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Izuku spent the night exercising with All for One, after about three hours he managed to extend his range to about ten meters and make it so his lightning would travel in a straight line.
Chisaki was weak, he had absolutely no protection and his own quirk destroyed him under the effects of All for One. What about people Like Shoto or Ochaco? Shoto might react to All for One but that was only if Izuku could ever reach him before getting incapacitated in a block of ice, and Izuku had his doubts about how a quirk like Ochaco's would react.
Honestly he would rather stay in bed but he had a lot of questions to ask to Eri, and Sensei had to come back to discover what her quirk was, Izuku wouldn't take the risk to borrow it, Eri was still very young and he had never completely taken a quirk, apart from those All for One had shared with him in the past.
He entered in the living room, Eri was nowhere to be seen, his mother was watching the news, the media were talking about "potential" Yakuza activities in Musutafu. Izuku chuckled when he saw the headlines.
Inko was listening to the news and reading some of the papers All for One had brought concerning Eri's integration in the family. Even Izuku didn't understand most of what was written, it talked about her profile, age, size ... Inko had to fill up everything but considering there were about eighteen pages out of twenty talking about her quirk and that mama Midoriya (AS SOME WOULD CALL HER) was as clueless as the All for One users she just skipped this part and managed to reach half of all the files in about one hour.
"Izuku, sweetie how are you- ... what happened to your face ?!" She almost knocked a cup of tea over the files, Izuku was shared between the fear of ruining All for One's hard work and actually confronting his mother about the problem he didn't anticipate.
Izuku had black marks under both of his eyes due to the exhaustion from exercising with his new ability. "It's-it's nothing! I trained a bit last night and I slept late." This wasn't a lie.
"Izuku you shouldn't be doing this! You are supposed to rest-"
"Mom my whole class is doing internships and gaining experience in the field! How am I supposed to progress if I stay here doing nothing? ... because of the teachers I'm static for the next two weeks." He said quieting down as he got to the last part.
"... Well there is still Eri, she's currently sleeping, I just checked up on her and I'm kind of surprised because- ... she didn't look very exhausted yesterday though" his mother paused and grabbed her cup on the table "... oh and her horn is smaller!"
"Her horn? ... oh yes, I remember now! I didn't even pay attention to that detail ... wait ... how is a horn supposed to get smaller? Is she hurt?!" Izuku considered grabbing a notebook and make a whole section just for Eri yet for once this idea didn't seem appropriate, he had never done any analysis about his mother ... or any relatives in his family.
It's not like he knew any other after all ...
"No, no! She is fine really ... well I didn't check her bandages yet but apart from that she is fine, poor girl she definitely needed a bath but ... well she smelled like disinfectant so I'm even more curious about her previous life conditi-"
Someone knocked at the door, Inko was about to go but Izuku went first and activated All for One in his back just in case, he opened the door and found himself right in front of "A-Aizawa Sensei?"
"Yeah, it's me ... can I get in? There's been some changes concerning your internship status."
Izuku quickly deactivated All for One and let Aizawa inside the apartment, the teacher looked around him as he walked inside the living room, he was wearing formal clothes instead of his usual hero costume.
"Miss Midoriya" greeted the pro hero.
"Yes sir, I believe I heard there has been some change." Inko mother responded curtly, surprizing Izuku somewhat with how different she has acting from her normal behaviour.
"Yes, Izuku received one offer."
The mother and the son stared at the teacher in confusion "Wait- you- ... you mean I didn't get more?"
"Well I apologise but I must tell you heroes do not often recruit quirkless kids especially when it might lead to troubles with the media."
"O-oh ... so, I'm allowed to accept the offer?"
"Yes, but no one will know about this, a ... "friend"-" The underground pro didn't sound really convinced "-of Nedzu was interested in your performance and he really wants to meet you, his name is Gran Torino."
The name didn't sound familiar ... but if he was allowed to accept an internship from this hero then might gain a lot of experience out of this.
"Here," Aizawa handed Izuku a document specifying when and were he was supposed to meet the pro. "Remember this is considered to be a secret, the other teachers are not aware of the situation and I don't think they would like it."
"Understood sir."
"Now excuse me but I have seven hours of sleep to catch up so I'll be on my way," the pro left the apartment without another word leaving Inko and Izuku alone with the document.
"W-well ... what a surprise, still this-this is good hehehe. Right?" Inko said laughing nervously a little and trying to convince herself that this would work out well without her son getting caught up in anymore danger ... just for ONCE.
Izuku checked the document ... he was supposed to be in Hosu city this afternoon, in about four hours! "I'm packing everything right now! Tell Eri I'll be back in a week and- ... oh!" Izuku wrote down Sensei's number on a piece of paper and handed it to his mother "That's Sensei's number! Only in case of emergencies !"
Izuki ran back to his bedroom giving a few seconds to Inko to read the number, he came back almost immediately as he forgot to precise something.
"AND DO NOT INVITE HIM EVERY DAY FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT !"
Three and a half hours later.
Izuku arrived at his destination which happened to be a seemingly VERY old and abandoned building, he verified the address twice and apparently it was the right place ... a very bad joke perhaps?
He stepped inside the building, there was no door, so he simply went inside and he had to say that the inside was much worse than the outside, the building could decide to not stand up anymore and to simply collapse at ANY given moment.
"H-hello? Is anyone here? G-Gran Torino?" He called a few more times, but nothing happened...well he always had one last trick to check if the building was empty or not.
All for One ... he thanked the quirk internally for keeping him safe, he could feel one presence.
Gran Torino had one quirk, moving fast, not teleportation, yet there was silence ... was the hero hostile? Impossible, Aizawa was the one who gave him the documents, perhaps Gran Torino wanted to see what Izuku was capable of?
Even on the internet Izuku barely found anything, so had no information about his quirk, his career but he could definitely tell that whoever Gran Torino is, he must be old.
Izuku found a staircase and went to the second floor, this level seemed to be in much better condition, there was furniture, and a door, probably the only room close to that of a decent apartment. Izuku felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up, there was a presence behind him, remaining calm Izuku was about to knock at the door when the presence moved, he knew it, he barely had the time to react, but he managed to block the incoming kick with his arms, shielding his stomach. Then there was a rush of air against his arms and the weight vanished from them.
"Nice block kid! I'm impressed!" It was an old man's voice, Gran Torino.
Izuku didn't know if he was supposed to thank him or if he should reconsider if he really liked this sort of greetings. The general feeling All for One gave Izuku whenever he was around quirks provided a clear indication concerning the position of the hero, however he was moving around the space quickly making accurate positioning impossible.
Fine then, Izuku dropped his bags on the ground and tried to find the most suitable place to fight the hero. All for One was indicating that his target was moving in a straight line, Izuku deduced that Gran Torino had to be using the walls or another type of surface to propel himself, if he stayed in a secluded place Gran Torino would have more surfaces to move around and at the moment they were both running around in a building.
There was also another question, did his quirk grant him reflex enhancement or was he limited to human standards? Izuku looked around for second option besides just standing ready and grabbed a plank of wood next to a window, Gran Torino was coming if Izuku anticipated at the right moment then ...
"Bad choice kid you should have ran away or used your quirk!" He heard the old man yell as he was approaching. "Come on! Show me what you got! I didn't make you come here just to beat up a student! Show me the power of the symbol of peace!"
The what now?! This man was aware about All Might's quirk? But why would he ask him to use it?! All Might never-
He would think about this later, the hero was coming, Izuku lifted the plank in the air and started dropping it, he could see him now, Gran Torino tying to slow down in front of him before propelling himself once again.
"Bad choice old man," muttered Izuku as he swung the plank down on the hero's waist.
BONK
"Ouf!" The shock could have been heard from outside the building, Izuku quickly dropped the plank when he saw the hero knocked down on the ground unmoving.
"N-no! A-Are you okay?" He went to check if the old man was okay, leaning down to check the octogenarian's pulse when he got punched into the face.
"Idiot! Never drop your guard!" Replied the hero who happened to not be injured at all compared to Izuku's nose.
"Why?!"
"I wanted to see what you were capable of and-"
"I'm bleeding!" Despite his age and his small size Gran Torino could hurt a lot.
The hero muttered something and gave Izuku a tissue "So you are the one he picked ..." it wasn't a question rather a statement.
"... w-who picked me sir? I only received your offer this morning after principal Nedzu-"
"I'm talking about All Might of course! Who else do you think-" as he noticed that Izuku was completely confused Gran Torino wondered if he hadn't misunderstood what Recovery Girl told him when he called her. "Wait ... you didn't- ... uh look kid I have to make a quick call, it's about the internship I just realised I might have made a mistake, don't worry it's not about you, I just need to yell at someone."
A few days ago.
"Yes? Recovery Girl answering-"
"Ah! Chiyo! It feels like years since we last talked!"
"T-Torino?! Hahaha! Oh, my you are right, I almost didn't recognise your voice, how are you? Still enjoying your part-time retirement?"
"Very funny ... in fact I was trying to call Yagi, he never answers when I'm the one trying to contact him, he doesn't reply either by the way, the rude little zygote, how am I supposed to help him if he keeps ignoring me?! Anyway, I heard from Nedzu ... and to a lesser extent Nighteye, that he had found his successor. Perhaps you know something right?"
"Oh yes, Nedzu mentioned it! Yagi actually had the intention to speak to this boy, Izuku Midoriya, you know? The quirkless one!"
Of course at this time Gran Torino was right in front of his TV watching the sports festival live ... at first he believed it was a joke, the damn kid had been using his comrades since the beginning of the festival, not once had he used One for All.
"Uh ... are you sure ? I heard from Nig-"
"Trust me! He is the one! Nedzu even told me All Might asked him to talk to Izuku!"
"O-oh ... w-well- Well I'll keep an eye out for him ... and probably yell at Yagi for not calling me."
Indeed, he was about to yell, he might break his phone but it will be worth it, the old man grabbed his phone and aggressively composed the symbol of peace's number, and he have answer at this very moment!
...
Dialing
...
Dialing again
...
Delaying schedule ?
...
Someone picked up "Gran Torino? It's been a-"
"Shut up you idiot! I called you dozens of times and you never answered! How can you casually tell me it has been years since the last time we spoke to each other?!"
"... did you happen to call me on my old phone all this time?"
"What old ph-?!" Gran Torino paused considering the idea before grimacing in embarrassment as realised it might be true. "A-anyway! Do you happen to know this kid Izuku Midoryia ?"
"W-well yes of course! He is one of my student-"
"And your successor ... right?"
"... I beg your pardon. Who told you that ?"
"I learnt from Chiyo that she learnt from Nedzu that you intended to have a personal discussion with this kid ... is that true or is she becoming older than me?"
"W-well ..." Gran Torino could hear his old student waking, probably in a more secluded place "Look indeed I intended to talk with him but that's when I had a bad feeling, I didn't call you because compared to Nighteye you would probably have freaked out immediately and-"
"Please spare me this part, just tell me what happened that day."
Ten minutes later.
Izuku had been waiting just like the hero asked him, so he had some time to think about what he had just learnt, whoever this old man was he knew about One for All so he was potentially dangerous, second he asked Izuku to use One for All so perhaps he supposed he was All Might's successor for some reason ... oh and his last discovery was that this man is probably addicted to waffles considering the stock of empty crates Izuku found in a room of the building.
Izuku felt the man coming back, he decided to act as if nothing had happened and looked around the building.
"I apologise for the phone call ... uh ... well ... do you remember if I asked you something while we were fighting ?" The hero was displaying a ... well ... "senile" expression if Izuku had to define it.
"U-uh ... n-no ... ?" He didn't want to get involved into this mess, no more than he needed.
"Well that's better that way, I am Gran Torino, I'll be in charge of you for the next week ! Now let's get straight to the point, have you brought your costume with you ?"
"Y-yes ! S-should I put it on?"
"WHY YES OF COURSE WHY WOULD I ASK IF YOU HAVE YOUR COSTUME?! TO THROW A PYJAMA PARTY?! COME ON CHOP CHOP PUT IT ON !" the old man was agitating a stick way too close to Izuku's face for comfort at this point. He was stuck for a week with probably the last hero he would have gone with if he happened to have the choice.
Izuku proceeded to put on his costume over his civil clothes, so far, the old man wasn't impressed ... and then Izuku took out his helmet, he heard a gasp.
His first thought was the fear that the hero had a hearth attack at this very moment and considering his luck this might as well be what was really happening then he saw Gran Torino pointing his finger at the helmet.
"K-Kid! Where did you find this?!" Judging by his expression Gran Torino wasn't stunned but scared to death ... if he knew All Might then- ... not that wouldn't make any sense otherwise All Might would have had the same reaction back when he saw Izuku with his costume for the first time.
"W-what do you mean? The-the helmet?" He tried to act as if he didn't understand the hero's reaction, the fear of suddenly being discovered helped a bit but at the same time he couldn't really imagine what Gran Torino was thinking about the helmet at this very moment.
"Y-YOU- YOU-!" The hero got closer from Izuku and took away the helmet from his hands "... look kid, do you know who else used to wear this kind of helmet ?"
"I-I don't understand sir I-" Izuku was hit by Gran Torino's cane on the head.
"Shut up when I'm talking! Either you are perfectly aware of the problem or you are REALLY misinformed!" He oriented the helmet toward Izuku "This one is VERY similar to the one a monster used to wear, a villain who could steal quirks! The worst villain of all! All for One! Do you have any idea of who that villain is?! What if someone who really knows that villain sees you wearing this? DO YOU KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT CAN BE TO BE WEARING THIS KIND OF THING?"
He threw back Izuku's helmet in his arm "S-Sir I-"
"I do not want to see that thing again! Take it as advice kid, there is a room for you upstairs, drop your belongings there and meet me outside, I want to know what you can actually do," the old man went back into his own room and proceeded to slam the door in order to close it.
...
Gran Torino, thought again about his conversation with All Might on the phone when he explained how he felt when he was in contact with Izuku. The old hero felt sick now, perhaps it was just some kind of unexplained coincidence ?
Somewhere else.
All for One had a very charged agenda, first he had to visit Inko, she invited him to have lunch with her. He learnt from her that Izuku was currently being supervised by Gran Torino ... he didn't have many "bad" memories from the old man, but he was Nana Shimura's friend, so he didn't exactly hold the hero in his heart.
When he arrived at the apartment he noticed or rather strange felt, the little girl hiding in the house, Inko didn't force her to say hello, a fine decision considering her mental state, All for One decided to avoid talking about the events in Musutafu or anything related to her. If he was supposed to gain her trust, then he would wait.
During the whole conversation with Inko he was continuously bothered by the girl's quirk, for some reason this one quirk seemed permanently activated like some sort of antenna either receiving or transmitting information but after taking a more "precise" look at the shape of the girl he noticed what looked like a horn on her head. All for One's curiosity got picked up, he really wanted to ask Inko about this but he would wait, he might have a better chance with Izuku at his side.
Now there was another question he really needed to ask this time.
"... What about Hisashi? ... during those five years Izuku never mentioned him once ... or perhaps I forgot, I would like to know more about the last member of the family"
"Hi- ... Hisashi ... I guess I can talk a bit about him yes."
"Since when exactly as he been missing?"
"... the first month after my pregnancy started. " Inko looked around the house. "He said this place wasn't big enough, that WE would need more space. He found a job in another city, at first he came back once a week, then once a month then he didn't, he wasn't even here when Izuku finally emerged into our world."
Hisashi tried to picture said "father" slowly packing up everything he had in this house before going away, this seemed almost too easy. He could have tried the technique of going out to buy a pack of cigarette the result would have been the same, this guy played on the long term.
"Then we sent letters to each other, he would always answer after at least a week has passed, he asked me to not directly call him on his phone ... he sent money each month, then less ... I tried to contact his workplace but the only thing I received was the information that he was now working in their filial in Europe ... it was a decade ago, more than a decade ago. Izuku doesn't know anything about this, he doesn't have to."
All for One stood up and walked toward a window. "Honestly, I must admit it's better that way ... I don't know how it would have been if Izuku somehow became dependent of this nonexistent father." He sighed, he checked on the girl once again ... she was drawing apparently, he stood up. "I was supposed to see Eri with Izuku today, but I guess this will have to wait. Take good care of her and if you need anything call me"
"Thank you ... for everything."
All for one nodded and left the house, he sent de quick message for Kurogiri asking the mist villain to transport him.
"How was your visit sir?" Kurogiri asked once his master had reached the other side of the rift.
"Most pleasant ... have you located him?"
"Yes sir, seventh floor, he is currently in his apartment."
The barman had brought Sensei on top of a building, he didn't know exactly where they were but it didn't matter at this point, indeed there was another building in front of them, the residence of Hisashi, it also didn't matter if his current family name had changed.
Kurogiri waited, he knew what his master was about to do, why else would he ask for Izuku's father location. "... I believe I should-"
"No, it's fine Kurogiri you can stay, it will only take a minute." Sensei couldn't see him. "Is he alone? Any family?"
"No sir, and apparently it has been the case for the last ten years according to my research, he lives alone in the large apartment ... also no one is currently present in the building, except a couple of employees."
"So, you have been hiding here all this time? ... I guess another body on the pile won't change much." Sensei raised his hand toward the building. "You should be thankful, you won't feel any pain despite how much suffering you brought to your own family, goodbye Hisashi."
Kurogiri would the only witness and for once All for One's monstrous amount of power would not scare him.
Hosu city
"Ah, it's going to rain at this rate, I knew I should have brought a coat." Native had the bad tendency to easily get irritated, Tenya didn't wait much time to notice that.
Despite the pro's behaviour he had no regrets, so far he was having a great experience on the field, he didn't expect to directly fight villains and he didn't really want to anyway, the events of the U.S.J. were still fresh in his head.
"Do not complain I'm wearing a full armor, and I do not really want to experiment it's current comfort mixed with water." Tenya tried to keep a smile, Native still wasn't the best partner to roam around with, perhaps he didn't like to engage the conversation?
As he was walking in the streets Tenya recognised someone by the color of their hair. "Hey Shoto!"
The student was currently checking something on his phone when he heard his friend's voice, he turned around and saw Tenya patrolling in his costume with another hero, he crossed the street waving at him.
"Hey, I didn't know you picked an internship around here, also I learnt what happened to your brother, I'm sorry."
"It's fine Shoto, he is alright, where are you going?"
"To my father's agency ... he really "insisted" that I have an internship with him, I tried to pick another one but Aizawa didn't let me do that, he said that it was stupid and that I was wasting my time by refusing the number two's proposal ..."
"Are you two finished yet? Tenya we have to go, you will have time to talk with your comrade later." Native was waiting at the other end of the street.
Tenya raised his shoulders and slowly joined back Native "I guess I'll see you around then!"
"You are too slow! About five people may have died at this rate!" Just as Izuku stepped outside Gran Torino found, yet, another thing to reproach him for.
"S-so-"
"Spare me your apologises, because of Nedzu I'm stuck with you for the next week." Now this was simply the last thing Izuku expected to hear and this was probably not just an act at this point "... how did you even get in U.A.?"
Izuku knew too well were this was going to end up. "I earned more rescue points than anyone else."
"Did you? Are you sure that crazy rat didn't help you at some point? ... you can't become a hero without a quirk you know that right?"
Straight to the point, he didn't even try to sweeten his words, Gran Torino had no interest if Izuku didn't have All Might's so special quirk. All for One was boiling in his left hand, for now he could still hold it but if the hero kept pushing the nail then-
"You can't get a license, you can't fight villains, you have nothing special compared to your comrades, nothing makes you stand out except the fact that you have absolutely no talent whatsoe-"
"Shut up."
The old man was triggered if Izuku had to explain in his own words, apparently, he wasn't used to be interrupted, especially with such a rude order.
"What did you just say?"
"I told you to shut up, this isn't the first time I have heard some trash insulting me and all the people who weren't "lucky" enough to get a quirk. Honestly if you keep this up I don't care that much about what happens if I decided to listen to my pain and to repeatedly smash your head against the closest wall."
The man didn't answer, instead he kept his arm crossed "You ..." Izuku felt the hero activating his quirk "YOU QUIRKLESS BRAT!" Izuku expected the old man to charge him directly but this time it was different, Gran Torino was using the environment to accumulate speed.
Keeping track on him was becoming harder and harder, if only Izuku knew a bit more about his quirk then he might be able to prepare something but at this point the best thing he could do was to experiment. He turned back and ran inside the building forcing the hero to follow him and change his rotation, it worked, he was losing his speed.
Admitting the prolonged use of his quirk would force him to take a break soon or later it left Gran Torino a few options, either he would attack Izuku as soon as possible to not waste his energy for nothing or he would adapt and become slower to prolong the fight. In both cases he would be defenceless later.
But ... if Izuku attacked Gran Torino then ... would he get expelled from U.A.? He had no intention of getting beaten up either, so he would have to exhaust the man in order to win if he could even call that an option.
So, he ran for the next thirty minutes, using All for One to help himself either dodge or anticipate Gran Torino's attack and displacements. At some point the hero stopped, Izuku had to admit he was impressed, holding out for so long at his age while using a quirk, even Izuku could barely catch back his breath.
Once he was sure the hero wasn't pretending, he went to check on him. He found the old man laying in the middle of the corridor trying to catch his breath, obviously he wouldn't be moving for some time.
"You damn kid ... you didn't even try to fight! You ruined the whole point of the exercise." Exercise? What exercise ! The old man had just insulted and continually assaulted him for the last thirty minutes, what was wrong with this man?
"Isn't that what you wanted? To taunt me so I would attack you and get expelled from U.A. ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU WANTED?!"
Gran Torino stared at Izuku surprised and then he sighed. "I went too far ... look I never had the intention to REALLY hurt you, I had to find a way to make you go all out on me. The first time I tried to see what you could pull out you immediately stopped after the first blow, you think I'm a weak old man? Pfff ... if you won't go all out then I can't really visualise your current level."
"So ... you didn't really- ... I mean, you do not really believe what you just said right? About-"
"I do believe quirkless people can't become heroes ... look, our job is hard, we have to constantly give all we can to help those who need us. I hardly believe quirkless people can meet our standards."
Izuku was hurt by those words but this time in a different way, the hero had no real intent to hurt him, he wasn't trying to justify himself, instead he was being sincere ... probably better than nothing.
"Yet even without you fighting back I have to give it to you, I had a rough time ... hahaha, how did you train to get this level of anticipation?" It was the first time he saw the old man smiling so far ... only exception being his "senile" expression a bit earlier.
"Uh- . well I-I-"
"Hahaha your reactions are priceless; you know kid I only know one hero with this level of awareness, and he used to be All Might's sidekick-"
"Sir Nighteye?"
"And he is well informed above all! Yes, that's who I am talking about ... perhaps I was wrong, despite your lack of individuality you managed to keep up against me ... perhaps again I can help you to go even further !" the old man sat against the wall and invited Izuku to do so.
"So, I'm not completely useless?" Izuku asked ironically.
"No kid hahaha, you aren't completely useless," both of them laughed for a moment.
Izuku realized a few things, first he had been wrong about the old man ... he had a heart of gold…maybe very shiny copper but that still wasn't bad, second he had a quirk and it made him wonder if perhaps All for One was the only reason he was able to keep up with Gran Torino's speed.
"I guess we can call it a day, I expected to beat you up before diner but you are still standing surprisingly, it reminds me of a student who when he was about your age also took an internship with me ... oh he must remember every second he spend training under my supervision."
Izuku tried to visualise what the old man did to this poor kid, whoever he was he hadn't the strongest quirk in the world to help himself judging by the joy in Gran Torino's eyes.
"Tell me ... do you like waffles?"
"Don't tell me this is the only thing you are eating" Izuku pointed out the pile of empty frozen waffles crates behind him.
"This is the only food you need to survive in this planet!" Stated the hero, meanwhile Izuku's mind screams really hard something very close from. "NO F***ING WAY"
A few hours later at U.A.
All Might was supposed to prepare his next lessons, but he ended up working late with Naomasa, Katsuki's case was going nowhere so the detective decided to simply close it. He considered talking to the student again but when he noticed it was almost 10 PM he gave up and went back home.
On his way he found Nedzu ... waiting for him? Well he could guess this was the case as the principal was standing in the middle of a corridor holding a smoking cup of coffee in his right hand.
"How was your day off?" Nedzu asked despite how obvious if was that the symbol of peace was completely exhausted.
"Boring ... but I have seen worse, why are you still up at such an hour? Still working?"
"No in fact I was waiting for you, do you know that Izuku Midoriya is-"
"On an internship with Gran Torino I know, he just called me to confirm if whether or Izuku was my successor ... oh and he also complained about my absence."
"Understandable ... is that all?"
"Yes ... unless you want to know more about this"
"Well yes of course!" Tohsinori sighed, this conversation was boring at this rate he would be sleeping in the corridor, he took the cup of coffee from the principal's hand then proceeded to fully drink it.
"I'm afraid he is going to completely destroy Izuku."
"Ah yes! I knew there was something fishy about him! Hahaha, I remember now I heard those rumours about how terrible your internship with him was."
"W-well ... it was worth it right? Hahaha, though I wonder what they will be doing together, Gran Torino isn't really the kind if person to accept the differences of the quirkless."
Nedzu stopped smiling. "... I hope you do not say this internship is going to be useless since he is quirkless."
"N-no ! Of course, no ! It's just that- E-earlier he called me, and he was very annoyed to learn that he misunderstood when he received information about Izuku."
"Talking about this All Might, I have to know ... are you going to give him your power, yes or no? The last time I brought him alone with you I know something happened and you looked scared then, you never gave me any explanation and I really hope the Symbol of Peace didn't get scared by a hero in training."
"Look it's-" the Symbol of Peace was having a headache, "damn it- I will explain another day ... I don't know if- ... well yes young Midoriya is the kind of person I was looking for, it has to be him I can feel it, yet each time I'm close from him I do not know why I feel-" Toshinori saw the stare of the principal waiting for the end of the spray of words, "sick ... but-but that's probably because I feel like it's him"
"... Look, I'm going to bring him here one last time, alone with you, and you will tell him everything, I don't want to see you miss the occasion to find your successor again. I'm aware that you were very interested by Mirio, but I feel like it's because Nighteye is supporting him, right?"
"... I do not want to hurt him, he thinks he can prevent anything using his quirk but at some point, people get tired of being manipulated so that's it ..."
"Izuku Midoriya will be the next Symbol of Peace."
