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On the same day.
"Inviting me here, I thought you never liked guests, Shigaraki Tomura." The man with glasses blew out cigarette smoke.
The cigarette smoke made the dim atmosphere of the bar become somewhat foggy. Shigaraki ignored the smoke that was deliberately blown towards her.
The fingers scratching her neck twitched slightly as she held back her emotions.
Shigaraki flipped the laptop in front of her. "You. The one who uploaded this, right?"
A popular video these days. About the Hero killer's biography.
Giran did not answer immediately. He took a drag on his cigarette and exhaled once more. "Why, are you so sure that I did it?" He smiled.
"Just answer the question." Shigaraki hissed.
"You're too rude to ask for an answer, aren't you?" Giran laughed as if mocking.
Shigaraki's hand that was scratching her neck was getting restless. "You talk too much. If it weren't for the fact that I still need your mouth to answer my question, I would have already melted it."
"Fine, I already knew that you have a bad temper Shigaraki Tomura. But I just found out that it's this bad. I wonder what made you able to be patient all this time since your failure." Giran put out the cigarette in the ashtray.
"Stop spouting nonsense. I know you started this video."
Giran glanced at Shigaraki who was sitting in front of the bar table. Then his own seat which was some distance away from that person. It was not that Giran felt strange. It was just that she chose to sit here because it was near the exit. In case Shigaraki suddenly attacked him.
"So what, you should have a good reason for me to take time out of my busy schedule to visit you here." Giran did not look playful anymore.
"All I did was throw a stone into the water on a whim. Who would have thought that it would rippled so widely like that." Giran looked at Kurogiri who was standing not far from Shigaraki.
"Make me one like this." Shigaraki glanced at the video that was still playing.
"But about him." Kurogiri handed over the black file along with a brown envelope.
Giran opened the envelope first. A stack of banknotes immediately appeared in his eyes. He examined it briefly before turning to the file in front of him.
Giran lazily flipped through a few sheets before raising an eyebrow. "Alright, that wasn't difficult. But I have one question." Giran closed the file.
"Why... do I have to do this?" Giran was back in his game mode.
"Shut your mouth and just do it, as far as I know you live by the motto of there's money there's stuff, right?" Shigaraki stared at the video on the laptop without blinking.
"Ok, just wait for your stuff. Should I upload it too?" Giran stood up with an envelope in his pocket and a file in his hand.
"Yes, but not anytime soon. Wait for my signal."
"Whatever. But you sound like you're ordering your subordinate Shigaraki Tomura around. And I don't like that. I'm not your man." Giran left after saying that.
Once out of the door Giran bumped into a man with stitches on his face. But they only gave each other a quick glance before continuing on their way.
*Kliing
The doorbell rang as soon as the door opened.
Kurogiri turned his head towards the door while Shigaraki ignored him.
"League of villains huh?"
Shigaraki turned her head as soon as she heard the man's dismissive voice.
...
Nagato was about to turn to leave. If indeed Todoroki had such a habit, it was also none of his business.
So Nagato would rather step aside than be a witness.
But before Nagato had taken two steps, the person under the tree had noticed Nagato's presence.
"Wait," Hearing that one word Nagato suddenly stopped and faced Todoroki again.
"You...,"
"You can finish your business. Just pretend I never came here before." Nagato immediately turned around again after saying that.
"No it's not that." Todoroki caught Nagato's shoulder. "Why are you here?"
"I told you, just pretend I never came here before. Goodbye." Nagato forcefully ended the conversation.
"Have you eaten yet?"
"... What?" Nagato stopped again and looked at Todoroki.
"It's lunchtime."
"Yes, I know." Nagato replied briefly.
Todoroki was silent, Nagato was silent too. Come to think of it, these two people are not that different. Both people who have a tight mouth. Rarely speak long and usually only give short answers.
After a while Todoroki spoke up again. "Have you eaten yet?" He repeated his question again.
"No," Nagato answered correctly this time.
"Then eat, let's go to the cafeteria." Todoroki said with a flat face.
The corner of Nagato's eye twitched slightly. You're inviting someone with that wall face?.
"No thanks." Nagato turned to leave immediately before Todoroki held him back again.
It might be better to hide in the music room. Nagato thought as he walked.
But his thoughts were interrupted when he heard footsteps behind him. Nagato looked back. The person with two hair colors was also walking behind him.
"Yesterday, Midoriya-kun said you were on a food diet. Then why aren't you eating?" Todoroki looked at the little boy in front of him.
"I'm not hungry." Nagato began to ignore that person.
"But you still have to eat." It seemed like Todoroki was insisting.
Nagato stopped and held out his hand. Preventing the two hair colors from walking closer.
Nagato rather disliked having people following him around. "Do I eat or not have anything to do with you?" But then he shut up, actually those were sarcastic words he would have thrown out if he was emotional back in his world.
"Young Master, the guests have arrived. Are you sure you will not participate in welcoming the guests?"
"It's their party, it has nothing to do with me. After all, am I not just a thorn in this family? That's what your great mistress said, right?"
"Young Master must not think like that. Master is truly sincere in picking you up. From the very beginning Young Master was Master's flesh and blood, just like the first Young Master and the third Young Master. So this family is also your family, second Young Master."
"What the hell, do I going or not going have anything to do with you?!"
"No, personally. But it probably will with the other friends. They care about you. We'll help you out of the darkness. Pull you from the shadows." Todoroki's words pulled Nagato out of his thoughts.
Huh? From the darkness? Nagato blinked in confusion for a moment. Then smiled a little. "What for? Isn't it daytime?. Everyone sleeps in the dark every day anyway, right?"
Nagato knew the darkness Todoroki was referring to. He meant the world of villains who usually never touched the light. He was just pretending to be innocent because he was a bit annoyed by the memories of his past.
But Nagato himself thinks he has been separated from that world since Shigaraki left him at USJ. And since that time, Nagato has never made or received contact from the villain. Maybe because that's how much the man dislikes Nagato.
But even though Nagato already considers himself independent of the villains. It doesn't mean the villains will retreat and continue to hide in the shadows.
Because he knows the storyline. Nagato knew that Shigaraki and his gang would return to wreak havoc.
Summer camp. A few more days. Nagato thought.
Nagato looked at the two-colored hair person rather sympathetically. The summer camp incident will take a lot of casualties. But Nagato won't be there so the possibility of meeting the league of villains is very small. Especially meeting Shigaraki, that childish man.
But even so Nagato felt a bit lost. He wouldn't be able to watch the invasion of the villains in person during summer camp.
Todoroki looked at Nagato's cold face with a small smile. It now looked a little warm.
In the red eyes Nagato looked, light. As if carefree. Like he had no problems at all. But, he didn't have a problem or didn't understand the problem he was facing.
This innocent-looking little smile reminded Todoroki of that quote.
If Nagato was an adult, perhaps he could complain and say. "Can fate give me something other than trouble?"
But Nagato was only a child in Todoroki's eyes. A bit like himself. Without a place to hold on to, Nagato would most likely always put on a cold expression for every problem he faced.
But if a complicated problem arose that was impossible for him to solve, perhaps Nagato would finally put on an innocent little smile. But even then the little boy was still unwilling to ask for help, and just buried his problems stubbornly.
Nagato was unaware of the inner conflict Todoroki was experiencing. He only saw the two-toned haired man continue to stare at him without blinking.
Nagato began to feel strange about the person in front of him. Maybe I should leave. He never understood the way the character in front of him thought.
"Stop following me, I don't like it just so you know." Nagato continued his journey again. But he still heard steps behind him.
"Why do you keep following me? Don't you understand human language?" Nagato frowned as he turned around. His words just now might have sounded a bit harsh but Nagato didn't care because his mood was starting to break down, then with a blink he disappeared.
Todoroki's eyes reflexively turned towards the trees behind him. Some of the branches were swaying rather violently as if they had received a jolt.
Not far from Todoroki's place, in the shadow of the lush trees. It turned out that there were other people who were secretly watching the interaction between the little boy and the two-colored teenager.
"Hmm, it seems Todoroki doesn't know how to persuade small children. He's too straightforward and..., blunt. He even leaked our intention to approach Nagato-kun. Haah...," Tokoyami sighed.
"Do you know how to deal with a child?"
Tokoyami looked at the dark shadow who had also been watching. "It's a coincidence that Nagato-kun met someone like Todoroki who obviously rarely socializes. Judging from the way Nagato-kun left it looks like Todoroki has inadvertently offended him."
"Oi, you're ignoring me!."
"Maybe this place can't be our base anymore. Let's find another place." Tokoyami stood on the branch he had been sitting on.
"Whatever, want me to tell you something? Since Bakugo saw everything earlier too."
"Bakugo-kun?" Tokoyami looked over to where the dark shadow was pointing. But there was no one behind the wall.
"Dark shadow, are you sure Bakugo-kun was there?"
"You're starting to distrust me. How could I lie?"
For the rest of the day no one could find Nagato. Not even Itachi who basically had a mental connection with Nagato.
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