Kirishima sunk into his seat, sighing, as Kaminari shoved his phone into the redhead's face, "Your name! Your hero name is in the news online! Wow! "Newcomer Sidekick Red Riot Burst onto the Scene! From his first day, he takes responsibility for the citizens and fights a villain by himself!" That's what it says!"

"Tsu and Uraraka. you're amazing! Your names are here! Let's see, "New Sidekicks at Ryukyu Agency! Two there for a work study!"

"Wow, that makes me happy! There it is!" Uraraka beamed, as Asui mused, "I wonder where they took the picture from..."

"That's amazing! Maybe you already have some fans like Mt Lady!" Ashido screeched, as Hagakure spoke up, "I'm so jealous!"

"It's true..." Jiro muttered, scrolling down, "The article says "And they're cute! A great achievement, taking control of a big incident in an instant; their abilities are real"."

"Even if they only have provisional licenses, once they start working in town, they're heroes just the same. Remarkable service." Iida complimented, "However, a student's duty is to study! You can't doze off in class!"

"Right. Iida! We're prepared!" Kirishima grinned, "Right!?"

"Yeah!" Uraraka replied, before turning to Midoriya, "You also had your first day of work experience yesterday, didn't you, Izuku? How was it?"

She got no reply from the green haired boy, who was sitting in his seat, clenching his fists tightly as he stared at the notebook on his table.

"Uh... Izuku? Are you alright?" Kaminari asked, and Midoriya turned slightly to face the electric boy. His hair cast a shadow over his eyes that were as cold and hard as emeralds, making his gaze all the more terrifying, and if looks could kill, Kaminari would have dropped dead there and then. Luckily, Midoriya didn't have a quirk that was capable of that, but his gaze still managed to get Kaminari to flinch and back off.

"Jeez... are you okay?" Kaminari stuttered out, as Midoriya gave him a growl to back off, before staring back at his notebook. Reiko also seemed rather frustrated, sitting in a corner of the classroom with Ryuto, scratching at the walls.

Kirishima remembered that he was going to ask Midoriya a couple of questions, but seeing how off Midoriya was at the moment, maybe he should wait for another time to ask him about it. Midoriya was clearly pissed off about something, and even though he fended off a villain on drugs just the previous day, he did not want to risk setting off a pissed off Midoriya.


Midoriya had another patrol with Togata in the afternoon, in the same area as the day that they had encountered Eri, but on the opposite side of the city. Sasaki said that since they met Chisaki, they should do something to pretend that they weren't bothered about him. By giving off the facade that they were satisfied with that district, and had moved on to a new place to patrol, that should be enough for Chisaki to leave them alone.

They had decided to patrol through a shopping mall, where he had encountered a few of his old classmates. With Togata by his side, and in such an open area, they really couldn't do anything, and just kept throwing insults at him.

That was until there was a robbery at a nearby jewelry store, and the villains had decided to hold Midoriya's former bullies hostage. Togata managed to distract the villains, and Midoriya being Midoriya, he had gone to take the villains down.

Midoriya had to fend off four villains at the same time while Togata chased after some of the others, but despite being outnumbered, it wasn't too difficult; his opponents had rather decent quirks, but they were absolutely shit in using them. Midoriya dispatched them without too much trouble, and lucky for him, Togata was familiar enough with that area, and knew his way around the mall, so they managed to get out without being harassed by too many people.

However, they still managed to make it into the news, but Sasaki had mentioned that it was more likely for Chisaki to see it, and would probably leave them alone, before dismissing them back to UA.


Chronostasis flipped off the news, "Those were the ones you saw yesterday, sir?"

Chisaki nodded, as he reclined back into his chair. He had already killed the keeper that had allowed Eri to escape, but something about the meeting with the two heroes-in-training had bothered him. He wasn't too sure what it was, until he watched the news.

"That green haired boy... he's the quirkless one, right?" Chisaki asked, just wanting to confirm it, and Chronostasis nodded.

"Find that video of the Sports Festival." Chisaki ordered, and Chronostasis immediately complied. Chisaki's eyes were glued to the screen, and once the series of videos finished, he sank back into his chair.

"He's the one. The biggest threat to our plan." Chisaki growled, and Chronostasis frowned from behind his mask, "Sir, I don't understand. Yes, he's a good fighter, and Shigaraki did warn us about him, but he's merely a quirkless child, and while he may be able to take on some of the weaker members, all of the Eight Bullets will be able to take him out easily."

"Not that. If they do find out about this place, we can take him out." Chisaki replied, "Pretty much everyone in Japan is aware of the quirkless child involved in the Kamino Incident. Quirks are a plague on humanity, infecting them the syndromes of heroism and villainy. We aim to get rid of Quirks, and being the only ones with the power to control who can and can't have quirk, the Yakuza will rise to power. However, these do not yet realize that even while quirkless, that child can stand toe to toe with most other quirked heroes. I don't know how either, but if his presence gets too large, people may start to lose their faith in the value of quirks, and with it, our rise to power."

"That makes sense, but that's highly unlikely. With heroism and villainy on everyone's mind, there's no way that they'll believe that the quirkless can stand up to the quirked population. That's why the rate of quirkless suicides, compared to the number of quirkless children born, have been increasing." Chronostasis said, "You're just overthinking it."

Chisaki didn't admit it verbally, but maybe he was overthinking it. But either way, Midoriya was a threat to them, mostly because of his immunity to the quirk destroying bullets. He'll find a way to deal with it, though. The quirkless population were powerless, practically worthless, it shouldn't be too hard to kill one quirkless kid.


Reiko grabbed a USB drive with her teeth and plugged into Midoriya's laptop, as Midoriya rummaged through his hard drives. He grabbed one, and pulled it out, before connecting it to his laptop, allowing him to access the files. He did have some information about the Eight Precepts of Death; it wasn't much, and it was from a long time ago, but it was a start.

He opened up a few more files, and started to sort them out. Chisaki Kai was the current leader, and his quirk, Overhaul, gives him the ability to disassemble matter. Midoriya didn't know where his quirk factor was located, but he did know that Chisaki could use it from his hands; Eri had been even more terrified when he was about to take off his gloves. Sure, he could use it on Eri, but Chisaki was germaphobic, and wouldn't expose himself to blood for no reason. Plus, if he did use it on Eri, then Eri would be dead, so it may be something else.

He didn't want to admit it, but he was terrified of Chisaki's quirk. When he was younger, he had been unfortunate enough to chance upon Chisaki killing another person, and one touch was all the Yakuza needed to turn his opponent into a splatter of blood. One mistake, and that's it. That quirk still occasionally haunted him in his nightmares.

The only other member that he knew about was Chronostasis, but he only knew that he could slow people down with his quirk. He didn't know how his quirk was used, or the amount of time the effects lasted for. Heck, he only knew that the man wore a black plague mask with a gold trim, which could have changed from the first time Midoriya had seen the man several years ago.

Midoriya groaned in frustration, only to hear a knock on the door.

"Izuku, it's time for dinner."

It was Iida, but Midoriya was in no mood to join the rest of his noisy classmates, and just ripped a piece of paper out of one of his notebooks. He scribbled, "Not hungry" on it, and slipped it under the door, before turning back to his laptop.

He needed more information. Maybe he could find something regarding that compound that belonged to the Eight Precepts of Death. Who cared about food at this point in time?


Iida sighed, as he read the paper, and walked back down the common room.

"He's not joining us?" Uraraka asked, as she tucked into her rice, and Iida shook his head.

"He just came back from his work studies this afternoon, but he's been off all day." Kaminari sighed, "Maybe something happened during it. I mean, besides from kicking some villains' asses at that mall, but I don't think that would be the cause of it. Though somehow we still don't know his hero name..."

"But a student's duty is to study!" Iida argued, "He needs to eat if he wants to keep up with school, and to continue with his work studies!"

"Dude, did you even see him in training today?" Sero asked, "He practically murdered those three punching bags! And they were brand new. He is pissed, and I don't want to die yet."

"Izuku won't kill you. You know that." Shinsou replied, and Sero groaned, "Do you remember what he did to Muscular? That was brutal!"

"He was angry at Muscular, though." Iida sighed, "He's not angry at us... at least... I don't think he is..."

"I'll go check on him later." Shinsou muttered worriedly, "Hopefully, it's not too serious."

Ashido grinned; her suspicions were confirmed, Shinsou definitely liked Midoriya.


There was another knock on his door, this time from Shinsou, "Hey, Izuku, you alright? You didn't eat anything."

Midoriya just stared at his laptop, trying to concentrate.

"Can I come in?"

Midoriya groaned, and slammed his laptop shut, before begrudgingly opening his door for the lavender haired boy. Maybe they'd just stop harassing him if he did so, he was busy trying to figure out how to save Eri from those damned Yakuza.

Shinsou walked into his room, closing the door behind him, before turning to face the frustrated boy, "Izuku... are you alright?"

Midoriya just growled and nodded, before walking out into the balcony. He just wanted everyone to get away and leave him alone so he could work in peace; if he wanted to save Eri, he needed more information. All the information he had now just wasn't enough for him to work out a feasible plan.

If they weren't living in the dorms, he could have just snuck out and done his own investigating, but given that they needed their key cards to get in and out of their rooms, the dorms, and the main gate of the school, it would be very difficult for him to do his own research. He could hack through the school's security system, but he didn't want to fuck up the security too badly; Nezu and Maijima would probably have to end up fixing it, and he didn't want to give them any more work.

After all, he was also trying to fix up that old design of a support item that he made ages ago. He didn't want to use it, it was based off his father's quirk, and he didn't deserve to use something like that, given that his parents' deaths were his fault, but if he wanted to save Eri, he was going to need every edge he could get.

The night air was cooling, slightly helpful in helping him control his temper, and Midoriya took a deep breath.

"If you're bothered about something, you can always tell us. I know it may be confidential, but sometimes, you just need to vent, and you'll feel better." Shinsou muttered, walking out to the balcony. Midoriya let out a small, frustrated growl, and leaned against the railing, feeling the chill of the metal railing against his arms. He rested his head on his arms, dejected, as Reiko purred, rubbing herself against his leg comfortingly.

Shinsou raised his hand, patting the smaller boy on the back gently, "At least, you should eat something. Starving yourself isn't going to help save anyone. Even instant noodles are better than nothing."

With that, Midoriya begrudgingly let the taller boy drag him downstairs. If it would just get them all off his back, then he'd just put up with it.


"Midoriya! Morning!" Kirishima greeted, "Going to your work study today, too? What a coincidence! For the past week, you usually attend lessons in the day and go over in the afternoon, and mine's usually at night! I was told I didn't need the costume today, though, so it's weird."

Midoriya nodded. He was also told that he didn't need his hero costume this time, and while that was odd, he didn't bother questioning it. He was too tired to be bothered about it.

"Oh! Morning! You two going in today?" Uraraka smiled, Asui right beside her, and Kirishima nodded. Asui replied, "What a coincidence! We are, too!"

It took them some time to walk out of the school gates, as Reiko purred, nestled down in Midoriya's bag. There were two heroes walking down the street, and they spotted the four students, "Are you going to the station? If you want, we can accompany you."

"Oh! If that's alright with you!" Uraraka replied, as Asui and Kirishima thanked them. Midoriya remained silent, but bowed as well.

"There are a lot of heroes." Kirishima muttered, as they slowly walked to the train station. Midoriya quickly tapped his card against the reader, letting himself into the station; when Nezu realized that Midoriya did not have a train card, the principal had quickly gotten him a card and filled it up with enough money for him to take the train, and despite Midoriya trying to pay the principal back, Nezu had just outrightly refused.

"Kirishima, aren't you in Kansai?" Uraraka asked, and Kirishima scratched his head, "Yeah, but we're meeting in a different place today."

"Us too, kero." Asui added.

The four students found it weird that they were taking the same train, and when Midoriya got off at his stop, Kirishima, Uraraka, and Asui followed behind.

"We're all going to the same stop? That is a coincidence." Kirishima exclaimed.

They found that they were also going in the same direction, until they bumped into Amajiki, Hado, and Togata.

"Eh, the Big Three are also all here?" Kirishima asked, confused, "What is this?"

The seven students walked in silence, until they reached a building. "Uh... are we all going to the same place?" Uraraka asked, and Kirishima nodded, "It seems so."

Togata pushed open the doors, only for them to find a multitude of heroes inside.

"Aizawa-sensei?" Uraraka asked, "Ah, Ryukyu!"

Midoriya eyed Tatsuma and Toyomitsu; he knew that Uraraka, Asui, and Kirishima were interning under them, but that didn't mean he trusted them. He also noticed Kesagiriman, Mr. Brave and Rock Lock, as well as a multitude of other heroes.

This better be about the Eight Precepts of Death, or Midoriya was going to lose his temper. His movements were limited, given that he was living in the dorms, but he had spent the week compiling information about that damned Yakuza group, sieving through all his information that he had gathered years ago, to searching on the internet. When it came to someone else's safety, there was only so much time Midoriya was going to tolerate wasting. Who knew what else Chisaki could be doing to Eri?

"Hey, hey, what's this? What are we going to do?" Hado asked, before running over to Tatsuma, "Hey, Ryukyu, you said it was a meeting, I know, but what about?"

"You'll find out soon enough." Tatsuma chuckled, as Uraraka, Midoriya and Asui walked up to the Erasure Hero, "Aizawa-sensei! Why are you here?"

"I was called out suddenly. I also roughly heard what's going on." He tiredly replied, as Tatsuma called out to Uraraka and Asui, "Girls, I told you before, didn't I?"

She turned to Sasaki, "Nighteye, let's get started."