Heroes Collide
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Boku no Hero Academia is owned by Kohei Horikoshi and Bones
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Many thanks to those who read and reviewed this fic. I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and here, the current story arc continue, as both Mei Hatsume and Momo Yaoyorozu takes the center stage as the two heroines are determined to complete their demonstration while anticipating the saboteur who might show up again…
Well then, read on and enjoy!
Ch. 26: Sōzō no raibaru part 3
UA Academy.
Two days later, the scene shifts at the parking lot where Hatsume is loading her BABIES onto a delivery truck as today is the day that she will have a business demonstration with Barusu Wayno at his office in order to show off her inventions, and is confident that there won't be any letup as she has installed a device that prevents any malware from taking over.
Power Loader cautioned her that if the situation gets serious, she'll have to back off and let the pro heroes deal any unwanted situation that may arise, and urged Hatsume not to take matters into her hands regardless of the circumstances.
"And that's that."
"…eh…?"
"You heard me, Hatsume."
"But…"
"If the situation gets serious, you need to back off."
"No way! Someone needs to protect my babies!"
"Seriously…"
"…"
Yaoyorozu then assured to Power Loader that they will be careful and not get careless, as she revealed that Midoriya and Iida will provide assistance should things go wrong again and it will cover them some ground in finding and catching the saboteur.
Iida and Midoriya showed up and promised that Hatsume's business presentation will go smoothly and will catch the saboteur the moment he makes his move.
"Leave everything us!
"We're going to help!"
"We'll find the saboteur!"
"And put him behind bars!"
"We'll put our pride as UA students on the line!"
"Yeah!"
After that, the four UA Academy students boarded the truck as it leaves the school ground and head off to the its destination: Wayno Enterprise. Power Loader sighed as he hoped that nothing bad would happen as Hatsume was screwed previously, while Aizawa showed up and said that the three Class 1-A students need to be alert as the saboteur is likely to show up again and attempt to ruin the demonstration.
"You got a point, Aizawa…"
"Things have gotten a bit tense."
"I agree."
"At least Yaoyorozu and the two boys would be enough to catch the saboteur."
"I hope so."
"And we should expect that if Hatsume succeed, it would put UA Academy in good light."
"I agree."
"…"
Not far, Mr. Moneybags overheard the conversation, and he is concerned that Hatsume might pull it off and he secretly contacted Dr. Bofoi and told him the development, and there Bofoi told Moneybags to stop whining as he will attempt to sabotage the demonstration again just like before and command it to ruin Hatsume and make her look unfavorable to Wayno.
There he will facilitate a way for Moneybags to introduce himself to Wayno so he could earn the billionaire's favor and steal the THUNDER from Hatsume, thus there is nothing for Moneybags to worry about and everything will be okay.
"Really?"
"Really."
"Can I trust your word?"
"Want me to back out?"
"Ah, no…it's just…"
"Then let me do my job…"
"Okay, okay…"
"Good."
After that, Moneybags left the school ground as he heads off to Wayno Enterprise, grinning that he would make himself look good and for Hatsume to look bad and he couldn't wait to see the UA Academy student get ruined.
What Moneybags didn't notice is that Child Emperor is watching him from a distance, and used an invention to eavesdrop on Moneybags and Bofoi's conversation, and the youngest pro hero is dismayed that Bofoi would stoop this low.
"Bofoi…you disappoint me…"
Child Emperor then leaves the parking lot of UA Academy to follow Moneybags and see where this lead to and to see if there is enough grounds to have the Heroes Association sanction Bofoi for his un-hero antics.
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At Wayno Enterprise, Hatsume is preparing her inventions for her demonstration and Wayno is patient enough to wait for her to prepare her things, whilst talking to Yaoyorozu about her father being one of the stockholders of Wayno Enterprise, and the two are comfortable with each other and there he told the female UA Academy student that one day he would pay a visit to the Yaoyorozu Manor.
"Really, Mr. Wayno?"
"Yes. I'd like to talk to your father. And maybe secure a business deal…"
"Yes, of course!"
"I'll let you know when…"
"Thank you."
"Oh, no problem."
"It's a pleasure, Mr. Wayno..."
"…"
Meanwhile, Midoriya and Iida are looking around to see if the saboteur is lurking around, as they are determined not to let him ruin Hatsume's demonstration and make her look bad, and so far the two had no luck locating it, yet Iida tells Midoriya not to let up.
"Midoriya…"
"Iida…"
"Any luck?"
"No, not yet…"
"Keep searching. We are sure that the saboteur would show up…"
"Yeah."
"Let's keep looking."
"Right."
After a few minutes, the scene shifts at the demonstration area, where Hatsume finally began her demonstration as she lectured to Wayno about her support items and how they function and what they can do, and as Wayno listens, they did not notice that a small insect-like drone is hovering above, and is emitting what appeared to be in infra-red light that struck the support items and there Yaoyorozu managed to notice it and uses her Quirk to CREATE a device to counter the drone.
She told Hatsume that she found a drone and is firing a light that struck the support items and there she uses the device she created to stop the drone, but the drone quickly flew away and there Wayno told Yaoyorozu that it is okay, though she said that she suspect that the drone may be the one that caused Hatsume's support items to go on a rampage.
Hatsume smiled and said that she installed a program that prevented any malware from entering her support items and said she is prepared as her BABIES won't be corrupted this time and she just sent a device to track down the drone.
"This time I'm prepared!"
"Hatsume…"
"I won't make the same mistake!"
"Really?"
"This time I'm ready!"
"…"
"Voila!"
"Um…"
Suddenly, the support items started to stir and there Hatsume's programming kicked in as it tries to fight off what the drone attempted to do, as a malware is attempting to take over the support items and Hatsume watches as she is confident that her BABIES won't be taken over.
However, Yaoyorozu checked on it and told Hatsume that the malware is starting to slowly take over the controls, and she tells her to try send it out of the building to try minimize the damage, and as Hatsume checked on the support items, she was dismayed to find out that the malware is a latest one and is systematically overriding the anti-malware she designed.
Yaoyorozu told Hatsume that she has to send the support items out of the corporate area before they lose control, and Hatsume is pissed that the saboteur is more wily than she have anticipated.
"Hatsume…you have to…"
"Damn…"
"…"
"That saboteur is more craftier than I thought…"
"You need to send them out."
"Seriously…"
"Hatsume…"
"…"
Wayno placed a hand on Hatsume's shoulders and tells her to do what Yaoyorozu said, assuring to her that he is pleased with the presentation she showed, and said that he will review the products she showed to her.
"R-really…?"
"Yes."
"You…"
"I'm impressed by your demonstration. I will consider it."
"For real…?"
"Yes."
"Okay!"
"…"
Reluctantly, Hatsume uses a device that sends the support items flying out of the building via the windows, and there Hatsume presses another button to shut down the support items, and as the invention fell to the ground, deactivated, Yaoyorozu went there to check if the support items are deactivated, just to make sure that they are not functional to cause damage.
By then, Metal Knight showed up, seeing that Hatsume has made a fail-safe mechanism prevent him from commandeering the infected support items, and is about to take the fallen support items when Yaoyorozu stood in the his way, and tells Metal Knight to stop and said that she has the authority to stop him if he attempts to impose his will within the compounds of Wayno Enterprises, though Metal Knight tries to justify his action covertly by using his status as a pro hero to cover up the fact that he intend to confiscate the deactivated support items.
"Stand aside. I am authorized to confiscate…"
"No. You stop. I am tasked to stop you from committing theft."
"Obstructing a pro hero is a serious offense, child."
"I have a provisional hero license. I have provisional authority to stop anyone committing a criminal act."
"Stand aside."
"I won't."
"…"
"…"
As Yaoyorozu wouldn't budge, Metal Knight is about to take action and is willing to take her on despite the fact that she has a provisional hero license, but then Child Emperor and Drive Knight showed up and tells Metal Knight to cease his foolishness or else they would threaten to expose him to the Heroes Association, causing a stand-off between the two sides.
As Hatsume attempts to try erasing the malware on her support Items, Yaoyorozu is waiting to make her move as Child Emperor and Drive Knight ordered Metal Knight to stand down and leave the premises, and Bofoi is rather irritated that somehow someone must have learned about his plans, and is forced to make Metal Knight leave.
There, Child Emperor uses his intellect to help Hatsume erase the malware and apologized for what happened, which Yaoyorozu asked if this Heroes Association is unaware of one of their heroes doing something like this, and Child Emperor assured that Metal Knight's action will not go unnoticed, and there Iida and Midoriya arrived, holding a tied-up Moneybags, revealing that they saw and heard him talking to someone, and mentioned about wanting to sabotage Hatsume's presentation.
"We found this man snooping around."
"And he is talking to someone."
"He mentioned about wanting to sabotage Hatsume's presentation, so we grabbed him."
"We better take him to the police."
"Iida is right. We might learn who his conspirator is."
"Well, shall we?"
"Come on. We got to go."
"Indeed."
As the two pro heroes from the Heroes Association took their leave, Iida and Midoriya took Moneybags away while Wayno tells Hatsume that he would like to see a more complete demonstration of her support items, but suggested that he would like to see it at UA Academy to ensure that the security there is top-notch, and Hatsume smiled at the hope she is given.
To Be Continued...
Hope you liked this chapter, as Hatsume gets a second chance as a billionaire wants to have Hatsume do a business presentation, and though a possible action scene was averted, it was partially a happy ending as the culprit's conspirator is caught.
Either way, this concluded this arc…
Preview:
The next chapter opens a new story arc, where Bakugo meets another hot-headed pro hero, which their similar personalities would lead to an unwanted clash…
And soon a brawl is about to break loose…
See you in May or June…
Reviews are welcomed, but needed…