Chapter 39:

"So… how was… school?" Hisashi awkwardly asked, as if there weren't about a hundred guns trained on his son at the moment. Izuku sheepishly scratched the back of his head.

"Am I grounded for this?" He had to know the answer.

"I don't think grounding you would cover the deaths under you. Specifically hundreds of… dead heroes." There was a sense of unease in Hisashi's tone. While he tried his hardest, it's still hard to cope with the fact that his son was still a mass murdering villain. Though, he takes comfort in the fact that he hasn't killed civilians.

"Right… I'm not really sorry for that."

"I know. I never should have taken that exchange program abroad. Maybe…" Hisashi paused, unsure of what he should say next. "Things would have turned out different."

"Maybe it would, dad." Izuku held his hands, ready to be handcuffed. "Maybe it would…"

"I'm sorry, son."

"You have nothing to apologise for. Just do your job, dad."

"I wanted to give you a happy life." Hisashi said, while pulling out the handcuffs. Izuku only chuckled when he said it.

"I don't care if you don't believe what I'll say, but I am happy now."

"OUTTA THE WAY!" Spinner barreled through several policemen, almost hitting Hisashi with Twice's van. "GET IN- oh shit, you were having an emotional talk with your dad. I'm really sorry, boss."

"It's fine. Just get us outta here. Paul?" Izuku was surprised that Paul was already back in the van. "Is Tomura…?"

"Oh, no, he's still in China, mate. He told me to go ahead. I just cracked the code and found one of the major MLA members." Paul exclaimed, while Izuku's eyes visibly lit up. It was time for revenge. Well, mostly revenge.

"Wait, now hold on a second. MLA? Meta Liberation Army? You found one of them?" Hisashi was still in front of the van, not moving until he got his answers.

"You may be my friend's dad, but I am not telling you anything beyond that. He's ours to kill, not yours to arrest. Spinner."

"Yeah, boss. I got it." The van was instantly moving backwards in an expert manner. Hisashi noted taking Spinner out first to cut off one of the League's best escape options.

"Captain, you just let them go?" One of his subordinates approached him.

"Heh. I wouldn't be as good as I am now if I just let them go. Keep track of them. We're changing priorities for now." Hisashi handed his subordinate a GPS tracker. He had already implanted the van with the signal. "The League may have the quality, but the MLA has an overwhelming quantity. So much so that if they decide to attack now, they may eventually take Japan. We're going after whoever the League is after. Consider the League members as a bonus capture, but our priority is getting our hands on that major MLA member."

"Oh, lord, this is gonna be a lot of paperwork to pull off."

"HA! Paperwork? We're on a time limit here, boy. If they asked, pin this on me. I made the call. Now, let's go!" Hisashi got in his police car with his partner. He got the radio and put the comms on all the police vehicles in the area. "My son's friend just found one of the major MLA members. We're changing targets, boys and girls! IT'S A RACE!"

Hisashi smiled when he heard a cheer both outside and on the comms. He drove out, following the League to the location.

Back in the Board Games Club's Tent…

"Thank you for creating an extra chair for me, Young Yaoyorozu." Toshinori needed to sit down after Izuku's kick. He has heard that the boy had once again escaped and that the police in the entire city were weirdly cheery about something. Another issue is that he could not help but notice the glare that Mina, Tooru and Shinso were giving him. "Um… young Ashido, young Hagakure and young Shinso… do you, by any chance, take issue in my presence here?"

"Well, I take issue with what you said to Izuku before he became Civil War." Shinso started. He noticed the retired hero visibly sink in his chair.

"Yes… that. I don't know how much it would be worth, but I was about to apologise to him." Toshinori tried to explain himself. "Evidently, he cut me off before I could say anything."

"You earned that kick. Knowing him, he's over it by the time he kicks you." Mina was sure about it. He forgave Bakugou after shooting him multiple times.

"Okay, well, I don't really care about your entire drama. Are we gonna play Dungeons and Dragons or what?" Awase interrupted, tired from the entire mess he got involved with the moment Momo formally introduced him to her other friends. "Let's see here… Yaoyorozu is a half-elf oath of redemption paladin, Mineta is a goblin alchemist artificer, Shinso is a… tabaxi college of lore bard with a grand piano? Seriously? Anyway, Ashido is a tiefling wild magic sorcerer, and finally, Tooru with a satyr swashbuckler rogue. How about you, All Might? Wanna join in?"

"I… Well, I don't have a character sheet." Just as Toshinori said that, Awase gave him an extra character sheet. "Oh, thank you. And in advance, I plan to be a Half-Orc path of the ancestral guardian Barbarian."

"Basic." Awase said.

"Bitch." Mineta followed up. All Might have never felt this judged by a couple of teenagers since his retirement.

"Ouch."

"Ay, at least it ain't as ridiculous as Midoriya pointing his gun to my face earlier and explaining why using a flintlock pistol to use his eldritch blast is an extremely good idea." Awase patted All Might in the back, trying to make the retired hero feel better about himself. "Although, to be fair, I allowed it because it was cool. Apart from the fact that he's way into Ashido over there. Shoulda seen the description of his patron Fiend."

"Then it's good to know that young Midoriya has someone who cares for him very much. Despite all the… things he's done."

"Yeah , shut up." Mina said while filling out the last of her character sheets.

Meanwhile, in China…

"That's why I'm taking Compress, Spinner, and Civil War with me. I found Trumpet, and we're gonna put his head on a stake and send a message to the Meta Liberation Army." Paul finished telling his plan to Tomura, who was busy decaying people in the middle of a firefight. There were more triad members here than they expected, but they can manage. The triad's overreliance on gun fights made them incompetent against people that know how to use their quirk in a gunfight. A contrast to most heroes back in Japan. "Too bad you're busy over there in China."

"Shit happens. I already decayed the guy who kept killing me in GTA Online. You should have seen him scream." Tomura ducked below a few gunshots before returning his own, using the Under Barrel Grenade Launcher to kill a group. He got close to the next one and decayed them easily. "We're just cleaning up and waiting for Giran's group to come in and pick it up after us. We'll rendezvous at the Summer Palace after you kill that guy."

"Pay attention." Miro shot the guy behind Tomura before throwing a knife to another triad member about to hit Rappa. It hit the guy exactly in the face. Rappa jumped past him and punched the guy about to stab Miro.

"Same goes to you, old man! WAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Rappa gleefully punched the bullets out of the air before they could hit anyone. He didn't waste time rushing in, uppercutting the first guy, completely obliterating the lower jaw and turning him into a red paste on the ceiling. He backhanded the second one, caving in the victim's face. Rappa punched another one really hard, sending him to a brick wall and completely shattering every bone in their body. A bullet hit Rappa, but it didn't bother him one bit. He grabbed the guy's gun and beat him to death with it.

"I'll be sure to keep that guy on a short leash. Unleash him when it's appropriate." Miro whispered to Tomura. He can't help but notice that Rappa had the same amount of glee with fighting as the chainsaw nomu did. Speaking of the chainsaw nomu, it was currently busy shredding multiple triad members to pieces in the other room.

"You do that. We're about finished here, anyway. The triads in this region are completely wiped out, and now, by proxy of Giran's group, we own this place. The weapons dealing business in this part of Asia is pretty much ours. Now…" Tomura opened a case to see the new weapons Giran promised him. He chuckled at the sight of this odd-looking gun. "Rappa, can you hold up a guy for me?"

"Sure thing, boss!" Rappa grabbed a guy who was trying to sneak away and tied him up on a pole. He was begging for something in Chinese, but Tomura didn't really understand. He aimed the rifle at the guy and fired. The force actually threw him back. Once he got up, he saw the guy completely missing his torso.

"Holy shit." Miro was the first to say something after the initial shock. "I can see why they haven't released these new models yet. First time I've seen a gun you can hold and do that to an entire torso. There's very few left other than his head and limbs."

"This might not be Izuku's thing, but I'm sure Paul will love attaching these things to his drones." Tomura placed the gun back in its case. "Otherwise, my decay is still better. Nomu, start loading these cases into the crates. We'll be taking some of it home."

The chainsaw nomu looked at him and grunted happily before doing what it was told to do.

Todoroki Household…

"Father." Shoto approached Endeavour, who had just finished training himself. "About Touya… when are we…?"

"I… do not know. I've long thought him to be dead."

"So did all of us."

"It all comes back to haunt me, as Hisashi and Rei warned." Enji Todoroki said to no one in particular. "I should have listened."

"What are you talking about, old man?"

"All the things I've done. To him. To her… to you. It was for nothing. What I did was for nothing." Enji stood up to face his son. It was a look of regret and realisation. "Now, everything is at risk. Everything might be burnt away in the fires of my damned ambition. And for what? Nothing at all. At the cost of everything, I have not earned what I desired. I have only lost."

Shoto has had enough. He was already humbled by a villain. He had been shown that he would not be the best, even with his fire. Shoto will not let that fact destroy him as it did his father. He formed a fist made of ice with his quirk and punched his father with it. "If you want atonement, do it with action, not lamenting. I do not know if I would ever forgive you, but if you do not take responsibility for your actions, then it will truly be for nothing."

"Boy…"

"Shoto. Use my name. You usually do. Touya, no… Dabi is ours to take down." Shoto offered his hand to his father. "This is something our family has to do ourselves."

Enji stared at the hand and then at his son. He sighed and took it.

Back at the Board Games Club tent…

"Young Awase."

"Yeah, All Might?"

"... why is it called the Board Games Club? I believe Dungeons and Dragons is a tabletop game."

"Well, we don't just play DnD. Momo and Mineta play chess. We also have monopoly nights from time to time ever since the dorms got implemented. Not to mention the card games we play. I figured Board Games Club is just a name I can use to get more members into it."

"Ah, that explains it."

"That's great. Awase, can I convince this store owner to give me some detergents for whatever I am making?"

"What are you making this time?"

"...mustard gas?"

"You know what? I'll allow it, but you'll risk your team getting affected by it. There's also the fact that you have to roll for charisma if you want to persuade the shopkeeper"

"Oh, can I roll to steal those detergents?" Tooru intervened, wanting to help a friend. Awase sighed, knowing if she fails this roll, they're getting chased out of town again.

"Roll a dexterity check then."

Tooru did a little ritualistic dance, as if she was praying to the gods of luck to give her a good roll. She threw the dice onto the table. That's a 20.

"YES!"

"You successfully snatched the shopkeeper's cleaning agents without them noticing anything. You feel proud of yourself, and your goblin friend silently cheers for the fact that he can now commit war crimes on the enemy. You hastily left the shop before the shopkeeper could notice anything missing."

"Ha!" Mineta high fived Tooru, or he thought he did. It's difficult considering she's invisible. "Well, it looks like we can now gas some bozos, fellas."

"We shall not, goblin. A swift death is the only fitting death of a heretic." Momo said while in character.

"Heretic, schmeretic. If this makes our lives easier, we can use it. Not on the civilians, goblin." Mina, while in character, presented a good point.

"Hey! I worked hard to steal this!" Tooru complained while in character.

"Will it truly be hard work if you have stolen it so easily, young satyr?"

"Meow." Shinso meowed. He just likes tabaxis.

"Hey." Aizawa entered the tent once again. "The Cultural Festival is over for today. You can play again tomorrow or you can continue it in the dorms. I don't care either way."

"Okay, sensei. Well, we can wrap up our session for now. It was cool to know you played this game as well, All Might."

"No problem, young Awase. It was indeed a fun game."

{- To Be Continued...

A little more on everyone's DnD character:

Izuku's Character:

Gunsen Rosses

Human Warlock with a Fiend sugar mommy

A part time smuggler, he ran into the group while running away from the same cultists that captured all of them.

Uses a flintlock pistol for his Eldritch Blast.

He'd rather not talk about his deal with the fiend.

Shinso's character:

Garfield

Tabaxi Bard from the College of Lore

Full time entertainer, and he was so good at it that a cult was made in his name. It's the same cult that kidnapped the group that he hangs out with today.

Has a grand piano as a gift from a grand wizard he was friends with. He can change its size for his convenience and has ocassionally dropped it on someone, much to Awase's annoyance.

Mina's Character:

Brunhilde Von Degurechaff

A Tiefling Sorcerer that uses Wild Magic

She's from a noble family in a kingdom that were a little more accepting of her race. Of course, a little more is just that the local council needed a tiefling representative and it was pure luck that her lineage became that of a noble. She was kidnapped and was to be sacrificed by some cultists to a tabaxi actor, but they managed to escape and eventually wipe them out.

Has accidentally turned one cultist into a self-pain inflicting horror for eternity. It had no mouth and it must scream.

Tooru's Character

Jinxie

A female(Awase allowed it) Satyr swashbuckling Rogue

She's actually friends and business partners with Mineta's character and they both worked as professional bounty hunters. She had the connections and he had the tools. They were investigating a local cult alongside Momo's character when they were suddenly ambushed and taken to be sacrificed to the cult's favourite Tabaxi

Has 7 deadly exes. They're still looking for her.

Momo's Character:

Kasmeer Del-Ignis

A Half-elf Paladin who made an oath of redemption

She was sent by her lord to investigate ongoing cult activity alongside two professional bounty hunters. While she is constantly exasperated with their antics, they have not performed any heresy while under her watch, meaning she can't do anything about it.

Has hanged over a hundred criminals to "redeem" them. (This actually intimidated Awase and made him think she played too much Warhammer 40k with him)

Mineta's Character:

Greef Daemonhunta

A Goblin alchemist Artificer

He has done many war crimes under his belt and actually partnered up with Jinxie to become a bounty hunter and avoid the wrath of the neighbouring country's law. Has behaved to a degree ever since he and his partner teamed up with Kasmeer to take down a cult. They were ambushed and captured but they managed to escape thanks to his concoctions and wit.

73 recorded war crimes.

All Might's Character:

Ragnar of the Almighty Flames Tribe

A Half-Orc Barbarian who follow the path of the ancestral guardian

He was a retired folk hero among his tribesmen and have left the village as per its local tradition of the old and retired going into self exile and communing with the spirits. He was well-known enough and had enough of a positive reputation as a nomad to be allowed passage into cities although he still notices the side glances and subtle glares the people give him when he passes by. Old age had given him the wisdom to be more careful around cities and his strength has given him respect among the soldiers and mercenaries. He would not be opposed to one last adventure before joining his ancestors, even if it started with him being kidnapped in his sleep by a bunch of cultist worshipping a tabaxi entertainer.

Has once single-handedly defeated a powerful lich terrorising a human village because it stole his favourite mug. This kickstarted his origins of becoming a well-known hero.

As years go by, he became a supporter of improving orc relations with other races, determined to show that while orcs live differently, they are not the savages the other races believe them to be

Anyway yeah, this is a quick chapter.

WILL THE LEAGUE SUCCEED IN KILLING TRUMPET ON THE NEXT CHAPTER? OR WILL THE POLICE FORCE BEAT THEM IN THE RAISE AND GAIN A HIGH VALUE PRISONER? FIND OUT NEXT TIME