Chapter 125: Shie Hassaikai Aftermath
~Third POV~
[Jaku Hospital – Basement League of Villains Hideout, Tokyo, Japan]
*Beep*
Receiving a call from the other end of the line, Tomura picked up the phone as Rock informed him in a cheerful tone, "Hey, boss, I got the bodies all ready. Your plan worked like a charm… Even have a pair of hands from that Overhaul guy you hate."
Tomura, sitting on a throne with his League of Villains, calmly responded for the first time, thinking rationally with a sly grin, "Good work No.6. Have you found the ingredient they used to create their Quirk Destroying Bullets?"
Tomura asked curiously, hiding inside the basement level of the Jaku Hospital owned by Kyudai Garaki as Rock responded curtly, "Tch. No, the girl that Overhaul used to create the Quirk Destroying Drug was saved by 'him' of all people when she escaped. That brat got extremely lucky."
Frowning at this, Tomura scratched his neck as he asked bluntly of the other key items, his expression seemingly annoyed, "Tch. Such a shame. But what about everything else that Yakuza flunky have?"
Listening to that, Rock explained optimistically, with the villains listening intently to the conversation, "Ah, on that we can get. Despite losing the girl, Overhaul was a cautious guy to leave behind some samples of the Drug and research notes. And having press forward using his men in creating the Nomu's underneath the Compound."
Sighing a breath of relief escaping Tomura's lips, he began to reply in a serious tone, "Ah… good to hear. At least this venture wasn't for nothing. I'll have Kurogiri with the others ready to transport the Nomu's and valuables."
*Beep*
Rock from the other end replied, agreeing to end the call. Tomura sighed, leaning back in his chair as Doctor Kyudai Garaki swirled around his chair, asking curiously, "Good. It seems like you're finally learning despite being inexperienced."
Tomura's head darts towards Kyudai as he replies in a stoic tone, nodding his head, "I know so. After what happened, losing Master to both All Might and Ren Yuki… I needed to step up my game. But before that, I need to help you replenish the lost Nomu during the raid."
Kyudai merely snorted but could see from before that Tomura had changed since the day AFO was captured. Kyudai does not hesitate to tell Tomura that he is still inexperienced, pointing out he has been spoiled by Kurogiri and that, for all the support he and All for One have given to him, Tomura still hasn't accomplished anything notable.
While Kyudai admits that he doesn't hate or dislike Tomura, he still demands to know why he should provide the young villain his assistance, proving that Kyudai still sees him as inferior to All for One despite being personally chosen and raised by him.
However, out of loyalty to All for One, Kyudai accepts Tomura as the new leader of the League of Villains and admits he is willing to provide his services to him. He is especially impressed by the willingness and desire of Tomura to destroy society.
A sly smile escaped his lips, seeing Tomura change, showing growth and turning his chair around, amazed as he thought, 'Amazing. The brat has so much to learn but is beginning to carefully plan and improve. Not going on a wild tantrum is a good sign, at least, and being generous getting me more bodies to work with.'
Kyudai merely grins, seeing that they weren't that desperate to resort to getting the power of Gigantomachia just yet but instead focusing on increasing the League of Villains' power through his means. It shows him improvement for Tomura.
Observing the room on his throne, Tomura closed his eyes eerily, smiling contently as he muttered blissfully, "Overhaul, all that hard work you put in is now mine. Your life's goal of erasing Quirks was truly a nailbiter. Not that you've got nails left to bite being dead. But your Quirk would be in good hands… The only regret I have is not seeing your face when you bite the dust."
As Tomura finished muttering his words, his expression changed into seriousness, contemplating his next move cautiously, 'Still, with him guarding the girl, getting her [Rewind] Quirk for the master will be difficult. It would've been ideal to take her, but not with that guy guarding her. And we lost our spy as he was found out to know about their next move… what a drag.'
Scratching his neck, Tomura tried to think of a way to further increase his League of Villains abilities in a curious tone, 'The next course would be to get The Doctor and The Power that Kurogiri mentioned into my ranks. While The Doctor is lenient in helping me, he only does so out of Master's loyalty. I'll need to up my game against him with multiple Quirks since I have my cheat item.'
Gazing at the glass container containing a Nomu showing Tomura's face, he spoke out, whispering, touching his face calmly, "I need power to match him. I need to be smarter and stronger than the Master… I need to surpass him to destroy this rotten society."
Gazing at the glass containers, a thought occurred to Tomura as he asked Kyudai curiously as he spoke out loud, "Doctor… you knew the master the best, right? Would it be possible to create a copy of him using Twice Quirk with the 'Quirk Amplification Device' to help further your Nomu productions?"
The Doctor paused, hearing Tomura's idea. And then he slowly made a crooked grin…
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[8:00 AM, Shie Hassaikai Compound, Tokyo, Japan]
Finally, the raid at Shie Hassaikai happened with the police and Pro Heroes on standby at the ready. The heroes and police outside the Shie Hasseikai base, encircling it.
Leading the team was Detective Naomasa, accounting for the numbers, "Everyone's here?"
Seeing everyone nod the Detective went forward ahead announcing, "Good. We begin in 3 minutes."
After waiting for 3 minutes, Detective Naomasa went forward ahead with Eraser Head and All Might at the ready, preparing for the worst, ringing the doorbell as he picked up his megaphone and announced, "Shie Hasseikai! You're surrounded. Surrender peacefully, and we'll reduce your charges. Fight back, and you'll get the harshest sentence possible. You have 3 minutes to exit the complex, hands up and unarmed. Resistance is futile, so make both of our jobs easier and give up!"
Silence…
There was a dead silence with no response being heard. Ren was with Ryukyu's group, eyes narrowing underneath his helmet as he whispered, feeling something amiss, "Something's wrong… it feels too silent…"
Tsuyu, Ochaco, and Shinso, near him, raised an eyebrow. But they knew how he felt as Shinso voiced out loud, feeling something amiss, "Yeah… now that he mentions it, shouldn't there be some kind of resistance?"
The unease didn't help the group as there was no news Detective Naomasa's eyes narrowed, feeling something wrong as he said, unnerved, "Something's not right… All Might, if you would please break down the door."
*SMASH*
Slamming his fist through the door and breaking it open, the trio went inside. They were prepared for trouble or some kind of battle awaited them.
But it was when they noticed the splashes of blood that their blood felt cold. They quickly examined the front yard, noticing the blood stains as Detective Naomasa muttered in disbelief, "What the hell… from the looks of things, the Yakuza were attacked from the dried blood stains… oh…"
Detective Naomasa's eyes widened as the heroes and police members followed inside. But what made the detective freeze in place was seeing the decapitated head of Overhaul and the Yakuza Original Leader, along with some body parts of the Yakuza members.
The UA students made it inside as they held their mouths, turning away from such a grotesque scene. Mirio, along with Nighteye, noticed this with a startled expression as Eraser Head narrowed his eyes, voicing out loud, "Damn it. Seems like someone managed to beat us here Power Ranger what can you see from the scene?"
Relying on his [Observe] skill, Ren calmly used it to notify the heroes his expression was turning ugly as he replied, Eraser Head calmly said, "Shit. Seems like the League of Villains was here first, cleaning the house and taking everything from the Shie Hasseikai. From their money to drugs and even their fresh corpses creating their Nomu's again."
The group of heroes' eyes narrowed, realizing the ramifications of such an event. Nighteye eyes narrowed as the police and heroes conducted a search of the area he said in a serious tone, "That isn't good news… everyone search the compound! Locate any members and remain cautious!"
Heroes and Police began to search the area of the compound. It wasn't till a few minutes later that Ren led the group using the [Chart] functions of his Hero Costume leading to a dungeon room.
Detective Naomasa's eyes narrowed, seeing the chair with bloodstains as he spoke up in a serious tone, "Seems like whoever came here was in a rush. Despite some missing equipment, there was no doubt that the Overhaul did his experiments here but…"
Nighteye adjusts his glasses with a narrowed glare at the scene, clenching his fists together in a stern tone, "The League of Villains got what they came here for. The police report of them working together with Rock… It was a ploy for them to steal the drug, to which they only found out it was Eri that they attacked, killed, and captured the Yakuza members to reinforce their power, losing the Nomu's…"
The heroes gulped, realizing the high possibility of that occurring. All Might could only clench his fist tightly, seeing the act he only remained silent.
Seeing that the action and danger had already been dealt with, Detective Naomasa sighed, shaking his head as he muttered out loud, "Sigh… seems like we were too late on the scene to detain them or capture them alive. This is gonna be a bloody mess."
Nighteye, standing by, could only glare at the scene, his fist clenched as he stoically said in a bitter tone, "I agree… this situation has gone completely different than what we expected. But for now, we'll take anything and try to figure out what the League of Villains are doing as the Shie Hasseikai have been dealt with but not from our hands…"
The heroes all nodded as a sign of things to come for a troubling future ahead. Ren, however, took this differently as he mentally thought, 'Seems like Tomura is growing quite nicely if he thought this much in advance. It makes one wonder what he'll truly be capable of in the future…'
Ren turned around, seeing the UA students weren't needed as the situation resolved itself without him having to move, he thought curiously, 'Things are just about to get interesting in the future. I have a lot of work to cover in the few short months ahead… however…'
Ren's body was shaking as Nejire approached him, placing her hand over his shoulder softly, saying to him attempting to calm his emotions, "It wasn't your fault, Power Ranger… we'll get those villains who done this…"
Ren's classmates and teachers tried to console him, mistaking his shaking as self-blame or anger for not saving them on time. But it couldn't be further from the truth.
Rather, he shook in rage witnessing the scene before him. Not out of guilt nor justice but rather selfishness as he thought in an angry tone, 'He crossed the line stealing my EXP… that fucking kill stealer…'
With the investigation at its end, the result of the Shie Hasseikai raid was anticlimactic as the Yakuza were defeated by the League of Villains, taking all the valuable data they'd been working on the Quirk Destroying Drug.
It was fortunate for the heroes and police that the group present didn't face any serious harm or injury. However, it did startle the Pros that such destructive items were now in the hands of the League of Villains, unaware of what their true end game may be.
The result of this incident brought much terror to the Hero World. But for Ren, though, he waited, anticipating what such a result would bring.
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~Ren Y. POV~
[Nighttime, UA Highschool, Heights Alliance – Ren's Room, Japan]
After everything that happened, they sent us off early to help clear our thoughts. Our classmates were very supportive of our return and a sense of relief that we weren't harmed during the raid.
But we each held a positive grin on our faces, bearing the real issues ahead. Because of the League of Villains intervention, there would be talks afterward between the school and the agencies…
Unfortunately, though, this would result in putting the Work Studies on hold. That means I lost my means of getting stronger through fighting villains, but I'm not concerned about that, though.
As for Eri… she had regained consciousness but was still deemed psychologically unstable from what I heard. But from Aizawa-Sensei, since her power might run rampant again, they aren't admitting visitors and being closely watched over. I made sure of that leaving one of my clones.
With the League of Villains putting forward their plan about time, I do the same. With me being bound here in UA I wouldn't be able to fully use my abilities to their fullest and besides that…
*BEEP*
Checking my phone, I smiled in delight, seeing I had sent one of my Clones into Europe for a very special mission. That mission is to acquire the Quirks [Overmodification] and [Neutralization].
Not only that, but also prevents a series of events that happen in the fourth movie installment of the MHA 4th movie. It's about time to get my Quirks a major upgrade, but I also can't reveal myself too carelessly either in Europe.
Then there's Humarise to consider. I'll need to look into that cult group and take everything valuable they have.
Although both would require time to locate them from scratch. My clone would need to gather information about them first and when the time is right strike while the iron is hot for my grand entrance saving the day.