- Grandma! We need to leave, something is wrong there. All the people fell and are not moving! - Nobu ran up to his grandmother, slightly confused. Ryuji was following him.
- Don't worry, everything will be fine. "I knew something was wrong, did He really come across our village this time?" - the woman asked herself, knowing about other cases of people disappearing in distant villages, even cities.
Ash did not quite understand the woman's words. "They don't even know who they ran into, I have 75,000 Celsius in storage right now."
- Ryuji, you are here too, that's good. - the woman was happy to see the heir of the Himura clan.
- But I abandoned my father. What if something happens to him!
- It's not the time to be nervous, we need to wait a little. - then the old woman hugged Nobu, he did not expect any expression of feelings, she whispered - This could be our last conversation. Nobu, you are special, I know you have a quirk, it was very wise not to tell anyone about it. But there is one more thing. You are a descendant of the once great Himura clan, it was prophesied long ago. "A kissed Amaterasu will be born from the main line of the Himura clan, his appearance will mark the beginning of a new era." This text was passed down in the clan as a prophecy. And Nobu, I do not know what danger awaits us, but run and do not look back at any threat!
"What kind of nonsense is she talking? The Himura clan? So my last name is Himura." It turns out Nobu has a last name. It was quite difficult for him to grasp at once, but he already knew that he was special.
The old woman was interrupted by the brothers Komo and Kobo, who found their old house.
"It seems we are lucky, you are not allowed to be here." One of the twins grinned.
Teruko tried to summon two bears, one was closer than the other, so it would take some time. And in a pinch, she had a whole pen of wild boars. She needed to buy time. - Who are you? What are you going to do?
- Nothing personal, just work. The boss didn't forbid physical violence, the main thing is not to death hee-haw.
- Aren't you ashamed to torture children, you damned things? - she tried to press on pity and conscience.
One of the big guys thought about it.
- What are you thinking, huh? Are you backing out? What are we getting paid for? - said the second man in the mask.
- Obviously, some asshole wanted their quirks. And what will happen after? They'll throw them away like useless rags, no, they'll get rid of them!
- Shut up, remember the amount on the paper? That's how much everyone will get!
- E-everyone?! - the big guy fell silent and smiled - Well, maybe it's not such a bad idea hee-hee. - Nobu listened to their dialogue, he was amazed at the manifestation of pettiness for the sake of money, he was not familiar with money, yet. However, the thought that their quirks wanted and could be taken away was alarming. Goosebumps ran down his skin, realizing that it was quite possible that a quirk interacted with other quirks could exist.
- Y-you mean to say that they will take away my father's quirk? Who will they consider him then? Will they get rid of him then?! - Ryuji wanted to burst with anger, he activated the quirk factor and a large, sharp, black limb, similar to a sting, came out of his back. He abruptly rushed at the big guy, who also activated the quirk and covered half of his body with armor, some kind of shell. There was a collision, the twin, standing firmly on his feet, walked along the ground after the blow made on the armor. At the moment of impact, sparks even appeared.
"If it weren't for the armor, it would have hurt," thought the twin.
"An interesting quirk" Nobu thought about how to help without demonstrating his strength. But what could he do? Throw stones or earth and keep his distance. Yes, that was a smart move.
Nobu didn't hesitate any longer, grabbed a stone and threw it at the unprotected half of the body and hit him in the head.
- Agh! Little bastard. Kobo, what are you standing there for, teach him a lesson.
Next, Nobu took the earth in his hand in order to blind the enemy, but before he could throw it, the second twin tried to grab him.
- Don't resist, I'll grab you anyway!
Nobu managed to dodge, but the pressure did not decrease. Running behind the bushes, he wanted to take the axe, which was usually in the clearing near the log of firewood, there were centimeters from his hand to the axe.
- Gotcha! - the sound of a blow was heard, Nobu flew into a tree having received a strong blow to the stomach.
- Bue ... - He was in a lot of pain. He could not move, it was as if he was paralyzed from the pain in his stomach.
- It's time to finish. - Kobo approached the lying Nobu, trying to breathe and grabbed him by the neck, pressing him to the tree. He begins to strangle the boy.
- .. ahgh ... - tears begin to flow from naive hopelessness. His eyes darkened, the last seconds before losing consciousness, he remembers ....
... how hellishly he burned that vile macaque. He was so close, it was enough to stretch out his hands to destroy. It was difficult to concentrate. Nobu stopped resisting. With his last strength, he put his hands on Kobo's head.
- Wha...t! - The demonic mask and chitinous armor became a coffin for him. His face was completely fried and baked onto the mask. His brain was melted like cheese, and his hair was scorched. In the end, only a corpse disfigured by burns remained.
- Cough...ha...ha - Nobu tried to catch his breath, another weakness was discovered. Complex control over the quirk obliged the mind to be constantly conscious, limited access to oxygen prevented the brain from concentrating, and therefore the quirk.
- I... I killed a man... - despite Nobu's cold and calculating mind, he continued to remain a child and quite vulnerable. He continued to study this world, rather cruel moments continued to depress him. If a macaque was one thing, then killing a man was another feeling.
Ryuji fought the big guy, having a strong body from work and a good quirk for fighting at close-medium range, and a child's body allowed him to dodge. Ningen arrived in time for the fight.
- Ugh, can't you deal with a brat?
- YA! Shut up!!! - Komo went on the defensive, trying to transfer the damage to the armored side of the body, but Ryuji gradually inflicted damage on the other unprotected side. The wounds were piling up. Ningen had to intervene, he was more experienced and much stronger and faster than Komo. One blow between the ribs was enough to knock Ryuji out of the fight. Ningen came from a forgotten family of ninja, and his quirk was Observer - having touched the target, he could see it with his eyes from any distance. He was also able to find a combat application, constantly keeping the enemy in sight and knowing where he was. Out of breath, Komo hit the unconscious Ryuji a couple more times out of anger.
- Here! Take that, scum!
- Quiet down, tie up the old woman for now, let's go find the second one.
"Nobu, I hope you escaped" the old woman could not resist in any way, having only one trump card.
After tying up Teruko and Ryuji and carrying them to the others, she in turn waited for a convenient moment to summon the animals.
- Ugh... who beat you up like that, kid or something? - Okami said.
- The kid has a strong quirk. Did you gather everyone? The last one left was the white-haired boy.
Komo stayed to bandage the wounds, and Okami, whose quirk was Weight Nullification, went to the clearing with Ningen.
Nobu continued to sit next to Kobo's corpse, crippled from burns, which was baked right into the armor. His gaze was fierce and merciless, the reason for this was the new discovered flaw in the quirk. "Consciousness plays a vital role in manipulating heat, Ash is difficult to control when you are half-conscious, sleepy or under the influence of substances. Damn... difficult." He tried to find a solution to the problem, nothing came to his mind. "That's it, maybe they used some kind of sleeping gas on the crowd." Again, he ran into a lack of knowledge. "In the sheet, Nezu said that he would stay in Musutafu for now. He didn't even bring my books." Nobu smiled and slowly stood up as more guests arrived. He slowly tore off the mask from his flesh and put it on his face so that his face would not be seen.
"The smell of human flesh, disgusting." Finally, having surrounded Nobu standing right in the middle of the clearing from both sides, Okami and Ningen became serious, they did not know the quirk of this child, but the burned corpse of Kobo indicated a possible type of influence.
"Be careful, this child is a real psychopath."
"Psycho...what?" Nobu did not know this term. However, the real Nobu manifested much less often than his quirk Ash, it gradually took over him, an absolutely vile, arrogant, cruel personality emanated from this quirk. This influence blocked Nobu's true feelings, making him a cold-blooded psychopath. He would soon realize that this quirk was not a gift, but a curse.
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