It had to be said, Snatch had indeed undergone signifit ges since meeting Kaminari. His uanding and use of his Quirk had bee far more versatile.

  Kaminari often remarked how na?ve people in this world were when it came to developing their Quirks. Most focused solely on raising the power of their abilities, while ign the potential for versatility.

  While this approach often produced individuals with astonishing peak strength, it limited the overall band utility of Quirk usage in bat. After all, relying purely on overwhelming force was only effective when one reached areme level of mastery.

  Snatch's move, "Sand e," erfect example of the ge in philosophy. Instantly, the tide of battle shifted as the twelve fearless sand figures created ong the Bck Tiger Gang.

  Although trolling so many es reduced Snatch's own speed and strength, the sand figures were highly effective. They could transform their entire bodies into sand and recover from almost any damage in mere moments.

  No one uood this better than Bck on, who was tinuously firing explosive shells from his hands. Each time he tried tet Snatch directly, a sand e would throw itself in the way, abs the bst.

  "Damn crows flying around!"

  Meanwhile, Nichos Fu abandoned his attempts to break the sand shield. Gring at Snatch, he leapt toward him, vihat taking him down would make the sand structs colpse.

  "As long as I knock you out, the sand will be useless, right?!"

  "Moeals the Peach!"

  Fu smashed through an ining sandball with one punch, then turned his fist into cwed hands and lunged directly at Snatch's lower body.

  "Shameless!"

  Snatch's expression darkened with rage as he retaliated with a fierce kick.

  Nichos Fu's face twisted with a smug grin as his legs transformed into powerful springs. He disappeared from Snatch's view in an instant, reappearing to his right a split sed ter.

  "Boom!"

  Nichos Fu's spring-boosted kick struatch's thigh, sending him flying backward. He crashed onto the cold, hard pavement, rolling several times before ing to a stop.

  "Urgh…"

  With Snatch's defeat, the sand es disied into piles of lifeless grains, and the sand shield proteg Kaminari's father colpsed into the ground.

  "Hahahaha! Mr. Kaminari, would you kindly e with us now?" Nichos Fu sneered, walking up to Kaminari's father, who met him with a cold, unyielding gre.

  Without hesitation, Fu grabbed Kaminari's father by the neck, knowing he o act quickly, Heroes and police were surely on their way.

  ---

  "Zzzzt!"

  Suddenly, the sharp crackle of electricity echoed through the air, followed by an angry roar.

  "You wanna die?!"

  Nichos Fu's expression ged drastically. His instincts, honed from years of fighting, screamed danger. Without hesitatioivated his Quirk, turning his legs ints and ung himself out of harm's way.

  "Boom!"

  A blinding golden light struck the ground where Fu had stood less than a sed earlier, creating a crater in the crete.

  ---

  "Son?!"

  Kaminari's father looked up in shock to see Kaminari Denki desding from the sky. His body was radiating goldericity, his blond hair spiked upward as if charged by pure energy.

  "Dad, wait here. I'll deal with this trash first," Kaminari said softly, his tone cold. Then, his eyes locked onto Nichos Fu, filled with urained murderous i.

  "Hmph. Not bad," Fu muttered, reizing the threat before him. "Looks like I'm fag a tougher oppohis time. But… yoing to die today, brat."

  Kaminari ignored Fu's words entirely. Instead, he raised his void called out, "'Pikachu!'"

  ---

  In the dark sky above, Pikachu, perched atop the Lightning Bird, responded with a sharp cry. It then hurled folden Poké Balls into the air.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  In an instant, 400 kilograms of golden sand materialized, expanding rapidly into a massive dome. Within seds, the dome sealed the area in a 100-meter radius, trapping Nichos Fu and the Bck Tiger Gang.

  The gang members froze, their mouths hanging open in shock.

  "Boom!"

  One of the vilins fired a shot at the golden barrier, but when the smoke cleared, the surface was unscathed.

  Although Kaminari referred to the material as "sand," it was far from ordinary. It was a nano-scale alloy with extreme hardness, one of the stro materials he had access to.

  "Don't bother trying," Kaminari said as he walked toward them, his body still crag with goldericity. "There's only one way out of here: kill me."

  His calm tone carried an unmistakable menace. "And just so you know, no one from outside will be able to ehis spaot even Pro Heroes."

  Nichos Fu's brow furrowed. He wasn't particurly ed about Kaminari's strength, but even if they mao kill him, they'd still be surrounded by polid Heroes ohey left.

  Their mission had already failed. Worse, there was a ce they wouldn't escape at all.

  "Wait… if we capture these three as hostages, we might still have a ce to get out of this mess!"

  Fu's eyes gleamed with malice as he sidered his options. However, his train of thought was interrupted by Snatch, who was struggling to stae the searing pain in his thigh.

  "Kaminari, you 't kill them!" Snatch shouted through gritted teeth. "Use your battle suit! Restrain them with the golden sand!"

  Despite his injuries, Snatch was doing everything he could to prevent the situation from spiraling further out of trol. Nichos Fu's earlier kick had fractured the bones in his leg, but he still forced himself to rise.

  ---

  "Oh?" Fu smirked, turning toward Kaminari. "What's this? You don't even have a Hero lise? Or is it just a temporary one?"

  He let out a mog ugh. "How are you going to kill me, kid? Without a lise, you 't even touch me with your Quirk! Hahaha!"

  He seemed to relish the opportunity to taunt Kaminari, taking his time despite the gravity of the situation.

  "Kaminari, calm down! I'm fine!" Kaminari's father called out urgently, hoping to diffuse the tension.

  No matter how furious he was at the Bck Tiger Gang, nothing was more important than his son's future.

  But Kaminari didn't respond. His steps were steady, his eyes fixed on Nichos Fu.

  "You're dead," Kaminari said quietly, his tone id final.

  "Zzzzt!"

  In the blink of an eye, Kaminari disappeared, leaving a trail of golden light in his wake. At that moment, nothing—not his father, not Snatot even the w—could stop him.

  If someone dared to harm his family, not even All Might himself could stand in his way.

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