CYA: What Defines A Hero: Bad Path

by lumpeistbark3

this story revolves around the Entirety of Class 1A being isekai'd into the one-punch man world. The story contains light spoilers post-season 6. The story goes up until right after the psycho sister's arc so I guess spoilers for one punch season 3 as well. the alternative path on A03 is to be uploaded later here.

42. Month 5: Week 1: The Final Battle Part I

Note: We are closing in on the end of the arc, just four more parts and the monster association arc will officially come to a close! After that, we will get two more chapters ending the path on chapter 48! The voting continues but now it has an end date! And that is November! (more specifically my birthday on November the 7th). I would like to get a start on what's next after I'm finished writing these two paths.

The votes are as follows;

What defines a hero: 1B plot/ watch-along: 4

1A's Multiverse adventures: 3

What defines a hero: Neutral path : 3

Anime Stories: 1

The Hunters Rebirth: Darkshine, Puri-Puri Prisoner, Garou

The puri-Puri prisoner was currently traveling along the monster association taking out monsters as he went he didn't really have a direction of where he was going, and was just tunneling anywhere he could he had hoped to have eventually find the cat monster he was looking for, he felt his backside rumble a bunch indicating that someone was talking on the coms again so he removed it and listened in and he was utterly shocked about what he heard, tanky was dead apparently the cat monster had made its way to the surface and killed him, he slammed the ground multiple times in anguish, sadness, and rage. It was his fault he didn't tell anyone that the cadre got away and now someone was dead for it, tears streamed down his face at the shame he felt but anger also built up inside at the monster scum that not only took his babies from but also had taken one of his comrades that was a muscular hunk to boot. He was relieved to hear that the monster was taken care of by atomic samurai, he was surprised to find that the man was actually on the surface but he guessed he missed out on a lot of what was happening since his comms unit wasn't in its proper place where the others had it but he won't make that mistake again but before he would place it in his ear when he could find someplace to wash it but for the moment he looked at the map to get a better handle of the situation only atomic was on the surface everyone else was still underground.

He was closest to Darkie so he wanted to check up on him, the guilt he felt still hot in his chest now that someone had died. He wanted to ensure that the man was alright as he dug straight towards that position, he dug for about a minute before he exited out in some sort of sellar, he took a look around the room and was shocked to find someone chained up on the wall he quickly made his way over and looked the man over or what seemed to be a man, his skin was charred black and he seemed unresponsive for the most part as he checked him over but as he looked at his face a bit more, he did remind him of someone that was on a wanted posture, looking at his distinct hair he could definitely tell who it was but just as that epiphany fell upon him. He heard the shattering of chains and he subconsciously activated his bristle armor immediately but despite that the blows that landed were vicious five of them just five, two to either side of his jaw, one to his solar plexus, two to either side of his kidneys. He flew back a couple of feet and tried to catch his balance but his body failed him, his nose bled as he started to fall to a knee his body felt heavy the wounds from those blows were incredibly severe, he looked up as the man let out a guttural yell and the only thing that flash though puri-puri prisoner mind was that this was an extremely dangerous man, that he awakened!

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5 minutes earlier

Darkshine saw the large bright light and felt the blast completely surrounding him, he didn't feel that hurt from the attack but any pain at all was harrowing to him, as it only served to remind him how he could die in this place and because of that the only thing he could think of to do was run and to continue running, he broke through several walls and a couple of monsters as well but none of that slowed him down and the large dog continued to follow after him firing those exploding orbs at his back multiple times and it was gaining on him which only made his heartbeat along with his anxiety spike through the roof eventually he had no other choice but to fight the creature as an explosion caught under his feet and completely destroyed the floor below him causing him to crash downwards into the ground, his panic and fear completely grasped his mind and body but he was able to steady himself enough to enact a genius counter plan that emerged through that fear play dead, the monster was a dog right? Maybe if he stopped moving it would think he was dead and lose interest but that meant he had to calm his shaking and shivering and it took all of his willpower to do just that and even redoubling the effort when he felt the dog sniff along him but it seemed like his plan worked in good time as his next plan to really sell it was to soil himself but the dog sniffed for a moment longer before it seemed to have run away almost like it had just been called by something.

He picked himself up and dusted himself off, he felt so good to be alive at that moment but also part of him was ashamed of how he acted, the monster had attacked him with those heat spheres but they didn't seem THAT strong he could feel them but the pain was manageable, part of him wanted to believe that the girl was just fluke at this point but the heavy sense of foreboding of running into something as strong as she was was simply too hard on his mind to really care, he heard over the radio that the kid had been evacuated so he had no other reason to be here, he could just leave now right? His thoughts and demeanor were suddenly lifted. He could finally go, he survived this nightmare and he could go home and….maybe retire? He didn't know anymore but if he was going to be like this he couldn't be a hero. He wasn't like the others were as he started to walk along a pathway to get back upstairs the coms sparked once more and anxiety, fear, and sadness filled him again just as the news of tank top master's death came through, he knew the cadre were dangerous individuals even to himself so he didn't find it too surprising but hearing it was another thing entirely.

He didn't drag his feet as he started to march his way forward now more than ever more adamant about leaving the place and everything behind but as he took another step forward and turned a corner he was utterly shocked to see something smash through one of the walkways in front of him, he instinctively jumped backward a bit before he fully analyzed who had just burst through what seemed to be several walls in his path. The man rolled to a stop and darkshine winced as he looked the man over cuts and bruises completely marred his body noting both of his arms were broken and seemed to be limp and swelling produced mostly all around the man's face, but even despite that he could still maliciously talk to him as he realized he was there, he told him that garou had appeared on the scene and was the one that did this to him, darkshine was surprised he thought it would have been a cadre but it was just the hero hunter? His anxiety lessened and he blew a sigh of relief maybe that comfort was misplaced but he was much stronger than prisoner so he wasn't too concerned about the hunter.

Puri-puri prisoner told him of how he couldn't even scratch the man and that he should be careful taking him on in a frontal assault but it rung hollow in his ears given the disparity between their ability even puri-puri prisoner admitted so and thinking back on it he remembered that midoriya was also able to beat the hero hunter forcing him into retreat and he was roughly equal to the boy so he should be able to do something similar and that's when the idea hit him, if he could knock garou unconscious than he could take him and puri-puri prisoner away and that way he has a solid alibi for leaving the monster association base instead of helping the others clean up the other cadres, it was a blessing as he felt his confidence swell once more all he needed to do is crush garou and move on, he quickly turned on his comms unit and told everyone that he had encountered a wounded puri-puri prisoner and garou he would capture the teen and make his way back up to the surface with both of them before cutting off the mic and approaching the teen that slowly and jankily made his way towards him.

The teen's progress and movements steadily improved as he continued forward towards him before finally he got into striking range and the teen dashed at him, launching off with multiple strikes along his body despite his confidence darkshine was a bit curious to find out what the hero hunter was really about so he allowed the rain of blows t rake along his body and he simply smiles as he didn't feel a single one, his confidence in his plan grew, he flexed as the man came at him again and his attack completely bounced off him and he used that opportunity to dash forwards and shoulder charge him sending him flying through several walls just how he did puri-puri prisoner while he was going easy on him, partly in respect to bang he was going to get some revenge for the prisoner. He continued forwards toward the down man that got up despite his skill and technique his abilities were nothing compared to his muscles, the man got up and continued his attack running around him so fast that it kicked up dust before he struck out with a kick straight to his face but he was slow as he delivered a counter punch to the man instead sending him flying backward once more

"Give up garou your monster play ends here," Darkshine remarked and noticed an interesting sight as the man looked at him, his one red eye appearing to focus in comparison to before as he managed to catch his balance and slide to stop still standing.

"You are..super alloy darkshine? Where is this place? I was fighting orochi… where did that monster go?.." garou remarked before thinning more and his mind flashed to the brat before shaking his head and focusing on the hero in front of him.

"BUAHA Looks like I was fighting in my sleep." garou remarked comically as he started to stretch his achy and sore muscles.

"In your sleep? If you're going to come up with excuses, try to think of something more creative to explain why you can't rise to the occasion." darkshine remarked simply

"Well I'm not a pretty sight in my sleep, I'm sorry if I made you think you were going to win." garou replied, simply finishing his stretch and getting into his position, his hands mirroring the same pose that the old man did from before during their clash. Darkshie was noticeably more on guard than before but he still believed that he could win as he threw a punch in his direction.

Garou reacted almost instantly, deflecting the large punch away from him raising his leg up and hitting directly in the man's face carrying through with his strike as he forced his leg to slam the man directly on the ground.

"If I defeat you darkshine, it would prove that my attack power can succeed against anyone." garou remarked as he watched the man spin up back into the air and land back in a battle stance.

"It's true that your muscle coordination has dramatically improved but you are still no match for me, how about we just stop this fighting now…if you come with me you can atone for your sins and use the hero association state of state-of-the-art gyms to reforge both your muscles and mind to maybe become a true hero." Darkshine tried in an attempt to desolate the situation but it only seemed to do the opposite as the man used his took on a seemingly sadistic grin on his face as he pulled both of his arms back.

"You people…. Monster association, hero association, you will both be annihilated tonight, now die in peace." Garou replied simply

"Then I'll end it here." darkshine remarked as flexed and bulked up to his strongest point and charged forwards

Garou instincts flared at the attack that was coming his way everything told him to doge but he was too slow which only left deflection could he do was the question and to that, the answer was a resounding no as he felt the man thunder down into his chest his ribs cracked from the effort of staying together, there was so much power in such a simple move like a tackle, he didn't think something like this could be possible was the old geezer technique not capable of reflecting this? Several walls and now entire rooms seemed to have collapsed as he started to be moved past them so much that he lost track of it all.

"In order to experience his divine technique, I had offered to spar with bang in the past. I was mostly the aggressor who forced the action, but he beat me up. Even though I didn't sustain any severe damage my attacks were all deflected and I got thrown to the ground again and again. I know because I experienced it garou you're still too green. You have only been winning so far due to luck, if you had encountered atomic samurai, tatsumaki, flashy flash, or king you would be dead before you even got to show off any of your techniques, I don't know what pissed you off so much to start hunting heroes but you should know your place."

Darkshine remarked and for a reply, the man threw rocks at him, he let the attacks wash over him as they were of no threat but he was more surprised that the man could still continue to stand from that attack just now, he was hoping to just knock him out right then and there.

"Yeah, of course, they're strong, you're able to unleash violence on others without questioning whether it's right, like they are, you can win any fight. It means you've thrown away your kindness, it all stinks~ the stench of hypocrisy is making me sick. Is this situation supposed to be a part of your little morality play, too? The protagonist is filled with strength because of the good cause he's fighting for. You were saying some bullshit about me "playing monster". Do you people really think you aren't "playing hero"? All you heroes are shit and what really grinds my gears is that the shitter you are the more the public loves you. That's why I fight, I will put my life on the line to crush justice. You'll never be able to stop this monster play!" garou shouted as he charged forwards again.

Darkshine's defense faulted for just a moment as the hero spoke, he may have had a point he realized but that went out the window as he was punched in the face for his dropped guard, he quickly covered himself and patiently waited as the man continued to hammer away at him, he would eventually tire himself out leaving him open for his next attack which would ensure to finish it next time however as he waited a few moments he realized something he wasn't stopping, no …not just that he was actually getting faster? The man came at him like a tidal wave of what seemed like a dozen martial artists each attacking him at once, it didn't make sense truly someone that hurt shouldn't been able to move like that in the first place and now here he was going even beyond that, the thought of losing crossed his mind and his body instantly began to shrivel up again as he just weathered the storm.

Garou's body continues to improve without his knowledge channeling the whirlwind cutting fist in one hand and water stream rock smashing fist in the other. He knew that with these two techniques, even the large mass of muscle that was darkshine could be broken and torn apart without mercy.

The secret joint technique that even a world-class genius cannot normally perform alone, cross fang dragon slayer fist, was acquired by him subconsciously. By forcing himself through suicidal training, dojo challenges, and the hero hunts, this man is able to copy and acquire that go beyond the water stream and the whirlwind. Together with Silver Fang, they are known as the twin pillars of the hero world. Before the overwhelming defense of super alloy darkshine, the one who is considered to be at the pinnacle of physical combat, garou did not falter. In a battle against the strong, the harder he is pushed the more he can unleash his true ability and experience growth.

Garou's limiter was starting to break

Darkshine mind was faltering as the barrage continued but before it could fall into complete despair there was one thing that brought it back from the depths and held it there, he had not been too badly hurt yet, in actual fighting terms garou wasn't doing much of anything that the dog monster haven't done so far so if he unleashed his full power then maybe things would change, so darkshine did just that as he launched a heavy superalloy bazooka but he was stunned when he was actually countered full force as the man launched a punch of his own, he watched as his clothes or whatever it was seemingly coming apart but reassembles itself and condensing down into a section of his abdomen creating a spiral portion to revolve around his body even levitating off him, was this the body of a monster? he thought as he again was backed up by a barrage of strikes.

This time the strikes were different he could feel each and every one of them as he was forcibly pushed back, one of his jabs slipped through his guard and punched him in the face causing him to stagger backward, he replied in kind launching off with a punch forgoing capture and attempting to kill the man to end the fight now before it got to far but he deflected the strike with a single thumb, and got within his reach and struck him in the gut, pain erupted from his stomach as a splatter of blood came from his mouth. The world around them seemed to become dust from the shockwave of the impact that hit him. Darkshine coughed for a moment clearing the blood that was still in his throat, his body froze up at the sight of it, he didn't think that was before looking around at the sand around them, he used himself as a stepping stone to increase his technique even further, could he ever hope to fight this guy? Or was he even a human anymore?

Dakrshine thought as he looked upon garou standing above him proudly proclaiming that he was ready to continue fighting, his fears started to get the best of him again, and he felt the shivers form as he thought back to his past, before he was nothing but a looser he lost at every video games he played, he couldn't play sports because of his frail body, he lacked confidence because of those factors so he wanted to change that he begged his parent for a dumbbell the smallest he could find was a 3kg version and it would have to be enough so he practice and practice and slowly and steadily he was able to increase the weight from 5, 10kg, 50kg, 200kg, 500kg, 1 ton, 2 tons to the point where people ran out of numbers to even calculate his strength. Through his flawless battles and constant victories, he finally grew his confidence even when he joined the hero association he never stopped his training and he continued to win even against monsters until he was finally promoted to S-class where he thought he was looking for a great opponent which could push him to 100% but after his encounter with that girl, he realized what he truly wanted.

he wasn't looking forwards to a fight but he was looking forwards to a gratifying victory, he never wanted to be in a fight where the outcome he could not control as with that came the fear of death just like before, it was coming back again that growing fear continued to rise as the teen attacked him metamorphosize the smaller teen into a giant ferocious beast that he simply could not compete with his body wanted to run away just like before not wanting to fight anymore this was it and the best way to do that was to make space so he threw both of his hands out in superalloy double bazooka it landed cleanly against the teens head and he was going to make a run for it right than and their but he was mesmerized how the teen didn't even fall to the ground from the direct attack only sliding back a couple of feet before he dashed back at him with incredible speed to fast for him to track he felt another large pain in his stomach sending him off his feet he saw the hunter spin while in mid-air as he crashed him back down into the ground with kick directly to his neck. He was about to hit him with a double ear strike and darkshine could do nothing but let out an eek of fear.

The attack never landed however and garou seemed to be frozen in place above him, not questioning it darkshine quickly flipped garou off him and immediately started to run away, he didn't know or care what was happening he was just going to leave. Garou watched as the large man fled from him. Something about the look he had on his face was so wimpy that it made it feel like he was bullying him and that's not the evil he wanted to spread, his evil was far more…crack. Something within him was moving and shifting pain ruptured through his body as he fell down to his knees something was happening to him but something was telling him not to fight whatever it was, he looked up as the ceiling started to rain down upon him looking over he saw darkshine who was running away simply start to float upwards surrounded by a barrier the man looked at him and screamed for him to leave but his body refused to move as the rocks started to rain down upon him.

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World's Greatest Martial Artist: Bang, Bomb

Both bang and bomb followed after the large machine there travels were mostly kept in silence, the machine while capable of speech didn't say much of anything to the two older gentlemen at least during the latter half of their journey, during the beginning of their journey the machine had questioned both bang and even bomb if either of them would be welcome to joining a different hero agency, bomb was against such things remarking that he has his dojo to attend to an he wasn't nearly young enough for such actions and he even recommended that bang quit given how dangerous the monsters have been getting lately, bang or his part also declined the invitation he didn't find it very prudent of an adventure but more than that he was considering to take his brothers advice especially after dealing with garou, bangs asked the machine what garou condition was like or if it knew, the machine responded that he was at least stable he was heavily wounded by the monster king and had been burned considerably by its flame breath, he was nursed back to within an inch of his life by phoenix-man, the monster advisor Gyoro-Gyoro wanted to use him to make as a new monster king even stronger than the last but they were waiting until after the battle to properly take the steps to do so at least that is what we speculate as for now they had only chained him up in a corner and locked him away.

Bang mostly hummed at that, Bomb had occasionally whispered to his brother about his trust in the cyborg of the machine in general before they had arrived at the ghost town, visually they had only images that even the teen themselves remarked could be "doctored" or manipulated to show an image that wasn't there originally although he constantly told his brother that the teens referred to such things as an unlikely possibility but just to inform them of their own unease with the new people that they were working with and given this new agency resolve to even work with the monster association to hurt the hero association to make room for themselves to take the center stage he could understand their unease with working with them and to just be on the lookout for any mischievous behavior with the machine so far it seemed to have done nothing to indicate that it was going to betray them, even allowing them to rest while it attacked most of the monsters present. Most were killed by the machine allowing them to conserve their stamina for the likely fight ahead, it remarked that gokestu was supposedly guarding the hunter so it would be a herculean task to take that monster down, the machine rated that the monster as king orochi second in command and was comparable to elder centipede, the ninja brothers actually slightly paused at that but bang was more confident going against the martial artist than the large centipede although bomb was still concerned.

Most of the time when the group ran into a monster things had transpired mostly the same each time, the monsters would recognize that the G5 unit was with them from before the robot would re confirm Garou position from them if it could before it would unceremoniously cut off the creatures head but eventually it seemed that it's betrayal had been made present to a majority of the rest of the monsters as the next few monsters that had come across it didn't even bother with speaking with the machine anymore just attacking it on sight, the machine remarked that this could be do to the fact that Gyoro-Gyoro feeling them with his esper abilities or some of the monsters that they had fought when freeing the child escape and was able to report that they were betrayed to Gyoro-Gyoro and the monster likely knew where there goal lied and may have even been making plans to move him away, so with that pressing thought the group started to double time their efforts forwards through the small vibrations that rattled through the base nothing would slow them down with the two martial artist assistance their progress was never halted easily slicing and bludgenoing their way through monsters completely as they dashed forwards towards there next objective.

It took about 15 minutes of their quickened progress and what seemed like a hundred monsters later that they finally made it into a large coliseum that G5 remarked to be a shortcut, but just as it crested the entrance the machine was suddenly pelted to the side of the large coliseum. The two brothers took their stances, a large hand covered over the top of the tunnel they were entering in and small vibrations came before a large head poked its head downwards, looking directly at them.

"Bang of the water stream rock smashing fist and even Bomb of the whirlwind iron cutting fist, yes! This is perfect. Come out I will not attack you, the stage awaits our confrontation." the large monster remarked before it made good on his promise even turning his back on them as it walked away they could already tell of its hulking size, it took 15 large paces each of which matched at least 10 of their own before it stopped and turned around and crossed its arms and looked at them expectantly to enter, Bomb and Bang shared a glance between each other for a moment before they both continued and stepped forwards.

As they crested the door they came upon a large colosseum of some kind, but all of the occupants were missing. The two martial artists spared a glance towards the wreckage at the machine that was guiding them towards garou only to find it smashed into a wall and completely crumpled into it like a soda can, neith had described the machine as having a two-body system that would eject a smaller but more durable machine that could continue to lead them in case of structural failure but going by the damage the machine had taken and no smaller unit being spawned they guessed that it was no longer able to use that feature. The two martial artists stared at the hulking behemoth of a monster standing 40 ft tall with spiky hair and multiple eyes dotting its face, its hands still crossed as it stared down at them.

"Hailed as the two greatest martial artists the world has ever seen, Bang and Bomb the twin brothers." the monster spoke.

"It seems like our reputation precedes us." bomb quipped in reply to his brother.

"Indeed, I would assume that you are this goketsu then? I've heard of your victory during the first Super Fight tournament and your strange disappearance…so this is what has become of you." bang remarked towards the monster.

"I have become much greater than what I was before, I went to the super fight tournament on the day of the invasion to encounter you and truly see how far I have gotten, your absence saddened me but now this is my second chance to test myself…to prove that I'm the strongest martial artist this world has ever known. It is unfortunate that I would be unable to face you in your prime back when you were known as Wind of Blood " gokestu boasted simply.

"Oh that name takes me back." bomb remarked simply as he thought of the past.

"That style is behind me now, I wasn't there because of a lost pupil of mine, from the information given to me I have reason to believe that he is somewhere in this base. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that now would you?" bang asked seriously, one of Gokestu's eyebrows raised slightly before he thought more about it, and grabbed at his head.

"You refer to the brat in the cellars, yeah that boy is still down there, I don't know what happened to him nor how he was captured but Gyoro-Gyoro likely did so to lure you to me, I will have to offer my thanks after I defeat the both of you." gokestu remarked.

"You shouldn't be too confident of your own victory." bomb remarked as he got into his stance.

"If we manage to beat you, you will show us where you have garou locked away." bang remarked as he got into a stance as well, the monster let out a simple laugh before he stomped into the ground creating a miniature vibration that shook the room they were in.

"No. This is a battle to the death. Come at me like you're trying to kill me because I'm surely going to do the same. You have 10 seconds before we begin." goketsu remarked simply.

"Well, at least you tried," Bomb remarked but Bang simply shook his head.

"Now how will we find garou?" bang muttered mostly to himself.

"I think you should first worry about the task in front of you." bomb replied simply

As he finished speaking the two brothers stared at the monster and readied themselves for the battle to come, they expected the creature to be strong that was for certain it's very presence exuded such aura but what they did not expect was for something that large to also be incredibly fast as the 10 seconds past it seemed like on the very microsecond of the time despite not having a clock around the monster blitzed forwards, surprising both martials artist but not enough to prevent them from blocking the dual strike that the monster attempted at them but the blow was heavy and sent both of them rocketing backwards into the stands, but neither stayed down for long as they immediately charged back at the monster each deliver their own punch which the monster grabbed out of thin air, he caught bangs blow without a problem however bomb punch was more dangerous several micro cuts rang out over his hand from the dangerous blow but they were hallow, he attempted to slam bomb into the ground full force but the man was more nimble and held more power in his body than he expected for a person of his age as he received and landed with a thud that cracked the landscaped beneath him, knowing what the man was likely to do next he quickly through bang in his direction next forcing the man to stop his next assault cold unless he caught his brother up in the whirlwind.

He instead opted to catch his brother and gokestu was going to use the that opportunity to launch a small hop kick to both men but he was shocked when instead of hitting like he intended his kick seemed to be elsewhere like his leg slipped on an invisible surface in that next moment his other leg was caught out from under him but he stuck his hands out to catch himself before he fell, he retracted his leg coming back again at the two olderman in a sweeping motion this but again his leg felt like it slipped away from its intended target and the next blow sent hm spiraling backwards as a large impact landed on his back but he recovered quickly enough and stood up tall once more, so that was the water stream he realized as he looked again at the two older men before him, the ultimate defensive technique that none could hope to overcome in a head on strike, he would have believed that with his monster form he would simply be able to power through it but it seemed that would not be the case so he opted for a different strategy.

First and foremost he needed to test the true effectiveness of the defense as he buried his foot into the stony floor below before quickly raising it up into a large dust cloud of debris and rocks directly toward the two gentlemen he watched as Bomb hunkered down behind bang and the man use his martial arts to completely divert the rocks sent in the two direction, interesting he thought as he sped forwards again.

The large monster had disappeared into the smoke as bang deflected the flow of rocks, the creatures large size gave him away in the shadow of the smoke but bang was still busy dealing with the rocks in front of him to divert the punch from the large being that came at them but this punch was specifically aimed directly at bomb unlike his brother style his offensive focused martial arts didn't mitigate damage of the very heavy blows so when he blocked the strike it thrusted bomb backwards and slammed him hard into the stadium walls bombs didn't fall but he took a moment to rise once more, gokestu switched his attention towards bang, he through another punch at the man but he had actually stopped it before reaching the man to his surprised he didn't need to hit the man with his fist directly but he could still hit him with the air pressure of the punch which while significantly weaker than the punch itself would serve to give him an opening to land a different blow as the man was recovering from the shockwave, gokestu plan worked the shockwave took bang by surprise his hands were struck to his chest and body absorbed the shockwave of the blow and gokestu was surprised and thankful that he didn't get blown backwards as he expected of the legendary figure he came at the man with a knee strike which snapped out into a snap kick instead not directly towards the man but under him completely lifting him high into the air before and slamig him into the ceiling above with a thud causing it to partially collapsed.

Gokestu kept two of his eyes on bang and two of his eyes on bomb at all times so he could see that the second man had recovered from his throw across the floor and came back rushing at him, instead of looking engaging him he pushed down with his legs and jumped upwards directly at bang, he was the more dangerous adversary his defensive techniques made most direct assault fruitless bombs attacks were more dangerous in theory but he could work around that, he rode up towards the ceiling and launched off back down directly towards bang forging attempting to slap the man down instead simply using his large body to completely crush him underneath in a large tackle, he could not deflect what was not an forwards attack he thought but he couldn't test that theory as the man had used the falling debris around him to bounce up and around his tackle and salm downwards on his back multiple times in fact, the blows were light not as strong as the one he had done previously against him so he was able to stablize in mid-air fairly well but wanting to keep the two brothers within his line of sights he twisted his body to see the two of them , he flexed his back the best he could to thrown bang off of him before coming down on the arena with a drop kick.

The impact of the kick reverberated again around the entire colosseum, he chose this ground specifically because of its durability, this was the meeting area of all monsters and where the monster king would do battle against most of the cadres that they found crushing their wills to fight and showing his superiority against them to get them to submit for that it would need to be strong and tough enough to withstand at least this much, even he challenged the monster king a second time when he became a monster although he was still no match for the king. The shaking came to a close as both bang and bomb stood side by side once more, the two charged at him again this time from the ground, he equally charged the duo the three clashed in the center creating another massive shockwave to shake the area, he didn't think they would be this strong but he relished in that fact as he launched a punch at bomb his brother was there to intercept the blow however making his attack slide off into the floor below, bang shot back up with a kick which he was able to intercept with his other hand, bomb assault struck at his core and pain sliced through his stomach but he reacted instantly raising a large knee to strike the man away, he punched again at bang but again it was diverted away, but he slammed his head downwards at that very same moment but his shadow clued the man off on the attack and he withdrew his attack and avoided the crushing blow.

Using his head as a springboard to launch backward flipping through the air and coming to a complete stop on the ground, he was a slippery little bugger, but he was going land an attack on him eventually, and going by how weathered his brother's bomb was he could tell that it would hurt when he got a direct hit in, so this would be a battle of endurance bang couldn't keep up his defenses forever but he was the attacker so he needed to mind his own stamina he doubted that the old men could compare to him now but that didn't mean he would overextend himself and start launching attacks out continuously he would need to plan his motions at least carefully they were multiple tiers above that one martial artist he fought at the tournament even the Green hair kid from before what…happened to… his head had started to ache once more as he tried to remember he…remembered some bald guy and then.. His headache rose before he had just forgotten about trying to memorize it but the mere fact that his head wasn't on the other two was a problem the two of them took advantage of his momentary lapse in judgment and charged forward, he swiped a hand at them attempting to swipe them out of the air but the two ducked under his strike and pain immediately flooded his chest as he was struck with both of the martial artists.

Whirlwind Water Stream: Roaring Aura Sky Ripping Fist

The combo attack took the monster by surprise as Bang made sure to use the minor opening the monster had come upon as it clutched its head again the brothers were in sync as the two continued forward delivering the powerful combo attack, due to the angel they couldn't perform their more powerful move but this one would have to suffice. The monster was sent crashing through the walls of the coliseum by the force and the two men let out a heavy exhale as a combo attack took a toll on both of their bodies, but both were equally as surprised when the monster simply got up but it was now shaky on it' feet and had coughed up blood from the exertion but it was still standing and ready to fight, if not even more eager to as it had thought the two of them while skilled were too weak to hurt him otherwise.

Bomb was honestly a little put off by that, how many creatures down here would be able to survive their combo attack and keep on moving with just a slight cough of blood, the vibrations seemed to have made their way through the creature's body less so than the centipede but maybe that was due to the defense it put up to absolve itself of the full effect.

Bang was correct in his thinking that the monster was more compatible to fight against but that it also was more compatible against them, the monster's strength was more compact and dense on a single piece compared to the large centipede which spread parts of its large plates and body. And that was to talk about the monster on the skill, a first-rate martial artist with that body could prove to be a very difficult opponent to put down even if the two of them worked together, that was unless Bang decided to go all out but for some reason, he didn't the awakening breath brought his power up to the extreme nearly mirroring his days in his prime but it could only be used a few times and the toll on his body would be even worse their combo attacks. Did he expect to fight against even greater monsters? Or did he believe that garou would simply be that strong to push him to that point either way it seemed that the two of them would be having to do this the hard way then bomb thought.

The three being in the room sized each other up for another moment, goketsu wiped away the blood that left his lips before he started to go at them again, almost faster than last time as well, stomping off the ground leaving a trail of dust exploding in his wake but unlike before he didn't charge directly at them this time going above them, he slammed down with a large kick that separated the brothers for a moment as they jumped to the opposite side of the creature bang and bomb thought it was the perfect opportunity for another attack however the monster wasn't done charging towards bomb as he completely ignored bang but his feet continued to kick up dust and rock in the man's general direction forcing him to defend and slow his approach to help his brother, goketsu let off with another punch and instead of blocking, bomb punched off with his own attack the the clawed whirled covered over pieces of the man's hand stopping the punch at the expense of immense arm pain flooding through him, btu he kept through it to deliver a strong wind assault this had the great resuly of cutting off one nearly cutting off one off the man's hands but before the thing fell of completely some spiks seemingly grew in it' splace completely reatching the hands back into place.

Bomb was so taken off guard by the sudden trick that he was wide open for the leg strike that was going to land against him if not for his brother getting in the way and taking the attack for him, he would have been partially able to raise his guard up to deflect the heavy blow but it came in a bit to fast for the maneuver he was trying to do so he was struck in the chest taking the brunt of the blow as it sent both him and bomb spiraling into the corner of the coliseum once again, bomb mitigated the sage of the crashing by using his whirlwind to slice into the hard stone creating sandy soft material to crash into, he thanked his brother for the help and checked if he was alright after a haggard breath he replied that he was fine before they both stood up and readied themselves to fight once more, the monster wasn't focused on them but his hand testing it for flexibility and maneuverability reclining each of his fingers separately until the formed a fist a looked upon them.

The brief pause in the fighting was met with another brief but intense round of fighting both of the brothers worked in harmony playing off one another martial arts to beat back the monsters his combat gi was riddled with slices from the whirlwind and bleeding but this was not to say they had an easy time in putting the monster on the back foot momentary lapses into their formation offered them a punishing rebuttal from gokestu, striking hard and fast the brothers rolled with the punches to mitigate the damage but it still was dangerous and painful, eventually the two decided to forgo their plan in attempting to find or hopping for another opening to lend itself to another combo attack and instead just opted to do it through the monster defense, striking the monster on either side before kicking it away with a double shot to the face.

Whirlwind Water Stream: Cross Fang Dragon Slayer Fist

The world around them started to come back to them as the fight seemed to be over, both bang and bomb started to breathe heavily as they looked at the down monster but as the monster started to writhe and shake they knew the battle wasn't completely over however before they could continue on and lay on another blow before the creature could get up, behind them two more machines emerged and through their surprise it only told them stay close and after another moment exclaim that they were ready just in time when the base started to rip apart from the very foundation, the arena completely separated from each other, the monster managed to stand up, but it's arms hung loosely at it's side and two of it's fours eyes were slam shut and bleeding but even despite that it still seemed to want to continue fighting but for now it only watched as they leaved as the chasm between them grew wider and wider along with them starting to float high into the air in a green ball of energy Bang could only assume this was the work of Tatsumaki but what truly surprised them was what the robots filled them in on what was happening in their absence.

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A Powerful Enemy: Tatsumaki

Gyoro-Gyoro sat in his room sending out his feelers attempting to keep tabs on the situation dealing with the heroes most of them continue on their pathways not being slowed down in the slightest by the plethora of monster that came their way, their aura would completely wink out of resistance each time they closed in on the human signature he was feeling, he was partially surprised in the fact they even among what he would consider the weaker of the S-class were also not slowed down, which was a shame but of no-consequence even if they didn't manage to damage the S-class in any significant margin they still served to at least where them down until the cadre would be able to make their move, however there was some cause for concern due to being unable to locate two individuals one of which was king, he was like a shadow never to be seen or even felt, the monsters in that path way themselves had relayed to him that he was never scene and they suffered no casualties it was very perculiar and made him nervous someone so powerful being able to be so stealthy to sneak past dozens of monsters without even being detected was impressive which also meant he could pop up anywhere and cause complete devastation almost unimpeded.

The second person he couldn't track was not due to some uniqueness of stealth but the mere overbearing feeling of energy coming from said individual, hundreds of monsters were vanishing at a staggering pace even faster than any other he knew whom that individual could only be, manually attempting to figure out the scene would only serve to draw that person to him and before he did that he would like to first verify the whereabout of king before dealing with that one. A strange feeling was felt as he continued to monitor the situation, the manual breach in the monster association base was still well underway but more than that he felt machines were standing by no not just standing by they were seemingly helping the intruders on their way. Could they have been traitors all along? Dammit, he should have been more thorough in asking to speak and know who their creators were, did that mean that the other robots were also corrupted? He checked and so far that seemed to be no.

the machines that joined willingly offered their insight into the machines but it was his scientist and tech divisions that crafted them and made them so they should be under his direct control he set out the signal to activate all of them and send them against the heroes even some to the surface, he also sent a message sending a group of monsters towards the surface to kill the breachers but he feared it was going to be very much too late as he could feel the humans had already breached the chamber and rescued the child before and leaving away but some stay and fanned out words, where was phoenix-man? He wondered if the man was dragging his feet to get there, Was this a petty act of defiance on his part? In such a crucial moment as well, oh when this was over despite his abilities he would be sure to kill the creature dead although he was getting himself worked up for nothing, so what they had the child it didn't matter the kid served it purpose he would have likely told its keepers to kill it if he was more focused on it, he sent out a wave of telekinetic messages to the closest monsters to him that he wanted spread around that the three machines were no longer allies and to spread the news around the base.

A short time later he may have been a bit brash in his judgment, surprisingly a monster had returned to them with a message from one of the machines, it claimed to be a double agent given that it was a machine the humans were more likely to trust it and he told them that both bang and his brother bomb would be in his custody and that he would taking them down a certain passage way, the machine remarked that it could not take the duo with its own power even under a surprise attack so he would need assistance in that effort and Gyoro-Gyoro had the perfect person for such a task, he used his power and channeled it to send a strong telekinetic burst message to Gokestu the large monster was eager to fight the two martial artist and he was confident in his strength to complete the task but the message was a dangerous bargain it flared his power high and that meant there was a chance for the girl to come find him but he would have to see and wait, perhaps she could have been distracted by something else in the moment.

Time continued to tick as he searched for king's whereabouts but alas it seemed that his time was up, the young girl had managed to find him anyway unfortunately but no matter if the other cadre came together they could fight king while he recuperated from this battle.

"Finally found you, "the great psychic Gyoro-Gyoro " tatsumaki said in taunt.

"My, my I didn't expect for you to get here so soon, tornado of terror, the esper prodigy!"

"You are indeed someone that I must deal with personally, indeed I am Gyoro-Gyoro the military advisor of the monster association and the one who will create a new world centered around monsters!" Gyoro-Gyoro remarked

"Military advisor? Oh so you're not the boss." tatsumaki commented simply

"Drop dead." Gyoro-Gyoro simply replied as he took the very walls of his room and more slamming it down on the girl in all directions encapsulating her in a large orb of gravel and rock and continued to pressure it on, but something was wrong as he felt a force push back but not power struggle of any kind no the counter force completely blew his away the orb of rock and gravel that he attempted to use to crush the girl completely blew his out of the water and with an explosion of rock and light, in the center was a girl there completely unscathed by the attack, he was surprised but that turned to utter shock when the girl telekinetically commanded fragments of the once large orb of rock with just her finger and sent four rocks at him faster than he could even see but he did feel it as his hand right arm was completely obliterated by the assault straight through his barrier.

Given that she could do that with just a finger it was slightly cause for concern but it also told him something he likely already knew, he couldn't afford to hold back against this opponent as he let his esper power fully flow through himself making him larger and larger while regrowing his arm. With this he believed himself the superior esper between the smaller girl as he threw up and brought them down, slamming the girl with a force of 300 times super gravity wave but he was in awe as the girl simply shifted her shoulders. in a mockery to stretch them calling is waves just a nice massage for her since she had been sleeping with a new pillow lately, he couldn't' even fathom the utter bewilderment of her words or actions before with just a glare, his legs were completely twisted along with his some of his lower body, his two arms went next twisting to the point of breaking off and disappearing into nothingness before his entire world went dark as every eye along his body was popped like a kid playing with bubbles.

This was insane, he never expected the gap between her sister and her would be this much it far exceeded his expectations, and this was a huge miscalculation on his part.

"I now see how strong you are …it's over for me. But did you have to finish me off in such a cruel way? How nasty of you tornado of terror." Gyoro-Gyoro spoke as he started.

"What are you on about? Meat puppets can't feel pain. I'm going to pull your real body out!" tatsumaki remarked, Gyoro-Gyoro cursed that the girl had managed to see through his ruse and now he realized challenging her was premature but this left only one option left.

"Lord orochi! Please help me! Finish her off ahh! Lord Orochi! Ahhh!" Gyoro-Gyoro yelled for help.

"Orochi? Huh? That is the king right?'" tatsumaki spoke mostly to herself

"I may be the commander but monster king orochi is on a whole other level, even though his creator can not gauge his strength, he is a true monster. This is the end of the line for you, tatsumaki hehe!" Gyoro-Gyoro remarked smugly, his single eye in the center of his head regenerating completely to see the girl for a moment.

As he laughed the world around them started to shake and vibrate once more, signaling that the monster king had been coming and come it did as it ripped through the small enclosure of them, it's mouth was had already formed into a swirling mouth of teeth and jaws, as it bursted through shooting out a burst of flames, Gyoro-Gyoro thought such a move was poorly thought out given his current state as he couldn't defend against it but that seemed to be no problem as the girl shielded the both of them from the attack but not only that the blast was completely blown back into the monster face completely pushing him out the very hold he created, tatsumaki started off after the monster breaking out of the small room into a now open area that was created by the creature moving in that direction in a hurry, gyoro-gyoro was going to try to use the chance to float away however tatsumaki wanted to actually bring him along with them to see "orochi to be completely flattened." he balked at the girls overconfidence but he would enjoy watching the battle and watching her confidence slowly turn into despair.

Floating into the new more open space the monster had just finished recovering from having its attack redirected back at him by the girl and stared up at her with anger, he launched multiple of his tentacles at the floating woman just to have each and every one of them be twisted off into a rampant heap that quickly fell to the ground. Both Gyoro-Gyoro and orochi were surprised by the act, orochi quickly maintained his posture before he cloaked himself in flames and shot it forth directly at her this time she let the attack wash over her but the flames didn't even manage to get past her barrier as she simply faked fanned her face while looking down at the creature, the monster again cloaked itself in flames and charged at the girl but his charge was completely halted by a single hand as the girls slammed him down instead on the floor below breaking most of them in the process before it finally came to a stop, the flames were almost completely extinguished from the immense force revealing the monster centipede-like body, a rock pointed by tatsumaki whizzed past and struck the monster king directly on the head shattering the mask it wore, the blow was heavy and snapped it's head back as it tried to stand up.

Tastuamki made a quip about showing Gyoro-Gyoro how super gravity waves actually worked as she slammed a single hand down and the monster king was forced from a knee before being flattened down on the floor. Multiple tendrils again shot up at the girl only to get the same result as before they twisted into nothingness.

"Is this really all the monster king has to offer?" tatsumaki taunted as she got down into the monster's face, it glared at her before replying.

"I can't use my full power here, if you come with me down below I can show you what I'm capable of." the monster orochi replied as he struggled against the gravity waves pinning him down.

"Huh!? You guys had Two months! to prepare and yet you're still not ready when I arrive? Are you all just that pathetic? Tch well it's not my problem to deal with if this is really all you have without something else to help you then, you definitely aren't worth any more of my time." tatsumaki lambasted simply as she started to eviscerate the supposed monster king orochi first starting with it's head before crushing the body like a can of soda and throwing it away from her, it said it wanted to travel downwards so she would help it along as she sent the clumped up ball sailing through multiple floors out of sight, Gyoro-Gyoro was completely stunned by the display of power, this went beyond a simple miscalculation on her part.

this was something else this girl was a complete monster fubuki wasn't lying about it she could really see it now, what were his next steps now, he had one more trick up his sleeve to try and do and as the girl lowered him to look down into the hole that she created using orochi body she used that opportunity to strike at her with several eyeballs that she had scattered about the association drawing them towards him during the girl short fight with orochi and used them two strike out against the girl back but again his attack was fruitless as the dust cleared and the women were completely unphased. She quickly banished the eyeballs with a flick of her wrist while complementing her nuanced use of esper power.

The next thing Gyoro-Gyoro knew was the girl had suddenly grabbed something inside of him and pulled, despite the screams of pain the girl continued before finally popping out of the meat puppet emerged to tatsumaki's surprise another meat puppet. Was this girl mocking her? Tastsumaki thought simply. Psychos couldn't believe what she was seeing this girl not only defeated orochi with the greatest of ease but she was able to tear apart her durable meat puppet, at this point he greatest decisions was not piloting the meat puppet herself, but that was only the briefest bit of happiness she could afford herself, now she was just racing her brain on what could she possibly due to salvage the situation that bald guy and now tatsumaki how could they have any chance of killing these two individuals, maybe if she gathered up all of the cadre around right now there was a slight chance of them being able to would the girl enough to the point she overtaxes herself and leave her vulnerable the best cadre for prolonged conflict were homeless emperor and black sperm, there was a chance that she could also throw evil natural water into the ocean and see what becomes of it but she would be hopeless to control it at that point if even now she struggled to do so which means it could very well turn against her.

The best thing she can think of doing now is to simply wait for the girl out and wait for the other cadre to finish off the other heroes, then she could send them a telekinetic message to come and surround the women, and then together they could beat her while she observed from underground, not even the monsters know where her real body is located and she could use the distraction to leave and take garou with her, he has the potential to become even more powerful than orochi and with that, he may be able to grow into a strong enough threat to take both tatsumaki and that bald man out, the only snag to this plan was king, was king really stronger than both of them? Well, the bald man seemed to be a hidden secret even to the other S-class heroes so maybe he was just stronger than tatsumaki which means if her new monster king garou could defeat him then he would be able to defeat anyone else, yes that is what she will do the monster's association may have suffered a massive defeat with this battle but that does not mean that it was broken because the ruler still lived because real rulers would never show themselves in the open.

Everyone will come to fear this unknown ruler and she will enjoy watching humanity perish, but after that bald man is out of the picture, tatsumaki you'll be the first to die. Psychos thought with bitter anger, which turned into fear when it almost felt like the girl was looking right at her, her thoughts were seemingly confirmed when the girl remarked that she "found '' someone but she couldn't possibly be talking about her right? She was 15 kilometers below the ground it would be impossible even for a monster like her, she had to set up relays just so her telekinetic waves could cover that distance or was she retracing those same relays to get to me from the tiny amount of it that still lied inside of the Gyoro-Gyoro body? She soon felt her body become stiff and twisted, in place the girl was making her move. Some of the cadres should surely be done with their fights against the heroes at this point so they should be able to assist her…wait that's it, rover should be completely free and would be able to get there almost immediately maximum telepathic output: Overgrown rove! Hurry up and mobilize! Go get tatsumaki immediately! The girl begged and she got a response almost immediately the dog was on its way but she had no misunderstanding that it would only buy her a few seconds at most as once the paralyzing power waned on her she got up and quickly hurried herself to the table we're on it contained a strength boosting elixir it would sharpen her mind and therefore her psychic ability at least initially but it would continue to degrade her mind to focus on power instead of more nuances options she may have had available to her.

Tatsumaki was busy fishing up Fubuki's friend when she was done here she would let her little sister have it causing her and everyone else problems dealing with her little group antics, she was partially stopped from her actions when there was another explosion that entered into the room where she was, it seemed to be a large dog of some kind it was a monster of course and as soon as it seen her it opened its mouth to attack her with some form of energy tatsumaki merely rolled her eyes at the threat before she lifted a hand and slammed the dog down just as the attack was about to leave it's my mouth. multiple explosions set off right in the creatures face before she lifted the dog up and started to smash it around the room before she realized that she lost her grip on her true target, so she smashed the dog down in front of her and glared at it before yelling at it to scram before psychically pushing the creature away slamming it through multiple walls until it was out of sight, she only spared it a brief glance before she turned back to the main person at had she didn't want miss advisor to get away so she could start this whole shebang over again and waste even more of her time a different day.

She quickly reestablished her hold on the woman which was easier than before since the girl was giving away her position like a moth to a flame, she heard the girl challenge that she couldn't possibly pull her up from where she was and she took that as a challenge and responded, of course, she could she was only fishing up a regular human who had nowhere to run as she demonstrated as she yanked the girl skywards, she felt the girl climb up a couple of seconds before she was shocked when the women were actually able to break free of her hold but not only that reverse the lock and began to drag her down towards her that was fine with her really so she went with being "pulled" down to greet the girl in mid-air their two barriers clashed against each other creating a sizeable overload and explosion that created a vast cavern that inside of the base.

"tatsumaki, today is the day you lose, it's your fault for pushing me this far." Psykos stated

"Is that so? speaking of? Where is the kid? I have confirmed that there is another kid down here besides the one you took hostage, "Tatsumaki remarked as she snapped her fingers, turning a couple of monsters behind her into red mist. The girl didn't reply other than shooting at her with lasers from her eyes of course this didn't phase tatsumaki as she held a single hand up and blocked the strike the beams separated into four beams around her that struck the structure behind her vaporizing a couple more monsters that seemed to be hiding, but tatsumaki was done playing around with the girl as she immediately put an end to the girls attack as she put a cage around the woman's throat and hands before pulling the girl to her, she began to twist the girl body around several times popping limbs in and out of the place as she did so while she again asked the girl to answer her question from before and after another crack this time from her neck she started to do so.

"There is still one more kid located down here, he was taken by one of our members of his own accord. He managed to escape from his cage. I don't know where he went after that…agh…the rest of the outsiders are Narinki's mercenary squad and garou the hero hunter…agh…that's everyone honest." Psykos remarked.

Tatsumaki relayed said information to the other heroes, ever since the transmission from the mutants there had mostly been radio silence other than child emperor claiming to have defeated one of the cadre along with flash having defeated two of them, so when sweet mask came over the mic to hijack her conversation requesting for help she was completely unenthused especially after the A-class demanded to go down into the base in the first place despite her telling him that he wasn't cut out for it so now here he was begging for assistance like a baby, served him right in her eyes but the mutants were a lot kinder than her as neith came of the coms instead and remarked that pink cheeks boyfriend was going to help, he was somewhat ok so he guessed the popstar would be fine but remembering the mutant brought up a different matter entirely that she wanted to discuss with them which was involving her sister so she quickly cut the general comms unit and did a direct line to neith and asked about her, the girl was foolsh enough to show up here on her own but now that she was finished with whatever she was doing she would need to leave and if not she would force her to, the other heroes could handle wha-

BOOM

Tatsuamki felt energy suddenly building up from behind her multiple in fact, she at first thought the dog had come back with friends but this signature was actually familiar the beams of energy came streaming out and struck against her barrier, focusing all of her attention to her barrier, the women was able to slip out of her hold again unfortunately but judging by the attack just now it still wouldn't be a problem for her as she turned to look at what just attacked it seemed to be some sort of sticky substance protruding with multiple heads, they extended out of multiple areas within the open space seven clusters of them in fact each shot a beam at her again, but she easily put a stop to that as she coalesced the beams along with the structures they were on crushing them on the spot before turning her attention back to the women who was diving down into the whole screaming like a banshee the entire way, apparently her pet orochi was the clinging type and had managed to survive being turned into a ball which she found peculiar she had managed to crush the head before she did that, she guess it was her blunder for thinking a monster was mostly likely human it probably had some core or heart of some kind, well she wouldn't make the same mistake a second time but first she was going remove the girl from the scenario as she pointed down and was about to stop the girl from fusing with the monster like she intended unfortunately even more of her slimy pet got in the way and fired more blast of energy at her.

She didn't know how far this monster's body went, it seemed it turned its body into sludge so that it could pester her from any direction and not just be one big target for her to smash, it was unfortunate as the tactic was for the moment at least working if she had it her way she would just turn the entire base upside down, but without knowing where the kid location she couldn't as it might involve him, but just as she said that, her coms unit sparked again, it was from neith apparently green savior had actually found the boy, hmph at least someone was doing something actually the mutants have been basically doing everything so far in terms of the actual objective of the assault, makes the other S-class seem like idiots... Hmmm, that left her with that option then, she considered as she defended herself from the slime and blasts they admitted.

Psykos dropped down into the goopy soup of blood and skin that was now orochi she could tell from his aura that it was him, tatsumaki must have missed his heart element she thought with glee as she joined up with the bundle of meat and it accepted her coiling around her body and fitting snugly tight however as her body made contact something was entirely wrong as she found her place, her mind instantly began to get bombarded by something dark and vile, when did orochi gain such abilities? She never told him that her safety locks should force him to obey her but now he was doing the opposite he was trying to absorb her like he did the rest of the monsters, he thanked her for delivering him so many sacrifices to promote his growth but remarked that she would be next at that her mind got on straight she would not be the one to be controlled, she was the one that created it, she was the one that allowed it to grow strong, and she was the one that would be giving the orders, he was nothing now but a vessel to amplify her own power, she was the master!

Instantly she felt her mind completely flex and banish the dark corrupting feeling from her mind, the body of the monster soon followed following her will as it bent its shape into a form most suitable for her taking on the form similar to that of neuron, with four starkly arms and two long DNA figured like black blades in both of their hands. She charged up at tatsumaki using her new form, using her tendrils to attack tatsumaki again in a piercer attack of course this didn't work as she saw that the girl twirled her fingers and destroyed all of them before meeting her with equal charge barriers once again clashed but this time she saw a surprise on the small woman's face that she couldn't help but laugh at.

The girl's moments of surprise allowed her to get the first move using her two blades to shoot out an ever stronger gravitational wave at the girl and as she expected the girl countered it by creating another barrier right into her plan she used that moment to reverse the barrier swapping the inside for the outside, she would be crushed by her own power along with the power she herself was injecting into it. She grew her avatar large and wide as she held the small spherical shape of a girl in her makeshift hands, blood erupted from the girl's mouth and upper head such a delightful face she was making, she would be sure to make proper use of the girl's body she would show it to her sister or perhaps even make it into a puppet.

Tastumaki was in some slight trouble, the pressure inside of the orb was getting fairly thicker and thicker and the only way to do that was by canceling out the barrier, the comms unit sparked again this time with a message that tank top master was confirmed dead, wait confirmed!? Did someone announce it before and she just wasn't listening? In either case, her mind was completely made up as she sent the pain to the back of her mind, and took a deep breath, she didn't know how to feel about one of the S-class dying part of her felt bad but another part snapped at her telling her that it was his fault he shouldn't have come if he wasn't prepared for this fight but given her current situation the same could be said for her, but she was prepared she was always prepared it wouldn't be like last time, she didn't need saving.

She thought as she got down and took a breath, she ignored the pain and focused her power on esper waves of the barrier before she started to spin them, her barrier was reversed but it was still her power all she needed to do was direct it, she concentrated and spun the barrier this forced any more pressure from getting inside from the monster but kept her locked inside but that was fine, she had a different way to free herself by simply breaking the girl's concentration as she dashed through the avatar and headed straight downwards, she was surprised to find that it was hallow in natured but the spinning espers waves caused a burning sensation to rise through the women as tatsumaki went down like a buzzsaw hoping to slice the thing in half, foreign the monster to jump backward from her attack and the pain and movement making the girl lose her concentration and pop the bubble.

Tastumaki wasted no time as she flared her power close to its max, raising a hand and pushing it forward pushing the monster woman flying backward into a wall, before encasing her using the rocks from the base, it wouldn't hold very long but it would be enough time that she needed, she searched the base using her esper waves to ride the singles that the comms units were giving off finding everyone that was still inside, apparently not many really where in fact…the only ones still inside seemed to be four of their members, did that mean they defeated all the other cadres? Or did they go up once they heard the news of tank top master's death? It didn't matter as long as she could find and locate them then it should be fine she created psychic orbs over each of them now that that was secure, she could focus her attention on the monster one of her orbs was broken from the inside for some reason. But that's fine with her whatever rocks the person's boat and then she finally got the call from sekingar she could finally let loose the kid was away so with a thrust of her hands everything started to vibrate as she brought the entire association skywards.

The base was fully revealed for all to see if they looked out a window as tatsumaki went to rise up she noticed multiple energy blasts follow after her she dodged them all as she continued to fly up and out of the top of a building that disguised the base as she turned to look at her pursuer she saw that the monster had followed her up as well but something else was intriguing, the avatar of the women seemed to be even larger than before she took a glance towards where she saw the others ad the comms again this time coming from both green savior, he told her that bang and his brothers were also down there and that she needed to be careful, she mentally groaned at that before the idiots brainstormed a way to fix their blunder until then she guessed that she could play around with this monster for now, who seemed to be getting a big head from her power up.

She looked down at the base of the large snake like creature an noticed the slimy veins trailing down it, of course she was still drawing energy into herself with that knowledge that made things pretty easy for her, now all she needed to do was attack the base of it and separate her from her source of power with that she either couldn't get any stronger or it would have the bonus effect of dramatically weakening her but she made a tiny miscalculation, she was to focused on ehr plan of action and forgot to restrain the monster first btu she didn't expect such a level of error as she felt a massive surge of energy suddenly appear and nearly took her by surprise as she increase the force of her barrier and swerve out of the way of the massive blast that came her way, the blast continued forwards hitting the earth and slicing through so much of the earth that a large chunk of the earth bigger than the very super continent itself rose up into the air sit crashed down and created a massive tsunami to encroach upon the area, tatsumaki was purely stunned, something was up there was no way that she could get so powerful by just absorbing monsters.

"Haha, was that guy who appeared during the fusion real!?" psykos spoke.

"That guy?" tatsumaki quotes

"Fufu, so you're interested in the source? Just as I thought, even you looked worried. You lost your chance at winning. I was chosen by a superior entity. And I was bestowed with more power than you possess..when I was superseding orochi, something shined upon me, it took the shape of a brain cell, the structure of the universe, or maybe even the surface of Jupiter. It was something like a god, time stopped as it looked upon me I felt fear but at that same moment mysterious power was flowing into me. In that instant, I was enlightened about my destiny."

Tatsumaki questioned what this woman's supposed destiny was and it couldn't have been more ridiculous she wanted to absorb everything on the very planet all coming together into a single hive-mind entity, which only sounded stupid to her as she would just be alone in the universe, she attempted a rebuttal that sounded more like someone trying to convert people to the faith of how it was destined to become that way, how she was the chosen one of god to deliver this message, and how fubuki and her were ignorant and ignoring the future potential of espers by focusing on hero activities and how fubuki specifically ignored her warnings, which was the only thing she had said which was of some interest to her at least.

She finished her speech with a declaration of punishment for those who didn't believe just like some wacky zealot and at that point tatsumaki had enough and told the girl how ridiculous she sounded, not only did she forget the number one rule of being an esper which was that people only hung around them so that they could use them which lead her to the predicament that she was in being used as a pawn from some strange being claiming to be god, she shouldn't expect people to come and save her when the time comes but given that she had to beg her pet for help she doubted the lesson would get through to her but more than that it was likely to do to that reason this god took advantage of her. The monster women took exception to her telling off and came at her this time however several dragons had sprouted from within the base, each of their mouths glowing ready to attack her, tatsumaki quickly made herself scarce and started to fly in a zigzag pattern making her a harder target as beams of energy raced by her, Tatsuamki made sure to keep her altitude above that to the monster so that he would have to aim upwards to fire at her, to avoid it hitting the ground, the surface teams seemed to have been evacuated with the child, the other S-class heroes were on the ground leaving this battle to her, which only left one thing as she turned and looked at the encroaching tsunamis, she hurries picked up massive amounts rock near the beach to stop the water cold creating a barrier for the water to fall into and level back out in, this also gave the ammunition that she could use for her own ranged attacks as she began to hurl the large rocks forwards directly at the women.

Psykos responded quickly enough using her large beam like a rod and batting the rocks out of the air, tatsumaki dodged over attack and continued to lay into her with the rocks focusing on one in particular to speed up and hit the woman before she could bring her beam back around. The avatar was able to stop the rock in its tracks from slicing through it but gave her enough time to bombard the girl with massive rocks from all angels hoping to crush her in a similar fashion that she did her with the meat puppet but also in a similar fashion the women was able to create a shockwave that completely blew apart the rocks that were flying in the air. The girl was still cocky with that borrowed power of hers believing that was the best she could do so she would show her a little bit more, a colossal storm started to form along with their battle as light beams shot out of it, tatsumaki used the rocks as cover as she occasionally sent rocks hurdling her way but that was mostly to no avail, tatsumaki took her opportunity as she saw the monster flinch for some reason to make her move creating a decoy with the rocks cloaked in her own power to duck down and inside of the large temple that was the girl's body.

As she was flying down she realized the cause of the monster's mild annoyance as she saw several beams of light, explosions, and flashes of heat in the distance, she radioed in and told them to stop helping and that she could handle this on her own but green savior only told her that they would still help out as much as they could regardless and that heroes shouldn't fight alone, they also confirmed that bang was now in the signals range marked by two machines. Tatsumaki faked gaged into the comms unit but said nothing as she continued on with what she had in store, the monster was protected by a large barrier that covered her during the battle but there was one part that the barrier couldn't block off so she camouflaged herself and flew through the roots of psykos body coming up inside of her, inside of the women's breast, she poked out of it before remarking of how hallow, the surprising statement along with the shock of her being there weakened psykos concentration enough to be unable to stop her from twisting her along with the entire upper portion of the base nearly completely.

Blood sprayed out of the wounds inflicted and Tatsumaki used this opportunity to not only cloud bang up in an orb but also to attempt to wrap that other person up but that seemed to be a no-go for the second time and she really was going to let that person have it as she forsook him and continued on pulling the rest of the group out of the association base but she couldn't place them down regularly as she found that her hand was impaled by one of the weapons of the fused monster, impossible she thought but soon enough the monster was reshaping itself as it's fleshy form started to emerge out of the top again, she tried to use her good arm to stop the creature in its tracks but it was faster the fleshy protrusion spawning another of its black blades that speared her other hand and both suddenly delivered a static shock that completely fired her systems.

"You clever midget, you forgot to finish the job, don't let your guard down just because you see some flamboyant blood spray! I'll make sure your sister follows you soon. Have a taste of all my bursting anger" psykos stated.

Tatsumaki could only stare and watch as the monster's mouth formed and shaped like an opening like a flower as it started to charge a lot of energy and fired with her directly in the center, she could do something right? She needed to do something but what, her hands were tied …if that was the case then all she had to do was untie them. And the best way to do just that was to…pull them free?..right loose one hand and keep it together long enough to free the other, right she'll do tha- just as she was about to set out with her plan, the blast was already about to fire but before she could carry out her plan, another beam came in directly under the first one, it completely redirected the attack upwards exploding right up into the air in a massive explosion. Tasumakr spotted something come up the tower running upwards crowded in blue lighting upon closer inspection it was none other than Demon cyborg. She quickly turned her focus back to the fight at hand as she was subdued but that quickly changed as next to her and cutting her free from her prison was another of the S-class drive knight he sliced through the two black cords holding her allowing her some freedom to move around again, while the second beam fired off by the large monster was countered by the demon cyborg.

Lighting drill cannon

The two blasts connected and genos was quickly pushed back but he managed to divert the blast away from the two of them, genos heard behind him the bickering of tatsumaki who remarked that she still had the battle under control and that she could do this by herself, genos simply countered that she was only slaying until his sensei could get them, he would handle the energy beams while her and drive knight would handle the monster. Genos couldn't believe how strong this monster was; it was taking all its power just to deflect its trajectory. He's only been in the fight for five minutes and he's already using his trump card that could destroy a meteor with a single blow, he only has 10 seconds to sustain this power. Would they be able to make it in time? Tatsumaki took the impromptu interruption and instead decided to manually pull out the one stubborn person who seemed to refuse to leave, she had had a mind to drag him up here and then drop him from this height, so she triple stacked the barrier and wrapped it around him before yoinking the guy out but settling to just roughly slamming whoever it was into the floor near the base of the association as she was finishing up another beam was headed straight for her she was about to react when she the demon cyborg got in the way again.

True spiral incineration cannon

He told her to hurry and rescue the others and if there were other she may have found the thought somewhat endearing but it was just annoying as she casually lifted a hand and through both of their beams into the air, leaving both of the two stock in motion, during their momentary brief stupor of confusion, drive knight had come out of nowhere coming down along the creatures and slices along its upper body, leaving a minor scar but to him it was really all he needed as he collected his sample of the monster king but just as he thought he would get away he found himself captured but suddenly let go as the monster was frozen in its tracks. Tatsumaki was utterly able to concentrate now and she told the other two to scream as she placed her hands together and started to wring the monster no not just the monster but the entire area itself like a rag, from the perspective of the satellite the whole Z-city ghost town and beyond was being twisted into a spiral pattern with the monster at the center, nothing could as the monster cried out in injury blood started to spray from the streets below, the teens and other S-class heroes all gather together to not get soaked in the rain shower of the stuff as toru created a light barrier to shield them all, some of the teens shielded their eyes away from the blood geysers of blood that erupted from the streets and buildings but given that they were watching midoriya made it a point for the S-class to press forwards and see if the other heroes that tatsumaki pulled out need some help.

Tatsuamki continued to wring the monster dry she had connected with a surprising amount of the landscape she figured but that was fine she could twist a little- blood suddenly sprayed from her mouth as he focus faltered, she couldn't believe it was she just that injured or did she just used too much power at once? It didn't matter as the creature was free once more, she had shifted her body into that of an octopus and sprayed ink at all three of the heroes that were in the air before shifting into a jet and rocketing off and away while using her own trick against her, of course if she thought that she was through she had another thing coming as she focused her mind and created a doubled layered barrier so even if the monster reverse a section of it she would still be trapped inside by the second section. Tatsumaki had to admit that her hands were full with maintaining a barrier of this size so she ordered the other two to go after her, drive knight was already on it in his configured flying chariot, and the women had tried to launch a blast back at her but the cyborg countered with one of his own as he flew on an intercept course, genos joined shortly afterward, clinging to the tower to not overburden reactor then he already had.

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Surface level

Midoriya and all of the other S-class heroes quickly rushed down to the base of the monster association base as the battles raged above, the only expectation to this was that of child emperor who had elected to stay behind along with the rest of his friends, midoriya held on the edge of his tongue that they to should evacuate and leave the rests of things to them but he knew his friends better than that, he knew that they would just resist him and wouldn't leave the fight unless they all went together however they also knew their position so they made no arguments to join him together with the other S-class heroes simply wishing them luck as they traveled forwards. They made their way towards the center to check up on the heroes and see if they needed assistance. Of course, the others were chomping at the bit to fight in the battle but Midoriya wanted to ensure the safety of the others first.

As the group arrived they first encountered Puri-puri prisoner despite his blood-soaked body he seemed to be fine and also extremely apologetic he asked them for forgiveness as the cat monster nyan was able to escape him, and he allowed his "babies" to distract them from the enemy and allowed it to escape and he didn't let anyone know. it was reckless and dumb of him, the other S-class heroes forgave him and told him the best thing he could know well the only thing he could do to make it up to them but also to the dead himself was to help finish what he started and getting rid of the rest of the monsters, puri-puri was overcome with joy at the sentiment but everyone passed on the naked man hugging them let along pecking them on the cheek before they started to spread out and look for the others.

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Sweet mask and Deku

Midoriya afford to be the one to look for sweet mask the man's signal was further away than the others but what he found strange when he arrived at where his location should be was that the man wasn't actually on the surface he could feel the man with his danger sense his blood lust still oozing out rapidly but it almost seemed like he was digging around the field like a gopher, not popping up at all however just continuing to dig, that was until of course he directly messaged him, he felt the man completely stop in his tracks and listen in, and for a moment he rapidly approached him and midoriya had to leap up into the air to avoid the monster arms that reached out to grab him, he extended his black whip into a cube around the area to block line of sight so no one could see what the two were doing, midoriya watched as the hand slowly curled back down before he started to lower himself down and stared into the dark hole the man was in.

"Did you know?" the man asked with an angry seething tone.

"Did I know what?" midoriya asked

"That there was another cadre nearby? You have the radar don't you there was no way you couldn't have known, you sought to embarrass me, didn't you? Egging me on into transforming and encountering a creature that forced me to stay in this state!" Sweet Mask said and midoriya had to doge again as another fist raised up into the air forcing him back.

"I didn't know…what monster was it?" Midoriya replied simply.

"Some sort of energy being, I can't morph back into….did you tell the others." Sweet Mask asked, suddenly cutting off his other thoughts.

"No…I didn't tell anyone ... .look I'm sorry for that…I was already angry and was taking it out on you….I'm not going to share your secrets with the others. " Midoriya replied.

"And to what guarantees do you have to tell me what you say is fact?" sweet mask counter.

"Because I don't care if you're a monster, if you're helping people then what you are doesn't matter to me or any of my friends, we have monsters that we wanted to save even now. So you are no different from that." midoriya remarked before there was a brief silence that took them which midoriya used as his moment to continue talking.

"As for your condition, I think the monster you were facing was energizer, something similar happened to my friends a while back. You can go over to kaminari; he should be able to help you with your problem. He's a near-child emperor. I'll let him know you're on your own. Did you manage to kill the cadre?" Midoriya commented before asking before Sweet Mask scoffed

"I was going to but I kept being interrupted by that brat tatsumaki, so it managed to get away." Sweet Mask said before he began to dig his way forward, midoriya opened the class channel and reported what happened he told neith to let child emperor know that Energizer was still alive before telling kaminari to be prepared as Sweet Mask needed assistance with a problem and that he was on the way, he hesitated before he reported the next bit of information due to possible eavesdroppers not only on the side of the other S-class heroes but fuzzy he couldn't imagine the harm he could do if found out this secrete sweet mask was essentially the poster boy of the hero association finding out he was a monster would devastate them even more than all the other dirt he had on them, so he chose his words carefully that only they would understand..he simply remarked that Team WDM was right and that should fill them in enough on the situation without giving to much away to any other party. Before he went to meet up with the others.

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Bakugo and silver chain

Bakugo had purposefully separated himself from the others, "flashy flash" comms unit was out and it had made a beeline out somewhere else faster than ever, child emperor confirmed that whoever came out of that bubble was definitely not Flash and the man completely apparent leaving of the battlefield confirmed it. But bakugo still wanted to be sure the girl seemed to still be hovering around so he did a direct message to the flash and in a sudden flush of air he felt someone behind him, he didn't turn to meet her as it seemed that she was also back to back with him so he just spoke out loud.

"Glad to see you're still alive. So what are you going to do now? Willing to help us?" bakugo asked

"It doesn't seem like it is necessary anyways, going from the looks of the battle it would seem that saitama wasn't needed in the first place, the monsters underestimated tatsumaki herself." silver chain remarked looking at the massive barrier around the place, bakugo chuckled.

"Yeah. no fooling, she may be a brat but she can sure back up what she says, makes all the problems in our world seem small. But there are still other cadre out there we have only confirmed kills on 10 of them, leaving five left…I don't even know where that one even came from our source or you didn't say anything about that" bakugo remarked completely baffled instead of accusatory.

"No …from what I can tell that is still orochi and someone else may be Gyoro-Gyoro but the aura of orochi is still there and present, as for the other cadre…given the number of you I'm sure you'll be able to handle it, you only lost a single member of your folk so far." silver commented.

"Maybe, we don't know where Flash went during all the chaos and that girl seemed to have twisted the entire base enough to cause him to be crushed." bakugo remarked, he didn't know why he was telling her this as if it was something to be happy about but the irony of him being killed by his own teammate would definitely make her feel some type of way.

"I very much doubt that was enough to kill him, he's alive it's only a matter of time before he decides to show himself and I think it would be best for me not to be here when he does, don't you agree?" she asked.

"Yeah, I guess that could be a little tricky huh? Well, can I ask you to keep the coms on you? Just in case we do need help?" bakugo asked

"That seems agreeable." silver chain simply remarked before another wind gust told him of her absence, he sucked his teeth. He still had something to say but maybe it's better that she left he thought, he needed to get his head in the game as he went to regroup with the others.

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Darkshine and The S-class

"It can't be does that mean that you lost Darkie!?" puri-puri prisoner asked the huddle-up man

"Garou is alive, he will probably appear once again in a short while ... that time he might've already been unstoppable for anybody. Just what was he? No matter how much you punch him or smash him he just swells up and rushes in. He's like the personification of despair… I'm a loser, that's it I'm done he wasn't even a cadre …I give up." Darkshine remarked.

"What do you mean? You give up? Tank top master died during this battle and you just want to throw in the towel with the job half finished?" atomic samurai questioned.

"I didn't just lose. I realized what he said was right, what I was looking for was a victory that felt good…I'm not proud of anything, I just wanted to remain drunk on my own power. But ever since I first lost against that girl, I wanted to just turtle up and hide, I didn't even want to go on this mission in the first place. no sense of justice, no determination, I'm just pretending to be a hero…I fully realize that now." Darkshine spoke as he stayed huddled up. The other S-class looked at each other baffled and surprised words left them from the surprising reveal.

"Garou tore through me like an old rag, garou, the monster association's boss and its cadre are all still alive, we absolutely need your power to win darkshine!" puri-puri prisoner remarked as he said that midoriya touched down and darkshine looked at him and pointed a hesitant finger.

"You don't need me, he's just as strong as I am, if not stronger…just leave me here." darkshine replied simply as he huddled back into themselves.

"Darkshine don't you have someone you're willing to protect? I'm fighting to protect my boyfriends in prison." puri-puri replied.

"No, none in particular." darkshine replied simply

"There is! And that's you. Darkshine himself, nobody hates himself, darkshine, you have been nurturing and protecting your precious self! I don't think I could ever do such an admirable thing." puri-puri prisoner remarked

"I do care for myself, that's why I didn't want to come here, I didn't want the possible chance to die. Tank tank master is dead and I don't want that to be me next." darkshine simply mumbled in reply.

"So you're nothing but a coward through all that muscle huh!? Think about the people who look up to you. Can you face them and just say that you gave up!? You're just going to betray the trust they had in you just like that!? " bakugo remarked explosively as he came down.

"I can't blame them for being ma-" as darkshine was talking as bakugo set off an explosion directly in the man's face the attack sent him flying backwards into more rocks but he was simply unscathed as he came up from the attack and curled in on himself again.

"I'm sorry" was the only thing the man said, bakugo only seemed to get more agitated and was about to shoot even more at him but midoriya caught his arm and shook his head, despite which he actually delivered another AP shot directly at the man but the attack just glanced off his hulking form, but at that point, he ripped his arm away from his friends and walked away. Midoriya took his steps forward and touched darkshine, he actually noticeably flinched from the contact.

"Please, just …leave me here alright? I just can't fight anymore. even if you beat me up it won't change anything." darkshine remarked simply.

"I'm not going to ask you to fight at all." Midoriya replied simply that, the man had suddenly looked up at the teen curiously.

"If you don't want to fight then, you don't have to and we're not going to force you to, okay?" darkshine nodded at that.

"But you can't be here alright? The fighting is still ongoing and there is no telling when the cadre would be making their way up, so you're going to need to get up and leave." Midoriya remarked that the man was almost happy to comply standing up quickly and was going to walk away before he was halted by the boy once more.

"But I still want to request something from you if I may, I need you to protect my friends over there by child emperor." Midoriya commented on bringing up the holographic map to showcase where the child prodigy was along with the rest of his friends a couple of kilometers away from their current position.

"I…I don't think that …I'm capable of protecting anyone." darkshine groaned in sorrow.

"Maybe, maybe not …your still strong darkshine if there is trouble I Don't want you to fight but I want you to take them and run away…can you manage that?" Midoirya asked and through the man's shivering he gave him an affirmative nod.

"Good, you can go but…before you do so…darkshine please don't give up on being a hero…you have the strength now all you need is the heart of one and I'm sure that you can find it," Midoriya commented before he tapped a hand along the man's forearms signaling that he was free to leave, he gave a hesitant nod again but didn't give a response to the second part he didn't know if he could find that heart in him and he didn't know why the boy still talked to him like he did no wrong and in such a friendly and compromising tone and even gave him a reliable out that still allowed him to participate in the battle in a reduced capacity to accommodate him. In comparison to everyone else the other S-class that were present zombieman, puri-puri prisoner, tsukyomi and pig god, had all looked at him with a mix of pity/ sadness while atomic samurai, metal bat, and dynamite looked at him with signs of utter revulsion and anger, atomic even turned his back on him as he continued to walk away.

Midoriya was the only one who gave him any reassurance that what he was doing wasn't some huge betrayal despite being a hero who was going to risk his life for a planet that wasn't even his, all the others looked he got were less hurtful than his of complete understanding and sympathy but despite that pain, he continued to walk away, on his travels he walked past both bang and bomb who didn't question him at all only giving sympathetic looks as they passed, he guessed that the other one frozen-phoenix was informing them in on the situation while he was talking so thankfully he didn't have to talk again about that monster garou, he would play his role that he was given and hopefully everything can still be won he thought as he continued to travel back towards the others.

Midoriya watched the large man travel once more before turning his sights to bakugo he was still furious about the incident along with the others but his anger was surprising he never expected him to get angry on someone's else behalf but he guessed his childhood friend really had grown sense his middle school days. He turned his attention to the new arrivals and with that they all looked to him to formulate a plan of action given that many of them couldn't fly and uraraka was gone it left them with very few options unless he carried all of them into the fight which could be dangerous as he couldn't move to vary fast in such a context so they wouldn't be much help but that problem solved itself as the from out of the air came down, three bikes on their location, fubuki voice came over the comms in a distressed state begging for them to come up with a plan to help her sister as she was nearly on the verge of losing consciousness.

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Aerial battle

Drive Knight had constantly been clashing beams with the new monster, hoping to get even more samples from the monster before he made his department, she was more powerful even in this demolished state than he realized as he had taken a few glancing blows that had made him temporarily switch between his forms before coming back at the monster. Pyskos was getting tired as she was forced to brush up against the barrier. She attempted to change tactics before attacking tatsumaki once more four missiles streaked from her, however, three were blocked by Drive Knight. However, one had managed to get through unfortunately this rocket was blown up by genos. Genos noticed that tatsumkai seemed to have fainted and holding the barrier up subconsciously, he was relieved of his guard duty by none other than dynamite and frozen-phoenix as the two made their presence known, and they told him to help drive knight with the chase.

Tatsumaki was busy hallucinating or maybe she was just dreaming about her past, she had huddled in a lab along with other espers around the time that their resistance was still a mystery lots of people wanted to experiment with them and see how they worked and families that may have been of less fortunate stature were more than happy to give up their offspring to such organization for a profit which happened to her and her sister, eventually, she suppressed her power away hoping that one day she would just get to leave but as the days ticked by it never happened the test just started to become more and more sparse until one day a tragedy happened or would call it a miracle now? A monster had found its way into the base and started to kill anything and everything part of her was happy about it but she was also afraid, none of the scientists had come to her door to help her even as she screamed for help, they opted instead to help the more "promising" children first so her plan only seemed to backtrack on her but it also proved without a shadow of a doubt what their scientist nature was. The monster seemed to be the only one listening to her screams and as she watched the monster size up her door, she couldn't find it in herself to scream her life was bad as it was so she was ready to resign herself to her fate.

The monster broke the door in smacked right into her, it didn't hurt that much maybe subconsciously she still defended herself, the monster's guttural yells were quickly silenced as she got up and approached as he heard someone call for her to step out of her cell she saw that the monster was completely destroyed a large hole punctured through the center of its neck, the man that saved her was completely unscathed clad in a large white suite with the title blast along its front but despite that, she still asked for the strangers name he said that his name was blast and that he was a hero, the word stuck with her but he asked her why she didn't defend herself thinking that he would be like the others she attempted to lie but he saw through it and could tell that she was really powerful.

He was smart to even able to deduce her failure of a plan on getting out of the place but none of it mattered, she had nowhere to go and no one to care for given that her parent gave her up but as the man patted her on the head, he reminded her of someone she still had which was her little sister and how she wanted to protect her and after that, he gave her an important piece of advice for someone with too much power," when the time comes don't go expecting someone to come to save you" she didn't know why she started to have these thoughts again but as her sister's voice started came into her head and she could finally register them and her stating that they would come to "save" she got her focus right back, quickly searching for the fleeing monster and attempting to crush her so that her pursuers could finish it off.

Drive Knight continued to chase after the monster as it ducked into one of the abandoned highways, he continued his pursuit nonetheless it tried to bury him under gravel shooting a beam into the ceiling however he was easily able to counter the obstacle by being past it with a forwards mounted laser attachment. Some submunitions that he realized were actually the monster king's remains had emerged from out behind the jet monster they shot out some sort of energy he dodged out of the way as he returned fire with two machine guns on either side of his craft, judging from his passerby analysis he could see the difference between these and the sample he took from before were that they were destroyed at a cellular level, that tatsumaki sure was a monster he thought as he was surprised when the ground around the passageway started to collapse on the monster which she narrowly avoided each time by manipulating her form s he did the same before powering through the last obstacle with his bishop transformation and quickly switching back into flying chariot.

As the women excited the tunnel genos had managed to catch up and jump on the top of the creature slowing it down enough for him to jump aboard as well transforming into his bishop to tank the laser front he dead monster king remains and together with both him and genos fire thor chest laser into the machine however it seemed the monster had a few more tricks up it sleeves as it absorbed the energy and redirected back at the blasting both of them back, leaving the monster opened to attack tatsumaki but that was already taking care of by double safety locks, as he watched as one of the bikes shoot upwards and enter in between the the girl and her target the laser she attempted to was sliced away by atomic samurai who was riding along with zomebieman, both neith and child emperor were moving them allowing them to have their hands free to attack the monster as zomebieman lose with an enhanced minigun the 20mm autocannon that fired explosive tiped bullets as they met the monster flack causing her to swerve away and dodge while returning fire of her own, she was completely blindesded from another attack from below her this one from a hard impact as metal bat smacked did a passby swing on another motorcycle causing her to travel i a idfret direction to avoid another one, she kept a close eye on her pheriilapsh and was abel to tell that something else was coming to intercept her.

It was both drive knight and genos again this time the two had fused togather tactile combination dragon king and updated rook that used a blade adn they attempted to come down directly on top of the flying monster foreign ti to switch it's form again to parry the strike but foreign her to become stationary allowing for another motorcycle to come up this one crewed by puri-puri prisoner and tokoyami, the two didn't expect the monster to be able to attack form behind however it was no problem as they abandoned th vehicle using and struck at the monster with dark angel vibration rush and prometheus arrow , the two attack completely stifled the creature enough for the other to join in on the dog pile atomic samurai with an atomic b-line slash and the fused cyborgs slashed at the creatures cutting off both of its wings as zombieman laced it with gunfire and metal bat jumped out and struck it with spiral overkill nocking the monster flying backwards leaving directly into midoirya's path which finished racking up his fa jin stacks and slammed the monster with a one million percent detroit's smash sending it flying downwards at a staggering pace.

Out of the monster came Psykos attempting to use the distraction of orochi body to get away but she found herself doused in a strange but pleasant scented fluid before being racked by flames followed quickly by subsequent explosions, she still managed to fly for a moment looking up to seeing a mad eye blonde teen crashing down on her, she couldn't bring her defenses up in time before a brilliant bright light and loud noise filled senses full power stun grenade. Bakugo successfully took the woman down and started to drag her away from the fighting as Todoroki skied down on his ice. As the orochi body got close enough to the ground both bang and bomb charged forwards striking at the creature with their combo attack.

Water Stream whirlwind Cross Fang Dragon Slayer fist

And smacked the creature downwards, the final touch wasn't done however as everyone started to feel a familiar large vibration shake the landscape, tatsumaki was on the move once more this time she lifted the entire monster association base up into the air charging it with her power to create a massive 15 km long spear of light, she stopped for a moment as he felt something or more likely someone and after that person disappeared she found it just fine to send the towering piece of monster association down into the monster heart ending this monster king once and for all.

Ending note: With that, the monster king orochi is finally defeated! You know when writing this I found that without saitama, the MA arc would have gone so much better as tatsumaki would have just completely gone and slapped everyone after slapping orochi so plot had to happen but the same could be said for Tats without saitama, who knows if she could have escaped psyko-orochi without him so it's an equal plot for both sides of the field. It's kind of ironic in a way that WITHOUT saitama the raid would have actually been MORE successful Tastumaki would have casually killed orochi and then casually killed Rover, then captured psykos and may casually go on to stomp everyone else Garou included Crazy, honestly, I started to think that the manga made her a bit too strong, to the point that she kinda invalidates saitama. (hell depending on where you put Boros she could have taken him as well based on FEATS at least.)