"What? I thought we were here to make sure this couldn't happen!" I cried.

The gas was starting to get thicker and thicker. Quick as a whip, I whipped us up gas masks and ran forward, looking for -

"Jirou!"

Jirou and Hagakure had been far ahead of us - deeper into the gas - they were both lying unconscious on the ground.

"Jirou, no, no - Hagakure - Jirou!" I tried not to stammer out too much, but hurried to get gas masks on them and Aoyama as well.

"cough - cough - Yaoyorozu!"

It was the boy from Class B who resembled Kirishima, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, carrying the girl with vine hair who had defeated Kaminari. She was unconscious. I quickly made more - more gas masks - more protection -

"I can handle this area!" I told him, as we were joined by Awase, another boy from Class 1B with a welding power, looking frightened - another gas mask -

"You two go look for others, take these!" I gave orders. It seemed natural somehow.

Tetsutetsu placed a mask on the vine haired girl's face first, then his own. He attached several to his belt. Then looked at Awase, nodded and, carrying the girl, ran off.

"We need to get these masks to as many students as possible," I told Awase. So many of my classmates may be in danger…I thought, and looked without meaning to at Jirou and Hagakure.

"Aoyama, you get these two to safety," I told him as I fascined my own mask. "I'm going to find the others."

And with Awase to guide me to the hiding spots of the others in Class 1B, I took off.

We hadn't gone far, however, before we heard something. Footsteps lumbering along the ground. As we looked around, we were confronted with a terrifying sight. A towering, lumbering beast, like the one we'd seen being led away in chains at the USJ.

We'd run right into a Noomu, and Sensei had told us we could do nothing to fight it.

But then -

Members of Class A and B, I hereby authorize you all for combat!

"A lot of good that'll do us!" cried Awase, who was looking at the Noomu facing us as if getting ready to scream.

And then, Mandalay's voice broke in again. We've identified one of the villains' objectives! The student named 'Kacchan!' Whoever Kacchan is, as much as possible, avoid combat! Refrain from solo movements! Got that Kacchan?

They're after Bakugou? I thought, in the few seconds I had time to think. Why? What do they want with him, specifically?

And then the Noomu raised it's chainsaw arm.