Mitsuji was still processing everything that had just happened. He heard Nagai quickly elbow him and say "Get it together!". Mitsuji shook himself into focus and looked at the aggressor.
The man was wearing a grand fur coat and a samurai helmet. He had on military slacks and large steel toed boots. He had a lean and muscular body, and two katana holstered to his waist, one of which was currently unsheathed. It seems he had used this blade as a conduit for his Quirk.
"Some kind of…air-based Quirk…. kinda like you Tokuhei-kun!" Mitsuji commented, but Nagai just eyed the enemy warily. The man also eyed them warily, but then he spoke.
"Children…alas, this is the way of the world. Circumstance insists you become hardened warriors…. yes! This is the samurai way!" he murmured in an almost proud tone. He then sheathed his blade and unsheathed it very swiftly, creating a horizontal shockwave. Mitsuji was awake this time and, grabbing Nagai, ducked to the floor while creating an earth wall to block the air shockwave. The shockwave blasted clean through the wall, and Mitsuji and Nagai both covered their heads to protect themselves.
"Shit! It blasted clean through!" Mitsuji stuttered in a high state of panic. Earth wasn't going to do it. Nagai looked at Mitsuji for a brief second, then swam into the air. "I'll distract him!" he yelled at Mitsuji, and then dove towards the escaped patient. The samurai sidestepped the divebomb, and aimed a downward slash towards where Nagai had ended up, near the Family Mart wall. Nagai managed to kick off the wall and shoot under the swipe, although the Family Mart wall was heavily damaged as a result.
"We've got to get him away from this place! Or take him down quickly!" Nagai beckoned to Mitsuji. Mitsuji nodded and charged himself up with electricity. 1…2….3
He sprinted towards the convict, crackling with energy. The convict saw this and let off a horizontal swipe, jumping over it simultaneously. Mitsuji also jumped over the swipe, but the other man's boots clearly had some hydraulic technology, His jump was unnaturally high and he landed on the other side of the street. Clearly, the boys had managed to get him away from the family mart, which was a good thing.
Meanwhile, inside the mart itself, Edgeshot was using his Quirk to dodge the other escapee's chains. "I've got to make him let go of the hostage!" he thought, trying to rack his brain for an idea. Edgeshot used a red strand to try and pierce the villain. The villain dodged slightly to the side away from the hostage, but kept his grip on her. Edgeshot pounced on this opportunity.
"Strand Slingshot!" he yelled and the rest of his body snapped to where he had aimed with elastic momentum. He then delivered a swift punch to the aggressor, causing him to jump back a few feet. The man had to let the hostage go, and she fell to the counter, gasping for breath.
"Ma'am. Take any customers to the back of the shop please. Don't go outside either." Edgeshot commanded with a quiet air of authority. The woman nodded fearfully and proceeded to find a safe place. The perpetrator roared with fury.
"ASSHOLE! You're really fucking with my plans here. Do you know how hard it is to find fresh meat? It SPOILS if you leave them for too long. Past twenty-five…. why they're not even ripe anymore! You need to be taught a lesson!" he screeched and stared at Edgeshot vehemently. Edgeshot started to sweat unnaturally. The Ripper's Quirk was taking effect; Fear Gaze.
"Now bastard, what makes you shit your pants?" he cackled with delight.
Both men saw Edgeshot's fears; All For One, laughing maniacally at the battle of Kamino Ward. It then cut to Mitsuji and Nagai lying in a pool of their own blood. All because Edge had thought it a good idea to make them fight. Edgeshot started quivering and dropped to the floor. The villain laughed and unsheathed a military grade combat knife to go in for the kill. Then something unexpected happened.
Edgeshot released a red strand of string and stabbed himself in the brain. "Auto-pilot." He yelled and then instantly went unconscious. His body moved on its own, standing up and then another red strand emerged from his body. The Ripper panicked.
"Did you j-just…. lobotomise yourself!?" he yelled and backed off instinctually. However, the red strand shot out into the Ripper, jumbling around his internal organs while keeping them intact. He passed out, dropping his knife. Edgeshot then came to a few seconds later, the red strand from his brain having returned to another part of his body. He didn't remember the last 15 seconds, but he saw his opponent was knocked out. He sighed. "I need to get to those boys now!".
Back outside, the other escapee was fighting the students. Nagai was using Air Swim and splashing the man with projectiles, while the man either dodged or swiped back to deflect them. "Mitsuji! Fire!" Nagai yelled and Mitsuji drew out a breath. "1…2….3"
Mitsuji let out a torrent of red fire, which the enemy started swiping at with his katana. The shockwave managed to push it back briefly, but the torrent continued to push back, so the man was effectively pinned down. Nagai took this opportunity to swim behind the man, and then pushed off the wall on this side of the street, jetting towards the man from behind. The man realised too late; Nagai took him down and swiftly pinned his arms behind his back, kicking the katana out of his hand. He was out of commission. Mitsuji's knees buckled in relief and he sat down. The man started to struggle. He looked up at Nagai.
"Y-you! Are you punishing me? You look just like that man! Are you going to punish me the same way!?" he yelled frantically. Nagai stiffened up at these words. Mitsuji was about to ask what this meant, but then Nagai calmly released one of his arms, then used his Quirk to sharply knock out the enemy to the back of the head. This was unrestrained and left a crack in the ground.
Mitsuji was shocked. He was about to say something in protest but Nagai gave him a pleading look of silence. Just at that moment Edgeshot came out of the family mart with the other villain bound. The hostages also exited, praising Edgeshot as well as the boys. Mitsuji nervously bowed to the various civilians, while Nagai just stood over the villain dazed. Edgeshot walked over.
"He's unconscious?" he asked quizzically to Nagai. Nagai responded swiftly. "He was about to attack Mitsuji-kun…I had no choice." Edgeshot nodded and called the police. "Let's not take any chances with these two. Good job guys." He then walked off.
Mitsuji had overhead this. "He lied…. what is Nagai-kun hiding?" He wondered. The sound of sirens approached from a distance. The boys had a long internship ahead of them.