In the Blink of an Eye
Chapter 4 – Recruitment
"For our final report of the day, the Kamino Ward's notorious street gang, The Clones, consisting of only one member, Janyu Fett, has been apprehended. He was found unconscious outside his hideout with multiple broken bones and a severed hand. It appears that he had been tossed out of the third story window, the inside being a blood bath with no bodies. Police reported that the blood was most likely from the blood clones that Janyu was able to create by using 1 pint of blood for every clone. This is the most recent in a string of incidents within the last five years where criminals would be found in various states of harm with no sign of the perpetrator who caused the damage. People speculate that this is the work of a dangerous vigilante who has decided to take the law into their own hands. As always, the police request that if anyone knows anything about who this person might be they report it to them. This has been Ossekai Janarisuto for HNA news, signing off."
"Vigilante huh? What a load of crap." I scoff while turning off my TV and taking off my headphones. Looking at the huge stack of yen on the table in front of me I can't help but wonder why it is that the news has never reported the money stolen from the criminals. 'Is it because the police decided to withhold the information?'
Shrugging I started counting the yen on the table that I had stolen from Janyu, "10,000, 20,000, 30,000, 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000 90,000 100,000. Nice, that guy had a lot of yen stashed away." 'Adding that to what I currently have, I should have a total of 550,000 yen.' Happy with how much yen I had taken from Janyu's little gang I walked over to my closet and pulled out a empty brown sack. Returning to the table, I proceeded to place the 100,000 yen in the sack. After tying the end of the sack shut I picked it up and went over to a miniature fridge I had purchased a few years ago. Pulling a key out of my pocket, I unlocked the fridge and placed the bag inside next to the four others already in there. I shut the the fridge, locked it and stashed the key back inside my jeans front pocket.
'Hmm, now what to do with the 50,000 yen I have on me? Oh I know, I should look into getting a ranged weapon. When I was fighting Janyu's blood clones I would have had a way easier time if I had a been able to kill a few from a distance before they started rushing me.' Knowing just where to go to get what I have in mind, I walked over to the generator I put in the corner of the apartment and turned it off. Doing a quick check to make sure I had a knife and two water bottles on me I went over to the window and blinked out.
After a minute of blink enhanced travel I reached the Taris city train station. While waiting for the train station from my position on the roof I pulled out my cell phone to send a text to the guy I would be visiting. "Yo Tensai, I am going to be dropping by for a visit. I have a dilemma I need your expertise for." After sending the text I placed my phone back inside my jacket pocket. Feeling a bit bored while waiting for the train to show up I started looking around for anything interesting going on in the streets down below.
Approximately 10 minutes later I felt my phone vibrate, anticipating a response from Tensai I checked my phone and was not disappointed. "Sabaiba(translated into English as Survivor), good to hear from you again. It's quite convenient that you are stopping by today as I had something for you that should peak your interest." 'Oh, he has something for me huh? I wonder what it is, probably something badass though knowing Tensai. I still can't believe that UA expelled him from the Support Course due to his inventions being deemed to lethal, what a waste of talent.' A sudden loud whistle snapped me out of my train of thought. Looking back at the train station I saw that the train had arrived.
'Looks like my ride is here.' Watching everyone board or exit the train I waited for the doors to shut. Right when the train started moving I quickly blinked to the top of the train and went prone. 'Now this is traveling in style, still not as fancy as my blink though. Now to lay back and relax, it shouldn't be to long before I reach Tatooine Station.' While looking forward in the direction the train is moving so that I know when I need to blink off the train my mind began to wander, and I started listing off what I saw. 'Building, building, fire escape, building, building, skyscraper, building, building, giant dude with a weird face rampaging like Godzilla, buildi- wait what!?' Snapping out of my boredom induced daze I instantly blinked to a nearby roof, just before the train performed a sudden stop due to the giant asshole spazzing out in front of the track.
'I fucking hate people with enlargement quirks, such a pain in the ass. Plus they always destroy something whenever they enlarge, it's like a requirement. Oh speaking of destroying shit there he goes destroying a power line.' While watching the power line fall toward a group of civilians on the ground only to be caught by some Hero with a blue outfit and for some reason a black and yellow striped gauntlets, belt, and headband a thought occurred. 'I should probably make my way down to that crowd watching this shit show, it would be pretty lame if some goody two shoes Hero spotted me up here. Plus I don't want to run the risk of Captain Pink Beard over there fucking up the building I'm on.' Blinking down behind the crowd and heroes I walk a bit closer to the front figuring I might as well get some entertainment out of this before heading over to Tensai.
I made my way behind some weird looking bald guy that had these growths coming out of his head as a man made of wood launched himself above the train track and villain with a pretty impressive jump.
"GET AWAY FROM ME OR I WILL BREAK YOU TOOTHPICK!" Captain Pink Beard shouted. 'Wow a size related threat, so scary.' I can't help but roll my eyes at how pathetic this Villain is.
It was at this point that a short, skinny teen who's hair reminded me of broccoli walked up to the front of the crowd next to the guy with weird growths on his head and said, "Oh this is going to be good." 'Man I've never heard someone sound so excited over a Hero vs Villain fight.' Looking back up to the spectacle on the train track tree guy had just dodged a really slow swing by wrapping an elongated arm around a steel support beam above the track and launching himself into the air.
"It's Kamui Woods, he may be new but he's making a big name for himself." Broccoli boy exclaimed with glee in his voice.
"One look at that dopey grin and I know what you are, a fan boy." Weird growths comments while pointing out the obvious.
"Uh, sorta." Broccoli boy replies. I can't help but chuckle under my breath at this kid, he's just so innocent. During that amusing exchange Kamui had landed on the track and was now running up Captain Pink Beard's arm, using it as a launch pad to wrap his right elongated arm around his left arm. Instead of doing the smart thing and pulling Kamui closer with the arm Kamui had grabbed onto Captain Pink Beard instead launched the Wood Ninja away from him. Woods easily recovered mid air and landed on the train, sliding backwards a bit from the momentum.
"Assault, robbery, and illegal use of powers during rush hour traffic. You are the incarnation of evil." Hearing Kamui Woods say that I couldn't help but let out a laugh. 'If he calls that the incarnation of evil I wonder what he would say about the shit I've done these past five years.'
Woody holding out his right arm which proceeded to turn into a bunch of branches prompted Broccoli boy to say, "There his special move."
"Come on Tree Man show us something flashy" Weird head growths guy called out.
"The Preemptive Binding Lacquer Chain Prison," Broccoli Fan Boy calls out at the same time as the Hero above did. 'Damn are you serious, this kids fanboy knowledge even covers attack names?' The branches on Kamui Wood's right arm proceed to extend at a rapid pace toward Captain Pink Beard who flinched in response.
What the attack would have done to him no one would find out as another person with a gigantification quirk came out of nowhere kicking him in the face while shouting, "Canyon Cannon." 'Wow, what a kill steal.' I thought. 'Let's see that attack knocked the Villain off the side of the track, breaking through the safety wall and causing him to land on and damage the road below. Great job.' I sarcastically commented in my head while rolling my eyes.
After landing on the road a bunch of guys with camera's rushed to the front of the crowd chanting, "Body Shot."
While bending over and sticking her ass out Miss Kill steal looks to the crowd and says, "Piece of cake for the worlds next hottest hero. Hi there everyone I'm Mount Lady, and you don't have to worry about this bomb anymore." 'Did that slut actually wink? And of course this crowd full of sheep is cheering even more for her. Kamui Woods did most of the work that fight and yet the moment the "worlds next hottest heroine" shows up everyone forgets about that.' scoffing in disgust I walk to the back of the crowd. I consider blinking my way back up to the rooftops but decide to just walk to Tensai's since I'm fairly close to his workshop anyway. 'Society actually calls attention whores like that a hero, how pathetic.'
After about a half hour of walking I made my way to the front door of Tensai's workshop. Knocking on the door before turning the door knob, I step inside and call out, "Hey Tensai I'm here, what do you got for me?"