Chapter 8
Four days later
-Office of the Minister of Heroes activities-
Early Morning
A man who looked to be at his early 50 sat behind a desk reading a binder, he had a light skin tone, dark coal eyes that were behind a pair of square glasses and black hair that were turning gray do to age or do to stress and dressed in a formal black suit with a silver watch on his left wrist, he was reading a folder making him sigh. "The situation is getting worse" he muttered as the answering machine turn on.
"Minister Daishin, your guests have arrived," the voice of his assistant came out from the machine, exhaling as he pressed a button on the device.
"Send them in," he said, letting go of the button. He stood up and unplugged the device as the door opened to reveal Allmight, Naomasa and Nezo walking in the room and closed the door. "Morning gentlemen."
"Morning Minister Daishin," they greeted as the man nodded.
"Sorry for asking, but did you follow my request?" Daishin asked getting nods from the three making him nod opening, his hand making a silver-ish glow emit from it and then expand covering the room in the same glow. "Then we can start please sit down," he said, gesturing at the three chairs in front of his desk.
They walked to the chairs and sat down while Daishin sat on his own chair. "Once again morning and thank you for coming to the meeting, as you know we are here to discuss the matter of Omuni," he said grabbing the folder.
"Four days ago, the villain known Toxic Chainsaw was found dead and the cause of death was as, I could say unique," he said giving them the folder and opened it to see pictures and notes but what caught their attention was the picture of the villain's decomposing body.
All the color was drained from the body but instead of looking pale he looked like an ashen gray green, some of his skin was missing from his chest and face allowing to see his inner organs that looked to be very damaged and his skull that had a few cracks. It was a gruesome sight, to say the least.
"We found his body in that condition in a warehouse close to the docks. According to autopsy, he has been there for one or so months," Daishin said as they each took their turn looking at the files.
Naomasa looked at the folder for longer, feeling that something was a miss. "Are we certain that this is Omuni?" he asked. "Since, his calling card is usually expose first then execute," Naomasa said getting a nod from Daishin.
"That's true but we can't ignore that the level of brutality that his victims die in, usually depending on their crimes, and from what we know Toxic had the most crimes committed compared to the previous victims," Daishin said getting a nod from the detective.
"Were we able to get any kind of information or lead on Omuni with this?" Allmight asked the minister who shook his head.
"No, we couldn't find any leads at the crime scene," Daishin said, making the hero sigh and mutter as Nezo looked at the folder once again.
"But I do believe there is another reason for just the four of us meeting here," Nezo said, getting a nod from Daishin.
"Yes, there is another reason why, I brought you here..." Daishin started giving a small pause. "The reason is why would Omuni do this," he said, getting slightly confused looks from Allmight and Naomasa.
"What do you mean?" Allmight asked.
"As Naomasa pointed out, Omuni normally kills in an order exposing his victim and only later he kills them, but this time he only killed his target and didn't expose his crimes," Daishin pointed.
"And besides that, his other victims had a quick death compared to Toxic," he said, grabbing the folder once again and went to the page that detailed the cause of death. "He died in two weeks as his bodily functions shut down," he said.
"If Omuni went to this length to make Toxic suffer, then he must have angered him to this point," Allmight said, getting a nod from Daishin.
"Yes, and if I were to guess, I would say Toxic might have harmed or killed someone close to him," Daishin said, making Naomasa think a little on that theory.
"That would kind a of explain why he would torture Toxic to this extent and being a personal matter wanting to keep it to himself is understandable," he said a little perturbed at the level of brutality and cruelty Omuni could reach.
"If I may Minister Daishin, why are we the only ones getting this information?" Allmight asked.
Daishin looked at the three and sighed once again. "The reason is that, I believe there are spies among us."
"The reason for this is that Omuni has been steps ahead of us and even the military police force has given no fruit, and so I made a decision that I will assemble a task force to put a stop to Omuni."
"And who are members of this task force?" Naomasa asked.
"Besides of you three, the top fives heroes, Sir Nighteye and Gran Torino" he said.
"And the others, will they be in the dark of Omuni's activities?" Naomasa questioned getting a shook of the head from the minister.
"No, if we do then Omuni might know something is up, we are going to inform the other heroes, but I won't tell them all the details like I did here," he said getting nods from the three. "With that, our meeting is over," he said as the three stood up.
"I'll inform the others myself," Daishin said as the three left his office and he sighed once again leaning into his chair, he grabbed the folder as the silver that covered the room disappeared. "What Is your goal with all of this Omuni?" he asked himself, reading once again the folder.
-Ben's house-
"Achoo!" Ben sneezed into his hand, making Izuku and Lilith look at him. "Sorry guys," he said, taking a napkin and blew his nose. "I don't know why, but I've been sneezing a lot."
The three were at the dining room having breakfast dressed in their casual attire minus Izuku who was in his school uniform. "Maybe someone is talking about you," Izuku suggested, making Ben shrug.
"If they are, it's probably someone hatching a plan to kill me or something," he said returning to his meal making Izuku sigh as he looked at his watch.
"With how friendly you are, I'm shocked," Lilith said with a hit of sarcasm in her voice as Izuku stood up.
"I have to go," he said, putting on his backpack and left the dinning room. "Bye Aniki, Nesan."
"Bye Ototo/ Lil Green" Ben and Lilith waved at the boy, who nodded and was about to leave.
He stopped on his way to the door. "Where's Yusei?" he asked, returning to the dinning room.
"He's in the lab doing some work," Lilith said, taking a sip of her tea as Izuku walked towards the elevator.
"Well, you're carrying his name with less malice this time," Ben said, taking another bite of his omelet.
Lilith lowered her cup of tea and looked at him. "You asked me to tolerate him and I'm doing so," she said, getting a nod from Ben as he got closer to her and kissed her on her cheek.
"Well, that's a starter, thanks Luv," he said kissing her cheek making her smile a bit.
"Anytime Benny bear," she said, making Ben grumble curses under his breath, making woman laugh as they went back to their meal.
Izuku walked out of the elevator seeing Yusei in the middle of the room typing on the main computer, Izuku walked over to the man and he saw that the man was focused on the screens.
"Hey Yusei, I'm heading to school," he said getting a nod from him.
"Okay Bye," he said, not taking his eyes off of the screens, Izuku nodded slightly as he went back to the elevator and left the house.
Izuku made his way to the train station, while his mind was wondering on something else. "He started acting weird, since Lilith arrived," he thought as he walked up to the train station.
"Did something happen between them?" he wondered as the train stop and opened its door, making the boy step in the train and got a free seat. "Maybe I should ask Aniki?" he thought as the train started moving.
-Back at Ben's house-
Yusei yawned as he typed for a few more minutes. "And done," he said rubbing his eyes, looking at the screen seeing he had heavy bags under his eyes. He sighed as he tried to get up from the chair but nearly falling if it wasn't for it.
"I've been working for too long," he thought, trying to get back to his feet, but he fell to the ground, too tired to move. He stared at the ceiling with tired eyes. "Looks like I over did it again," he thought, yawning once again as he closed his eyes and fell asleep and didn't hear the elevator opening and someone walking over to him.
-Back with Izuku-
Izuku sighed as he took out his phone and did his search on any recent hero battle, but he only found very few mostly criminals robbing convenient stores. "Is this really the effect of Aniki?" he questioned himself.
Izuku had noticed that usual villains attack was pretty low. He knew for a fact that the main reason wasn't only because of Ben, but it was hard to argue Ben didn't cause it.
Even if Ben's method still made him disturbed, he couldn't deny it was effected on making heroes and police at attention.
He sighed as he went to recent news just finding a few articles on Titan Enterprises releasing new products on the market and after surfing the net for a while the train reached the station.
Walking out of the station, Izuku kept on his path towards UA, but he stopped when he felt someone getting too close to him.
"So, you are Minogashita's brat after all," a raspy voice said, making Izuku stiffen as he had flashed to when he first heard the voice.
"Shigaraki," Izuku said nervously. "What… do you want?" he asked, trying to avoid a scene, especially with what Ben told him about the man's tempura.
"I just came to talk what, is this also against our treaty?" Tomura asked getting a shook of the head from Izuku. "Let's go somewhere more appropriate," he started walking towards an ally. "Aren't you coming?"
Izuku gulped and followed the villain but with an enormous distance and activated ofa without causing the sparks to appear. Izuku noticed Tomura was dressed the same as when he first saw him. They walked in an ally and stopped on a dead end.
"I'll be honest, I don't know why you even matter," he said, getting a confused look from Izuku. "And especially why would Minogashita care about you?"
"And why do you care if Ben cares about me?" he asked.
Tomura chuckled dryly. "Because, I know something Minogashita isn't an idiot and if he picked you from the many in your class there most be a reason, but I can't think of one?" he asked making Izuku silent.
"Neither do I," he answered somewhat silently. "Is that all you wanted to ask?"
"Go ahead, I just wanted to know what type of pawn were you," he said.
Izuku didn't reply, he just backed away and left Tomura alone as Kurogiri appeared beside him.
"Are you happy now?" the mist man asked, making Tomura grumble.
"Even the brat doesn't know," he grumbled as Kurogiri sighed, opening a portal for the hooded man who walked in it, and disappeared from the alleyway.
Izuku walked towards UA, still thinking on what Tomura told him. "I just wanted to know the type of pawn you were," those words repeated in his head, but he shook them off.
"Like Aniki would use me like that," he thought walking in the school seeing that the hallway was kinda empty and the bell rang. "Damn it," he thought, running towards his classroom.
Late Afternoon
-At Ben's house-
Yusei opened his eyes expecting to feel the cold ground of the lab instead, he was in a bed in his room; he looked to the left to see a tray with steak and chips alongside a grape soda and card with a chibi Ben holding a sign.
"I made one of your favorite plates and also you need to rest. You can't do shit if you are passed out," he read out loud, sighing as he sat up and started eating.
"Smug prick," he thought with a slight smile.
Ben was in the living room with Lilith watching a horror movie. "Chop his head off," Lilith said, laughing at the characters of the movie.
"You act like, you would figure it out," Ben said chuckling at her making the woman look at him with a pout.
"If I was in a horror movie, I would," she said, making Ben burst out laughing.
"Oh really, so are we forgetting about the s…," he started but got interrupted Lilith elbowing him on the side.
"Don't even mention that," she growled slightly, making Ben grin a bit, and wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her on his lap.
"Ah, I'm so sorry my little vampire," he said, making the woman sigh as she turned around to face him, shortening the distance between them touching their noses.
"You're lucky that you're very cute," she said with a smile.
"You know it better than anyone else," he replied as he leaned closer but stopped when they heard the door open.
"I'm home" Izuku said as he closed the door and walked into the living room to see the two. "I'm ruining something, aren't I?" he asked getting a nod from Lilith.
"Yeah, kind of," she said, making Izuku back away and walk upstairs. "Well, his reaction is better than Annie."
Ben shrugged. "I think so, but anyway, where were we?" he asked with a smile, getting the same from Lilith as she shortened the distance once again.
"Well, we were about to suck faces and possibly go a little farther than that," she said, leaving a quick kiss on Ben's lip.
"I'm pretty sure we can arrange that," he returned the kiss.
Izuku sighed. "Now I can't go to the living room until they are done," he thought as he saw Yusei walk out of his room. "Hey Yusei, don't go downstairs, they are at it again," he said to the silver-head who nodded.
"Thanks for the warning," he said, yawning.
"Did you just wake up?" he asked, getting another nod.
"Yeah, I have been up since yesterday to get things ready for tonight's mission," he said, getting a confused look from Izuku.
"Really but Aniki said nothing about a mission tonight."
Yusei placed his hand under his chin. "Well, maybe it's because of the nature of this mission," he said, only increasing Izuku's curiosity.
"What's the mission about?" he asked.
"Sorry, I can't tell you," Yusei said. "Mostly because of the content," he added, getting a slight nod from Izuku.
"But can I at least know, when will it happen?" Yusei shrugged.
"Sure, it will be at midnight," he said with a sigh. "Anyway, how was your day?" he asked.
"It was mostly normal, but Shigaraki showed up to question me"
Yusei raised an eyebrow. "What did he ask?"
Izuku recounted the entire interaction between the two, Yusei sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I have to talk with Ben about this," he muttered under his breath.
"Hmm, Yusei," Izuku said, getting the man's attention. "Why…" he took a slightly paused. "Actually, forget it," he replied
"Ah, alright," he said slightly confused but shook it off and yawned once again. "Well since, I have some time to burn, how about I help you with some homework?"
Izuku frown a little. "Are you sure? Don't you need all the sleep you can get for tonight?"
Yusei smiled and ruffled Izuku's hair. "Don't worry, I got enough sleep," he said, getting a nod from Izuku.
"Okay, but if you fall asleep during the mission, I won't be responsible," he said, getting a snort from Yusei.
"Yeah, of course lil green" Yusei chuckled slightly. "What are the subjects you were given homework?" he asked as they walked towards Izuku's room.
"Math and History," he said, getting a grown from Yusei.
"I still hate those two."
"The feeling is more than mutual," he said, getting a dry chuckle from the silver head.
Later that Night
Izuku was in his room already dressed in his Pjs, he was on his bed playing on his console that Ben gave him. "One more level and I'll go to sleep," he thought, completely focused on the game, not hearing the door open.
"I'm pretty sure you won't finish it," Izuku heard next to him jump slightly, almost falling out of bed.
Ben grabbed the console before it fell. "Oops, sorry," he chuckled slightly. "Don't worry, I'm not the boogie man," he said with a smile, getting a huff from Izuku.
"Not funny, Aniki," he grumbled, making Ben chuckle a little.
"I think otherwise, Ototo," he said, giving him back the console. "Well, I just wanted to give you a heads up we are leaving," he said getting a nod.
"For the mission, right?" Izuku asked.
"Yup, we'll be back in the around 5am or so" he started with a shrug. "Or later, it will really depend on how things fall on place," he commented. "Anyway, you know the drill, right?" he asked getting a sigh from Izuku.
"There's food in the fridge, if anyone is stupid enough to get in the automatic system will turn on and defend me and also if I hurt myself the first aid kits are in the kitchen, bathroom and the lab and also not to go in your or Yusei's room," he recited the list of rules and situations that Ben came up with.
Ben nodded. "Good to see you remember them," he said with a smile. "Well good night Ototo, don't stay awake for too long," he said approaching the door.
"Aniki," Izuku called, making Ben stop and glance at him.
"Yeah?"
"can I ask you something?".
"Besides of that one sure go ahead."
Izuku didn't know why, but he felt a little nervous. "Aniki, Yusei has been acting weird since Nesan came here." he paused a little. "Did something happen between them?"
Ben looked at him and sighed. "Yeah, something happened once, we got drunk, and some insults went around and they ended up fighting each other and they aren't over that."
"Oh, that's it?" he asked doubtfully, getting a nod from Ben.
"Yeah, but we are patching things up," he said as he looked at his watch. "Anyway, I need to go Later Ototo," he said walking out of the room.
"Later, Aniki," Izuku sighed and grabbed again his console. "Aniki, is hiding something," he thought, not believing Ben's excuse as he looked at the console. "He's clearly lying…. I kinda expected a better one."
Ben sighed as he walked through the halls of the house but soon stopped in front of a door, it was violet with a golden plate where was labeled the name Kara something that made, Ben's fingers twitch slightly but he closed his eyes and walked past the door walking downstairs to see Yusei and Lilith waiting for him.
"Well, we are ready to go," he said with a smile getting nods from the two as they walked out of the house and into the car with Yusei sitting on the back, Lilith in the front passenger sit and Ben on the driver seat turning on the engine, he drove off.
The trip was silent with no one saying a word and not even the radio on as they drove towards a part of the city with a high number of abandoned buildings.
Driving to one of the parking garages and took the car to the rough, where a green and black armor van was parked driving next to it, Ben turned off the car and they all got out of it.
"Well, I was expecting a greeting at least," Ben said as the van doors opened walking out two people one was a man that seemed to be the same age as Yusei, he had purple comb back hair and eyes, clear tan skin and his attire was of a formal black business suit with a purple tie and had the same type of watch Ben had on his wrist.
The other was a woman that looked to be the same age as the man, she had short red hair and brown eyes, average sized bust, peach ish white skin and she was dressed in a feminine version of the man's clothing with high hills and also both had the same type of watch that Ben had on his wrist.
"Sorry Boss, Yuga here didn't think of eating before we got here," the woman said gesturing to the man with purple hair who glared at her.
"Still the same snitch as ever, Amber?" Lilith asked with a smile as she walked over to the woman who happily hugged her.
"Not a snitch, I just don't want the Boss to be mad at me," she said, getting a chuckle from Lilith while Yuga looked at Ben.
"Don't worry since we have 15 minutes before we start," Ben said, getting a nod and a bow from Yuga as Ben looked at them. "Better get things ready," he said, getting nods from the four.
Yusei went to the back of the van opening to see a chair that looked to be more like a throne sitting on it as the ceiling, walls and floor of the van glowed then became a slick black then turn on showing maps of the area they were while in front of him, a hologram of a keyboard appeared. "My system is online," he said as his eyes were glowing silver.
"Well, here comes my favorite part," Amber said with a smile as she pressed her watch as a blackish metallic substance covered her body and when it settle showing a rather simple black bodysuit with the head covered by a helmet with two visors, protective sleeves on the forearms that start at the shoulder to the wrist and legs that start from the lower shin to the waist on each leg and forearm with a protective elbow and knee pad on each one, on the hands were covered by black combat gloves with harden knuckle padding and on the palm and fingers had a grind like pattern, on the feet were black combat boots with the added two pouches in each leg and a knife holder on the side of the waist.
Yuga sighed as he did the same, pressing on his watch as his bodysuit settled, showing the same purple bodysuit that he used in the warehouse.
Lilith did the same as her bodysuit settle it was almost similar to Amber's but her seemed to slightly buckler in terms of protective wear showing that her suit was more for hand to hand compared to the other two also because of the difference on the gloves used by Yuga and Amber, Lilith's had a slightly different design of gloves showed by the small hole in each knuckle and also in each fingertip and palm.
Ben chuckled a bit as he used the thought command as the substance also covered him when it settled it showed a black bodysuit like the rest but this seemed to slightly different from Yuga's suit but the main difference was that Ben's suit didn't come with a helmet but a hood that covered the back of his head and a part of his face inside of the hood there was a pitch-black visor that covered Ben's eyes and nose only leaving his mouth exposed.
"Well, looks like we all are ready," Lilith said, looking at her new outfit, especially at her gloves, and smiled. "I really liked this."
Ben nodded as he lowered his hood to show that the ears were covered by black earpads that were connected to the visor. "Yeah," he said as he walked over to Yusei. "So, 8 minutes left."
Yusei nodded as he turned his chair to one of the screens showing the building. "Yeah, the truck is on its way to the building," he said getting a nod from Ben as he looked over to the edge of the building looking at his watch as Amber, Lilith and Yuga walked beside him. "2 minutes," he said as the three nodded.
"We are going to do our end, boss," Amber said, getting a nod from Yuga and Lilith.
"You know your mission and like always execute with precision," Ben said as Yuga put his hand on Amber's and Lilith's shoulder.
"Don't worry Benny, we will," Lilith said as they disappeared leaving Ben alone on the building rubbing his wrist, he pulled his hood back on and his eyes glowed red making them visible through his visor. "Let's get thing started."
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Well, there's Chapter 8 and sorry for the long wait since I was very busy with my own things and I'll try to update chapter 9 sooner.