~{Author's Pre-Notes}~

Itsa me, amateur author here with another chapter to deliver once again! I don't really have much to say this time, just that this chapter took longer to get out and make because I was kinda thrown off the rhythm of posting them, but I also took a break to play me some good old pokemon. But now let's get this show rolling!

Leave some comments on how I'm doing, would really appreciate getting even more feedback!

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blue grimmoire, Shadow Joestar, fpinheiro96: Thank you for all your praise! Hope I can continue making you all proud.

Slumberdork: Ayyyy, share birthdays? Nice man! I hope you enjoyed your birthday too!

Wolfy: I'm glad that I inspired you to make an account and I hope your writing goes well if you do end up making a fic! And as for class B... I'm already fitting in moments of Class A girls that I haven't even given enough screen time too, and the harem is already pretty big so adding screentime for the other class would be a lot more work for me. Don't think I'd add them anytime soon.

SpiceR4: I have thought about making another fic or mentioning more of Enso's adventures, but right now I'm focusing on finishing retypes and continuing my other fic before I'm even thinking about making a third fic.

Atomic11: Updating to 84 will be in quite a while, especially when school starts off again. I can't make promises of updating it soon, but I'm thinking of working more on To Be A Hero to get to that point faster. Sorry if I make you and so many others wait for an actual new chapter. I may work on the side, but it'll still be in quite a while.

christoblom9: Sorry, but I like randomly adding Japanese moments and those random moments.

Guest: I'm glad you like Enso! He was so awkward for me to write out his characteristic even when I based him off of one of my favorite characters. He was basically me just trying to fit him into the My Hero World, lol. Stain is pretty interesting too, and he may get more than just some screentime.

PRemington900: Really am glad you left a detailed comment like that, those are the kind I love the most. Just seeing how people view different aspects or changes I've put into the fic compared to the actually world thee fic originates in. And I'm a harem man myself, always found them to be hilarious and even heartwarming when I watch anime or read mangas that do it right and not in a forced way. Thanks for reading!

MBS41: Sadly, I can't update this as fast as like one or two days, even not for a week. It takes time to write these up and change them around, but I hope you continue staying to read this!

Now onto the story!

~{Gran Torino's Apartment-4:13PM}~

"Oh? So you're trying to catch me this time!?" Gran Torino laughed as he blasted around the room with a green blur trying to chase him.

Izuku looked frustrated as he chased the elder's patterns around the room, keeping 10% of power, and even slowly trying to rise it up as he moved. He followed Gran Torino to the walls, the ceiling, and back to the floor while trying to grab him out of the air.

But of course, with higher speed and mobility in the air, Gran Torino easily blasted around Izuku and swung his leg.

"Too slow!" Gran Torino shouted as he nailed Izuku's side with his foot, sending him straight at the wall.

"Gah!" Izuku bounced off the wall before tumbling on the floor.

Gran Torino didn't even hesitate to blast directly onto Izuku, trying to stomp both of his feet onto the child's back.

Izuku opened his eyes and rolled on the ground just in time to avoid getting stomped on by the hero.

"Nice reflexes!" Gran Torino laughed as he blasted forward at him.

Still on the ground, Izuku quickly used his hands to spin and stuck his legs out in the air, swinging them in a swift clockwise motion as the elder grew near.

Gran Torino blasted upward to avoid getting hit by these spinning legs, finding amusement of how unique these movements were.

He landed right in front of the door as Izuku pushed himself off the ground and landed back to his feet after a flip.

"Isn't that the type of dancing youngsters do these days?" He chuckled.

Izuku panted as he wiped some blood from the corner of his mouth.

"I-I don't really know. I was just taught this to help me with my movements."

"Well, it sure looks it's been helping you a bit. Let's stop for today though, it's clear that your able-bodied with One For All, but now we gotta see if we can bring that dang Ikari out of ya!"

"Huh?" Izuku looked confused. "How are we going to do that?"

Gran Torino grinned, "By moving onto phase two! Change into your costume!"

"Eh?" Izuku wasn't expecting this, watching the elder already opening the door.

"It's time to see if we can 'trigger' your quirk. I'll be waiting outside!" Gran Torino said as he closed the door behind him.

Izuku stared with a contemplating expression.

"What are we gonna do?"

He did listen and went to his hero case, pulling out his costume to put it on.

He froze for a moment as he saw his vest and braces still in the case as well.

He stared at this equipment with a sense of uncertainly, thinking about using them when facing against a villain.

"This doesn't seem like the type of thing I should use while fighting a villain... It'd probably just put me at a disadvantage to be honest, especially since I can't bring out Ikari even when using it..."

He decided to just rely on Gran Tornio's methods, leaving his vest and braces in his case and putting everything else on.

Once zipping up his costume, he opened the door outside to the waiting elder. "U-Um, Gran Torino? What did you mean by 'phase two?'"

Gran Torino scoffed, "Fighting villains, obviously!"

"What!? All of a sudden?!" Izuku responded in shock.

"Of course! It's clear that your quirk comes out naturally on an emotional level, but there should be more to it than that!" The pro responded as he started leading Izuku on the sidewalk. "After all, each time you used your quirk, it was because you were angry, correct?"

"W-Well, of course." Izuku followed.

Gran Torino pointed at him, "But do you remember why you got angry each time? Tell me about each moment your quirk activated and what got you angry."

Izuku looked down with a hand on his chin as he thought about it. "W-Well... The first time my quirk came out was against my friend..." Izuku paused with uncertainty at that last word. "E-Er was against m-my classmate during our first combat class. He nearly killed me by accident... That's when Ikari came out."

"Hold on, your classmate nearly killed you?" Gran Torino raised an eyebrow.

Izuku held his hands up as if surrendering, "I-It was an accident!"

Grand Torino stared at him suspiciously but didn't want to go off track. "Alright... Continue."

Izuku lowered his hands and went back to his thoughts. "Ikari came out for the second time at the USJ incident when... I-I was about to die again. He formed a barrier in front of my head right before it was gonna be crushed, protecting it. B-But I don't actually remember these instances. It was my classmates who told me that these things happened."

"Just what the hell is up with this kid and nearly dying?" Gran Torino sweatdropped as Izuku continued.

"Th-Then... Based on what my friends said, Ikari came out again at the festival, but for short moments, moments where I didn't even know he had come out. Once during the obstacle course race with Enso, when I thought he was going to pass me. Then during the cavalry battle, when I wanted to get my team's points back. And finally... during the one on one battles, where he came out when I fought against Shoto, Er-Todoroki, and Enso."

"But were you thinking of something ya wanted to do in each of these moments?"

Izuku stopped walking for a moment as his mind traveled back to all of these instances.

"I... When I fought Kacchan, I got angry thinking about dying there and needing to prove to everyone that I can be the best hero... At USJ, I-I just thought about not dying again, refusing to do so... During the obstacle course race, I just thought about not letting Enso pass me so I could win, in the Calvary Battle I wanted to my team's points back so we could win, during my fight against Todoroki I just wanted him to realize that his quirk is his own, no one else's... And in my fight against Enso... I just wanted to beat him, I wanted to win."

"So a lot of winning, not dying, and helping." Gran Torino chuckled. "Then what I'm thinking should make sense then. You know what each of those moments had in common?" He asked as they started walking again.

"Erm..." Izuku couldn't think of anything on the spot.

"These scenarios each had your emotional level increase because of a goal that you wanted badly! But not just that, but each of those scenarios had something, someone, at stake!"

His cane clinked on the sidewalk with each step. "And yesterday, you told me that when you tried to activate your quirk by just thinking of bad things and inflicting pain to yourself, it didn't work out, right?"

"Y-Yes?" Izuku answered.

"Well, of course it didn't work the way you wanted it, it's different from any of your previous situations! There wasn't anything at stake! Because of this, there ain't any actually frantic emotional increase for your quirk to come out automatically! So that's why we need to get you out there to help some people, maybe fight some villains, then maybe there will be a situation to escalate your emotions naturally for your dang quirk to come out!"

Izuku put a hand on his chin and thought about it.

"I-I guess that does make sense... But fighting villains? I feel nervous just thinking about it..."

"But you've already experienced combat against villains, right? Besides, we're not gonna touch anything that big. We're going on a little trip." Gran Torino said as he raised his hand to get the attention of a taxi.

They hopped inside, and Gran Torino leaned to the driver, "The train station, please."

"Eh? W-We'll be leaving the city?" Izuku stammered as he got in after.

Gran Torino clicked on his seatbelt as the driver started taking them to their destination.

"Of course. Because of the low population in this area, the crime rate is also low, we won't find much action here. It's a reason there's a lot of hero agencies in urban areas."

Izuku glanced out the window at the somewhat small number of people passing.

"I see... That makes sense. The higher the population density, the more crime that will appear."

"Yup, so that's why we're heading to Shibuya, they always have small fights breaking out daily."

"Eh!? Shibuya!? You mean the one in Tokyo!?" Izuku cried out in surprise as he turned to him. "Th-That really is a big city... I-I didn't think I'd be wearing my hero costume in such as fashionable town…"

"Hehe! Appreciate the chance I'm giving you to show off!"

"Erm... Then that means we'll be taking the bullet train from Kofu heading towards Shinjuku?"

"Yup, so prepare for a short trip." Gran Torino told him as he leaned back in his seat.

Izuku then looked outside of the window, getting rather serious within his thoughts.

"If we take that train, then we'll pass Hosu City…"

He couldn't help but think of a particular engine-legged friend in that city.

"I wonder how Iida's doing…?"

~{Meanwhile- Hosu City}~

Manuel and Iida patrolled the city once again on their own, the Normal Hero remaining cheerful as he led the student through the afternoon streets.

"We'll be patrolling Kyoto today too. Sorry, it's so monotonous." Manuel chuckled to Iida.

"It's fine, it's actually better this way…" Iida responded in a serious tone.

Manuel glimpsed back to Iida with a look of concern, knowing something was wrong with the boy. He already had a feeling of what was wrong with him, why he seemed so serious, why he was here. So he knew he had to ask him something.

"Hey…"

Hearing his change in tone, Iida turned to Manuel.

"I know that this may be wrong to ask, but... by any chance, are you here to chase after the Hero Killer?" he asked, stopping his walking.

Iida stopped walking as well, surprised to have been quickly found out. "I..."

Manuel scratched his chin awkwardly, "I couldn't think of any other reason you'd come to my agency… As I said, you must've had better offers from heroes. Oh, but I'm really glad you came! It's just that..."

He looked rather serious now.

"You should never act out on a personal grudge. We heroes are here to protect and fight for the people, not to arrest or punish criminals. If the police need our help stopping villains, then we're called in to help. The use of quirks has been allowed through the regulations of the government to only be for the sake of others, not for oneself. If anyone used their quirks for their own selfish desires, then it would be a serious crime..."

Those final words, 'it would be a serious crime' echoed throughout Iida's head. He then looked down in some shame, but at the same time, anger. Thinking that he would just have to sit by while the Hero Killer roams free.

"Ah! I-It's not that I'm saying that the Hero Killer isn't guilty! Of course, he is! It's just because you seem like the type of person to focus on something, but then ignore everything else! It makes me think you're trying to hunt down the Hero Killer down, not just by yourself, but for yourself..." Manuel told him out of genuine concern.

After remaining silent for a few seconds, Iida just bowed, "Thank you for the warning..."

Manuel seemed surprised by how easy the young hero took it.

"Um... It's fine as long as you understand. Let's just forget about the subject and keep patrolling, shall we?"

Manuel started walking again, with Iida following him.

However, Iida's hands balled into tight fists, with the boy glaring daggers behind his mask.

"But… I know he's going to appear here again... In the seven places he's appeared, he killed so many heroes. But my brother... He only injured him when they met. I know he's going to appear somewhere around here, and I'm supposed to just sit around!?"

His hands trembled.

"To do nothing!? Nothing at all!?"

~{Edgeshot's Agency-4:23PM}~

"Hm, you're doing really well for just recently starting." Edgeshot pointed out as he stood atop of two bamboo pokes in perfect balance while holding marbles between his fingers.

"*Huff* *wheeze* You're really making this hard- Whoa!"

Shinso walked from the tops of several bamboo poles, keeping his balance as he desperately avoided marbles thrown at him by the ninja hero himself.

"One of the most important assets for a shinobi is balance. If you lose your balance even for a second in the field, then it can be over for you."

Edgeshot used his quirk to fold his body and extend his limbs as Shinso got near, suddenly pulling himself away to a new area of bamboo poles several yards away.

Shinso panted as he kept both feet on two separate poles, balancing himself tiredly while staring straight ahead at Edgeshot.

"Damn it... Why do you keep moving around!?"

"Because you're supposed to catch me, remember?" Edgeshot chuckled as he tossed three marbles rather fast at the student.

Shinso jumped to the side to avoid them but started to lose balance.

"Whoa! Ah! No, no!" He said with each stumbling step.

Because he lost his focus on Edgeshot for a moment, a marble nailed him right on his forehead.

"Gah!"

He then fell back between the poles and started falling down below, where a net covering the area between all the poles caught Shinso.

"Ugh..." He rubbed his forehead where the marble had struck.

Edgeshot suddenly appeared beside him, looking wholly balanced on the net despite the bounciness.

"Let's try this again..." Shinso grumbled as he sat up immediately.

"Oh? A determined one, are we? Then this time..." He held up his hands, which held four marbles in both. "Let's use a lot more of these."

"How many does he even have on him!?"

~{Meanwhile- Best Jeanist's Agency}~

"Grrrrrr!"

"He's growling like a beast?" Best Jeanist sighed.

He tapped his clipboard with his pen as he stared at the tied up Bakugo that was on a chair this time.

"Bakugo... Refusing to tell me anything will just waste the time of both of us."

"THEN LET ME GO YOU BLUE FASHION DISASTER!"

Best Jeanist's eyes twitched as he gripped the threads of his quirk tighter.

"I've been trying to get him to cooperate since yesterday, but he just refuses to share anything... He's too proud and vicious, so calmly talking to him in a relaxed environment doesn't seem to be working..."

The pro hero then remembered Bakugo and Enso at the sports festival, where Enso had been fighting against the explosive boy and escalating his anger throughout their battle. Then after reaching a point and repeatedly asking about his situation with his former friend, the boy had 'blown up' and shouted his honest thoughts about Izuku.

"I see... I guess it'll have to be that way."

He stood up from his seat before all the threads of his clothes retracted back, untying Bakugo from his chair.

The explosive hero hadn't expected to be released, putting on an expression of surprise, before then forming it into a glare of suspicion as he stood up.

"What? Realized that there's no point to this shit?"

"On the contrary, I believe that this just isn't the right method. Come with me, Bakugo." Best Jeanist left his clipboard to the side and put both of his hands behind his back as he started walking to the door.

"Tsk! Just so you can tie me up to something else!? Like hell!" Bakugo shouted as he rubbed his wrists where the threads had been tied before.

"No, I won't be tying you to anything this time. Instead, I think I'll be giving you what you want..."

"Hah?" Bakugo growled.

Best Jeanist stopped by the door and glimpsed back at Bakugo, a serious and even hostile glare on his face.

"Do you wish to fight?"

Bakugo's eyes lit up before he narrowed them once more.

"What's the catch?"

"No catch, just follow me." Best Jeanist told him as he swung the door open and walked out.

Bakugo was hesitant at first, but then ran after him with a pissed-off look.

"He's thinking of something... I fucking know it."

He soon caught up and followed Best Jeanist through a few halls where many people wearing tight jeans passed him, making Bakugo's eyes twitch.

"He'd better not THINK about putting one of those on me!"

Bakugo received many looks from these people passing by, all of them recognizing the infamous student from U.A that had spent his life tormenting another without any sign of remorse even now.

The blonde just sent challenging glares to each of them until he and Best Jeanist went into a large room with many poles in it. They all appeared to be made of metal, six inches in diameter, and were spaced out all across the room.

Best Jeanist rose an arm, and the threads of his clothes suddenly extended several yards in an instant, wrapping around a pole and yanking himself across the room.

Bakugo stopped walking and stared in some surprised by the sudden movement, glaring at the fiber hero as he flew.

When he landed, Best Jeanist gazed back to Bakugo with one arm raised.

"It seemed that being 'nice' around you weren't producing any quality results. So... I guess we'll have to do it this way."

Bakugo grinned evilly, "What, you think you're gonna beat something out of me? I don't know what the hell makes you think that, but..."

His palms exploded behind him and he blasted towards the hero ahead.

"I'M FEELING TICKED OFF AFTER SITTING IN THAT DAMN CHAIR!"

Best Jeanist narrowed his eyes as he waved an arm.

Everything happened in a split second, Bakugo felt thread wrap around his arms and waist, forcing them to be tied together.

"What the-!?"

He was suddenly yanked to the side by the threads and was pulled until his back rammed right onto one of the poles, where he bounced off in pain and slammed onto the ground before the threads unraveled off of him.

"Nngh..." He felt as if his spine was split in half, putting a hand to his back while using his other arm to push himself off the floor.

"You have an altered sense of reality, you believe that strength is all that matters in the world, and you believe that you're the 'best' in this reality of yours. Or at least, the best of your grade. If what I've heard is accurate, then you've tormented that boy, Midorya, since childhood, If this is the case, then he must've interfered or threatened your altered sense of reality. And he did this by supposedly 'looking down' on you, correct?"

Bakugo's pupils shrunk, and his teeth tightly pressed together.

"You shut up about damn Deku!"

Best Jeanist raised an eyebrow, "Deku? As in useless? Hm... If you've even designated such a horrid nickname for the poor boy, then your ties must run deep. Ureshi mentioned something about Midoriya helping you at a creek, didn't he?"

Bakugo shakily got back to his feet and blasted towards the pro once more.

"SHI-NE!"

"Die?" Best Jeanist repeated with a blank expression.

As he got close, Bakugo swung his palm to unleash an explosion at Best Jeanist, but the hero used his clothing fibers to pull himself towards another pole and away from the blast.

He swung around the poles and twirled before stopping in a pose consisting of a hand over his face. "As I've mentioned before, I will have you realize your own problems and find out where all this hatred looms."

Bakugo landed to the ground in a crouching position, panting as he glared at the hero from afar.

Best Jeanist straightened his back and raised both of his arms, in which the threads of his clothing wrapped around the different poles around him.

"I will split your reality like splitting the threads of my clothing."

~{U.A High School- 6:03PM}~

The sun was starting to set on the horizon, many adults were leaving their daily jobs with breaths of relief, many teachers remained in their schools to finish grading assignments, and then there were adults just having fun on the streets in any way they see fit.

However, Toshinori wasn't doing any of these things and was instead sitting by himself in the teacher's lounge, waiting for a particular person to arrive. He hung his head with a look of concern, wondering what this person wished to tell him.

A knock on the door signaled him that he was here, making him turn his head to the door.

"Come in."

The door slid open to reveal a trustworthy friend of Toshniori, Naomasa Tsukauchi, the police detective. He wasn't wearing the same overcoat or matching hat that he had on when investigating the crime scene at the net cafe, having taken it off in his car.

"Sorry to intrude so suddenly, All Might, but this is important." The detective said as he approached the hero and sat down on a stool in front of the table.

Toshinori chuckled. "It's all right, Tsukauchi, you can visit anytime. Oh, and while in this form, call me by my name, even by my first is fine."

He poured him a cup of tea, "But I'm assuming that there is something heavily important for me to know? You don't usually like sharing police matters."

Tsukachi accepted the cup presented to him but maintained a stern expression as he answered.

"I'll go over the most important things first... It's about the villains that attacked the students at USJ, or most notably, about the Nomu that was sliced apart."

"Oh... That large guy? So you learned something about him?"

Tsukauchi nodded. "Yeah, we did some tests on its DNA."

"DNA tests? I guess to get a proper identity?" Toshinori deduced.

The detective took a sip of his tea, "Yeah... But what we found was something that I just had to tell you, even if it'd be leaking information since the force isn't asking for your help on the investigation."

"That serious?" Toshinori felt nervous by that.

"Yes... What we found may be- no... it is a clue to lead us to the mastermind of this 'League Of Villains.' After investigating this so-called 'Nomu' at a specialized institution and doing several tests on its corpse, we did manage to find an identity." Tsukauchi pulled out a photo from a folder and presented it to Toshinori on the table. "He was only a thug with a criminal record of assault and extortion."

"Is this thug's identity a lead to the mastermind?" Toshinori muttered as he picked up the picture and stared at the big-lipped man in it.

Tsukauchi leaned a little forward with a small frown, "No, it's not this guy specifically, but after more tests... Look, this is where it gets worrying as to 'who' the mastermind is, so listen carefully. According to the report from the DNA test... there's DNA from at least four completely different people combined with this thug's body."

Toshinori's became bug-eyed. "Four people!? How!? Why?"

"Well... For the 'how,' his body seems to have been tampered with drugs as a start. But then it seems to have changed through other methods that can't be explained well. So basically, it might have been a quirk that did this. As for 'why' his body was changed this way... it appears that it may have been so he can handle multiple quirks into his body."

Toshinori felt instant dread. "Multiple... quirks?"

Tsukauchi stared down into his notes, "Yes... But taking all these quirks appears to have caused a huge amount of stress and has burdened this guy's brain, thus, turning him into that monster. So what we're concerned about is 'how' this guy was given these quirks... We suspect that there's someone with a quirk that can give others quirks..."

Toshinori's hands balled into fists, "Don't tell me..."

"This is why I felt the need to tell you... Based on all the circumstances, I knew you had to know."

The number one hero stood up from his seat and walked to the window, buffing up into his hero form as he tightly clenched his hands into fists.

"So... he really is alive... I didn't finish him after all..."

All Might's blue eyes shined rather menacingly.

"So, he was just building his strength back up? All this time?"

Tsukauchi waited patiently for All Might to calm down, still having much to talk about.

After a few more seconds, All Might took a deep breath and debuffed back to his skinny form.

"Sorry about that, Tsukauchi..."

"Don't be, I understand that you must be frustrated. But I do have more to talk about."

Toshinori sat back down in his seat, picking up his drink and taking a sip as Tsukauchi continued.

"I don't know if this is connected, but there's been a rather... 'disturbing' event that's occurred recently. It seemed too brutal to just treat like any other case, and... not to mention that it was done by just one person, and most likely one with multiple quirks."

"What!?" Toshinori's cup shook in his hands. "Don't tell me he's already causing terror despite just moving again!? Does he want to spite me that much?"

"I've already got a name, er- of the sort, of the villain who did it." Tsukauchi told Toshinori. "But let me start from the beginning."

He flipped through his notes.

"On the day of the sports festival, seventeen people were trapped inside a net cafe in Musutafu. Of these seventeen people, all but one were murdered, with the manager of the cafe being the one left alive. I interrogated him about what happened. Supposedly, everyone was trapped inside by one person and were all forced to... kill one another for the right to live. A battle royale, one where if they refused, the villain would've just killed them all himself. To prove this, he made an example out of one of those people..."

Toshinori looked furious, tightly gripping his cup, "Why... Why would he do this? This sounds unnecessary for him, why would he go through this trouble? Unless... It wasn't 'him' who did this?

"I know you're confused, but let me finish. This 'person,' if you can even call him that based on his description, used multiple quirks to one, trap everyone in the room with a metal-like barrier, and two, create multiple outdated weapons from his body such as maces, swords, and more. He's even able to sprout tentacles out of his body, who knows what more he has..."

"B-But, for what reason would he have for committing such a... massacre!?" Toshinori slammed his cup on the table in anger, some tea spilling out.

Tsukauchi's eyebrows furrowed as he read the reason.

"Supposedly... he 'just didn't like how people called heroes for them.' That was what the manager recalled hearing him say."

Toshinori froze, "That sounds like... Are you sure it wasn't Shigaraki?"

Tsukauchi sighed, "I know, it sounds just like something he'd say based on what your students described after his attack on USJ... Just someone killing what they don't like. But the witness reassured me that this 'monster,' in his terms, didn't look anything like Shigaraki.

"Then... Who was it? Who committed such a crime? What kind of being would do something like that?" Toshinori growled, his cup shaking in anger within his hands. He expected to hear the name of his lifelong nemesis, yet he also found himself thinking otherwise.

"Getting there. The manager said the guy's name was... Lynch."

Toshinori felt his blood turn cold, his mouth became dry, and his cup of tea tumbled onto the table. The whole world seemed to turn dark beside him and Tsukauchi, the number one hero trembling as memories of what Enso said about this villain came back to him.

"Well, Toshinori, I don't know exactly how strong this 'villain' is, but..." Enso had started, referring to the villain All Might told him about. "But this 'monster' we'll have to face in the future... it may be even worse." He remembered when they first met.

"Someone who treats life as his own personal playground, someone who has the ability to travel to other worlds too, with only the intention of shaping it into chaos with his own hands." He remembered at the nurse's office of the sport's festival.

"Lynch is a villain who's only joy in life is to inflict fear and suffering to others... He enjoys manipulating people into situations where they're forced to follow whatever he says, he enjoys tormenting the minds of others due to their 'own' actions. He focuses his attention on the strongest-willed individuals he can find."

Toshinori's pupils shrunk in fear and concern.

"No... H-He can't be... He's already here!?"

~{Meanwhile- Train Station}~

Izuku was beside Gran Torino on the train, the sun already disappeared in the horizon to turn the sky dark. They had been riding on the bullet train towards Shibuya for a small amount of time, with Izuku looking concerned.

"Er... We'll be arriving until it gets pretty dark, is that really okay?" He asked, turning to the elder.

Gran Torino just grinned and stuck his wooden cane in the air.

"That's why it's good! There'll be more chances of bad guys going out thinking that the darkness is their ally! But they merely adopted the dark! I was born in it, molded by it!"

"..." Izuku tilted his head with a blank look. "Eh?"

Seeing a lack of a reaction, Gran Torino lowered his cane and shook his head in disappointment.

"How'd you not get that? Hmph, you youngsters have no culture..."

Izuku stared blankly at the hero, then looking away as he pulled out his phone.

"I don't know what kind of joke he was going for, but I do understand what he's saying about going at night..."

"Even using his smartphone with someone right next to him too!? Dear lord, what has this generation come to?" Gran Torino sighed.

Izuku seemed to ignore him as he checked his messages to Iida, which he had sent right as he had started the day.

What he saw made him look rather worried, "He read my messages but didn't reply…?" He then gazed out the window, watching the landscape pass by him. "We should be arriving at Hosu soon..."

He then felt his phone vibrate in his hand, surprising him.

"Could it be-!?"

He glanced down at the screen but was surprised to see that it wasn't Iida who texted him, but of all people, Kendo.

Kendo: Hey Midoriya, you doing alright? You free to talk?

"Erm..." Izuku turned to his right to ask Gran Torino if it would be alright to call her, but...

"Z! Z! Z!" The elder snored with a sign on his chest saying, "Wake me when we get there."

"WHERE'D HE EVEN GET THAT!?"

Izuku's mouth was agape for a second before he turned back to his phone and texted the girl back.

Izuku: I'm on a train right now, but there aren't too many people around me, so it should be fine if we call.

He sent that message and waited a few seconds before his phone started vibrating, making him smile.

He lowered the volume quick before answering the call.

He raised the phone nervously to his ear.

"Erm... Hi."

He heard a laugh on the other side.

"Do you answer all your calls sounding that stiff Midoriya?" The ginger-haired girl on the line giggled.

Izuku felt pretty embarrassed now, "N-Not really... I-I just didn't expect to get in a call with you... D-Did you need something?"

"What? Can't I call a friend just to see how he's doing in his internship?"

Izuku flinched, "Um... I guess so. I just thought everyone would be too busy to call anyone."

"Actually, I think Yaoyorozu and I have all the time in the world here..." He heard Kendo sigh.

Izuku blinked in confusion, "Huh? You and Momo are at the same internship?"

"Yeah, we both went to Uwabami. It's... not what we expected. To be honest, the most we've learned is that heroes can have side jobs despite some controversy over it... Oh, and how to style our hair in a few new ways."

Izuku sweatdropped. "Erm... Do you guys do any hero work?"

"No, just working around the set of commercials..."

Izuku sighed as well, "Yeah, Uwabami is mostly known for being celebrity-like... Being in commercials, shows, and more. Did she mention why she even choose you two to intern with her?"

"Because... she said we're cute."

Izuku had a black and white deadpanned look. "THAT'S IT!?"

He shook his head in some disappointment before continuing to speak, "Well... I can't really say she's wrong, but I hope she actually gives you some decent hero knowledge while you're both there with her."

He heard Kendo giggle on the other side, "Aw, Midoriya, I'm flattered."

"Eh?" Izuku took a moment to realized what he had implied, then turning slightly red as he fidgeted in his seat, "A-Ah! I didn't mean it, Itsuka! Er, I mean I did mean it, b-but... I- Um-Deja Vu!?" He suddenly uttered, getting a familiar feeling from this situation.

"Heh, using my first name too? You don't hold back at all, do you~?"

"N-No! I-Um! I just- I still haven't got that in check! I'm sorry, I-I won't say it again!" Izuku's face turned completely red at this point, the boy hiding himself with his arms despite no one looking at him.

He heard Kendo start laughing on the other side, "Breathe Midoriya, breathe! I'm just teasing you! Now I see why Ashido seems to enjoy this so much, even from here I can picture what kind of red face you've got."

"I-I... Er- M-Moving on! M-Momo's with you at Uwabami's right!? H-How is she doing?" Izuku stammered quickly, not wanting to feel more embarrassed than he already felt.

"Oh, she's um..."

There was a slight pause.

A question mark appeared over Izuku as he wondered what was wrong.

"She's kinda... Okay, she's sulking in the corner of the room because she feels foolish for trying to convince herself that she'll learn something valuable here... Ah, and she feels embarrassed that we're both in a commercial that's gonna be aired in a month or two."

That thought had Izuku smile, "Can you put me on speaker for a moment?"

"Oh?" He could tell Kendo was smiling on the other side by the tone, "Alrighty then."

He heard her tap her phone, then hearing the sounds of footsteps and murmuring in the background.

Using that as his cue, Izuku spoke.

"Momo, I'll look forward to your commercial! Knowing Uwabami, she made sure you look really pretty!"

He heard the sound of a sputter, "I-Izuku!? Is that you!? No! I can't let him see me looking so foolish! I-I can't! Where's Uwabami!?"

Izuku heard Kendo and a few others in the background start laughing before she switched him off speakerphone.

"That was great, Midoirya! But now I think I gotta go after Momo to calm her down before she speaking a storm to Uwabami."

Izuku couldn't help but laugh too, "Alright, it was nice talking to you, Itsuka."

Kendo just giggled that he used her first name again, but didn't point it out.

"Me too Midorya, I hope you're doing well at your internship."

"Oh, Itsuka?"

"Yeah?"

Izuku turned slightly red, but spoke with a smile, "I'm looking forward to seeing you in the commercial too."

There was a slight pause.

"U-Um, thanks... See you back at school then!"

Then she abruptly hung up.

Izuku lowered his phone and stared at it with bulging eyes while shaking.

"D-Didn't I just say some weird things?"

He leaned back in his seat and took deep breaths.

"Am I... getting better around girls? Even if it's just a bit?"

"Hmph, about time ya finished yapping."

"GYAH!" Izuku turned right to Gran Torino, who was tapping his armrest looking rather irritated. "Y-You're awake!? But didn't you fall asleep just a few minutes ago!?"

"Meh, I got bored."

"You got bored with sleeping?" Izuku deadpanned.

"When you're old, you find a lot of things boring." Gran Torino rolled his eyes.

"We are now nearing the Hosu Station." Someone on the intercome spoke.

Izuku blinked as he glanced outside at Hosu City, remembering one of his precious friends over there.

"Iida..."

He stared at the view in silence, watching the peaceful city worked itself while Izuku had more worrying thoughts about Iida.

But then the city had one of its buildings explode in the distance.

Izuku's eyes instantly widened as he pressed his face closer against the glass.

"What in the world!?"

The explosion caught the attention of everyone on the train.

"Look, an explosion!" A man shouted.

"Is it a villain!?" Another shouted.

"Everyone, please remain in your seats!" A conductor told everyone.

Izuku turned his head back to Gran Torino. "Could it be a fire?"

Gran Torino frowned, "Gee, I don't know, do you see the orangy wavy stuff coming out?"

Before Izuku retorted to the sarcastic remark, something came flying from the city and busted right into the train right in front of him.

"Gah!" Izuku covered his face as some rubble got on him and kept hold of his seat as the train momentarily shook, suddenly coming to an emergency stop. Clouds of dust covered the inside of the train that kept everyone from seeing what had crashed into them.

"What in the world!? Was something thrown at us!?" Izuku wondered as he closed his eyes so dust wouldn't get into them.

When the dust cleared, Izuku partially opened one eye before both widened in shock.

Right in front of him was a large hole in the train's side, but more importantly, there was a hero dressed in white trying to get up from the floor, with his head slightly bleeding.

"Nngh... What the hell is with that monst-?" Before the hero could finish, something came right inside the train, startling everyone.

"Roaoaoaaaaaaaaaa!" A light greenish, grayish figure had landed in the train and immediately grabbed the man by his face, then slamming him hard against the ground.

Izuku's pupils shrunk as he took into account the emotionless looking creature with four eyes place in his exposed brain, making loud shrieks and grunts as he bashed the hero onto the floor.

"A NOMU!" Izuku cried out as he got to his feet, already ready to fight.

Gran Torino was already ahead of him, "Kid, sit down and stay put!"

He used his quirk to blast himself at the Nomu, first slamming a swinging leg right into its face to make it let go of the injured hero. Then he blasted around before using his body to ram into the Nomu's chest, launching the two of them out of the train and towards Hosu City.

"Gran Torino!" Izuku shouted as he ran to the opening of the train and looked out.

He saw the elder with the Nomu moving at fast speeds together until they both crashed into a building in the distance. Izuku couldn't see more of where either was, but what he did see made him form a look of terror.

Fire, large fires were within Hosu city. Fires mixed in with occurring explosions that expanded the flames.

"What... What the hell is going on!?" He stuffed his phone tightly into his pocket as conductors came around.

"Everyone calm down! Please return to your seats! The villain is not here anymore!" One said as he kneeled over to check on the hero that was beaten up by the Nomu. "Please wait calmly for the heroes!"

Izuku wasn't having any of that waiting, especially when he knew that one of his most trusted friends was in the city.

"Excuse me, I'm getting out!" He activated One For All at 10%, then leaping off the train and out towards the city.

"Hey, wait! Are you crazy!?"

"Apparently!" Izuku shouted as he started falling.

He landed on the roof just below the train bridge and quickly ran along it, getting deep into his worrying thoughts.

"That Nomu looked different than the one at USJ! It was smaller and with wings! Nor did it seem to have the same shock absorption quirk that the large one had!"

He leaped off a building and landed onto the roof of a shorter one, heading towards the flames.

"I have to move quickly! Gran Torino could be in trouble! Not to mention..." The thought of Iida came into Izuku's mind once again, making him tightly press his teeth together. He leaped down to another shorter building, then jumping down to the wall of another before finally landing onto the ground of the city.

With One For All's speed, it didn't take long for Izuku to start coming across crowds of panicking people running towards him, of course, to get away from the fire and explosions farther behind them.

"Over there is where all the trouble is... But since there was one Nomu that came into the train, doesn't that mean there's more? How many of them are there!? Do they have multiple quirks like the Nomu that Enso took down!? If they do, then everyone is in even greater danger than I thought!"

He panted as he ran.

"Iida... Iida! Please be alright!"

Izuku then came into an orange filled area, making him stop in place with a look of fear in his eyes. There were flames everywhere, but a truck was also sent flying in the air, landing a little far from him but creating a tremendous explosion of light that had Izuku close his eyes.

"What the hell was that!?"

"Tenya! Tenya, where are you!" He heard someone yell.

Hearing the first name of his friend, Izuku's head snapped into the direction he heard it. He saw three Nomu's in the area, one of them was the one that had crashed into the train, another was a Nomu resembling the one at U.S.J with its black color, but it had less muscle mass, and the last one had a pale color with wings on its back and what seemed to be a respirator in its mouth.

Around these Nomu's were several heroes that looked beat up and were struggling to face off against these monsters. Some on the floor, while others helped to protect them.

"What... is... this?" Izuku muttered as the flames shined brightly in the area.

"Manuel put out the fire!" One of the hero's cried out.

"R-Right!" Manuel shouted as he pointed his hand to redirect water from a fire hydrant towards the flames.

Izuku's attention was aimed at Manuel. "He's the one who called to Iida!? The pro hero Manuel! He's who Iida decided to go for his internship!?"

He was about to run towards the hero to ask about his friend, but the pro spoke before he could move.

"Why do you choose a time like this to run off, Tenya!?" Manuel shouted in frustration.

Izuku froze, "What? Iida ran off somewhere!? But where!? He's too diligent to suddenly leave his internship, so why-!?"

He remembered the Hero Killer, making his eye widen.

"No way... He wouldn't-!"

"Hey, you're in the way! Get back!" a female hero shouted to Izuku as she got in front of him.

"Ah! I-I'm sorry!"

Izuku then bolted off with One For All's speed, "That's right... This is Hosu City, where the Hero Killer is! No... No Iida! Don't tell me you really went after for him!? B-But the Nomus, and this destruction!?"

He gulped nervously.

"There's no doubt about it... This is from the League Of Villains!"

He jumped into an alleyway and started exploring them, his teeth pressed together.

"I'll find you, Iida..." His hands tightened into fists as he blazed past many trash cans.

"I'LL SAVE YOU!"

His eyes flashed red for a moment.

~{At ?}~

Lynch and his newly acquired but childishly named Ripjaw explored the asylum-like building he had recently found. The contents of the building were somewhat surprising to him, as there were signs of some sort of massacre that had previously occurred.

There were stains of old, dried up blood scattered all over the place with even plenty of imprints of people on the floor. He estimated that the blood had been there for a few years and deemed that as evidence to why the entire building seemed abandoned.

He explored the halls with Ripjaw growling around as she took sniffs at the blood, but it was clear that there was no one alive in the place. He raised his hand as green balls of flames floated around him, lighting up the area that didn't have a hint of electricity.

They both came upon on an elevator that looked somewhat too small for either Lynch or his mutated wolf to go in.

"Well, I don't want to break anything if I'll be staying here. Stairs it is then. Wait here, Ripjaw."

He shrunk in size and opened the door to the stairwell while Ripjaw sniffed at the area around her.

He glanced over the edge and stared down at how far the stairs went, suddenly growing curious as he saw how far down it went.

"Wait... Does this place go deeper?"

He leaped off the edge and fell down several stairs before landing on his feet with a powerful impact, cracking the ground underneath him.

He then went out through a door and saw what he could only call a facility of white. There was lab equipment, thick bullet-proof glass separating some rooms, more dried-up blood all over the place, computers, rolling chairs, and much more.

The corners of Lynch's mask almost looked as if they had moved upward, and the openings of his eyes and mouth seemed to blaze in an excited flaring red.

"This place is perfect... More perfect than all the other places I've held up in before! But... Does it have what I think it should have?"

He explored the area, going from room to room until he found what he was looking for.

He came into what he assumed was the control room, one with large screens of advanced looking computers.

"Yes! Now I can finally start! I can start building, I can start creating! But first..."

Lynch stuck both arms out, and they extended several tentacles to the computers all over the room, morphing the tips to plug themselves into outlets and into the computers.

"Let's light this candle." He chuckled.

His whole body suddenly became shocked with electricity traveling through all of his limbs. He focused it into the computers and outlets, which then sent power throughout the entire building. All the lights turned on, some generators in other rooms roared in the distance, and all the screens lit up in white.

He laughed as he pulled his limbs back, circling around and gazing at many screens of the control room that displayed the many places within the facility from the perspectives of cameras.

He went to the most significant computer screen and started typing on the keyboard, creating multiple tabs and powering up the devices more to gain access to the web even from all the way out here.

"Now, just what WAS this place?"

He typed away with two arms growing from his back and typing on two other computers besides the one he was at. Many tabs were open, many files were opened, yet in these files, nearly everything had been cleared out.

"Hm, the only thing I can get out of any of this is a thing called, 'Project Walrider.' Oh well, I can't find anything about now, so I guess it isn't important. Now let's see what's happening in this superpower world so far."

Multiple screens showed breaking news in a city called 'Hosu,' making Lynch tilt his head curiously as he watched a live feed from a helicopter. He saw fires and explosions, but what intrigued him more were the monsters he saw causing all of this chaos. Monsters that had their brains showing with dead gazes in their eyes.

"Oh? What the hell are those things?" He read in some passing text and listened to the reporter calling these things called 'Nomu' that had appeared for the second time in the world.

"Hm..." Out of curiosity, he searched up both Nomus and Hosu City, wondering if this was where those creatures came from and wondering who made them. He learned that these 'Nomu' came from a group called the League of Villains, that had little known about them besides being a group to cause crime with someone named Tomura Shigaraki leading them. As for the results of searching up Hosu, besides the current crisis happening, the only thing that popped up was someone called the 'Hero Killer.' He read a bit about him, from his murdering spree to how many heroes he targeted. He then started to watch the Nomu's in the city this person resided in.

"So much to study, so much to learn... But- Huh? Wait a second..."

Lynch tried to pause the screen of the live feed in Hosu City, only to realize he couldn't. He grumbled before searching up several different sights playing the same event, rewinding each one he could and looking through them to find what it was he had seen. Finding the right sight, he paused at the moment he needed, zooming in on a spec of green.

"Isn't that...?"

He saw someone with a bush of green hair, wearing a dark green costume and running away from the area. Lynch's eyes flared in excitement as he stared at the person with his face nearly pressing the screen.

He recognized him from the festival, remembering him to be the one Enso had spoken about while fighting the blonde time bomb. The one he had searched up a clear image of, someone who was clearly crucial to Enso.

"Found~ You~"

~{Meanwhile}~

Enso stood outside in another plaza with his hands in his pockets, merely staring at the people walking by.

"How boring..."

Both Jiro and Mineta were behind him. They sat at a table as the three pro heroes, Death Arms, Kamui Woods, and Mt. Lady, sat at another table talking about recent kidnappings involving children.

Jiro waited around by staring at her phone rather bored, while Mineta looked at his phone while breathing heavily with a red face.

"..."

She jabbed an earlobe into the side of his head.

"GAH!" Mineta's eyes bulged before he fell back in his chair, twitching.

"Even in public, this guy's looking at disgusting stuff..."

She got up and grumbled as she got away from Mineta and approached Enso, noticing him stare up at the moon.

"Yo, Enso. How's it going?"

The boy glimpsed back at Jiro coming beside him. "I suppose I'm doing fine. Just wondering if Izuku is doing something more productive than me on this internship..."

"Speaking of which, did you really choose to be with Kamui Woods because you were forced to?"

"Of course not. Kamui was just recommended to me by that rodent of a principal..."

"He said that so casually!?" Jiro thought in shock, knowing how dangerous the principal of her school has been reported to be.

"Alright... Do you know where Greeny went?"

Enso turned to the girl with an eyebrow raised, "Greeny?"

Jiro flinched as she remembered that she had only told Izuku that she was calling him differently.

"Er... I-!" She became flustered and turned away.

"..." Enso stared as she fumbled for a moment before he closed his eyes with a sigh. "I see... You refuse to call him the same thing that Bakugo calls him, don't you?"

Jiro turned to him rather shocked.

"So I was right on the money? Hmph, it's to be expected that you wouldn't want to say the same thing that constantly comes out of that time bomb's mouth."

The rock girl let out a breath of relief, "I... I kind of thought you'd say that I'm petty or stupid for doing that..."

"No, it's understandable. But just don't go and actively antagonize Bakugo."

"Sure thing. I want nothing to do with him anyway..." Jiro growled with an eye twitching.

"..."

The two then remained silent, just staring out at the city while waiting for the adults to finish speaking.

"Oh, that's right." Enso remembered, turning his head back to his classmate. "Jiro, do you recall the conversation we had in that karaoke bar?"

"Huh? Enlighten me." She answered as she tried to remember.

"We agreed that you'd teach Izuku how to play the guitar and maybe a few more instruments if I were to buy you a guitar in return. It happened twenty-five chapters ago, remember?"

"Eh?"

"Do you remember?"

"Wait, was what that last part-?"

"Remember?" Enso asked once more, a neutral expression showing no signs of acknowledgment of what Jiro was referring too.

Jiro was dumbfounded with Enso but guessed he wouldn't address what he said, so she just thought about the promise they made. It didn't take long before a look of realization formed on her. "Oh yeah! I forgot all about that after so long! Why didn't you ever bring it up again!?"

Enso scratched the back of his head, "I mean, many things happened and are happening now. There was the attack on USJ, then preparing and participating in the sports festival, and now we're doing these internships. There weren't really many chances where I could fit in Izuku's schedule."

"You have a schedule for Greeny, what are you, his secretary?" Jiro sweatdropped.

"If anything, he'd be a secretary for me, but that's not important. I'm just asking if you'd be willing to teach him after these internships are over?"

Jiro looked down and scratched her head with a sense of uncertainty.

"Well... After these internships are done, then we'll have to worry about final exams. But... I think..." She turned slightly red, thinking about teaching Izuku alone. "I-I'd be up f-for it..."

"Good, then I'll be sure to get back to you on it and tell Izuku later."

Jiro could help but twirl her earlobes in anticipation while forming a small smile.

"I-I'll look forward to it... J-Just don't hold off on reminding either of us again."

"Alright." Enso gazed back to the moon, maintaining silence.

He started thinking about many things, from Izuku being alone and having him as his only friend, to his current position now where the boy has already connected to so many people.

"Especially the females..." Enso sweatdropped, remembering so many situations involving them. However, despite believing that the girls were partially nuisances, he did have to be that they've still had a positive effect on Izuku. From having them as friends to just being the people that kept the emerald boy going, that kept him fighting.

"I guess... I should be somewhat grateful to them."

Then suddenly, Enso's watch vibrated.

"Hm?" He raised it towards his face while Jiro felt her phone vibrate at the same time. They both checked their messages, and both found the same thing.

Just a location sent by Izuku... Hosu City.

"What's this?" Jiro asked aloud.

Enso narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "This... Why just a location?"

His watch suddenly started beeping, surprising both the two of them.

"Um...?" Jiro started, wondering what it meant.

"Erm, I have to take a call." Enso answered before she could ask.

"That thing's a phone!?"

Enso checked the unique code on the small screen of his watch that let him know who was calling him.

"All Might?"

"I'll be done in a moment." Enso told Jiro as he started walking a reasonable distance away.

"Okay then..." Jiro muttered, watching him walk.

She turned to walk back to the table, but her sensitive ears heard one thing from Enso.

"I wonder if it's about Izuku...?"

That had Jiro stop for a moment, the girl turning her head back to watch Enso as he leaned his shoulder against a wall and raised the watch to his ear.

"..." She thought about the location sent out by Izuku, thinking about him and why he would send something like that. This had her thoughts start going even more rampant, and the girl becoming even more worried. She walked to the same wall a few yards away from where Enso is, she punctured her earlobe into it, listening in, although nervously.

"What do you need?" Enso sighed.

"Y-Young Enso, there is something that I must tell you! I know nothing has happened with Young Midoriya so far, but you have to know!"

"Huh, the only one who addresses people with 'young' before their names is All Might! But why does he sound so... different!?" Jiro wondered in shock.

Enso narrowed his eyes, "Hold on... What do you mean?"

"I-I learned that he's here! Lynch has been here since the festival!"

Enso's pupils shrunk, and the whole world around him seemed to crack.

He recalled the location Izuku sent to everyone, making his eyes completely open and his arm start shaking by what it implied. If he sent just a location, then no doubt he couldn't write a proper message because of being in a situation. If he really sent that message to everyone in his class, then it meant he desperately needed help from anyone.

He knew Izuku was in danger, and if the series of events meant anything, then it could be him.

Enso's teeth pressed together, "I have to leave!"

"What!? Young Enso, are you telling me that-?"

"Meet me over in Hosu City, now!"

"H-Hosu!? B-But I can't! I've already used up my-!"

Enso ended the call before the hero could finish, partially hearing what he had said and realizing he might be alone on this.

Jiro looked both scared and confused, processing what she just heard was.

"All Might!? Hosu!? Lynch? Midoriya's in danger!? Wh-What the hell is going on?!" She shouted in her head, even forgetting about the nickname she gave the boy due to her frantic worrying.

"Yo, we're heading back now!" Kamui waved to them, having finished talking with his two fellow pro heroes.

When Enso turned back to them, they all instantly felt chills. The boy's eyes looked filled to the brim in red, red that menacingly shined under the moonlight of the night sky.

"I have to leave! Family emergency!"

"Huh!? What are you-?" Before Kamui could finish, Enso formed an intense yellow aura and his eyes matched them, the boy then crouching down.

"Snipe Style- Ricocheting Bullet!" He suddenly blasted at a small building, bouncing off of it and getting onto the roof of another before continuing to bounce off in the distance.

"Wait!" Jiro shouted, desperately wanting to know what was happening.

"Where are you going!?" Mineta shouted in pure confusion.

"HOLD IT! YOU CAN'T JUST DO THAT!" Kamui shouted.

Death Arm's glared at the boy fly, looking ready for action. "Kamui, using his quirk like that is against the-"

"I KNOW, I KNOW! He just lacks common sense! Alright!? I'll um- I'm gonna- ARGH!" Kamui grabbed his own head in frustration.

"He said a family emergency though, didn't he? I wonder what happened?" Mt Lady mumbled, still staring off at where Enso left with a look of curiosity but not really caring that he used his quirk without permission.

Jiro's body shook with her mouth agape in fear.

"What... What's gonna happen to Midoriya!?"

~{Hosu City- A Few Minutes Before}~

"Who the hell are you?"

Stain growled as he asked this question the young boy currently on his knees after taking a kick. He was just about to finish off another fake pro once again, going to plunge his ideas into the public by plunging his blade into the hero, but this... 'kid' had come out of nowhere rather fast. He had been forced to jump back a few feet before then kicking the kid away, now pointing his blade right at him while glaring threateningly.

"Another wannabe hero? A child wearing a costume?"

The young hero in front of him, no longer wearing his helmet, glared back at Stain with pure anger in his eyes, being none other than Iida.

Iida clenched his hands into fists as he slowly got back up.

"I am the younger brother of the hero you attacked..."

"Tsk, do you know how vague that it?" Stain scoffed.

Iida seemed to get even angrier as he got back to his feet, "I'm the younger brother of the hero you left in shambles! Left to never again live the life of helping others!"

Stain narrowed his eyes, "There was only one hero that I let live... So you're his younger brother?"

His murderous gaze grew, "How about telling me why you're here then?"

Iida panted as he got back to his feet. "I've... I've come to stop you in my brother's place! To continue where he left off! I'll make sure to take you down using my own two hands!"

Stain looked unimpressed as he listened on.

"Remember my name for as long as you live!" Iida's eyes almost looked like they were going to burst, "I AM INGENIUM, THE HERO THAT WILL DEFEAT YOU!"

Stain just held his blades tighter, "I see..." He gave off an aura of killing intent.

"Then you're just like any of the others, using your quirk selfishly for your own desires, which in this case, is revenge..."

His eyes flashed red.

"Do me a favor and die."

Iida felt a chill in his spine from the dangerous tone, but that didn't stop him from blasting forward.

"LIKE HELL I WILL!"

He swung his leg right at the Hero Killer, expecting to connect it to him.

"Lashing out like this-"

Stain was suddenly above Iida, having just jumped up.

"-is predictable!" He swung the spikes on his shoe down on the young hero, stabbing him and forcing him down to the ground.

"NNGH!" Iida felt his shoulder bleed as he felt the Hero Killer pin his head down with his foot while examining the boy.

"Oh? That quirk of yours... So you really are Ingenium's brother." He leaned down over him, "I don't know why you're so angry, even if I let him live just to let the news of me spread, he's alive. You should be grateful that I even left him to breathe."

Iida just turned his off from the ground and glared up at Stain, "You ruined his career! Who the hell would be grateful for that!?"

"Hmph." Stain flipped his blade before plunging it down on Iida's shoulder, then stomping his foot onto the boy's head to keep him down.

"GAAAAAH!" Iida shouted in pain.

"You and your brother are both weak, and the reason for this is obvious. You're both fakes. If you fought with a conviction for the sake of others, for the sake of society, then you'd be stronger. But here you are just coming after me with a petty goal."

"SHUT UP!" Iida screamed, "My older brother is paralyzed from the waist down because of you! He'll never be a hero ever again!"

"That was the point. The only reason I didn't kill him was to spread my name, but the least I can do was prevent him from continuing his fake career."

Iida's pupils shrunk, "You bastard... My older brother was an excellent hero who has saved so many people, he's led people on paths of heroism and safety! You... You have no right to take that away from him!"

He trembled in anger.

"My older brother was the one who gave me my dream! My dream to become a hero! I won't forgive you... I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU! I'LL KILL YOU!"

The moment he said that last part, Stain closed his eyes and sighed in disappointment.

"Hmph, and you're calling yourself a hero? Did you even think at all about that guy over there?"

Stain pointed at a bleeding hero shaking with his back leaned against the wall, a hero with a native-like look to him.

"You came after me, but shouldn't you have thought about saving him? What would an actual hero do?"

Iida stopped shaking for a moment, taking in those words. He suddenly saw Izuku go through his mind, the boy never hesitating to jump in to save a person.

"I-I..."

Stain pulled his blade out of Iida's shoulder, making him wince and press his teeth tightly together, "You should've reflected on yourself and saved others. Yet you're here using your powers for yourself. Letting hatred overwhelm you and acting out on your own desires..."

Stain frowned with cold red eyes.

"Aren't those the furthest things for a hero?"

"Sh-Shut up!" Iida tried to push himself off the ground, but Stain grinned and brought his blood-covered blade to his mouth.

"Which is why you'll die here."

He licked the blood on his blade.

Iida felt his body completely stiffen, making his eyes widen.

"I-I can't move!?"

Stain brought his blade up and aimed it pointing down.

"Sorry about this. I don't like killing kids, but you're budding into a hero of hatred, you don't belong to this society. So do me a favor and become an offering for a more just world."

"If you admire me, Tenya, then I might become an amazing hero!" Iida remembered his older brother's words and had water coming from his eyes.

"NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, YOU ARE THE CRIMINAL WHO HURT MY BROTHER!"

"Oh put a sock in it." Stain growled as he plunged his blade down.

But was stopped as a blur of green blasted right at him.

"SMAAAAAAASH!"

Izuku's fist connected in the side of the Hero Killer's face right before his blade could touch Iida's skin, shocking the villain and sending him flying back.

The broccoli-haired boy then landed on his feet while panting, letting out breath after breath of relief that he made it just in time.

"To think you went so far for him... We need to talk after this, Iida!" Izuku shouted.

Iida's eyes widened with tears as he saw Izuku right in front of him.

"Mi...Midoriya?"

Izuku kept his eyes on the Hero Killer. "Are you alright?"

Iida was at a daze, completely flabbergasted as he can only utter, "Wh-Why?"

"What do you mean why!? I came to save you!"

Stain got back up and narrowed his eyes at Izuku.

"He's the one from Shigaraki's picture… They wanted him alive, didn't they? Someone did, at least... But why?"

Iida struggled to speak. "H-How did you even-?"

"I knew you'd be here somewhere away from where the chaos is occurring! That's where the Hero Killer usually struck. But that's not important! Can you move?"

Iida struggled, but couldn't move an inch, "N-No... M-My body hasn't responded to me ever since he cut me... I-It might have to do with his quirk."

"Don't worry, I think I can-!" Izuku stopped himself as he saw another hero lying helplessly near Stain. "There's another person!? Damn, it if was just Iida, then I could've carried him onto my shoulder... But there's someone else!"

Stain brought both blades out as he glared at Izuku from afar. "Now... Just what kind of conviction do YOU have?"

"Midoriya… D-Don't get involved…" Iida struggled to say.

"Huh?" Izuku looked down at Iida with some confusion.

"This has nothing to do with you! S-So leave!" Iida shouted to him with a trembling voice.

Izuku's pupils shrunk, "What... What are you saying!? Don't you know who I am!? There's no way I'd do that!"

Stain glared even more intensely at Iida, "This was exactly what I meant. Your friend came to save you... To save you from a situation that you brought yourself into with your selfish actions. If you continue to live, then you'll keep bringing others into danger."

He then focused his attention on Izuku, looking him straight in the eye.

"Boy... I suggest you don't involve yourself with this fake, I have a duty to kill him." He scraped both of his blades against each other, "If we clash, of course, the weaker of us will be brought down. Are you sure you're up for it?"

Izuku suddenly felt a shiver as he saw the burning eyes of the villain ready for action.

"This guy... He really is different from any other villain. H-His gaze looks just like one Enso has had before... The eyes of someone who's taken a life before..."

He gulped nervously and trembled in place, but behind him, he tapped his phone, sending something to several contacts.

"There's only one thing I can do now... I can't carry both Iida and Native... If I want to make sure both stay safe, then... then..."

"Now then... just what will you do?" Stain narrowed his eyes.

Izuku took one last breath of air, before then getting into a fighting stance.

Seeing him readying for battle, Iida shouted. "Stop it, Midoriya! Run away from here! I told you, didn't I!? It has nothing to do with you!"

"ARE YOU AN IDIOT!?" Izuku shouted back, making Iida stunned into silence.

"WHAT KIND OF HERO- NO, WHAT TYPE OF PERSON WOULD I BE IF I LEFT YOU HERE!?" Izuku stomped his foot down and held his hands in front of him. "I-If I'm here getting in the way, then it just proves that I'm doing the right thing."

Stain could swear that he saw a momentary red in the boy's eyes, only to see green again as Izuku continued.

"Th-There's a lot more things I wanna say to you, Iida... Like scold you for once rather than the other way around, but I'll do that later when we're all smiling back in class. Of course I'd get involved! I-It's just like what All Might says..."

Hearing All Might's name, Stain raised an eyebrow.

"Meddling when you don't need to… is the essence of being a hero!" Izuku nervously grinned.

Stain's eyes then changed from eyes of murderous intent, to the eyes of a crazed joy.

"Good... Good!" He started to laugh, startling both Izuku and Iida. "I like you already, kid! Midoriya, correct? Perhaps this is why Shigaraki wants you dead."

Izuku's eyes widened, "Y-You're with the league!?"

That made Stain frown, "I wouldn't say that. I'm fighting for my own interests. But I understand why that child of a man wishes to finish you. Because you're intentions, your convictions, they match up with All Might... And he just doesn't like that. However, I won't follow his goals or desires by his way. If I want to change this world into the way it should be, then I'm doing it my way. By purging the fakes who fight for themselves, but letting worthy heroes like you live!"

He then pointed a blade at Iida, "So I'm gonna have to kill your friend there. I'm sorry to say, but he's nothing close to a true hero. He doesn't have the goal that a true hero should have."

Hearing this, Iida's mind flashed back to the conversation he had at lunch so many weeks ago, the same lunchtime where the alarm for the school went off. He remembered Enso's words about his reasoning for becoming a hero.

"I mean, could you truly claim that you're aiming to become a 'true hero' when you aren't even thinking about the one thing a true hero would prioritize in for becoming a hero in the first place?"

Iida thought about his actions with the desire to finish off the Hero Killer. That had been the goal that caused his recent decision, they didn't involve saving anyone, they were just for himself.

The more he thought about it, the more mortified Iida became. "I'm... Have I really been...?"

"If you choose to protect him, then you'll mostly get hurt. I would prefer it if you'd just leave." Stain told Izuku.

Izuku actually chuckled as he punched his hand into his own palm.

"Over my dead body!"

Stain grinned, "Let's hope it doesn't come to that."