Inside the Police HQ Message Control Center, the police force began reporting another current status update from four teams.
"Checking with Team Endeavor to confirm the status of Jaku Hospital evacuations." A policewoman reported. "Some of the heroes stationed there are still combatting lower-level Nomu on the ground floor."
Everyone watched four different teams roaming within the Jaku Hospital and Naboo Mansion.
"Mirko's encountered multiple talking-type Nomu underground where Garaki's hiding." A policeman added.
"Endeavor, Crust, and a few other team members are rushing to support her." Another policewoman said. "The hospital evacuations are complete. The building is completed."
"The pros who've been aiding in the process will join the fight." Another policeman spoke.
"We have the upper hand. The enemies who appeared at the surface level are falling rapidly." The third policeman stated.
"Team White Queen is also still fighting Zircon and the Synthezoids on the surface floor." The fourth policeman announced. "Two UA students located Daku's hiding chamber while the Shatrix encountered Daku's robots underground."
"Now, the UA students are on their way to assist the Shatrix." The third policewoman added.
Meanwhile, Tarot Chariot kept observing the city through her magic cards while standing on her hovering magic card.
Down below, Morganite, Nefertari, the Roulette Twins, Luna, Aisha, and the Shiroibara Quartet continued evacuating the citizens.
"If there's anyone here with limited mobility or hasn't been able to connect with somebody, don't be afraid to let us know!" Morganite shouted.
"There's a high chance that this whole neighborhood could become a counter-villain battlefield!" Nefertari added.
"The police vans will take you away from the city!" Aisha shouted.
"Thank you for your work, Miss Lady." A little boy said with a smile as he looked up at Aisha. He then handed a swirl lollipop to Aisha. "Here, have a lollipop."
"Oh, thank you for your generosity." Aisha smiled back.
The Roulette Twins stood on the edge of a building rooftop.
"This is the Roulette Twins. The sixth ward is completely cleared." Callista announced through the magic card.
The Shiroibara Quartet stood on another building rooftop.
"The evacuation is done from where we are!" Sapphire reported through the magic card.
"Just to be sure no citizen has been left behind, we're gonna have to check and double check every nursing home and apartment building." Ametrine stated as she looked at the magic card in her hand.
"Remain calm at all times!" Morganite called out to the departing civilians. "Once you're in the police vans, it will take you to the shelter outside the city until it's safe to know you're eligible to return!"
"Please don't hesitate to notify your medical condition to…" Luna spoke.
Suddenly, Luna gasped sharply as she felt a sudden jolt of energy around her brain. She gritted her teeth and clutched her head with both hands, making her kneel one knee on the ground.
Aisha quickly took notice, making her run up to Luna with a worried face.
"Luna, what's wrong?" Aisha asked. "Are you okay?"
Luna…!
"Huh? Is that…Aunt Ariella?" Luna murmured with a gasp. It's been a long time since we contacted each other.
Listen, Luna. I don't have enough time. Ariella warned. You and the rest of the Heroes must run right now. All I know is that Oriana's plans will be unleashed from Naboo Mansion, but you must escape no matter what.
With bewildering eyes, Luna turned her head and looked over to the direction of the Naboo Mansion.
Back at the Naboo Mansion, Rhina and Charon struggled to stand up on their feet. Earlier, they kept firing their Quirks at Nightshade with high-speed movements, but they found themselves no match against her Quirk nor her remarkable speed.
Nightshade stood in front of them with a dangerous smile.
"Aww, getting tired already? That was just a warm-up." Nightshade mocked. Her eyes narrowed with a dangerous glint. "Now, here comes the real fun."
Nightshade unleashed a massive wave of umbrakinetic energy from both hands at Rhina and Charon, but Coppelia landed in front of Rhina and Charon out of nowhere. Sitting on the marionette robot's right shoulder was Aurora. Coppelia's eyes glowed and generated a blue orb of energy around herself, Aurora, Rhina, and Charon for protection. Nightshade's umbrakinetic waves were canceled against Coppelia's force field.
Then, Coppelia dropped the force field.
"Rhina? Charon? Are you guys okay?" Aurora asked
"We're good." Charon replied with a thumbs-up.
"You can't be serious, Aurora." Nightshade said. "Your sister betrayed you and the coven, and you're going to take her side after everything?"
"You said it yourself. You don't care about the coven, so why should I after everything I've done to help the empresses I served?" Aurora retorted.
"And besides, not only did I get the inside scoop on Oriana and her plans, but your father's too." Rhina added.
"My father? What about him?" Nightshade asked.
"He lied to you about your mother." Rhina answered.
"Spare me with your lies. I'm not interested." Nightshade said. "Amazonite has ruined me and my father, and our lives."
"Are you sure about that?" Rhina questioned. "I've been keeping tabs on him ever since he sent Daku's first Synthezoid after Aisha in Fukuoka. Not to mention that you and Opalite sent the modified Synthezoids to ambush her and her family. Since then, Zircon's vendetta with Amazonite and Aisha got me intrigued. After doing some research, the truth has left me nothing but flabbergasted. Your mother's name is Rosita. But you know her as…Amazonite. Your real mother."
Aurora and Charon's eyes widened in pure shock. Rhina pulled out a high-tech flash drive out of her belt.
"And if you still don't believe me, I got this drive to back me up." Rhina added.
Rhina tossed to Nightshade, who caught it in her hand and looked down at it.
In the cloaking aircraft, Oriana, Carina, and Ariella sat on their throne chairs as they watched two holographic monitor screens that projected two separate battles within Naboo Mansion. One monitor screen showed White Queen, Black King, Zodiac Moon, Vondergeist, and Amazonite continuing to launch their Quirks at Zircon, Titania, Triton, Galatea, and the Elite Synthezoids. The other monitor screen showed the Shatrix battling tirelessly against the Iron Maidens.
"It would seem that both sides of the battle are equally tied at the moment." Carina stated.
"No matter." Oriana said. "With Ursula and Luna elsewhere, we can prepare for Daku's final creation to our advantage."
Carina and Ariella traded confused faces.
"What are you talking about, mother?" Ariella asked.
When Oriana snapped her fingers, a large mechanical hand suddenly came up behind Oriana's throne chair. It was accelerated in glowing white energy from behind.
Carina and Ariella's eyes widened in complete shock.
"Wait...is that...?" Carina said with a shocked face.
"Indeed, Carina." Oriana replied. "Daku managed to create a modified version after you failed to excel the full capabilities of this brilliant technology. Now, it's time to begin a test run."
With a wicked smile, Oriana snapped her fingers again, commanding the mechanical hand to disappear and reappear underneath Naboo Mansion.
At that moment, the mechanical hand grew giant and its palm began to glow intensely.
White Queen, Black King, Zodiac Moon, Vondergeist, and Amazonite kept unleashing their Quirks against Zircon, Titania, Triton, Galatea, and the Elite Synthezoids with everything they got and vice versa on the villains' side. But White Queen halted as she quickly detected a machinelike aura under the mansion. Her eyes looked down just in time to see the floor crackling towards the nearby wall with white energy.
"Everyone, fall back!" White Queen shouted. "We have to get out of here!"
Suddenly, an enormous white energy beam bursted out of the floor.
The heroes and the villains stopped fighting to stare at the white energy beam with wide, shocking eyes.
One by one, more white energy beams came erupting out of the ground.
"We have to go! Fall back!" White Queen yelled.
"Vondergeist, go find the girls!" Amazonite shouted to Vondergeist.
With a quick nod, Vondergeist quickly became intangible and phased through the floor.
Amazonite enveloped White Queen, Black King, and Zodiac Moon as she speedily flew her way out of the mansion.
"You have to go now!" Galatea shouted.
"You don't have to tell me twice!" Zircon shouted back.
Zircon quickly opened up his shadow under his feet, spreading towards Titania, Triton, and Galatea. He hurriedly engulfed himself and his comrades into a large orb of darkness before transporting out of the mansion.
The Shatrix and the Iron Maidens began scattering and evading the white energy beams that kept bursting from the floor one by one.
Vondergeist charged in the underground area and quickly grabbed the Shatrix. He then sped forward and located Selene, Diana, and Daku before grabbing them and phasing through the walls that led them outside away from the mansion.
With no way to escape, the Elite Synthezoids and the Iron Maidens got blasted by the white energy beams, destroying them upon contact.
Luna's eyes widened in complete shock as her gaze fixated on the direction of the Naboo Mansion.
"The mansion…" Luna muttered.
Aisha, Morganite, Nefertari, the Roulette Twins, the Shiroibara Quartet, and Tarot Chariot quickly and shockingly turned their heads to watch the massive white energy beam enveloped the entire Naboo Mansion, completely scorching the secluded manor into black smokes of and rubble and ashes.
"Oh my god." Morganite murmured.
She was planning to incinerate both the heroes and her allies from the start?! Tarot Chariot exclaimed.
Tarot Chariot gasped sharply when her shocking eyes grew wider at the sight of the Jaku General Hospital. The entire hospital began to crumble and break apart from both inside and out. The presence of the disintegration then started spreading out of the hospital and quickly traveled down the hill straight into the city, destroying all the surrounding buildings and areas in its path. Also, a group of heroes instantly ended up disintegrating upon contact.
"Everyone, get out of here right now!" Tarot Chariot called through her magic card as she quickly soared away on her flying card. "It's Shigaraki's Decay! If his power touches you, you'll die! No matter what, grab the citizens and head out away from the area!"
Tomura's decay continued spreading its devastation throughout the city, deteriorating every building, vehicle, and everything else upon contact before rapidly heading its way toward the evacuation team.
"You heard Chariot! Let's move!" Morganite commanded urgently.
"We're on it!" Nefertari, the Roulette Twins, and the Shiroibara Quartet nodded.
"Everyone, run as fast as you can!" Luna exclaimed as she hastily sprinted towards the impending shockwave of Tomura's decay.
Luna activated Dazzling Trinity, igniting pink triquetra tattoo-like marks all over her arms and legs. As she leaped into the air, she lifted her two fingers from both hands and produced a bolt of pink energy above the tips. She moved her finger in a circular motion and reproduced it into five triquetra-shaped energy bolts before launching them all towards the decay shockwave at full force. But the decay shockwave endured Luna's attack and unwaveringly advanced forward.
It had no effect! Luna exclaimed with wide eyes. At this rate, it gotta keep tearing this whole town apart!
Aisha then soared forward and positioned next to Luna. She lifted both hands and halted the decay shockwave with her psychokinesis, aiming to halt the relentless advance of the decay wave. However, she's finding herself struggling to hold back the decay shockwave with all of her strength.
"The wave is too strong! I won't be able to hold it back much longer!" Aisha yelled through my gritted teeth.
"But this doesn't make any sense!" Luna cried out in a state of shock. "Midoriya told me that Shigaraki can only disintegrate organic or inorganic with all five of his fingers. If this is really Shigaraki's doing, then how did his Quirk get so strong like this?!"
"It's no use trying to try and stop the wave! We have to move now!" Morganite hollered, turning her head at Luna and Aisha.
With a frustrated sigh, Aisha removed her Quirk from the decay shockwave and soared away with Luna.
Even though the devastating decay shockwave kept intensifying, Tarot Chariot and her evacuation team began taking as many civilians with them while running away from the deadly seismic wave as quickly as possible. Aisha swiftly enveloped civilians with her psychokinesis through the air while propelling herself forward. The Shiroibara Quartet and the Roulette Twins rode on the flying magic cards with teens and young adults by their side. Nefertari held two children protectively in her arms on the flying magic card. Morganite and Luna used their Quirks to lift and carry evacuation buses filled with civilians from the imminent danger.
Meanwhile, several monitor screens began distorting one by one within the Police HQ Message Control Center.
"Tell us what's going on!" The policeman demanded.
"Why are the feed disappearing?" Another policeman questioned.
"I don't know. No one's responding to us." The policewoman answered.
"The source of disruption appears to be coming from Jaku Hospital." The third policeman added.
"Given what we saw, we're projecting a large number of casualties." Another policewoman informed.
"I want any information you can get." The higher-ranking police officer commanded.
"Yes, sir!" One of the policewomen said.
"This is unacceptable. What in the world is going on?" The higher-ranking police officer inquired.
From above, Tarot Chariot watched as Tomura's decay shockwave carried on its destruction that looked like almost a third of Jaku City.
"White Queen! Are you there? Please respond!" Tarot Chariot called through her magic card.
"Chariot, we're alive and safe." White Queen spoke.
"Oh, thank goodness." Tarot Chariot said with a relieved sigh. "I'm so glad you're okay. Where are you now?"
"On the highest hill somewhat close to the Naboo Mansion." White Queen responded.
White Queen stood on a grassy hill along with Black King, Zodiac Moon, Amazonite, Vondergeist, the Shatrix, Selene, and Diana. Behind them were Coppelia, Aurora, Rhina, Charon, and an unconscious Daku. They all collectively stared at the horrifying decay shockwave with astonished expressions on their faces.
All that time and effort into preparing and planning this assault, and the villains got the upper hand. Tarot Chariot thought as she stared at the city in horror.
Back in the cloaking aircraft, Carina and Ariella looked on the monitor screen with stunned faces from their throne chairs. Oriana's face was completely unfazed once the large mechanical hand returned back behind her throne chair. Earlier, they witnessed the devastating aftermath of the Naboo Mansion. But they weren't prepared for the overwhelming boost of Tomura's decay. They all watched the monitor screen that showed the lingering crater of the Jaku Hospital. There, Tomura silently stood atop the rocky pillar platform above the ruins of the hospital as he gazed at the massive destruction he had caused.
This time, he gained a more muscular physique and his light grayish-blue hair changed into pure white. He wore a black bodysuit with several mechanical enhancements and a long red cape.
"It's Shigaraki." Ariella spoke with a stunned gasp. "His raw power is destroying only one third of the city."
"But how?" Carina asked.
"No doubt Shigaraki's Quirk was surprisingly enhanced by Dr. Kyudai Garaki that Daku told me about after the Kamino Incident." Oriana said calmly. "The situation may have gotten out of hand, thanks to his upgrade. We can't let that get in the way of our objective. Get yourselves prepared, my daughters. We're bringing your sister and niece to us...by force."
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