Nigh

Cough!

At Nejire's scream, a cough came out of Sora.

His body twitched and his torn body slowly sat up.

"Nejire… don't worry," Sora said as his body began to regenerate itself at a rapid pace.

His face healed in seconds, his blood seeped back into his body and his face was as good as new. Whilst his face healed instantly, his twisted leg and torn stomach followed suit as the bones fixed themselves and were soon as good as new.

"Ha… my arm and leg… I need to find them," Sora muttered as he noticed his missing arm and leg.

His Regeneration Quirk could recreate his limbs, but he would rather reconnect it to his body instead of leaving a mess. Which is what he has been doing with his blood, which he would make seep back into his body.

Looking at Sora, Nejire sighed in relief. She still felt a little shaken by what had happened and what she saw, but knowing he was alright made her calm down a little.

'Is this what his Regeneration Quirk is able to do?' Nejire asked herself as she looked at Sora's twisted leg slowly fixing itself before it looked as good as new.

Sora looked around, sensing where his arm and leg were.

With his Regeneration Quirk, Sora could feel a very vague feeling from his missing arm and leg. It wasn't long before he found them and he reattached them to his body.

If he took too long to reconnect them, then he would need to recreate his missing limbs.

…

"What happened here?"

Power Leader looked at the area and frowned.

A broken machine, ashy ground, and Sora with his tattered clothes.

"The machine wasn't completed," Sora explained as he took apart the machine.

"Wasn't completed?"

Power Loader looked at the mess and sighed. He scratched his costume's helmet and looked at Sora.

"Next time, do not turn on the machine. Call me over and I will check it out myself," Power Loader said as he sighed and turned around to leave.

Sora smiled wryly and turned to look at Nejire who was helping him out.

"Why did you lie to him?" Nejire asked, her eyes on Sora.

Stopping what he was doing, Sora looked into Nejire's royal blue eyes, "This thing…"

Reaching his hand into his pocket, Sora pulled out a red glowing ring and wore it on his middle finger on his left hand.

"This ring is rather special and I need to study it before I begin giving out copies," Sora explained.

Despite saying so, Sora didn't really wish to give out what he just accomplished, unless he no longer needs it and has completely moved past it.

This ring of his.

This ring contained an entirely new power source. Despite it's simple appearance, the inside of the ring has a complex internal composition that Sora built.

Inside of the ring, a new energy source was born, continuously giving birth to more energy.

This new energy was named Nigh.

Since this ring contained and bred new Nigh energy, it was named after the energy as well, Nigh Ring.

"Is it really so great?" Nejire asked, a little doubtful of Sora's short explanation regarding the new energy source.

Sora smiled and shrugged his shoulders, "That's what I need to check. After I'm done cleaning here, I need to create a couple of other things."

Nejire smiled, planning to stay behind to watch Sora work and see what else he will build. But just as she was about to tell him, she felt her phone buzz.

Pulling it out, she saw a message on it.

Her smile remained in place, but she revealed a trace of disappointment as she put away her phone and turned to look at Sora.

"I have to go. My mom wants me to go back home," Nejire said as she picked up her school bag.

"It's alright. I'll save the interesting parts for when you join me again another day," Sora said with a chuckle after noticing the disappointment in her eyes.

"Really? Great!"

With a giggle, Nejire waved goodbye to Sora as she left him.

Sora chuckled and began his next project, building a robot that will protect his mother.

Building a robot will be much easier than creating a new source of energy.

Despite how easily Sora made it look.

Gathering some items, Sora began working.

Since it will be made to protect his mother from the shadows, Sora needs to give it a strong defensive and stealth ability.

***

Hospital's Underground Secret Base

Moving about inside the secret base, Kyudai passed by many glass chambers filled with liquids. Within these chambers, there were strange humanoids with different tones of skin pigmentation.

They all have strong bodies and each of these beings had stitches across their bodies that were slowly disappearing in the strange liquid they were in.

They all had different appearances, yet there was one thing that they all had in similarity, exposed brains.

Looking at these products of his, Kyudai looked over them one by one before stopping in front of one of the weaker ones.

"You will do. To grab a boy who hasn't grown hair yet, you should be enough," Kyudai mumbled as he chuckled to himself.

He stretched his hand forward and pressed a white button next to the chamber.

Tshh!

The liquid in the chamber was flushed away to a different area and all the liquid was soon gone, leaving behind the strange being behind.

"Low-tier Nomu is enough," Kyudai mumbles as he makes the nomu step out of the chamber before giving it an order and pulling out a photograph.

"Capture this boy," Kyudai says, placing Sora's photo in front of the nomu's face.

Kyudai took a moment, letting the nomu remember Sora's face before turning to a screen near him.

"Kurogiri, come here."

He waited for a second when suddenly a purple mist began to appear and start to distort space beside.

With an impatient look on his face, Kyudai didn't seem surprised by the mist appearing and distorting space. He frowned and didn't waste any time to order around the being that appeared after the mist condensed into a figure.

"Kurogiri, send the nomu here," Kyudai ordered, presenting the newcomer, made of purple mist and wearing a bartender uniform, a map with a red marked circle in a certain location.

"Yes, Doctor."

With a deep voice, Kurogiri agreed to Kyudai's order and got to work as he lifted his mist hand, creating a purple mist near them.

"Good, with your Warp Gate, this nomu can arrive at his designated place instantly," Kyudai nodded thoughtfully with a smirk.0

"…"

The nomu moved its body forward and stepped through the gate.

"Hahaha! Now we wait for the good news," Kyudai laughed. "Kurogiri, stay and be prepared to retrieve the nomu."

"Yes."

***

Hours passed and Sora was already heading home with the robot he built.

He had a blanket covering the robot as he carried it on his back.

The Nigh Ring was off his fingers and already inside the robot. All that was left to do was to program it and then activate it.

"Mom! I'm home!"

Sora announced his presence at his family's home and went straight to the backyard and into the shed that he had made into his personal workspace.

The little shed was cleaned and inside it was some simple tools and a personal computer built by himself. Each part was modified and improved before he created his own software for it.

Setting the robot in a corner of the shed, Sora connected the robot to his computer and sat down on his chair as he began typing on his computer.

Tak tak!

The sound of the mechanical keyboard's keys resounded in the little shed as Sora created the entire software for his robot from scratch.

From gathering information online and installing some martial arts into the robot, Sora included some of his own experiences into it. He added an AI into the robot, gifting it the ability to continuously improve and get stronger.

Tak tak!

Tak ta-!

Sora frowned.

He paused and stopped moving his fingers.

He sensed that something was about to happen.

His years of fighting told him that a fight was approaching. With a serious look on his face, Sora shut down his computer and left the little shed.

Stretching his body, Sora's eyes scanned his surroundings, the feeling grew stronger by the second.

Shhhh!

Sora turned his head and saw a purple mist spiraling into existence right beside him.

Jumping back, Sora kept his gaze locked onto the purple mist that was distorting space.

As Sora kept his gaze on that mist, he saw a pale red hand emerge from the mist. His eyes widened as the pale red figure stepped out of the purple mist that dispersed away.

"What is this thing?" Sora muttered in confusion.

He looked at the weird pale red figure standing before him, its head cocking from side to side as it looked around.

Like it was looking for something.

It's eyes darted around and the instant they fell on Sora's face, they stopped. Instantly, they focused on him and the creature didn't look away.

"Who-?"

Sora planned to ask the weird pale red nomu who it was, wondering if it had the capability to answer his questions.

Yet just like he expected, the figure attacked him without a warning.

Reacting in an instant, Sora jumped to the side, the nomu crashing into the ground where he once stood.

Bang!

Some dirt was thrown into the air at the crash of the nomu. It stood up and looked at Sora before it began moving again, its legs growing more muscular in an instant.

Dun!

With a heavy footstep, the nomu jumped at him with stronger legs than before.

'Is that it's quirk?'

Sora wondered as he noticed the nomu's stronger legs.

He dodged once more despite having the confidence to deal with the nomu's increased leg strength. He didn't know what the nomu was, so he had to be careful.

Yet before Sora could react, the instant the nomu touched the ground with it's feet, it moved instantly once more. It dashed before Sora, cutting off his path.

"Go down!"

Sora furrowed his eyebrows and stomped forward, his fist shooting out like a cannon.

Bam!

The nomu was blown back and it crashed into the tree next to the shed.

Walking up to the nomu that lay in front of the tree, Sora raised his fist above his head before slamming it down.

FWOOOSH!

Before Sora's fist could fall down and land on the nomu, the nomu opened it's mouth, revealing its large and strong teeth.

However, what Sora paid attention to wasn't the teeth, but the scalding light coming from the back of the nomu's throat.

"Another Quirk?"

Sora mumbled as he remained in place as a burst of fire shot out of the nomu's mouth. Like a blow torch, the nomu blew a high intensity fire at Sora's head.

It let out a strong stream of fire as its instincts told it to take down the dangerous individual right away.

Yet despite the terrifying fire breath attack, Sora didn't fall or flinch. He calmly took a step forward as he outstretched a hand towards the nomu and clamped it's mouth shut.

"This would have killed me a year ago, it's a shame you came too late," Sora chuckled as the fire breath dissipated around him.

The fire breath attack died off once Sora closed the nomu's mouth, revealing his burning head.

The only thing remaining above his shoulders was a flaming skull.

It was a frightening sight, a skull burning and continuing to move and speak as if nothing had happened.

His Quirk regenerated his flesh and skin rapidly under the attack of the fire breath. Now that the fire breath died off, Sora's head began to heal swiftly.

His flaming skull slowly disappeared as his reappearing skin and fleshed extinguished the fire and covered his sparkly clean skull.

"Now… where did you come from?"

Sora mumbled as he stared at the nomu that struggled under his grasp.