All Might landed with enough force to crack the pavement.
Dust exploded outward.
Students gasped.
Teachers fell silent.
Aze didn't move.
He just watched the Symbol of Peace walk toward him with an expression he'd never seen before.
No smile.
No dramatic pose.
Just a tight, controlled seriousness.
"All right," Aze muttered. "This is gonna be fun."
All Might stopped a meter in front of him.
"Young man," he said slowly, "we need to talk."
Aze lifted an eyebrow.
"About the monster or the explosion?"
"Both."
Rinne stood behind him, clutching her arms. Her eyes flickered nervously between them.
Cementoss approached cautiously.
"All Might, this student—"
All Might raised a hand.
Silence fell.
He never looked away from Aze.
"You moved faster than my eyes could follow," All Might said. "And the force you released… wasn't ordinary."
Aze shrugged.
"I get that a lot."
The tension in the courtyard tightened.
All Might's voice lowered.
"What is your quirk, young man?"
Aze exhaled.
Here we go.
"Something complicated," he said. "Something I don't fully understand yet."
"That creature you fought," All Might continued, "it wasn't like anything I've seen. Its presence warped the very air."
Aze didn't answer.
"You knew what it was," All Might said.
Still no answer.
"You destroyed it with a single strike."
Aze crossed his arms.
"And?"
All Might's tone hardened.
"And I need to know if you are a threat to my students."
Rinne stepped forward.
"All Might, he saved everyone! Without Aze—"
Aze gently placed a hand in front of her.
"It's okay, Rinne."
She looked at him anxiously but stepped back.
Aze faced All Might again.
"You want the truth?" he asked.
"Yes."
Aze stared directly into the Symbol of Peace's eyes.
"I didn't come from this world."
Every teacher froze.
Every student stared.
Even All Might's eyes widened slightly.
Aze continued, voice steady.
"I'm here because something worse than that creature is coming. Something that erases worlds."
All Might's jaw clenched.
"Young man… that sounds like—"
"Insanity?" Aze finished. "Yeah. I know."
A gust of wind blew through the broken courtyard.
Aze stepped closer to All Might.
"You don't have to believe me. I don't care. But listen to this part clearly."
All Might waited.
Aze's voice dropped to a quiet, unwavering edge.
"I am not your enemy. And if the thing chasing me reaches this world, you're going to need me a lot more than you think."
Silence.
Absolute silence.
Then—
All Might's features shifted slightly.
Not distrust.
Not disbelief.
But… something else.
"A threat to the entire world," he murmured. "And you carry this burden alone?"
Aze shrugged.
"Someone has to."
A crackle of distant lightning echoed overhead.
The tension finally began to loosen—until another voice broke through.
A sharp, angry one.
"HEY!"
Everyone turned.
It was Bakugo.
Covered in scratches.
Eyes blazing with fury.
He jabbed a finger at Aze.
"You! What the hell was that thing you just fought?! And how the hell are you stronger than All Might?!"
A few students murmured, shocked at the accusation.
Aze blinked.
"…Stronger than All Might?"
Bakugo scoffed.
"Don't play dumb! You moved faster than him! You blew apart that freak like it was nothing!"
Aze sighed.
The kid was loud.
Very loud.
Before Aze could answer, Midoriya ran up, flustered.
"K-Kacchan, wait—!"
"Shut up, Deku!"
Aze rubbed his temple.
"Look," he said, "I'm not—"
But the air suddenly shifted.
A cold pulse rippled across the courtyard.
Rinne gasped.
Aze froze.
He recognized that feeling.
"No…" he whispered.
A distortion began forming in the sky.
Thin at first.
Then widening.
Twisting.
A dark ring of static tearing reality open above UA.
Students screamed.
Teachers backed up.
All Might stepped forward instantly.
"Villain attack?!"
Aze's heart hammered.
"No," he whispered. "This is worse."
The distortion expanded until something became visible inside it.
Not a monster.
Not a Collector.
But an eye.
A massive, silver, unblinking eye staring down from the tear—watching him.
Aze felt his blood turn cold.
Rinne's voice shook.
"A-Aze… who… is that…?"
Aze clenched his fists so tightly his knuckles cracked.
"That," he said quietly.
"…is the Redactor."
The eye blinked—
—and the sky shattered like glass.
Author's Note
The Redactor has finally made direct contact! The sky is breaking, All Might has questions, and Aze's existence is becoming impossible to hide.
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