Chapter 9: Vigilantes Vs Villains
Notes:
"Text" = Speech
'Text' = Thought
"Text" = Talking Over Comm Line
PEJP BengtZone V2: Many modern Spider-Man adaptations stray away from the classic radioactive spider in favour of the genetically modified spider or even a magic spider. So for my story, I'm going with a radioactive genetically modified spider. So basically a genetically modified spider escapes containment, becomes irradiated then bites Peter Parker.
Alright, let's get into the chapter.
Shie Hassaikai Underground Base,
"Man, there's no end to these guys," the Crawler said as he glided into a group of Overhaul's men, sweeping them off their feet like bowling pins.
"Yeah you'd think after we beat up dozens of their friends up they would take a hint," Pop Step leapt off the ground and dropped kicked another goon in the chest, sending him flying into another group of men.
Koichi and Kazuho had successfully infiltrated the underground base. Unfortunately there was no sign of Daredevil, Spider-Man, or Eri anywhere close by. To make things worse the hallways kept changing.
"We aren't getting anywhere moving like this," said Pop Step, "Should we use Plan B?"
"No, Master said we should only use Plan B as a last resort," said the Crawler.
"Well, do you have any other bright ideas?" Pop shot back.
"...Hmm," Koichi pondered for a moment, "I mean, the more villains we take down, the easier it will be for Spider-Man and Daredevil to save Eri."
"So we're just putting all of our hope into those two?" Pop sighed.
"H-Hey, it's not all of our hope...," Koichi rubbed the back of his head, "...Just a lot of it. Besides, their quirks are more suitable for this mission than ours. Extra senses and all."
"Sounds to me like we're being put on the sidelines again," Pop shook her head, "Oh well. I guess we'll just have to wait until next time for the spot-"
RUMBLE!
"Whoa!" Koichi yelped.
Once again the ground began to shake violently, knocking the two off balance. Then a giant concrete hand bursted out from a wall, heading straight towards Koichi.
"Look out!" Kazuho jumped, grabbing onto Koichi right before they were hit by the hand. The concrete hand pushed the two vigilantes into a newly formed hole in the opposite side of the hallway. The duo tumbled down a tunnel for a few seconds before landing on the cold hard floor.
"Owwww..." Koichi groaned, rubbing his head before turning to his ally, "Ah! Pop are you okay?!"
"Argh, I'm fine, but my costume is all dirty now..." Pop brushed off the dirt, "So where are we now?"
"I'm not sure, but stay on guard," said the Crawler, "We're probably going to have to fight our way out of here."
They appeared to be in a large but empty room with very little light.
step
From the darkness, they heard a footstep. The duo got into a fighting stance.
Step
Now they could see the outline of the man walking towards them. He appeared to be large and muscular. A drop of sweat goes down both of their faces.
The man starts running at them and the vigilantes can see him a lot more clearly now. He's wearing a white shirt, has long hair, and a mask that looked like an orca head. He was moving even faster now, charging up a punch.
"Pop move now!" Crawler shouted.
BOOM!
The duo had narrowly managed to dodge the attack. Making the large man punch the ground instead, leaving a large crater in the ground.
'What power…!' thought Kazuho.
'If we hadn't moved, that attack would have...' Koichi began sweating.
"You know what I think?" said the large man, "It's boorish to use guns or blades in a fight. 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."
"That is such a random thing to say!" Pop Step exclaimed.
"I don't really understand what you're talking about, but if you're going to fight..." Koichi got into a fighting stance, "...Then we'll gladly take you down."
"Yeah! You tell him!" Kazuho cheered.
'This isn't going to be easy...' Koichi grimaced, firing a repulsive blast at Rappa. The blast flew through the air only to be stopped by a glowing yellow barrier that formed around the large man.
"Hmm, an idol and a man in an All-Might hoodie, interesting..." A shorter masked man walked out of the darkness, "Rappa, I do believe these are the Naruhata Vigilantes, Pop Step and the Cruller."
"I don't care about who they are Tengai, I'm just interested in a good fight," said Rappa, "Now drop the barrier, I don't need it."
"Arrggh, It's 'The Crawler!' Not the Cruller!" Koichi shouted, "It's been over 5 years now, how do people keep making this mistake."
"Some things never change, huh?" Pop shrugged.
"Don't get overconfident," Tengai ignored the two, "Even Goliath can lose to David if he lets his guard down."
"Who's David? Is he strong?" Rappa asked.
"Nevermind that, let's work as a team and crush them quickly," Tengai held his hand over his face.
"Hmph whatever, just don't get in my way!" Rappa charged once again, and Tangai dropped the barrier.
"Keep your distance and look for any openings!" Koichi told Kazuho as he glided away from Rappa's onslaught of punches.
"You can't run forever!" Rappa shouted.
"Not planning to!" Koichi flipped positions and began gliding backwards, allowing him to fire several repulsive blasts straight at Rappa. Tengai formed a barrier around Rappa, protecting him from the blast.
'Now's my chance!' Pop Step launched a flying spin kick at Tengai. Only for her kick to be stopped by another yellow barrier.
"Unfortunately for you, I can form multiple barriers at once," Tengai looked Pop straight in the eyes. Pop backed off from Tengai, putting some distance between them.
'Damn, my attacks are having no effect on these barriers and it doesn't look like he'll be getting tired anytime soon,' Koichi thought while gliding away from Rappa. Rappa was faster than he looked, and while Koichi was still faster, he couldn't keep it up forever.
"Crawler is it time for Plan B?!" Pop yelled.
"Not yet!" Koichi replied.
"Grr, you're getting on my nerves! Fight me coward!" Rappa yelled, lunging at Koichi in an attempt to grab him. However The Crawler sent a repulsive downward from his feet, launching him into the air, high above Rappa.
"What are you doing up there!" Rappa pointed angrily.
"Staying away from you!" Koichi said from the ceiling.
"Fine, If you're just going to hide up there…" Rappa turned around, "...Then I'll just go after the girl instead!"
"NO!" But Koichi was too as Rappa charged directly towards Kazuho. The heroine's eye's went blank like a deer in headlights, as the large man barreled towards her at high speeds. Pop Step tried to jump into the air to run away, but the large man predicted this. Rappa also jumped into the air and grabbed Pop Step by the leg.
"Gotcha!" Rappa threw Pop to the ground like a rag doll.
'I've gotta catch her!' Koichi scrambled internally. The Crawler launched himself from the ceiling and flew at full speed towards the falling Pop Step.
'C'mon! C'mon! Almost there-' Koichi collided with Pop moments before she hit the floor, breaking her fall and sending the two of them tumbling across the floor.
"P-Pop! Are you okay?!" Koichi held Kazuho in his arms.
"M-My leg...," Pop winced. There was a large bruise in the area where Rappa grabbed her.
"Really? Finished already?" Rappa sighed, "What a waste..."
"I must say I'm disappointed, I'd figured the famous Naruhata Vigilantes would have better teamwork," Tengai tapped his finger on his forehead, "Let me guess, usually The Crawler here does most of the actual fighting, while Pop Step just watches you on from the sidelines. Or perhaps you have to constantly save her from danger? Either way you seem like a glorified cheerleader."
"That's...I..." Kazuho frowned.
"Looks like I'm correct," Tengai shook his head, "If you weren't such a deadweight, the two of you might have made it out alive. Oh well..."
"Shut up," Koichi clenched his fist.
"Oh?" Tengai said with intrigue.
"You don't know what the hell you're talking about!" Koichi yelled, "Pop is the best partner I could ask for! And I'll prove it right now!"
Koichi turned back towards his partner, "Kazuho, can you keep going? I think I've got a plan, but I need you for it."
"Heh, I'd said I had your back, remember?" Kazuho winked.
"Alright, here it is..." Koichi whispered his plan to Pop Step while helping her back to her feet. "You got it?" Koichi asked. Pop nodded, "Let's do this!"
"Whatever your planning won't work," said Tengai, "Your quirks are all speed and mobility. You don't have the power to stand up to us."
"We'll see about that..." Koichi gripped his right arm. A large blue ring formed around his hand and his whole body began to glow blue. He was building up repulsive energy in his hand by redirecting the energy from his other limbs to a single point.
'Over my career as a vigilante, I've unlocked more and more of my quirk. I've gotten so much stronger than when I first started,' Koichi reflected, 'And it's all thanks to the people I've met, Master, Makoto and especially you, Kazuho. You're really important to me. I'm confident that I wouldn't have made it this far without you. In other words...'
Koichi's attack was now fully charged. Tengai pulled up a barrier around himself and Rappa. Koichi gave a nod towards Kazuho, and she jumped into the air
'...MY STRENGTH IS YOURS!' Koichi slammed his hand against the ground.
KABOOM!
The Crawler was sent flying backwards and a giant shockwave spread across the floor. Then the ground beneath them erupted, sending giant chunks of the floor flying into the air. This unexpected attack caught Tengai off guard, knocking him off his feet and causing him to drop his barriers. Now unprotected, Tengai collided face first with a chunk of flying concrete, knocking him unconscious. Rappa wasn't sent flying like his partner, but he still had to deal with the raining concrete.
"Nice try," Rappa punched another piece of concrete, "But this isn't going to stop me."
"It wasn't supposed to, she was..."Koichi grinned.
"What?!" Then Rappa felt a sharp pain in his side, then his back, then his arm, then his chest. And with each and every hit Rappa felt his body slowing down, becoming increasingly numb. Pop Step was jumping between the falling pieces of concrete, hitting Rappa with quick and precise strikes. Kazuho ignored the screaming pain coming from her leg and pushed on. Then with one blow to the back of the head, Rappa collapsed to the ground.
In the span of 10 secs, the fight was over. The remaining rumble hit the ground with Pop landing gracefully next to Koichi, who was lying on the ground.
"W-What did you do to me…?" Rappa struggled to stay conscious.
"Oh that? I hit your pressure points," Pop explained, "I learned about it from studying medicine, and the old man taught me how to use it pratically."
"Heh, not bad...you're pretty good," Rappa finally passed out.
Pop Step fell to the ground, not being able to handle the pain from her injuries any longer. The two vigilantes now laid side by side.
"Y-You okay?" Koichi asked.
"I should be asking you that," Pop countered, "Is your arm okay? The recoil from that attack must have hurt."
"Yeah it hurts like hell, but I think I'll be fine," Koichi rubbed his right arm, "How about your leg."
"It's not great to be honest, but it'll heal overtime. I think I'm done for the night though," Kazuho opened up the medkit she was carrying, and began treating their wounds.
"Alright, after you patch us up, I'll take you back to Master and ," the Crawler rubbed his chin, "Then I'll go back inside and try to meet up with Spider-Man and Daredevil. Hopefully they'll have found Eri by then."
"Are you sure you can keep going? That fight took a lot out of you," Kazuho said concernedly.
"I have to, for Eri's sake," Koichi said with a serious expression.
Pop applied ointment to their bruises, and wrapped them in bandages. She would provide more thorough treatment once they were somewhere safe..
"...Alright," Kazuho finished wrapping up bandages, "Okay, I'm finished."
"Then let's get moving," Koichi picked up Kazuho, princess style and glided up the hole they came through, arriving back in the hallway.
"Oh by the way, you were really cool back there," Koichi smiled at his partner.
"...You were too," Kazuho blushed lightly.
"Heh, you think so?" Koichi chuckled as they headed towards the exit. However, unknown to the pair, a large man had seen them exit the tunnel and followed closely behind them.
Minutes Earlier,
Daredevil panted lightly, standing over the unconscious bodies of nearly 50 yakuza thugs who had the unfortunate luck of running into him. Matt wasn't like Spider-Man, he didn't have super strength, speed, durability or stamina. Meaning it required more effort and energy to take down his opponents, and while his superior senses and training meant beating them wasn't difficult, it was tiring after a while. Especially since all these guys had quirks. That was one thing slowing down his progress, the other was…
RUMBLE
"Mimic," said Daredevil, "From the smell coming off the walls, he's definitely injected himself with the quirk-enhancing drug."
Unfortunately for the yakuza thug, due to Matt's Radar Sense, he could easily navigate the ever changing layout of the underground base. However Mimic would constantly block off his path or redirect more enemies to him whenever he got too close to Eri's location. At this point Daredevil could tell the little girl was on the move and that Chisaki was with her. He needed to act fast.
Daredevil took off sprinting, letting his super senses guide his way. He wasn't strong enough to break down an entire concrete wall, meaning if he wanted to reach Eri he would need to take down Mimic first.
'Easier said than done...' Matt thought to himself as he searched for Mimic's body. Based on his understanding of Mimic's file from the police report he'd "borrowed", Mimic has a physical body somewhere within these walls, 'The walls were giving off a smell earlier, so I should be able to find his heartbeat...'
Thump, Thump, Thump...
"There!" Daredevil ran in the direction of Mimic's heartbeat before quickly dodging, as a large concrete hand came out of a wall and attempted to punch him, 'I guess he decided to take things into his own hands…'
'Grrr! I'm so sick of these guys!' Mimic growled from a distance, 'If the others can't kill them, I'll have to do it myself!'
Mimic sent out a barrage of concrete fists, but Matt's Radar Sense told him where the fists were coming from before they bursted out of the walls. Causing Mimic's attacks to miss again and again. 'His heartbeat is beating faster and faster, he's getting frustrated,' Daredevil evaded another strike, 'If I can keep this up, he'll tire himself out.'
""ARRRGGGHHH!" Mimic screamed, "Stopping moving you bastard!" The hallway began shaking even more violently now, but more importantly Daredevil's feel began sinking into the floor like quick sand. 'He's trying to trap me in the ground!" Daredevil pulled out his billy club and fired the grappling hook, latching onto a pipe on the ceiling and pulling him out of the sinking floor. Unfortunately this left Daredevil wide open to attack
"NOW I'VE GOT YOU!" Mimic yelled as a large concrete pillar burst out of the ceiling and slammed Daredevil to the ground, making the vigilante spit out blood. Not giving him a chance to recover, Mimic launched another pillar, this time from below, hitting Daredevil's back and launching him into the air. Matt tried to fire his grappling hook again to escape, but Mimic hit him again with another pillar, sending Daredevil flying into a wall. Matt's body bounced off the wall and flopped onto the floor.
"Is it over? *pant* Is he dead?" Mimic's body formed within the wall opposite Daredevil, who remained motionless, "That's right! *cough* That's what you get! That's was happens to those who mess with the Shie Hasai-"
CRACK!
In less than a second Daredevil had gotten up and thrown his billy club, which broke through the concrete wall Mimic was hiding in and hit him in the head, leaving the yakuza thug dazed and deactivating his quirk. Mimic fell out of the wall and landed on the ground, still stunned by what happened.
Mimic whimpered, "I-how? I was in the wall, how could you see-"
Daredevil grabbed his billy club, and smacked to the side of the head, ending the fight. Matt wiped the blood from his mouth, he'd taken a bit of a beating, but nothing he couldn't handle. His biggest roadblock was taken care of, now it was Overhaul's turn. Using his Radar Sense he quickly found Overhaul and Eri's location again. It seemed like he was traveling with three other men now. Daredevil took off in their direction, if they escaped the base they might never be able to find them again.
Outside the Shie Hassakai Building,
Knuckleduster watched the Shie Hassakai building from afar. Things had gotten quiet as at this point most of the action was taking place inside. Iwao would have liked to get in on the action himself, but his team needed him to monitor the exterior and watch their exits. That and he had to watch over , who was still asleep. The old woman was resting on a blanket he'd brought with him. Knuckleduster had been on many long stakeouts, so he knew how cold rooftops could be at night and came prepared.
"Hey Master, Pop got injured in a fight, so I'm bringing her back to you," Koichi talked over the comm line.
"Hey, he got injured too!," said Pop on her own comm, 'Don't act like it was just me.'
"Uh...we'll be there in a few…" Koichi said sheepishly.
'Hmph, those kids,' Iwao thought to himself, before responding, "Gotcha, I'll be waiting."
The team decided to keep the comm line use to the minimum. Just in case someone was listening in. Spider-Man made the line secure, but you could never know with quirks. Knuckleduster looked through the sniper scope once again, waiting for Koichi and Kazuho to come out of the building. Then from Iwao's peripheral vision, he saw movement. May Parker had woken up from her sleep.
"Oh heavens," May Parker slowly sat up and looked at her surroundings, "What happened, Where am I?"
"It's okay Ma'am, you're safe," said Knuckleduster, "Do you remember what happened to you?"
"Oh yes, I was in my home cooking dinner, when a large man broke down the door and-" May's eyes went wide, "Eri! Mister, there was a little girl with me when they attacked. Where is she?! Is she alright?!"
"Calm down, we're handling it," Knuckleduster explained, "You two were kidnapped by the Shie Hasaikai, a yakuza group. Our team saved you from their base and are saving Eri right now."
'It's probably best to not mention that I'm an illegal hero, might scare her,' Iwao thought.
"Oh, I see..." May rubbed her hands anxiously, "So does this mean you work with Spider-Man?"
"Huh?" Iwao was taken back. How the hell did she know?
"Well forgive me for saying, but you don't look much like a pro-hero," May explained, "And Spider-Man was the one who saved Eri in the first place. Plus I've just got a feeling that he's involved somehow. Women's intuition I suppose."
"...That is correct," Knuckleduster answered, "Did you hit your head? You seem to be handling this situation very well.."
"Oh I'm terrified," May admitted, "But I have faith in Spider-Man. It's quite strange actually, a couple days ago I thought him an irresponsible delinquent, using his quirk to gain attention, but seeing and hearing about how hard he's been fighting for Eri. It has made me reconsider things...at least for the moment."
"We'll save the girl, you can count on it. Meanwhile you rest up," Knuckleduster returned to watching the Shie Hassaikai building. Looking through his scope he watched Koichi and Kazuho being sent flying out of the front entrance, landing in the courtyard.
"Crawler! Pop!" Knuckleduster yelled into the comm, "Are you okay?!"
"Argh, we're still in one piece..." Koichi groaned.
"We need to take a vacation after this..." Kazuho whined.
An even larger, muscular masked man walked out of the front entrance. He wore a black tank top and massive gauntlets with knuckle dusters on them.
"Thanks for the energy, I was getting sleepy looking for intruders," The massive man yawned, stretching his arms.
Pht!
The huge man, Rikiya Katsukame, felt something prick his neck. Feeling around the area, he pulled out a dart.
"Huh? What's this?"
Pht! Pht! Pht! Pht! Pht! Pht! Pht!
Knuckleduster unloaded round after round of tranquilizer darts into Rikiya. FIlling him with enough tranquilizer to put even an elephant to sleep. Meanwhile the humongous man had no idea where he was getting shot from.
I'm feeling sleepy, Imma take a nap..." Rikiya stumbled towards Koichi and Kazuho, tripping and falling face first into the floor.
"Oh my, is that man going to be okay?" May asked.
"He'll live," Iwao reloaded his gun.
"Thanks for the help, Master," Koichi and Kazuho got back to their feet.
"No problem," Knuckleduster replied back, "Now do you need me come down and get you or-"
Crawler and Pop passed out on the ground, and orange energy poured out of them and flowed into Rikiya's body on the ground.
"That was a close one," Rikiya slowly got up, his muscles getting larger, "Looks like the boosting drug I got from Irinaka finally kicked in."
"Damn!" Knuckleduster grit his teeth, " stay here." Knuckleduster jumped off the rooftop, firing his grappling hook to a nearby building and swinging down to the courtyard.
"Was that really all the energy you had?" Rikiya growled at Koichi and Kazuho, "It's not nearly enough to get me going!"
Pht!
Another dart hit Rikiya. The yakuza thug turned to the direction of the shot, seeing Knuckleduster holding a silenced pistol.
"Stay away from those kids," Knuckleduster got into a fighting stance with his brass knuckles, "If you wanna fight, you've got an opponent right here."
"An old man? I'd rather fight that cutie pie over there, but you'll just have to do!" Rikiya charged towards Knuckleduster, unleashing a massive punch which Knuckleduster expertly sidestepped and countered with a right hook.
BBZZTTT!
"ARGH!" Rikiya screamed in agony as an electric current flowed through his body.
"Wow, I'm surprised you survived that," Knuckleduster grinned, showing his brass knuckles were also tasers, "Most punk's hearts stop with one hit."
"Huff...That was a lucky shot," Rikiya punched the ground, "You can't beat me!"
"We'll see," Knuckleduster pulled out a flash grenade from his trenchcoat, throwing it at the huge man.
BANG!
Rikiya managed to cover his eyes in time to avoid the blinding light, however this left him wide open for Knuckleduster to attack. Knuckleduster punched Rikiya straight in his back, unleashing the full force of the taser.
"GRAAAHH!" Rikiya shrieked, retaliating by unleashing a massive backhand, which sent Knuckleduster flying into a tree. Iwao fell to his hands, feeling the effects of Rikiya's quirk starting to wear him out.
"You're finally getting tired, I'm surprised you've managed to keep going for this long," Rikiya rubbed his back, "But it's over now."
"No, it's...not over yet...I've just started to have fun," Knuckleduster pulled out a syringe from his coat. It was filled with a special drug designed to give him an energy boost for a short period of time, similar to andereline. He stabbed it into his neck, letting out a scream. "GRAH!" Iwao felt a rush of energy flow through his entire body.
"W-What?!"
Pht! Pht! Pht! Pht!
Knuckleduster quickly shot Rikiya with more tranq darts.
"Argh!" Rikiya took a step back, allowing Knuckleduster to charge in. Rikiya tried to smack him away, but Knuckleduster jumped over the attack and landed a combo of electrifying strikes on the large man. Knuckleduster was relentless, not giving Rikiya a single chance to counter attack. And with one final electrifying right hook to the jaw, Rikiya was knocked out, collapsing to the floor. It was also at this moment where the energy boost from the drug wore off.
"huff…pant...I'm going to avoid using that in the future," Iwao took a deep breath. That drug was an experimental prototype meant for pro-heroes and was supposed to help him continue to fight crime as he got older, but it could end up giving him a heart attack if he wasn't careful. Iwao walked over to his unconscious allies.
"Koichi wake up," the older man slapped Koichi repeatedly on the face.
"Ughhhhh…5 more minutes," Koichi said in his sleep, Iwao began hitting him harder, "Ah! Okay, I'm up, I'm up."
"From that I take it you're okay," said Knuckleduster.
"For the most part, my arm's sore and I'm tired," Koichi sat up, looking towards his sleeping teammate, "Kazu is pretty banged up though. We should let her sleep."
"Alright, I'll carry her, are you strong enough to use your quirk?" Iwao asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine" Koichi gave a thumbs up.
"In that case, let's move before someone else comes this way," Knuckleduster picked up Pop Step and fired his grappling hook, flying into the night sky with Koichi following behind him from the ground. 6 of the 8 Bullets of the Shie Hassaikai had been taken out, only two more reamined
His Spider-Sense was tingling more violently by the second. Peter was close. Spider-Man sprinted full speed down the hallways, using his adhesive abilities to take a sharp turn around a corner. Time was running out, he had to reach Eri now.
BANG!
Spider-Man slightly tilted his body, dodging a bullet aimed at him, all while still keeping his speed. Further up ahead were two masked men, one wore a white mask and was on the ceiling drinking alcohol, the other wore a black cloak and was holding the gun that shot at him.
"Get out of my way," Spider-Man warned them.
"What's your weakness?" the cloaked man yelled.
"I care too much about saving people!" Spider-Man punched the cloaked man straight in the face, knocking him out with a single blow.
"h-how are you nnot tipsy-?" the drunk man was interrupted by Spider-Man grabbing him, pulling him off the ceiling and slamming his face onto the floor. The bottle he was drinking from broke into pieces and it's contents spilled onto the floor.
Spider-Man didn't waste a second and continued running as fast as he could down the hallway. He could feel it, he was almost there. His Spider-Sense was blaring, warning him not to go in that direction, but he pushed forward regardless. Then he saw her. He saw Eri being held in the hands of a man in a white robe. He could see her face. Her expression was so cold, so empty. It broke his heart…
...and that only made him madder.
Then he saw him and his anger increased tenfold.
"CHISAKI!" Spider-Man yelled.
Overhaul and Cronostasis stopped in their tracks, turning to face the source of the scream. Peter's and Chisaki's eyes met. The two fiercely glaring at each other. Overhaul immediately noticed something was different about the vigilante. He gave off a completely different aura than from before. It was cold and monstrous. He didn't look like a pro-hero, he didn't look like a vigilante. He looked like a predator that cornered it's prey. He looked like a spider...
"..." a drop of sweat went down the masked man's face.
For the first time in a long while, Kai Chisaki was afraid.
Another chapter finished. I was expecting this to be half the size of the last chapter, but it ended up being larger. For this chapter I wanted to give every member of the team a chance to shine. Particularly Pop Step, since she doesn't really fight many villains in canon. I feel like I have to mention that those things Tengai says to Kazuho, isn't me trying to criticize Vigilantes. It's just for dramatic effect. If you're wondering why Deidoro's equilibrium quirk didn't work, it's because one of Peter's powers is having a perfect equilibrium at all times. The two abilities cancel each other out, so Spider-Man just had a normal equilibrium. In the comics Spider-Man is actually weak to Ethyl Chloride Pesticide, but in this story he isn't aware of it yet. Also in the comics Daredevil can actually throw his billy club hard enough to break concrete. Anyways in the next chapter, Spider-Man and Overhaul are finally going to duke it out. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you next time.