Chapter 90: It’s three against three.

"Aizawa, No. 13, protect the students!!"

Alarmed, All Might quickly shouted out loud, then dashed toward the portal and launched a punch at the guy with the hand-shaped mask. But just before he could land it, a hand that looked more like a jet-black claw emerged from the portal and stopped his punch cold, greatly surprising him.

"Gather together and don't move! We have villains!!"

At the same time, Aizawa adjusted the protective goggles hanging around his neck, then turned to look at the students with a grave expression and exclaimed loudly.

Aizawa's words greatly shocked the students, who watched with panicked expressions as the portal widened and dozens of villains began to emerge from it. Meanwhile, All Might became embroiled in a high-speed fight with what appeared to be two jet-black monsters with exposed brains.

Panic quickly began to spread among the students, but just at that moment a monstrous pressure filled the place. The voice that normally inspired fear in Class 1-A resounded in the area with a serious, power-laden tone, while the villains who were approaching them began to fall to the ground like a bunch of puppets whose strings had been cut.

"Salem!"

Upon hearing Kai, everyone present turned to look at him, only to see the small cat that the boy always carried jumping from his shoulder and growing in size until it measured an impressive five meters in height. At the same time, powerful electric arcs surrounded it, and from its fur formed an impressive jet-black Jian sword with a curious relief on its blade that seemed like a combination of an electronic circuit and tribal runes.

At that instant, an enormous black shadow with elongated, intimidating red eyes suddenly appeared in front of the group, greatly surprising everyone. But just as No. 13 and Aizawa were preparing to activate their quirks, a powerful jet-black flying slash shot toward the shadow, at the same time that Kai's voice was heard.

"Salem, go and help All Might."

With Kai's words, the enormous five-meter panther shot off at blinding speed toward All Might, leaving an electric trail in its wake, while Kai's slash appeared as if by magic at the other end of the USJ dome.

Similarly, Kai shot toward the gigantic shadow, which tried to engulf him with its black mist, only for the blue-eyed boy to kick the air and abruptly change direction, dodging it. He then accelerated in the air, kicking it a couple more times, quickly ending up behind the shadow.

Without wasting a single second, Kai swiftly cut with his sword what seemed to be a large metallic collar glimpsed within the mist, causing the 'shadow' to be hurled at high speed toward the ground in the distance.

Meanwhile, the students watched Kai's impressive performance in shock, almost unable to believe what they were witnessing—especially three people: Bakugo, the blond with explosions; Todoroki, the guy with red and white hair; and Midoriya, All Might's successor.

"I'll take care of this one; I'll leave the ones below to you. They're probably drugged, so don't underestimate them." Kai briefly commented as he looked at the surprised Aizawa. Immediately afterward, he kicked the air and shot off to pursue the shadow, disappearing from the spot.

The reason Kai assumed that the villains still standing after a direct hit from his Conqueror's Haki were drugged was very simple. Over time, he had determined the three reasons someone could be 'immune' to his Conqueror's Haki, two of which he already knew from the original series: having great willpower or a certain level of power.

But the last one was a discovery he made thanks to his lab rats: there were certain types of narcotics that granted resistance to his Haki—especially stimulants, opioids, amphetamines, and hallucinogens, the latter being the most effective in avoiding intimidation.

While fighting at high speeds with the two monsters with exposed brains, All Might had a serious expression on his face. After all, the monsters had extremely annoying quirks, almost specially selected to deal with him—especially one of them, who was capable of nullifying his punches.

"HAHAHAHA!!! IT SEEMS THAT THE GREAT SYMBOL OF PEACE CAN'T MATCH MY NOMUS!!! SHOCK ABSORPTION AND ENERGY EXPLOSION WERE ALL THAT WAS NEEDED TO FINISH OFF THE NUMBER ONE HERO, HAHAHAHA!!!"

The guy with the hand-shaped mask exclaimed loudly in a crazed tone, as if he were in ecstasy, while All Might was forced to dodge a punch from the large, robust-bodied Nomu that could absorb his impacts. The second Nomu took advantage of this moment to extend its hands and send a powerful energy beam in his direction.

But just then, an imposing five-meter-tall blue-eyed panther appeared right next to the Nomu that could shoot laser beams. This Nomu had no eyes and was much thinner and more streamlined, with an almost feminine body. The panther sank its enormous claws into the Nomu's back while its fangs dug into the monster's neck, its electricity wreaking havoc inside the creature.

At the same time, in the distance, a monstrous jet-black flying slash cut one of the dome's walls in half. Moments later, a figure covered in darkness with a strange large metallic collar fell forcefully to the ground, creating a small crater. It quickly recovered and wanted to approach the madman with the hands, but had to stop upon seeing the terrifying young man who had struck him arrive in front of him.

"It seems that, although you can 'deflect' my slashes, that stupid collar is your weakness. Interesting to know." Kai commented as he landed softly on the ground not far from the impact site of the dark figure, holding the beautiful jet-black Jian sword in his hand.

"Kai-shonen!"

Seeing the boy, All Might exclaimed with some relief and evident surprise in his tone, then quickly approached Kai. At that moment, Salem arrived at his master's side, somehow bearing a confused expression on his feline face. After all, the piece of flesh he had managed to tear from the neck of the strange prey was now regrowing as if by magic. Which quickly led him to a realization that made his blue feline eyes shine with excitement.

"It's three against three; I'll take the one with the portals. Which one do you want?"

While the three Nomus grouped in front of them, Kai asked as electric blue lightning began to crackle around his body, lifting his hair. All Might quickly responded without considering it even for a moment.

"The one that shoots lasers; the other will be easier for your pet with his electricity."

"Understood. Salem, your prey is the big monster with eyes; the one without eyes is All Might's."

Upon hearing the response, Kai quickly nodded and commanded Salem, who roared powerfully in return. At that point, the three disappeared at speeds that could not be followed by the human eye, and the monsters responded with their own attacks, initiating the second round of the battle.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU, BASTARD?!"

"[Trace] on!"

The guy with the hand-shaped mask, absolutely indignant, roared loudly with such force that his vocal cords strained, making him sound like a wounded animal, while he looked full of anger at the brutal repercussions of the clash between six colossal forces—a moment that Kai took advantage of to activate a very special card, using the madman's screams as cover.

With a fluid movement, Kai kicked the air and dodged a jet of dark mist sent by his opponent, simultaneously sending his own slash at the shadow's neck, forcing it to dodge. He then pointed with his left hand at the madman with the hands, holding the [Trace] card between his index and middle fingers. Apart from the typical golden Aura Script pattern, the card had in the center the image of a kind of magic circle launching a beam of light in the middle of the night's tundra.

Having been activated, the card quickly transformed into light, but this time, unlike normal cards, it was in [in] state. It rapidly formed a kind of arrow of light, which shot off in a straight line, soon hitting the skinny body of the madman with the hands and disappearing into nothingness—something that no one else could see.

"He's the proud son of my master."

Suddenly, the guy with the hand-shaped mask heard next to him a tired voice that seemed to be responding to his question. Alarmed, he turned to look, only to be met with a punch that hit him square in the face and sent him flying, but he was quickly captured mid-flight by Eraserhead's bandages.

"You son of a bitch! My quirk!!" With a strange voice due to the blow, the madman with the hands exclaimed loudly upon noticing that he couldn't activate his quirk, which led him to see that Aizawa's hair was rising unnaturally in the air.

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[Students, let's retreat!]

For his part, No. 13 commented in a serious tone while dealing with the few villains who hadn't passed out when the pressure from the terrifying blue-eyed young man exploded, using his Black Hole. He felt that he finally understood part of what Principal Nezu and Recovery Girl had said that day.

But suddenly, several spears emerged from the ground, impaling No. 13. A villain who had been playing dead stood up victoriously, which caused the other villains—who were still clinging with all their might to whatever they could to avoid falling into the Black Hole—to be freed and laugh wickedly.

"Hahaha, if we take these kids as hostages, those monsters will have to surrender! Let's go!!"

The villain who had been playing dead exclaimed loudly with a voice full of delight, as if he could already see the moment of his victory. But just then, a red metallic fist reached his face, sending him flying unconscious, at the same time that a melodious female voice commented with elegance.

"Drugs are harmful to your health, you know?"

After making that comment, Momo—who now wore her full armor—shot off to confront the remaining villains. At that moment, a wave of ice trapped a bunch more villains, and an iconic shout filled the air.

"DIE!!!"

With Bakugo's shout, a powerful explosion went off in a villain's face, while Kirishima, Sero, Tsuyu, and Mina jumped to face other villains, initiating a free-for-all battle that quickly finished them off. Meanwhile, Midoriya, Uraraka, and Iida ran to the side of the impaled No. 13.

"No. 13!!"

Midoriya exclaimed in panic as he reached the hero in the space suit. Iida used his engine kick to tear off the suit's helmet, revealing a beautiful woman with short hair, who had a slight trace of blood at her mouth.

"No. 13, are you okay?" Uraraka quickly got in front of the woman—who was taller than her—with the help of her quirk. The hero responded with a voice full of pain.

"No, but they didn't pierce any vital spots, so I'll recover. Though, don't try to remove them, or I might bleed out."

"That's a relief."

Iida commented with genuine relief, a feeling shared by everyone present. But as they were about to check the hero's condition further, a strong impact resounded on the roof, which attracted everyone's attention, revealing a scene that left them speechless.

Looking toward the source of the sound, the group of students saw a huge hole, and on the ground stood the victorious All Might with his fist extended. A few meters away was Kai's terrifying panther, which had greatly changed the perception most had of him as an adorable cat.

The blue-eyed panther held by the neck—with its enormous jaws—the monster it had been fighting, which now looked like a piece of coal missing an arm and a leg. It trembled slightly due to the enormous amounts of electricity coursing through it, preventing its healing.

Meanwhile, Kai was not far away, with his foot on the neck of the portal guy lying on the ground, missing one of his arms and also trembling slightly. His mind was filled with thoughts about what had happened, especially the part about the three monsters.

(Am I remembering wrong? Or is there an extra one now? Moreover, I seem to recall that this portal guy wasn't that strong and his greatest asset was his portals, but this bastard has super strength and super regeneration—although not at the level of the other two. Definitely, this guy isn't someone the others could handle; maybe he's at the level of that trash with muscle fibers...

(But anyway, I managed to obtain good data and even discovered a couple of rats who were stealthily tampering with the security system, so I should start acting now to buy time for the Alcatraz mark to set and play dumb with this guy's arm that 'conveniently' ended up near the bastard with the hands...)