Still a great distance from the mainland, Izuku and Hansuke were taking turns steering the engine's push on the waves.

Izuku stood at the front while Hansuke stayed back. He looked down at his hands. The damage from the fight with Promethys left his gloves torn to pieces.

"Is something wrong, Deku?" Hansuke asked.

The hero smiled and turned back to the boy. "No. Not really."

"...You're probably wondering what the plan is." Hansuke sighed.

"It seems so simple. Find the villains responsible, take them down. No casualties." Izuku said. "But this is Promethys."

"He's not been going easy on the others either..." Hansuke sighed.

Izuku sat down and faced the boy. "I regained my memories. But I still don't know what happened during these last few months."

Hansuke nodded. "Well, the moment you were left for dead, Promethys came right back to that very spot he teleported away."

"First one to react was Bakugo. He flew at the villain with amazing speed and power. Promethys even had to use a lot just to hold him back. But within a few minutes of clashing, he managed to move faster than Bakugo's reaction time and swatted him like a fly."

"Seconds later, the whole area was lit up with some kind of energy that burst from his body in all directions, burning the trees and anything they came into contact with. We were forced to retreat with lots of wounded."

"Ochako lead the way for many of us. But Promethys didn't stop. He kept opening more portals for those things to come through. And he charged forward, destroying everything in his path. It was hours later when he reached the government building in Tokyo and killed everyone inside..."

"Who was in there?" Izuku asked.

"The prime minister. Every ambassador from the UN and their heroes. Along with two dozen of Japan's best heroes. All of the best...gone." Hansuke said sadly. "Gang Orca, Mirko, Ryukyu, Endeavor, Edgeshot, Best Jeanist..."

"Endeavor..." Izuku repeated. He thought back to his conversation with Eisen Todoroki. How would he react to the news?

"What has Promethys done since?" The green-haired hero asked.

"He's just been teleporting all over the planet, unleashing thousands of Loyalists on the populace. Mostly targeting government officials but they go after anyone they can find." Hansuke lowered his head. "I don't even know how my dad is doing, if he's okay."

Izuku planted his hand over the boy's cold shoulder. "If your father is anything like you, he's okay."

Hansuke smiled. "More things you'd like to know. Promethys's Quirk lets him mimic anyone's Quirk he makes eye contact with. But only if it's a Quirk within the DNA of their ancestors, even just parents. So someone like you is a good match for him since he can't take your Quirk."

"Yeah..." Izuku said.

"Pro, that gives you an advantage of power on him. Con, it's all he's wanted since the planet fell. Even though he wants to take over the planet etcetera, etcetera, he's been obsessed with finding the source of your Quirk. He's looked everywhere you can imagine!" Hansuke exclaimed.

"Wait... Everywhere?" Izuku asked. "...All Might."

Hansuke looked at him, then slowly lowered his head sympathetically.

"Have you been keeping in touch with anyone else?" Izuku asked.

"Loosely..." Hansuke said. "In his dying breath, Todoroki told me where to find you...sort of. So I told Ochako I'd be looking for you... I don't know if she has any hope left that you're still alive..."

"Don't you have a cell phone?"

"Battery died. Forgot my charger in my suitcase." Hansuke sighed.

"Well that's just perfect." Izuku rolled his eyes.

"But hey! That gives us another advantage! If everyone thinks you're dead, Promethys won't know what hit em once we strike!" Hansuke stood up and swung his arm enthusiastically.

Izuku tapped his finger on his chin in thought. "To be a hero, I have to instill hope where hope has been lost... Evil wins when they think hope is gone."

"So what's the plan, Sensei?"

"We need to think about how we're going to beat Promethys. Can you give me all the Quirks he now has?" Izuku asked.

"As of now, no. Not accurately. I'm sure he's got more at this point. But I will tell you the concerning ones..." Hansuke said.

"He used Endeavor's Hellfire and Shoto's mom's ice Quirk at the same time. That just about destroyed the entire forest."

"Laser eyes, laser hands, laser mouth. Flight, teleportation, gravity manipulation, blade conjuring, explosion, hardening, increased speed, increased stamina, increased strength amplified way too many times." He counted.

"Erasure?" Izuku asked.

"Thankfully no. Mr. Aizawa has stuck with the school protecting civilians. UA opened its doors to the public to let people in who want to escape the hell Promethys has turned Japan into. Along with a few other places from what I heard." Hansuke explained.

"What are the Loyalists like?" Izuku asked.

"Simple low-level thug worthy. Imagine fighting a typical purse-thief or mugger, except there's usually a whole pack of them. Some have decent Quirks while the rest have simple strength and speed enhancers."

"Got it." Izuku nodded.

Now, a villain with multiple Quirks. He was even able to melt his body through solid ice, and disguise himself like Himiko Toga.

"Even Shoto and I couldn't stop him. And we were in a place where we could use almost all of our power." The hero said.

"He's got a way to counteract everything..." Hansuke added.

Izuku thought in the past, how he was able to defeat powerful villains like Promethys before. Muscular, Kai Chisaki, Tomura Shigaraki, All For One. Each one required nearly all of his power, and other acquired abilities.

Then he realized he tried to do the same to Promethys, who simply dodged the attack. Any harder and he would have broken himself like he would his first year of UA.

There were the few times he could go all out without hurting himself. Once with the help of advanced support tech, once with...

Izuku looked up. "I have an idea... But it's insane." He dropped his head again. "No. Never mind."

"What is it? Whatever it is, we can make it work, Deku-sensei!" Hansuke asked.

"I need to find Eri..." Izuku sighed, as if in deep shame. "I need to find my daughter."