Chapter 38: Tenya Iida
The battle inside the facility had reached its most intense stage.
Almost every student from Class 1-A was exhausted. The League of Villains still had numbers on their side. Individually many of them were not strong, but their sheer quantity created enormous pressure.
Even so, the villains had already lost a large portion of their forces.
The students of Class 1-A were fewer in number, but their teamwork and Quirk coordination were far superior. Because of that, the battle had gradually shifted.
The League of Villains was slowly losing ground.
However, the core battlefield in the center of the facility still determined everything.
At the main exit of the USJ facility—
"The power to swallow and crush everything… a Black Hole Quirk."
Kurogiri's mist-like body was constantly being dragged toward Thirteen's Black Hole, yet he remained strangely calm.
"What a remarkable ability… As expected from a hero specialized in disaster rescue."
His tone suddenly changed.
"But compared to combat-focused heroes… your battlefield experience is still lacking."
Before anyone could react—
A dark portal opened behind Thirteen.
The enormous suction force of the Black Hole was instantly redirected.
Instead of pulling Kurogiri, it suddenly pulled Thirteen herself.
She had no time to escape.
Her body was violently dragged backward.
The space suit tore apart as the black void ripped across her back.
"—!"
Thirteen collapsed to the ground.
"Teacher!" Mina Ashido cried out in panic.
No one expected such a sudden reversal.
Only seconds earlier Thirteen had been suppressing Kurogiri completely.
"Iida—run!" Rikido Sato shouted urgently.
"Go!"
Tenya Iida stood frozen for a moment.
His mind struggled.
Leaving his classmates behind as class representative felt wrong.
But after several seconds—
His expression hardened with resolve.
"Damn it!"
The engines in his calves ignited as he sprinted toward the exit.
Kurogiri's voice echoed calmly.
"The students have been scattered… the only one we were waiting for was All Might."
"If other teachers arrive instead, that would be troublesome."
Suddenly Kurogiri appeared directly in front of Iida.
Dark mist expanded around him.
"Unfortunately, I cannot allow you to leave."
Black portals opened, attempting to swallow Iida.
"Everyone… entrusted this to me…"
Iida pushed his engines harder.
His entire class depended on him now.
Failure was not an option.
At that moment, Mezo Shoji rushed forward.
Multiple arms wrapped tightly around Kurogiri.
"Go!" Shoji shouted.
"I won't let him interfere!"
"Everyone… wait for me!" Iida yelled as he accelerated again.
Kurogiri grew irritated.
"Foolish tricks."
The mist around his body began expanding again.
"I will not allow you to escape."
A dark portal opened toward Iida.
Just before it could swallow him—
Suddenly Kurogiri's body lifted violently upward.
"What—?"
He had been thrown into the air.
Ochaco Uraraka stood below with her hand raised.
"Even if I don't understand your Quirk," she said firmly, "you still have a physical body, right?"
She had used Zero Gravity.
Kurogiri floated helplessly upward.
"Go, Iida!"
Iida nodded gratefully and sprinted toward the massive exit door.
As he reached it, he analyzed the mechanism instantly.
"Automatic door…!"
"Then I'll break it!"
He slammed both hands forward and forced the heavy door open.
Just as he stepped through—
Kurogiri regained control and rushed toward him again.
"You arrogant four-eyes—!"
But before he could reach Iida—
A strip of tape shot forward.
Hanta Sero's tape wrapped tightly around Kurogiri's armor.
"Got him!"
At the same time Rikido Sato grabbed the tape and pulled hard.
Kurogiri was yanked backward and thrown skyward again.
Iida burst through the exit.
The engines in his legs roared.
"Engine—Burst!"
Red light flared from his calves as white steam exploded behind him.
In a blink—
Tenya Iida vanished into the distance.
He carried the hopes and lives of everyone in Class 1-A.
Inside the facility, Kurogiri slowly reformed.
"Reinforcements will arrive soon…"
His voice carried faint annoyance.
"But this game… is already over."
At that moment, Akio Tatsuma had completely collapsed from exhaustion.
His body lay unconscious.
But his consciousness drifted somewhere else.
He stood inside a vast empty room.
In front of him floated a gigantic roulette wheel.
It looked exactly like the system's lottery interface.
To the side was a small lounge area with a sofa, table, and refrigerator.
Akio walked over, opened the fridge, and grabbed a drink.
"Blue Bull… nice."
He leaned back on the sofa.
"So this is the system space…"
A screen suddenly appeared in front of him.
It displayed the entire battlefield inside the USJ facility.
Akio watched silently.
His classmates were still fighting desperately.
Even Bakugo Katsuki, who usually argued with him constantly, had stepped in earlier to protect him.
Akio couldn't help smiling.
Bakugo might be rude and arrogant…
But when it mattered, he was someone you could rely on.
That was what it meant to be a hero.
"System," Akio said.
"Check my rescue points."
A notification appeared.
Rescue Points: 350
Akio blinked in surprise.
Most of those points came from rescuing classmates.
Even Aizawa Shouta had contributed fifty points when Akio helped save him earlier.
Akio looked at the roulette wheel.
"If I'm inside the system right now…"
"Can I draw a lottery?"
He tried cautiously.
"System—start the lottery."
The roulette suddenly began spinning.
Akio jumped up.
"It works!"
If he could draw something that restored his body—
He could return to the battle.
The pointer slowed… then stopped.
"Quirk Enhancement Pill."
Akio's expression froze.
"…Are you kidding me?"
He was unconscious.
He couldn't even use it right now.
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