'Ah.' I gasped internally as I found myself back in the internal black abyss of my mind. But wait a minute… how is that possible? I thought for sure that I would be dead after using one hundred percent of Obliterator's power. I mean don't get me wrong, I'm glad I'm not dead. But how can I even still think if my rain is 'Mashed Potatoes?' I tried coming up with a logical answer to my question but before I could-
"This is what the afterlife looks like young boy. A world without light and full of nothing but darkness. That's the place you go when everyone dies. Sorry to disappoint." A voice that could have only come from the Grim Reaper whispered to me as I accepted their words as the truth. I mean after all it made sense. This is the consequence that I deserve after using Obliterator's full power. I didn't want this to happen, but I had no choice but to throw my life away if it meant stopping the USJ Nomu from killing Horikita. But if I have one regret…
… It's that I didn't get to explain myself to her properly about who I really was and where I came from. Not that she would believe something like th-
"Just kidding." The Grim Reaper spoke once more as their voice no longer sounded like the God of Death and more like someone that I had come to know. To be more specific, the person that lives rent free inside of my head. I then tilted my head to the side of my shoulder as I noticed the wide grin on said person's face. Yeah. He really is-
'You're such an asshole, you know that?' I thought internally with a smile on my face while closing my eyes.
"Thanks, Captain Obvious! Hahaha!" Jokata replied before giving out a hearty laugh as his response only made me dislike him even more than I already did.
"Hey, I heard that. You know for a pipsqueak; you are pretty mean. But whatever. I can't say that I like you all that much either with how much you apologize and cry like a little baby. Not to mention the fact that you had the balls to say that my Quirk is now yours! Just who the hell do you think you are?!" Jokata spoke but yelled out that last part with an annoyed look on his face, but I remained perfectly calm even in the face of his shouting.
"I could say the same thing to you, since you lied to me. Care to explain yourself?" I asked with a nonchalant attitude as Jokata's eyes shot wide open upon me exposing the truth of the matter to him. This made him cough a few times before responding.
"I-I have no idea what you're talking about. L-Lie to you? I-I would never! Whahaha!" Jokata replied while stuttering a few times and then proceeding to give out another one of his hearty laughs.
'Yeah. You're as bad at lying as I am. Maybe even worse.' I thought internally with an unamused look on my face while Jokata began sweating bullets with a nervous smile on his face as that only further proved my suspicions. Guess, I'll have to expose the heart of the matter myself.
"Don't you remember what you said? Allow me to remind you said and I quote- I spoke but stopped for a few seconds as I recalled exactly what Jokata told me the last time I met him within my mind-
'Yeah! That's what your brain will be if you use one hundred percent of my power without fully getting used to handling it first!'
"Is what you said." I finished while maintaining the unamused look on my face even while repeating Jokata's words to him as he looked at me with his eyes wide open as his sheer surprise was made crystal clear to me.
"O-Oh yeah… that. I-I guess I did lie to you about that kiddo. H-Hahaha." Jokata replied in a very awkward manner of speaking that included stuttering and even his laugh wasn't as boisterous and, in your face, as it usually was. But that should only be natural after I exposed him. However, that was what I deduced and wasn't the full truth of the matter since I couldn't tell what he was thinking. (Unlike how he can read all of my thoughts as if it was only natural for him to do so.) Which is why I didn't know about this-
'Oh phew. For a second, I thought the kid had figured out the truth. He's smart, I'll give him that. But it's probably for the best he doesn't know what's happening to him. I might be an irredeemable bastard. But even then… I can't bear to break his heart. After all, I've already broken one too many hearts.' Jokata thought internally as he remembered the face of a young boy that looked kind of like Midoriya. (Minus the scars) A face that he'll never forget as long as he lives. Even after a hundred years that face is still vivid in his memories. After all, how could he forget the face of his son?
"Of course you did. That's why I expect a full explanation. One before someone wakes me up." I spoke with a serious look on my face while recalling the inevitable fact that Horikita will try to wake me up sooner or later. And once I'm up it could be a while before I even get a chance to sleep and who knows if I'll even be able to interact with Jokata when I go back to sleep considering it seems that these interactions are only made possible through sheer chance. So, no matter how much we both wish to talk to each other, it won't work unless we get lucky.
Though there's also the fact that it seems like Jokata can interact with me in reality but that only seems to be temporarily because he only exchanges the same words with me each and every time. So, it would only make sense that there's a limit to how much he can speak and for how long as well. That's why time is of the essence. So, if you're reading my mind, and I know you are, give me an answer al-
"ALRIGHT! I got it already! God, you're annoyingly persistent!" Jokata snapped back with a pissed off expression on his face before taking a deep breath to clam himself down. He then continued.
"Okay, I admit that I lied to you, but it was because I didn't want you using one hundred percent of my power. You see, I wasn't lying about their being 'consequences' to using Obliterator's full power. You and I both know you got a taste of that when you barely used five percent of my power. So, sorry for trying to keep you alive you ungrateful brat." Jokata explained with a grimace on his face.
'Oh… I see. Wait a second!? Those times that I mimicked Full Cowling and Shoot Style, I was using only five percent of Obliterator's power?!' I thought internally with what was surely a dumbfounded look on my face. After all, I couldn't help but be reminded of-
"That's because you're right on the money. Obliterator is quite similar to One For All. You already realized this before when you figured out the 'catch' behind it. But to explain further, Obliterator is many things. It's true power is to destroy Quirks but it's also part strength enhancing by increasing your power and speed tenfold. The caveat is that your brain is damaged each and every time you use it. Five percent only makes you feel like you're being stabbed in the brain, but you already knew that." Jokata explained with a grin on his face.
Yeah. It 'only' feels like needles are piercing my brain while using five percent. Guess I'm lucky. But that doesn't explain things fully. Like what will happen if I use one hundred percent. Only the man named Jokata Nauji can explain what will happen to me in detail. That's why I need to know the truth.
"Going further beyond five percent will result in headaches and sharp pains that persist even after using Obliterator's power. But that's not even the true extent of it, the reason why I refer to this power of mine or rather yours now as a 'Curse.' It's because your brain really will be destroyed with repeated use of its full power." Jokata continued as I braced myself for what he was about to say next.
"First, you'll forget things you've come to know a few hours before resulting in partial memory loss. Keep using one hundred percent and this will only make the memory loss become more apparent as knowledge that you've already acquired will be erased as well. Stuff that should already be common knowledge such as knowing not to cross the street when the light is red, that will go down the drain along with the memories that have shaped you." Jokata explained as his words made me scared and he knew this.
"But it only gets worse, if you still decide to use one hundred percent, the identities of the people you've come to know and your shared experiences with them will disappear as if you never knew them. And then after you've forgotten everyone you ever knew including yourself, you will meet death, and he'll take you away forevermore. That's what happened to me when I used one hundred percent of that curse's power one too many times and I paid the price for it." Jokata explained as I was completely taken back by his words as I put my hands around my head as if I was desperately trying to keep my memories inside of it. I was horrified by this revelation to the point of utter speechlessness and Jokata knew this.
"That's the cold bitter truth of using my power. I didn't go into detail because I didn't want to scare you kid. I thought hearing that your brain will turn into mush would be enough. But I was wrong. I should have seen that coming considering how utterly reckless you were with OFA in our world. But unlike that world, this one doesn't have anything that can save you. You got incredibly lucky with having access to someone like Recovery Girl and her Quirk." Jokata replied with a serious look on his face.
That's right. I was incredibly lucky to have someone like her as one of my allies. But I don't have her as an ally anymore. Nor Iida, or Uraraka, or Todoroki, or Kacchan or anyone else from my old world. The only people I can really call friends in this world are Horikita and Sakura. The only two people who know my identity. But even then, they don't have Quirks so I won't be able to count on them to help me in ways only my friends from my old world could have.
"Not to mention that Recovery Girl's Quirk was rare even in your world, the chance that someone else has it is zero in this world, unless our enemy The Doctor has it. Though I doubt it. He doesn't seem like the type to care about healing others cause if he did the bastard would have probably found the cure to cancer, but he didn't. That heartless prick would rather destroy the world than save it." Jokata explained as his words didn't make me feel better in the slightest. Though I already knew that wasn't his intention.
The man named Jokata Nauji might be a part of me now but that doesn't mean he is my ally. He has already made it crystal clear that he doesn't like me. I have yet to figure out the full truth behind that fact. But it's not like he would tell me the truth even if I asked him about it. He'd probably just dodge the topic and talk about something el-
"If you really wanted to know the reason then you could've just asked." Jokata replied as his response caught me completely off guard. I was taken aback as he stared back at me. He then sighed before continuing.
"You really want to know why I can't stand you? Here's a hint. What are you trying to achieve by going out of your way to save people?" Jokata asked as I knew the answer immediately. I didn't even have to say it. I was trying to be like who I was in the world I was born in. The hero, Deku.
"And there you go. That's why I don't like you. You go out of your way to be a hero by trying to protect the lives of people you barely know. Time and time again you repeated the same mistake ever since you tried to save Bakugo from that sludge monster. You would have surely died if All Might wasn't there to save you. And he only made things worse by patting you on the back and calling what you did 'heroic.' Don't be absurd, what you didn't wasn't heroic in the slightest, it was just you being suicidal." Jokata replied with a serious look on his face as his words wounded me as if they were covered in thorns. They might as well have been.
'Shut up.' I thought internally as I gritted my teeth as I wished to voice my complaints out loud but could not do so.
"No. I don't think I will. You see, I don't like 'heroes.' I was never one and I'll never be because of what our world made them out to be. Sacrificing your life for someone you don't even know? What a sick joke. There's nothing heroic about that. Because you're only dooming your loved ones to an eternal life of suffering as they could no longer see the person they loved ever again. Is that what you want? To never make it back home because you thought your life was worth giving up for the people of this world that you barely know?" Jokata continued.
'Shut up!' I thought internally as I clenched my fists even though I probably wouldn't even be able to hit him in my mind. Even still his words were making me very angry.
"That basically sums things up now, doesn't it? And once again, you've repeated the same mistake you made with Bakugo and countless times afterwards with Horikita. You may view her as a 'friend.' But so what if she is? Is she really more important to you than each and every one of your friends that you made in UA? How about your mom? Oh wait. You would have given up being a hero a long time ago if you actually gave a shit about he- Jokata continued once more but before he could finish-
"SHUT UP!" I shouted at the top of my lungs as his eyes shot wide open. I didn't know why he was so surprised at first, but I then did a double take after figuring out that I was able to properly speak. But before I could say another word-
"Augh!" I groaned in pain as I fell to my knees as the sensations of needles being stabbed into my brain returned as there was only one possible explanation of what could have happened. And both I and Jokata knew this.
"And there you go again, using my curse even after I told you all of the consequences! You just couldn't help yourself, couldn't you?! Always trying to be the hero and meddling when no one asks you to help them! You might have saved Horikita but so what?! Saving her hasn't gotten you anywhere closer to what you should be doing! Finding the Doctor and obliterating him off the face of the earth! That's the only way you can really save everyone in this world!" Jokata yelled out as I gritted my teeth at his words. He's not entirely wrong. But-
"… The look on her face. It was just like Kacchan's when he was almost swallowed by the sludge monster. It was the face of someone asking, no. 'Begging' for help. I had to save her." I replied with a serious look of my own, but this only made Jokata scoff at me.
"You 'had' to save her? Don't make me laugh. You had a choice. You could have done nothing and looked the other way, and nothing would have changed. You saving Horikita didn't get you anywhere closer to what should be your one and only goal. In fact, it only made things worse cause now-agh… never mind. You already know full well what's going to happen to you if you keep using that curse's full power. But at the end of the day, I wholeheartedly believe you should have let Horikita die." Jokata replied as I wanted nothing more than to punch him in the face for saying something so vile.
"Not that you could. Face it, kid. This might be your mind, but I hold dominion over this waste of space. But even if I allowed you to hit me once again nothing would change. You're nowhere close to finding the Doctor and all you've done was show off in front of a girl you barely know. You're not a hero. You're just a copycat masquerading as one after stealing all of All Might's ideals. Ideals he stole from Nana Shimura. Who she stole from En Tayutai. Who he stole from Daigoro Banjo. Who he stole from Hikage Shinomori. Who he stole from Kudo and Bruce. Who they both stole from Yoichi Shigaraki. Want to know where he got those ideals of his from?" Jokata asked with a grimace on his face, but it was a rhetorical question, so he continued.
"A comic book. A make-believe story that someone wrote to make kids feel better while their fathers are off fighting in pointless wars. That's why your ideals are nothing more than hypocrisy. Because you're not trying to make anyone feel better about themselves. You're just going to war and repeating the same mistakes that I did. That's why your ideals and the very concept of 'heroes' that our world tried to reinforce in the minds of the young innocent have got to be obliterated without a trace." Jokata admitted while maintaining the serious look on his face. But in the midst of that, he looked like he was in pa-
"I TOLD YOU TO NOT PITY ME!" Jokata snapped back at the top of his lungs as I was completely taken aback by his shout. But even still, I think that I was beginning to understand him.
"You have no idea what the hell you're talking about!" Jokata snapped back again but even though his words were harsh, and I wholeheartedly disagreed with them, I couldn't help but smile back at him.
'I smile to show the pressure of heroes and to trick the fear inside of me.' Because just like All Might I have to smile so that others can smile along with me!
"Again, with All Might's ideals?! When will you ever learn that his ideals will only get you killed?!" Jokata snapped back once more but even still I maintained my smile. Because even if he thought his words were fated to come true. Even still I-
"I'm not going to die so easily. I'm going to protect this world's people and defeat the evil that lies ahead. That's just what I have to do. But I don't expect you to understand since you don't understand a thing about heroes. I'm going to continue being this world's hero. And then one day, I'll make it back to our world. So, just watch me because I'm going to make that a reality." I declared with a reassuring smile on my face as Jokata's eyes twitched at me as I knew full well, he couldn't stand the sight of me. But then…
"Ah." I gasped as my body started tingling, the sign that I'm going to be waking up soon. But even still, I was more than satisfied. The road ahead of me might be long and treacherous but I know that everything is going to be okay in the end. But then…
"… The next time we meet, I'm going to show it to you. My 'origin.' I realize that now, seeing how I became the man I am now is the only way to obliterate your stolen ideals and hero worship. So, that's just what I'm going to have to do. I apologize in advance but it's the only way." Jokata admitted with a serious look on his face, as he still appeared to be in pain because of what he said before. But even still I maintained my smile and nodded.
"I understand. But nothing is going to change my mind. I'm going to keep being this world's hero because no one else can. No. Even more than that it's what I must do. For that reason, I won't be overusing Obliterator's full power. I'm going to continue to be the hero that I am by protecting this world from whatever the Doctor has planned. That's why I got to survive to the bitter end to make sure that this world's people live long fulfilling lives. After all…" I replied as I was just about to wake up but before I did-
"… That's exactly what a hero would do." I finished with a bright smile on my face before departing from the black abyss of my mind and returning back to reality. That's why unbeknownst to me, I didn't hear what Jokata said right after I left.
"… Survive to the bitter end? …Tch. It's not like I want you to die, kid. But… if you keep using my curse's power… you won't have a long fulfilling life." Jokata muttered quietly while gritting his teeth to the point that they could break. Not that it mattered, because he was already dead. But even though that is the case…
… He didn't want the young man named Izuku Midoriya to share his fate.
"Ah." I gasped once more as I blinked my eyes a few times until my vision became clear as I noticed Horikita's face. Upon noticing me a smile returned to her face as I couldn't help but smile back at her. But after a few seconds of silence passed as raindrops fell onto my forehead, I noticed that I was resting on her lap and more importantly, she was wearing the regular red jumpsuit that me and all of our classmates wore.
"Oh, that's a relief." I muttered as I recalled the fact that she was wearing her undergarments while I was fight against the USJ Nomu. I didn't exactly have a chance to tell her to put her clothes back on so I'm very glad she did.
"What's a relief?" Horikita asked with a confused look on her face as my eyes went wide.
"Oh, um… nothing." I replied as I would never say the reason why I was relieved in a million years. Not going to lie, after seeing something like that, I kind of feel like scum. Is that how Mineta feels like on a daily basis? But before I could answer that thought of mine-
"Yo. Well, look at what we have here." The voice of someone that was not Horikita made my eyes shoot wide open as I realized who it was immediately. Horikita recognized too, but before we could do a single thing…
… We had already been cornered.
"Midoriyah!" Horikita yelled out before being restrained by Ryuuen's lackey, Albert. The latter of which put both of her arms behind her back so that she wouldn't be able to defend herself. And even if she used her legs to kick at him from behind, it wouldn't be enough to actually hurt someone as muscular as Albert. Both Horikita and Albert knew this, so the former didn't resist against the latter. But even still I-
"Horikita! Augh!" I yelled out my friend's name before groaning out in pain. It must have been the effect of using Obliterator so recklessly already coming to rear its ugly head. If I remember correctly, Jokata said that I would still feel pain in my brain even after using Obliterator if I used more than five percent. And that's exactly what was happening now. It was difficult to even think a little bit. So, it would only be natural if I can't think my brain can't send out the signals for my body to actually move rendering my body useless!
"Oho. I didn't even do anything to you and you're letting out a shriek of pain? God, you're pathetic. I wonder what will happen if I do this?" Ryuuen spoke as he approached me with a smirk before stopping in place right in front of me. And then…
'BAM!' He slammed his foot onto my chest. But I didn't react in any meaningful way as his kick didn't hurt me in the slightest, much to Ryuuen's displeasure as he clicked his tongue in disapproval.
"Guess, it'll take more than that for you to really hurt. I wonder where I should kick you next. Here? No. I'm much classier than that." Ryuuen spoke as he placed his foot near my most private area before moving his foot away from it. All the while this was going on, Horikita noticed all of this.
"Ryuuen?! What the hell is wrong with you! You can't go out of your way to injure another person! That's a direct violation of the rules! Your entire class will be disqualified!" Horikita yelled out with an agitated look on her face as she couldn't stand the sight of her friend being hurt. And Ryuuen knew this.
"Oh, 'that'? Who cares now? I sure as hell don't anymore. You see, Horikita. I've been waiting for this 'chance' for a while now. A place where there are no witnesses. You are the exception but I'm sure you won't squeal if you know what's good for you. But what really sealed the deal is the fact that there are no cameras around. I mean how would there be when we're all on an uninhabited island? Which means…" Ryuuen explained before winding up his leg into the air. And then…
"I can beat the ever-loving shit out of him, and none would be the wiser!" Ryuuen declared as not even a moment later-
'BAM! WHAM! POW!' He kicked me on the sides of my chest where my lungs were repeatedly to get a reaction out of me. But I took the pain. After all, this was nothing compared to what I had to go through against Muscular or Shigaraki. In comparison, what Ryuuen is doing to me now…
… Doesn't hurt one bit!
"It's okay, Horikita. Everything's going to be okay. I'm fine. Everything's going to be okay." I weakly said with a smile while my brain felt like it was on fire. But I had to keep a brave face. Because-
'Young Midoriya, whenever you're worried or scared that's when you got to smile, even if it's fake. My Master taught me that. So, make sure to remember that.' That's what heroes do!
"Man, you really can take some hits. I shouldn't be too surprised. Not after that monster you fought." Ryuuen admitted with a smug grin as my eyes shot wide open upon learning that fact. That he-
'Oh no… oh no, no, no! He knows! He knows that I'm- I thought internally but once again before I could finish my thoughts were cut off by the intense pain that I was undergoing by recklessly using my Quirk!
"Y-You saw everything?" Horikita asked with what must have been a dumbfounded look on her face as she stared back at Ryuuen out of sheer disbelief. This made Ryuuen's grin grew wider as he turned his attention to Horikita.
"Damn right, I did. That's why I know what you're truly capable of. And I got to say you're a fucking monster if you managed to put down one those… whatever those fucking things were. I can't allow someone so… dangerous, to be in such close proximity to me. Consider this my revenge for almost breaking my hand the other day." Ryuuen replied before winding up his leg once more. And then…
'BAM!' He kicked me right across the head!
"AUGH!" I groaned in pain at the top of my lungs as his kick made the pain that I was feeling in my brain become much worse to the point that it actually hurt me. And Ryuuen noticed this.
"So, this is your 'Achillies heel.' Good to know. Now I know where hit you where it hurt. Get ready, because I'm about to fuck you up." Ryuuen admitted with a sadistic smile on his face. But before I or anyone else could say another word-
Ryuuen kicked me across the head again and again! Not missing a beat as I groaned in utter agony each and every time. Horikita watched all of this with a horrified look on her face as Ryuuen kicked me ten times on the head. And just as he was about to kick me again-
"That's enough!" Horikita yelled out as Ryuuen stopped his foot just before it was about to slam into my head. He then turned his attention to Horikita and approached her. I wanted nothing more than to get back up and defend her, but my brain was in such pain it was impossible for me to do so. So, I had no choice but to sit back and watch as I cursed myself for being so useless.
"Enough? … No. I don't think I've had enough quite yet. Unless… you are willing to give me something that will make me satisfied. Because right now, I'm not satisfied. So, tell me Horikita. What is it exactly that will be enough for me to make me stop. I want you to say it." Ryuuen spoke with a sinister grin on his face as he taunted Horikita getting right in front of her face. Horikita looked down and gritted her teeth. She already knew full well what Ryuuen wanted her to say. But for her to say such a thing, ignoring her pride, it was something that she wouldn't be able to take back.
"I… I want you to…" Horikita spoke as she was on the verge of tears and did not want to finish her sentence. But for her to avoid finishing would only hurt her friend. She didn't want either to happen, so she stopped mid-sentence just before saying the key word that Ryuuen wanted to hear. He noticed this and-
"Come on, just say it. You want to save your friend, right? This is the only way. You know this. Just let me have my way with you and we can let bygones be bygones. How does that sound?" Ryuuen whispered into Horikita's ear as he held her jaw in his hands. But before Horikita could finish and say exactly what Ryuuen wanted to hear-
"Get lost!" I yelled out as I stood back up. Horikita looked back at me with a dumbfounded look on her face and so did Albert. I don't know if Ryuuen had the same look on his face but before I could see him or do a single thing-
'WHAM!' Ryuuen kicked me right across the head again as I collapsed to the ground immediately afterwards.
"Deku!" Horikita yelled out before Ryuuen put his hand around her mouth to shut her up. He then looked at her with a confused look on his face.
"Deku? You mean like 'useless person?' Now why would you go and call him that? Haha, and here I thought that I was the asshole here. Well, no matter. You know what you've got to do Suzune. So, just admit it. You want to be dominated by a man. I can do that for you as long as you simply submit to me. Plus, with all this rain you must be getting pretty wet down there." Ryuuen whispered once more into Horikita's ear but as he held onto her mouth, she bit his hand!
"Y-You bitch!" Ryuuen yelled out before smacking her across the face! Even Albert was surprised by this.
"Boss, that's enough. At this rate you'll be- Albert spoke with a serious look on his face but before he could finish speaking-
"I don't give a shit! No one bites my fucking hand and gets away with it! NO ONE!" Ryuuen snapped back as his face must have been agitated beyond belief by Horikita's defiance. He then took a deep breath to calm himself down.
"So… what? Even if she tries to admit what I've done I'll make sure that she knows that doing so will only result in her friend suffering. That's right. Horikita if you try to say shit about this, I'll just tell everyone that 'Deku' is the vigilante that the Chairman has been looking for!" Ryuuen spoke with a sadistic smile on his face as he taunted Horikita even further. But even still…
Chapter 21: Still Standing
… I stood right back up.
"You know, all you had to do was let me beat the shit out of you and Suzune would have walked away unharmed. And still you get up. You are so fucking pathetic. You're nothing more than a sandbag about to be pummeled by a skilled boxer. Why even bother standing up? I'm just going to knock you down again." Ryuuen spoke with a smirk on his face while I struggled to maintain my balance after being struck over and over on my head. But even still I stood firmly and stared him down!
"Because I can spot true evil! True evil are those who use the weak for their own gain and crush them on their foot when they're done with them! ESPECIALLY an innocent woman!" I snapped back as Horikita looked at me with awe in her eyes Ryuuen looked at me with a grimace on his face.
"And that's exactly what you've done, isn't it?! And you think you can just get away with everything by threatening her!? No! That's not going to happen! That's why… I'll judge you myself!" I declared as I pointed my index finger right at him with a look of conviction on my face! But this only made Ryuuen grin.
"I'm evil? You see that's where you're wrong. Evil is always the loser. It's the victor who has justice. The victor being the last man standing. And how you win in battle… is irrelevant!" Ryuuen snapped back with a smug smile before snapping his fingers. Albert then let Horikita go as he charged at me!
'WHOOOSH!' I narrowly dodged Albert by the skin of my teeth, but sense of pain returned to my brain as I paused for a brief moment, and this allowed Albert to restrain me in the same way he captured Horikita!
"You see the loser is the evil one! Time to finish you off!" Ryuuen declared before charging at me as he was without a shadow a doubt about to turn his words into a reality…
… That's if I did nothing. And that's why I-
"Really? The loser's evil? Then let me show you…" I spoke before using my strength to effortlessly break free from Albert's grip to the point that I knocked him onto the ground! Ryuuen noticed this as his eyes went wide!
"What?! There's no way! How the hell are you still this strong?!" Ryuuen snapped back out of disbelief as he gritted his teeth. He then charged forward once more as he was about to kick me in the head once more! But before he could-
"… JUST HOW EVIL YOU ARE!" I declared at the top of my lungs clenching my fist tightly. I then remembered what Professor Chabashira said from before-
'I never said that. If someone tries to hit you, then we have no right to tell you just to take it head on. So, as long you are defending yourself against someone who's already made their intent to pulverize you, then you won't get penalized.' That's right! Since Ryuuen hit me, I can defend myself! And that's exactly what I'm about to do…
… BY TAKING HIM DOWN WITH ONE PUNCH!
'POW!' I then sent my fist hurtling at him as I made sure to use only a fraction of my power. Any more than that, and I could leave injuries that would take months, maybe even years to heal. And that's even ignoring the fact he's probably die instantly if I use Obliterator on him! That's why just a fraction of my strength will be enough to finish him off!
"BLAUGH!" Ryuuen coughed up blood as my fist hit him right in his stomach! Then to my utmost surprise-
'WHOOOSH!' His body then tumbled backwards until he hit one of the trees and slumped down onto the ground. It was crystal clear that Ryuuen was unconscious. This would be what wrestling fans would call a TKO. But even still I couldn't believe it. I was literally just using a small percentage the equivalent of one percent or maybe just a hair over it and I did this?! How the heck is that even possible? But even still…
…. WHEN THE HELL DID I BECOME THAT STRONG?!' I thought internally with a speechless look on my face. I then took a second to calm myself down by slapping myself across the cheeks. And then…
"I… um… I thought you'd be able to handle that." I muttered with a nervous smile on my face as I wondered if I was going to receive repercussions because of this. But at the time, I had no idea what this incident would cause for me in the future. Because unbeknownst to me…
… This would be far from the last time; I'd have to deal with the man named Kakeru Ryuuen.
To Be Continued…
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