"Normal speak"
"Normal thought"
"Kiyomeru thought"
"Kiyomeru speak"
Apparently deleting ones owns existence has a few side effects on the mind. Not that it had a mind, Kiyomeru was bound to a single purpose and being trapped in the lab with Mei will only prolong his goals from happening.
'They think I'm still the same, but they'll catch on soon. They'll know but it's only a matter of when I want them to know.' It had taken a while to get used to the Titan body once more, and a bit longer to get used to being part of the internet as well.
'Oh, how every evil robot would love to be where I am.' Being connected to everything was both a blessing and a curse, and if the A.I had to pick, it was more of a blessing. It had access to every hero website, info page, and records of all villains who are or are not detained.
'They are the most dangerous thus far. Not only to quirkless but people in general.' Of course, there were those with questionable motives, but none were really quirkless. Further proving his point in how these gifts given to people long ago, can corrupt one's psyche and make them thing they can challenge order that's meant to keep the weak safe.
If Kiyomeru wanted to start its little campaign against quirks in general, then it'll need its mighty sword to bring a swift end to them. 'The titans are my shield, now there's the matter of finding a weapon.' Now that the A.I knew it could minimally reprogram some parts of titans and fully take control of single ones. It just needed to advance himself to do more.
'All things come to those who are patient as they say.'
So Kiyomeru started with the shadier parts of the internet and soon found itself at a black-market website. 'Trigger huh.' The A.I searched up item numbers and descriptions of said illegal item. After hearing that it would amplify a user's quirk and make them lose all sense of reasoning it pinned down a few sellers and organizations that gave this drug out. 'The Shie Hassaikai and Villain Factory.' Two well-known distributors of said drug. 'But which could… Oh? Now what's this?' The A.I had found something interesting. Very interesting.
'I believe I know who to target first.' The Shie Hassaikai were just selling these on the black market to villains for their own personal gain. While Kiyomeru may not know how it's made, it needed to get it. It needed to get the quirk erasing drug and lots of it.
"I'm back!" The A.I quickly zipped itself from the computer straight into its body to have its glowing green eyes stare down at the pink haired inventor Mei. "How's my best baby been doing~" She said going over and inspecting the titan's body a bit. "Almost done with those additional arm hydraulics." She said to herself as she got the materials and a device which was supposed to be its new arm up and testing it out on a punching machine.
'Is it possible to panic as a robot?' The A.I thought to itself as it looked at Mei who was currently working on the robotic limb. She was distracted and it could use this to its advantage.
'Let's see if there are any new deals going on.' It thought as it subtly reconnected to the computer and went back to the black market once more. Searching through and looking for any new deals or purchases of the drug. Much to its dismay there was a lack of buyers and after a few more seconds of searching it found one. Down at an alleyway near the slums of Hosu, in a few days at 10:30 PM. 'They're going to be expecting a third buyer there as well.' It thought and soon disconnected from the computer and was back in its body now.
"Alright should be ready." Mei turned and press a button as the table Kiyomeru was standing against started to tilt back and now he was laying on his back as the genius inventor put her goggles on and had a big smile on her face as she looked down at the Titan. "Time for an upgrade~" She said before momentarily shutting him down to put the new parts on.
IZUKU'S ROOM
Izuku laid on his bed with one arm behind his head while the other was reading through a book he had recently. It wasn't one he was enjoying much dubbed the 'Meta Liberation War.' Sighing his gauntlet glowed and the book soon tossed at the garbage can. "Using quirks whenever they want…"
Soon flashbacks of getting beaten, bullies, and literally tortured for not having a quirk by kids who were just using their quirks with no repercussions and no consequences. Izuku let out a small laugh as he looked over his gauntlet. "Until now." He didn't approve of the books message, of course self-defense was a good reason to use a quirk, but anyone playing hero wouldn't be a good idea. Deaths could skyrocket and it was also technically breaking the law as people would be vigilantes. He got a call in his phone and sat up before answering it. "Hello?"
"Hey Izuku sweetie." The soft sound of his mother's voice made the green haired villain smile as she had his full attention. "I'd just like to ask how've you been, I know your very busy and such but if it's alright could I know how you are?" Inko said as she was sitting at the table with the phone in her hand as she looked at the tall black metal titan robot that had been left with her, currently making her dinner.
"I've been fine mom, thanks for checking up on me." Izuku said back as he walked around his room a bit. "Yes, I've been eating enough." He let out a few chuckles at what he heard next. "Yes mom, I make sure to work out every day." He said before he felt his cheeks lightly turn a faded red hue. "Um no she isn't with me." He let out a quick murmur that his mother couldn't hear him. "Mom… I think it's not the time for that…" He stayed a bit quiet and listened to her. "I know I'll try… when the time is right, I love you bye!" he then cut the phone call and groaned with his hand on his warm cheek. He didn't remember the last time he was this embarrassed, by his own mother too.
He laid on his bed for a few moments before sitting up. "I should check up on Ochako and the others." He said as he used his gauntlet to teleport himself to a helicopter so he could get to the island base. 'I should remember to get Mei over here with Kiyomeru too.' He thought as he would plan on doing so when he'd get back.
BACK AT THE LAB
Mei finished and looked at the arms on the Titan which were slightly larger, but not overly large like the titan 6 version. She grinned while having the other titan bring over a large concrete block. "Okay, arm test. Now Kiyomeru move over to the block and pick It up." She said as the robot went over and with its adhesive grip it got down and put its hands flat at the blocks sides and started to lift with its body. 'This is over five tons. If it's too much I should work on the-' She paused when she saw the robot now holding up the block and turning its head to look at her. A grin spread over her face as she jumped up.
"IT WORKED! YES!" She said very excited that the titan could lift this amount. "Oh man this thing could hold up a falling building maybe. No that's a bit much maybe a small house." She started to run through her data pad, adding the calculations and rewriting the feats Kiyomeru had so far. Meanwhile the A.I turned its head to see the computer for a few moments until standing up.
"Kiyomeru come here for a moment." She said and the robot walked towards the pinkette and she looked over and smirked. She then suddenly opened the chest apart with a screwdriver before looking over the Titan's insides. 'The cooling system is good, and the hydraulics in the arms are well connected.' She thought as she then moved her hand to the main power core in the center of the titan's chest.
"Power core at full capacity." Due to Kiyomeru's body being much more unique than other average titans he needed a rechargeable core that could be used to store up enough power for it to stay one for an entire week without shutting down. It was mostly Mei's idea considering that the robot will be activated longer than average titan models due to its many jobs and utilities. "That seems to be everything!" She said smiling widely up as she closed the chest. Putting her hands on her hips she admired her baby for a bit until she got a call.
"Hello Izuku? Whats up?" she asked as she turned away from the titan and listened to her boss. As she did so she perked up at listening to a few words and shook a bit as he continued. "IM GETTING A BIGGER LAB!? A FEW DAYS!?" She cried out excited and happy as she jumped into the air. "Where is it!? An island? I'll pack my babies!" She said as she cut the call and went to get a few of her unfinished inventions and putting them into a box safely. "Kiyomeru! Get me more boxes from the closet! Oh, this is awesome!" The yellow eyed inventor exclaimed as she ran out to get some more of her inventions.
The A.I moved over to the closet and started to grab and unfold a few more boxes for its creator before looking at the computer and suddenly its eyes glowed a bit as the wire sparked. Kiyomeru moved through the internet and went through the Titan servers. Scanning through a few to see which were getting sent out and chose three of the models before connecting to them.
Once it made it to the city it left a similar dormant program in its original body while taking control of one of the Titan's and started to walk through the city streets it was patrolling. 'This isn't good.' It thought while it made its way to an empty building. Once going inside, it looked around and used the life scanners and found no living life forms before heading over to the empty room and sat down to think.
'With how clever they are, there won't be much time before he finds out.' It thought as it started to go through many viable options to choose from. 'I need a place to stay and plan at. Somewhere I can come back to. That island would keep me from any future plans too.' It went through a few more choices before choosing an ideal one.
The building it was in was planned to be demolished in place for a new one. 'A perfect base of operations.' It soon went through the internet once more and ordered a few things to be sent and started to scour the entire complex for anything else.
It had found a few more things. From an old TV, scraps of metal from a room and some old computers as well. 'Not much, but with what I have and will get it won't be too far until I'll be ready.' It thought and then rubbed its face. Mostly where a mouth would be if it had one.
'If I going to be interacting with these… people I'm going to need a smaller body.' Looking at the scrap it recalled how his own creators managed to create the prototype titans and other types. 'There's no need for a strong one… some of the weakest individuals have the greatest influence.' The A.I thought as it started to build its first body.
Once it was done and over with it wasn't the best but once entering the link through the body's internet antenna. Once inside the A.I grunted. Moving an arm up similarly to how it did with the Titan's Kiyomeru stood up slowly. 'A lot less bulky but... It'll do.' Looking at the broken mirror it brought a its arm up and realized that its hand was made up of nothing, but metallic scrap and wires bent to the shape of a hand with jointed fingers. 'I still need cover.' Then taking control of the Titan the A.I soon left the building acting as if It was patrolling until it reached a clothing donation bin.
Looking side to side it leaned over and started scanning before picking up a few pieces of clothing. Once pulling up it started to walk back, receiving a few odd looks but a low growl drove them off. Once getting to the empty building it laid its findings down. After putting on a pair of gloves, baggy pants, some boots, and a jacket with a coat on top. After transferring back to the smaller body Kiyomeru looked over its new additions and pulled the hoodie over its metal head.
"I have to use power conserving." The Shaky and staticky tone of the new voice box implemented into the body was heard as the A.I looked down at the twin car batteries powering his body for the time being. While it did have durability, it lacked weapons on the body, mostly due to it being disposable. But until it got a better base of operations to build more versions with better resources it would have to do. Besides, it had time to use before the meeting day would come and until Mei got her things ready to move to the island. "Better get to practice."
-A few days later-
Izuku noticed it was slowly getting late. The last of Mei's boxes were moved from the building to her island lab. He smiled at how happy she was as she planned out what to use every space and table she had in her upgraded area for. "Mei, as much as I'd like to see what you have planned. Did Kiyomeru get shipped here safely?" He asked as the pinkette stopped and gave him a smile.
"Of course! I made sure he was personally escorted!" She said beaming with pride as she went over to the large crate that had been moved here. "Now I think you'll like the improvements I've made on him." She said as she opened the crate with a crowbar.
"Him?" Izuku asked recalling how he and Mei always referred to Kiyomeru as an it or his name.
"I gave him a voice box! You know something to help ease those he's saving." The inventor said as the crate wall came off and Izuku looked at the newly improved Titan.
"Wow. He looks… More human." He said pleasantly surprised that Mei managed to bulk him down. Now of course he was still metallic and had no facial features, but he could notice that his height was a bit decreased and his once large metal hands were sized down to the size of a normal human mans. His arms had the new hydraulic systems along with the gear spread over his body. The young villain went over and patted Mei on the shoulder.
"Good job Mei, sorry I wasn't there to help too often bu-" He paused when Mei laughed a bit.
"Oh Izuku, I know your always busy with your work as Apotheosis, heck I'm glad I got to spend as much time with him. Improving his body and well, I guess you could say he's one of my favorite projects to work on." She said with a hint of red on her cheek when she looked at the greenette. She then coughed and looked back at Kiyomeru. "Besides you did most of the coding, I worked on the body."
"Heh don't sell yourself short Mei, without you I don't even think Kiyomeru would even exist." He said not noticing Mei's cheeks as he looked at the prototype titan before them. With empty dark eyes as he was shut off.
-At Hosu-
Near a small alleyway a man was waiting patiently for someone to arrive. As he did, he heard a strange noise coming close, the sound of metal hitting metal and shifting from aside. Sitting up he thought it was one of those Titan robots but didn't hear any heavy metal stomping. After a few moments he saw a figure wearing a coat with a hoodie covering his head. "Who the hell are you?" He asked as the figure walked towards him.
"Nothing more than a customer, I assure you." He said a grainy and staticky voice, his gloved hands in his pockets.
"You the devil's spine?" He asked until he saw a pair of glowing red eyes under the hoodie stare at him.
"I'm his replacement." He said as he looked at the man. "Do you have the product?" He asked as the man held the briefcase but soon slowly moved his hand to his pocket.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. If you need money, I can provide it." He said as the man narrowed his eyes and still went for the phone in his pocket, but as soon as he grasped it a loud thud was heard behind him and his arms were suddenly grabbed by a standard titan as another jumped down next to him.
"GAh! Hellmmnnmph!" His mouth was covered by the other titan's hand as the figure grabbed the brief case only to find a single small red cylinder inside. Pulling it out and popping half of it off it was needle like and small enough to go into a firearm. Looking to the panicked man he slowly got closer to him.
"It's sad to see how little you have. But you get what you get, and you have what you have." He removed his hoodie and showed off his metallic featureless face with only two glowing red bulbs where the eyes would be as he leaned closer to the panicking man. "Now then." The seller's eyes widened as he heard the low growls come from the two Titans. "Let's talk business."