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"Nice try kid, but who is going to believe that?" The Hero Kurogi said. "We live in the world where lying is essential. You should have been able to come up with a better lie than that at your age."
"I'm not lying!" Izuku said, "I really did come from another world." He looked down. "A world a lot better than here. People cheered whenever a Hero appeared. The Villains were the ones everybody feared. It wasn't rear to get our hands on freshly prepared food and people were not stealing left and right. In my world, I didn't have to wake up and worry about my own mother attacking me or who would barge into my own house and stab me."
Silence.
"I don't know why I'm here but I want to know," Izuku said. "I want to know what made this world so twisted. Why does everywhere look like a garbage dump? Why are people hurting and even killing each other? Why are the good people in this world, despised? Why are Hero's hunted down? Who is the Bloody Emperor?"
Everybody looked at each other.
The kid was convincing.
Who at that age could fake that strong of emotion?
The kid was either a top trained spy or somebody who actually cared for them.
"If we told you. What would you do?" Tomura said, looking him right in the eyes.
"I" Izuku began, looking him straight in the eyes before saying. "I would help! But if I want to help, I need to understand this world!"
He didn't want to kill anymore but how can he turn a blind eye to this world?
Meanwhile, nobody said anything.
"You have good eyes, kid," Tomura said before he saying.
"I will tell you the story of how the world became this way"
Ch 8: The tragedy that nobody saw coming
"I don't know the full details but the story has been passed down from Generation to Generation," Tomura said, taking a seat in front of Izuku. "Nobody, but the Bloody Emperor knows how accurate the story is"
Some of the Hero's in the room looked pained.
"You could say that it all started when the man who would later be called the Bloody Emperor was born," Tomura said, "Bloody Emperor was actually born Quirkless"
"W-What?" Izuku said, "But I've seen posters of him with a flaming skull!" there was no way the man did not have a quirk or did the man get his power's like he had?
"Well... the people at the time thought he was quirk less," Tomura said, "But nobody could deny that even as a child, the Bloody Emperor had a cruel nature. It was scary but also seductive"
"Huh?" Izuku said, blinking.
"You see even before that time, evil still existed in the world. This is a truth that will never go away because this how human beings are. Evil shows up" Tomura said, "And to the darkest of people, the child appealed to the darkest part of their Humanity, and that's where he grow."
"Like a disease" All for one chimed in.
"Yes, like a disease," The voice on the screen said.
"It was in the Bloody Emperor's early 20's that, that the man decided to run for President" Tomura said, getting a shocked look from Izuku "But because of his bad history, he had to take on a new identity while his unground followers would make sure nobody got too close to unearthing his true name. On the surface, he was what everybody hoped for in a leader. Charismatic, loving and Kind"
Suddenly there were all snorts in the room.
The man had long since revealed his true nature to the world, to them it was funny that those worlds were even connected to that man in the first place.
"His motto when he was campaigning was 'Do want you want'" Tomura said, making Izuku remember the poster. " It was a laughable slogan that somebody who was content with their lives would gloss over but the Bloody Emperor strongest audience were the people the country blissfully ignored. Those who did not want to work. Those who country felt trapped in their every day's lives. Nobody know how large the problem was but the Bloody Emperor did. That's why even the media was shocked when he won the presidential election"
"And that's when everything turned really bad didn't it?" Izuku said.
"Actually no," Tomura said, surprising him. "In the beginning, the Emperor was a very good president. He took care of the lowest in society and the economy boasted as a result. He met with other nations and helped improved them too."
"So, what happened?" Izuku said.
"On the surface, he was the perfect man, but underground it was an entirely different story. With him obtaining the president chair, his influence grow by leaps and bounds. The poison spread to other nations as well. For three years nobody had any clue that a ticking time bomb was being made beyond what they were allowed to see" Tomura said, "And then the Blood Emperor passed a strange law, after 3 years of peace"
"It was the Law that made people call him the Bloody Emperor," The person on the screen said. "The Civilian Revenge Act."
"The Civilian Revenge Act?" Izuku said.
"It just how it sounds like," Tomura said, "Normal people, who have been wronged by other people in the past were now allowed to take the law into their own hands. At last, people who had no choice but to let the law deal with it, only for it to fail them could get revenge. Some saw it as something good but, the problem was. Any sico could say that somebody had wronged them even if it was an innocent family. Human beings have different perceptions of what could be the same event"
"The Bloody Emperor had snuck his own people into the government using the public's own perception of him. If he couldn't sneak enough people to pass the Act, then he would use bribery or blackmail to get the odd's on his side" Said the voice on the screen. "Otherwise, if he hadn't done that, under normal circumstances, it would not have only failed but the public would be alerted to the Act and his image would be ruined. The Act was passed to the House of Councilors, without the public knowing a thing. Nobody, know just what went on in there but people who later suffered, know something shady want on in there. The Act was miraculously approved and want to the Emperor of that period, where something else dodgy happened. Either the bill was tempered with or there was something wrong with the Emperor himself to okay it.'"
"The Act was made officially law and that's when the poison started to show itself," All for one said. "Those who said they wouldn't obey it were drowned out by the people who were more than happy to obey it. People were being murdered left and right and those who survived either blamed the killer or the world and also sought revenge. The police couldn't do anything because they had their own problems to deal with. Normal people came after the rich folks because they thought that they were the reason why they were poor. People want after the government and anybody who held a certain amount of power in their lives. The Bloody Emperor vanished in the madness. The once stable country collapsed just like that. It was a hellhole"
Izuku was shocked.
"People tried to flee the country and the other countries were more than willing to take them in, while they send resources to help the country," Tomura said, making Izuku relieved. "The only problem was, not all the people they took in had good intentions. Once certain people tasted what it was like to be able to do what they wanted, they converted anybody who listened. Countless people crop up and it grow too big that it was right in the public eye. Nobody could figure out the source of the sudden madness and the countries surrounding Japan grow unstable. They fell one by one"
"And where were the Superheros?" Izuku said.
His question made everybody looked down.
"They were right in the middle of it." Tomura said, surprising Izuku "They tried to calm everybody down but there were far too many people wanting to hurt each other. They could not protect everybody. Hero's died trying to maintain some order. It was just impossible. People still died, wither Hero's came or not. The effect it had on little kids who looked up to Hero's, believing that a Hero would come and save them one day, was huge. Their whole family was murdered and no Hero showed up, some started to hate Superheroes"
"But it wasn't the Hero's fault," Izuku said, surprising them all. "There was just too many!"
"But nobody told them that. Nobody was there to tell them to keep believing in Hero's, that one day that it would all turn around" Tomura said. "Those who were let down by the Superhero's of the world began to stop believing in them. A year of none stop fighting turned into years. The world had been wrecked, everybody had to fend for themselves. Hero's died and their graves were trashed. The public opinion about Hero's had been trashed beyond repair."
Izuku could not say anything.
"And that's when the Bloody Emperor resurfaced," Tomura said. "He promised that if the world made him the leader, he would make 'safe spaces' which later became known as Bloody cities. He would make it possible to have at least some safety in this world. He showed up with clean clothes, warm food and a not trashed how. It was understandable that people wanted to rub him, blind"
Making Izuku listened.
"However, everybody soon learned that he was protected by powerful people and those 'safe spaces' were protected by terrifying powerful people." Tomura said, "And if somebody managed to get him alone by luck, he was no means weak. Many believed he was silent to build up his skills. His first kill must have unlocked something within him and it manifested into a flaming skull. You could say it was an unlockable quirk. Using his large group he forced everybody into submission and brought some order to the world."
"At a cost," The voice on the screen said.
"Haunt down Hero's" Tomura said, making Izuku face go pale. "If you want to get into the safe space where you will be clothed, fed and be able to live without fear of anybody stealing your stuff, then bring me a Hero's head.' That speech is still remembered today. Suddenly those who still called themselves Hero's publicily were haunted by the mass public and forced into hiding. Those who managed to capture a Hero and behead them, were allowed in and every time they went out, they would look like the world hadn't touched them and the fight never got so bad. Everybody that was allowed in the safe space were well fed, well groomed. They told stories about hot showers and comfortable beds. Over the years, the requirements have changed. Now you have to a professional Villain to get in."
"And just like that, Hero's became chickens to slaughter" The voice on the screen said. "However, with the public after them, naturally Hero's had to grow stronger to avoid being caught. The fact that the 'Safe spaces' are still around today means that the Bloody Emperor know's that there will always been somebody trying to be Hero's in the world. He allows other to fight to keep this world insane."
"In this age, no matter what area it is, people always dream of a better life," Tomura said, "And very few have the heart to even try to bond with somebody, since betrayal is the norm. Kid's these days just accept the world as it is and are taught how to attack anything that goes against that."
"The grip the Bloody Emperor has on the young generation is frightening" Said, the voice on the computer screen. "They should be all brainwashed right now"
Izuku should be brainwashed right now.
Izuku thought about his sico classmates and then he thought about Bakugou.
"Actually, I think not all of them are." He said, surprised them all. "Bakugou. He takes care of me. I think he just doesn't want to admit that he may think of me as his friend." Before adding. "In his own twisted way"
There was a huge difference between Bakugou of this world and the other world.
Izuku could feel that Bakugou of this world would have been a good kid if he wasn't so influenced by the world.
Bakugou will never admit that he cared for Izuku because that would be seen as weakness.
"So, you're from another world, then" Tomura suddenly said.
"Huh?" All for one said.
"I'm trusting you, for now, kid." Tomura said, "You have the eyes of a really good person and you can show sympathy for people who died. A youth who has lived in this kind of world cannot show sympathy for people they've never met before, no matter how hard they to fake it. So, I'm trusting you"
Making everybody stunned.
"And besides. If we drop him home, who knows what would happen to him? Perhaps, somebody would take a look into his mind and try to match the surroundings to anything" Tomura said, "We have no choice but to take this kid in."
"We wouldn't have had to take him in, if you hadn't taken the kid in the first place, Tomura," Dabi said.
Tomura gave the man a wink, which made the man cringe.
Izuku was stunned, Tomura was happier and vibrate here, not at all moody.
Then an advert suddenly came on.
"It's that time of a year again when the students of U.A show us just what they've got." Said, the announcer.
"Turn that thing up," Tomaru said and it was turned up.
"However, this year is special because none other than the Bloody Emperor will make an appearance! He will personally witness the execution of our cities captured Heros. The winner of the tournament will get to the honours of killing a row of Hero's in front him and a large crowd. That lucky student will automatically gain entrance to the Bloody City!"
All around the city people were envious.
They wish they had power's that were strong enough to get into A.U so they could enter the tournament.
However, nobody in the room where the Heroes were, were smiling as they saw their fellow heroic comrades tied to a pole, some were beaten so badly that they were unrecognisable, others had made peace, some were still struggling to get out while others had fallen to dispair.
"Izuku Midoriya." Tomura said, turning to him. "If you are really on our side then help us free our comrades. Are you willing to become a Hero?"
.
.
Izuku know the exact fate of a Hero in this world.
However, how could he shut his eyes away?
"I want to help," Izuku said. "Let me be a Hero."
#Bakugou Household#
Bakugou walked through the flames that surrounded his house and walked through the front door.
"I'm home," He said, not expecting for anybody to hear him.
"*cough cough*, welcome back" Said, a female voice.
He recognised that voice.
That was his mother.
He turned around and found her bleeding from her side against the wall while she used first aid to patch herself up.
However what Bakugou took notice of the most was the black blood dripping from her mouth.
"Mom, you used your power again?" He said, his mother had run into somebody that could make powers unstable, years ago, so whenever she used it, there was a backlash on her body.
"Had to. There were certain people who wouldn't let me leave" she said, before saying. "But you know me. I won't die that easily"
His mother was strong.
However, Bakugou looked at the blood from her mouth and felt something.
Even in a heartless world, the love a child had for their parents existed no matter what.
His mother illness was curable but in a world where Medication was like the liquid of the god's, the only thing between life and death, the medication would be stolen the moment, word got out.
It was impossible for him to get that Medication for his mother.
However, it wasn't impossible for him to get it in the Bloody City.
The city was strong enough to make sure medication was protected.
Part of the reason why he wanted to be a Villain was to help his mother recover.
All he had to do was win the festive and he could that medication.
Izuku had been right. He really was a good kid but he just grow up in a twisted world.
And scene!
Next chapter, is the festival and horror show begin. Izuku is disguised in the audience and is shocked by the brutality of the Festival. Review/fav and follow!