U.A. High School Main Stadium
It had only been a week since the 'U.A. Sports Festival' ended, and this stadium, which was rarely open on weekdays, was once again packed.
After the 'Hero Association Retaking Battle' ended, All Might and the others only did a brief interview, and many key things were not said. This time, All Might announced that he would hold a 'press conference', which naturally gathered news professionals from all over Japan, because even people with no brains could guess that this press conference would have a far-reaching impact.
The result of thousands of people gathering together was that the entire venue was very noisy, but the only good news was that the vast majority of the people present were fans of All Might, and even a few people who wanted to cause trouble wisely chose to behave after seeing the surging crowd, after all, now it really was a case of 'one person's spit can drown you'.
And as the time approached, the sound in the venue became quieter and quieter, until three o'clock in the afternoon when the entire venue became silent, and a man in a yellow striped suit, with a strange ahoge and a smiling face, appeared at the rostrum.
He was accompanied by the president of the Hero Association and the current No. 2, Endeavor.
Unlike All Might's smiling face, both Endeavor and the president had very serious expressions, but fortunately, the attention of most of the people at the scene was on All Might and they didn't notice them.
After they bowed and saluted, the press conference officially began, and the first to speak was the president of the association.
"Everyone! I think the purpose of your coming to this press conference should be very simple, which is for the specific information about the 'Association Retaking Battle' a few days ago. Today, I will announce that the Association Retaking Battle failed."
The old man's voice was not hoarse, but it was very heavy. Even though they were mentally prepared in advance, people inevitably felt helpless after getting this accurate answer.
And after the old man finished speaking, All Might also stood up.
"I'm sorry! Everyone!"
All Might said nothing, and just bowed, and the originally quiet crowd instantly became agitated.
What was the last time All Might apologized for? Everyone had forgotten, or rather, most people didn't know, but the attitude of most of the people at the scene was very simple — why is All Might apologizing? What did he do wrong?
But at this time, a group of people who wanted to stir up trouble also appeared. Their point of view was very simple and crude, 'Is it strange for All Might, as the Symbol of Peace, to apologize after he failed?'
This point of view looked normal, but the words they were saying now were just a prelude to what they would say next, which was nothing more than demanding 'to reduce All Might's power', and the reason was that he had already failed once and was no longer qualified to be the 'Symbol of Peace'.
But the commotion in the crowd had not ended, and All Might's next sentence completely ignited the powder keg.
"Although it's too early, I would like to inform you all about something. Because of the recurrence of a past injury, although I will continue to serve as a 'pro hero', I will choose to 'retire' after this."
Retire?
Just like a professional athlete, retiring is not strange for 'pro heroes', after all, even 'pro heroes' will get old, get sick, and die, and an accident may force these 'pro heroes' to retire, but generally speaking, it is used for pro heroes who have agencies, because a 'hero license' is a semi-permanent license, and theoretically, as long as you get it and have a review every once in a while, you can continue to hold it, so generally speaking, even 'retired' pro heroes will still be active.
But the problem is that the person who 'retired' this time is not an ordinary person.
All Might is retiring?
If the Symbol of Peace retires, then what will happen next? Who will protect them?
You have to know that although All Might's defeat by the 'ghost' caused a short-term riot, it was later suppressed by the pro heroes led by All Might. In fact, the lives of ordinary people were not affected, and because of the existence of the 'ruthless' 'ghost', the entire country of Japan even had a period of zero crime rate.
And at this moment, the president of the association stood up again and took the microphone from All Might's hand.
"I will talk about All Might's old injury. I'm sorry for keeping this a secret from everyone. In fact, many years ago, All Might's kidneys were irreversibly damaged. Now, he is almost overdrawing his life to protect everyone. During this period, many people, including me, tried to persuade him to rest for a while, but he didn't accept it. The reason he lost to the 'ghost' this time was also because of the recurrence of his old injury, so we hope that All Might can temporarily say goodbye to the stage of 'pro hero' and let him rest for a while, after all, 'retirement' does not mean leaving us forever. When his injury is healed, he will still return to our side..."
With the words of the president of the association, the agitated crowd gradually calmed down, and at the same time, Lancer, who was sitting in the castle, couldn't help but sigh.
In fact, Lancer had hoped that All Might would retire directly, but after a round of bargaining, it finally turned into the current 'semi-retirement' situation. According to All Might, he still couldn't be completely at ease.
But in a way, it was enough.
All Might's initiative showing weakness was enough to attract the attention of some people, such as some guys hiding in the dark and ready to move.
At the same time, in an undisclosed bar, a young man with a strange hand model on his face was staring wide-eyed at the tall man on the stage who was bowing and apologizing. He seemed to not understand what the other party was doing, and more importantly, he suddenly felt as if he was missing something?
Who is he? What does he want to do?
He is a revenger! He wants to take revenge on that man!
But he left on his own?! Who should he take revenge on?!
No! Impossible!!
Almost hysterically, he kept scratching the exposed skin on his face with his hands, and even broke it, but in his anger, he still retained a last trace of rationality.
"Kurogiri! Take me to the teacher!!"
"Yes~"
Kurogiri, who appeared in the room at some point, directly teleported Tomura Shigaraki in front of a huge tank, and a 'person' with a respirator also sensed his arrival.
"Tomura Shigaraki? Is there something wrong?"
The metallic synthesized voice sounded very strange, but Tomura Shigaraki himself didn't care at all, after all, he was used to hearing it.
"Teacher! I want to lead the 'League of Villains' to launch a second round of attacks!!"