CHAPPY 96 - FRIENDLY SPAR BETWEEN ALL MIGHT AND ALL FOR ONE
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Of everyone that was present in the arena, the ones that stood out the most were the high school students.
They had been trained in everything there was to teach, preparing them for whatever there was to come in this war.
However, not everyone actually had a real battle experience and all they had was the experience of fighting against their peers.
On one side the teachers didn’t want to shove them into the real world to fight against monsters.
On the other hand, they trained so much to fight in a war against monsters with unfathomable strength.
“They are insane. Sending kids to battle?” Kenjiki looked at the group, baffled at the fact that they actually went forward with the absurd plan.
“They lack capable heroes, so they resorted to sending the next best thing.” Tatsumaki replied to Kenjiki’s question.
“Sending kids doesn’t mean anything other than increasing the casualties.” Kenjiki couldn’t believe that there’s only so many heroes around.
It’s even more so baffling when thinking that the merger of the two worlds should’ve produced some sort of hybrid between the two.
While it might not be strong, it’s exponentially better than sending kids to their deaths.
“How would they conduct the battle? A tournament then followed by an all-out battle?” Kenjiki noticed that there was a familiar platform in the center of the arena.
Things would’ve been boring either way if all of the events were just tournament battles.
So, having an all-out battle between the two might be a good end to the war.
From the look of it, that’s how the whole thing was going to be held.
“WELCOME TO THE WAR OF FINALITY!! The results of this event might decide if the world will be taken over by the villains or be saved by the virtuous heroes!” Nagant’s voice rang through the whole arena.
“To add some stakes, I have invited some news agencies from all over the world to broadcast the event in real-time.” Nagant announced in a calm voice.
As soon as Nagant finished speaking, hundreds of helicopters entered everyone’s range of vision.
Each of the helicopters was painted with the initials of major news channels from all over the world.
“To start off, I welcome All Might and All For One to exchange some blows to officiate the event.” Nagant shocked everyone there, as they expected the big bosses to come out last.
Even All Might and All For One seemed to be caught off guard by Nagant’s announcement.
*YOU ARE~~ MINE~~!*
*WHAAM*
“ALL MIGHT!! SHOW YOUR OLD FACE HERE!!” All For One descended from the sky and landed on the platform.
To All For One’s shock, the platform below him didn’t show any sign of cracking.
Which surprised him, knowing that he had put quite the power in his landing, wanting to create a better atmosphere.
“I WON’T LET YOU WIN, ALL FOR ONE!! BECAUSE… I… AM… HERE!!” All Might blared his lungs out and flew towards the sky and descended at an unfathomable speed.
*ALL~~ MIGHT~~~*
*BANG!*
Due to the lack of dust to obscure them, they stood on either side and stared at each other.
“You look worse than before, don't you?” All For One looked at All Might, noticing the decrepit state that he was in.
“Worse or not, I am more than enough to deal with you.” All Might held his head high and bellowed.
The bystanders watched as the two highest powers in the world faced each other.
Even though it was not actually there.
Everyone felt as if two invisible forces were battling it out in the sky above them.
One was a malevolent and viscous force and the other was a calm and virtuous force, each painting the world in a different light.
“Can All Might win against him?” The viewers from home couldn’t help but question that same question.
“All Might, please defeat the villains!” Some prayed for All Might’s victory.
“Don't you dare lose after we paid that much taxes for you!” Some threatened All Might to win.
The propaganda made by the villains had successfully made them doubt their sole beacon of light.
It was inevitable for some people to question the chance of All Might’s victory.
“Are both sides ready?” Ei suddenly appeared on the platform, looking at both sides.
“..!” All Might was shocked seeing Ei suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
The audience who had been putting all of their attention on the platform was also quite surprised.
Since it seemed that Ei quite literally manifested there.
“Yes.” All For One however was quite used to it after being beaten to submissions for millions of times.
“In 3.. 2.. 1…” Ei counted down, allowing them to get in the flow. “START!”
*WHRNNG*
All For One moved a millisecond faster than All Might and activated all of the quirks stored in his body.
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*BOOOM!*
The sheer force contained behind the attack exploded the dust on the platform, obscuring their sight of each other.
Which was used by All Might to get close enough and planted both of his feet onto the ground.
“Detroit SMASH!” All Might’s arm bulged as he punched the air and changed its course.
The dust cleared up and All Might continued to close in their distance.
Some viewers cried that he could’ve used the dust as cover instead of blowing it away.
But as a man who had fought and familiarized himself with his opponent.
All Might knew that there was a quirk used to see through dust and other kinds of cover.
So, it would only serve as a disadvantage for him to leave the dust any longer.
“Ohio SMASH!” All Might jumped into the air and descended upon All For One, with both of his hands raised and ready to slam down.
*CRASH*
The wind exploded once again, and it blew everything away including the bystanders who watched from the sideline.
This reminded them that the fight wasn’t their average hero vs villain.
While everyone was still stuck thinking about the last attack launched by All Might.
All For One took his chance and shot out numerous tentacles from his back, moving them flexibly as he tried to land a blow.
*swhs*
*WHAM*
*swoosh*
*BANG*
Explosions rang every time those tentacles changed direction.
However, no matter how fast or unpredictable those tentacles were.
All Might was faster than them, which made it easy for him to dodge all of the attacks.
Each of them realized that if things continued as they were.
It would quickly descend into a battle of attrition, and they didn’t want that.
“New York TWIN SMASH!!” All Might cocked his right arm and threw a punch and followed with a punch from the left arm.
Two condensed air bombs flew towards All For One.
Ripping the air apart as they make their way to their target.
But of course, All For One didn't just stand there and wait for them to hit him.
Rather than blocking the attack, he used his own style to deal with it.
By that, it means that he activated the strongest offensive quirks he had.
Muscle Amplification, Beastification, Electrocuted Mind, Machine Body, Wall of Rose, Titan Shift, Energy Release.
All of the quirks except for the last were used to amp his body full of energy, and with the Energy Release quirk, he raised both of his hands and showed his palms which exploded with the force of a nuclear bomb.
The two air bombs struggled for only a fraction of a second before they were eaten by the explosion.
Unfortunately, the malevolent energy didn’t stop there and continued to rampage its way onto All Might.
All Might saw that and transferred all of his power into his right hand.
With a right hand the size of a tree trunk, he punched the air once more and released a shockwave rivaling the nuclear bomb's worth of energy.
Everyone who had some sense left immediately realized something was amiss and instantly dispersed away from the platform.
The few that were dumb enough to stay there had the privilege to watch the explosion from up close.
Only that they had to pay with their life.
*BANG*
“Is this even human anymore?” A viewer from home couldn’t help but ask.
*WHAANG*
“How do we not know about that villain?” They found it hard to believe such a strong villain would hide himself.
*CRACKLE~*
The two attacks clashed and each tried to rip off the other to no avail.
They spasmed in place as they decided what to do next.
Coincidentally, both of them had the same solution for that.
Exploding all of their energy outwards and seeing who killed the most people.
A tsunami of energy washed through the whole arena and engulfed everyone who was unlucky enough to be hit.
Just like that, the people who had planned to make a name for themselves in the war had needlessly died before it was even started.
*clap*
“Alright, enough.” Ei swooped in and exploded her mana outwards to control the rampaging energies.
It would be a bummer if everyone died before the real thing could start.
“That’s for the opening match, thank you All Might and All For One for officiating.” Nagant finally spoke, signaling the end of the exchange.
All Might and All For One left the stage and returned to where they came from.
As for the remaining heroes and villains, they were instructed to come closer to the platform once again.
They saw Ei in a new light because she one-handedly stopped them from dying.
However, they would like for the other side to die rather than survive.
“As for the next event, we would like to invite a volunteer from each side.” Nagant spoke and waited for anyone to volunteer themselves. “You are allowed to kill.”
When that last sentence dropped, almost all of the villains volunteered almost immediately.
Unfortunately, they were not the one who was chosen to play first.
Though, it was uncertain if it was luck or not, as the hero who volunteered was Bang.
“My old bones had been resting for a tad bit too long.” Bang walked onto the platform and waited for his opponent to do the same. “Is it you?”
A middle-aged man walked out of the crowd and entered the platform, looking cool and collected as he observed Bang.
“Even though you’re a S-Rank hero, I don’t want to bully an old man, you know?” The man stretched his body as took off his eyes from Bang.
“It would be embarrassing if you lost, if you can continue to live that is.” Bang took off his shirt and twisted both of his shoulders to get the heat going.
“You said it.” The man’s mouth twitched upon hearing Bang’s reply.
They stared down, looking pumped and ready, waiting for the start signal.
“I would like to add that the fight starts whenever both sides step on the platform.” Nagant chimed in after realizing as to why they did not move.
The man instantly disappeared from his spot the instant Nagant finished speaking.
Appearing next to Bang in less than a second.
However, it seemed that Bang had anticipated that move and raised his arm to deflect the incoming attack.
*swiish*
Bang moved his hands left and right without taking a sharp turn, flowing like water as he invalidated the man’s attack.
Frustration welled on the man’s face as none of his attacks could land.
As a last resort.
“GAAH~!” The man screamed as his body distorted into something else entirely.
The absurdity finally entered everyone’s eyes, the man’s head morphed into that of an electric plug with two massive steel rods protruding from where his eyes should be.
“NOW YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO DEFLECT MY ATTACK!” The man-plug screamed in ecstasy as tens of cables writhed on his back.
“Monsters do look like anything.” Bang couldn’t believe what he was looking at.
Though the man-plug looked funny, Bang knew that those cables were a bit tricky to handle.
Since it would wrap around the moment he landed his hands on them.
“Ew! What is that?” A lot of people puked when they watched the man transform in real-time.
“What is that weird monster supposed to be able to do?” Some question the feasibility of his form.
As if wanting to answer their question, the man-plug wrapped his hands on the two rods on his head and ran towards Bang.
Bang on the other hand raised both of his hands knowing what was to come.
The man-plug lengthened his cables and swung them wildly hoping that any of them would land.
However, it seemed that Bang didn’t prepare enough.
Because.
“Ouch~” Bang felt like his whole body was electrocuted when the exposed part of the cable touched his body.
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