Chapter 33 - All for One and Izuku

Chapter 33 – All for One and Izuku

Just before Hu Tao engaged the Meta Liberation Army, Ainz confirmed his location with her.

...

Tip tap.

The sound of footsteps echoed across a hall.

It was very creepy and unsettling how quiet it was. Even Ainz was somehow affected and he held his breath without realising.

Everything around him was white, and hundreds of cameras were pointing down.

Knocking out everyone and jamming all security was easy for him, although he could only delay reinforcements. He estimated about an hour before his spells wore off and alerted the authorities.

(Just like a timed challenge.)

He couldn't help but compare this to the game-like qualities Yggdrasil had.

His eyes then locked onto a specific cell, or pod, and inside was a creepy looking face with a smile.

All for One looked quite peaceful sitting there, but it was him who started to talk first.

"Very unexpected for a visitor to come see me. Normally they don't let anyone inside, and if they want to talk it was through microphones and cameras. Can I assume that you have secretly removed the security?"

"Not remove, but delay."

"I see. To have such ability you must be very strong. Now, why would you come here? For me?" He calmly asked, but answered his own question without waiting for Ainz to speak, "haha. Of course you're here for me. I'm quite popular after all. Now, what's your goal in finding me? Do you want power? Or are you a loyal fan of mine who wish to rescue me?"

"None of them. I'm here to kill you."

"Kill me? HAHAHA!" He laughed, but it was more like a wheeze. "I certainly didn't add this scenario into my plans, but go on. Please do tell how you are going to kill me."

"Simple. I am someone who believes in a fair fight. I will remove your shackles and heal you to some extent. Then we will fight."

"You even have the nerve to remove my restraints? How arrogant."

"Not arrogance but confidence. You are someone I must kill, so I see no reason to falter or to enjoy the battle."

"Very well then, and if I win?"

"I will willingly give my quirk."

"Oh? Sorry to intrude on your privacy," a sarcastic tone was heard, "what is your quirk ? Oh pardon me, I shouldn't have asked that, but you believe in a fair fight, and you already know what mine is, so it is only fair I know what yours is."

"You make a fair argument. My quirk is [Overlord]. As for what it does, I'll leave it to your imagination."

"Very well."

The ropes and shackles around All for One soon released itself, and he stood up to an impressive height.

A couple bones cracked in his body from the stiffness, and he let out a happy sigh.

Ainz then blinked once, and soon All for One could see again. Furthermore, his mind became way more active, just like his prime.

"You healed my vision? And my mind? Not even that scientist could do that. Your quirk is becoming more and more interesting..."

Without warning, he charged up a blast into his right arm, and then swung backwards, then forwards, generating a force not to take lightly with.

Ainz obviously saw this as the start of the battle, so he also moved.

This Ainz... was definitely not the most powerful one.

On his first mission to a different world, it was obvious that he was strong, very strong, but being a human in the past and still having the thought process of a human had caused some doubts in his heart.

Sure, he earned his strength by playing the game all the time, but he didn't earn it in the real way. Whilst others gained true fighting experience by participating in countless battles, all he did was sit around and play a game all day.

Seeing his teammates' display of personal strength, he compared and evaluated himself against them, and came to a conclusion that they were far stronger than him, maybe physically not but the most important one was experience.

He also wanted to get stronger, and not be supressed by the level 100 limit. He knew that he would have opportunities in the future with the chat, and he would meet stronger and stronger people, so getting stronger was a must.

He knew that true strength is not a measure of how many abilities one hand, but how they used them and how effective they are at using them.

The Ainz confronting All for One was not his real body, but a clone at 20%. It was a fool-proof way of training himself. Not relying on pure given strength but learning through the battle, that was his true goal and ideal target.

"[Maximise Magic: Shockwave]" An equal amount of force was emitted, and collided with All for One's, creating a hole between them.

Surprised but composed, All for One sneered and disappeared. Blipping behind him, he transformed his arm into a spear in an attempt to stab his heart, but Ainz correctly saw this and flew into the sky.

"An air battle? Just what exactly is your quirk?"

He also activated his flight and joined him in the sky, but they were quite limited in the space they can use as they were in a confined room under the ocean.

Then they proceeded to a spectacular battle.

Different elements were thrown everywhere, countered by many quirks that All for One had in his own quirk.

Ainz threw a gigantic fireball at him, whilst he used a force-dispersion quirk and correctly dealt with it, although the ground was scorched in the process.

Examples of this was common for the next half an hour, but what Ainz didn't know was that All for One did have a trump card.

He knew that this would be a long and hard fight, just like with All Might, and as someone who had pretty much everything already, he reluctantly gave up obtaining the quirk.

He prioritised his life more than anything, as he believed as long as he lives, plans can be made, no matter how long they take.

Looking at Ainz whilst throwing a punch, he smiled.

A very small hole opened in his hand, and accompanying the punch was a very small needle.

Since Hu Tao destroyed Overhaul's facilities, the quirk-destroying drug was thought to be lost.

But little did everyone know that his research fell into All for One's hands. It was a pleasant surprise and too good an opportunity not to take advantage off.

So, the little needle flew. It was faster than anything they threw, as the needle was so small and streamlined there was practically no air resistance.

As Ainz met the vibrations in the air, he failed to notice something else with it, and the small projectile stabbed itself into Ainz's fist.

Immediately, the drug released itself into his bloodstream and losing balance, he fell onto the floor.

"A quirk-destroying drug. How underhanded of you."

"I am not like you, "All for One slowly landed on the ground, "in my world, there is no such thing as a 'fair fight'. Everyone is different, only pure strength can achieve victory. There was no rule that I couldn't use it." He then smiled, "although it is a shame that such a universal quirk is lost, it doesn't matter to me that much. I also have to thank you for releasing me, it seems like my plans will have to be done earlier than expected. Nothing I can't manage of course."

He pointed his finger at Ainz, and an explosion appeared at the very spot Ainz stood.

One for All turned around and was about to leave, when he heard his enemy's voice amidst the smoke.

"I was careless."

Turning around, he was met with something he never would even dream of seeing.

Ainz's body began to swell. Although bones and flesh were sticking out from the explosion, Ainz showed no fear or pain on his face.

Then, the bones gradually grew in length, and his flesh began to fall off. The same with all of his organs, until on the floor was a pile of fresh organs and blood.

Standing above it was Ainz in his skeleton form. His black-robe was as dark as the night, and golden stripes decorated his majesty. Despite his lack of eyes, All for One could feel his stare pinned onto him.

"*sigh." Even his voice was deeper and sounded more dignified, "I was careless once again. That was my mistake. I should learn from it."

"You..." All for One, for once, was absolutely speechless. He never included this into his plans. He only stared on in horror and confusion as the skeleton creature carried on talking.

"Sorry, this form is indeed quite intimidating to others. Let me introduce myself, this is my true body. I am Ainz Owl Goan, the master of Nazarick. What happened just now was my mistake, and I will acknowledge it. Your opinion is also quite valuable to me as you have made me realised some things. So thank you.

Now, die."

"[Maximise Magic: Winter Nuclear Blast: Controlled]"

Soon, apart from Ainz and the fainted people around the prison, everything disappeared into a blizzard.

As the snow came in contact with anything, the material began to decay and melt.

All for One was not exempted, and even before he had time to react, his body eroded, and just a second later he became a lump of goo on the floor.

Ainz looked on indifferently as water began to leak in from all sides. An earthquake also shook the land as the facility on top of the water was collapsing as a result of having nothing to support it.

Teleporting everyone innocent and himself away, he looked on invisible in the sky at the huge hole that was forming itself, and the building that was melting in it.

Before long, helicopters with news reporters focused their cameras on the scene and it was broadcasted to millions of people.

Ainz didn't care though, and with one last look he left.

...

At the same time, Izuku found himself in a predicament.

For some reason, his supposed-to-be dead classmate was right in front of him.

He was walking, but an arm grabbed him and pulled him into a dark alleyway.

"K-k-kurumi?"

"Hello Izuku. We meet again."

"What...?"

Against his will, his body suddenly began to swell, and multiple foreign quirks started going out of control.

The soul residues of the previous wielders were very alarmed. As the people responsible for training and guiding Izuku, they wanted him to live and escape. They knew that she was dead, as they saw it through Izuku's eyes, but here and behold she was standing just fine.

This caused an immediate red-flag in their minds.

Too be honest, they've been like this for the past couple months.

Ever since he witnessed Kurumi's death, he's been in a state of severe depression and guilt. Although it didn't affect his hero school and duties, it was obvious what his mental state was like.

After going through multiple therapies and other different psychological treatments, he was much better than before, but the horror was still definitely there.

In fact, it was the [One for All] quirk he had that saved him to some extent.

Burning their own souls, they were able to appear before him much more earlier than planned and confront him about his guilt.

If this was any other villain, then perhaps he could've defeated them, but this was Kurumi - the source of his depression, even if it was a fake or an illusion.

They knew he wouldn't even be able to lift a hand to touch her, not to mention defeating her.

So, tens of shapeless limbs stretched out of his back and swiftly pulled him out. Whilst activating a floating quirk, Izuku found himself flying at Mach 1 in the sky, although he did not even understand what was happening.

"Oh, he escaped." She wasn't worried however, but smiled. "Those souls are quite paranoid aren't they. I didn't even do anything yet." Her clock-shaped eyes then glowed, and a musket formed in her hands.

"[Zafkiel]"

Then, a massive clock appeared behind her.

This was her equivalent of a noble phantasm. She wielded the ability to manipulate the fourth dimension. However, her abilities used to take time of herself. In other words, every time she used her skills, she would be harmed a little and a bit of her life would be cut, but ever since the system, this was solved in many different ways.

In fact, she changed so much that she even used her twelfth bullet [Yud Bet] to transfer herself back to the very start of her world and redo everything again.

Needless to say, she was much more content with this timeline than the previous ones.

Anyway, she looked in the direction where her target disappeared of too.

Then, gracefully she pointed her musket at the fourth hand on the clock. A little red could be seen going into the musket, and then she pointed it into the sky.

"[Fourth Bullet: Dalet]"

In the blink of an eye, Izuku reappeared in front of her.

Himself, and the souls were also very confused.

Weren't they just escaping a few seconds ago? How come they're here again?

Not questioning it, they once again made a run for it. Disregarding the huge clock behind Kurumi, they launched themselves into the air again.

"*sigh. They never learn..."

This Kurumi was actually the real body.

Her clones couldn't use [Zafkiel] as it was something exclusive only for the main body. Depending on the amount of strength the clones have, different abilities could be used, but this body, the main one, was no doubt the strongest.

"[Fourth Bullet: Dalet]" Once again appearing in front of Kurumi, she saw Izuku looking very tired now. Obviously, using such an emergency state of quirks would take a huge toll on his body. His arms were bruised and internal bleeding could be seen.

Blood was flowing out of his mouth and his eyes were bloodshot, all against his will.

At this point, the previous One for All users didn't escape again, and calmed down and observed the situation.

"Hello again Izuku Midoriya, and the others inside of him. How are you going on this wonderful day?" She smiled, "it is to my greatest regret that I have to inform you that you will no longer live past this minute.

Before they were able to process her words, she pointed a gun at them.

"[Third Bullet: Gammel]"

Then, like out of a horror story, Izuku's face and body began to age rapidly. Before long, wrinkles were showing and his hair grew longer and became whiter.

"57, 58, 59, 60!" She looked up from her watch and saw a pile of bones on the floor.

"See, not past this minute. He looked like he saw a nightmare during that... wait. Is that why my nickname on the chat is nightmare? And I thought it was because of the title that group gave me. Interesting..." Seemingly unfazed and happy with herself, she left.