Quirkless Hero

Midoriya Izuku, collapsed on his knees, had used up everything in that last attack. His body now felt like an overloaded machine, with pain, exhaustion, and weakness all flooding back to him... but it wasn't over yet!

Midoriya Izuku weakly lifted his head, looking at All For One and the League of Villains on the second floor. He needed to find a way to safely get Kouta out of here.

"Great job, Midoriya-kun! I never expected you to defeat this guy. Now you can take Kouta and leave." 

"......"

Midoriya Izuku didn't reply or even acknowledge him. He struggled to stand up, with Kouta supporting him, and they headed toward the door of the abandoned factory. As long as they could leave safely, that was all that mattered.

"What a useless guy." 

All For One muttered to himself. Once Midoriya Izuku and Kouta were out of sight, his fingers extended metal tendrils, which pierced the downed muscular man's body. When plans go awry, he had no choice but to cheat quietly.

A moment later, the metal tendrils quickly retracted into All For One's hand. The muscular man, who had been unconscious by the cultivation tank, slowly got up, shaking his dazed head, still unaware of what had happened.

"Ah, I didn't expect you to wake up. I was planning to turn you into a Nomu." 

Afo's mocking words reached Midoriya Izuku, who was about to leave through the factory doors with Kouta. He turned around in shock— the man who had just fallen was already awake! How is that possible? 

"Damned brat, and that 'Waterhouse' kid, don't even think about escaping!!" 

The muscular man, realizing the situation, went crazy and charged toward the two who were about to leave. Midoriya had no choice but to drag Kouta away to dodge and escape. 

"Teacher, you're cheating..." 

Shigaraki Tomura muttered quietly, while All For One's face reddened. He cleared his throat and said, 

"We're villains, cheating is what we do." 

"That's true..." 

Shigaraki Tomura fell silent. If you don't learn to be a little sneaky, you'd have been better off becoming a hero. 

Midoriya Izuku was in terrible shape. After his desperate fight to take down the muscular man, he didn't even have the strength to walk now. With the enemy awake and coming after them again, things were looking extremely dangerous. 

"Kouta, push open the door! Get out of here!!" 

Midoriya Izuku gave his final order as they reached the factory door. They were so close to escaping— if only Kouta could make it out safely. 

With the last bit of strength he had left, Midoriya charged at the muscular man, trying to buy Kouta as much time as possible to escape. 

"Don't get in my way!" 

This time, the muscular man wasn't in the mood to waste time with Midoriya. If he didn't kill the brat right now, he might not make it out alive. 

Midoriya Izuku was knocked down with a single strike. He had no strength left to dodge or get back up, but... 

Kouta couldn't push the factory door open. This steel door was hard for even adults to move, let alone a seven-year-old. The muscular man was getting closer. 

"Don't... come near him..." 

Midoriya Izuku, using the last bit of his strength, grabbed the muscular man's leg, trying to stop him. But the muscular man had no time to deal with him. He dragged Midoriya along. 

"Dad... Mom... Midoriya..." 

Kouta, desperate, saw the muscular man standing right in front of him. This man had killed his parents, and now Midoriya Izuku, despite his best efforts, couldn't stop him. Was he really going to die here...? 

"Damned brat, if I kill you, I'll survive!" 

The muscular man sneered as he grabbed Kouta and lifted him into the air. Seeing the fear on Kouta's face made the man feel satisfied. 

"Let him go..." 

Midoriya, desperately throwing weak punches at the enemy, couldn't even stand anymore, let alone land a solid blow. But his actions only annoyed the muscular man further. 

"Get lost!" 

The muscular man kicked Midoriya Izuku away, sending him crashing to the ground. Midoriya struggled to get up, but his severely injured body and exhausted energy left him unable to stand. 

"Midoriya!!" 

Kouta, still hanging in the air, shouted in worry. The muscular man sneered at him, 

"Kid, you should worry about yourself. He won't die, but you're about to." 

"Bastard!!" 

Kouta, summoning all his courage, started punching and kicking the muscular man. Unfortunately, his weak strikes only made the enemy laugh. 

"Just like your parents, 'Waterhouse'. You're way out of your league trying to stop me. Too bad you didn't back off sooner; now you're going to die." 

Midoriya Izuku, struggling with intense pain and fading consciousness, saw Kouta being captured by the enemy. An unspoken fury burned inside him... 

"No one's going to save you now. That kid can't even get up. Let me send you to meet 'Waterhouse'!" 

The words of the muscular man made Kouta's tears flow. He couldn't do anything now; he could only be protected by others... But Midoriya had clearly said...

"Heroes don't lose. Your parents died because they protected others. You're just a damn bastard."

"Die, little brat!!"

Kouta's words enraged the muscular man. They struck a painful chord because the reason he killed "Waterhouse" and his wife was that they had to protect civilians. Their deaths happened because he took advantage of that moment to kill them.

"Go to hell and join your parents!!"

The muscular man's angry shout was followed by a punch aimed directly at Kouta's head. A solid hit would mean death.

Terrified, Kouta tightly shut his eyes. After a moment, when death didn't come, he opened his eyes, only to see the massive fist in front of him. Terrified, he shut his eyes again...

But now, the muscular man was gritting his teeth. His whole body couldn't move an inch, completely immobilized.

"Finally, I've been waiting for this!"

On the second floor, All-for-One finally showed a smile of satisfaction. The whole situation he had orchestrated was not for anything else but to witness this moment.

Countless steel wires stretched out from all directions in the abandoned factory, tightly binding the muscular man, not allowing him to move a single finger. The person responsible for this—was Midoriya Izuku!

Having idolized All Might since childhood, Midoriya's dream was to become a hero... but now he had given that up because there was one thing he could not tolerate.

"Even if I'm not a hero, it's fine..."

Midoriya slowly got up from the ground, looking at the muscular man who had been stopped just in time, and at the scared Kouta.

"But! If I can't even protect a child, I'm not worthy of being a person!!"

To save the child in front of him, Midoriya Izuku gave up everything, even if it meant using things he hated. This was his resolve!

Midoriya's shout filled his eyes, once golden with hope, now darkened, and black flames seemed to burn in his gaze.

"Midoriya, your arm!?"

Kouta, who had just been saved, widened his eyes in shock as he saw Midoriya Izuku's right arm now completely empty. Countless steel wires stretched from the right arm to all parts of the factory.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you!"

With a gentle smile, Midoriya's right arm, extending steel wires, began moving. The muscular man's body, like a marionette, started to move, and Kouta was slowly placed back on the ground.

Back on his feet, Kouta quickly ran to Midoriya's side. Only his hero could bring him any sense of security. Midoriya gently patted the boy's head with his remaining left hand, his gaze turning toward the now marionette-like muscular man. He loosened the steel wires binding the man's mouth.

"You damn brat! How do you have this kind of power? Aren't you 'quirkless'?!"

The muscular man cursed loudly, feeling tricked, but Midoriya Izuku looked at him coldly.

"Is your last word done?"

"What?!"

The muscular man was surprised, sensing the steel wires wrapped around his body starting to tighten.

With cold, murderous intent, Midoriya realized that he had made a mistake from the start—an enemy who kills and commits evil should just die, without causing more trouble.

Midoriya patted Kouta's head with his left hand and gently instructed him:

"Kouta, go behind me, close your eyes, and don't open them."

Although he didn't know why, Kouta obediently ran behind Midoriya and kept his eyes tightly shut. 

Sensing something was wrong, the muscular man's steel wires began to tighten slowly, and he shouted out. 

"What are you doing, kid? Stop now!!"

Midoriya Izuku coldly looked at him, controlling the steel wires to tighten even more. The muscular man felt intense pain as his muscles began to tear apart. 

"You killed Kouta's parents, the 'Waterhouse' family, and now you want to kill Kouta to save yourself. Leaving you alive would just turn you into a Nomu, causing harm to society."

"Please! I beg you, stop! Don't you want to be a hero? Heroes don't kill people!!"

The muscular man begged, but he could feel the steel wires tightening more and more, slicing through his muscle fibers, the pain unbearable, like being slowly tortured. 

Midoriya, like a "grim reaper," stared at the man in front of him. Now he understood the terror of death—why did he ever hurt others in the first place? Kouta's parents were killed by him, and now he wanted to kill Kouta to survive! 

What purpose does it serve for someone like him to keep living? He was a vile man, and keeping him alive would only let him be turned into a Nomu by AFO to hurt others. The best ending would be for him to die.

This was the final mercy from Midoriya Izuku.

"Repent! Then go to hell and apologize to the 'Waterhouse' family!!"

In an instant, the steel wires tightened so much that the muscular man couldn't even scream. His body turned to blood and flesh, vanishing from existence.

Blood spilled onto the floor of the abandoned factory, and Midoriya Izuku's hair was completely dyed red with the muscular man's blood. The steel wires retracted and reshaped into the form of his arm.

He turned and glanced at All For One, silently holding Kouta, whose eyes were tightly shut. The two of them slowly walked out of the factory.

"Impressive, this kid really surprised me!"

All For One's face was almost splitting with a grin, while Shigaraki Tomura, Dabi, and most of the League of Villains were at a loss for words... The "Steel Wire Death God" was truly a fitting name.

"Wow... so cool!!"

Toga Himiko, covering her face, was completely captivated by Midoriya Izuku. She hadn't expected such a handsome boy.

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