Chapter 198: Paranormal Liberation War Arc (3)
~Third POV~
[Jaku City, Jaku General Hospital – Villain Base, Japan]
When time resumed, Ren was nowhere to be seen. Mirko looked around in confusion with her guard up.
All her ears could pick up was breathing. Turning, she saw Endeavor and others called out as he ran into the room, "Mirko."
Mirko yelled as she ran in one direction, following the noise with her ears, "Follow me. I found someone!"
The other heroes followed as they ran behind her but were a few paces behind, except for Endeavor, who flew next to Mirko. They spotted the door as Mirko kicked it down.
*BOOOOM*
Mirko kicked the door open to reveal Dr. Garaki's hidden lair where Tomura was being kept. The doctor is a clone by Twice looked at the heroes who entered this place.
His eyes widened as Mirko was already in front of him and slammed him onto the ground as she demanded angrily, "What happened to Power Ranger?!"
Dr. Garaki's clone looked calm, startling the heroes when Aizawa mentions coldly, "Careful he could be one of Twice's Clones. Don't damage him too much, Mirko."
Mirko clicked her teeth, gritting them hard. The Clone chuckled in delight as he muttered happily, "Hahaha… So it worked. That's good."
Mirko clenched his collar harshly as Endeavor said, "Mirko. What happened?"
The clone said with a smile as he began to dissipate, "Oh, that's simple."
The clone turns into mush as he says confidently, expressing a crooked grin, "We sent him into a pocket dimension within Kurogiri Awakened Quirk. As Tomura says, your hero is in another castle!"
Mirko asked in confusion and anger, "WHAT?!"
Dr. Garaki said with a few laughs escaping his mouth, "You don't understand?! How laughable!"
The heroes glared hatefully at the clone as he continued to gloat in a victorious tone, ticking off the heroes in the process, "It took so long, but it was worth it. By modifying the Quirk of one of the Nomus, Kurogiri was his name; I managed to make him have a small pocket dimension that he travels to before being able to teleport to his location after achieving awakening inside his own body!"
The heroes froze, and chills ran down their spin as the clone continued explaining in a victorious tone, grinning wickedly, "It's such a useful ability. It should keep him busy, especially with the company he will have inside. The easiest way to deal with him is to kill Kurogiri himself! With his rapid progression, the clones of AFO will keep him busy or better yet win!!"
The clone stared at the heroes, their expressions shifting drastically before he started to chuckle and then into full-blown laughter. Aizawa, glaring daggers at him, said hatefully, "… What the hell is so funny for you, madman!!"
The clone laughed, hearing Aizawa's reaction as he continued explaining in a happy tone, "That boy is more dangerous than what I ever rethought was possible. His multiple application is too dangerous to ignore. Even Nine, who was one of my greatest creations, couldn't beat him! Considering how much of the pain of the ass he was, he got what's coming to him!!"
*Splat*
The clone turned into goo, startling the heroes of the news. They checked the chamber to realize that Tomura was gone, and now Ren captured a chill running down their spines. And if that wasn't the worst.
*BEEP*
The screens on the machines blared in red lights, alarming the heroes. Eyes widened as the clone said, "Ah… the good old self-destruct switch – "
*KABOOOOM*
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[Kurogiri's Pocket Dimension]
*Swf*
Ren appeared in a void-like room filled with purple mist. But he wasn't alone all his clones were with him as well.
Their eyes narrowed as they were all standing on one of the platforms, with multiple others around him.
They were separated by large gaps between them. Ren stared at the Nomu in front of him and got ready to defend himself as he thought, 'Oh? They pulled a Jujutsu Kaisen Prison Realm on me? Like… bruh.'
Ren stared at the Nomu in front of him as they began to rush toward him and his clones, intending to kill them. One of the clones rushed, waving his arm and showing a great show of force, using [Air Manipulation], sending a gale force forcing them away.
There was only one Nomu, which Ren stared at and observed before killing it down. But that only made more.
He narrowed his eyes as he began to kill every single time he killed the Nomu, it just created more duplicates of itself from the blood or body parts left over. They had intelligence, realizing that they couldn't get near him with the trench they had.
So, they just multiplied further. From above, the clone of AFO stared down from his hiding place within Kurogiri's body and spoke calmly, analyzing the situation, "The boy is doing well handling the Nomu of Twice. He can't view us from within your body, correct Kurogiri?"
From within Kurogiri's body spoke the whispers of his voice in his pocket dimension said to the clone of AFO, "Yes, master. In here, I reign supreme as I control this private space that he can't hear within. It's surprising by capturing his physical space, I get his clones in the process, as they all share the same space. Although it seems to me, the boy is handling it well for now at least…"
AFO Clone nodded, taking careful examination of the situation as he said calmly, looking above from his stationed space, "Yes. The boy and his clones show magnificent power… The power that rightfully belongs to me."
Clenching his fist tightly, AFO Clone was envious of the power Ren wielded. Scoffing, he asked on the outside situation in a calm tone, "How goes the battle with the heroes and villains with the boy taken out of the picture."
Kurogiri's expression narrowed as he began to explain what was happening before Ren's capture causing AFO to lose his smug grin…
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[Earlier, Gunga Mountain Villa – Edgeshot Team, Japan]
*BOOOOM*
Rushing straight into the battle, All Might and a clone of Power Ranger rushed towards the villains. Both eyes gleamed in determination as they rushed the villain base, and the other heroes followed closely behind.
Their earlier concerns vanished as the top hero, All Might, and protégé Power Ranger were on the case. They busted through the Mountain Villa alarming the villains as they paled as one said, "The concrete's warping – AH! SHIT IT'S THE DYNAMIC DUO!!"
*KRAK*
*KRAK*
The Villa was broken into as Skeptic paled, yelling in a scared tone, "The conference is canceled! Get word to the assembly hall!! Violet and black regiments! To the front entrance!! Brown, get out there too! Carmine to the assembly hall – "
*BOOOOM*
Skeptic shook as he saw the unconscious form of Re-Destro in his fully powered state beaten in one punch. His vision shifted to All Might as he growled, "Villains! Have no fear, for I am here!!"
His words brought a chill down their spines as All Might came. The building was opened by the heroes as they charged right into the fray of villains.
The Villains of the Paranormal Front tried to get up. But their morale was diminished upon seeing All Might greeting them with his protégé smashing their forces under their fist and heels.
*BOOOOM*
Suddenly, a huge wind pressure is created that destroys the ceiling of the villa as the villains freeze, seeing the dynamic duo. All Might and Power Ranger punched upward as they yelled, "DOUBLE OHIO SMASH!!"
*SWOOOOSH*
The wind-pressure tornado carried the villains upward, landing them in the scattered mountains as All Might and Ren didn't hold back their strength. All Might's figure stands atop them, and for the first time, he is not smiling, and this turns the shadows in his face into a scary glare as he declares in a serious tone, "… you should stop this! Or else I will be provoked to act rougher! To anyone who gives up, we will give you a chance to continue to live your normal lives!!"
Ren, to his side, spoke up in a serious tone for the first time, revealing his face expressing a serious expression following All Might's example frowning as he glares coldly at the stated in a dead tone, "… But should you continue to resist then we'll have to be more drastic measures to ensure you'll stop. One where you'll never harm a life again crippled or better yet a life sentence to repent…"
*Shiver*
Everyone here was human too, and at the thought of spending the rest of their time, they didn't want that for themselves. So this causes many to panic, fear overtaking their once-resolved revolution into a harsh truth of reality they encounter today.
"I-I think we should give up."
"L – Listen man… I didn't sign up to deal with All Might."
"I like the Liberation cause, but not enough to die for it!"
But one wearing the Quirk Amplification Device tried to inspire his fellow villains and revolutionaries, "Don't listen to them! With these devices, we can beat them take this! DIE!!!"
*Beep*
*KABOOOM*
"AHHHHH!!!"
But upon activating the Quirk Amplification Device, it blew up, destroying itself upon activation. This caused the revolutionaries and villains to be shocked hearing the scream of their colleague trying to activate their secret weapon.
Ren chuckled coldly as he gave them an example and said harshly, glaring coldly at them, "I forgot to say, but if you think your little toys will help you this time, then sorry to say, but no. That device, while impressively made to enhance Quirks, has its own Shield, making them useless and exploding upon activation."
Their fear increased tenfold hearing this. They secure means of fighting against the heroes, and they already made a countermeasure against them.
With this All Might and Power Ranger's presence, the despair expression could be seen on the enemy's faces. At this moment at the same time, over 99,000 fighters lost their resolve to fight and will resist under their mere presence.
Skeptic slumped down in defeat as the heroes began to round up the villains he thought in a defeated tone, 'Shit, shit, shit, shit!!! Just All Might's name would bring people who would normally give their lives for the cause to their knees. And it made worse, the heroes know how to counteract the Quirk Amplification Device. WE'RE SO FUCKED IN THE ASS!!! I BEING TOO FUCKABLE FOR PRISON INMATES TO GET ME IF I DROP THE BAR OF SOAP!!'
Unlike in canon, where the villains were confident to take on the heroes, they failed to consider All Might and Power Ranger on the scene. With the confidence of the Quirk Amplification Device as a motivator, they dared to fight the heroes with All Might leading them.
But without that game-breaking item, their fear for their lives became a genuine reality. The clone thought coldly as he gazed at the people surrendering as he smirked, 'There is a reason why he's a Symbol of Peace, ya know. It's that reason why these punks never dared to come out in the open. Just a little toy and their high-how childish.'
The clone could only shake his head as All Might's reputation is the scariest among the villains. There was a reason why Japan has a low crime rate, with no other underworld organization forming for a reason.
*RMBL*
But an earthquake shook the ground, alarming the heroes. The clone says calmly, getting All Might's attention, "All Might… it's him. Gigantomachia has awakened."
*RMBL*
The sounds of rumbling could now be felt as everyone shook from the sudden off-sent. It was then they saw a giant hand emerge, crushing any nearby villains or heroes alike they saw the giant emerge from the ground as a loud yell echoed through the mountain, "I HAVE BEEN WAITING, MASTER! I AM ON MY WAY!"