A.N. — I was hoping for something, anything, from this fic's readership in regards to a prompt for today. I did a bunch of pairs last month, and I don't want to do that again so soon. Consequently, there's gonna be a fair few singleton writes sprinkled in September, like this character who should've been back in April to match the timeline.

246. USJ Nomu

In the battle between the Symbol of Peace and his antithesis, All Might eventually triumphed. But the monstrous Nomu he fought was only physically defeated. The lineage he propagated, and the seeds of doubt he sowed amongst his opposition, held far more importance than Nomu's original goal of killing Japan's number one hero.

Nomu weren't meant to be anything but vessels for multiple quirks, empty shells for the Doctor to experiment on. The USJ Nomu couldn't feel pain, had no higher thoughts, but if he did the foremost feeling would be pride. The status quo had shifted, because of him.