4 days since Bakugou's kidnapping
U.A. right now is being closed from public despite the large amount of reporters outside the wall asking questions
Inside, Nezu, Midnight, Snipe, All Might, and Present Mic are having an emergency meeting regarding the attacked summer camp
"To be attacked during a training camp meant to prepare students to fight villains... we should be embarrassed by the irony. We feared the revitalization of villains, but our understanding of it was naive. They had already started their war. Their war to destroy hero society" Nezu said worriedly
"Even if we had understood it, would we have been able to defend against it? With all these persistent developments unfolding one after another. Ever since All Might, most organized crime had been weeded out" Midnight stated
"So we all got too complacent during peaceful times without realizing it, thinking we had time to prepare" Present Mic points out
"I am angry from the bottom of my heart at my own cowardice. While they were fighting desperately, I... was relaxing in my tub" All Might said frustrated
"Having the sports festival right after the attack of USJ. We can't keep taking unyielding positions like that, like we have to until now. To have a students kidnapped is U.A.'s greatest failure. They have stolen the trust people had in us heroes, along with Bakugou" Snipe stated
"All the news outlet are filled with criticism of U.A. right now. If they were trying to get Bakugou, then it was probably because his violent side was made common knowledge at the sports festival. If he won over by the villains, then it's over for U.A. as an educational institution" Nezu explain when All Might receive a phone call
"Excuse me, I have to take this" All Might apologize then he walk out the conference room
"What Symbol of Peace can't even save his own students...? What hero...?" All Might said angrily
All Might then take the call "Sorry, what is it, Tsukauchi ?" All Might ask
"We just got the statements from Aizawa and Vlad King, also from the students, we have an unexpected development. We may be able to determine the whereabouts of the League of Villains" Tsukauchi explain surprising All Might
"Really, Tsukauchi?" All Might ask surprise
"Yeah. About 2 weeks ago, one of my subordinates was gathering information and found out a man with a patchwork face was seen going into a building that was supposed to be vacant. The man was said to be in his twenties, so he checked the records for past criminals but didn't see anything notable. After checking with the owner of the building, he found out that there was a sort of hidden bar there, so he though it was unrelated to our investigation and ignored it. But one of the villains who kidnapped the students this time ad the same markings! With the situation as it is, with the help of the Ranger Corp we have enough evidence to get them all. We're planning to ask from a lot of pro heroes for the rescue and clean up operation, also the Ranger Corp is sending their forces to assist us. All Might, please lend us your power, too!" Tsukauchi explain then requested
"I had a wonderful friend. This is what I'll say when I meet those guys: "I am here... to counterattack" "All Might reply as he buff up to his muscle form
Inside Endeavor's agency, Endeavor receive a phone call
"Endeavor, a phone call for you" Endeavor's assistant inform
"Who is it?" Endeavor ask
"A Mr. Tsukauchi from the police" The assistant reply
Endeavor then pick up the phone "It's me" He answer
"We would like to request your urgent assistance, Endeavor" Tsukauchi requested
Soon many pro hero like Best Jeanist, Edgeshot, Gang Orca, Grand Torino, Kamui Woods, and Mt. Lady are contacted to joint the rescue mission
Later that night 20:00 P.M., Tokyo Police H.Q.
"We have gathered some of our finest heroes here today. Now, let's us begin our strategy meeting" Tsukauchi said when Izuku and several Ranger Corp soldiers enter the room
"A kid?" Gang Orca ask confuse
"You... what are you doing here?" Endeavor ask a little afraid
"Young Midoriya! Why are you here?" All Might ask surprise
"I represent the Ranger Corp. Don't treat me as a student or a child. Let's work out our strategy" Izuku reply as sit down
"First, where are they?" Edgeshot ask
"They are on Kamino Ward, Yokohama City in Kanagawa Prefecture. Which is stupid since the Ranger Corp, Japanese Maritime Fleet and U.S. Navy are stationed just south of them at Yokosuka" Izuku answer
"Why you never realize they are there earlier then?" Kamui Woods ask
"For a few months we are busy with another organization and didn't really pay attention until the USJ attack, and the military didn't really interested in some villain organization" Izuku explain
"Or maybe you're lazy" Endeavor mumble
"Watch it, Endeavor!" Izuku yell surprising Endeavor "Don't make that into your last words" Izuku warn making Endeavor to be silent
"Ok listen up. This operation will be divided into 2 forces: The rescue forces, and the main forces. The rescue forces led by All Might will break into the bar, rescue Bakugou and capture the LOV, while the one led by Best Jeanist will breach and secure the Nomu production house 10 KM from the bar" Izuku explain
"Whose on each team?" Edgeshot ask
"Grand Torino, Kamui Woods, Edgeshot, Endeavor and me will be on All Might's team to rescue Bakugou. Mt.Lady, and Gang Orca will be on Best Jeanist's team to raided the Nomu factory. Also, the Japanese Military are providing us with support by deploying their forces, though they will be put on the main forces only" Izuku answer as an assistant give each hero a copy of the info on their mission
"Wait, in here said that the only forces to take part are the rescue forces. What about the main forces?" Kamui Woods ask
"I though the rescue forces will go with All Might and the main forces will go with us" Mt. Lady said
"The main forces are not for either of them" Izuku reply
"So for who?" Mt. Lady ask
"For him" Izuku said as he display an image to the front screen
The heroes except for two are confuse on who the figure is
"This guy is known by one name. One For All" Izuku said
"One For All? What kind of name is that?" Endeavor ask smugly
"He looks ugly" Mt. Lady look away in disgust
"More importantly, why you need a large firepower for this guy who look very sick?" Edgeshot ask
"You all have no idea who he is because he's been hiding. And the last time he reveal himself is 5 years ago when he fought All Might" Izuku explain making the heroes to look at All Might
"You fought him 5 years ago? Why we never heard of this?" Best Jeanist ask All Might
"Because this man pose a threat to the National Security. So any involvement or interaction with him cannot be revealed to the public" Izuku explain
"Who is this guy anyway? Why the government try to hide him so much?" Endeavor ask
"We're not trying to hide him, we're trying to kill him" Izuku corrected surprising the heroes
"What do you mean?" Kamui woods ask surprise
"Do you all know the Dark Days of Japan?" Izuku ask
"More or less, it was a long time ago and we have little to no information about it since there's almost no information about it on public" Best Jeanist reply
"This guy have a very dangerous quirk, a quirk that he himself take his name from it, All For One. What is does? He able to forcefully take someone's quirk then transfer it to others or to take it himself" Izuku explain shocking the heroes
"He can take quirks?!" Kamui Woods yell shocked
"Indeed that is a dangerous quirk" Best Jeanist said understanding
"So that why he keep hidden from the public" Edgeshot said
"If his name or quirk is revealed to the public, then there will be mass panic" Grand Torino explain
"True" Endeavor agree
"What's the Dark Days have to do with him? The Dark Days are a long time ago" Gang Orca ask confuse
"This guy, is one of the first human to have a quirk in Japan, 200 year ago" Izuku reply even more shocking the heroes
(This book take place in the year 2220. Also quirks start appearing on the year of 2010)
"Wait... you mean..." Mt. Lady gasped
"Yes, this guy is the oldest human in recorded history. And have lived from the early days of quirk almost 200 years ago" Izuku reply
"How?! Living 200 years is impossible!" Endeavor ask angrily
"He stole a quirk or quirks related to reduce or unable to aged, hence he survived all this time" Izuku explain
"And about the Dark Days?" Tsukauchi ask
"150 years ago he create a coup against the Japanese Government, he succeeded and take control of Japan towards darkness for the next 20 years" Izuku explain again surprising the heroes again
"20 years?" The heroes gasped
"During that 20 years the world have tried numerous times to take down AFO's Empire by soft power to no avail. But enough is enough, so on August 8 2093, the United Nation led by The United States launch a military campaign to take down AFO's Empire and bring back the Japanese Government. They succeeded though at that time they failed to kill AFO and he's been hiding ever since" Izuku explain
"Looks like I started to understand why the government try so hard to hide the Dark Days from us public" Best Jeanist said
"It was bad history" Tsukauchi said sadly
"Almost as bad as WW2. He did though for the last 100 plus years try to regain back the empire he once had, only to fail every single time by us" Izuku stated
"Us?" Gang Orca ask confuse
"The Ranger Corp was established because of him. We are an independent Military organization with no ties to the Japanese Government with a sole goal to stop AFO from taking over Japan again. And if the government is taken over by him, we Rangers are still able to take him down since the government didn't control us and neither does he" Izuku explain
"5 years ago he tried to to regain his empire, but All Might stop him. And now? When the public have lost trust on heroes and the LOV rising chaos everywhere, he will try again. So prepare yourselves, heroes, police. We're not here to arrest him, but to kill him" Izuku said seriously making the heroes and police to nod
Meanwhile inside the bar, Shigaraki, Dabi, Toga, Twice, Spinner, Magne, and Kurogiri are sitting down while watching TV and Bakugou is in the middle being chained down to a chair
"I'll ask you one more time, aspiring hero, Katsuki Bakugou... Will you join me?" Shigaraki ask
"If you 're gonna talk in you sleep, you should just go sleep and die" Bakugou reply smirking
Timeskip 22:00 P.M. at a warehouse between the bar and the Nomus factory
"Why do I have to clean up after U.A....? I'm a busy man" Endeavor ask annoyed
"Come on, don't be like that. You went to U.A., too, didn't you?" Best Jeanist ask
"Right now, we cannot call any heroes away from U.A., Endeavor" Tsukauchi said
"You have the Ranger Corp, right? So why even we heroes needed here?" Endeavor ask annoyed
"You all here so you can restore the public trust on heroes again, Endeavor. Unless you don't want to be famous again and change your career, hero" Izuku answer nonchalantly making Endeavor to grunt
"This operation will likely determine the if the public can trust heroes again. We cannot fail this" Tsukauchi stated
"Based on our intel, they have multiple hideouts. But we have narrow it down to this warehouse near Naranooka Elementary School where we belief the Nomu factory is located. The rescue forces will secure both the warehouse and bar, once finished the main forces will be deployed from Atsugi Naval Air Facility 14 KM south from there. Atsugi also is our FOB or Forward Operation Base for the Ranger Corp and Japanese military" Izuku explain before he show the image of AFO again
"Once the rescue mission is complete we will use every single firepower we have to kill this man. So if you can't fight get out of there. Because where ever we fight him will be a warzone" Izuku explain
"Let us retaliate! Come, it's time for our counterattack! Let's overturn this flow of events, heroes!" Tsukauchi encourage the heroes
"Let's save him!" Kamui Woods yell while the other heroes have a serious expression
'I'm coming, Young Bakugou' All Might mentally declare
Izuku walk in front of Ranger Corp soldier "All right, Rangers! This is it! This is what we sign up for! This is what we are trained for! We are fighting for our freedom! The freedom of all the people of Japan! The price of freedom is high! It's never cheap! Never was! Never will be! But that's the price we all willing to pay! Lets get that son of a bitch!" Izuku encourage the Rangers
"Sir! Yes, sir!" The Rangers comply
"Let's roll" Izuku ordered then the heroes and soldiers began to move to their specific mission detail
Inside the villain's bar, the villains and Bakugou are watching U.A. High School Emergency Press Conference
"We deeply apologize for the incident that allowed harm to come to 25 first year of the hero course because of our unpreparedness. We apologize for causing unease in society due to our negligence in properly defending ourselves as a place of learning. We are truly sorry" Aizawa apologize then he Nezu and Vlad King bow down
"I have a question. Since the beginning of the year, U.A. High School students have had 4 encounter with villains. This time, there were even students injured. How did you explain to their families, and what are some specific countermeasures you are taking?" The reporter ask
"We will increase policing in the surrounding area and review the security within the school, ensuring the students safety with a strong position. That is what we told them" Nezu answer then Shigaraki turn of the TV
"It's so strange... why are the heroes being criticized? The way they were dealing with things was just a little off the mark. Is it because it's their job to protect? Everyone makes a mistake or two. Are they supposed to be perfect? Modern-day heroes are so uptight. Don't you think, Bakugou?" Shigaraki ask Bakugou who still tied up
"Once heroes receive compensation to protect people, they aren't heroes anymore. That us stain's teaching" Spiner claim
"The strange system of transforming people's lives into money or glory... the society that sticks tight to those rules... the citizen who blame the losers rather than encourage them... our fight is to question: What is a hero? What is Justice? Is this society truly just? We'll have everyone thinking about it. We're planning on winning. You like winning, too, right?" Shigaraki ask making Bakugou to glare Shigaraki
"Dabi, release his restrains" Shigaraki ordered
"Huh? This guy's gonna fight, you know" Dabi question
"It's fine. We need to treat him like equal, since we're scouting him. Beside, you can tell if you'll win or not if you fight in this situation right, U.A. student?" Shigaraki assure
"Twice, you do it" Dabi ordered
"What, me? No way" Twice refuse
"Do it" Dabi insist
"Man..." Twice whine as he approach Bakugou
"I do apologize for using such forceful methods. But please understand that we are not just a mob trying to commit crimes. We didn't kidnap you by accident" Compress explain
"Even though our situation differ, everyone here has been restricted and suffered. Because of people... rules... and heroes... I'm sure you also-" Shigaraki didn't finish as Bakugou punch Twice then blasted Shigaraki in the face
"Shigaraki Tomura!" Kurogiri yell surprise
"I listened quietly to your endless talking... idiots can't get to the point, so they're always talking for a long time. Basically, you mean "We wanna harass people, so please join us" right? Don't bother. I want to win like All Might. No matter what anyone says, that will never change!" Bakugou declare angrily
"Compress, Kurogiri, make him go to sleep again" Shigaraki ordered
"Sigh, I can't believe he's such a bad listener. I'm almost impressed" Compress complain as he move towards Bakugou
"If you want me to listen to you, then get on your knees and die!" Bakugou yell as he slowly move to the backdoor when suddenly
"Knock, knock, knock" "Hello, this is Pizza-La, Kamino store" Someone knock the backdoor making everyone to stop and look confuse
Spinner about to move when suddenly "Smash!" All Might yell as he blast through the wall behind Spinner open
"What the?!" Spinner yell confuse
"Kurogiri! Gate!" Shigaraki ordered but Kamui Woods bind Kurogiri and the remaining villains with his quirk
"Hello, League of Villains. We... are here!" All Might declare as more heroes and Izuku storm in the bar
"A tree? What the heck?" Dabi ask as he activate his quirk but "BANG!!!" A rubber bullet hit his head knocking him out. Izuku just shoot him with his M1014 shotgun loaded with rubber bullet
"Right after that press conference... that conference was a set up?" Compress said in disbelieve
"When one is on the offensive is when one is neglects defense most. We're not the only ones here from the Pizza-La Kamino store" Edgeshot said as he slip through the backdoor then open in only to reveal Police SAT and Ranger Corp soldiers armed to the teeth waiting behind the door
"Outside, you're surrounded by skillful heroes, like Endeavor, the police and the Ranger Corp" Edgeshot added
Izuku then approach bakugou "Look at me!" Izuku ordered as he look at Bakugou while his quirk ID system check Bakugou, after a few second he have a confirmation "Shogun, P.I.D. on hostage. Extracting him out now" Izuku said as he take Bakugou out from the bar
"Solid copy, 9-1. Raptor 4-1 is arriving on LZ Neptune" Hisashi inform
"Roger" Izuku reply when suddenly from the mouth of the villains came out a slimy black liquid out of nowhere
"What the?!" Izuku yell surprise
"What happen?!" Edgeshot ask confuse then suddenly every villain is suck up by the liquid and gone
Then from Bakugou's mouth the same black liquid came out and surround him
"Young Bakugou! Bakugou!" All Might and Izuku yell as they try to grab him but it's too late, he's gone
"Noooo!" All Might yell in agony as he failed to save him
"Fuck! not again!" Izuku yell frustrated
"Endeavor, we need backup!" Kamui Woods yell but outside, Endeavor, Tsukauchi, police and soldiers are busy fighting against Nomu that appear out of nowhere
"Tsukauchi, expand the evacuation area!" Endeavor yell as he punch a Nomu
"There suppose to be only one Nomu warehouse based from our investigation" Tsukauchi said confuse "Jeanist, didn't you take control over there?" Tsukauchi ask through the radio but there's no respond "Jeanist?!" Tsukauchi yell
"Shogun, Mission failed! We lost him! There's some type of teleportation quirk that is not Kurogiri. We're retreating now and regroup for a second counterattack" Izuku inform
"Delta, he's here" Hisashi said angrily through the radio
Izuku then look outside and see a massive dust cloud rising from where the warehouse is located "It's him" Izuku said angrily
"Him?" All Might ask then he look at the dust cloud then realize who's Izuku is referring to
"So he decided to came out" Grand Torino said as he also look at the dust cloud
"All For One" Izuku said angrily
TBC