More than two months had passed.
No one had seen Izuku Midoriya ever since he disappeared from U.A.
There wasn't a single clue.
Not even a single witness.
Eraserhead blamed himself every day.
"If I hadn't left him alone... maybe none of this would have happened."
The guilt never left him.
Just one week after Midoriya vanished...
A mysterious figure began appearing all across Japan.
Videos flooded social media.
Instagram.
TikTok.
YouTube.
Everywhere.
The videos all showed the same person.
A figure wearing a black hooded cloak.
His face was always hidden.
Whenever villains attacked innocent people...
He appeared from the shadows.
Black thread-like tendrils emerged from his hands.
In only a few seconds...
The villains were cut down without mercy.
Then...
He disappeared.
People on the internet gave him a name.
"The Shadow."
No one knew who he was.
No one knew where he came from.
He simply appeared...
Killed criminals...
And vanished.
The internet was divided.
Some people called him...
A hero sent by God.
"He protects innocent people when heroes can't."
Others disagreed.
"Murder is still murder."
"No matter how evil someone is... no one has the right to execute them."
Over the past two months...
Twenty eight villains had been killed.
Every one of them...
In public.
In front of countless witnesses.
Fear spread across the criminal world.
Crime had already dropped by thirty five percent.
Many villains were too afraid to leave their hideouts.
The Vanguard Action Squad finally decided to hunt down The Shadow.
"If we don't stop him..."
"There won't be any criminals left to recruit."
At the same time...
U.A. also decided to take action.
Whether he was a hero or not...
He was still killing people.
And that made him a criminal.
Since nobody knew his identity...
They prepared a trap.
Several lesser-known pro heroes disguised themselves as street criminals.
They began bullying innocent civilians in public...
Waiting for The Shadow to appear.
Unknown to them...
The Vanguard Action Squad already knew about U.A.'s plan.
Instead of stopping The Shadow...
They wanted to kill him first.
Everything was ready.
The streets became quiet.
Everyone waited.
Then...
A cold breeze passed by.
A black cloak appeared from the shadows.
The Shadow.
He slowly raised his hand.
Black threads began emerging from his fingers.
Just before he attacked
"Eraser!"
Eraserhead activated his Quirk.
The black threads disappeared instantly.
"It's a trap!"
The Shadow realized immediately.
Before he could escape
The Vanguard Action Squad attacked from every direction.
At the same time...
Endeavor and the other heroes charged toward the villains.
The street instantly turned into a battlefield.
The Shadow turned to escape
But Spinner blocked his path.
"You're not getting away!"
Spinner threw a powerful punch.
BAM!
The hood covering The Shadow's head was knocked off.
Green hair.
Eraserhead's eyes widened.
His heart nearly stopped.
"...Deku?"
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