Their Connection

"Before that, Young Midoriya," All Might looked at Midoriya across from him and said, "You were scratched by the Hero Killer and he licked your blood, right?"

Midoriya nodded and replied, "Yes, he has a Quirk that allows him to control other people's actions by absorbing their blood. What about it?"

"Do you remember what I said when I gave you the Quirk back then?" All Might asked.

After recalling the memory, Midoriya put on a serious face and imitated All Might's tone, saying, "Swallow it!"

"No, not that!" All Might shook his head and sighed, "I should have said, 'As long as you can ingest DNA, the form of obtaining it doesn't matter,' that's what I meant."

Upon hearing this, Midoriya immediately stood up in a panic and, taking into account Stain's Quirk, asked, "Does that mean Stain has also acquired One For All?"

"No, that's not possible. I just wanted to reassure you, that's why I mentioned it. I didn't expect you to forget," All Might said, relieved.

He motioned for Midoriya to sit down and continued, "One For All can only be passed on to others if the holder is willing to do so. It's impossible to forcibly take it away, but it can be forcefully given by the holder. It's a very special Quirk, and its birth process is also very unique."

Pausing for a moment, All Might continued, "One For All was originally derived from a certain Quirk."

"Derived from a certain Quirk?" Midoriya asked.

"All For One, right?" Renault's words caught Midoriya's attention.

"What's that?" Midoriya asked.

"Did you guess it?" All Might nodded and confirmed Renault's guess. "Yes, One For All was derived from All For One. Do you think they are very similar and related? Don't worry, I will explain it to you slowly."

"All For One is a Quirk that can strip others of their Quirks, and also transfer them to others," All Might continued.

"All For One... All For One?" Midoriya repeated, puzzled.

All Might didn't respond but continued, "To understand this, we need to go back to the long period of the past. At that time, society had not yet adapted to this kind of change. The rise of Quirks caused the standard for defining humanity to suddenly collapse. Just this one change caused laws to lose their meaning, civilization to stagnate, and the word 'abandoned' could be used to describe it."

Recalling what he knew before, Midoriya said, "There was once a great man who said that if there were no Quirks, humanity might already be traveling through the stars by now."

"Traveling through the stars..." Renault couldn't help feeling sentimental upon hearing these words.

In Renault's original world, humans had already ventured beyond Earth and begun exploring outer space, steadily advancing for decades. However, in this world, human progress was nearly stagnated by the sudden appearance of Quirks, causing social turmoil.

Although the emergence of the "Quirk Society" led to the world as it is now, Renault didn't know if it was for better or for worse.

After pausing for a moment to let the information sink in, All Might continued, "During that chaotic period, there was one person who first united the people. You may have heard of him. He took Quirks from people and used his overwhelming strength to quickly expand his influence. He manipulated others according to his whims and committed countless atrocities. In no time, he became an evil ruler, reigning over all of Japan."

Upon hearing this, Renault furrowed his brows.

"There is still information about that period online, but isn't that quite a long time ago? You're not saying that the person from the chaotic period was All For One, are you?" Renault then continued, "That's impossible. Then that would mean All For One's age..."

All Might interrupted their speculation, "Let me continue with the story. He could take Quirks from others and give them to others. Among those who received his Quirks, some became mindless monsters that couldn't speak or think for themselves, like Nomu. Others experienced Quirk mutations due to the presence of multiple Quirks within their bodies."

"And the rebel of all this was his younger brother, who was Quirkless but had a strong sense of justice. He was small and weak, but he was constantly fighting against his elder brother's violence. One day, he forcibly gave his younger brother a Quirk that could store strength. Whether it was out of concern for his younger brother or simply a desire to subjugate him, only he knows. But after that, the younger brother discovered..."

"Could it be...?" Midoriya's eyes gradually widened as he thought of something.

"That's right."

All Might nodded and said, "In fact, the younger brother wasn't Quirkless. There was a Quirk in his body, but he hadn't even realized it himself. It was just a meaningless Quirk that could transfer Quirks to others. Then, the Quirk that could store strength and the Quirk that could transfer Quirks were mixed together, giving birth to a brand new Quirk. That's the origin of One For All. Ironically, justice often arises from evil. Now, let me answer your previous speculation. The evil person back then was All For One. Since he could take away other people's Quirks and do anything, he could probably obtain Quirks like stopping aging."

"..."

Renault rubbed his forehead and said, "So, some of my doubts have been explained. If I guess correctly, there is an evil entity that can constantly steal Quirks and accumulate strength, while the younger brother, even though he has a brand new Quirk, still failed in rebellion and finally decided to pass on his strength to future generations, hoping to accumulate strength through generations of people and ultimately defeat All For One?"

"That's right!"

All Might clenched his fist and said, "He firmly believed that even if he couldn't overcome evil now, as long as he slowly cultivated this strength, one day it would become a strong enough power to stop that guy. Then, in my generation, I finally defeated him! However, he unexpectedly still survive and became the mastermind behind the League of Villains and started to harm people again."

Renault never expected that the grudges and entanglements between All For One and One For All were much more distant and exaggerated than he had imagined. Especially after the defeat of All For One, how many things did he plan during the years of hiding and lurking?

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