"Speech"
Narration
'Thoughts'
"Horror Speech"
"ALL MIGHT SPEECH"
"Zaruba Speech"
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A rather short, lanky, one could call him scrawny; man in a hoodie walked through the door of the meeting place. Word had gotten out about some kind of job that was looking for any bodies they could get their hands on. The interior was set up like a bar, with chairs, sofas, and tables with a good thirty people already there.
"You here for that job offer, too?" a rather a bulky man asked Scrawny.
"Yeah, you know what it's about?"
"No, no one here does but someone must be planning something big. All I do know is they are offering a lot of cash."
"I haven't seen this many people since before I dropped out of school."
"Must be gathering whatever strong Quirks they can find. What can you do?"
"My Quirk allows me to bend all light around me; I call it Eclipse. Depending on the size of the area I wanna cover determines how dark I can make it. I can make this room pitch black or a city block as dark as sunset."
"What an interesting ability you have."
Every single one of the crooks shot up in alarm, frantically looking around.
"Who said that?"
"Mind if I take it for a spin?"
The scrawny man whipped around but found nothing but a mirror. Suddenly his reflection changed into some kind of black, skeletal demon before a black miasma shot out and entered his eyes and mouth; the other criminals stood back in fear as he screamed. When it had stopped, scrawny appeared unharmed.
"So…"
The crooks slowly approached the guy, Quirks at the ready. Scrawny turned around, eyes glowing a sinister red.
"So…HUNGRY!"
"Midoriya? Hates heroes?" a heavily muscled boy asked.
"I thought he was the biggest fanboy in Japan," a girl with horns added.
Bakugo eyed all the students before turning back to the teacher.
"Hey teach, you heard about the Victory Scandal, right?"
This brought a round of confusion among the classroom before the teacher answered.
"The Victory Scandal? What does….oh," The teacher glanced at the door Izuku left through before turning back to the blonde, "Was it someone…"
"His father," Bakugo answered.
"Hmm, now it makes sense," the educator grimaced in understanding.
More confusion but limited to the students this time.
"Do any of you remember the former Pro-Hero, Victory?" The educator asked his class.
"Victory?"
"Wait, I think I remember him. He almost took the top spot from All Might."
"Oh yeah. But he kinda dropped off the radar all of a sudden."
"Yeah and for good reason," Whatever the teacher was going to say next was abruptly stopped by the sound of several students and teachers shouting the hallway. One student opened the door to find a proverbial stampede heading out.
"What's going on?" the student called to another passing by.
"Arisu Raidou is doing a farewell concert today!"
Arisu Raidou was a pop idol who began her career at the age of 10 and was an overnight success. Having sold millions of records and performed many concerts, she had built up quite a massive fan base among the populace in just a few years. Alas, fame is fleeting and her popularity was beginning to wane. But rather than cling to a sinking ship just to stay relevant like other celebrities, she decided to go out on a high note.
"She got a recommendation to go to U.A. High next year. After today, she's gonna be devoting all her time to becoming a hero. This'll be her last live concert!"
"Class Dismissed!" the teacher declared; the students wasted no time leaving, joining the crowd in the hallway.
Around the same time, Izuku had just entered a tunnel on his way home. His tired mind kept drifting back to what his classmates had said about him (again.) He had to put up with this kind of ridicule since he was discovered to be Quirkless. Even those with the most asinine of Quirks looked down on him under the pretense that they at least have a Quirk. They would show off their powers to him, mocking him that he can't do anything remotely that they can. He did take some delight in the irony that they would be no better than he was in the face of Horrors, though. Nevertheless, it had seemed their teasing only gotten worse with time, even the cliques that would be at the bottom of the social ladder would bully him. The more the memories came back, the more his listless mind boiled in anger until he threw his right fist at the adjacent wall; creating a spider web of cracks within a shallow crater that stretched the height of the wall.
"Sometimes I wish they knew what the real dangers were in this world and just how useless their precious Quirks are against it."
"Careful, Izuku…" Zaruba warned his partner.
"I know, I know; it's not our place to judge them. Doesn't mean I can't have an opinion."
"As long as you don't act on that opinion."
Izuku only gave in incoherent grumble as he resumed his journey home. However, it's a well-known fact that sleep deprivation dulls the senses, hence why he didn't notice the mass of sludge emerging from the manhole cover behind him; until it was too late. The sludge leapt at the boy, restraining him as it tried to force itself down his throat. Izuku tried to pry him off but couldn't get a decent grip due to the villain's liquid body, not to mention that said villain was restraining his other arm. He couldn't make out what the mass of goo was saying while suffocating him, he did catch things like 'using his body,' 'not knowing he was in town' and 'getting out of the city.' Izuku was beginning to feel weak, his heart thumping erratically in his ears.
Suddenly, the manhole cover the villain emerged from came flying off.
"HAVE NO FEAR, YOU ARE SAFE."
The mass of sludge whipped around to find his pursuer had caught up to him.
"BECAUSE I AM HERE."
The last thing Izuku saw before he passed out was the silhouette of massive man followed by a loud cry of…
"TEXAS SMAAAAAAASH!"
He was brought back to the realm of consciousness by someone lightly slapping his face. He opened his bloodshot, dark ringed eyes to find none other than the Number 1 Hero in the World, Symbol of Peace himself: All Might.
"YOU WERE OUT FOR A WHILE, THOUGHT WE LOST YOU THERE," he said boisterously.
Izuku then pushed himself into a sitting position as All Might continued.
"YOU SEEM ALRIGHT. SORRY ABOUT THAT BACK THERE, I DIDN'T MEAN FOR YOU TO BE CAUGHT UP IN MY JUSTICING. USUALLY, I PAY MORE ATTENTION TO KEEPING BYSTANDERS SAFE. BUT IT TURNS OUT THIS CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM IS PRETTY DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE," he said with a hearty laugh.
Izuku lightly scowled and began to pick up his things that had fallen out when that villain had attacked him. All Might then held up a large water bottle, only now it was filled with something else. It took the green-haired boy a moment to realize that it was actually the sludge villain from earlier.
"ANYWAY, THANK YOU! YOU WERE A BIG HELP. I'VE CAPTURED THE EVIL-DOER WHILE YOU WERE OUT."
The younger male didn't seem to pay attention as he kept putting things back into his bag. All Might handed him his last notebook, marking one spot inside with his finger. Izuku took it and opened to find All Might had autographed two whole pages.
"You signed my notebook?" he asked as the Pro-Hero gave a big thumbs up.
"A LTTLE SOMETHING FOR YOUR TROUBLES, YOUNG MAN. YOU CAN BRAG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT!"
Izuku then ripped out the pages, crumpled it up and threw it into the nearest trash can. As for All Might, he just stood there in awkward bewilderment at the notion of someone callously rejecting his autograph.
"WELL, THAT WAS UNEXPECTED," he muttered.
"Not that I don't appreciate the help but I'm not interested in your autograph."
"I KINDA GET THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU ARE NOT PARTICUALRLY FOND OF ME."
"Heroes in general."
"I SEE."
All Might then placed the bottle in his pants side pocket as the boy got into a kneeling position, one hand on the knee.
"IN ANY CASE, I'VE GOTTA GET THIS GUY TO THE POLICE SO THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF HIM."
When Izuku pushed back to his feet, he then noticed something about his hand, something was missing.
'Wait where? Where is-?' his mind wondered as he looked around
He finally caught sight of what the issue was, his Madogu practically drowning in that sludge villain.
"AH, ZARUBA!"
All Might then took to the air in a mighty leap, however, something felt off. He looked down to find the kid had grabbed onto his leg.
"HEY, HEY, HEY! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"
"THAT VILLAIN, HE HAS SOMETHING!" Izuku screamed
"ALRIGHT, CALM DOWN AND HOLD ON!"
The hero then held Izuku's shirt collar to make sure he didn't fall ofwhile searching for a place to land, a small cough escaped his mouth; as did a drop of blood.
'Shit!'
He found a moderately sized apartment complex and aimed for there; landing with a loud 'thud!' Izuku then dropped to the floor panting heavily.
"THAT WAS VERY RECKLESS," All Might scolded, "NOW WHAT WAS IT YOU WERE SAY-"
He then seized up as smoke came billowing off him.
'No, no, no! Not now!'
The green-haired boy watched the mountain of muscle that is All Might almost literally deflate until he was nothing more than a skeleton of a man with unkempt blonde hair and a rather unapproachable frown.
'Well, that was unexpected,' Izuku thought to himself.
"All Might?" he asked.
"Yeah, it's me," he answered before almost vomiting blood.
"What the hell is this?"
"You know how guys at the pool suck it in to try and look buff? I'm like that."
"I guess there's a story behind this?"
All Might sighed in resignation.
"Yeah, just promise me you won't tell anyone or spread it online."
The blond hero then pulled up one side of his shirt, revealing a jagged looking scar.
"Nasty right? I got this five years ago taking down a villain. My respiratory system was shredded and I lost my stomach. The surgeries trying to fix it wore me out. Now I can only do hero work for three hours a day. Rest of the time, this is what I look like."
"I don't recall you getting in a fight that put you in the hospital."
"I thought you didn't like heroes."
"I have a low opinion, doesn't mean I don't pay attention to the news."
"Yeah well, you never heard about it because I wanted to keep it quiet."
Izuku's expression soured further; having a feeling that he knew where this was headed.
"I'm supposed to be the guy who's always smiling, the Symbol of Peace. People say I keep smiling because I'm not afraid anything, when in reality; I'm absolutely terrified. I just smile to hide it. I got into the hero business because I wanted people to never have to fear anything anymore and smile with the knowledge that they are safe. If they found out what happened and how scared I really am, then they all lose that smile."
Izuku softened a bit, hearing the sincerity in the Pro-Hero's voice.
"Despite my injury and others telling me to retire, I kept going. Doing as much as I can within my time limit."
"So you hide in the crowd when you run out of time? Sounds kinda pathetic to me. Downright hypocritical."
All Might said nothing to that, silently agreeing with the boy.
"Anyway, you said something about this villain having something?" he asked.
"Oh right, that villain…" his vision got blurry and the world started to spin.
With so little sleep, the shock of potentially losing his partner combined with that impromptu flight; the green-haired boy was running on pure adrenaline and he'd reached the tail end of the shot after All Might's story.
"That…that villain stole… stole something of…" Izuku immediately passed out after the rush had ran out. All Might ran up to the downed youth and checked him.
'He's out cold. The kid did look like he hadn't slept in a while now.' All Might pulled out the bottle and saw what the boy had been after. 'That ring in there must be what he was talking about; must be very important to him for such a creepy looking thing.'
He replaced the bottle into his pant pocket.
'I gotta get this guy to the nearest police station, they should be able to get it out without any problems but I don't want to leave such a young kid alone here.'
All Might picked the young boy up, carrying him piggyback.
'Hope you appreciate this, Hero Hater.'
It had taken a few hours but the Horror finally caught a grip on this 'Quirk' power. Now was for the final test; it activated its new Quirk and added a bit of its own power. With that done, it walked to the window, transformed its arm into its true state and thrusted it into the sunlight. The results were most satisfying to the monster in human skin, as a sinister grin formed on the Horror's face. It walked out the door, not caring it left the door wide open where passersby who could see the mess he left. After walking for some time, it came across a rather large gathering of humans, cheering for another on some stage.
"All that practice has made me hungry again."
Izuku's eyes slid open to the sight of an office ceiling. Out of his peripheral vision, he saw a few police officers, meaning he was in a police station. Finally, standing in the corner was the gaunt form of the number one hero in the world, All Might. Easily making the connection as to how he got here, Izuku sat up; feeling a little refreshed after that brief nap.
"You were out for a while. I didn't wanna leave you alone while unconscious."
Izuku muttered a 'thanks' before the hero held out his hand; Zaruba between his fingers.
"We managed to get this out of the bottle, I assume this is what you were talking about earlier?"
"Yeah, it's a… a family heirloom," Izuku responded before taking the ring and returning it to its place on his left hand.
There was a moment of awkward silence before All Might spoke again.
"Did you want to contact you mother, young Midoriya?"
Izuku glanced at the skeleton man, curious of how he learned his name. Said skeleton man picked up on this.
"An officer ran your student ID through the database."
That explains that.
"No, I was heading home anyway."
"I also heard from one of the officers and, for whatever its worth, I'm sorry about your father."
"That's what everyone says," Izuku muttered as he got up, grabbed his bag and made for the door. As he nearly passed All Might, the blond placed a gentle hand on the green-haired boy's shoulder.
"I actually do understand your feelings a little. If I were in your shoes; I'd probably feel the same. But… we're not all like how Victory was. A lot of us really just want to help people with everything that we got. I hope that, maybe, you see that one day."
Izuku said nothing to that as All Might removed his hand, allowing the boy to leave without resistance. He kept going until he was on the street a few yards away from the station before he looked back. He could make out a blond man rushing out of the station, most likely All Might off to another scene. The boy thought back on what the hero told him of why he got into the hero business and why he keeps going despite of his injury. While he may have been rather harsh on the guy, All Might was the first hero to earn back a little of Izuku's respect. It was about this time Zaruba spoke up after a long while of silence.
"That was certainly an experience."
"You alright?" he asked holding up his hand.
"I thought I was gonna suffocate in that walking sewage."
"How? You don't even have lungs," Izuku asked with a wry grin.
"It's not the point, it's the princip-"
"The principle?"
Zaruba didn't respond, something that made Izuku uneasy.
"Izuku, I'm sensing a Horror. But…"
"What is it?"
"For me to sense it so well like this only happens at night, when the Horrors are at their strongest."
"But it's midday"
"I know, it doesn't make any sense."
Izuku's features hardened.
"Where is it?"
The scene before Izuku was not too unfamiliar to anyone living in this day and age: a small fire, wrecked equipment and stage and heroes facing an adversary holding a hostage. The single twist in this often repeated scenario was that the one holding the hostage was no villain but a monster from a nightmarish realm, a Horror. The Horror appeared as a large, brown raptor-like humanoid bird, but it had a hole in its chest, filled with swirling dark energy, and its exposed skull looks like the skull of several birds fused together.
"A Horror… in broad daylight?"
"And it's Stolas of all Horrors. In the darkness of night, it drives its limbs into shadows to strike from any possible angle. The darker the shadow, the stronger the attack. It should be at its weakest, especially since its noon when the sun is at its apex."
"Then how is it here?"
"I don't know."
"We'll worry about it later. We got a Horror to slay," the young Makai Knight declared as he reached for something in his bag.
Bakugo stared in fascination and shock. Barely a few hours ago, he was semi-dragged along to see the last Arisu Raidou concert; of which he was secretly a fan. And he couldn't deny that he found her cute; he would out loud but not in his mind. Then some scrawny nobody just casually walks onto the stage, throws security like they were dolls and transforms into the freakiest, most grotesque bird monster he had ever seen before grabbing Arisu off her feet and looked as if to eat her. Then the local Pro-Heroes showed up but the freak didn't even flinch when Death Arms punch him in the face. The other heroes threw their Quirks at the thing but he just shrugged them off like they were nothing; a new hero with a gigantification Quirk was sucker punched and was instantly out of the fight. The bird monster seemed to find it funny and started challenging anyone, Hero or not, to take his hostage from his hand.
Bakugo was about to take that challenge before he shouted in surprise and pain when someone had used his head as a jumping platform.
Stolas was preoccupied with taunting the Pro-Heroes, taunting them into trying to take the girl from it, that he didn't see someone coming down from above until it was nearly too late. It paid little mind to it since whatever Quirks these humans had were hardly a threat to it. That arrogance came back to haunt it when it let out an inhuman roar of pain, having its arm cut in half; the newcomer revealed to be a boy now holding a sword shaped like a Chinese Jian. But such a sword should be useless against it, unless…
"Soul Metal, he's a Makai Knight!"
Stolas grabbed its severed arm and reattached it then roared at the young knight who dared to interfere. Izuku took a stance as Arisu crawled away but Stolas wasn't about to let its meal escape. A quick swing of its arm fired a volley of bladed feathers but the green-haired boy deflected each one. This would normally be a good time to make an escape but Arisu was rooted in place at the battle about to take place.
"We need to do something about those people, we can't be seen."
"No time. This thing will just go after them, we gotta take it down here and now."
This exchange did not go unnoticed by the pop idol or a few in earshot.
'Who is he talking to? And who is talking back for that matter?'
The two charged at each other with Stolas taking a swipe at the boy only to be blocked by his blade. The Horror tried another overhead attack to which the green-haired knight blocked with his arm then followed into a Judo throw off the stage. Just as Stolas hit the ground, Izuku jumped after it, leading into a dropkick into the monster's abdomen; fracturing the concrete surface beneath them with the force of the impact.
Within the crowd, students and teachers of Aldera Junior High watched the spectacle in awe. While many had identified the unknown 'hero's' clothes as that of their school uniform, he was moving around too much to get a good look as to his identity. Some had commented that the youth resembled one Izuku Midoriya but many dismissed that claim under the impression that 'a Quirkless nobody wouldn't be able to anything like this guy.' Bakugo didn't hear nor paid any attention to his classmates' gossip, he was more focused on the guy who used him as a literal stepping stone.
'I'm gonna blast that fucker to kingdom come for that!'
Off to the side, All Might watched the fight in fascination. The kid he met earlier was fighting this creature on even ground whereas the other heroes struggled to even hurt it; even the new kid, Mt. Lady, taken out in one hit. And yet this boy who had a clear disdain for heroes was going toe-to-toe with the monster with but low to mid-tier level of super strength and a sword and seemed to be winning.
The person of interest had just delivered a powerful kick then back flipped away from the monster. While still in the air, Zaruba surveyed the scene and relayed his thoughts to his partner.
"The Watchdog is not gonna like this."
"I am a Makai Knight, I took an oath to protect humans from Horrors. There's a Horror in front of us and humans behind us and I will do what I am sworn to do, consequences be damned!"
The youth then drew a circle of light while still in mid-air, summoning his armor before landing on his feet. The crowd and Pro-Heroes gaped in surprise; Death Arms and Kamui Woods instantly recognized the familiar golden clad warrior as the former of the two shouted.
"It's that gold guy from last night!"
"GARO!?"
Garo took a low stance, sword arm back with the blade pointed forward, his free arm held up in a guard as the blade edge scraped against the bracer shield (like Ryuga Dougai does.) Stolas crouched low before releasing a roar and charged at the knight. Garo did the same and the two clashed, unleashing a mild shockwave upon the two colliding. Garo slashing at the bird Horror with said monster using bladed feathers on its arm as a makeshift weapon. A surprise knee to the stomach forced Stolas to hunch over, allowing the golden knight to wrap his arm around its neck and flip the monster onto his back. The knight then went for a stabbing attack only for the bird monster to lash out with its feet talons. As the fight carried on, Garo kept thinking back on something Zaruba mentioned earlier about this Horror; that it could use the shadows as a means to attack from anywhere.
So why hadn't it done it already?
A glance at the environment made the answer clear: Stolas, in its eagerness, had failed to take into account that shadows are different in the day. While it could now freely move around despite the purifying sun rays, but that was about it. It couldn't utilize its powers effectively with so few disconnected shadows in an open area as this. And said Horror was becoming very aware of this shortcoming. Garo, feeling it best to before Stolas starts to become desperate, pushed the monster away and drew his Madou Lighter. After lighting it with a flick of the wrist, he ran it across the blade; engulfing the blade in a green blaze. The golden knight twirled his sword, a trail of fire following it, before the circuit line across his armor began glowing neon green again as he charged again at the Horror.
What happened next for the crowd watching had to be the biggest middle finger to physics they had ever seen. Garo then threw his sword to the side, turning it into a burning saw blade, before jumping over the Horror. The aforementioned blade arced around before slashing Stolas as it passed by. To their shock it came back around and slashed it again. Then it did it again. And again. And again! And again! During this, Garo had landed on one of the still standing stage supports… perpendicularly… as in he was standing parallel to the ground. His sword then returned to his hand, still ablaze, before he pushed off the scaffolding and gliding down, his two bladed tails clearly not acting as wings or anything of the sort, and delivering a large slash through the Horror. Skidding to halt as he passed, Garo kept his sword arm outstretched as the green glow faded.
Both Garo and Stolas were still for but a moment before the latter erupted into flames; roaring in pain and thrashing about. It was then the golden knight noticed that Arisu was still present.
"Why are you still here? Get out of here, now!" Garo scolded the pop idol.
The Horror suddenly lunged at the golden knight, said knight brandished his sword for one last strike before both stopped. Why?
"YOU WERE RIGHT, I REALLY AM A HYPOCRITE."
Because All Might was now here; the hulking hero blocking the burning appendage from its intended target.
"I TOLD YOU THAT THERE ARE HEROES WHO HELP THOSE IN NEED WITH ALL THAT THEY ARE. AND YET, I WASN'T PRACTICING WHAT I PREACHED!"
The Pro-Hero threw the monster's offending limb away, blood seeping from his mouth.
"REAL HEROES PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE FOR JUSTICE!"
Garo saw All Might wind up for one of his famous punches. He quickly grabbed the pop idol by the back of her outfit before throwing her to the crowd; right into Bakugo's arms.
"DETROOOOOOIIIIIIIIIT…"
He then stabbed his sword into the ground, bracing for what was to come. Stolas came back for one last attack.
"SMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!"
The force of the punch created a fierce whirlwind that fed the magic flames until it had become a tornado of green fire; Stolas roaring in agony as it was incinerated. All the Heroes present had to shield the bystanders from the localized squall. Garo was held in place by his sword while holding a firm grip to keep from flying away.
When it had all subsided, nothing remained of the monster save for a red hot mark in the pavement. A roll of thunder drew everyone's attention to the sky as rain began to fall. Death Arms returned his gaze to All Might and the golden warrior near him.
"He changed the weather," he said in awe.
The rain picked up, starting to cool the superheated concrete, creating steam. At the same time, the Garo armor disengaged, leaving a panting Izuku exposed to the world had the rising steam not obscured some of his features. The steam thickened, forcing Mt. Lady to fan it away with her hands, only to reveal the boy had disappeared again. Death Arms sighed in defeat before muttering to himself.
"He got away again, what the hell is going on here?"
The television crews went into full news mode, swarming the heroes and the rescued idol. Each questioning what had happened? What was that monster? Was that boy a new hero or sidekick?
Bakugo, however, was focused on the spot where the golden armored warrior had been. The steam may have been thick but he could definitely make out the warrior's hairstyle when his armor disappeared; and it was hair that looked very familiar.
'Deku?'
It had been an hour after the Horror attack at the concert. Izuku was now walking home as the sun set.
"I can't believe I dozed off after that fight," he muttered with another yawn.
"Well, you were running on fumes and adrenaline for the second time today so, it's no surprise to me. Though I highly recommend you don't do that again, it's not healthy."
"No argument there. And I thought you said that Stolas thing was trouble."
"I said he was strongest at night, I never said he was smart."
Izuku had no response for that and just kept walking.
"We still have to hear it from the Watchdog about exposing yourself to the public back there," Zaruba reminded the young knight.
"I know but I really don't care right now; I just wanna climb into bed and sleep for a month."
Suddenly, a familiar blond hero came skidding into the street.
"I AM HERE!"
"All Might? What are you doing here? I figured you would be occupied with the paparazzi."
"HAHAHA! I STAND FOR JUSTICE, NOT SOUNDBYTES! FOR I, I AM ALL MI—BLAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGH!"
"Take it easy, champ; we've both had a long day," Izuku said as he pat the deflated Hero on the back as said hero hacked and coughed. Once the Number 1 Hero got it under control, he turned to the young Makai Knight
"Young man, I wanted to talk to you about what happened back there and also-" All Might began before Izuku held up his hand.
"Hold that thought," he said then pointed behind All Might.
At the end of the street stood the maid attendant of the Watchdog Center, her hands clasped in front as she spoke with a tone that betrayed nothing.
"Golden Knight Garo and Number 1 Hero All Might," the latter flinched at someone else knowing his secret, "The Watchdog wishes to see you both; it's urgent."
(Scene Break)
Kagero Okuta, known in the underworld as Giren, tsked at the sight before him. Cops had surrounded the meeting place while bringing out body bags that seemed not even half-full. Media vultures buzzing around asking questions and facing cameras; some pointing to the opened door where blood practically painted the inside walls. He pulled out his bunny phone and dialed a certain number.
"We have an issue, the meeting place for the first batch of guys was turned into a slaughterhouse," he said into the phone, "No, I didn't leave anything there that could lead back to you."
"We got a live one!" one cop called out, catching Okuta's attention.
Being carried to a stretcher was a tall, scruffy-looking man with green hair and thick lips. Okuta knew there was the possibility the schmuck might talk and the cops could piece something together with evidence of so many low-ranked villains meeting up for some reason. But his client wanted to be as discrete as possible so he made sure that the offer was kept extremely vague, just in case. He suddenly recalled another matter his client wanted for him to do.
"We may be able to salvage this. You still need a volunteer for that 'special project' of yours, right?"
A/N:
Fun Fact: The English voice actor for Izuku, Justin Briner also played Alfonso in the Garo anime; Alfonso was the golden knight for a time. Plus he was in Garo: Crimson Moon as Minamoto no Yorinobu. How's that for Irony? Even more so, Clifford Chapin, the voice of Bakugo, played Raiko/ Minamoto no Yorimitsu who was feudal Japan's Garo in also Crimson Moon and David Matranga, voice of Shoto Todoroki, was Luke in Garo: Vanishing Line.
