Chapter 44: Gruntilda's quiz show

Meanwhile, the twins and their mentors rushed through the lair to confront and arrest Gruntilda until Bearman stops them because he heard someone talking. However, Once-ler got impatient and rushed into a room filled with goons before screaming her name as she immediately starts fighting them, causing Bearman and Breegull to go help her while Charming just stood there with an emotionless look that somehow seems deadpan. Soon, Bearman begged Charming to help defeat the goons, which caused Charming to listen as he and Once-ler worked together to fight the wave of goons until they managed to knock them out. The heroes then moved on as Bearman and Breegull led the twins through the lair.


Soon, the heroes stop at a dead end, causing Once-ler to start complaining how frustrating it is to hunt down a witch that works for the infamous Warcraft of Doom, causing Charming to calm her down before analyzing the wall until he pushed a brick to reveal a hidden passageway much to everyone's surprised as Charming allowed them to go ahead before him. The heroes then reached a maze, which caused a montage to begin as Charming uses his villain tracker and Siri to help them. The montage then ends with the heroes reaching another dead end, causing Charming to give Once-ler her squeezing toy before scanning the wall with another invention before pressing it with his hands until another hidden passageway is revealed. Soon, the heroes went through another maze filled with bugs and snakes, which Charming is afraid of, causing Once-ler to hold him tight to keep him calm until they reached another dead end. This time, Once-ler volunteers to find the hidden passageway before putting her ear near the wall and knocked on it to listen to different knocks until she heard something different. She then took a deep breath before using her strength to punch a hole in the wall and revealed another hidden passageway, causing Bearman and Breegull to tell their interns that they are doing a great job helping them. When they got to another dead end, the heroes heard Gruntilda cackling, causing Charming to step forward and scan the wall until he notices a keyhole. He then noticed a key on the floor and uses it to unlock the last passageway.


After going through the passageway full of more bugs and snakes, the heroes suddenly became confused because they just step into what seems to be a game show hosted by Gruntilda herself. Gruntilda then welcome the heroes to her quiz show, where she will ask them questions about the IHWO, the hero society, and the Midoriya family ancestry, causing Once-ler to get fired up before telling Gruntilda to bring it on, much to Charming's annoyance, and Bearman and Breegull's shock. Gruntilda then cackle before starting the quiz show, which caused Once-ler to go first. After she explained the rules, Gruntilda ask the first question, which is "who was the first Midoriya?" causing Once-ler to give Gruntilda a look before saying that the answer was her grandpa Izenko. After Once-ler got two more questions wrong, Charming took over and got every question right much to Gruntilda's frustration until the heroes managed to reach her, which caused her to quickly escape towards the top of her lair, with Once-ler on her tail. Charming then told Bearman and Breegull that they should follow Once-ler, which they agree.