I really didn't want to do this. Really. But I just can't trust the same people who couldn't kill me seven years ago. How are these idiots going to destroy the League of Villains if they couldn't even catch me?
I sighed heavily and straightened my old assassin costume. Well, it wasn't really a suit, more just armored casual wear. Black pants and a matching hoodie. The red asura mask in my hands was smiling, as if it was mocking me, and I just couldn't bring myself to put it on. How many lives have I taken without a second thought while wearing this?
I still remember the first time I put it on. It was just another mission, but this time there was a great chance that I would be noticed. So I chose the most comfortable clothes and made them improve to the durability of the Hero's suit.
It would probably be interesting to watch as an assassin the size of a little girl destroys a whole gang of drug dealers. Nobody sold drugs on our land without my farthers permission.
...
Yue would be so disappointed...
There was a knock on the door of my office and I quickly put the mask in my pocket. The suitcase, in which the costume used to lie, immediately became flat and now looked like a strange mat for documents. Which it became in a second.
"Come in!"
The door opened and Karin walked in, sending a painful pang into my heart. The girl looked as if she hadn't slept for two days and cried all this time. She immediately jumped into my arms and I hugged her.
"A-azumi, will Harry return? Will the heroes be able to save him?"
The mask seemed to weigh heavier in my pocket. She was so stressed...
"Of course dear, he always returns..." I'll make sure he will returns again.
Karin put her head on my shoulder and fell asleep a couple of minutes later. After I put the poor girl to bed, I went to the hideout of the League of Villains. The information Giran gave me - unwillingly - was very helpful, now I understand why Harry works with him so often. Over the past years, this boy has learned to hide well from other people's eyes, but not well enough.
Every night out, every secret job, even his training with Bang that he didn't want to tell me about. I knew about all this. What kind of Headmistress would I be if I didn't know what's going on with my kids?
Although he surprised me a little when he started to change his appearance, it was especially strange to see him drunk in the form of a lamia... Why did he even drunk twenty bottles of sake at thirteen?
I left the Orphanage and notified the others that I was visiting a family member today. Which is technically true, I consider all children as mine. Yes, even Kars.
As soon as I got to their hideout, I immediately noticed the police and Heroes who were evacuating the citizens. The process was quick and after so many repetitions it was already brought to automatism. It was as if I was watching a dance with oh so many participants...
Well, time to use my skills. I went into a dark alley and put on my mask. The smell of blood immediately hit my nostrils, but I knew it was just my imagination. Although, given the amount of blood that was spilled on this mask, I would not be surprised if this smell became natural for the material.
Hiding on one of the rooftops nearby, I began to watch the heroic rescue operation. Most of the Heroes have been involved in the failed operation to kill me was here... Those who ere still alive, of course.
Bang was just standing there with his eyes closed and with his arms behind his back. Gran Torio looked like just a shadow of his past, a short and gray-haired old man with many wrinkles, All Might looked mighty as ever. There were a few more Heroes there, but they were too young for me to remember them, or they were just too weak to gain my attention.
And then I saw him.
Tall build, muscled body and that constantly annoyed expression on his face.
He, as always, burned the brightest of them all, so it was hard not to notice him.
The man who took her away.
Who killed her without even blinking.
Endeavor.
The bastard was able not only to shoot fire in all directions, but also able to think. He burned the building's support beams and caused it to collapse. Yue was too far away from me and I was unable to protect her from the debris.
One of the pipes pierced her heart, instantly taking her life. He didn't even let me say goodbye and continued to attack me... On that day I cried for the first time in my whole life.
Выблядок. Как его долбоёб-отец мог так хуево ебаться, что из его матери-прошмандовки вылезло это?
It took all my will not to kill the freak on the spot. Potter is my priority right now. I'm sure even the entire team of the League of Villains couldn't capture him. Harry would rather die than be captured. This means three things. He has a plan and a mole in their group. And he has a purpose. He wouldn't dare make us all go through such pain for nothing.
The bastard and Bang guarded the perimeter to catch anyone who could escape, while everyone else went to the underground bar. But after two minutes of battle, Nomu began to appear out of the strange black liquid on the street. They began to bite off pieces of their bulletproof vests along with the flesh of the police officers who didn't have time to defend themselves.
Several more Nomu flew out of the building itself, most likely thrown by the All Might itself. The heroes and police officers were thrown back. But their condition wasn't my concern. There was something else that worried me right now.
I still haven't seen Harry.
"Endeavour!" Shouted All Might from the broken wall. "Can you handle this?!"
The police beat the insane creatures and threw them back, while the rest of the Heroes had already managed to leave the building and began to join the battle. Todoroki burned another Nomu and glared at All Might in annoyance.
"Does it look like I can't?! Don't tell me mr. Top Hero needs glasses at his old age! If you gotta go, than just go already!"
Alright, time to join this fucking circus.
I jumped off the roof onto the head of one of the Nomu and tore him in half with telekinesis, shocking those who still remembered my costume and mask.
"No way!!"
"Who's she? Backup?"
"HOW IS SHE HERE?! HOW IS SHE EVEN ALIVE?!!"
The second Nomu exploded from the inside and parts of his body now adorned the street. I need a less bloody way to kill them.
"Don't know, but she seems to be on our side! So shut up and concentrate on the Villains!"
I like him, he knows how to concentrate at work. A useful skill if you don't want to die early.
"What are you doing here?!"
All Might shouted again, but didn't move. Good. He knows that right now everyone here now is my hostages. I lifted another Villain and twisted his entire body with a terrible crunch. In a second he was already lying on the floor, dead.
"Helping you, moron." My voice metallic and it sent chills down their spines. "Go and save them. If you don't, you're dead."
All Might's eyes widened for a moment, but he nodded and disappeared, leaving only a cloud of wind behind. The last four Heroes who knew me were not very happy with my appearance. Well, expect Bang. We knew each other through Harry and both of us wanted the best for the kid, so we made a non-aggression pact. The same couldn't be said about Endeavor.
I tore apart one Nomu after another like wet paper, slowly making my way towards Todoroki. Even if I can't kill him right now - he was far too useful for the success of the operation - I can still talk to him. And sometimes, words hurt more than anything.
I were slowly getting closer. Until I was right behind him. Someone's getting old. He did not even notice my approach.
"Todoroki."
He immediately sent a huge wave of fire towards me, which I redirected towards a group of Nomu and burned them to ashes. He looked at me with pure hatred in his eyes and gritted his teeth.
Don't worry bastard, I very much feel the same.
"... You used this same trick to kill many of my colleagues, Shinigami. Tell me, why shouldn't I burn you alive right now?!"
Apparently the police officers heard his words and also began to look at me in fear. I wonder if I'll be on the front page tomorrow?
"Can you even do it, child abuser?" I also spoke loudly so that everyone could hear it.
His eyes widened in surprise and horror. His body stopped moving and his flames seemed dimmer.
Another Nomu came up behind him and almost hit Todoroki in the back, but I caught him with my telekinesis. The Villain's body exploded into tiny pieces, splashing blood over Todoroki's face.
Harry told me about the situation in the Shoto's family, which made me hate Endeavor even more. So I started digging and I found a lot of interesting information, which I was revealing right now.
"Careful, Todoroki, we don't want you to die at work. Your wife is waiting for you at home... Oh wait, she isn't. You drove her insane because you constantly beat her and her child when he didn't want to go through your inhuman training at the mature age of five years. How dare he do that, I wonder? What a terrible son."
Several officers looked at me in shock, only to get hit by the Villains... Amateurs.
Todoroki, meanwhile, not even moving. Apparently he couldn't understand how I found out this information. Well, don't fucking beat up your kids if you didn't want anyone to find something wrong with your family.
"Perhaps your sons are waiting for you? I think not. One of them is dead, the second hates you to your very bones, and the third doesn't even want to acknowledge your existence."
Todoroki's fire gradually dwindled. And I, without looking at my opponents, continued to tear them one by one. The street started to became free of Nomu and more and more people began to listen to our conversation.
"The only one who could still somewhat accept you is your daughter. And she only wants a normal family, which is impossible while you are alive." I raised my hand to his face and left a deep long wound with my telekinesis on his cheek, which will definitely leave a scar. "So live, Todoroki. Live and make others suffer by your very existence. You don't have to kill someone else's wife for that again, right?"
I turned around and went to kill the remaining Nomu. Bang looked at me and started making his way in my direction. After a few seconds, Endeavor continued his attacks, but they were much colder than usual.
Well, it's done. Unless the officers are silenced, Todoroki will never be a Hero ever again. Not such a big loss considering the appearance of other Heroes every day.
"You could've just killed him. Now the entire Todoroki family will be in the light of the camera for a long time." Bang said, breaking another Nom's skull with his fists.
"Three months. After that, the reporters will find new entertainment. And the bastard deserves it."
"But at the cost of his family's peace of mind?"
I just glanced at him from under my mask and continued to fight.
"I have robbed thousands of people of their peace, Bang. And I have already taken from a lot of families from father, mother or even their child. You know this very well... This is why you wanted to kill me." This is why I wanted to kill myself...
If not for Yue, I would have long been buried somewhere on the warm shores of Mexico.
The number of Villains had already decreased to one and the Heroes began to nervously look in the direction where All Might had gone.
"We're almost done here. You wanna come with us to confirm his safety?"
Bang asked, wiping blood from his fists. I nodded and killed the last Nomu on the street.
"That's why I am here."
The old man chuckled at my bad use of All Might's famous phrase.
"All right, than let's go. We need to go to the Kamino Ward. Don't worry, it's nowhere near that place."
So the Orphanage is safe. I just nodded and used telekinesis to fly into the air and head towards Kamino Ward.
Gran Torio, Endeavor, Kamui Woods and several other Heroes followed me. These idiots watched Bang and I talk instead of going to help someone else.
A few minutes later we were there and the scene in front of my eyes made me calm down. Harry's shadows wrapped the Villains base in a dome and nothing could be heard or even felt from within. No shockwaves, no earthquakes and no screams. So he is in control of the situation, which is good.
"What is this? Some Villains Quirk?"
Bang just chuckled and looked at Gran Torio who asked the question with a smug smile on his face.
"My apprentice's work. This barrier can even withstand a direct blow from an All Might. Hell, it can even take my blows. And that's an achievement by itself."
Kamui Woods just looked at Bang in shock.
"You got yourself an apprentice?! After so many years?!"
Bang just shrugged and turned back to his old friend.
"Come on, knock, maybe he'll open it for us."
Gran Torio looked dubiously at the barrier and tapped it with his cane. A green glaring eye immediately appeared in the shadows and a mouth just below it.
"Fuck off, I'm biz- Oh, hi Bang. Kinda killing All for One with the help of All Might right now. Can't talk."
After that, the shadow became smooth again and expressions full of disbelief appeared on the faces of the characters. The news helicopter circled over our heads, filming how the Heroes just stared at the wall in a stupor.
For a couple of seconds, everyone stood in an uncomfortable silence until Bang could no longer contain himself and began to laugh out loud.
"This is not funny! There's a kidnapped teenager inside right now, fighting for his life!" Shouted Kamui.
Bang finally stopped laughing and looked at his colleagues, wiping a tear from the corner of his eye.
"Hehehe... I taught the kid everything I know, he learns even faster than Garou did. So with two monsters inside this cage, All for One has no choice but to run or die. And I sincerely hope for the latter."
Gran Torio looked at his old friend in shock.
"Everything? Are you out of your mind?! How is he even alive after your training, if you taught the kid "everything you know" at this short amount of time?! Is he still human at this point?!"
The last hint of humor faded from Bang's gaze. He looked into Gran Torio's eyes and uttered only one word.
"No."
The hero turned and jumped to the other side of the dome, leaving the Heroes alone with me. This seemed to me the end of the dialogue, so I just looked at the dome and waited for it to open.
The heroes, most likely not to seem so idiotic, surrounded the dome - of course only after promising to catch and imprison me when everything was over - ready to rush inside as soon as it opened.
And after a few minutes he abruptly disappeared, but the battle was already over. My eyes immediately focused on the lone teenager on the shattered battlefield.
Harry looked tired and beaten, but he was alive. That was enough for me, so I immediately turned around and started flying away. But it turned out that not all eyes were focused on the victory of the Heroes.
Gran Torio, Endeavor and Kamui Woods began to follow me through the air. Apparently they still haven't given up on the idea of catching me... How stupid of them.
I dealt with Kamui in one move. I broke all his branches, with which he was holding onto buildings, and threw him to the ground. He fell down, frightening a couple of people around him.
"Shinigami, stop right now!"
"As if I'll listen to you, old man. Oh, and also..."
Endeavor abruptly changed its course of flight and crashed into the wall with its head, breaking through it and losing consciousness. Only Gran Torio continued to lead the chase, so I decided to get rid of him a little more gently. I made him stop in the air and brought his body in front of me.
"I will not stop. So I give you a chance to leave while you are still alive."
The fire of determination still burned in Gran Torio's eyes.
"Why did you do this? Why did you help us?"
A soft smile appeared on my face, but it was impossible to see it through the mask.
"Business as usual, old enemy. I get paid to do it." With that, I let him fall to the ground and continued my flight.
The most beautiful thing was that I told the truth. I get paid to take care of the children, so I do my best to keep them safe.
Even if it would bring trouble in the future.