Extended Prologue | Part 13

"See, senpai. You didn't need to get all worried and all." Hawks said over his comms as he saw Toya leave. "He's harmless."

The person on the other side, scoffed. "Yeah, a harmless firecracker, just like his dear old dad. He almost killed thirty people on the last job." A female voice came. "The criminals were better off dead. Now, they will have to be feed by taxpayers' money."

"When did you start thinking about citizens that much?" Hawks said raising an eyebrow. "And you should have said that earlier, I could tell him to finish the job and not let them live." He said, amusingly.

"That's not the point," she said. "At least Endeavor, has a leash, because of the media and whatnot. And he doesn't kill that often. But him, he is cold as his old man and more. When it comes to criminals, he's a monster. And that's dangerous."

Hawks didn't say anything. His past wasn't the most colorful one, but he had to agree with some of his senior's points.

"I don't care if they live or die. But just because you have some legal backup, doesn't mean you can just do everything." She said coldly. "But you have to know, villains and heroes are made of the same cloth. Just a twist and a bad day, that's all it takes. What if he attacked you, just like he did with Native."

"Even you know that's way far-fetched." Hawks said, frowning. "And he was caught red-handed trying to sexually assault a waitress. We would have done the same, you know."

"Yeah, but he was a hero. It's one thing for a hero to stop another, then for a villain to stop a hero." She said. "And we only put hands on them behind closed doors. Not in front of a dozens of people. It was almost amusing, how frustrated the council got, when they had to berry the subject."

"So, what's your point?" Hawks asked.

"Nothing. I don't particularly care about him, but the agency wants to hold a tight leash over him, which often makes things worse. That's why they sent me." She said. "Which is bad, bad for him that is. They usually sent me to clean up their mess." She said, with a bit of sadness and frustration in her voice.

Hawks eyes widened for a second, before he sighed, sadly even he knew the reality. The hero society wasn't all about glamor and fame. It also had it dark corners. "But… if they do put a hit on him. Just tell me beforehand." Hawks said. "And that's a request I ask you as a friend." There was a bit of sincerity in his voice.

The person on the other side nodded. As she stood up from her position, her arm, morphing back to a normal hand. She looked at Toya one last time, with her binoculars one last time, as them boy with snow-white hair, took a cab going off.

"I will try." She said. "They usually don't give me a long notice."

Then she moved away from the high-building rooftop.

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"… they usually don't give me a long notice." Toya heard, his eyes cold. Fire and anger, waiting to be released. But he stopped himself. As he sat on the back seat of the cab, as he finished listening to their conversation.

He didn't want to, but in this world, you could only trust a few people. But still, he felt bad when he set up the bug underneath the table, but now, he wasn't sure what to do with the information. 'It seems, his tech works better than a charm. I should probably start keeping tabs on him, more often.' He said, the bug that he bought was from a new rising star in the criminal market, from a tech criminal. From a tech guy, called Tinkerer. And it worked too well for Toya's liking. If he could use it that way, so could the villains…

He was getting off track, maybe he thought too much for others. That might be the reason why he was always at a clutch.

The incident they were talking about only happened, because the so-called agency didn't have their info right. If he didn't stop those shitheads, then and there, the group of thirty or so criminals would have attacked a middle school. And based on their previous records, Toya was sure there would have been causalities. So he took the matter into his own hands.

But it seems that the agency doesn't like his hands-on approach. They just wanted him to follow orders, heck, Toya was half sure that the agency wanted some heroes to stop the crime mid-way to get a public stunt.

'No matter, what I try. I am always at the losing end.' He gave off a frustrated sigh.