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"Is that a challenge I hear?" Ryoshi asked back with the same tone in Rumi's ear.
Rumi leaned back and raised her and smirked at Ryoshi. Seeing his phone on a desk beside his bed, Rumi picked it up and started typing in it. "Text me when you're out. We'll have a spar then and you'll find out."
Throwing the phone down on Ryoshi's lap, Ryoshi froe and stared down at it. "I'll catch you later Greenie-boo." Rumi smugly smirked as she waved at a shocked Ryoshi.
But seeing that she wasn't getting a reaction from him, she burst out laughing as she left his room. 'Did she just give me her number?' Ryoshi thought to himself in shock. "Fuck."
Ten or so minutes after Rumi had left, Inko and Izuku both arrived. "Sorry we're a bit late. Our Taxi was held up in traffic." Inko explained but what cut short by Izuku who pointed at his older brother with a light blush on his face.
"Liar!" Izuku exclaimed as she showed Ryoshi his phone. It the photo Rumi had posted of them a few minutes ago.
Chapter 5: Facing the Music.
"Are you ready?" Naomasa asked Ryoshi from over his shoulder.
"Lets just get this over with." Ryoshi quickly replied as put on his helmet. The duo then made their way towards the conference room of Musutafu Police station.
Once they had entered the room, the flashes of the reporter's cameras had temporarily blinded Naomasa but due to Ryoshi tinted visor it had little effect on him. Before they had even at down the reporters were already bombarding them with questions.
Ryoshi ignored them though as the only voice he was listening to was Naomasa begin the media conference. "As most if not all of you know, the pro Hero known as Mandalore the Hunter has requested this meeting to help and clear out the air over recent events. This is the first time he has spoken to the Media in general so please keep your questions until the end and please ask when I have pointed towards you. We'll try to answer as many questions as possible."
"To begin though, I'd like to provide a report of that evening events that has been investigated by both Musutafu and Kiyashi Police Department, as well as medical reports provided by Kiyashi University Hospital. These reports have been backed by CCTV and other eyewitnesses, including some of the gang members who were arrested that night."
"At 22:34 a Black Hyundai Tucson entered an alleyway in the Kiyashi shopping district. Within the Vehicle were four members of the criminal gang the Jade Devil Squad and the Villain Muscular, they then used a back entrance of a nearby safehouse. At 22:35, Mandalore appeared on the scene. Through CCTV footage taken from the safehouse, we found that their were thirteen armed gang members waiting inside for Mandalore's arrival."
"Placing an explosive charge on the wall beside the back entrance, Mandalore entered the building and managed to supress all members of the Gang with his usual efficiency. However during this it was seen that Muscular had avoided his last engagement with the gang members by exiting through a secret panel that was revealed on CCTV."
"With a momentary lapse of confusion, Muscular blindsided Mandalore and began to ruthlessly beat Mandalore. From the footage we witnessed Mandalore struggle to fight back but with Each attempt he had made Muscular kept his engagement eventually using his body to burst through three brick walls leading them outside."
"From there Muscular proceeded to throw Mandalore around onto the ground and onto the Tucson as well before throwing him away. As a last resort Mandalore then fired a single shot aimed at Muscular's head, instantly killing the Villain. He then collapsed moments later after getting into contact with myself stating his location. Once we had arrived on the scene, Mandalore was immediately transported to Kiyashi University Hospital."
"From the medical reports, Mandalore received several life threating injuries. His left arm was broken, he received a fractured skull, several broken ribs, collapsed lung along with severe internal bleeding. He was taken in for an emergency operation where thanks to the Medical staff of Kiyashi University Hospital and Recovery Girl he was able to pull through, although he remained in a critical condition for four days afterwards."
"On the fifth day he had regained full consciousness but we weren't able to get an interview with him until recently. From our findings we believe that it was not Mandalore's intent to kill Muscular. On my own personal over this matter, if he had not acted as he done then I believe a family would've lost a son and a brother, while I would've lost a friend and this city would've lost a fine Hero."
"We will now take questions." Naomasa ended his speech before pointing at a reporter with her arm raised. "Miss Oda first."
"Mandalore, do you regret your actions?" Miss Oda asked as she stood up.
"No." Ryoshi's quick reply seemed to have shocked most of the reporters as he continued. "If I regret my actions then I would've been killed and who knows how many more civilians and Heroes Saki Oroku would've gone on to kill as well. However if you wish to know if it was my intention to kill him, then the answer is also no."
"Mr Kishimoto next please." Naomasa stated out as he pointed to another journalist who stood up as Miss Oda sat down.
"Why was it you had a weapon hidden during this raid?" Mr Kishimoto asked.
"There is an old saying that I believe Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke once said. And that is no plan survives first contact with the enemy. I knew that I was walking into a trap, however I couldn't sit back as there was a high possibility that another Hero or even the Police might've arrived not expecting anything. During Raids like the one that night I always take precaution in the event something goes wrong. On that night it did and I had to do what I had to do." Ryoshi answered as Mr Kishimoto sat back down.
"Next question... Mr Sato." Naomasa pointed towards an elderly man.
"Would you take such actions again?" Mr Sato asked his question as he pointed at Ryoshi with his pen.
"There is always a possibility of something like this happening again, however I would not wish to be in that position again." Again Ryoshi's answered caused more murmurs from the reporters in attendance.
"So you're saying you might kill again?" Mr Sato quickly asked a second question.
"I'm sorry but I might be misunderstanding the point of all these questions, I'm starting to think that you all under the impression that Saki Oroku was an innocent man. That monster had killed over thirty innocent people. Some of them were even Heroes! The death penalty is in force in this country, if he had been captured and trailed he would've been given the lethal injection." Ryoshi snapped at the journalist but he wasn't slowing down as he continued.
"Am I happy that I took someone's life. No, I'm not. Am I going to start walking around the streets acting as Judge, Jury and Executioner, no. But if I come across a Villain who I'll have no other option other than putting him or her down in order to save lives then I will!"
"But let me ask you this. If I had not taken any action that night, and I had died by Oroku's hands. What would've been your reaction?" Ryoshi didn't allow them to answer as he pushed forward. "I'll tell you what would've happened. I would've been given a 5 minute report on national television and there would've been a simple page 6 or 7 article about the events and how the Villain had escaped capture and was still at large. Then, I would've been swiped under the rug and forgotten to only a few people."
"I've seen it happen 4 times in the last 18 months, where a Hero has laid down their life to protect others and died at the hands of a Villain. And I will never say a single disrespectful word in their names. Heroes like Water Hose, Multi-Girl, Divine Bless and Absolute Zero. The last one was my friend who I had personally known for years. And I'll always remember them but will you?"
"I thankful that I'm still here. And as Detective Tsukauchi stated earlier, if it wasn't for the incredible and heroic efforts of the Paramedics, Nurses and Doctors of Kiyashi University Hospital as well as Recovery Girl then what I had just described would've taken place."
Naomasa placed his hand on Ryoshi's shoulder to calm down his friend. "I know what side of the line I stand on. You shouldn't be asking questions like those if you yourself do not understand the risks that the Heroes and Police of this country take daily."
It seemed to have worked if only barely. "Last question... Mrs Nakamura."
"I agree with your statement young man and I do not hold your actions against you. But because there is very little information over you, the public knows very little about you as well. For the record can you tell us your Quirk?" The elderly Mrs Nakamura asked her question.
"Thank you." Ryoshi stated off as he bowed his head lightly in her direction. "However, because of the safety of my family I do not wish to reveal my name, face to the public. I didn't become a Hero for Fame or Glory. I done it to prove something to someone very close to me. Only the Hero Safety Commission knowns my name and face along with a few people I consider close to me. And due to a personal request this information is not on any digital files and is recorded only through paper."
"However because of the recorded nature this Government has with Quirk registration, if I reveal the name of my Quirk then I'm afraid it could lead to having my name revealed against my wishes." Ryoshi exclaimed as he raised his hand. "I don't mean to cause any offence by avoiding answering your question."
"It's perfectly understandable young man. But could I ask another last question?" Mrs Nakamura asked as she looked over at Naomasa.
"Of course." Ryoshi stated as he nodded at the elderly woman. "I hope it'll be one that I can answer for you though."
"What is the origin of your Hero name? It seems to this old coot to be an odd sounding one." Mrs Nakamura asked with a slight tilt to her head.
Ryoshi looked down before he started to chuckle lightly. "It's something from my childhood. My old man before he passed away was a bit of a storyteller. And the characters in these stories he told were out of this world and their names didn't even sound human at times. I wish I could remember them but one who stood out was a character called Mandalore the Ultimate who fought against space wizards of all things." Ryoshi earned a couple of chuckles from the reporters as he continued.
"But that story and character always struck a cord with me as a kid, it inspired me. Because Mandalore wasn't his name, it was a title just like my own. But being called Mandalore also meant that you were both Hunter and Prey. Something I find fitting when I became a Hero as well. So I suppose I choice the name because of what the name meant and reminded me of."
"Your father must've left a deep impression on you then... Thank you for answering my question young man." Mrs Nakamura bowed lightly as Ryoshi before she sat back down.
"That concludes our press conference. Thank you all for coming." Naomasa stated out before he lead both himself and Ryoshi back out of the room.
(Several Month later)
Is had been a few months since the Muscular incident. And now it was only a month until Izuku and Katsumi both had there Entrance Exams with UA. "Your mind's not sharp enough today. You're gonna fail your exam at this rate." Ryoshi stated as he slapped away a punch that was thrown towards his face by Izuku.
"Shut up." Izuku scowled as he tried to get the better of his older brother, only to be tripped easily as he was over reaching.
"You're facing a taller opponent. Don't go to them, let them come to you. Let them do all the work." Ryoshi replied as he nodded his head over to Katsumi.
Knowing that their spar was over, Katsumi threw the towel at Izuku's face. She smirked as she heard it smack against it. "That'll be enough for today." Ryoshi's voice cut through Izuku's confusion before he sighed out in slight annoyance.
Realizing that something was stuck on Izuku's mind, Ryoshi knew that he'd have to have a little one to one with him. "Hey Katsumi, you able to give us a bit of brother time?"
"Sure. Just don't take too long. I'm sparing with you next." Katsumi stated before she left Ryoshi's gym to head upstairs.
"What's eating away at you?" Ryoshi asked as he sat down beside his brother.
"It's nothing." Izuku attempted to wave off Ryoshi's worries but failed when he received a light slap in the back of his head.
"That might work on Mom. It aint gonna work on me kiddo." Ryoshi replied as he smirked at Izuku.
Knowing that he had to tell his brother Izuku took a deep breath before he began explaining. "It's my training with All Might. That's all."
"Well it seems to be more than that Izu. I mean what ever it is, it's stopping you from focusing on your training with me and Katsumi." Ryoshi replied back as he placed a hand on his younger brother's shoulder. "You can tell me y'know. It's better to talk about it than let it just sit there in your mind."
Izuku rubbed his face in annoyance before he gave out a defeated sigh. "I'm just frustrated with his training. I mean, all he has had me do is clear a beach of garbage and put me on a diet. I'm not really learning anything from him and it's been over 9 months. No fighting styles, no techniques … Nothing."
Ryoshi silently nodded as he understood the point Izuku was trying to make. "Maybe it's because he also knows that I'm training you Izuku." Ryoshi's comment caused Izuku to look up at him in confusion.
"Y'know for a smart kid, you can be a little slow at times." Ryoshi chuckled as he ruffled his brother's hair. "All Might knows that I'm also training you Izu. And he knows that what I'm teaching you was passed down to me by our Father. He's simply respecting that, and helping your body become ready for it. But from what you've described to me I'll agree, he's not much of a trainer... He sounds more like a Coach and Nutritionist. But don't let that worry you."
Ryoshi stood up and offered Izuku a helping hand up. "For now, focus on completing your bajur (education) with me before you venture out and learn new fighting styles."
Izuku smiled as he took his brother's hand. "Thanks, ori'vod (big brother)"
(One month later)
On the day of Izuku and Katsumi's Entrance Exam, Ryoshi decided that instead of sitting in his apartment waiting, he'd travel to see Sir Nighteye and how his investigation with the Shie Hassaikai was going on there end as well as update them on his own.
For his part of the shared investigation he wasn't able to get much information. Only a few locations of factories that they used to smuggle a few narcotics. That was until ten nights ago when one of his Probe Droids while following a suspected member hit the jackpot. The location of Shie Hassaokai's in compound in Naruhata.
With this new evidence Ryoshi had finally felt that he was able to bring something forward to the table with this joint investigation as he entered the Agency.
Making his way upstairs he was meet the sight of a very frail looking man exiting Sir Nighteye's office. Ryoshi had to jerk back to avoid bumping into him. "Oh sorry about that Young Midoriya, I didn't see you there." The frail man exclaimed in a panicked tone.
"It's okay sir, Accidents can happen. Have a nice day." Ryoshi replied as they both passed each other with Ryoshi entering Nighteye's Office. However as soon as the door closed a sudden thought occurred to him.
'Wait, I'm pretty sure I've never meet that man before... How did he know my name was Midoriya?' Ryoshi internally asked himself, but couldn't continue further as Sir Nighteye spoke out to him.
"I'm happy to see you are on time, as usual." As Ryoshi looked over at Sir Nighteye, he seen two new faces beside him. As usual Kaoruko was beside her boss along with a Humanoid centipede and a Blond teenager who was wearing a UA uniform.
"I guess this is the rest of your Agency?" Ryoshi asked with a smirk and a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, that is correct." Nighteye stated as he introduced the rest of his team. "This is my first sidekick Juzo Moashi, other wise known as Centipeder."
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Juzo lightly bowed before he offered his hand.
Shaking his hand, Ryoshi offered a smile to the Centipede headed man. "Likewise."
"And our final member is Mirio Togata. He's currently a Second Year Student at UA High whose Hero name is Lemillion." As soon as Nighteye had finished introducing him, Mirio rushed over and began to vigorously shake Ryoshi's hand.
"Wow, it's an honour to meet the Mando. I never would've thought you were the one dating Mirko." Mirio stated with a great deal of enthusiasm.
'This kids got a lot of energy.' Ryoshi thought to himself as he smiled back at the teenager. "I suppose it nice to see another fan of Rumi, but please keep my identity between us."
Mirio suddenly stood up in a straight pose as he brought his hand up to a salute. "Of course sir!"
Chuckling lightly Ryoshi then fully introduced himself. "As the kid stated out I'm Mandalore the Hunter but called me Ryoshi Midoriya while I'm out of the suit."
"Then with that done with lets get on with our quarterly meeting." Nighteye stated as they moved towards his Agency's meeting room.
Taking a seat in front of Nighteye and his sidekicks, Ryoshi pulled out a small circular device from his backpack. "I know you like all details from our last two meetings but I've finally managed to get something solid in my end."
"What is it?"
Clicking on the device, it gave off a slight humming sound as a blue hologram of a large resistance which looked like one large office Business. However both the upper floors and the outside of the building were decorated using traditional Japanese architecture. "I've managed to find Shi Hassakai's main hideout in Naruhata in Tokyo."
"Naruhata was where the trigger incidents were a few years ago." Kaoruko asked.
"That is correct. And I find it more disturbing it's in a neighbouring ward." Sir Nighteye replied as he stared at the hologram in front of him. "Is there any more details you may have at this time?"
"Not at the moment." Ryoshi replied with a grimace. "They have a lot of high level motion detectors in the compound. I tired to get one of my droids near but it was shoot at."
This brought a confused look to Mirio's face as he asked. "What's a Droid?"
Pulling out a black ball from his backpack, Ryoshi placed it on the table. Pulling out an Antenna the ball began to float in the air. "This is called an Eye Recon Droid. It's what I've used to get information on bases I normally raid if there cover a large area."
"With this I can get the a Patrol Route mapped as well as their patterns before infiltrating and arresting." Ryoshi then pushed the Antenna back into the Droid, shutting it down. "While monitoring a Warehouse they've been storing Narcotics in it spotted a suspected member and followed him to this location." Ryoshi finished as he brought a file out with the name Yu Hojo.
The meeting between both Ryoshi and the Nighteye Agency lasted for 3 more hours. During that time they were able to confirm 5 more members as well as 15 locations throughout Japan were both Trigger and multiple Narcotics were stored.
"Hopefully during our next meeting we'll be able to begin phase 2 and start properly planning." Ryoshi stated to which they all agreed on.
"It might've taken us longer without your help Mandalore." Sir Nighteye offered his hand to Ryoshi with a smile.
"Just simply doing what I can." Ryoshi replied as he shook the offered hand. "I'll see you all soon."
Once Ryoshi had left the office, Sir Nighteye sighed out with a defeated tone.
"You used your quirk on him again didn't you." Kaoruko nervous asked even though she knew the answer to her question.
"Yes... And it seems that fate has accelerated it's deadline. We now have 4 Months instead of 6 remaining." Sir Nighteye grimly stated as he clenched his fist.
"4 or 6 Months until what, Sir?" Mirio asked in slight confusion.
"Until Ryoshi Midoriya completely wipes out Shie Hassakai."
When Ryoshi had stepped outside he straight away made his way over towards the nearest station to head home. But as he walked he kept checking his phone. He knew that both Izuku and Katsumi had there Entrance exam with UA during the morning and it was now early afternoon with no text from either of them.
Ryoshih couldn't help but scowl at his phone. 'This isn't looking too good if they're both being silent over there performance in the exam. Something must've happened.' Ryoshi thought to himself as he felt something bump into his left leg.
After hearing a soft 'Oof' as well as something hitting the ground, Ryoshi looked over a found a little girl with white hair and a single light brown horn over her right temple. Looking at the girl red eyes, Ryoshi noticed the fearful look she had as she looked back at him.
The girl didn't appear to be much older than 5 or 6 years old. But Ryoshi couldn't help but widen in eyes in shock as he seen what the girl was wearing. A plain, short-sleeved dress, which looked dirty and worn down, he guessed judging the dresses pale tan colour he guessed was once white.
But the part that nearly brought him to rage was the appearance of bandages that were wrapped around both her arms and legs, only stopping at her wrists and ankles. He knew that under those wraps her little body was possibly littered with scars.
Pushing those thought to one side he knelt down in front of the little girl. "You okay kid?" Ryoshi asked with a soft tone. He knew that the kid in front of him was scared and he didn't want to upset her any further.
The girl was about to respond when she heard another voice call out. "ERI! Get back here!" Ryoshi seen her shiver in fear once more as he noticed the man pushing people out of the way in order to get to the little girl know named Eri.
"Stay behind me." Ryoshi softly ordered as he stood between the man and Eri.
"For your sake pal. I'd get the fuck out of my way."
And Cut!
Right so this is a little short than I normally post and I know I haven't updated this story or most of my Stories in a while. But 2021 has honestly been one hell of a roller-coaster for me. Between losing my Job, my Laptop breaking down, Getting a new Job, Moving Home and the whole Covid-19 mess, it's fair to say I have a lot more grey hairs now than in 2020.
But sadly I am confirming here I won't be updating this story as often in 2022. But it's is not being abandoned!
So this will be the last Q&A for a while
1) What the it Galactic Empire will find out this planet of heroes and Villains too!? The Empire will either attempt to contain or control the planet. But which one you'll have to wait to find out.
2) Is this story just following Ryoshi? Yes, it'll only follow Ryoshi's story while interacting at times with Izuku and Katsumi.
So that's all for this chapter folks. If you have a question do feel free to post a review or PM myself. If I don't answer your question on next chapter's Q&A I will try to reply via PM. No spoiler question though. they won't be given full answers. But anyway thank you for reading this chapter. I hope you've all enjoyed it. Till next time!
