Back with Midoriya, the boy sat on his desk at the Class 1-B classroom, right amongst his troubled classmates. Their class was going to get inspected as soon as the inspection on Class 1-A was over, but this did nothing to calm their nerves as the potential of there being a traitor among them was still present.

And in Midoriya's case, it was driving him up a wall.

"Midoriya?"

The boy lifted his head and turned to see Kendo standing nearby, looking at him with a concerned expression. "How are you holding up?"

"I want to say fine, but I'd be lying right through my teeth," Midoriya sighed, resting his chin on the desk. "Not only have I found out something terrible happened to Hatsume, but now there's the idea that one of us could be a traitor!"

Kendo brushed Midoriya's back and flashed a reassuring smile. "Everybody here is innocent until proven otherwise, Midoriya. And if there really is a traitor among us, the police will deal with them."

Midoriya gained a little smile on his face. He didn't know how she did it, but Kendo still had a way to cheer him up even in a trouble time like this.

"Now, you said something happened with Hatsume," Kendo's smile faltered. "Would it help you if you talked about it with someone?"

Midoriya lifted his head once more and thought about it. Kendo was one of the most trustworthy people in Class 1-B, after all she had to keep Monoma in check constantly. And besides, the faster Midoriya talked with somebody about what happened, the better.

"Do you promise not to tell anybody?"

Kendo silently nodded.

"Alright, here's the gist of it..."


"I lost my Quirk," Hatsume sadly confessed to Mineta and Power Loader, whose eyes widened. "For real, this time."

"Wait a minute, you mean you still had your Quirk when you got the robotic eyes?" Mineta asked, raising an eyebrow. "I thought you had lost it as soon as your eyes were damaged!"

"I thought that too, but apparently, as long as my Quirk Factor was left unharmed, I still had it with me," Hatsume replied, scratching her head. "I just couldn't access it because I didn't have my eyes anymore, for obvious reasons."

"And now you're telling us you somehow lost your Quirk today?" Power Loader asked. "I'm sorry, Hatsume, but that's not something I can just swallow. Especially considering you said your Quirk Factor was fine, how can you have lost your Quirk if the factor was left intact?"

"Maybe, it was the result of a Quirk?" Mineta asked.

"That's just as hard to believe, Mineta," Power Loader expressed. "I know Quirks are incredibly varied, but there's no way there could be a Quirk that can steal other Quirks."

Hatsume had no comment.

"Well, we're gonna go through an inspection in a while, so make yourselves presentable," Power Loader remarked. "I'll see if I can talk with Nezu about what's going on."

The armored hero stood up and left the workshop, leaving the nervous Mineta and Hatsume alone.

"What a way to start the day, huh?" Mineta asked with a nervous, clearly forced chuckle. "Instead of staying at home or watching the sports festival, we're gonna be inspected to see if either of us is a traitor."

"I still don't get why they wouldn't postpone the sports festival," Hatsume rubbed her forehead. "I mean, I get its a popular event and they need something to distract the masses-actually, I think I just answered my own question."

Hatsume took a long, tired breath and lowered her head, and shortly after, Mineta brushed her head. "Everything's gonna be okay."

Hatsume lifted her head and smiled hopefully. "I hope so, Mineta. I hope so."

Just then, the door to the workshop opened, and from it entered a member of Class 1-B, the silver-haired Reiko Yanagi. She had her eyes closed, which caught Hatsume's attention.

"Excuse me," she spoke. "Would the owner of the workshop just so happen to still be present at this moment?"

"...What?" was all the gadgeteer could ask in response.

"I think she's asking if Power Loader's here," Mineta explained. "And the answer's no, he just left to go see Principal Nezu."

Yanagi smirked. "That's perfect."

Okay, now she was really worrying the duo.

"You, I have been given a surprise assignment, one that comes with a permanent benefit for me," the silver-haired teen explained as she walked closer to the pair. "And I'm going to need your help to do this, Hatsume."

And she was officially creeped out. "How do you know my name?!"

"You blow up the workshop every time you work there, whether you're working on a new gadget, or upgrading an old one," Yanagi curtsied. "It would be foolish of me to remain ignorant of the Gadget Queen known by the name of Mei Hatsume."

Hatsume, though flattered by the obvious ego bait, she didn't lower her guard just yet.

"Mineta, I'll take care of this."

Though shocked at this statement, Mineta nonetheless got the hint and nodded before he left. This left Hatsume alone with Yanagi, whose smile slowly gained a hint or malice as she narrowed her eyes.

"Alright, spill the beans-"

Before Hatsume could add anything else, a white aura enveloped her as she levitated by Yanagi's will. The girl herself lifted her arm as she explained:

"Let me be blunt, Hatsume. The one who gave me the assignment has a beef with you, and they're giving me the chance to "evolve", as they said, with only one condition: you have to die, and I must bring proof that I killed you."

"They want me dead?!" Hatsume snapped, trying to break free from her hold. "Who gave you this assignment!?"

Yanagi smirked as she opened her eyes, revealing her pupils resembled bullseyes. Hatsume's own eyes widened, recognizing those pupils... as her own.

"Wouldn't you like to know?"


Melissa stood in a long line alongside the rest of her classmates. Detective Tsukauchi, as well as Inko and some nondescript police officers, stood in front of them, asking their names and Quirks to detect any lies. Presumably, that was only the first part of what they were going to do to identify the traitor.

Melissa was right in the middle, with Shimura and Kaminari by her sides. Off at the very last member, there stood a guy with purple messy hair and eyes that made him look like he hadn't had a good sleep since... ever.

"When I was told my first day at Class 1-A would be memorable, I don't think they meant this," he audibly complained.

Melissa frowned in sympathy, but quickly turned around when Shimura tugged her sleeve. "Are we gonna be alright, Melissa?"

"Don't worry, Tenko, we're all gonne be fine," Melissa said, patting the boy's back. "As soon as this inspection is over and the entire class comes clean, I'm sure they'll let us go."

"A-And what if they find a traitor among us?"

"The only traitor in this class was Mina, Tenko. There's no way there's another traitor," Melissa paused for a second, then shook her head. "No, there's not another traitor."

Shimure frowned. "I'm sorry if I seem pessimistic, but that doesn't calm me down at all."

"It's okay, Tenko."

"You two might want to be quiet," Kaminari whispered to the pair. "They're about to reach Yaoyorozu."

With that said, the pair nodded and kept their mouths shut as Tsukauchi and Inko reached Yaoyorozu. "Name and Quirk." the miniature woman requested.

"Momo Yaoyorozu. Creation."

Inko and Tsukauchi exchanged looks, and turned back to the girl with serious expressions, startling her a bit.

"Is something wrong?" she asked. "You don't think I'm lying, do you?"

"My Quirk lets me identify any and all possible lies, no matter how convincing; if you had lied to us, I would know," Tsukauchi answered. "However, while you're telling us the truth, we need to ask you a couple questions before we move on."

Yaoyorozu frowned. "Okay?"

"What does your Quirk do, exactly?" Inko asked.

"It lets me create non-living objects from my body using my lipids," Yaoyorozu answered, folding her arms. "Depending on the object, however, I may need to use extra lipids to seal or cover it, lest I damage my internal organs."

Melissa and Shimure winced at the statement. They were a bit curious, but they weren't in the mood to figure out how did Yaoyorozu come to that conclusion.

"Can you create weapons?" the small detective asked next.

"I can, but again, depending on the weapon, I may need to use extra lipids to cover it, or even just to create its ammunition."

"Could you give us a demonstration with, let's say, a bullet?"

Yaoyorozu blushed as she lifted her shirt and created a small silver bullet, which she showed to the detectives before Tsukauchi grabbed it.

"Is a bullet something you just recently started creating?"

Yaoyorozu shook her head. "It was one of the first things I learned how to create out of memory, alongside a gun."

Melissa and Shimura's eyes widened. Bullets and guns were the first thing Yaoyorozu learned to create?! And she wasn't even denying it?! Sure, it wouldn't have helped, but she could at least show some hesitation about it!

With how she was carrying herself, it was almost as if she had no issue with it at all.

Even if she wasn't the traitor, and this was just a disturbing coincidence, the duo-and Class 1-A as a whole-were now curious about Yaoyorozu's family situation.

"Can you show us?"

Yaoyorozu repeated her previous motion, only this time she created a pistol. "Does this answer your question?"

Inko grabbed the gun, inserted the bullet, then aimed it at a ball she took out and threw through the window. The resulting *BANG!* and hit of the object made it far too clear the object was the real deal.

"This is a real gun, no doubt about it," Inko turned back to Yaoyorozu. "You didn't even think of making a toy gun? I mean, didn't you say that was the first thing you were taught how to create?"

Yaoyorozu raised an eyebrow. "What are you talking about? I clearly said the first thing I learned how to create were bullets and guns."

"I thought you meant toy ones!"

Yaoyorozu shook her head. "Real ones."

Melissa and Shimura exchanged looks of disbelief. Was Yaoyorozu trying to make herself look like the traitor? Even if she had been conditioned to think this was normal, there's no way she'd be this innocent and naive about it!

...Right?

"Okay, Yaoyorozu, that's all," Inko said, saving the gun in her pocket. "We're gonna need interrogate you after this inspection is over, so please stay around for a while afterwards, okay?"

Yaoyorozu twiddled her fingers. "Am I in trouble?"

"No, sweetie, we just want to clarify a couple things," Inko replied in a motherly tone.

Speaking of trouble, something that just occurred to her put her in a bit of a bind. Detective Tsukauchi was asking the students for both their name and their Quirk names. Now, this wouldn't be so bad... if One for All wasn't supposed to be a big secret.

Sure, Inko knew about it, but even if her detective partner was in the known as well, the same couldn't be said for the cops, or the rest of Class 1-A. Even so, Tsukauchi made it clear lying wouldn't get her anywhere, so she had to think of something, and quick.

"Name and Quirk."

Melissa flinched, snapping back to reality to see Inko and Detective Tsukauchi staring at her. Inko did so with a reassuring glance, while the detective's expression was far too neutral to pinpoint. Nevertheless, Melissa got an idea, and regained her composure before saying:

"Melissa Shield. Superwoman."

Crap! She meant to say Super Power!

"She's telling the truth," Detective Tsukauchi stated. "And don't worry if you don't like the name: since you were such a late bloomer, or so I've been told, it's okay if the name you picked for your Quirk isn't well-thought out."

Melissa raised an eyebrow. Somebody told him that she was a late bloomer... was he talking about All Might? Or did Inko give her a break and made up a cover story for her Quirk?

Regardless, she was grateful as the duo went to Shimura.

"Name and Quirk,"

"T-T-Tenko Shimura. D-Decay."

"Ah, so you're the Tenko Shimura that All Might saved one day," Tsukauchi scratched his chin. "You're worried about the potential of another traitor being in your ranks, aren't you?"

"Y-Yes..."

"Well, don't worry son, we'll find that traitor and give them a piece of our mind."

With a pat on the back, Detective Tsukauchi and Inko continued


"I see, so that's what happened," Kendo frowned. "Sounds rough."

"You have my condolences."

In that moment, Midoriya and Kendo turned back to see Shiozaki behind them, clasping her hands in prayer with a little smile. She also seemed rather... refreshed, or something. She definitely didn't seem to be as nervous as they'd expect her to be after what happened at the sports festival.

"Oh, hi Shiozaki, I didn't know you were there," Midoriya remarked. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm not going to lie, once I woke up at the hospital, I felt terrible for what I had done, even if the person I attacked had it coming," Shiozaki raised her head and smiled wider. "But then, I met a pair of wonderful people who agreed to help me control the berserker inside of me, and after an evening with them, I have hope that I'll be able to control myself when my anger surfaces again."

Midoriya wasn't sure if hearing someone like Shiozaki claim there was a "berserker" inside of her was funny or disturbing. It was most certainly curious, though.

"How much did you hear about Midoriya's story?" Kendo asked, returning the guy to reality.

"All of it," Shiozaki confessed. "And I have to say, while I don't know Hatsume personally, I feel sorry for her. To think there would be someone so terrible as to take away her Quirk without her consent..."

"Wait, you think somebody took it?" Midoriya shrugged. "I thought she lost her Quirk because she was convinced she was functionally Quirkless."

"Don't be ridiculous, Midoriya," Monoma remarked, approaching the exasperated trio. "It's one thing to think yourself as functionally Quirkless, it's another for the Quirk to just up and vanish like that."

"Do you even know what we're talking about, Monoma?" Kendo asked sternly.

"The fact that Midoriya's girlfriend suddenly lost her Quirk, despite her Quirk Factor being left undamaged," Monoma matter-of-factly explained, making Midoriya blush. "You weren't exactly whispering, you know?"

"Well, what do you want?" Shiozaki raised an eyebrow. "Do you have any idea of how this could've happened?"

"I'm with your opinion in that someone must've taken away her Quirk away somehow," Monoma scratched his chin in thought. "What I can't wrap my head around is the fact they somehow knew where she lived, and when was the right time to strike."

"She actually stayed over at my house over the night," Midoriya hesitantly confessed. "I think we had a party or something to celebrate the fact she won the sports festival-"

"That only implies whoever did it knew where you lived, Midoriya," Kendo pointed out, lowering her eyelids. "And if they knew where you lived-"

"Okay, students, time to begin your inspection," Detective Tsukauchi said as he entered the room. "Please form a single line outside."

"We'll talk about this later."

The teenagers left the classroom and made a line. Midoriya and Kendo were first.

"Name and Quirk."

"Izuku Midoriya. Swan Dive."

"He's telling the truth."

The detective wasted no time and headed for the next student.

"Name and Quirk."

"Itsuka Kendo. Big Fist."

"She's also telling the truth."

Once again the detectives went to the next students, and so on and so forth. As they did this, Midoriya took a deep breath and clutched his chest.

"See, Midoriya?" Kendo whispered to the nervous swan knight. "There's nothing to worry about."

"Maybe," Midoriya looked at the rest of his classmates with concerned eyes. "But I feel something's gonna go wrong any minute now."

"Name and Quirk."

"Ibara Shiozaki. Vines."

Inko and Detective Tsukauchi exchanged looks, and this was enough to get Midoriya's attention as well, who eyed the scene along with Kendo, both having concerned looks on their faces.

"What?"

"While you're being honest about your name, you're lying about your Quirk's name," Tsukauchi stated, tipping his hat. "How about you give us its real name?"

Shiozaki lowered her head and thought about it for a moment before she bitterly answered, "Dryad."

"That's true," Tsukauchi nodded. "Sorry if your Quirk's true name upsets you, but we needed you to be completley honest."

"I understand," Shiozaki answered, clenching her fists. "You're only trying to help us avoid another Mina from hurting us all."

Their conversation done, the detectives went to the next student, leaving a fuming Shiozaki behind. Luckily, she calmed down soon after... because something about Yui caught her attention.

She was making some weird gesture with her hand, as if she was calling for something to come towards her. And the more she did those gestures, the more a small object headed straight for her hand.

A pen. One with a sharpened end.

Seeing this, Shiozaki planted her hair on the ground, and spread it until it landed behind Yui, hidden underneath the ground so the detectives wouldn't notice.

And seeing that, Kendo and Midoriya kept a close eye on Shiozaki, while also turning to see Monoma's turn next.

"Name and Quirk."

"Neito Monoma. Copy."

Inko raised an eyebrow. "So, going by your Quirk's name alone, it allows you to copy Quirks?"

"Well, yes, as long as I have physical contact with someone, I can copy their Quirk," Monoma explained, with Yui nearby rolling her eyes. "This only applies to transformation and emitters, though. I can't copy mutant Quirks, and the copy only lasts for five minutes."

"Suspicious." Yui uttered.

"While I have to agree that it's a bit suspicious, he's telling the truth," Detective Tsukauchi turned to the horse-like girl right next to Monoma. "So, let's go with the girl next to you. Name and Quirk-"

"Pony Tsunotori! Horn Cannon!"

"She's... telling the truth," the detective answered, slightly startled by the girl's exhuberant energy. Then, he leaned closer to her ear and whispered, "Keep it down a little, will you? Just keep an eye on the other students like you were instructed to do."

Whispering in a stern tone, Pony replied, "You do your job, and I'll do mine, alright?"

Monoma frowned at the exchange, and after the duo separate, the detectives finally reached Yui, whose expression remained neutral as the detective said:

"Name and Quirk."

"Yui Kodai. Size."

The detective squinted his eyes as he took a closer look at the raven-haired girl, which only made Midoriya, Kendo, and especially Shiozaki nervous as to what would happen next. After a few seconds of squinting, the detective came to a conclusion:

"While you're being honest about your name and your Quirk, I feel like you're hiding something from us," Tsukauchi leaned back and folded his arms. "Tell me, would you happen to have another Quirk in your disposal? Kinda like with Monoma's alleged Copy Quirk?"

"Alleged?" Monoma asked, seemingly offended.

Yui shook her head. "Detective, with all due respect, how dumb are you? Nobody is capable of having more than one Quirk, unless your Quirk allows you to store multiple ones, like Monoma's alleged Copy Quirk. If you're really going to suggest I have more than one Quirk within me, at least come up with some proof first."

"Yui never talks this much, nore this disrespectfully," Kendo remarked, her eyes widening at the statement. "Something feels wrong."

Midoriya and Shiozaki exchanged a look and nod, the latter getting ready to use her vines as soon as Yui made a wrong move.

"Even still, you're hiding something, and if you're not going to tell us what it is, I'm gonna need you to come with me for a moment."

Yui broke free from the detective's grasp as soon as he grabbed her arm.

"And I'm gonna need you to bugger off!"

Yui revealed the sharpened pen behind her and raised it straight for Tsukauchi's gut... only for some vines to grab her arm and keep it in place. She turned back to the earlier students at the line, and saw Shiozaki sternly glaring at her as she disconnected her hair from the floor, keeping the vines in place.

Sadly, this also made them weak enough for Yui to rip them apart and escape, throwing the pen to the ground and activating her Quirk to turn it big enough to block off the hallway as she ran away.

This, however, meant nothing when Kendo ran past the detectives, made her fist giant, and punched the pen in half with it.

"Come on, don't just stand there!" Kendo yelled at the students and detectives. "We need to catch Yui before she escapes!"

"You heard the class president!" Monoma exclaimed, running to Kendo's side. "We need to get a move on!"

Midoriya nodded and he, along with the rest of Class 1-B and the detectives, chased after the fleeing Yui as Kendo snapped at the top of her lungs:

"You're not getting away, Kodai!"