23 Calm Before The Storm

I'll spare you guys the small talk. Exams are over so here I am.

At least for now the story won't stop till it's completed.

This aside the start of this chapter is continuation of Midnight bringing Inko with her (Chapter 19)

Now whether you guys wanna re-read or not it's up to you.

Enjoy

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After Midnight brought Inko down she led Inko to her car.

They sat in the vehicle. It was a red sports car and while it did look fancy, it was by no means a paper car. It had many defensive measures.

After 10 minutes they reached the gates of U.A.

Inko admired the whole of U.A. It looked very impressive from the distance. Maybe Izuku was truly safe in there.

After being brought in Midnight took Inko to Nezu.

*Knock* *Knock*

Midnight knocked on the door of the principles office as Inko stood beside her. Her luggage was taken to her residence by the staff.

"Come in!" A squeaky voice came from within and they both entered it. Immediately after entering what they saw was Nezu playing chess with himself.

Inko curiously looked at him. She had seen him in the news but he looked cuter in person.

"Ah, Midoriya-san," Nezu called out after seeing them enter. He also nodded at Midnight who returned the nod.

Inko was cut off from her thoughts after being addressed by Nezu, "G-Good Afternoon Principal Nezu."

Nezu returned the gesture and asked for them to sit and went straight to the point, "Sorry for the inconvenience Midoriya-san but we believe it would be safer for you to remain in U.A for the time being."

"It's fine I understand you Principal Nezu. Will I be living with other parents?" She asked. Maybe she could spend time with Mitsuki, She would often get lonely when Izuku wouldn't be there for her.

Nezu looked at her and after a second of silence spoke, "No, They aren't other parents here Midoriya-san only you were called into U.A."

"Eh, only me... Why?" Confusion was plastered all over her face and Midnight by the side also curiously looked over.

Nezu sipped the tea by his side, "We believe that the villains will target Izuku because he broke the arm of the leader of the villains' group but this is just speculation you shouldn't worry too much we're just taking necessary precautions."

Inko's mind went blank after she heard that the villain group might aim at Midoriya.

"I-Isn't it better for him to not be a hero then!?" She quickly yelled as soon as she came out of her stupor. Midnight was startled by the sudden shout but Nezu remained calm.

He had already expected such a reaction.

"There's no point in not being a 'hero' now. If they truly wish to harm him then he's only safe in U.A until he grows strong by himself." Nezu's retort was ruthless but in the end, it was the truth.

Inko froze and her expression turned blank. She lowered her head as she muttered something to herself.

A multitude of emotions flashed past her face before she lifted her head and forced out a weak smile, "Can I meet Izuku then?"

"Forgive me but you'll have to wait for a few days for that.

He's currently training with All Might's teacher elsewhere. A private sports festival is being held soon so you should observe his resolve and growth in strength before making a decision."

"I-I see..." A gloomy look took over her face as she slowly nodded her face, All the joy from before was gone. She got up from her seat and bowed towards Nezu, "Thank you, I'd like to rest for a bit now, please."

Midnight felt extremely bad for her but there wasn't much she could do to elevate her mood. Sometimes people should be left alone so that they can sort out their own thoughts.

Nezu nodded at her and looked at Midnight, "Please take Midoriya-san to her residence."

Midnight acknowledged the order and took Inko away.

As they left silence permeated the room.

In fact, the decision of only bringing in Midoriya's mother was heavily denied by the rest of the heroes, feeling it was too biased.

But could Nezu care? No.

This idea was not practical at all. It was just a glorified prison for the parents.

Even keeping this aside U.A easily had 100-200 students. Assuming every child had two parents that would be 400 people. If they brought them all in then it would be too chaotic.

It was crucial to know the importance of different decisions. Even if they brought in all the parents how long could they take care of them?

After thinking it through Nezu came to a simple conclusion.

Genesis was very despicable and disgusting.

So what if they brought the parents in? He would then target their relatives or any close friends.

Humans were social creatures and the possibility of them not existing was very low in itself.

Nezu glanced at the board of chess and chuckled.

"With that, One weakness is out of the way. Let's see what you do now..." He muttered with a smirk, moving the last chess piece to defeat the black side.

Too bad he didn't know that this action of his would immediately put him on Tomura's 'To-Kill' List in a few hours.

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The time for the Sports Festival was near and the students were nervous, excited, and burning with a competitive spirit.

Even if their enthusiasm wasn't as fiery as before it didn't stop their youthful ambitions and goals.

The past week went by in a flash.

The Private Sports Festival was being held in U.A currently.

Most of the Pro Heroes had come to observe the new and upcoming heroes.

It wasn't surprising since now a real 'threat' had appeared. Hence they were way more serious than their previous lax selves.

Most events were changed and now instead of the 'race' which was to primarily entertain the audience most of them were battles.

Things like escaping traps, coming up with the right decisions, etc would only be properly nurtured with experience later on.

So the events were divided into two simple parts.

First, a team battle.

Second, 1v1 battle.

It was time to see how much the students had grown...

...

The experiment failed.

Tomura frowned.

'Guess I'll have to dilute the mixture or use a different combination.'

Tomura was dissatisfied with the result. He turned his gaze away from the lifeless little girl and turned her to dust.

He looked at the terrified captives and grew annoyed. The smell of piss was very, very, annoying.

After a few more rounds Tomura came to a conclusion. Only two of twelve poison combinations could restrain quirks.

Thankfully one of them was optimized for kids and he felt satisfied.

Of course, Tomura wasn't bored enough to torture kids for no reason.

He needed an appropriate countermeasure against Eri. She was a very very very important pawn.

But he didn't want to just disappear because the little girl felt any kind of extreme emotion.

That would be stupid!

To be honest he could already be considered one of the strongest people on the planet.

If not for All For one and All Might he would've already let loose chaos in this world to achieve his goal.

But if he analyzed the situation carefully- All Might would disappear soon enough and Midoriya was too inexperienced to cause him trouble.

His main apprehension stemmed from his 'Sensei', All For One.

'Shitty cockroach clinging to life.' Tomura grumbled. From his experience he could tell his biggest obstacle wouldn't be Midoriya or All Might but this wannabe 'Demon King'.

Shaking his head he dusted his hands.

He stored the poison away and thought of his next move.

He couldn't tell what U.A was doing right now but the Hosu arch should begin soon and he had to prepare a few things for it.

Tomura was ultimately an assassin even though he didn't seem like one till now.

Laughably, Zero, a top assassin, fought Midoriya, his classmates, and Toga in a head-on battle.

This was a gore taboo and a violation of an assassin's code of rules.

Either you succeed or run away.

If you fail to run away then kill yourself.

He usually abided by these rules besides the last part.

He tapped his foot and with a gust of wind disappeared leaving behind the room that was filled with blood, urine, and empty chairs.

...

Tomura left the bar and with a little touch to his face disguised himself. He wore a black wig and colored contacts of the same black tint.

He found another hobby of his. It was roaming the streets and observing people.

He didn't know what it was that he enjoyed in doing this but since he liked it then why not?

Shinsou Mall was a pretty popular choice for teenagers to hang out. So when Tomura arrived there he took out his mobile and typed a few words.

[Windman: I'm here, what about you guys?]

[Hero Of The World: Eh already? Wait I'm in my way.]

[Shy girl: "Already" pfft, dumbass he's on the exact time, I'm almost there too come fast.]

Tomura's eyebrows twitched, this shy girl wasn't very shy was she?

Wondering about the current situation eh reader?

Tomura was constantly thinking and planning for the future and the rest of his time went into training.

But he knew if kept this up it would deteriorate his mental health.

One had to know that even when Tomura was an assassin he took months' worth of leaves to enjoy himself.

But since he didn't have so much time in this world he decided to enjoy himself once every week on Sunday.

These two people he was chatting with were strangers he met in an online chat group and after confirming through video calls that he wasn't a fraud they invited him to hang out regularly.

This was the third time they were going out together.

"Hey, Hiro-kun! Here, Here!"

Just as he was thinking this he heard a cheerful voice call out to him.

'Akiyama Hiro' was his alias, after all 'Tomura Shigaraki' was a name that would become very famou- *cough* infamous in the future.

...

Soon 'Hero of the World' joined them too and they enjoyed themselves. Together they watched a movie, then went to the arcade to play before finally having some good food in buckronalds.

After that, they parted ways and Tomura left as well.

This little short part of his life is what helped him relax, taking his mind off his worries temporarily.

But now?

It was Monday so it was time to truly 'enjoy' himself and go back to his 9 to 5 job of destroying people's lives.