Act on Free Will?

In the classroom of the training camp facility, Aizawa was conducting a remedial lesson for several people on what they missed last night. Suddenly, Mandalay's voice came through his mind.

"Eraser, something's wrong! There's a villain in the forest! A blue flame is spreading in an area outside, and the villain's number is unknown!"

"What?!"

Aizawa no longer had the heart to continue the lesson and ignored the three students, continuing to contact Pixie-Bob.

"Contact the students in the forest immediately and have them come back!"

"Okay, I'm already in contact with them!"

"And tell Renault to go too. Tell him to ensure the safety of everyone and find out the purpose of the villain's attack."

"Should we really send Renault? Is that okay?"

"The other side is obviously well-prepared, and besides, there may be a shortage of manpower with just a few of you. I also have to take some students to a safe place first. And as for Renault's arrangement, the school already has a plan for him. That's one of them."

"I understand."

After ending the conversation with Aizawa, Mandalay turned serious and said to Renault, "Renault-kun, Eraser told me to tell you to protect the students in the forest, bring them back safely, and find out the purpose of the villain's attack."

"Is that a mission for me?" Renault's eyes flickered. Through these past two days, he had guessed some of U.A.'s arrangements, and Aizawa had also revealed some to him.

However, he didn't expect Aizawa to let him act alone like this, which clearly meant that he could use his Quirk as he wish. But doing so would undoubtedly cause problems, as he had not yet obtained his provisional hero license. It seemed that U.A. was prepared for this, so he didn't need to worry about it.

Looking at the other Class A schoolmates who were still stunned and hadn't entered the forest yet, Renault and Tiger looked at each other and said, "I'll be back soon."

"Take care of yourself." Tiger nodded and didn't say much.

"Renault-kun!" Midoriya saw that Renault was about to act alone and immediately spoke up. "I'll go with you!"

"No need. You guys should hurry back and join Aizawa-sensei. It's dangerous to stay outside. And with just me alone, it'll be easier to move around. Ordinary villains won't be able to hurt me so easily, I'll take care of them all."

After speaking, he ran straight into the forest.

Midoriya watched him disappear and opened his mouth, but ultimately gave up on the decision to follow him after glancing at Iida, who was shaking his head.

However, just two minutes after Renault left, Pixie-Bob, who was waiting for the students to return, suddenly froze in surprise as she found her body floating uncontrollably.

"What!?" she exclaimed.

Meanwhile, in the forest, Renault was using his Quirk to isolate the surrounding light-purple gas.

"I never thought that there would be someone with this kind of Quirk in the League of Villains. Most people are not good at dealing with this type of villain unless Yaoyorozu provides everyone with gas masks. Mandalay-sensei, I haven't..."

"Renault, go find the people in the forest quickly! We have encountered two villains here, and Ryuko has been injured and is unconscious! We'll hold them off here with Tiger!" interrupted Mandalay, and the telepathic connection was cut off.

His expression turned ugly.

"No wonder the mission prompt given by the system was like this."

[Main Mission: Defeat the League of Villains' attack plan and receive rewards based on the final completion status.]

It was a very simple mission prompt, without specifying what tasks to complete, what villains to defeat, or to what extent. It was all up to him to figure out.

"Forget it, I won't think about it for now!"

He was torn between his endangered schoolmates in front of him and his dwelling that had already been surrounded from behind.

"Tiger is behind me, and I don't have to worry about his close combat ability. Besides, Aizawa-sensei should be here soon, and Vlad-sensei is in the facility. So, I only have one choice - to deal with this spreading poison first!"

After speaking, he accelerated once again.

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At the starting point of the test of courage event, Iida and Midoriya looked on with concern as the hero Tiger fought alone against two villains.

"Mandalay-sensei, what should we do...?"

"No," Mandalay replied without hesitation. "You can't intervene. Eraser Head said to avoid combat and prioritize safety. We're here, and it's not your turn yet. The situation hasn't reached a point of no return."

After glancing at Pixie-Bob, who was covered in blood and lying on the ground, Mandalay gritted her teeth and thought of something else.

"Midoriya..."

Midoriya looked at Mandalay and realized what she meant.

"Kota!"

After struggling for a moment, Mandalay turned to Iida and the others and said, "You guys should go back to the facility! Midoriya, please go bring Kota back, no matter what happens, don't get involved, just come back as soon as possible, got it?"

"I understand!" Midoriya nodded vigorously, turned around, activated One For All, and rushed out with one swift step, heading toward Kota's location.

Once Iida and the others had left, Mandalay joined the fight.

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In the forest, Kendo, with her hands wrapped around Honenuki and Kodai was running while holding her breath but still felt the poisonous gas invading her body.

"No, I have to hold on and run out of the range of the poisonous fog!"

Suddenly,

"Kendo!"

Tetsutetsu's voice came from behind. Kendo stopped and saw Tetsutetsu wearing a gas mask and holding Shiozaki, who was also wearing a mask but had already fainted.

"You guys... *Cough* *Cough*..."

Then, she saw Tetsutetsu running over with a few masks on his waist, gesturing to them.

"We happen to be near Yaoyorozu Momo of Class A; she made them. She's already gone to the standby location in Class B with Awase to save everyone. Hurry up and put on the masks!"

"We're saved..."

But just as they put on the masks, the poisonous fog around them became denser again.

"Be careful!"

*Step!* *Step!*

Accompanied by the sound of footsteps, a person with a high school uniform, carrying gas canister equipment, and wearing a gas mask, appeared in front of them.

"Let's start with you guys!"

After speaking, he took out a pistol.

Tetsutetsu immediately stood in front of Kendo, fully Hardened, emitting a metallic color.

However, before the villain had a chance to pull the trigger, the thick fog behind him suddenly dissipated, and Renault's figure appeared here. He grabbed the villain's head from behind, lifted him up, and smashed him to the ground.

*BOOM!!!*

The first one finished and the counterattack begins.

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