▲▽◇ Illusionist ◇▲▽ 「Todoroki X Reader X Bakugo」

Chapter Sixteen

   My theory about the Nomu once being human has a very likely chance of being the truth. I mean, something like efficient human sandbag simply can't slip out of someone's mouth while it has to have no meaning to it whatsoever.

   It might seem a bit stubborn and hard-headed of me to say this but...

   I refuse to believe that Nomu was once a human.

   Unless I have to accept the ugly truth of my theory.

   "First, we need to get our gate back," the blue-haired guy with tons of hands muttered under his breath, though he was close enough for everyone to incidentally hear.

     We were all in our fighting stance, ready to kick some villain ass, but then what the blue-haired guy with tons of hands said next caught us off guard.

   "Go, Nomu."

   Suddenly, the Nomu ran off somewhere, it— no he was too fast for my eyes to catch up. That's when I've finally realised... Nomu headed straight towards where Bakugo was.

   "Bakugo— huh?" But when the dust cloud cleared up, it showed Nomu and Kurogiri, but Bakugo wasn't anywhere near the two.

   "Kacchan?!" Midoriya turned his head to face his right side and saw Bakugo on the floor with a dumbfounded expression. He dodged that? That's... pretty amazing!

   "No, shut up, scum!"

   Kirishima looked at Bakugo in shock "Then how...?"

   "Then that was..."

   We all turned our heads towards where the collision happened and where there was still a bit of the dust cloud left behind. Of course, nobody would be as a fast thinker and saviour than—

   "All Might!"

   Thank you, Midoriya, for completing my train of thought.

   These guys must have some kind of second Quirk where they read my mind and reply to the thoughts I have. That's... actually pretty scary— I don't want anybody snooping in on what's going on in my mind. That's an invasion of privacy!

   "... Do you not know how to hold back?" All Might asked the villains, quivering in his blocking stance.

   "It was to rescue my companions. I had no choice," The Hand Guy scoffed.

   He then pointed a finger towards Midoriya "I mean, earlier that... that plain-looking one. He was about to punch me with everything he had, you know."

   He... surprisingly did make a point there. What he did was purely out of the instinct of protecting himself and his so-called companions. It was a bit reckless of Midoriya to just punch the guy out of nowhere, but—

   What am I saying?

   Am I seriously siding with the villain's beliefs right now? Am I seriously falling for their lies? Yeah... this is just some sort of lie! Villains are villains, and they're never good!

   ... At least, that's what I've learned growing up in a world where heroes are worshipped and hailed as gods.

   "Violence for the sake of others makes it admirable. Isn't that right, hero?"

   When the Hand Guy said the word 'hero,' it was in a way in which it mocked the mere word and thought of it.

   "You know what, All Might? I'm angry," The mocking tone of his voice got louder, making it seem more threatening and intimidating as if he was going insane.