CHAPTER 5

It has been a few days since Duncan talked with Nezu and All Might, and things have been... surprisingly tolerable for Duncan, he managed to accept All Might's situation and already met all the other teachers at UA, like Midnight, Snipe, Power Loader and others.

Sighing, he got up and went to the bench in the teachers' room, they always had snacks, drinks, and other things that teachers could get for free here, probably one of the perks of working for UA.

His mind couldn't help but wonder about the next day, one that would be really stressful, in the first days the only student who wanted to ask him something was Midoriya Izuku. This changed very quickly, and in little, to no time there were 5 kids willing to ask him something. The problem is that it would soon be the first practical class taught by All Might.

He could already hear the incessant and irritating voices of those brats...

He was about to take a sip of the imported Irish coffee he had found, but as soon as he took the first sip a teacher approached.

When you think of the women who worked as teachers in the UA, most people only remember of Midnight for obvious reasons... But for Duncan that was stupid, he had overcome lustful thoughts long ago. Also, he always considered the woman as not a very pleasant person, her behavior was somewhat irritating.

But there was a teacher that he deemed a kind of mystery, Thirteen, considered as one of the heroines specialized in search and rescue, her skills were, to say the least... fascinating.

How does a person transform a power that is a weapon of mass destruction into a tool to save lives? He was not the type to save others on his own initiative, to tell the truth.

In his previous world, he would never help anyone out of his own volition, whether it was during flood periods, during wars, or when there were natural disasters, he never bothered to use his abilities to save someone, even in the end, during the fight against the Outsider, everything was just for one purpose, to seek more ways to reverse the river of time and prevent the wrong people from losing their lives in the hands of that bastard.

Power had always been his primary pursuit because that was what he could one day change his past with, the rest were just means to an end and it never changed, but she was the first person he met who managed to transform an unpleasant destiny into something that she really wanted.

Thirteen greeted him and took some snacks before leaving, she had a special room where she could remover part of her clothes without having to worry about destroying everything, allowing her to eat...

Duncan just watched without saying a word, he wondered if he should help her, after all, he had the means but... This wasn't him, to help the others without a reason, only a fool would do something like that... Like those heroes.

As soon as he finished his snack and was about to return to the classroom, a man in a suit and sunglasses came into the room and looked directly at Duncan.

"Are you the Emperor?"

"It depends." He looked at the man with narrowed eyes. "Who asks?"

The man reached into his suit pocket and took out an identity card. Duncan read it and raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"What could the military want with me?"

"We want your help."

"You know I don't do charity, don't you?"

"We would like to propose an exchange, we have something you need, and we need you."

Those words seemed to have been intentionally prepared in some way, Duncan could even see a bit of an act in it, but there was still truth in his words, he wasn't lying, but what could he possibly want? Duncan, himself didn't know what he needed, so how could the military know?"

"I can't go now, I have a job to do ..."

Before Duncan could finish his words, the man interrupted and said quickly. "We have already spoken to the UA director, you have been given two days off. Can we go?"

"Humph, fine, but this better be good, otherwise I'll make sure you will meet your maker sooner than you expect."

The man threw a blindfold at Duncan and stood looking at him with a face like someone who really deserved a punch in the mouth.

"What is it?"

"Wear this."

Duncan couldn't believe what a son of a bitch they'd gotten to contact him. This guy was going to get what he deserves, just not now, he still needed to confirm what the military wants.

Just as he finished doing that, the man approached and touched his arm, suddenly the world seemed to start spinning and after a few minutes they fell somewhere he had never seen before. People in lab coats walked all over the place, some had clipboards and others discussed something. Several extremely advanced computers were scattered all over the place and employees typed all the time as if resting wasn't even an option.

To the north, there was a red gate made of a shining material, several danger signs were hung on it next to several metal locks with a thickness of almost 1 meter, with an electronic lock added up on top of it.

Some men and woman entered the place, all of them were wearing high-ranking military uniforms, the man leading the group was robust and tall, his head was shaved and his eyes shined with white light. When they approached the guy with sunglasses who brought him here removed Duncan's blindfold and after bowing to the guy with shining eyes he left through a corridor on the left.

"Mr. Duncan." The man said with a weird, almost ethereal voice. "Welcome to hell's gate, I'm General Shiryu."

Duncan's head was spinning and he couldn't even stand up, his mind couldn't even properly understand what happened. Seeing this the General nodded as if he had suddenly remembered something.

"Right, I forgot about 02 quirk side effects. Mr. Duncan, you can rest at one of our dorms, and we will talk later, someone will be assigned to take care of your needs, do not hesitate to ask him whatever you need." The man then turned and left, the other people besides him just left together with him without saying anything.

Two people then started carrying Duncan towards the dorm. He didn't manage to resist the dizziness and fell asleep.

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While Duncan was sleeping, disturbing dreams ran through his mind, he saw memories of his original world being swept away by a wave of destruction, hellish creatures of the most varied types seemed to rise from the ground together with a bestial fury to destroy anything their paths.

It was only when an alarm and red emergency lights started to ring that he finally woke up, sweat was running down his face and neck, his shirt was even sticky due to the profuse sweat.

Getting up, he opened the door and, still disoriented, started to follow in the direction that most people were running, one of the groups he was following was even armed, something he practically never witnessed outside. Even more so because of the type of weaponry they were carrying, they all looked like rifles but had a small compartment in the back with a chamber where a liquid substance appeared to have beams of electricity running through it.

It did not take long for him to return to the same place as when he arrived, the employees who previously typed, discussed, or took notes were now all standing at the back of the room, all leaning against the walls making room for the armed teams to position themselves.

The general he had seen was there too, he was frowning as he looked at the gate, the gleam in his eyes was much greater than the other time and even his hands were covered with a layer of energy that seemed to carry a large power.

Realizing his presence, the general nodded and said. "So you woke up in time to witness the fun, great."

"What's going on here!?" Duncan couldn't understand why everyone was so tense and scared in their eyes, besides, why were they pointing their guns at the gate? What was there that made them feel that way?

And at that moment as if to answer his questions, the floor and walls shook, the temperature in the room slowly started to rise and a big "BUM" sounded when something hit that gate so hard that even dust fell from the ceiling. This was repeated three times, to the point where even a large crack appeared in the gate.

But then, something happened that he never thought was possible.