154: Opportunity? (3)

Chapter 154: Opportunity? (3)

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Everyone watched as visibly all of All Might's wounds started to heal. This time, it was slower than Midnight's, since there were more wounds. He was so wounded that they didn't dare move him to a hospital, as that alone might interrupt his condition too much.

It took around ten minutes for the patient to heal as Neji withdrew his hand back while All Might released a heavy breath.

"Thank you." He said, slowly sitting up and then softly touching the wound on his waist, the one that All for One had left a few years ago. 'It's still there… sigh.'

That was true, but he couldn’t bring himself to feel too bad. After all, he was certain he couldn’t enter his muscle form again without hurting himself, but this treatment…

'It seems I can keep up my transformation for a very long time now, although I will be much much weaker too.'

Still, that was more than enough. But looking at Neji’s smiling face, he questioned himself, just how could Neji’s quirk evolve to do healing?

…

Neji wasn’t sure if it’s his Gamer System, or if it’s Nine’s now enhanced All for One at work, but Neji could steal the experience and understanding of the quirks too, which All for One allegedly couldn’t, as he refused to steal Best Jeanist’s quirk since it’s annoying to train a new quirk.

‘Probably Nine’s quirk since all the quirks he had were pretty high Level for someone to have just trained with them for a few days.’

That’s how Neji instinctively knew how to use the quirks he stole too, and even use them on the same mastery as the previous owners, if not better.

Moving on, Neji stood up from his seat, patting All Might’s shoulders. “I sensed a deep wound on your waist, sorry my powers can't heal it.”

….

As All Might shook his hand, thanking him again, Nejire kept looking at him with a frown, questions on her mind.

How did he heal All Might? She could understand Midnight, he must have put a Health Potion in his mouth beforehand, but what about this? Did his quirk really evolve again? But that's impossible. He had the same quirk as her, and her quirk evolved yet it didn't allow her any regenerative ability, let alone healing others.

Nejire watched Recovery Girl who smiled at All Might's successful healing, but her face turned sad as she looked at Mirio. Nejire also grew concerned.

Mirio was a good friend, so she would rather have him live. Though she doubted he would actually die since Recovery Girl said she healed him enough to keep him safe until she was recharged up again.

Speaking of friends, Tamari, another of the big three, was also fine according to Recovery Girl, he was just in another chamber, sleeping.

Still, if this was any other day, she would have asked Momo immediately to heal Mirio with her new Phoenix powers. Eternal Fire of Resurrection, or whatever. But she didn't do it, not when Neji wasn't doing it for some reason. 

Her younger brother was… a bit scary today, she’s talking about when he talked with Momo at first. It was baffling to Nejire at first, but as she learned more about the other dimension, she grew concerned for him.

He must be under so much pressure if he was killing monsters inside that place and ruling an army too. A young teenager's mind shouldn't be developed for all this. So she didn't ask Momo to heal Mirio outright, in case it ruined whatever plans he had, and instead she waited for Neji to do something on his own. She believed he would do something.

It was then that Neji spoke. "I know I said this only works on people with Type-A blood, but I can still try it on Mirio. As I said, this is very new so I am not too sure if my hypothesis about the Blood limit is right or not." 

Nejire's eyelids twitched at that.

So that's why he didn't call Momo! Because he lied about the limit and could easily heal Mirio by himself!

"So want me to try?" Neji said, looking at Recovery Girl, the medic expert here.

"Well sure, go on. We already saw how well your quirk works. Not like trying is going to hurt." The old woman said as Neji nodded and sat on a stool beside Mirio's bed.

….

‘She should have asked me to try it on herself first, honestly.’ Neji couldn’t help but grin softly in his head.

He actually looked for any sign of One for All inside All Might’s body using All for One, but it seemed that indeed, even though All Might seemed to have a ‘spark’ inside him, it wasn’t the quirk, not even its remnants.

So here he was, on his prime target.

The day he’s been waiting for was finally here. The day, which might as well change everything.

Mirio was still unconscious, Neji noted that and placed his hand on top of his chest.

This time, no green light shone. Instead… ominous dark red energy surrounded Neji's hand as it drowned into Mirio's chest.

'It's working.' Neji grinned in his mind.

The basic All for One wasn't able to steal One for All, as explained by Doctor Garaki. However, Nine's AFO could steal OFA, and he could not do that only because he lacked enough slots to steal OFA that had Six extra quirks stored within. But with that slot limit increased to 80, Neji’s ⟨Mine⟩ could easily do that.

Easily, now that Mirio was sleeping.

“Guys, don’t mind the colour of the light. It’s like this when the blood type isn’t compatible. But don’t worry, he won’t be harmed.” Neji said before anyone could question the strange colour.

…

All Might was confused, very much so when he saw Neji’s hand shining with an ominous red light that he was very very familiar with.

His eyes shook, his mind racing to prove that no, this is just a misunderstanding. But his mind failed to do so.

Yes, that red light might as well mean that Mirio’s blood type wasn’t compatible, as Neji claimed it to be. Some flashy Quirks do show different colours in different situations, that wasn’t unheard of but…

That dark red ominous colour, All Might has seen it far too many times, far too long to not recognise it.

‘Now it makes sense.’

All Might was shocked to see Neji and Nejire enter this room because he was certain both of them were dead. Yet, they suddenly appeared out of nowhere, unscratched with new healing power, and were now showing another type of power that All Might had never seen.

This kid, it wasn’t Neji. It was All for One, most likely using a shape-shifting quirk.

All Might groaned, feeling pain even as his body started to enlarge as he kicked the bed and flew towards ‘Neji’.

"Get away from him, All for One!!"

….

All Might shouted, transforming into his Muscle Form and leaping at Neji.

However, Neji didn’t seem concerned.

‘He’s slow, as expected.’

Neji raised his free hand at the incoming All Might and blasted with his shockwaves, causing the No.1 Hero to fly and his back to hit the wall.

Everyone else in the room yelled, Recovery Girl even losing consciousness because of shock, but Neji stayed indifferent.

"Kimi, take care of him." He said simply, not looking back.

"This- I-" Kimi stuttered, shocked and uncertain before she bit her lips. "A-alright, if you say so.”

Neji trusted Kimi, so he didn’t worry much. It’s certainly a pity that All Might noticed so early, but it’s not too big of a problem.

Kimi ran and stood in front of All Might, who was about to rush to Neji again but failed due to Kimi.

"What is the meaning of this, Neji?!" Midnight yelled, shocked and confused. "Explain yourself and get your hands off Mirio!"

Neji grunted, not at her but at the resistance he was receiving from within One for All. 

'Must be the vestiges, the ghosts inside the quirk. But they won't be a problem once I take the quirk, [Gamer's Mind] will eradicate them entirely.' Neji couldn’t say he wasn’t a bit nervous, but he kept up.

"Neji! What are you doing!? Are you trying to kill Mirio?!" Nejire was the one who was shouting, but she didn't step in since this all might be a huge misunderstanding and interrupting the 'healing' might hurt both Neji and Mirio.

"I am sorry, big sis. I will explain later. But don't worry, I can guarantee your friend will be safe. I will also heal all of his wounds, too." Neji said softly, turning to Nejire whose jaws were shaking, unable to come up with a word. "Trust me, okay?"

Nejire closed her mouth, frowning and nodding. Momo looked uncomfortable too, but she was too ashamed to question Neji's actions after all the apologies she expressed today. 

Neji actually wasn't sure of his own promise, as Mirio might become brained or actually die since One for All is a quirk that takes in a person's consciousness more than other quirks, and when Gamer's Mind eradicates the stored consciousness, Mirio might as well get eradicated too. Though that's considering Mirio's consciousness had even formed in the vestige-world at all, which he doubted.

Neji could then feel it, so close as his enhanced All for One, aka ⟨Mine⟩, was just about to defeat the Vestiges' combined solidity.

"S-so is this how it is?!" Midnight yelled. "I was wondering how you guys survived, or why Momo had a different hair colour and eyes… You guys are just doppelgangers! You guys are not Neji, Nejire and Momo! Senpai, are you a fake too? If not then don't listen to them! They're fakes!"

Neji ignored her cry, and simply wore a mask from his inventory, in case she released her sleeping gas.

‘So All Might and Midnight believe I am All for One… My talk about Monoma's quirk and going too deep into the explanation should only complement that doubt, but it’s fine.’ 

If people were to believe he’s All for One, it’s not as if that’s something Neji never expected. In a few days, they would have mistaken him for AFO anyway, when he would have started to plunder quirks of the people from his wish list.

"Papa." It was Kurai who spoke from his head, already up-to-date with his plan. "Something is wrong, I think."

Neji frowned, looking down on Mirio's struggling expression. 

"I see nothing, what do you mean-"

[Ding! The Will of the World is reacting to your action!]

[The Will of the World is boosting its Chosen One, the Main Character's luck tremendously!]

Immediately as the messages flashed, a green light jumped out from Mirio's body, from the hole in his chest, and disappeared the next second along with the wound, leaving fresh healed flesh as Mirio's eyes sprung up.

[Due to the Will of the World's direct intervention, reality has been changed slightly! The history changes itself! The 2nd One for All user’s quirk has been changed!]

[Mirio Togata has unlocked the 2nd User's Quirk, "Super Hyper Regeneration"!]

'Ah fuck.' Neji cursed, clenching his jaws as Mirio's punch came flying to him, breaking his gas mask and hitting his chin.

"Power!!!"

The impact made a huge shockwave, sending Neji flying in the air, breaking the ceiling and flying out with Kurai on top of his head.

Mirio jumped up, running towards Kimi who was just standing in front of All Might, stopping him from running to Neji until now, but not really harming him too much.

When she noticed Mirio punching Neji, her eyes widened, twisting as her skin started to change and she glared at Mirio.

She prepared to rip the kid's head from his neck while Mirio pulled his arm backwards, channelling One for All 100% as his knuckles went to crash with Kimi's own.

But, right before it could, something white flashed between them.

Both their punches were blocked, even the shockwave they released was mostly nullified.

In front of him, stood Neji with white cat ears and a dangling tail behind him. His hair was floating, along with a tail, as a blue ethereal aura danced around his body as if he was some kind of deity.

He had a bored but annoyed expression as he held Mirio's fist.

""Not exactly a smart choice to hit my girl."" He said, his voice echoing. Before Mirio could jump back, Neji raised his free palm to face Mirio's abdomen and chanted, 

""[Mana Eruption]""

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Author’s Note: Cat Boy Neji is finally here ???? He got his d*ck back!