Chapter twelve: The book of mysteries: All For One

The atmosphere felt dark and ominous. The only source of light was the splinter of light from the doors. I would never want to be in this situation.

All for One's figure was intimidating despite being in a wheelchair. I noticed that there weren't any wires or tubes attached to him. Yet his disfigured face would haunt someone for the rest of their lives. But he wasn't so bad. Deep down, I think he's a good man. With a lot of wisdom and calmness. The world feared him. But to me, he was a "father" to Shigaraki. Plus he was also kind to me. I would never forget that.

"You called for me?" I asked him

"Yes, I have young Midiyoria." All For One replied in a pretty cheerful mood. In his sinister way.

"What is it?" I asked with curiosity.

All For One smiled.

"I mostly wanted to congratulate you on helping Shigaraki."

"But I didn't do anything to help him. That was all him." I modestly said.

"Oh, please, young Midiyoria, you played a bigger role than you think. Shigaraki is improving as a leader." All For One praised him.

His voice sounded that of a father proud of his son. It was welcoming. I couldn't help but smile.

"Thanks to you, Stain joined our cause, which allowed Giran to hire the new recruits."

"T-thank you." I nodded my head rapidly.

"Like I said young Midiyoria, that was all you."

That was the last smile I saw from him. His face transformed into a sorrowful expression.

"My time, however, is running short."

"What do you mean?" I asked. "Where are you going?"

All for One looked hesitant. I knew he was hiding something from me.

"Young Midiyoria," his voice became firm.

"Yes?" I responded, thrown back from his change of tone.

"I wanted to keep something from you. But now since my time is running short…."

"Huh?" was the only thing I could muster.

All For One took out something from his pockets. It looked like a hard drive.

"Take this," he said.

"Isn't that the drive Shigaraki and I stole from the hero center?" I asked surprised it was still around.

"Yes, it is," he replied. "But it has secrets that you might want."

"What secrets are you keeping?"

"I can't answer them, young Midiyoria." he denied my question. "You have to look at them yourself."

"Remember the visions you had," he said. "Remember the dreams you had."

"That's all I have for today. Kurogiri will pick you up," he concluded.

The bar was empty except for Shigaraki and Kurogiri.

"How did it go, young Midiyoria?" Kurogiri asked.

Shigaraki looked envious. I don't think he was in a good mood.

"Terrible I hope," hoped Shigaraki.

"Now young master," Kurogiri said. "We must be happy with young Midiyoria."

"Whatever,"

"Actually Shigaraki," I started turning my attention to him. "He seemed very proud of you."

Shigaraki looked up.

"How so?"

"He said you improved as a leader," I said to him.

I swore I saw a grin on Shigaraki's face. It was only for a second.

"I guess it isn't so bad."

Kurogiri changed the subject.

"Anything else?" Kurogiri asked.

"Nothing else. Just wanted to report on the progress."

Kurogiri nodded.

"Take the day off. Nothing massive is happening."

I nodded.

After a full day of doing nothing, I decided to call it for a night. I took a quick shower and dove onto my bed. It was the best sleep I had in ages. Mainly because of the anxiety of missions and failure.

But no, it was comforting and tiring.

Halfway through my sleep, I saw something.

Everything was dark and mysterious. I couldn't see anything. My heart was racing. What was going on? Was this the end? Was it just a misunderstanding?

I heard firm but controlled footsteps.

A man stood before me. It was the man in my earlier dreams. Expect he seemed aware of my existence.

"W-who are you?" I asked trembling with fear.

He didn't say anything.

His cold and stoned face was enough for me to shut up. His messy black hair remained the same.

"Remember."

I jerked off from bed. I was hoping nobody would hear my thud. I didn't hear footsteps, so I don't think anyone heard me.

My memory flashes back to my conversation with All For One.

"You have to look at them yourself."

That was it. The man I dreamt about was in the hard drive. That would mean he could be a hero. Given his ability, it would be the most logical.

I opened up my laptop I got from a seller. I snatched the hard drive from my desk and attached it to the laptop's port.

It took a while to upload since it features every known hero, but eventually, it was finished. I clicked on the file that leads to each file about a hero. I scrolled through all of the files. After what seemed like ages, I found a familiar face.

It was him.

"Found you," I whispered to myself with excitement.

"Now to solve this mystery."

Once I clicked on the information, it greeted me with a access denied.

"What?" I asked in confusion.

I clicked again. It was the same screen.

"This is so weird. Why won't you work?"

After trying to find ways of bypassing the firewall, I called defeat and put everything away. I retreated to my bed. I only had one question.

"What could you have done to be so secret?"

I sighed heavily.

"No point I guess," I whispered to myself as I fell asleep.

End of Chapter

A/N: So I'll probably do the forest training arc and hideout raid arc. But I think I'll take a different direction to the story. I hope it's good.