DrakeDragon297: Yeah between Zodiac, Jade and Ryukyu we have a lot of crazy Dragon Ladies in play XD
IVReal: Unfortunately nothing as great as the "Battle that never happened" Can appear in this story, but I'm hoping the events coming up will be good :3
"Hows the internship going?"
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"Okay I know its early but you can give me more than just mashing the keyboard."
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"Alright, guess I'll text you again after morning patrol and see if you're awake."
Adachi tucked his phone into his belt after sending the last message to Ashido, chuckling and shaking his head as he finished putting on the last few pieces of his costume and made his way out the door of his room. Stretching a bit to shake off all that remained of his tiredness, whatever the shower hadn't already gotten rid of anyways, before making his way to the stairs.
It was still early morning, on the Third day of his internship at the Ryukyu Agency. After his rather eventful first patrol, things went a bit more smoothly on whatever route Ryukyu gave him. He had two patrol duties, one in the morning and one in the evening. During the in between time he was free to do whatever he wanted at the Agency, but he spent much of that time either using the training facility or studying more on hero code, whatever Ryukyu could tell him, he wanted to know.
There hadn't been any more interesting encounters, no real villainy at work in the area. The most crazy thing Adachi had been apart of so far was a purse snatching, but that was a pretty easy catch. Either way, he was enjoying his time here, and taking to heart whatever he could learn from the pros.
As he stepped outside and breathed in the fresh air, Adachi braced himself for another day. He noticed a car pulled up at the Agency, one he hadn't seen before. Quirking an eyebrow, he looked towards the main area, spotting Ryukyu talking to someone, two people in fact...
The first, and the one primarily talking, was an elder man. He had thinning grey hair atop his head, and was quite short with a big bushy mustache, dressed in a fine black suit. Beside him was a taller girl, she seemed much older than Adachi himself. She wore a simple white summer dress, carrying a small suitcase at her side. She had long raven black hair, and thin athletic body, with sharp green eyes.
"Hey, sorry to interrupt," Adachi greeted as he approached, curiosity getting the better of him, "I was just heading out on patrol."
Ryukyu looked at him briefly, as if hesitating for a moment before smiling, "Why don't you two go get settled, I'll be right in." She assured, urging them towards the door before turning back to him, "Yes, we've got a bit of an odd job coming in at the moment, I'll explain more when you get back... Keep an eye out for anyone suspicious while you're out."
"Yes ma'am." Adachi nodded, not wanting to press the matter. He was getting a strange feeling about their visitors, but figured Ryukyu would explain everything later so he put it at the back of his mind and headed out.
. . .
The next two hours rolled on by with relative ease, nothing more than a few scoundrels loitering that he had to shoo off. So it was a peaceful morning, and his patrol time was almost up. The streets were quiet, nothing but people on their morning commute so he didn't even see too many. Though he did appreciate the peace and quiet, he was kind of hoping he could get more actual experience fighting villains...
Lucky for him, as he was on his way back, passing by the park, an older man approached him, "Excuse me young man?" He asked, leaning on his walking cane, "You're a Hero right?"
Adachi nodded, "Yes I am, what's wrong? Do you need help with anything?" He asked calmly, looking around to see if anything was amiss.
"There were a couple of rough looking fellows asking around the park," He explained, turning and pointing in the direction, "Saying something about looking for someone..."
"Is someone lost or..." Adachi realized what he was getting at by the look on his face and nodded, "Oh, I see... I'll go investigate, thank you." He nodded, walking past him and in the direction he'd pointed. Making his way deeper into the large park, it was still mostly empty this early aside from a handful of people out exercising. So it wasn't long before he spotted a group of men speaking to a young woman dressed in a track suit.
"Not seen them around at all?" The man in the center asked, holding out what must have been a picture to her. He had a shaved head, dressed in simple jeans and a white tank top. The other two were similarly dressed, though one had a beret on top of his head and the last one was wearing a trench coat.
"No, not at all... Maybe you should try asking a hero, if someone has gone missing." She answered, her voice nervous in the presence of these unfriendly looking men.
"Yeah, maybe you should." Adachi said out loud, announcing his presence as he approached them, "You can go ahead on your way ma'am." He looked to the woman, who nodded quickly with a look of relief and kept going, eager to get away from them, "You three, I hear you're looking for someone, maybe I can help."
"Doesn't concern you, we'll be on our way..." The lead man grumbled, narrowing his eyes as he tucked away the photo into his pocket and kept walking.
"I think this definitely counts as suspicious." Adachi decided, following along with them, "Hey come on you've got someone missing let a Hero help you out!" He offered with a big grin.
"He said piss off brat!" The man in the beret snapped at him, nearly making Adachi flinch as the man half turned back around glaring at him.
His comrade in the trenchcoat placing a hand on his shoulder, "Barry... Not the time." Before looking at the boy, "It ain't a crime to ask questions, no reason to bother us."
Adachi held a leveled gaze with the man for a moment, "I should report this... Technically speaking they haven't committed any crimes yet." He nodded slowly, "I suppose you're right, just stay out of trouble and we won't have any problems." He warned sternly, the first time he'd actually put some tone of authority into his voice.
"Hmph, right..." The man replied, turning away with his comrades slowly and continuing on their way.
As they walked off, Adachi's phone started to buzz. He pulled it out and saw that it was the Agency, having given them his number for easy communication, "Yeah? Sorry I'm late got a little held up."
"No problem, just get back here as soon as you can we've got an important meeting you need to be a part of." Ryukyu explained, before hanging up.
Adachi nodded, putting the phone away and making his way back to the Agency, the faces of those three men remaining firmly in his mind. "I wonder who those thugs were looking for..."
. . .
Upon returning to the Agency, Adachi noticed a few more cars outside. Two of them were police vehicles no less, as well as the same vehicle that was here earlier. He figured it must have to do with that meeting she mentioned. Nodding his head, he quickly made his way inside and up stairs to the business oriented part of the Agency. As he ascended the stairs he could already here talking from voices he didn't recognize...
"Good you're back." He was greeted by Nejire-Chan the moment he exited the stairwell, "Come on, we're just getting things started." She said, seeming much less bouncy than usual.
Adachi was lead into a large conference room, one he'd seen before while here. It had a massive oval shaped table in the center with numerous chairs and a few different screens could be projected from the center. A number of chairs were occupied, one by Ryukyu herself, and two more by the older man and young woman he'd seen her talking with this morning. Across from them sat a handful of officers, as well as a man dressed in a more formal suit between them.
"A perfect," Ryukyu perked up a bit as he entered, "Please, come in and take a seat both of you." She ordered, before looking around at the others that had joined at the table, "Everyone, my sidekick Nejire-Chan, and temp from UA, Rizado." She introduced, before motioning to the others around her, "And this is the chief of police," She explained pointing to the man in the formal suit, "Inata Shito, and a few of his most trusted officers... These two," He turned to the apparent civilians in the room, "Are here with some important information about a group of criminals."
"Right," The old man nodded, rising from his seat and nodding to the young heroes, "My name is Kiba Kibari," He explained, "And this is my niece Nagato."
"It's a pleasure to meet you all." Adachi bowed his head respectfully to them, "Before we being however, Ryukyu," He turned attention towards her, "You told me to keep an eye out for anything suspicious, I encountered a group of men looking for someone in the park."
She blinked in surprise, "Oh really? Hmm, so they're already on the move."
"Just as we thought, they're planning to get in and out," The chief nodded his head, looking to the two civilians, "You got here just in time evidently, seems holding you at the station was a good idea after all."
"Take a seat and we'll discuss the details," Ryukyu stated again, waiting for them both to sit down at empty chairs before continuing, "You see, our guests here have come from out of town seeking help..."
"Are you familiar with Gentek?" The chief asked the two younger heroes.
"Oh I know!" Nejire cried out raising her hand, "They're a pharmaceutical corporation that specializes in niche medicines for Quirk Specific illnesses!"
"That is exactly right," He nodded in response, "Mr. Kibari here was the CEO's Brother."
"Was?" Adachi quirked an eyebrow.
"He was murdered a month ago." The man answered calmly.
Adachi visibly flinched, "Oh I... I'm sorry to hear that." Putting his foot firmly in his mouth, as he noticed the girl beside the older man glaring daggers at him.
Kiba raised his hand, "We will mourn proper once our lives are not in danger, you see my brother was communicating with me secretly the months before his murder," He explained, bringing his hands together on the table in front of him, "He had suspicions that someone in his senior staff was cutting deals behind closed doors and developing Quirk Enhancement Drugs, so he was trying to look into it in secret and get evidence, supposedly he went to the police but we have reason to believe some of the officers in are on the companies payroll."
"Quirk Enhancement Drugs," Adachi repeated in his head, "I've heard of those, they can make even weak Quirks incredible unstable and dangerous... That's why they're strictly illegal."
Ryukyu nodded, "That's right, and he must have found something, considering those he suspected to be buying these drugs from his company also happen to be murder suspects."
"But they went into hiding according to the police," The chief continued, crossing his arms, "Unfortunately, we can't do anything about a murder that has already happened... However, we know the gang is going to come after Kibari and Nagato, because according to Mr. Kibari's report, members of the senior staff at Gentek have already been trying to buy out his families shares in the company to gain complete control." Before looking down at the files before him, "Luckily, it seems the sly old bastard actually left all his shares to Kiba."
"And in turn, I have secretly left them to my niece." He explained with a nod, "I started working out this plan shortly after my brothers death, and the pieces are nearly in place." A faint smirk crossed his lips, "I've got a target on my back, so in coordination with the Police Chief, and you Ms. Ryukyu, I believe we can bait and capture these criminals, and oust the members of the senior staff responsible for Tento's murder."
Adachi sweatdropped as the old man finished up, "This guy is crazy... To plan that all out is..." He shook it off, before nodding in agreement, "Just tell us what we need to do to help." This felt real, this felt intense. Like he was about to seriously bust up a major crime operation! It was so cool!
"That's the spirit," Ryukyu nodded with a smile, "We've already got our plan mostly worked out, and knowing these men are looking for them already makes things move a lot quicker..."
"Realistically, we need only capture a few of them to get the confessions we need," The Chief explained, "So the plan is as follows... Under guard from Ryukyu, who will be disguised as a civilian, Kiba will make his way to the train station... Which our offices will be watching over from a distance, and be prepared to guide citizens away from as soon as any fighting begins." Before looking to the students, "And one of you will be working as the bait to find them," He paused briefly, brow furrowing, "Unfortunately, they know what you look like, Rizado, so it'll have to be Ms. Nejire-Chan, who will disguise herself as a civilian, run into these men and point them in the right direction."
"I get to go under cover? Awesome!" Hadou grinned, nodding her head.
"That sounds simple enough," Adachi added, "So what will I be doing? If I can't be out in the field, should I be waiting at the station as back up?"
Ryukyu shook his head, "No, you'll be here guarding Nagato," She explained, "There is still the chance they will see through our plan, or have maybe heard about these two coming here, whatever the case we can't risk her being caught."
"So I'm babysitting..." Adachi thought, heart sinking for a moment before he shook it off, "R-Right, I can handle that." He nodded.
"We are counting on you Young Heroes," Kiba nodded to them both, "As well as you, Ryukyu, and the Officers of this district.
Ryukyu stood up from her chair, "The Operation begins tonight, so take the time to get yourselves prepared, we could have a very long night ahead of us."
Adachi stood up along with her, "Should I make any preparations?"
Ryukyu chuckled lightly, "Relax, we'll have you on standby but this sounds like it'll be a simple in and out, so enjoy a night off, that's an order." She added with a smile, patting him on the back.
Adachi sweatdropped, but nodded his head, "Yes ma'am..."