"Welcome to the Captain Celebrity final show at the Tokyo Sky Egg! Please pay attention to the following announcement."
With the sounds of fireworks softly going out in the distance, A 500-meter tall structure stood strong as it dwarfed the surrounding buildings.
The Tokyo Sky Egg is a towering piece of architecture with a disc-shaped dome located above more than half it's height. Within its confines hold a bustling scene with people moving between various stalls and attractions.
As the time neared the alloted mark, the masses congregate in an orderly fashion as they are led through gates to enter a dim room and settle at segregated stands surrounding a large stage and its runways. None of them had to wait for long as a few minutes later did they all simultaneously fall silent in apprehension.
Suddenly as if on cue, lights flashed along the runways in rapid succession and figure sped through. "IT'S HIM!" the crowd gasped in delight.
In another part of the runway, a figure stepped onto stage with a crack of a whip. "IT'S HER!"
In another, two more appeared with flourish. "IT'S THEM!"
In another "IT'S THEM!" and another "AND THEM!" more appeared in droves. "AMD THEM TOO!"
"FASTER! STRONGER! SHINING BRIGHTER! WITH EACH QUIRK BETTER THAN THE LAST, IT'S A WHO'S WHO OF JAPAN'S GREATEST HEROES!!!" Announced by Present Mic as the crowd goes wild. "BUT HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATS! CUZ WE'VE GOT ONE MIGHTY INVASIVE SPECIES BUSTING IN!" He gestured on behind the crowd.
"THAT'S RIGHT- THE MAN WHO CAME FROM THE U.S. OF A.!" With the spotlight scattering the dim shades, "A MAN WHO'S FLIGHT QUIRK SENT HIM ZOOMING UP THE AMERICAN RANKINGS." A man swiftly and gallantly flies through the air. "HE'S BEEN TOP-TEN MATERIAL FOR TEN YEARS RUNNING, EVER SINCE HIS DEBUT!" The people look up in awe and glee to the caped hero. "GIVE IT UP FOORR CAPTAIN CELEBRITYYYYY!!!"
At once, teenage boys are giving out a warcry-like cheer As they wave a flag and blaze out their fighting spirit. Cheerleaders and dancers burst out into the stage as the light exploded out in a dazzling gleam. Three little girls were tossed onto the air and caught by Captain Celebrity as he gently landed hovering on stage, the three children posing as the spotlight settled on them amidst the hurrah of the crowd below the stage.
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"Detective Tsukauchi, we have officers placed at the rear and service entrances." Someone said over the Comms. "The tactical squad is ready to storm the building."
"Great. We're on."
An undercover detective approached the door and signed in her ID at the scanner by the entrance, the police and heroes stormed into the building. They swiftly apprehended the people inside whether they surrendered peacefully or reacted forcefully.
When the law enforcement officers breached the underground laboratory, they were immediately greeted with the sight of two completely modified 'villains' that were immediately knocked out by Eraserhead and FatGum.
Despite the numerous capsules filled with other victims that are currently amidst the process of being remodeled, splashes of green or grey or red were eye-catching but what took away the attention of everyone in the facility is a creature with black skin, a single mouth for a head, a bulging stomach and reptilian wings.
Detective Tsukauchi immediately recognised what it was and alerted the others. FatGum, being the closest to the thing jumped to disabled the opponent but when he took it down, everyone's gaze was attracted to what was behind him.
More of the same exact creatures.
To their horror, they couldn't get them all quick enough even with the help of Eraserhead's quirk as a figure hidden even further behind the monstrosities gave a grin and pressed a button.
An explosion was detonated in the building and both the creatures and the villain took the opportunity to fly away, escaping using the newly formed holes.
The man let go of his hold on the creature and dropped down unnoticed, as the heroes and police were too focused on the villains flying in there direction of the Tokyo Sky Egg.
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When Captain Celebrity decided to inadvertently make a fool out of himself out of an audience of more than fifty thousand people and had to have the support team move the schedule ahead, he moved into the observation deck to have a more private phone call.
It was an obvious move to relocate oneself to a more private area when making important calls, as I would have done the same.
I figured that since most of the people are peacefully mingling at the event site and not having any sort of medical injury, that I could spend the duration of my break here to browse through my phone.
My attention has been glued to any news of my friend Haru. As Uiharu informed me that his parents filed a missing report a few days ago because he has never returned home for the vacation.
Going missing at this time isn't a good sign, with everything currently happening.
I don't have any connections to ask around on this side, and my connection with the supernatural side wouldn't help. Or rather, they would have been more than likely to eat Haru just to get a rise out of me. Most of them aren't really trustworthy when it comes to humans.
I could've asked Hii-chan's group but they're still over at Europe with the whole Fae business. I rather not disturb them and start a war by accident.
I sigh and leaned back on my seat.
Most likely, I should now think about what to say when it turns out that he is one of the victims of the villain factory. But if it turns out that he isn't, then it's still bad because he isn't the type of person to just up and disappear like that. As the old saying goes: 'Hope for peace, Prepare for war' or something along those lines.
I massage the base of my nose, between my furrowed brows, as I sigh again. It was the fault of my own mouth that I barely caught the words of another person nearby.
"-From Christmas!"
Before I had the proper time to process what he meant by that, a blinding explosion rocked the observation deck and I blacked out.
When I came to my senses, I found myself leaning against the wall with my back bruised and parts of my body sore. I felt an alien lightlessness to my head and instinctively reach a hand up to it.
My head lacked a ribbon.
I glanced around hoping to find it, and found it I did. What I saw wasn't just a familiar red cloth, but also my own head. A particularly large shard of glass went through my right socket, as I gazed upon my own lifeless expression.
Gingerly, I undid the ribbon from the head and tied it back to mine as I continue to stare at the disappearing head. I had an inkling that I would be immune to a fatal head injury but never tried to test it. Seeing it now is both a relief and a load of my shoulders.
No panic crossed my mind even with my seco- third(?) close brush with death. A passing thought merely wondered a single question of 'why?' when it was immediately answered by a chime of a bell.
'Right.' I thought. 'No time for this.'
Padding away the shards on my body --Thank Gods for my preference of thick capelets.-- I tried to stand up but immediately faltered as a spike of pain came from my knee.
Looking down at my unprotected legs, they too, have relatively large shards on them. I grit my teeth and plucked them away. I didn't use my a heal spell immediately as I am unsure if the are still more shards underneath the flesh but that wouldn't stop me from getting my payback.
I won't be using Danmaku, however. I've already showed off too many unconnected abilities to everyone on the mundane side and I have to have self-restraint. Displaying a Bullet Hell would only raise questions and suspicions.
Still gonna take them out, though.
As if responding to my desire for revenge, plumes of smoke came from the stump of my neck and rapidly filled the observation.
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Ominous dark clouds shot out like a spray of black water. And from it, heads fly out in a swarm and they closed in on the bomber villains that blot out parts of the sky.
The crawler, who was repeatedly and desperately shooting out projectiles to as many enemies as he can to protect Captain Celebrity was relieved and surprised.
Relieved, because the kid who he thought died in front of him, is still alive.
And surprised, because he didn't expect him to be the backup.
Still, he is glad that there is an extra helping hand because he is getting exhausted. There are at least a dozen bombers currently flying all over and he can barely cover for Captain Celebrity.
The numbers of the enemy certainly caught the attention of Kuzuki. From what's left of his memories, he was sure that there weren't this many villains during the attack in the manga. It was only due to the efforts of The Crawler and the sheer will and determination of Captain Celebrity that they even held out for this long.
He also noticed that he was late.
Mirko and Ryuuku are already doing their best to ward some of them off, and Best Jeanist is still waiting for the giant fiber cables to arrive as both he and Edgeshot are forced to play support for the heavy hitters in the battle.
Kuzuki felt a rush, as he is not only using head lasers but he's also going to use a move that he hasn't used in years.
Exploding Heads.
The last time he dusted off this technique, they played a purely auxiliary role to boost the momentum of his a single head. But now, they're here to take down some villains.
As the explosions sounded out to the suprise of everyone, a few heads close to the body were dedicated for thought processing.
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On one hand, I am definitely getting into some trouble by 'taking out' some villains. But if that did happen, I can pull the victim card and show them my legs, att. And don't think for a second that those security cameras a duds. They have evidence of my near death scenario and can be a nifty card to play.
And on the other hand, my body is definitely a weakness that should be covered for. I am well aware that I couldn't take a lot of hits so my entire thing should be about NOT getting hit in the first place.
I wouldn't be in this situation if I had my senses extended in the first place. Sure I can operate on myself. I always have the case of tools that can allow surgery at emergency but such a delicate process like removing shards need concentration.
Concentration that I also need to use the literal army of heads outside.
Also, aren't I too calm right now? I know adrenaline helps in more ways than one but seriously?
I'll think about that later. For now, looks like someone finally found my body despite the low visibility from my smoke and- are those cat paws?
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When All Might finally arrive to save the day, it went along as I mostly expected it to. The fate or Destiny correction doing it's job.
What I didn't expect was more Bio-engineered villain to have been rampaging on the ground. Nothing he couldn't handle but something about the recklessness of such a violent force isn't how AFO handles things.
Another Divergence?
In any case, I did my surgery, heal a bunch of other people and now all that's left is the paperwork and the harsh scolding.
I couldn't help but give out a other sigh.