"Midoriya, morning!" Eijiro called, Yuko looked back at the greenette, as he made his way over to her and Eijiro.
"You're going to your work study today, too? What a coincidence!" Eijiro smiled, Yuko rocking on the balls of her feet beside him.
"They haven't called me in for a while, so it's like I'm finally going in again." Izuku answered with a small shrug.
He looked down at his uniform, "I was told we didn't need our costumes, though..." This gained Yuko's attention, she going to speak, only to get interrupted.
"Oh?" They all looked toward the stairs of the 1-A dorms, where Ochaco and Tsu stood.
"Morning!" The brunette greeted, "you three going in today?"
"Yeah." Izuku answered.
"What a coincidence. We are, too." Tsu informed.
Yuko scratched at her cheek, finding it quite odd, but chose not to question it, thinking it was just that, a coincidence.
They all began to walk aside each other, making small conversation as they exit the hero school.
Yuko skipped alongside Eijiro, before coming to a stop as they approached two local heroes.
"Oh, are you going to the station?" One of them, wearing a blue mask, questioned.
"If you want, we can accompany you." He offered.
Yuko took a bow, "thank you! If it's alright with you!" The others followed her lead, thanking the heroes for their kind offer.
"There are a lot of heroes." Eijiro noticed, to which caused Yuko to nod, she too having taken note.
The group of five made it to the station safely, they scanning their cards for the same destination. Much to all their confusion.
"Huh? We're all going the same way?" Izuku questioned.
"Kirishima, Toshiro, aren't you two in Kansai...?" Izuku asked, Yuko nodding as an answer.
"Well, we're meeting in a place that's different from usual." Eijiro explained.
"We are, too." Tsu added.
The group boarded the train, sitting together, Yuko holding her bag in her lap, sitting in between Ochaco and Eijiro.
"Everyone's on the same train... Going to the same station?!" Izuku mumbled, "that is a coincidence."
Yuko chuckled, scratching behind her ear, "I'm starting to think something's up, ya' know?"
The group had stuck together soon as they got off the train, all seeming to be going the same way. Taking the sane street, and even turning the same corner. Yuko had began to grow suspicious, putting two-n-two together, she knew this wasn't some coincidence.
"Oh!" Yuko tilted her head, blinking as The Big Three stood in front of them.
The group of U.A students entered the building, all three confused and in slight shock, as they stared at the many heroes in front of them.
Yuko looked around, rubbing at her neck as she recognized a few heroes. Noticing Fatgum, she quickly made her way over, examining the heroes she passed.
As the dragon rider opened her mouth to question the BMI Hero, she was interrupted as The Dragon Hero: Ryukyu spoke.
"Nighteye, let's get started."
"Thanks to the information we received from you all, the investigation had moved forward substantially." The tall hero, Nighteye, spoke, confusing Yuko even more.
"We will now have a conference to share what information we have acquired regarding what the small organization, Shie Hassaikai, is planning."
Eijiro and Yuko looked up at Fatgum, both incredibly confused.
"I'm completely in the dark about this..." Eijiro mumbled.
"'Hassai"? What's that?" Yuko questioned for the both of them.
"They might be thinkin' of doin' somethin' bad, so this is a time for us to discuss it together." Fatgum explained shortly, not completely answering her question.
"You three are also very much involved." Yuko's eyebrows furrowed, before they were ushered into seats around a long rectangular table. The dragon rider took a seat between both Tamaki and Eijiro, Fatgum sitting on the other side of the red head.
"Well then, let us begin." Bubble Girl, one of Nighteye's sidekicks, began, "those of us from Nighteye Agency have been conducting an independent investigation into the designated villain group known as the Shie Hassaikai for about two weeks."
"What prompted this?"
"An accident involving a gang of thieves called the Reservoir Dogs." She answered.
"I heard about this." Someone had spoke from the group, before she continued.
"The police wrote it off as an accident, but there were a number of points that didn't make sense, so we began tailing them." She finished.
Centipeder, Nighteye's other sidekick continued, "I, Centipeder, conducted a follow-up investigation. In my investigation, I found that, in the last year, the members of Shie Hassaikai have increased contact with those outside of their of their organization and other groups involved with shady business, moving with the aim of expanding their organization and increasing their funds."
Yuko listened intently, though she was still confused how it involved her and the others.
"And soon after beginning the investigation," the screen behind them changed, showing a picture of twice in civilian clothes, on the phone, with a man wearing a green jacket, that had a purple ring of fluff on the collar, wearing black dress pants.
"He was in contact with a member of the League of Villains, Jin Bubaigawara, villain name: Twice." Yuko stared, with narrowed eyes, at the picture. She may not know exactly who the person was, but she knew the male was important.
"They were wary of being tailed, and I was unable to follow them, but with the help of the police, I was able to confirm that an altercation had occurred between the two organizations." The screen switched to show a warehouse. The wall of the building had a large hole in it, multiple police cars surrounding the area.
"Since the League was involved," Yuko turned to look a few seats down from her, where a short older male, with gray hair, wearing a yellow cape spoke. Aizawa sat to the right of the man, with a hero with a black mask-like bag over his head sitting to his left.
"They also reached out to Tsukauchi and me."
"Where is Tsukauchi?" The hero beside him questioned.
"There were other eyewitness reports to look into, so he went to check them out." The hero looked over at Izuku, "kid, I didn't think it would end up like this. I'm afraid I've pulled you into something troublesome."
"I don't think of it as troublesome!" Izuku denied, Yuko looking at the male in confusion, wondering how he knew the man.
"You know him?" Mirio asked her unspoken question.
"Oh, yes. He took care of me during my internship..." Izuku answered.
Yuko looked back at the short hero, Eijiro following her lead. 'Wait...wasn't he fighting alongside All Might during Kamino?' She thought over, remembering the fight she watched on live TV at the hospital.
"Please continue." Nighteye ordered.
Bubble Girl looked down at her tablet in hand, "so after all this happened, we put out a request for help on the HN--" The blue skinned sidekick was interrupted, Centipeder turing to her, letting her know she didn't have to read whatever she was going to say.
"'HN"?" Ochaco questioned.
Neijire looked at the two confused first years sitting beside her, "Hero Network. It's an online service only those with pro licenses can access. You can use reports of what all the heroes in the country are working on and request help from heroes with helpful Quirks!" The blue haired bubbly girl explained.
"Even if they're from U.A, why are there kids here?" A dark skinned hero, wearing a yellow mask with black hair, sighed from his seat beside Izuku.
"We'll never get anywhere with them here. The sun'll set before we get to the actual plan."
Yuko really wasn't bothered by his words. She was used to people looking down om her cause of her age. Though she always enjoyed their shocked faces when she proved them wrong.
"Don't say that!" Fatgum shouted, shooting from his seat, and startling the three teens beside him, his hand flying over them.
"These three have very important information!" Yuko blinked in confusion, as Tamaki deflated, hunching over.
"Us...?" Eijiro asked in confusion.
"What are you talking about Fat...?" Yuko mumbled, all while patting Tamaki's back in support.
"Anyway, I think I'm meetin' a lot of you for the first time, so I'm Fat Gum! Nice to meet you!" The BMI Hero introduced with a smile.
"Oh, here's some candy!" He offered.
Nighteye spoke up, interrupting Fatgum any further, "we suspect one of the Hassaikai's main sources of income is unauthorized drugs. So I requested heroes who are well-versed in those matters."
Yuko looked up at Fatgum, remembering the night before, as well the years before she entered U.A, he had told her about working with the cops in catching people working illegal drug acts.
"I crushed tons of guys like that back in the day! And then, at Red Riot's and Doragon's debut fight the other day...!" The hero crushed the candy in his fist as he remembered the events.
"A type I'd never seen before was shot into Tamaki." He released the candy, the wrappers and particles falling onto the table, "a drug that destroys Quirks." Yuko could feel the tension coming from the heroes at his words.
Mirio stood from his seat in worry, looking over at his friend, "what?! Tamaki, you're okay, right?"
Yuko looked beside her as the dark haired male spoke, "yeah, I recovered after I slept." He rose his right arm, showing it was now a cow foot.
"I feel better knowing that you can recover from it." Rock Lock looked over at Nighteye, "so it's not gone for good?"
"No." Nighteye confirmed, "we will hear from Eraser Head on that matter."
Yuko looked back at her homeroom teacher, as he began to explain. "It seems a little different from my Erasure since I don't attack the Quirk itself directly." He pointed at his eyes for extra emphasis.
"The Quirk is an extra part with a special function added to a basic human body. Those "extra parts" are lumped together as Quirk genes. I only stop those genes temporarily, but I cannot directly inflict damage on them."
Fatgum took over speaking, after Aizawa, "right after Tamaki was shot, we had the hospital take a look at him, and his Quirk genes were damaged. Thankfully, they healed on their own and he's now back to normal, though."
"What about the analysis on what was shot into him?" Nighteye questioned.
"There was nothin' wrong with the rest of his body. It was only his Quirk that received any damage. The guy who shot him isn't sayin' anythin' either!"
He spread his arm out as he continued, "The gun's in pieces, and the only bullets we had was the ones that'd been shot! But thanks to Kirishima's and Toshiro's brave actions that led to one bouncin' off his body and her staff, we were able to get two still filled with the drug!"
Yuko looked up at the hero, as Eijiro pointed at himself, still seeming completely lost. "Me? That surprised me! It came out of the blue."
"Good job, Kirishima, Toshiro!" Ochaco complimented.
"So cool!" Tsu added.
"Hardening, right? I know about that! It was the perfect match-up! And a staff? That's amazing!" Nejire grinned.
"And after analyzin' the contents we discovered somethin' that made me sick." Yuko looked up at Fat, confused, only for her eyes to widen at his next words.
"Human blood and cells were inside!" Dread filled the U.A students. Yuko froze in her seat, she knew Night could feel her sudden shift in emotion. She could hear him trying to ask if she was okay through their bond, though she didn't answer as static seemed to fill her head.
"In other words," Ryukyu broke the students from their trance, "that effect came from a person...someone's Quirk? A Quirk that destroys Quirks..."
A hero wearing a cat-like creature mask followed after, confusion lacing his tone, "hmmm... I'm not really sure I'm following this. How is this related to the Hassaikai?"
"The men Kirishima and Toshiro captured, and the illegal drug that guy used! The distribution channels for things like that are complex. It's gotten a lot smaller these days, but various people and organizations sell them wholesale until they finally reach the end user. There's no proof that the Hassaikai handled the goods, but they did interact with one of the intermediaries."
"That's it?"
"The other day, when Ryukyu's team broke up a fight between two villain groups, controlling one of the group was the intermediary dealer organization." Nighteye explained, before Ryukyu took the lead.
"One of the two that turned into giant had been given an inferior drug that didn't last very long." The Dragon Hero explained
"There have been a rash of gang-related crimes recently, and most could be connected to the Hassaikai if you tried hard enough."
"It sounds like you're trying really hard to make the Hassaikai guilty. Don't you have something that implicates them more obviously?" Yuko's attention was on Nighteye as the question was asked, she may not understand exactly what's going on, but she's got the gist of it.
The screen switched once again, showing yet another picture. This time of a male with a red beak-shaped mask, with brown hair. Yuko furrowed her eyebrows as both Izuku and Mirio gasped, their reactions confusing the girl.
"The young head, Chisaki's Quirk is Overhaul. His power lets him disassemble and restore things." Night eye explained, Yuko's eyes slightly widening at the mention of the Quirk.
She'd never heard of a Quirk capable of something as such, the only thing truly close, was the League of Villain's leader, Shigaraki's Quirk, that disintegrated anything he touches.
"Disassemble... A Quirk that lets him break things and then fix them. And a bullet that can break down things." Yuko took notice of Mirio's and Izuku's mood change, their face shadowed and downcasted, which worried her greatly.
"Chisaki has a daughter named Eri. There are no records or details about her birth, but when Mirio and Midoriya encountered her, she had a large number of bandages wrapped around her arms and legs."
'Is he...?' Yuko stared at the hero, her eyes growing in size as she seemed to slowly put together what he was hinting at.
"Don't tell me something so horrific..." Ryukyu frowned.
"It's a society of superhuman. If you can dream it, you can do it." The older hero with the yellow cape spoke.
"What?" Eijiro questioned, "what are you talking about?"
"Are you sure we need the kids?" Rock Lock spoke up yet again, "I'll say this once. We're wondering if this Chisaki bastard is turning his daughter's body into bullets and selling them."
Yuko's breath hitched as her unspoken question was confirmed. Eijiro froze beside her, she could feel the shock and dread leaving his body.
"We don't know if he's actually selling the bullets. At their current stage, their efficacy is still too uncertain." Nighteye's glasses glinted as he looked over the group.
"However, if they're at the test stage, and he's using them as samples to gather more to his cause... There is no hard evidence. But he's gathering people and funds across the nation... If the completed drug would be able to completely destroy someone's Quirk...? I'm sure they'll have many ideas for crimes using this."
"Just imaginin' it makes my blood boil!" Fatgum clenched his fist, and Yuko wholeheartedly agreed. Something like this angered her, but she kept her calm, not wanting to affect or worry Night in the slightest.
"Let's go find him right now!"
"Wouldn't this have been resolved already if those two had just taken the child?" Rock Lock looked at the the greenette and blond with a click of his tongue.
Yuko could see how much of a effect his words had on them. And being honest, the hero was seriously pissing her off. She wasn't bothered by his words, like previously stated, she's used to people looking down on her. What was really angering her, was the fact that he was saying this about her friends.
Taking a deep breath, as to calm her emotions, she looked over at Nighteye as he began to speak.
"I take full responsibility for what happened. Please do not blame them. Even they didn't know the full story, they acted to save the girl. Midoriya was willing to bear the risk of taking her then, but Mirio thought ahead and acted to try again when the odds were better. The ones most frustrated here right now are these two."
Yuko blinked as both male's shot from their seats, hands slamming onto the table and chairs flying back.
"We will definitely take Eri next time..."
"...and protect her!" They declared in unision.
"That's right. That is our goal." Nighteye confirmed.