FACEOFF
"We better be ready for anything," Deku warned.
"I am ready."
"I notice that your definition of 'ready' involves pointing both gauntlets directly at the back of my head."
"Exactly."
Deku's steps clanked as he stepped down the street. "I see. You are prepared in the event that I am rendered hostile by the villain's Quirk. Excellent thinking. I shall do the same."
Giant cannons sprouted from Deku's back, pointing both at himself and at Bakugo.
"Self-termination protocols in place. They are primed for emissions of Quirk energy from the villain Inverse."
"You got hit by the Quirk already. You should set yours off."
From a wooden platform up ahead, Inverse spread his arms, and said, "Greetings, remnants of U.A.'s cannon fodder."
"My logs indicate that I have not come in contact with his Quirk," Deku said.
"But you overrode your own logs because you got Inverse'd."
"Uh, hello?" Inverse said. "Is this thing on?"
"By that logic, then, I would not self-terminate because my new protocols would prohibit it. Ergo, I have not been inverse'd."
"That's what your inverse self wants you to think."
"Hey! Stop ignoring me!"
Deku's blaster carved a glowing hole through the villain. Inverse looked down as molten glass dripped onto the platform.
"Well, that's just great. Do you have any idea how long it took me to set up these mirrors? I had to get every angle just right."
"Location triangulated," Deku said. "You are currently two miles south of us, on the top floor of a hotel."
"How did you-" Inverse cleared his throat. "I mean, that is precisely what I wanted you to think! My evil lair is far too craftily hidden for you to ever dream of finding!"
"Targeting known location of Inverse."
Inverse went cross-eyed as a laser sight locked onto his nose. "Wait! If you kill me now, you'll never get your beloved All Might back!"
"You have ten seconds until termination."
"He's demolishing Japan as we speak! Watch!"
A T.V. flickered on. Overhead drone footage showed All Might, buffed up and wearing a classy suit, hitting on a group of women and asking if they wanted him to show them his Florida smash.
"You see! He was craftily hidden, but I put a GPS signal on Gran Torino and told him that All Might lost another villain. From there, my victory was inevitable."
"Why are you doing this?" Bakugo shouted. "How much did the machines pay you?"
"Oh, I'm not in it for the money. You see, I used to be meek and timid. I thought inversing myself would make me more confident. Instead, it made me evil! And so, I hatched a plan to inverse all of Japan's heroes and turn them into villains. Then I'll rule all of Japan!"
On the T.V. monitor, All Might downed an entire bottle of whiskey and clumsily draped himself over two women. Inverse's jaw twitched, and he shouted, "Why aren't any of you stupid heroes turning into villains?"
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Inverse exploits the Gran Torino teleportation glitch and workaholic All Might turns into a party animal. Japan will never recover. Also, just broke 700 favorites. Sweet.