MHATG: Chapter 333/335

Chapter 333: Decisive Victory!

"Detroit Smash!"

As Midoriya shouted, his fist slammed into the airborne steel structure.

Boom!!!!

This was a 100% One For All punch. The power was so overwhelming that even calling it "huge" wouldn't suffice. The steel structures exploded like they were hit by a Tomahawk missile.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Countless pieces of steel scattered in all directions. Midoriya Izuku safely helped All Might land on the ground, but...

"That brat again!" Wolfram glared furiously at the two, secretly shocked by the punch's destructive power.

"Hey, your opponent is me. Don't look away." Kaminari glanced at the person Midoriya had just saved. That person… could it be All Might?

The moment he noticed Wolfram was about to make a move, Kaminari raised the Tenkongyun Sword to block his path. The Justice Coat he wore fluttered wildly in the distant windblast.

"Just you?"

Wolfram looked at Kaminari with disdain. The next moment, he controlled the steel beneath him and quickly flew into the sky above the island.

"Next time we meet, I'll teach that arrogant brat a lesson!"

Crack!

Kaminari transformed into a golden flash and shot into the sky, intercepting Wolfram. He pointed the tip of his sword at him.

"There's no 'next time.' This ends today!"

Boom!!

Golden and red clashed once more in fierce battle, drawing everyone's attention but All Might's condition couldn't be ignored.

"All Might! All Might!" Midoriya Izuku called out in panic as he looked at All Might lying on the ground.

"Midoriya boy..."

Whether he woke up from being shaken or regained consciousness on his own, All Might, now no longer in his muscular form slowly opened his sunken blue eyes, coughing up blood as he spoke weakly.

"I... I can't fight anymore. Next… it's up to you..."

Seeing All Might looking like he was on the brink of death, Midoriya shouted tearfully, "A-All Might, are you okay?!"

"Kid... you've got to live…" A smile appeared on All Might's thin face, but at that moment, a sharp sound pierced through the air from above.

Whoosh!
Boom!!

Midoriya looked up to see a golden meteor crashing into the steel platform nearby. Then Kaminari Denki climbed out of the crater, his face contorted with pain.

"Kaminari-kun?!"

"Young Midoriya, don't worry about me. Go help Kaminari, he can't handle this alone!" All Might pushed Midoriya forward.

"O-Okay! Got it!" Midoriya hesitated for a few seconds, then, seeing the seriousness in All Might's eyes, stood up and ran to Kaminari's side.

"Kaminari-kun, let's do this together!"

"Yeah!"

Kaminari clutched his stomach and glanced at Midoriya, nodding without hesitation. He knew he couldn't defeat that villain on his own.

"One For All: Full Cowling—20%!"

Midoriya endured the pain threatening to break his body, using the maximum power he could withstand at this stage.

20% was the limit where he could unleash his strongest speed and power without injuring or fracturing himself!

Crack!
Boom!

In the next moment, with a surge of electricity and air currents, Midoriya and Kaminari turned into streaks of green and gold light, charging toward Wolfram at the top of the steel stack.

"So fast!!"

Kaminari was stunned as Midoriya quickly overtook him. "As expected, this guy's been hiding his true strength…"

"I can't forgive this… I absolutely can't forgive it… You hurt All Might so badly…" Midoriya glared fiercely at Wolfram. Compared to the fury in his heart, the pain in his body felt trivial.

"Tch!"

Wolfram crushed a piece of steel in his hand and glared at the two beams of green and gold light speeding toward him from below.

"You arrogant brats have no idea how high the heavens are!"

As he roared, every piece of steel around him, whether on the ground or floating in the air gathered together into a massive wave of metal pressing down toward them.

"You've... pissed me off completely!"

"We should be the ones saying that!" Bakugo Katsuki shouted furiously from above.

Ignoring the pain in his arms, he brought his hands together, sparks flying, and aimed directly at the steel canopy threatening to crush Kaminari and Midoriya.

"You piece of trash—damn bastard!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Countless small explosions linked into a massive wave of fire and shockwaves, blasting open a path through the steel wave, clearing the way for Kaminari and Midoriya to charge through.

"Damn it…"

Meanwhile, Bakugo, his arms fully injured, looked at the green and golden lights racing ahead with frustration and began to fall.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The steel fragments scattered by the explosion were controlled again by Wolfram's powerful Quirk, merging into long square pillars aimed at crashing into Kaminari and Midoriya from both sides.

"No way I'm letting you get away with that!"

Shoto Todoroki quickly stood up, using his full ice power to block the incoming steel pillars and catching Bakugo on a block of ice.

"Kaminari, Midoriya... Go for it!!!"

Bakugo, Todoroki, Kyoka, Momo, Kirishima, and the others stared intensely at the two beams of light charging toward the villain.

"Are they really just a bunch of kids?!"

Wolfram couldn't believe he was being pushed this far by a group of high schoolers.

Before this, he thought only legends like All Might, All For One, and Destro could challenge him!

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn brats!!!"

Watching the green and golden light draw closer, Wolfram's eyes turned blood red. His muscles bulged with fury.

"Die—All of you!!"

Aside from the steel under his feet, all surrounding metal was fused into a massive, solid steel cube!

The giant cube, over 50 or 60 meters wide, completely engulfed the sky above the airport at the tower's peak.

"Take this, you arrogant brats!"

At this moment, the night sky, stars, and moon vanished, only a dark wall of steel remained, with two streaks of golden and blue light hurtling toward it.

"It's now or never, Kaminari!"

"Right, Midoriya!"

Then they shouted in unison, "Break through the obstacle with everything we've got!"

"Plus Ultra!"

In the next instant, Kaminari poured all his electricity into the Ame-no-Murakumo. The golden blade surged and expanded, becoming a giant sword over forty meters long.

"Raikiri: Ame-no-Murakumo!!!"

"100%—Texas Smash!!!"

The giant golden sword, the tornado-like punch, and the massive steel cube collided violently, erupting in a blinding light that made everyone instinctively shut their eyes.

(To be continued.)

Chapter 334: Despair?!

"Not good!"

Just before the final ultimate moves of both sides collided, Todoroki instinctively sensed a massive threat.

"It's dangerous here! Everyone, retreat back to the tower—!!"

!!!!!

The light of the burning clash didn't spread outward like normal light. Instead, it was compressed into a dome-shaped semicircle by an unknown force, like an inverted bowl pressed onto the ground.

One half of the "bowl" was black, while the other half was a flowing mixture of white and gold, like watercolor paint. At the same time, the area of the dome visibly expanded.

Wherever it touched, whether it was steel plating, metal fragments, or large chunks of ice—everything became red-hot, burned, and was then blown off the top of the tower by an immense shockwave.

"Ahhhhhh!"

Overwhelmed by fear, Mineta ran toward the tower entrance with his hands over his head. "I can't die! I can't die here yet!"

"There are still so many beautiful girls waiting for me! I absolutely can't die here!!"

"Todoroki-kun, what about Kaminari and the others?!" Kyoka called out as she ran, turning to look at the distant bowl-shaped energy wave in concern.

"It's out of control. We need to survive first!" Shoto Todoroki responded with a grim expression, then released a thick burst of white frost from his body.

Shua shua shua—

In an instant, a massive ice wall over twenty meters high and hundreds of meters wide rose up across the sky. Without pausing, Shoto dashed toward the entrance, using the rapidly stacking ice as footing.

Crack!

Soon, the first fracture appeared on the massive wall of ice—then the second, the third—spreading with terrifying speed.

One second? Two?

Either way, within three seconds, the entire wall had been torn apart by the typhoon-like shockwave, which continued to sweep outward, seemingly with no end.

"Hurry! Come on, Todoroki!" Kirishima shouted from inside the entrance, anxiously watching from behind.

"You guys go in first!" Shoto called out.

Hearing that, Kirishima immediately turned to shout to Bakugo and the others behind him, "Get down now! We can't save this floor anymore!"

"What about you and Todoroki-kun?!" Melissa asked nervously, supporting Dr. David.

"I'm staying to wait for him!" Kirishima grinned, giving a thumbs-up. "Don't worry, I'm not that easy to bring down!"

"Tch. Don't act tough—don't die, you bastard!" Bakugo shot him a disdainful look before turning to run downstairs.

"Then... Kirishima, be careful! We're not waiting for you!!" Minoru Mineta yelled, running after them with his short legs.

Soon, everyone except Kirishima had retreated into the lower levels of the tower.

"What are you doing?! Go already!" Shoto, now only four or five meters ahead of the oncoming blast, shouted at Kirishima, who was still standing at the entrance waiting.

"Let's go together!" Kirishima suddenly rushed forward, charging straight toward the impact wave with a smile.

"I can't do anything for Midoriya or Kaminari… but someone like you, who's right in front of me, I won't let you face this alone!"

"We're... partners!"

Click!

Just as the impact wave was about to reach Shoto, Kirishima grabbed his right hand, then pulled him into a tight embrace, turning his back to the blast.

"If my mediocre Quirk can't be used to save someone right now, then what's the point of it? What kind of Hero would I be…"

As the devastating light engulfed them, Kirishima Eijiro silently thought to himself.

BOOM!!!!

From the viewpoint of the snowman standing on the back of the ice dragon in the distance, the airport atop the central tower had been completely leveled.

This overwhelming destruction made even him, someone who had always taken pride in his strength begin to feel genuine fear.

"The blond one... and the green-haired one... might not be any weaker than me..."

As for Todoroki?

Though his Quirk was powerful in training, the man considered his own abilities to be clearly superior.

......

Gradually, silence returned. The shockwave passed as quickly as it had arrived. Gentle moonlight once again bathed the land, and stars shimmered quietly in the night sky.

A cool ocean breeze swept across the now-flattened airport platform. But there wasn't a single speck of dust left, let alone debris.

Oh, wait—three or four human figures were still scattered at the platform's edge.

At the far south end, where the entrance to the tower used to be, Kirishima lay unconscious on the ground, and atop him was Shoto Todoroki, whom he had shielded.

Cough!

The silence was suddenly broken by a soft cough. Kaminari, his upper-body suit completely torn away, revealing his ches, propped himself up weakly on both hands.

"It's... finally over... cough cough!"

To be honest, he had exhausted all of the electricity in his body. Even if he tried to use Electricity Absorbing Physique to draw in ambient charge from his skin, it would take too long to be useful.

At this point, he was no different from someone Quirkless. There was no way he could take on another fight.

On the other side, Midoriya Izuku had completely passed out. The red gauntlet Melissa had given him had shattered into pieces.

"…Huh?"

At that moment, Todoroki's fingers twitched, and his two-toned eyes—one black, one blue—slowly opened. As he began to move, Kirishima also started to regain consciousness.

"Hahahahahaha!"

Suddenly, a weak but unmistakably arrogant laugh echoed through the air. Kaminari, Shoto, Kirishima, and the newly-awakened Midoriya all heard it.

"No... it can't be!"

Kaminari's face immediately darkened. Sure enough, when he looked up, Wolfram was standing in the distance, supporting himself with one hand on the ground.

But now, his skin was no longer glowing red and hot. He looked thinner, his presence weaker.

"Hahaha! That cocky brat can't act smug anymore!"

"The final winner is me!"

"It's me, Wolfram! The strongest man in the world! A future legend!!"

After yelling that, Wolfram turned his cruel gaze toward Kaminari. He slowly raised his right hand and pointed it at him with a mocking smile.

"As for you, just go to hell!"

"My time doesn't need brats like you to witness it!!!"

"Despair—one and all!"

(To be continued.)

Chapter 335: Past Archives

A breeze passed by, and a few crows cawed in the air as the arrogance on Wolfram's face suddenly froze.

"Idiot."

Kaminari stood up unsteadily, looked at Wolfram with disdain, and said, "The machine on your head is busted. Go find someone to fix it!"

The massive shockwave had not only flattened the battlefield and stunned everyone, but had also damaged the Quirk Amplification Device on Wolfram's head.

"Damn it… damn it!!"

Wolfram clutched his forehead in disbelief, then slammed his hands against the ground in a frenzy, shouting furiously, "Then you'll die too!"

Ga! Ga! Ga! Ga! Ga!

Still, nothing happened. Kaminari wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, shook his head helplessly, and sighed, "What exactly did that blast do to you?"

"Look carefully, there are still steel plates on the ground you can control. Didn't you integrate them into that giant Iron Body earlier?"

After saying that, he flipped his white Justice Coat with a smirk. "We won!"

"That's not necessarily true."

At that moment, a mocking laugh echoed from above, carried by a frigid wind.

"Hmm?"

Kaminari, Midoriya, Bakugo, Kirishima, and Wolfram all instinctively looked up—and saw an ice dragon glowing white, flapping its wings and hovering under the moon.

Boom!

"Kaminari!!!"

A massive explosion erupted to the south. Kyoka, Bakugo, Tetsutetsu, and Iida who had somehow arrived without warning ran out from the newly blasted hole.

But the four standing in front didn't turn back to greet them, because the ice dragon's presence was clearly hostile.

Whoosh—

With a gust of air, the ice dragon soared toward them, with a snowman perched atop its head. Its two massive, razor-sharp claws lunged at Wolfram.

"He's targeting Wolfram!!" Midoriya shouted in warning.

"No, that's not right!"

Kaminari's gaze locked onto the Quirk Amplification Device on Wolfram's head and shouted, "His target is the device Todoroki!"

"Leave it to me."

Todoroki's expression turned serious in an instant, and the next moment, a blast of cold erupted from his body. But just then, Tetsutetsu and Iida shouted from the distance, "Don't use ice!"

But it was too late. Or maybe Todoroki's ice formation was just too fast. In an instant, a towering iceberg made of countless ice blocks came crashing in.

"Giving me such a big present?" The snowman under the hood smiled faintly and then gently raised his right palm.

"Then I'll gladly accept."

The next second, a shocking scene unfolded, Todoroki's pupils shrank. The massive iceberg stopped just two meters in front of the ice dragon.

"A Quirk that controls ice…" Todoroki muttered.

"Bingo!"

Standing atop the ice dragon, now landed on the iceberg, the snowman looked down at everyone and smiled. "I am your absolute natural enemy."

"In other words, I'm the pinnacle of all ice-types, the strongest water-type Quirk!"

After speaking, his gaze shifted to the hole that Bakugo and the others had just blasted open while charging toward him. Although it looked like the snowman had come to rescue him, Wolfram's instincts told him otherwise.

He had to find some nearby metal—then maybe he could flee with this newcomer.

"Where do you think you're going, Wolfram?"

The snowman's voice rang from behind. But Wolfram didn't respond—instead, four sharp ice swords suddenly stabbed into his limbs, pinning him to the concrete floor.

"Aaaghhhh!!"

His scream echoed loudly, startling Uraraka, Kyoka, and the other girls watching from afar.

"Aren't they supposed to be allies?" Kirishima said in surprise.

"Who cares, just don't let him get taken!" Bakugo growled, glaring fiercely at the ice dragon atop the iceberg.

But in truth, his arms were in no shape for another high-intensity battle. If he pushed now, he could suffer serious damage.

"Yeah, that metal guy's still wearing the Quirk Amplification Device that Dr. David invented. It seems broken, but it might still be fixable," Midoriya said seriously.

"What the hell are you mumbling about?! Let's fight!" Bakugo shouted, about to charge in, but Kirishima grabbed him around the waist.

"What are you doing?! Let go, or I'll kill you, you damn redhead!"

"Calm down, Bakugo! You need to rest your arm!"

Boom!

Suddenly, the ice dragon's claws shattered the entire iceberg into countless pieces. The fragments then floated mid-air, tightly packed and terrifying under the snowman's control.

"Before I leave, let me test the strength of you heroes!"

As soon as the snowman finished speaking, all the ice blocks transformed into countless handleless ice swords, each one with its tip aimed at Kaminari and the others.

"This test... will be deadly."

And with that, the ice swords rained down.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

A barrage of piercing wind filled the skies above the central tower.

"Watch out!"

"Kaminari, Bakugo, stand back! Let us handle this!" Tetsutetsu grabbed Kaminari's right arm and shoved him toward Kyoka.

"What are you saying, you steel bastard?!" Bakugo yelled in fury. He felt like he was being looked down on.

"Bakugo, I couldn't help you earlier. Let me protect you this time." Kirishima activated Hardening and rushed forward to stand alongside Tetsutetsu.

"You...!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Before Bakugo could say more, Tetsutetsu, Kirishima, Iida, and the others had already charged into the ice sword barrage, smashing the projectiles apart with their fists and kicks.

Everyone had only one goal—to make sure none of their friends were harmed.

"Ugh, it's freezing…" Asui rolled away from one of the swords with her tongue, only to feel like it was about to freeze solid.

Boom!

A scorching wave of heat surged, sending steam billowing into the night sky.

"Sorry. I lowered the iceberg's temperature too much earlier," Todoroki said awkwardly, unleashing flames to incinerate the surrounding ice swords.

"Damn it… I'm totally useless right now!" Sero thought, watching Bakugo blast incoming ice swords despite his injuries, frustrated at his own helplessness.

"Kaminari, don't overthink it. We're partners and when you're in trouble, you should accept help from your friends," Kyoka said, comforting him.

"She's right. You've already done more than enough for everyone. It's our turn now!"

Momo gave Kaminari a gentle glance. Then, as a burst of light faded, two strange pistols appeared in her soft hands.

"Wait... you…"

Seeing Momo holding two guns, Kaminari froze for a second. But then, to his shock, she raised the guns with practiced skill and began firing.

Bang bang bang bang bang...

Bright muzzle flashes lit the air as the airborne ice swords shattered one after another under her pinpoint barrage.

"Kaminari, do you remember that portfolio you gave me when we first entered UA? The one titled 'Speculations and Suggestions on Quirk Creation'?" Momo asked, still facing away as she fired precise bursts.

"Hmm… I remember," Kaminari said after thinking a moment, nodding.

"These past few months, I've been training based on your suggestions. I found a professional gun instructor to learn marksmanship and researched the formulas for specialized bullets on my own."

"And now... I've finally achieved something.

(To be continued.)