Chapter 33: I-island

In the last week of school before summer vacation begins, we had a homeroom in which our teacher gave us some last minute changes to our scheduled training camp.

"Due to the incident during the weekends, we have decided to be more wary of the Villains' movements. As such, we have changed the destination for the summer camp. The new location won't be announced until the actual day."

"EH!?"

As expected, the summer camp's renewed destination would remain a secret. Aizawa even made a show of it by ripping the list of necessary items he gave out days prior.

"But I've already told my parents…!" Sero moaned.

"It can't be helped; the school can't control how and where this information will spread." Yaoyorozu noted, "We're lucky they didn't straight out cancel the whole trip."

But not that would do any good. The League of Villains will still figured out where the summer camp is held and attacked it. That part in canon I highly doubt I'll be able to change at all, considering it was still unknown how the location was leaked in the first place.

"You should have killed them." Bakugou told Midoriya, "Even if it meant breaking a bone or two."

"Hey Bakugou, did you not hear how Midoriya was knee-deep in it!?" Hagakure scolded him, "And you of all people should know that it is illegal to use our quirks in public!"

"Whatever. He should have at least cracked a few skulls in the process."

"K-Kacchan…"

As the discussion turns to a debate of whether Midoriya should have fought back, the feeling of intense guilt flooded my chest.

I was too careless into thinking that nothing of major importance would've happened during finals, and forgotten the little meeting between Midoriya and Shigaraki, and the catalyst that sparked the start of Shigaraki's dark path as All-For-One's successor.

Granted, I haven't read the manga in years, but I should have remembered such an important turning point! Now the future looked so bleak…


Lunch soon came and I sat with my small group of friends as we talked about what happened at the mall.

"What happened last Sunday really shook up the teachers, huh?" Kirishima noted.

"It is only natural." Tsuyu pointed out, "One of our classmates nearly got killed."

"Man, you guys at Class 1-A have quite the luck with the Villains, huh?" Tetsutetsu noted, "First the USJ, then Stain, and now this?"

"It's not like we want that to happen." I shrugged my shoulders. When you are in the same class as a shounen protagonist, stuff like these tend to happen.

Unless you are actively searching for them, though…

"We know, we know." Pony chuckled, "It's just that Monoma went on a tirade on this whole thing. I believed he mentioned 'cursed' a few times in one sentence."

"Classic Monoma…" Taikou sighed, "Taking any chance to downplay Class 1-A…"

"It's terrifying to think that a Villain was in the mall with us without anyone realising it." Tsuyu noted, "Midoriya-chan was really lucky to walk out unharmed."

"He was pretty brave, though!" Kirishima added, "To remain that cool-headed, even when your life is in the line, is manly as all heck!"

"Yeah, he was…" I muttered.

I guess that's what it appeared to those unrelated third parties. After all, they don't know why Shigaraki talked with Midoriya for, and what that meeting would bring about to our Hero society.

It's a bit unnerving to think about…

"You okay, Genko-chan?"

Tsuyu's question snapped me out of my thoughts, "Huh? Oh, I'm fine. Just thinking about some stuff."

"…if you say so."

Tsuyu definitely did not look convinced by my attempt to cover up my anxiety. She can be frighteningly perceptive when she wants to be.

"Come aboard, and bring along~ all your hopes and dreams~!"

My phone suddenly rang, startling everyone at the table. "Wasn't that song from that very old—?"

"Tetsutetsu, wait—!"

"One Piece is a classic! Not old!"

As the metal quirk user coiled back from my rightful outburst, I took out my phone and saw that it was a video call from Tetsu of all people. Huh, I wonder why the sudden call?

"Hello, Tetsu-nii—"

"Gen-chan, you alright!?"

My brother's loud voice startled us even more than my phone's ring tone, as his worried face covered my entire screen.

"I've just heard what happened! Are you hurt anywhere!? Did that bastard did anything to you!? Do I need to—"

"T-Tetsu-nii! Calm down! The Villain didn't even come anywhere close to me! Also, quiet down! I'm in the cafeteria, not my room!"

I felt my face burning red under the watchful gaze of my friends; Taikou himself is desperately holding back chuckles while Kirishima and Tetsutetsu are looking at each other with confusion.

"Is that your brother?" Tsuyu asked me, "He sounds really… intense."

"Well, after the USJ and Stain, he is a little on edge…" Dad was the same way, but he didn't show it so blatantly. He was much more subtle in his overprotectiveness.

"Understatement of the year!" Taikou laughed as he scooted over to lean on my shoulder, "Hi, Tetsu-san!"

"Oh, is that Taikou? I haven't seen in years! How are you?"

"I'm good. You, on the other hand, looked quite worn out."

"Well, I had to deal with quite a bit over the past couple of months…"

"Are you getting enough sleep?" I asked him. The bags under his eyes could rival Aizawa's.

"Eh, I had plenty, about 4 hours with a few power naps in between, but my boss has gave me a week off so I can rest for real."

"That's good to hear…" Tetsu has always been bad in following a sleep schedule.

"Ah, that reminds me! I-island is hosting the I-Expo during the first week of summer vacation! I was given three early-access tickets for family members! I've asked mom and dad, but they are too busy to come over. If you aren't too busy, I can send you one. Taikou and Shinsou can come with the extra two."

"Oh, really!?"

The I-Expo is a massive global event that showcase the evolution of quirk research and development, one that normal people couldn't even afford to get a ticket to, unless you have the right connections. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity!

But besides that, I haven't seen Tetsu for so long! It's one thing to talk to each other via video calling, but to physically interact with my brother is a rare thing since he moved to I-island! The camp isn't until the second week of summer vacation, so I have plenty of time to go!

"Then I'll definitely come!" I then turned to my childhood friend, "What about you? Want to come along?"

"Sure, why not."

"That's great! I'll email you the tickets and the date for the flight! See you soon!"

"Okay! I'll see you when I see you!"

I hung up the phone, and turned to my group whom most of them were looking at with this warm smile on their faces, specifically my two female friends.

"…what?"

"The way you interacted with your brother is really wholesome~" Pony cooed at me.

"You are really cute as a little sister, Genko-Chan." Tsuyu added, "Can I call you Gen-chan?"

"I've known that you and your brother are close, but that shit is straight up adorable." Tetsutetsu noted in awe.

"I-Is that so…?" Do I really act that different to Tetsu compared to everyone else?

"Yeah, you should see her back in elementary school." Taikou noted with a snicker, "She would tackle and hug him whenever she gets a chance and then wouldn't let go."

"I was eight!"

"She was often nicknamed a brocon too."

"Taikou!"

"Yeah, I can see that happening."

Everyone all laughed as my cheeks started to burn from the sheer embarrassment over the situation as I just returned to my meal.

We asked Shinsou later if he wanted to come, but he declined so we have one ticket free for grabs which we asked the rest of our friends if they want to come along. As such, I decided to invite Tsuyu along for the ride, which she gratefully accepted. Hopefully, this would make up for not hanging out with her due to all the stuff that had happened over the semester.

The last week of the school term was uneventful, even by the standards of a Hero society goes. Classes went on as usual and we had the usual end of term assembly.

After that, summer vacation officially starts!


"So, this is I-Island."

Me, Taikou and Pony all landed at I-Island's airport at about the early evening, and we just collected all our luggage and exited onto the island proper. I've expected the place that housed the greatest quirk researchers and scientists in the world to be more futuristic, but…

"Looked rather average-looking." I muttered under my breath. That's disappointing…

"What were you even expecting?" Taikou asked with an eyebrow raised.

"I don't know, more sci-fi-ish? Maybe some hover cars and holograms?"

"That's a bit of a stretch, Genko."

"A girl can dream!"

"You sure have some amazing dreams, Genko-chan."

It is already an artificial island, but they choose the most generic layout there is? That feels like some wasted potential to be had there. At least they have these cool white R2D2-looking cleaning robots everywhere.

"What a crowd." Tsuyu commented, "I-Expo really attract a lot of people."

Looking around, there were banners and screens all over announcing and advertising the I-Expo that we were here for. Today was only for those with early-access tickets, but there were already so many people arriving onto the island. I think I saw a few high-profile Heroes among them as well.

As expected from I-Expo. Even with its insanely expensive tickets, it still managed to attract so many people. Can't imagine the actual crowd during opening day.

"Where is Tetsu-san picking us up?"

I checked his mail from last night, "He said he'll be waiting by the exit."

Which was at a massive courtyard filled with a lot of colourful flowers, with an archway that has the word [WELCOME] in big colourful letters.

"Gen, over here!"

I turned at the recognisable voice of my older brother, Tetsu waving at us while standing by the driveway next to a white car.

"Tetsu-nii!"

"Whoa, whoa, wait-Oof!"

I immediately dashed towards him and jumped, tackling him with a big hug. Tetsu must have gotten a bit stronger, seeing as he didn't topple over when I did so. His hair is still a shaggy mess, the bags under his eyes are mostly gone now, and his 9 o'clock shadow is now a neatly trimmed goatee.

"…You seriously need to stop doing that." Tetsu groaned as I squeezed him tight.

"Not anytime soon!"

"I've figured…"

"Long time no see, Tetsu-san." Taikou and Tsuyu walked up to us, my childhood friend pulling the luggage I had left behind to tackle hug my brother. "Dig the goatee."

"Thanks, I'm really proud of it." Tetsu stayed with a grin. I reluctantly let him out of my hug as he turned to Tsuyu, "Nice to meet you. I'm Tatsuya Tetsujin."

"Asui Tsuyu." Tsuyu greeted as she shook hands with Tetsu, "You seemed way more average looking than your sister put you to be."

"Told you she is a brocon."

"Am not!"

I huffed in indignation at Taikou's rude remark. It is perfectly normal for a little sister to be this affectionate with her brother! Sure, I may have made him up to be some super genius, but he might as well be one with how much he has achieved!

When he brought us to his car, I wasn't expecting to find a robot dog sitting at the back.

"What in the…"

The robotic canine was pretty big, at least the size of a German Shepard. Its red metal body shows off its silver mechanical joints with a black visor for eyes and a cord for a tail. It kind of reminds me of that robot wolf from that one Metal Gear game.

"Tetsu-nii, what is that?"

"Hello. How are you? I am fine."

"I-It talked!?" I stumbled back in shock.

"That is my little side project." He told us, "Meet Adcom. She is a robotic dog with the state-of-the-art AI technology ever invented."

"Why is she called Adcom?"

"It is short for Assistant Dog Companion."

"Ah…"

"A pleasure to meet you all." The robot, Adcom greeted us in a feminine voice, "I am Adcom, Tetsu's beloved assistant and partner."

"Kero, that's amazing!" Tsuyu noted in awe, "She moves just like a dog!"

"Why a dog, though?" Taikou asked.

"I had originally created her as a prototype robotic guide dog for the blind, but I ended up tinkering with her settings too much and now her AI was too advanced for one." Tetsu chuckled, "Now I just kept her around as an assistant."

"Oh, like Jarvis!"

"Like who?"

"…Why do people not know about movies anymore…?" I sighed. It has only been a few decades since that movie aired! People couldn't have forgotten about them so quickly!

"Searching… Search found. If you are referring to that butler AI from the 2008 movie Iron Man, then yes, I am indeed his 'Jarvis'." Adcom stated, "He wouldn't be able to function like a proper human being without me."

"Um, was she programmed to say that?"

"I've connected her to the internet so that her GPS would function better, but after I added in a learning software, she often uses it whenever asked for any trivia by my colleagues…" Tetsu sighed, "Now she would not stop spouting random trivia whenever she gets a chance."

"She… isn't going to go all skynet on us, is she?" I asked worriedly. This felt like the beginning of every robot revolution movie ever produced.

"Be assured, that is no way part of my programming to do so."

"That just worries me even more!" It always started that way!

After putting our bags in the trunk of his car, my brother drove us to our hotel to get checked in; after which he brought us to an American steak house for dinner.

"Tonight's dinner is my treat." He told us as we took our seats.

"Awesome! Love you, Tetsu-nii!" I cheered.

"You really don't have to." Tsuyu stated.

"It's okay! I don't really spend my salary on much to begin with, so my wallet was feeling a little heavy."

"He had only spent money on microwave meals and juice packets."

"…Tetsu-nii."

"Hey, my work needs commitment! And they are cheap and easy to make!"

As we waited for our meals to be delivered, Taikou asked, "Hey Tetsu-san, what are you researching here on I-Island? Genko told me you got scouted to be an assistant to David Shield and that's about it."

"David Shield?" Tsuyu noted in surprise, "As in All Might's former sidekick, that famous award-winning scientist and creator of many famous Heroes' support gears, THAT David Shield?"

"Hm hm~! That very one~!" I nodded with great pride. Who's average now?

"It's not you she's talking about…" Tetsu sighed before turning to Taikou, "I've been mostly helping Professor David with his research on Quirk Factors, but I have been working on making Hero support items freelance from time to time. "

"You made the brace Hermes-sensei is currently using, right?" Tsuyu pointed out.

"Yup. But lately, that research has been…"

"…Tetsu-nii?"

"Oh, it's nothing."

It doesn't seem to be nothing with how worried he looked just then. Did something happen recently? I mean, it is rare that he would get a week off especially with how hard it is for him to have time to even video call back home.

Whatever it is, I hope Tetsu can push through it.

"Did you know that the reason the American cheesesteak was created was—"

And the tense mood was ruined by Adcom's unnecessary trivia. Although it was interesting hearing about cheesesteak of all things.

"…Well, enough about me. How's life as a UA student? Oh, tell me how a class taught by All Might is like! Is he as bombastic with his lessons as he is on TV?"

"As well as any teacher, I guess?"

We shifted away from the serious topic and to small talk about our school life as our food finally arrived. For some reason, he seemed rather miffed at the fact that my class has more guys than girls.

In the end, it was a pretty good first night on I-Island with my brother.


"So, this is I-Expo…"

"Haven't you done this bit already?"

I ignored Taikou's somewhat meta commentary and looked around.

I-Expo officially opened the next morning with a big fanfare. Fireworks and the whole shebang. I personally don't really care about it all that much. I'm just happy from the fact that I'll be spending some time with my big brother since forever!

When we finally made it to exhibition, it might as well be called a festival now with how much was happening all around us.

There were large balloons with their company brand mark floating all about, small blimps carrying monitors that were announcing events in their schedule.

And that's not mentioning the amount of people just walking about and checking the exhibits. And this was just the early access people! I couldn't even imagine how many people would there be on the actual opening day!

If I were to make a comparison, it would be that of Comic-Con, only the Heroes in costumes are real ones and not cosplayers.

"Woah! Is that Godzillo!?" Taikou cried out as we followed his finger to the Kaiju Hero giving us a V-sign with his fingers, which he immediately took a photo of, "He's not as big as people said, but still as cool!"

"I saw Captain Celebrity flying by too." Tsuyu noted, "The I-Expo sure attracts many high profile people."

"Come to think of it, a good majority of them are Heroes from other countries as well." I pointed out.

"I-Expo is an exhibition that showcases the latest in Quirk-related technology, with 90 percent of them being support items for known Heroes." Adcom told us, "It is common practice for companies to sponsor Heroes to advertise their product at such events. Godzillo was one of the many Heroes that attend regularly for the past decade."

"Damn, really?" Even with Heroes, the celebrity business practices were still the same.

"There's also a pre-opening reception party tonight that most of them are to be attending. I believe Tetsu and his guests are attending it as well."

"They come with the tickets, sadly." Tetsu told us.

"That would explain why you said that formal wear is a requirement." Taikou noted, "I had to borrow a tux from my uncle."

"You would not believe how excited mom and Nemuri-nee were when I asked for an evening dress."

"Mom and Nemuri-neesan really put you through the ringer, huh?"

I groaned at the memory. They brought me all the way to Shinjuku just to shop for one. They even made me wear so many types before finally deciding for me. The nerve of them to say that I have no taste in fashion…!

At least Tsuyu came with me to lessen the burden of it all…

"So, where do you guys want to head to first? There's the exhibit at the pavilion for all the support items—"

A message beep rang from my brother's pocket as he took out his phone. His eyebrows raised when he saw what was on his screen.

"Professor…?" As he tapped away on his smartphone, his eyes narrowed a little, "Why does he…?"

"Tetsu-nii? Is something the matter?"

"Sorry, but I have to cut our time together short."

"Eh!? Why!?" We only just got here! We haven't even seen a single exhibit yet!

"Sorry, Professor David really wants to see me for some urgent matter. I'll make it up to you tonight, okay?"

I pouted at his words, so very annoyed that our brother-sister time was so rudely interrupted. Can't Mr David wait till tomorrow at least!?

He then turns to his robot assistant, "Adcom, I need you to chauffeur them in my place."

"Should I have the stun guns on standby, sir?"

"Stun guns!?" Taikou flinched away from the robot dog in fear.

"No need to go that far. Although… Feel free to use them if any random boy tries to do you-know-what to Gen-chan."

"Isn't that a little overkill?" Tsuyu pointed out.

"Understood. Your sister is in good paws."

A roll of his eyes at the robot's use of puns, he walked back to his car and drove off.

I slowly turned my gaze to the robotic dog, "…are you sure you won't go skynet on us?"

"That is never part of my programming, ever."

I'm really beginning to doubt that to be the case…

For a robot, Adcom make for a decent guide. Although we do get confused stares from the people around us, which is only natural considering that a robotic dog was leading us on a tour around the expo, all the while spewing unrelated puns and trivia left and right.

Some of them even stopped us to ask about her.

Right now, we were currently being guided through the pavilion that Tetsu had mentioned. The one that was currently holding an exhibit of all the new Hero support items that had come out in the past two years; many of them are based on David Shield's many patented designs.

"And these are the boots used by Grav. She specifically asked for them to soften her landing, thus this very unique design."

"Those kind of look like the boots from Portal." I recognise that design anywhere.

"Professor David had credited that old video game as inspiration for their design. It was one of his favourite games growing up."

"…Oh. Cool."

I wanted to shout at her for calling it old, but considering it was released at least several decades ago, I decided against it.

"Also, did you know that the reason cats always land on their feet is—"

We all let out a groan as the robot dog sprouted off yet another unrelated trivia. It was interesting for the first few times, but it started to get annoying after she kept spewing one after introducing a new support item to us. God knows how many weird trivia I had heard come out of her within the past couple of hours since we started our small tour of the place.

At least I now know that decades later, the spongebob memes are still a thing on the internet. Like seriously, I expect that to die out by the turn of the new century…

"Oh, Tatsuya-san! Tsuyu-chan!"

I turned at the sound of a very familiar voice as Uraraka, Jirou and Yaoyorozu all walked up to us. "Oh, you guys are here too?" I asked.

"Yup, Yaomomo invited us!" Uraraka told me.

"I got some extra tickets thanks to my father holding some of I-Expo's stocks, so I invited them." Yaoyorozu explained, "What about you?"

"It's the same for me as well. My brother got some extra tickets that he shared with me."

"Is your brother related to the I-Expo?"

"Hmhm~ He's the assistant researcher to the one and only David Shield~!"

"Woah, really!? To that famous quirk researcher!?" Jirou noted in awe.

"Wait, that means your brother is Tatsuya Tetsujin? The one of the youngest researchers ever invited onto I-Island ever?" Yaoyorozu pointed out.

"The very same one~!" I nodded with glee. So glad to see that there are people that are aware of Tetsu-nii's greatness~!

"Why are you so happy like they just praised you?" Taikou commented with a groan, before walking up to Yaoyorozu, "You're Yaoyorozu Momo, right? I'm Naru Taikou. We met back at the Sports Festival."

"From Class 1-B, right? Pleasantly met." She greeted back with a shake of his hand, "You are remarkably skilled back then."

"Thanks. You were pretty good yourself."

"Hm? What is that?" Uraraka kneeled down in front of Adcom, who was uncharacteristically silent to my worry, "A robot dog?"

"Hello."

"HYAH!? I-It talked!?"

Uraraka fell on her butt in shock when Adcom did the same trick she had pulled on me. The robotic dog then continued on, "It is nice to meet you all. I am Adcom."

"What is that thing?" Jirou asked, "A robotic dog?"

"I am the Jarvis to Tetsu's Tony Stark."

"The who to the what?"

"And now it is starting to make pop culture references…" Maybe it wasn't a good idea to mentioned that… "This is Adcom, my brother's AI assistant. She is a bit… unique."

"A highly intelligent AI capable of learning…" Yaoyorozu noted in awe, "My father had funded such projects before, but I have never thought that someone would actually make one."

"According to him, she turned out like that due to accidentally tinkering too much on her."

"How can someone accidentally make that?" Jirou asked.

"Many great inventions and discoveries are found and made by accident." Adcom stated, "For example, do you know that–"

Me and Taikou let out a groan as Adcom just listed out yet another weird trivia. Uraraka, Yaoyorozu and Jirou looked at her with great interest while Tsuyu patted me on the back comfortably. I looked around, hoping for anything to distract me from the trivia hellhound that is Adcom.

"Oh, isn't that Midoriya-san?"

"Hm? Deku-kun?"

A fair distance away, Midoriya was indeed there, looking at an exhibit with a slightly taller blonde foreign girl. She looked to be a bit older than us, and looked to be quite friendly and close to the freckled teen.

"Is he on a date?" I mused out loud.

"A-A date!?" Uraraka looked to be extremely agitated by that prospect as she quickly dashed over to confront the duo.

"Um… am I missing something here?" Taikou asked.

"I think Uraraka-san might have a small crush on Midoriya-san." I noted.

"Huh. Is that so? Although it looks to be more than just a crush."

"Yeah, it does, doesn't it?"

Pretty much anyone looking in from outside would say that. With how flustered Midoriya was when Uraraka confronted him, it was clear that those two have feelings for one another, at least Uraraka seemed to have. I can't say anything about the freckled teen.

It didn't help that he pulled the blonde girl aside to whisper to her, a very clear sign that he was hiding something about his relation to her.

She looked very familiar, though. Have I saw her somewhere before?

"Things do not looking good for Midoriya." Jirou noted, "Let's go help him out before he digs himself further into the ground."

"Yeah, let's." The poor boy looked to be completely out of his element.

Man, with how obvious Uraraka was being with her jealousy, I'm surprised no one had put two to two together. Although I'm pretty sure most of our class knew about them and just stayed out of it.

Except for Aoyama, because he is one can of worms I'm not willing to open.

"Did you know that the world 'grave' came from—"

"Oh, quit it with the trivia already!"


Tetsu entered the warehouse that once hosted the equipment for the quirk factor research he and Professor David was working on, before the whole project was scrapped.

Right there was Professor David Shield with his fellow assistant Sam.

After exchanging pleasantries, Tetsu asked directly, "What did you wish to talk to me about?"

"It's about Sam's… suggestion the other day—"

"Don't tell me you are going along with it!?"

"Tetsu, let me explain—"

"Professor David, I get that it wasn't fair that our hard work didn't pay off, but what Sam is suggesting is a larceny on the highest scale! What he wants to commit is larceny!"

I-Island was built with the sole intention of housing scientists and researchers of all fields of study, as well as the protection of said people from the various villains that wished to use their research for their own selfish gains. It didn't help that a majority of them were catered towards the study of quirks and solving the mystery behind their emergence.

But there lies another reason for the island's creation: the regulation and supervision of quirk research.

Just the study of quirks itself was a dangerous prospect, but what people did with the results that came from them were often heavily criticised by everyone. The illegal quirk doping Trigger was the result of such research, after all.

As such, with monetary support from both the UN and EU, I-Island was built as a solution to not let another Trigger be created. And to that end, the Quirk Research Committee was founded to judge each quirk research on such a basis.

David Shield's latest creation goes against everything that committee was founded on.

A device that not only enhanced its wielder's quirk to new heights, it did not have any bad aftereffects the Trigger drugs are notoriously known for. Such a thing would no doubt cause massive international strife and would spark a new arms race that will no doubt lead to another world war.

As such, that device was confiscated and any blueprints of its creation were to be destroyed.

Tetsu wholeheartedly agreed with the committee's decision, even if it displeased him to abandon what felt like years of hard work down the toilet. He had the feeling that the device wouldn't fly with the committee's policy, not to mention the cons of it outweighs any good it might bring.

His coworker Sam, however,couldn't accept their project getting canned without any compensation for their work. Which was why he had suggested stealing the device back. Tetsu was against such a criminal act, and he thought David was the same.

He wouldn't never have ever imagined that would change overnight, if at all!

"That device is needed if we are to keep this world safe!" David cried out.

"The world…?" Tetsu was more confused than ever, "What do you mean?"

"All Might is fading fast, Tetsu. He could not keep up with Hero work any longer. Without him, without the Symbol of Peace, the crime rates around the world would skyrocket back up. Everything he had struggled to establish would come crumbling down! But if we had that device, we can restore him back to his prime. No, we can make him stronger than ever before!"

"All Might is… fading…"

The thought of All Might no longer being this great Hero that protected everyone, sent a shiver down Tetsu's spine. After all, it was thanks to All Might always being there as a pillar of hope that there was such peace worldwide.

Losing him would no doubt shatter that peace. Villains like the ones that infiltrated UA High all those months ago would rise up undeterred and unopposed.

But even so…

"Would All Might accept that his closest friend would commit a crime just for him to remain a Hero?"

"Tetsu…?"

All Heroes would eventually retire. Tetsu knew that cold hard fact very well. "No matter how poweful and otherworldly All Might seemed to be, he is still a human. Sooner or later, his age would eventually catch up to him.

He was sure All Might knew that, which was why he went to UA High to teach in the first place, to no doubt find a successor. That much was clear to see.

But if he knew that his most trusted friend did the unthinkable for his sake…?

"Professor David." Tetsu looked at his employer with a firm resolve in his eyes as he took out his phone, "I'm sorry, but I can't let you do this. I can't let you commit a crime, even if it was for a good cause."

"Tetsu, please wait—!"

He quickly scrolled through his fast dials to call the I-Island police hotline—

"Grgk!?"

Tetsu was foiled from doing so when Sam pulled out a high voltage stun gun and zapped him before he could tap the number. He collapsed on the floor unconscious, his phone dropping next to him.

"Sam, what have you done!?" David cried out in shock.

"I had no choice, Professor! He was about to call the cops on us!"

"But now he's…!"

"He will be fine. He is just unconscious." Sam let loose a shaky breath, "He wasn't going to budge, no matter what you say. And now he knows too much. We can't just let him go."

"Oh, Tetsu…" He then turned to Sam, "Tell them to not be too rough on him."

"Of course. They would be very gentle with him."

David walked over to pick up Tetsu's phone, catching a glimpse of small photos plastered on the back, one of them being that of a teenage version of him with his younger sister. He had remembered how excited he had been to spend the day with his beloved sister. Yet now…

"I'm really sorry, Tetsu… please forgive me…"


Omake

"The I-Expo sure is something to let us wear our Hero costume." Taikou noted.

"It is an exhibition to show off the latest in quirk research on this island, after all. Naturally they would let us use our quirks freely." Asui noted.

Genko looked at his costume and chuckled.

"What?"

"Oh, nothing. Just your costume doesn't make you look that hero-like."

His costume made him looked like a parkour artist! Or at least a hip hop dancer from a bygone era! He even got the shades to pull off the look!

"At least it is practical, Miss-jacket-with-skintight-suit."

"Hey, it has a flair to them!"

"Sure, they do…"

"I think they suit your style, Genko-chan."

"Thank you, Tsuyu-chan! Your costume fits your cuteness too!"

"It still looked weird to me. Although it is way better than your other design. The swimsuit is kind of pushing it."

"Yeah, what was I thinking? I think I let Nemuri-nee influence too much…"


Yup! This monster of the chapter is just about done! Never thought I would finish it!

Sorry it has took this long. It has been a while since I watch the movie, so I had to go and rewatched it to get a good grasp of how this arc is going to go. That, and Genshin Impact kind of took over my life for a while there.

And before you ask, yes Genko had watch the movie, but it has been years since then and as you can see, her memory of the plot is pretty much non-existent.

The only reason that she finds Melissa familiar was due to her being very prominent in the trailers and posters.

With that, I thank you for reading this!