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Trick*Step let out a disgusting noise, seeing herself covered in all the blood and filth.
Next to her, Dr. Blessed and Iron Mentor struggled to keep their annoyance at bay as well. It was especially so for Luke, who had been constantly attending Miss Justice's sessions to not let his filth-related trauma affect his work ever since his resurrection.
This wasn't the time to take a breath and attend to their appearance anyway. Not that they could afford a breather at this moment.
One moment of carelessness, and the Detention Center would become their Permanent Residence.
Using the Memory Manipulation Quirk, Luke had not only read the sniper's memories, but he had also manipulated them, implanting false ones — turning the Commando his most loyal follower temporarily.
Despite Kazuho and Iwao being against such mind manipulations, they also knew this was the best way through which they could avoid a confrontation.
Of course, they had made sure that the Commando would regain his original self later.
Then, Luke had bestowed a Quirk upon Nyx that he had never attempted before — Flesh Marble, a Super Complexity Quirk!
Compress was a Quirk that could imprison/secure a target within a small marble. Then, using the same Quirk on the marble again, one could free the target.
Luke had used this Quirk before while kidnapping a Nomu during the USJ incident. The same Nomu that had become Conformity's host later.
It was a great Quirk if one needed to be discreet. However, Compress was useless when it came to high-level security systems, like the ones installed in LA Villains Detention Center.
There was no way these marbles wouldn't get detected by the scanning system, even before the Commando made it beyond the entrance.
So, instead of Compress, Luke had chosen an upgraded, modified version — Flesh Marble!
First, Luke used the Flesh Marble to convert Iwao and Kazuho into marbles of flesh before using it upon himself.
Then, Commando Rick, Dr. Blessed's loyal follower, stuffed the marbles in his arm, making them impossible to be indistinguishable without a detailed MRI or CT scan.
While designing the Quirk, he had also instilled a property that the marbles would close up a fresh wound when they came into contact with flesh.
Later, the moment these flesh marbles came into contact with the atmosphere for over 5 seconds, they reverted to their original forms.
It was nothing but a display of outstanding brilliance.
Knowing this well now, both Iwao and Kazuho looked at Dr. Blessed with wide eyes, holding a touch of respect.
Even if they still didn't know what the Leader's Quirk was, they had gotten a wild idea.
Dr. Blessed — the fanatic who believed in an unknown entity called Mr. Fool — could create Quirks!
Not just bestow or transfer or steal…
Create!
And, as they saw him creating a door on the wall, as the word Create echoed in their minds, they knew how terrifying Dr. Blessed's potential was — how terrifying… this knowledge itself was. Because if Villains like All For One learned the true nature of his Quirk…
No. Not only Villains, but the entire World might come after him.
For Dr. Blessed to let them know a hint of his real powers, Iwao and Kazuho knew how much trust he was putting in them.
And even if they struggled to show their appreciation for the Beyonders' abilities to Mr. Fool, this was something much simpler… real… and doable.
Meanwhile, from the door, Commando Rick walked out with a bleeding arm.
A thin, black tendril left Luke's mask and touched the wound as Nyx healed it. Then, he sent the Commando back, the door disappearing.
All three of them let out a breath of relief.
"Let's…"
Whatever Iwao was going to say got stuck in his throat.
All three heads snapped toward the opening to their right.
In the very next moment, they saw a man-sized dragonfly-drone buzzing midair, a red slab of laser coming out of its head, scanning everything.
Luke's mind shook as alarm bells began ringing there.
Nyx currently held Flesh Manipulation and Heal in an active state, both High Complexity Quirks. Not only that, but she was already exhausted because of using Flesh Marble earlier.
Also, Luke's Beyonder abilities wouldn't work, either. He could cast an illusion, deceiving sight, sense, smell, etc. He could even put a Black Curtain, hiding the three of them behind it. However, the drone would still them using infrared vision.
Also, they were surrounded on three sides by storage rooms, and only one side was open to the surroundings — from where the drone was coming.
Even if they ran to the storage rooms, the infrared camera would still pick them up.
So, as the three of them saw the drone slowly turning around to face them, their hearts skipped a beat.
None of them had expected that after successfully infiltrating the Detention Center, they would find themselves in such an unlucky situation.
Hell, they didn't even have the time to smile at their achievement, yet!
Only one thing could work now, the three of them suddenly realized, standing rooted to their places as the red beam of death approached them.
Misdirection by becoming bait!
Both Iwao and Kazuho suddenly shifted.
"Leader…" Trick*Step said, smiling, rushing toward the red beam.
Iron Mentor grabbed her collar from behind and pulled her back, throwing himself forward instead. "… Run!"
But someone was even faster than Iwao and Kazuho.
A mass of blackness left Luke's face, taking the shape of a raven and flying toward the beam, cawing out of her lungs.
The dragonfly-drone instantly homed onto the bird as it flew through the laser, chasing it.
Behind the massive drone, the three stunned Apostles kept eying the duo as they disappeared, sweat intermingling with blood on them.
Kazuho slumped down to the ground as she let out a moan of relief, Iwao sighing along with her. Then, simultaneously, their head snapped toward the Leader, who had lost his mask.
However, instead of his real face, they found Dr. Blessed donning a clown's makeup, but with all the wrong colors.
"Ain't I the most handsome clown?!" Dr. Blessed joked, grinning at them. "You can't tell, but I am very scared… Haha!"
Iwao and Kazuho's lips twitched —
— both trying their best to just forget about the raven…
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