"Do you really think sacrifice alone is the thing that defines a hero?"
Inazuma asked his question and watched that Stain was still awake without fainting. Because of Midoriya's improvement in battle tactics, he had managed to incapacitate him without giving too much grievous wounds. Though his wounds are enough that even if he starts a fight right now, other than Nomu's who are not even targeting him, none of the pro heroes who were weaker than him before will not lose now.
I can see that he wants to listen to why I rejected him as he looked intently at me and replied.
"Society has downgraded the meaning of the word hero. Earlier times only those that sacrificed themselves to save others without expecting anything in return were the only ones that deserve the title of hero. They were not only symbols of hope but also of strength. If they can't even be that much,"
He looked enraged.
"They do not deserve the title of a hero."
All the people were shocked with the conviction in which the hero killer shouted out his ideals and I was also able to see a few people in corners holding up cameras and recording them.
"My ideal world filled with heroes who deserve the titles they have will rise up one day and I will make sure to wipe out others that do not deserve it and then,
Allmight, the hero who is the symbol of what the word hero is the most will take me down."
"that's pathetic."
"pathetic!, what do you mean pathetic, I know who you are, one of the heroes who I can say has the potential of being the best hero of the world with the skills and the methods you show when you save people.
You don't reveal yourself when you save others, you use the fact that no one can even see you when they are attacked by you as a symbol of fear to deter many criminals, and you go to multiple cities in the same night while saving a lot of people every day.
Tell me as a person who is strong and deserves the title of a hero, do you not feel anger when you see these weak fakes using the same title as you."
"I don't"
"why"
"because my ideal hero is not at all like the one you think about" I replied.
As I knew the kind of actions I considered as a quality of a hero.
"Stain, you consider lofty ideals as the quality of a hero, but I don't. I respect the ones you describe in your fantasy as your ideal hero but for me the word hero is something way simpler than all of what you described as a criteria of a hero,
For me a hero is a person who saves others, it does not matter even if they are paid for doing it, as long as they on their own violation decides to help another person and as long as they have a heart to care about the suffering of others, for me they are a hero".
"that's just bull**it, you just said something like a simple help is all that is required for something as great as a title of a hero, then you are even more of an idiot than I thought you were.
If what you say is true, a person who saves a single person in a moment can be considered as the same as you who works hard to save as many people as possible you can reach in the time you wear that uniform should deserve the same appreciation and the same respect and title of a hero" Stain spat out
"yes"
"so, what's next, saving a puppy on the road will make you a hero, or what saving someone accidentally automatically makes you a hero, is that what you are saying as long as the person according to you has a heart that cares?"
"yes"
"I thought my ideas were idealistic but now seeing you I can see that there is someone who is even more extreme, how can you prove that you are right, my ideals of the problems caused by weak heroes can be seen in the society, what makes you think that your ideology is correct?" Stain questioned and I can see many others around me being swayed by it and looking towards me for an answer. I sighed on the inside.
The moment I got out of the shadows and into the light, I knew I had to create an impact on my side instead of his for the problems not to derail by too much. And for that just like how the hero killer made his life as an example, I need to give the examples from my own life.
I pressed on the side of my jacket which started removing the nanites from my helmet, revealing my face to the world. I can see Midoriya, Tenya and the others widening the eyes when they recognised me and the heroes around gasping that my identity was revealed.
"He removed his helmet."
"oh my god, he looks so young."
"wait, I saw that guy in the UA sports festival."
Even Stain's eyes slightly widened when he saw my face, looks like he never guessed I was a child.
"My name is Enmado Inazuma" I said as I slowly took one step forwards to Stain as I continued talking.
"At the age of 8 I lost both my parents in an accident caused by a Yakuza member who made an entire building fall to the ground killing them both of them and giving me an injury that erased all my memories.
When I opened my eyes, all I saw was destruction all around me and further ahead, pro heroes were fighting the Yakuza who were causing destruction, so they were not able to see me.
But during that time, a firefighter came running when he saw me and held out his hand seeing that I was injured. He made sure I was safe and held me close while he took me to a nurse to check my injuries.
I saw all those people without any strength to confront villains do their best in saving people irrespective of whether that put them in more risk or not. I saw people wilfully going into the regions with broken structures to save people without any strong quirk knowing that they might die while doing."
By now I was standing right in front of Stain while looking straight in his eyes
"To me Stain, a person holding their hand out for a someone who needs help is more than enough for me to consider them as a hero because I was saved by those same heroes."
A/N- hope you like it and every 100 powerstone get extra chapter of Jason.