In the Blink of an Eye
Chapter 6 – Recruitment Part 3

"Well Kurogiri, if you're serious about this offer how about you take a seat." Gesturing toward the couch I wonder what his response will be.

Remaining still, it looks like Kurogiri's head turned a bit to look at my couch. "Very well, if you insist." 'He actually took me up on that? Either this guy is really confident in himself, or he is desperate to recruit me. From the way he has come off so far I'd say it's the former rather than the latter.'

After watching him take a seat I ask, "So you've explained why you're here, but not what your offer is."

Placing his mist hands together Kurogiri looks me in the eye and says, "The offer that I have come to extend to you is membership of a group which I am a part of."

Crossing my arms I raise an eyebrow and ask, "Ok, I'll play along, what is the name of this group that you have so humbly invited me to join?"

"The League of Villains." Kurogiri answered in a completely serious tone. I stare, unblinking at him for a few seconds before the inevitable happens, I bust my gut laughing.

"HAHAHAHAHA The League of Villains? HAHAHAHAHAHA who came up with that a comic book writer two centuries ago? Oh man that's rich, what are your mortal enemies called the Justice League?" I lose myself incoherent laughter for a few minutes before finally calming down.

"Are you done?" Kurogiri asked in an exasperated tone. 'Heh looks like that broke through his calm demeanor.'

"Almost, got one more in me. HA. Okay now I'm done." Straightening up I get serious and ask, "So cheesy name aside what's in this for me, and if I were to join what would I even be doing?"

"To answer your first question you would gain protection from Heroes by members of the League, along with that you would be provided a much nicer and safer place to stay then your current abode. As for your second, that depends mainly on what the leader of the League requires your expertise for." Kurogiri answers. 'Hmm that does sound nice, but there are to many unknowns for me to go along with this. He mentioned what the leader requires, meaning that he is just an underling in this group.'

"I'm going to need more information than that, but not from you, from this leader you mentioned. If you want my skills then you are going to have to get your boss to talk to me in person." After telling him my requirement I wait to see what he will say.

Seemingly reluctant Kurogiri replies, "If you insist... I can bring you to him right now, my quirk allows me to open up warp gates."

"Huh, as badass as that quirk sounds I'm not going to just step through a warp gate to a place I don't even know, you and your group could easily walk me right into a trap."

Kurogiri immediately responds, "If we were looking to recruit you against your will I could have easily transported you to the Leagues headquarters before I revealed myself to you, talking with you now is just being courteous. Otherwise you can forget me joining your little League."

"Well then your boss can be courteous and walk his ass through one of your warp gates into my apartment." 'It's good to know that he can transport people against their will, although I doubt he could get me in one now though since I know about it, if he tries anything funny I will just blink out of here before he can react.' While fingering the hilt of the knife in my pocket I take a closer look at Kurogiri. 'I'm not sure if a physical attack will work on the parts of his body that are mist, but his bartender outfit he's wearing has to be held up by something. I will attack there first if it comes down to that.'

Letting out a sigh Kurogiri mutters, "I was hoping that I wouldn't have to get him involved in this," standing up from where he was seated Kurogiri tells me, "I will go and speak to the leader, if I do not come back here within an hour that means the leader has refused to come speak with you." Opening up what I assume is a warp gate in front of himself, Kurogiri steps through it, the gate closing soon after. Sitting down on the couch, my shoulder's sag, 'What the hell am I doing playing along with this? I have been just fine on my own, so why am I entertaining this offer?' Deciding that now wasn't the time to be second guessing myself when this leader could be warped into my apartment soon I begin to make preparations to ensure I have an advantage if a fight breaks out.

I walk over to the closet and begin to equip the gear I use when I go out to steal from Villains. I put on a belt that has two daggers inside holsters. After that I swap my shoes out for my steel toed combat boots. Lastly I put on the most recent addition to my gear, the mask that Tensai had given me. Walking away from the closet I move to the corner of the apartment, ensuring that if needed I have a clear line of sight out the window. Forty Five minutes later a warp gate suddenly appears in the middle of the apartment, a guy in a black long sleeved shirt and pants. He also has what looks like hands attached all over his body, 'Are those hands? What the fuck?' Kurogiri steps through after handy man and the gate closes.

Looking around a bit, the handy man scratches his neck and comments, "Man this place is a dump, so where is this guy Kurogiri? I want to get back to my game."

I call out, "Over here, so you're the leader of the League of Villains I take it?" Turning around, the handy man seems seems to analyze me. He starts off staring at my mask, then his gaze drops down to the daggers on my belt.

Turning his gaze toward Kurogiri, he points at me and says, "This is the guy you wanted me to recruit? What's so special about him, looks like he is barely out of grade school."

Glaring at him through the mask I reply, "And you look like an scrawny jerk off, what's with all those hands, not able to touch yourself enough with your own?

He stares at me in silence for a few seconds before growling out, "That's it, screw recruiting this guy, I just want to kill him now."

Drawing my daggers I taunt, "Oh you wanna go? Let's go bitch, by the time I'm done with you you'll have two more hands to add to your collection." As we were about to charge at each other, Kurogiri steps in between both of us.

Looking at the blue haired cunt he tells him, "Don't be rash Tomura, while he is young his abilities would be a great help to our cause."

Snickering I comment, "Yeah Tomu, don't be rash, you haven't even told me what your goal is yet."

Sweat dropping Kurogiri asks, "Please don't antagonize him.

Letting out another growl Tomura says, "Fine Kurogiri, I will try to be nice and get him to join our party." I wait till he lowers his actual hands before I place my daggers back in their holsters, I keep the strap off though in case I need to draw them quickly.

Tilting my head I ask, "So Tomura, I will ask you what I asked Kurogiri over there, what would I even be doing if I were to join your little League?"

Tomura glares at me, still obviously pissed about my insult, and answers, "You'd be doing whatever I need you to do to accomplish my goal of killing All Might and destroying whatever pisses me off." 'Is this guy for real? He wants to kill All Might and destroy whatever pisses him off. What a joke. Still, I'm curious about how he plans to kill that smiling bastard.'

I cross my arms and tell him, "Ignoring how childish your second goal is, killing All Might is something that I can get behind. However I'm not going to join unless you can give me a reason to believe that it's possible for you to kill All Might, he is the number one Hero for a reason." 'Now let's see if he has an actual way to kill All Might or if he is just way in over his head.'

Taking a step forward Tomura demands, "Why should I tell you when you aren't even in our party yet?"

Rolling my eyes I answer, "Idiot, you like video games right? Why would I join a guild of level 20's at most to help them fight someone who is level 100? Unless you give me a damn good reason I am not going to join."

His eyes seem to light up at my metaphor and he chuckles, "Maybe I judged you a bit to quickly, you make a good point though. It is possible for us to kill All Might because his level has been steadily for five years." 'His level has been dropping? He's saying that All Might has been getting weaker, how would he know that?'

Voicing my thoughts I ask, "Oh and how do you know that All Might has been getting weaker? That is quite a claim."

What he says next shocks me, "I know because my teacher critically wounded All Might in a fight five years ago." 'Five years ago, that was when...'

In a quiet tone I ask, "This fight, was it in Taris city?"

Tomura's eyes widen and he questions, "How did you know that?"

Answering his question I tell him, "I know because I was living there. I saw All Might punch some guy in a black suit and send him flying. Would that person happen to be your teacher?" 'If he is, then that means I might finally have a lead on the other asshole that ruined my life.'

Confirming my suspicion Tomura replies, "That would be him, now I answered your questions, are you going to join my party or not?" 'If I join up, I might finally get a chance to get my revenge on All Might and whoever this Teacher guy is. This opportunity is to good to pass up.'

Smiling I remove my mask and hold out a hand for Tomura to shake, "I'm in I will help you kill that bastard All Might. You may call me Sabaiba, Tomura." 'And while I am at it I will kill your teacher to, you have no idea how much of an opportunity you're giving me Tomura.' I can just barely see what looks like a huge grin appear behind the hand covering Tomura's face. He reaches out and grabs my hand, strangely keeping his pinky finger lifted.

Shaking my hand, Tomura says, "Well then Sabaiba, welcome to the League of Villains."