A Hero rides on a plane making his way toward the battlefield. Shoto rescues Deku, Bakugo, and Endeavor from falling, who are all shocked to see Shigaraki still standing, refusing to listen to All For One's words to retreat. Nejire and Iida arrive to warn the others of Gigantomachia's incoming rampage, with the former assisting Shoto in fighting Shigaraki, while the latter helps escort the injured heroes away. Meanwhile, Ochaco and Toga continue to fight in the abandoned house. Toga reveals she was able to use Ochaco's Quirk and was able to kill someone using it, which horrifies her. She also realizes that Ochaco also likes Deku, leading to a scuffle over his Christmas gift to her. Ochaco tells Toga that if she keeps disrupting people's lives she will have to face the consequences, which she responds with tears in her eyes. Tsuyu appears to help Ochaco, but Toga is able to escape, with Ochaco wondering why she started crying; with her answer, Toga prepares to reunite with the League. Gigantomachia finally arrives to Shigaraki's location, and reclaims him just as he's knocked unconscious by Shoto and Nejire's attacks. Dabi then unveils himself on the beast's back, washing the dye out of his hair and revealing his real name: Toya Todoroki. At this same time, Skeptic hacks into all the televisions across the country broadcasting a confessional from Dabi, revealing his lineage as Endeavor's oldest son, and his abusive past all in the pursuit of power. Endeavor and Shoto are horrified by the revelation, as Dabi gleefully takes joy in the airing out of all the dirty laundry, including Hawks' murders of Twice and Best Jeanist, and his father being a criminal who Endeavor had locked away. Endeavor is left absolutely speechless, thinking about his past raising Toya to be his successor and his supposed death, and Dabi prepares to finish everyone off with his own Prominence Burn. But suddenly, he and the other villains are restrained by metal cables from the sky, as an alive Best Jeanist enters the battle.

Mr. Compress recalls back to before the League's encounter with the Meta Liberation Army, when they faced against the Creature Rejection Clan, and Spinner voiced his doubts on Shigaraki's plan for their future. In the present, Mr. Compress uses his Quirk on himself, mutilating his body but being freed from Best Jeanist's grasp, allowing him to compress Spinner and Shigaraki and escape up Gigantomachia's back. He also compresses Skeptic as well as Dabi, who retreated upon defeating Shoto, due to Endeavor being unconscious. Revealing himself to be the great-grandson of the Peerless Thief Oji Harima, Compress frees Spinner and Shigaraki, sacrificing himself to let them flee. At this same time, Deku's head continues to pound away, which he realizes is the Quirk of the fourth user of One For All: Danger Sense. Recalling Shigaraki's words about his stuffed hands giving him disgust and peace, Spinner puts his remaining one on his face, causing him to re-awaken, unleashing a Radio Waves blast that knocks the Heroes away. However, Spinner discovers that All For One has taken control of Shigaraki's body, due to it being on the verge of breaking, and had commanded the Near High-End Nomu to help them escape, leaving behind Compress, Toga, and Machia as punishment for Shigaraki's failure. The remaining Heroes try to attack "Shigaraki" but are all blasted away as the Nomu pick him up and escape. As Deku attempts one last chance to stop him, he too is blasted away, told they will meet again when his body is repaired. With destruction and chaos all over the battlefield, Deku thinks about even after all the terrible things Shigaraki did, when he saw him being overpowered and taken over by All For One, he looked like someone who needed help.