Ten years ago, if someone asked Monoma whether or not he thought he would be famous, he would've answered with an emphatic no. You see, never once did he think of himself as a crowd magnet. He was just a lame kid, after all. However, today was different because he found himself lying on a hospital bed, with numerous journalists peeking in his hospital window, trying their best to take pictures of him.

Was he famous?

Absolutely, but for all the wrong reasons.

You see, he was labeled as the brazen kid who threw a weak punch at the now-imprisoned leader of the bandits. Plus, the comatose state he is in right now didn't produce any empathy towards the people and only added insult to injury. What's worse is that he became the prime example of what everyday people should not do in times of an attack: challenge the villain with a mediocre quirk and without having a provisional license because if you do, you'll end up just like him—someone with a fractured back, two broken ribs, concussion and a ton of bruises.

In fact, many people thought he would've died because after he passed out, the leader of the bandits made it a point to hurt him until he was dead. Thankfully, before he could inflict more damage on him, the pro-heroes arrived to save the day. It was The Lurkers consisting of Kamui Woods, Mt. Lady, and Edgeshot, who took on the job. According to them, they received an anonymous tip about an incident in this neighborhood, so they came to the rescue. They tried contacting the person who sent them a message but to no avail. It seemed like the person used a disposable sim card, so they could not really do anything to track him. Why trace him?

They thought he was a villain and the mastermind behind the attack because no one else would've known anything about it aside from the people held hostage. Plus, as far as they know from the testaments of the people in the neighborhood, no one dared to call the emergency hotline during that time because of fear that the bandits would kill them.

They were mistaken.

Someone else was informed about the situation—the pro-hero Eraserhead.

Could he possibly be the one who sent the anonymous tip?

Probably, but he doesn't seem to be the type to care, especially when he is busy. However, guessing from the events that transpired after the incident, he could probably be that person. After all, maybe he did care for the kid to whom he gave a piece of advice, especially now that he learned that same kid became severely injured.

About the events that happened after the incident, nothing much was interesting. Almost everything revolved around fixing the ransacked neighborhood except for one. One striking event was the sighting of a scruffy-looking man inside the hospital, specifically the room where Monoma was confined. According to the hospital staff who saw him, the man left a note on the bedside table of Monoma's room. They said it contained the message: "Hey kid, call me when you wake up. I'll be waiting for you."

Many tried to identify the man. Their guesses varied from the typical relative to the most peculiar, a Mafia boss to whom they think Monoma owed money. Others even claim that the man was the mastermind behind the incident. None of them were correct because the man they all saw was Eraserhead himself, the underground hero.

Only a few know about him. Not all heroes even heard of him. Some say he is just a myth. Others assume he was a dead man. You cannot blame them, though, for not knowing him. After all, all records of him were kept confidential, may it be his heroics or his contact information. In fact, this may just be the reason why this man went to visit the child at the hospital.

You see, never once in his life did he expect some random person to call him, asking for his help, let alone during the day. After all, he is not the guy you call for help. Instead, he's the man who finds people in need of help. In short, you don't look for him for help. He finds you when you require help. That's just how he works as a hero. Some even say he's more of a vigilante than a hero, and the only thing that's stopping him from becoming one is his hero license. After all, unlike most heroes, he doesn't like media attention, and he doesn't seem to mind if his costume if it can even be considered one, looks like rags.

However, knowing his contact information was not enough for him to suddenly appear in public, so what made him do so? Well, it was part of the responsibility he felt he had after the child followed his advice. In all honesty, he blamed himself for the injuries sustained by the kid. After all, he's the one who told the kid to resolve his problem on his own, which he surely wasn't able to. That's why he thinks that he owes something to the kid. What does he owe? He's not sure. He'll probably know about it once he talks to the kid. To him, anything that the kid will ask of him, he shall get. He's done enough damage to the kid, so it is only suiting for him to return what's lost.

But to be honest, the note he left was more than just him feeling a need to do so. In fact, he actually liked meeting the kid in person. Why? Well, let's just say he saw himself in him. After all, just like the kid, he was a reckless person back then, following things just because someone said so, but that's not all of it. Upon hearing the news about how a kid used his mediocre quirk against a villain, he realized how he and the kid have a lot of similarities—their quirks were inferior compared to others. Both of them cannot rely on their quirks alone when engaged in battle with other people.

But above all else, the actual reason why he left the note was that he saw potential in the kid that was absent from the students he had at UA and since he had already expelled his whole class, he had a lot of free time.

Hence, he thought, why don't I mentor the Phantom Thief?