" I... I don't know "

Eri's expression looked complicated, she seemed to think Izuku might be disappointed because of her answer. But she was also not sure what to do. On the one hand, she wanted to stay with Izuku but on the other hand, she was afraid of Overhoul who always shadowed her.

Izuku noticed the complicated expression on Eri's face and just smiled while patting her head.

" no need to overthink about it, just do it slowly. In the meantime how about we do something fun? "

" Something fun? What's that? "

Hearing Eri ask the meaning of the word made Izuku a little bitter inside, he seemed to forget for a moment that this child had been locked up for too long to know the basics.

" ah... right, let's start with that first "

A few days passed since the meeting that day. The heroes involved had been working hard to find various additional information while cooperating with the police. During that time Izuku routinely visited Eri as usual to check on her condition while slowly persuading her to leave. Throughout his visit, Izuku always brought her some sweets and picture books. Eri seemed interested in things in the outside world since she never went out. Izuku felt bitter about this for a moment because he compared himself to Eri.

If he thinks about it, Izuku is still considered lucky, even though he received unfair treatment he can still go out freely, while this poor girl has to stay locked up while receiving even worse treatment.

During that time, Izuku not only visited Eri but also continued some investigations at the Shie Hassaikai headquarters and he got some new information.

One of them is the condition of the previous Yakuza boss who was dying in a room with various medical devices that were also at the main headquarters. Knowing this fact, Izuku secretly sneaked into the room to check the condition of the former Yakuza boss, and when he arrived in the room, he could see an old man lying weakly unconscious with medical equipment around him. Izuku approached the old man and tried to heal him. Thanks to the healing that Beru did, he slowly regained consciousness.

" ...who? "

" Sorry for the sudden visit, but there are a few things I want to ask "

" What... do you want?... "

Maybe because he just woke up after a long time, his condition was still too weak to answer. Izuku also realized this and turned to Beru before finally getting a shake of the head. Even though Beru's healing was equal to an S-rank healer, it still couldn't heal him completely.

" This is about a girl named Eri, were you the one who ordered to use the girl's body as a weapon material? "

" Eri... is my granddaughter and... I don't remember giving such an order "

" then what about Chisaki? "

" Chisaki... where is he? "

" he's not here, was Chisaki the one who gave that order? "

" What happened to the organization? "

Seeing him staring at Izuku sharply, Izuku knew he wouldn't answer before he answered him.

" Your organization is currently under Chisaki's control and is currently running an illegal business by exploiting the body of an innocent girl "

Hearing those words, the boss's heart rate monitor immediately sounded loud, expressing his anger at the child he had brought in. Izuku was momentarily curious about the boss's intense reaction before trying to calm him down again.

" Please calm down- "

" Where is Chisaki?! Where is that child!... Answer me! "

Seeing his peak anger, it seemed like there was a serious conflict between the former boss and the current boss. Izuku had indeed placed shadow soldiers on him to monitor him and he also knew the exact location of Chisaki who was holding a meeting with the League of Villains, but not with his current condition.

" First, please calm down. With your current condition, you can't do anything. Now can you take turns answering my question "

Unfortunately, the fact that the organization he worked so hard to maintain runs a drug business under Chisaki's control using his only granddaughter was too shocking for the boss which caused him to lose consciousness. Beru immediately checked his condition again, but as expected his condition was critical again but his life was not threatened. Izuku had thought about using the Holy Water of Life but immediately changed his mind. The potion was too valuable, especially since the amount was also limited.

" I apologize, my Liege, I failed to cure him "

" It's alright, it's not your fault, you've worked hard, you can go back to Eri "

" Yes my Liege "

Despite the commotion that happened earlier, no one approached. All thanks to the magical barrier that Izuku put up as soon as he arrived. Seeing that his condition had calmed down, Izuku deactivated his barrier. But when he was about to go back, his phone suddenly rang and when he looked at his phone he saw a message sent by Nighteye.

" So they're finally going to start soon "

Satisfied with the message sent by Nighteye, Izuku closed his cell phone before finally disappearing into the darkness.

The next day, upon the police's call, the heroes involved in this case finally gathered again in front of the police station at exactly 8 am. Almost everyone gathered today, even the UA students were also present, but unfortunately, Grand Torino was unable to attend because he had to handle other matters with Tsukauchi.

They all gathered today to raid the Shie Hassaikai headquarters. Before they carried out the attack, the police leader delivered the results of the investigation they had conducted for several days and shared detailed information containing a list of Shie Hassaikai members and their quirks.

The heroes were momentarily amazed by the amount of information obtained in this short time, while the first-year students looked anxious since this was their first mission. After the information sharing was complete, most people were seen preparing themselves in their own ways, some were trying to calm themselves down, and some were checking their equipment. And after everyone was ready, the operation finally began.

At exactly 8:30 am, the heroes and police had gathered in front of the Shie Hassaikai headquarters. When one of the officers was about to press the doorbell, suddenly the main gate was broken down by one of the Eight Bullets members, Rikiya Katsukame, which caused several police officers on guard in front to be thrown back. The heroes on guard quickly caught the thrown police officers and Ryukyu immediately took his dragon form and held Rikiya in place.

The appearance of one of the Eight Bullets members certainly surprised them and made them wonder if their operation plan had been leaked. However, this was not the time to think about that, leaked or not, the operation had already begun.

Leaving Ryukyu's agency to deal with Rikiya, the remaining police and heroes rushed in to continue their plan. As soon as they entered the gate, they were immediately confronted by other Shie Hassaikai members who were also on guard as if anticipating their arrival which caused their group to split up again.

Even though it was chaotic from the start, they continued their operation with the Nighteye agency and the Fatgum agency as well as several police officers who entered the residence.

Not far from the Sie Hassaikai main base, a young man was watching the entire scene with sharp eyes, the young man was none other than Izuku.

After receiving a message from Nighteye, Izuku took the time to come and watch the raid that was taking place. Rather than taking the time, it might be more appropriate to Slack off to come here. He even left his job and only left a message for his secretary.

And for that reason, Touya was also here with him. Although he initially intended to drag Izuku back to the office, he decided to postpone it after seeing the fight that Izuku was watching.

" I thought where you were, you're here, are your old habits back again? "

" That's not it... then why are you here? "

" I actually intended to drag you back but I'm curious about what happened "

" I see... "

Touya turned his attention back to the fight not far from them.

" so is that the reason why you're often absent from the office and even hand over the raid to your troops? "

" as long as everything was cleared up, right? "

" huh... forget it, so how far have you been involved? "

" just putting some information and placing some escort, and maybe visiting the target sometimes "

" Isn't that too far enough? Huh... will you get involved if things get messy? "

" ... "

Instead of answering, Izuku remained silent while continuing to watch the fight through his shadow soldiers. Seeing his friend's reaction like that, Touya immediately knew what was on his friend's mind.

" you intend to go down yourself, right?

Huh... you and your habit of interfering "

While Izuku and Touya were talking, the underground fight became more intense as their groups got separated due to the actions of Mimic who controlled the labyrinth. Their separate groups were each blocked by members of the Eight Bullets.

Although some of them got separated, fortunately, Mirio managed to catch up to Chisaki who was with his assistant Chronostasis who was also carrying Eri. But just like the others, Mirio was also obstructed by Eight Bullets members Shin Nemoto and Deidoro Sakaki.

Because of the appearance of the two villains, Mirio's chase was hampered, but it didn't take long for him to clear them out and chase after Chisaki again.

Mirio immediately threw a punch at Chisaki who was aiming for Chronostasis. Chrono who failed to block Mirio's attack was immediately knocked out and accidentally released Eri. Mirio quickly caught Eri just before she fell and protected her in his arms.

Eri who found herself in Mirio's arms became worried about the young man who tried to save her. She was afraid that this young man would be killed by Chisaki for coming here. Plus the sound of the collision from the fight earlier had scared her.

Mirio realized this and tried to convince her while continuing to watch Chisaki closely. Chisaki who was scratched on the face because of Mirio's previous attack rubbed her wound while threatening Eri to come back to him while expressing her annoyance at Eri's selfishness.

Mirio looks upset at Chisaki's words that said harsh words to his daughter and it is answered with the ground being destroyed after Chisaki reveals the fact that Eri is not his daughter.

The fight broke out again involving Eri in the middle. Chisaki attacked Mirio by reconstructing the ground using his quirk turning it into large spikes that attacked Mirio and Eri, while Mirio continued to try to protect Eri. Chisaki did not care at all about Eri's safety since he knew he could 'fix' her easily which made Mirio even angrier.

Amid their clash, Chisaki ordered Chrono to shoot Mirio who was protecting Eri with a quirk-destroying bullet while he was blocking his view, but thanks to the robe Mirio was wearing the shot did not hit them.

Seeing this opportunity, Mirio immediately gave a counterattack. He immediately appeared in front of Chrono using instant teleportation and immediately tried to hit him which caused him to drop his weapon. Chisaki did manage to save Chrono by creating a foothold under him, but thanks to that he realized that he had underestimated Mirio.

Realizing this, Chisaki immediately decided to shake Mirio's spirit by targeting Eri once again, but this could not be predicted by Mirio. He once again used instant teleportation to appear behind Chisaki and he managed to land a punch right in his face.

Even though he had knocked out one enemy in front of him, Mirio did not let his guard down. With the experience and guidance he received from Nighteye, he learned to observe his opponent carefully and also predict their movements. Thanks to that he managed to outdo both Chisaki and Chrono in close combat. But beyond his prediction, Nemoto who was still conscious because of his devotion to Chisaki shouted for his master.

" Master!... "

Seeing Nemoto who was still conscious, Chisaki immediately threw a box containing the perfect quirk-destroying bullets at him while ordering him to shoot. Nemoto took the box and immediately aimed his gun at Mirio. But while thinking about how to make the bullet hit Mirio who had a penetrating quirk, Nemoto immediately realized that Eri was the one he should be targeting since Mirio would do anything to ensure Eri's safety.

Mirio who realized his opponent's intentions, quickly jumped to protect Eri. Seeing the gun pointed at her and Mirio jumping towards her while putting on a smiling face triggered an urge inside her. The urge to ask for help from the guard who was always watching her from inside her shadow.

" Be-BERU-SAN !... "

" KIEEE!... "

Immediately when Eri screamed, from Inside her shadow a humanoid ant monster appeared in front of the two of them accompanied by a terrifying screech that made the bullets fired by Nemoto useless. Not only did it not penetrate it, but the bullets were destroyed as soon as they hit the creature's exoskeleton.

The appearance of the unknown creature certainly surprised most people, especially Mirio who also knew the black monster. He momentarily remembered Izuku's words that said to leave his trusted guard to Eri.

' Is he the guard the guild master meant? '

Mirio also had time to look at Eri who looked relieved when she saw the creature appear. Seeing her reaction Mirio could only assume that Eri knew the monster and it seemed like she was the one who called him.

Mirio's gaze returned to Beru who was staring at Nemoto with a killing intent that made him almost have difficulty breathing. When his focus was almost broken, Mirio was brought back to his senses when he heard Beru's voice calling him.

" You human, take that human girl and get out of here. "

After saying that, Beru's attention returned to the opponents in front of him. His anger and bloodlust had peaked since they dared to show their intention to kill Eri. He was furious and wanted to immediately go out to tear apart all of them who dared to threaten the human child he liked, but he still held back because of his liege's order telling him not to appear unless Eri called him. And when Eri finally called him, his patience reached its limit.

" You lowly humans dare to touch the human my king cares about, I will tear you apart before presenting your heads to my Liege. "

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