At a single glance, Luke analyzed the seriousness of the procedure.
Using Magician's powers, he could transfer wounds from one place to another. However, two major roadblocks were preventing him from doing so in this case.
First, Sam was hit on the corner of his head.
Major organs like the heart and brain wouldn't be as affected by the Damage Transfer ability as the normal wounds, leaving behind permanent damage to some extent.
The only positive thing about all this was that the bullet didn't seem to have penetrated the skull.
It was only possible if the bullet had been deflected by something and then hit Sam, or it had first penetrated a sheet of metal, losing most of its momentum before entering Sam's head.
Regardless of the situation, Sam survived an instantaneous death.
However, from the sheer graveness of the location of the wound, and with his left leg crushed and left shoulder bleeding with another gunshot, Sam's life was hanging by the thinnest thread.
The second roadblock preventing Luke's intermediate intervention was that he couldn't use the Damage Transfer ability if there was an object within the wound itself — a bullet, in this case.
So, he must first surgically remove the bullet and then immediately transfer the wound before doing something about the bleeding.
After hardening many tools, creating a bowl of water through Trickmaster's abilities, and briefing Pop*Step about the procedure, Luke nodded to himself.
"Keep pressure on the shoulder," he told Pop*Step, cleaning the head wound. "Keep an eye on his breathing… Let me know if you can't feel it."
"Yes, Sir!" Pop*Step shouted.
Then, suddenly, the entire tower shook, a massive boom throwing all of them.
…
Up on the roof, seeing All Might saving David and destroying the chopper, Wolfram succumbed to the last resort, putting on the Quirk Amplification Device on himself.
In an instant, his Metal Manipulation Quirk took control over the entire top half of the tower.
Patches of metal got torn off under the effect of his amplified Quirk as he commanded them, gaining the form of a hundreds-of-meters-tall metal being.
Under the hint of dawn in the background, lingering over the horizon, Wolfram towered like a god over All Might, Midoriya, and Melissa, confining David within the metal body as well.
Despite on the brink of losing his muscle form, All Might lunged at Wolfram.
But, with one wave of his hand, Wolfram used massive rope-like pillars of metal to bombard All Might, burying him deep into the floor.
Suddenly, the group of students arrived on the roof as well.
Seeing All Might getting pounded by the Villain, Bakugo, Todoroki, and others used their Quirks to help him out.
However, with Wolfram's current control over the tower, it couldn't do much to hurt him.
Their efforts did give All Might enough time to clear the blood off his mouth and grin at his tenacious students.
Yes, he thought. This wasn't the time to be held back by stupid limits.
Tearing a hole through the massive metal pillars, All Might reached mere inches away from Wolfram.
However, the Villain had been waiting for this moment, it seemed.
Thick metal cables bound All Might from all around, preventing him from reaching Wolfram.
Suddenly, right in front of his eyes, Wolfram's entire figure ballooned up, and he grabbed All Might's left side.
All Might's eyes widened as he realized that Wolfram possessed another Quirk.
"No… You can't be…" he stuttered out.
"All For One said Hi…" a red-skinned Wolfram grinned, twisting All Might's flesh.
As All Might let out a buried scream, with a booming punch, Wolfram sent All Might flying back, the metal cables still holding him in the air.
With another wave of his hands, the Villain covered All Might with massive chunks of metal.
Then, as the horrified students tried to reach All Might in vain, Wolfram made a grabbing motion, grinning ear to ear.
With a screeching hiss, hundreds of feet tall pointy pillars of metal screwed their way through the massive metal prison holding All Might within.
…
"Cough!" Luke tasted blood in his mouth. "Are you… alright?"
Under him, holding Sam's mangled body, was Pop*Step, looking at him with a strange awe.
Above him, pressing heavily on his back, was a thick chunk of roof, with even more metal debris piling over it.
Blood seeped out from behind Luke's mask, trailing down his chin.
Pop*Step closed her gaping mouth, stunned. Then, she opened it again to say something, but couldn't.
"Let's continue…" Luke said. "Hold him tight…"
Pop*Step nodded mechanically… but still couldn't look away from him.
…
Boooooooooom!
Midoriya's punch tore through the metal prison, letting All Might out.
"Midoriya…" All Might said, landing on the destroyed roof. "With that body… You shouldn't be moving at all…"
Through the blood covering his right eye, Midoriya let out a hollow laugh. "But a Hero has to save those in trouble, right, All Might?"
All Might looked at Midoriya, stunned, before letting out a thundering laughter.
He helped Midoriya up and said, "Alright. Give me your hand, then, Midoriya… Let's go!"
Thoroughly mad, Wolfram lost all reasoning, upending the entire tower, creating hundreds of metal arms that lunged at All Might and Midoriya.
Todoroki and Bakugo froze and burned many of them, paving the way for the two.
Dodging, blurring, and destroying all attacks that came in front of them, All Might and Midoriya covered the gap between them and the Villain.
On the other side, with veins popping out on his face, Wolfram created a titanic cube of metal. "I will bury you all with this tower!" he roared, sending it flying toward the two.
In return, All Might grinned, making a fist. "To overcome the crisis in front of you and to save people…"
"… with everything you've got…" Midoriya gritted through the pain, making a fist of his own.
Double Detroit —
"That is what makes a Hero!" All Might and Midoriya roared. "Go Beyond! Plus… Ultra!!"
SMASH!!!
…
Surrounded by the shaking tower, Luke put his hand on Sam's head and swiped it to his crushed leg.
Next to him, Pop*Step's heart fell. "I… can't feel his breath."
"No…" Luke uttered, shocked. The wound on the head could barely be seen now, other than a low dent. He had even stopped all the bleeding. Sam had lost lots of blood, still…
"Move…" Luke gritted his teeth, a mountain of debris still pressing into his back.
Then, he put his hand on Sam's heart and used Trickmaster's ability to electrocute the body.
Sam's body jolted, but nothing happened.
Another burst of electricity, but nothing happened.
And just as it seemed it was over, Sam's body jolted, his eyes snapping open with a gasping breath.
"… Haha…" Pop*Step laughed, tears and snot running down her lips. "… Hey, leader… do you know what's the greatest magic?"
Luke panted for breath, barely able to hold himself together. "… What?"
Pop*Step grinned like a silly girl at him. "To save someone's life…"
And, through the fiery pain coursing within him, Luke suddenly sensed a cold freshness, his Magician's potion digesting fully!
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