Kurogiri had been tracked to a hotel room only a couple dozen miles from the Academy. It took the police department hours of combing through CCTV footage, but they'd picked up his trail in the Ritz, where he'd disappeared inside. Checking with the hotel, only one room was being paid entirely with cash on a night-by-night basis. That's exactly where Yagi was heading, alongside the famed Gran Torino himself.
The pair of heroes walked down the hotel hallways, steps heavy against the hotel floors.
"He's growing sloppy," Yagi said. "This isn't like Kurogiri."
"He's got a Warp quick. When you always have an untraceable escape route, you don't tend to hide your tracks through the physical realm," Torino replied. "This is the room."
"Let's do it!" All Might said, the form of the hero taking over as his muscles burst into existence alongside his famous smile. "We have to find Midoriya!"
All Might smashed through the door with incredible power, as Gran Torino quickly charged through after him, flying in with a superspeed kick. Kurogiri was taken by surprise, Torino's boot slamming into his back. However, as he fell, he opened a Warp Gate on the ground, falling through it.
"He's mine!" All Might yelled, grabbing the villain by his armoured neck and flinging him against the ceiling.
Gran Torino quickly leapt forward, fist smashing into the villain. Kurogiri was sent cracking against the massive mirror that looked out onto the city, where he slumped against the glass with a groan. As the two heroes stepped towards him, he held up his hands, palm out.
"Hold on, hold on. There's no need for anymore violence. I'll tell you what you want to know."
"Where's Izuku Midoriya?" All Might shouted.
"He's…" Kurogiri began, before he kicked backwards, shattering the glass behind him.
With that, Kurogiri stepped backwards, plummeting straight out of the window.
"Dammit!" All Might yelled.
Gran Torino leaped out after him, quirk sending him barrelling towards the falling villain, who had begun immersing himself in his dark fog.
"Don't let him get away!" Toshinori shouted, as Gran Torino raced down towards the ground, boots ready to smash Kurogiri out of the way. The two grew closer and closer, as dark fog continued to spread and envelop his target. Gran Torino's boot raced closer and closer, until…
A loud crack sounded off, as Gran Torino smashed into the tarmac below, a burst of Jet the only thing keeping him from turning into the pancake. As the smoke quickly dispersed, Kurogiri was gone.
"Damn Warp powers," Gran Torino muttered. "This hero work is a young man's game."
Gran Torino jumped into the air, jet activating as he quickly flew upwards to the hotel room. He landed in among the broken class for a second, looking at the symbol of peace as he shook his head.
"No luck, I'm afraid," Gran Torino said. "Bastard used his Warp power."
"Damn! I knew we should've brought Aizawa!" All Might yelled.
"Aizawa had his own lead to follow. A lead that I would say is more promising. You don't think so, Toshinori?"
"We'll see," All Might answered, brow furrowed.
"There still seems to be some valuable evidence here. We should search through it, see what we can find," Gran Torino said, nodding towards the laptops that were scattered around the room.
"He's certainly using them for something," Toshinori responded. "I need to call Aizawa, see how that's working."
Toshinori shifted into his regular form, fumbling through his pockets for his cell-phone and sliding it out. Quickly, he rang up Aizawa.
"Fruitful and disappointing," Aizawa answered simply.
"How exactly is it both, Shota?" Toshinori asked.
"I think I've gotten a lead straight to the Facility they were talking about," Shota Aizawa. "It'll take a couple of hours, though, at least."
"Thank god. Kurogiri got away, but there seems to be a good chance we'll find some sort of evidence here. But, what's disappointing, exactly?"
"I shouldn't have gotten into teaching," Aizawa replied, before the phone line clicked off.
"He hung up on me," All Might said, admittedly somewhat annoyed.
"Aizawa never was a social one, was he?" Gran Torino chuckled. "The police should be following up here shortly. Let them comb through whatever's here, see what we can find."
"I suppose. For now, we head back to UA to check in on Aizawa's plan."