Izuku adjusted his shirt collar as he returned to the warehouse. His phone has been going off for most of the morning with diagnostic reports from the Maintenance droids. Apparently the Mass Shock Gauntlets had a few small issues that would have to be corrected before he could send them out on their next heist.
Walking in he was greeted by the various machines in power saving mode. Each left arm of the Brick Units had been removed and opened to reveal the problem. Bits of wiring and vital circuitry were showing signs of melting. "So, I can't use copper for this." Izuku muttered as he knelt down to inspect the weapon. He let out a whistle as the Maintenance Droids turned back on and got back to work.
Izuku retrieved a nearby toolbox and some of the materials he had from the heist. "I'm going to need something more heat resistant that rubber, maybe even a new type of polymer." He muttered while inspecting the damage to the wires' rubber coating. "Looks like we'll have to get by with a lower setting until I can get the necessary materials." he said as he began sealing the melted areas with a rubberized paste.
Nedzu frowns as he looked over the report from yesterday's heist. The police couldn't make heads or tails of it so they had sent a copy to him, wanting to see if he had any helpful input. He read the report once again.
Four armored individuals ambushed an armored Van transporting funds between banks. They tore the van apart with their bare hands before stealing both the cash and the van itself. They displayed an uncanny synchronicity with one another as they evaded heroes in pursuit. Then when it appeared that the heroes had cornered them they unleashed some sort of electric weapon that stunned all present and shorted out the vehicles. Then they cut their way through the road and disappeared into the sewers. Only for any means of following them and ruining the cash to be left in a single room.
There were so many possibilities to this case. A well funded crime group comprised entirely of strength Quirk users. A mad man testing out his hardware to see how it could sell to the Underworld with some hired goons. Even a group of electric Quirk users with access to powerful tech capable of overcoming their weaknesses.
Each of these theories had one thing in common, the presence of a background mastermind.
Nedzu had to resist letting out a feral smile as he began to formulate counters to this mad man.
Izuku huffed as he fiddled with B10. Between the B models and the R models he had more than enough aid for his next project. The droids were hard at work reshaping the metal from the van into a frame for his newest creation. The Infiltration, Stealth, and Sabotage Unit, otherwise called I.S.S.U. or Issue for short. Sure his names were work in progress, but the mission he had for Issue Mk1 was rather self explanatory.
There's hundreds of jewelry store across japan, all of them filled with diamonds and gold. Things that he'll need for future creations. He was already searching the dark web and normal online stores for some of the material he would need. Add in the fact that the heroes were currently on the lookout for the Brick units. He may as well give them a shock.
He already has the design in mind.
The B units were busy pounding the metal into circular shapes as the R units prepped the internal circuitry. Sadly he had to use B10 as a base for the Issue Mk1, yet he bit back the sorrow at having to take his creation apart. Wiring and CPUs were passed to him by the R units as the B units slowly passed him the newly fit pieces of metal.
Slowly the new machine was assembled, ready for it's first mission.
The night was calm, few heroes patrolled the area at the current time. Izuku was keeping his eyes on the screen. The layout of the street was clear as day for him despite the night.
Issue Mk1 was right underneath the target. Its upgraded limbs allowing the Droid to drill right into the ground floor as its built-in electric dampener prevented the alarms from sounding. The display cases were helpless as Issue's arms extended outwards and stole everything. Gold and diamonds were pilfered as silver and steel were snatched up.
It took little time for the entire floor to be emptied of valuables. And Issue sunk back into the hole it came from, using its arms to strategically collapse the tunnel as it made its escape.
Then he had it move onto the next store. Then the next one. Each store just as helpless as the last as Issue took everything.
Then it encountered a problem.
Izuku had to surpress a sigh as the direct feed showed that he wasn't the only thief tonight. A pair of mooks in ski masks armed with crowbars were still as boards as they stared down the Droid in front of them.
Izuku just shook his head, then entered an additional command to Issue. "Relinquish the goods, or loss your limbs." The synthetic speaker rippled out in a deep voice. Issue emphasized its arguement by extending its arms outwards in a threatening manner. The mooks ignored the command, one rushing Issur with his crowbar while the other began charging some kind of quirk.
Izuku shook his head as Issue grabbed the first mook and twisted his wrists. The crowbar fell to the ground as Issue lifted the mook above its body and threw it at the other mook. The second mook's attack was cut short as he was slammed full force by his partner.
Issue gave them no chance as it rushed in and struck mook 1 with one of its heavier arms. He slumped down as his jaw rested in an odd manner. Mook 2 tried to pull himself out as Issue loomed over him. He didn't get a chance as Issue struck the back of his neck.
It continued on with the heist, snatching up the bag that the mooks had before it escaped back into the tunnel. Continuing its protocol of collapsing the holes behind it as it escaped.
"Thirteen stores, thirteen stores were struck in a single night. And all we have to show for it is damaged property and two critically injured wannabe jewel thieves." The commissioner spoke calmly as he looked down at the room of officers. "We haven't gotten a word from the two of them, but all we can gather is that the robberies were all performed by the same individual. Every building was broken into by drilling through the floor, at a certain time before his entry the power will fail and the alarms will be disabled. Then they escape with everything and by the time the alarm sounds they are long gone." The commissioner surmised.
"Some believe they may be connected to the group who struck the armored van the prior day. However the jewel thief struck three prefecture away from the area where the group has struck. So current hypothesis says that someone is supplying new criminals with experimental technology and making ground breaking progress with it all." The commissioner took a deep breath. as he looked over the police in the room.
"Any piece of technology retrieved from the scenes will be sent to I-Island to help us in understanding just what we're up against. Now, dismissed." The commissioner said as the police nodded and stood up.
Izuku looked at the sorted piles of gold, silver, and diamonds. The R units were already using the gold to upgrade the Brick Units Mass Shock Gauntlets as Izuku pondered what to do with the silver and diamonds.
He pulled out a notebook as he began to write our ideas on what to do. The B units were running repairs and cleaning on Issue mk1. It was then that he had an idea. He grabbed one of the smaller diamonds and inspected it closely. Izuku let out a smile as he began to draw the schematics of his latest weapon.
A Brief description of Izuku's current Droid Arsenal.
-P.A.M. (Personal Assistant Machine): A work place droid with a wide variety of programs meant to improve life at home. The droid resembles a cylinder with two sets of four hydraulic limbs on its main body as it moves on treads. P.A.M. stands just under three feet tall.
-B.R.C.D/Bricks (Beta Run Combat Droids): Large machines meant for crime and conflict. Rolling around on a mix of wheels and treads and capable of changing between mobile and all-terrain modes. The Brick has two arms which can be fit with a wide variety of weapons as well as a false head to divert attention from its CPU in its torso. Your average Brick model stands around seven feet tall.
-R Model Maintenance Droids: small drones with four legs and four arms. Designed to take part in more precise work while resembling an orb with eight limbs and a single large eye. R models stand at under a foot tall.
-B Model Maintenance Droids: Larger than the R models and designed for more labor intensive work. They have four arms and four legs but bare a cylinder shaped body and no outer visual methods. B models are around two feet tall.
-I.S.S.U/Issue mk1 (Infiltration, Stealth, Sabotage Unit mk1): Resembling a large sphere of reinforced metal. The top of the orb can twist in order to drill through any material in it's way, its midsection can open up for two major limbs and four smaller extendable limbs, its bottom portion opens up to reveal four heavy limbs. The Issue also has a built in electric dampener which affects the buildings around it.