The group walked for almost an hour through the normal passageway before they reached their destination. This was due to Endeavor's final order to speed up, and the vast majority of people agreed. After all, it was one thing to be constantly nervous, but the most crucial thing was that no enemy had appeared, and many people were starting to feel frustrated.
Some even wondered if this was the legendary tactic used by Musashi against Kojiro, to disturb the opponent's mind before the battle began.
But no matter what the other party wanted to do, they finally arrived at the door.
It was just an ordinary door, but Hawks couldn't help but swallow.
Although he was the current No. 2, he had his pride, but the former No. 1 and No. 2 had both met their demise here, so he was naturally wary of this place.
"I'm going to push it!"
This sentence seemed to be spoken to the others behind him, and also to himself, and the shield-wielding police officers behind him also tightened their grip on their shields.
"Creak~"
The sound of the stone door scraping against the ground was incredibly jarring, but everyone was more focused on the situation inside the room. But when the door was pushed open, everyone was stunned, because the room was empty except for the armored figure sitting on a chair.
There were no magnificent decorations, no dazzling treasures, and no countless enemies, just an armored figure sitting on a stone chair with one hand supporting its head.
"You've finally arrived. I've been waiting for you for a long time."
The iconic metallic scraping sound made everyone shiver.
Because the impact of this incident was quite large, and also because there were many people, there was a camera crew in addition to the main force. However, even this camera crew was not ordinary people; they also held hero licenses and were generally responsible for filming in dangerous environments.
The young man holding the special camera was a little nervous before this, after all, All Might was also defeated by the 'ghost', but he kept comforting himself with 'All Might's strength declined due to his injury'. But when he actually followed the main force into this room, he knew he was wrong.
When the terrifying coldness swept over, he was unable to make any sound, as if someone had grabbed his throat.
"Ghost! Surrender!"
Hawks also couldn't help but shiver when the coldness swept over, but he was also experienced, and it was common sense not to show weakness in front of a 'criminal'. So, even though he knew what he was saying was nonsense, he still had to shout it out to boost morale. As for Endeavor?
The other party had been standing with his arms crossed and a serious face since he entered the room, without saying a word, and seemed to be ready to go. Hawks had no choice but to temporarily take over the role of commander.
"Catch me? If you can..."
Lancer also couldn't help but feel a little excited at this time, after all, his goal was right in front of him.
'Now all that's missing is a sufficiently magnificent victory!'
With Lancer strength, it would not be too difficult to kill everyone in the room. After all, he was good at dodging, and a melee was no exception. He could even burst out with stronger combat power when outnumbered, but it was obvious that killing people would go against the plan, so he had to resort to some 'small tricks.'
As an ice spear gradually condensed in his right hand, the temperature of the entire room plummeted, and the original stone room instantly turned into a world of frost.
"If you want to catch me, you can't do it with just a few small fries!"
"Fire!!"
Although Endeavor was the nominal commander-in-chief and Hawks was the vice commander, the police force had its own commander. When he saw Lancer make a move, he immediately ordered them to open fire. For a moment, dozens of semi-automatic rifles fired at the same time.
The loud gunshots and the pungent smell of gunpowder made the pro heroes frown. After all, when they dealt with cases, most of them were quirk criminals, but there were also some ordinary criminals, and gunpowder weapons were the biggest enemy.
But before they could complain, the next scene startled them.
"Crack~!"
"Snap~!"
...
Before they could figure out the strange sound that suddenly came from under their feet, countless ice spears shot up from the ground.
In just a few seconds, the police elite force of nearly a hundred people was completely wiped out. They were held in the air by ice spears in strange poses.
Did the other party kill them?
Before the pro heroes could think more, a series of screams came over. At this time, they were relieved. It turned out that the police officers who were held in the air were not dead. The ice spears were more for pinning their limbs and bodies, and as for their weapons? They were basically completely destroyed.
And at this moment, the wall of guns that was in front of them suddenly began to spread out, and the 'ghost' walked over with a steady but not fast pace.
"The annoying guys have been dealt with, let's begin the second round!"
「Hero's Trial」
「Mission Description: My Hero, Your Devil」
「Mission Requirement: Defeat the pro heroes who have come to challenge you」
「Mission Reward: Determined by the number of challengers」
「Mission Progress: 1」
The mission that suddenly appeared startled Lancer, but then a smile appeared on his face, which was blocked by the armor. This was an unexpected surprise, wasn't it?
But... the number of challengers?
Lancer couldn't help but look at the young man with wings. It seemed that those police officers before were not considered challengers.
"Ghost! What do you want?"
If Hawks had only seen his opponent as a criminal before, then when he saw the police officers who couldn't move, he had to change his attitude. After all, the other party was holding 'hostages' in his hands, but his intuition told him that the other party's reason for not killing them was probably not to use them as hostages, so what exactly did he want?
"What do I want? I'm just simply dissatisfied with the current boring system."
"You are disrupting..."
"Disrupting what? Does it have anything to do with me? Everyone has to pay for what they do. I'm well aware of this, but I still did it. If you can defeat me, then it's your freedom to decide what to do with me, but now... it's my freedom to do whatever I want!"
Lancer voice had no emotional fluctuations, but it was precisely because of this that Hawks realized one thing: the person in front of him was not an 'impulsive criminal.' He was doing this for his own purpose.
Could it be that he really just hated the current system, as he said?
He shook his head to get rid of the messy thoughts.
'These things are meaningless. I'll think about them after I defeat him!'