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It was a familiar scenario, All For One mused. Him, the shadowy ruler of the criminal underground, squaring off against yet another holder of One For All. Or rather, a former holder. All Might, much like his predecessors, was planning to “fight him to protect his successor”. Really, it just amounted to them dying and hoping the next holder did what they couldn’t. Even if Kyuseishu had managed to damage his precious collection so, All For One had recovered most of the important Quirks by eliminating one of his High-End Nomu. Not to mention, these heroes would be quite the smorgasbord themselves once he dealt with All Might. Endeavor’s Hellflame would be a particularly valuable addition to his collection. But that was for later. Now, it was time to deal with the longest running thorn in his side. “You know you can’t win against me, All Might. You couldn’t six years ago and now you’re even weaker, while I am as powerful as ever.”
Across from him, All Might glared with those shining blue eyes of his. “All I know is that I’m going to pound you so hard, my girlfriend is going to be jealous.” (Unbeknownst to either combatant, Izuku was close enough to hear that line and desperately fought the urge to scream in horror.)
“Cute,” All For One scoffed. “You know, I have a fun combination I’ve been dying to try out for some time now. A nice little counter against you, in fact. Kinectic Booster times four, Strength Enhancer times three, Proliferation, Hypertrophy, Rivet, Spearlike Bones.” As he spoke, All For One’s right arm twisted and warped grotesquely. Several new arms grew and fused into one as muscles bulged out of his skin with plates and spikes of metal growing seemingly at random. When he was finished, All For One’s arm was a twisted mockery of a limb, nearly as large as the man himself. “Perhaps once I’ve finished with you, I’ll go visit this girlf-”
All For One paused in his speech as he felt something strike him. Self-Awareness briefly warned him that he’d been struck with a pair of bullets before it faded. At the same time, his arm shrank down to an ordinary limb. His Infrared Vision dimmed into nothingness, leaving him trapped in a world of darkness. To his outright horror, All For One could feel the vestiges from his precious collection fading. Fire Breath, Push, Digit Analysis, Quagmire, Fullmetal, all of them were vanishing. As it became harder to breathe, All For One fought to even stand as he realized what exactly had struck him. “Wha-hah-what have… you…”
He never finished. All For One, the villain who’d struck terror in the hearts of countless for over a century, collapsed as Lifeforce and Super Regeneration faded as well. All Might stared down at his longtime nemesis. In some ways, it was almost disappointing how anticlimactically things had ended. But most of Toshinori was simply happy it was over and that his son was safe. As Kamui Woods bound the villain in his Lacquered Chain Prison, Sir Nighteye stepped forward and touched Mugen Shigaraki. After a moment, he looked at All Might and nodded. As they’d suspected, All For One couldn’t survive without his Quirks sustaining him. Raising a hand to his earpiece, All Might called it in, “All Might to all forces, All For One has been neutralized. Repeat, All For One has been neutralized.”
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Up on a rooftop nearly two kilometres away, a woman’s arm transformed back from its previous sniper rifle configuration. If she was honest, that had been far from the hardest shot she’d ever made, but it was arguably the most important. Admittedly, shooting a second time might have been overkill, but she hadn’t wanted to risk her target powering through. Idly, she held up the third Quirk suppressing bullet she’d been given by her new… benefactor. It wasn’t permanent, she’d been told, only lasting half a day at most. But as the “fight” below showed, sometimes that was more than enough. As she contemplated the tiny yet powerful item, the cell phone she’d been given rang. Brushing her two-toned hair aside, the sniper answered the phone and held it up to her ear. Immediately, her benefactor’s voice came through, “I understand everything went according to plan then, Miss Tsutsumi?”
“Yeah,” she replied easily, “All For One’s dead. Couple of them seem to have escaped but most of them have been captured, including the Warper.” Now came the moment of truth, “I held up my end of the bargain.”
“Indeed you have, Miss Tsutsumi. In return, you’ll receive a full pardon, one hundred million yen, and a plane ticket to the location of your choosing.” Normally, Kaina Tsutsumi, formerly known as Lady Nagant, wouldn’t have trusted anyone on their word. But Nezu had no reason or motivation to screw her over. In the years she’d been imprisoned, he’d shown no interest in her before now. If he’d wanted a pet assassin, he’d have made a move before now. “Although, if I might make another offer, while your funds are plentiful to start a new life anywhere in the world, perhaps I could interest you in a job teaching at U.A.?”
Kaina scoffed, “Like the HSPC would ever allow that even if I was interested.” And honestly, while she used to love interacting with fans and kids in general, right now all she wanted was to be away from the violence and killing of the hero life. Though there was one thing she wanted to know, “How did you earn me a pardon anyway?”
Perhaps she should have predicted the answer she received. “Why, it’s quite simple, Miss Tsutsumi. I’m the principal.” Rolling her eyes, Kaina hung up before checking the bank app installed on her phone. The rat was as good as his word; her brand-new account had exactly one hundred million yen in it. Now, she had a plane to catch. Italy sounded nice.