Nezu looked over the ravaged arena with a glint of disappointment in his eyes.
Aizawa was using his quirk to remove the starfish from the reaming vitamins faces, while other heroes cleaned up the damage left behind, and escorted any civilians out.
Today was supposed to be a good day. A day where the students could show off their hard work, and gain connections within the hero world.
But instead, his students spent the day either under the control of villains or fighting for their lives. If it weren't for Midoriya, someone likely would have died.
This could not stand. Nezu would NOT take this lying down.
Mark my words. The league of villains. The Meta Liberation Army. The Foot. you will regret this one day. I swear it. Nezu thought as he walked off.
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Overall, this attack had far fewer repercussions than the last one.
The house was nowhere near as damaged so in the span of merely a week, everything was good as new. No one had gotten all that injured, and most of the children seemed unaffected mentally, if not a bit shaken. Gin hadn't even noticed the attack at all, having slept through the whole thing.
The only outliers were Kiba and Nise. Kiba was mostly just upset about her being incapacitated during the entire attack, but Nise seemed…off. She seemed frustrated and a bit scared, and Fuku told her that she'd see her jump at seemingly nothing.
But that was something he would handle later, for now, he had three things that called for his immediate attention.
Namely, his guest in front of him.
Izuku sat behind his desk in his office, with Chole and Sai beside him.
And in front of him, was none other than the Prime Minister of Japan, Pura Miu.
She looked rather good for a woman at the age of 75, with only a few wrinkles on her face, and she wasn't super thin under her suit, but her age showed in her grey hair and her squinting eyes behind her glasses.
"Hello, Miss Prime Minister." Izuku greeted with a bow. "It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance."
"Yes, yes." Pura said dissmisivly. "Mr. Midoriya, I don't believe I need to tell you, why I'm here correct?"
Izuku sighed. "You're here about the reports you got on my Fractal and Chaos Emerald. A woman with speed that rivaled All Might holding a bright gem. And a crystal that would heal anyone who touched it, as if it were giving them a healing quirk. I can't imagine the government wouldn't be interested in that. Although, I didn't think the Prime Minister herself would be coming to greet me."
"I've already looked into what we know about Fractals and the Emerald," Pura told him. "And fired the people who dismissed Ms. Jikan when she stumbled upon the discovery of the century and failed to report this to me. But I'd now I'd like to ask you, what exactly have you been doing with that lab Mr. Midoriya?"
"A lot, and not enough," Izuku explained. "We've found out so much about chaos energy, that's what we're calling energy by the way, and yet there is still so much to be found, and so much to do. Its potential is nearly endless, and once we can find a way to produce it without relying on Mu, it'll be an absolute game changer. The Fractals are just fractions of their potential. Soon chaos energy will run the world."
"And since you control it, so will you." Pura deduced. "To think this opportunity could have been ours. But nonetheless, I trust you know what needs to happen next."
"You want access to my research, as well as the things made from it," Izuku said. "But unfortunately for you, you lack the power to simply take them, as they are all private property."
"Given you're recent unapproved use of them in public, it could be argued, we have the right to confiscate them," Pura argued/threatened.
"Incorrect. The Chaos Emerald is not, by definition, a weapon. Neither is a healing Fractal. Nor are they quirks, so there are no laws against being able to use them in public." Izuku retorted.
"But according to what little we have of Ms. Jikan's notes, quirks and fractals operate of the same energy and do very similar things. So it could be argued that they are an illegal use of quirks." Pura contended. "Not to mention the definite use of the quirks by your children during the attack."
"If you recall, Mt. Lady said that she gave permission for my children to use their quirks." Izuku reminded her. "And we have several witnesses backing this up."
"Heroes can only give permission for people to use their quirks in such a manner if those people are hero students." Pura corrected. "Which your children, are not."
"Incorrect, heroes can give permission for normal people to use their quirks, in dire situations," Izuku added. "Of course, whether or not the situation was dire and if the given permission was necessary will be later judged by the Hero Public Safety Commission, but I think myself, and the public can agree, there is no way that situation couldn't be considered dire."
"Those permissions still do not allow the use of quirks to harm others," Pura said.
"Other people. Netsu only hurt that starfish and there is no proof of any of my children having harmed a person during the attack." Izuku told her, getting frustrated at this point. "Look, you have nothing significant to use against me. So here's what we can do, we can either work together and come upon an agreement that benefits us both, or you can keep trying to get one over on me and make me angry. And I assure you, that won't do you much good."
Pura glared at Izuku. "Tch. Fine, what is it that you want?"
Izuku smiled. "Thank you. Now, as for what I want…
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It was about time, Izuku decided, that the lab had a dedicated room for important meetings.
And so now he and the scientist were in one of the plain white rooms, sitting along a long rectangular table, with Izuku at the front.
Things were rather tense, as all the scene sits except John gave him nervous and somewhat sympathetic looks.
"Now." Izuku started. "I'm sure all of you can figure out to some extent, why we are here."
"Guessing it has to do with the massive attack that just happened." John, as opposed to everything, didn't seem too concerned. He was still taking everything seriously, but he was far more relaxed."
"That's right." Izuku nodded, before taking a brief pause. "Now…before this, I was willing to just do everything I could, to keep my family safe…but this has shown me, that that is not enough. They won't let us be. They will take EVERY opportunity to attack us, no matter who gets hurt. And they will make our lives, miserable…So long as my enemies remain free, my children won't be able to leave the grounds of the foundation, without risk of something like this happening. This is unacceptable. This can NOT be allowed. And so, I can't stop at just defending us anymore. I need to attack. I need to CRUSH my enemies if I want my children to be safe. And so that's exactly, what we're going to do."
It was then, that Izuku took two things out of his pocket, a quirk-erasing bullet, and a vial of blood.
"The best way to defeat your enemies, and defend yourself, is to amass power." Izuku continued, putting the bullet down on the table, and lifting up the vial. "What I have here, is power. Unrefined, absolute, power. This is Eri's blood. As you all know, Eri's quirk allows her to return things to a previous state. In whatever way that entails. She could erase your memories, heal your wounds, turn into a child, and erase you entirely. And even revert a person back to an evolutionary state, before humans developed quirks. Which is why her blood is a key ingredient to making this quirk-erasing formula It's also the key to our plans."
"Sir…do you want to…mass produces this formula?" Mai asked, looking very unsure of this concept.
"Not quite." Izuku shook his head. "While I would like to have some quirk-erasing bullets on hand, the quirk-erasing formula is not a key part of my plan."
"And what exactly, is this plan sir?" Dr. Hikari asked.
Izuku took a deep breath and got ready to explain. "First, we need to find a way to replicate the effects of Eri's blood, without actually having to use Eri's blood. This will make Eri's life, significantly easier, and allow us to move onto step two, using that to create a drug that can cure nearly anything."
Everyone's eyes went wide at what Izuku just suggested, as the implications of what such a drug could do and the effect it could have on the world would be enormous.
"I'm not a scientist, but this should be possible correct?" Izuku asked them before he continued. "If all quirks come from chaos energy, and if we can produce a way to create chaos energy, then we should be able to create the effects of her blood, and that should allow us to create the cure-all. Right."
The room went silent, as everyone started to calculate the plausibility of this in their heads.
"Well…we have developed a blueprint for something that can produce chaos energy, so if we can find a way to turn that pure chaos energy, into something like Eri's unique chaos energy, then we should be able to create something that could replace her blood as an ingredient," Mai explained. "And if we can do that, then in theory we could create this cure-all."
"So it's possible?" Izuku asked them.
"As far as we know," John spoke up. "There's still a lot of big ifs in the picture, but it doesn't sound impossible."
"But if it is possible, we're talking about something that could change the world as we know it." Uchi pointed up.
"Yeah, the entire drug and medical world would be turned on its head. And who knows how many businesses would go bankrupt." Futaba pointed out. "And even more people lose their jobs."
Izuku nodded solemnly. "I know…and I have a plan for that too. It's not perfect, but it's the best I can think of at the moment. At the very least it will save millions if not billions of lives."
"That is true, but that does worsen the problem of overpopulation." Dr. Hikari brought up. "Not that I'm in any way opposed to saving all those people, it's just, that's another issue we'll have to worry about. Not to mention, how exactly are we going to distribute this drug across the world? As much as I would love to simply give it away, at the end of the day we at least need enough money for this project to sustain itself. And if we charge for it, then there's no guarantee that everyone who needs it will get it."
"Not much I can do about that, but either way, we're going through with this," Izuku said. "So, after we produce this drug, obviously we won't have to worry about money anytime soon, not to mention this also allows me to gain favor with the public, which opens up plenty of doors for us. And as for all the people who will end up employed, well the only solution for that is to hire them myself. Some of them will be responsible for mass-producing the drug, but most of them will go into my other big project. Involving project seed. If we can produce chaos energy reliably, then we can grow products that are unlike anything else. And do things unlike anyone else. What those things are will depend on what we can grow, but no matter what happens, I don't think I need to tell you just how much we can make with this."
"Combing this with the drug, you could be the richest man on the planet." Futaba whistled. "Boss, what are you planning to do with all this money and power?"
"A few things. Firstly, as Dr. Hikari pointed out, not everyone will get access to this drug. Particularly places without free healthcare, like America." Izuku's expression shifted into that of disgust for a moment. "And much as hate it, I can take advantage of that. While I can't give the drug out to everyone that needs it, I can give it to a few…useful individuals. People who will be extremely grateful, for my help."
Everyone looked a bit uneasy at that.
"Well, it's not like we can fix that problem either way, so might as well take advantage of it I guess." John shrugged. "That's just the way it is, some people will always be unlucky."
"You got that right," Futaba said, looking rather dismayed.
"Alright, now that I've told you the plan, here is what we're going to do," Izuku said, sifting to his final point. "First things first, we have to focus on creating chaos energy. Once we do that, I want your focus to be on creating that blood substitute, and finding out if the cure-all is plausible. But don't start development of it until I tell you too. Once I have confirmation, I'm going to ask various other parties to pitch in on funding this research. With something like this, people will be tripping over themselves to have their names attached to this. The good P.R. they'll get will offset any money they may have actually put into the project. So not only will I get to save some money, they'll be in my debt."
"Huh, that's actually pretty clever." Mai pointed out.
"Bara, keep focusing on project seed, I want you to experiment with as many different kinds of plants as possible," Izuku told Uchi before looking over to Futaba. "Akira, I heard you were experimenting with making portals into other dimensions."
"Um, kinda? It's mostly making a portal into the cognitive world." Futaba explained.
"I see, do you think that sort of research could help us learn more about portals, and warp quirks in general, and maybe how to stop them?" Izuku asked.
"Well that's not really my area of expertise, but probably," Futaba answered with a shrug. "To be honest, I'm kinda stumped on certain parts of the project, maybe we could bring in someone who specializes in wormholes or something."
"Noted." Izuku nodded. "I want to find some way to stop villains from warping into the facility."
"That's gonna be a tough one," Futaba muttered.
"I would also like to drastically increase the personnel working around here," Izuku said. "As of now, we have far too many scientists working on our various projects, forcing us to pick and choose a select few projects to work on at a time. It limits us by quite a bit. Find people you can trust, in any way you can."
It was then that everyone started to consider how to do this. Colleges, students, old friends, there were a few options if they went out of their way.
"Another thing, I need you to find a way to extend the range in which Yami can absorb negative emotions," Izuku asked. "Since he can't go outside, he can't absorb as much energy, this is a big issue for obvious reasons."
"So you want us to create some kind of emotion vacuum or amplifier?" Futaba mused. "Yeah, we're definitely going to need to increase our work staff for all this."
"I'm sorry for asking so much of you," Izuku said. "But it's all necessary to protect the future of my kids."
"We understand sir, and it's the least we can do for all you've done for us," Mai reassured him. "We will do our best, sir."
"One last thing, and again I'm sorry for asking a lot." Izuku then reached into his sleeve, and pulled out a jar, containing one of the starfish from back at the arena. "I'd like you to analyze this."
"Isn't that one of the things that attacked the Sports Festival?" John asked. "Is it ok for you to have that?"
"It is now," Izuku told them, before taking out his phone to look at the time. "Oh, sorry, I have to be somewhere to be soon."
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"So then, everything is in place."
Nezu and Izuku were currently in the private room, of a very high-class restaurant, enjoying some steaks and salads.
"Once everything is finished, I'll have the power to do whatever I want," Izuku said, not liking how sinister that sounded. "And enough money to buy a country."
"Good, good. I always knew you had incredible potential Mr. Midoriya." Nezu praised. "Combine that with your, peculiar luck, and you have something truly special. So long as the right people help out along the way. Now, let's celebrate, our plan to destroy the Foot, The M.L.A., and the League of Villains."
Izuku gave his food a sad, longing look, and sighed. "I don't get it. Why does nothing ever go the way I want, when all I want to do is help people? I wanted to be a hero, and I ended up quirkless. I want to quietly raise children and mind my own business, suddenly powerful organizations are coming out of the woodwork to try and kill me. I just…"
The green teen looked at his reflection in his glass. Aunt Mitsuki was wrong. I have changed a lot. I don't think I've ever felt this angry before.
He shook his head. "Sorry, I'm just-"
"It's ok to be dissatisfied," Nezu assured him. "Being cruel is not in your nature. Unfortunately, if you want to do anything of note in this world, good or bad, cruelty, is required."
Izuku looked deeper into his reflection, noting the malicious look in his eyes. "I know. Don't worry, I won't let it stop me. Anything that tries to ruin my children's future, must be destroyed."
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"Damn it! This was nothing but a miserable failure!" ReDestro shouted over a video call with All for One and Karai.
"Oh, you think so?" All for One asked, seeming unbothered. "I'd say that while things didn't go the way we wanted exactly, we got some rather decent results."
"Indeed, we took some losses, but so did Midoriya." Karai agreed, looking a bit miffed but not nearly as furious as ReDestro. "Although now I will have to go through the trouble of freeing Shinigami."
"What are you two talking about?" ReDestro barked.
All for One sighed. "Come now, are truly so blinded by your own fury, that you don't see that we made Midoriya show his hand."
"Those crystals, they possessed an unbelievable power, one that we were not prepared to face," Karai said. "We cannot face Midoriya head-on, that much is clear. First, we must acquire information about those crystals, and how we can acquire them. Until then, attacking Midoriya is a suicide, especially now that the heroes are angrier than ever, and will be looking for any clue they can find on us. I'd recommend keeping your head low. Because if we're dragged into the light, then that will be, our end."
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