Chapter 23: No Sacrifice, No Victory
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SuperShadic2002: I don't know why, all that I could think of when Izuku first stepped into the fight with Muscular was 'You better scramble like an egg before you get folded like an omelet.'
ThermalsniperN7: … Yeah, that sounds about right.
Dragon Emperor0: I'll write that down for later…
Harleking31: Damn, Purgatory training arc already? How the hell is anybody going to be kidnapped if there are 2 Hell trained characters on the table.
Dragon Emperor0: Two words: Mister Compress. Seriously, his quirk is OP.
ThermalsniperN7: Yeah… But let's not forget about Snatch. That's a factor, too.
da.rtist: I'm sorry but the angst doesn't seem realistic. If they were good friends, Uraraka would have gotten in touch with him. or at least her parents will.
ThermalsniperN7: You gotta understand, there are a few factors to consider.
Dragon Emperor0: Said factors will be revealed later on. But point still taken.
NinjaFang1331: Excellent job thank you and Izuku is now stronger than All Might now I guess.
ThermalsniperN7: Purgatory will do that to a person.
Dragon Emperor0: And to be clear, I kinda lowballed how strong Purgatory made Izuku last chapter. Since I was having a little bit of trouble precisely mapping out the incremental increases.
Ryuujin96: Great work on this chapter. And I hope Izuku can pull Ochako out of her eventual depression once she learns she unintentionally helped the villains find their training camp. He could tell her that it was shared blame, since Izuku and those who knew, should've at least brought up the potential that Ochako could be used as an unwilling mole to get information to the villains about the training camps location. Regardless of if their concerns were shot down or not. And that depends on if the UA teachers weren't informed about Ochako's situation as being an unwilling spy. Because if Eraserhead and Vald King did know, and did nothing with the information, then it's their fault for the villain attack on the training camp. As for what I liked about this chapter, I liked Izuku and Katsuki's training in purgatory. And I liked Izuku and Ochako's interactions in the flashbacks, especially the one where Izuku told her he'd give up his immortality to revive her. I look forward to reading chapter 31.
ThermalsniperN7: He will help her out of her depression; that's kinda his job as her boyfriend. Also… Wait… Did we clarify if the UA teachers knew about Ochako's unwilling bond to Euryale? I don't recall.
Dragon Emperor0: Izuku said it was a possibility, but wasn't 100% certain. For all he knew that could have been a noneffective hypothesis.
ThermalsniperN7: Oh. Okay.
PersonUnknown26: This is a very interesting and new concept that started off really good but then started to make less and less sense you described Izuku as being fit and all that and with his quirk bakugo shouldn't stand a chance in any way but not only is he like equal with deku he was able to give him a permanent scar which makes no since then izuku got 4 with 100 something points and 3 people were still ahead of him okay I guess uraka has been alive for a while it seems but never made an effort to go check in on izuku to try to reconnect or anything deku proves his healing factor is so good his spine can break and he's fine but if he uses 100% to throw a ball it would be bad so he still does the finger thing why waste energy braking your spine then oh and on the way home to show he's not tooo broken he's tired from over using his quirk this could have been great but it's not you wrote good but I'm just not interested enough to get around these things
ThermalsniperN7: I understand how you feel. I've seen stories that I just couldn't keep up with. As for Izuku's scar, there are substances out in the world that can bypass healing factors. Wolfsbane is one such substance.
Dragon Emperor0: Or in this case; Katsuki's nitro sweat.
Demostrathe: honestly my immortal academia is a better name for the fic
ThermalsniperN7: While that is true, the story got its name because it's meant to be the first of seven stories with Izuku and his genderbends having SDS themes.
Dragon Emperor0: The second is Serpent Sin. It's a pretty good story too. You should check it out.
-Training Camp-
Kota cried as he jumped into Izuku's arms, the taller boy's arms wrapping around the smaller one's tiny body.
"Easy Kota, I got you." The Sin of Greed told him as he stood up, looking back at Muscular… and the wrecked mountaintop "Damn, did I really do all that?" He asked himself before shaking his head. "Come on, we gotta get you to Mandalay." He added as he charged up and sprinted down the cliff–Kota on his back.
"A-Are you sure you can keep going after what you just did?" The little boy asked in concern.
"Trust me, Kota. I'm perfectly fine." Izuku nodded before he channeled One for All into his legs and started leaping through the trees and running along the ground.
As they ran through the woods, Kota kept looking at Izuku who didn't let go of him the entire time.
"Mr. Midoriya, I…" He started to say before Izuku interrupted him.
"You don't have to say anything, Kota." The immortal told him. "I know." He added before skidding to a halt when he was about to collide with Aizawa. "Whoa! Sorry, sensei, but it's good I found you." He sighed.
"So I see." The man nodded as he glanced at the mountain Izuku and Kota had left. "I heard that deafening boom. You went overboard again, didn't you? Have you learned nothing from Hosu?" He scolded, but Izuku wouldn't hear a word of it.
"Don't you dare start, Aizawa. The villain that attacked me and Kota admitted that Kacchan is the target of the villains attacking, and I'm also on their kill list." He explained, causing the erasure hero to take a small step back.
"Bakugo is their target? And they… put you on a kill list?" He questioned, though he sounded confused about that second one. Despite the situation, he couldn't help but note how irrational that sounded.
"Their retardation knows no limits, I assure you." Izuku stated before he took Kota off his back and handed him to his teacher. "Mr. Aizawa's gonna get you to safety. So just keep your head down and stay safe, okay Kota?" He said, rubbing the boy on the head.
"O-Okay." Kota nodded with a stutter as he went to the underground hero.
"I'm gonna head to Mandalay. Is there anything you need me to relay to her?" Izuku asked as he looked at his teacher.
"Yes. Tell her to warn Bakugo and to tell the students to use their quirks to fight these villains–do not hold back." The Erasure hero told him.
"Understood." The immortal nodded before he took off in Mandalay's direction.
(Meanwhile)
Meanwhile, in the clearing where the others were, Pixiebob, Mandalay and Tiger were still trying to take down Spinner and Magne, while Cheshire was trying to find stranded students using his quirk.
"You. Are not. A real hero!" Spinner yelled as he swung his sword around wildly, trying to hit the woman. "You brought this on yourself, you whore!" He yelled before Izuku came flying out of nowhere and destroyed his sword with a devastating kick.
"Take that, ya Stain wannabe!" He yelled as he landed before looking at Mandalay. "Mandalay, use your telepathy! Tell everyone that the villains are after Katsuki Bakugo and that Eraserhead has given them permission to use their quirks to fight back! No hesitation!" He told her, making sure to avoid using his nickname for his rival. He needed the message to be clear.
"Right!" Mandalay nodded as she quickly relayed the message with her quirk.
"Good. Now keep these assholes busy." The Fox Sin said as he backhanded a Nomu out of the way. "I have a Snake to kill." He growled as he started running into the woods.
'Wait a minute. He found out our target? He must've fought one of us and they blabbed.' Magne thought. 'It must've been Muscular. This kid must've beaten him, and judging by the destroyed mountain top, he's stronger than him.' They thought before disengaging from Tiger and going after the immortal. 'I better take him out, and fast! It sounds like he's going after Euryale!' They thought, only for an unexpected knife from Spinner to stop them.
"Don't Big Sis Mag!" Spinner yelled.
"What the hell, Spinner?! That kid was on our priority kill list! And I'm pretty sure he's gonna kill Euryale!" The magnet user yelled.
"Stain saw it fit to save him, and I won't spare a second thought for some wench that dares to disturb the rest of the dead!" The lizard-like man declared. "Also, even you have to admit that putting an immortal on a priority kill list is just idiotic." He added flatly.
"... Okay, that last part is a good point." Magne conceded. Even the heroes they were fighting silently agreed that the concept was dumb and just plain stupid.
(Elsewhere)
Back with Izuku, he was still searching for anyone familiar, but wasn't having much luck. No sign of the others anywhere.
"Damn it, where are they? And where the fuck is that bitch Euryale?!" The boy snarled as he kept running. Then, from the darkness, a familiar claw tried to grab the immortal before someone got him out of the way.
"Be more careful, Midoriya." Shoji told him, getting the Fox Sin's attention.
"Shoji?" He asked before noticing one of his tentacles was currently bleeding. "What happened?" He demanded.
"It's Tokoyami. He's lost control of Dark Shadow!" The masked student told him.
"How?!" The Sin of Greed questioned as they hid in the bushes.
"A villian attacked us and cut off one of my Dupli-arms. This caused Tokoyami to lose control and for Dark Shadow to go wild." The masked boy whispered.
Cursing under his breath, Izuku watched as a monstrous behemoth of dark energy rampaged through the forest, with Tokoyami at the center… before he noticed a Heaven Piercing Ice Wall in the distance.
"Shoji, I think I have an idea for how we can save Tokoyami and get to Kacchan before the villains can." He said, getting his friend's attention.
"What's your plan?" He asked before both of them had to avoid a strike from the living quirk.
"We lure him toward Kacchan and Todoroki. Dark Shadow's lashing out at any sound, so you can use your dupliarms to draw his attention without him directly attacking us." Izuku explained.
"It's high risk, but we have no choice. Let's do it." Shoji nodded.
"Let's go get these sons o' bitches." Izuku grinned as he got up.
(Meanwhile)
Meanwhile, Katsuki and Shoto were currently on the defensive against a Death Row convict named Moonfish, a cannibalistic villain with a tooth blade quirk.
"Damn it! This guy's getting on my nerves!" The blonde growled. "AP Shot: Auto Cannon!" He yelled as he fired a volley of compressed explosions.
Moonfish used his teeth to dodge the explosions, but he was thrown off when they destroyed his teeth. He quickly sent out more of them, wanting to feast on his flesh.
"Flesh… little slices… must feast!" He rasped as he pressed his attack. Right as it was about to hit Katsuki…
"FULL COUNTER!" The boy yelled as he sent Moonfish's teeth right back at him, causing him to scream in pain as his own teeth impaled him.
"When did you learn that?!" Shoto exclaimed as he and the blonde jumped back.
"I learned it in Purgatory! That place is one hell of a training dimension!" Katsuki replied with a grin as the Death Row convict tried to remove his own teeth.
And right as he was about to attack again, Dark Shadow came into view as it rampaged towards the area in a blind fury, decimating entire treelines that lay in its path like they were twigs.Shoji and Izuku were right in front of him as well.
"What's up, guys?!" The immortal grinned. Moonfish turned his attention to the living quirk after he removed the last of his teeth.
"Pieces of flesh… must eat… won't let you steal from me!" He exclaimed as he tried to attack the rampaging quirk, only for his attacks to make it more angry than it already was before it folded the cannibal like an omelet.
"You don't matter, Insignificant bug!" Dark Shadow and Tokoyami roared as they grabbed Moonfish and swung him around like a ragdoll.
"We struggled against him, and Dark Shadow makes it look like childsplay." Shoto muttered with slightly wide eyes as he watched the beatdown.
"Now that's what I'm talking about." Katsuki grinned as Moonfish was thrown into a tree in a heap, completely out cold. That's when the bomber and Dragon Sin turned serious. "Icy-Hot, now!" He then exclaimed.
"Right!" The two toned boy nodded as they generated enough light to finally calm the avian boy and his familiar down enough so they wouldn't get hurt.
"Phew. That was close." Izuku sighed. "You alright, Tokoyami? Kacchan? Todoroki?" He asked, addressing his friends.
"We're good now." Shoto nodded.
"I'm so sorry I caused so much trouble…" The bird headed teen lamented, his head hanging.
"Don't worry about it." Izuku told him, causing him to look up at the immortal. "You've got nothing to be worried about. Any injuries you caused are small at best for us." He added.
"At any rate, we should probably get back to camp. Before any more villains find us." Shoji noted as he got up.
"Especially since Bakugo is their target." Tokoyami nodded.
"How did they even find us, anyway?" Shoto questioned, causing Izuku to scowl and his features to become dark.
"I think I know exactly how." He growled, getting the attention of the others. "Euryale's quirk, it allows her to create a bond with a person's soul after she reanimates their body, and turn them into an unwilling proxy she can see through the eyes and hear the thoughts of. Ochako is, unfortunately, one such proxy." He explained, getting shocked looks from the others.
"Is there a way to sever it?" Shoji questioned.
"To my knowledge? Best way to do it is to kill her." The immortal explained. "But doing so has a major drawback." He added.
"That being…?" Shoto asked warily.
"Whoever she's linked to can only muster enough life force to live for a few hours at least or weeks at most. Then they die, permanently." Katsuki stated, squishing an acorn under his shoe to prove a point.
"Midoriya… please tell me you don't…" Shoji trailed off, hoping the green haired teen wasn't planning to commit to killing someone.
"Oh, I am. I refuse to let my girlfriend be a slave to some slimy bitch!" Izuku snarled.
"But, if you do that, Uraraka will die again." Tokoyami pointed out as they started heading towards the camp.
"Oh, don't worry. I've got a solution for that." The Fox Sin smirked.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile, in another part of the woods, Ochako and Tsu were currently trying to back away from a villain that just attacked them.
Said villain was Himiko Toga, and she'd just made the mistake of slashing Ochako with her knife. Before she could continue…
BAM!
"NOBODY FUCKING HURTS MY GIRLFRIEND!" Izuku thundered as he delivered a suckerpunch to the teenage villain's face, sending her skidding across the ground.
Rubbing her cheek, Toga looked up and glared at Izuku, before realizing that Ochako smelled like her because she was in love with the person in front of her.
This little nugget of information, caused the blonde to grin maniacally as she gripped her knife.
"You look cute… I think I'll cut you!" She giggled.
"Fuck of, ya crazy bat! I don't bleed for the sake of bleeding!" The immortal snapped. 'I usually enjoy other stuff that can hurt me.' He added mentally. No way he was saying that out loud.
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that, ya masochist." Katsuki barked as the other boys started to circle the blonde.
Seeing that she was literally in a no win situation, Himiko quickly stored the blood she got from Ochako and booked it. Izuku moved to give chase, but his girlfriend stopped him.
"Wait, don't! We have bigger problems right now!" She told him, causing him to sigh, but nod.
"Right." He nodded. "Sorry to ask girls, but we could really use your help getting Kacchan back to camp." He stated jabbing a thumb back at the group.
"Uh… Where is he?" Tsu asked, causing Izuku to turn around and see that, to his shock, his rival and Tokoyami were gone!
"The hell?! Kacchan and Tokoyami were right behind us a moment ago!" He exclaimed in shock.
"That would be my doing." A new voice spoke up, prompting the group to look up in the trees and spot a man in a magician getup complete with a yellow cout, a tuxedo and a tophat. He also wore a ski mask and an actual mask to hide his face. He even had a cane.
Izuku growled as he clenched his fists. "And just who the hell are you?" The boy growled as he flexed his hand, ready to use Snatch and rip the man's heart out.
"Oh, I'm but a humble magician. My name is Mister Compress." The man said with a bow before he held up two blue marbles. "And your friends here are coming with me." He added… right before the marbles vanished from his hand. "Hm?" He hummed before he spotted Izuku holding said marbles with a smirk.
"Showing off how you capture your targets in front of me, of all people? Idiot." The immortal chuckled, amused by the rookie mistake this man just made.
"Ah yes, the immortal bandit, Izuku Midoriya, correct?" Compress questioned. "The Sin of Greed, such an unsavory moniker. Does make me wonder how you got into UA in the first place…" He mused before he snapped his fingers, causing the marbles to open and reveal that they had Nomus in them!
"... Boi." The immortal deadpanned before he dispatched the two Nomu the same way he had done so earlier, leaving the two quirk golems unmoving on the ground.
However, this seemed to give the magician the opening he needed to disappear and make his escape.
"Oh that's it." The Sin of Greed growled. "Ochako! Float me, Shoji and Todoroki. I'm about to break that magician's spine." He growled.
"Way ahead of ya, babe." The gravity gal nodded as she used her quirk on all three of the boys.
No words needed to be said. The group knew their roles: Ochako would float them, Tsu would throw them with her tongue, Shoji would correct their trajectory by using his dupli arms as wings and Ochako would release them at the right moment. Izuku and Shoto would help clobber the magician themed villain.
"Now!" Izuku yelled as the slingshot sent them flying towards Compress. "And for some added power…" He then held out his hand and pulled back. "Universal Pull!" He yelled as his quirk pulled them towards Compress at blinding speeds, until they collided with the man in midair.
(Meanwhile)
With the villain squad, or what's left of it, rather, they had just reached the rally point to await extraction. The ones that did were Toga, Dabi (aka, emo raisin), Twice…
And the woman that Izuku had been pursuing since the USJ attack, Euryale.
Since then, All for One had given her at least four more quirks in hopes of helping her end Izuku (and One for All by proxy).
The first was an emitter type quirk called DarkDark, which gave her Darkness powers. A mutant type quirk that gave her five hearts. An Emitter type that gave her the ability to call out and eat souls, and finally a mutant quirk that gave her Snake attributes.
All these quirks were given to her to give her a fighting chance… Oh how wrong All for One was about that.
"Are we really all that's left?" Himiko whined.
"Oh come now, Toga. We'll be out of here soon." Euryale told her. "I just hope we don't run into those kids, if what Magne said was true–then one of them is out to kill me." She mused, refusing to use Izuku's name.
"If he does kill ya, then he's liable to put his future at risk, and I doubt he'd do that." Dabi commented, only for the soul eating woman to shake her head.
"You don't know that boy at all if you're saying that." She told him. Before Twice could say anything…
CRASH!
Mister Compress crashed into the ground, Izuku, Shoji and Shoto slamming him there. The rest of the squad jumped in surprise at the sudden impact.
"Hey I know these kids!" The Deadpool reference exclaimed. "Who are they?" He added, contradicting himself.
Izuku then scanned the battlefield to see who was there, and when he saw Euryale…
'There you are.' He thought angrily as he stomped on the man under him, causing two marbles rolled out from under Compress's mask, turning into Katsuki and Tokoyami.
Euryale grinned as the boys lay unconscious, and started trying to rip out their souls. This would be her last mistake, however, when Izuku stole the perception of the villains and walked up behind her.
"Zero Sign." He intoned as he moved quickly. When their perceptions returned, Dabi spotted Izuku behind her.
"Look o–!" He tried to warn before the immortal grabbed her head and…
SNAP!
Snapped her neck, forcefully stopping her from eating Katsuki and Tokoyami's souls. He didn't stop there, though, as he used Snatch to rip her hearts out– all five of them– and then he proceeded to stop on all five of them.
"Sayonara, you fucking bitch!" He snarled. Dabi and Twice took two steps back in shock while Toga looked incredibly aroused at the blood splattered look on Izuku's face–but that soon changed to horror when she saw Euryale's mangled corpse.
"Euryale, no!" She cried as the Sin of Greed stood on the woman's head.
"Alright, who's next?" He growled. It was at this moment that Kurogiri appeared.
"I do believe–" He started to say before spotting Euryale's corpse, causing his eyes to widen in shock. "Oh my. I didn't expect that." He uttered, not expecting a hero in training to actually commit to taking someone else's life.
"Take your damned posse!" Izuku snapped at the warp villain. "But you're taking no one else, or they'll join this bitch at my feet!" He added with a snarl.
"That's assuming you can touch us." Dabi deadpanned as he started blasting the others with blue fire, causing Izuku's eyes to widen as he quickly rushed to rescue them. "Now, Compress!" He yelled.
The magician groaned as he got up, putting Katsuki and Tokoyami into marbles again before he made his way to the portal.
But before he could make it, a laser shot his hand, causing him to drop the marbles as Izuku got the others out of the way–and used Snatch to try and grab both–but was only able to get Tokoyami.
Shoto was next to try and get Katsuki, but he wasn't so lucky, either.
Right as he was about to grab it, Dabi quickly snatched it and made the two toned boy miss his mark and stumble to the ground.
"Poor little Shoto Todoroki." The cremation villain sighed in mock-disappointment. "See ya." He added as the group slowly disappeared into the portal, Katsuki being released at the same time.
"Damn it! Kacchan, no!" Izuku yelled as he started running towards the portal, his hand outstretched to try and grab him.
"I'll be fine, Deku! Stay back!" The Dragon Sin yelled as the portal closed just before Izuku could reach it.
This made the Sin of Greed end up going through the space where it was before he stopped. He didn't utter a single word as he processed that villains had kidnapped his best friend and rival. His shoulders started to shake uncontrollably before…
"RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He roared in absolute fury and anguish, the noise sounding like his Purgatory demon form.
The noise tore through the night…
(Elsewhere)
Just before this happened, specifically right after Izuku killed Euryale, Tsu was trying to get back to camp with Ochako when the gravity girl suddenly felt faint.
"What's… going…" She tried to say before she collapsed, much to Tsu's worry.
"Ochako! Are you okay?!" She asked quickly, rushing to her side.
Ochako didn't respond, her body just went limp in her friend's arms, right as Wandle flew from the direction of the camp.
"I found some kids over here guys! But I don't see any sign of the villains, or Ragdoll!" The bird said as he flapped above the two girls.
"Copy that. I'll send Eraserhead your way. Thanks, Wandle." Vlad King replied. Seconds later though…
"RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" An echo was heard.
"... Okay, who pissed off Midoriya?" Aizawa deadpanned.
"I think the villains may have made off with someone." The Toucan said as he made a head count. "Besides Ragdoll… we're short one student." He added grimly he circled back around.
(Timeskip)
Izuku sat in a hospital room after the camp was evacuated as he was looked over by the doctors, to make sure he was still okay after the ordeal.
But after that was done, he made his way to the room where Ochako was being kept: a cold room so her body wouldn't decay if it… remained unresponsive.
A nurse tried to keep him from entering as Taida was already in there, but the boy grimaced and forced her aside, walking into the room. When the fairy boy heard the door open and prompted him to glance back at it, he wasn't surprised to see Izuku entering.
"... Hey, Izuku." He greeted his friend, his tone conveying how downcast he was about what had happened.
"I didn't want it to come to this. I had no choice." Izuku said, his tone subdued from recent events.
"I know." Taida nodded as the two stood side by side in silence for a time. Izuku then knelt down next to Ochako and took her into his arms.
"That being said, I'd say this is far from over." He stated. "No, this isn't over, not by a long shot." He added resolutely as a few security guards and the rest of Class 1-A entered the room.
"Midoriya, what are you-?" Iida questioned before Izuku held his hand to Ochako's chest.
"Gift." The Sin of Greed intoned. A bright white light illuminated the room, forcing everyone else to cover their eyes. Izuku felt it–he was becoming mortal once again as his immortality left him.
"Is that…?" Mina gasped as she saw the energy going into Ochako.
"Midoriya's overwhelming life force… it's going into Uraraka!" Shoji added.
"He's.. giving up his immortality." Iida let out.
A moment later the light faded… and Ochako's eyes snapped open as she gasped for breath.
"... Izuku?" She said as she looked at him. "But… Why?" She questioned, realizing that he was no longer immortal if she was alive again.
"Because immortality is a curse if I have to spend eternity alone." He told her. "And I refuse to suffer alone." He added firmly as he kissed her, causing everyone to gasp. "I'm keeping my promise, Ochako." He told her as he pulled away. "From this day on, you're mine. Forever." He added.
"And I'm not leaving you." The brunette smiled as she snuggled into him. The rest of the class and the security guards couldn't help but smile at the display of love and conviction the two had to remain together.
Izuku then got up and placed her on the bed.
"Now, guys." The immortal said as the guards let them be. "I assume you're here to do more than just watch me keep a promise?" He added as he turned serious.
Dragon Emperor0: Let's see. That's the first part of what a twist and the majority of Drive it home, iron fist done… That's a decent place to stop. Plus, we've officially closed some plot lines, placed a red herring and also set things up for the rescue arc.
ThermalsniperN7: And Euryale has finally kicked the bucket. Sayonara, ya soul eating bitch! And in spite of Katsuki's power boost from his time in Purgatory, Compress still caught him. Gotta give credit where it's due; he's a great capture specialist.
Dragon Emperor0: Didn't wanna nerf the villains or make Izuku and Katsuki seem unbeatable. That'd be lazy writing. Also, Izuku will see repercussions for killing Euryale. But, given the circumstances, they'll likely be along the lines of the HPSC keeping a close eye on him just in case. Or just him having to check in with a school sanctioned psychologist to make sure he hasn't gone off the deep end.
ThermalsniperN7: That second one seems more likely to me. If they can get assurance it was a one off, that should calm their nerves. And apparently there were a few moments where putting Izuku on a kill list was considered questionable. Hell, even two villains questioned it!
Dragon Emperor0: Though, to be honest, who wouldn't? But now Izuku isn't immortal anymore, but is now durable enough and strong enough to where it—really isn't necessary anymore. Which honestly sounds like a fine trade off to me. Anyway guys, see you next time.