. Without a second thought, he transformed completely into mist shot out towards Sombra's voice leaving a stunned Aegis behind.

"Stop him!" Burnin exclaimed snapping Aegis out of his daze.

Aegis began to run as if his life depended on it... but Reaper was much faster.

Reaper reached Sombra's side in no time, said hacker was standing next to what appeared to be a black portal with purple edges and strange particles. She was drenched in sweat and looked like she was going to fall over at any moment.

Without a word, Reaper's mist surrounded Sombra and they both entered the portal.

Aegis was about to enter... when the portal closed in front of his eyes.

"SHIT!"

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