Izuku felt nothing but pain, beating through his lungs like stakes with every breath, all the way back to the school.
As Mina carried him in her arms, he also very quickly learned the downsides of having a relatively powerful healing factor.
It was an aspect of his powers he had never really thought would have a downsize, but as Venom explained in his mind, that same healing factor was now keeping him conscious, whereas any normal person would have been knocked out by the pain and damage.
That was a good thing that had saved his life in the battle itself. Not so much now where he had to suffer through every waking moment in agony, as his mind just got clearer, and the pain sharper as it did so.
Adding to his discomfort was occasionally coughing up thick bouts of blood. That didn't help with his pained breathing, nor did the way Mina would stiffen up every time it happened.
As it turned out, their side had thankfully won the battle.
While they had been dealing with Rhino and Shocker, All Might had come, fought the brain guy, and won a spectacular victory by sending him flying through the roof.
And with him, or a bit after, Izuku wasn't entirely sure how it had gone down, the rest of the teachers had come and decisively driven away the remaining villains, and as they got on a car back to the school, he heard the sirens of police cars outside as they passed.
Venom had made some snarky comments about the cavalry of law and order finally arriving, but Izuku ignored it.
He didn't manage to ask any questions himself, but thankfully Mina asked the question he so desperately worried about, as well as telling the adults about Rhino needing medical help.
No one had died. All the students had made it out fine, with him and Mina being the only ones truly wounded. And as long as Rhino got medical help, none of the Villains would die either.
It had been an unambiguous victory for the forces of good. And even as he coughed up more blood, a relieved smile came to his face.
No one had died.
Thank God in heaven.
I
"Merde."
Tifa Rolle, better known as the criminal Tel, stood on edge of a rooftop, staring down at a scene that seemed ludicrous to her.
It was her standard procedure. She'd leave Rhino and Shocker to do their thing, and unless they called her up, she'd only return after half an hour.
That had almost always been enough time for Rhino to deal with whoever it was he was fighting, while she could go enjoy a soda and some snacks.
She had been in a great mood, thinking she would finally get revenge for that embarrassing failed mission where they lost hammerhead, tons of the shitty Trigger drug the Japs were so fond of, and she had gotten her jaw and her finger broken at the hands of the snotty brat with the green hair.
And so, it had been a shock as she came back to the scene, and after a bit of tracking across the rooftops, she had finally found Rhino and Shocker.
On the ground below her being apprehended by several pro heroes, was Rhino, clearly unconscious, and Shocker webbed up in a black cocoon.
It had seemed such an impossible sight she had done a double-take, just gaping down at them, before swearing.
No, it was real. That were the two of them, and Rhino, one of the physically strongest people she had ever meet, was lying unconscious on the ground.
Someone had actually beaten them.
This was actually happening.
Swearing was a mistake as it turned out, as literarily 4 seconds later, two bullets slammed into her chest, one through her arm, and one through her left leg, as she was thrown back towards the roof floor screaming.
She never hit it, however, as in a flash of purple energy, she vanished from the land of the rising sun.
And instead slammed into padded ground, in a white room.
Her screams of pain immediately woke attention of the guy on duty at the moment, and he almost scrambled over himself as he ripped bandages off the table he was sitting at as he came towards her.
"Tel? The fuck happened?"
He quickly bent down, and not saying another word, he began to hastily bandage her two bleeding limbs, as she swore in pain the entire way.
As he tightened the bandage, she swore between gritted teeth from the pain. God, it Hurt being shot! What kinda hero used guns anyway?
The man she now recognized as Tom, stared down at her worried, as he was bent over her on one knee.
"I'll go get someone to carry you, then we can get you actual treatme-" Her hand shot up, and clench the hem of his shirt in her fist. "NO! I... I need to talk to the Big Man, NOW! RIGHT AWAY!"
Tom got a confused look on his face, but thankfully he went with it and did NOT start asking questions at her.
What he had to say though, wasn't much better.
"You can't. The Big Man is out meeting the Brazilian delegates. We can't interrupt that, even if I could contact him right now."
Her eyes widened. That was TODAY? FUCK!
"Ok, so who IS in charge here now then?"
I
The healing Kiss from recovery Girl was like the hand of God reaching down and curing all his ails.
In one moment, he was lying flat on his back over a stretcher. The next, all his pain was gone, only the coppery taste of blood in his mouth revealing that he had ever suffered any injury at all.
As he got up on his feet, the small elderly woman moved on, and just as Miraculously as she had healed him, she did the same to Mina, who had wrapped a ripped-off piece of Shockers yellow quilt costume around her head to stop the bleeding.
Judging by how she looked, as she hesitantly took off the makeshift bandage, with dried blood crusting half of her long, Fluffy pink mane, and her face as well, one would probably have judged her to be far, far worse off than Izuku.
"WOW. It's completely gone!" Mina marveled as she brought her hand up, obviously tracing where the wound had just been.
As Izuku got to his feet, Recovery Girl turned towards him with an expression that distinctly told him to get back unto the bed, making him freeze in his tracks.
Then her harsh face softened.
"That's right, you have a healing factor don't you?"
Izuku mutely nodded in affirmation, for a moment wondering how in the world she could have known about that, only to remember he had written it down when he had updated his quirk description before entering the entrance exam.
"In that case, you can get up and move as you please. I have some other patients I need to take care of at the moment."
She then turned to Mina and nodded towards a water tap and a pretty large sink in the corner of the room.
"You'll want to clean your hair and face now dear. The police will want your statements now that you're treated and trust me, you do NOT want to let it finish drying up before you begin cleaning your hair. Just give your face and hair a quick cleanup now, then you can take a shower to finish it, after the police statements. Those might take half an hour or more."
Mina nodded, and hastily went over to the spring, as Recovery Girl turned towards Izuku as he got up.
"The detective taking the statements will be with you shortly, he just needs to finish talking with All Might."
Then, she left, leaving the teenagers and the alien, alone in the room.
As he heard the water being turned on as Mina began her impromptu hair cleaning, Izuku went to the window and looked out.
Below he could see dozens of policemen, all armed and patrolling the school ground.
He could also see students being escorted out of the school itself and either into police cars, or cars of what he assumed to be their families coming to pick them up.
He supposed it would be silly to think the rest of the school would just continue on for the day as if nothing had happened.
Everyone was being escorted home, not just his class.
With a pang of anger, he saw Mrs. Bakugou having come to pick up Katsuki, and after having given her son a worried hug, the blonde boy had seemingly gotten into a shouting match and argument with her as they walked to her car.
The anger of seeing Katsuki was quickly drowned however, by questions.
Questions he had put aside during the attack, and questions the attack had raised.
For one thing, there was All Might and his apparent limit.
What did that mean?
By itself, it was potentially devastating news for Japan's hero society as a whole.
But… there was Uraraka, a girl who completely changed everything. All Might had chosen to become a teacher here this year, almost certainly to train up his daughter.
Izuku had thought it was just to make sure she became the best hero she could be, and that wasn't exactly wrong.
But no, the reason he was here, wasn't just to make sure she rose high, it was to reach to the Top.
All Might had apparently suffered an injury that had permanently wounded him, and now limited how long he could operate. With that context, he now understood.
All Might was training his successor. A new symbol of peace to take over when he…
The thought of All Might retiring would have seen insane, ridiculous, and idiotic to Izuku just 3 months ago.
Frankly, it still did. But… He accepted it.
It was what it was, and he couldn't do anything about it. He had power beyond anything he had dreamed of two years ago. Power enough that he had actually beaten real, actual Villains.
And yet…
His grip tightened on the windows frame.
He couldn't do anything about it.
He and Mina had stood up to an incredibly dangerous pair of Villains, and they had won. But in the grand scheme of things, that wouldn't help All Might.
All he could do was become a Hero in his own right, and hopefully help Uraraka that way.
He could not become the next symbol of peace, he understood that much. No more than he could become All Might's son.
All he could become was a hero himself.
That was what he wanted to be. Someone who helped people. He did not need to reach the absolute top to do that.
Though… If there was one lesson he had to take from his battle today, it was that he needed power, or rather, combat experience.
Katsuki's ambition to be the strongest ever built on horrible, and awful motivations, but the wish to become a better fighter wasn't wrong.
He had won. He had also almost gotten himself killed by unintentionally jumping into searing hot steam.
He winced at the memory.
He had to become a better warrior, simple as that. That was the sort of easy, simple mistake that could get you killed, and he would need to be better.
Other than his musings on All Might and himself, there were also the questions the League of Villains attack had raised for him.
Morris had claimed the people behind the attack was All For One himself.
The greatest criminal in Japanese history, the man who had effectively been the ruler of Japan for the 3 decades between the appearance of quirks, and the rise of heroes.
He had sent his men to kill them. No. To kill All Might.
There were several questions and concerns that raised, both ones that sent shivers down his spine just thinking about them, and practical ones.
The most obvious question was, why now? Why had he chosen this mission here, where All Might could easily be backed up by a small host of pro heroes in the form of the other teachers?
There had to have been a whole host of other, earlier and better points to attempt this plan on, and seemingly he hadn't taken them.
Or had he?
All Might had taken a devastating Injury… Izuku hadn't considered how he had gotten it.
Of the Villains All Might had fought in public the specific timeline would line up best with his bouts with Toxic chainsaw, but somehow he doubted the Villain in question was responsible for it. The fact he had actually seen the battle in question was a large reason in that conclusion.
However, assuming he had suffered the injury in a battle with One for All, or his forces…
That still did not explain though why All For One had not come himself to this attack.
It made no sense.
There was very little footage of All for one, or his powers, but by all accounts, he was a titanic force in battle.
So why wasn't he here today?
It just didn't make sense to go through all this effort to set up this invasion, then leave your strongest player at home.
There had to be an answer here, but if there was, he lacked all the pieces to figure it out.
Then there was the other man in the shadows.
The Big Man.
Unlike All For One, Izuku had never heard of the individual.
That could be both an indicator of how big the Villain was, or how small.
If he was big, it was a sign of someone who knew how to keep a low profile. If he was small, then he was a nobody.
Except he couldn't be small.
The fact Rhino was working under him proved that well enough. According to the man himself, The Big Man, whoever he was, had beaten Rhino using the same kind of strategy that Izuku had applied.
That suggested great strength along with high intelligence.
Then there was all the rest of the things he knew about him.
Namely that Tel worked for his organization. And if she worked for him, then the guys in the forest did as well. The ones who had tried to make a bargain of trigger, for information to use to kidnap someone.
They had planned to kidnap someone in Japan, then just happened to invade Yuei a short while later?
Somehow he could not believe that was a coincidence.
That still didn't tell him anything about why, or who though.
Just like with All For One and his faction of Villains, he flat out lacked all information he needed to piece out this puzzle as well.
He knew that the second group wanted to kidnap someone, he suspected the person in question was here on Yuei, and probably someone in his class.
And he knew they also worked together for this attack.
And that was about it.
"God, this stuff is gonna be such a pain to get out."
He was brought out of his musings by Mina, as she was squeezing water out of her poofy long hair, now mostly free of blood.
Izuku stiffened, as she stood upwards, and turned towards him, her head turned sideways as she kept squeezing the water out, and into the sink.
She beamed at him, or more accurately her regular smile suddenly reasserted itself on her face.
It was at that moment, that Izuku suddenly realized that he was alone with a very cute girl. He could feel the heat rising to his cheeks.
Mina's expression changed to somewhat curious.
"You're kinda a shy guy aren't you Midori?"
Izuku's face turned even brighter.
"I… I suppose."
His mind screamed for him to pull himself together. He had been dealing with Mina for the entire time they had been separated from the rest of the class. He'd managed it just fine before now.
"Yeah, you were kinda like a totally different person when you fought. Like, you really knew what you were doing, just instantly taking the problem by the horns you know!"
Izuku just kept blushing, as Mina continued.
"I never really thought about it, but you were like this with the training match with Uraraka too. During the match you were like a total badass, then once it was over, you got really reserved when we asked you questions."
"I-I guess…?"
Izuku suspected Mina might think he was considerably less badass during either of his periods of battle if she had been able to see his face underneath his mask at the time.
"Yeah, like you were really kickass earlier. I mean, you essentially dragged Rhino down into the sewers, and you freaking beat him! All on your own too! Rhino! The guy who toppled the statue of liberty!"
If Izuku had been blushing before, his face now felt like an oven and looked like someone had painted it with red paint.
" T-Thanks, bu-but I… I wouldn't have been able to do it if you hadn't been there… I was completely stumped i-in what to do until the acid burned a hole in the ground."
"No need to try and be humble about winning Midori. Like I get it, I played a part, but really man, that was your win."
She scrunched her face for a moment, before asking.
"Actually… How… How did you win?"
The burning sensation in his cheeks went a bit away, as he realized she had asked him a question, and he quickly launched into an explanation.
"Well I… When… When he said that nothing got through his skin, except… Electricity, I realized th-that if nothing got through it f-from the outside, then n-nothing could get through from the inside either. S-so I brought him done into the u-underground that was steaming hot, c-cause that meant that… He could only sweat through his face… So he was I-incredibly weak against overheating, and a-after a bit of fighting, he got heatstroke and collapsed."
As he finished up, Mina just stared at him, absentmindedly still squeezing her hair.
"And you got that plan just from one throwaway line he made?"
The blushing returned, and he nodded.
"Wow. You really are something else aren't you Midori? Like… That was smart. Like really smart. I kinda thought you were kinda like Luffy, but you're actually more like Sengoku aren't you?"
He had absolutely no idea who either of those two were, but he just quietly nodded again, not wanting to look like an idiot who didn't know what she was talking about.
He was just standing there, desperately trying to stop himself from blushing more, when Mina knocking all color out of his cheeks with her next line.
"So, what was the deal between you and evil teleporter lady? You two have a history?"
He had completely forgotten he had promised to tell her all about that later, and frankly, he had hoped later would never come. Now it had.
As Mina finished drying her hair, and just looked at him expectedly, Izuku tried desperately to find some way to get out of telling the story without just flat out lying.
"I… Well you see…"
An awkward pause followed as Mina's looked became more puzzled, and Izuku just really, really didn't want to talk about it. On his arm, he felt the circular scar ache.
He was saved by the door quietly opening, turning Mina's(as well as his own.) attention towards it, as a man who was undoubtedly the detective recovery Lady had been talking about stepped in.
His clothing being the stereotypical detective trench coat, along with a corresponding hat, kinda gave it away.
"Hello." He greeted in a friendly, if not energetic manner.
"Hi." Both of them replied, almost at the exact same time.
"You two must be miss Ashido and Mr. Midoriya." He reached forth his hand towards Izuku. "My name is Naomasa Tsukauchi, I'm a detective working for the police on this matter."
Izuku took his hand, shook it and nodded, showing he had understood what Tsukauchi had just said, and after letting go, Tsukauchi reached forth his hand again to greet Mina, who repeated what Izuku had just done.
"I'm sorry to bother you at this hour, but I am afraid that we must have your statements before we can let you leave for home with your parents. Once we are done with that, you can wait in by the entrance if you'd like. We have called both your families, and both have said themselves willing to come pick you up directly."
The detective had a subdued, but somehow very winning smile. It was the kind of smile that made you want to like him.
"So, which one of you wish to start?
I
Izuku stood by the entrance when Mina finally came from the shower, smelling like strawberries, and with no trace of blood in her hair.
That had apparently been a mighty endeavor, as she had been in the showers for well over an hour.
Like Izuku, she had ditched her costume for her regular school uniform.
Though his had a Stark change for the moment.
Namely, it was completely dyed black, with a massive white spider on his back.
"Nice new look, but… Why?"
He blushed again, but nowhere near as badly as he did in the room two floors up.
"I… My black suit i-is pretty much armor. And when I use it like this on my clothing, well… It protects me, just like the suit does."
"Huh. Neat and awesome, I like it!" She flashed her thumb up with a grin.
"I don't think Aizawa will let you keep it like that in class though, but I guess you'll have to talk to him about it."
He nodded. Yeah, he had had similar thoughts.
For the most part, they were alone by the entrance, the vast majority of students having left already. From their own class, only Shoto remained, a look of complete stoicism on his face as he ignored both of them, along with a couple of girls Izuku didn't know.
Judging by their age, he thought they must be from 1-B, but that was just a guess on his part.
A silence arose for a bit, as Mina took out her phone and apparently went through her messages.
"My dad's gonna be here pretty soon it seems. At least judging by his messages."
Izuku, not really having anything to add, just remained silent.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me, what's your number Midori?"
Both the two other remaining girls turned to look at Izuku, who had just turned so red, he might have been a sunset.
"My… My number?"
A girl was asking him for his number.
Mina, not having looked up, just continued.
"Yeah, I've been trying to get the number of everyone in the class, so far I just lack Katsuki, Shoto, Mineta and-" She turned to look at him. Then she snorted in laughter from Izuku's expression.
"It's just your phone number man, nothing to be embarrassed about."
"IT'S354033279" Izuku blurted out incredibly quickly. As the two other girls stared at him, snickering behind their hands, he felt like a complete and total moron. Then he felt like even more of an idiot, as he realized he'd need to repeat that again.
As it turned out, he didn't however, as Mina calmly typed the number down, apparently having caught it, despite his rapid-fire speaking pace.
"Ok, so I just sent you mine through a message, so just add it to your contacts Kay?"
He stared at her for a moment. Then what she was saying actually went into his skull, and he sheepishly nodded.
Mina was about to say something more, but suddenly her attention was diverted over to entrance outside, where a short older man with yellow hair just as puffy as Mina's or Izuku's, dressed in the most stereotypical science outfit imaginable, hastily walked over the school grounds with a panicked expression.
"Seems my rider's here. See Ya later Midori!" She gave a wave, along with a grin as she walked towards the door. Then she turned her head towards Shota. "And you too Todoroki!"
The son of the number two hero gave her a nod, but not much more, whereas Izuku, almost forcing his own body against just remaining rigid, gave a timid wave back, along with an equally timid "Later…"
As Mina exited, upon which the scientist guy gave her a big hug, which she reciprocated, Venom finally popped up from his shoulder.
-Well look at that, you actually managed to talk to a new girl in conversation. Sure you were burning like a torch the entire time, but hey, you actually spoke, and didn't stutter the entire way. Maybe next you'll be able to meet an entirely new girl, and not blush at all.-
"You've been way more quiet than usual."
-Well there are times when the best to move is to just leave you to it. You don't think we're going to hover over your shoulder when you inevitably have sex with someone do you?-
Izuku, who had just begun to lose the blushing in his cheeks, suddenly flushed so darkly, it went from red to burgundy. It felt like steam was rising from his face.
And behind him, the girls kept snickering.
He was saved by Shota of all people.
"Midoriya, can I ask you some questions?"
Izuku, mortified by all the images that Venom's comment had brought to his mind, snapped his head around, eager for something, ANYTHING not related to girls, to talk about.
"YES!"
If Shoto was taken aback by his tone, he didn't show it, and he just continued as if Izuku's face didn't resemble a lobster in color.
"You and Ashido fought the American villains' Shocker and Rhino correct?"
"Yes! I-I mean, y-yeah, we-we did! What about it!?"
"I have some questions about your battle…"
I
The police convoy transporting the Villains who had invaded Yuei academy were at high, high alert.
News that All For One himself was involved in the assault had everyone on edge.
They had made one massive mistake however, in making the choice not to wait on heavy backup from pro heroes, before they began moving the prisoners.
There had been several offers for Japan's higher ranking heroes, such as endeavor, and edgeshot, and smaller ones like Kamui Woods, to accompany the prisoner convoy.
In the end, however, the call had been made, and it was decided that speed was the more important factor at the moment. The lesser time they took to get the prisoners to jail and secure cells, the better.
Had they chosen to wait on powerful escorts, things might have gone differently, but alas, such was hindsight.
The convoy of police cars, consisting of over 20 vehicles suddenly came to a sudden and abrupt stop as the car in front suddenly and without warning, crashed into the air itself.
Complete and total chaos followed, as the entire convoy abruptly had to stop. Some managed to stop without crashing into each other. Many were not as fortunate and instead slammed into the cars in front.
As several police officers exited their vehicles, guns drawn, the air itself seemed to have gotten thicker, the temperature having risen several times what it had been.
That, however, was just the beginning, as the sky, having been clear as it could possibly be, suddenly saw clouds, dark and strong gather above, and around them.
All around, there was complete confusion, as everyone asked the same question. What the hell was going on?
Officer Sakasuki was the first to reach the front of the convoy. As he approached, careful and gun drawn, worried about what he was about to find, it seemed as if the very air in front of the car… Moved.
For just a moment, it seemed as if the place where the ha crashed into, there was a thick, Grey mass… Then a bolt of lightning from above struck his gun, making the cartridge explode.
He screamed in pain as the explosion took most of his hand with it, and he fell to the ground, clutching his now maimed limb.
Above, a booming voice suddenly appeared, as if from everywhere. So loud, and all around, as if it was broadcasted by loudspeakers from all directions.
"AH, GLORIOUS NIPPON, HOW NICE TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM MY ARTS ON THIS STAGE ONCE MORE!"
Above the now downed Sakasuki another set of clouds rapidly gathered, and out from it emerged a figure.
The figure was dressed in a suit of countless small, green plates, giving him the look as if he was dressed in some stylized lamellar armor of old.
As if to add to that, above his chest he wore a set of stylized golden plates, one layer above the other, each plate infused with emeralds.
On his hands and legs, he wore corresponding gauntlets and leg guards respectively, each just as golden as his breastplate, and each also interlined with emeralds.
By his shoulders were two golden clasps connected the uppermost breastplate, and to them was fastened a giant, thick, billowy purple cape, though calling it a cloak would have been more accurate.
It was an intimidating appearance, and could easily have worked well for any Villain or hero.
Or at least it would have, if not for the crown of the outfit.
For resting atop the cloak that went around the neck, was a giant, blue, dome of glass, covering the head of the man completely, and hiding it from sight. The ball of glass looked like nothing so much as a big fishbowl, turned on it's head.
It single-handedly took away any gravitas the outfit might have had.
The man, seemingly completely indifferent to that fact, kept on with his monologue.
"NOW, MY DEAR OFFICERS OF THE LAW… YOU HAVE SOME FRIEND OF MINE IN YOUR CUSTODY… I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU YIELD THEM UP TO ME… LEST YOU SHALL FACE THE WRATH…. OF MYSTERIO!"
With that final declaration, 7 bolts of lightning struck behind him.
The police answer, was for no less than 24 guns to open fire at him from below.
The bullets seemed to pass through him as if he was a ghost, and he sighed, the echo of which boomed all around.
"VERY WELL! SAY NOT THEN, THAT THOU HASN'T BEEN WARNED OF THE CONSEQUENCES!"
And with that, he slowly raised his hand, as the bullets passed through him, he snapped his fingers as he said.
"FULMINOUS VENITE!"
Bolts of lightning struck from the skies that had so suddenly blackened out the skies, hitting every gun that had been raised, as what had happened to Sakasuki repeated itself 24 times.
The violence was accompanied by screams of pain and anguish. The cars in the back tried to back away, only to slam into a steel wall that had appeared as if from nowhere.
Mist began to appear, as suddenly as the dark clouds above, and accompanied by lightning, it rolled in over the police convoy.
As it rolled in, the figure that had declared itself Mysterio disappeared from where he had been floating in the sky above.
In the mist, two small explosions sounded to accompany the screams, along with more gunfire.
Then flashes of bright purple so powerful that not even the thick fog could hide them.
The explosions continued, then followed by another round of purple lights. Then, silence.
Silence as the unseen force moved through the convoy. Unseen, and unstoppable towards the center. Where a large car with enormously thick walls sat like a sitting duck.
No explosion followed though a sharp sizzling whine sounded throughout the mist.
Then, after a bit of silence, one singular gunshot rang out.
Not long afterwards, another purple light was lit up through the mists.
Then, as sudden as it had come, the mists and the clouds, suddenly began to clear up, and less than 10 minutes later, the sky and the air around was as clear as if it had been all day.
The gruesome and permanent injuries to over a dozen policemen did not disappear, though only one officer actually died.
The officer in question was one Hinata Makoto, having been found by the wrenched open doors of the center for the convoy, the ones that had contained Rhino, and his partner Shocker.
The officer was found on the ground, still clutching her gun, which had been fired exactly once. The way it was pointed was clearly away from her, and towards the door of the armored car.
The bullet, however, had taken her straight in the head, killing her instantly.
She was the only dead person on that day.
The fiasco was one of the most humiliating episodes of Japan's police force in decades.
The only "Good" aspect of the whole disaster, was that it could have been even worse, as the Villain identified as Mysterio, had only broken out a handful of the criminals, leaving the vast majority still cuffed and helpless.
Even the mighty noumu, the man who had gone toe to toe with All Might had been left captured.
Unfortunately, despite his strength, Noumu was only the second most notable prisoner of the convoy.