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.

40. Month 5: Week 1: The War Part IV

Note: Alright time for the next chapter in the saga and guys were REALLY close to the end now! I'm fairly confident in the fact that we really will only have SEVEN chapters remaining! So be sure to go to my profile to vote on the next story idea! Never really thought I got this far but here we are, I'll likely probably upload the last chapter on christmas and then start the next path on new years so yeah. We'll see what happens! Enjoy reading! As I said before OPM fans prepared to have those jimmies rustled! lol!

A Hidden Threat: Sweet mask, Pig god, Atomic's disciples, Fubuki, Tokoyami, GFlame

"You had me waiting! Looks like you're quite the voracious eater yourself, you'll be the perfect appetizer for me. I am the great food tub, the all consuming gluttony monster who leaves nothing behind!" the monster boasted as it looked down on his victim the S-class hero pig god of the hero association, he could tell by his over extend stomach that seemed packed full of worming monsters that he to fought like him swallowing things whole but now it was his time to be eaten , he dwarf the hero in size being three times larger he would go down smoothly the extra monster in his stomach will only serve to feed hm as well it's going to be like eating a pinata whole.

"After I'm done eating you, Your companions will join you soon after!" food tub screamed as he rushed his head forwards jaw open wide however the next thing he knew, he briefly saw the hero morph or something as the man's jaw seemingly detached from his lower mouth maybe but the next thing he could feel was darkness and the burning sensation as something hit his mouth it wasn't blood but acid? He closed his mouth and attempted to pull back but he found himself trapped in whatever had him, the acid continued to eat away at but he would continue to fight until the end he wouldn't be bested this easily!

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The disciples stopped as sudden vibrations shook the area they were which meant that one of the S-class would have been fighting close by, they had no need for concern since the person was an S-class hero but it was of some comfort to know one was close by for support if they had managed to get overrun by monsters and speaking of being overrun the group needed to focus on their own battles instead of ones further away as a group of individuals began to approach them, their master had granted them opportunity to take independent action as a form of into the fire training as which he likely expects them to perform up to his expectation and they would not fail him. The three disciples brandished their weapons as a group of armor clad individuals began to approach them.

As the group approached they instantly recognized them as the mercenary squad that Narinki sent in to rescue his son before them, the monster behind them based on her looks was DO-S which meant they were under her control which would make this battle fairly tricky for them, he wondered if he could get to women and kill her would that break them free? Iaian told his fellow disciples to not go for killing blows and attack to subdue them and they responded in an affirmative before the monsters slapped her whip on the floor.

"Now is the time to swing those weapons for me, finish them off!" DO-S yelled

The squad followed her orders immediately as one of the men raised his weapon and fired at them, he remembered during his early days of training under atomic samurai and believing in the futility of the using the sword when firearms existed he even asked his master what does he do when presented against such foes and what he said that day changed his entire perspective on the matter. How do you deal with bullets? What are you on about …they are slower than the speed of one's sword, what's there to deal with?

From then on he believed in his sword fully, now Bullets were no obstacles for him now, they were just slugs moving in mid-air as he dashed forward cutting the four bullets headed his way before proceeding forward even more and slashing along the perpetrator's elbow and knee joints before doing a heavy slash to the man's back sending him crashing into the side of the wall, he told both of his fellow squadmates to mirror what he did destroying the weapons ad aim for the joints of the battlesuits to hopefully disable them, he was about to turn and attack the monsters but the sound of crushing movement kept his motion focused on the target in front of him as the man launched off the wall and came at him with an overhead punch that he jumped away from to avoid. It seems that it won't be that easy he thought as he continued to dodge away and the others engaged with bushidrill and okamaitachi.

Bushidrill quickly raised his weapons in response to two mercenaries attacking him with sword and large spiked kanabo, The impact of both their weapons were heavy the ground beneath him shifted as a creator formed underneath his feet but while heavy from the power they lacked conviction, blades swung without such things were no need to be wary of as he activated his weapons and multiple fan blades emerged from his weapon and then started to spin along its length the force of which was easily able to destroy his captor's weapons before as well as both the power suit wearing enemies backward from the force but he had to quickly dodge away from attack as another enemy attempted to attack him this one was wielding a large hammer for a weapon something specialized in breaking bladed weapons and armor he assumed but if he simply invaded it, it too would be no problem.

Okamaitachi was set upon by the only two females of the group, Each of them sported dual-bladed naginata which they used with surprising versatility and efficiency when also combined with their teamwork proved pretty tricky in the battle, it seemed that even before their mind control these were some highly skilled fighters she summarized. Given that they work so well together she instead opted to take a different approach and strike out from out of their range with a wind blade. the attack was a success taking the two women off guard striking them both dead center and hitting a double whammy She was able to destroy both of their weapons at the same time but she had no time to celebrate as she dodged out of the way of the strike as two other individuals attempted to jump her forcing her to weave out of the punch and kick being delivered she hopped back just in time to bump backs with the other two guys of the trio.

The mercenary group all started to attack them in a coordinated fashion while they defended themselves and attempted to figure out a way to disrupt their rhythm and subdue them.

"You're full of openings, how cute. First, let me capture one. A brand new love slave!" DO-S stated gleefully as she snapped her whip out at the older gentleman with a beard but she was shocked when her whip was actually caught by someone but not just anyone it was sweet mask.

"It seems like you can control these subjects with a swing of your whip like a conductor waving his baton. My guess is that it's a form of hypnosis through pain. Once struck your mind is stricken from you.. Leave you guys at a disadvantage, You're free to go and leave this to me." Sweet Mask remarked.

"B-But…"

"Drop it. At this rate I'm afraid you'll suffer the same fate and end up becoming the monster's slave, Do you really wish to smear Atomic's name by committing such a disgraceful act?" Sweet Mask stated calmly, cutting off Iaian response.

"You intend to fight them alone?" bushidrill asked

"I have a very simple solution, but I'll save time on the exposition but you're in the way. It would be more convenient if you moved aside. Don't worry I won't get brainwashed." Sweet Mask replied simply.

"Come on, let's trust our superstar." okamaitachi remarked in support, and with that Iaian nodded and stood down, sheathing his sword.

"Understood, we're counting on you." Iaian replied as he and the rest of the trio started to run away down the hall.

"Choosing to stay behind all by yourself, is there something wrong with you?" DO-S asked

"Heroes who think like they do will only serve to get in my way. " sweet mask commented simply.

"Hm…you really are handsome..huhu I'm so happy to meet you. Just between me and you …I was actually a fan of yours …what do you say…shall we go and spend some quality time together? If you agree I might even consider releasing these kids here. " DO-S remarked as she removed her mask and showed off her elongated tongue but as she looked at the hero, the only thing she saw was pure hatred in them and the aura the man gave off was nearly smothering making her take a single step back.

"You think bargaining with me is going to work? Hideous creature prepare to die." Sweet Masked responded simply

"Ooh you have a fiery temper I see, all the more, sweet mask you will be mine." DO-S remarked as she slapped her whip against the floor.

"No way, he's a hero after all he wouldn't do something like that. Would he?" okamaitchi asked

"I would like to think so too but he's giving off the same murderous vibe like that time in A-city." Iain replied.

"But those were aliens, right? Given what they did that makes sense, These guys are human just like us and they had the courage to sneak in here with the same objective as ours. It wouldn't make sense to do something like that." okamaitachi defended.

"Well there is only one way to find out." bushidrill stated as all three of them looked at each other and nodded before turning back.

As the criminals all dashed towards the handsome hero, she was sure that she would be able to find an opportunity to attack him and land a hit against him even if he was able to catch her whip with his gloves that must be due to the fabric or composition of his gloves, she knew he was the rank 1 number one hero but she was still optimistic he was still just an A-class after all if push come to shove she would have to join the frey herself and force him to submit that way, ooh she felt hot just thinking of it but that feeling quickly fell away as she witnessed…she couldn't believe what she witnessed the man, the cold friendly star ad idol had just ripped through the brainwashed mercenaries like tissue paper, he didn't care if they were human? She was able to lash out again with her whip through her surprise, she managed to weave it around his arm and strike his cheek but nothing changed and it had no effect. She quickly got on her knees and threw her hands into the air.

"Wa- wait…I surrender..I will obey your orders my master sweet mask." DO-S stated and for a moment she felt like she was in heaven as the star cusped her mouth, she felt so small under his gaze as she waited for him to speak to her, order …it was an odd sensation and for some reason she felt good about it…her pride as a sadist was was being crushed but she didn't feel bad but as he spoke his neck words, his next demands the feeling of happiness turned dot one of shock followed by despair.

"Die monster." sweet mask stated simply as he moved his hand lower to the girls neck and and snapped it in that next moment, the monster went limp in his hands and he let go and watched disgusted as it fell to the floor, he shook hands hands free of blood just in time to turn to the returning arrivals.

"Oh my god…" okamaitachi remarked at the spectacle of dead bodies in front of her.

"I knew it, I shouldn't have trusted him." iaian commented.

"Sweet mask, explain yourself, these were innocent people being controlled, you had no reason to kill them. Such actions are not befitting of the Top of the A-class." bushidrill challenged. Sweet mask looked at the three of them, completely unphased.

"What's there to explain? It's our jobs as heroes to vanquish evil no matter the form it takes, innocent you say? These were mercenaries' mind you, they were crooked even before being controlled by the monster." sweet mask replied simply.

"But they were trying to help rescue the child despite what they may have done in the past, don't you think taking on this huge risk earned them some leeway?" okamaitachi replied, she was in disbelief the idol star was completely different than how she expected him to be, the man actually chuckled at that.

"You mean when they directly threatened the child's life by foolishly charging head first into the monster base? When they gave the ultimatum to kill him if we acted foolishly? If the child is dead it would be on-" sweet mask stopped mid sentence as he put a hand to his ear piece the swordman did the same they all heard the news from neith that they have successfully rescued the child but there was another child to be found inside the place.

"It seems these idiots didn't completely screw up and waste our efforts but there is another child in the base besides our target to keep a lookout for it." sweet mask commented as he moved forwards, the disciples noticeably stiffened and prepared for combat as he moved towards them but the man didn't lose stride as he walked past them.

"Hey we aren-"

"Stop it." iaian said before he started to tap along his armor, only these three would know the secret encoded message that he was telling them.

"Let's not pursue this any further. There is something weird about him that's for sure, we should be diplomatic about it for the time being. When our task here is completed. We'll dig in and around his background and see what we'll find." Iaians embedded message told them as the three watched as the man walked away from them, The three continued to turn and looked at the hero sunk further into the shadows of the association before they all turned to the dead and ripped apart mercenaries. Okamaitchi even kneeled down and personally apologized and remarked that she should have been more aware of Iaian's hunch and maybe things could have worked out differently.

The group stayed there and the other two joined okamaitachi in a knee, before they all got up and proceeded forwards,there was some mild debate on if they should inform the other heroes about sweet masks actions or not but ultimately they decided not to the system should only be used if they were in serious conflict and required assistance or other unforeseen hazards they could discuss this matter later with atomic samurai , they proceeded forwards through a couple of corridors it became evident where sweet mask had been and where he hadn't given the monsters bodies, they proceeded forwards walking mostly aimless they didn't have an objective and maybe under friendly terms they might have accompanied sweet mask on where he was going but the man could barely be called a friend at this point to any of them and they would be sure to bring it up to the atomic samurai as soon as they got the opportunity, the trio had been hearing strange voicing going down one hallway and decided to investigate it out taking their time and peeking around corner to a disturbing sight.

"I…is that a monster? No, it's Mr. Pig god "Bushidrill remarked

"How…how could it be? What about the laws of physics? How could he even digest that?" Iaian replied.

"I don't know…this doesn't look like something we were supposed to see." bushidrill replied

"Agreed, Let's find another way around." okamaitachi replied

The three disciples circumventive the large monster-eating man and continued on their journey, They encountered a semi-open space with two stairwells heading upward and downwards, they didn't have much of a hunch on where to go so after they were done killing the monster they were going to have a vote on which route to take but they were soon disturbed when they sensed a murderous intent something each of the three reacted instantly blocking the strands of something coming up from out of the floor, they welcomed the challenge and cut the ground to meet the monster head-on, this monster was humanoid in appearance and wore a white attire with thigh-high black boots and black gloves. His jacket had intricate, black embroidery and feathers. The things that came up from the floor had apparently been its hair massive in size and seemingly having a mind of its own as it floated and moved next to the monster's body.

Both bushidrill and Iaian prepared for combat against this opponent however okamaitachi was stone still, The girl was enamored by the look of the monster, and its open extravagant style was calling to her like an invitation but she couldn't a human and monster romance was forbidden and it wouldn't work out between them, she was snapped out of her thought by Iaian as he elbowed her in the shoulder and told her to use her air blade against the monster and bushidrill yelling at "him" to get it together bushidrill only would call her that to get her attention which prompted her to call him jealous but iaian quickly got them back on track before anymore counter arguing could happen especially in the presence of an enemy.

Okamaitchi used her air blade again the monster after verbally rejecting the monster's feelings and attacking it with her airblade butt the monster was able to counter the attack with thick strands of hair almost casually, all of the disciples were surprised by the feat, the air blade was an almost divine like technique that bushidrill couldn't hope to replicate, the move was created by slashing the air at an incredible speed within a certain angle to create a sickle of air that cut all of the most hardest targets but hair seemed to beg to differ for such a thing. Okamaitachi suddenly felt a prick in her feet and bushidrill yelled a warning to the women, that something was coming up from beneath her, she thought quickly and leaped into the air, the strings of hair followed after her and she sliced them but two more strands came at her from a different angle hoping to skewer he through the face but bushidrill was there to protect her stabbing and stopping the attack cold she thanked him and the three disciples looked towards the monster while Iaian held point, listing off the things that they would have to watch out for.

The monster's hair was finer than the edge of any blade and small enough to easily sneak through the spaces of body and armor, they could not afford to overlook any attack. The monster likely held many attack patterns such as piercing, binding, restraining, and severing attacks. He may have the advantage of reach but if I can close in close enough I can cut him even while he's guarding with his Idado. That was their plan of action to allow iaian to get close enough to use the Iai slash which would hopefully put the monster down, in a surprising turn of events however the monster lifted itself with its hair and came towards them, its hair digging into the ground going into the corners of the room and attacking from almost every direction.

Each of the disciples knew what to do They couldn't possibly keep track of all the strands of hair in the room by purely using their eyes so they closed them, the extra stimuli would only serve to distract their senses so now, they would only rely on pure instinct, feeling along with the murderous aura and counter-attacking with their reflexes. The typical human head has over 100,000 strands of hair with only three blades they need to stop over 33,000 each, If they hesitate or miss for a moment their vital organs would be pierced they couldn't afford to let their guard down. The monsters as Iaian said turned to different types of attacks actually picking up debris from the surroundings and throwing it at them, Due to the environment not possessing any murderous aura he completely bypassed their instinct scoring a direct hit against bushidrill, he fell back with a pained grunt and the other two opened their eyes and saw. Okamaitachi was closer to the man than Iaian was so she was quick to cover him just like he had covered for her before.

The segregated formation allowed the monster to wrap the two of them in stands of its hair but its main focus was on Iaian who had been getting closer and closer through the valley of it all trying to remain tall through the flurry as his face was cut as his legs felt stings of slashes and pokes, he yelled out to the others to remember what their master told them about fighting a monster that they could not beat as a normal human, they had to do it now, they had to… they'll have to go beyond human even if the S-class like their master, tatsumaki, pig god has long since surpassed human limits they were still far behind them but the least they could do is follow them and this was their chance.

Okamaitachi and bushidrill was emboldened by the speech and fought to escape their binds, bushidrill unsheathed his blade using the blade inside of it to free the both of them and the two quickly caught up to Iaian aiding the man in pushing forwards through the barrage of hair, their eyes remained open but their instincts fielded their movement. They were improving the three of them together worked as one, they were no longer three separate blades but one, they held no blindspot as they could cover for the other and this left them the most important value which was time now their combination could not only just defend and counter but defend and attack they three of them proceeded faster and faster cutting the hair consistently even enough to predict where the hair would be before it got their. The group pushed through and got Iaian in prime positions for one singular strike and that was all he needed . The one armed man lashed out with his fastest strike possible horizontally across over the top of the monster's head while the others dealt with the hair attempting to intercept him. The monster leapt backwards but Iain believed that it was already too late they had won, they surpassed their limits then and as the monster's hair completely fell out of his head and fell to the ground the three of them still stood victorious. They just needed to catch their breath for a moment before moving on to their next trial, whatever it may be if it was as strong as that they may need to be concerned but if that was all they had then they didn't have to be concerned about their master.

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Revenge Party: Fubuki, Tokoyami, GFlame

20 minutes after the heroes leave

Fubuki, tokoyami and the GFlame robot had been slowly making their way through the monster association base thanks to the other heroes many of the hallways had been already empty of monster inhabitants and the ones that were still around proved to be or no problem for the trio that moved, tokoyami barely had to lift a finger as the super fast robot would handle most threats for them, fubuki wanted to keep her strength up for the upcoming fight and was mostly focus however she still had her doubts about the machine leading the way. The two converse of course however it was mostly the machine but most likely fuzzies attempt at talking the psycho sister into switching to their new association even offering the girl the chance of being one of their leader figures, he attempted to use the conflict between her sister to his advantage, explaining that if she truly wanted to be a rival to her sister it would only make sense to be apart of a separate organization and at least to tokoyami it seemed to be having an effect on the girl, he mostly stayed silent not having much to discuss to the women or the robot in question given the dark caverns of the association he opted to swap to dark shadow for the added benefit it's ability in the dark.

There was several tremors that wrung out throughout the complex from the fighting that had been happening around them and despite their travels being easy it seemed to be endless but eventually they found their prize and sooner than initially expected as well, but the true shocker was the disconfigured bodies that laid down dead on the floor of where they found her.

"You!" both fubuki and DO-S said simultaneously

"The monster DO-S, you won't get away this time. I'll make you pay thoroughly for what you did to my subordinates." fubuki remarked as her hands began to glow alight with power.

DO-S sucked in a breath as she took note of the situation, even without the others she was confident enough to beat the younger sister without any reason to assume that the older sibling would come to her aid like before she should be busy with Orochi or Gyoro-Gyoro at the moment, that only left the two people behind the women one of which was one of the non-killing army members if her memory served her correctly but as long as it wasn't one of the two S-class ones she was certain that she could defeat him but then that left the third person with them but it wasn't a person it was a machine, did that mean that the machines were secretly spies for the hero association? She didn't know how strong the machines were but she knew that one of them was willing to openly challenge Royal Ripper and the other two had been spending a lot of time with the ninja as training dummies, That level of speed could be dangerous she thought so she had to go about this carefully and get a chance to capture the non-killing army member and use him as a hostage, he even wore a similar suit to her now dead puppets so he could be a useful pawn in that regard.

She needed to finish up here quickly and hurry up to Sweet Mask as quickly as possible. He should be lured away to a certain location just as planned just as he is exhausted from the fight against the cadre, then she will use the opportunity to baptize him with her love. Then with her brainwashing and a few monster cells, she can create a slave with shapeshifting abilities and have them shapeshift into sweet mask and offer that body to the cadre so that they can get the credit for killing him which will allow her to keep the real sweet mask locked in her dungeon for all eternity, where she could do whatever she wanted to him or he could do whatever he wanted to her. She thought gleefully but she was getting ahead of herself. She needed to get herself out of the current situation first and there was one way to do that. As she fully stood up and got herself ready, stretching the whip in her hands.

"So you feel cocky just because you outnumber me this time around? What are scared are you to face me by yourself without your sister coming to save you?" DO-S replied snarkily as she slapped her whip on the ground, Fubuki's aura flared at the remark.

"I don't need anyone's help to defeat you, monster, especially her." the girl remarked anger clearly evident in her tone and DO-S was happy to hear that but she was surprised by the burst of speed the girl showed as she charged forwards it was just like before during the ending of their bout on the surface but maybe even faster than then as she could barely bring her defenses up before the girl struck her with her power sending her flying into the wall of the hallway crashing into and breaking through, she managed to recover in time too as she went flying through the third wall just in time to avoid several fast-moving rocks sent her way. Taking stalk of her surroundings she quickly found the monster meandering about and used her whip to control them to attack her but as her power began to make it through they were mercilessly cut down.

She couldn't even see what did them in but she noticed the robot in the corner of the room which offered some explanation but she needed to turn her attention back to the mad women attacking her as another swarm of rocks was sent her way, this time she used her whip to defend herself smacking and pulverizing each one with her whip each one but one had somehow slipped through her guard and hit her directly in the chin making her jaw ache. The minor flinch messed up her defensive rhythm against the barrage of rocks headed her way causing pain to erupt all throughout her body as several large rocks landed all over her body.

She crossed her two arms over her body in an attempt to mitigate the damage as best she could before throwing herself into a tuck and rolling away from the barrage. she was just able to stabilize and notice the esper sister coming directly at her, She launched out her whip and wasn't too surprised when it was flung away from the girl, so she needed to rely on her physical strength for the fight instead. She quickly dodged out of the chagring women's rampage but was surprised when the ground opened up beneath her and swallowed her legs whole crushing them, The monster screamed out in pain but they weren't broken so she slammed a fist down on the rock breaking herself free and allowing her to catch the girls wrist, she wouldn't have thought that the women would be one to carry around a knife but there it was in her hands aiming directly for her neck but she welcomed the close combat as she attempted to crush the women's hands but it was slippery, she had cloaked herself in her esper power allowing her to escape unharmed but the sharp kick to the woman's face at least allowed the monster some room to maneuver, even despite her power shielding her, she could still see that the blow hurt the girl as she was bleeding from the nose but that only seemed to anger her more as she wiped the blood away.

DO-S seeing as a physical contest was going to be her only chance took a page out of the women's book and started to throw rocks at her, Using her whip she grabbed rocks and scattered debris around the room to throw at the women even the cut in half monster bodies themselves anything she could do to disrupt the girl's line of sight and allow her to get in close and deliver a beat down. She thought her plan was working as she did indeed manage to get closer but as she went in for a punch she was thrown back by a sudden harsh wind surrounding the girl, She could barely get her bearing when the winds rose to a fever pitch the only thing she could hope to do was dodge out of the way of the attack but again her feet were encumbered by the floor, she struggled for a moment but only could get low and brace for the attack to come hell-storm the harsh winds came at her batter her from all sides as it encompassed her, she weathered the attack for some time feeling the rocks crash along her body and the top of her head but even more forces completely blew her off her feet as she was sent flying through several more rooms.

She was bleeding she could feel the wounds covering her stomach and upper shoulder but she could still move them she could still potentially escape, she versed herself for thinking that but the woman was too much for her at the moment, she turned to attempt to hobble away but the boy was there along with the machine, she guessed they weren't going to let her get away that easily but he was with the non-killing army right? He wouldn't let her kill her right? So she got down on the ground and lifted her hands in the air.

"I…I surrender please spare me…don't let her kill me.." DO-S begged the boy.

"Ah, you seemed to be under some misunderstanding, we are no longer the non-killing army we go by the mutants now, if you live or die is of no concern to me especially after the barbaric acts you had with those mercenaries." tokoyami replied as he realized the monster was looking at him.

"Wait what do you I didn't-ugh" DO-S voice was suddenly cut off as fubuki stepped on her head.

"I..I surrender lady fubuki…I'll…I'll work for you please." the monster begged again.

"Hmmm? You say that but I have no reason to trust what you say now do I?hmm what about this whip? If I hit you with it you will have to do everything I say right?" fubuki remarked simply before she got an idea looking at the monster's weapon, she picked it up and started to whip her mercilessly over and over again after a few minutes and another rumble tokoyami decided to cut the girl's funs short.

"Get on with it, are you going to kill her or not?" Tokoyami asked, agitated and fubuki was getting ready to decide the monster women spoke up again.

"Wait , wait wait…ugh…ummm what about my other love sla- I mean people if I die then they will die with me as long as they are slaves to my power, you would be killing 999 people!" DO-S shouted suddenly and this drew the two's attention, it was a bluff but they have no reason to believe otherwise.

"Is she telling the truth?" Tokoyami asked the machine.

"Inconclusive. Not enough data to confirm… she may be attempting to retreat back to her room to recover a device she can use to summon rover.. One of the cadre." the machine proposed and DO-S did her best to cover up her feeling of surprise and shock and keep her expression neutral as the two of them stared at her.

"Where is her room? I don't want to take the risk and if there are other hostages we should prioritize their safety." tokoyami remarked

"I can take-"

"No need we have our escort, you only speak when spoken to." fubuki remarked as she roughly picked the girl up and wrapped her arms with her own whip and pushed her forwards, they had got back into the hallway when they first encountered the women and the worrying sight of the corpses. The two gave the machine a minute to gather up all the corpses pressing some commands on the powered suits before he stepped back, the suits all began to heat up significantly before evaporating it along with its occupants. The three began to start moving soon after that as the entire base seemed to shake once more.

"Before you said that, you weren't the ones to kill those men, then who did?" Tokoyami asked the monster.

"You may not believe me but what if I said it was sweet mask? The man was ferocious. I never would have ever expected such a thing from the man. It was just so….uhm it was unexpected. It didn't even seem like he was human anymore but more like a monster." DO-S replied.

"A monster you say?….hmmm" tokoyami replied

"She's probably just lying." fubuki remarked dismissively, tokoyami said nothing to that but kept it in the back of his mind while they traveled he radioed in his friends and told them what was transpiring and what they were about to do, receiving confirmation he told both fubuki and GFlame of what was happening the robot suggesting that there was a railroad nearby where they could pass through it was likely buried underneath rock and gravel now due to child emperors plan but tokoyami was confident dark shadow could bareilly his way through it making an exit. The three of them kept moving, and eventually, the group arrived inside the arena.

The women seemed to be telling the truth and that indeed there were somewhat over 900 hundred people present Although they seemed different they looked like monsters some more than others, they at first seemed to be welcoming but seeing that their mistress was in distress they turned into wild animals attempting to attack them, GFlame was quick to come to their defense knocking out each one within the blink of an eye before fubuki and DO-S could even tell what happened.

"I thought you said that you had hostages, these are clearly just more monsters." fubuki started pulling on the girl's arms within her confines, the woman struggled from the thorns sticking into her arms but spoke out.

"That's because I've been treating them to whipping for a very long time. So will you kill them heroes or was Sweet mask an exception to all the barbarities." the monsters remarked with no sense of pity or empathy, tokoyami sent the monster a hard glare which shut her up before trying to think, he definitely wouldn't kill them they didn't ask to turn into this but it didn't seem like they had to as the growths and colors of their skin soon started to disappear as they stated to awaken, they were turning back into a human again.

"So why were you needed again?" tokoyami remarked as he turned back to the woman, DO-S was shaken, she didn't know what she should do, could she get out of this by just begging? She hesitantly turned towards fubuki who looked at her greedily.

"So it seems, that your life is fully in my hands after all, and If you want to keep it that way you're going to follow everything I say, you got that." fubuki finished off her point with a smack of her whip to the back of the monster head, god the woman was getting way too comfortable swinging that thing around, like hell she would ever submit to her but for now she will have to play along.

"Yes miss fubu- I mean mistress ..I'll follow your demands," DO-S remarked in her best small and meager voice.

"If anything goes wrong just know it will be on your head." tokoyami remarked as he got all the panic civilians' attention

Tokoyami was gathering together all the civilians together and proceeded to the back of the room he found they found a room with multiple cages, The GFlame had emerged from another room even further behind holding up what appeared to be a whistle, tokoyami was a bit hesitant about it holding the weapon but still uncertain about fuzzies allegiance but instead he simply stowed it away inside of an compartment inside of itself. He would question what they were planning to do with that later as long as it was not going to be used was all that truly mattered he continued and was pointed in the direction of a wall opposite of the cells and approached it, he looked at his phone to see if the others were in position and to find out where dark shadow needed to borrow to get out once confirming where he needed to go, he confirmed there location and used Ragnarok to quickly barrel through the rock and gravel separating them in a weird perversion of what he did during the war instead of blocking people in he was creating a way for others to escape.

During the process the explosive voice of bakugo caught his attention, the explosive blonde seemingly more on edge than before, he asked about the boy's mission but he wasn't very forthcoming with such information, however, he did keep looking back at the doors to the entrance, he told him about some mysterious goop or resin had been flooding the lower levels but they seemed to have stopped now that he went higher up in the place. DO-S was shocked at the revelation that four of the cadre had been neutralized at the moment. Were the heroes really that strong or were they just trying to bluff in her presence? If they were telling the truth maybe being taken prisoner didn't sound so bad, She knew that orochi was still around so the monsters should inevitably win the battle but she had doubts if the monsters won, she could turn the tables on fubuki she could be her pet if she listened to her, the monster thought simply as she was rudely pushed through the tunnels systems they made.

When Tokoyami first saw his class he was pretty happy to see that all of them were alright however there were two more with them that he couldn't quite recognize but after seeing who each of them was close to he figured it out fairly quickly the first one to catch his attention was the large women behind koda which was likely Aki. She was towering over koda likely being around 8ft tall, She possessed red fur over her entire body with black tiger stripes, and she held the face like that of a bull and had the horns to match, one of the horns however was broken at the tip, wearing nothing but sword sheaths for clothing as two large sword dotted her back, along with a long white tiger like tail that flowed behind her clashing with her red fur completely. The next newcomer was hanging off sero and introduced herself again as Jackie, at that tokoyami perked up a bit asking how that came to pass and she explained that the monster that had revival capabilities likely got her during the time they attacked the incinerator a couple of days ago, tokoyami deflated at the response almost instantly.

Tokoyami upon seeing the women's mind raced to the possibility of sigismund possibly being alive and revived but he knew that was just him trying to claw at straws, he was personally there when they buried the boy and their family and he would have no reason to be treated differently like he was a monster because his monsterfication wasn't actually a physical change to his body like Jackies were, he slumped backward and tsu must have noticed as she came over to comfort him but that also could have been her thankful that he was alright but most likely it was a mixture of the two. The Gflame unit remarked that he would leave and deliver the artifact back to headquarters and then return which would be when neith had full operational authority over it, neith nodded her confirmation and the robot was gone like that in a flash.

Bakugo immediately got to work doing a headcount and noticing that midoriya still wasn't present along with todoroki being gone asked about them, momo explained that while they were flying over here they had felt a chill coming up from one of the entrances of the base, after looking at the positions of the S-class heroes we noticed that another one of their members were frozen stalk still and not moving which was metal bat, he speculated that if the monsters did their research as good as they did or if someone gave them that information than the monster that would be taking him on would be none other than withered bean sprout with his freezing abilities he would be able to stop metal bat from getting stronger as the battle commenced so he would go help him. DO-S actually confirmed that as they spoke leading the class to question the other monsters about the other matchups the association planned and after getting hit with the whip again by fubuki she started to tell them. When she got to sweet mask, momo took the moment to include that that was where midoriya was headed next. He hadn't been able to find the child yet but when she informed him of sweet masks cries for help she helped guide him towards his position. Tank top master had also activated his SOS signal and momo had sent GWind to go and help him, it hasn't arrived yet but it's still on its way.

Sero questioned should they send help to atomic samurai or zomebieman just in case they need it? That was a question but they didn't want to extend themselves to far and unlike the other two heroes they had not requested for help yet, metal bat could have been frozen preventing him from doing so but the other two should likely be able to if they required it, and there was also the issue of arriving just to get in the way, atomic samurai was stronger than all of them if he couldn't defeat his opponent they likely would stand very little chance to survive, zombieman was borderline unkillable so they didn't worry to much for him even if he was on the losing end he would survive the conflict nonetheless or at least they hoped, they ultimately decided that if they need assistance or called for it they would head out if not then they will wait until then, they will inform midoriya about the issue and he can decide after he's done helping sweet mask.

The next topic of discussion was much simpler for them, it was to get the civillains to safety and the quickest and easiest way to displace that many people was simple, tsu grew to her largest size of 14 meters channeling the size of beelzebufo than uraraka lighted her along with all of the civilians before shoji used his buddah to strap them all towards the large frog girl and using both her legs along with bakugo and tokoyami flying they all leapt away towards the perimeter guard, they likely would have a few questions but they could fill those out later and hopefully focus on the people instead.

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Mirror: Sweet Mask, Midoriya, Atomic samurai

Sweet mask has been making his way through the monster association, he was surprised to see that that the mutants were able to complete the objective so quickly from starting which meant that they had known where the child was, they should have informed him of this plan when he got back he would surely give that boy a stern lesson on keeping secrets from him. He continued to ruthlessly slice and kill through the monsters to the point that they had been actually running from him but they wouldn't get far none of them would escape his purge, they were insect that needed to be exterminated for sake of humanity and he was the exterminator but he wasn't going to just run around loosely he had a mission to take care of searching for the so called labs the monsters supposedly contained he would destroy them, technology made by monsters shouldn't exist on this planet and these painful dull machines he dealt with on his travels were a test to that while he didn't like to praise the S-class in any regard in comparison to the drones metal knight creates they were nothing more than toys. Getting bored of searching through rooms however, he opted for a different approach as he scooped up the decapitated head of a monster which was apparently still alive. He instructed it to tell him where to go and surprisingly due to its fear it did exactly that leading him down to one of the labs where he found a group of scientist and engineer-type monsters working on another stupid machination.

He killed them all in an instant dashing in and destroying whatever they were working on, he continued through the lab in pursuit of another scientist as he continued to murder his way through surprisingly large lab, There were even containers that seemed to have experiments inside of them he crushed them not even wanting to know about what they were trying to create. He cut down the fleeing scientist took a look around and spotted something interesting; it was a massive structure bigger than the rest of them by a wide margin. The massive glass containers contained something and it even seemed like things were dropping into it. He hoisted the monster's head up and demanded he tell him what the contraption does Apparently it was a cultivation device for the monster cells which had the capability to turn humans into monsters which were harvested directly from lord orochi herself, so it seemed as long as it survives then that would mean it could continue to make more of these disgusting things he remarked as he quickly cut the two large contraptions apart and leaving out of dodge from the ensuing explosion.

The monster seemed to balk at him thinking that he would be able to defeat orochi, even going so far in fact that he wouldn't be able to beat a cadre but he wasn't worried all the monsters so far had been handled with absolute ease as he thought that a dark presence suddenly caught his attention and he immediately turned to face it but he was surprised to see that it was only just his reflection they had apparently found themselves in a room full of mirrors, he took the moment to bask in his reflection ensuring that he kept up his appearance for his schedules later on in the day, however given that their was another child that likely meant he would have to reschedule unfortunately, as he thought that he suddenly saw something horrible in the mirror above him, his body reacted on instinct throwing the decapitated head straight at the mirror. Not even want to lay eyes on the abomination ever again but his mind functioned enough to remember how mirrors actually worked and he turned his head to see the abomination again, his body again reacted on instinct jumping backward attempting to force himself as far away from the creature as quickly as possible. But he was trapped in the room with it, he had clung to the wall of a corner and slid down the mirror's surfaces as the creature approached him.

The abomination spoke to him but he couldn't hear what it was saying too focused on everything in his body telling him to flee, It was the worst …he couldn't win against this creature, the mighty, intelligent, brave, mighty warrior worth a thousand men, he perfect hero handsomely sweet mask, cannot win against this monstrosity. He was punched through several mirrors but he managed to recover himself in mid-air upon sight of the monster he couldn't find the strength to move.

"I've been waiting for you Idol hero, in a way we both make the women scream..I'm going to kill you. How good you look versus how good you fight doesn't go hand and hand, does it? I'm going to beat that reality into that money maker face of yours, ya goddamn pretty boy piece of shit!" the monster taunted him just before he delivered a barrage of rapid punches to his face and body forcing him backward, he could tell from those blows that this monster was strong! No doubt the monster must be an ugmon. the type of monsters that are created by the many societal issues they face due to how they look, The hatred builds up and eventually envelopes their hearts in darkness and turns them into monsters. Their strength when they become monsters is directly influenced by the ugliness within their hearts.

This was completely unwinnable for him, when his body sees extreme ugliness his body freezes up and starts to shake. Did the monsters have this planned? How did they know or find out about this one weakness or was it just a coincidence? It didn't matter the only thing he could do right now was to run away and request assistance he quickly attempted to get away using the punch of the monsters that punched him through multiple mirrors as a way for him to activate his SOS beacon before hiding out, using the mirrors to his advantage to try and keep out of the monsters reach, he heard tatsumaki voice wring out over the comms but she seemed completely indifferent to his situation not even referencing it so he decided to speak on it, while again requesting for aid.

"...this is sweat mask here…I have dispatched the mercenary unit. They were too far gone to be rescued…EEAAK! No please don't!" Mask remarked as the mere sight of the ugmon monster in the mirror caused him to let out a scream as he attempted to scamper away but his noise gave his position away as a fist slammed into his face sending him crashing down into the ground.

"Sweet mask?" tatsumkai asked

"Sorry, I'm facing a really powerful cadre that can attack the mind! I require assistance. My location is.."

"What's the big deal, it's just a carde? I have already taken care of the boss orochi and Gyoro-Gyoro just like I said I would, can you not call for assistance? If you can't defeat them yourself then you should have just stayed on the surface awaiting orders in the first place! " tatsumaki remarked, cutting him off.

"I don't have time to argue with you right now!" sweet mas argued back

" What if our battle plans failed because we spared a member to come rescue you, This is why A-class should have been left on the surface." tatsumaki argued again. Sweet mask eyes twitched and he was going to ignore the girl for now and ask for anyone else to talk to however he didn't have to.

"Sweet mask, this is Neith, Don't worry deku is en route to provide assistance" neith stated.

"Hey speaking of you guys, where is my sister?" tatsumaki replied

"Stop your paddling brat, When is green saviors estimated time of arrival?" Sweet Mask quickly interrupted.

"He's right on top of you and for tatsumaki, fubuki is fine. She has successfully finished her business with the monster association." Neith replied

Sweet mask tuned out the rest of the conversation and waited patiently for his assistance to come.

he could quickly slip out of the situation and proceed elsewhere maybe but his thoughts were stricken from him as the monster approached him, his body refused to move but several large bangs was heard drawing the monster attention full colwing 100% Wyoming Smash midoriya slammed down on top of the monsters head there was a massive shockwave that blew sweet mask away along with the surrounding environment he recovered enough from the rubble to look up at the conflict, the monster had managed to block the overhead slam and attempted to grab at the boy but he was too fast or was it the monster slower than before? Transmission gear shift slowed the monsters down tremendously and kept it in place Fa Jin ability in speed nearly making it a statue to the young teen the young teen avoided the grab and ducked down inside of the monster's reach and struck the monster along its body and chin detroit smash quintuple with gearshift affecting him he launched out with five detroit punches along the monsters body rupturing it and spilled out above, even sweet mask had to admit that it was a beautiful sight to behold.

As the monsters body fell to the ground lifeless he found that his body quickly was back on track, he started and stood up and brushed himself off and looked towards the teen which seemed to be focused on the carcass of the monster he just killed, he wore a large yellow cape but his body was covered in a suit similar to that of the mercenaries which left him with questions, come to think of it, them finding the child so quickly was also highly questionable he would need to interrogate them of their sources but for now they needed to continue to get a move on but more importantly his mind started to drift towards what he should do with this one, he couldn't let the world find out about his blunder by making an embarrassment of himself, he couldn't have that right? And he could blame his death on the monster cadre and claim that with his help that he managed to distract it enough to beat it himself.

As those thoughts crossed his mind however the boy suddenly turned around and stared at him, the monster was gone but the boy seemed to still be on guard looking directly at him

"What is it? Are you waiting for a thank you? Or for me to be groveling at your feet?" sweet mask challenged.

"Sweet mask, are you a monster?" Deku relied simply, taking the idol completely off guard from the abrupt and spontaneous question.

"What are you talking about? How could I be a monster?" sweet mask replied.

"My danger sense allows me to sense people's auras but your aura is different from everyone else's, that is all the other humans, your aura changes slightly every time you're angry, almost like you're holding something back. That change in aura reminds me a lot like the monsters" midoriya commented, a degree of sweat went down sweet mask neck.

"So you think just because some invisible sense tell you-"

"You also lied about the mercenaries, They could have been saved but you killed all of them, My friends have confirmed that they could have been saved if you just knocked them unconscious, Do you feel any remorse from that? " Midoriya asked.

"You dare lecture me! You all are not even supposed to be here, The association did not include you in the operation and that suit you wear is just like theirs Who are you really working for!?" Sweet Mask yelled back.

"So I guess that's a no to that question so here's another, sweet mask my danger sense tracts others around by negative emotion. It works even better when it's directed towards me…just now did you really think about killing me?" Midoriya asked as he stepped forward towards the idol, the idol was actually stupified by the boldness of the young teen. Did he think he was weak due to him defeating the monster? He allowed him to approach him, at close range he could kill him instantly

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"So what are you going to do now, Are you going to follow those monster instincts of yours or will you continue to pretend to be a human." midoriya commented seriously as he stopped and glared at the idol, The idol glared back at him how dare him look at him that way, how dare he accuse him of such a thing with little to no evidence, only the only thing he should be looking at with pure envy in his eyes, if he continued with this rumor along with the disciples disagreement with him get out everything he worked to build up will be for nothing, his and the hero association reputation would be down the gutter in a matter of moments he couldn't have that, he wouldn't have that.

He raised his arm quickly and lashed out at the small teen, but he was surprised when the boy's hand was already there at the edge of his neck, he caught his swipe and forcibly dragged his hand from its intended target, he felt the boys hard grip crush down on his wrist as pain ruptured from it he lashed out with a kick but it was to slow, it should have been faster he thought as he took a gut punch that sent him flying out of the mirror room. He stood up and fixed his wrist and stared at the hole he made as the green teen continued through it.

"You're going to have to go into your monster form to have a chance of beating me." Midoriya remarked as he continued towards him Sweet mask only snarled as he came at the boy willing him to move as fast as he could and lashing out with a barrage of kicks, all of which were a clean miss, another gut punch this time moving them again into another room above.

"Killing intent allows me to read your moves ahead of time and when fighting you, is like yelling your next move at the top of your lounges." midoriya taunted as the man came back at him, midoriya evaded multiple collective strikes even reflecting a few of them away from himself although he wasn't good enough to do the perfect counter of the water stream. He continued to beat Sweet Mask around the next few rooms, The occasional monster would pop up but they were inconsequential to the contest between the two of them, midoriya continued to taunt the man telling him to monsterize, midoriya even went one step further and stopped dodging his attack all together simply tanking through it all just to show the gap between them.

After five minutes of fighting, there was finally a breakthrough when he was suddenly hit hard in the face sending him skyrocketing backward through multiple walls, his danger sense flared white hot and he rose up in time to dodge the creature, The monster sweet mask he finally showed his full colors, midoriya had dropped the use of gearshift to give him some room to breathe again but it soon became apparent of the dramatic speed the man had over him as he continued to lay into him with heavy blow after heavy blow, midoriya merely defend himself he used his smokescreen to blind the monster to create distance before hitting the man with a pseudo one million percent Manchester Smash from over the top of the monster head before jumping away and leaping backward into the smoke screen again. The smoke was blown away as the monsterized sweet mask swept his arm out and away, revealing the man's proper self. He was a large monster with a bulked-up body, his face lost its usual beauty replaced by crooked teeth and frizzled hair and a goblin-like face but midoriya mind was taken off by something else, it was the child.

"Sweet mask…despite this, I still think…that you can be a good hero." Midoriya remarked simply at the charging sweet mask, one million percent Texas smash, The fist never connected but the wind pressure carried the monster man away sailing backward and crashing into several rooms and along with the material by the time Sweet Mask clawed his way back up from the impact he didn't find the boy anywhere to be seen, he was about to switch back down into his human form but before he could something struck him in the back, what was it now he thought?

"Woah, well isn't that a plot twist Who would have thought that sweet mask, Would have been a monster the entire time? Haha!" I bet the others would love this." Sweet Mask heard as he turned to look at what had just hit him to see a creature created of pure energy stare back at him, Random pieces of metal seemed to outline its body and move around inside of it, he knew what this monster was, it was the monster the completely incompetent brat and old samurai completely failed to get rid of energizer, he gnashed his teeth in frustration but at least he had something to take his anger out on, he had part a mind to follow after the boy but the comms sparked again when neith spoke through the comms and remarked that he had found the child he decided to drop it for now. He could pulverize this monster and then parade it to the association about how he cleaned up Atomics and tatsumaki's mess, he would need to formulate a plan to get rid of Green Savior later or at the very least broker a deal with him and his flock.

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Terrible matchup: Atomic Samurai, Midoriya

10 minutes earlier

Atomic samurai made his way clearing through monsters left and right as he had honestly been disappointed so far in his journey None of the monsters he encountered seemed to put up much of a challenge at all, if this was all the stronger monsters they had kept in reserve had then it was smart of him to separate himself from his disciples they could get a good workout from it at least. He became so bored with the task at hand that he started to play games with himself trying to see how many monsters he could kill with a single slash at a time, It would also save his energy to do it that way but lining unpredictable monsters up proved at least somewhat challenging to do getting them all in one place so that his flash attack can kill all of them but it worked out in the end or at least he thought.

"Ghaha! Nice trick their luring them in to kill them in one fell swoop. As expected of the great sword master atomic samurai!" a monster wrung out from behind him.

"So you survived my attack?" atomic asked, seemingly surprised by the act of the still living monster, must have been at least a demon to do that he thought to himself.

"I am the one who dedicated himself to the blade, sword devil executioner! Your blood will be my fuel as I march towards being the greatest in the world!" the monster remarked this one was clad in dark seemingly organic armor with long flowing hair and a large beard and multiple eyes. The monster lashed out with multiple sword swing atomic counters and parried with only one arm and then sighed te contest was over after the first parry, unfortunately this monsters was seemed to barely be a demon it seemed nothing nothing to special after all as it withdrew its weapon and boldly announced that they were evenly matched, it soon after fell to pieces. He checked around just in case there were any other monsters that seemed to escape his strike but finding none he just elected to move along.

He cut through a few more monsters but none were challenging or was even able to survive one slash like that first one he fought, but something did catch his attention, it was a boy of some kind running away from a small dark monster coming to think of it, the mutants did say that their was another human child on the loose didn't they? This must be him huh? Well he might as well radio it in and make his move and if he is also remembering the briefing right this small monster was supposed to be a cadre right? Some sort of big shot so this should prove more entertaining for him, he launched a wind blade across the room between the boy and monster and to his surprise the monster was able to evade it completely even when it's attention wasn't focused on him huh so it wasn't going to be just waste of time after all.

The child continued to run off down the hallway but he was sure one of the other guys could handle it while he dealt with this small thing, the monster told him that this Gyoro-Gyoro was that mentioned him specifically to it, it seems like he was planning on run into him but he didn't care about the small monster one bit and he told it so much to the little guys obvious disgruntlement. The small monster seemed to grow and increase in size spinning a large black arm from it's small form and raised it to smash him over the head, he thought that was going to intimidate him but he still felt like it was going to be an easy win for him he's dealt with this kind before and as the monster large hand attempted to swing down on him he easily side stepped it while cutting the thing off, if that was all it was capable of then it would just be another drag. Before he could get too cocky however atomic heard movement from behind him, the large appendage he just cut off was actually forming and shaping itself more of the bastard as several of its faces started to poke out of the large blob of black mass.

"So you're one of those splitting bastards? Damn that's the most annoying type." atomic remarked

"Annoying? Are you an idiot? Do you still think that you can win? I am a countless number of "me" merged into one entity. No matter how you cut,tear,trist or crush I'll just keep multiplying." the black monster stated but that just made it simple for him as he cut the smaller one heads as it was in the middle of splitting its body.

"You're the actual idiot. I just have to shower countless numbers of you with countless slashes to win!' Atomic remarked with a smirk, he turned to face the other mob of members next and continued forward he taunted it to come at him and he wasn't one to disappoint as he cut the blob of mass into several pieces those pieces however soon returned to a full state but he wasn't done yet as he slashed at the newly formed smaller monsters but this only yielded the same result again but he could still keep going a third time gripping his sword even harder and cutting them all down one more time and this continued as the hallways were littered with so many of the small creatures that you couldn't even see the floor anymore atomic slash but even through that the monster just multiplied again.

Multiple punches to his gut completely caught him off guard as one of the monsters punched him in the stomach, his body was flung back as blood erupted from his mouth, what? There's no way even after splitting that much the monster still possesses that level of strength, he miscalculated its strength and now there were just way too many. He wouldn't give up however he knew that he could pull out a victory if he kept going, The bastard had to have some sort of limit he wasn't truly countless. If he was he would have overrun the world already so he still had a chance. He attempted to use his atomic slash again but this time multiple of the small monster jumped him at once stopping him from being able to complete the technique however as he was sent flying down the hall he didn't need to as his main objective was secured the monster continued to taunt him remarking that he was a bad matchup against him but that allowed the trap to be sprung without incident as he slammed the butt of his blade on the ground, get buried he responded simply as the ceiling caved in directly on top of the monster.

There was a moment of silence as the that seemed to do the trick his radio sparked to life and the voice of sweet mask came the overconfident guy almost seemed to be begging for help atomic sucks his teeth and thought it was ridiculous the guy was talking all that smack before and now he crying for help but he guessed he wasn't one to judge too much as he was pretty banged up himself from this fight matchups huh? Well, it seemed the mutants were helping him out so he didn't have to worry about it, For now, he should go after the kid…. His thoughts were cut off as he suddenly heard the monster again he turned quickly around to slice at the chunk of ceiling that was headed his way Unfortunately riding on a set piece of the ceiling jumped off and kicked him in the face, he cut both of the clones that did so but that didn't seem to do much of anything as the bastards just split again, he peered down the hall and saw the army of small dark monsters approach him, some even coming back together in their larger states forming arms and even legs shapes.

Didn't know what to do Running Sure hell wasn't an option so he needed to fight but he was no fool, he didn't know how many of himself he had in stock, and even while divided that much it still possessed significant strength, he hovered his hand over the comms beacon tempted to press the SOS but his pride stayed his hand, he wasn't as pitiful as sweet mask he could do this all he needed to do was follow his original plan to keep cutting until he won.

Atomic samurai charged back in at the monsters brazenly which it was unsuspecting of, atomic slash he slashed at the waved of creatures but only to have the same result transpire, The other rushed in to fill the gap that the other had been in while they worked on filling out from being slashed to the ribbon, atomic samurai worked on his footwork. Ensuring that his back was constantly pressed against the wall while fighting a horde of enemies was better when he didn't have to watch his back. Every punch that got through his guard was answered by a slash of his own cutting off or cutting the offending creature in half and it seemed to be working at least somewhat as he felt the blows get somewhat lighter or he was just getting numb to the pain coursing through his body but he fought through slicing at the endless black horde of small creatures, he would slash out the ceiling to crush some of them but they would just crawl on top of the defeated, he would cut out the floor from underneath them but they would make floors with their own bodies and have clones crawl over them to continue at him.

The blows steadily continued to mount against him and the monster power barely fluctuated, the damn thing may ot have infinite copies but it sure as hell had a lot of them he fully now realized as he continued to swing his sword before he felt something grab at his feet and pulled him down through the floor smashing him into the ground they were now on, pain ripped through his spine but he recovered enough to counter attack against the large fused monster but only separate it into smaller pieces of itself, but he couldn't just pay attention to them but now the roof two as multiple black monsters started to rain down on him like black snow, he continued to slice at the every annoying monster that continued to taunt him, he was stricken all over his body as the creatures dogpilled on top of him before he was grabbed by the hair by a large form he tried to swing his sword but found it ensnared by even more of the creatures as they began to use his body likely a pinata, punnelling into him and asking for who wanted to go next from the hundred of clones, he could only grit his teeth and bare through until crashing was heard from the side of the room and suddenly a large wind gust completely blew the clones away and scattered them into sepreating rooms he used the opportunity to the thing holding his hair before about to strike again but before he could he was suddenly snatched from the middle of his attack by a long blackwhip that reeled him in. the monster attempted to give chase but he cut the rooftops ceiling the hole up with tons of debris, he found himself in the presence of none other than green savior, hmp apt name for the situation he thought and the teen to be wearing the child like a backpack wrapped around him with the same black strings that covered his body.

Atomic samurai bashed the teen for not getting the kid to safety first but deku rebuffed him stating that he seemed like he needed help as well, midoriya cradled him in his black whip and started to power through the ceilings of the monster's association but atomic wasn't just going to be a passenger on this ride and remarked that he would create the oppening he just needed to worry about getting them out of there and the two of them worked together to make it to the top floor, midoriya briefly thought about how similar this was to one of their hostage rescue mission in the mall but instead of todoroki and bakugo by his side, it was it was atomic dealing with the ceilings eventually it just took over a minute to get back to the surface as midoriya powered through with a Detroit smash of the final wall, midoriya flew over to where his friends were located and set atomic samurai and the boy down while telling the momo to deliver the news that the boy was successfully rescued and on the surface.

"Woah, man never thought you would end up like that." sero commented with a small chuckle in atomic direction, who for his transgression had a sword to his throat making the boy's chuckle turn into a slight frown, the growl next to him turned his attention to the monsterized Jackie and he immediately told her to cut it out and that he was only playing completely serious he didn't need her to cause a scene and get chopped to pieces. Atomic looked around and did a head count of the individuals present other than the teens each clad in some strange armor he also saw three individuals that stood out two were definitely monsters but the third one was human looking but most likely a monster as well given that she was tied up.

"Hah… What's the situation looking like? Where's sweet mask?" Atomic asked midoriya, midoriya froze up for one moment before he replied.

"Sweet mask is fine, I killed fuhrer ugly that was attacking him, he wanted to continue on with the monster extermination while I was evacuating the child. Sero suggested that I come check up on you due to your honor probably getting in the way of you asking for help."

"Which I was right about." sero commented offhandedly before receiving a death glare his way which shut him right up again.

"With fuhrer uglies death we can confirm the deaths of 4 out of 15 of the cadre's and the neutralization of another" midoriya commented.

"Make that the deaths of 6 of the 15 cadre, tatsumaki confirmed that she has already killed Gyoro-Gyoro and Lord orochi." Momo corrected.

"Are you Joking? That's impossible." DO-S commented off to the side for which she was whipped in the back of her head by fubuki.

"You monsters really underestimate my sister's power." fubuki commented simply in response

"Ugh… Who is that?" atomic asked pointing to the girl rubbing the back of her head

" That is DO-S , she was a monster that fubuki captured and we have been using her to gain more information on the monsters and who they were sent out to fight." Tokoyami explained

"Hmph didn't you guys have a list of them to start out with? I guess you can never have too much information after all, look thanks for the save there but I'm pretty sure I could have figured something out, I'm sure it's going to become a thorn in some of the others' side as well if we allow it to run free. What's the status of everyone else? Have you heard from my disciples?" atomic samurai asked

"No we haven't heard from them but their markers are still on the move and child emperor is within close proximity to them. Metal bats marker was stalked still and frozen-phoenix went to investigate and help him, tank top master had sent out a distress signal and momo sent some machine to help him and while he is seemingly on the move now his distress signal is still pining. Do you have any further insight on the topic since I haven't met him yet?"

Iida commented looking at the data with the holographic display. Neith was hard focused on memorizing and learning all the complex atomic configurations of the device that child emperor had given her so when she was tapped on the shoulder she was almost startled by the act before she corrected herself and paid attention to the conversation at hand, she checked the status of the Gwind unit she sent towards Tank top master solution and was surprised to find out that it in fact had been destroyed?

"Hold on, the robot was destroyed by something. I need a moment to gather more details." neith remarked, midoriya had a bad feeling about that and to echo that sentiment the others that had left with the other hostages finally came back the large tsu coming down and shrinking back down to her smaller size allowing both uraraka and shoji to dismount and stand on the ground, uraraka seeing deku there immediately went up and hugged him the metal of their armor clasping against each other, she's glad to know that he was doing ok she had been worried the entire time and the actual lack of fighting and just waiting around only grew those fears more and more.

Shoji was more remiss his mind was elsewhere, he didn't know what was happening and he really couldn't describe what was happening to him to anyone as it likely wouldn't make sense to them but it felt like his tank top was throbbing such a distracting sensation and he feared for what it meant, he messaged tank top philosopher if anything had transpired and he was feeling the throbbing sensation as well and he confirmed that he himself had been but not only him but all of the tank tops were, it was like a beacon telling them of something important about to happen.

"Is tank top master ok? It feels like something is wrong, "Shoji asked as attempted to find some answers.

"Well according to the trackers he's actually making his way back towards the surface, but his SOS signal is still pinging and the machine that Momo sent to help him was destroyed somehow" Iida commented.

"I'm getting the feed now…it had managed to come up to him but it was stabbed in the back by a clawed hand of some kind, The man himself seemed worse for where lying on the ground from what I can see from the video he had just managed to defeat elder centipede from the looks of it's scattered remained on the floor." neith remarked showing those around them the footage.

"He managed to take out elder centipede?" Atomic samurai remarked a bit in shock.

"Well the creature while managing to be revived by phoenix-man, its body was significantly reduced from the readings by somewhat over a quarter, going from over 800 meters in length to a mere 30 meters in length." neith clarified

"But he looked pretty banged up to continue moving like that, are we sure the beacon is his?" Jiro questioned.

"Yes, that's what I'm worried about myself, he didn't seem like he could fight another monster in that state." Momo suggested.

"Midoriya after looking at the video more and more closely paying attention to the creature's claws that had stabbed through the machine, his worries tripled. There was a chance that it was just a coincidence but he didn't want to take the chance, he needed to go and help, but just before he was going to make his stance known, panicked was heard over the comms unit, it wasn't from any of the S-class heroes but the surface team, it was blasted through all the channels.

"It's….it's a cadre! Help! Master! Tank top master is..!"

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Love Evolution: Puri-Puri Prisoner

Puri-Puri prisoner continued on down the tunnel A couple of monsters awaited him on his entrance into the association proper however none of them were his babies so he didn't care too much for any of them as a barrage of punches destroyed them all, he continued on his journey to find his precious babies they must be so scared now in such a damp and dark cave system, he would save them at all cost and bring them back into his comforting embrace. However just walking around aimlessly would do him no good he needed some clue on where potentially they would be so through his ruthless slaughter of the monsters he decided to stop and ask some of them for answers of course some of them refused to answer any of his questions but after a few broken bones or torn off limbs got them to change their mood fairly quickly, unfortunately, none of them seemed to have known of any prison clad wearing monsters which he would assume they were just lying to him but the base was pretty big and there were hundreds of monsters inside so like a person in a town wouldn't likely know every person in that town the same could be said for monsters.

He needed to brainstorm a different Idea then as he continued on his journey, his comms radio spiked for a few moments of the mutants claiming to have already rescued the hostage which was fairly great of them he didn't really know what they weren't participating in the main force but maybe that was so that the monster would be too distracted by them and not know about their secret infiltration however he as soon as his joy about the hostage rescue was done which meant he could fully focus on getting his babied out but the news of another child being somewhere inside the base was a bit disappointing but he shall keep an eye out on for the boy on his quest for love. Hearing of the mutants actually got his mind thinking about what was talked about during the meeting before the raid, about the cadre monsters that they gave them information on, that cat monster..he was the one that captured his babies and supposedly he was some sort of big shot with the association so the monsters would likely know of him like people know of the S-class heroes.

With that in mind prisoner redoubled his efforts while being mindful to keep tabs on the missing boy but his questions this time around bore fruit Speaking of a cat monster and cadre the monster quickly realized he was talking about Nyan and they gladly pointed him in the right direction of the place. He came upon a large hallway it seemed fairly clear of monsters which if this was the road to one of the big shots would make sense he continued on his journey and was suddenly assaulted by a strange gas that filled expanded in his direction encompassing him, his head felt a little fuzzy but other than that he was fine as he continued to move forwards, he stepped into something and felt several pinpricks at his legs it sent a tickling sensation through his legs that made him chuckle but he quickly swiped the creatures away from him, they were underground so small insect like this could get attached to him he thought simply as he continued forwards. He was just about to reach where the edge of the smoke was when he was assaulted by ice, fire, and something extremely loud. It reminded him of one the mutant members and the three mixture off at this point he realized attacks offered a good sensation relaxing his muscles up for the fight to come.

The next attack was a lighting blast of some kind and he allowed it to strike him the monsters were actually helping him relax from the anxiety building as he approached where his babies were he didn't know of what diabolical and despicable things that monster could be doing to his hubbies but he will free them with his power of love , he thought as he put his hand into a heart shape to receive the electric attack as the attack struck him he felt his body becoming energized

"Wait, didn't Gyoro-Gyoro say that this was supposed to be a good match for us?" the small alien looking monster remarked with two large cannons for arms that belched out small puffs of gas.

"He doesn't fall even after getting hit by all these special attacks, what could it be made of?" another monster asked as he thought this one was a double headed worm monster with multiple eyes covering its body.

"Where is raptora? Wasn't she supposed to be here as well? Would venom even dent this thing?" another monster spoke a small imp like creature with flaming hair and horns and flame tail.

"Is it really that hard to understand? If I must explain , to embrace all the pain with love as deep as the ocean, that is my ability. I call it angel hug." prisoner was eternally grateful for the monster that attacked W-city leading to this epiphany of an ability, he could accept the pain and neutralize it with his love.

"Nope still didn't understand a thing." the alien monster replied.

"I think it would be better if we retreat, for now, we can't beat it." a bat-type monster spoke.

"Yeah, good idea." a frost monster spoke up next to it a quadruped of snow with ice spikes stuck out of its center but as the five monsters made their way to escape another monster zoomed in from off a side hallway this one was a humanoid type with an elephant head on a large hoverboard apparently its name was Baquma as one of the smaller monsters called him telling him to go fight him instead the monster agreed to do such a thing but the prisoner was surprised when the monster had suddenly used its trunk and started to suck inwards, the forces of which he tempted to unbalanced him as he slid forwards for a moment but he managed to find his balance and plant his feet in the ground and watched as all of the monsters were absorbed into its trunk, so it was true that the monsters weren't united he thought, to do that to his allies told him that he knew nothing of love.

The monster grew larger and sprouted five additional arms each glowing with one of the abilities of the monsters it had just absorbed, it remarked that it would keep those abilities until the monsters in his stomach were fully digested but before blasting him full force with all of them in a combination attack, the monster boasted about killing the other heroes with its borrowed abilities and that his abilities would be added on to the list it was completely an impossible tale, as the smoke cleared prison revealed himself to be fine from the attack he had bent down to ensure that his sweater remained unscathed but the attack was nothing special, the monster had great ambitions but lacked ability to even touch them, he was apart of the S-class as well but he couldn't hold a candle to the rest of them on the team compared to them he was just an average man. So before he could start aiming for any of them he would need to defeat the average man right in front of him.

The monster blasted him again with those same attacks but again it barely had any effect the monster seemed to gloat and believe that his shaking was due to him but the prisoner knew better, this was another gift from the monsters that were absorbed and he would term this gift vibration angel descends he could feel it's power as he touched a finger to a column and it collapsed into dust before he glared at the monster whom after a moment looked equally surprised by the events taking place and prisoner wasn't one to miss out on the opportunity striking the monster with a dark vibration angel rush directly to the monster upper body and face completely obliterating it he didn't hit along the stomach on purpose to free the monsters digesting inside so as his own way of repaying them for his new ability. A sudden voice completely halted him in his tracks, however.

"Man, he's a monster among monsters." one of them spoke

"How many times did we try to behead him in his sleep? Never seen a man with skin tougher than a razor." another commented

"But today were killing him." another remarked

"Are you ready, smelly lid prison boss ... .no …our worst enemy S-class hero puri-puri prisoner time for revenge!" another convict remarked

Prisoner was in disbelief that he had actually managed to find his hubbies, It was unfortunate that they had really been transformed into monsters but he was sure with plenty of his life he would be able to transform them back into humans. He dives in at the group to deliver a large bear hug but a fist to his face completely stops him, They all start to attack him from all around and say such horrible things it must have been the work of the monsterization corrupting their hearts, he flung them off of himself and tried to appeal to the nature and reminding them of all the good times they spent together but his plight seemed to fall on deaf ears even suggesting that they hated all of those moments was the monsterization really that strong to completely change their loving moment into nightmares? Even with that, however, he wouldn't give up on any of them he was determined to bring them back.

"Hey let me tell you something, once you become a monster you never go back." puri-puri prison heard from behind him this voice he never heard before and he quickly turned to face the threat but he was blinded as the monster completely cut into him feline retribution, several claw marks cut into puri-puri prisoner as the monster passed him.

Nyan seemed like he was just woken up from a nap he was taking a horrible one that seemed to always end in him dying, his vision cleared up and he was told of some plan to take out the S-class hero Puri-puri prisoner did that mean that orochi beat that bald guy? Or did something else happen? His head hurt just attempting to remember what was happening. Well, as long as he killed one of the S-class it didn't really matter to him much he didn't care about getting the final blow the others wanted to have their fun and he would allow them so he could figure himself out. Of course, it wasn't going to be that easy as the hero still stood on his two feet at first he believed that it was just his will power but he seemed to be adjusting bit by bit to the wound and getting more comfortable did he have some sort of enhanced healing or did all the damage he accumulated awaken his instincts to protect himself and his body evolved as a result? Or something like that.

The crazy man had actually thought he somehow sprouted angel wings but in actuality, it was just that body hair simply grew to an abnormal extent around his body covering almost every area of his chest, arms, and most likely his legs as well. He called the overgrown hair "bristle armor" before charging right at him; it felt a familiar disgust run through his system at the sight of the man, similar to how love was forced upon him by his former master this man. Well, the man just ruined any fun that he had on having just by bringing that thought up so he decided that yeah he would just leave some other cadre to deal with him as he slipped into the cracks on the wall. He taunted the hero of how he could travel through many cracks even if they were as small as 3 millimeters, he would just go and find another hero to kill if they hadn't been already he remarked as he laughed and began to slip away.

As the monster slipped away through the cracks puri-puri prisoner was stuck for just a moment he wouldn't allow this dangerous enemy to get away especially after what he did to his babies he would chase that monster down to the ends of the earth he thought aloud as he bent down and dashed forwards using his angel crawl taking same measures as the monsters itself he will swim through the concrete and continued his pursuit. Prisoner to the surprise of Nayan was actually catching up to him, his instincts were spot on, and the guy was just a tough one for him to handle. He told the hero after slipping out of the cracks that he had no more interest in fighting him and that he should be more worried about his prisoner's friends instead but the hero was adamant in chasing him down being sure to "punish" him for his evil deeds and knowing that man he could only respond with the first thing that came to mind thinking about how dirty that sounded like.

The cat continued through the slips as the hero gave chase he really seemed to be adamant about following him maybe if he led him back to the prisoner he would change his mind and to add on to that he could maybe injure a few of them to fully capture his attention or maybe he would just get even more mad at him? So he'll shelve that idea at least for now if the man just continued after him he could use the prisoners as bait to stop him. He continued slipping back towards the large hallway where the prisoners were, slipping down overtop of them slipping down and continuing to run away ignoring the questions they asked they would find out soon enough what happened to the S-class hero as Not a moment later the entire roof collapsed downwards on top of them, crushing each of them almost instantly. The man completely turned around and grimaced at the horrible sight that he caused and Nyan used that time to get out of dodge slipping into another crack further on, There had been numerous vibrations going all throughout the base so he decided to go and travel to one of the closer ones and see what he could get into.

"Crap I got them involved in the accident!? MY BOYRIEEEEEINDS! AAAAAAAH!" the prisoner remarked as he balled his eyes out, this lasted for three minutes before he suddenly got his head on straight.

"I'll accept this new technique as a final gift from you all ... Thank you my honey, be at rest now…your deaths shall not be in vain. Everyone please watch over me for this battle" the puri-puri prisoner remarked as he walked away.

Thanks to his small mourning he had lost the cat Unfortunately, he sighed it said that it would go and attack the other heroes but he would likely regret whoever he ran into, it was better to have him puri-puri prisoner as his opponent. He had briefly heard Sweet Mask on his journey chasing after the animal telling him that he was in trouble and now that he was free he was fairly interested in going to help the heartthrob but it seemed that there was no need as the mutants had already beat him to it and on top of that they have already rescued the second child as well? That's perfect now all they had to worry about was beating the monsters, he wandered why child emperor had any doubt in them they had proven themselves very capable of themselves in a few year's time, and he wouldn't mind pursuing after one of them he thought, well if they turned bad that was, a man could dream, couldn't he?

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Faded Shine: Darkshine

Darkshine had been very slowly making his way through the monster association hallways, keeping a constant lookout for any of the cadres, he had ensured to memorize each and every one of them that zombieman had shown them, just so he could avoid fighting them if possible but child emperor was also right they don't know if that was the entire list of of dragon level fighters and they might have some in reserve somewhere else. So he moved along extremely cautiously and he didn't give the monsters he met down there any chance to even attack him at risk of getting hurt so he killed each in every one with one punch popping them like grapes each time his fist connected. None of the monsters were able to survive even a single light touch against him and any monsters that had tried to ambush him didn't even recognize that he was being attacked bit by bit he had started to grow his confidence again and started to walk a bit more upright, it seemed so far that none of the monsters were at all very threatening beside the cadre. His radio spiked with the announcement that the child had been rescued and for a moment darkshines heart leaped with joy at the prospect because that meant that he could just leave right? The others could handle the monsters down here and he could be acting like a rear guard to protect the surface team.

Unfortunately, things wouldn't be that simple as the message continued on to say that there was another child somewhere located down in the depths and dark shine just inwardly sighed but it did raise another opportunity for him to leave if he could find the child then he would have an excellent reason to escape and leave the place without drawing any suspicions of why. He could even guard the child all the back to the heroes associations headquarters and with that plan in mind he redoubled his efforts now searching for the child but still keeping an eye out on the supposed cadre he still didn't want to fight anyone of them especially if they were as strong as that girl was or that dog, he was happy to hear that three of them had been killed already so that was three less he had to worry about but that still left 12 more of them.

Darkshine steadily continued his way forwards when another message on the comms which was from child emperor which said that he defeated another of the cadre which raised his spirits again and now he new a general location of where the kid was reportedly it was on one of the lower floors but atomic was busy fighting another cadre to worry about him that was good now he knew of where 5 of the 15 were at and since they seemed to not be around each other that would mean if he traveled downwards to the lower floor where atomic was he wouldn't have to worry about encountering another one so he started to make a B-line for any route that would take him down their heading further and further down until he ran into one monster this one seemed different then the rest of them he slowed his jog down to brisk walk before standing still.

"Are…you a cadre?" darkshine asked

"Hmm? Cadre? Not quite but I'm the closest thing there is to that level, I am Bug God an invincible monster whose powers symbolized the strength of insects!" bug god stated and dakshine reflectively panicked that even being close to that girl's strength was bad news for him, she even managed to beat deku so someone close to that was concerning, on top of that he has the strength of insects? His primary goal was succeeded by a monster before himself. He must be strong then, what should he do? Should he attempt to run away? Or maybe he could play dead?. He shuffled backwards on his feet and his body intrinsically shivered at the thought he didn't know how to react or what to do as his mind raced with possibilities which was unfortunate for him as the monsters launched off to attack him first he immediately curled up on himself as the monster laid into him with a barrage of attacks he didn't know how long the barrage lasted but when he was finally able to get his head on straight and realized something very important he took no damage from any of it he didn't even feel the monsters blows against his muscles, was it just lying to him? Was it just trying to play a game against him? Darkshine thought a bit bitterly, the barrage of blows stopped a moment later and darkshine glared angrily at the monster.

"I thought you said you were close to being a cadre and If that was all the strength of insects then you fall incredibly below my expectations…you had to have been making fun of me huh? Even more despite being an insect monster you don't even give off a darkshine that's the worst." Darkshine spoke up as he glared at the monster through his block with such intensity that the monster actually took a step back in his tracks.

"Say what you 've thought you figured out how strong I am? Well I got news for you."

"The worst! Now you made me mad and let me tell you something, there are three heroes that can't afford to anger tatsumaki the esper with overwhelming killing ability. If you anger her she will kill you so bad that not even a body remains. the strongest being on earth if angered, his king engine will roar and stamping out all evil in an instant. Then was me, the forever dark and shining super alloy darkshine, if you dare anger me then these muscles will not hold back." darkshine remarked

"Oh then let me teach you what will happen if you anger me? My carapace is like an iron fortress even the hero hunters punches are ineffective against it. The explosive power that I can unleash with my insect body is in a whole other dimension compared to you mere mammals." Bug god replied as his body started to morph and get bigger growing thicker plating and also an extra set of arms but all of that didn't matter as the super alloy bazooka completely evaporated the bug monster from existence nothing remained of its body and he still didn't think it was enough punishment for playing him for such a fool as he thought the room hallway vibrated for a moment from the impact several of the ceiling pieces fell on top of him but he kept moving on with his search heading down some steps he found.

As he proceeded down stairs he started to come to sort of epiphany that he hadn't quite thought about before maybe the cadre were similar to the S-class and their levels of strength varied amongst them the girl may have just been a big shot amongst them, if bug god wasn't just bluffing and he was close to that level maybe the other cadre weren't actually that strong …maybe all really needed to fear was that girl and the dog but speaking of which he quickly hid as he spotted the large black monster coming down a hallway his body started to shiver again and he tried to control his breathing as the black mutt came down the hallway he waited their for several moments trying to make as little noise as possible only the sound of the marching paws were heard that was until his comms unit spiked with the sound from none other than sweet mask asking for help he tried to turn it off as quickly as possible short of crushing he thing and he eventually managed to do so but as he poked his head around the corner it was far to late. The dog had heard him and light completely filled his vision.

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Fallen hero: Tank Top Master

Tank top master entered into the monster association fully hoping to run into the hero hunter again to defeat him this time around, he got sloppy and underestimated his opponent and he wouldn't do that again, in the back of his mind he knew that just like him the hunter wouldn't be content just to sit back and stagnate himself just upon meeting the man he knew that he would become a serious threat if he were left unchecked and that was two months ago just how far did that man go now was he still unable to touch him? His mission for the raid was purely one of fighting monsters he was fully confident in his tank tops and by that he thought of Shoji, While being the newest member and being a little different he still believed in him full sail just like any of the other tank toppers in his group when you wear the top they had become family and he trusts in each of them, he would never expect one of them to be traitor and it would actually make their job easier as they knew exactly where the hostage was being held so they could focus on that and he would focus on killing monsters and finding if garou was around it was personal vendetta but he wouldn't let it totally consume him, tentacole also told him that bang and bomb was looking for their wayward pupil as well and presumably like their information on the child they likely know exactly where the man was which was a little disappointing but he hopefully after the man captures him he would be able to fight the teen again.

His journey through the monster association so far wasn't very spectacular most of the monsters weren't that strong, and they all went down with one punch maybe it was the intense training that he had undergone over the past two months that he even forsook the festival to get even more reps in, so far tank top power had been surpassed by machine power, esper power, mutat power, and now he realized martial arts power. Other than taking down garou he wanted to use this chance to show each one of them up like they did him in the past now he was better than ever and was confident that he could defeat any threat that came his way even if it was a cadre. As he worked his way down into the association his comms sparked with a message from neith confirming his thoughts on them rescuing the child and taking him to safety of course the others likely would have been skeptical but he was confident that it was true and not but eight minutes later child emperor confirmed it to be the case, he would need to plan another party for the heroes success unfortunately however the news of another child being located somewhere he meant that he still had a job to do as he blasted through another monster with a punch.

As he continued through the monster association occasionally checking over his map to ensure he was still going in the right direction the monster started to get a bit more difficult as he was no longer able to put them down in one punch but still being able to take them on groups at a time. He took the occasional break here and there but never for longer than five minutes at a time It was important to pace himself in these situations especially when there were 10 other cadres out on the loose which would prove to be his most challenging opponent yet. He continued forward and entered a large room with multiple columns scattered throughout the place, It was barely lit leaving multiple black splotches that monsters could hide in but he proceeded nonetheless this was the direction he needed to go according to his tracker. His radio sparked to life again this time with a yell from none other than Sweet Mask, The idol hero was requesting aid, he immediately went to check on where the idol was located on the map he would go and assist if he could but by the time that he found where the man was which was about 4 km away from him as well as being several floors below green savior already was assign the job which was relaxing to here but he quickly muted the comms as he heard shuffling nearby his eyes scanned the dark spaces of the room as he started to move again, the sound ground louder and louder a steady clack, clack, clacking of something with a lot of feet touching the floor board, the clacking grew in intensity until it moved into a fever pitch his eye continued to scan over the environment mostly take stock of the darker areas hoping to find a shadow of some kind moving within them but it was a false alarm as the creature had actually come directly at him straight down the center hall.

Tank top master didn't take much of a moment to glance at what was coming his way only seeing a flash of purple before his body reactively dodged and rolled out of the way, he came back up from his roll and launched off his back foot directly at the monster and delivered a very strong punch to whatever it was that was attempting to attack him and the first thing he noticed when his attached landed was that whatever it was it was tuff he felt a slight shift in the scales of monster from the impact of his punch and his hand throbbed with pain from hitting it. He turned just in time to avoid being decapitated by the monster pinschers instead the creature's large hook-like weapon struck him directly in the chest sending him flying backward into the pillar embedding him directly into but he recovered quickly a sharp pain ruptured in his chest but he looked down and thanked his tank top as he wasn't pieced by the attack as his tank top still remained strong.

he looked up at his strong opponent and was shocked to see that the enemy he was facing was none other than elder centipede all the cackling was his feet he couldn't see much of the monster body but it was likely wrapped around the entire room and then some but he never minded that now as he dodged out of the way of another charge the monster struck the pillar and completely shattered it causing it the thing to fall over and tank top master used the falling pillar to his advantage grabbing the thing in mid-air as he jumped up and slammed it down over top of the centipede head as it circled back around.

The attack had staggered the creature slightly but angered it immediately as the entire room seemed to vibrate the rest of the body started to thrash around the ground beneath him seemed to give out and began to fall, he quickly attempted to stabilize himself as best as he could for the brief fall but more importantly so that he could keep eye contact on the creature and the debris that was raining down on his head, the centipede was raining down large pillars on him, he thought quickly digging his hand in the floor beneath him and dragging a large slab of concrete upwards using his tank top throw throwing the thing at incredibly speed completely destroying two separate pillars that were about to drop down on his head. He was surprised when suddenly under him he was thrown upwards by something looking down he saw the monster's body even extending to the floor below him but all he could do is block as the monster charged at him and speared him the monster tendril punctured into his legs and he slammed him upwards going through three separate ceiling before before slamming back down though them the blood seeping down his arms offered him enough wiggle room to escape the hold that the centipede had around him and he used that to punch the large thing in the face several times foreign the centipede to throw him away again into another pillar.

Tank top master stood up on shaky legs as blood continued to spill from his wounds but he was still confident that he could win his tank top was still with him, he quickly gathered the multiple rocks scattered about and used his tank top throw unlike before against the ship where he grabbed large rocks he elected to go for smaller ones this time around instead he would increase the power and therefore the speed of the throw for extra penetrating power and his plan worked as several of the rocks that landed ripped holes into large creatures carapace he but it had dodged a few of them directly aimed at its head.

Tan top master had to pay very close attention to his surrounding as well as the creatures head the large creature body was surrounding who knew how many floor so he could be attacked from any unexpecting angles at any moment and speaking of which he quickly dodged out of the way of a massive claw that ripped through the floor, he used the opportunity to gather more rocks and lay in a barrage of rocks towards the offending appendage the claw itself was to durable to damage but the body underneath was fair gain as the rocks ripped through. He moved out of the way of another claw that came through the floor but was slice along the arm for his late movement causing him to clutch at his arm, the monster also seemed to have planned for him to move in that directions as it's tails had wrapped around him it's legs stabbing into him while it spent around him,to alleviate some of the damage tank top master spent with the directions of the claws to prevent grievous injury.

He punched the ground and dropped down into the room below taking a page from the monsters book he had come up from the bottom floor directly under the monster and uppercutted the creatures directly in the chin before unleashing a hail of rocks directly at the creature's face, but it's pincers were there to cover for it, blocking the attacks and a sudden tendril wrapped around his leg and dragged him forwards as its head spiked downwards the pincer hit him directly in the stomach again, he felt something tear and pain exploded through his body one more time as he was thrown down again.

He stared aghast as there was a micro-whole inside of his tank top near his ribs, a small amount of blood came from circled the wound but it was their like he was stabbed by a thumbtack, despite the shock of that he still believed in the tank top because surely without it he would likely have been gored by that attack, he stood up on shay legs if hsi tank top wasn;t giving up on him neither would he as he continued forwards to do battle against the centipede it was a losing front in comparison to himself the centipede held better endurance it's wounds seemed to regenerate even after managing to destroying the things head with a risky gamble that nearly cost him his right leg but son enough an epiphany was found or more like he was guided to an epiphany as during one of his last volley of tank throw rocks his tank top guided him sacrificing its top right strap to alter his trajectory of the attack hitting a bit lower than he intended but the results were huge the monster coughed out in blood and the best thing was it's body didn't rengenerate again.

He looked down at the fallen sleeve in shock and admiration he picked it up and thanked the tank top for its help clasped the strap and wrapped it around his hand, he felt the left strap tighten along his body he raised both his hands up and clasped them over his shoulders grasping the shirt on his right shoulder to tighten it to the same feeling as his left and charged forwards, elder centipede was angry that the hero had managed to score a blow on his core and charged forth as well, Supreme tank top tackle. The two of them met in the epicenter creating a resounding shock wave that shook the room and completely collapsed any of what was remaining on the floor the centipede reared backward first and while in free fall tank top master cared little for balance or anything he let loose with a barrage of punches that completely buckled the centipede carapace before finally decapitating it completely, he smiled as he hit the ground hard falling on his back as he laid their alive and victorious, he looked at his hand that had the strap of his tank top, it was covered in blood but it was still their he had no energy to move much anymore and it seemed that was unfortunately as far as he could go as he touched a hand to his comms piece hopefully it wasn't damaged so his sos beacon could come out while his time was short he at least took out one of the cadres and he could take solace in that fact.

Two minutes past by when suddenly a machine came into his view at first he was worried but he remembered that neith was using these devices in her fighting so this was likely one of hers however something was off about this one while he assumed it was their to help when he attempted to speak to it, it didn't respond he was about to reach his comms unit to ensure that this was a friendly machine the robot made a move to hold his arms down, he attempted to thrash around but he was too weak escape its grasp he saw it's secondary arms spinning in a circle and it looked like it was about to thrust it into him but it stopped suddenly and in that next moment it spoke, it told him that he was trying to "help" him and that he should stop moving around so much and despite not recognizing the voice tank top master did as instructed and stopped struggling but as he did so the robots was suddenly pierce from behind as something shifted in the shadows behind it, it was a monster of some kind, wait not just any monster this was a another cadre.

He forced his body to rise up and lash out with a punch but he hit nothing but air as the monster slid past him he felt three claw wounds explode from his chest his tank top completely faltered to the attack and he began to fall forwards he dropped down on his knees as blood poured from his chest his wounds building on top of each other forcing him to blackout due to the pain. Nyan smiled at the sight of the downed hero, Wounded prey always was the perfect one he could play around with this one for a bit to cure his boredom and since elder centipede was dead he could take all the credit himself, he picked the hero up by the face and began to drag him away he overheard talking and scooped up a device in the man's ear and listened in finding out that lord orochi has perished which was a big surprise and completely changed what he was going to do, now he was just going to leave if someone else was able to beat orochi than there was no shot he was sticking around to fight them, he didn't sign up to die for the monster association he could just slip away and do as he pleases but that did leave him the question of what to do with this hero here? He could use him as a hostage but he thought of something better, he wasn't completely satisfied yet and could go for playing with some more toys and he heard that the heroes on top weren't as strong as the ones down inside the base which means he could have a fun time before making his way out.

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Group 5:Tank top vegetarian, Tank Top Philosopher, Tank Top Demon, Tank Top Doctor, Tank Top Black Hole, Tank Top Cop, Tank Top Stitches, Tank Top Sumo, Tank Top Shaven, Tank Top Amazon.

The tanks tops all had a similar bad feeling going for them, something just seemed off and their tank tops continued to seemingly throb in response to the danger ad then it had suddenly stopped and all of a sudden it seemed like lighting coursed through their veins dropping everyone to the floor despite the pain they felt weightless like their bodies were floating and lighter it was a strange phenomenon but it soon passed, everyone was looking towards the entrance of the cave system, masters beacon had been slowly making its way back up but tank top philosopher screamed a warning and told them all to flee and runaway something big was coming, his book that he could only partially read had become even clearer since that strange feeling and it only told him to do one thing to run away and death approaches he quickly relayed that to to the rest of them but it was too late something came flying out at them, knocking smack into vegetarian sending him skidding backwards but what truly shook them all to the very core was what it was.

it was no one other than tank top master or at least half of him and from the shadows emerged a cat monster holding his other half it had complained about how he would have liked to have stan the man straight through and walk him around like a puppet but that dam tank top was annoying to get through that he simply cut under it instead with a wicked sadistic laugh as he held the underside of tank top master in his grip before carelessly throwing it off to the side. No one moved, it was almost like the unbelievable occurred to them, What drew them all from the sight and got their head on straight was the scream of vegetarian he clanged onto the man's body as he yelled into his comms unit.

"Its….it's a cadre! Help! Master! Tank top master is..! is…He!... He's! Dead!"

Ending notes: And scene, Now I'll address the ruffled jimmies later but for now, I'm just going to talk about the cannon story, upon rereading for this fic I found that things that occur are very strange, it seems like the cadre who were completely in control of their respective fights simply chose to not kill their respective hero despite having ample amount of time to do so. Like re-reading it seems like they all were just sandbagging for no reason and to me this just reduces their threat level at least in my eyes so yeah they ain't playing around in this story. Also I wish the mangaka actual gave readouts on where people are in relation to each other similar to how MHA does it but this doesn't really matter given the distance is only 1.5 km canonical(which I increased to 15km here) but even at a distance of 15km even assuming a great lowball that all the characters are only as fast as the speed of sound it would only take the character 43 seconds to cover the place at 15km and a whole 4 seconds at 1.5km, so if you're wondering how deku got there so fast well that's it.

Now onto the ruffled jimmies, this is a power scaling matter and as such people that don't care have a nice rest of the month see you guys next month!

Alright for the rest of you, I'm sorry but deku would slap like all of the cadre…There I said it, like comparing calcs it's not even close(hell even todoroki potentially as well), however, I'm not going to retroactively make midoriya so much stronger than before and keep the same scale that I set up since the beginning that was darkshine = all might

For comparison's sake, this is how I envision it in basic terms.

Current midoriya JUST 100% = 3,000

Darkshine = 2,500

Monster sweet mask = 2,400

Further ugly 2,500 (VFU was only equal to darkshine so logically he's below in his normal state)

These numbers are mostly just taken from feats I've seen around low ends, which was homeless emperor first massive energy sphere which was 2.4 gigatons, weakened all mights weather change at 2.41 gigatons and child emperor's redrawn emperor millennium nova at 2.44 gigatons, this offered the closest comparison of power so far so I went with it, as you can tell by the numbers above. And to just get this out of the way before as a heads up Midoriya has several buffs with both Fa jin and Gearshift so he can be stronger which I termed pseudo one million percent this Is equal to golden sperm levels of power which you will see later… alright those are my reasons for why midoriya was so easily able to kill FU, ect alright goodbye everybody! See you all next month!