All For One's eyes could only catch an extended blur as his face was soon met with a powerful punch, sending him flying back, the wall behind him being smashed to pieces as his back made heavy contact with it, all while being accompanied with a loud bang.

Genos and All Might both refused to halt the offensive. Their current strategy was simple yet effective-attacking together. All was going to plan for the moment-All Might landing his punch right after Genos finished his kick, sometimes the other way round, but the objective was clear-not giving the Symbol Of Evil a chance to fight back in any way.

Yet this time it was Genos who took the initiative, his punches getting stronger and stronger every minute thanks to his rocket boosters and also his emotion of anger. All For One could feel his feet leaving the ground as the repeated punches from Genos carried his body into the air, the current situation being a one sided beatdown.

"Water Streaming Rock Smashing Fist!"

Genos knew full well where this method of punching came from-even though he had not shown any interest during Bang's demonstration of the martial art, during his beatdown of Garou Genos could not help but mentally note down and analyse the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist. He secretly hoped to be able to use it one day, and that day was today, at this very moment. Even though his replication will never be as good as the original, All For One, could still feel immense pain flowing through his body as the cyborg before him kept unleashing more and more punches, before one final punch to the abdomen sent blood splattering wildly, like a machine gun, before All For One could feel a tight grip around his hand. Soon, his body was soaring through the air, connecting perfectly with All Might's punch.

"DETROIT SMASH!"

Right after, an immense shockwave came into existence, propelled by the air pressure created by All Might's punch, his face making heavy contact with the floor first as hit body rippled from the aftereffect of the punch. It was All Might's signature move, and thereby also the one that he put the most effort into. The fact that he was fighting his ultimate nemesis and the person that killed his master helped a bit-emotions helped increase the power of the punch, the emotions of anger and sorrow doing their job as All Might's mouth opened, a rage-filled scream emerged from the depths of his throat as the shockwave reduced surrounding structures to dust and bits.

Genos, not wanting the offensive to end, utilized his thrusters to propel himself into the air, before his brain commanded his boosters to carry him downwards towards the downed villain, appearing as nothing as a blur to the others. His fist slammed itself onto the outstretched hand of the villain, whose mouth opened to mutter a few words.

"Impact Recoil."

As soon as the words dissipated from existence, Genos could feel shock cursing through his body, before soaring through the air, cutting clean through like a hot knife through butter, before coming to a halt as soon as is back made contact with the wall behind him, his body slumping as soon as stopping. Electricity occasionally emerged from his body in fizzles, a sign of internal damage, as Genos gritted his teeth. Sure, normal punched from All For One were not damaging him in any way, yet having the power of his own punch reflected at him did cause damage. After all, his strength had been compared to Tanktop Master in the past, and the numerous upgrades after that meant that his strength had now been increased to greater heights. His legs struggling to help himself up, Genos tried desperately to recover, yet it had become evident that he needed a bit of time to fully get back into battle capability.

"Young Genos!"

All Might had surely caught his partner being severely damaged, yet there was no time for him to react as his hands moved to catch a full power air pressure blast from his nemesis, his feet clearly on the ground, as a loud explosion came into full view. Steam was blowing in all directions, dust was roaming free, like birds in the wild, and all was silent up until the dust finally cleared.

In full view of the public, Genos and All For One, in the middle of the giant crater stood a tall, physically frail and weak man, with skin thin to the point that bones were seen, and blood emerging from his mouth and nose uncontrollably.

For years, All Might had kept this form hidden from the public. Even from a couple of heroes as well. But now, all was revealed. Revealed to the world.

His true self.

Genos could only widen his eyes in shock, stunned by the view in front of him. He had not expected the Symbol Of Peace to suddenly revert into a much weaker form. Also in midst of battle. His arms slowly straining to pull his body upwards, electricity spluttering throughout, his legs carried his body upwards, a few stumbles coming into existence as his legs carried himself towards the Symbol Of Peace. Now they were both at a disadvantage-both were in a weakened state, and judging by the appearance and the blood flowing out of All Might that he was currently not in a state to fight.

His legs carrying himself before All Might, Genos stood between him and the villain, shielding the weakened Symbol Of Peace from the villain. He knew what the villain was truly capable of now-all it took was one attack to severely damage the majority of his internal systems and his left arm, with parts dropping out at some moments. His right hand aiming his incineration cannon at the villain, Genos knew only one thing-he is not going down without a fight.

"All Might, I want you to evacuate the citizens from the danger zone."

"Young Genos. What are you-"

His sentence was cut off by Genos, whose legs shifted into his usual battle stance, his eyes as determined as ever, despite his numerous damages. He knew he could not win alone. Not in his current state. But with All Might's current state being unable to fight and the presence of multiple civilians, he knew that he only had one thing that he was able to do at this moment. And he had no regrets.

"I will exert my life's remaining strength."