Chapter 43: The League of Villains Retreats
In the next moment, All Might finally broke free from Nomu's grip.
He landed beside Akio Tatsuma, breathing heavily, but still smiling.
"Thanks to you, young Akio."
Akio stood up and glanced at the wound on All Might's waist.
"How's the injury? Can you still fight?"
"No problem!" All Might grinned confidently.
Then he suddenly asked,
"When I first arrived… what did you call me?"
Akio broke into a bright smile.
"Uncle All Might!"
All Might burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! I guess I really am getting old."
"But that's a good name!"
"Of course," Akio replied with a grin. "That title only suits you."
Then he casually slapped All Might on the back.
All Might immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Hey!" Bakugo Katsuki shouted, staring at Akio.
"All Might is already injured and you're hitting him like that?!"
"I'm fine!" All Might forced himself to say through clenched teeth.
Akio simply didn't know about his current physical condition.
But the truth was that his injuries had indeed weakened him.
"Here, take this."
Akio handed him the Quirk Supplement.
"What is this?" All Might asked curiously.
"You'll know after one sip," Akio replied with a grin.
All Might took a small drink.
A few seconds later, his eyes widened.
Energy surged back into his body.
His smile returned in full force.
"Akio, take good care of something so valuable."
"But once this is over, you and I should visit the police station together."
He returned the bottle with a laugh.
"Kurogiri," Tomura Shigaraki said coldly.
"The plan has changed."
He had already realized something.
Killing All Might today was impossible.
Nomu alone wasn't enough.
And with that mysterious red potion in Akio's possession, the situation could become even worse.
"Shigaraki Tomura, what are your orders?" Kurogiri asked.
"Take me and Nomu back."
Shigaraki's eyes locked onto Akio.
If the boy couldn't be captured today, he would need to be eliminated later.
Besides Akio, there were other dangerous students as well—
Shoto Todoroki, Bakugo Katsuki, and Izuku Midoriya, whose power resembled All Might's.
All of them would become threats in the future.
"No!"
Akio's expression changed suddenly.
"They're escaping!"
If Shigaraki managed to leave with Nomu, the future would become unpredictable.
They couldn't let them go.
"Leave it to me."
All Might exploded forward.
He rushed toward Shigaraki like a missile.
But Kurogiri had already activated his warp gate.
Nomu instantly blocked the attack.
The collision between All Might and Nomu sent shockwaves through the battlefield.
"We should retreat first," Kurogiri said.
His priority was protecting Shigaraki.
"No," Shigaraki insisted.
"We're taking Nomu with us."
The black Nomu was their greatest creation so far.
It had taken years to cultivate.
Losing it here was unacceptable.
At that moment—
Shigaraki suddenly froze.
His breathing stopped.
A look of horror appeared in his eyes.
He looked around frantically.
But he couldn't see the attacker.
Kurogiri's gaze sharpened.
He noticed faint energy fluctuations around Akio's left hand.
Was this Akio's doing?
But Akio's Quirk was lightning.
What ability was this?
Shigaraki struggled to breathe.
Akio's chest tightened painfully.
Even with Air Manipulation, suppressing someone as powerful as Shigaraki was extremely difficult.
Quirks ultimately needed raw power to dominate other Quirks.
Otherwise they could only serve as support.
"Nomu!" Shigaraki shouted.
Nomu instantly rushed back from its clash with All Might.
Kurogiri had already begun activating the teleportation portal.
But All Might wouldn't allow them to escape so easily.
He grabbed Nomu with one hand, trying to pull it back out of the portal.
Suddenly—
Kurogiri coughed up blood.
He unleashed a powerful warp surge.
The pulling force multiplied instantly.
Even All Might could no longer hold on.
Nomu's body disappeared into the portal.
Shigaraki vanished with it.
The battlefield fell silent.
"They got away…" All Might muttered as he looked at his empty hands.
Yet he could feel strength returning to his body.
Was it the effect of that mysterious drink Akio gave me?
The League of Villains' first major attack had ended.
For professional heroes, the fight against evil would only grow more intense.
But for the students—
They had faced a battle far too early.
In this incident, only Thirteen had been seriously injured.
Compared to the original timeline, Aizawa's injuries were much lighter.
That difference existed largely because of Akio Tatsuma and his Quirk Supplement.
The League of Villains would surely regroup after this.
And next time, their power would be far greater.
At that moment, several U.A. teachers finally arrived.
But the battle had already ended.
They were late.
"Looks like you're a bit late," All Might said with a grin.
"Where are the villains?" one of the teachers asked immediately.
He had arrived ready to fight.
But now the battlefield was already quiet.
Still, he raised his weapon and fired several precise shots.
Bullets struck fleeing villains nearly a kilometer away.
A perfect display of marksmanship.
"The villains escaped," All Might admitted awkwardly.
For the Symbol of Peace, failing to capture them felt humiliating.
Still, several professional heroes understood the situation.
All Might was no longer as strong as he once was.
Even though the truth was carefully hidden, some heroes had already begun to suspect it.
Meanwhile, in a dark bar somewhere in the city—
A purple-black vortex suddenly opened.
Kurogiri emerged.
Shigaraki and Nomu appeared beside him.
The bar was empty and dimly lit.
Shigaraki collapsed onto the floor.
"It hurts…"
"All my limbs were crushed."
"If we hadn't brought Nomu back…"
"The League of Villains would've ended today."
He inhaled slowly.
Then his eyes sharpened.
"The students are strong."
"U.A. High School really is a place that produces heroes."
"That boy named Akio Tatsuma…"
He clenched his fists.
"We must capture him."
"The Symbol of Peace is still alive."
"That wasn't what you said, sir."
Shigaraki looked up at a screen.
"And that brat Akio… he even knows about All For One."
A voice responded from the darkness.
"I know."
"But you were too optimistic."
"You underestimated them."
"Fortunately, the name you chose—League of Villains—is still usable."
Then the voice asked calmly,
"Where are the other two Nomu?"
Kurogiri answered honestly.
"They were destroyed."
"By the boy named Akio Tatsuma."
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