"───San! Fujimaru-san!"
Ritsuka was awakened by a hand shaking her shoulder strongly and an impatient voice.
"Uu..."
"! She got up! Thank God...!"
For a moment Ritsuka was in a daze, unable to understand the situation, but then she came to her senses and shouted, "Stain!" she shouted.
"I fainted huh..., um, etto.., You are ───"
"What? Oh right, I'm Izuku Midoriya! Stain can't move anymore. It's okay."
I looked over Midoriya's shoulder and saw Stain lying on top of a small iceberg.
The iceberg, she thought, and looked around to see Todoroki tying Stain up with a rope.
She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Ida being waken up by another hero next to her.
"I'm glad you're all okay. I'm glad...
"It's thanks to Fujimaru-san's help that Ida-kun is okay! Are you hurt? Can you stand up?..."
"No, I didn't do anything... If Midoriya hadn't come along..."
Ritsuka frowned as she tried to stand up.
The blood from the wound Ritsuka had received from Stein had stopped bleeding, but she couldn't stand properly. It hurt more than anything.
"You're awake Fujimaru-kun! thank goodness..."
"Oh, it's Ida-kun and...
"It's Todoroki Shoto. Does your injury still hurt?"
Ida rushed over to Ritsuka and vigorously and perfectly bent his back 90 degrees.
"I'm really sorry, Fujimaru-kun!, I put Fujimaru-kun's life in danger for a trivial reason! I'm really sorry...!
"It's all right, I put my own life in danger!. It's not your fault Sieg─── um, Ida-kun doesn't need to apologize."
"Speaking of which, why are you here, Fujimaru-san?"
Midoriya cocked his head
"'Oh, I was at a relative's house for a bit today... and on my way home I happened to..."
"That's... very unlucky."
And then, since there were some injured people, the arrived pro hero along with Midoriya and Todoroki, dragged Stain with Ritsuka on their back.
As soon as she get out of the alleyway, several pro heroes rush in. I'm not sure if he's going to be okay, since he was kicked in the face.
Ritsuka was then handed over to another pro hero.
Ritsuka, who was not wearing a hero costume, seemed to be just an ordinary person who was involved in the damage, and she was relieved that she was not mentioned in any particular way. She didn't want anyone to know that she had used her quirk too much.
In the background, he saw Ida bowing to Midoriya and the others.
(Come to think of it, I should thank serenity for that too...)
Ritsuka then started to hold her head in her hands, feeling ashamed of herself for just poking her head in and passing out without doing anything in particular.
(I need to practice my quirk more...)
Just when Ritsuka was thinking about it...
"Get down!"
She heard an old man shouting.
Ritsuka, who was being carried on her back, could not react well, but she was shocked when the pro hero got down.
At the same time, a feathered nomu descended from the sky. When it grabbed Midoriya, it quickly rose up to the sky.
"!
Heroic spirit possession (grand order), Lancer, "En...!"
Before Ritsuka could finish, Nomu suddenly fell to the ground as if obeying gravity.
She saw something leap to the side of her vision.
Stain, who had somehow untied himself from the rope, thrust his blade into Nomu.
When Ritsuka saw how nomu seemed to have froze, she realized a little later that Stain had used his quirk.
"A society riddled with fakes.
and criminals who wield power for themself.
are to be purged..."
Hah───Hah───Hah─── Stain opened his mouth, breathing hard.
Overwhelmed by his spirit, Ritsuka, the heroes around her, and Midoriya, who was right behind him, were all speechless.
"All for the good of society."
One night later, Ritsuka was in a bed at the Hosu General Hospital.
The wounds she had received from Stain were deeper than she had expected, "If you hadn't been careful, you might have lost the use of your legs you know?." the doctor said.
Ritsuka was tired from all the other things the police were asking her about.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the hospital room.
Ritsuka's worst fears came true.
"Hello, Fujimaru-san. I'm Tsuragamae Kenji, Chief of the Hosu Police Station."
"(? Speechless ?)"
The head of the chief of police in front of Ritsuka was a dog, no matter how you looked at it.
Who would have thought that after being reincarnated, I would meet another human being with an animal head again. Literally who'd thought?
"That was a disaster.
I'm sure you never imagined you'd run into a hero killer."
"Ah, yes. Ano, Stain is...,"
"The hero-killer has burns, broken bones, and some pretty serious injuries."
And as if testing Ritsuka's reaction, Tsuragamae added.
"I also found some toxins in his system. The toxins were mostly broken down due to the hero killer's familiarity with the poison, but..."
"...!"
"None of the boys in the hero department had poison quirk., not even native who were there.
Since that's the case then... that's your quirk, isn't it?"
"...um, well..."
"Iida-kun has already confirmed that you have used your quirk."
So it's Ida's fault...!
Ritsuka bit her lip.
I was so embarrassed that my face burst into flames when I realised that I had been caught out from the start.
"I've heard that your quirk is projection.
You can project your own imaginary weapons, is that also possible with poison?"
"...yes"
Ritsuka herself couldn't add more information on it, because she herself still doesn't understand her own quirk very well.
And even if she tried to told them, they wouldn't believe her anyway.
If you wanted to explain Ritsuka's quirk, you would first have to explain about the concept of Heroic Spirit. Ritsuka was not so confident that she could explain such a complicated matter to others.
"Hmmm ..., a quirk specialized in combat... And yet you don't aspire to be a hero, do you?"
Ritsuka replied a little miffed.
"ugh... It doesn't really matter what your quirk is, does it? It's my own future."
"You're right.
But you stood up to the hero killers there to save Iida-kun. Even though you don't want to be a hero.
"When I came across the scene, Iida-kun was about to be killed by Stain. If someone is about to be killed in front of you, even if you're not a hero, you just can't leave them alone, I'm sure there many people who would do the same."
Ritsuka protested in a small voice.
"That's a good thing to do.
But how can you not see that it's against the rules for a non-qualified, non-heroic person to use their quirk to hurt others, even if it's against the hero killer?"
"───Wha─!"
Ritsuka is annoyed by the sarcastic tone shown on his face. She knew she broke the law, but she didn't want to admit that she did something wrong.
"You mean I should have just abandoned him...!"
The words came out of her mouth.
Ritsuka felt her face getting hotter and hotter.
"If I had abandoned him, he would have been killed!
Should I have left him to die according to the rules⁉︎?
Even if I abandoned him and Iida-kun was killed by Stain, are you saying that I wouldn't feel guilty because I followed the rule, that I could just say it couldn't be helped because of the rules!?"
She stared at Tsuragamae's face without thinking.
Tsuragamae looked back at Ritsuka wtih an expression which looks like he didn't know what he was thinking. (Not that I know what a dog thinking face would look like to begin with.)
After a few moments of silence, Tsuragamae quietly opened his mouth.
"Well~~ That would be the opinion of the police."
"...what?"
A funny voice came out of Ritsuka's mouth.
Tsuragamae then continued.
"What you have done is a violation of the rules and must be dealt with severely.
If you are allowed to use your quirk freely, even if you have a good reason, the world will become unruly. But that's only if this were made public."
Ritsuka's mouth remained open, not quite understanding what Tsuragamae was trying to say.
Without caring about Ritsuka, he continued.
"In other words, if you don't go public, you're just an ordinary person who got involved. There are a limited number of witnesses, so it is possible to cover up this violation.
...In return, no one will ever know of your bravery and achievements.
You won't be punished, but no one will praise you for what you've done in return.
...What you did was against the rules.
But it's not wrong."
At that point, Ritsuka finally understood what Tsuragamae was trying to say. But at the same time, there was something she could not agree with.
"I don't have any wise decisions or achievements. It was Iida and his team that defeated Stain, and I was knocked out like a fool."
"Earlier, you said it yourself that Ida-kun would have been killed if you had abandoned him."
"..."
"One more thing, just because Stain disintegrated the poison on his own doesn't mean it didn't work.
Your "quirk" definitely took away Stain's strength. If it hadn't been for that, Ida and the others could have been hurt even worse.
Your decision certainly saved a boy's life."
Then Tsuragamae bows his head. I don't feel like denying it when he says that much.
I just felt a little embarrassed.
"no one is going to publish what she has done... is that enough?"
"yes, Thank you very much."
"That's my line."
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"...this may be none of my business.
But your... no, it's nothing.
Take care of yourself.
Oh, by the way, the boys from the hero department were worried about you too. You should meet them later."
After saying that, Tsuragamae walked out of the hospital room.
After all, adults always protect (us) the children. And as a child (me) they are always protected by adults.
Ritsuka felt unworthy of herself.
"Well, if we're talking about just what's inside, I'm sure I should already be an adult (mature)..."
Ritsuka laughed alone on her bed.
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This maybe none of my business, but...
Your... claim is exactly the same as Todoroki-kun from the hero department.
I think it's a shame that you don't want to be a hero especially when your thoughts, your actions, and your quirk. are all very strong (hero like).
Especially since you have a strong desire to help someone without regard for your own safety.
Translator Note:
Tsuragamae Kenji Has a unique way of talking where he has a habbit of making dog related pun. Sadly I'm not good enough to translate his speech pattern.
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When Ida-kun apologize to Ritsuka, He repeatedly said sumanai which reminds her of siegfried.