Right as he finished the stepping, Kori twitched a bit on the ground.

Kanton stared at Kori in horror and said with a trembling voice

"Why isn't he unconscious? He's taken that much damage, but he's still conscious!"

Kenjiro chuckled wryly and said

"Yeah, that is terrifying. But the same could be said for me, couldn't it? I mean, I've been punched quite a lot of times during this strange battle."

Kanton looked down at the ground in a state of guilt and said

"I'm… Sorry. I barely did anything to help you."

He squeezed his fist and said

"I was just dead weight in the end..."

Kenjiro looked at Kanton with a confused facial expression. Kenjiro grabbed a hold of Kanton's shoulder and said

"Don't look like that! I mean, first of all, I did indeed deserve the punches I got.

But other than that, you weren't useless at all. I mean, you saved me back then from pretty much dying. Also, the punch you just performed was insanely effective."

Kanton kept the same guilty face on him and said

"But still, you got hurt 2 times just because of my stupidity..."

Kenjiro sighed out with a hint of annoyance lingering, Kenjiro said

"Look, if you want to be tough on yourself, fine. But know that I've already forgiven you. No, I didn't even blame you in the first place.

But if you really want to redeem yourself, help me defeat this oncoming Level 3.0 threat."

Kanton stood a bit shocked until he realized what had happened. His eyes quickly scanned the area in front of him, and he noticed a standing Kori Hanesawa looking at the two of them ominously.

Kenjiro looked at Kanton in wait of the response to his call, and he noticed that Kanton set himself up in a Martial arts pose. The pose itself was pretty good, but Kanton was trembling in fear of the opponent. Kenjiro picked up on this and simply smiled and turned his body towards the new threat.

Kori pulled a wide smile that displayed two emotions, excitement and irritation.

Kori Hanesawa said

"Kuh, to think that I'd be knocked down while in Level 2.0… The last time that happened was with THAT GUY, a long time ago.

But it's over now, there's no way you can win when I'm on the next level, Level 3.0 activate!"

A new sort of aura was presented to the two allies. If one thought the Level 2.0 aura was suffocating, this was on another level. Even healthy and young people like Kenjiro and Kanton could feel a slight pressure on their throats, making it a bit hard to breathe.

*DING*

In an instant, Kori was already behind Kanton. Before anybody even realized it, Kanton's body was flown across the small field that they were in. Kenjiro registered what had happened and tried to take a defensive stance, but didn't make it in time.

*WOOOSH*

*DING*

*SLAM*

Like his ally, Kenjiro flew into a wall across the field.

Kenjiro scrambled around on the floor in an attempt to recover and stand up once again, but the strength he was looking for wasn't really there in his legs. A single drop of sweat dropped down Kenjiro's forehead, signaling that he was starting to panic a bit mentally. The sensation of not controlling one's legs as one wanted, reminded him of memories from several years ago, a sensation he had had the pleasure of not feeling for several years. He had forgotten the fear-filled feeling of not being able to command his legs as he wanted.

Kori laughed a bit once he recognized what Kenjiro was going through mentally. The laugh was purely from the relief of not being so weak and broken that he couldn't control his body properly.

Kenjiro's mind started getting darker and darker, both in terms of thoughts and in the sense that he started feeling a bit lightheaded.

Kanton laid on the ground a couple of meters to Kori's right. Kanton thought to himself

-Why am I lying down on the ground at a time like this!? Kenjiro is clearly in trouble! I need to do something, quickly!-

Kanton did some harsh thinking whilst lying on the ground in pain, and after some thinking, a straight-forward plan was formed in his head: Just attack.

Kanton used all of the strength he could gather to launch his body forth towards Level 3.0 Kori Hanesawa. But being in Level 3.0, Kori quickly noticed the human-hating person running with all his might towards him. Kori prepared an attack in order to push back the intruder.

"The Fall of Baza!"

But Kanton had one more ace up his sleeve that Kori wasn't aware of. The reason he hadn't used it yet was that when he activates it, it drains an insane amount of energy from Kanton. This often resulted in Kanton losing consciousness after attacking, or sometimes even before he had the chance to attack.

"OP Protagonist!"

Kanton approached the prepared man in front of him and dodged the blows that were dealt by Kori. 'The Fall of Baza' was an even more upgraded version of 'Blue Reconquista', allowing him to hit his opponent an incredible amount of times in a short interval of time, imitating a certain Platinum-colored star. The biggest difference between the two was the substance itself that was sp.a.w.ned onto Kori's fists, allowing for maximum damage. But because Kanton activated his ability, Kanton was able to dodge the blows. 'OP Protagonist' did what you'd expect, make him OP. The ability let the user see a few of seconds into the future in order to properly dodge hits from an opponent. The other part of the power was a teleporting Combo attack.

Kanton dodged the blows while he kept shortening the distance between the two of them. When Kanton was close enough, He screamed out

"OP Protagonist, Part two!".

Suddenly, Kanton was teleporting around Kori, giving him a rough punch before teleporting to the next place.

Kori was already confused when all of his punches were being dodged, but now the confusion only grew as he stood in the middle of, what seemed to be, multiple Kantons punching him.

After only 3 seconds of punching, Kanton felt the first wave of resistance. He suddenly had a fading mind and a hurting headache.

But he kept going, in a desperate attempt to knock out Kori Hanesawa.

10 seconds and the effects were quite severe at this point, making Kanton's. .h.i.ts significantly slower.

Kanton then thought of quitting, thinking that he'd done enough damage. But after seeing the struggling boy leaning against the wall, he thought

-No way I'm giving up now. I'm doing this at least 1 more second! -

After that motivation presented itself, Kanton immediately got excited and continued his barrage of attacks.

But the motivation would ultimately fail, since after 0,982 seconds: Kanton simply fell unconscious mid-air. Kori noticed this and acted accordingly, by punching Kanton's unconscious body hard.

But Kori would have a new problem enter his life only a fraction of seconds later.

He turned his attention to his left and noticed a flying Kenjiro, moving towards his location. Inside his head, Kori thought

-He had enough strength in his arms left to propel himself here!?

But, it doesn't matter…

With Level 3.0, I have a better reaction time and more strength. I can easily punch this guy! -

Kenjiro smiled as he flew forth towards Kori, as he had an ace up his sleeve.

Kenjiro thought

-Tsk, tsk, Kori, I can see that you're just expecting a punch right now. It's written all over your face and body language. But fret not, as I have an Ace up my sleeve that'll make use of my ability! -

Right before Kori got ready to throw some punches, Kenjiro reached into his right pocket on his uniform. This got the attention of Kori, who delayed his attacks a couple of seconds. Kenjiro pulled out two pieces of paper and threw them up into the air, right before Kori's face.

Kori immediately gagged upon viewing the contents of the papers.

One picture was Vore, where Big Mom had eaten the Straw Hat Alliance.

The other picture included Scat, where Bakugou was p.i.s.sing on Deku whilst stomping him.

Even though Kori did not recognize the people from the second picture, he still got incredibly disgusted at the sight of these drawings.

But if Kori got that disgusted, just imagine the pain that Kenjiro had to endure whilst creating these mediocre abominations. Having to sit there for several hours, forming these drawings detail by detail.

Kenjiro used this as an obvious chance to attack. Kenjiro used all of his willpower and strength left in his right leg to slam down on Kori's left foot and push himself up towards the sky. Once he was accelerating towards the sky, he put up his right arm in preparation for the big hit. Once the papers started falling towards the ground, revealing an accelerating Kenjiro, Kori noticed the big mistake of his: Getting distracted in a fight, once again.

Once Kenjiro reached the ideal position for his attack, he brought up his right arm with all of his might and said

"You shouldn't bring yourself down like that, Kanton. That's my job. But you did great, especially considering that Kori is this weakened now!

Go, special move"

Kenjiro paused for a moment, before shouting

"A Not So Great Shoryuken!"

*KON*

The hit Kori gets flown into the air once Kenjiro's fist drove themselves against Kori's chin. The same happens to Kenjiro, who also flies up into the air.

Kori was leaning backward and seemed to be unconscious. Kenjiro released a heavy sigh of relief that this battle finally was over.

But the nightmare hadn't ended yet. Suddenly, Kori locked his head at Kenjiro and pulled a devil-like smile. He uttered

"Just kidding." before speeding to Kenjiro, almost making it look like teleportation, and punching him hard in his face, leading Kenjiro to slam into the ground

*DON*

*DING*

Once Kori landed on the ground, he slowly walked towards Kenjiro and said

"Whew, for a second there I thought that I was a goner for sure. But here's an important part of battles, the longer it goes on, the weaker you become. That goes both mentally and physically, but especially Physically in your case. If you were to have performed that with the strength you had at the beginning, you might have actually knocked me out, considering how damaged I am. But I have to applaud you for this truly exciting battle we had together. Sadly though, It must end now…"

Kori had now arrived at the front of Kenjiro.

Kenjiro tried to stand up, but only managed to fall down once again. Kenjiro slammed his left fist at the ground in anger. He thought

- d.a.m.n, is this my everything. Well, I guess I actually managed to do more than I thought, considering I'm the worst person out there. I guess it's fine then...-

Kori smiled lightly and yelled

"Kick of the century"

Kori's leg moved towards Kenjiro's head in a really smooth-looking motion.

But right before the leg had a chance of hurting Kenjiro, someone yelled out loudly

"Oh, Is that him!? He really did look weird..."

Kori's leg immediately stopped upon hearing what was said.

Kenjiro could feel a slight nudge at the top of his head, leading to a recognizable sound being played

*DING*

The Woman whispered to The Man

"What the h.e.l.l was that sound?"

The Man shrugged and turned his attention towards Kori, who was now also looking straight at the people who just arrived. Kori said

"Who the h.e.l.l are you guys? You act like you know me, but I've never even seen you. I suppose I'll just have to beat you guys too..."

The Man instantly stepped back and started waving his hands. He opened his mouth and said

"Don't! We're here with orders from the Boss. He said that you need to return to HQ with us."

Kori pulled a strained face and said

"Fine, I understand…"

The Woman also turned around and said

"Hey You, the girl who's been following us, you can come out now. I'm guessing that these beat up people are your friends. I think they're gonna need some help."

Narino slowly emerged from a bush and got shocked at the sight of her co-conspirators lying damaged on the ground.

Kori slowly started walking towards the two military people, and after arriving behind the two of them, he turned around and said

"Hey, Kenjiro. If you want to find out how to get rid of your powers, get strong and beat me at the HQ. Your friend probably heard where it's located, go ask her.

I'll be waiting"

After that line was dropped, Kori turned around and started walking. The three started walking away, with a certain c.o.c.ky aura exerting from their behinds.

Kenjiro reached out his hand towards the back of Kori and thought

- Just you wait! I'll definitely get that information out of you...-

Once the three were out of sight, Narino rushed over to Kenjiro and said

"You really fought against that thing, with that exhausting aura exerting from him? So, how did it go?"

Kenjiro pulled a very faint smile and said

"Mission success!"

Inside he thought

-The mission itself was a success.

Yet why…?

Why do I have this lingering feeling of anger inside me?

I don't understand...-

After that, Kenjiro relaxed his body, making it seem like he fell unconscious.

"Don't die on me, Kenjiro!"

Kenjiro sighed and said

"Don't fret over small stuff, go help Kanton! He's in a much worse condition than me."

Narino pouted a bit and said

"Fine. At least we're finished with this d.a.m.n mission! I'll definitely yell at Anami when I get the chance!"