Chapter 31:

"What's this?" Toga pointed at the gas canister that Audrey was holding.

"Sleeping gas. A gift for the security room." Audrey explained to Toga. Everyone was busy studying the blueprints of the entire mansion. Audrey was wearing all black, and Toga was looking at the blood vials Paul provided her with. Compress was busy instructing Izuku which windows to spot while Izuku himself was attaching a new sniper scope Giran had given him.

"And once we get in the vault, sir Civil War, you can join the others in causing havoc in Japan." Compress finished pointing at the different spots. They expected the Yaoyorozu Mansion to be big, but they didn't expect to see its ability to fit an entire town in it. "Paul, is everything ready?"

"Wait, just give me a moment and it'll be starting, mate."

They already planted the bombs under the bridge. All he had to do was press the button. That's all that needs to be done. The bridge is already under inspection thanks to his contacts, but people are still insistent on crossing that bridge.

"Can you press it, Twice?" Paul asked his friend. Twice shook his head. Insane as he is, would rather have someone else do this. "All right then. Gotta. Gotta take a few breaths now. I just need to press it. Aight? Just gotta. Just gotta press it. The button. Yeah. Nah. Gah!"

He slammed his fist on the button, and he heard an enormous explosion in the distance. His police radio interceptor started buzzing like crazy. He and Twice could see a few heroes fly past his apartment. "Ya. Ya heard that explosion, mates?"

"Good show, sir Paul."

"Yeah, yeah mate. Just stay stealthy, alright?" He exhaled a lot of breath he didn't know he had. He turned on the TV to see the disaster. The bridge had blown up and villains were running all over the place. The Crime Spree has begun.

At the Hero Public Safety Commission Vault...

"I didn't think your group would invade this place." Hawks calmly said while wielding a sharp feather. He was currently facing Tomura, Dabi, Spinner, and Miro. Miro was the first to drop his gun, not to surrender, but to fight. When the HPSC contacted him about a breach, he didn't expect this. "I'm sorry, but I can't let you get the stuff inside it."

"You kid get to the vault and do what you need to do. I'll slow this one down for you." Miro cracked his knuckles and caught one of Hawks' feathers in one hand. He broke it immediately to stop Hawks' control over it. Hawks sent more feathers while rushing the Russian himself. Miroslav ducked under Hawks' strike and uppercut the hero. He grabbed his gun and shot down every feather coming at him. Some reached him, but the wounds felt more like paper cuts to him.

"Are you really Japan's second-best? Then again, I remember that time the Russian heroes tried a coup, and we destroyed them quickly." Miro taunted Hawks while ducking under another swing. He had to admit Hawks was way faster than he'd like when he felt something sharp hurt his arm. Turning into a bear won't be any help here. Hawks tripped him with a leg sweep and held him down with a sharp feather.

"Stay down, old man." Hawks warned him.

"If you're trained to kill, at least land the killing blow," Miro told him. Hawks raised his arm to finish the old man off, but Miro used the opening to turn into a bear and bit a chunk off Hawks' left leg. The hero screamed in pain before Miro turned back into his human form. He used his gun's stock to knock out the winged user. "You hesitated, and I got the better of you, kiddo. You can live on with that shame in your mind."

Miroslav contemplated on whether he should kill Hawks, but figured the kid would want the hero's autograph someday. Miro took some medical supplies from his belt buckle. The soldier poured alcohol all over his wounds, barely flinching from the pain. Miro broke open a bullet and sprinkled gunpowder on his wounds before lighting them on fire, cauterizing it. He finished by wrapping gauze and medical tape all over it. He sighed and took a feather as a souvenir for the kid.

"This will do nicely." He slid the feather across his finger, which resulted in a slight cut. "Sharp too. I'm gonna have to dull it later."

He finished up by tying Hawks up and picked up his gear. He turned to the way his crew went and began trying to catch up to them. Along the way, he saw a lot of dust and burnt corpses all over the place. He quickly concluded this was Tomura's and Dabi's doing. From the looks of the burnt corpse and the lack of struggle, most of them were innocent employers. Even as an old soldier, he'll never get used to seeing these types of bodies. He took out a cigarette and lit it. "Oh, the entire country is gonna be on our ass now if they weren't before. Paul, how are things holding up?"

"I don't know, mate. I just blew up a goddamn bridge like an absolute wanker. I'm starting to think working a contract with this Overhaul bloke is a mistake."

"You think?" Miro punched a hole in the wall. "Just tell me this and that mansion are the last ones."

"I'll bloody well make sure these times are the last times we're working with him." There was a long pause in the comms. "Still, that bridge is on me…"

With the heroes...

"Acid Queen, duck!" Slime King explained while jumping over his intern and taking out another villain. A massive attack has been happening all over Japan, with some criminals mentioning a crime spree.

"Boss!" Mina punched through him and hit another villain, knocking them out. "Why are there so many villains?!"

"I'm asking myself the same thing. A crime spree? Well, it's obvious what that meant, but at this scale?" Slime King paused for a moment and used his body to dissolve the debris that almost hit a civilian. He transformed his body into a large slime hammer, hardened, and hit another villain into a wall. "Acid Queen, find as many civvies as you can and guide them to the evacuation spots. I'll hold them off."

"Are you sure?" Mina couldn't deny that her mentor was strong but the villains currently outnumber them.

"You don't have to worry about me. I'm a Pro Hero." Slime King reassured his intern before taking a hit and using it to wrap around another villain, squeezing him into unconsciousness. "Now go!"

"Alright folks, let's get going." She helped the civilian and her kid stand up. They left while Slime King continued to fight. "Good luck, boss!"

Luckily for them, they were near an evacuation point. Sidekicks and interns heavily defended it while the heroes go out and fight. "There's the spot. Just a few meters. Tell them Slime King sent ya! I gotta go give him some backup."

She was already on her way, but she heard a scream come from the alleyway. She moved without thinking, making sure it wasn't too late. Her expectations met with a needle being thrown at her. "ACID VEIL!"

The needle quickly dissolved in Mina's wall of acid. The attack didn't end, however, when she ducked under a thrown knife before being pinned down by another girl. Her hair was blonde and done in a messy bun. She wore a sailor fuku and a rather disturbing equipment made to draw blood. Mina remembered the warnings her boyfriend gave her about a certain league member. She gulped loudly when the knife got a bit closer to her throat. "You must be Toga. Izuku mentioned you."

"On a first name basis too? Oh, come on!" Toga raised her knife to stab Mina, but she quickly secreted acid on her wrist. Her hand reflexively let go, letting Mina kick her off. Toga hissed at her and slashed at the air while running towards her.

"Get back here! I want to know you better!" Toga smiled like a feral cat toying with its prey.

Mina backed out of the alleyway and threw acid to disorientate the sociopathic girl. In her flailing, a drop of acid hit her in the eye, making her drop the knife and scream in pain. Mina, while a bit disgusted, took this at a chance to uppercut Toga. She dissolved into a black substance in mid-air.

"A fake?" She wondered where the real one was, but quickly shook it off. She went back to what she originally intended to do. "The League of Villains is probably behind this. I'll just ask Izuku about it later and then kick his ass for it."

"HEAD!" She ducked low just as Bakugou was thrown into a wall. "Bakugou?!"

"League of Villains behind this?" He stood up like it was nothing and dusted himself off. It helps that his artificial spine now protects his back. Mina nodded while throwing acid to destroy a villain's armour and letting Bakugou blow him up.

"Yeah. Izuku's crazy stalker's clone kinda attacked me just before you flew by." she said while ducking under another villain and kicking him mid-air. Bakugou finished him with a powerbomb.

"The hell are they planning now…"

Back in the Yaoyorozu Mansion…

"Found it yet?" Compress asked Audrey. His question was met with silence, letting him confirm she hadn't. Her eyes are still glowing red and looking at the walls while he and Toga are keeping an eye out for anyone that might come near.

Audrey Lupin

Quirk: Marker

She needs a reference of the object she's trying to find, which can be done by staring at a photo. When she activates her quirk, she could see through anything except the object she marked, and lead.

Weakness: She won't be able to see other living things.

"Maid getting near you from your left." Without warning, Compress quickly compressed himself, Audrey, and Toga. While inside his own marble, he waited for Izuku to give them the safe signal. "You're gonna be there for a bit. She's dusting the windows. Here comes a butler. Wait, what are they doing? What the hell, they're making out. What the-?! In the hallways? Seriously? I'm really sorry, guys. It looks like this might take a wh- oh wait, no, that's rather premature of him. She looks a bit disappointed, too. I'm bleaching my eyes later. Okay, they're gone."

Compress decompressed himself, Audrey and Toga. "Please tell me you found it, Audrey."

"Nope. Unless," she looked down and spotted it almost instantly. "It's underground, contained in a lead safe. Just our luck. We're gonna have to find a way to access the underground. Paul? Make yourself useful."

"Give me a sec, mate." They heard violent keyboard tapping on the other side. "Our insider told us that if we don't want the alarm to set off, we're gonna need an ID of anyone who works here to enter that vault. We can't use theirs, so you're gonna have to steal one."

"Vamps, you know what to do." Compress told Toga while she pulled out a vial of blood from her pocket. She drank it and immediately transformed into a butler.

"Hey, that disguise is convenient," Izuku said through the comms. "That's the one pump chump with the maid earlier. She's still nearby in the other hallway and the butler is already on the other side of the mansion. Wait, let me check something."

Izuku pressed a button on his modified scope. The entire wall disappeared from his line of sight, and he could see the security camera near the ceiling. "They got a security camera. Someone is gonna have to deal with the ones in charge of watching it."

"No worries, mate. I got the mansion blueprints. Where's Compress and the others exactly?" Paul asked Izuku while looking at the blueprints in his apartment.

"They're in the right wing of the mansion."

"Then we have our work cut out for us. The security room is in a basement on that very wing, just near the kitchen. Careful, a lot of maids and butlers walk around that area. After they got in the basement, you're off the hook, Civil War."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Your scope isn't made for underground use, so as you noticed, it doesn't work on floors. Once Vamps inserts the USB on the security cameras, I'll be their eye from there." Paul explained to him.

"Well, now if you two stop bickering, we'll be at the security office by then." Audrey has finally had enough of hearing them before the three started sneaking around again, slowly reaching the kitchen area. There were close calls, but Toga's disguise let them through most of it. Once they reached the kitchen, they noticed most of the staff were distracted by the ongoing news of a crime spree. "Perfect. Let's just sneak in through that door, shall we?"

They did quietly while everyone else was focused on the television. The security door room they encountered was locked, but Audrey, being the professional thief, broke through it. Compress aimed his silenced pistol and quickly killed the guard before he could sound the alarms. Toga inserted the USB, allowing Paul to connect to the entire system. "Sweet. They even got a schedule for shifts. This guard just got here, too. That's your cue, Civil War. We'll be handling it from here."

There was silence in the comms. "Izuku?"

"Sorry, I was distracted. See you back at the safe house!"

He wasn't distracted. He simply had a nodachi aimed at his throat. It was the same guy that helped him bust out Audrey from the prison transport. "Can you get this thing off my throat now?"

"Yeah, sure thing, dawg." Mokemuri sheathed his sword and helped Izuku up to his feet. "You sure made a mess in the city right now. Chaos everywhere you go. Overhaul didn't like that. One hero followed some crook back to one of his trigger warehouses. An emergency bust is officially ongoing."

"So you're supposed to kill me as an example?" Izuku asked the Yakuza. He was already slowly reaching out for his revolver, but Mokemuri quickly noticed and stabbed the ground next to him. Izuku lowered his hand begrudgingly.

"Supposed to, but nah. This is an opportunity I can't miss. I need your help. It's my little sister."

"Let me guess, The Gynecologist has her hostage, and that's why you work for him?"

"Trust me, it's worse."

Back at the Vault…

Tomura and his squad finally reached the vault after fighting off waves of security. It turned into a pincer attack once Miroslav rejoined the fray. They were stealing every valuable information and loot they could inside the vault, from funding to evidence that they could sell off to the highest bidder. When he found The Gynecologist Overhaul's files, however, even he was deeply disturbed.

*As far as information from multiple contacts goes, Overhaul has one unique ingredient in creating his so-called 'Quirk-Eraser' bullet. It is the DNA extracted from a young girl, as witnessed by our contact. Deplorable, but the bullet bears potential in controlling certain individuals. We can allow this to go on for a while. It's best to keep the current investigating heroes out of the loop for a while.*

"What the hell?" Tomura held back vomit from escaping his mouth when he read of the Hero Public Safety Commission's actions.

"Hey boss, The Gynecologist is calling." Spinner called out to him as he put their face on video cam. There appears Kai Chisaki sitting down.

"What do you want?" Tomura asked The Gynecologist while hiding the disgust he felt for the man. The Gynecologist sat quietly for a while before finally talking.

"Have you destroyed the evidence yet?"

"We did. We're just looting the vault now." Tomura lied through his teeth. The heroes will receive an anonymous tip after this.

"Good. We've already delivered your pay. Of course, we took a cut, because the chaos you caused led to one of my major trigger production plants to be raided."

"Sure, take that cut. That one's on us."

"One more thing. That plant was vital for my underworld economics, so we took something else for additional payment." Chisaki said. Tomura narrowed his eyes, not liking where this was going. The camera on The Gynecologist's side was turned around to show a beaten up Magne. Spinner almost dropped the phone in shock if Miroslav hadn't caught it. "This is only one of them. You seem to value that kid with you as well, so I sent my son after him."

"I'm… sorry… Tomura." Magne muttered with a battered face. She was barely clinging on to consciousness.

"This isn't part of our contract. Just keep your money and let Magne go." Tomura was holding off his anger for now, to calmly negotiate with The Gynecologist. Chisaki ignored him and slowly walked over to Magne. The leader of the LoV could only helplessly watch as The Gynecologist destroys Magne's entire being with a single touch.

"There's blood on me." Chisaki wiped it off his clothes before facing the camera again. "Consider the damages paid."

He switched off the camera.

"Magne… Wait, didn't he send someone after Izuku as well?!" Spinner panicked when he realized that. The phone rang again, this time to everyone's relief, Izuku calling. They picked up only for the voice to be different.

"He's dead…" the familiar voice said. Tomura was about to destroy the phone until he heard laughing. "Oh man. Hahahaha, yeah. You were right, Civil War. They fell for it. Hhahahahahahahah"

"Excuse me, can you hand the phone over to Izuku?"

"All right then."

"Hey Tomura."

"YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT TWAT, YOU HAD TO PRANK US NOW?!"

"Whoa, whoa. Tomura, tell me what happened."

"Magne is dead." The phone immediately hangs up. Tomura tried calling back to no avail. "Ah shit, he's definitely gonna go after The Gynecologist now."

"Revengeance?"

"Definitely revenge."

"Yeah, revenge."

"I'll get the boy. Just let the others finish their part in the mansion." Miroslav said before jumping out the window from the 20th floor of the building. He landed as if nothing had happened.

"Okay, whose idea was it to invest in a super soldier who transforms into a bear? They're getting a raise." Tomura said while the three of them made their way back down the building, their part of the job was finished. They filled Paul in with what's happening, who also started swearing up a storm and is now developing plans with the current information at hand.

"I swear, mate, we are going to bring down every single bloody thing that piece of trash built." They were currently in his apartment, having some beer with him. Izuku was currently tied up beside a mildly concerned Mokemuri. Paul glanced at him and asked, "That's all the info you got on your dad, mate?"

"YEAH! FOR MAGNE! FOR MAGNE! YEAH!" Twice yelled before being shushed down.

"Yeah, that's pretty much all of it."

"All right, all right. We only want measurements of the girl and she's yours, okay? Oh, and I almost forgot, your dad got a spare few blood samples from her, right?"

"Yeah, he spared a few. You mean to tell me you want to mass produce those bullets?"

"We ain't selling them. We'll be using them for ourselves. I have a plan in mind about who to use it on." Paul said darkly before going back to his casual self. "Those Yakuza wankers killed Magne so we'll tear them down for everything they have."

"Except my sister, right? I mean, I don't really care if that includes me, but you'll keep her out of it, right?" Mokemuri interrupted Paul again.

"What do you take us for? A bunch of fucking animals? No, we won't involve your little sister in our revenge." Tomura butted in, aggressively reassuring Mokemuri that he and his family, except for his father, will not be targeted. "Besides, it helps that you didn't kill Izuku when you had the chance."

The door opened and everyone aimed their guns at the person, only for it to be Mr. Compress, Audrey, and Toga. The last one had a sad look on her face. "Whoa, my good sirs! You almost put a bunch of holes into us."

Audrey had the Hope Diamond around her neck. She's not one to believe in curses. Figuring The Gynecologist won't be needing the diamond anymore, she kept it for herself. The Yaoyorozu family now got the message. She gets to keep the results. "The girl is not taking it too well. Magne must have been close to her."

"Still a good read of character, aren't you, Audrey?"

"I'm surprised you haven't betrayed the league yet, Compress."

"That was years ago, Audrey. I'm a changed man."

"Both of you quiet down. The leader got a plan." Miroslav got in between them and forcefully sat them down. He gently led Toga to her own chair and patted her on the shoulder.

"All right, so here's the plan. Clearly, The Gynecologist or Overhaul or Chisaki or whatever the fuck he calls himself for the day outmatches us in terms of resources and numbers. I don't think that would be a problem. We got something he doesn't: leverage on heroes." Tomura threw down the evidence against The Gynecologist found within the HPSC Vault on the desk. "Mokemuri mentioned about Nighteye having an investigation on The Gynecologist for months now. We send this, and he won't be able to resist preparing for the big one. They'll help us against The Gynecologist without even realizing it. Actually, fuck it. I'll go to his office myself and-"

"No, I'll go. You're a catch on sight. I'm an 'attempt to reason with' on sight." Izuku stopped Tomura before he could say anything else. "We need to do this right. I'll bring it to Nighteye. Even if he is All Might's ex-sidekick, he seems very reasonable. We can come at a truce. Just trust me."

"Yeah, well, I'm coming with you." Paul volunteered himself for the position. "Between all of us, I'm the only one whose negotiations rarely end in shootouts or fights, mates. No offense."

"That's what I hired you for."

"Good to know. Well, let's lie low for a week, let them think they already broke us, and then we can-" Paul was interrupted again, this time with a knock on the door. The knocker didn't bother waiting for someone to answer and just got in by himself. He was a rather big man with a bird mask similar to The Gynecologist. Dabi was about ready to burn him, but he was knocked out with one punch. The big man sat down on Paul's couch.

"My name's Rappa. I'm joining the League."

"Dawg, what the hell are you doing here?" Mokemuri asked the big man named Rappa.

"Yeah, well, maybe I just want to change employers. Overhole, the fucking nerd, never really makes me do anything that isn't just looking tough to intimidate people. The people here seem like they're into a lot of action. I want in." Rappa explained his reasoning to Mokemuri.

"Well, how did you track me down?"

"You think I'm just a dumbass? I got a tracker on that hilt of that sword of yours." Rappa showed a phone that had a beeping light on it. "Don't even worry about it. Overhole won't even notice I'm gone. Probably even think I died during the party this group caused."

"Okay, fine, you're in. Whatever. Can someone pick Dabi up while I get Twice to make a clone of me to suicide bomb The Gynecologist?" Tomura asked the group while they all sat down in Paul's apartment. The plan was a go.

{- To Be Continued...

Took a bloody while, didn't it? College is a bitch sometimes. Who could have discovered Overhaul/The Gynecologist's trigger plantation in the firs- it's Shinso. That's it. No punchline. Shinso was out with Aizawa at the time and they followed them. Yeah. Off screen.