Chapter 45 : I-Island Crisis : Summit

Slice was angry; she was worried for her friend. Chimera was a big dummy and she feared something would happen to him. However, they had a mission, and their time limit was getting closer and closer. She didn't have a good feeling and honestly, she was worried about the situation:

The girls were smart and if she didn't have a Search Quirk, she would have lost them ten times already, since they knew the structure of the building better than her. Thankfully, as long as they stayed in her range, she could see them. However, despite running faster than the two nerds, she had trouble catching them up, BECAUSE THEY CLOSED EVERY FUCKING DOOR ON THEIR WAY.

She was wondering if she should have asked for more firepower but to be fair, she wasn't supposed to be a front-line fighter. She was the Sniper on the team! Her role was to take out the enemy or harass them. She wasn't meant to fight though. Well, of course, she could, but she wasn't as good at it as Nine, Mummy or Chimera.

To be fair, Chimera was in a class of his own once he was serious and against an opponent he wouldn't hold back against. Pit him against the CRC or the ISP; he would call it Christmas. Then, Slice would call several clean-up crews.

Still, she was tired because the girls kept avoiding giving her a clear shot. It was kind of annoying and if she wasn't a professional, she would be screaming at them with empty threats.

That and of course the fucking stairs. Note to self: never say again to Chimera that Leg Day was useless. She was never going to skip it again.

Meanwhile, Mei and Melissa ran for their life, literally. To be fair, having a professional killer behind them didn't help.

"WHY IS THERE A KILLER BEHIND US?!"

Melissa, despite being All-Might unofficial niece, wasn't used to that kind of situation. I-Island was hard to attack usually, and the only way someone managed to fuck up the system like this is to attack from the inside. It was her first crisis situation.

On the other side of the spectrum, Mei was actually quite calm.

"My guess is either they want you as a hostage, or they are pissed at my grandpa."

Melissa, still running and panting, stared at her new friend, while remembering the kind old man from the fair.

"WHY SOMEONE WOULD BE ANGRY AT YOUR GRANDPA TO THAT EXTENT?!"

"He is the Architect."

This almost made Melissa stop for a second.

"I swear to god, if it is his fault, I am going to dedicate my life to finding a way to catch him and put him in jail!"

This made Mei chuckles. This was always fun to have people angry at her grandpa. He relished the challenge.

"I will help you if necessary. How long until we reach the top, though?"

"Not long. It's as if someone actually opened everything on the way up."

Melissa actually had her own doubts about who was responsible for the security… Samuel. Because she highly doubted her dad would compromise the entire security and she didn't do it either. The only one with high enough credentials was Samuel.

—--

Meanwhile, in the basement of I-Island, the Architect was plugged to the server, stealing the NFT collection, but more importantly, fighting the virus in the machine. However, all he could do was prevent the Zero Pointer equivalent of the I-Island from coming out to have "fun" with the heroes. Honestly, all the destruction was kind of scary and terrifying. The number of people who wanted such destruction and who were able to plan that wasn't high.

He was going to warn Nedzu, if only because his granddaughter lived in Japan and apparently, the Demon King was alive and on the move.

On a side note, thank god David gave him some credentials back in the day. It was always useful to play Civilization against the situation.

—--

Yes, her father was very responsible, and it meant clearly it was Samuel responsible. But why? What was above in the Safe zone (because it had safe to store projects) that necessitated such an attack ?!

Now, she was scared, and honestly considering the timing of the attack… She didn't think the Architect was the cause. Mainly because he avoided killing… Except that one time a Hero executed live one of his henchmen and the Architect ended up destroying a part of the Louvres in revenge before executing the Hero.

Yes. He was an international SS-rank for a reason. He was silly but not harmless.

Melissa wasn't impatient though, to see why Samuel betrayed them… Because, right now, she had the feeling they were going to be between an anvil and a hammer.

"Do you think the other two are fine?"

"Sako and Hagakure? Of course!" Yes, Mei used Sako, since Izuku wasn't a Midoriya since Atsuhiro became his stepdad. Considering how Izuku liked his new name, it was the least she could do, "They are probably right behind us, trying to catch up with us."

This actually reassured Melissa. She didn't know how strong both of them were, but if Mei trusted them, she had no other choice but to do the same.

—--

"How long are we going to wait, Sam?"

Wolfram was playing on his phone, while Samuel was unlocking the safe to the Crown. All For One's future crown. Wolfram didn't have any illusion, he knew he wasn't the most important plan of the day, but still. All For One didn't want that Crown to be in anyone's hand except his. So, Wolfram would oblige. He wasn't his number two for no reason.

Hell, honestly, he was hoping to have some fun himself. Most of his men were hidden in the Island, commanding discreetly the Noumus to occupy whatever heroes weren't downed by the security bots. That way, Nine and Terraformars would have more opportunities to succeed in the plot.

Meanwhile, he was to escape with the Crown, pure and simple. If the intel on the Crown was right, and they had Garaki check on the science, Wolfram with the Crown could easily do that.

"Only a few more minutes, sir."

Wolfram sighed, before watching the door open on Melissa and Mei, who promptly locked the door behind them… Before they saw Wolfram and Samuel actually busy on the computer.

Wolfram said, with a tired smile, "Hello there!"

"General Kenobi?"

Everyone stared at Mei who knew an old meme thanks to her grandpa, and Wolfram pulled up a slate, with various rules made by All For One..

"Ok, I am to actually contractually forced to spare people knowing that kind of shit. So, young girl, can you stay aside? I can guarantee your safety."

"How about I use the computer to save everyone else?"

Mei said with a smile, before the door exploded behind them, revealing Slice who was panting. Seriously, what did they feed to their nerds on that island?

Wolfram sighed before staring at the mercenary.

"Girl, your team had two missions. Don't count on my help for your part. Mine is done and I honestly don't care if you fail in yours."

Slice had the strength to flip off the bird to Wolfram, while Samuel stopped for a second, while Melissa and he had eye contact.

"SAMUEL YOU FUCKING TRAITOR!"

Melissa yelled, from the top of her lungs and heart, as the betrayal proved to be true. Then, she had to duck before some of Slice's attacks reached her. Which, of course, would have been dangerous for her, as Mei was already reaching for another tool in her bag to defend herself. This time, she pulled a ball that quickly increased in size, creating a dome to protect the two girls.

"I love your grandpa, Mei."

Melissa truly meant it, as she sat down, rushing to enter her own admin code to try and reset the system.

"CAN YOU STOP RUNNING? I DON'T WANT TO KILL HER, I WANT TO DISABLE HER!"

Slice yelled as she was telling the truth. Killing teens was bad for the business. She was, however, going to beat the shit out of the two teens who made her run a whole tower.

"Want a hand? I mean… Samuel? How long?"

"I said a few minutes! The opening takes sometimes and she can't stop me. However, it will be an issue if she turns against us the whole security system."

Wolfram sighed, before making his hands crack. It was time to work a bit apparently. Not that he was lazy, but he appreciated it when a plan went without any issues. So, he actually had to step into the battlefield.

Wolfram concentrated his will, beginning to use his mastery over metal to rip off some metal beam, and turn it into a circular saw, before trying to cut the dome. After all, Slice's attack didn't have the power needed to destroy the dome.

Meanwhile, Mei and Melissa were working crazy fast on the computer, conscious their best hope to stay unharmed was the security system, as apparently even Wolfram feared it might stop them. Well, they didn't know who Wolfram was, but they guessed pretty easily he was one of Slice's higher-ups.

Wolfram was already forming another buzz saw to cut down the dome, to quicken the process. He wanted it to be done, and go back home. Well, maybe check on Hisashi's kid. He transmitted AfO's order to not harm the kid permanently with pleasure. Sure, he was there when the boss killed Hisashi, but once upon a time, he was friends with the man. He was the best wingman he ever had.

He got cut from his trip on the Nostalgia Lane when he got punched in the jaw by something invisible. The shock, the impact made him stop his attacks, before he got punched in the stomach.

Decent strength, and the hitter made no sound. The technique was perfect and the size of the fist showed it was most likely a young girl.

Wolfram answered the attack by summoning the cable underground to create a mandala-like figure around him. He was an experienced soldier after all, and he already had to deal with weird quirks before.

Tooru immediately did the smart thing and froze between two motifs of the figures on the ground. Midnight told her about techniques like that: Against heroes who depended on some form of stealth, villains could create patterns on the ground that allowed them to detect their enemies if they tripped on it, like a spider's web. You could establish how strong a villain was on how wide he could actually manipulate such a web. If he could manipulate to force the web to touch the hidden enemy, Tooru was supposed to run as fast as possible, as he was very likely to be above her weight class.

She quickly went for the ground when Wolfram began to make the mandala levitate and turn quickly around him to find the invisible girl, who stayed silent. The sound of the electrical cable whipping in the air ready to hit her… It was enough to make her sweat her fear. Unlike the other two, this one had clearly no qualms about fighting seriously children or not yet pro-heroes. Also, he clearly had a high mastery of his own quirk, considering he was fighting and pushing her backward with one hand, the other making the buzz saw pierce the nerds' bubble shield.

More importantly, his face. No emotion, no pleasure. In fact, a form of boredom betrayed it was just another day of work for him. What kind of criminal considers hurting people not even as a form of pleasure, dominance or lashing out… But just as work?

Well, she had the answer right now. She barely managed to get outside the area of effect before Wolfram stopped his attack.

"Not bad, girl. Not bad."

Then Wolfram turned his mandala into a spear and used it to crack the bubble shield. Tooru gritted her teeth. Shit, she had people to protect and she was alone…

The situation could hardly get worse!

"Target locked."

Tooru turned backward to see Slice who stopped shooting the bubble, letting Wolfram do the heavy work.

She was better at taking out people after all. The sniper smiled before unleashing a barrage of attacks from her hair. Yes, she couldn't actually see or lock Tooru. However, she was smart enough (and experienced enough) to guess her position considering the place where Wolfram got hit and where he didn't manage.

Also, she used a good ol' american technique: Shoot a lot at the invisible enemy. With enough bullets, you will touch him.

Yes, people always said in Predator, it didn't work. That was factually wrong: they actually hit the Predator, just not lethally.

It was the same for Tooru, who was, once again, thankful for her body armor that stopped the hair from penetrating her body… too much. Because, yes, it actually penetrated her body and Slice then did the smart thing. She locked her quirk on her own hair.

Once again, at one point, when you were a veteran, you created your own technique to deal with the unexpected. Tooru saw Slice getting ready to unleash another barrage to deal with the pesky invisible enemy…

When suddenly, they heard a foghorn from behind the wall.

Everyone turned toward the sound, to see the wall, not the door this time, explode.

A blue and red truck just smashed the wall, and Izuku was inside it, seriously. He then got out, while Optimus Prime switched out again in his mecha form.

Everyone looked puzzled at the towering Transformer, who stared angrily at everyone else.

The Arcanine behind was equally pissed and growled, flame coming from his mouth.

"I am here! With reinforcement!"

Wolfram blinked once or twice, before dropping the spear and raising one hand to stop Optimus' fist against him. Shit, did the robot actually try to smash him?

Wolfram then smiled a bit, looking at the familiar hair, though not in the color he was familiar with.

"Ah, Izuku. It has been such a long time…"

Wolfram let that out, out of nostalgia. The kid wouldn't remember, but he actually met Izuku once, when he served as "Seikyo Midoriya"'s driver, and he even held the kid in his arms. Seeing the kid now all grown-up and ready to fight… It was quite the sight.

This actually made everyone stare at Wolfram for a second… Well, except Samuel, who yelled, "GOT IT!"

Wolfram, still barely holding Optimus' fist which grew closer and closer to his face, took a gamble. He dropped the magnetism on the drill, and locked him on the safes, on the other side of the room. Yes, he took a page from the old X-men comics for his power, and many people mistook his magnetism for ferromancy. However, he was a master of magnetism. As a result, his own suit had a few magnet bars, and he then turned the safes into a magnet of the opposite polarity. That instantly made him attracted to the safe, dodging the giant iron fist that made a hole in the ground.

Arcanine, seeing the action, jumped with grace and power and ran on the wall, at more than 300 km/h (no seriously, they are that fast).

The fire dog, giant and powerful, opened his jaw to stop the villain in his action, to smash him on the ground, as strongly as possible. However, mid-jump, the beast felt lighter. Half as heavy to be more exact.

Then the pokemon died, bisected by the buzz saw that Wolfram called back from his other hand.

Samuel, Crown in hand, got the ashes in his face, while Wolfram activated part 2 of the plan. Use the Crown. He put it on his head, the iron touching his hair, and instantly, he felt as if thunder coursed through his veins and body. He knew why All For One wanted him to have the Crown.

—--

"You want me to have the Crown?" Wolfram wanted to be sure, as sometimes, ever since All for One got his brain bashed, he made mistakes with his sentences.

All For One nodded, as he drank some of his glass and threw it away.

"KUROGIRI! I SAID NO WHISKY, IT IS A BAD ALCOHOL AND AT BEST A REPLACEMENT! I SAID RED WINE!"

"I think it was my glass, then, boss."

All For One had chronic pain since that fight too, and alcohol was one of the few things that numbed the pain enough for him to work. Having a quirk that allows you to metabolize alcohol was also a bonus to avoid the dangerous side-effect of drinking too much.

"Oh? Well, I am sorry. So, yes, Wolfram. I want you to have the Crown. I don't think using it on myself would be wise. Imagine, it amplifies all the quirks I have, all at once."

Wolfram chuckled darkly. Yes, it would be quite disastrous. He was pretty much certain it would be on par with a nuke.

"So, you prefer for me to have it?"

"You are the only man that I trust absolutely, Wolfram."

Wolfram felt honored, but he also knew why All For One trusted him that much: Wolfram actually accepted the effect of a loyalty quirk. Should he betray his master, his head would explode. Pure and simple.

However, it had a lot of advantages: All For One's trust, an excellent salary, various advantages on the job, and more importantly, the knowledge he wasn't disposable. If he got captured, he would get rescued. Not immediately, but he would.

Kurogiri then asked, with a fake curiosity, "What about me, sir?"

"Kurogiri, you are the best abomination that I know, but considering you are closer to Frankenstein's Monster than a man, no. I don't count you as a man."

"So… Why give me the Crown, sir?"

"You mean aside from having a superpowered minion on par with Machia but with a working brain? Consider it as your bonus for your 30 years of working for me, Wolfram."

All For One chuckled a bit, as Wolfram was apparently taken aback by his comment. He took Wolfram under his wing after the kid tried to kill him when he was barely ten, under the order of some Yakuza who gave him 10000 yen for the deed. He appreciated the kid's gut and his quirk. So, he took him in.

All For One planned to reign forever, but Wolfram was the closest he had to an heir, aside from Seijin or Racky, if they ever found him. Or Racky's daughter.

"Then, you will have your next order to check something for me, Wolfram. I trust you on that one."

"It will be my pleasure, boss."

The two men raised a glass and gave each other a toast.

—--

Everyone in the room actually felt it when Wolfram wore the Crown, as suddenly sparks coursed his body.

Optimus Prime, feeling an incredible danger in his sensor, decided to attack with all of his Might. This one time, the leader of the Autobot attacked with as much strength as he would use against a being like Megatron.

Wolfram stared at him, and snapped his finger.

The echo resonated in the room, which exploded properly, at the same time as Optimus' arms, leaving everyone at the top of a tower, in the middle of a tempest.

"Ok, so, I have to admit… Wow! WOW! IT'S LIKE TRIGGER BUT WITHOUT THE SIDE EFFECT AND STRONGER!"

Wolfram laughed, before facing everyone and Slice was happy to be on the same side as him. Theoretically.

"AND DONE! SYSTEM REBOOTED!"

Mei was probably the only one who didn't give a single fuck about the situation, inside her bubble. Izuku blessed her from under his breath, her and her hyper fixation.

Wolfram stared them down and happily clapped his hand.

"Good! Now, I think I know what I am going to do. I think I will take all of the kids here!"

"Does that mean I get paid?" Slice asked, to know if she could go, and honestly, she had the feeling a fight was going to break out and she didn't want to be caught in the crossfire. Especially as Wolfram clearly didn't give a single fuck about her, and she knew he wouldn't care if she got killed by mistake.

"Hmm? Are you still here? Get the fuck out. I will take the lead from there."

Slice looked at the kid, before running the fuck out. Soon after that, Wolfram actually broke the entrance, trapping the kids with him.

"So… Hello kids! We can do this the hard way, and the easy way. I am letting you have the possibility of the easy way only because of Izuku."

Wolfram said, before Optimus tried to shoot him. Sadly for him, the giant robot was obviously in the center of Wolfram's attention, and got his remaining arms destroyed.

"EVIL SHALL NOT PREVAIL!"

"How about you shut the fuck up?"

Wolfram said with disdain, and decapitating with a flick of his hand Optimus. Good lord. His quirk felt so much stronger now!

Wolfram smiled at the kids, because, right now, as the robot fell to the ground, they must have understood the difference in raw power between them.

"Wha… What do you mean, about doing us this favor? I mean, I don't know you!"

Wolfram sighed, and he began to use his power to prepare a construct, to travel back to the mainland.

"I was a good friend of your father. He would have hated it if I hurt you, even for work."

Izuku noticed something. For the first time in as long as he could remember… This was the nicest thing someone said about his dad. This made him both curious and angry.

"Yes, that's why he left us when he learned I was quirkless."

This comeback made Wolfram sneer, nostalgic, "Yes, sure, let's go with that as the reason he left you and Inko…"

Wolfram stopped his speech mid-sentence, as he saw Izuku's hand behind his back. The master of magnetism sighed, before raising his arm with authority, and a wall of metal stopped Izuku's summon, a giant dinosaur with a skull on his head. Greymon.

"Oh, you almost made me monologue. Smart kid. But since apparently you and your friends don't want the easy way… Forgive me if I break a few bones. Or kill by mistake the invisible one."

The kids, as the rain poured on them, stared at the supervillain who was flying behind them, using his power. Samuel, though, wasn't reassured.

"I thought we were supposed to evacuate immediately! That was our deal! You weren't supposed to hurt the Shield family!"

"I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it any further." Good lord, Wolfram almost cringed at himself: Apparently, All For One's old movies were impacting him.

Samuel raged at him, pointing his finger at the supervillain.

"I was supposed to be evacuated with enough money for the rest of my life, and not fear justice!"

Wolfram sighed, before pulling a coin.

"There. This will be enough money for the rest of your life."

Samuel was going to ask what Wolfram meant… Before the master of magnetism overcharged the coin, and sent it at full power through Samuel's body.

The scientist looked puzzled at the hole inside his chest, before falling on his back. Wolfram added quietly: "And being dead should protect you from justice."

A few plasma balls called back his attention to the kids, as a strange green creature with three tongues was eating his previous steel wall. Ok, that one was a new one, the king of magnetism had to admit. Especially as it allowed this… Dinosaur? to actually spit more fire to try and hurt him. Oh well.

Wolfram made a lateral movement with his hand, ripping blocks from the tower to act as a barrier. Ok, so he could imbue with magnetic properties more things now… good to know. Seriously, the power coursing through his veins… Was the Crown amplifying his quirk, or simply made available to him potential yet untapped?

Considering his mastery wasn't affected, Wolfram thought it was more the second option, which was nicer.

Still, he was now annoyed by Izuku who was clearly burning cards at a high speed, preparing for a bigger summon.

"I won't let you have the time, boy!"

Izuku smiled, before he took a Tarot Card. His first big card. One who never failed to help him, though in a different form compared to before.

"PARRY THIS! THE TOWER REVERSED!"

Wolfram wondered if that meant he was going to fail… before looking up in the sky, as the rain seemed blocked by something, and the light too.

Oh. Oooh…

This was going to need both hands.

Izuku was done holding back, and clearly understood the man in front of him was most likely going to kill all of his friends, except maybe Mei who would be a bargaining chip. However Melissa and Tooru? Considering the killers from before said they had the choice between killing Melissa or disabling her, Izuku wasn't going to bet about her survival odds. As for Tooru… She was a nobody to them.

Yes, Izuku was done. Now, he was going to fight seriously, as if it was the last fight he ever should have.

—--

In retrospect, this fight was often considered Joker's first fight, for a good reason. Also, it made people remember that quirks were bullshit.

—--

Above them, a giant tower, once again looking like a babylonian tower, was feeling at high speed toward them.

Wolfram used his newfound abilities to summon in mass the most secure-bots of the Island, to hold with a giant iron hand… And under the pressure, even with the crown, he was sweating. This kid was actually as insane as his grandpa when it came to battle! What did he think would happen if he wasn't able to hold back the tower?

It was at this moment that Wolfram realized what Izuku actually did, when he saw the teen grinning at him. He remembered Izuku could actually unsummoned his creation. If Wolfram had been unable to hold back the tower, Izuku would have unsummoned it before impact. Meanwhile, by grabbing it, with actual effort from him, Wolfram just confirmed his reaction time, and his limits with his newfound power to Izuku.

However, considering the kid sweating bullets (or was that rain?), he was probably close to his limit in what he could summon or not.

"CLEVER…. BOY!"

Wolfram slammed his feet against the ground, and as Greymon was ready to smash him, taking advantage of the use of his hands against the Tower, the Digimon got impaled by seven spear, all coming from the ground. Fuck, this was actually going near his limits, right now!

Wolfram took one second to change how he was using his power for the tower. Rather than holding each bot individually… He would squash them against the Tower, giving it an iron plating. Good. Now, he only needed one hand to hold it.

From the other… He would deal with Izuku.

"Not bad, kid! I actually have to be serious to catch you alive!"

"Thank you for your kind words!"

The kid was still smiling, while having the full attention of a S… No, an SS Villain? Damn. That was ballsy. Wolfram used his remaining hand to summon Optimus' arms, and launched them against the Summoner, who dodged it gracefully. However, this was expected, and Wolfram clenched his fist, calling the arms back.

The two giant fists cut through the air, ready to hit Izuku, with their might. Wolfram was quite knowledgeable about the velocity needed to kill someone, or the one needed to simply make him wish he wasn't born. He opted for the second option, knowing they could heal the boy at home.

Nonetheless, the boy seemed to smile, before raising a finger.

"Now!"

Suddenly, an energy beam vaporized the two arms, coming from seemingly nowhere… Wait, not nowhere. From behind his first steel wall! Was something hidden there?

The king of Magnetism couldn't let something like that unravel, and he used another move to smash whatever was hidden behind that wall.

A blinding light emanated from it, and the wall was once again pulverized, as Izuku was happily fanning himself with a handful of cards he didn't burn, before explaining: "Damn, that one is a pain to pull, but she seemed perfect for an emergency deck."

From under the dust, a feminine silhouette appeared, white-haired and clad in blue. Without a word, the summon stared at Wolfram, and pointed her staff in his direction.

Wolfram, in answer to the oncoming attack, slammed the hand holding back the Reversed Tower, aiming at the Silent Magician.

Izuku actually yelped and made the Magician redirect her attack against the tower. Without a word, the summon obeyed her master and aimed her staff, and subsequent powerful beam, at the falling Tower… but to her surprise, the beam didn't seem to be able to disintegrate the tower that kept falling toward her. Was this because Izuku actually burned a lot of cards to be sure he could summon it, and strengthened the Tower?

Very likely.

Izuku's smile turned bad for a second before he smiled once again full, and unsummoned the Tower. Suddenly, Wolfram's attack lost a lot of weight, and Silent magician managed to pierce through the plating. Right now, I-Island Tower seemed to have doubled in size, as a reversed cone was at the top.

The villain stared at Izuku, who was preparing from his left-hand new summons. To be fair, Wolfram had both hands free now.

"This won't be enough to beat me, kid!"

"I have already won, old man."

Wolfram raised an eyebrow, when Izuku used the Sun Arcana, dissipating the storm above their head, and replacing it with a scorching sun, making everyone in the arena wince from both the light and the heat.

"I am Joker! The wildest card! I can be, and will be everything! Overcoming the odds and reaching victory, and making everyone smile!"

Wolfram inhaled air, and summoned thousand and thousand of thorns from the plating, putting them all around Izuku.

"Don't worry, I am an expert. But you are strong, kiddo. You can be proud to have made me go to such lengths to catch you!"

Izuku wasn't stupid. He was smart and knew his luck : For some reason, Wolfram's friendship with his father made him want to take him alive. Wolfram didn't want to kill him, as otherwise, he would have smashed the tower against him, and not the Magician.

Being complimented by a villain who was at the top of his power was… Actually a feat and he was proud of it.

"Thanks! But you are forgetting something!"

Izuku prayed he was right in his calculations, as Wolfram sighed and prepared his attack.

"You will tell me later!"

"THE JOKER WORKS BETTER IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER CARDS!"

The villain felt two hands pulling off the crown from his head, while he was manipulating a thousand steel needles.

Which was, in terms of precision and power, quite above his normal quirk limit.

Wolfram turned to see behind him nothing, except a floating crown. The… The invisible girl?

Bleeding from his nose, as his control over the metal faded, Wolfram fell against the ground. He had forgotten the girl. The two nerds were still behind their dome, but he was so focused on Izuku and his show, that he forgot to pay attention to the girl.

Clever… Kids…

His body, almost dead, slammed against the ground as the kids rejoiced.

Wolfram was down.

Izuku almost fell, as he released his control over the Silent Magician and Upchuck. Seriously, this was a lot, but hey! No bleeding from his nose! He was fine, only tired from the adrenaline!

However, he was caught in Tooru's arms, lightly muscled now thanks to her training. Hell, the girl was a hell of fast when she wanted now. However, for their plan to work, Tooru had to make sure Wolfram forgot about her, and she then needed good timing to take off the crown, and make himself overload his own quirk and body.

A dangerous plan, but Izuku was unsure to have enough cards to burn for his final option.

Tooru was smiling, as he could guess before kissing her tenderly, his hand passing through her hair.

Melissa, feeling relieved the threat was gone, felt her legs disappear under her, and she relaxed, Mei catching her too.

"I don't want to be in the frontline! My lab is fine, thank you!"

Mei giggled, before nodding, "I prefer to have a fucking robot to fight against the enemy than going commando like that."

"Well, at least, nothing worse can happen now!"

This actually froze the three heroic students, when Melissa said the cursed sentence.

There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.

Wolfram was only mostly dead… And like animals, villains are the most dangerous when injured, or on the verge of death.

"FUCK… ALL OF YOU!"

Wolfram yelled, blood pouring from his nose, before he attempted something incredibly dumb and crazy. The Crown showed him power, strength yet untapped.

He had it only for a few minutes… But… His body… It still remembered the power.

Wolfram, from the top of his lung, summoned all the iron toward him.

The kids yelped, as the villain was now assuming an iron giant form, towering above them.

"I WILL APOLOGIZE LATER BUT NOW, YOU ARE COMING WITH BROKEN LIMBS!"

The villain was clearly in bad shape, and the blood was hitting his head at full speed. However, the adrenaline and the electric shock of his Awakening allowed him to stay conscious. He only needed to knock out Izuku and he would call Kurogiri for an emergency extraction.

Now, the gloves were off against the kids!

—--

Under the sea, a massive form was making its way to I-Island.