Chapter 62
Plus Ultra


Fights against the Brainiac robots were still going on in the city. Batman had heard that Superman was fighting Zod, and feeling that the former would need support, he turned to Supergirl, who was tearing apart robots close by, and said to her, "Supergirl! I want you to take this kryptonite to Superman! I have a feeling that he needs this." He held up a lead box containing said green rock.

"How is he going to use something that is a harm to him?!" Supergirl asked him.

"Just take it there! I'm sure there are people nearby who can make use of it!" Batman told her. "You can get there fast, so hurry!"

Supergirl nodded, so she went to grab the lead box from Batman and began flying through the place at a fast speed. However, despite her speed, a Brainiac robot was able to pinpoint her with its beam with enough accuracy to knock her out of the air.

Supergirl tumbled onto the ground, and the lead box opened, causing the kryptonite to fall out. Exposed to the green light, Supergirl felt weak, and then the robot from before approached her, trying to use this opportunity to take her down.

However, before it could do so, someone lunged at the robot and punched it hard in the head, knocking it aside. "Ganging up on a defenseless girl? Whoever designed your A.I. should be ashamed of himself!" said the man, who has a muscular body and wears a bandanna with eye holes that cover the half of his head. He was wearing a brass knuckle on his fist.

The robot turned to him and fired its beam, but the man dodged it swiftly and lunged at him, punching it hard in the body, so much that a dent and crack were created. The man continued to attack the robot nonstop, not giving it the chance to fight back. He punched it all over the body, but mainly the head, eventually damaging its optics so that it could no longer see.

He then lifted the robot over his shoulder and slammed it against the pavement hard before taking out a shotgun and blasted the robot's head to pieces. "Just a piece of worthless junk that even a stubborn old man like me can crush!" said the man while dusting his hand.

"Whoever you are, thanks…" Supergirl said in a weak tone as she used her arms to shield herself from the kryptonite. "Can you put that… away?"

The man put the green rock back into the box, allowing Supergirl to feel normal again. "Where ya heading with this thing? It seems pretty dangerous to you…" he asked him.

Before Supergirl could respond, several more Brainiac robots landed around them. Supergirl got into a fighting stance and said to the man, "If you want to help, then take that thing to wherever Superman is! He needs it!"

"Superman? That new hero from another world?" said the man. "All right, leave it to me! I'll bring it to him! I'm sure I saw him flying in U.A.'s direction!" The man then took out a grappling hook to grab onto the side of a nearby building and pulled himself towards it and began swinging away at a fast speed.

"Who is he…?" wondered Supergirl, looking at that man while crushing a robot by its neck.


Superman and Zod continued their intense battle. The two powerhouses shook the atmosphere around them with their fists colliding against each other, but neither side relented. Whenever one received a heavy blow, he would only come back to deliver an equally heavy blow to the other.

All the while, the onlookers that were the people of U.A. were in awe at what they saw. Never had they saw such an intense battle before, and it was one that made them feel little.

"Incredible…! Superman and Zod's fight… This is unlike anything I've seen!" Izuku said in his head in awe.

Superman and Zod took their fight high into the air, where they continued to punch each other nonstop. Both men struck each other in the face hard, causing them to fly in opposite directions. Zod came to a stop and said loudly to Superman, "I had training while I was in the Phantom Zone, all for the purpose to take you down! You cannot defeat me!"

"Then I should let you know that I have new experiences out here everyday! I won't lose to you so easily!" Superman told him with confidence.

Zod then flew towards Superman, who readied to counter him. Zod used his Heat Vision as he approached Superman, who held up his arms for defense. This also gave Zod the chance to ram into him. Before Superman could counter him in any way, Zod grabbed and gripped his neck hard, seemingly trying to strangle him. The villain then slammed down his fist onto Superman's head hard, sending the hero straight down.

As Superman flew straight down, Zod dived down at him and pushed him towards the ground below, creating a powerful impact that left behind a crater. All those present were blown back by the shockwave created from the landing and were in awe afterwards at what they witnessed.

Not stopping there, Zod punched Superman in the face over and over nonstop at a fast speed, and with each other, the crater was made deeper than before. Superman endured the hits and eventually blasted with his Heat Vision, one so strong that Zod was forced upwards. The former then flew up to hit him, but Zod was able to counter him by moving to the side in the nick of time and then grabbing his legs. He swung Superman in circles a few times before slamming him around the ground like a rag doll.

He eventually let go of Superman, hurling him away and sending him crashing onto the ground. Zod leaped at him, ready to give him a stomp. However, Tenya ran towards Superman at a fast speed and managed to carry him out of harm's way in the nick of time, so Zod stomped empty ground instead.

"Superman! Are you all right?" Tenya asked him.

"You should stay out of this…" Superman told him as he tried to stand up.

Zod approached them both and said, "Anyone who defies me shall die!" A grappling hook was then fired at him, but he saw it coming and caught it with his hand before it reached him. He turned to look at Ochaco, the owner of the hook, but ready then backing away in fear, she retracted the wire of the grappling hook and pulled herself towards Zod instead at a fast speed, touching his hand when she got close to him.

Using her zero gravity Quirk on him, Ochaco lightened his body to the point it was possible for her to kick him away and make him spin back through the air, much to his surprise. "What in the?!"

Izuku then jumped at him, falling towards him with a dive kick that smashed him against the ground hard. Thanks to Zod's decreased gravity, the student did not break his leg from kicking him. Izuku jumped off him as Zod got up, glaring at him angrily.

"Take this!" shouted Katsuki as he fired projectiles at him all of a sudden, covering him in explosions nonstop. Zod held up his arms to block against the attacks and eventually fired his Heat Vision through the smoke at Katsuki, who was able to dodge it in time.

Zod swept the beam around the place, and people ran for their lives. Toru tossed herself in front of the Heat Vision and caused to be refracted upwards. Zod kept up his attack, and the more he did so, the more Toru felt tired and hot due to the intensity and heat of the beams.

Denki snuck up on Zod from behind and then tossed himself onto his back, slamming his palm against him and releasing a powerful voltage of electricity that was enough to make Zod flinch and even feel pain. "How's that? I can turn it up even higher!" said Denki with confidence as he increased the voltage, making things even more painful for Zod.

Zod spun around and knocked Denki away, only for Mina to skate in front of him and splash acid onto his face. Though it didn't blind him, Zod still felt stinging pain and was irritated by it.

Red light suddenly shined at him. Turning to the source, he saw Mei shining a handheld red spotlight at him. "This light mimics the red sun, so now you must be feeling powerless!" Mei told him.

Zod felt that he had lesser strength than before, confirming that this light was indeed mimicking the red sun. A net created by Momo was thrown over him, and as he struggled to get it off, Fumikage, coated by Dark Shadow, approached him and attacked with his claws nonstop.

Eijiro hardened his body and charged at Zod, punching him hard across the face. Zod angrily struck back, but because Mei was still focusing the red light on him, he ended up hurting his fist from punching Eijiro's hardened and spiky body, and then the student struck back with an uppercut that knocked him back in the air.

Zod got back up again, only to be hit by ice sent forth by Shoto, freezing him in place. As he struggled to break free, Nejire ran towards him and fired a powerful blast of energy at point blank, blowing him away.

The students who attacked him got together, all in fighting stances. The others watched in awe, including Superman, at those students attempts in fighting Zod, though some of the staff members were criticizing about how they were putting themselves in danger.

"We won't let you win!" Izuku said with confidence to Zod, who was getting back up.

"Yeah! This is our world! If you want to come here, then do it in a friendly way and not tear shit up!" added Katsuki.

"We will defend our world and all the people here if it's the last thing we do!" Ochaco said to Zod, and the other students said similar things.

"You brats! How dare you speak to a superior being like this?! I will show you how bad children are punished on Krypton!" said Zod angrily.

Superman appeared in front of the students and said to them, "I appreciate your effort, but leave him to me. You shouldn't force yourself against a tough opponent like him!"

"We're trying to put what you Justice League taught us to do," Izuku told him. "Where there is danger, we shouldn't just stand back and do nothing! If you have the power to help, then you should do so! Helping people does not require a reason, and you should do it if you can!"

"Yeah! Screw licenses and permissions! I'm going to fight crime because I want to and also because it's the right thing to do!" said Katsuki.

Superman was glad to hear that these people have a strong sense of justice. "Normally, I would say such thoughts are reckless, but I've been with you just long enough to know that you have what it takes to do the correct thing. Still, don't get too reckless. Thank before you act."

"If you want to protect everyone so much, then you can watch them die!" said Zod before shooting into the air and then falling back down in their direction. They got out of the way as he landed with a powerful shockwave that cracked a large area of the ground and caused them to fly back.

Izuku hit the ground, but then his danger sensor kicked up, so he hurriedly rolled to the side in time to avoid Zod when he charged at him for a punch. Enhancing his legs, Izuku tried to get away from Zod fast, but the latter easily caught up with him and swatted him out of the air, sending him into a nearby bush.

Despite the soft landing, it was still painful, and he felt as if he was passing out. It was at this moment his vision started to change, and he found himself looking at seven people standing there. "The… The previous One For All users!" he said in surprise.

Nana Shimura, the seventh user, said to him, "Looks like you're up against a powerful opponent."

Izuku nodded. "I have to admit… After all that I've seen of what Zod can do, he really is the most powerful villain I have ever seen… I'm afraid he's not even using his full strength!"

The first user, Yoichi Shigaraki, said, "Never would I thought that there would be a villain stronger than my older brother…"

"That's an alien from another world for you, I guess" said the fifth user, Daigoro Banjo. "I admit that I had a good laugh when I heard the Superman guy managed to beat him in a fight! I never felt so satisfied before!"

"As fun as it was to know that All For One received a beating of his lifetime from Superman, we still have to deal with the issue at hand," Nana told the others. "This Zod person is indeed very powerful, so unlike anyone we've fought in the past…"

"Is there anyway you can help?" Izuku asked them. "I still have yet to unlock every Quirk…"

"That's what we have been discussing," Nana told him. "So far, you have yet to use the second and third users' Quirks, and we believe that it is time that you know how to use them. Whether or not it will truly help you defeat Zod, we are sure it will at least make things easier for you in some way."


Meanwhile, Zod was fighting more aggressive than before. He destroyed Mei's red sunlight device and thus prevented other people from having an advantage over him.

Midnight tried to expose him to her sleeping pheromone, but it didn't appear to do anything to him, likely due to his biology being enhanced by sunlight, and then she found herself getting knocked away.

Aizawa tried to wrap him up with his scarf, only for it to be ripped apart with no effort at all, and then Zod proceeded to attack him.

Even Superman was having a hard time against him, especially when Zod was also attacking the bystanders. Despite many of them trying to run, Zod intentionally aimed his attacks at them, knowing that Superman would do anything he could to save them.

As Superman tried to block a Heat Vision from Zod that was aimed at some terrified students backed against a wall, Zod said, "Your feelings for the weak will be the fall of you, Kal-El! That is why I will always be stronger than you!"

Without a warning, Zod was punched in the back of the head hard and knocked forward, ending his beam attack. Getting back up and turning around, Zod roared in anger, "Who dares?!" Only to be socked in the face again hard.

Standing behind him was the same man told to bring the kryptonite to this place. Holding in one hand the opened box containing the green rock, the man said to him, "Knuckleduster dares! This thing is supposed to be your weakness, huh? Then I came to the right place!"

He moved the rock closer to Zod, making the latter reel back in pain, and then he proceeded to punch the villain with one hand using a brass knuckle over and over.

All the while, the others were confused at the appearance of this person but also in awe that he was actually hurting Zod. Aizawa recognized that person and said, "Knuckleduster…?! What is he doing here?"

Knuckleduster kept on attacking Zod until the latter dodged a blow and caught his arm. Despite feeling week from the kryptonite's aura, Zod still had enough energy to lift Knuckleduster over his shoulder and slam him against the ground. The kryptonite fell off the vigilante and rolled away to a distance enough to make Zod feel safe.

Zod picked up Knuckleduster by the neck and readied to punch off his head using his other hand. "Any last words?"

"Yeah, fuck you!" replied Knuckleduster with a smug grin.

As Zod was about to end him, a green blur suddenly shot through the air, picking up the kryptonite in the process, and then rammed into Zod with such a force that the villain was sent rolling aside, dropping Knuckleduster in the process.

Zod got back up and glared at Izuku, his attacker. Green electric-like energy was surging throughout the latter's body as he took his stance with the kryptonite in his hand, glaring at Zod. "You! It seems that you have a death wish!" Zod said to him in rage.

"I will not let you take over our world!" Izuku loudly said to him. "We will all stop you here!"

"DIE!" shouted as he fired his Heat Vision at Izuku, but the latter moved away so fast that he seemingly disappeared. He appeared next to Zod and punched him hard, knocking him away, but Zod was able to retain to his footing. The evil alien looked around in surprise as Izuku began flying around him at an incredibly fast speed, unable to believe that he was capable of doing that.

The same thoughts were going on through the onlookers' minds. They were all mindblowned that Izuku was pulling off something like this.

"Whoa! Deku is moving extremely fast! I didn't know he can do that!" said Denki.

"Incredible…! He's almost like the Flash!" pointed out Tenya.

"That Deku…! Did he unlock more of One For All's potential?!" thought Katsuki.

Izuku charged at Zod and threw a punch, but the latter caught his fist and stopped him, though he did skid back a bit. "Enough!" shouted Zod in rage as he tried to punch Izuku, but the latter moved his body away in time and then slammed down his foot against the back of the villain's head hard. Moving away from Zod, Izuku thought about what he was told by the previous users.

"Fa Jin and Gearshift… I can build up power the more I move using the former, while the latter lets me control speed… However, I can only use the latter for a limited amount of time…" he thought. "I have to combined every Quirk I have if I want to take him down within the time limit!"

Izuku flew at Zod again, but to his surprise, Zod took off at an equally fast speed. "You think you're the only one who is special? I can do everything better than you!" Zod angrily said to him.

The two of them flew around in the air incredibly fast, so much that the others had a hard time trying to keep up with their eyes.

The two took their battle higher into the air and continued buzzing around nonstop. When Izuku charged at Zod, the latter readied to punch him, only to hit the air instead, as Izuku came to a complete halt without a warning. His danger sensor warned him of the attack, and Gearshift allowed him to stop his movement completely.

He took off right after Zod threw his punch, slamming the kryptonite that he was still carrying with him against his body to weaken the alien, and then he punched with his other hand, sending Zod flying through the air.

Zod came to a stop and shouted in rage as he unleashed a Heat Vision much larger than the previous ones. Izuku was going to dodge them, but then Superman appeared in between them and fired an equally large Heat Vision that pushed back Zod's.

Due to being up in the air, the intensity of their beam clashing was so strong that several people throughout the city could see what was happening. The Justice League recognized it as Superman and Zod clashing against each other.

While the two aliens clashed their beams against each other, Izuku sped his way to the side of Zod and caught his limbs using Black Whip, and then he flung him at Superman, who ended his beam attack and punched him away.

"What was the catchphrase All Might often said again?" Superman asked Izuku.

"It's Plus Ultra," the latter replied.

"Then let's end this together!" Superman told him, to which he nodded in agreement. The two then sped towards Zod at an equally fast speed, punching him hard and knocking back again. The two sped around Zod, attacking him with a hit and run tactic so fast that he was unable to do anything to fight back.

Eventually, both the heroes flew higher than Zod and then dived down at him together. "NOBODY DEFEATS ME!" Zod angrily shouted at them as he readied to counterattack. However, he was surprised by what appeared to be the appearance of seven other people floating alongside the approaching duo, and they had a ghostly appearance. He thought he heard them speaking to him as well.

"You will not take over our world!" said the ghostly figures in echoing voices.

While Zod was confused by what he saw and heard, this left him wide open to Superman and Izuku as the two landed their punches against him, all the while shouting, "PLUS ULTRA!"

SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!

A split second later, an "explosion" could be heard, and an earthquake happened as well, though it only lasted for a second, but still enough to shake everyone to his or her knees.

Several people rushed over to an empty field that currently had a large crater in the middle of it. Looking down at the center of the crater, they saw Zod lying down there, badly injured and unconscious.

The Flash arrived at the scene, and he looked at Zod for a while before tilting up his head and said happily, "They… They did it!"

Up in the air, Superman was carrying Izuku, who looked dead tired and on the verge of passing out. "We… We did it…" said Izuku while breathing heavily.

"We sure did!" Superman told him.


TO BE CONTINUED

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