Chapter 9: The In-Between
A/N:HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Sorry, I'm so late in updating. I was sick. As the name suggests, this chapter doesn't really have much, just a bit of reactions and what's happening meanwhile sorta thing.
Reply to reviews: Yes, the outcry does stretch a bit, that's why I said Nedzu helped by doing the publishing. But I explained it in this chapter because you made me realize that I did not explain it at all.
I do like Endeavour a bit more after reading Manga but at present, he hasn't redeemed himself. However, I have a plan for him. He does have brains but his temper isn't good.
"Yo, Yagi-sensei!" Watanabe greeted as the two cousins arrived for training with All Might. "Good morning Sensei," Izuku greeted All Might.
"Ah, good morning, good to see you two," Yagi greeted. "Doing good, I'm sure. Especially considering your antics yesterday."
"No regrets," Izuku replied with Watanabe nodding sagely beside him. "Sorry if the questions gave you a hard time, sensei," Izuku apologized.
Watanabe nodded, "Yeah, but Endeavor needed to be taken down a peg."
Yagi sighed, "You're right. Anyway, you guys are half an hour late today. Why?"
"Oh right, that's because we freaked out this morning when we woke up," Watanabe said.
"Why is that?" Yagi asked, voice full of suspicion.
"Uhm, when we woke up today, we found that our accounts on the forum as Storm and Chaos became verified. A lot of people think we are the real authors now, and we panicked," Izuku replied.
Yagi smiled, "Well, I suppose it is well-deserved. However, since you are all already late, start training now. We can talk later,"
"Sure thing, but I'm just going to do a few laps as a warmup. I bought a football to practice today too," Watanabe replied. Yagi nodded.
Well... ig that was the real storm and chaos then.
~Draconic_Bliss
Probably, but it might have been fanboys too
~Randomguy
Nah men, they asked proper questions and really knew the article like the authors would. Pretty sure they're the real writers.
~Draconic_Bliss
I agree they got great points but I dunno, just don't think they r the real guys
~Randomguy
Now now, everyone'll have diff opinions. WE need to discuss yesterday's interview obviously.
~Nimily
True dat
~Draconic_Bliss
Man, I never thought of schools as discriminating really.
~Naruto
Yeah, but it makes sense, right? I mean everyone's noticed it...
~Luffy
Yup, but no one ever really tied it like that to quirk discrimination.
~Naruto
Which part, the classification?
~Luffy
All of it, you idiot!
~FallenSeraph
Man, the guy with the nickname chaos really chose a suitable name.
~Shikamaru
Wdym?
~Luffy
Come on, don't ya see it. Storm is good too but he sorta asks the questions to manipulate people so that they can understand where they were wrong. However, chaos is in a word, well, chaotic! He just takes people's bullshit and asks it in a shittier way but with a very good point!
~Shikamaru
Still don't get it.
~Naruto
Come on, he told the fricking no 2 hero if he stays inside on a rainy day to call him out on his bullshit support for quirk discrimination. And then he just took Endeavour's words and asked twisted questions purposely to get Endeavour to agree with him before getting the killing blow in.
~Shikamaru
Well, when you put it that way it does feel as if they put in a bit of thought in choosing their names with their characteristics.
~FallenSeraph
What about storm though, storms are chaotic but Storm, the author, doesn't really feel really chaotic. Like he's smarter, I feel but not really chaotic considering his questions are more formalish.
~Naruto
Ah, you see that's the thing, you don't see a storm until It comes upon you with its chaotic howling of the wind!
~Shikamaru
Ok, what is happening now!? STOP YOUR POETIC DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THEIR PSEUDONYMES AND LET'S TALK ABOUT SCHOOLS DISCRIMINATING!
~LightAssassin
Riiiiight, that's what we were talking about!
Naruto
😑
~LightAssassin
Is there anything really to talk about though?
~Shino
Huh? Why shouldn't we talk about it!
~LightAssassin
I don't mean it like that. It's just that is it something we have never been affected by, that we have to discuss about it.
~Shino
...It's a bit hard to talk about the bullying and discrimination, that's true.
~NovahKiiin
Yeah, but if we keep quiet, it's never changing! If you were scared to stand up, stand up now! We literally have support from everyone now!
~LightAssassin
Real inspiring but you sound like you want to riot and vandalize.
~SarahWInchester97
It's not out of the box.
~LightAssassin
Anyway, at least everyone is angry with schools now and boycotting them. Schools are closed for the week because everyone thinks they discriminated against their child, so they boycotted them. A lot of people were arrested too.
~Shikamaru
What about those with strong quirks?
~SarahWinchester97
Adults are divided in their opinion, children don't understand and think they've done nothing wrong bcuz they were raised like that.
~Shino
Sad
~Naruto
Yeah, but they can still be reformed I guess. The real problems are those who are already about 14 and are going to enroll in hero schools next year. Is one year really enough to change them?
~Draconic_Bliss
Who knows... hero schools should have been closed too though
~SarahWinchester97
Why?
~Luffy
Really, you're seriously asking why?
~SarahWinchester97
Yes...?
~Luffy
Come on man, hero schools discriminate the most. They classify quirks into strong and weak before they can enroll. AND their exams are suited to strong quirks, like UA's is literally giant fricking robots. What can someone like, say, do against robots!?
~SarahWinchester97
Well yeah, but heroes do need to be strong and all...
~Luffy
Well Obviously if you help someone with a weak quirk, they can be strong too, but no, they have to help those with strong quirks cuz they're easier to help.
Nimily
Someone has a weak quirk, lol
~Randomguy
Randomguy has been banned by the admin
ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO TAKE THINGS OUT OF HAND!
~Admin
No, sorry!
~SarahWInchester97
Although, you're right about and hero schools being discriminating...
~Admin
Yeah... they should arrest some of the heroes like Endeavour.
~EWMadharika
Realy who's going to that, the police are just the heroes' lackeys cuz they are weak.
~Raoul_kane
Nah, bro, the police are the guys who get the heroes the required info
~Univhunter
I thought heroes like Nedzu and Nighteye does that.
~AiraSilver
We already talked about how they discriminate even in hero schools. How many smart heroes are really there? Most of them are just strength-based.
~UnivHunter
The underground ones are pretty smart.
~InfernoKnightmare
Again, we have no clue how many underground heroes are there in the first place, and secondly, since most underground heroes have 'weak' quirks, they were probably discriminated at some point too. Who knows how many could-be-heroes turned into dangerous villains cuz of discrimination.
~UnivHunter
Exactly, this guy gets it. Plus police have guns and tasers. If you headshot any of the top three heroes, can they survive?
~LightAssassin
Well...no, but what about villains like that slime about a month back.
~Modecool
I'm not saying that heroes have no use, they do, but it should be balanced with police and they should observe what someone with a 'weak' quirk can do before rejecting their chances to be heroes.
~Univhunter
True, I mean basically what are the differences between heroes and police?
1) ) Both catch bad guys ✅
2) Both rescue people ✅
3) Both help society ✅
4) Both have access to support items ✅
5) Both use quirks ❌
If you ask me police are the real heroes
~Someone_333
"A phone call... is here! A phone call... is here!" Yagi quickly picked up the phone call.
"Hello, Tsukauchi?"
"Toshinori... I'm a hero!" Tsukauchi's dazed dreamy voice came from the other end.
"That's what I've been saying for years, but why are you suddenly bringing it up?" Yagi questioned.
"But... I'm a hero!"
"Are you hurt or something, Tsukauchi? Your voice sounds dazed and you are repeating," Yagi said with concern.
"No, I'm fine but I'm a hero!"
"Yes, but why suddenly are you bringing it up. I've been telling you for years that police are heroes too, but now suddenly you are-"
"You have not read the forum have you?"
Yagi raised his eyebrow, "No, just a minute I'll check." Yagi opened up the forums and stared in shock: All over the forum, videos of heroic police were circulating and videos of heroes causing casualties and not doing their jobs properly. "Well, that was like stepping into the pre-quirk era of sorts. All videos of only police doing good. I'm happy for you though old friend!"
"Thanks, I gotta get now. By the way, I retract my statement, Izuku and Watanabe were right to write the article and you were right to make Nedzu help them. It might have caused more paperwork but it was the right choice so I'll support them." Tsukauchi said kindly.
"See you later then, old friend," Yagi said with a smile before hanging up. "You are free to go home now!" Yagi said to the two cousins.
"Thank god, Yagi-sensei wasn't as tormenting today," Watanabe groaned to Izuku as he stretched.
"Well obviously, you guys played football for god's sake! I had to move trash!" Izuku pouted.
"Did you two see the forums this morning?" Yagi asked.
"Yup, absolute chaos," Watanabe grinned.
"We saw some "support police" merchandise on the way here too. People are really invested in what our article had to say," Izuku spoke up.
"Hmm, well I need to run since I have some things to do. We will train at night again. What are your plans?" Yagi asked politely.
"We are going to meet with my friend Kaminari since he has school off today," Watanabe said.
"The one you told about the article?" Yagi asked.
"Yup, we three made a chat group and helped Izuku out of his awkwardness with Kaminari so that he can be less awkward around other people,"
"Watanabe," Izuku turned red. Yagi laughed, "Well have fun. Goodbye."
"Bye sensei," Izuku said.
Mirai was crouched over his table at present. When an article had emerged talking about quirk discrimination, he didn't think much about it. Such articles were published quite often, at the very least; once in a month. Yet this one spread like wildfire in a few hours, which is why he actually bothered to even read it, and boy was he glad he did. The writer had gotten every single point on the mark with the ideas behind it, the delivery, and the engagement. He would be lying if he said he wasn't interested in it and the writer. However, the language of the article was formal and serious, and as a man that liked humor, he wasn't sure he'd like to meet the writer in person. However, he did like the results from the article. The way Death-Arms had been insulted was still going circulating in both the public and hero forums. Plus, it was nice to see such support from the public towards the police and underground heroes. At present, he really wanted to meet the writer especially due to the fact they had to have a good sense of humor to call out Endeavour in that hilarious way. And why was he referring to a writer and not writers? Well, that's because he thinks it's a lie to throw people off.
"Ok, so it has to be someone ranging from twelve to mid-twenties to have written this article since otherwise, much of this information about bullying might be invalidated due to the passing of time, even though what happened then is still true to this day," Mirai monologues in his mind, gathering up the facts he knows, "However, we cannot ignore those of middle-age too since their children might have told them but it is highly unlikely and a search within those parameters would yield almost no results. For now, I will look at students who have intelligence quirks and are still in school. They would probably be bullied too, so they would know what they want to write. From my search, none of those with an intelligence quirk go to the same school district as someone else with an intelligence quirk. Intelligence quirks are low in number anyway so it makes sense, so it has got to be only one writer and not two. Even if it is someone in their twenties, it can't be two writers because they need to have had a good chemistry to have written an article on such a sensitive topic. So, if there are two writers, they must have been best friends for at least nearly a year to have shared facts before deciding on the article. I am certain it has to be one person, so I'll try tracking the IP first."
Mirai started his tracking program and was immediately annoyed as an 'Access denied,' message popped up, "Has to be someone with hacking skills. Could be someone with an IT quirk who is intelligent too but the quirk would need to be activated most of the time to stop people from tracking, so it might not be the case,"
Mirai scrolled through the list filtered out by his sidekicks. Many of those in their mid-twenties were smart but they each had one issue or the other. For one, it would be not a long friendship, for another it would be, not having a smart friend to discuss with. Mirai groaned as he sat up straight stretching.
"No luck?" Bubblegirl asked entering Mirai's office.
Mirai sighed, "No, dead ends. It's to be expected though, pretty much everyone could have written it with proper resources but not everyone is smart or brave enough to and neither would they have access to all these bullying cases, but on the other hand, an observant or smart teen would understand quirk discrimination and classification and how it's harmful. A lesson that will have been learned painfully, however."
"Hmm, I think the hero forum is right though, it's got to be Nedzu," Bubblegirl commented.
Immediately Mirai's mouth dropped, "Of course, it has to be Nedzu!" he thought, "Now that Toshinori defeated All for One, there isn't really a big boss for Nedzu to think about. He's probably bored out of his mind and thought it was the perfect time to take quirk discrimination laws to the next level. Who else enjoys watching the world fall into chaos and is smart and can cover his digital footprint!? And obviously, he can call out Endeavour in public, he taught him for god's sake!"
"Bubblegirl... you're a genius!"
Nedzu was surfing through the latest news on villains at present. Numerous articles pointed out the fact that in wake of the article, the smart and intelligent villains had put their villainous activities on hold. In his opinion, they were still gauging the public's reaction and were waiting to see what reforms would be done before their next moves. Evidently, the smart ones that had a lot of followers had told their lackeys to hold on fighting too, so crime stats were a bit low. On the other hand, some of the dumber ones knew that people were turning on heroes and chose the moment to strike society but Tsukauchi had given him internal information that the smarter ones were having the idiots punished because they want to see if a reform would suit them.
Nedzu knew while fixing the article that something like this would happen but it was something that needed to be done. While he had only little to fix in Izuku's article and just added a few sentences for emphasis, he had known from before, what a brutal response would form due to the article. If Izuku and Watanabe had decided to update by themselves, they could have botched the publishing time and wouldn't have clearance to publish in many sites. This is why he used his hero license and a bit of hacking to get into online news portals, forums, and blogs to post the article. He was able to post all of the articles at the same time without delay so that he could target the perfect time, the night on the day before the weekend. People would come from work, take a bath or rest and then sit on their phones. He had a program repost the articles every minute so that nobody missed the article too.
In a while came across an intriguing report on the TV, "Unknown attacker, who crippled 4 heroes in 4 days, has not done anything in the third consecutive day since the article on quirk discrimination was published. This action strengthens Storm and Chaos' belief that only due to discrimination and poor choice of who gets to be a hero is why many villains are formed. As of now, crime has decreased in the third consecutive day but many are believing that authorities must take action now to resolve their laws and actions paving the way for the rehabilitation of villains and at the same time, taking out the root of the problem. That's all from me. We'll see you after the break!"
Nedzu smiled as the program went off and advertisements started. He couldn't help but wonder how the two cousins were feeling knowing their article is the root behind all this chaos. He couldn't wait for them to get to UA so that he could help them understand the true potential of their article.
Absentmindedly, Nedzu opened the hero forum and started laughing. Almost all the heroes were accusing him of being the original writer. "Technically, I also wrote it but I am not the original writer," Nedzu thought, "I won't disagree because that would cause eyes to roam elsewhere putting both of Toshinori's students at risk, but I won't agree either since I didn't really write it and was instead acting as a publisher and proofreader..."
Suddenly Nedzu's eyes gleamed.. He cackled as he wrote,
Nedzu
The fun has only just begun.
A/N: Hope you liked the chapter. Please leave a review and follow/favorite. See ya next time. Also, Football here is soccer if you are confused.