The Cursed Hero

Chapter 22

" Speaking out loud "
' Thinking '
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Titles and Techniques

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Sweat and Tears
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The door was punched out of the way, knocking down three guards that were standing next to it. People started shouting, but they didn't keep shouting for long. Yaoyorozu ran through the hall, delivering punches and kicks all around, knocking out guards and civilians that were gambling. Midoriya stood in a shadow next to the entrance and analyzed how she held back her strength when she was about to strike someone who wasn't really a threat. Although it was the right thing to do, he couldn't stop thinking about how she was willingly hurting "innocent" people. Midoriya just observed as she danced around, her loose hair floating as she went on with her rampage, her eyes, showing only determination, not a single trace of remorse. All of those details about her, made him feel strange, for some odd reason. When Yaoyorozu finally stopped, they heard people coming from a hidden room in the back, an old woman looking around, surrounded by bodyguards.

"WHAT IS THIS?! WHO ARE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY ESTABLISHMENT?"

Midoriya remained in the shadows while observing Yaoyorozu's reaction:

"You mean this casino that serves as a front to your prostitution business?" She hissed towards the elder lady, who looked around before giving a nasty smile in response.

"Who do you work for, girl?"
"What?!"
"For you to be doing this, you must work for someone. Whatever they're paying you, I'll double it- No, I'll even triple it, if you give me their names."

"..."

Midoriya could feel her anger in the air around her body, the One for All reacting to her emotions, and that made the boy wonder.

'Wait... The One For All- Did I just make the One for All's user stray from the path? Oh, my god. I didn't think about that part. That is All Might's power- I mean, that was his power, and now it's hers, but that power is being used to hurt people instead of saving them. Did I just help corrupt the One for All?'

Yaoyorozu's flying figure made him snap out of his speculations, seeing her smashing the woman's bodyguards. He saw one of them using a hardening quirk, his skin becoming diamond-like, and wondered about that applicability when a second guard spat acid on her direction, but she wasn't paying attention to her back. Midoriya instantly felt the pressure on his left eye and moved his fingers, appearing right where the girl stood, bringing out his Susanoo, which appeared at the right time to stop the green substance. Yaoyorozu looked around, confused for a few seconds, but quickly understood, seeing Midoriya's gaze towards her direction. She then thought about one thing she saw in one of her mangas, this very situation struck her mind like a déjà vu. She entered a stance and started a movement as if she was preparing a scratch and Midoriya frowned to that, but right before she attacked, he also understood her intentions, moving his fingers again, hearing her soft voice from afar as their traded places one more time:

"Lioness Strike"

She teleported, already making the movement with her hand, and Midoriya looked over his shoulder to understand what that technique was, trying to fight the dizziness. She was going to attack with her palm open, but to his surprise, she twisted her fingers in a way they reassembled claws, finishing the movement, but striking only air. Midoriya's Blood Moon allowed him to analyze the entire scene in slow-motion, which was good because he wouldn't be able to understand if he hadn't been using it. The air pressure from her movement came in the shape of her fingers, guiding the air, slashing the diamond man away, and obliterating the wall behind him. Midoriya instantly thought: