"Fat Gum? You're going to leave him alone like that?! What are you thinking?!" Kirishima yelled, confused, as Rock Lock faced Toyomitsu, "He's from your agency, so I left that decision to you, but frankly speaking, isn't he in trouble?"

Toyomitsu spoke up, "He's stronger than anyone here, but he's weak emotionally. He crushed himself with the pressure to do things perfectly. He climbed up to become part of UA's Big Three under those conditions. Someone like that declared that he could completely shut them down! So all I can do is leave it to him!"

Kirishima sighed, "I wonder if he's alright...I can't help but worry about him..."

"His kouhai doesn't believe in him... well, even if he says that he's okay, he hasn't shown much to support that, so it can't be helped..." Toyomitsu muttered, before shouting, "But once you've left him to guard your back, you'll trust him to do it if you're a man!"

The second Kirishima heard the word man, he growled, "I'm sure he'll be fine!"

Rock Lock sweatdropped, "That just makes you seem like someone who's easily swayed."

"I may be worried, but all we can do now is trust him!" Kirishima countered, "We can't waste a second of the time that Suneater got for us! All right!"

"It's strange that the guy who was moving the basement hasn't shown any movement." Aizawa muttered, and Kirishima looked around, "Now that you mention it... nothing's moving.

"If he's not putting obstacles in our way while we're running, then Mimic may not be able to observe and control the entire basement. There's also that police squad that remained above; maybe Mimic's focussing his attention on them." Aizawa replied.

"Are you saying that he's limited in the area he can keep tabs on?" Rock Lock asked, and Aizawa shrugged, "It's just a guess. He went into the basement to control it. If it's not that he has been assimilated into it, but he's moving around inside the walls to see and hear what's going on, then when he's manipulating the basement, it's possible that his body is also close. If an eye or ear from his main body is peeking through to try and block us, then I can see him."

Suddenly, the ground rumbled, and a giant fist erupted from the wall, crashing into Aizawa.

"Eraser!" Kirishima yelped, turning around, as a hole opened up on the wall. Toyomitsu quickly jumped in, pushing Aizawa out of the way, allowing himself to be pushed into the hole, "If we let this guy do what he wants, the time Tamaki got for us will be wasted! Eraser, go get him!"

Toyomitsu rolled to the bottom of the hole, the fat in his body absorbing most of the impact. He pushed himself up, only to find that he was nearly crushing Kirishima beneath him, "Why are you here?!"

"Uh... I also jumped out to try and protect Aizawa-sensei..." Kirishima admitted, "I thought I wouldn't take any damage, but then, I sank into your fat."

Toyomitsu sighed, "Well, I guess it can't be helped. More importantly, brace yourself."

Suddenly, out of the darkness, a tall man ran out, and Kirishima immediately activated his quirk. Don't blame me if that fist is smashed to pieces!

Much to Kirishima's surprise, Rappa's punch just knocked him away, sending the redhead flying. Rappa delivered a series of punches at Toyomitsu, but the hero was able to tank them with his fat.

Kirishima crashed into a wall, his hardened skin starting to fall apart from the impact, as Kirishima gazed at his arms in shock.

"You know what I think? It's boring to use guns or blades in a fight." Rappa smirked, "Anyone who has those can win. That's not a real fight. It's better to kill each other using the power living inside you. I wonder if you understand."

Toyomitsu growled, "What do you think you're doing!?" He reared up a punch, but his attack was stopped by a barrier, courtesy of Tengai.

"Huh? A barrier? What is this?" Toyomitsu asked, confused, as Tengai walked out of the shadows calmly, "Fat Gum, and a boy who can harden his body. Both have quirks that are good at defense. Too bad, Rappa."

Rappa just charged in again with a flurry of punches, but Toyomitsu stood his ground and managed to tank them.

For this much shock to get through even my fat... it's like a bullet... they're not on the quirk list we got... are they from outside; a rush attack of bullets and a barrier? They'll be an annoying pair to fight, Toyomitsu thought, as Rappa straightened up, "Good at defense? They didn't get away unscathed. Well, I guess it's good enough that they didn't turn into mincemeat."

"We're a spear and a shield." Tengai said, "In contrast, you two are just two shields. Though... I don't know if that boy can even be called a shield."

"Huh?" Rappa asked, annoyed, "What kind of fight is that?"

Kirishima tried to stand up, hissing in pain, "My arm... cracked? Ow... I couldn't tank all of it..."

If another barrage like that comes... I won't be able to take it... I thought that I'd gotten stronger... damn it...

"Don't let go of your Unbreakable!" Toyomitsu yelled encouragingly, "If even your spirit breaks, then you really have lost! When fighting villains, it's a matter of how fast you can make them lose their will to fight! You can't lose your will before them! Let's blow these small fry away and go back to the others!"

That's right... back then, during the training camp, Midoriya was super manly and refused to give up, even though he was hugely outclassed by Muscular... and still managed to beat him... And Mina... easily saving those two girls when I was too scared to even move... if I can't stand up now, then I have no right to face anyone else! Kirishima thought, as he struggled to push himself to his feet.

"They're planning to beat us. Isn't that great, Rappa?" Tengai spoke up, creating another barrier, and Rappa grinned beneath his mask, "You understand? What a great fat guy! Tengai, I'm starting to have fun!"

Rappa knocked on the barrier mockingly, "Get rid of this. Don't use it. It's not like I need a barrier in the first place!"

Tengai calmly shifted into a fighting stance, "Don't wallow in your own desires. Don't forget what Master Overhaul said. This is an excellent matchup. We will win for certain with our teamwork."

Rappa just sighed in indignation, before throwing a barrage of attacks at Tengai, only for the latter to block it with his barriers, "What are you planning to do, you fighting maniac?"

"Overjerk decided that we were a team without even asking." Rappa grumbled, and Tengai calmly replied, "It's not Overjerk. It's Master Overhaul."

"I don't care! As long as I can fight to the death, I don't give a shit." Rappa snapped.

Tengai merely sighed, and removed the barrier separating the two Yakuza from the heroes, "Then do whatever you want, if you think that you can take care of them by yourself."

"You understand? What a great recluse!" Rappa cheered, before rushing at Toyomitsu with another barrage of punches. Toyomitsu was pushed back slightly, but he managed to tank it.

If I close the distance between us, it'll be impossible to dodge. On top of that, it's such a strong shock that even with my Absorption, I'd get hurt. He'll just eat away at all my defences slowly until I'm done. They were fighting earlier, but I'm sure that if the one called Rappa is in danger, the other one... Tengai? Was that his name? He would put up a barrier. It felt like an iron wall when I punched that. I won't be able to do anything about it with my power. If I don't do anything about him, we can't win. And despite what I said, Kirishima took a lot of damage... I have no choice but to do it. If I don't do it right, I'll die, but if I don't even do it, I'll die for sure!

Toyomitsu growled, "He called you Rappa, right? It's been a while since any attack's had an effect on me! I was a hardcore martial arts guy back in the day, too! Let's see if you'll stop being able to raise your arm first, or if I'll stop being able to take your hits first! A spear and a shield. Let's have a match to see who's stronger, Rappa!"

"You really are a great, fat guy!" Rappa grinned, "Tengai, what about your barrier?"

"I won't put it up." Tengai sighed.

"Yeah! You guys are all great guys!" Rappa gleefully cheered, before charging at Toyomitsu with a multitude of punches, trying his best to tank the attacks. Oh man... that hurts... He's getting faster and faster... Maybe I won't make it in time?

"Don't disappoint me, fat guy!" Rappa yelled, "Don't pass out on me yet! My shoulder's finally warmed up!"

Rappe delivered another flurry of punches at Toyomitsu, as Kirishima just watched on helplessly from behind.

What can I do? What can I do right now? Fat Gum's going to die! Don't you have anything else? Don't you have anything left after they break through your Hardening? Can't you do anything? Kirishima wanted to be helpful, but he knew that he couldn't just jump in blindly, or he'd just be more of a hindrance.

When you're scared... when your life is on the line... your true colours show. Facing a life or death situation and being able to take a step on top of that... is what makes someone hero material.

But he didn't know what to do. He didn't know what else he could do. Without his hardening... he was useless.

Useless.

"That boy... is already done for. His eyes are filled with fear." Tengai sighed, turning his attention back to the brawl between Rappa and Toyomitsu.

"You're kidding, right? You can still keep going, can't you?" Rappa tried to encourage Toyomitsu, who was doing his best to keep standing. I bet you thought I was a shield, but that'll be fatal for you. All the attacks you gave me have been absorbed and sunken into my body. Because I'm using so much energy to sink and suppress them, I'm burning up so much fat from my shield. My defense is getting thinner, but the stored-up attacks will become a spear that can punch through any shield! That's how it is, but my shield's been cut down more than I expected... I can't make something equal to what I've stored up...

"Rappa! He's up to something!" Tengai yelled, "Hurry up and finish him!"

"Don't ever hesitate. If you do, you'll regret it, and the pain of doing so will hurt you more than anything."

Midoriya's words echoed in his mind. Midoriya had easily seen through his happy, carefree facade, and had tried to give him advice. Midoriya, who always kept to himself, and never said anything save for several words. Midoriya was right; the pain of being useless, the pain he felt when he saw Toyomitsu tanking all of Rappa's attacks, it hurt much more than the pain of his hardened skin breaking apart and peeling off.

I've been through a lot of scary things up until now. but even more that that, I've always been scared...

"I want to see it! If you're alive, then show it to me!" Rappa growled, ready to launch one last flurry of attacks, but Kirishima leapt in between them, fully prepared to tank Rappa's attacks.

I won't regret anything! I will become a hero who can protect! If it cracks, then harden it again! Bear it! Protect!

"You were blown away so easily earlier... But you're pretty great too!" Rappa yelled in glee. Kirishima tried to counterattack, but a barrier suddenly appeared between Rappa and Kirishima, deflecting the redhead's hardened fist.

"What's with the barrier?!" Rappa growled, but Tengai merely replied, "Of course I'm putting it up! Things done in vain should just fall in front of my defense."

"It wasn't in vain." Toyomitsu grinned, catching Kirishima with one arm as the teen fell, "Thanks a lot, Rappa! I've become a great spear!"

The pro hero pushed all the stored power into his free arm, and Rappa yelled, "Tengai! Take down the barrier!"

"There's one reason for your defeat! You guys underestimated our greatest, hardest defense!" Toyomitsu growled, as his fist started glowing, and Rappa snarled at Tengai, "It's no use, the barrier's going to break!"

"You guys, and I, as well, underestimated the hero named Red Riot and his chivalrous spirit!" Toyomitsu yelled, smashing through Tengai's barrier and knocking both Rappa and Tengai into the wall.

"In this spear and shield battle, we are the winners." Toyomitsu declared, and Kirishima grinned tiredly, before he closed his eyes, thoroughly exhausted.

"Red? Red Riot? Can you hear me? Red?" Toyomitsu turned his attention to Kirishima, worried for the teen, as the redhead slowly opened his eyes, slightly dizzy, "Who... who are you?"

"It's me! Fat Gum! I'm committed to the result! Figure it out from the context!" Toyomitsu yelped, trying to explain himself, as Kirishima muttered, "I... I'll protect you... I'll... do whatever I can... like... Crimson Riot..."

Tears welled up in Toyomitsu's eyes, "You tried so hard that you ended up like this... You've done enough..."

"Not enough..." Rappa growled, pushing himself up, "It's a battle to the death. I'm... not dead... yet... The barrier's turned into a cushion, huh? Even so... "

Toyomitsu gulped, He's too tough! I don't have any more fat... and I've used up all my stamina... What should I do?

"We can at least do first aid in the back room. Treat that kid... no, wait... that man over there." Rappa spoke up, and Toyomitsu blinked at him, stunned, trying to process what Rappa had just said.

"Must be a trap..." Toyomitsu muttered, as Rappa deadpanned, "Do I look like a man who'd set up a trap?"

"Rappa! Don't act on your own!" Tengai groaned, trying to stand up, "It's my job to keep you under control! Follow my instructions!"

"Huh?" Rappa growled, as Tengai walked towards him, "Think about why a beast who only craves violence can even be in this place! What's your duty, Ra-"

Rappa just pushed him to the ground, pinning him down with his foot, "You don't even have the strength to put up a barrier, do you? Then shut up. Although... I've got broken bones, too, and can't lift my arm."

"What do you want to do?" Toyomitsu asked suspiciously, and Rappa replied, "Fight. To the death. I come from the world of MMA. You must have at least heard of it, right? A fight club where you can use your quirks to the fullest. There weren't many who could stand up again after taking my fist, and those who could would always start begging for their lives. YOu understand, right? The pain of not being able to do what you want?! The power that only comes when your life is at stake?! The fight that comes from that! That's why it was great! You guys were really great! Especially the redhead! I like you! Let's have another match! Heal your wounds! I'll kill you properly next time!"

"You're going to be arrested and put into the slammer later, you know. Do you get it? There is no next time. You've lost." Toyomitsu growled, but Rappa just shrugged, "Who cares? If no one died, then it's a draw!"

"It's not a draw. Why are you trying to be sportsmanlike now?" Toyomitsu muttered. Is it the policy of an eccentric? He's so devoted to his urges that you know he has no ulterior motive. Either way, with these wounds, it'll be hard to meet up with Nighteye's group.

Toyomitsu turned to Kirishima, and picked him up gently, "You called yourself pathetic at first, and seeing that, Tamaki introduced you to me. I get it now. Someone who knows their own weakness... I showed you a pathetic side of myself, but right now, you've been acknowledged not just by me, but by the enemy."

"I want to do this again properly... with that man." Rappa grinned, opening the door to the back room.


They were eating lunch in the cafeteria when Ashido let out an ear piercing yell.

"Are you okay, Mina?" Kaminari asked, turning to the pinkette, as Iida hastily berated, "Mina! We're still in school! We may be eating lunch, but regardless you should not be using your phone!"

"Not important at the moment, Class Rep!" Ashido yelled, shoving her phone in Iida's face, "People were actually digging into Midoriya's background, and posted it on some forums! I thought it was just a rumour; I didn't think it was actually real!"

"Wait... what?" Shinsou asked, as Ashido passed him her phone, replying, "It's true. All sorts of links to old archives and newspaper articles. One of them even managed to get an x-ray or something... but I'm not sure if it's legit or not. Most of it isn't that interesting... but these two links here..."

Shinsou clicked on one of them, confused, before the headlines to the article popped up. The date was from eight years ago, and Shinsou was still pretty confused, until he read the rest of the article, "He... Izuku... he lost his parents? In a fire..?"

"Yeah... apparently..." Ashido's shoulders drooped, "It's really sad."

"Wait... eight years ago?" Todoroki leaned over Shinsou's shoulder, doing the calculations mentally, "That's when we were all seven..."

"He lost his parents... when he was seven..." Iida bit his lip, not even mad that some of the other students had taken out their phones to find the site that Ashido had been on. Koda's expression drooped, as Shinsou clicked out of the article to find the other link.

Todoroki's eyes visibly widened, as Iida openly gaped, "What... he fell off a building?"

"The year says that it's from six years ago... when he was nine." Todoroki muttered, scrolling down to read the rest of the article. Shinsou's eyes trailed to the date, and he clenched his fists. It was only a month after Midoriya, as Void, had saved him. What on earth had happened in that one month!?

"The article said it was an accident... though..." Kaminari spoke up, and Ashido shook her head, "Yeah, but first, he'd have to climb up to the roof of the school, right? Assuming that was even his elementary school..."

"It can't be... suicide... right?" Yaoyorozu asked, horrified, but Shinsou just looked away, "It could have been... Like I said, before we went to Kamino... when you have a quirk that is deemed useless or villainous... or you don't even have a quirk at all... "

Iida thought for a minute, before he turned back to the class, "I think we should ask the principal about this."

Sero raised an eyebrow, "The principal? Why not Aizawa-sensei, when he comes back from... whatever he's doing now?"

"Trust me. The principal would know more about this than all of us. We can just ask Mic-sensei later, when he takes over our homeroom lesson from Aizawa-sensei."


"Two went ahead... but they can be ignored..." Mimic mused, before turning to the pro heroes, "But those guys need to be stopped. There are only a few minutes left of my boost. In that case, I have to do it. We have fallen into heresy. We can't just stand still."

"Hurry! We need to catch up to Mirio and Midoriya!" Sasaki yelled, when suddenly, the ceiling started dipping down like melted wax. The ground started rippling, and the heroes and police officers turned around. Aizawa hissed, "They're coming nearer."

"It feels like we'll be crushed to death..." Rock Lock growled, as he reached out to touch the wall with his palm, before rotating his hand, locking the wall in place with his quirk, "Deadbolt! Things that I lockdown will get locked in place."

After securing the corridor, Rock Lock nodded, letting the pros and police officers pass through, "This way! The area won't move anymore! Don't complain about how cramped it is. I can't hold that many spots with this Security Max Deadbolt! This is the limit of my powers!"

There was a rumbling behind them, and suddenly, concrete started rushing down towards them.

"He's coming at us again from the places I haven't locked down." Rock Lock growled, running towards the wave of concrete. He leapt forwards, locking the concrete in place with his quirk, and Aizawa yanked the hero back before he collided with the newly formed wall.

Reiko perked up, and growled, before starting to run down the hallway.

"He left his cat here?" Sasaki asked, Rock Lock growled, "It's just a cat! That doesn't matter now! If the Fat team were here... it's go even more smoothly. Or if we had someone with a strength augmenting quirk."

"Or Cementoss. Also, Reiko is a her, not an it, and she can help us." Aizawa muttered, looking around the room, "Anyways, Mimic's probably pinpointing our location and aiming for it specifically. Where is he watching from? Inside the wall?"

Mimic broke down the previously locked down section of cement and tried to smash the heroes again. Rock Lock just locked it down again, with Aizawa reeling him back to avoid the impact.

"It's only going to get worse..." Rock Lock panted, trying to keep his quirk up, "We can't keep doing this."

Suddenly, the wave of concrete receded, leaving the heroes and police in a large misshapen corridor, and an officer yelped, "It opened up? What are they planning this time?"

Reiko looked around, before jumping backwards as two slabs of concrete fell from the ceiling, separating Rock Lock, Aizawa and Reiko, and Sasaki and the police.

"Why separate us now?!" Aizawa growled,

"Hey, everyone! You okay?" Rock Lock asked, and Sasaki mused, "The wall isn't that thick."

"Did they change methods because they weren't able to crush us to death?" An officer asked.

"It makes it easier for us to move, though..." Another officer replied.

"There will be more than enough to make up for it, I'm sure." Sasaki spoke up, "Be careful. It's coming. The next move."

"Be quiet. Whose fault is that?" Rock Lock snarked, as Toga dropped down from the ceiling. Rock Lock was barely able to react in time as Toga stabbed her knife at him, with the blade impaling his hand. He immediately locked the knife down as Toga tried to yank it out of his hand, causing her to crash into the hero.

"This is theLeague of Villains!?" Rock Lock growled, punching Toga in the stomach, only for Toga to melt away into brown goop.

The real Toga grinned, and dropped down from the ceiling, wrapping her legs around Rock Lock's waist as she covered the hero's mouth with her hand, "Shh... you're wrong. Right now, I'm Toga from the organized crime group that's obsolete, and should be a protected species. We're the bad guys."

She dug her knife into Rock Lock's back.

"Rock Lock! What's wrong?" Aizawa yelled, before he kicked the wall down. Luckily, the wall wasn't too thick, and he easily broke through, only to find that there was a downed Rock Lock on the ground, bleeding from the back, with another Rock Lock couched on the ground.

"A fake suddenly appeared and attacked me!" Rock Lock turned around, but Reiko just snarkled and leapt at the pro hero, attempting to claw his eyes out. She didn't like Rock Lock, but she knew which one was real, and which was fake.

Sasaki had also kicked down the thin concrete wall separating them, and he passed through the small chamber that Aizawa had been, only to find Reiko mauling the pro hero. He and the police had heard what Rock Lock had said, and were utterly confused.

"Uh... why is the cat attacking Rock Lock?" An officer asked.

They were even more confused when Aizawa attacked the Rock Lock that Reiko had been attacking, letting the feline fall back. "Wait! Eraser! Rock Lock said that one was the fake!" A police officer pointed at the bleeding Rock Lock on the ground, but Aizawa merely replied, "I trust the cat."

He activated his quirk, and Toga's disguise peeled off, just as she tried to slash at him with her knife.

"Toga Himiko!" An officer screamed, as Aizawa narrowly avoided the knife.

"Toga! Yeah, it's me, Toga!" The villain cheerfully replied, as she shot towards the police, "Hey, where's Izu-kun? I thought he was here with you? Oh, yeah, Chisaki sent someone out to shoot him! Is he dead? Is he bleeding?"

Aizawa quickly grabbed onto her with his capture weapon, yanking her backwards, "That's it for you, Toga Himiko!"

Toga just pouted, and turned around, grabbing onto Aizawa's capture weapon. She used the capture weapon as leverage to flip around. She tried to stab a knife into Aizawa's back, only for Reiko to leap in, scratching Toga's hand as she snatched the knife right out of the villain's hands with her teeth.

"Eraser!" Sasaki growled, as Aizawa hastily took a knife out and slashed at Toga, only for him to only hit her cheek. Aizawa turned around and kicked Toga into the wall, growling.

"This teamwork... the League and the Eight Precepts have a framework for cooperation set up." Aizawa mused, as Reiko flicked her tail and brought the knife she had taken from Toga to the Erasure hero.

"Thanks, Reiko." Aizawa patted the feline on the head, as he went to check up on Rock Lock. The hero was still conscious, and had been watching the fight, and he muttered, "Did... cat... knife...?"

"Told you that Reiko could help us." Aizawa snarkily replied, as Reiko patted Rock Lock on the head smugly, before turning her attention to the corner of the room.

Suddenly, the walls disappeared, and a hole opened up, letting Bubaigawara and Rappa into the corridor. Sasaki stepped in front of Aizawa and Rock Lock, as Reiko peered at Rappa curiously.

"I'm getting excited!" Bubaigawara cheered, before peering down at the heroes, "Man, I was wondering what kind of hero we'd get. Sure, the eraser guy and locking one are cool, but this guy? He's like a normal businessman. And a cat?! Don't underestimate the yakuza, bastard! Get them, Big Bro Rappa!"

Rappa sent a flurry of punches towards Sasaki, but the pro merely pushed his glasses up and dropped to the ground, sweeping Rappa off his feet. Rappa did manage to slice off a small portion of Sasaki's suit, and the hero asked, "You grazed me?"

"You're pretty strong." Rappa complimented, but Sasaki just threw three stamp-shaped seals at Rappa, knocking the yakuza into the wall and destroying the clone.

"He melted! That yakuza's useless!" Bubaigawara yelled.

"What just happened?" An officer asked, and Sasaki took out two more seals, "These are battle support items, high-density personal seals. They weigh about five kilograms each. They go with my businessman appearance and are quite humorous items, don't you think? "Make a prediction and move first." Perhaps because I have seen the futures of so many, I'm able to do that a little faster than others during close combat. But I didn't predict this. I didn't think that the famous League of Villains would support mere yakuza."

Sasaki threw the two seals at Bubaigawara, slicing a part of his mask off, causing the villain to panic and run off, "Ouch! Damn it, you bastard!"

Sasaki tried to chase after him, but a wall dropped down from the ceiling, separating Bubaigawara from Sasaki. Bubaigawara yelled, "The wall's too fast! If you were a little later, I would have been done in, slowpoke yakuza! We're helping you, so you should do your best too!"

Bubaigawara fell to his knees, attempting to pull his broken mask over his face as he tried to pull himself together, "Because of you, my mask is... this is bad... It's bad... I'm going to split... All right! I'm going to tear apart! No I won't! I need to wrap it up... or I'm going to split into two..."

Toga popped out of nowhere, and took out a pink handkerchief, tying it around the portion of Bubaigawara's mask that had torn, pouting, "Once you've wrapped up, you become one, right? We're doing all this to help them, too! Those organized crime guys are just meanies!"

"Date me, Toga." Bubaigawara was close to crying.

"It's sad, isn't it?" Toga patted Bubaigawara's cheek, "You feel the most responsible for Big Sis Magne's death, don't you? Even so, you're bearing it and helping them like it was decided. It's so sad, isn't it, Jin? If the group you're helping is hopeless, then you won't get rewarded."

Behind the mask, Bubaigawara smirked. If Shigaraki was trusting them to deal with the Yakuza, why not get the heroes to do all the dirty work for them?

"This is why the yakuza are dying out!" Bubaigawara mocked, and Toga grinned cheekily, "They really are hopeless! I'm sure it's because your real leader is a bedridden old man!"

Mimic snapped, and screamed, and the ground started rippling again.

"What's going on!?" Aizawa growled, as Bubaigawara cheered, "Big Bro Irinaka sure gets mad easily!

"Wimpy guys are the most short-tempered!" Toga jeered, as a huge hole opened up beneath the two villains, "If you get mad, your warnings become half-hearted!"

"Crush! And kill them all!" Mimic growled, "I won't forgive those who make fools out of us! Crush the mall to death!"

"That yell..." Aizawa looked up at the ceiling, as one of the police officers helped Rock Lock up.

"Something big moved with the voice." Sasaki nodded, looking around, "It's probably Mimic. But the sound's echoing around too much. "

"This is bad... we'll be crushed!" The officer in charge growled.

"Wimpy guys always want to hide how weak they are! They want to make themselves look strong, so they look down on others from above! Organized crime guys are really lame, don't you think!?" Toga continued to mock Mimic, prompting the yakuza to scream out in anger.

Reiko perked up at the sound, looking towards a hole in the wall, and tried to make her way towards it. Sasaki immediately noticed where she was heading, and noticed the wall out of the corner of his eye.

"Eraser!" Sasaki yelled, jumping onto a tendril of concrete that had erupted from the ground and throwing a few more seals towards the hole. They only broke off a small portion of the concrete, but it was more than enough for Aizawa to activate his quirk on Mimic. The floor stopped shifting around, as the concrete crumbled, causing Mimic to fall to the ground.

"Sorry, yakuza! I think we'll do what we want after all!" Bubaigawara yelled, "Bye!"

"Bastards!" Mimic yelled, but Sasaki just threw another seal at his neck, knocking the yakuza out. Aizawa easily caught Mimic with his capture weapon, before looking up to where Bubaigawara and Toga had been standing, "We've been used, it seems."

"That did put an end to the maze." Sasaki muttered, "Come on. We need to go find Mirio and Midoriya."

"It's nice that the living maze is gone now..." The officer in charge said, "But it's hard to tell where we are now."

"I know what direction Eri's room is in." Sasaki spoke up, and the officer turned to the restrained Mimic, "Irinaka! Put the walls back in order! Hurry!"

Mimic was panting from exertion, and the officer growled, "Hey!"

"The drugs probably wore off." Aizawa sighed, "Fat Gum's guess was right. Irinaka doesn't have enough power to do that anymore."

"But there's still Toga and Twice... The League of Villains must be hiding somewhere!"

"Toga... Twice..." Mimic growled, struggling against his restraints, and unknown to the heroes, he slipped another smaller red vial out of his pocket, "I won't forgive you! You traitors!"

"Where are the other League members?" Sasaki asked, and Mimic spat, "The hell if I know! I'll definitely find them all! I'll break open the skulls of all those League bastards!"

"Those two were the only ones." Sasaki deduced, and the rest of the police surveyed the area, "There's no sign of the League coming to attack us... but it's hard to believe they're on our side just because they betrayed Irinaka."

"The League of Villains is wanted by police across the country. As police officers, we cannot just ignore them." The officer in charge raised his gun, as Rock Lock groaned, "What are you standing around talking for!? Ignore them and move forward! Leave the League to the police! What's our top priority!?"

Suddenly, a screech echoed down the hallway, and the faint flapping of wings could be heard. Reiko perked up at the noise, as the heroes and police all tensed up, ready for a threat.

Ryuto flew down the hallway, and stopped when he was right in front of Aizawa. He hovered in midair, and the Erasure hero could easily see that there was a gun and a red box in the hawk's talons.

Aizawa stretched out his hand, and Ryuto deposited the box and gun in his hand, before flying over to perch on Sasaki's shoulder. The Erasure hero examined the gun, before deeming it an ordinary gun, and passed it to the police.

He opened the red box, seeing some dart-like bullets inside, and Aizawa bit his lip; one bullet was missing.

"The bullets." Sasaki took a look at the box, before passing them over to the police, "We need to find them, now."

"Just go! Either way, someone has to stay behind to restrain Irinaka. Thanks to that Toga girl, it'll be hard for me to jump around now." Rock Lock tilted his head towards the corridor, "If you get it, then hurry up and move your legs! We've gotten this far, and we're almost there! Don't waste the time that everyone's worked hard to get!"

Aizawa nodded, and headed down the hallway that Ryuto had flown in from, with Sasaki, Reiko, and the police behind him.