"He can't … it's not possible!" He shouted, banging his hand on the ground. "It can't be, it can't be, it can't be! Sensei is incredible, he can't lose!" Sensei was there, on the ground, under that bastard. "All Might…he ruined everything…just like he always does…he takes away EVERYTHING that matters!" He ruined his life, Sensei's life, and now he was ruining Iruma's life with that heroic poison!
"Wow, I missed a lot while I was out." Dabi, awake from his unconsciousness, said with a bit of a daze.
"Oh yeah, we got raided, teleported, lost a bunch of Nomu, met a cute girl." Toga listed off.
"All Might got deflated, Endeavor saved him." Twice cut in.
"And he threw probably the most powerful punch the world has ever seen while looking like a walking skeleton." Spinner continued.
"You're hitting me with a lot of information right now, and I don't know how to properly deal with that other than booze."
"Sadly, the bar is gone." Kurogiri sighed. "One thing … I just wanted one neat thing in my life … was that too much to ask?"
"I say this is a good thing." … Tomura turned all of his sadness into rage within a single second, glaring at his demon with the fury of a thousand suns.
"Give me … one solid reason … not to kill you."
"Isn't it obvious?" The blue haired bastard tilted his head. "He did this for you." What the fuck? "The world is without both its symbol of hope and despair, and it'll take awhile for someone or something to fill the void."
"What are you going on about?"
"A hundred years of ruling japan has made a bunch of dark forces gather power and mass in secret, trying any means to survival that didn't mean going under his rule. But now that All For One is gone in the public eye, someone wants that." The demon leaned in close, almost tender for a moment. "The heroes have to be busy scrambling to replace All Might, and the public will be in a frenzy. You can use this, so many groups to take advantage of, to learn from, to absorb and collaborate with."
He had a point. Sensei had so many enemies, so many groups that stayed away out of fear…he could use this…turn that fear into respect…into TRUE respect.
"And what about us?" Dabi asked. "We just lost our base, our employer, and our Nomu."
"Did we ever need them? We took out the summer camp with our important members and barely got tracked back. We took on UA twice. We took out All Might himself!" The demon chuckled. "The reputation the League has accumulated is far beyond anything gotten before. Even if we fail now infamy is forever."
For once since he's known this demon, he actually said something that didn't creep him the fuck out or annoy him. "Yes..All Might is finally gone…which means all there's left to do is throw his name into decay."
"Yes Tomura. Go Beyond, Plus Ultra, Into Entropy." The demon agreed, laughing. "Now however, I must be off. The summoning seal was effective, but it's wearing off soon. You'll need to get yourself a replacement for when I'm needed on a mission."
"Shouldn't be too hard." Compress shrugged. "The book we used could be ordered online, there's bound to be another copy somewhere out there."
"Kind of makes me wonder why humans have such a hard time believing in Demons if that's the case." Kiriwo shrugged. "Oh well, it's been a very enlightening experience meeting you all, especially you, Tomura. You're quite the demon for a human." That was something he never expected to be worded in a compliment.
Overhaul looked at his subordinates. "No one is to disturb me while I'm in the room. Regardless of reason, understood?"
"Yes Sir!" They responded immediately. Everyone was on edge due to everything that had just happened. He couldn't entirely blame them, not everyday the boogeyman of the underworld gets defeated on live T.V.
He walked into the room, dropping his beak mask and hearing the gentle beeps of the machine. Chisaki sat down, looking at the unconscious form of the man in front of him. "Boss." He greeted the only man he thought of as true family. "You always told me to look after rumors, that it's never nothing if it came from something."
He got no response, as always. "One of those rumors was confirmed today. All For One was defeated by All Might, at the cost of his strength." Only the beeps responded back. "This is the moment we've been waiting for. There's a power vacuum opening up, and everyone on both sides will soon be scrambling to fight for control."
Heroes, villains, that's how the world operated by now. Not through crime syndicated and back alley deals, but with flashy looking idiots flaunting their quirks around like that made them better than everybody else. There was no order to it, just an endless cycle of chaos that kept getting rewarded the more it happened.
It was sickening. This madness of the mind that is transmitted from one person to the next across generations. Only those who's bonds surprised titles could be cured. But he knew the true cure, he was making it as they spoke. "I'm sorry, but I know you'll try and stop me." It would be so easy, just to cure him here and now. To fix and talk to him, to make him see the truth. "Eri is the key to fixing us all." With a few seconds of silence, he stood up, Chisaki once again becoming Overhaul as he exited the room.
"Locate the League of Villains. I'd like to mess with their street cred."
"Gentle! Sir Gentle." He heard the cries of his perfect assistant, it's what woke him up. Evil needed its beauty-sleep after all, how else do you look so dashing while committing theft? "You said All For One was one of your inspirations right?"
"For his infamy alone, yes, I found him to be quite alluring." A dark shadowy overlord that plagued Japan for years. A man so evil and powerful, legends were created around his very existence, some even doubting if he was even real.
"Well he just got his ass kicked by All Might!" She exclaimed. "All Might is down for the count too! The power vacuum is open on both sides!"
He jumped straight out of bed. "There is no time to waste!" He shouted. "We must act on this now, we must make our mark known, wouldn't you say?" He looked at his assistant, dazed and bleeding. "La Brava, you're hurt."
"Boxers …" She tried to wave it off. "They left me alone after an hour."
"Alright, first things first, we treat your injuries and make sure you're fully recovered, and then we make our mark known." He couldn't have his assistant injured on the job after all.
"Of course sir, I'll make sure to add three extra channels for good measure. We need to cover all the platforms!" That was the mark of a true master. "Should we celebrate?"
He thought it over. "After the job, we need a hiding spot to avoid the cops. So I'll let you pick the place. Anywhere you want, my darling."
"Oh, I had my eye on this cozy little cottage! It's a bit worn down, but nothing a little elbow grease can't fix. Perfect for two lovelies to hide away in!" That was his amazing partner, always thinking ahead. They were going to have so much fun together.
Redestro typed in the secret code as everyone entered. Then he placed his thumbprint on the scanner. After that he scanned his retina. "Liberation." The voice command box recognized his tone. Another ten digits and … done. His most prized possession.
"Three bottles of wine made for special occasions. Originally it was five, to signify the five hands that came together for this goal, but one bottle was used then. The second bottle was used when we reformed the organization." He smiled as he pulled it out. "The third one … to the defeat of the most dangerous villain alive."
"To All For One's downfall!" His brethren cheered with him, basking in the glory. The most infamous and influential villain of all time finally came to an end. No more boogeyman, no more competition to upstage their cause. They will see their ambition through to the end.
"I love these moments." Trumpet smirked. "You guys, you're the best thing to ever happen to me. People who just understand it, freedom of the masses, led by those they trust beyond comprehension. A ruleless utopia."
Yes, a utopia of pure, unrestrained freedom. The freedom to use Meta abilities as they want, when they want, and how they want. "Hero, villain, none of those words will hold any meaning in the coming new world." Oh, he almost forgot. "And Curious, I'm truly sorry we have to stop your story. It looked like it was getting somewhere."
"What?" The woman asked, confused. "But I'm so close!"
"You had to have known right?" He asked. "This was supposed to lead us to All For One to begin with. Now that he's captured there's nothing of major value. He advocates Quirkless power. That alone deserved death on the spot."
"Oh, then I suppose you're not curious as to WHO's quirk the boy has in his body bow?" This got him a bit intrigued.
"There was shaky footage, but the boy left uninjured. He's playing for both sides, obviously." Skeptic answered, taking a sip of wine. "Shit is good."
"Oh, alright…then I guess it wouldn't interest you to know that the boy has been seen hanging around All Might's skeletal form for ten months before he entered the U.A, where he suddenly gained power that could rival said hero?" The woman didn't know how to let things go.
Redestro sighed. "Look, if you really think you can get something before the end of the year, I'll let it slide. But I'm not going to wait forever, just look at Geten." The boy had frozen half the room, muttering 'quirkless scum' ever since the subject of Suzuki came up.
"Don't worry, once I get what I need, I'll kill the kid myself. After all, all I need to do is literally ask him to jump off a roof." That did seem kinda fun. He almost forgot she was a sadist. Most people did.
Stain sat down having, what he considered, one of the most reasonable discussions he's ever had in his life. "So the problem isn't the heroes themselves, it's the commission propagating the lifestyle of heroism as a pure positive no matter who runs it." The monster once known as Lady Nagant explained. "They define what counts as a 'true hero', and have been using tools like me to rid them of anyone that disagrees."
"But they haven't been doing a good job have they?" He spoke. "There's plenty of heroes that are in it for the money, in it for the fame, lazy and trying to rest."
"You do realize we're not robots right? We need to eat and sleep at some point during the day. Otherwise we wouldn't have the emotions to help people." She paused. "That's why they hollowed out my own."
"If that's the case, then they don't really care about the people that need saving." He reasoned. "I should've set my sights on the commision. Cut whatever strings they held over society, cut out the disease at its source."
"I tried to shoot one point blank. Why do you think I'm here?" She told him. "They have goons upon goons to replace them worldwide. We'd need an army to think of opposing a force like that."
It was comforting in a way to find someone who spoke some freaking sense. It made him hope that someday, someone would actually come along to fix society.
The sound of wheels echoed into the room. That was a new one actually, it was always footsteps, nothing too machinery based to be hacked. There have been a few arrivals recently. Muscular, a pro that killed a pair of semi-decent heroes. Moonfish, a villain that ate on the flesh of others. It made him wonder what sick bastard came in next.
"I must say, such a long hall, it's quite marvelous." Spoke an even voice. "Oh my, Public Safety Hero: Lady Nagant and Hero Killer: Stain. Such wonderful company."
"You'll be getting your own cell block you bastard."
"And here I thought we had such a fine conversation Izaya." The man's voice alone was filled with so much malicious and vile intent. "Not everyday I get to meet such celebrities."
"I'm a middle wage worker, my name shouldn't even be listed publicly."
"Anyone that works here is a celebrity to me." What passed was an abomination that seemed to stare into his soul despite the lack of eyes. "Thank you for the ideology and followers, Stain, it was a great help in ruining All Might's career."
"Impossible… All Might's light will still shine no matter what happens." He growled as the man was dragged away from his sight. "GET BACK HERE!" He ran to the glass. "What lies do you dare tell!?"
"I've been at this for years, and if you had half the experience you do, you'd know i'm telling the truth. All Might is a shriveled man set to retire." The bastard laughed as he was sent away.
Stain went back to the back of the cell, taking a seat in silence. "... On the off chance we get out of here, mind helping me make the bastard dead?" He got no answer, but took it in stride.