Chapter 23: Fighting Nomu
"Uchiha… your speed…" Aizawa Shouta narrowed his eyes slightly after being rescued.
"What exactly is going on with that speed?"
"And how did you escape from them?"
As an experienced professional hero, Aizawa had seen many Quirks.
But he had never seen someone whose Quirk had nothing to do with speed move that fast.
Not to mention the blue skeleton he had witnessed earlier.
Too many questions filled his mind.
"Let's deal with the enemies in front of us first," Uchiha Izuna replied calmly, his gaze fixed on Kurogiri and Nomu.
There was even a hint of excitement in his eyes.
Finally—
A real fight.
"By the way," Izuna asked without looking back, "where are the others?"
"They were teleported away," Aizawa replied.
"I don't know where."
"They should be fine… but I'm worried about Midoriya Izuku."
Izuna frowned slightly.
He remembered that in the original events, Midoriya had been teleported to the flood zone along with Asui Tsuyu and another classmate.
Without that third person, things might become more dangerous.
"Boy," Kurogiri's voice suddenly echoed.
"I don't know what happened between you and Shigaraki…"
"But since you've returned—"
"You can stay here."
Izuna slowly lifted his head.
His eyes glowed scarlet as the three tomoe rotated.
"Then let's try."
Meanwhile, Nomu's severed arm began regenerating.
Within seconds, it had fully recovered.
"Don't be reckless!" Aizawa grabbed Izuna's shoulder and pulled him behind him.
"Leave the fighting to professional heroes."
"You and Iida should find a chance to escape and call for reinforcements."
"At a time like this, don't worry so much about it," Izuna said as he stepped forward again.
"Do you have any decent weapons?"
"Fall back!" Aizawa snapped.
"Your task is to get out of here."
"Don't forget—you're still a student!"
Izuna clenched his fist.
"If there aren't any weapons, I'll just fight with my hands."
"If you insist on classifications," Aizawa replied sharply,
"then isn't your Quirk—hypnosis—also a support type?"
Listening to their argument, Thirteen couldn't help speaking up.
"Is this really the time to discuss that?!"
"I'll handle the one with the exposed brain first," Izuna said.
Before anyone could react—
He suddenly burst forward.
"Hey—!" Aizawa tried to stop him.
But Izuna's speed suddenly increased dramatically.
In the blink of an eye—
He was already in front of Nomu.
"…These are definitely multiple Quirks, aren't they?" Aizawa muttered.
"In that case…"
"Iida—watch for an opportunity!"
"Yes, sir!" Tenya Iida replied nervously.
He stared at Izuna's back in disbelief.
"Bang!"
On the wide platform, Izuna punched Nomu directly in the stomach.
But Nomu didn't move at all.
It was completely unharmed.
"In that case…"
Izuna narrowed his eyes.
He secretly gathered chakra and threw another punch almost instantly.
"BOOM!"
This time—
Izuna's fist collided directly with Nomu's punch.
A powerful shockwave burst outward from the impact point.
But unlike before—
Nomu was sent flying.
It crashed heavily into a distant structure, its body denting from the impact.
"Just as I thought," Izuna said calmly as he withdrew his fist.
"Nomu can absorb shock."
"But it can't absorb chakra."
Not far away, Kurogiri glanced over while fighting Aizawa and Thirteen.
His heart sank.
Nomu… was actually pushed back?!
How is that possible?!
Nomu had been specifically designed to fight All Might.
Yet this student had just overpowered it.
Is this boy… even stronger than All Might?
The thought was absurd.
But the scene in front of him was undeniable.
Not far from Izuna's position lay the flood zone.
Through the Sharingan, he could clearly see what was happening there.
Midoriya Izuku and Asui Tsuyu were struggling.
Especially Midoriya.
He barely dared to use his Quirk and was constantly forced onto the defensive.
"I can't let you die here," Izuna muttered quietly.
Before the system finished repairing itself, his greatest advantage was his knowledge of the story.
If the protagonist died now—
Everything would change.
It wouldn't affect Izuna too much.
But it would make things far less interesting.
"ROAR!"
Nearby, Nomu let out a low growl.
It stood up again, shaking rubble from its body.
Then—
"BOOM!"
Nomu pushed off the ground and charged directly at Izuna.
The force of its movement left small craters in the floor.
Izuna narrowed his eyes.
He bent down slowly and picked up several small pieces of rubble.
Then he flicked them forward toward Nomu's brain.
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
(End of Chapter)
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