Chapter 34: Unexpected disaster
I took a long sip of the ice cream float I had ordered, feeling refreshed as the cool and sweet fizzy drink went past my throat. "Ah, that's the stuff…"
"You sound like a drug addict." Taikou commented.
"Hey, it is really hot today, okay!"
"The temperature today is 38 degrees celcius, the hottest the island had experienced in this region."
"There, see!? Thanks Adcom."
"Don't mentioned it. Also, did you know that the—"
And Adcom went off to list another weird unrelated trivia, getting another groan from me.
We were currently at a small cafe close to where the pavilion had been. We moved here at the request of Midoriya's acquaintance, who turned out to be Melissa Shield, David Shield's daughter. On a side note, Adcom's voice was based around hers.
She was apparently pretty close to Tetsu, who had helped her through her studies at the local tech school. Though when I grilled her on it, she just stated that they were just friends.
She was currently talking with me, Uraraka, Tsuyu, Jirou, and Yaoyorozu about our time in UA, mostly about what we had done during our week-long internship. Taikou, meanwhile, sat with Midoriya, who looked even more skittish than usual.
"I've always wanted to meet you, Genko-san." She told me in surprisingly fluent Japanese. I guess when your father is the best friend of Japan's greatest Hero, you are bound to pick it up, "Tetsu had told me a great deal about you."
"Did he now?"
"He would not stop parading around how you got third place in the Sports Festival every chance he gets! Not to mention the number of photos of you he had shown us over the years! He just would not stop!"
"Quite a doting brother…!" Uraraka noted in awe.
"More like overbearing…" Jirou noted
"You should have heard him when he called last week." Tsuyu noted with a chuckle.
I let loose an embarrassed laugh. It was one thing for me to dote on my brother, but it was another when Tetsu was the one acting like a proud parent. Geez, is he trying to emulate Maes Hughes or something? Just dad alone was bad enough!
"So, Midoriya." Taikou spoke up, startling him even further, "I'm quite surprised to find you here. How did you get early-access tickets?"
"Huh? O-Oh, well, I-I was really lucky with, um, the… lottery…?"
"There's a lottery for this?"
"There was an internet lottery for tickets held a week before. I believe there were a few early-access tickets among them."
"Oh, really?"
Huh. I didn't know that. And judging by Midoriya's expression, neither did he.
As much as he tried to hide it, it was pretty obvious that Midoriya was brought along with All Might, who was probably here to visit David Shield. He did seem like the kind of guy who cherished his friends very dearly.
I wonder if that had anything to do with why the professor wants to talk with Tetsu…
"W-What about you guys?" Midoriya asked him, "How did you get tickets to the I-Expo?"
"Genko's brother worked for David Shield. He got some early-access tickets for family members, but their parents are too busy so she invited me and Asui-san with the remaining two."
"Brother…? Ah! I-Is he Tatsuya Tetsujin, the youngest researcher accepted onto I-Island to date!?"
"That's the one~!" I nodded with a grin.
"Again, not praising you." Taikou noted, but I ignored him all the same.
"That's amazing!" Midoriya cried in awe, "I've heard of him! Starting with the vocal translator collar, he invented and patented many creations that had won lots of awards! All that before he even graduated from college! Since then, he became widely known for being one of the few freelance Hero support item creators! Lots of well-known Heroes used items made by him!"
Okay, whoa. I knew the guy was a Hero(All Might) otaku, but hearing someone other than me gush about my brother was bizarre to say the least. And how does he know so much about Tetsu's accomplishments? Wasn't he supposed to be obsessed with All Might?
"Now you know how I feel." Taikou pointed out with glee.
"I'm not that bad."
"Yes, you are. Especially when it comes to your brother."
"That's not true!"
Taikou looked ready to retort to my answer—
*BOOOMMM!*
"What was that!?" Midoriya cried out.
"That appears to have come from the robotics exhibition's game section."
"Game?" I turned to Adcom in confusion, "Like festival games?"
"The robotics department is put in charge of the games this year." They helpfully informed us, "I believe that one is Villain Attack, which is about how fast one can destroy all the target robots within a certain time limit."
"Ah, I know that one!" Melissa stated, "Tetsu had a part in its production!"
"That sounds interesting." Tsuyu noted.
"Then let's check it out! Lead the way, Adcom!"
Following the robot dog, we came to a large arena where a fake mountainous terrain was made in the middle of a pool overlooked by a small crowd. Dotted on it were robots that were soon destroyed by a familiar blonde teen firing off explosions with his palm, followed by the announcer gaping in awe before addressing the crowd.
"Amazing! He finished in 15 seconds! A new top score!"
"Kacchan!?" Midoriya cried out in shock, as much as everyone else was about his presence here.
"What is he doing here?" Taikou growled.
"Oh, hey! Never thought I'd see you guys here."
A familiar voice caught our attention as Kirishima walked up to us with a big smile in his hero costume, minus his mask.
"Kirishima-kun!" Midoriya cried out in surprise, "What are you doing here?"
"Bakugou there got early-access tickets to I-Expo for getting first place in the Sports Festival." He explained to us, "I just tagged along for the ride."
"Wait, that was the prize for getting first place?" I noted in surprise.
"Yeah? Didn't you get something for getting in third?"
"Uh…"
"We did." Taikou told me, "Some coupons for a buffet restaurant or something, remember?"
"Oh, yeah." The days after the Sports Festival had been so hectic that I had completely forgotten all about it, "…are those still—"
"Expired weeks ago."
"Damn it."
"DEKU!"
Bakugou suddenly launched himself at us, slamming into the railings as he glared at Midoriya, "What are you doing here, huh!?"
"O-Oh, me? Well… I got lucky with the lottery…?"
"Tch, typical lucky…"
"Huh?"
"I said you are a shit-head, Deku!"
"Whoa there, Mr I-can't-speak-without-cursing!" Taikou immediately got up at Bakugou's face, "Why don't you piss off and get mad at someone else for a change!?"
"You piss off, Spark Foot!"
"Spark Foot? Really? Man, Genko really was telling the truth when you have no creativity."
"I'll show you creativity…!"
"Come on then! Bring it!"
"Please stop that, Naru-san, Kacchan…! There are people watching…!"
"So, what!? What are you going to do about that, Deku!?"
"Hey, you back off from him!"
"Why is that boy so angry?" Melissa asked, no doubt completely bewildered by the ball of rage and ego that was Katsuki Bakugou.
"That's just how he is…" Jirou groaned.
"It's a fated battle between men!" Uraraka stated.
"I wouldn't put it like that…" Yaoyaorozu sighed.
"Those two really hate each other, huh…?" Tsuyu noted.
"Oh, Taikou…" I groaned at the pissing contest unfolding in front of me. Great, the last thing we needed on this trip was for this bastard to show up…
"STOP THIS AT ONCE!"
A very familiar voice shouted at us as Iida of all people ran towards us, before stopping in front of Bakugou, "That kind of attitude is unacceptable for the students of UA's Hero Course, Bakugou-kun! We are representing UA in a foreign land!"
"Eh, Iida-kun?! You're here as well!?" Midoriya cried out.
"My family was invited to this event, but unfortunately they weren't able to make it." Iida helpfully informed us, "So, I'm here to represent them."
"Oh, fuck off, Glasses!" He shouted at the bespectacled teen, "Don't go acting like a class rep here! This ain't school grounds!"
"A class rep would always be a class rep, regardless of place!"
"Just give it up." Taikou told Iida, "He probably doesn't even know what proper conduct even is."
"What does that mean, huh!?"
"It means you're a dumbass, dumbass."
"Who are you calling a dumbass, Spark Foot!?"
"Come on, chill out… No need to get into a fight here." Kirishima got between them and pushed each of them back before their little quarrel escalated any further, "Why don't you settle it in the game instead?"
"Heh. No problem. Bet I can one up this bomber bastard by a mile." My childhood friend snickered as he leaped over the railings and landed on the starting line.
"Oh, looks like we have a new challenger already!" The announcer called out to the crowd once more, "What kind of results would we see from him?"
Taikou crouched down in a runner's stance, his quirk igniting by the sole of his ankles in short bursts. "I'm ready anytime!"
"Villain Attack! Ready… GO!"
He immediately took off, flames jettisoning him towards the robots at insane speeds. With feet ablaze, he proceeded to tear into robots like a heated knife through butter. One kick destroyed one robot, with the same kick propelling himself to the next one and the next one.
He had basically turned into a fire version of Gran Torino! Guess all that time with Miruko had shown some more results than I had thought.
By the time he destroyed the last one, the timer stopped to reveal his time.
"A-Amazing! 14 seconds! A new top score!"
"Oh! Nice, Taikou!" I gave Taikou a thumbs-up as he leaped back onto the stand.
"That was amazing, Naru-san!" Midoriya noted in awe, "You are way faster than before!"
"Heh! Practice pays off, you know." He then turned to face and gave the fuming Bakugou the finger with a snicker, "Take that."
"Grr…! That was dumb luck!" The blonde bomber shouted, "I can easily blow that away!"
"Go on ahead then."
"I will!"
Bakugou explosion-jumped back down to the arena and pretty much demanded the MC to let him try again. As he began his rerun, Taikou turned to me, "You want to have a go?"
"Sure, why not? It looks like fun." I nodded, and then turned to the freckled teen beside me, "What about you, Midoriya? Do you want to give it a go?"
"M-Me!? I-I… well…"
"Give it a go, Deku-kun!" Uraraka cheered.
"Just give it go, Midoriya-san." Tsuyu stated, "It's just a game, after all."
"Y-Yeah, I guess you're right…" Midoriya meekly noted, "Alright, I'll give it a go!"
"That's the spirit!" I laughed while patting his back.
After Bakugou finished his rerun, tied with Taikou's score of 14 seconds much to his frustration, I stepped up to the starting line. I stretched for a moment, fidgeting my fingers to build up charge and then got ready.
"Ready… GO!"
I immediately dashed towards the first robot in front of me with one arm cocked back. I then delivered a strong punch right into it, the momentum being more than enough for my fist to smash right through into its core. I then repeated it for the other robots, often parkouring walls and swinging from branches to reach the higher ones. I ended up finishing at around 17 seconds, getting third.
"Not bad, not bad." Taikou noted with a grin, "But I was expecting faster. Are you slowing down now?"
"Bad terrain, is all!" I stated with a pout, "My quirk only increases my reaction speed, not my physical strength!"
"Actually, I had calculated a path that would reduce your time to 16 seconds." Adcom pointed out.
"See?"
"Oh, screw off!"
"Speaking of which, did you know that the first screw was–"
"Shut up, Adcom!"
After that, it was Midoriya's turn. The familiar green glow of Full Cowl surrounded his body as he stepped up to the starting line and got ready.
"Ready… GO!"
He took off at impressive speeds, leaping towards the robots and punching right through them with relative ease. Leaping up the mountain side like a seasoned parkour artist and destroying robots in the same manner as Taikou and Bakugou, he finished within 15 seconds, 1 second short of Bakugou's latest run and overtaking me, dropping me to fourth place.
"Oh, so close!" Uraraka winced.
"He definitely did better than most, though." Tsuyu stated, "And he got Bakugou's original score."
"Yeah, I didn't expect to get Kacchan's score—"
"As if!" Bakugou shouted, "I'll go again and get a way better score than–"
"Wow! Wow! Wow!" The announcer suddenly cried out, turning our attention back to the arena to see the entire arena get encased in ice, with Todoroki at the starting line, "12 seconds! A new top score!"
"Todoroki-kun!?" Midoriya cried in surprise.
"He's your classmate too?" Melissa asked in awe, "You guys are really amazing! As expected of future Heroes!"
"Oh, you don't have to say it like that…" Yaoyaorozu sheepishly smiled at the compliment.
"Hey, Half-half Bastard!" With a loud boom, Bakugou blasted right into the arena and got right up on the two-toned teen, "Appearing suddenly to make everyone think you are amazing, huh!?"
"Oh boy, that can't be good." Tsuyu noted.
"Stop him!" Iida shouted when we saw Bakugou glaring down at Todoroki all the while shouting at the very terrified announcer lady, "At this rate, he'll embarrass UA to the world!"
"Got it!"/"On it!"
Kirishima, Taikou and Midoriya quickly leaped down after Iida who had sped down to the startling line moments prior; they immediately got to calming Bakugou, though my childhood friend immediately went for a judo throw before restraining him in an armlock.
Melissa let out a small giggle to our embarrassment, "I'm so sorry you had to see that…" Yaoyaorozu sighed.
"Oh, no, it's nothing like that." She assured us, "I'm just thinking how much fun you guys at UA are having."
"Well, it is never boring…" I noted with a groan, "But I would have preferred not to have to deal with Bakugou being… well, him."
"Duly noted…"
After that, we just left Bakugou to his own devices and explored the rest of the exhibition. Iida joined us in the tour, while Todoroki had headed off somewhere, possibly to entertain his father's business partners.
"It sure is a surprise to see our class here." Tsuyu noted as we exited the expo.
"Yeah, it is." I nodded.
"Though in hindsight, it shouldn't be any surprise they would be here." Taikou pointed out.
He was definitely right on that. Todoroki was the son of the number 2 Hero in Japan, Iida came from a prodigious family of Heroes, and Yaoyorozu was the daughter to the CEO of a massive corporation that helped fund the I-Expo. It was a no-brainer that they would be involved.
Bakugou, on the other hand, completely came out of left field. Who knew that getting first place in the UA Sports Festival would lead him here of all places…?
"…"
"…what is it?"
"Ah, it's nothing. It's just… this is the first time I've seen you in a formal-looking dress."
Thanks to Nemuri and my mother being rather enthusiastic in picking my first evening dress, I ended up wearing a white sleeveless dress with red accents that hugged my figure and reached down to my shins, along with a red ribbon tied around my waist. They even had me wear red shoes and black stockings to match, along with a hairclip to keep my bangs out of my face.
"It surprisingly fits you." Taikou sheepishly noted.
"What does that supposed to mean?" I glared at him.
"Ah, I mean no offense!" He hastily added, "It's just completely unexpected of you—Ow!"
I slammed a fist into his side before he could attempt to give an excuse. Surprisingly fits me!? Unexpected!? How rude! After all that mom and Nemuri put me through to find this perfect dress and that's all he could say!?
"If you are talking about surprises, you look surprisingly dashing in that suit yourself." Tsuyu noted.
She was right about that. Dressed in a white dress shirt and a black blazer with a pair of matching slacks and shoes, Taikou cleaned up pretty nicely. He even combed his hair back with gel! Too bad he didn't put on a tie, not even a clip-on one.
"It still feels odd to be in." Taikou noted as he tugged on his collar.
"Speaking of which, love your attire, Tsuyu-chan." I pointed out.
"Thanks, kero."
A light green strapless top with a frilly skirt and a pair of high heel boots, all together made Tsuyu look even more adorable than she usually was. Even her usually long hair was tied up in a bun and held up by a frog-themed hairpin.
Say what you want about Nemuri, but my aunt had eyes for fashion. How else would she manage to coordinate an attire that made her cute frog-like appearance even more adorable?
As it turned out, everyone had been invited to the same reception party tonight as us. As such, before we split off to our respective hotels, we agreed to meet up at the entrance of the party's venue, the central tower at 6.30 am to go in together. Even Bakugou and Kirishima were invited, though the blonde bombhead wasn't that keen on joining.
"Did you know that evening dresses first came to being due to-"
"We're not interested, Adcom!"
Naturally, as still being our chauffeur in place of my brother, Adcom was coming along as well. They even upgraded themselves with a somewhat formal attire, which was basically a metal pin shaped like a bowtie around their neck.
Where they got that, no one knows.
"The number you are dialling is not available. Please try–"
"Damn it…"
"Tetsu-san still not answering…?" Taikou asked me.
"Yeah… this is really strange…"
I looked at the number I had dialled at least a dozen times. This was odd. Tetsu usually answered his phone pretty quickly. What did David Shield want with him that required his attention that much?
"Let's meet up with the others first." Tsuyu suggested, "It is going to be way past the meeting time, and we know how Iida-kun is about punctuality…"
"And Tetsu-san most likely is going to meet us there, anyways." Taikou added.
"I guess that's true…"
With that decided, we hailed for a cab and headed to the meeting point. When we reached it, it turned out that we weren't the only ones late.
"Wah, you look so adorable, Tsuyu-chan!" Ochako commented in awe.
"Thank you, Uraraka-Chan. You looked pretty adorable yourself." Tsuyu replied back.
We had met up with the Yaoyaorozu's group on the way there, who were late as well due to mostly Jirou being a bit too uncomfortable with wearing a dress in public.
"Don't be so shy, Jirou." I told her, "That dress fits you so well."
"Tatsuya-san is right, Jirou-san." Yaoyaorozu commented, "You should be more confident with your looks!"
"Easy for you two to say, with that figure…" Jirou muttered.
I couldn't understand why she would say such a thing didn't fit her. The black blazer and boots fit her punk aesthetics perfectly, while the pink-purple dress showed off her more feminine side. With the rose hair clip, she looked like a punk rock princess.
In fact, all of their dresses made them look adorable and beautiful. Uraraka's white pink one piece dress matched her bubbly and round features, while Yaoyaorozu's lime green silk dress made her already impressive figure more sensual than usual. They even had brooches and shoes to match their dress.
"Sorry we're late." Taikou apologised to the boys waiting for us at the elevator; Iida, Midoriya and Todoroki were all wearing various suits of their own and looking rather dapper themselves. Got to say, the white blazer and dress pants really suit Todoroki to a tee.
"You ought to be!" Iida exclaimed with furious chopping of his arms, "Heroes must be punctual to all their meetings! If we were to become proper Heroes, we have to respect punctuality!"
"Yeah, yeah. I know, I know."
"Are Kirishima-san and Bakugou-san here?" I asked.
"Not yet." Todoroki told me.
"Huh, that's surprising. Did they get lost?"
The doors to the hall suddenly opened, and we all turned around to see the one of the last people to meet up with us; Melissa Shield all dolled up in a blue and white dress along with a pair of white high heels; she was also wearing contacts instead of her usual glasses with her hair tied up in a side ponytail.
"Oh, you guys are still here?" She asked, "The party has already started, you know?"
"We're still waiting on two more of our classmates." Midoriya told her.
"I see."
I glanced over at Taikou who looked stunned at Melissa's appearance with a small blush on his cheeks. That pissed me off a little and stomped on his foot hard.
"Ow! What was that for!?"
"No reason."
"Seriously…!?"
As Iida called their number to no doubt nag them about punctuality, I walked up to the older girl, "Melissa-san, have you heard from my brother?"
"From Tetsujin? No, I haven't… Why? Is he not with you?"
"No, he left to meet up with your father before we entered I-Expo."
"With dad? That's odd…" She noted, "I don't think they have anything work related today. Dad had even given him the day off."
"Well, apparently there's something that needed Tetsu-nii's attention so badly that he was gone for the whole day. And I couldn't reach his cell either."
"This is odd. I wonder what's up?"
On a similar end, Iida let out a groan as he pocketed his phone. "It's no good. They aren't picking up their phones."
"Maybe they had it on silent?" Midoriya suggested.
"I bet Bakugou is half deaf from all his explosions and couldn't even hear his phone ring." Taikou added with a snicker.
"N-Naru-san…"
"But I'm sure Kirishima-san would at least answer his'." Tsuyu noted.
"Still, we can't exactly wait for them forever." Jirou noted, "Why don't we all head into the party first and-"
All of the sudden, alarms blaring throughout the building as the metal shutters all closed down on the doors and windows.
"THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE I-ISLAND SECURITY SYSTEM! WE RECEIVED REPORTS OF THE APPEARANCE OF AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IN THE I-EXPO AREA! I-ISLAND IS NOW PUT INTO HIGH ALERT! RESIDENCES AND TOURISTS, RETURN TO YOUR HOMES OR LODGING IMMEDIATELY! THOSE WHO HAD CAME A LONG WAY SHOULD PROCEED TO WAIT AT THE DESIGNATED EVACUATION CENTER! ANYONE STILL OUTSIDE WITHIN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE REFRAIN FROM GOING OUTSIDE. IN ADDITION, MOST OF THE MAIN BUILDINGS WOULD BE SEALED OFF TILL FURTHER NOTICE. I REPEAT—"
"A bomb!?" Iida cried in shock.
"Well, that can't be good." I noted.
"My phone's signal is down." Taikou noted.
"The internet connection is too." Tsuyu added.
"Elevator isn't working, either." Jirou noted.
"In the event of a high-level alert, the island-wide security system would close down all phone reception and internet connection followed by all electronic equipment." Adcom explained.
"So, we're stuck here?" Todoroki concluded.
"Most definitely." Melissa nodded in agreement, "But I find it hard for the security system to switch to a high alert just for an explosive device…"
"…Iida-kun, let's find a way to the party venue." Midoriya stated in a surprisingly calm manner.
"Why?"
"All Might is at the party right now." He explained much to everyone's glee.
"That's a relief… as long as he is around, we are guaranteed to be safe." Tsuyu noted with a grateful sigh.
"Are we really…? If All Might was here, he must have heard the reports but there had been no word of him doing anything." Todoroki pointed out.
"Kero! But… it's All Might…"
"I have a bad feeling about all this…" I mused to myself. First, I can't reach Tetsu-nii, and now there's a whole island security lockdown? This felt too much like a plot to an action movie. Something is up.
"Melissa-san, is there any other way for us to get to the party venue from here?" Midoriya asked.
"If we use the emergency stairs, I think we can reach the floor above the venue." Melissa stated, "There should be a glass ceiling that we could use to see into the entire venue from there."
"Please lead the way."
Taking Jirou with him, the freckled teen followed Melissa through the emergency stairs. After several minutes of tense silence, they returned with a grim look on their face.
"The tower along with the security system was compromised and the entire island is taken hostage by a group of armed villains." Jirou stated with a grimace, "All Might and the other Heroes at the party are tied up as well. He wants us to leave this place as soon as possible."
"All of the Heroes!?" Taikou cried out in shock.
"So even if they wanted to do something, they couldn't…" Tsuyu noted worriedly, "This is really bad…"
"I suggest we follow All Might's instructions and escape at once." Iida stated, "We would then ring up the Heroes outside and inform them of the situation here."
"That would be the best course of action." Yaoyaorozu agreed, "We are still students, and we cannot fight Villains without Hero Licenses."
"But it would be very difficult to get out of here…" Melissa stated, "This tower was built with the same level of security system as in Tartarus."
"And that place was built to house the most dangerous of all Villains…" Taikou noted in worry, "Then do we have no choice but to wait to get rescued?"
"Shouldn't we at least try to help?" Jirou pointed out, "At least give All Might a way to act?"
"I want to help as well! But… they even got All Might…" Uraraka noted in worry.
"It's illegal to use our quirks without the proper authorization." Tsuyu noted, "Even if we try to do something, we would be just like the Villains."
"But does that mean it is alright to do nothing at all…?" Todoroki added.
"Tsuyu-chan… Todoroki-kun…"
All of the sudden, Adcom, who had remained silent this whole time, suddenly jolted up as their eyes blinked in red light and a siren echoed from them.
"What's going on!?" Uraraka cried, "Why is she doing that!?"
"What's going on with you, Adcom?" I asked.
"I've received an SOS signal from Tetsujin."
"From Tetsu-nii!? Is he in danger!?"
"I do not know. Tracking signal now." A few tensed moments later, they told us, "The signal seems to be coming from this venue."
"Then Tetsu-san is here in this tower too?" Taikou muttered.
"He might be captured like All Might and the other hostages." Tsuyu noted.
"Jirou-san, Midoriya-san." I turned to them and showed them my brother's photo, "Did you see my brother in the party?"
"Mm… it's hard to say." Jirou noted, "We can hardly see into the party from the second floor."
"…Adcom, can you pinpoint where he is in the tower?" I asked.
"Not a problem. All I need to do is a triangulate with the building's…"
"Wait, Tatsuya-san, don't tell me you are going to try and rescue him!?" Yaoyaorozu cried as the robot did its work.
"Of course, I am! He is my brother!"
"I understand your feelings, Tatsuya-san." Iida stated, "But you will be breaking the law! As future Heroes, we can't be breaking them—!"
"Screw the law! What kind of Hero would I be if I couldn't even save my own family!?"
"Grgh! I-I know that, but…"
"Genko, these people had managed to capture All Might!" Taikou told me, "Just what is your plan to handle them!?"
"I'll figure it out!"
"You'll get yourself killed!"
"Even so…!"
"…I want to save them."
Me and Taikou stopped arguing when Midoriya said that.
"Deku-kun…?"
"The Heroes, the hostages, even Tatsuya-san's brother. I want to save all of them.
"So you're planning on fighting the Villains!? That's crazy!" Taikou cried.
"No, it's not that!" Midoriya stated, "I've been thinking about this. We need to think of a way to rescue everyone without fighting any of the Villains."
"That is ideal, but realistically speaking, it is almost impossible…" Yaoyaorozu noted.
"Even so, we still have to at least try! Try to find the best possible way to save everyone!"
"Deku-kun…"
"…I-Island's security system's main control hub is located at the top of this tower." Melissa told us, "If the Villains have indeed taken control over it, then the authentication locks and passwords should have been disabled."
"If that's the case, we should be able to restart the system ourselves and override their control." I noted. Normally such a thing was only possible with an administrator's access code, but if that is no longer the issue…
"How are we expected to do that?" Tsuyu asked, "If the Villains have control over the system, they have control over the security cameras as well. We would get spotted before we could reach the system."
"They might not have complete control over the whole thing." The older teen told us, "I mean, we haven't even been captured despite standing around here just talking for the past couple of minutes. This might be the opening we can exploit."
"Avoid fighting and get the system back to normal… I see, that might be possible." Todoroki nodded.
"Even so, the Villains would no doubt be waiting at the top as well." Yaoyaorozu stated, "We would eventually get into conflict with them."
"We don't have to! Once the system is reset, all the hostages including the Heroes and All Might would be freed!" Midoriya stated, "The tables would turn immediately!"
"Let's do that, Deku-kun!" Uraraka suggested loudly, "I don't want to just sit around and do nothing when there is something we can do! I think that's something more important than whether or not we are Pro Heroes or not!"
"Uraraka-san… yeah! That's right!" The freckled teen nodded, "That's exactly right!"
"Midoriya. I'll go too." Todoroki stated.
"Me too." Jirou noted.
"I'll come as well." Tsuyu added.
"…I'll turn us back if I decide that we cannot do it anymore." Iida told him, "If you accept those conditions, then I'll go as well!"
"If that's the case, I'll go too!" Yaoyaorozu stated firmly.
"Come me in." Taikou noted.
"Everyone…!"
"I'll be going along as well." Adcom informed us, "My order to chauffeur Tatsuya Genko and her friends and guarantee her safety."
"Don't you mean their safety?" Jirou asked.
"My orders were clear to me."
"Melissa-san, please wait here—"
"I'll be going too." Melissa told Midoriya, "Quirk or not, I'm the only one among us that can change the security system's setting. Though I might be a burden on you until then…"
"Melissa-san…"
"Please, Midoriya-san; let me help."
"…All right. Let's go save everyone."
Omake
Sorry, but no omake this time.
Wow, this took longer than I had anticipated.
Sorry for taking this long on this one chapter, I had to rewatch the movie a few times to get some things right and to reinform the plot of it to me. Not to mention the whole Covid issue and my work.
But the next couple of chapters should end the movie arc soon.
On another topic, in my spare time, I had written another fic (Yes, another. I can't stop it, can't I?) this time on Danmachi. It is called Thunder Valkyrie. If you have the chance, go take a look.
With that, I thank you for reading this!