Musutafu – Police Force Headquarters – Temporary Holding Cells -

Detective Tsukauchi was scratching his eyes with one hand and holding a cup of coffee in the other like it was the greatest treasure in the world; He was looking at the screen feed of a security camera and at the two cells holding two rather infamous Vigilantes: La Brava and Gentle Criminal.

Both had been arrested, but not before the two had enough time to beat the shit out of the Pro Hero that tried capturing her; and both had gotten arrested just because a more proficient Pro Hero had joined the fight right after Gentle had finished kneeling the Hero woman's teeth into oblivion.

"Do we really have to shove those two in Tartarus, sir? I still find the idea rather excessive." The Detective said, taking a big mouthful of the scalding liquid with a grimace.

"… God, when will that kid reopen his Restaurant? I miss his coffee…" He then muttered, sighing.

"He has simply closed for the night like any other restaurant, Tsukauchi, he will reopen tomorrow morning at 7, like always…" Naomasa's superior answered, rolling his eyes.

"Too bloody long…"

"You have an addiction. As for your question, lately there has been a demand for us and Pro Heroes to use harsher punishments for criminals and Vigilantes. And since many politicians want to gain points with the populace, they are starting to listen to the vocal minority and started echoing their most absurd demands."

"So they want to turn a maximum security prison for the worst monsters Quirked society has to offer into a dumping ground for every semi-serious criminal?" Tsukauchi asked back with an arched eyebrow.

"AH! Don't I too think that it's all a bunch of bullshit? Treating any bigger offense than a parking ticket like they were All for One himself going around raping and pillaging… But we are in the Era of Social Media, Triggering and Easy Outrage and all that. At least is not as bad as it was back in the early 2000s, I heard society back then came very close at self-destroying for a good thirty years before by miracle they remembered they were humans, not lobotomized baboons."

"One could say we never left that mentality behind… Still, of all the Vigilantes we got through the years, those guys are part of the "lesser evil" kind. A normal prison could be enough for them. I mean… Look!" Tsukauchi answered, showing the other guy's a thick folder.

"Hn?"

"Four instances of Gentle trying to enter many, MANY Hero schools, from UA to the very bottom of the barrel, then a long period of void in which we don't know what happened and then his becoming a Vigilante; while La Brava simply disappeared from the face of the earth for several years before reappearing as his side-kick,"

"A Shut-in?"

"Very likely, and with a long history of depression and suicide tendencies, if the few and far in between visits they forced her to make to counselors are to be believed." Tsukauchi answered.

Sigh! "God, I hate my job…"

"Sometimes I do too. Far too often." The Detective admitted.

Both men just kept watching the feed of Gentle and La Brava lie in their cells and looking at the ceiling in silence, wondering what to do with those two.

Meanwhile - Other World – City - New Sun Square -

The sky was bright and cloudless, the sun shining even too brightly in the sky, everywhere people were smiling brightly, chatting amicably or humming a little song while walking with a spring on their steps. The fact that there wasn't even just a single person with a frown as if the universe had took a piss in their coffee right in front of them made it clear things were still utterly unnatural.

Sitting on a bench under one of the many trees, Izuku, Ochako and Adelia kept watching people walk-by with such annoying smiles you could think the dance number of some cheap Musical would start at any moment.

"Those smiles are creepy." Izuku admitted, with a scrunched nose.

Yaaaaaaawn! "Who the heck smiles at 7 in the morning? There is nothing to smile for at 7 in the morning!" Ochako answered, yawning and stretching.

"Breakfast and coffee?" Izuku answered, smiling.

"… Okay, for those I can muster a smile." She answered, leaning her head on his shoulder and snuggling onto him when he circled her shoulders with an arm.

"Focus, I need to check something." Adelia chided her with a stern look, she was scanning the area with her narrowed eyes.

"It's not my fault, I am not used to these hours like you and Icchan instead are and-"

"I get up at 5 actually, to train and prepare everything for the day." Izuku admitted.

"Same. Potion reagents, spell marks, seals… The works. Those need time to organize." Adelia added.

"… Workaholic maniacs…" Ochako muttered in disbelief.

"There it is!" Adelia said suddenly when a giant bolt of pitch-black lightning fell down from the cloudless sky to cause a massive explosion that made everybody in the area run away.

"There it is? What are we looking at? What is-" Izuku asked and a guy wearing an outrageous long cape walked out of the crater.

At each movement of his, literally every small movement, petals of black roses fell in an overly-dramatic way all around him.

"… Really?" Ochako asked, face-palming.

"Who is he?" Izuku asks.

"A dark General." Adelia answers.

"One of the guys that want to summon the dragon? Why did he come down in person?"

"Every ten attacks, and exactly every ten attacks, a Dark General of Dark Evil Dark Darkness of Evil personally comes down to try make a mess. Like clockwork." Adelia explained.

"…"

"Don't blame me. That's their literal name, they proudly declare it every damn time they come down." The old woman explained with a suffering sigh once seen the horrified look the other two teens shot her.

"..."

"… Heart of Darkness." She said.

"Ooooh!" Izuku and Ochako uttered in chorus.

"Precisely. I hate it too, yes." Adelia answered, and with an elegant gesture of her hand a bubble of translucent energy covered them and Whitey.

"This will protect us and make us invisible to everyone involved."

"Bwahahahahaha! Humans! It is I! Evileonard the Evil Dark Rose! Bow before me!" The deranged lunatic in flamboyant clothes ordered, and summoning an outrageous storm of petals with an imperious swipe of his cape.

SNORT!

"WHO DARES!?" The guy shrieked in childish outrage.

In the bubble -

"Ochako!" Izuku said, even if he himself was desperately trying to not laugh.

"I am sorry! But! But! Evileonard!" Ochako said with a squeaky wheezing voice, clearly desperate to not laugh out loud.

"My bubble doesn't hide sounds, contain yourself!" Adelia begged, groaning.

"Is there… Is there a guy named Stevevil too?" She asked, tears ready to fall from her eyes.

"…" Adelia's face darkened considerably.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" That did it, poor Ochako's dam broke and a loud thundering laugh escaped her in all its power, although Izuku had to admit that to him her laughter sounded very cute.

"… I don't want to live on this planet anymore…" Adelia muttered in self deprecation, and wishing for the earth to open and swallow her whole to put an end to her misery.

With the Evil Moron -

"Who dares laugh! Who dares laugh instead of trembling in fear of the great Evileonard Darkness Thunderbolt Shadowson McDestroyer?!" The guy demanded, looking around and soon covering everything around him a three-meters-wide circle of black petals so thick it reached his knees.

"Ocha! Oh, God! Breath!" In the meantime Izuku had started panicking since Ochako was about to suffocate because unable to breath properly with how hard she was laughing.

"Dark General!" Luckily, so to speak, a Team of Magical Girls had arrived to stop him from doing… Whatever.

"Navy Senshi! So I will have the pleasure of destroying you today! The great Lord Obscurus will feast on your pure hearts, corrupt them in darkness and be reborn! And I will also take on you my rightful rage at this mysterious voice making fun of my beautiful name!" The Dark General declared with a haughty scream and summoning a black rose in his hand he then turned into a long and excessively-decorated scythe covered in rose carvings.

"No! For as long as we live, joy and friendship will triumph! Love Machine Gun!" The Leader of the group answered, pulling out of thin air a pink-and-white M4 riffle covered in hearts and with a tiny teddy bear dangling from it, a decoration so excessive even a COD player would refuse to use it.

"Yes! For Love and Cuteness! Love Grenade Launcher!" Another said, pulling-out a bright ping MGL covered in yellow smile emojy, and starting to shoot grenades that on impact exploded into giant pink heart-shaped clouds.

With Adelia and the others -

"Good! They are fighting! I can extract the essence of Evil of that cretin and use it as an anchor to make sure the Heart of Darkness doesn't resist the summoning!" The old woman said, taking out of her belt various tiny transparent crystals.

"I hope no weapon enthusiast will ever see how they painted those poor guns," Izuku muttered, grimacing.

"Those guns… Are shooting hearts?" Ochako asked, confused.

"I modified them to shoot bullets of condensed purifying Magic, they will only hurt Dark Generals and people corrupted by their powers. I may have been unable to stop the overall design being that atrocious, but at least I got all the girls to use methods that only hurt/purify our enemies while leaving bystanders unharmed. I won't trust a bunch of teenagers with highly destructive power, especially if they look like they need a video tutorial just to tie their shoes every morning." Adelia answered, and with a few last strings of muttered incantations, every crystal went filled in swirling shadows, moving restlessly inside the gems as if alive.

"You think they need help?" Izuku asked, worried at seeing the Dark General dodge bullets and bombs from the girls quite easily.

"You want to help?" Ochako asked.

"They may be annoying, and make me hate every single second I am spending here, but they are still innocent girls. Annoying or not, they don't deserve to die, especially at the hands of...That guy." Izuku answered.

"Fair enough. Just make it quick." Adelia answered, sighing.

"Thank you!" Izuku answered, recalling the Myriad Manifestation Mallet from one of his tattoos and into his hand.

"...Ehm...What are you-"

BOOOOM!

With a mighty swing of the mallet, covered in flames, the Young Chef assaulted the Dark General and literally nailed into the ground up to his neck, with the heat from the mallet frying his hair into a well-cooked afro hairstyle, luckily the guy at lost consciousness at the hit proper so he wasn't aware of how his luscious locks had been ruined or how he had been used as a human nail.

"…" The girls looked in confusion at the fearful and powerful Dark General being one-shot just like that.

"Sorry for derailing the plot and stuff." Izuku offered, sighing and sealing away the mallet.

"I don't give a crap about it, let's go." Adelia said after she and Ochako joined him.

"Sage Adelia! We-" The Leader of the girls tried saying.

"Yes, yes. Good job as always. Purify him in the name of Love and Friendship and Yadda yadda yadda." Adelia answered, waving her off uncaring.

"Of course!" The girls answered as one with a wide smile.

"Let's fuse our weapons and hearts together!"

"Yeeeess!" The girls answered with a cheerful laugh, the sappy song started again and their weapons fused together into a colorful and feminine giant cannon with a heart-shaped mouth.

"LOVE SUPER CANNON!"

With Adelia -

While behind her a nuclear explosion of pink light happened, accompanied by a giant heart-shaped mushroom cloud, the woman walked forward without a care in the world.

"Let them play, we got what we came here for, the next attacks is schedule in ten minutes, and probably the Idols will intervene this time since it's their turn, and I don't want to watch again how my old project for Music-powered Magic got turned into another… That. It hurts too much my researcher's pride." She said, sighing.

"Scheduled?" Izuku asked.

"Their turn?" Ochako added.

"There is a Method to Madness, as they said. I just learned to recognize the patterns, it's what helped me avoid being corrupted by the Heart of Light like everybody else, along my knowledge in Magic."

"Have those Hearts been doing this for long?" Izuku asked.

"By my estimate, a good ten years." Adelia answered, making Izuku and Ochako look at her with bulged-out eyes.

"Yes, that's a lot. That is why I am hurrying up, I am afraid that if I don't banish those two damned things soon, their influence will change this world and the others too close to this permanently."

"Then we must hurry!" Ochako answered.

"Exactly! To my studio!" Adelia answered, giving a wide swipe of her cloak and taking all of them back into her studio inside the Sage's caves.

Meanwhile – Floating Evil Fortress – Planet's Orbit -

"WHY!" Sip! Crash!

"ANOTHER!" Sip! Crash!

"GENERAL!" Sip! Crash!

"LOST!" Sip! Crash!

The Evil Leader of the Cult trying to resurrect the Golden Dragon screamed in apoplectic rage, each word was screamed, each scream was accompanied by a single sip, and after every sip the glass went thrown against the wall for another to take its place on the small table next to her throne.

By now the pink demon serving her had given-up, he just sat on a recliner while reading a gossip magazine, and just switched the destroyed glass of red wine with another without even looking up from the page or getting up from the chair, he simply used the crash sound as a signal for him to reach for a new full glass from a long line next to him to switch the broken glass with it.

"I AM DISAPPOINTED!" Sip!... Clack.

"...A paper cup?" She asked, confused.

"We ran out of glass flutes, my liege." The pink demon answered with an uncaring shrug.

"But-"

"Next shipment will arrive next week." The thing answered while turning the page of the magazine, zero fucks given.

"Huff! Fine!" She answered, crossing her arms with a petulant huff worthy of a spoiled brat.

"It's just a minor setback-" One of the other Generals tried saying.

"WE LOST TWENTY GENERALS ALREADY!" The Evil woman screamed in answer.

"...Twenty minor setbacks…" The midget in knight armor and with a super-deep voice answered.

"AAAAAH!" Clack!

"… It's not the same thiiiiing!" She yelled when another paper cup weakly bounced on the wall.

"Out of glass flutes, tumblers, cups and everything in between. Oh! Brad and Angelina broke-up again..." The pink demon answered with a monotone, uncaring.

"Waaaaaaaah!" The woman started crying and throwing a tantrum.

"…" The small demon just gave a long exhale of annoyance and shoved two earplugs in his long pointy ears and then returned to read his magazine.

At the same time – Pocket Dimension – Seal Imprisoning the Golden Dragon -

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! LET ME OUT! I DEMAND FREEDOM FROM THIS UNJUST TORTURE!" A voice roared in fury and defiance, its owner screaming into the void and thrashing wildly to trying breaking free from his imprisonment of absolute darkness and silence.

ROOOOOOOAAAAAAAAR!

And in that void, roars of fury and pure madness echoed nonstop inside the seal, unheard by everybody.

The Next Day – With Izuku and Ochako - Restaurant

"… Love and puppies and rainbooooooooows!" A voice sang outside, with the last vocalization exploding outward in a dome of pink energy that purified a big bulky monster with four arms and giant muscles back into being an old lady with a pronounced hunchback posture and a worn-out walker.

"...It's over, finally." Ochako said in relief.

"I wanna go home…" Izuku begged in tears.

"It's literally three to four fights a day. How can people act as if it's normal." Ochako wondered.

"Because everybody here is nuts…" Izuku answered, sobbing, Whitey gently patted his back.

"That and, more likely, everybody here is so Doped on Positive Energy from that Heart that they see everything equally extremely good as normal." Shiro suggested, delicately licking Izuku's cheek to try cheer him up.

"Heeey! Is that cutie Chef here?!" A young and cheerful voice yelled from outside the kitchen.

"Oh, no! One of them!" Izuku said with a whine.

"I'll go hear what she wants." Ochako answered.

"Thank you!"

Outside the kitchen -

Right outside the room there was Michiko, one of the Magical Girls and the one with the most problems of faithfulness of them all, and a tall guy.

"Yes? What can I do for you?" Ochako asked.

"Are you with the cutie Chef, yes? Want to switch boyfriends and have fun together?" Michiko asked.

"Of course, if you then like doing it with me more than doing it with him, I can handle two girlfriends no problem! Everybody knows women are easy to corrupt like that!" The guy added, smirking.

"…" Ochako took a deep breath and…

Outside the Restaurant -

"ENBU + Anti-Gravity: GRAVITON ASURA PUNCH!"

BOOOM!

Two blurs screaming in a male and female voice could be seen behind shot out of the Restaurant's door at high speed thanks to Uraraka's Quirk removing Gravity's pull from their bodies for her to punch them farther than normal, and that, paired with Enbu made sure the two morons would fly for several hundred meters before crash-landing painfully on the floor.

"… No Hearts of Whatever can justify this. Izu-kun is right, people here are damn nuts." Falling a bit into Kansai accent, something she daily struggles to not let slip out, the young Hero Girl clapped her hands to dust them and then returned to keep company to Izuku inside the kitchen.

"What was it?" He asked.

"Just a girl that can't keep her panties on and a moron that gives guys a bad name by thinking he deserves every girl that breaths. You are right, and the sooner we leave this place, the better I will feel.

"Tomorrow...Adelia promised that tomorrow we will have the damn ritual…" Izuku answered, shivering.

"WHERE IS THE CHEF OF THIS PLACE!" A super deep voice roared from outside.

"Uh?"

"I will kill you for daring getting in the way of our plans! I am the Dark General Evil-"

"WHITEY!" Both Izuku and Ochako said with a groan.

"Troublemakers will be stripped as an example to others!" Whitey declared with red eyes.

"Wait what?"

The robot was soon upon the very guy in ultra-spiked armor, tearing every piece off except the guy's superman printed boxers and then slap him into unconsciousness; the defeated General went then dunked into a garbage bin full of smelly fish remains.

"Tomorrow can't come fast enough."

"We can start immediately if you want." Adelia answered, appearing in the kitchen with a her heair looking out of place, as if she had walked though a hurricane.

"Adelia-san?" Ochako asked.

"Kala and the others want my help to form yet another Team. The Pretty-Pretty Lovely Cuddly Sirens...I-I can't do this anymore! Back in the days Magical Girls were serious business! Yes, there was some cuteness here and there, but not THIS! I helped create the Symphogear system! I formed the very first Assault Team of Magical SWAT! It was all serious, proper, functional when we started!… Then things started getting more and more cutesy… Then those blasted Hearts crash-landed here and in ten years everything got even worse. And you know what? If we manage to banish those Hearts and put them back where they belong… Things won't magically fix themselves! People will need to naturally and gradually heal… For yet another ten years! Ten years before things finally get back to normal… And I can't wait ten years!" Adelia said, sounding extremely tired, close to a nervous breakdown.

"Sooo…" Izuku asked.

"I can travel between worlds in this universe, but you can go further, yes?"

"Yes? I can travel through the Multiverse." He answered.

"Then I'll come with you!" Adelia said, desperate.

"Uh?!"

"You have a Restaurant, yes? Do you need a Manager? A Lawyer? An Accountant? Whatever managerial job you need, I can do it!" She said.

"… I mean… At least you can stop borrowing Yaomomo's family accountant, and since she knows about System-san, you don't need to hide anything from her." Ochako tried saying.

"Pleeeeeeeease! I have been dealing with Magical Girls for 1347 years… I want to retire!" Adelia begged, actually crying and sobbing.

"Okay! Okay! I accept! I guess some help dealing with the paperwork won't hurt! And somebody to take care of accounting and other legal is an actual big help!… But what about your documents, like IDs and stuff?"

"The System can forge the woman a Past and proper documentation for the Host's world no problem." The Entity answered.

"So she is good enough? Okay, welcome onboard, I guess." Izuku said, shrugging and sighing.

"THANK YOU!" Adelia answered, now crying fat tears of relief, while hugging both Izuku and Ochako.

"UGH!"

"Let's go! I actually rushed through the preparation of the entire ritual, I haven't slept a single second but worked the whole night, but everything it's ready!" Adelia said, forcefully pushing the two teens outside.

"But! The Restau-"

"That woman can stay closed an extra day! Let's go!" The old Witch answered.

"But!"

"I paid her to close! She won't lose customers and the other restaurants will feed the customers, nobody will starve to death!"

"Okay! Okay!" Izuku conceded.

New Sun Square -

The trio reached the same giant wide are of before, already rebuilt after the damages left behind by the Magical Girls, both Izuku and Ochako could also see a rather huge bubble similar to the one Adelia used to hide then right in the middle of the place.

"Another Privacy Bubble. I have hidden there all we need to enact the ritual, another spell made sure people will subconsciously walk around it. You ready?" Adelia explained.

"We are." Ochako, wearing her Hero Costume, answered.

"Yes." Izuku answered as well.

"Good! Remember, as soon as I bring here the Heart of Light I will start the ritual, and when that happens we will have to fend-off both sides of this madness: The other Sages with the Magical Girls and the "Evil Dark Evil whatever" Morons. It will be a hectic two minutes, but we need to keep them all occupied for those two minutes, just the time for the ritual to charge up and forcefully pull here Heart of Darkness and the giant Demon Dragon leeching off of it."

"… We can do this." Both teens said after a brief silence they spent looking in each other eyes.

"Good. Take position, so we can start..."

Candles went lit around the outer rim of a series of concentric circles of runes, once sure every candles was burning properly Adelia teleport away for a couple minutes and then returned with the giant, two meters tall, crystal heart floating behind her.

"Here it is! Get ready! Soon those three fools of my friends will notice I borrowed this!" Adelia warned them, slamming the big crystal in the middle of the seal circles that immediately started spinning clockwise and anti-clockwise while shining in blinding white light.

Chains then surfaced from the seals and wrapped themselves around the heart so to keep it in place, the candles' flames turned into an eerie blue color and a pillar of light shoot upward from the heart and blowing a hole in the sky where stars were visible clearly even if it was still day time.

"… Bit on the dramatic side." Izuku commented.

"Magic always is, for some reason." Adelia admitted, shrugging.

"What is this ominous Latin chanting coming from nowhere all around us?" Ochako asked.

"Dunno. It's part of the spell." The old woman answered.

"ADELIA! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" Lorenz screamed in both horror and rage as Sages and Magical Girls Teams appeared in the now empty square.

"WHO DARES DISTURB THE SLEEP OF OUR DARK LORD OF DARK DARKNESS EVIL EVILN-GLACK! I bit my tongue…" At the same time, every Dark General and their Leader appeared at the opposite side.

"Here come the clowns, the show can start! Remember, kids! Two minutes starting now!" Adelia yelled, her Magic exploding like a raging river and launching the other three Sages up in the air.

"She will obviously take care of the Sages. Me and you will fight the Magical Cretins and we leave the Evil Cretins to Whitey and Shiro?" Izuku asked.

"Sounds good to me, Izu-kun…. Just…" Ochako answered, kissing him. "Be careful, okay?"

"You too, Occhan!" He answered with a wide, happy smile.

"Leave those tryhard Emo edgelords to me and the Robot, Partner! This Esteemed Taotie will toss them around enough times even they will learn manners." Shiro, now sitting on top of Whitey's head, declared while he and the Robot walked towards the Dark Generals.

"Okay! Let's go, Occhan." Izuku said, grabbing Ochako's hand.

"Let's go!" She answered, squeezing his hand and smiling.

Adelia VS Sages -

"How can you betray us?" Kala asked, using the very tacky and Plastic-looking scepter in her hand to shoot heart-shaped bullets at Adelia.

"And you ask?! I spent centuries watching my greatest Magic Research project become the manifestation of a kid girl on sugar rush's imagination! The ravings of a demented child made reality!" Adelia was finally opening the floodgates of her repressed anger, and that millennia worth of fury was empowering her to insane levels.

She summoned a barrier around herself with a honeycomb motif and tanked the hits without a problem.

"You all turned MAGIC, the most noble and ancient power into a mockery of itself! Into a joke! A parody even South Park would deem excessive!" The old lady lifted to the sky her more somber wooden staff, and from the humble green gem on top of it a Giant fireball grew to several meters of width, hotter that the damn sun itself.

"...Oh…" Augustus whimpered in fear, with a big wet spot soon appearing in front of his clothes.

"I told you we were asking for too many smiles to be added on the costumes…" Lorenz admitted, gulping.

"I-" Kala tried saying, watching her magical staff actually melt just like cheap plastic in front of that rage-empowered spell's sheer heat.

"DDDDDIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" 1347 years of pent-up anger and annoyance exploded out of Adelia's battle staff as the whale-size fireball went shot at the other Sages at insane speed.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Shiro VS The Dark Cult of Evil and etc. etc. -

"Kneel for your mistress! Dark Evil Piercing attack of Despair!" The BDSM Mistress dressed woman yelled, charging Whitey with an overly-decorated rapier pointing forward ready to impale the robot.

CRACK!

The weapon though shattered into thousands of tiny shards on impact with Whitey's soft belly, leaving the woman to watch with bulged-out eyes the stump left in her hand.

"Has the Edgelord done?" Whitey asked with red eyes.

"… Mercy?" The woman asked with a squeaky voice.

"Troublemakers don't get Mercy. Troublemakers get stripped as an example to others!" The Robot answered, and his big hand closed around the Villain's throat.

"NO! NO! I am clearly saying no! This is non-consensual! BANANA! BANANA! I AM SAYING THE SAFE WORD! BANANA! BANA-MOTHERFUCKING-NA!" The Insane woman begged.

"That's a You problem." Whitey answered, uncaring.

Strip! SLAAAAP!

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAH! NOW I WILL NEVER GET MARRIEEEEEEEED!" The naked Villain shrieked while flying above the rest of the Dark Cult like a howling naked comet of shame thanks to Whitey's bitch-slap.

"Disclaimer: System Incorporated reserves the right to punish troublemakers equally no matter race, gender or religious belief. We believe in equal rights and equal lefts." Whitey answered, unfazed.

"STOP THAT THING!" Darkusia, the Leader of the entire group, ordered with a snap of her riding crop.

"So annoying." Shiro answered, swatting the tiny Evil Loli-like Villain of the group and shattering her giant lollipop, that it seems would normally double as her weapon too, and making her bounce several times on the ground.

"You won't defeat us! Dark Evil-"

"Oh, shut-up! ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!" With a far too scary roar coming from the tiny mouth of such adorable small pet, a giant wave of energy went shot from Shiro's mouth to shower the Villains and everything behind them in an overwhelming wave of destruction.

Nobody died though, surprisingly...

Izuku and Ochako VS Magical Girls -

"It's been a while since I fought, it feels… Strangely liberating…" Izuku admitted, rolling up the sleeves of his Chef Uniform, and at each roll of the cloth, his arms' muscles became bigger and more definite, bulging out more and more the more he rolled-up his sleeves.

"And what was what you did against Muscular?" Ochako asked… Totally not ogling his arms… Promise… Okay, maybe just a bit, but respectfully.

"That was a Capture and an Epiphany Moment, not a battle." Izuku answered, and as the flames of his Battle Spirit enveloped him, his Appetite Demon appeared behind him.

Some might have tried call it a bit edgy, but seeing the size of his arms and closed fists, even the worst reddit user would have zipped their mouth shut.

"We will protect Justice, Love and Cuteness!" Michiko declared.

"Yeah! WE WILL-"

BOOOOOOM!

The supporting scream of the Team Leader of the Idols died instantly as soon as Izuku punched the ground and the entire Sun Square area, roughly the size of Central Park, sunk into the ground of several inches as a whole.

"… We will eat shit and die…" The same Magical Girl finished saying with a whimper of fear.

"Bring it!" Izuku said with a challenging smile and showing them his closed fist.

"Huhuhu! Show-off!" Ochako said with a chuckle, and kissing his cheek.

"Need to look good in front of my girlfriend!" He answered, smirking.

"So old-style. Let's go!" She answered, laughing and running forward, soon followed by Izuku.

"Love and rainboooooows!" Giving-in to panic, one of the girls started signing her strongest song immediately, summoning a dome of sound waves enlarging towards the two like a translucent wall.

"You first?" Ochako said.

"Okay! Asura: Bodhi Pestle!" Surprising Ochako, Izuku's left arm swelled in size to become two times bigger, and with a mighty roar he slammed his giant punch on the semi-solid wall of sound shattering it.

"Ah! Love and-"

"SHUT-UP ABOUT THAT CRAP!" Ochako yelled, grabbing a piece of the broken street pavement, she then used her Quirk and Enbu to shot it at the girl's stomach, making her double over and lose focus.

"LOVE UZI!" The two Twins of the Navy Senshi group in answer summoned from their transformation jewels a duo of small weapons right in their hands and started shooting madly, in true spay-and-pray fashion.

"Behind me!… God, I can't believe I am doing this, it's so humiliating…" Izuku ordered, and with Ochako running behind him, he summoned the Sea Dragon Kitchen Knife and started cutting the bullets coming his way mid-air with an expression of pure annoyance while running towards them.

(Trivia: A Uzi has a fire rate of circa 600 rounds per minute, Izuku is cutting Julienne-style the bullets shot from four Uzi shooting at the same time while they are still flying towards him and he is running towards them. Still doesn't make the scene any less "cringe", unfortunately).

"SHOOT HIM! SHOOOOT HIIIIM!" The Leaders of the various senshi squads yelled frantically as colorful musical notes, heart-shaped bullets and orange-sized rainbow colored hearts leaving behind trails of stars and smiley faces rained on them all at once.

"I. HATE. THIS. PLACE! ASURA: SAMSARA DICING!" Izuku's roar and the howl of his Appetite Demon overlapped as the Sea Dragon Kitchen Knife shone in pale light similar to moonlight, and the young Chef slashed down.

The attacks, the weapons, the Magical Girls Costumes, the trees, the benches, the fountains, the water of the fountains, the weapons of the dark Generals and their armor/clothes, the weapons of the Sages and the projectiles they had shoot at Adelia, the street around the Sun Square, the empty cars parked around Sun Square and even the front of the buildings around Sun Square… All went cut in perfect cubes no bigger than an inch. And yet no animal or person went harmed.

"… Wow…" Ochako admitted in awe once seen the range of collateral damages while ignoring the various Magical Girls screaming being left in only their underwear.

Sigh! "Sorry, I usually am more calm and collected, but this place is driving me nuts, so I had to take this weight off my chest," Izuku admitted, sighing in relief at finally letting go of his repressed anger and annoyance.

"Monster!" One of the girls yelled in tears.

"Yes, yes. Nobody cares!" Ochako answered, grabbing the girl's arm and using it as a leverage to throw her at her companions.

"We will never be defeated! BLESSING OF LOVE AND PURITY!" Michiko said, pointing her transformation jewel towards Ochako ans shooting a bright-pink laser of pure raw Magic.

"Hng!" To the girl's Horror, the young Pro Hero used her powers to make herself float and jump over the attack.

"AH!" At the same time, Izuku summoned the Turtle Wok to protect himself from the attack that splashed against the golden wok without even scratching it.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING MADE OFF?!" Michiko screamed with bulged-out eyes.

"A star-Eating giant space turtle." Ochako, now above her, answered with a smirk. "Gravity Reverse: Uravity's Guillotine!" She then surprised Izuku by actually increasing gravity on her body and slam down on Michiko with her stretched leg acting like the blade of a guillotine and slamming the Magical Girl on the ground.

"Uh?"

"Just as The System had advertised, Host Izuku's constant infusion of Gourmet Energy when preparing his Partners' food strengthened their Quirks, enacting a partial Evolution of their powers." The System alerted him, almost casually.

"Ah, I didn't think you meant literally." Izuku admitted, chuckling.

"See! See! Am I good or not?" Ochako asked with a beaming smile.

"You are the very best, Occhan!" He answered, sounding proud beyond belief of her.

"Stop flirting in front of me, you slut!" Another Magical Girl interrupted the moment by trying to jump Ochako with in her hand a sharp piece of her once cute Magical Girl scepter, with full intention of shiv-ing her to death.

"DON'T RUIN MY ROMANTIC MOMENT WITH MY BOYFRIEND, YOU SKANK!" Ochako replied with a furious roar, dropping the cutesy smile in favour of a beast-like snarl.

She also managed to pull-off a perfect High Kick with her leg going perfectly straight up and with her heel destroying the Magical Girl's jaw on impact, sending the idiot flying back already unconscious even before hitting the ground.

"You must stop! Think of the children! The puppies! The rainbows! The-" Another girl grabbed Izuku's legs and started begging him.

DONG!

She stopped when Izuku chopped her on the head, knocking her unconscious.

"Please check for STDs when we get home, just in case she managed to give you one just by touching you." Ochako said with a scrunched nose.

"We are the ones your boyfriend stripped naked, and we are the perverts?!" A Magical Girl yelled in outrage while lifting over her head the biggest piece of street pavement she could lift to bash Ochako's head in.

"Oh, shut up! I know you bimbos are used to get naked in front of strangers!" Ochako answered, kicking the girl hard enough she dropped that big rock, and then grabbing the girl and jumping high in the air.

"THAT'S NOT TRUUUUUUUUUUUU-" That's all the girl managed to say before she and Ochako started spinning so fast their bodies became a single blurry shape.

BANG!

"Gunhead Martial Arts + Enbu: VISSUDHI IZUNA DROP!" The two spinning girl touched ground with the strength of a meteor, launching the other girls up in the air.

(Vissudhi – Purity in Pali. Concept behind Buddhist Theravada, simply put, self-purification from things like Anger and Lust...Seemed accurate to the situation)

"Impact Knocking: Brahmastra!" While the girls were still up in the air, Izuku jumped to reach them, and using the bare-handed techniques of Knocking to paralyze them all like he did with Muscular, making the now limp girls fall paralyzed to the ground.

WHOOOOM!

Suddenly, a loud howl was heard as the sky broke apart and a giant shadowy figure started being forcefully dragged down towards the group through a portal of swirling energy.

"IT'S WORKING!" Adelia yelled in relief.

"Just in time." Izuku said, sighing pleased and watching the others as well closing their own fights.

With Adelia -

As the giant shadowy figure broke through the portal, Lorenz finally admitted defeat and crumpled to the ground unconscious and with various broken bones; Adelia then tied-up her old colleagues in conjured ropes and focused on the important matters, like her ticket to freedom from that world of madness about to crash-land in the middle of the city.

"Adelia-san!" Izuku and Ochako said in relief while joining her.

"Are you okay?" Ochako asked, worried at seeing the cuts and burn marks on Adelia's clothes.

"It's fine, I am okay. Just few bruises, nothing few healing spells can't fix." She answered with a gentle smile.

"Thank goodness." Izuku answered with a sigh of relief, he also recovered Shiro and helped the Taotie wrap around his neck.

"Troublemakers dealt with." Whitey declared, and pointing at the mount of half-naked groaning Villains piled in a corner.

"Good job!" Izuku said, making Shiro purr in pride and Whitey rub his head.

"So we only need to deal with that dragon and we can leave?" Ochako asked, hopeful.

"Yes. Obscurus, the Golden Drag-"

Endless darkness, endless night

A world anathema to light

All that's made can surely break

Only in dreams can we awaken

Sound and fury, heralds, horns

Cry for the one from nothing born

Now ichor leaks from broken hearts-

"Of course he too has a dramatic song introduction…" Izuku, Ochako and Adelia said in chorus with a loud groan of dismay.

The shadowy figure finally crash-landed in the middle of the city after a long fall, and once returned to its feet, the giant golden dragon gave a victorious roar and spread its giant wings wide, the maw of each of its three head opened wide and vomiting black flames intersperse of red evil lightning arches towards the sky.

In the middle of its chest there was a giant heart made of transparent black crystal hold in place by few fleshy tendrils similar to pulsing veins.

"Edgy song aside, here it is, the Heart of Darkness, we need to tear that thing off of the dragon's chest before you can capture it as an Ingredient." Adelia said, eyes narrowed, while studying the evil monster dragon.

"You know? That thing gives me a sense of deja-vu… As if I saw it somewhere else before…" Ochako admitted.

"Eh! Doesn't ring any bells to me, instead." Izuku answered, shrugging.

"RUN! IT'S KING GHIDORAH!" A Pedestrian yelled in horror while pointing at the dragon.

"It looks like King Ghidorah, but due to international copyright laws - it's not." Another Pedestrian answered while pointing at the golden dragon.

"STILL, WE SHOULD RUN LIKE IT IS KING GHIDORAH!" The first said, still screaming in horror.

"Though it isn't." The other replied, winking… Then both started screaming and ran away in terror.

"… Weirdos." Izuku and Ochako said in chorus, sighing in dismay.

"GUUUUUAAAAAAOOOOOH!" The Golden Dragon roared in anger.

"He looks angry," Ochako said, never dropping her guard.

"Evil people are constantly angry, come, we need to pull that gem at eye level!" Adelia said, riding her wooden staff and starting to fly high in the air.

"And us that don't fly?" Ochako asked.

"We need to improvise!" Izuku answered.

"… This Esteemed Taotie understands." Shiro answered, sighing.

With Adelia -

The woman was flying at high speed and pulling-off insane stunts to avoid being swallowed by the Dragon's heads while pelting it in her strongest spells.

"Tch! And a bunch of teenagers were supposed to fight this! Really! As if Plot Armor was a thing in real life!" She cursed between clenched teeth as a fireball of black flames the size of a skyscraper flew past her and disintegrated one of the mountains surrounding the city.

"There goes Lorenz' "Secret" Porn Stash, eh! Nothing of value was lost." The woman chuckled.

"Still, I need to bring this thing to somewhere with a bit more room before he destroys the city." Adelia said between clenched teeth,

"Nobody can defeat the great Demon Lord Obscurus! Nobody!…" The giant three-headed dragon said with a victorious roar… Then an Immense shadow went cast over Adelia, the Dragon and the entire city plus surrounding area around them.

"…" The three heads of Obscurus slowly turned around, and the majestic evil dragon, 521 feet tall (159 meters), found himself looking at his entire body's reflection inside a single eye measuring almost twice his entire body size, accompanied by other seven equally big eyes all glaring at him, attached to the head of an abomination many, many, many times bigger than him. FAR BIGGER than him.

"Oh… So that is the true form of the Source of all Greed." Adelia muttered while paling to chalk-white levels.

Shiro in the meantime gave a terrifying smirk with his too many teeth and gave birth to the scariest sound ever heard on that planet, a moment of sheer primordial fear for whoever heard it so intense that it will be spoken about in hushed tones in hundreds of legends for millennia to come…

"'Sup?"

"I..." The whimpering dragon tried saying.

"So you are a Lord, hn?" Taotie asked, all eight eyes narrowed.

"I-"

WHAAAAAAAM!

A mighty headbutt caught the dragon fully, momentarily flattening it on Shiro's forehead like a mosquito on a car's windshield before shooting the mighty monster far out of the city and through a mountain, this time destroying Kala's own "secret Yaoi porn stash" and making the monster tumble on the ground heavily for many more meters.

"Thank you, Shiro-kun!" Izuku said with a wide smile.

"I almost forgot that for the Thing that sent you here Obscurus is just an item on a shopping list instead of a Demon Lord class Monster… Sure it ruins the mood a bit." Adelia admitted while landing next to him and Ochako on top of Shiro's head.

"Do you really care about that?" Ochako asked, curious.

"… Naaaaah!" The old lady thought about it for a solid minute, before shrugging and answering.

"Guaaaaaaooooh!" Finally, Obscurus recovered from the humiliating fly and returned to his feet, each head sporting a black eye already swelling and split lips.

"UNFORGIVABLEEEEEEEEEEEE!" The dragon roared as pure EVIL started converging inside his three mouths.

"Oh, no! Here comes!" Adelia yelled in alarm.

"I shall erase your very existence! Nobody will even remember you!" Obscurus screamed as the immense sphere of malice and hatred finished forming, one so big it almost matched Shiro's height.

"Huhuhuhu! You really don't know the world outside your precious little well, isn't that right, Little Frog?" Shiro answered with a locking chuckle.

"SHUT-UP! ZETTA DARK EVIL ZETTA-FLAREZAZAGAGAZAGAZA!" The power of the stream of evil energy produced by that breath attack was immense!

It darkened the sky, engulfed Creation, disintegrated everything it touched, pulverized the very fabric of Reality, broke Time and Space, burned Nothingness itself and-

Chomp!

And Shiro simply opened his colossal mouth wide to show the bottomless void in it and swallowed the entire attack in an instant, just like that.

"Eh! 3 out of 10. Totally bad in taste, too bland." The Ancestral Taotie said, smirking.

"…"

"Hahahaha! Adelia-san, please close your mouth, it's not very ladylike to let it hang open like that." Ochako said with a giggle once seen the shocked face of Adelia.

"Our dragon friend too doesn't look like he was expecting this to happen," Izuku added, chuckling.

"HOW?!" Obscurus demanded.

"Secret!" Shiro answered, winking with four eyes and sticking out his long bifurcated tongue.

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

"Well, I think it's time to retaliate! Whitey?" Izuku said.

"Yes, Host?"

"Throw me at the dragon, aim at its chest."

"UH?!" Both Ochaco and Adelia yelled in shock.

"Yes, Host." Whitey answered, letting Izuku stand on one of his massive hands and cocking back.

"IZUKU! WAIT!" Ochaco yelled with wide eys.

"AAAAAND GOOOOO!" Izuku yelled with a wide smile.

"Yes!" Whitey answered, and with a powerful swing, Izuku went shot at Obscurus at impossible speed.

WOOOOOOSH!

The wind howled in Izuku's ears, adrenaline filled his veins in fire and an excited smile finally crept on the young Chef's face.

"Heavy…" He said, and his right arm swelled in size and got covered in red fur, turning into a perfect replica of the left arm of his Appetite Demon.

"Bodhi Pestle Gong!" Izuku finished saying when he finally reached the dragon and buried his punch deep into the Monster's massive body, and the other watched a normal, human-sized teen boy punch a massive dragon so hard its entire massive body momentarily caved-in in the shape of a giant fist and then got fold in half.

BOOOM!

"GUAAAAAAAA!" The monster roared in agony, but then something could be seen travel upwards one of its three necks at high speed.

"Uh?" Izuku was still falling down from his flight, when Obscurus gave a heavy heave and puked-out a massive balls of vomit.

"Partner!" Shiro yelled, and a giant stream of black hair-like tendrils shoot out of his mouth to gently grab Izuku and delicately cradle him safely and take him back on top of his massive head.

"Are you crazy?!" Ochaco yelled, immediately checking on him as soon as Shiro's tendrils deposited him next to her.

"I… I got carried away." He admitted, looking down ashamed.

"You scared me for a bit." Ochaco answered by sighing, then chuckling and punching his arm lightly.

"I actually did worse back in the days," He admitted.

"Eeeeh… Why I am not surprised?" She answered, snorting in amusement and leaning her head on his shoulders.

"He definitely felt that." Adelia admitted, watching Obscurus leaning on his massive wings to catch his breath. "I say that's the opening we need to recover the Heart of Darkness. Let's go!"

"AAAAARGH!" By the time Shiro took a singe step, somebody let out a roar of defiance and actually rolled out of the mountain of vomit

"… Did somebody crawl out from the Dragon's vomit?" Izuku asked.

"So it seems."

"He...Help!" The strange guy, a very tall humanoid lizard, called-out in agony.

"He is in pain!" Izuku yelled, and the Taotie hurried to bring them all close to him.

Descending from Shiro's head, they all hurried at the giant lizardman side, he was a towering being with a muscular build similar to a human, with a slightly elongated neck and a long tail and his entire body covered in deep blue lustrous scales.

"What's wrong with him?" Ochaco asked.

"I don't know!" Adelia answered.

"I… I need that monster's meat… To heal…" The Lizardman groaned in pain, uncaring of his scales smoking from the Dragon's stomach's acids.

"Uh?"

"I was… Poisoned by his bite… I need… His meat to counter it!" The poor guy said.

"Really?" Izuku asked.

"It does check out, there are notions of Obscurus' bite being extremely poisonous, so I do believe he is telling the truth." Adelia answered.

"Then we will help him." Izuku answered.

"Yes!" Ochaco answered, nodding.

"You… Who are you…" The Lizardman asked, panting.

"My name is Izuku, nice to meet you." He answered, smiling gently.

"You… Are… A deity?"

"What?"

"I can feel… The Aura of Divinity… You are…"

"Later, once done with this dragon." Izuku answered.

"You… Accursed…" Obscurus growled in hatred, looking down at them and trying to get back on his feet.

"Keep him down!" Izuku ordered.

"Yes!" Both Whitey and Shiro answered, the Taotie stomping down on two of Obscurus' necks while Whitey actually managed to hold down the last remaining head himself,

"CHAINS OF TITAN!" Adelia yelled, slamming her wooden staff down and summoning from under her thousands of thick magical chains that wrapped around the Dragon's three mouth forcing them close.

"GO!" She then said.

"Together!" Izuku said, grabbing Ochaco's hand and pulling her along.

"Yes!" She answered, using her Quirk to float both up to the black crystal heart on the Dragon's chest.

"OOOOOUUUUUH!" The mouth-gagged Obscurus released a muffled roar and tried to shake free.

"HU-HURRY!" Adelia yelled, sweating heavily to keep the chains wrapped tightly.

"I cut and you pull okay?" Izuku said.

"Okay!" Ochacho answered.

Both Teens were holding onto the giant black crystal heart, Izuku using the Dragon Knife to cut away the tendrils and flesh holding onto the crystal and Ochaco planting both feet on Obscurus' body and pulling back, using her mutated Quirk to make herself heavier and Enbu to increase her strength.

"I'll… Help!" The Lizardman yelled, joining Ochaco in pulling the Crystal Heart away, even if looking a step away from death.

"NOOOOO!" Obscurus bellowed in horror as he felt the Heart of Shadow slowly being torn away, until, with a loud wet sound, the two humans and one Lizardman managed to tear off the giant crystal in a shower of luminous blood shining in the sun like liquid metal.

In its rage, Obscurus managed to snap the chains holding his mouths closed and immediately moved to blast them all in black flames.

"DON'T YOU DARE!" The Lizardman answered by punching the head held by Whitey so hard the head snapped back with enough strength that for an instant it looked about to be torn away from the neck, then the beast's middle head collapsed unconscious on the ground with a loud bang.

"You other two go to sleep as well now!" Shiro stomped on the other two heads at the same time as well, finally knocking out Obscurus for good.

"… Still alive?" Izuku asked.

"Alive… Boss… Just… Un-Unconscious…" The Lizardman answered, collapsing on his knees.

"NO!"

"I'll use part of the dragon for my Healing Cuisine! You send away the two Crystal Hearts in the meantime!" Izuku answered, already carving out a big chunk of meat from Obscurus' massive legs and starting to prepare it for cooking.

"Okay! I'll use a fire spell to give you something to cook on before banishing the Hearts, you save our new friend!" Adelia answered, letting a fireball big as a watermelon float next to Izuku.

One Hour later -

The lizardman was finishing the third serving of Golden Dragon stew, with Phoenix eggs and Bone Carrot, when he gave a loud belch that released a thick green cloud of dust from his mouth.

"Aaah! I must apologize for the burp! But at least the burning under my skin stopped, I think I am finally healing!" He said with a wide smile.

"Should take a couple days for you to flush-out the toxins, but at least you are alive." Izuku answered, sighing in relief.

"Thank you, I owe you all my life."

"Why were you inside Obscurus' stomach?" Ochaco asked.

"Eh! That is a long story, but I'll give a fast rundown…" The Lizardman said.

"My name is Goro-Gororo, that in my Language means 'Sea of Fire', because the night I was born a Volcano in the island next to ours erupted violently… So, following an ancient tradition, my father took it as a sign that I was destined to be an exceptionally strong warrior. It turns out that it was actually true as by the time I was a 'Teenager', I was already the strongest warrior in our tribe by far. Soon after I reached Maturity Slave Traders happened, and I got captured and sold as a slave for a poncy Aristocrat…." He answered.

"Ookay?"

"The guy was a rich idiot, so whenever I was not fighting for him in underground arenas in illegal fights to death, I would sneak out to learn more about the Universe thanks to the man's massive collection of books, since I wanted to learn enough to escape and survive by myself, I discovered I had a knack as a scholar and in the ten years I spent with him I went from being a Tribesman to be what many would call an educated gentleman. After that I escaped and joined some wondering monks that gave me a formal education, with an actual method… And one of them actually told me about you."

"Me?" Izuku asked, confused.

"Great Elder Xunu gave me a Prophecy, that a "God of Green" was tightly tied to my Destiny, and that I was destined to walk besides them towards a great future. My race is very Spiritually Aware, and while I can't use Magic like a proper Warlock, I can still use it as a raw source of power to Strengthen myself, so I can tell your Aura is one of a Budding God on the path of Ascension… And… EH! You have green eyes, green hair and green clothes. So…" Goro answered, smirking.

"And the Dragon?" Izuku asked.

"That thing one day attacked the city I was in while looking for you, or anybody matching the vague description I was given. I fought that beast for three days and three nights, until he managed to bite my tail and poison me, he then used that moment of distraction of swallowing me whole. I was too weak to break free, but I noticed that eating his meat raw gave me respite from the poisoning… Then he got sealed away, and me with him, until you all freed him from his prison, and me from him."

"Glad to be of help." Ochaco answered, petting the once again tiny Shiro sleeping on her lap.

"So you are convinced I am this God of Green you are destined to follow?" Izuku asked.

"I am not really a superstitious man. Not anymore at least. But the Coincidences of YOU having the power to save me with the same meat I could only use to momentarily stave-off the poison, having the Soul Aura of a future God and having green eyes and hair does pile-up in a rather convincing way. And even then, you saved my life, my honor wouldn't let me rest if I don't repay you, even if you weren't matching the "prophecy" I was given." Goro answered, shrugging helpless.

"It seems to me that he too will join you, Izuku!" Adelia, looking very pleased at having finished banishing both Hearts back where they belonged, said with a wide smile.

"Please?" Goro begged, pulling-off a surprisingly-good puppy-eyed look no matter his being a muscular Lizardman two-meters-and-a-half tall and with big enough biceps to shame All Might.

"I would like to, but…"

"Host? Since you actually managed to capture the Golden Dragon alive, the special Prize will be unlocked." The System said while a giant portal opened under Obscurus to add it to the Restaurant's Storage Island with the other Ingredients.

By the way, Obscurus will soon be bullied into total submission by every other Ingredient there, but that is not important.

"Special Prize?" Izuku thought with wide eyes.

"What is he doing?" Goro whispered.

"Probably talking with the Entity of Taste, his Sponsor." Adelia answered, sighing.

"He is the Champion of Mahal'ndu'nur?!" Goro shrieked with wide eyes.

"Yeeeep!" she answered with a long sigh.

"Oh, Ancestors…"

"Host, as a prize for capturing the Golden Dragon alive, you will be able to open a second Restaurant. You are thus required to find: A manager, a Maitre, Sous Chefs you will train and that will cook in your place whenever you are not present in the second Restaurant, two waiters and a security staff member to work along the second Whitey." System answered, making Izuku's eyes bulge out.

"Oh God…" Izuku muttered in dismay.

"What is happening?" Ochaco asked.

"I can open a second Restaurant with the same workings of my own… But I need the staff…" Izuku answered, groaning.

"Uhm! I can take care of the managerial work for both no problem. What else do you need?" Adelia said.

"Somebody to take care of Security and manage the main room of the second Restaurant as a Maitre-"

"I CAN DO THAT! ME AND SUI CAN DO BOTH!" Goro said immediately.

"Eh? Sui?"

Goro gave a long musical whistle and several tiny drops of slimy blue goo surfaced from under his scales and converged into a ball of slime the size of a watermelon.

"This is my companion. Sui the slime. Come on, say Hi to our new Master."

"Hello, Master!" The small ball of translucent slime talked with a child voice and waved at them with a tiny stumpy arm that then melted back into his slimy body.

"Aaaw! So cute!" Ochaco said, gushing.

"Tch!" Shiro instead was not amused.

"You can be the Maitre too?" Izuku asked, unsure.

"I learn fast! Very fast! I will learn what I need to do! And me and Sui will also double as Security staff! Sui is very strong, don't be fooled by his cutesy appearances!" Goro explained, smirking prideful.

"I will help him study." Adelia reassured them.

"And what about…" Ochaco asked.

"Oh! I am naked just because that beast digested my armor! I will wear whatever uniform you will ask me to!" Goro answered, chuckling.

"Both Goro and Sui are acceptable security staff. Goro is also an acceptable candidate as the Maitre. Adelia is a perfect candidate for the Managerial position. Good Job, Host! You only lack Sous Chefs and Waiters now. Congratulations!" The System said with a victory jingle.

"Well, thanks to you I am half-way there… I have an idea for the sous Chefs, but the waiters?"

"If Host wants, The System is willing to offer a suggestion, as an incentive for the Host's good behavior." The Entity answered.

"I am all ears!" The young Chef answered, almost begging.

The Next Day – Izuku and Ochako's Home world – Police Force HQ -

Tsukauchi was nursing a new cup of coffee, this one from Izuku's Restaurant, for his joy, when he saw his new headache walk through the doors of the PF Headquarters with a scowl already in place on his face.

"… Why Motoyasu The Ogre is here?" An agent nearby muttered in dread.

Motoyasu 'The Ogre' Akeno was, for many, the most feared lawyer in all of Japan; a monster usually laying waste in court even in front of the most desperate lawsuits, many were secretly convinced that Motoyasu could save your ass from prison even if a million people saw you murder somebody in cold blood in broad daylight.

"Good morning. Are you Detective Tsukauchi?" The lawyer said, presenting his business card with impeccable manners.

"That's me. Good morning." The Detective answered, accepting the small card while looking all the way up to meet the face of the four meters tall lawyer.

The man looked like the stereotypical Japanese middle-aged business man, balding head and squared glasses comprised, but his Quirk gave him absurd height and a faintly red skin, helping the man gain his fearsome nickname during his long career.

"I am here on behalf of the Yaoyorozu family. Can we talk?"

"… Yes?" Tsukauchi answered, feeling a cold shiver travel up his spine.

"I have been asked by dear young Momo to help her future husband to recover two wayward Vigilantes and have them work in his upcoming second Restaurant as Waiters. I believe we can change their rather excessive sentence to Tartarus for Vigilantism into Community Service and Rehabilitation programs." The lawyer said with a smirk, as if his was not a theoretical outcome, but a full-blown description of how things will go.

"… Please get in my office so we can talk more about this." And Tsukauchi was almost certain that that will be how things will actually go, with that man acting as Lawyer for La Brava and Gentle.

"Yes, please. Your superiors will join us too. I took the liberty of alerting them myself, please forgive my boldness." The Ogre answered, smile turning even more evil.

"No offense taken…" Tsukauchi just gave a sigh of defeat and nodded, and wished Izuku actually sold his coffee in buckets instead of paper cups, because he felt he was going to need much more of it to survive that accursed meeting.

Meanwhile – Inoshiki Academy – Rector Office -

Yamato was looking at the latest update on the school results of five very gifted students, the Five Kings, nodding pleased at every turn of the page of the thick manila folder in her hands.

"Once again you exceeded my expectations, Mako. You especially have once again kept your streak of perfect grades ongoing." She said, humming pleased.

"Thank you, Rector Yamato." The Soup King answered with a bow and a grateful tone.

"And you other Kings too have held high the level of proficiency I expect you all to keep as the current formation of the Five Kings." Yamato then said.

"Thank you, Rector Yamato!" Toshio, Sadao, Michiko and Sana, the girl taking the place of the previous Vegetable King, answered as one with a voice full of gratitude for the praise.

"Now, the reason I called you all here is because soon all of you will be asked to find a Restaurant to work in as an Intern. Mako, as your senpai, will explain to you the finer details since this will be her second year doing this. But the thing is fairly simple: you will work as an Intern inside a Restaurant to learn how the job actually works in real life, and at the end of the year-long Internship, you will be required to write an essay talking about it and the experience you gained during that time. We of Inoshiki and the chosen Restaurant, together with you, will decide if you will work there during the mornings or the evenings, and your timetables for the normal school lessons will be adjusted accordingly. I expect you all to give 110% and act proper, work diligently and do NOT bring shame to us or the Restaurant that will generously let you join their staff." Yamato explained.

"Of course, Rector Yamato!" The Kings answered in chorus.

"Good! DO a good job and the Restaurant you worked in may even decide to offer you a job there once you graduate, like many of our former students can attest, many of which are still working for world-renowned Restaurant all over the globe." Yamato added, looking at the five of them in pride.

"We won't disappoint you, Madam Yamato!" Mako promised.

"Good! I have here a small list of Restaurant I will help you peruse, I made sure neither Samui or his ilk have their hands on them, just in case my former friend is still going psycho still for his overblown crusade. You five helped foil one of his plans, so I don't trust that full not to be petty enough to take revenge on you too." Yamato said, sighing.

"Thank you, Rector Yamato." Toshio answered, sighing.

"Unfortunately the more a man has reach, the more frail their ego become. Let's start with Rest-"

Driiiiiiin!

"Pardon me, I thought I had my phone turned off… Oh!" Yamato apologized, then her name fell on the number and she grew extremely surprised.

"Why would he call me himself?… Hello?" She muttered, picking-up the call.

"…" The Five Kings watched the old woman eyes grow very wide.

"I'll put you on speaker, please repeat what you asked me." She said, showing a wide smile.

"Hello? Yes, this is Izuku talking. I was wondering if your Five Kings were interested in working in turns with me in my second Restaurant. Your school has an Internship program, yes?" Izuku's voice came from the phone, shocking the students.

"I am in!" Toshio, very elegantly, grabbed the his copy of the Restaurants' list and with a smirk he tossed it into the trashcan.

"Me as well." Mako didn't throw hers away, she merely tossed it behind her back.

"… We are in!" Sadao and Michiko said in chorus once looked in each other's eyes for barely few seconds.

"T-T-The same guy that defeated all of them and the teachers and you, Madam Rector?" Sana asked.

"The very same." Yamato answered, chuckling.

"Sorry about that." Izuku added, sounding sheepish.

"Ca-Can I accept too? You didn't fight me, but I swear I am good too!" She said.

"I would be honored to have you as part of my staff, Miss?"

"Sana! I am Moroboshi Sana, Midoriya-san!" Sana answered immediately with a very formal tone.

"You have a lovely name, Sana-san. Then I guess all five accepted?" Izuku asked, surprised.

"Yes!" The Kings answered in chorus, four of them smirking in satisfaction, while Sana only nodded meekly.

"Eh… This makes things easier for me then." Izuku admitted.

"Then I guess we'll need to meet for all the paperwork of the case and to decide who of them will help you in the morning and who in the evenings." Yamato said.

"Fine to me. Is tomorrow good enough for you? Next week the second Restaurant will be ready to open, so I wish to finalize things as soon as possible."

"Tomorrow is perfect, Mister Midoriya, I'll wait for your visit together with the Kings." Yamato answered, pleased.

"Good! Thank you, Yamato-san!"

"A small question, if you can."

"Yes?"

"What is the name of the second Restaurant?"

"Oh! Since I am opening it in the 'Fancy' part of the city, contrary to the more "Informal" Gourmet Street, I went for a more elegant design and name. The Restaurant will be called "Green Gourmet Garden", to make it more elegant." Izuku answered.

"By Fancy part of the city you mean…" Yamato asked slowly.

"Tato~uīn Avenue. Why?" Izuku asked, confused.

"WHA?!" Sadao gurgled-out.

"How. In God's green Earth. Did you manage to open a Restaurant there?" Yamato asked, incredulous.

"My Sponsor has a very long reach, Yamato-san." Izuku answered, chuckling.

"A Godly reach, Izuku…" Yamato answered, sighing, and groaning loudly at hearing the young Chef chuckle.

"He opens a Restaurant in the Filthy Rich part of town, and he act as if he had just opened a McDonald down the street…" Mako muttered with a groan.

"Oh! I am definitely working hard to get a full-time job! There are the greatest Restaurants this half of Japan there! Working there means being a step-in in becoming a cooking legend!" Toshio said with shiny eyes while rubbing his hands.

"You know what? I am not even as surprised as I should be… Just come here tomorrow, so we can finalize this madness." Yamato said with a groan.

"Thank you! Have a nice day, Yamato-san!"

"Yes… You too…" Yamato answered with a sigh of sufferance, then closing the call.

Ping! Ping!

"Oh! He even sent pictures of the interior… How mice of him…" Yamato muttered in sarcasm, even if even she had to admit that the inside of the Restaurant looked damn fine.

She once again wondered who the hell was Izuku's sponsor to throw money that easily into the creation of a Restaurant… And if maybe she too should consider sending her C.V to the young Monster Chef…

Entrance.

Room 1

Room 2

Omake Time!

Inter-dimensional Ingredient Hunt:

Clans' secret delights!

Battleground -

A man with shaved blond hair was gasping for breath after an intense battle, his entire being smoking like a steam engine while cooling-down from the intense fight he just had.

"You… Asshole… Why you didn't tell me this will kill you?" He asked to nobody as he was alone.

"Eh! You wouldn't have used Baryon Mode otherwise. And we needed that to win." A deep, but extremely weak voice answered inside his head.

"Kurama…"

"Don't get mushy with me. Let me die with dignity, without tears… Please." The voice answered, sniffling.

"You are crying yourself, damn hypocrite." He answered, chuckling weakly as tears started flowing down his eyes.

"Shut-up." The other answered, choking a bit.

"How long before…" He had not the strength to ask.

"Couple minutes at best. I can feel it." Kurama answered, his voice growing weaker.

"No…"

Too son, I know. Sorry."

"What if-"

"I used all myself as fuel. Unless you can pull a miracle out of your ass, this is inevitable. It's okay."

"NO, IT ISN'T!" He screamed, pain overcoming him.

"Hey, it's okay. You are no longer alone, and neither I am. I am fione dying like this."

"Well, I am not!" The blond man yelled, choking.

"Come on, let's just spend the last minutes I have left in peace instead of arguing." Kurama said, trying to cheer-up his friend.

"O-Okay!"

"If only we had some sake… I wouldn't mind a last drink."

"Ramen would be nice too…" He answered, his chuckle ruined by his tears.

"Seriously. Where do you-"

"Hello? Are you okay, sir?" It was then that a young man dressed like a Chef and holding in his hand a big dish of smoking-hot ramen walked towards them.

"… Is this a joke?" Kurama asked, incredulous.

"Uuuuh…" The blond man eloquently answered while moving on a sitting position.

"I ask if you are okay, you look to be starving." Izuku said, putting the steaming plate in front of the blond warrior.

"Here, you can have my lunch." He then said.

"I am not really-"

GROOOOOOOOOOOH!

"Oh, my God…" Kurama face-palmed in despair.

"Okay, maybe I am a bit hungry."

"You are ruining my dramatic death scene, Naruto." Kurama said with a groan.

"SORRY!"

"… Who are you talking with?" Izuku asked.

"It's a… A very long story." he admitted.

"You can tell me if you want! But eat something first, Ramen is good if eaten warm." Izuku answered, smiling gently.

"I don't really feel like it…"

"A last meal between us, it's not Sake, but I will still treasure the memory." Kurama said with a sad chuckle.

"Maybe a bite then…" Naruto said with a similar sad smile.

"Of course." Izuku answered.

The blond man snapped free the chopsticks and gave a silent thanks for the food, before giving a tentative taste, trusting the curious stranger thanks to his sixth sense telling him Izuku was not a threat.

"...SLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURP!" The "just a bite" became a single continuous suction that emptied the dish in barely few seconds, broth included.

"HOOOOOLY CRAP! This is amazing! The eggs are damn tasty, the broth feels like heaven and the meat and mushrooms are so tender and flavorful! I could eat this forever!" The blond man said with a wide happy smile while licking the dish clean.

"Hahahahaha! Now I recognize y...EH?!" Kurama started saying before an intense feeling of heat started mounting in his chest.

"UH?!"

"I am glad you liked it. Any second later and I wouldn't have been able to save your friend!" Izuku said in relief.

"What are talking ab-"

ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!

A towering explosion of red energy surged upward like a majestic pillar, all under the amused eyes of Izuku and Nejire that watched the event unfold in great amusement.

Later that day – Konoha Village – Ichiraku Ramen Restaurant -

"I can't fucking believe it… Saved by some goddamn ramen… This is almost humiliating…" Kurama muttered in shock, all the while swarmed by his brothers and sisters in the common area inside his host, all is sibling were similar giant monsters like him.

"I don't give a crap! What's important is that you are alive, you damn bastard!" The giant bull with octopus tentacles answered while trapping Kurama's head under his buff arm to give the giant fox a nookie.

"STOOOOOP! My dignity! Noooooo!" The trapped fox yelled, for the amusement of his siblings.

Meanwhile outside, in the real world, Izuku and Nejire were helping the owners of the ramen restaurant while they explained the reason for their visit.

"So you are traveling the world to become a great Chef? That's a very curious goal!" Naruto said.

"Eeeeh! Nothing can't be gained without had work," He answered.

"WELL SAID!" one of the blond man's friend answered with a thumbs-up.

"Not so loud, Lee."

"Sorry, Tenten!"

"And what brings you here in Konoha?" One of them asked with a very slow, lazy tone.

"Make it simple, otherwise Shika will fall asleep!"

"Stuff it, Kiba."

"Guys, be nice!" Two girls said.

"Sorry, Hinata/Hanabi-san!" The two answered in chorus.

"Please forgive them." A guy with a big hood said, shaking his head.

"It's okay, Shino-san! Actually, you all being here could technically help me." Izuku answered.

"Help you? How?"

"Icchan needs to learn a couple Secret Dishes to complete his current assignment." Nejire answered, chuckling.

"Secret dishes? Such a thing exist?" Another girl asked.

"Apparently."

"And what are those dishes?" A kid asked.

"Be gentle, Himawari." Naruo said, chuckling.

"Sorry, dad!"

"It's okay, don't worry! I need to learn how to make: Shadow-Speared Venison Kebab." Izuku listed, counting on his fingers.

SNAP! The chopsticks held by the lazy guy snapped in two as he clenched his hand hard.

"Shika?" The guy's chubby firend asked, shocked.

"Inuzuka Feral Steak Stew." Izuku kept saying.

"GRRRRRRRRRR!" The feral-looking guy of the group and his giant dog companion growled loudly as one.

"Guys?" Naruto asked, confused.

"Honey-glazed Pork buns." Unaware, or straight-up uncaring, Izuku kept listing dishes while counting on his fingers.

"… You are not supposed to know about our honey…" Shino muttered with a thick halo of buzzing furious bugs enveloped him.

"Uuuh… What is happening, Sakura?" The blond man asked.

"Like hell I know!" She answered, she too finding the entire situation absurd.

"Clay-cooked Pork and Flambe Duck…"

The chubby guy snarled like a beast while the dark-looking guy with a cloak's eyes turned red and spinny.

"Chogi? Sasuke?"

"You others are far too angry." Hinata said.

"AH! And Brothy Clams with sake broth, Hyuga style! I almost forgot that one!" Izuku said with a wide smile.

"YOU SHALL DIE!" Hinata and Hanabi yelled with the veins of their eyes bulging-out.

"HONEY/MOM!?" Naruto and his two kids yelled in chorus, shocked.

"It seems like these guys and their Clans have secret dishes alright!" Nejire said, chuckling, and looking at all of them with a knowing smirk.

"So it seems." Izuku answered, unfazed.

"Guys… Calm down…" Naruto and Sakura begged.

"You don't understand! Those are Clan Secrets! He shouldn't even know they exist!" Kiba answered, still glaring at Izuku.

"But they are just dishes! Just food!" Sakura said with a groan.

"Dishes made with secret techniques related to our Clan's bloodlines. Ergo, legally a secret too." Shino answered, coldly.

"Sometimes I wonder why Clans have this insatiable need to have a dick-measuring contest between themselves about everything." Naruto admitted.

"For the same reason we had to stop having Poker Night. They don't like to lose to any member of another Clan." Lee answered, sighing.

"STFU!" All the others yelled as one in answer.

"So I can't learn those recipes"? Izuku asked.

"NO!"

"… What? Afraid I will find flaws in them and make them better?" He asked, smirking.

"Oooh! He will prey on their Ego. Very smart, Icchan!" Nejire thought in amusement.

"You? Improve My Clan's dish? Preposterous." Sasuke answered, sneering.

"Let's put it to the test then, shall we? I will Challenge your Clans best Chefs, if I win, you will share your dishes recipes."

"NO!"

"… Really? Are you really that afraid?" Nejire asked, mockingly.

"Tell you what, let's make it interesting. I will be blindfolded, and taste those dishes. If I can tell exactly every single Ingredient used, without a single mistake, you will share the recipe." Izuku said.

"Oooh!" The way both Sarada and Himawari looked at him made Izuku's brain start warming-up the 'psycho girl chase' alarm bell.

"So you want to lose? Our recipe only is not that simple you will be able to tell!" Choji said, smirking.

"Same for ours." Shino added.

"Or ours!" Hanabi answered with an almost fanatical fervor.

"If you are so sure of winning, you won't be afraid of doing this, yes?" Izuku asked, smirking.

"OH! IT'S ON, BUDDY!" Kiba roared in answer.

The Next Day – Main Square -

The Various Clan Heads, Heirs and Chefs were all meeting in the wide park where a still confused Naruto had prepared a table for the Blindfolded Izuku to sit at, even Nejire was blindfolded.

"Honestly, our dish alone uses over fifty different spices. He won't be able to tell all of them apart." Kiba's mother said, shaking her head.

"What did he bet in case he loses?" Kiba's sister asked.

"He will stop cooking forever. I am told that for a Chef that is a very heavy price to pay." Kiba answered.

"I am ready!" Izuku said.

"Hehehehe! Me first, boy! Let's see how good you are." The Chef of the Akimichi Clan said with a booming laugh while slamming an entire cooked pig in front of Izuku.

"… Hmmmm! Coriander! That a very nice first smell to feel!" Izuku said with a wide smile before starting to write down Ingredients on a notebook, even before actually tasting it.

"...EH?!" The poor Chef gurgled-out in horror.

"HE HASN'T EVEN TASTED IT YET!" Choji shrieked while watching the blindfolded young Chef list all the Ingredients correctly, half of which by nose alone.

"AH! As expected! Uncouth recipes are of course inferior and easier to decipher compared to more refined tastes like ours!" Hinata's father boasted with a wide smirk.

"SHUT UP!"

"Oooh! Very tasty!" Nejire admitted while eating.

"Yes, the clay they used is very rich in minerals, it adds more body compared to normal clay!" Izuku added.

"… It's clay from a mountain river, isn't it? Very close to the mountaintops."

"You even guessed the clay type… The fuck are you!?" The Akimichi Chef answered, before erupting into loud sobs while taking away the empty plate.

"Next!" Nejire said with a wide smirk.

"I have a bad feeling about this…" Shino muttered, shivering.

"He can't win. He can't guess them all right." Sasuke answered.

"He is so cool…"

"Goddamn Chef." Boruto hissed in anger at seeing Sarada looking at Izuku with far too much admiration.

Dish after Dish, Izuku tasted and wrote down the Ingredients of them all, with each Clan Head recovering their Ingredients' list and secretly checking with their Clansì Chefs if he got all of them right.

"So? Did Icchan guess them right?" Nejire asked.

"… He guessed them all… 100% right…" The Nara Clan Chef admitted with a bitter tone, behind him the Akimichi Clan Chef was still crying and howling in despair.

"Then I guess you will share the recipes then?" She asked.

"…"

"Oh! Really!? Ninja really play dirty!" Nejire said, looking at all of them in disappointment.

"Listen, it's nothing personal… Just… Try to understand it from our point of view…" Choji tired saying, at least sounding ashamed.

"Tch! Sore losers!" Nejire answered, making the others flinch.

"Don't worry, Nejire-chan! It's okay," Izuku said with a reassuring smile.

"But, your mission…" She said.

"I don't need them to give me the recipes, I figure them out myself." He answered, tying again the blindfold around his head.

"...EH?!" The others shrieked.

"Let's start!" Izuku said, summoning the Star-Eating Turtle Wok from his tattoo and igniting the fire under it.

"First! Nara Style Deer Venison Kebab!" Izuku declared, summoning some pristine cuts of venison meat right in his hand and starting to prep them.

"Guh?! Just by tasting? BLINDFOLDED?!" Shikamaru yelled.

To be fair, "Blind Cooking" and "Taste-and-Remake" had been two different Challenges during two different Cooking Festivals Izuku took part to as Zaus. He just fused the two together to do cook those dishes.

"Hmm. Bit more pepper…" He said, going through the recipe he guessed was the right one, and then improving on it.

"Please tell me…"

"No, he is doing it right, sans the Sadow Sewing Jutsu, but everything else is right. But he is adding variations." The Nara Clan Chef said.

"Ah, yes, I am kind of improving them, rounding some rough edges." Izuku answered, smiling gently.

"BOOOO-OOOOOH!" The Nara Chef started crying in shame.

"DON'T LOOK! DON'T you dare look!" Shikamaru moved in front of Izuku with blood-shot eyes.

"Done with this, I will prepare the others too!" Izuku declared, smirking.

"NUUUUOOOOOOOOO!"

Few hours later -

"Ready!" Izuku declared happily.

Venison Kebab Nara Style, Improved Version.

Inuzuka Style Beef (steak) Stew, Improved Version.

Uchiha Style Flambe Duck, I. V.

Akimichi Style Clay-cooked Pork (tenderloin), I. V.

Hyuga Style Asari no Sakamushi (Sake Steamed Clam), I.V

"Just few minor tweaks, to bring-out the best flavor of every component! Come on, try them!"

"There is no way he made it just like the original and then improved on it, just by tasting it…" Kiba muttered in dread.

"No amount of skills can make you do that." Shino added, shivering.

"Well, bottoms-up!" Chouji said, downing his plate of prk in just few gulps.

Munch! Munch! Munch!

Many mouths chewed and tasted carefully, and at every chew, their eyes grew wider and wider.

"Yep! I like these dishes, goot variations of recipes I already knew. Very tasty."

Izuku said, smiling pleased.

"The meat is soooooo tender! You are the best, Icchan!" Nejire answered, happily gorging herself.

Meanwhile though…

"Okay, this is not good...What now?" Kiba asked.

"Like hell I know! He did improve it!" His mother answered, unsure.

"Should we… forcefully add him to the Inuzuka Clan? To keep everything in the family?" Kiba asked.

"Isn't that a bit extreme?" His mother countered.

"Maybe, but that would mean eat this well everyday! Imagine his BBQs!"

"… True…"

"What? Yes, I find him handsome, but…" Kiba's sister stuttered.

"Take one for the Clan, come on!" Their mother asked.

"Oh, FINE!"

At the same time -

"He did it. Blindfolded and just by tasting, and he was damn skilled too!" Chocho, Chouji's daughter, muttered in awe.

"Hey!" Sarada said.

"Yes?" She asked with narrowed eyes.

"Want to join forces? We'll share him between us!" She offered.

"DEAL!"

"UH?!" Their parents, and Boruto, gurgled as one in horror.

"Over my dead body!" Sasuke roared.

"Hinata! Let me borrow Himawari! We must protect the Hyuga Clan Secrets!" Hanabi ordered with blazing eyes.

"You what?!"

"I am okay with that, mom! He was very cool." The young girl admitted with a rosy blush.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Naruto howled to the sky in despair at seeing his precious daughter discover boys.

"I should have a cute cousin or two I can use…" Shino muttered.

"Not so fast," Shikamaru countered with a sidelong glare.

"Guys!" Tenten said.

"Yes?"

"He already left, he is running away." Tenten said while jamming her thumbs towards the two tiny dots in the horizon that were Izuku and Nejire mid-daring-escape.

"… CATCH HIIIIM!"

With Izuku and Nejire -

"ONE DAY! ONE DAY I KNOW I WON'T HAVE TO RUN AWAY LIKE THIS FROM A SORTIE! I JUST KNOW IT!" Izuku screamed while running.

"I dream from that day to arrive!" Nejire answered, looking back and seeing those people already catching up on them, and not one of them looked happy.

"CRAP! FASTER, THEY ARE CATCHING UP!" She yelled in horror, and taing flying with her Quirk to gain speed, and actually taking Izuku along to escape.

"SYSTEEEEEEEEM!" Both yelled, soon disappearing in a flash of golden light.

"Fan out! Find them!"

Meanwhile – Halls of Mischief -

There was fire and destruction everywhere, a complete disaster with floors destroyed, furniture reduced to splinters and paintings and chandeliers brutally torn apart; many people in garish clothes were sprayed everywhere unconscious, having been clearly beaten black-and-blue.

"Talk." The System said.

"WE KNOW NOTHING! I SWEAR WE KNOW NOTHING! WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!" The only guy remaining still conscious, sporting two black eyes, answered with a frantic scream of horror.

"Something is trying to make The System look like a fool. We are not the Toy of some God of Mischief."

"Nobody of us did anything! I swear! Not even we joke around with a Candidate of yours! We are Gods of Mischief, not Gods of Stupidity!" Poor Loki answered, crying.

"Then who did it?"

"I DON'T KNOW! I SWEAR!"

"Fine. The System will look elsewhere." The Entity answered, throwing the guy behind it's indescribably formless body and left the ruins of yet another pantheon behind.

The hunt was still on.

The System will find the culprit.

And the System will kill it. Painfully.

End of the Chapter -

What is a "Maitre" in a Restaurant:

In a restaurant, the maître d' is responsible for greeting guests, seating them, and taking care of their needs during their dining experience, taking care of directing the waiters, take reservations, it may also be required to know about waiting skills. knowledge of table service and menu items. double as barista (coffee-making skills) and possess wine knowledge... Among other things.