Tony grabbed the bottle containing the sludge villain just as All Might prepared to launch away.
"Wait!" he shouted, lunging. "We need to talk!"
In the air, he clung desperately to the hero's leg as they landed on a rooftop minutes later.
All Might scolded him at first—until the transformation happened.
Smoke. A frail man in place of a god.
Tony's eyes widened. He didn't expect this. Midoriya's memories confirmed it.
Tony took a moment to analyze All Might's body, and came to one conclusion.
"You're dying," Tony said calmly. "Collapsed lungs. Ruptured stomach. Internal bleeding. Time limit of roughly three hours per day in hero form. Am I close?"
Yagi's eyes widened. "How—?!"
"I read your tells. Posture. Breath control. Delayed regeneration. You're running out of time—or at least what I can assume."
Yagi took a step back.
"You're….right."
"Right, of course I am," Tony said quietly.
Yagi stared. " who are you, young man?"
Tony met his gaze with a calm that shook the former Number One to the core.
"I'm Ton- Izuku Midoriya. Engineer. Futurist. Quirjless. And a big fan of yours."