Conviction Arc 3 - Chapter 21: Mock
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Genaric Name: He ain't gonna die soon, unfortunately...
Kamen Rider Sentry: Todoroki won't play a big role, but Shinsou will play a big role in the future!
Nathair1: Izuku is very protective of Toru and his feelings for Toru will be revealed, will it be a sisterly bond or is he in love with her? Just gonna have to wait and see! And here's the next chapter, hope you enjoy it!
AlexanderHalsen: Thank you and I hope you enjoy the chapter!
tiguylerobot: Gutz does have one arm missing and still has his metal arm, as for Izuku, he isn't going to lose his arm, but already has a "Canon Arm" with Mei giving him the H.O.D (hand of destruction) in chapter 18.
Nathair1 (2): Yeah, but if you think the new cover is badass, just wait till you see the next arc cover!
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The pros had returned and once they did, they discovered what had ensued moments ago. They were appalled and felt terrible that they nearly cost the young students' lives by not being there, and felt more awful when they heard about Toru being taken, more so the Pussy Cats, but Mei had brought up good news as she had told Ibara to place a small tracking device on one of the Nomu, which Ibara confirmed she did. With this news, the Pros felt better as they now had a way to track the villain's base down and bring an end to whatever plans they had, but this time, they would be bringing the students with them, leaving Mei and Kota at the base.
Hearing that she would be staying behind, Mei looked angry, "I should come along!" She cried as she looked at Izuku, "Toru's my friend too!"
Izuku looked at her, "I know, Mei, but you're not a fighter and we need you here to contact the outside world in case something happens," Izuku told her, "I promise, I'll bring her back safe,"
Mei nodded in defeat and then she looked down, "I'm sorry, Izuku," She said in a low tone, "I... should have done something more..." She said.
Izuku shook his head, "Mei... it's not you're fault," He said.
Mei let out a sigh and turned away to join Kota inside the Lodge, Izuku looked at her and felt terrible. Deep down, a small part of him did blame Mei for Toru being captured, but he knew that was wrong, Mei had done her best to protect her and it was thanks to her and her quick thinking that they could find her and the LOV.
"She's hard on herself just like you are,"
Izuku turned around to see Gutz looking at him.
"You forget sometimes that you weren't the only one who suffered that day," Gutz said, "She lost the same people as you did and that's why she works so hard to help you because when she helps you, she feels as if she's helping you save people... That she's getting a chance to save Toru," Gutz told him.
Izuku looked at him, and sighed, "I feel like an ass," He said.
Gutz nodded, "Good," he told Izuku, "Now get ready, we're leaving as soon as possible," Gutz told him.
Izuku nodded and then quickly realized something, "Wait, how are we getting there?" He asked.
"Atop Ryuku," Guts replied, "The plan is once we arrive at the location, the Heroes and I will be dealing with any Nomu, the distraction, while you and the rest of the students will be rescuing the civilians that have been taken, you and them will be the most important part of this plan," Guts said.
Izuku nodded and turned to go tell the others about what was going to happen when they got there. As he walked, Izuku couldn't help but feel the presence of the Bunny, nipping at the back of his head, he knew what it wanted, he knew it wanted to simply abandon Toru to her fate and seek out Monoma to take revenge, but he wasn't going to give it to the beast, he wasn't going to go back to how he was, not when he had Toru save.
They all got atop the Dragon Hero and Ryuku took off in the direction the tracker was located, and after a 30-minute flight, they arrived near the secret base and Ryuku lowered the students down a few feet away from it, while they were going to attack directly and draw out as many Nomu as they could, and the students wished them luck and the Heros then flew off while the students looked at each other and formed a plan.
Itsuka looked at them all, "Remember, our mission is to infiltrate the building and save the civilians, nothing else," She said, turning to Izuku, Ibara, and Tetsutetsu, "Can you three take the front? Izuku's fought these things before, Ibara can use her vines to stop them before they reach us, and Tetsu, you can be our shield in case they have some long-range quirks," She said.
The three nodded in agreement.
Izuku then looked to the others, "I should let you all know that some of these things come with Regeneration, some are slower at regenerating, others are quick, even if they don't have regeneration, kill them," Izuku told them, "Don't aim for anywhere else, straight for the head, got it?" He asked.
They all nodded.
Izuku nodded back, "I'm also not going to sugarcoat it... some of them have intelligence and personality, don't let that stop you, kill them," He said.
They all nodded again, but a sense of dread filled them, one thing they also discovered about Nomu from Izuku was that they were reanimated corpses of people, and while most if not all were mindless beasts, some were smarter and more intelligent, making them somewhat... human.
However, Izuku was right, they couldn't let that stop them, on a mission like this, they had to choose.
Live or Die.
The choice was easy.
The students ran toward the base and when they did, they heard the sounds of fighting taking place, from a distance they saw the fighting happening, and they heard the roars and cries of the Nomu as they charged at the Heroes, and Izuku heard the firing if Gutz canon, but they quickly made their way to the base and thankfully, saw an entrance made by a body if a dead Nomu, Izuku, and Tetsutetsu quickly moved the body and then they all went inside to rescue Toru and the other civilians.
As they rushed down the corridor they found themselves in when they entered, Izuku was surprised that no Nomu had come at them yet, which made him very suspicious.
'Either the person running this place hasn't noticed us yet, or we're heading for a trap,' Izuku thought.
Suddenly, there was a ding that rang across the entire hallway and they stopped, wondering what that sound meant and what was going to happen next, as they quickly went on guard.
[Hello there children, welcome to where the greatest creations are born] Came a voice over some speakers.
Setsuna had a worried look on her face, "Who the hell is that!?" She asked.
Izuku's expression hardened into a glare, "Garaki," He seethed.
Awase looked at Izuku with a raised brow, "Who?"
"The fucker that created the Nomus," He said.
Itsuka glared, "So this sick bastard was most likely the one who attacked us," She said.
Izuku nodded, "Yeah," He said coldly.
[Ah, if it isn't Izuku Midoriya! My, my, my, what an odd turn of events, first Toru Hakgure and now you, my it's like you're here for a reunion with an old friend] Garaki said over the speakers
Izuku was confused, "What the hell are you going on about? Where is Toru?" Izuku asked.
Garaki chuckled over the speakers, [Don't worry, the girl is safe, I won't harm a hair on her,] Garaki said, [But as I said, it's like fate, for you three to be here in one place]
Izuku quickly realized what he was referring to and glared, 'So he is here!' Izuku thought. "If he's here... I'll kill him," Izuku seethed.
[You can try] Garaki told him with an amused tone, [For now, enjoy the little friends I'm sending your way]
The speakers turned off and the group heard a roar and looked ahead of them, that's when they saw a few Nomu appearing from around the corner and rushing toward them, but thankfully, none of them seemed to be too powerful.
Izuku rushed to the front, charging at the Nomus, and when he got close, he quickly swung cutting them in half. More charge at Izuku, but before they can grab him, vines shoot at them and pierce their brains, sending them back.
Izuku turned around to see Ibara had helped kill the Nomu, and Izuku pulled back before swinging again, tearing through another Nomu.
Tetsutetsu and Itsuka rushed forward to help Izuku. Itsuka enlarged her fist and quickly slammed some Nomu against the wall, before enlarging her other fist to crush their heads. Tetsutetsu charged at a Nomu with a tail, and when it saw him coming, it swung its tail to trip him, but he jumped over it, launched himself forward, and grabbed its brain before ripping it out and squishing it.
A few Nomu slipped past them and charged at Setsuna and Awase. The two quickly acted as Setsuna split apart in order to dodge an attack and launched her fist to strike the Nomu in the brain, stunning it and giving Awase the chance to bash the brains in with a staff he forged with some metal he had on him.
The entire group fought through the group of Nomu in order to continue forward because nothing was going to stop them from rescuing the civilians and saving Toru.
Nothing was going to stop Izuku, because now, he was going to save Toru, and he was going to stop Garaki and Monoma.
Back outside, The heroes were dealing with far tougher Nomu, but thankfully, a few of the heroes didn't have a problem with the Nomu as some did, Gutz was one of these people.
He cut through Nomu like a hot knife through butter, and completely eradicated some with his canon arm, for him, it was easy, he had been fighting these things for a long time, and while some would give him a hard time, the fodder was never as bad as the high-ends he used to fight.
As if a sixth sense went off, Gutz felt something dangerous behind him, and quickly turned around only to block the attack from a Nomufied Stain.
Stain's arms had gone back to being blades and he glared at Gutz, "You remind me of a boy I fought mere moments ago, are you his teacher?" Stain asked.
Gutz smiled at Stain, "If I am?" He asked.
Stain then smiled back, "Then I wanna see what the teacher of such a beast can do!" Stain cried.
Gutz then quickly kicked Stain away before quickly pulling the Dragonslayer back, ready to cut Stain in half, however, Stain quickly jumped out of the way as the other man brought down his massive sword.
Stain quickly landed and charged in to stab Gutz but the other man reacted faster and used his iron arm to block the stab, and quickly kicked Stain in the stomach, sending the hero-killer back and falling to the ground.
Stain quickly got up and took a fighting stance with his bladed arms and saw that Gutz himself was also taking a fighting stance.
Stain smiled, 'Amazing! This man fights as if it was all he did his entire life! This man was bred to fight!' Stain cried to himself with glee, 'What a wonderful opportunity to test myself!'
Gutz took a quick look around and saw that there were still plenty of Nomu coming and fighting the Heroes and knew that this couldn't go on. 'Right now, were playing an act, baiting as many out of the lab as we can to give Izuku and the others time to save the civilians, but we can't keep this up for long,' Gutz said. 'Worse, if we don't finish this soon, that thing is going to be released, and we can't let that happen,'
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Dr. Garaki smiled as he walked past a sleeping Toru, "Thank you, Toru Hakagure, your DNA will prove useful for what I have planned should the fifth become too much of a problem," He said as he left the room.
Garaki then walked into where he was keeping the rest of his test subjects and he looked at the pod where the sludge villain was, was still hitting himself against the glass of his pod.
"WHY WON'T THEY STOP! WHY WON'T THEY JUST FUCKING STOP SCREAMING!" He cried, "GOD SAVE ME! SAVE ME!"
Suddenly, the pod opened and the sludge villain was stabbed by Garaki's fingers, the doctor was using All for One to transfer the final Quirk to the Sludge villain.
Garaki smiled wickedly as he gave a copy of New Order to the sludge villain. "Now, go on and consume before giving yourself to the fifth," He said with a sinister tone.
with that order, the Sludge villain moved past Garaki and quickly moved to the other pods and opened them before consuming the other test subjects and growing in size as he did. As Garaki watched the monstrosity he had just unleashed eat and grow, he could not help but smile, as this was every scientist's dream... watching something new and amazing unfold before them, and he would await eagerly for the end results.
Suddenly, muck appeared out of his mouth and quickly began to cover him before he disappeared.
'We eagerly await you to find us and start the beginning of our plan, Neito Monoma,' Garaki thought as he teleported away, 'And thank you Toru Hakagure, you'll be the ace up my sleeve should the time come when the fifth is the enemy of all humanity...'
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It seems the end of the arc is nearly upon us with only three chapters left before we hit the "Black Summer" Arc! Again, I apologize for the long wait as the last chapter was posted... August 24th!? Jesus, I really need to work faster...
Anyway, hopefully, you guys enjoyed the chapter and are waiting for the next one, Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays everyone!