Mana rolled her eyes at generic, samurai themed hero number one million. Even her name was boring, and she was pretty sure had been used in the past by others. Swift Blade? Really? This girl was clearly one of the side kicks that had been talked about before. Mana knew exactly how to deal with sword users. This one was even demanding that she fight her. Mana was about to step around Kane, when useless new girl got in her way, saying something to Swift Blade in Russian.

Mana's chocolate colored eyes narrowed at useless new girl. The Dark Druid shouldered past useless new girl to stand between her and the side kick. She turned her head to useless new girl. "She's. Mine." She said slowly, emphasising each word with a point, the first at Swift Blade, the second at herself. Without another word, Mana turned back to Swift Blade. She lifted her arms and vines began to emerge from the ground in front of the side kick at a rapid pace.

If one who knew Mana well saw the vines, they would notice that they were slightly slower than usual. That's because they weren't her normal vines. They spiraled together to form a spear of vines, the end sharpened by thorns. But that wasn't even the special part. These vines were infused with fungal spores. When cut, like Swift Blade was bound to do eventually, they would release those toxic spores in her face. Those spores would coat her lungs, making breathing more difficult, and while they were more focused on getting her breathing back to normal, well she would die of kidney failure in a matter of hours. The best way to deal with sword users, was to use their own weapon against them.

With the side kick down, they would be able to focus all their efforts on the more dangerous heroes. Mana just had to hope that useless new girl would take the hint and turn her attention elsewhere and that Kane would do his job as meatshield. She wasn't worried about Kane, but if useless new girl got in her way, the heroes would be the least of her worries. Mana would kill new girl herself.

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Ryuuji made the last trip without any bumps, like before. Teleporting the money straight into the van, he nodded at the getaway drivers to signal that it was all there. With that, he made his way back to his position on a building overlooking the fight. They had not noticed him at all, which was good. He could see Kane standing his ground, Ludmilla making some sort of wall to impede the heroes' progress and Mana attempting to grab hold of... that guy with cherry blossoms and then facing the samurai girl. He yawned. While it looked like they were having trouble, Ryuuji was pretty confident that those three could handle the fight. He was not too sure about Ludmilla, but Kane and Mana were experienced enough.

His own comms were connected with the fodder's, allowing him to listen in to their conversation. Sutōkingusakura, that was the name of the hero. Oh, Ryuuji remembered that guy. He was in the Top 10, not in the Top 3, but impressive nonetheless. This caused seeds of doubt to plant themselves on Ryuuji's mind. Perhaps this would be too much of a challenge to his teammates. However, they didn't seem like they were looking for help to get out of there. "Package secure." He sent to anyone who needed the message transmitted to them. Their goal was done. They could pull out now. He crouched down on the building, keeping his eyes fixed on battlefield - memorizing the scenery for later extraction. He understood the soldier's worries. If they get inside, the hostages will probably be rescued. He knew that Kashikoi and Panopticon were controlling things from the inside, but that can't stop this top ranking hero.

He then patched up comms with Shade Walker. "Hey boss, I'm done getting the money out. Pulling out should be alright now. Your orders?" He questioned. He was pretty sure that Kane would still continued to fight down there no matter what happened, so he didn't really bother much to expect that any of them wanted to get out of there despite their mission being accomplished. Hey, maybe they wanted to make an example out of these heroes. An example that showed that they weren't joking. That this wasn't just your typical robbery. It was time to plant fear in their minds. While Ryuuji was never really the truly evil one, imagining the city plunging into chaos was quite amusing.

He could join up with the others and join the fight. But that sounded bothersome and he'd rather not get his suit ripped again. He keeps spending money on getting it repaired. While he does tend to seek Kashikoi's help to maintain the equipment that insulates the jacket and gives him extra protection, most of the repairing is actually done in a much more mundane way. Ryuuji stayed on that rooftop, waiting for his orders. He already knew where Kazuma was, after all, so there wasn't going to be much worry there. He let out a sigh. "Come on guys... let's wrap this up quickly..." He grumbled impatiently.

"Back off now Swift Blade." the elder hero commanded his apprentice coldly she was about to rush into slash the vines apart but was taken aback by her boss's command. "They're trying to lure you into the quirk that slows objects. For now avoid the vines only slash as need be." Sutokingusakura told the young girl who frowned, and started back pedaling. "I see through your trickery plant user. Trying to force a smaller individual into your ally's field would cause me much more work. However I am much more experienced than her, and less prone to folly. Fall down into the blooming typhoon." grumbled the hero as he wave his hand sending more flower pedals peeling off his body in mass towards Mana. One of the grunts however threw a grenade disrupting the mass sending a significantly less amount pedals as the man made sure to stay out of reach by forcing himself further into the air. The cops fired a few shots at the grunts who returned fire.

"There better be a good reason for you to be contacting me so quickly into the heist..." grumbled Shade Walker as he received the signal. He sounded annoyed by the quickness of the call. "Are you positive that you have everyone? Have you burnt, or retrieved any vital evidence? Our goal is for our organization to be recognized but not to leave clues about our actual identities that would prove troublesome. The Blackened wanted to make a statement not help the police." grumbled the irritated elder villain as he stopped for a moment before considering his next words. "If you have received the money, and the heroes have been trounced then pull out immediately. East is holding his own but he is not invincible. He will tire with anymore heroes on him at his current location. If the statement we wanted to make is completed you may pull our men out."