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02. doubts & feral children
❛❛ 𝑬𝒀𝑬𝑺 𝑶𝑭 𝑯𝑶𝑵𝑬𝒀, 𝑳𝑰𝑷𝑺 𝑶𝑭 𝑭𝑰𝑹𝑬.❜❜
"YOU'RE DEFLATING!" Midoriya screamed, frantically glancing around to find the real All Might. However, no-one else was in sight. "Wait, up until now...You're a fake?!"
Valentina sat on the ground, the pounding in her head becoming louder by the second. "How did you get here?" She glared at the fraud unintimidatingly. "What have you done with All Might?!"
This was all far too complicated for her brain cell.
He sent the two children an annoyed look. "I am All Might..." Suddenly a thick stream of blood left his lips whilst Valentina and Midoriya let out ear-piercing screams.
"No way!"
"That's impossible!"
The skeleton sighed and hunched his shoulders. "You know how guys at the pool are constantly flexing and posturing? It's like that."
"So you've...de-hulkified?" Valentina rocked back and forth on the ground, clutching her head as though she were about to lose her mind.
She tended to spit out new words when she either excited or baffled. De-hulkified was usually a term she'd use towards her younger brother after he had come out of his "hulk mode".
"I have no idea what that means." He raised his eyebrows at the girl before leaning his head against the railing behind him.
Exhaustion and pain slithered onto his skeleton-like features. Swiftly, he lifted up his baggy t-shirt exposing a large scar that covered most of the left side of his chest. Valentina flinched whilst Midoriya took a step back, warily.
"It's an injury I got from an enemy's attack five years ago. Half of my respiratory organs was destroyed and I lost my whole stomach. I've become emaciated from repeated surgeries and the aftereffects. Right now, I can only work as a hero...for about three hours a day."
Midoriya eyes were fixated on the wound. "Five years ago...That was your fight with Toxic Chainsaw?"
All Might looked slightly impressed underneath the pain.
"You're well-informed, but no. A punk ilike that could never defeat me. This fight was not made public to the world. I asked that it was not to be made public." He clenched his fist. "I will save people with a smile! The Symbol of Peace cannot be daunted by evil. I smile to show them the pressure of heroes...and to trick the fear inside me."
