It takes a little time, but it's more an interlude before the real action happens on... North Korea!
In this chapter Midoriya is informed about the green mission requested by the SDF, and being in charge of Pip Bernadotte.
Several years before the time of the story (the story itself occurs in the late 21st century), the Millennium Army, and the Sages of Anthrax (discreetly) invaded North Korea (!), Replacing the Juche government with another that allowed the installation of military bases of the invaders.
As Anthrax demanded the development of magical and alchemical weapons, whose development had been stopped since the fall of Nazi Germany, Japan considered such weapons a threat. And before an army of vampires and wizards of darkness could start an invasion, they noticed that the only option was to discover somewhere in Japan a wizard capable of aiding a black ops military operation that would destroy the enemy facilities. Quirked Superheroeswould simply be annihilated.
How will Izuku react when a badly planning mission on North Korea that can ended into a disaster, and have the entire North Korean Army, and the Millennium Army chasing for him ? (Future chapters spoiler alert.)
Izuku's Guest Room on Funabashi HQ
It was the second day of Izuku's Internship on the Funabashi's Special Forces Headquarters. It was only seven of morning when an officer delivers an enigmatic newsletter:
"Mister Dark Schneider ?", he announces while makes a military salute.
"It's my Hero Name, or whatever...", said Izuku, a little annoyed, once it was just wake up a little time ago, "What's the news..."
"Your Captain", referring to Pip Bernadotte, "Was delivered some bad, very bad, and worst than bad news..."
Izuku was a little dumbstruck when ears the words, while thinks about what the hell was talking about, "Sorry ?!"
"I will straight to the point: First of all the good news… Your training with Gara and Bang will start as soon as possible, once..."
"Please… cut the crap out!", Izuku yells, and hisses, dropping the fangs.
"Understood… The bad news is… The famous Endeavor was kidnapped by the enemy!"
Izuku eyes wides open while thought about the fight with him some days ago, "WHAT ?!".
The entire room freezes, before Izuku delivers a mad voice while remembers the fact that his son was on the same class, "Their son was warned about this issue ?!"
"So far… Just watch the media, that already known much faster than I expected..."
All Might, who was sleeping on the same bunk bed, although Izuku sleeps a level higher, awakens when ears the bad news, "Endeavor was kidnapped ?!", wondering about what kind of villain could manage to make such a feat, unless they are a supernatural one.
"That's impossible !", All Might stands up, avoiding by little an injury when dodge the iron bar that holds the frame structure of the bunk bed, "How such strong men could ever been taken by a villain ?!"
The officer tries to calm down, "It was kidnapped by the enemy, probably the same as we expected... The main problem is our Intel judge that Endeavor will serve as an human shield on the same enemy base when the Wild Geese wants to strike!"
Izuku quickly understands, "Oh… Great! The Millennium Army, or Anthrax, or whatever Hitler's metathesis lurking around already knows our plans !", as he slams against the davenport, "And now my hellish internship will be a one-way trip straight to the Hell, just to kill everything, except the enemy itself!"
Before the frightened office could ever reply, Pip arrive personally, just to avoid an impeding trouble:
"I never wanted to disclose so early, but...", as he fells a strong grip against his neck, delivered by Izuku's right arm.
"What kind of wonderful planing you was just tried to apply, such kind of...", Izuku tries to strangulate the older vampire, just for Pip pick up his weapon and point straight against Izuku's face.
"Please… Don't ever try menace me !", said with reddish eyes.
"I know that today I expected to begin an intensive training… However… What's your real plan ?"
"Stubborn rookie", Pip mood changes drastically, when he slaps hard against Izuku's freakle cheeks, "You should never forget that I control, manage, and lead my unit, and you are just a newbie several ranks beyond me !"
The Pro Hero tries to intervene, since he isn't like the dangerous unfolding of a student rage against an idiotic plan that could endangered his life, even he's almost a immortal, just to please a bunch of brass clothing tugs.
"You... your... coward!", All Might notices the bloodlust delivers by several armed soldiers with military-grade pistols, and sub-machine guns.
And the older vampire signals his subordinates to target lock their weapons against All Might, before resume his speech, "Alright! The things couldn't go worst… In the next 30 hours… You… Midoriya… will be sent along a Black Ops team lead by my Wild Gesse mercenaries to launch a surgical strike against...", as he brings an old printed map with several ancient scribed notes, and thumbtacks and points to a very unpleasant place, "Here..."
Both All Might and Izuku's eyes widens, when read the map legend, and associate the place. It was enough to unleash the repressed anger to an enraged voice, where the younger vampires yells aloud first, "Then… What kind of silliness are you bring to me, on… NORTH KOREA ?!"
"Mister Pip...", All Might demeanor was dangerously shifting to a murderous one, "What kind of diplomatic incident you are trying to bring against a rouge nation with an… ATOMIC ARSENAL ?!", where swiftly remembers the militaristic use of quirks on that nation, "Just to enlighten you that they have a quirk powered ARMY straight pointed against your Nation ?!"
Pip Bernadotte makes a stage smile, before answers with several wailing bursts, "This mission… is TOP SECRET! You band of bastard morons!", before pause two seconds to drink a shoot of whiskey, "If you ever read the newspapers, Internet, homing pigeon posts, smoke signals, ...", as he enumerate all possible items while counting the fingers with sharp claws, like Izuku's ones, "Once the Millennium Army proxies stage a coup-d'etat about six years ago on North Korea, this rogue Nazi army, along some Anthrax proxies... They take direct control of the major North Korea's military infrastructures, and create several private military bases, while upgrade the North Korea ones..."
Izuku raise his left arm, just to demand answers, "Very nice crappy introduction, Major Pip-sensei...", as he cracks his articulations, before thinking to deliver a punch off-guard.
"And one of the Millennium military installations are located deep inside the Ryanggang District, on several bunkers around the mountains that circles the tributaries of Lake Phungso", and Pip nails it, "Where our Intel was confirmed that an human Pro Hero called Endevor, or Todoroki Enji was kidnapped, and placed here..."
"Then… It's just to invade North Korea, strike against a military base, filled with quirk powered soldiers, and rescue an Hero!", Izuku said with a staged smirking, when in reality wanted to use his magic to smash Pip against the nearest mountain.
"Wrong!", Bernadotte nods, while train his hands just in case to counter any magic or physical stroke, "The Endevor's rescue is a last-minute addition, but the real mission is to destroy the military infrastructure that the Millennium Army or Anthrax requires to make some kind of exotic weaponry… Easy as he gets..."
All Might almost wanted to deliver one of his favorite punches, and he barely avoid to make one. Toshinori instead make a strongly provocative remark, "Mister Would-Be-Famous-Or-Not… Do you ever consider the dangers of a failure… specially when the supernatural creatures of that terrorist organizations, which already know your plans… when could use your suicidal mission, as an excuse to make a Nuclear Strike ?!".
"You are too childish… All Might...", Pip unleashes their signature paralysis magic, aided by his native quirk-like telekinesis, "It's unlikely that the rogue North Korea Government would ever launch some nuclear missiles, because they knew that the United States, or even the Russia Federation or China will unleash their nuclear arsenals, and no quirk-enabled Heroes could ever manage such a disaster..." and points to Izuku, "And you, as a natural skilled tactician, already knew how deterrent is the possession of a large nuclear arsenal..."
Pip Bernadotte even could give such stupid remark, "After all, a Nuclear War would be the ultimate Hero Rescue Mission, or whatever crap you teach with your clowns!"
Izuku could reply badly, even he agrees on Pip's remark, but instead, "During the Elementary School, I like to take notes on several civilian Pro Heroes Quirks, then I learn how to do a proper planning… However...", and he demands a straight answer, "What's my role on your mission ?!"
"Simple...", said Pip, even Izuku's not convinced, "You had some powerful magic spells with great destructive power, perfect to delivery the final blow… But… I think you should learn some new skills that could be useful on short-term, even you don't agree..."
"Insane… Totally insane and irresponsible!", All Might yells, "Just because Midoriya are a very skilled quirkless sorcerer, is the prime reason to drop him, even along some freaks, on an enemy territory, specially when Midoriya don't have any military training ?!"
"Enough!", said Pip, "The briefing are demised… Midoriya, take the changing room, on the third port past count on the second turn right side, and go to the Silver Fang's dojo… Immediately!..."
"Yes… Sir… yes… band of scumbags!", said Izuku, infuriated.
"Probably, I need to teach you better...", answers Pip.
Meanwhile, All Might was placed under arrest on the same dorms that he and Izuku sleeps.
Two hours later, All Might would use a VPN tunnel software on his hidden smartphone, even knowing the risks, to leak some information straight to the Director Nedzu's Main Office, where replies to Aizawa and some trustful allies.
At the Endeavor Hero Agency
At the same time, some of Aizawa's students runs straight to Hosu City, just to witness the frenzy and panic surge when Shouto Todoroki discovers that his hateful father was kidnapped.
It was on a private meeting room of the infamous Pro Hero Endeavor's Hero Agency that Katsuki found a depressed rival, who still don't believe that his strong father was kidnapped.
"Half-Hot-and-Cold bastard… What's happened here ?!", said Katsuki, using his bad swearing.
"Katsuki…", Todoriki reacts badly when hears the pseudonym, "My father was kidnapped, and you just can't treat me more formally… kind of ..."
"Enough!", Aizawa pops from nowhere, and slams their heads against each other, "Regarding about you father… All Might disclose some strictly confidential information..."
Katsuki and Shouto heads turns around and faces a very oddly worried Aizawa face, "What's about it ?!"
"Midoriya was been trailed by a vampire military group of mercenaries called Wild Geese, where now working for the SDF! Midoriya's magic powers are apparently perfectly fitted for him, and even he refuse for now, on the next centuries, he could assign to them...", as Aizawa also warns about the very large vampire life-span.
"What… WTF ?! Why Deku, for all Pro Heroes Agencies, for God's sake, was specially requested by mercenaries… There's no WTF sense any more!", Katsuki was also oddly in state of shock.
"And before resume, hold your breath...", Aizawa inner thoughts was also enraged due to his total impotence on the current Midoriya's situation, "Midoriya, and that kind of hellish mercenaries will try to rescue Endeavor on North Korea!"
When the two strongest boys wear the keywords, Aizawa notice the awe and shock, before they react, yelling aloud, "NORTH KOREA ?!"
"In fact, the Millennium Army, who make a military strike during the USJ special class, was after all aided by a unit from Special Forces of the North Korean Army (NKA) that delivers undercover soldiers disguised as villains, along some pathetic ones... And if it's not just bad news, they had the entire North Korean Army at their disposal, since they are the true leaders of that rogue nation!"
"The SDF was totally insane!", Todoroki replies before Katsuki, "Sending a civilian hero student on the middle of a battle against the most militarized nation, without any preparation..."
"And another shocking discovery…", Aizawa interrupts, "The true leadership of Millennium Army, The Twelve Wise Men of Europa, and an enigmatic leader called Anthrax, which are portrayed as powerful alchemist, sorcerer and quirk user altogether…"
Once Aizawa finishes the sentence, Katsuki grabs Aizawa collar, demanding answers, "WTF ?! Why my friend was dragged by this ?!", as the older vampire use his Cancellation Quirk to avoid Katsuki's quirk activation, "If he dies, how his mother will react ?!"
"All Might only said that mission was long planned ago, and requires a powerful sorcerer to destroy a military site, but somehow the enemy already know forehand and kidnaps Endeavor, just for a mere provocation...", where he was totally worried, "And the most disgusting thing, is that group of mercenaries was totally blinded about the possibility of a trap mounted forehand! Probably they was just waiting for an excuse for an hostility escalation..."
Provocation Escalation...
Some minor Hero knocks the door, and delivers worried some even more bad news, "Mister Aizawa, a live announcement from the public North Korea Television...", and turn on the TV screen, and link the live stream.
The news anchor holds a sheet of papers, while an hell military music on the background plays, and displays a menacing title, "The subversive rats plan was discovered! Great conspiracy against our Supreme Leader was Revealed!".
When both stare the television, they couldn't spoke any word, specially when the music fades, and the anchor reads the announcement:
"Our Great Korea Nation, aided by the Millennium Army was prevented another plot against us!", where the anchor makes a short silence break, before resumes, "The subversive imperialist Japan was taking advantage on quirks to create a plot aiming to overthrow the Beloved Leader, but our best agents neutralize the ringleader on foreign soil!", just to portrays the image of Endeavor on the screen.
Aizawa was dumbfounded, "Endeavor could be a troublemaker, but a ringleader of a plot against North Korea ?! For the God's sake...".
"Please… it's a daydream… right ?!", Todoroki tries to pinch repetitively, hoping that the situation was a very dark nightmare.
"No… It's real...", said Katsuki.
"Once the Hero Internship ends, I need to deliver a punch, or request to Midoriya's use a Black Sabbath straight on the Ministry of Defence!", said Aizawa, kicking a dust bin at high speeds, while delivers a strong punch against a wooden framed table that breaks in two.
"I was too ingenuous to follow the recommendations from Mister Nedzu about the SDF teasing about one of my students… This is beyond the marks. I couldn't allow a fellow student to be drag on a dangerous diplomatic and military incident that could bring the Third World War!"
On Wild Geese's private training field, preparing to battle...
Meanwhile, the training with Silver Fang was more friendly, in sheer contrast with the ruthlessness of Pip Bernadotte. Izuku even waste several hours, during the breaks specially, to learn the Silver Fang's signature moves. Izuku notice that was a kind of water elemental magic, mixed with martial arts.
"Ryuusui Gansei-ken!", yells Izuku, while use his native telekinesis to guide the water flow, cheating a little the original Silver Fang's technique.
"Please! Don't take vryko-quirks as shortcuts!", warns the elder vampire.
"What ?! Vryko-Quirks ?!"
"It's my suggestion to name the vampiric abilities like your telekinesis, that had some genetic origin, in a similar fashion of the human-based quirks that follow the same logic..."
"Alright...", Izuku sighed, not very convinced.
On some vampire communities, they propose the native supernatural features of some vampires to be named as vryko-quirks, since they are similar to the human quirks. The Japanese Government so far only takes note, but not take the proposal to the Diet to be voted or debated.
The ninja Gara was more muted, but helps to design a strong military costume for Izuku, where also trains Izuku with his best swordsmanship abilities. In the end, Izuku fuse the wizard and dreadnought former costumes into a single menacing one.
The sword was trimmed to fit Izuku's total hight , but their weight increases to about 2500 kg, due to a more strong and heavy metal alloy, along some special magic stones that gives a fair share amount of total sword weight. The mage fabric was become the foundation of the armored plates, that act as an active shield and a magic foundation. Even the armor design was less heavy than the original, still weights over four tonnes. In the end, the new Izuku's costume was a mammoth seven ton beast of metal and ceramic.
Izuku only could sigh when face on the mirror, the new dreadnought costume, and remembers a silly episode of their innocent childhood, when at the first year of Elementary School, almost his colleges run away when discovered that the green-haired shy boy was a vampire.
But his first true wizard staff gives another memory for a more recent past, when starts the training with Sakura-sensei, who teach him her magic, while controls better the Dark Schneider's magic he could learn by himself.
Private talk...
Finally the younger vampire decide to return to the shared bunk bed with All Might with the new militaristic costume, making All Might shivered and worried:
"Mister Midoriya, another walking tank ?!", just to choose another derogate word.
"What a thought day", Izuku sighs when tries to undress the complicated costume, taking care to not unload seven tonnes of metal over a human.
"It's very dangerous to speak about, but...", All Might picks, carefully, a smartphone, and points the information he wanted to share.
"Do you know that you can be charged with espionage, what's an huge risk!", Izuku was surprised when notice that the Yuuei's 1-A class already knows the true motivations of SDF, or the fact the entire Japan knowing that one of best Pro Heroes was been taken hostage on North Korea.
"The situation was so terrible, that everyone from your classmates, or even other classes, almost cannot concentrate or enjoy their internships!"
"I bet that Todoroki was almost screaming with it's own impotence...", said Izuku softly.
"Tomorrow it's your day… but promise to me, that you will focus to rescue my derailed rival, and convince that band of buffoon bastards to fly away as soon as possible..."
"I will honor that promise", Izuku bows with formal respect, "But I can't think more that it's to odd for the Millennium Army don't evacuate the site, or execute Endeavor in public, as they expected to me to arrive there…"
"That's why I fear a military escalation, straight to nuclear strike..."
"I don't think they use nuclear weapons on the first day. It would be too stupid... Probably or Anthrax or the Millennium Army will use their supernatural military to make an incursion of Japan at a short to middle term, and only need an excuse to shift the preparations priority to make a thing."
"When I speak about a nuclear strike, probably they could use a single one, more focused to make a local damage..."
"Or just to blow away on higher atmosphere, in order to make an Electromagnetic Pulse capable to fry our sensitive electric and electronic infrastructure. Even here, I only bet only during the supernatural army invasion..."
All Might sighs when remembers the Pip's words about Izuku's strategist skills, revealing the coherent and well planning scenario, without thinking that Japan was in the brink of a terrible disaster scenario.
The mission begins...
On the eve of the third day internship, Izuku joins the other vampires that forms the mercenary group Wild Geese, along several human soldiers from a Black Ops unit. The highest rank personnel salutes all the soldiers, and makes an elusive speech:
"Today it's the day that I will deliver a serious blow on the terrorist group called Millennium Army! The Operation Emma-oh, in honor of the deity of death and revenge, are officially commissioned."
Very few dare to take attention on the rest of the announcement, specially the vampires group, who already takes the seats on a stealth-technological helicopter with enough autonomy range.
"However, due to security reasons, we will fly first to Tsushima Island", said Pip Bernadotte, "Then, at the evening, with some concordance with the South Korean National Army, we will contour the east coast of that nation, using the Korean island of Ulleung, and the coastal city of Donghae as a reference point...", and point to the entrance point, "Finally… using a bisection of an imaginary crossed line between the North Korean coastal cities of Sinchang and Riwon, that was a very mountainous terrain, we will infiltrate the enemy territory..."
"That's a very long journey...", Izuku notice the natural barrier provided by the Sea of Japan, and their tactical allies that prevent a more easy invasion, "And what's this oddly place ?"
"It's a small village called Pungseoeub, where probably it is one of the escape routes of the Millennium Army hideouts..."
"May I add a little remark ?", Izuku notices the unfriendly mood reply of his superior.
"Be fast...", said Pip.
"For my own knowledge, the invasion point is also the same places when the majority of missiles sites, and launch pads are located. It's expected to be an huge concentration of radars, and high alert mobile infantry units..."
"That's why I requested stealth helicopters, to avoid such scenario..."
Izuku was not truly convinced, as he remembers from the All Might espionage session, that North Korea, with the funds of the Millennium Army was enable to modernize the North Korean Navy, without care about the international sanctions. A possible way to North Korea create a tactical advantage, with the huge area covered by the Sea of Japan was the navy program that should takes more priority on the submarines, and probably one of them was capable to carry nuclear missiles.
After all, when Izuku watches World War Two documentaries, he snaps when the Nazi Germany, the ancient state that the Millennium Army worships, once takes control of the Atlantic French Coast, they build underground submarine bases located on several coastal cities. And an underground submarine base could be an excellent shipyard to build at least a submarine capable to launch a nuclear strike against Japan, without been noticed first, even during the construction site.
Once he finishes his thoughts the helicopters was just take off, and flies to the first stage of a day long trip to North Korea. Izuku was less optimistic, since he fells that even he could rescue Endeavor, the whole mission will end in a total disaster. And it will be nearly impossible to run about 500 km of hostile environment to reach the Armistice Line on the Parallel 38, the strong military frontier between the two Korea's.
To be Continued...