Chapter 16: The Answers We Seek

"Pupils are dilating, that's a good sign." Kyoka Katsuragi said as she shined the flashlight into Sawa's eyes. "So far, it doesn't seem like you have a concussion." She concluded.

"No offense, but how exactly do you know that I don't?" Sawa questioned as she put an ice pack onto her temple. Mrs. Katsuragi gave a small chuckle.

"I'm a school teacher, you won't believe the number of scuffles that I have to break up on a daily basis over who took who's' All Might and Endeavour action figures…plus, the medical dramas I watch are somewhat accurate." She joked, to which it earned a small chuckle from Sawa. "…Those boys, do you trust them?" Sawa did a little double take at the question.

"I…Do you think you can elaborate on that?" Sawa questioned back. Mrs. Katsuragi took a deep sigh.

"I know those two saved you, but I want an honest answer. Woman to woman. Do you trust them?" Mrs. Katsuragi explained. Sawa put on a small smile.

"Those two are training to be heroes, so that automatically makes them trustworthy." Sawa said, but Mrs. Katsuragi remained unimpressed.

"Lots of heroes have been criticized." She fired back. That was when Sawa knew this was going to require a little more clarification…and using something she promised not to say.

"This wasn't the first time I was saved." That instantly got the attention of the woman. Sawa continued to elaborate.

(X)

13 Months Ago

"-And he invited me to join him in a hotel, could you believe that?" Sawa confided on the phone to her fellow reporter, Taneo Tokuda. She just got done doing an interview with the son of the Prime Minister, Gentoku Himoru. He made some…rather colorful commentary on her and what she was wearing.

"Why didn't you go with him? Could have made a hell of a story." Taneo joked. Sawa just smirked back.

"Oh, bite me. I have a little more class than that. Plus, he wasn't my type." She explained.

"Yeah, yeah. We all know your type. You've made that pretty clear. Mysterious, ninja training, white hair, and can turn himself into a long sharp string. Honestly, if you keep chasing after Edgeshot, he might file a restraining order against you." Taneo tiredly explained.

"I'll take that into consideration. Talk to you later." She said as she hung up the phone. She then ran into someone by mistake. "Pardon m-" She stopped as she realized that the person she ran into wasn't a person, but rather sort of monster with a yellow body, a squarish head, and a giant lower jaw with fangs. Sawa briefly paused, then took out her phone. "Any preference on what your bad side is?" She nervously asked. The monster swatted at her, causing her to fall to the ground. As she started to crawl away, she started to wonder if any heroes would ever find her.

All of a sudden, a figure seemingly came out of nowhere, trying land in between them…only for him to fall a couple of feet away from the monster, and landing flat on his face. He quickly picked himself up, but the Fang Smash just swatted him away, sending him flying into a dumpster.

"Ow!" The figure exclaimed as soon as he hit the dumpster, which surprised Sawa as the figure sounded…young. He pulled himself out of the indentation that he left behind and quickly rushed the monster. He landed a punch in the creatures' stomach, which in turn caused it to keel over in pain. The figure took a slight pause, as if unsure of what he would do next, but he quickly decided to kick the monster over. The monster got back up, which Sawa could tell surprised the mysterious figure. The creature then knocked him back to where Sawa was, landing flat on his back.

"I don't want to tell you how to do your job, but isn't there like a super move that you could do to stop it?" Sawa questioned the figure.

"I-I-I think I have something." The figure stammered out as he stood up. He then began to turn a lever on some strange device that he had around his waist. The creature was then caught up in some kind of energy graph. It struggled to break out, but its' efforts were unsuccessful. The figure then jumped up into the air, traveling along the graph and kicking the monster in the face, causing a small explosion to occur.

VORTEX FINISH!

The figure rolled across the ground, until eventually coming to a stop.

"Need to work on the landing." The figure admitted as he slowly got back to his feet. He then slowly walked over to the creature and pulled out some kind of bottle. "H-How does this work again?" The figure mumbled as he was fumbling with the bottle. Eventually, he turned the cap of it, and energy started to get sucked up into the bottle, shocking both Sawa and the figure. What shocked them even more was when the monster suddenly turned into a man in medical garments.

"Is-…Is he-…?" Sawa questioned, not knowing if she wanted to know the answer or not. The figure hesitantly poked at the unconscious man. The man made an involuntary groan as soon as he was poked. That just was all the two needed to know that the man was alive. Both conscious people let out a relieved sigh. Then the figure started to make his way over to Sawa. She hesitantly backed up, but she quickly stopped herself as the figure put his hands up and she could see that he was shaking.

"A-A-A-Are you okay?" The figure stammered out, which kind of surprised Sawa. She figured this guy would be all full of himself given the way his costume looked, but instead, he was stammering like he was taking her out to prom or something. "I-I-I-I c-c-can c-call you an a-a-ambulance if you w-want."

"Um…I'm good. You don't have to stammer." Sawa said to try to reassure him.

"S-S-S-Sorry! T-This is my f-f-first n-night doing this…W-W-W-W-Why did I admit that?" The figure mumbled.

"Maybe it's because of my beauty?" Sawa teased the figure.

"No it's not that!" The figure stated, then he realized that he basically insulted her. "I-I-I-I mean y-you are p-p-pretty! L-L-Like really pretty! L-Like Midnight levels of p-pretty!"

"I um…thank you." Sawa admitted with a slight blush on her face.

"D-D-Did I just make a woman b-b-blush?!" The figure excitedly asked.

"…How old are you? 13?" Sawa asked rather bluntly.

"…14." The figure admitted which rather shocked Sawa, who know felt the sudden urge to take a shower. "Why did I admit that?!" He said as he squatted down, keeping his eyes to the ground.

"…I'm Sawa, by the way." She stated as she extended her hand out to him. The figure looked at her curiously. "If you're going to be a hero, it might help in the future to have a reporter friend spreading good news." The figure was hesitant at first, but eventually, he took her hand and proceeded to shake it.

"S-S-Sento K-K-Kiryu…a-and could you n-n-n-not report t-t-this?"

(X)

Present Day

"After that, I got to know the person underneath the mask. He was…nothing like I expected at all. He was…He has gone through a lot. But yet, he always ties his best to make others feel better. That's why I trust him…because he trusted me." Sawa finished explaining. Mrs. Katsuragi was silent for a couple of seconds, but then she started to slowly nod her head, and walk out to the living room where the boys were. Sento was looking at some photos of the Katsuragi family while Banjo was too busy focusing on the snacks that Mrs. Katsuragi laid out.

"What do you want to know?" Mrs. Katsuragi questioned Sento. The boy hesitantly looked at one of the photos she had hung up.

"We believe you were one of the last people to see him. I was wondering if you could tell us if he ever gave you anything." The boy said. Mrs. Katsuragi let out a deep sigh as she looked at the photo that Sento was staring at.

"You need to understand. My son he…He really wasn't a people person. He was pretty much cut himself off from those that he didn't find, and I quote, 'Intellectual Stimulating'. That even included his own mother. The only people that he interacted with was his father, co-workers, and that one friend of his, Saiko. He didn't really share anything with me…that was until a week before he disappeared." Mrs. Katsuragi explained.

"What exactly is that supposed to mean?" Banjo questioned as he…was currently shoving pretzels in his mouth.

"Dude…Don't talk with food in your mouth." Sento stated rather annoyed with his friends' antics. He focused back on the woman. "I'm sorry about him, can you continue?" He asked. But Mrs. Katsuragi was rather preoccupied with staring at him…more specifically his hair. She realized what she was doing, and she shook her head.

"My apologies. It's just…" She then brushed a small strand of hair out of Sentos' face that he failed to notice. "It's just that you have hair similar to his." She stated. But she quickly pushed the motherly side of her down to focus on what the topic was. "He never talked about that project that he was hired for. But he did give me something. He said it contained everything he did regarding that project. Including all information he had on those belts you two had."

"If you don't mind me asking…can you tell us where you hid it?" Sento hesitantly asked the woman.

"How did you-" Mrs. Katsuragi began to question, but she figured that he would already knew the answer to her question. "I can do that. But I get to come along."

"Sounds fine by me." Banjo said as he stood up…but not before grabbing one more pretzel.

(X)

"Why here of all places?" Sawa asked as she pulled up to the abandoned building that was once a busy laboratory that belonged to the now bought out company of Namba Heavy Industries Ltd.

"It's what my son stated to do." Mrs. Katsuragi stated as she pulled out a letter and handed it to Sento. As he read it, he found himself having some questions about it.

"This mentions something about a key and…handing it to someone you didn't trust?" Sento asked the woman.

"You don't need to worry about that. I gave that to someone a while ago." She explained to the boy.

"Okay…What about these letters at the bottom?" He asked as he pointed them out to the woman.

"That…I have never been able to figure out." Mrs. Katsuragi stated as she stared at the jumbled assortment of letters. "I just figured that it was some equation that he made up that only he understood."

"Alright, so where are we digging?" Banjo said as he grabbed the pair of shovels that Sawa bought before arriving.

"It's just in front of the sign." Mrs. Katsuragi stated as she pointed to the specific location.

"Great! You two get it done, we will stay in the car." Sawa stated to the two boys.

"Aren't you at least going to try to help out?" Banjo asked.

"I would like to, but I just got my nails done yesterday, and I don't want to ruin them with landscaping." Sawa explained to them. The two boys looked at each other, like they knew there was another reason behind her not wanting to get out.

"Is that the only reason?" Sento questioned. Sawa looked at the building with a look. One that had feeling of unease and…familiarity.

"No, there is another reason…You know I don't liked abandoned buildings!" She stated.

"Sawa, we've already been over this. There are no such things as ghosts!" Sento remarked.

"Have you ever seen one?" She stated back to the boy.

"Well, no. But-"

"Then you can't prove if they are real or not!" Sawa barked back to the boy. "Now, go out there and dig up that drive!" Sento and Banjo knew there was no point in arguing with her, so they went out to the dig site and proceeded to dig.

"So…I've been meaning to ask, have any girls caught your eye?" Sento asked his friend as they dug.

"…What?" Banjo questioned back.

"Well, you've made such a big deal about me having my eye on someone, so I just figured it was time for me to do the same. Any girls catch your eye?" Sento explained. Banjo was silent for a couple of seconds but decided to speak up.

"Well, yesterday at the gym, I met 1-B's Class Rep., Itsuka Kendo. She's kind of got this Big Sister vibe to her. Wouldn't mind getting to know her better." Banjo remarked. Sento gave him an unsure look.

"I don't know about that one. If you somehow break her heart, then you have an entire class that would more than likely want you dead after that." Sento stated like it was a matter of fact. Sento waited for his friend to continue, but Banjo didn't. "…Really? Just-…Just her? You go on and on about wanting to go out with as many girls as you possible can, yet you can only name one girl? You slipping on your 'game'?" Banjo looked a little uneasy after the question.

"…There is another girl." He said rather bashfully, which kind of shocked Sento.

"Oh, tell me more." Sento said as he leaned against the shovel's handle with a shit-eating grin on his face.

"Well…She's a third year." Banjo began to say. That statement made Sento throw his eyebrows up in surprise. "Her name is Nejire Hado. She's…a total airhead, but in the cute kind of way. She asks a lot of questions, more than you I would guess. Plus, her smile is super adorable. She's also got a killer ra-" Banjo stopped himself as soon as his shovel hit something. Sento reached down to where Banjo's shovel it and brushed off some dust to reveal a metal box. He pulled it out and opened it to see a small thumb drive.

"Hello there." Sento remarked as he and Banjo crawled out of the hole. Sento was smirking ear to ear…That was until he heard the sound of a gun being loaded.

"Told you waiting was the right move!" Blood Stalk said as Night Rogue commanded a group of guardians to surround the boys and the car. "But, Noooo! You just wanted to rush in there and get things done earlier!"

" I get it." Night Rogue stated in a rather annoyed voice. "Please don't bitch to me like my ex. I already have a migraine today, and I don't want it worsened today by your constant bitching." Night Rogue then turned to the pair of boys. "Now, this can go either one of two ways. The first, you give us the drive and we all go about our merry ways and hopefully never see each other again. Or-" The bat themed villain didn't even need to explain what the second option was, as the two boys put their drivers on and charged start into battle.

"Seems like they take after you!" Blood Stalk commented as Banjo charged in to fight him. Blood Stalk simply slid to the side as he kicked Banjo in the back. Banjo quickly recovered as he prepared for a high kick, but Blood Stalk saw it coming as he proceeded to match the kick, and the two kicked each other in the shins.

Sento summoned his Drill Crusher and him and Night Rogue traded blows with their bladed weapons. As their weapons were locked in a clash, Night Rogue took his Transteam Gun and pointed it at Sentos' head. As he pulled the trigger, Sento quickly moved his head out of the way of the bullets, causing them to strike a Guardian instead. But with the boy distracted, the bat themed villain swept out the legs of the opponent, causing him to fall on his back. Night Rogue stepped on Sento's chest, pinning him to the ground. Banjo pinned to the ground by Blood Stalk as well, stepping on his back instead.

"Seems you two need a lesson." Blood Stalk remarked as he made a hand motion to the Guardians. The Guardians raised their weapons upon the car. "This is what happens when you bring your friends into this crazy little game of ours!"

"NO!" Sento shouted out as the Guardian raised his weapon to fire upon Sawa…but the robot dropped its gun as a giant red feather suddenly shot through its head. The living combatants were shocked by this sudden development. The feather then retracted back from the destroyed head, and it flew back on its' own back to where it came from.

"Are those robots?" A new voice asked. The combatants turned to see a man in his twenties with giant red wings flying above them. "Because if they are, that's super cool! But also, where the hell did you get robots from?" The Wing Hero: Hawks questioned the pair of villains.

"OPEN FIRE!" Night Rogue yelled out to his robotic warriors. They all turned their weapons onto the Hero, but it was too late as he shot out multiple feathers that went through multiple Guardians arms, legs, and heads. The Faust Founders were about to fire upon him, but Hawks quickly fired more feathers in their direction. They jumped out of the way, but it ended up being a mistake as it ended up freeing the boys. Hawks landed in between the two groups, he then looked towards the boys.

"You two still good to fight?" He questioned. He just got head nods in response. "Good," he said as he pulled two feathers to act as swords, "This is going to be fun." The three charged into battle against the villains. Blood Stalk took swipes with his steam blade, but Hawks just proceeded to block every single blow. As the two were locked in a sword clash, Sento jumped over Hawks and proceeded to kick Blood Stalk in the face, which caused the villain to stagger. Hawks and Sento nodded, and both of them kicked the villain in the stomach. Hawks noticed that Night Rogue was about to fire upon Banjo, so he fired another feather at the bat villain. Night Rogue dodge out of the way, but that just left him open form an attack from Banjo, who gave him an uppercut that sent him flying back to his partner.

"Let's finish this!" Banjo remarked as he and Sento cranked their drivers and jumped into the air, preparing their finishing kick attacks.

"Oh, fuck this!" Blood Stalk yelled as he fired his Transteam Gun causing smoke to poor out of the gun.

VORTEX FINISH!/DRAGONIC FINISH!

The drivers announced as the two sped quickly towards their enemies. They thought that they would land the attack, but those thoughts were quickly dashed as they felt themselves kick the ground. They looked back as the smoke dissipated, revealing the villains were gone.

"Are-…Did you just atomize them?" Hawks questioned the two.

"No, they got away." Sento remarked rather dejectedly…but he quickly picked himself up as soon as he realized who he was talking to. "OH MY GOD! YOU'RE HAWKS! I'M A BIG FAN! HOW DID YOU KNOW THERE WAS A FIGHT HERE? I-" Sento was stopped as Banjo slapped the back of his friends' head. Hawks rubbed the back of his head, unsure of the situation he was currently facing.

"Dude, can you turn off the fanboy mode for at least a minute?" Banjo said as he just faced palmed. Hawks just grinned at the exchange.

"Nah, it's fine. It's nice to be an inspiration to the younger generation…or at least that's what I'm supposed to say." Hawks said in a joking manner, which just made the two boys stop and stared at him. "What? It's easy to tell you two are teenagers just by your voice alone. I thought it was obvious."

"I told you that you should have put a voice changer thingy in the suits!" Banjo exclaimed to Sento, who jumped back in response. Hawks couldn't help but laugh at the situation unfolding in front of him.

"Thanks! I needed a good laugh today!" Hawks joyfully exclaimed to the boys. "To answer your question, I was flying overhead and one of my feathers accidently dropped off, and I felt the vibrations of the fight being felt through it. I just knew that I really had to help out when I saw two colorfully armor guys being pinned down by darkly armored bad guys and robots holding a car that held a hot chick as hostage. Now, if I were you, I would dash before more people get here."

"…What?" Sento said

"Just get out of here before the cops come, I'll say that I was testing out some training robots that were designed to go head to head with Quirk users." Hawks stated to the two boys.

"Why would you do that?" Sento questioned the Wing Hero. Hawks just shrugged in response.

"You guys are Heroes-in-Training, I just viewed this as experience for you guys in the real world…Plus, your costumes are cool. Shame to not let those costumes to stand among other heroes…And on top of that, you guys made this fight pretty easier for me, so consider it a common courtesy." Hawks stated nonchalantly, leaving Sento and Banjo confused. "Now, shoo." Sento and Banjo quickly walked past the many broken pieces of the guardians to the car that held Sawa and Mrs. Katsuragi.

"And you wondered why I wanted to stay in the car." Sawa remarked to Banjo as the two entered the car. During the car ride, Sento was too busy writing something down to notice the conversation going on. It wasn't too long before they were at the apartment to drop off Mrs. Katsuragi. As she got out of the car, Sento got out as well.

"I promise that I will not reveal a word about all that happened today, it's the least I could do." Mrs. Katsuragi stated to Sento as a sign of appreciation. Sento said nothing as he handed her a piece of paper. She stared at it in confusion. "What's this?" She questioned.

"That letter your son gave you…It wasn't a bunch of random letters." Sento stated as she opened up the letter. "It was an anagram." She was silent as she read what the boy managed to decipher.

'Thank you for everything that you did for me. I'm sorry I didn't express my gratitude. I was just bad at showing it.'

Tears started to slowly down the face of Mrs. Katsuragi as she finally got the confirmation from her son that he did indeed love her. Her gratitude was expressed in the form of a small smile.

"Thank you." She stated as she wiped the tears from her eyes, before giving Sento a small nod as he got back into the car.

(X)

"Where the hell have you been?" Misora questioned the two boys and Sawa as they entered the café.

"It has been a long day. We got to meet Hawks today." Banjo stated as he opened up the door to the lab and walked inside.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Misora asked as she followed in after him to learn more about their meeting with her Pro Hero crush. Sawa was about to follow after her, but she quickly stopped as Sento took a phone call. She noticed that he took a slight pause after he saw the caller id.

"H-Hello?" Sento said as he answered the phone.

"Hi, Sento. I was calling to see how you're doing." Momo stated. Sento got this really goofy smile on his face.

"I-I'm doing well…H-How are you?" Sento stammered out to his Vice Class Rep.

"I'm doing well myself. Training for the Sports Festival has been putting a strain on my schedule, but I've been managing to find some free time in between. How about you?"

"Y-Yeah, I've been…doing the same." Sento said in a half-hearted lie.

"Can I…Can I ask you something?"

"Um…Sure go ahead." Sento said, not really sure where this was going to go. I could be about his past. It could be about something else…or maybe it could end up an invitation to a dat-

"I know that you agreed to help out Midoriya with the limitations of his Quirk and if he can improve upon it. I-…I was wondering if maybe I can swing by tomorrow morning and you could help me come up with some new items I could create." Momo asked rather quickly. Certainly wasn't what Sento was expecting, but he wasn't going to turn it down.

"Um…Yeah, i-it's no problem whatsoever. Swing by early tomorrow and we can figure it out!" Sento remarked with a half-cocked smile on his face.

"Thank you! It's a d-…I'll see you tomorrow." Momo stated as she hung up. Sento stood there with a dumb looking smile on his face.

'Was she about to say date?' He thought to himself as he turned around…only to be met with the smiling face of Sawa.

"So…Was that the famed Momo Yaoyorozu that I heard so much about?" She asked with a shit-eating grin on her face. That question made Sento stop right in his tracks.

"How did you-" He began to question, but she quickly cut him off.

"Misora told me. And from what I've heard, she sounds…like you finally have a new crush besides me!" Sawa stated back. Sento felt the heat rising up to his cheeks as he heard those words said out loud. "You really like her, don't you?"

"…Yeah, I do." Sento admitted while trying not to look at her. "I just don't know what to do. Maybe I should try to make myself seem more-"

"Just be yourself." Sawa suddenly said, making Sento looked rather shocked. "It's sounds like you're already doing a pretty good job at making her like you. Besides…I think you're cute the way you are." The blush on Sento's face grew only brighter, which made Sawa giggle seeing her friend like that. She quickly made her way into the lab, while Sento tried his best to shake of the embarrassment.

"Where's Sento?" Misora questioned as Sawa made her way to her and Banjo.

"He…had a phone call." Sawa said as she shrugged her shoulders. Misora squinted her eyes in suspicion as Sento finally made his way to his computer with the thumb drive in hand.

"Alright, enough suspense! Let's see what's on this thing!" Banjo stated as he slapped the back of Sentos' back. Sento inserted the flash drive into the computer, and what he saw…astounded him. As the title screen popped up, Sento couldn't help but read aloud what he saw.

"Project…Build?" He questioned out loud. He clicked a file marked File-001 Build and a video popped up. It started to play and a boy a couple of years younger than Sento walked onto screen.

"Hello world!...No that sounds too cheesy." The boy stated. "Greetings to those that are watching!...No, that doesn't sound right either. To those that are- you know what, screw the fancy introduction! Hello, my name is Takumi Katsuragi. If you managed to get your hands on this file, then you are about to witness one of the greatest technological advancements that I have ever created!" Takumi pressed a button and a holographic image of RabbitTank appeared beside him. "This is…well, I haven't really thought of a good name for it yet. I just classify it as Build until I come up with a better name for it. The Build System is a combination of many different minds coming together to solve the mystery of the object known as Pandora's Box." Takumi pulled out a Build Driver and started to go over the functions the Driver had. Banjo slowly started to slink away as the big words Takumi was using was making his brain hurt. Misora slipped away to the apartment because she thought the entire thing was a bore. Sawa had to leave because she had an interview set up in the morning. But Sento…he was too enthralled by the contents of the video. To finally understand the functions of the device he relied on for so long from the creator of the device felt so satisfying.

"With this, the world of heroes would be changed forever!...And it's going to if what I believe is going to happen does come to pass." Sento leaned in further as Takumi began to wrap up his explanation. "I know the truth about what is to come. The Build Driver is our only defense against it…No. No, not it…him. Should he reach his full power, then our only hope lies with the one who wields the Build System…It seems I am running out of time on this thing, so File-001 is comp-" Takumi was cut off as the video stopped.

Sento stared motionless at the computer screen. Just what was this 'Him' that Takumi was talking about? If what he was saying was true, then that just means that he was going to have to get stronger and make improvements to the Build Driver…and he had an entire catalogue of blueprints to go by.

(X)

Hours Later

After everyone in the apartment had fallen asleep, Soichi slinked into the lab. He was quick to grab the fullbottles laid out on a table. Grabbing each one of them and putting them into a knapsack that he had. Once that task with, he quickly moved onto the last piece of his little heist. He moved over to a wall, he knocked out the false panel that he had installed when the lab was first constructed. Reaching inside, he grabbed something that he kept hidden from his family. A small smirk appeared on his face as he pulled out his panel of Pandora's Box.

'This is sure going to make the long-nosed, on the verge of balding bastard happy.' Soichi thought to himself as he slipped it in the knapsack. As he was exiting, he stopped himself short as he saw something that caught his eye. The photo of the family at the amusement park. Grabbing it, Soichi couldn't help but smile, reflecting on the happiness that he saw on both of their faces during that day. He figured it wouldn't hurt to have a keepsake of them during his…future plan, he slipped the photograph into the knapsack as well. Exiting the lab, he looked at the café he spent so long to build. All the memories, all the happiness…Probably the last time he would be at this place. Letting out a deep sigh, he quickly turned to the exit and-

"How long?" Sento asked, fully dressed, as he came out from behind his hiding spot. Soichi did a bit of a double take.

"I…What are you talking about?" Soichi asked, trying to play innocent and putting on a nervous smile. However, Sento wasn't falling for it.

"You don't think I haven't noticed?" Sento began to explain. "During the U.S.J. attack, a villain disappeared but not before saying 'Ciao' in the exact same way you usually do whenever you leave for your 'part-time job'. When my class came here for your coffee, you said that you have a flair for the dramatics. When Banjo and I were attacked by Night Rouge and Blood Stalk, Blood Stalk stated that he too had a flair for the dramatics. Not to mention similar hand motions, similar walk cycles, and other subtleties that I noticed from the 'both' of you." Sento finished explaining. Soichi couldn't help but scoff in disbelief.

"That's just all coincidence. Maybe he just has an eccentric personality or it's all some kind of act?" Soichi offered up as an explanation.

"…Yaoyorozu." Sento said.

"What?" Soichi asked.

"He said that he was going to have 'fun' with her…and he described her as my crush." Sento said as he began to walk forward towards Soichi. "I only described her that way to only a few people. Banjo, Mina, Misora, Sawa, and…you. That…That threw my suspicions through the roof. Combine that with all that I listed out, and that caused me to come to one conclusion. So, when I ask you this question, I expect you to finally tell me the goddamn truth." As Sento finally faced Owner face to face, the older of the two could clearly see that the stare the boy had was not one filled with admiration, but instead one filled with hate, vitriol, and…heartbreak.

"Are you Blood Stalk?"

An event that I'm sure you all have been waiting for is coming really soon! Like, next chapter soon! I just hope that I will do right in your guys' eyes.

Next time on Hero of Love & Peace: The truth of Soichi Isurugi is finally revealed! But will all the hard work he has put into this act yield him the results? And with this truth comes some pretty big questions. How does Class 1-A react to this betrayal? How does the staff of U.A. High react to this betrayal? But more importantly...How will Misora react to this betrayal?