After finishing his meeting with Tsukauchi, Izuku took a short walk in the Kiyashi Shopping Mall area while thinking about their conversation.

Not only does he discuss the progress of their investigation, but he also learns one unexpected fact about the quirk of his father's inheritance that has now been passed on to Izumi.

It felt like what he knew was just the tip of the iceberg. There were still many things he didn't know. He didn't expect such a fight to happen behind the scenes. Moreover, this fight has been going on for generations against one enemy.

Feeling his thoughts getting more and more complicated, he decided to stop thinking about it with a heavy sigh.

Finishing his thoughts, Izuku looked around. There were many people around him, but no one noticed his presence. People walked past him as if he wasn't there.

Even though his appearance was quite suspicious with his face covered by a black hoodie, no one noticed him.

Izuku continued to walk in the mall area while watching people. Even though he hated being in crowds, he didn't mind as long as he wasn't the center of attention, the thing he hated the most.

As he watched people, his eyes fell on a group of high school students in front of him. Izuku immediately recognized the group and as he was about to approach them, they scattered in different directions, leaving a brown-haired girl alone.

Seeing him like that, Izuku immediately approached her and greeted her.

" Uraraka-san "

Uraraka, who was silent for a moment looking at her friends who quickly spread out, immediately turned around when she heard her name called. And how surprised she was when she saw the person who called her.

" Vi-Vice Guild-"

Before she could scream any louder Izuku quickly covered her mouth while gesturing in silence by placing a finger on her lips.

" Please don't be loud, I don't want to attract attention, and just call me Izuku, I'm not on duty today. "

Feeling the hand touching her lips, a blush appeared on Ochako's cheeks. She could feel her heart beating rapidly. Ochako came back to her senses only when she saw Izuku's blue eyes and quickly nodded.

Seeing this Izuku then smiled and let go of his hand. Meanwhile, Ochako still had a red tint on her face and her heartbeat was still not calm.

" Thank you, it would be troublesome if people recognized me here, by the way, what are you doing? I noticed several class A students gathered here. "

" Well, about that, we plan to shop for summer camping supplies together. "

" That's right, summer vacation will start soon. "

" Yes, that's it, then what is vi- Izuku-k-kun doing here? "

" Just going for a walk, I happen to be on holiday and planning to buy some clothes, what about you Uraraka-san, do you have anything you want to buy? "

" um, yes, I want to buy insect spray "

" I see, then why don't we go together? "

" to-together?... "

Ochako repeated the words in a weak voice. In her mind, the scene replayed where she was walking with Izuku with smiles on their faces and holding each other's hands. They look like a couple on a date. Her face turned red again and her heartbeat started beating fast again when she thought about that.

' date? '

Feeling that her thoughts had gone too far, Ochako quickly shook her head to erase the images from her head. Izuku who noticed Ochako's strange behavior approached her.

" Uraraka-san, are you okay? "

" y-yes, sorry about that "

" Sure, shall we go "

" Yes, let's go "

Hearing Ochako's positive answer, Izuku smiled and started walking side by side with her. But before they could go any further, Izuku's eyes caught someone he didn't expect.

A man wearing a black hoodie just like his. And what caught his attention was the blue hair and red eyes hidden under the hood of his jacket. Izuku recognized that face even though he had only seen it twice.

' Shigaraki Tomura?! '

It was indeed an unexpected coincidence that he would meet this man here. Whether it was fate or whatever Izuku felt like he couldn't just let it go.

" Uraraka-san, I'm sorry but I have urgent business, you can go first, I'll catch up later. "

" eh? What do you mean- "

Before Ochako could finish her sentence, Izuku had disappeared into the crowd, leaving her alone.

A few minutes before Izuku arrived at the shopping area, a man with blue-gray hair and red eyes wearing all-black clothes with his face covered by the hood of a jacket walked through a dark alley and arrived at the Kiyashi shopping area.

Shigaraki Tomura entered with feelings of annoyance that had been bothering him for a long time. Starting from the incident that killed the hero that day which reduced the spotlight for him the person called the teacher refused to explain about the new Nomu he was using at that time. Nothing had gone his way since the appearance of the black-haired, blue-eyed man he saw that day. All of this annoyed him, especially since Giran brought several foreigners to his place saying that they were following Stain's footsteps.

His annoyance increased when he saw the people around him laughing out loud without knowing what danger was lurking around them. His great hatred made his desire to destroy everything reappear. But just as thoughts of destruction crossed his mind, it was stopped by the sudden appearance of the person in front of him.

" It's a surprise to meet you here isn't it, Shigaraki Tomura? "

Shocked by this, Shigaraki immediately tried to attack the person, but his body refused to move. It felt like there was an invisible hand holding him.

Annoyed by this, Shigaraki immediately looked at the person who knew his identity. And how surprised he was when he recognized the man's identity.

" Nice effort but it was in vain. "

A young man with black hair and blue eyes stood a few steps in front of him while smiling coldly. How could Shigaraki forget that person since he was the one who forced him to retreat that day with just his cold gaze.

Izuku who approached Shigaraki just stood still while assessing his opponent. That day, he had only seen him from a distance, but now after meeting him in person, he could feel a faint killing intent from him.

" Who are you? what do you want?"

" Unfortunately that is also my question, what is the leader of the League of Villains doing here? "

" You "

Shigaraki tried to attack Izuku once again but was quickly stopped by a dagger pressed against his neck. Izuku didn't even raise his hand but the dagger suddenly appeared and firmly stuck to his neck, even after he tried to move it.

" you can try to do that, but between your decay quirk and my dagger, which will fall first, my dagger, or your neck "

Goosebumps instantly ran down his spine as Shigaraki stared into Izuku's cold blue eyes. Just from his gaze, he could tell that the young man in front of him was serious about killing him.

Instantly his survival instincts warned him to run, but his body wouldn't move. Izuku noticed the unease in Shigaraki's eyes and spoke again expressing his intentions.

" No need to panic, I just want to talk to you. "

Even though Izuku spoke in a relaxed tone, the tension didn't disappear in Shigaraki's eyes, instead, he became even more alert. It was proven that his resistance to the Monarch's Authority was getting tougher.

" Why don't we drink tea while we talk? "

At Izuku's sudden suggestion, Izuku took(?) Shigaraki to sit at a cafe in the mall. He made him sit face-to-face with him.

From the outside, the two of them looked like two friends meeting even though in reality it was quite the opposite.

" What do you really want? "

Shigaraki, who was still stuck in his chair, glared at Izuku with a sharp murderous gaze. But unfortunately, his gaze had no effect on Izuku who was still casually looking at him.

" I told you I just wanted to talk, but I warned you if you emit a murderous aura once again, then I will have to kill you. "

" You think you can just kill me, huh?! You think the heroes will just keep quiet once you commit murder? "

" It's funny you say that, but didn't you notice, that no one paid attention to us even after I threatened you with a knife, even when we entered this cafe, not a single waiter approached us, right? "

Hearing Izuku's words, Shigaraki indeed felt that their current situation was too strange, and not a single mall visitor paid attention to them. And all of that because of the person in front of him.

" What have you done? "

" Nothing special, just a few little tricks I have up my sleeve. "

" Just who are you? Suddenly appearing and disrupting other people's plans. "

" Unfortunately, I don't like revealing my identity to other people, especially enemies. "

" You said you wanted to talk, but you didn't introduce yourself to the person you were talking to. You really don't have any manners. "

" At first it was supposed to be like that, but because you resisted, our conversation became an interrogation, so don't expect me to answer your questions. "

" Tsk, what do you want to talk about? "

" Glad to hear you want to talk, well actually something makes me curious, who helped your attack on UA? "

Hearing Izuku's question, Shigaraki involuntarily flinched. Even though the reaction was minimal, Izuku still noticed it. Meanwhile, Shigaraki was quite surprised when he heard that Izuku was aware of this even though he was not involved.

" Why are you curious about this? You didn't even have anything to do with the attack "

" Indeed, but unfortunately you have involved me by bringing a strange Nomu since the hero-killer incident that day. "

" What's wrong with those Nomu, huh? "

" You don't know or are you just pretending to be stupid? "

" hah!?... "

" Do you seriously not know about that? "

" What have you been talking about? What's wrong with them? "

During their conversation, Izuku kept a close eye on Shigaraki's responses, even down to the smallest movements. Based on his response just now, he didn't seem to be lying. But it could just be a pretense to catch him off guard.

" Huh... never mind, why don't we just go back to the original question, who is the person behind you? "

" You think I will sell my teacher easily- "

" Teacher huh, so that's the identity of the person behind you. "

Hearing Izuku's words, Shigaraki immediately realized that he had made a mistake and immediately shut up.

" Where is your teacher? "

" Heh, you think I'll tell you? "

" Yeah, I did expect that. Alright, I'll change my question, what is your connection with the hero killer? "

" That's just nonsense that the news says, I had nothing to do with that bast*rd. That person has already been caught, why are they still making a fuss about him? Besides, why is everyone only looking at the hero killer, no one is paying attention to me? Even though what we did was the same as destroying everything he hates. Why only he? "

There was a trace of anger in his eyes when Shigaraki talked about hero killers. Even without hearing anything further, Izuku knew that the two people were not related.

" Attention, huh... is that your goal? "

" huh? What are you talking about? The goal? what do you know for? "

"Well, I just don't think there's any harm in listening to the ultimate goal of one of the villains who wants the death of the symbol of peace, All Might. "

Sensing something odd about Izuku's tone when talking about All Might, Shigaraki narrowed his eyes as he caught a flash of anger in his eyes. And for some reason, he felt a similarity in his hatred towards All Might.

" You... do you hate All Might? "

" ah... so you noticed huh, well, let's just say, I'm one of those people. "

" I see, if you hate him you should know how fragile justice is, then don't you think it would be better if there was no All Might in this world, right? "

As Shigaraki said this an eerie smile formed on his face. He seemed to imagine a dream world he created where he could destroy everything he didn't like.

" fragile justice and a world without All Might. I might be able to agree with the first part but not the second. Although the possibility is interesting to see, if the method you use is playing with human lives I have to reject that idea. "

" Heh, are you trying to play justice now after saying that? "

" Not really, I'm just trying to protect what's around me. "

" What are you, a hero? "

Instead of answering, Izuku just gave Shigaraki a faint smile which made him confused about the meaning of his smile.

"Last question, what is the goal of your teacher?"

For a moment, the atmosphere around Izuku immediately cooled as his eyes glowed purple. It went on for a moment before Shigaraki finally answered.

" You think I know what that person is thinking? "

"I see, I think our conversation is over."

As Izuku stated, Shigaraki could feel the pressure binding his release and he regained control of his body. However, when he was about to attack again, he was stopped again by a knife that suddenly appeared right in front of his eyes.

" I suggest you don't do something stupid like that, especially to the people in this mall. It's best if you leave quietly if you don't want to be arrested "

Hearing suggestions that were more like threats from Izuku, Shigaraki had no choice but to retreat. Even though it was embarrassing, he realized that if he fought with the person in front of him, he would end up dying.

And when Shigaraki walked past Izuku, Izuku spoke again as if he had just remembered something, without even turning around.

" Ah! That's right, Shigaraki Tomura, please tell this to All For One.

From now on I will start to hunt you and your teacher even if it comes to the realm of the dead. Just remember, I will always watching you. "

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