Chapter 238 - 237: Breaking

Location: Somewhere in Washington

Time: 20 Minutes Ago (PDT)

"Bring it here!"

"MOVE IT!"

A lot of mercenaries loaded rifles and checked ammunition crates inside the dark warehouse.

SHING. SHING.

Swordkil sat on a wooden box, sharpening his twin blades with a whetstone.

Noboru stretched his arms, cracking his knuckles loudly.

Daigo loaded a heavy magazine into his rifle.

TAP. TAP.

Wolfram stood near the center of the room. He tapped the metal amplification device strapped to his head.

"Is the transport here yet?" Noboru asked, looking toward the empty loading bay.

SWOOSH.

A dark purple mist expanded across the concrete floor.

Kurogiri walked out of the warp gate. His yellow eyes glowed in the dim light.

He held a small glass vial filled with a thick red liquid.

"Dr. Garaki finished the integration serum," Kurogiri said. He held the vial out. "It contains six quirk factors. They are calibrated specifically to synergize with your metal manipulation."

Wolfram walked over and took the vial. He stared at the red liquid inside the glass.

"Six at once," Daigo muttered from the back of the room. "That much DNA usually turns a guy into dead meat."

"The Abyss mark on your shoulder prevents that," Kurogiri explained. "It acts as a genetic stabilizer."

Wolfram grabbed a syringe from a nearby medical kit.

Thwack.

He drew the liquid from the vial and stabbed the needle directly into his neck.

He dropped the empty syringe on the floor.

CLATTER.

Wolfram fell to his knees. He grabbed his head with both hands.

"Ugh."

Thick black veins crawled up his neck and across his face.

The dark Abyss mark on his shoulder burned bright red through his shirt.

"Boss!" Swordkil yelled, dropping his whetstone and stepping forward.

"WAIT!"

Wolfram held up a hand, gasping for air.

Huff. Puff.

The black veins slowly receded under his skin.

The glowing mark stopped burning. He stood up and rolled his shoulders.

"I feel everything," Wolfram said.

He looked at his hands.

"Ferromagnetic detection. Density shifting. Kinetic amplification. Hyper-regeneration. Thermal resistance. Electromagnetic shielding," Wolfram listed the abilities out loud.

Then be pointed at a heavy steel shipping crate sitting across the warehouse.

KRING. KRING.

The metal crate lifted off the ground and crushed itself into a dense, solid ball in less than a second.

Wolfram walked over to a folding table. A map of the American coastline sat on top.

"We drop in thirty minutes," Wolfram told his men. He tapped an isolated island on the map. "This is an offshore black site. Maximum security. Alcatraz."

Noboru leaned over the table.

"Who are we pulling out?" Noboru asked.

"The Gollini Mafia," Wolfram answered. "Star and Stripe locked them up after the last global raid."

"What about the rest of the prisoners?" Swordkil asked.

"Open every single cell on the block," Wolfram ordered. "Let the inmates run wild. The guards and the stationed pro heroes will be too busy fighting a riot to stop us."

Wolfram looked over at Kurogiri.

"Can you move all of us at once?" Wolfram asked. "We need everyone together."

Kurogiri raised his hands.

VWOOSH.

The dark mist erupted from his body. It spread across the entire back wall of the warehouse, creating a massive warp gate fifty feet wide and thirty feet tall.

"My quirk awakened a long time ago," Kurogiri stated simply. "I can transport a thousand men across the globe in a single step."

Wolfram grinned.

"Let's go."

The mercenary army marched straight through the purple mist.

--<>--

Location: San Fransisco

Time: 5:00 AM (PDT)

SWOOSH.

All of them stepped out onto a rocky shore. The cold ocean wind hit their faces.

The Alcatraz prison sat three hundred yards away.

High concrete walls and armed watchtowers covered the perimeter.

Wolfram walked to the front of his army.

He activated his headpiece.

He spread his arms out and closed his eyes, using his ferromagnetic detection to find the exact layout of the facility.

RUMBLE.

The ground under their feet shook.

Wolfram located the steel rebar buried deep inside the prison's concrete foundation.

"I can feel it.."

He applied his density shifting to multiply the weight of the metal, and then he pulled upward with everything he had.

CRACK.

BOOM.

The front half of the entire prison block tore straight out of the bedrock.

CRUMBLE.

Reinforced concrete shattered into the air. Thick steel girders snapped in half.

Wolfram threw the massive chunk of the building into the ocean.

BAAAM.

The interior cell blocks were completely exposed to the night air.

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

Loud sirens screamed across the island.

Emergency floodlights swept over the rubble.

Dozens of armed guards ran out of the security stations.

Several American pro heroes jumped down from the intact watchtowers, ready to fight.

Wolfram lowered his hands.

"Clear the yard," Wolfram told his lieutenants.

Swordkil drew both of his long blades. Noboru cracked his knuckles. Daigo pulled his heavy rifle up.

"Kill them all!" Swordkil yelled.

The three lieutenants led the charge. The mercenary army sprinted across the rocks, firing their weapons and clashing directly with the American heroes.

Swordkil sliced through a hero's energy shield. Noboru punched a guard straight through a concrete barrier.

The mercenaries swarmed the exposed cell blocks.

They shot the electronic locks off the doors.

"AGHHH!"

"FREEDOM!"

Prisoners poured out of their cells, screaming and attacking the remaining guards with their bare hands.

Total chaos took over the island.

Wolfram walked slowly through the battlefield, looking for the Gollini bosses.

...

Valdo was fully strapped and restrained on the middle of the floor of his cell.

He can't use his quirk at all. Everytime he tried it, he would get electrocuted and put into sleep.

So he just gave up after a few weeks in here.

He idolized Hero X for years. He even transformed his own body to imitate him.

He didn't get to meet Hero X.

But an All For One clone tracked him down, beat him into the ground, and branded him like cattle.

"Something's going on?"

RUMBLE.

The concrete walls groaned.

CRACK.

The entire front face of the cell block ripped away.

Valdo shielded his eyes.

Bright morning sunlight flooded into the dark corridor.

The cold, salty ocean breeze hit his face.

CLICK. CLICK. CLICK.

All the kinetic and ergonomic restrained on him were deactivated.

"It's been a long time... I can finally move my arms."

Valdo slowly lowered his arms and stepped forward through the rubble.

Bruno and Simon pushed a heavy steel door off its hinges a few feet away.

Kamile, Ugo, and Paulo climbed out of their ruined cells, coughing through the dust.

"Boss!" Bruno yelled, a huge grin spreading across his face.

Simon stretched his arms up high.

"Finally," Simon laughed. "I thought we were going to rot in this box forever."

Valdo cracked his neck. The loud pops echoed in the open air. He took a deep breath of the ocean wind.

Crunch. Crunch.

Heavy footsteps stepped over the broken concrete.

Valdo turned around. He raised his fists instantly.

Wolfram walked into the cell block. His metal headpiece hummed quietly.

The rest of the Gollini family saw Valdo's stance.

They immediately flanked their boss, readying their quirks for a fight.

"Who the hell are you?" Valdo asked.

Wolfram stopped walking. He looked at the mafia crew.

"Move," Wolfram ordered.

Valdo tightened his stance.

"I don't take orders from random mercenaries," Valdo shot back. "You broke us out. Thanks. We are leaving on our own."

FWOOSH.

Kurogiri warped.

"Hmm? Kurogiri?"

Valdo stared at the dark purple mist. He recognized the teleporter.

Kurogiri worked directly for the master.

"Step into the warp gate," Kurogiri instructed.

Valdo lowered his hands slightly. He pointed at Kurogiri.

"Is he out?" Valdo asked directly. "Did he escape?"

Kurogiri looked at him with glowing yellow eyes. He completely ignored the question.

"Follow me," Kurogiri said. "Now."

Valdo gritted his teeth.

His pride screamed at him to fight, but the mark on his shoulder throbbed.

He swallowed his anger and dropped his fists. He nodded to his crew.

VWOOSH.

A large purple portal opened on the rubble.

"Get in," Kurogiri warned. "Captain Celebrity and Star and Stripe are closing in on this island. We have less than a minute."

Down the hallway, dozens of other prisoners gripped the bars of their intact cells.

"Hey!" a prisoner screamed. "Let us out!"

"Don't leave us here! Break the locks!" another yelled.

Valdo walked right past them. He didn't even look in their direction.

His family followed him into the mist, completely ignoring the desperate begging.

The portal closed.

The cell block went quiet except for the screaming inmates.

Five seconds passed.

BOOM.

A massive sonic boom shattered the air.

Captain Celebrity slammed onto the concrete floor. Dust kicked up in a tight circle around his boots.

He stood up and scowled, aggressively brushing dirt off his shoulder.

"Unbelievable," Captain Celebrity muttered to himself. "It's my wedding anniversary. I had everything ready."

He looked up to scan the area.

His anger vanished instantly. His eyes went wide.

"...This is completely wrecked"

He stared at the prison structure. Half the building was completely missing.

Christopher looked down the corridor and saw the empty high-value solitary cells.

He tapped his earpiece.

"Command, this is Captain Celebrity," he reported quickly. "The Gollini family is gone. The entire maximum-security block is ripped in half. I need backup on this island right now."

...

Location: Japan

Time: Same Time | 9:00 PM (JST)

The dark clouds gathered over the hidden Erebus Black Site in Japan.

This was the new high-profile prison after Tartarus was decommissioned following the embarrassing prison break years ago.

But this time, it will happen again.

FWOOP.

Gil and Deborah teleported near the main gate.

"Start."

Flect Turn floated out right behind them.

SWIISH.

He levitated hundred feet off the ground, his dark blue robes flapping in the wind.

The Abyss mark on his shoulder burned slightly, syncing his base Reflect quirk with his other quirk abilities.

WOOO. WOOO. WOOO.

Loud sirens sounded instantly.

Dozens of armed guards and stationed pro heroes rushed out of the security buildings.

"Villains!" a guard yelled, raising his rifle.

"Wait," a pro hero shouted, pointing up. "That's Flect Turn! The leader of Humarise! Why is he in Japan?"

Flect Turn looked down at them with dead eyes.

"Prepare for the salvation of humanity..."

He simply raised his right hand.

"REFLECT!"

He triggered the gravitational push.

BOOM.

A massive, invisible shockwave blasted outward.

BAANG.

The sheer force flattened the concrete watchtowers instantly.

CRUMBLE. CRUMBLE.

The steel main gates crumpled like tin foil and blew away.

"AGHHH!"

"TAKE COVER!"

The guards and heroes were thrown hundreds of feet backward into the forest, completely overwhelmed by the attack.

Flect Turn lowered his hand.

"Get the targets and the assets," Flect Turn ordered his mercenaries. "We leave for the Arctic immediately."

...

Location: Might Tower - Tokyo

All Might sat cross-legged on a woven mat in his private office.

He kept his eyes closed, regulating his breathing.

Inside his mind, the Vestige realm glowed with a soft light. The past users of One For All sat in their chairs.

Daigoro Banjo leaned back, laughing at a joke Kudo just told.

Nana Shimura smiled warmly, watching them interact.

Bruce tapped his foot to a rhythm only he could hear. En sat quietly on the edge, keeping his hands in his pockets.

"It really is peaceful lately," Banjo said, kicking his feet up.

RING. RING.

The loud sound of a cell phone interrupted the realm.

All Might opened his eyes in the real world. He grabbed the phone off his desk.

"Toshinori speaking," All Might answered.

[We have a massive problem,] Sir Nighteye said rapidly on the other end. [Erebus is breached.]

All Might tightened his grip on the phone. His calm expression vanished.

[The villains hit the facility two minutes ago,"] Nighteye continued, reading the data off his satellite feeds. [Humarise terrorists are on the ground. Flect Turn is leading the assault. The high-profile assets—]

All Might didn't let him finish.

He activated Gearshift and Fa Jin simultaneously.

CRACK.

He launched himself through the open balcony doors.

He shot into the night sky, breaking the sound barrier instantly.

He flew across the country at Mach 100.

SWOOOSH.

The wind roared past his ears. He focused entirely on the coordinates for Erebus.

He landed outside the facility in less than ten seconds.

THUD.

The hidden prison was completely demolished. Pro heroes ran around the perimeter, trying to contain the chaos.

Hawks flew above the courtyard. He shot dozens of red feathers down, pinning escaping villains to the concrete.

Lady Nagant stood on a broken tower, firing precise shots to disable the fleeing prisoners.

"Hahaha! I'm free... That bastard Golden Manager!"

BAAANG.

Muscular kicked a steel gate off its hinges. He laughed wildly, wrapping his arms in thick muscle fibers.

"...Let's escape first"

SWIIISH.

He saw the open forest ahead of him and started sprinting.

But.

All Might landed right in front of him.

"...All Might?!"

Muscular stopped dead in his tracks. His eyes went wide.

All Might looked at the villain with pure, terrifying seriousness.

FWOOSH.

He closed the distance instantly. He drove his fist directly into Muscular's stomach.

BAAAM.

The sheer kinetic force shattered the muscle fibers.

"AGHH!"

Muscular coughed up spit and collapsed to the ground, completely unconscious.

THUD.

All Might didn't wait for the others.

He ran past the guards and went straight down the stairs into the deepest sub-level of the prison.

He reached the maximum-security vault.

"Mirai," All Might said into his earpiece. "I am at the vault. Open the door."

[Done,] Nighteye replied.

HISS.

All Might walked inside.

The room was empty except for a small, secure box sitting on a pedestal in the center.

He opened the box and reached in and grabbed the crumpled piece of paper.

Rustle. Rustle.

He carefully unfolded the paper.

All Might looked at the 2D drawing.

Seven identical clones stood in a line. All For One sat behind them.

The villain's drawn eyes were open, staring directly back at All Might.

SIGH.

All Might let out a massive sigh of relief. He crumpled the paper back into a tight ball and placed it back in the secure box.

Inside the Vestige realm, the past users watched through his eyes.

"Thank god," Banjo breathed out, wiping his forehead. "He is still in there."

Kudo nodded, crossing his arms.

En relaxed his shoulders.

"I thought they broke him out," En admitted. "We got lucky."

Nana nodded in agreement.

None of them knew the truth.

They didn't know All For One intentionally left a copy inside the dimension just for this type of situations.

"If he is still trapped, we should just kill him directly," En suggested quietly.

"..." The other Vestiges stayed silent.

...

Location: Musutafu - The Original Timeline

Time: Present

A small spatial rift opened in the middle of a busy sidewalk.

Kaito and Makoto stepped out of the portal. The rift vanished behind them.

SNAP.

Kaito softly snapped his fingers.

A subtle wave of reality-warping energy washed over them.

Pedestrians walked past them on the sidewalk, completely ignoring their sudden appearance.

Makoto looked around. She grabbed Kaito's arm, her eyes shining with excitement.

"This is incredible," Makoto said, looking up at the tall buildings and neon signs. "It looks exactly like our world."

"It is our world," Kaito replied, slipping his hands into his pockets. "Just a different reality. A different set of choices."

Makoto let go of his arm and walked over to a storefront window.

She looked at the reflections and the displays.

"So this is a real date," Makoto smiled, turning back to him. "Where are you taking me?"

"I figure we just walk around and see what changed," Kaito suggested. "Grab some food. Find out who the top heroes are."

"I want to check our assets first," Makoto said, immediately shifting into her professional mindset. "I need to know what our agency looks like in this timeline."

"Hehe..." Kaito laughed.

"You can't turn the manager brain off, can you?" Kaito teased.

Makoto smirked.

She pointed across the street.

"There is an internet cafe right there," Makoto said. "Let's go."

They crossed the street and walked into the cafe.

The room was dark, illuminated only by the glow of the computer monitors.

A few people sat in the cubicles, wearing headphones and ignoring the world.

Makoto walked into an empty booth and sat down in the leather chair.

Kaito leaned against the wall behind her.

"What to search first?"

She grabbed the mouse and woke the computer up.

She looked at the date in the bottom right corner of the screen.

"It's months ahead," Makoto noted.

She opened the web browser. She navigated straight to the public hero registry database.

Clack. Clack.

She typed "Arisaka Consulting" into the search bar.

Tap.

The screen loaded for a second.

[Zero Results Found.]

Makoto frowned. She adjusted her glasses.

"That's weird," Makoto muttered. "Maybe the company name is different here."

She clicked the search bar again. She typed in "Golden Manager."

She hit enter.

[Zero Results Found]

"Let's see... Let's see..." Kaito leaned forward, looking over her shoulder.

Makoto cleared the search bar completely. She typed his full name: "Kaito Arisaka."

She hit enter.

The loading icon spun on the screen.

[Zero Results Found]

Makoto sat back in the chair. She stared at the screen.

"What's going on?"

She checked the spelling. She checked the filters.

The database had absolutely zero record of him.

No agency. No licenses. No public footprint.

She slowly turned her chair around. She looked up at Kaito.

Her expression mixed confusion with genuine concern.

"Kaito," Makoto said quietly. "Where are you?"

...

Support the journey here:

patreon.com/Dr_Chad

(9 Advanced Chapters)

...

Check out my new book..

JJK: I'm a Normal Kamo Extra but I Refused to Die and Became Immortal