'Praise … chastise … praise … chastise … ah, this was so much easier with the tricky award.' Back then, Midoriya rushed in to stop a terrorist he knew about without notifying any authorities. It was easy to call out the boy's obvious stupidity. The same went for Walter Park, where he jumped in front of oncoming danger when the teachers were trying to save his life, even though only one student would have been harmed.
But in a contest where the main objective was to survive a dangerous world that could kill you in a second, he succeeded with little if any damage to himself, and he went after the biggest and most dangerous prize to boot. Not to mention stopping his class from dragging over half the student body into a war that definitely would've resulted in someone dying. Thus, he felt he should do what teachers did best at Babyls, be completely neutral and don't say anything.
"Now then, the prizes for the winners." The students went wild. "In first place, with sixty thousand points, Izuku Midoriya, and Lied Shax, are both promoted to Dalet(4)." He blasted their badges, which changed into the symbol.
"I went up two ranks! Super cool!" Shax cheered, his face in a stupid daze after Ix kissed him. Why couldn't they ban PDA, aside from the fact that seduction was a course that's taught?
"I reached Dalet(4), I feel awesome." Midoriya spoke with stars in his eyes. "We're Dalet(4) guys, we're really close to our goal!" The crowd cheered, but none more than the Misfits. Made sense, their classroom was on the line.
"In third place, with fifty eight thousand points, Koko Orobas, who shall rank up from Bet(2) to Gimel(3)." He pointed his magic, changing the badge.
"My first rank up since school began …" Orobas idly muttered. The teachers should probably have a word, but the main suspect was already being tracked. Guess Robin had his uses after all.
"Oh yeah, number three guy for the wi-" The student cheering his name was cut off by a large hand choking him.
"Yeah, don't start the rumors again." Midoriya used one of those metal arms he's created from the festival, with the ring around his finger slightly sparking. "We've dealt with it enough. Orobas is just a smart guy doing his best, got it?"
"Midoriya, wait until your off school grounds to physically injure students, or at the very least wait until the event is over." Kalego deadpanned at the boy.
"Yes Sensei." The boy nodded, throwing the choking student away in a manner that reminded him of himself tossing that idiot Robin out a window. Again, it was hard to suppress genuine pride in the brat.
"Regardless, in fourth place with forty three thousand, nine hundred and ten points, are Alice Asmodeus and Sabro Sabnock, moving to Hé(5) and Gimel(3) respectively." He hit their badges, the boys in question giving savage grins.
"So I've got the highest rank in the class, and probably the first year entirely, how amusing." Asmodeus smirked as he looked at his new rank badge.
"Yet another step to Demon King, I approach you fast, rival!" Sabnock shouted to the honor student.
"Not for long, Sabro! I'm going to keep the lead, and I'LL be the Demon King!" Great, it was bad enough having one delusional student in the class.
"... Keep the le-i'm right here!" Asmodeus shouted indignantly. He should get a move on.
"In sixth place with thirty eight thousand, seven hundred and fifty points, the Dorodoro brothers, moving up one rank each." They were each handed out Gimel(3) badges.
"..wait, we're not first?" What the hell were they doing this entire time if they just realized they lost?
"For these next few calls, points were taken into consideration as well as actions and achievement. Gaako Koopa, Goemon Garp, and Picero Angres.." The three were pointed out from the crowd by Dalton. "Due to your actions in building your own base and protecting the other students, we've had the lowest rate of dropouts of all time! All of you are promoted to Gimel(3)!"
"I jumped up to Gimel(3) that fast?" Koopa spoke in disbelief as she stared at the badge. "I'm starting to think insanity may function as its own power source."
"Friendship Is Magic!" Allocer yelled from the back of the crowd where he was, looking quite beaten down. "It unites all of us and pushes us forward effortlessly! Praise be the Chaos!" To think he had hoped the smartest student in class had an inkling of rationality.
"Dude, I love the enthusiasm and the commitment, but even I have to tone it down." Oni muttered in wide eyed bewilderment.
"Now for Kerori Crocell and Kamui Caim, your actions have shown a strategy never seen before in the Harvest Festival, and showed great prowess in using your kingdom. For that, you're both promoted to Gimel(3), Mew!" Stolas spoke to them.
A bunch of animals called out in a flurry of howls and squacks. "Praise unto thee, the beast queen!" Caim bowed down.
"I'm standing out, and I'm not using my cuteness.." Crocell looked completely stumped. "I can blend in and stand out at the same time!? How have I not noticed this power before!? I have so much to do in so little time!" And here he thought she was the inkling of hope for a peace and quiet class. Even her home life was straight to the point when he visited, second best horns down. "Izuku! Be as crazy as you want! I'll just stand out from my corner!"
"And for showing off her prowess through said Beast Kingdom, Elizabetta Ix shall be promoted to Bet(2)!" Stolas continued, pointing to the girl in question.
"Nice job, Tea Party Lady! Now we're twinsies!" Valac cheered with her annoying tone, even though Valac was Gimel(3)
"Yes...we're the same." Ix glared at the shorter girl, before ginning menacingly. "You're no longer in the lead now, Valac! We're equals now! I'll reclaim the top spot in sexiness before you know it!"
"Wasn't she already the sexiest piece of meat?" He heard one student mutter to another.
"Nice try, Tea Party Lady! You may be able to seduce every boy in Bablys, but Izuku-kins is mine to play with for all time!"
"Like seriously, why would Midoriya go after the loli of all people? Is his danger-fetish that serious?" Another one conversed. He turned to the boy, who looked really defeated. Shax did as well, for reasons that escape his non hormonal mind.
"Very well then, Valac. Keep him to yourself for now, just know I'll only grow stronger. Every boy will love me, and that includes Potential Husband Four."
"So it is every student … I'm not special." He better wrap this up, Shax looks on the verge of collapse.
"That concludes the Harvest Festival, no other student has become worthy of a Rank Up." His statement caused the others to shout the names of all who did, particular praises around the potential kings, and the 'trio of the koopa kingdom'.
"So, you're not aware of Elzabetta's rankings are you?" Oni walked up to Midoriya, whose ridiculous rabbit ears were curled up in his hands.
"Her what-now? Sorry, I blacked out after hearing danger-fetish."
"Your density is a blessing and a curse, Izu."
"So you're an Empress now?" Asmodeus walked to Koopa.
"Talk about it and I ask around for that ad."
"Was just going to say it sounded … interesting." The pink haired boy looked away with a blush.
"Yeah...people are getting riled up about it...I'm riled up too...riled up enough to take it to the bushes...alone….with you…" And now he needed to purge that from his mind.
"Even when they do good, they're nothing but trouble. Those insufferable Misfits!" Kalego gritted his teeth. "Shichiro, make sure no one kills each other, there's somewhere I need to be at the moment.
"Oh, and where are you going?" The man asked his fellow co-worker.
"I agreed to guide Inko to where the celebratory party is being kept." He responded, causing the masked man and Morax, for some inexplicable reason, to gape at him. "Inko's just worried about Izuku. It wouldn't be right to keep them away for so long." He didn't want the woman crying anymore, the weather forecast still couldn't identify the source of the flash floods in the past two days.
"Did … you just call a student their first name?" Morax asked, causing him to blink, realizing he did that subconsciously.
"Oh Devi, I owe Opera so much money now."
"You bet Opera!?" He thought he could trust Shichiro. "What in the nine rings did you even bet on with that infernal bastard?"
"I bet that you'd never call Midoriya by his first name. It was so ridiculous at the time. I found it ludicrous they believed something so insane would happen I had to jump at the opportunity. I thought you'd like the idea of them losing."
"Ah, you're right, that one's on me." He really would have been better off keeping his mouth shut, could have caused Opera to lose, and that was a win in Kalego's book.
"I know, you only really use first names for the people you like or respect, except for Balse, who you utterly despise." That was true. "Meaning the only logical conclusion is … your planning on sleeping with his mom." WHY WAS THAT THE LOGICAL CONCLUSION!?
Even Morax was looking at him like was scum, with the dark clouds and her ruler bending in half. "THAT HOAR! I'LL KILL HER FOR SEDUCING MY KALEY-I MEAN MY WORK ASSOCIATE!"
"Shut your filthy mouth, Morax! Inko's the most innocent woman I've ever met!" WHY THE HELL DID HE JUST SAY THAT!?
"It's even more serious than I thought." No it's not!
"Filthy .. mouth …" Damn it, now she was crying. "I need to speak with someone!" She ran off, leaving them with a misunderstanding.
"Hey, Kalego-kun."
He tapped his ear. "Robin so help me Devi, if that perpetrator got away I will take that bow and shove it so far up your ass you become a sock puppet." He wasn't in the mood.
Barbatos counted the paper stacks. "Five thousand, five thousand and one, five thousand and two..."
"You don't have to rub it in, you crass woman." Raim complained.
"What, I'm just making sure it's all there, wouldn't want someone skipping out because they thought my bet was, quote on quote, 'impossible'?" She sent her best shit-eating grin to Furfur, by far the biggest loser out of the bunch.
"It-it-How did I get played!? I got jipped, cheated, the house failed me.." The general looked like he was a murder away from beeing sent to the looney bin. "..My slaves beat me at my own game, win their own betting pool, AND got the Chair Demon to pay off their debts!?"
"The Chair Demon, who's grandson I trained, and they gave the pot to?" Barbatos crackled at Furfur's expression. "Oh yeah, he just beat it all down pat, covered every base!"
"I'm so proud of him." Balam, the only demon with common sense around here, because he both supported OFA and didn't bet a single yeten, walked up to her. "Whatever you did Barbatos, it was amazing. I've never seen him so confident in himself." He pointed to her brat, muttering a storm like he did whenever she showed off her bow.
"I won a bet … I actually won a bet … I don't even need the money, I just won a bet involving me for a change!" She's never felt more pride in her own student until now. That smug smile could give her a run for her money, not that she was going to bet on it anytime soon.
"Ah, the first bet won. Understandable." Mister Hat sipped his tea, apparently not minding the loss. "The first sip of victory is always the sweetest."
"We actually won! Bow to the young kings!" Shouted the Shax kid, along with the grinning brat.
Barbatos signaled her brat. "Robby will be asking for his share, you know." And she'll give it … as soon as the guy leaves the hospital. "Kalego really knows how to throw a guy across the country."
"I mean, I get it, he's annoying, doesn't take things seriously, talks way too much, way too excited.." Her brat went on another tangent.
"I know right, the guy doesn't know when to take a hint!" She loved Robby, but man was he irritating.
"Are you done?" Lady Vespa asked.
"Oh not even close, could talk for days about it." Midoriya answered for both of them.
"Wait, if you find Robin-sensei annoying, why don't you find Clara annoying?" Shax asked.
"Clara's sweet and innocent and genuinely very pleasant to be around, Robin's a full grown man who should know better." A good point, the man lacked a lot of maturity.
"What about Clara's mom?" Asmodeus, nearby, asked.
"You did see her take out that giant fish made out of fruit in one punch, right? Not to mention Lord Koopa?" This broad sounded badass! She needed to meet this lady quickly.
"So you're Pink Cup, the lady that turned Izuku-kins into a slave and constantly made him curse?" The Valac girl walked over to her, their eyes barely meeting each other with their similar heights. She was also slowly reaching for a gun. Nice, new challenger!
"I'm also the lady who taught him how to shoot people without instantly burning himself alive with damage, what of it?" She asked with a feral grin, hand twitching in the motion of grabbing a bow not there.
"Clara, calm down, it was for the best. Once she finally got off her lazy ass she gave me the kick to the pants I needed." Her brat patted Valac, making her drop the guns. Aw man, she liked outgunning newbies with her arrows.
"I only taught you one word and tossed you to the wolves of every living species with vague instructions, the rest is on you brat." She grinned. "Or at this point I might as well call ya grand kid."
"In your dreams, BarBratos." The kid returned the grin in full. "It's not like I'm not used to the world constantly trying to kill me, you're just the first person I was able to change their mind about after you wrote me off."
… Did this kid need therapy or something? "Ah..your mom's a good parent, right?
"Mamadoriya's the best!" Robby's brat, Oni, responded. "It's the Chair Demon that's a moron."
"You take the back. Lord Sullivan is the kindest, wisest, and handsomest demon I know." She really loved the man, if only he loved her the same …
"Why does everyone want to sleep with my mom or grandpa?" The brat asked in horror. Wait, what did he say!?
"WHO THE HELL WANTS TO SEDUCE MY SULLY! TELL ME NAMES, IZUKU! I NEED TO MAKE A LIST OF ALL THAT STAND IN MY WAY!" She climbed on the boy's chest, bringing his face close to hers.
"And why am I used to everyone invading my personal space?"
"Yes, I would like to know that too." … She slowly turned to find Inko Midoriya standing there with an expectant gaze. "Well, would you like to explain why you're grabbing my son like that?"
"I'm …" Quick, bullshit! "Tossing him up in the air, celebration, he won after all!" She climbed to his shoulders. "Just like I said he would! First Place Guarantee!"
"Shouldn't he be the one in the air instead of you?" Well what do ya know? She improved her evil voice. Good for Sullivan's kid, bad for her.
"Ah..that's exactly what I was about to do!" She waved to the kid's posse. "Come on guys, help me lift him up!" Thank you Valac and Oni for grabbing the kid without hesitation.
She had to admit, they certainly bulked up for the festival. Izuku was resting in the 'young king throne' with Lied cause they threw him hard enough to puncture a hole in the ceiling. "So, comfy chair?"
"I'd say yeah, but my body feels so numb at the moment I couldn't tell you otherwise." Izuku responded, still in Skvader mode. Looks like the transformation affected him the same as last time. "Still can't believe you built your own kingdom in like a day. Where did you get that idea?"
"I can't believe it either. It just came to me inside of the cage … the dark thoughts … the impulses … the memories of my home with a dark destruction." The desire to eat all prey and make them suffer in flames and destruction.
"So you weren't the only one who was going through a Wicked Phase at this festival." Azz responded.
"Wait, you went through one too?" Eiko asked.
"Are you kidding? Me and the muscle head's training involved us learning how to turn it on and off at will." That sounded very dangerous. "It's still a bit tricky to handle. At the moment it requires a trigger for someone to snap out of it, a certain phrase or name to calm the mind of the user."
"Really, what was yours?" Gaako had to ask. "It-It wouldn't happen to be my name, right?" That would be so sweet.
"Well …" He blushed, oh my, so cute.
"It's Izuku." Sabro spoke out of nowhere. It caused Eiko and her to violently twitch in unison.
"Damn you Sabro! I thought I could trust you!" Azz shouted from his side, not that he could do anything as Eiko tackled him with a but full of rusty nails at the end.
"I am not letting that nightmare become reality! You don't deserve him, you scum of the earth!" From what Eiko told of Orobas's illusion, yeah, this was understandable.
"What's wrong, Izuku-kins is a super fun word to say. It means they're really good friends!" And Clara still didn't get the subtleties of the situation, not that she blamed the girl, it must be hard being that scatter brained.
"Why does everyone just assume that just because I have concern for my friend!?" Azz shoved Eiko off him. "I'm sorry, but I've known Izuku the longest out of all of you, and I trust him to pull me out of a bad situation like that. Think about it; if I were to enter Wicked Phase now, who'd out of you would be the first to jump in the line of fire."
She supposed that made sense … she would just have to change that word in her own time."Thanks Azz, I'm honored." Izuku bowed his head a little. "I'm glad we're all friends now."
"Yep, we make everyone smile!" Clara shouted with a giggle.
"And lift each other up when we're down." Eiko added in.
"Yeah...yeah you're right!" A lightbulb lit up in her head. "I just realized something. Being stuck in that cage, being chased down by that crazy ice bitch, I realized why I fell into my Wicked Phase, why I couldn't handle the insanity! I didn't have you guys!"
"Aww, we make you sane." Eiko sounded sweet, before freezing. "Wait, that sounded wrong."
"Yeah, you guys drive everyone to insanity, not the other way around." Lied added in from his seat.
"So what you're saying is.." Izuku tried wrapping his head around it. "...by yourself, you're a complete maniacal overlord who has no qualms about killing, but when you're around the Calamity Cult, our brand of chaos...relieves your stress?"
"I mean she seemed like a calm person when we were kids." Eiko added in.
"That was when I was with you, Eiko. At home with dad and Junior, it's another story." She tried to rub away an oncoming headache. "When your dad comes up with so many ways to take over the world before breakfast, you tend to lose it a little."
"... Did one of them involve a castle full of paintings?" Izuku asked curiously.
"Actually yeah, said it got stopped by a green dinosaur of all things."
"And the dinosaur's name doesn't happen to be 'Yoshi', does it?"
"I have to get to the bottom of how you know so much about my family history." She rolled her eyes, a question for another time. "Anyways, I guess I just felt the most comfortable watching over you guys, trying to keep the insanity contained, for all the good that does." She chuckled, feeling happier than she's felt in a month. "Well, got to work on that. Can't be the group's shield if it's full of holes."
"You're a shield! That means we can play super target practice!" Clara shouted, oh no. "I'll go get the guns."
"Azz, escape plan!"
"Roger that!" Azz took her into his arms and they proceeded to jump out the window. A perfect night in her books. Her friends were okay and she got to spend the rest of the night in her boyfriend's arms. She missed this.
Izuku watched as the students danced and celebrated from the throne, idly scratching his fur. "So this is what it's like to be king? Sitting still while everyone else parties?" He asked Lied.
"Yeah, I mean, what could be better?" Lied responded. "Sitting in the spotlight as everyone bows down to how awesome we are!"
"I mean, it'd be nice to just join them, dancing and drinking you know?"
"Yeah, but, this is like a Dark Ritual." Izuku tilted his head in confusion. "Happens once every year on the day you're born?"
"Call it a Birthday Party." Izuku added. "I've had those." Hasn't celebrated one in five years, but no need to bring that up.
"And yet you forget how it goes? Everyone worships that moment because it's the moment you came into existence, and brings prosperity and joy to everyone. It's why they bow." Well it seemed like a nice custom to have, or at least a decent way of looking at it compared to how he expected.
"Sounds nice, but I've been sitting by the sidelines my entire life because no one wanted me around." He looked out of the crowd. "I'd just like to go out and join everyone in the celebration."
"Well I guess that makes sense." Lied shrugged. "Oh look, Mamadoriya approaches." Why did everyone call her that? Clara was one thing but just, EVERYONE seemed to pick it up.
"Mom, you made it!" He got up from his seat just ever so slightly to meet her in a hug. "I didn't think I'd see you until tomorrow."
"Izuku, I haven't seen you for four days straight because of the festival. The moment it ended I counted down the seconds until I could see you again. Luckily, Naberius was kind enough to tell me about the after party." Wait what?
"Naberius?" Lied asked in confusion. Izuku felt it too, the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
"Oh right, Kalego-sensei is what you call him." Oh, that cleared things up, and opened the one line of thought he DIDN'T want to think about.
"Wait, your mom calls Kalego-sensei…" Lied was thinking the same thing, so he did the only rational thing he could do here and send his partner a death glare, daring him to finish. "I'll go to the restroom now, maybe check on Elizabetta while I'm at it." Yes, don't finish, and don't you dare mention this around Jazz.
"Oh, a lady friend?" His mom asked.
"No, she's actually looking into other guys, so um, yeah." And with that awkward atmosphere he left.
"Teenagers. They never stop making it complicated." His mom chuckled. "And what about you, Izuku? Where's your lady friends? Surely you and Ameri could plan another date while you're dancing? Why not go play with Clara right now, or write down whatever magic science you're working on with Eiko?"
"Mom, please stop thinking I have a love life." He pleaded with the woman. His only assurance was that the girls in question were all off playing. "I'm just glad it's finally over. We still need some of the others to rank to keep Royal One, but the Music Festival is a bit off from now. I'm just glad I finally made Dalet(4)."
"Yes, you won the whole festival." His mom started looking at him sadly. "I-Naberius explained to me the entire concept behind it. How the Jungle's a metaphor for the Netherworld. You not only survived, you placed first as the king."
"Yeah, It's funny." Izuku continued. "It, this whole contest confirmed that I can live in the Netherworld, that WE can live our lives here." He held his mom's hands. "We can be humans living among demons. We'll be okay."
His mom teared up. "I'm proud Izuku, honestly. And … I think you can do it." She held him tight. "I think you can be a great hero. I'm sorry I couldn't say it before, I was so scared …"
'Those words, they've always repeated in my head…'
"Mom, could I be a hero?"
"Izuku, I'm so sorry!"
"You...you think I can do it..?" Izuku's heart felt too full. Suddenly, any doubt he's ever had, any lingering depreciation he's ever had for himself was starting to fade away. "But..I.."
"Quirk, magic, it doesn't matter what you do or don't have." She squeezed him even tighter. "I know Izuku Midoriya will become a hero. And I believe you'll be the Demon King too."
"Heheh, mom.." Suddenly, Izuku found himself laughing, the tears of joy. "I wouldn't have the friends, the drive, the goals I have today if I had a quirk like everything else. It's funny.." He kept laughing, though he kept his voice low enough. "I never thought being quirkless would be a blessing."
"Izuku … you were always a blessing to me."
Ocho really didn't like today. He got shot, so that wasn't fun. He currently has to hold his shoulder to stop his wound from bleeding out on the carpet.
The worst part, however, was that Orobas, for all that effort Ocho placed into making him a false first, came third! He won third place! How could he be the best second to anybody from the fourth position!
He even considered it worse than having to deal with Kiriwo. How could he be second to Baal if this guy was the true second!? He genuinely hates the bastard with a passion. "Well, what do you have to offer?" Baal asked from his throne, being the glorious first he knew he was."
"I-I have-have determined th-that out of everyone in Bablys-t-the ones with the most potential to return to origin-a-are the misfit c-class!" Ocha saw how crazy those bastards were. "They could truly wreck some serious havoc on the Netherworld if given the right push."
"Is that so …" he muttered. "I'll have to put my eggs in the basket then, get them to let loose those ambitions and ignore the balarky they've been fed by this boring peace."
"Hehehe, yeah, those kids are nuts! They even have a whole cult dedicated to celebrating Calamity, all led by that bastard bitch-boy that Kiriwo's obsessed with. It was fun sending him into the ditch."
"You did what?" He made the boy snap. How cute.
"I made him despair!" Ocha gleefully answered as Baal looked over the recording that he recovered. "Oh, I'm sorry, I know you wanted to get a close look at him, but I couldn't help it, seeing all that hope drain away as he asked for help…"
"That student is mine!" He shouted, grabbing Ocho's throat. "You think you can make him despair so easily? No, it's beyond that you bastard! There isn't anything that simple in it! I've spent MONTHS trying to take away that determination! It doesn't matter what you think you saw! He'll get back up and keep smiling! He'll..!"
"I hate being born Quirkless! I hate being born Human! Why couldn't I have been born a demon?" The room was silent at the recording. Not even his own blood dared to break the silence of the moment. A quirkless … human?
"Well I'll be damned, the bastard actually got someone quirkless. I suspected him of being human but …" Baal spoke with a smirk. "I haven't had a good meal in a long while, I wonder how quirkless taste, I've only heard rumors." His smile became even more feral. "Maybe it would get Sullivan to lose it, the denial Basra-"
"Big bro." Kiriwo asked in a new tone. It wasn't hungry, it wasn't excited, it was just … pleading. Curious pleading. "What are humans like? Not their biology but their … society?"
"Hmm, not like I spend a lot of time up there with cultural exchange, but when you get down to it, humans are no different than demons." Really? All this time he thought they were like cattle they could easily rustle up. "They're all obsessed with heroes though, practically worshiping this bunny bastard they call All Might. Always has this smile on his face, the creep."
Hero worship? That seemed kinda moronic. They shouldn't worship someone just because they- "That's the problem." Kiriwo seemed to agree. "He thought it was safe." … what?
Baal looked confused as this … malicious look overtook Kiriwo. "Plus Ultra, the ability to go beyond one's limit, functions based on a community of helpful altruism. They think they're safe because a hero is there, and the heroes are safe because if they can't win they hold out for another. Except...they weren't there for Deku-kun." He laughed. "Yes, they weren't there to protect him and the holes in society, but they do it all the same. The bright light creates wonderful cracks of darkness they would grow. But why haven't they? Surely it should have."
He paused in his own rantings. "There's a shadow group, keeping the peace." Baal entered his thoughts. "Doing whatever they want however they want to keep the facade going. It's only peace if the one's in charge says it is. After all, power defines who you are, no matter if you're human or demon." Kiriwo cackled. "I see it now! The darkness that lies endlessly beyond it! The force beyond Plus Ultra … Into Entropy." He felt a chill, like someone walking on his grave. Even his master seemed to bristle, but in excitement.
"Baal, I know you want to eat him but … can you wait?" He pleaded. "Can you wait until I show him a world of villains and despair endlessly that no number of saviors can help in any way or form?" He begged on his knees, a nosebleed and a demented smile on his face. "Please?"
"Sure, why not?" His true number one answered with a devilish grin, "Do a good enough job and I might just let you enjoy the meal all to yourself."
"Me..eating Deku-kun…" The boy's mouth watered, but it was hardly matched by the sinister glee he saw in the brat's eyes. "I'm going to do it, Deku-kun! I'm going to plunge everything you hold dear into the pit! I'll throw the whole world into decay if I have to, anything that forces you to see the darkness Plus Ultra creates! You'll be drowning in a despair never seen before … I'm ready Baal, for the 'big plans', it's the best way to make him despair!"
Ocho was in awe, realizing something absolutely important for the first time in his life … Kiriwo, who was obsessed with drowning a number one to his level, was the most worthy of the number two.