Quirks not Required

XII

"Well isn't this unexpected." Nighteye began, when off the clock Diaten Kato, who sat opposite, was a nice person. However whenever approached by heroes was known to become extremely prickly.

Kato grinned at the comment "Believe me, I'm as surprised as you are, me of all people willingly cooperating with a hero agency. If this gets out my reputation is ruined.".

Nighteye nodded "This is a voluntary information debrief from Dr. Daiten Kato to the Nighteye agency; per Dr. Kato's personal request. Observers for this debrief are Detective Inspector Tsukauchi and Detective Chief Superintendent Tanuma Eizo. Now Doctor, any questions we have will be linked specifically to the events you're informing us of."

"According to your statement you were abducted right outside your place of work at the Hospital."

"Correct. In a nondescript blacked out 4x4, I didn't catch the number plates."

Nighteye nodded "Then when you woke up you found yourself handcuffed to a bed. Surrounded by people who are affiliates to the Shie Hassaikai Yakuza."

"Correct."

"The Nighteye Agency is looking into a string of pharmaceutical raids and large quantities of pharmaceutical products of various quantities and qualities. Could you give us any details on the men you saw?"

Kato paused "I could and I will. I never saw most of their faces; all of them wore a mask based on the 17th Century Western Style Plague Doctor masks of varying lengths. One wore what appeared to be a white flour sack. Three had mouth and nose covering masks akin to surgical ones. Two were monstrously big; at least 6'6 and built like a powerbuilder with a steroid problem. Then there was one that appeared to be afflicted by Dwarfism or his quirk allowed him to possess objects the size of a fridge. The little one was said to be the Manager of General Operations of the Shie Hassaikai."

Nighteye's eyes widened "The two with in your words 'powerbuilder with steroid addiction, did one have black hair and the other red?"

"Possibly, I wasn't paying too much attention mainly because I was trying not to freak out."

"Their names are Rappa Kendo and Katsukame Rikiya…they're the large members." Nighteye clarified, before opening up a set of files.

"For the record, I am showing Doctor Daiten other faces of associates known to Nighteye Agency whom the Doctor may have noticed."

The first was Kai Chisaki, Overhaul; swiftly followed by Nemoto Shin, Setsuno Toya, Hojo Yu, Tabe Soramitu, Sakaki Deidoro, Tengai Hekiji and Kato smirked as he confidently identified each and every single one of them.

Nighteye couldn't help but grin, Dato grinned as well. Both men knew that the Police and the Hero wanted to investigate the Doctor but a peaceful sit down could be just as effective.

The other questions after the clarification were more on point to Kato's strong suit; science. "I would be willing to bet money that they're trying to railroad my project."

"Your project? You seem to always be vague about them."

Kato grinned "Of course…Non-Disclosure Agreements."

Nighteye pouted, deep down he hoped for All Might to return to full-time heroics. He worried that OFA being given to Midoriya was detrimental.

Kato wheeled himself away and after getting into a nondescript cop car found himself back at UA. As he wheeled himself through the school and he made it to the medical bay he found Class 1-B waiting for him. "Can I help? I'm afraid I don't have enough condoms here for the men as for the women…"

"We wanted to check on our classmate...Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu."

"Quirk?"

"Steel...He turns into steel. Middle School friend of his, Vice-Rep Tokage Setsuna."

"Right, I've not been in as I've been dealing Law Enforcement and Heroes on stuff you don't need to worry about. Now give me a few moments to access his files."

It took Kato ten minutes "Right, he's fine. Turns out his transformation consumes iron in his body; iron deficiency I recommend red meat, liver, kidney beans, chickpeas, nuts and dried apricots. I'm not a dietician, I stick people back together again."

"I heard that you're training Class 1-A, I think that's…" A blonde pomeranian began.

"Someone shut up your Pomeranian before the rest of our braincess commit mass suicide."

The next thing the disabled villain saw was an enlarged fist slam into the boys neck, knocking him out "Might I suggest an iron wok?"

"You advocate physical violence amongst school peers?"

"I'm an advocate of physical cognitive recalibration…As long as you don't require me to walk anywhere in a hurry…What?"

"So that wasn't all talk; UA had brought on a disabled graduate."

"Yup. My mentor at the hospital has no problems with me splitting my hours between here and the Hospital. As long as I get my hours; then we're both happy. HSPC hasn't kicked off yet."

That got some raised eyebrows "Aren't the HSPC meant to protect the public from Heroes?"

"They should...At least on paper. I lost my legs when I was near a supermarket and the walking burning shitpile that is Endeavour had a temper tantrum and effectively baked the area and launched a fucking car."

"You were hit by the car...it broke your spine."

"HSPC refused to pay out; that was until my father got some very tasty blackmail. I don't know what it is, I don't want to know. I just want to keep myself away from the HSPC."

"If they come here?" Asked a brown haired boy with a crooked grin.

Dato smirked "I'll get them over the barrel and force them to stop stealing all of the funds. Heroes and Politicians have had more tax-breaks and rebates than anyone else; everyone forgets the medical team. In fact the only medical team exempt from that are those who operate out of Might Tower. Because when All Might speaks the sheep obey. Now, if there are any…"

"Are you training Class 1-A?"

"No…I'm assisting a peer of yours with a spectacular enhancement quirk that if he even uses it. You train your quirk, in his case his quirk breaks him, he must learn not to break with his quirk."

The Class winced "I speak for my class, I apologies for accusing you of such insinuations of training one student as opposed to the entire cohort."

"I might not have a hero licence, or even a practical quirk…Nothing in the rulebook that says I can't help you; sometimes outside observations lead to new and effective cultivation of ones skills. I might be a Medical Staff member but I'd rather not see heroes in hospitals in casts or covered in cloth. Heroics is one of the few professions where you might not come home."

With that Class 1-B slowly filtered away, heading towards their next lesson which happened to be foundational heroics. Class 1-A had gym or private training "You can go Kato. It'll do you some good to get out of here. You spend too much time cooped in offices."

Kato smiled at that. His phone beeped, it meant he'd received a message from Garaki-sensei. He was quite excited, his first Nomu was ready, now he had to find the target; today was looking good. Now, to see a green and begin his fail-safe. "Egg in a microwave, egg in a microwave." "Egg in a microwave…that's one way to think about it. But for you, Midoriya, that's not really going to be effective."

"Midoriya!" The yelp was absolutely adorable, honestly, Midoriya needed to toughen up. Kato wasn't a genius, but due to being diagnosed as quirkless; there were a few ways you could go. One was being the class whipping post, another was to say you had a mental quirk and another was strengthening your spine with steel and having no reverse gear. Kato, had taken up a mixture of the second and third routes; he wasn't about to let upstart punks or brand new doctors with their swanky quirks push him about. "Compromise when you can. Where you can't, don't. Even if everyone telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye, and say 'No, you move'." "Comics and Films, when did we step away from them?"

"Sensei? You okay? You were saying something about comics and films."

Kato looked at the greenette "Let's get started, how are you utilising your quirk?"

Midoriya froze "Uh uh…"

Kato suddenly had the desire to smash his forehead against something solid. "You're originally quirkless."

Midoriya nodded "How…"

"I'm one. Now, quirks are muscle as much as your own muscular system. Instead of activating it partially into the limb the way you intended; with that you're going to permanently ruin your arms."

Midoriya paled "I don't rightly know what…"

Kato smiled "I've managed to beat common sense and control into my two younger brothers both of whom absorb kinetic energy and return to sender. I can do the same to you. Now less of eggs and microwaves, think of your quirk as putty or a large blob of paint."

Midoriya nodded slowly "Quirk is putty, quirk is putty." As he said this and he activated his quirk the evil, crackly red pulsating energy appeared as veins snaking throughout his body.

"Stretch it to encompass your body. Just a light coating." The instructions were met by strained grunts and groans.

"Stop."

With natural instinct the quirk shut off. But as it did so, in the back of Midoriya's mind something was telling him that Kato wasn't what he seemed.

"Again."

Midoriya complied "Daiten, what brings you here? Especially during a training period for heroes."

"Eraserhead, when I saw Midoriya in the hospital with a quirk malfunction, I decided to rectify the problem."

Eraserhead nodded slowly "What do you mean?"

"Midoriya is a late bloomer! A fucking late bloomer. His quirk is an anomalous quirk; it didn't activate until I'm guessing very recently."

Midoriya was half paying attention, he was busy pulsing OFA through his body getting it adjusted to its raw power. "Sorry, sensei's…I didn't activate my quirk until the entrance exam."