Chapter 14

As expected, Aizawa returned the very next day dressed a mummy.

"You're back already?!!" We shouted.

Iida decided to address him and said, "Glad to see you're doing well!!"

Aizawa wobbled to the teacher's podium and shakily began speaking, "My welfare isn't important, because your fight is not over..."

Everyone tensed up, the memory of the villain attack was still fresh in our mind and if there were more villains attacking...

"... U.A. Sports Festival is fast approaching!!"

'Yeah... he really likes to create suspense.'

Later that day, as we were about to return to our homes, our classroom door was crowded by other first-year students.

As I walked towards the door, I heard Mineta speak.

"There's no way out! What are they here for?"

Bakugo casually replied as he walked towards the door, "Scoping our competition, duh, small fry. 'Cuz we are the kids who survived the villain attack. Makes sense they'd want a look before Sports Festival. No point though. Move aside, Cannon Fodder!!"

Iida shot his hand forward like a robot and exclaimed, "Can we not address people we do not know as cannon fodder?!"

Right then, a bored and tired voice of a boy echoed from the crowd, "It's true, we came to get a look, but you sure are modest. Are all the kids in hero course like this one?"

"Huh?!" Bakugo exclaimed in a challenging way.

Shinso continued, "Gotta say, I'm disappointed if this is what you're offering."

'I really didn't like him in the anime. He is either trying to pump himself up or making his presence known to others because he has been ignored for so long due to his 'villainous' quirk.'

"Those of us who didn't make it in the hero course are stuck in general studies and other fields. There's quite a few of us, did you know that? Depending on the results of this sports festival, they might consider us transferring to the hero course. I understand the reverse is also true for you guys. Scoping out the competition? For a general studies kid like me, this will be the perfect chance for me to knock you off the pedestal. Consider this a declaration of war."

I couldn't control myself and said, "What pedestal are you talking about? Do you really think we are that arrogant? Excluding Bakugo, none of us think any less of anyone. You want to declare 'war' on us?"

I walked towards him and said while looking deeply into his eyes, "Wars are fought between enemies. If you want to be our enemy, then what the fuck are you doing in a hero training school? You're not a kindergartener, so, mind what comes out of your mouth. You want to knock us off our 'pedestal'? First, you need to prove that you deserve to be in the race."

I pushed my way through as I had no patience for any of them.

As I was walking back to my appartment building, I really contemplated on asking my father to get me a bike. Travel would be much easier if I had a vehicle.

As I reached the building...

"Welcome back, Asui-san. There was a courier for you that came today."

'Seems like they are here.'

"Thanks, Mitsu-san."

I took the package up to my appartment and got busy cover the walls of my spare room with non-flammable soundproofing sheets. It took me half of an hour to completely cover the walls, the roof and the floor.

Then, I moved all of my training equipment to that room. I washed my face and my hands, donned the mask, followed by a metal chair and the thug.

He seemed to be doing... alright.

I wrapped a vine whip around his neck and undid the ropes that bound him. His mouth was still gagged.

"I'm going to take you to the washroom and let you do your business there. Empty everything out because I don't want you pissing and shitting in my cupboard, yeah? Try anything and I'll tighten this whip to the point your head is ripped off your body. Am I understood?"

The thug nodded and I let him use my washroom while I waited outside.

So far, he was obedient.

After he was done, I dragged him back to the room and tied him up with rope.

I then took a sanitized screw driver and brought it close to his hand. Looking into his wide eyes, I said, "Listen to my voice.. look at my hands and notice the lack of an hesitation."

Then, I calmly drove the scew driver under the nail of his thumb and took my time to rip it off.

The thug trashed against the chair and screamed into the gag as the screw driver scraped off all of his tissue from the nail. As it was about to come off, I grabbed it and yanked it off from the root.

"Look at me."

He opened his tear filled eyes and looked at his nail in my hand.

"Now you know that I won't hesitate to inflict pain on you."

I removed the gag and he immediately asked in a trembling voice, "What do you want?"

I leaned towards him and said, "I know about the various tattoos of 'Musutafu Savages'. Yours is different from a normal thug. You're a soldier, aren you? You've been a member of the gang for more than ten years."

The man's eyes shook in fear.

"H-How is that possible?!"

With a voice filled with contempt, I said, "You savages are not as smart as you think you are."

U.A. hero course library had all the information on active gangs. All you needed was the hero course student's I.D.

To be honest, the Savages had managed to keep most of the things about them hidden. There was very little known about them. All we knew was their ranks and how to distinguish them.

For years heroes had tried to capture a soldier, but, they would always manage to escape because they had contacts. Getting my hands on a soldier was a great opportunity.

"Th-They come for me.. You hear? You won't be able keep me hidden for long."

Again, I pushed the screw driver under another nail and ripped it off.

"I don't need to keep you here for long. All I want from you is information. Whatever you know about your gang, your boss, your associates, your allies... your contacts in the police and among the heroes. I want to know everything."

He began laughing hysterically and then said, "You can do whatever possible, but, I will not snitch on my gang!!"

I frowned under the mask and ripped another nail. This time, he fround his teeth and endured the pain.

"Is that all you can do?"

My frown deepened as I thought, 'He has a strong will. I need to break him first.'

It was going to be a very long week.