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Chapter 35 - UMBRAL LOTUS: FIRST BLOOM II

 DABI'S NEW MOVE — "UMBRAL LOTUS: FIRST BLOOM"

Dabi spreads his arms.

The black flame expands—

forming a lotus-shaped aura around him,

each petal made of swirling void-black fire,

outlined in soft violet tracing.

Beautiful.

Silent.

Terrifying in presence,

But harmless unless directed.

Dabi:

"Overhaul."

The petals rotate.

Dabi:

"You should feel honored.

I've never shown this to anyone."

He snaps his fingers.

FWOOOOOM—!!

The lotus detonates into a ring of swirling black fire,

but the flames travel only along the walls—

avoiding Ren's unconscious form completely,

avoiding Eri,

avoiding every structure except Overhaul's terrain.

Stone explodes upward in spiraling towers.

Dust swirls like galaxies.

The entire chamber becomes a rotating storm of void and violet.

Overhaul braces himself, arms crossed.

Overhaul:

"Black flames…

What ARE you?!"

Dabi steps through the swirling void, eyes glowing faint purple.

Dabi:

"Someone protecting what he failed to protect before."

 

The black flames condense into Dabi's right arm—

forming a blade-shaped flame of pure void.

He points it at Overhaul.

Dabi:

"Round two… starts now."

The entire room turns pitch black—

 

The chamber shakes violently.

Dabi's black flames swirl in a rotating storm,

painting the room in void-purple spirals.

Overhaul lands on one knee, breathing hard.

Dust clings to his coat.

Then—

He exhales once.

Slow.

Controlled.

And stands up straight.

Overhaul (calmly):

"…Very well.

You forced me to stop holding back."

The floor beneath him pulses.

Not in a grotesque way—

no melting flesh, no horror—

But like energy gathering.

A red circular symbol forms beneath his feet,

glowing like a transmutation array.

Stone tiles shift, reshaping into armor-like plates

that rise along his arms and shoulders.

His gloves crackle with golden lines—

like lightning trapped under glass.

The ground and walls reconstruct around him,

forming a kinetic exoskeleton,

a shell of enhanced material he manipulates instantly.

His eyes sharpen, glowing faint amber.

The air shifts.

Not monstrous.

Not violent.

But focused.

A presence that screams:

Overhaul is done playing.

 "Reconstruction Overdrive: Chisaki Mode"

The stone armor locks into place across his torso,

smooth and clean like animated crystal plating.

Energy pulses through the veins of the structure

like liquid gold flowing in circuits.

Overhaul raises his hand.

The entire room responds—

walls folding, floors bending,

pillars assembling with geometric precision

as if he were commanding an entire construction site with thought alone.

Overhaul:

"I will reshape this room…

and your defeat."

A massive ring of crystallized stone forms behind him—

a halo of floating tiles, rotating like a saw of light and earth.

Dabi's eyes widen.

Dabi:

"…So that's your real form."

Overhaul steps forward.

The floor rises with him,

Creating a moving platform, he rides like a king ascending a throne.

Overhaul:

"I don't need monsters or fusions."

He spreads his hands.

"I only need control."

The halo behind him expands—

a vast mandala of geometric shapes—

rotatingshiftingslicing the air without touching Dabi

The colors mix:

red sparks

 gold circuits

 black shadows from Dabi's flame

purple glow from the Violet Tempest

The chamber becomes a wild, beautiful storm of elemental geometry.

 

Midoriya skids to a halt as the chamber lights explode with golden-red energy.

Midoriya:

"WHAT IS THAT FORM?!"

Mirio shields his eyes.

Mirio:

"He's controlling the whole building… like a giant machine!"

Aizawa clenches his scarf.

Aizawa:

"Overhaul's real power…

He's reassembling matter at its core."

The heroes stare, terrified and confused.

None of them knows Ren is near.

None of them knows that Vega is protecting someone.

All they see is:

A villain with a godlike quirk.

Versus a villain whose flames have turned black.

 

Dabi lifts his hand, black fire swirling like a storm-tide.

Dabi:

"So this is your true shape?"

Overhaul raises his arm.

The geometric halo behind him sharpens into blades of pure energy.

Overhaul:

"This is my original shape."

The entire base shakes.

Light bends.

Air vibrates.

Dabi and Overhaul stare at each other—

Two storms are about to collide.

 

Overhaul points toward Dabi, golden circuits blazing.

Overhaul:

"Let's rebuild your defeat."

The black flame surges.

The golden mandala spins.

 

 

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 UMBRAL LOTUS — TWELVE BLOOM

"Full Lotus Awakening"

The chamber trembles.

Overhaul stands in his Reconstruction Overdrive form,

surrounded by floating geometric blades of gold and stone,

a mandala of shifting power.

Dabi inhales slowly.

Black flames coil around him like smoke from another world.

The purple embers flutter like dying stars.

His eyes close.

His voice is low, steady.

Dabi:

"…Ren… this is the technique you said I'd never need unless it truly mattered."

His heartbeat echoes.

The purple flame tightens.

The black flame deepens.

Dabi spreads his hands to the sides—

—and the world becomes silent.

THE FIRST BLOOM

A small black petal forms at Dabi's feet,

outlined in violet flame.

It floats upward.

Then more appear.

Two… three… four…

Each petal spins like a shard of night sky.

Overhaul's eyes widen.

Overhaul:

"What… are you summoning?"

Dabi doesn't answer.

He steps forward.

 THE THIRD BLOOM

The petals multiply.

The chamber darkens.

The black flames rise behind Dabi,

shaping into a lotus stem made of shadows,

glowing, faint purple at the edges.

Stone cracks without breaking.

Air folds without tearing.

The world feels like it is holding its breath.

 THE SIXTH BLOOM — "Astral Phase"

Purple rings appear behind Dabi,

like eclipse halos.

Each ring spins faster and faster.

Overhaul braces himself, boots digging into the stone.

Overhaul:

"This is beyond fire.

This is something else entirely."

The sixth bloom shines—

a dark star exploding silently.

THE TENTH BLOOM — "Void Overgrowth"

The lotus behind Dabi expands,

each petal stretching like wings of living night.

Shadows ripple.

Light bends inward.

Purple sparks crackle along the ceiling.

Dabi's voice deepens.

Dabi:

"Ten blooms…

You told me no one had ever achieved this."

He clenches his fists.

Dabi:

"Time to break that limit."

THE ELEVENTH BLOOM

A shockwave erupts outward,

blowing Overhaul's halo of stone blades out of formation.

The mandala shakes violently.

Overhaul's pupils contract.

Overhaul:

"Impossible! That flame is bending the room—!"

Then—

Everything slows.

The flames swirl around Dabi.

Black.

Purple.

Void.

Starlight.

THE FINAL PETAL — TWELFTH BLOOM

Dabi steps forward.

The twelfth petal glows like a newborn star—

black flame burning with halos of violet and faint silver.

The full lotus forms behind him:

A MASSIVE, 12-PETAL LOTUS OF PURE VOID FIRE

Its petals stretch to the ceiling,

each one swirling with cosmic dust,

void light, and purple embers.

The whole room becomes an astral plane.

A silent universe.

Dabi whispers:

Dabi:

"Umbral Lotus—

Twelve Bloom…"

He raises his hand.

Dabi:

"FULL LOTUS."

FULL LOTUS AWAKENS —

Every petal folds inward—

like a black hole closing—

and then erupts outward in a controlled implosion of power.

No destruction.

No gore.

Just pure cosmic pressure.

The floor vibrates.

Walls shimmer.

The air warps like glass underwater.

Overhaul is thrown backward,

sliding across the reconstructed platform.

His mandala breaks apart into floating shards.

He stares.

Completely stunned.

Overhaul:

"…this power… this isn't quirk evolution—

this is ART."

Dabi walks forward through the swirling spiral of black-purple flames,

calm, steady, unstoppable.

Dabi:

"Overhaul."

The full lotus glows behind him,

casting a universe-sized shadow.

Dabi:

"You wanted to rebuild everything?"

He raises his arm.

Dabi:

"Let me rebuild this battlefield first."

The flames surge—

beautiful and terrifying—

 

 

 

The Full Lotus blazes behind Dabi, its twelve petals spinning like a cosmic wheel.

Overhaul staggers backward, shielding his eyes from the black-purple glare.

Dabi steps through the swirling void fire, voice low, rough, resonant —

the kind of line that chills the air without crossing any line.

He points his hand, flames spiraling.

Dabi (snarling):

"Feel the heat—you don't get to hurt anyone again."

The black flames ripple outward, not touching Overhaul yet, only pressurizing the room, shaking tiles loose, bending light.

A dark lotus petal drops from the air, landing at Overhaul's feet —

and evaporates into purple sparks.

Overhaul grits his teeth.

Overhaul:

"You think heat alone can stop me?"

Dabi's eyes burn brighter.

Dabi:

"It's not the heat.

It's justice… the kind you earned."

The Full Lotus tightens behind him—

a star collapsing into a power.

THE FINAL BATTLE — END OF THE CLASH

Umbral Lotus vs Reconstruction Overdrive

The chamber is a swirling storm of:

black fire petalsgolden geometric bladesviolet sparksand a pressure so intense the walls ripple like liquid metal.

Both fighters stand at the center of a collapsing universe.

 OVERHAUL'S FINAL MOVE — "Reconstruction Halo Collapse"

Overhaul spreads his arms.

The mandala behind him spins so fast it becomes a golden sun,

firing beams of reshaping energy into the walls and floor.

Stone rises.

Steel bends.

Entire sections of the room shift like a living machine.

Overhaul:

"I'll rebuild the battlefield itself!

I'll crush your flame with sheer structure!"

A spiraling cage of stone and metal forms around Dabi—

closing in like a giant fist.

 DABI'S FULL LOTUS — FINAL ACT

Dabi exhales.

Slow.

Calm.

Black petals orbit him like satellites.

The lotus behind him glows brighter—

each of its twelve petals blooming simultaneously,

forming a massive cosmic flower of void.

Dabi (whisper):

"Full Lotus…"

He steps forward.

Dabi:

"End it."

The Full Lotus closes—

not like an explosion,

but like a silent supernova collapsing into itself.

A shockwave of lightless fire expands outward.

The cage Overhaul built evaporates into shimmering dust,

not destroyed violently—

just unmade.

 THE COLLISION — SILENT IMPACT

Overhaul's golden sun and Dabi's black lotus collide—

There is no sound.

Only light.

Black.

Purple.

Gold.

A cosmic ripple expands,

distorting the entire chamber like a mirage.

Midoriya, Mirio, and Aizawa freeze as a black-purple sunrise bursts from the doorway.

 AFTERMATH — QUIET

The energy fades.

The light dims.

The dust settles like falling snow.

Overhaul stands at the far end of the room,

breathing heavily, kneeling, his golden mandala broken into harmless shards floating around him.

No wounds.

No gore.

Just defeated, his quirk exhausted.

He stares at his own trembling hand.

Overhaul (shaking):

"What… kind of flame was that…?"

Dabi lowers his arm.

The black lotus dissolves behind him,

petals turning into purple embers that drift upward and disappear.

Dabi:

"A flame taught to protect.

Not destroy."

He turns his head slightly—

toward the hidden chamber where Ren lies unconscious.

Voice quiet.

Barely audible.

Dabi:

"…I didn't fail you this time."

 Back to the Heroes — Confused and Shaken

Midoriya steps through the broken doorway, trembling.

Midoriya:

"Dabi… beat Overhaul…?

How—?"

Mirio looks from the black embers to the ruined mandala fragments.

Mirio:

"What kind of training creates flames like that?"

Aizawa says nothing.

He just stares at the aftermath, eyes narrowed.

Aizawa (thinking):

No ordinary villain learns something like this…

Someone taught him.

But who?

He looks toward the sealed chamber where Ren is hidden—

But the truth stays out of reach.

FINAL SHOT

Dabi stands alone,

coat swaying in the fading purple light,

black flame still flickering around him like a heartbeat.

He whispers:

Dabi:

"…It's over."

The battlefield goes silent.

 

 VEGA RETREAT — AFTER THE FINAL CLASH

The smoke settles.

The last echoes of Dabi's Full Lotus fade into the air like falling star-dust.

The battlefield goes quiet.

 VEGA'S FINAL MOVE

Riptide, Stain, Toga, Edgeshot, and Kurogiri appear from the shadows, forming a loose circle around Dabi as he stands breathing heavily.

Toga wipes sweat from her forehead.

Toga:

"Waaah~ Dabi, that was insane! You turned the whole place into space!"

Riptide puts a hand on Dabi's shoulder—water swirling around his palm.

Riptide:

"Time's up. Boss's orders—retreat."

Dabi looks toward the sealed inner chamber where Ren sleeps, still unconscious.

His jaw tightens, but he nods.

Dabi:

"…Take care of him. Don't let him be found."

Stain steps forward, voice firm.

Stain:

"He will be protected. That's all that matters."

Kurogiri opens a swirling portal.

Kurogiri:

"Everyone. It's time."

The allies step through the mist one by one—

Toga giggling tiredlyStain walking with solemn purposeEdgeshot vanishing like windRiptide dissolving into water vapor

Dabi lingers for one final second, staring at the room where Ren lies.

His voice is soft—unusually soft.

Dabi:

"…Wake up soon, kid. We're not done yet."

He steps through the portal, and it closes.

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