Chapter 24: USJ Attack - Part 2
POV: Nova Asahi
Three minutes and fifty seconds until Aizawa fell to the Nomu. Nova's Combat Precognition painted the battlefield in layers of tactical data that felt like reading sheet music written in violence and geometry. Twelve villains arranged in standard ambush formation, weapons ranging from quirk-enhanced claws to improvised clubs that could crush bone.
"Kirishima front-line tank, hardened skin can absorb punishment. Kaminari area denial, electrical discharge with proper insulation. Momo tactical support and equipment creation. I coordinate and eliminate priority targets."
"Kirishima—frontline tank, draw their aggression!" Nova's command carried the absolute authority of someone who'd studied this exact scenario in animated detail. "Kaminari—wait for my signal, then indiscriminate discharge! Momo—insulated blanket NOW, then metal restraints for cleanup!"
His teammates responded with the instant obedience that came from recognizing competent leadership under life-threatening circumstances. Kirishima's skin shifted to its hardened state with grinding sounds that spoke of diamond-hard determination. Kaminari's hands sparked with nervous energy that smelled of ozone and barely controlled destruction. Momo's quirk activated with molecular precision that turned raw materials into tactical advantages.
"Enhanced Reflexes and Combat Precognition active. Lightning Touch charged and ready. These criminals think they're attacking helpless students—time to demonstrate why that was a fatal mistake."
Nova moved like lightning given human form, his enhanced agility carrying him between villains who couldn't track movements optimized for superhuman coordination. The first enemy—a man with extending arm quirks who thought reach advantage meant guaranteed victory—never saw the electrified palm strike that shut down his nervous system.
[Lightning Touch: 30 MP] [Target 1: Incapacitated]
Combat Precognition painted the second villain's attack pattern in perfect detail: overhead swing with a metal pipe, commitment to high damage rather than defensive positioning. Nova's enhanced reflexes turned the telegraphed assault into an opportunity for surgical counterattack.
Lightning Touch channeled through his fingertips as he caught the descending weapon, electricity conducting through metal to deliver 30 MP worth of neural disruption directly to his attacker's motor cortex.
[Lightning Touch: 30 MP] [Target 2: Incapacitated] [MP Remaining: 190/250]
The third villain possessed a quirk that turned his skin to jagged stone—natural armor that should have made him nearly invulnerable to physical attacks. But Nova's tactical analysis had identified the weakness inherent in mineral-based enhancement: electrical conductivity that turned defensive advantages into catastrophic vulnerabilities.
[Lightning Touch: 30 MP] [Stone Skin Quirk: Weakness Exploited] [Target 3: Incapacitated]
Three enemies down in fifteen seconds, and the remaining nine were finally processing that their "helpless student" targets included someone who fought like a professional hero with years of combat experience.
"Two minutes thirty seconds until Aizawa falls. Time to accelerate the timeline."
"NOW KAMINARI!" Nova bellowed while throwing Momo's insulated blanket over himself, Kirishima, and their brilliant strategist. The conductive metallic coating she'd woven into the fabric would channel Kaminari's electricity away from protected targets while amplifying its effects on everyone else in the immediate area.
Kaminari's grin was sharp with anticipation and barely controlled power. "1.3 MILLION VOLTS!"
The Landslide Zone transformed into an electrical storm contained within artificial boundaries. Lightning erupted from Kaminari's position like divine judgment, arcing through the air to find every exposed piece of metal, every drop of moisture, every criminal who thought attacking students was profitable work.
Screams echoed off artificial rock walls as electricity coursed through bodies not designed to handle currents capable of powering city blocks. The remaining nine villains dropped like puppet strings had been cut, their nervous systems overwhelmed by bioelectrical feedback that left them alive but thoroughly incapacitated.
"Coordination perfect. Execution flawless. Kaminari's brain about to short-circuit in 3, 2, 1..."
"Wheey!" Kaminari's signature post-discharge vocalization announced his temporary transformation into a giggling vegetable, electrical overload turning his impressive intelligence into goldfish-level cognition.
[COMBAT COMPLETE] [ENEMIES DEFEATED: 12] [HERO POINTS EARNED: +240] [TEAM COMBO UNLOCKED: Lightning Cage Formation] [COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS: +50% when using coordinated electrical tactics]
Momo's quirk produced restraints with molecular precision, creating zip-tie equivalents that would hold unconscious criminals until professional heroes could process them properly. Kirishima checked on brain-dead Kaminari with the gentle concern that made him legendary for loyalty among their classmates.
"Is he always like this after major discharges?" Kirishima asked, watching Kaminari attempt to high-five a piece of rubble while giggling at his own reflection.
"Temporary neural overload," Momo explained while binding the last villain with restraints designed for quirk-enhanced strength. "He'll recover full cognitive function within the hour."
"Two minutes thirty seconds until Aizawa falls. We need to move NOW if we're going to prevent the massacre I know is coming."
"We need to reach the Central Plaza immediately," Nova said, his voice carrying urgency that made both conscious teammates focus entirely on his words. "Aizawa is fighting the villain leader alone, and there's something there that's way too dangerous for any single hero to handle."
"The Nomu. Anti-Symbol of Peace bioweapon with strength that can crush concrete and regeneration that makes it effectively immortal. When that thing engages, Aizawa's skills won't matter—only raw power, and he doesn't have enough."
Kirishima volunteered to carry brain-dead Kaminari without being asked, his hardened arms providing safe transport for their temporarily incapacitated teammate. "Which way to the Central Plaza? This artificial landscape makes navigation confusing."
Nova's Enhanced Danger Sense painted directional awareness across his consciousness like a compass made of threat assessment. "Follow me. I can sense hostile intent concentrations—the biggest cluster is where we need to go."
They moved through the Landslide Zone's artificial terrain with desperate efficiency, Nova using Air Hop to scout ahead while Momo and Kirishima maintained ground-level navigation. Behind them, twelve unconscious villains served as proof that Class 1-A students were more dangerous than anyone expected.
"One minute forty-five seconds. We might actually make it. If Aizawa can hold out just a little longer, if the Nomu doesn't engage early, if my timeline calculations were accurate..."
The Central Plaza emerged through gaps in artificial rock walls like a vision of approaching catastrophe. Aizawa fought with inhuman efficiency at the plaza's center, his capture weapon binding enemies faster than they could coordinate attacks while his Erasure quirk turned superpowered criminals into ordinary people facing someone who'd spent years learning to be extraordinary without supernatural advantages.
Bodies surrounded the underground hero—not corpses, but thoroughly defeated villains whose quirks had been neutralized and fighting ability overwhelmed by someone who understood violence as applied mathematics. Aizawa moved like water around stone, never where attacks expected him to be, always positioning himself for optimal tactical advantage.
"Incredible. He's actually winning against impossible odds through pure skill and experience. But..."
Shigaraki stood at the plaza's edge like malicious curiosity given human form, scratching at his neck while observing the battle with detached interest that spoke of hidden advantages waiting to be revealed. His posture suggested someone watching entertainment rather than witnessing the potential defeat of his carefully planned operation.
And behind him, motionless as a statue but radiating threat levels that made Nova's Enhanced Danger Sense scream warnings, stood the Nomu.
"There. The anti-All Might weapon that will change everything once it engages. Gray skin, exposed brain, muscle mass that shouldn't be possible even with enhancement quirks. When Shigaraki gives the order, Aizawa's incredible skill stops mattering."
"One minute thirty seconds," Nova whispered, though he wasn't sure whether he was counting down to salvation or catastrophe.
Momo's hand found his shoulder with warm pressure that anchored him to the present moment. "Whatever happens next, we face it together."
"Together. Against something designed to kill legends, with nothing but borrowed power and desperate hope."
Nova activated every enhancement his Crisis Response loadout could provide, feeling system abilities flood his nervous system with power that would have to be enough.
The real battle was about to begin, and this time the stakes were higher than any entrance exam could simulate.
In ninety seconds, he would find out whether friendship and tactics could overcome bioweapons and malicious intelligence.
The timer in his head continued its relentless countdown toward the moment when everything would change.
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