"[Nobody move,]" the redhaired man said, sneering. "[Because as of right now, everyone here on I-Island, are our hostages.]"
He snapped his fingers, and on the screens in the reception hall, security footage around I-Island appeared, showing security robots surrounding people and blocking streetways. Save for one, which showed an alien rampaging around, breaking several security robots as people nearby ran away screaming, while alien robots followed him, also rampaging.
"What the-!?" All Might said, horrified at the sight.
"[Hm, didn't take expect that, but whatever,]" he said, mildly surprised at the sight. "[You get the picture.]"
He pressed a button on his mask. "[Do it,]" he commanded. Holes opened up on the floor, and blue glowing ropes shot out of the ground, wrapping around the pro heroes and pinning their arms to their torsos. "[Any struggling, and we will make sure you all get riddled with holes.]"
"What the hell!? You're not going to get away with this!" Hayate shouted, as he, Kana, and Mizuna struggled to break out of them, but the redhaired man walked over to them and kicked them onto the ground.
"Do I need to speak in Japanese to get you to understand me?" the man said, as he stepped onto Hayate's gut. "Don't bother fighting against us, because if you do, we'll make sure that every single civilian here gets punished."
"You bastard-!" Kana growled, but he stepped on her gut like her brother.
"Kana! Hayate!" their mother said, though she had to be held back by their father, who could only glower at the terrorists.
"Like I said, no resisting. We can and will activate the security robots to attack if any of you heroes dare to make a move," the redhaired man said. He walked towards All Might, kicking the man in the stomach and forcing him down. "And that includes you, All Might. I'm sure that you can stop us here, but I think we can take out a couple dozen people before you and any of these pros leave this room."
"What's your endgame here!? Why on earth would you want to work with an-"
"I'm not. Whoever this alien is, they're working on their own terms. But I guess I should expect more than just the one if they're here," the man said. "Either way, that just puts me and my men on a tighter schedule. [Now then, everyone get on the floor.]"
The man began to patrol the reception hall, making sure that everyone was kneeling or sitting on the ground. "[Alright, just stay quiet, and no one gets hurt-]"
"[You bastards, what the hell do you want-]" an American hero, Mr. Plastic, demanded, when the man kicked him on the chin, knocking him over.
"[I just said to stay quiet. Don't fight back. If you all do what I say, no one gets hurt here or anywhere else on the island by my men.]"
"[Bullshit! Then what's with the alien-]"
"[That was just an unexpected twist. That alien's not working with us. So unfortunately, we can't stop him. However, if you all cooperate with us, we'll let you all go and deal with him after we get out of here with what we're looking for,]" he answered. "[Now then...]"
He turned towards a shivering Samuel, who sweated heavily when he stared at him. "[You're a researcher here, right?]"
"[Y-Yes,]" Samuel confirmed.
"[Good. We need a tour guide,]" the man said, picking Samuel up by the collar. "[Just lead us to where we want, and we won't hurt you.]"
"[Stop!]" David shouted, as he walked towards the man. "[What on earth do you want with my assistant!?]"
"[Hm? If it isn't the esteemed David Shield. If this is your assistant, then I think we'll have you come along, too,]" he sneered, as some of his men came up behind him. "[After all, if you want to save these people from us and the rest of I-Island from that alien, you might want to help us as fast as you can.]"
"[F-Fine,]" David said, as one of the terrorists led him and Samuel away. As they left, All Might growled.
"Dammit! Just my luck! Alien and human terrorists attacking at the same time! Can I save everyone here and the rest of I-Island like this!? I-"
"Hello, can all of the pros down in the reception hall hear me!? Hello!? I am Ultraman Hero!"
All Might froze as he heard Hero's familiar voice. He was so busy trying to figure out what he could do that he must've let his mind slip and opened to telepathy. Though at the very least it was of a thoroughly heroic person. Some pros began to shift their eyes, looking for the source of who was talking.
"I am contacting every hero my host and our friends can see from the floor the reception hall's glass ceiling! Right now we're all telepathically connected! Do not worry about your privacy, I'm only using the ability to speak to you all directly. No actual mindreading. I know this is in bad form, but this is an emergency! Stay calm, we can take care of this!"
"Wait, Mr. Hero! What are you saying!? You, Young Hiroshi, and Young Rigel have to leave to fight the alien that's terrorizing the island!" All Might said, glancing up to the floor above them and seeing Hiroshi, Izuku, and some of their classmates peering in.
"There's an alien attacking the island!?" Izuku said in his mind, as they all looked at each other.
"Well that makes this much more complicated now," Hiroshi replied. "Because just a while ago, Hero had sensed another alien here in the tower."
"What!? Another alien's here in the Central Tower!?" All Might thought. This was definitely worse now. Could David really be safe if there was an alien in the tower as well?
"Dammit, just our luck!" one of the pros thought. "Alien and human villains all attacking tonight! What's going on!?"
"If only we can do something-!"
"All these people-!"
"Do not worry," Hero stated. "We'll save everyone. The entire tower's under lockdown, so breaking out would only alert the villains to our presence. We'll take back the tower and beat these villains! I promise! My friends with me are experienced with handling aliens with me, so you can trust them to help!"
"And I'm familiar with how the security system works after a few trips with my father, so I can handle shutting it down!" Melissa added. "I do what I can to help save everyone!"
"W-W-Wait! Hiroshi, Fuka!" Kana said. "You-"
"I know that you're worried. Honestly, I am too," Hiroshi said. He made brief eye contact with his twin siblings. "But I promise you both, I'm not going to let anyone here get hurt. Not me, not Fuka, not our friends. No one is going to get hurt. We'll save you all. Trust me."
"We'll watch each other's backs, we won't let each other get hurt," Fuka said. "And I mean all of us."
"We... we do," Hayate replied. "Good luck, you guys."
"Thanks you two. Now, let's go stop some villains!" Hiroshi said, as he and the others above the reception hall looked at each other and nodded as they headed away.
"All Might, I've cut off all telepathic communications to everyone that isn't aware of your secret. Are you alright?" Hero asked.
"I'm fine. But is there really-"
"I'm sure of it. Will you be able to maintain your muscular form for long?"
"Hmph, of course!" All Might said, smiling. "Being bound is nothing for Japan's Number One Hero! Just take the aliens and retake the security system, and we'll handle the rest! Do not try fighting them if necessary!"
"Of course, we'll make this fast!" Hiroshi said.
"We'll do our best, All Might!" Izuku said. "You can count on us!"
"Uncle Might, where's dad and Sam?" Melissa asked, having noticed that her father and his assistant were missing.
"The leader of the human terrorists took the two of them to take them somewhere in the tower," All Might explained. "I don't know where he wants them to lead him to-"
"The vault! It contains hundreds if not thousands of inventions! Support gear, general Quirk tools, anything! They might be looking for something there!" Melissa theorized.
"Then we go and stop them there," Hero said. "If our hunch is correct, the alien must be going there, too. Hiroshi and I will head there to stop them. Rigel and Ardiana will help protect you all while you head up to the security room."
"Which floors are they on?" Hiroshi asked.
"They're both on the 200th floor."
"Oh boy, and considering that the elevators are out of the question-" Setsuna realized.
"- We're gonna have to climb 200 floors!?" Minoru cried.
"If you think about it, we'd be climbing 196 floors, really, since we're on the third floor already," Rigel answered.
"That is not comforting! I vote we split up-"
"No, it's safer if we stick together until we're at the 200th floor. If we split up, it'll be harder to know how the others are," Fuka stated. "Especially since Danny's with us so we can make sure he's alright."
"Young Danny is with you-!? Urgh, Young Fuka is right! Stay together, and watch each other's backs! We're counting on you all, you sprouts! Do not let each other get out of your sights! Do not try and fight any of the villains! And when you can escape, do it!" All Might said.
"Of course! Let's go, everyone!" Izuku said.
In an elevator
"[Sam, what's going on!? I told you to call off the plan and the actors!]" David whispered to Samuel, as they traveled up towards the 200th floor. "[Why are they here!?]"
"[Because I want to get the device back, David,]" Samuel hissed. "[I can't believe that after all the work we've put into this project, that you of all people would be fine with letting them treat us like this!]"
"[Sam, the device is going to be dangerous in the wrong hands! The sponsors were right about that!]" David retorted. "[And now we're risking the lives of these actors because there's an alien threat now!]"
"[Pft, I wish I was an actor,]" the man with them muttered. "[If I was, I wouldn't be risking my life or jailtime with this shit...]"
"[Risk jailtime-? Sam did you hire real villains!?]" David said, aghast.
"[We prefer the term mercenary,]" their guard said.
"[Sam what the hell!? The plan didn't involve anyone getting hurt for real! Why did you-]"
"[Come on, David, do you really think any actor would want to face jailtime for breaking into one of the most heavily secured places in the world!?]" Samuel snapped. "[Even if you didn't back out, I'd have gone with them!]"
"[But why-]"
"[Because you gave up on this project! We spent years on it working on it, and we deserve to get compensated for all that time!]"
"[We've made so many other things besides that, though! Didn't you see that entire floor of tech created by the two of us!?]"
"[You mean with the patents you decided to let others use while we focused on our main one? This was supposed to be the crowning invention we had! But instead it's wasting away in the vault!]" Samuel said, brows furrowed. "[I'd rather sell it to the highest bidder than let that happen! At least we could get something out of it that way!]"
"[And what about the alien!?]"
"[Had nothing to do with that! That Virus one must've hired-]"
"[Wait, as in that Unearthly League alien!? What on earth would he want-]"
"[I don't know. He offered his services, but I didn't want them. He's doing this on his own.]"
"[This is why I told you to cancel the plan!]" David said. "[He might use it on the human members of the Unearthly League now! I should've listened to the sponsors-]"
"[Alright you two, time to shut up,]" their guard growled, as his hand turned into a blade. "[No more talking, it's still a long ways up to the 200th floor by elevator. And I'd rather you not argue all the way there.]"
The guard took a seat on a bench in the elevator, as David and Samuel did the same.
"[Thank god they made this elevator big enough to have benches in them. I can't imagine having to stand up the entire time while going to the 200th floor,]" the guard grumbled, his gun still pointed at the two.
70th Floor
Virus strolled down the empty hallways, unbothered by the amount of walking he's been doing. While he enjoy tormenting others, the still silence was soothing to him as well. He came across a shutter blocking the stairway, and used his shadow teleportation to cross it. He promised Samuel that he wouldn't use his shadow teleportation to get to the vault in an instant. Nothing about using it to cross barriers.
In the emergency staircase
"Oh god, oh god, my legs," Minoru panted, as he lagged behind everyone. Ardiana's projector orb bumped into Minoru, forcing him to keep running.
"Come on, Mineta, keep moving! We've spent days going around Hosu with Mt. Lady!" Denki said, looking back. "Even Danny's keeping up with everyone at the front!"
"How!? He's not even a hero student!" Minoru complained, eyeing the foreigner who captured one of the cutest 1B girls' heart.
"[I told you that all of those nature jogs and hikes and cardio were a good thing for you!]" Pony said, as she, Danny, Hiroshi, Izuku, Rigel, Fuka, and Tenya led the pack of teens, while Setsuna's body parts were flying over them. Reiko was using her Quirk to levitate herself
"[Yea, I'm really thankful that you and everyone else convinced me to do them!]" Danny said, haven't broken a sweat yet as they climbed the stairs.
"[Very... impressive!]" Hiroshi said, struggling to find the words as they ran. "Is everyone else alright!?"
"Gonna need to stop for a bit and reattach everything, but I'll be fine!" Setsuna replied. "I was wondering if getting this dress made to accommodate my Quirk was a good idea, but I'm glad I did!"
"Yea, thank god Death Arms had me running all the time," Kyoka said.
"I am doing fairly well thanks to my Quirk," Shihai said, having combined himself with Rigel's black suit.
"Glad we figured out how to ease the running for you," Rigel said, raising his left arm to talk to Shihai's face on his sleeve.
"My legs were not built for running up stairs!" Kinoko whined, though she still kept going.
"Not even out of breath here, Hiroshi," Fuka said. "But what about you?"
"Honestly, I think I'm feeling better," Hiroshi replied. "Probably the adrenaline running through me knowing that we're on a tight schedule."
"Melissa, are you alright?" Ochako said, noticing that Melissa was a bit behind them all. "I can use my Quirk to help make you lighter-"
"No, it's alright," she said, slightly out of breath. She pulled off her heels, and began running up the stairs barefooted. "I can't let some stairs beat me when we have people to help!"
"I just hope that it won't be too late to stop the alien here and the one out attacking the island," Rigel said. "Who knows what might be happening there..."
"Yeehahahahaha!" Masocre laughed, firing his Gapiya Gator at the buildings and watching the rubble fall around him. "Man, sometimes it's just nice to let loose and go nuts!"
Valis Raiders stormed around, assaulting anyone nearby as people panicked and ran everywhere to get away. However, hiding behind a corner just a few blocks away, Mina and the others watched them, unsure of what to do.
"Where's Hiroshi and the others!?" Toru whimpered, as they made sure to stay out of the sight of the alien and his robots. "I thought they would be here by now to stop that guy!"
"Maybe something's happening at the Central Tower! Isn't there supposed to be an opening reception there with all the pro heroes!?" Kosei said. "Maybe they're stuck there!"
Tetsutetsu growled as his fingers dug into the wall of the building they were hiding behind. "We... We can't let these assholes get away with this!"
"Dude are you nuts!? Are you suggesting we fight an alien without the person who's experienced with that!?" Manga said.
"We have special alien licenses-"
"- but those are only meant for self defense!" Juzo pointed out. "We're not actually allowed to fight them! We need to wait for the pros to arrive!"
"But all of these people-"
"You guys!" Hanta said, as he and his group joined up with them, huddling together. "What's going on!?"
"An alien's attacking, what else!?" Tetsutetsu said, as his flesh changed into metal. "And it's up to us to stop him!"
"Are you nuts!?" Hiryu hissed.
"We mustn't engage with him," Fumikage said. "Without the help of Hero and Rigel, we don't stand a chance against an alien."
"Come on, guys! We can't always rely on those guys to come in and save the day! We're heroes, too!"
"Tetsutetsu, think for a second! We've seen how strong aliens can be, and we don't know anything about this one!" Sen said.
"This is horribly reckless! We're still students!" Neito added.
"They're right, you know, you don't really know what that alien can do," Masocre said, standing right next to them. "By the way, the name's Masocre."
"Butt out, this is a-" Tetsutetsu began to say, when they froze and realized that the alien had gotten close to them. Everyone jumped back except for Tetsutetsu, who opted to leap forward and punch the alien in the face. The alien barely budged, and laughed. "It's going to take a lot more than-"
Masocre was quickly decked across the face by Jurota and Mezo. He stumbled backwards as the UA first years turned around. Mezo picked up Tetsutetsu and threw him over his shoulder, as he struggled to get out of his grasp.
"Go! Everyone run!" Hiryu shouted, when the Valis Raiders came and block their exit.
"Oof, those were even better! My client was right about the humans on this Earth," he muttered, getting up and rubbing his punched cheek. "You all seem a little gutsier than , so I think I'll play around with you for a bit now! And to make this a sporting fight, I won't use my cannon on you all!"
True to his word, Masocre detached his cannon and placed it on his back, and pulled out a machete. "Now then, let's play!"
With a snap of his fingers, the Valis Raiders started to attack the teens.
"I guess we have no choice now!" Juzo said, as they fought back to defend themselves, though Togaru and Tetsutetsu were more than willing for combat.
"Let's take him out, Tetsutetsu!" Togaru yelled as he charged towards the alien, blades growing from his body. He swung them down onto Masocre, who blocked the attack with his machete and kicked the teen away, though Togaru managed to nick his foot with a blade growing from his stomach, ripping through his shirt. "I'll slice you up!"
"Hm, you can make some pretty sharp blades, can you!?" Masocre said, wincing as he stood on his slightly cut foot. He threw his machete at the teen, who blocked it, only for Masocre to come and slug him with an uppercut when he was distracted. Tetsutetsu came to Togaru's aid by tackling Masocre and ramming him into a wall, but Masocre grabbed the steel teen by the shirt and threw him off.
Meanwhile, the other teens were busy fighting against the Valis Raiders. Mezo, Mashirao, and Jurota were tearing through several with their physical strength. Sen drilled through them with his arms while Mina threw acid and melted some. Fumikage and Dark Shadow smashed through them while defending Toru, with Hiryu and Juzo providing support by shooting Scales and Softening and solidifying the ground, trapping some of them. Neito did his best by Copying the Quirks of the others and doing whatever he could to help.
"Your robots aren't shit-" Tetsutetsu said, when Masocre slugged him across his face.
"That's because they're robots! But I'm on a level you little shits aren't even close to!" Masocre laughed. "And I'm just playing around!"
Before Tetsutetsu could recover, the alien grabbed his head, slammed it against his knee, and tossed the teen at the others, who caught him, but in that instance, more Valis Raiders appeared and took that opportunity to pin many of them down. Juzo used his Quirk to Soften the robots' hands and ground, sinking into it. But before he could have the chance to sneak up on Masocre, the alien jumped into the Softened ground, grabbing the teen by the throat, activating the cannon on his back to propel himself out of the ground. The two were shot up into the air, and Masocre threw him onto the ground, landing on Juzo's stomach with his foot.
"Guh!" Juzo coughed, grabbing Masocre's foot and trying to pry him off.
"Get off of him, you bastard!" Togaru shouted, creating a huge blade that he slashed at Masocre with.
"Yea yea, keep it coming!" Masocre cried, letting the blade hit his shoulder. He grabbed it and pulled him towards him, taking the opportunity to snap the blade off of Togaru's arm, causing the teen to bleed and wince from the sudden removal. Masocre grabbed Togaru, spun him around, and threw him against the building. Valis Raiders came, and picked up the teen, holding him with the others. It took several Valis Raiders to restrain Mezo and Jurota, who kept flinging them off, but they were relentless in attempting to pin them down.
"Just what do you want from here!?" Mina demanded, struggling to free herself from the robot's grasp. She kept trying to use her acid to melt through their hands, but they had a surprisingly high resistance to it, and she dared not to raise it anymore or else burn her own skin.
"Nothing," Masocre answered bluntly. "I was just hired to cause some trouble here while my client went into that tower to get something he wanted. And I got to say, this is the best job I've had in a while!"
He pulled off his cannon, and attached it to his arm again. "But as fun as you kids are, I have an entire island to terrorize. I guess it's time to start picking you off for real now, starting with this one-"
He pointed his Gapiya Gator cannon at Juzo, but before he could fire it, a giant reptilian tail slammed against his gut, sending him flying off the teen. The teens looked at who arrived, and were greeted by the sight of Godzillo.
"So. You'd dare attack children!? How vile!" he shouted, stomping towards Masocre. He slammed his tail onto the ground, shaking the area around them. The Valis Raiders were thrown off balance, and the teens took this opportunity to free themselves from them. As they ran away from the Valis Raiders, Godzillo swept his tail into them, shattering all of them into metal shards and wiring. "You'll never be forgiven!"
"Aaaaw fuck, what just hit me-?" Masocre grumbled, rubbing his head. He took a look at Godzillo, and stared at him for a good long while.
"Damn, I didn't expect to see an Alien Repturn here out of all places!"
Central Tower, 80th Floor
"Aw shit," Hiroshi said, as they all came to a stop. The next flight of stairs in front of them had been shuttered, blocking their way. "Any way to get around this?"
"No, and just breaking through would alert the security system," Melissa stated. "The villains will notice us if we do."
"Let's just go through here, then," Minoru said. Everyone turned their heads, and saw the short teen unlocking a metal door. "That was easy-"
"Mineta no!" Izuku said.
"You idiot!" Fuka said, pulling at her hair. "You just unlocked a door! They'll notice that!"
"Excuse me for coming up with a solution!" Minoru said.
"We didn't even have a chance to come up with anything else!" Setsuna bemoaned.
"We'll talk about this later, let's just go!" Hiroshi said, as they ran into the opened door. "Hopefully they won't be able to catch up with us since we're this far up now!"
Central Tower, Security Room, 200th Floor
"[Hey, you finally made it here, Swordkil. Was wondering what was taking you so long,]" a man with goggles said at the computer, as Swordkil led David and Samuel into the security room.
"[Shut up, this place is 200 floors tall, what do you expect from me?]" he retorted, when he noticed an alert go off on one of the computer screens. "[Hm? What's that about?]"
"[Someone must've opened a door on the 80th floor...]" the goggled man said, as he pulled up the security feed for the floor. The cameras zoomed in, and they saw a group of teens running through the hallways. Teens that David was very familiar with.
"[Melissa!]" he cried, as he saw his daughter at the head of the group.
"[Hey, Wolfram, we got some kids out and about, what should we do?]" Swordkil said, pressing on his earpiece.
"[Activate the steel doors and catch them, we don't need a bunch of runts getting in our way,]" Wolfram replied. "[Daigo, Nobu, Seen, and Bow are heading up there right now. Send Bolt and some of the security robots to cut them off, too.]"
"[Alright. Hacker, you heard the man, let's-]"
"[No! Please! Don't hurt them!]" David cried. "[Just let them go and I'll-]"
Swordkil cut David off, pointing his hand-turned-blade at him. "[Do you think you're in the position to be giving orders to us?]" he said, eyes narrowed. "[Last time I checked, you weren't our client.]"
"[Sam, please! Tell them to let the kids go!]" David said, turning to his assistant and pleading with him. "[You can't let them hurt Melissa! Please!]"
"[... I... I-]" Samuel began to stutter, when Hacker noticed something.
"[Hm? There's something else on the feed at the vault...]" the goggled man said, pulling up the feed. To their surprise, Virus was there, unlocking the vault door and rolling it to the side. The alien turned around, gave a polite wave to the camera, before walking in and closing the vault. Hacker checked the rest of the video feed, and found a trail of destroyed security robots. "[That can't be good.]"
"[How the hell did he get up here so fast!?]" Swordkil said, gritting his teeth.
"[You can't let him have the Quirk Amplification Device!]" Samuel said, sweating.
"[Shut up, we won't,]" Swordkil growled, pointing his gun at the two I-Island scientists. "[So hurry up and go to the vault.]"
"[H-Hey, you can't threaten me! I'm your client-]"
"[And I'm growing impatient, so let's go and get that device of yours already,]" Swordkil stated, forcing the two to walk.
The Vault
"I suppose I should be expecting some company soon," Virus said, as he locked the vault. He formed a shadowy barrier over the vault door and walls, making sure it was blocked. "That should keep them out for now, while I figure out how this all works."
Virus walked to the computer, and started to type on it. "Hm... this is simple enough. I can do this within a few minutes, or take my sweet time and wait for them to all come here to be dramatic... why not? Better to have an audience for things like this!"
He pulled out his multiversal remote, and scrolled through his selection, before stopping on a Pteranodon-like alien. "And something for later..."
Outside the Vault
"[Dammit, what's this shit!?]" Swordkil grumbled, poking the shadowy barrier that was around the vault and the wall.
"[C-Can you get through this!?]" Samuel said, shivering at the sight of the sealed vault. He pressed on the keypad to the door. It didn't respond. "[The codes aren't working!]"
"[Tch, wish I had a super strength Quirk and just smash my way through...]" Swordkil complained, as he pressed on his earpiece. "[Hey, Hacker! Open the goddamn vault!]"
"[You don't think I'm not trying!? Whatever that alien's doing to the door is strong enough to keep it from moving!]" Hacker said. "[Get Wolfram to break through it, his Quirk should be able to move that out of the way!]"
"[Hey, Wolfram, did you hear that?]" Swordkil said.
Reception Hall
"[So that Virus alien is here now?]" Wolfram muttered. "[I suppose I'll go up and handle him myself, then. You guys here make sure no one gets up or do anything.]"
As Wolfram left to go to the elevator, All Might, Hayate, and Kana gritted their teeth, having overheard the redhaired man's conversation.
"Virus!?" All Might thought, horrified, as he felt light steam floating off his body. "It can't be-! Is he the alien that Hero sensed!? Kids, stay careful!"
"Damn, this isn't looking good!" Hayate thought, struggling to look around. "Hayate, Fuka, all of you kids, stay safe!"
80th Floor
"Is there anywhere else we can go up?" Tenya asked, as the group ran through the hallway.
"There's another emergency stairway on the other side," Melissa said. "We can-"
Suddenly, steel doors began to close in front of them. They looked back, and noticed that the way back was also being cut off.
"Todoroki-!" Tenya shouted.
"Right!" Shoto answered as he created a pillar of ice that prevented the steel doors from closing. Tenya leaped through the gap, and using his Quirk to boost a kick, broke down a door. "Everyone, let's go through here!"
As they ran inside, the group found themselves in an area full of trees, bushes, and artificial waterfalls.
"What's this place? It's so pretty..." Kinoko said, looking around while they ran.
"It's a plant factory. It's used to research how Quirks influence plants," Melissa explained.
"[It's such a nice place...]" Danny said, when he felt his horns sensed someone moving through the wind . "[Pony, someone else is here!]"
"What!? Everyone, we need to hide! Danny sensed someone else here!" Pony said.
"Another problem!" Kyoka said, as they came to a stop. She pointed at the central elevator, and everyone saw the numbers changing. "Someone's coming up, too!"
They all dove into some nearby bushes, and hid.
"Everyone, be prepared..." Hero communicated through their thoughts. The elevator opened, and revealed four of the men that were at the reception hall.
"[Geh, I can't believe we're on childcare duty,]" Nobu, a tall, thin man grumbled, looking around.
"[Look at it this way, we'll get to teach some brats a lesson they'll never forget,]" Seen, a man with shades replied, adjusting them as they got out.
"[That I can live with, I hate kids,]" Daigo, a short stout man said.
"[Me too. Thinking they can do anything,]" Bow, a man with a fletching-like feathers on his left arm, muttered. "[They'll think twice before trying to play hero.]"
"Setsuna, keep an eye on them," Hiroshi said, looking to the girl sitting next to him.
"Of course," she replied, and her eyes separated from her body. She moved them to hide in the trees, and she watched the four terrorists walking around, looking for them. "They're just a few steps away from us, but I don't think they've-"
"Who are the hell are you?" a familiar angry voice asked.
"Oh no." Everyone peered out of the bushes they were hiding in, and saw Katsuki and Eijiro standing a few feet away from the four men.
"That's what we should be asking you, kid," Nobu said in Japanese, glaring at him. "Why are you here?"
"I wanna know the same about you! You don't look like any scientist like I've ever seen," Katsuki retorted.
"Bakugo, don't talk to people like that!" Eijiro chided. "Let me handle this... So yea, we're a little lost for the reception. It's on the 200th floor, right?"
"It was on the 2nd floor, you idiot! How did you mistake 2 with 200!?" Minoru muttered.
"Don't fuck with us, kids!" Nobu shouted. His right hand grew huge, and he swung it, firing off a blast of air from his hands.
"You guys-!" Izuku shouted, getting up to help them, when a giant ice wall formed in front of them, blocking the attack and trapping the men in an ice bubble.
"Whoa, Todoroki! What're you doing here-" Eijiro said, when Shoto formed an ice pillar underneath Izuku, Hiroshi, and the others. Meanwhile, they heard something
"Go! We'll handle them here!" Shoto said, when Danny felt something off.
"[BEHIND YOU!]" Danny shouted, pointing behind Shoto. Shoto turned around and raised his right arm, ice forming around it, blocking a knife that came out of nowhere.
"Dammit!" Seen muttered, flashing for a second before disappearing again when he held his breath.
"[How did you notice him!?]" Pony asked.
"[I-I felt the air around them moving with my Quirk,]" Danny said. pointing to his horns. "[I-It's the first time I've ever sensed someone invisible like that...]"
"[That's amazing! I can't believe you can sense someone like that!]" she said, when they felt the ice pillar grow.
"We'll catch up with you! Just find a way to the top!" Shoto said, when Itsuka, Nirengeki, Ibara, Pony, and Danny jumped off.
"You guys, what are you doing!?" Hiroshi said, looking at them as the distance between him and his classmates grew.
"They'll need some help fighting these guys," Itsuka said as they prepared to fight. "Strength in numbers, remember? And All Might told us to stick together."
"But why is your boyfriend staying behind with us?" Ibara asked Pony.
"[I can sense the invisible guy by how the air around him moves with my Quirk,]" Danny said, while Pony translated for him. "[He might be invisible, but he still moves, right?]"
"And I'll fight for him!" Pony said, as she detached her horns and had two pairs floating around her. "[They're not going to stop us!]"
"[Behind Itsuka!]" Danny said. Pony fired her horns behind Itsuka, and the invisible man wheezed from the impact. He backed away, and took in a deep breath, vanishing once more.
"[Danny, take this!]" Hiroshi said, tossing him his new special cartridge gun and a small belt of cartridges. "[Use them!]"
"G-Guys, what's going on!?" Eijiro asked, looking at them all.
"Didn't you hear the broadcast?" Nirengeki asked incredulously. "Villains took over the tower and I-Island's security."
"What!?" Eijiro and Katsuki said.
"Also, the reception hall was on the 2nd floor," Itsuka said. "Don't know how you confused 2 with 200..."
"You idiot!" Katsuki said, smacking Eijiro on the back of his head when the men in the ice broke through.
"You think you kids are tough?" Daigo growled. He grinded his teeth as his skin turned purple and his muscles and hair grew, giving him the appearance of a mutant gorilla. "Think again!"
"I was hoping to see some action," Bow said, as a crossbow-like appendage grew on his right forearm, and pulled on one of the fletching-like feathers on his left arm, creating an arrow that he loaded onto his right arm. "Let's see how much these kids can take it."
"[Are you ready, Danny?]" Pony asked, as he hid behind her and the others.
"[As ready as I could ever be for this...]" he answered.
"Damn, this way's blocked!" Fuka said, as they looked at the hallway they broke through. "Is there anywhere else we can get through!?"
"Well, considering that they know we're here now..." Hiroshi said, popping his right shoulder. "- I suppose subtlety isn't needed anymore!"
"Hold your hand and call out-!"
"HEROOOOO!"
Light formed around Hiroshi, and Hero in his Muscle Hercules form took his place. "Everyone, just follow me-"
"Look out!" Denki said, jumping in front of everyone and taking a big bolt of electricity. When the light died, they saw a man dressed similarly to the others downstairs, though he had a lightning bolt scar running down his arm.
"Tch, so one of you can absorb electricity?" he muttered, as sparks floated around his hand. "Figures..."
"Ha! In your face!" Denki said, smirking. "Go on head, guys! I got this!"
"You mean us," Rigel said, taking his jacket off and letting Shihai get off it. Sparks started to fly around him. "We'll handle him!"
"But Rigel-" Izuku said, when Saiphza ran to Setsuna. Rigel took his belt off and tossed it to her.
"Kaminari and I have the powers to match this guy, so we'll need to stay behind. If you get outside, go with Saiphza and deal with that alien attacking I-Island," he said, looking at them all with grave seriousness. "Ardiana will be able to help you guys pilot him. If things get dire, use my battle suit to help her out."
"Let's go," Ardiana said, as Hero began to charge through the steel doors. "Time is of utmost importance."
"... Right," Izuku said, nodding. He turned to look at Rigel and Denki one more time. "Stay safe, the both of you!"
"Man, we should've just used Hero from the get go!" Minoru said, watching Hero plowing through the steel doors like nothing.
"We were trying to be sneaky, Mineta!" Kyoka scolded. "We just have to keep going now!"
"I hope that we won't be too late to stop that other alien..." Momo sighed.
"Yea, and the rest of our classmates are out there, too," Tsuyu added.
"They'll be fine, right?" Kinoko said, biting her lip.
"I am certain that our fellow classmates will be safe," Reiko said, though there was a tinge of uncertainty in her voice. Soon, they managed to make it up to the 138th floor, when a swarm of security robots came pouring out.
"There's no time to waste on these guys!" Hero said, as he reared his fist back. With a mighty 'SHAA!', he threw a punch, shattering dozens of them and making a pathway. "Let's move!"
As they ran, more and more security robots kept streaming in. Hero kept swinging punches, blowing many of them away. Izuku joined him, pressing on the Full Gauntlet to activate it and letting 20% of One for All course throughout his body, though he put a little more into his right arm this time.
"Detroit SMASH!" Izuku shouted, swinging his fist, and immediately the robots around them were blown away. When they got to the other side, they closed the door, preventing more from following them.
"You've been wearing my Full Gauntlet this whole time?" Melissa said, touched that Izuku had the foresight to bring it.
"I... couldn't figure out how to take it off," he admitted, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "But let's keep going!"
"You damn brats!" Daigo screamed, as he attempted to punch Katsuki, only for the teen to fire off several Explosions, creating a smokescreen that blinded him. He looked around, and saw the teen flying in from above.
"Take THIIIIIS!" Katsuki screamed, firing several Explosions onto him. Daigo kept jumping around, slamming his fists onto the ground and creating shockwaves that broke it and made rubble fly everywhere.
The explosive teen kept moving around with his Explosions, avoiding all of the attacks, dodging the purple man while still firing off Explosions onto him before managing to get one off point blank in Daigo's face, sending him flying into one of the ice walls that Shoto had created.
Shoto, meanwhile, kept moving along an ice trail, creating ice spikes in an attempt to trap Nobu, though the man kept moving, swiping his hands right before the ice would hit him. When he landed, several balls of ice fell onto the ground. Shoto's eyes widened at the sight, before coming to a realization. "His Quirk displaces matter..."
Itsuka, Eijiro, and Nirengeki had their hands full with Bow, who kept his distance from the three while firing arrows from his right arm's crossbow appendage.
"You three don't stand a chance against me!" Bow taunted, running from the three. "Only person who could beat me is Lady-"
Nirengeki grabbed one of the fired arrows, and lobbed it like a spear at Bow. He activated his Quirk, making the arrow fly even faster towards Bow. The man's eyes widened, and he rolled out of the arrow's way, only for Eijiro to run up towards him and punch him in the stomach. In the moment where he was distracted, Itsuka enlarged her hands, and slapped Bow onto the ground, knocking him out.
"He talked a big game, huh?" Eijiro said, crossing his arms.
"They probably underestimated us," Nirengeki said, while Itsuka grabbed him to prevent him from escaping.
Meanwhile, Ibara, Pony, and Danny kept their guard, looking around for the invisible man. Ibara had her Vines forming a short barrier, ready to grab the invisible man in case he came close to them.
"[Where is he, Danny?]" Pony asked, as the three shifted their eyes around.
"[He's not near us, the air hasn't moved in a while...]" Danny said, when his horns alerted him to a change in the air's movement near Eijiro.
"[KIRISHIMA BEHIND YOU!]" he shouted, catching Eijiro's attention. The redhaired teen Hardened his skin, as another knife became visible, breaking against his skin. Eijiro spun around and slammed his fist into the invisible man's gut, knocking the wind out of him.
"You fucking little kids-!" Seen said. "I'll-"
Before he could go invisible again, Pony's horns slammed against him, sending him flying backwards. Danny loaded a random cartridge into the gun, and fired it, hitting Seen with a blast of pepper spray. He wheezed and coughed, unable to take in a deep breath, allowing Ibara to wrap her Vines around him. With a single punch across the chin from Pony, he passed out.
"You little brats-!" Daigo shouted, when he saw Katsuki launching himself up into the air.
"You should keep your eyes on me, jackass!" he shouted, as he began to spin around in the air, creating a ball of fire and light and in his right hand. Daigo raised his fist, ready to punch the screaming ash blond teen. "HOWITZER IMPACT!"
The ball collided with the man's fist, and a giant explosion erupted, smoke flying in all directions. Out of the cloud, Daigo flew out, back to his normal state, unconscious from the attack.
"Dammit all!" Nobu yelled. "You'll pay for that!"
"Bakugo!" Shoto said, as Nobu attempted to use his Quirk on Katsuki, though Katsuki managed to move to the side in time, only losing his left sleeve in the process.
"Eh?" Nobu said, feeling something moist in his hand. "What the-"
"You wanna know something neat about my Quirk?" Katsuki said, noticing the bits of his sleeve in the man's hand. "My sweat's like nitroglycerin!"
Shoto realized what Katsuki meant, and from his left hand, launched a blast of fire at Nobu. The man backed up, but the radiating heat from the fire was enough to heat the sweat up, making it explode and knocking him off his feet, which Shoto took advantage of by freezing him in ice. Soon enough, all four men were trapped in ice, making sure that they wouldn't be able to escape.
"Seems like we got all of them," Eijiro said, when they saw electricity sparking up on the bridge. "Maybe not."
"Quit absorbing my electricity and just get zapped like good kids should!" Bolt screamed, as Denki and Rigel absorbed all of the electricity he was emitting.
"Like we'd do that!" Denki said.
"Dammit, enough of this bullshit!" Bolt said, drawing a gun out. But within the seconds he took to pull it out, Rigel rushed him, palm outstretched.
"Take this!" he shouted, releasing a powerful explosion, sending the man flying in the air. Before the man could try attacking again, Rigel jumped into the air, and slammed his foot onto Bolt in an axe kick, creating another explosion that sent Bolt careening off the bridge, allowing Shoto to create an ice pillar to trap Bolt. Soon, Shoto and the others rode an ice pillar to get to the bridge.
"Alright, I suppose that takes care of that-" Rigel said, when security bots appeared on the bridge, blocking their ways. "Well... I suppose it'll take some more time to get to the others. Get ready, everyone!"
"Don't tell me what to do!" Katsuki barked, as sparks flew off his palms.
"[So, this is the vault, huh?]" Wolfram said, as he approached Swordkil, David, and Sam. He noticed the shadowy energies coating it. "[And that alien's inside?]"
"[Yea. Whatever he's doing is keeping the codes from opening it,]" Swordkil said. "[And you know my Quirk's no good with cutting metal or stone.]"
"[You have to get the Quirk Amplification Device!]" Samuel said, as Wolfram stared at him. "[You promised that you'd help me get it back!]"
"[Of course, Mr. Abraham,]" Wolfram replied, as he touched the vault door. He tried to pry the vault door off, only to find that it was resisting his control. "[Damn... looks like whatever this shadow stuff is, it's making the metal resist my Quirk.]"
"[How about the walls!?]" Samuel asked.
"[You don't think I'm trying?]" Wolfram scowled. "[He's done the same thing with the walls, too.]"
"[Sam, this has gone far enough! Just call everything off, and-]" David pleaded once again, only to get backhanded by Wolfram.
"[Pipe down. We've come this close, there's no way I'm about to leave a job unfinished,]" the redhaired man said, cracking his knuckles. "[I just need to put a little more backbone into this, that's all!]"
"I'm no alien," Godzillo said, though his voice was slightly unsteady. "I'm a human with a Quirk, just like everybody else here."
"Like bullshit! I know an Alien Repturn when I see one!" Masocre said, pointing at Godzillo. "I've fought Alien Repturns before, and they're just as bloodthirsty as me! They live to fight! They'll fight anyone! Hell, they fight each other in civil wars all the time! So when are you going to raze this place to the ground!?"
"What are you talking about, Godzillo's a hero!" Mina said.
"Just because he's reptilian, doesn't mean that he isn't human!" Hanta added.
"You want proof? Here's some firsthand footage I got while I visited Planet Repturn some time ago," Masocre asked, as he pressed a button on the side of his head. His eyes flashed, and a projection came out of them. Godzillo's eyes widened as he saw the unmistakable footage of Alien Repturns attacking and fighting each other, breathing fire and slamming each other with their tails. Many of them grew in size, trying to outmuscle others who didn't grow nearly as big as them.
Godzillo's hands trembled. He knew from his mother's stories about their race that a thirst for fighting was ingrained in their culture, and that they looked down on those they perceive as weak, like humans. But to see footage of it in action-
"So you have footage of aliens that look like Godzillo! There're people on this Earth that look like aliens, too!" Rikido said.
"But aliens do live among you, right? My client told me all about it, about how some aliens are pretending to be humans with these 'Quirks' of yours," Masocre said. The teens looked at each other; he did have a point, especially when they've encountered aliens that passed themselves off as humans with mutant-type Quirks. "So how can you trust that Alien Repturn's word?"
"I said I'm a human!" Godzillo roared, swinging his tail into Masocre. The Alien Gapiya, anticipating it this time, managed to grab it and used the momentum to pull Godzillo off his feet and into one of the buildings as the teens scrambled away. The building withstood the impact thanks to the steel shutters and its sturdiness, but it was still cracking from where Godzillo collided with it.
"And I'm not buying it! You think that you can hide the truth by calling it similarities!? Bullshit!" Masocre retorted. "If you're not an alien, then I bet you can't withstand the power of my Gapiya Gator! No human, Quirk or otherwise, could withstand its power! Only things that could are aliens like Alien Repturns or Ultras!"
Masocre's cannon began to charge up, the barrel glowing a dark purple. He pointed it at Godzillo, who was prepared to dodge it, when he shifted it towards the teens. He fired it, but before the teens could even flinch, Godzillo ran towards them and took the blast with his back, grunting as he felt the heat of the beam scorch and ruin his jacket, and onto his scales.
"Godzillo!" Toru cried, watching the pro hero wince at the attack. Once the beam died down, Godzillo turned his head and glared at the Alien Gapiya.
"So are you ready to admit that you're an Alien Repturn?" Masocre asked, as smoke rose out of his Gapiya Gator's barrel. Godzillo only looked at him with contempt. "I don't get it, why keep this charade up? You could've conquered this planet by now! Turned this place into an Alien Repturn playground! But you're protecting humans!? You Alien Repturns hate humans!"
"I'm telling you... that I am human..." Godzillo insisted, growling at the alien.
"Really now... I guess if that's the case, then you don't have the ability to grow giant!" Masocre said, as he began to grow in size. The teens watched in horror as the Alien Gapiya stomped towards the now much smaller Godzillo. "If that's so, I'll just make this as torturous as possible for you!"
The giant Masocre kicked Godzillo, making the reptilian hero wheeze as he was flung across the road. If he could use his full power, the fight would be far easier. But if he did, then he and his mother would be outed as aliens. And he couldn't do that to her. She was the one who stressed the importance of keeping his identity as an alien a secret, and she had a life of her own. And there were still aliens in hiding who didn't want to reveal themselves. If a pro hero like him revealed his true heritage in a situation like this (especially with how violent Alien Repturn culture is), he could feed into the paranoia and prejudice of people who're afraid of aliens, as well as mutant-type Quirk users that could be accused as aliens.
"Man, you're the easiest Alien Repturn that I've ever had to deal with!" Masocre laughed, as he kicked Godzillo again. "You're really dedicated to this whole 'I'm human' thing, why's that?"
"Because I am-" Godzillo said, when Masocre kicked him across the face. Masocre picked Godzillo up, and slammed him onto the street. The teens ran for cover, watching the alien beat the pro hero with his sheer size.
"Hm... my employer did mention that there are aliens that are passing themselves off as human here. Are you afraid of revealing that they're here on Earth, hiding?" Masocre asked, lifting Godzillo up by the neck as the hero struggled to pry his hands off. "How admirable, that you're so willing to die just because you're afraid of outing any other aliens!"
"Y-You-"
Masocre slammed Godzillo onto the ground, and began to punch the pro hero in the face. Dark red blood started to trickle down his face. "To be so ready to let yourself be killed, just so that these pathetic humans won't go and cast those aliens out, it's quite incredible!"
"Godzillo!"
Godzillo's eyes landed onto Mina, who stepped out of their hiding spot. "G-Go, r-run-"
"You shouldn't need to worry about that! You're a pro hero!" she shouted, tears in her eyes. "You've protected us all this time, right!?"
"That's right!" Hanta cried out, joining Mina. "Just because he says that those Alien Repturn guys are violent, doesn't mean you are!"
"If there're aliens like Hero, Rigel, and Ardiana out there that protect others, then we're not afraid of aliens!" Toru screamed. "Aliens come in all shapes and sizes like humans here, right!?"
"If you're really an Alien Repturn and have all those powers like that footage had, then go for it!" Kosei said. "You can't let a guy like him run around hurting people!"
Godzillo stared at the teens as they cheered him on, while Masocre laughed.
"That's it? Dramatic speeches? You think that's going to snap him out of-" Masocre said, as he continued to punch Godzillo, when the Alien Repturn grabbed his fist. To his surprise, Godzillo began to grow.
"Honestly, I always hoped to be able to reveal the truth," Godzillo said, as his grip around Masocre's fist tightened. "But because of outside circumstances and what my mother taught me, I kept silent, afraid that revealing the truth would make people uneasy... But now, now that Ultraman Hero and his host revealed the truth to this world, I shouldn't be!"
With a mighty grunt, he tossed Masocre off of him. When the two got up, Masocre was stunned to see Godzillo matching him in size now, if not just a few meters taller. "I wasn't lying when I said I was human, but that's only half of me! I am the son of a human and an Alien Repturn! I am Kaiji Tanaka! I am Godzillo! And most of all-"
Godzillo grabbed Masocre by the face, and slammed him onto the ground. "- I AM A PRO HERO OF EARTH!"
He picked Masocre up, lifting the alien above his head, and leaped into the air, making it to the city limits in one impressive bound. He threw the Alien Gapiya onto the ground before body slamming him. Masocre knocked Godzillo off, but the Alien Repturn was unfazed. Masocre aimed his Gapiya Gator at Godzillo, but the giant pro hero grabbed it and tore it off, ripping the connection port with it and bent the cannon in half.
"AW FUCK!" Masocre cried, holding his right arm as its exposed wires sparked and a black inky liquid oozed out. "Shit! That really hurt!"
"As a pro hero of Earth, I'm giving you a chance to leave this planet," Godzillo said, glaring at him. "But if you choose to continue your rampage, I'll will kill you."
"You kidding? I'm just getting warmed up!" Masocre said, pulling out his machete. "After I take you down, I'll make sure that everyone on this island suffers!"
The Alien Gapiya charged at Godzillo, swinging his machete down onto the Alien Repturn, only to be slammed by Godzillo's tail. Masocre staggered back, only to get hit with an uppercut to the jaw. Godzillo grabbed Masocre, and bit his shoulder, causing him to scream and reflexively drop his machete as he punched Godzillo's head to force him to let go. The reptilian hero then stomped on his foot before kicking it, making Masocre hop around on one foot for a bit before being knocked down by Godzillo's tail, followed up by the pro hero stomping on the Alien Gapiya's stomach.
"Gah... dammit..." Masocre grumbled, standing back up. "How are you this skilled!?"
"You might've had the advantage when I held back," Godzillo said, as fire began to build up in his mouth. "But I'm a pro hero! I've trained for years to use my powers, even while I hid most of them! All so that one day, I could lead everyone into a world where aliens and humans can walk together! And if there're threats that need to be permanently stopped like you, I'LL GO ALL OUT!"
"You think I'd buy that shit!? Take this, my Marvelous-"
"ATOMIC! FIIIIIIRE!" Godzillo yelled. He released a giant stream of fire onto Masocre. The alien mercenary yelled as he felt his flesh burn up, and his cyborg parts begin to explode from being overheated. Once Godzillo's fire was finished, Masocre's body began to spark and smoke.
"D-Dammit... I guess this is it for me..." Masocre said, realizing that he was the end of his rope now. "But at least I lived longer than Sadeath-"
Godzillo slammed his tail against Masocre one last time, sending him flying into the nearby water. The Alien Gapiya sank into the water before exploding, causing water to fly up into the air and fall down like rain. With that, the pro hero roared triumphantly into the sky.
"That takes care of that... now to help with the-"
An explosion went off at the top of the Central Tower and in the sky above them. Godzillo stared at it, wondering what could've happened before deciding to head over there when the teens ran up to him.
"Godzillo, is there anything else we can do!?" Tetsutetsu asked. "We... We can't just-"
"Stay here and help anyone that needs it," Godzillo said, looking at the group. "Knowing you UA kids, you can't help yourselves from getting involved, so I want you all to do the responsible thing, and make sure that people here are safe or help them. Is that clear?"
"But-"
"We understand, sir," Juzo said, stopping Tetsutetsu from objecting. "Let's go and search around for anyone that needs help, alright? That's what heroes do too."
"... Alright," Tetsutetsu sighed, realizing that this was the best that they could do now. "Just kick some ass for all of us here, you got it!?"
"Of course. I won't rest until everyone here is safe!" Godzillo said, grinning as he walked towards Central Tower while the teens cheered him on before dispersing to find and help anyone who needed it.
ORIGINAL AO3 NOTES:
- Been a while, hasn't it? Been on vacation with the family, which is why I've been gone for the most part, save for a few replies. Buuuut I'm back!
- I finished writing this chapter, but it was so long that I've split this chapter into two, so expect the next one very soon. It's why this ends kinda abruptly. But I'd rather take that than just packing too many fights into one chapter. Just give me a little bit of time to touch it up.
- While it would've been nice to have the teens beat Masocre, the guy's a professional alien mercenary who's taken thousands of dangerous jobs in his life, and they're still students. The only reason why they're alive and relatively unharmed is because he's playing around with them. Even the Valis Raiders can be tough to beat. So it was going to be a losing battle from the get go. As for Woflram's mercenaries, I think they just severely underestimated them 'cuz they were kids.
- I kinda think that some of their names are codenames 'cuz I think they'd be smart enough to use them to avoid getting their identities blown. Like I'm having a hard time thinking that Swordkil is ACTUALLY that guy's real name. Wolfram's somewhere in between, I think.
- The reason why Seen doesn't use a gun is because his Quirk doesn't work on metal. Like if it's in his pockets, they'll be hidden by the cloth, but if he draws it out, it'll become visible. Which means his shades are made out of plastic. I'll admit, it's a biiiiit of a stretch to justify that, but then again, I feel like some of the mercenaries were just overtly confident in their Quirks, since Nobu and Daigo straight up don't use their guns in their canon fight, and neither does Swordkil. Only one that ever seemed to regularly use their gun was Wolfram.
- I'll be honest, I'm not entirely happy with the 80th floor fight scene. I don't know why I am, so it might be me being my own critic, but I feel like it's the weakest one. I think it might be Danny's part. I might be stretching it, especially since Kyoka could've done the same, but I still wanted to show how he could be useful. On the other hand, I am completely happy with how the Godzillo fight turned out. Was looking forward to that one.
- The attack Masocre was trying to use was his Marvelous Mascorrection. It's a punch like Sadeath's Galactica Sadisfaction and Abel's Fantastic Abelfiction.
- I swear, I thought I included Mt. Lady as one of the people invited to I-Island, and I thought I forget to include any mention of her in the previous chapter, but looking through them, I realized that didn't. I guess it's because there was a moment where I was typing up Chapter 37 and it was around that part when my browser crashed, and I hadn't saved at that part, so when I went back to work on it, I just kinda forgot to type it up again. Oops. Probably a good thing, though, since this would've far too packed, I think.
- I'm gonna imagine that Godzillo's clothes are also able to grow with him, since he always prepared to reveal his true nature in the future, and clothes that can grow in size like him would be imperative to have.