153 Stain? Who is that? 1

"You alright, Mineta?"

Mineta lay on his table and didn't give an answer.

However, everyone was worried, especially when they saw his right hand wrapped in a bandage. The news was clear, and they knew he was almost killed by Hero Killer Stain.

To be honest, Midoriya, Iida, and Torodoki were also attacked by Stain, but unlike Mineta, the media didn't take an interest in them, and no one knew about the truth except for the heroes around the vicinity or the police. They fought Stain and won, but they couldn't announce it since they used their "Quirk" without authorization. However, even if they had won, they didn't expect that Stain would escape.

What was even worse, Stain wanted to kill Mineta!

Midoriya and Iida were on Mineta's side, wondering what was happening.

Todoroki sat on his seat, but his eyes kept looking at Mineta.

Still, unlike the rest, the three of them knew Mineta's power, and they wondered whether he was the one who defeated Stain instead of Ryukyu. If so, their case was similar. However, it was impossible to ask such a question, especially with many of their classmates, since they knew such news was considered a secret.

However, what they didn't know, Mineta was tired mentally.

His stamina might be unlimited, but being asked similar questions several times made him annoyed.

"I am okay."

"That's great."

"How is that Stain?"

"Also, your speech is amazing!"

Unlike Iida, Midoriya, and Todoroki, whose news was pressed and their names didn't show on the television.

Mineta's name and appearance spread to the entire country.

First, it was because of his speech.

Stain's video had awoken the spirit of everyone to rebel. The people who were dissatisfied with society started to fight, but Mineta's speech dropped the people's image of Stain, and the resistance was about to rise, crumbling into pieces since his speech told everyone that Stain was just a mentally ill person.

If you followed such a person, you were also mentally ill.

The government also supported his speech and even told the media to circulate his speech to the entire country to suppress Stain's video.

However, this was a normal thing since Mineta's speech was politically correct.

Anyone who wanted to break the stability of this society was considered a villain.

The most heinous terrorist in this country.

Mineta's speech helped suppress Stain's video, so it was used by the government to suppress Stain's influence.

As for those who wanted to fight back, since they thought Stain was their hero, they were all suppressed by the government.

After all, could an individual fight against a government?

If this individual had the power to destroy a country or two, it might be possible, but there were no such people.

Even the cruelest villain All-For-One, which appeared in history, had a group of followers that followed him.

As long as they could suppress Stain's influence, the government would do anything. Even his dream to become a prime minister, which was a joke, was also involved in the discussion. Naturally, many experts complained to him that if such a powerful hero student became a politician, who would become a hero and protect everyone?

Those weakling heroes who could only think of money?

No way!

Still, those people aside, many also complained about smart people joining either politics or finance, leaving science and other things related to the progress of civilization behind.

However, the most important thing, no one denied his possibility of becoming a prime minister.

Why?

His popularity was one thing, but with his appearance, many people would vote for him, especially women.

Yes, the second reason why he was pushed forward by the government was because of his appearance. With his appearance, it was easy to make him popular, which greatly reduced Stain's influence.

But more importantly...

"Well, you should forget about Stain. He is in jail now, waiting for his death penalty." Mineta didn't want to talk about Stain anymore. "Instead of Stain, do you know that new villain?"

When his words fell, everyone's expression started to change.

The reason why Stain's popularity was no longer high was because of the appearance of a new supervillain.

"I know! I know! The Mad Artist, Hokusai!"

"I have seen his video." Kaminari sighed. "Still, even if he is a villain, his obsession with art is amazing."

No one denied Kaminari's words since the video of the first appearance of Hokusai was cool.

Hokusai stood in the middle of Shibuya Crossing, ignoring the traffic, and continued to draw a gorgeous drawing on the street.

More importantly, the girls, even though they didn't say it, they had to say Hokusai was so handsome.

Hokusai wasn't a muscular type. Instead, he was like a scholar or intellectual guy, especially when he wore glasses, which made people unable to think why he would become a villain.

"Kaminari, you shouldn't praise him." Mineta was speechless. "Did you forget what he had done?"

"Sor-Sorry!" Kaminari quickly apologized since he knew how scary Hokusai was.

Many would say that Hokusai was just a lunatic or obsessed artist, but no one could deny that his "Quirk" was strong.

"A "Quirk" to turn a painting into a reality." Jiro sighed. "I wonder how a villain can get such a powerful "Quirk."

Everyone also sighed since Hokusai's "Quirk" was strong!

As long as Hokusai drew something, it could become a reality.

If Hokusai drew "All-Might," then would it become a reality?

When everyone thought about this possibility, they shuddered.

This was also the reason why the moment Hokusai appeared, he became the S-Rank villain, and when one saw him, everyone should run away since no one could guess what was on the head of this lunatic.

However, because of his appearance, the impact of Stain was even repressed. Even though the government hated Hokusai, they used his news to suppress Stain's influence even more.

How to suppress everyone's attention to Stain?

It was to make bigger news!

Whether Mineta's speech or Hokusai's appearance and villain act brought Stain's influence to almost zero, many people almost forgot about Stain.

Now, why was Hokusai more popular than Stain?

Naturally, it was because of the number of victims.

Stain only killed 30 or more heroes, but when Hokusai appeared, his victim was thousands of people.

The second was because Hokusai was more handsome.

Everyone loved beautiful things.

Even if Hokusai was a villain, no one could deny he was so handsome, especially those lips. Many even took a photo of his lips and even kissed the printed photo secretly in their room.

Lastly, his painting was so amazing.

"Still, I will catch him in the future," Mineta said without hesitation.

"Come, Mineta! Catch him!"

"I will help you when the time comes."

Sero and Tokoyami patted Mineta's shoulders, telling him they would support him if he wanted to catch Hokusai.

"Why do you want to catch him, Mineta?" Jiro asked curiously.

"Isn't it obvious? Because of that guy, the name of the image of the artist becomes horrible." Mineta showed disgust toward Hokusai since, because of that villain, he stopped sculpting since the word "art" became forbidden today because of Hokusai's appearance. By now, he could only follow the fad and continued to make a fishing video, which made him sigh.

As they talked, he suddenly raised his hand, causing everyone to shut their mouths.

"It seems Aizawa-sensei is about to come. Hurry up and sit in your seats."

They quickly ran away and sat on their own seats after Aizawa's words in this class were absolute.

However, when everyone was okay, Midoriya suddenly turned and asked, "Mineta-kun, can I ask something?"

"What's wrong?"

"Were you the one who defeated the Hero Killer, Minetaku-kun?" Midoriya asked this question quietly as he had a solemn gaze in his eyes.

Mineta looked at Midoriya strangely and said," Did you not read the news? The one who defeated Stain was Ryukyu. Why did you think I was the one who defeated him?"

"Ah, um, ahaha..." Midoriya didn't expect this answer and could only laugh awkwardly. He wasn't sure what to say but still felt in doubt. He wanted to say something again, but Aizawa came to the class and said, "The class starts! Be quiet!"

Mineta had already ignored Midoriya since he could see Aizawa's gaze on him.