A Problem?

--- Chapter 7 ---

"The roots became smaller and smaller," Kyojuro commented while looking at the thorny green roots in the building, which had almost disappeared.

"Hmm? Aoba." He looked at a white-haired boy, who carried a pink-haired girl on his back.

"Grandpa!" Aoba felt his grandfather's gaze and waved his hand at him, to which Kyojuro responded with a nod.

Watase Kyojuro released a sigh of relief because look like his grandson able to stop the girl from overusing her quirk. Even though he wondered why this girl lost her control in the first place.

"There is something fishy here..." He muttered while landing on the ground and handed a few people to his wife, who have healed almost thirty people in a row.

Fuyumi sat on the ground and released a heavy sigh because using too much quirk will consume a lot of her stamina. "You should take a rest." She said to her husband.

"No, you should take a rest!" Kyojuro replied with a stern tone, to which Fuyumi responded with a chuckle.

"Where is Aoba?" Fuyumi suddenly asked, and Kyojuro pointed his finger at a cloud of dust, which revealed Aoba and Rose, who walked out of it.

"Thank god, he's okay." She released a sigh of relief.

Sirens of police cars suddenly echoed in the place, and Kyojuro immediately frowned because these people only arrived now.

"Why are they so late?" Kyojuro looked at the hero, who landed in front of the hospital with a heroic smile on his face.

"Don't worry, I have come to save everyone." The hero shouted with a righteous tone, but none of these people responded.

"You are late," Kyojuro commented while looking at this man like he was a clown.

Watase Kyojuro understands if this man is late because of another incident. However, after looking at his neat hero outfit, he doesn't seem to be in a fight or accident before arriving here.

"Haha, I had a fight with a powerful villain before arriving here, so I'm only a little late." The hero responded with a laugh, which caused everyone in the area to twitch their mouths in annoyance.

Even Yuuta, who really expected a hero to come and save them, couldn't help but become speechless of his statements.

'This man is lying...' Kyojuro's expression suddenly became grim.

The police cars stopped behind them, and a few men in a black police suit hurriedly came toward them. "Secure the perimeter first." The police captain instructed.

The police captain calmly looked at the destroyed building and frowned when he noticed an elderly standing with a spear in his hand.

"Sir, can you lower your weapon down." He said while slightly adjusting his hand on his hip, preparing to shoot Kyojuro if he was a villain.

Kyojuro dropped his spear and raised his hand because he knew resisting would cause suspicion on him, but that doesn't mean these people could put him down.

'Even without my spear, no one in this place could threaten my family and me.' Kyojuro calmly thought while waiting for the police captain's response.

'Maybe, I should call him if the situation becomes awkward between us.' He continued while thinking about a certain man in the police office.

"Officer, let me explain the situation...!" Yuuta approached the police captain, who shifted his gaze to him and nodded his head.

Yuuta then started explaining a few things, and the captain attentively listened to his story. "I see, so there is a quirk out of control..." The captain muttered.

"Kyojuro-san, can you come here for a moment and explain why you used your quirk." He suddenly said, which caused Kyojuro to massage his wrinkled temple and released a sigh.

Yuuta also couldn't help but release a sigh because this is why Kyojuro-sensei hates police and heroes in general.

'What a drag...' Kyojuro thought while deactivating his quirk and walking toward the police captain.

While Kyojuro and the police captain were arguing, Aoba had already arrived on his mother's side. "Mom," Aoba said.

"Aoba-chan, are you okay!?" Tomoe suddenly hugged him and noticed an extra weight, Rose, who quietly held Aoba from behind.

"Hmm, this girl..." Tomoe intently looked at Rose, who hurriedly hid her face away because she was afraid of these unknown people.

"Kawaii!" She bluntly continued, and Rose shifted her gaze to her.

"I-Is that true...?" Rose quietly asked, to which Tomoe responded with a nod.

Shizuka only chuckled at this scene and also kneeled in front of Aoba, checking his condition if he has an injury or not. "... You're okay." She whispered in delight.

A police officer suddenly came toward them and said, "I'm sorry, ma'am, but can you please go with us."

"We have to talk about a few things." He added while eyeing Aoba, who frowned a little at him.

Watase Shizuka politely smiled at the police officer and nodded her head, indicating that she wanted to be escorted, even though she knew they were in trouble.

"So... You're telling me that you are going to arrest my family?!" Kyojuro's angry shouts suddenly echoed in the area.

The police captain stared at Kyojuro and confidently replied, "Yes."

"Sensei, please calm down," Yuuta said while touching Kyojuro's shoulder, even though he could see him clearly shaking in a fury.

"Kyojuro..." Fuyumi, who is hardly breathing, shook her head, which caused him to become angered even more.

"Father?" Shizuka's calm voice entered his ears, and Kyojuro slightly shifted his gaze to see his daughter, only to find her guarded by a police officer.

"Yuuta, give me your phone. Now!" Kyojuro snapped out and looked at his former student with a somewhat annoyed expression.

Yuuta took out his phone from his pocket and handed it to his sensei, who immediately grasped it and typed some numbers to call someone.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

"Hello?" A male voice answered the call.

"What are you doing right now, Kenji...?" Kyojuro asked the man, who answered this phone call.

"Hmm? Why are you calling me all of a sudden, Kyojuro-san?" The person asked back with a confused tone because Kyojuro had never called him before unless something serious had happened.

Watase Kyojuro explained his situation, and the person grimaced because using a quirk without a license is illegal, even if someone used it to save people.

"Also, why was there no hero nor police for almost twenty minutes when this incident happened, huh?!" Kyojuro said with a cold tone, which caused the police and the hero to stare at him with an ugly expression.

"Hey, old man, I already told you that I was fighting a villain before arriving here, right?" The hero said with a solemn expression.

"You're a liar." So Aoba suddenly said because this hospital is clearly near a hero agency according to the information he knew.

Not only that but there is also no indication this hero was fighting against a powerful opponent.

"If you were fighting a powerful villain, then why are you unscathed?" Aoba asked with a calm expression on his face.

"What do you know about the villain I fought, kid?" The hero coldly snorted like he doesn't care about Aoba's words.

"Do you know what my fellow heroes and I have to do to subdue that villain? We fucking lose half of us because they were severely injured?" He continued to brag about it.

Watase Aoba suddenly smirked and pointed, "Then, why is there no injury on your body?"

"You're fighting a powerful villain that even makes your comrades greatly injured, no?"

The hero's eyes widened for a moment, realizing that he just dug a hole for himself to fall.

"Weirdly, Your breathing is also calm, even after you just fight that so-called powerful villain?" Aoba lastly added, which caused the police officer and the person, who Kyojuro called, to frown.

The police only met this hero on their way toward here, so they also didn't know the chronology of this hero's story.

"S-Shut up, kid!" The hero suddenly yelled with an angry tone.

"Wow, that's really not heroic to yell at a kid?" Aoba sneered in a sharp tone.

The hero couldn't handle it anymore, so he pointed his hand at Aoba and shouted, "Air Blast!"

"No! AOBA!" Shizuka hurriedly walked in front of Aoba to protect him.