29 Chapter 29: The darkness within the country

[A/N: See author's note below.]

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"ARGH! NO! NO! STOP IT!!!"

"MY ARM!!"

"PLEASE!!! I BEG YOU!!! SPARE ME!!! I WILL FOLLOW YOU!!!"

In a dark, deserted corner of a street, a massacre was happening. Screams, begging, crying, shit, piss, blood and guts. All kinds of sounds and odours were mixed together. Dismembered bodies littered the floors.

It was hell, simply hell. In this hell, a man was standing with leisure in the midst of the bodies. He was facing a few people who were kneeling and begging. Their heads were banging on the floor so hard that blood appeared on their foreheads. But they didn't care. They lowered their heads as low as possible and tried their best to not look at the atrocity that happened around them. The man began to talk in a measured but somewhat childish tone when he saw everyone lowering their heads.

"You see...if you had just listened to me from the beginning, all of this wouldn't have happened." As he said that, he crouched down to face one of the begging men and put his hand around the neck of the said main. More precisely, he had only put four fingers around his neck. The fifth finger, his middle finger was raised a little and didn't touch the skin of the begging man.

"Please...please...please...please...please...please..." The begging man just repeated the words over and over again. Tears and snot mixed on his face gave him a particularly ugly but pitiful appearance.

The man knew. He knew what would happen as soon as his middle finger touched his skin. How could he not? He had seen so many of his companions, ex-companions disappear into dust whenever the demon touched them. A stain could be seen growing on his pants. It was clear that the fear was so much that he had pissed himself. However, he simply didn't have the enjoyment or time to care about some embarrassment.

How much worthy was shame when death was staring at you?

"Ok...now that you've become a gentle little dog, I can let you and your remaining friends live."

Those words were like the voice of an angel in their minds. He couldn't help but kowtow again and again, bashing up his already bleeding forehead as he said in a loud voice,"THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!"

They said that the knee of a man was made out of gold. But if it was only when one faced death that they could understand how meaningless such notions and honours were in the grand scheme of things.

Honour? Pride? Courage? Only those who faced the abyss and kept them could use such words. The man knew that being like themselves could only discard those notions in order for them to live. The man took a furtive look at the demon. He was a slim man wearing all black; a black tee-shirt and an accompanying pair of black pants. He had messy greyish-blue hair that bordered on the white. But what the scariest and creepiest thing about him were those hands on his arms, shoulders and face. Behind the hand covering his face, he could barely see a pair of deep, blood-red eyes that were staring at them with disinterest.

The moment he finished saying his thanks, a deep, dark purple cloud formed behind the demon. From it, a deep voice came out,"Tomura, are you ready?"

The demon, no, Shigaraki Tomura answered with a lazy voice,"Let's go back. I'm sure everything is alright now."

The begging man watched as the demon left and couldn't help but fall back on his butt, tears of joys were visible on his face and a sigh of relief came out as he said,"We survived."

He turned and looked around the room that was littered by different kinds of dismembered corpses. He felt like vomiting. Just what kind of quirk lets someone turn people into dust?

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Shigaraki Tomura stood in front of a television in a room which somewhat resembled a bar as he did his report about his recent activities.

"...and that's it, Sensei."

A calm voice full of authority and dignity came out from the said television. There was no image, only sound. "You did well. So what will be your next step?"

"Attack UA."

Tomura answered without hesitation, and the answer stunned everyone into silence for a short time before different voices exploded with laughter. The laugh didn't last long though, when they realised that he was serious about attacking UA.

"Are you sure?" The calm voice continued without any hints of wavering emotions.

"Yes! After a few more months of preparation, I will attack UA and I WILL KILL ALL MIGHT!!!" The last part was said with a great amount of rage and vehemence.

Despite that, the voice behind the television still spoke calmly and with leisure, though his tone became slightly serious,"Do you have any information about the rank 0 hero who is teaching there though? Are you sure you can beat him?"

Tomura just snorted and replied,"That fake hero! I saw him massacre a bunch of gangs before. What kind of hero was he? Plus, with that weak mind control and transformation quirk of his, he can't defeat our secret weapon."

"If you're sure about this, then go ahead with your plan. How will you call your group?" The voice became calm and leisurely once again.

Tomura hesitated for a few seconds as he violently scratched his neck. Finally, he said,"Let's call it...the League of Villains."

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"A newborn calf isn't afraid of the tiger. The Chinese really have great quotes. This completely describes Tomura." An old man said with an exasperated tone.

"Master, he is right. The young master doesn't seem to understand what he is doing. One or two pro heroes would be enough to decimate all the ragtag group of villains he is forming, much less the rank 0 hero. He isn't up there in the ranks for show, you know? Shouldn't we stop him?" This time, it was a young woman who continued.

During all that, Shigaraki, also known as All for One, or the symbol of evil stayed silent. After a few moments, he said,"Doctor, Michelle, do you know the difference between a master and a novice?"

The two of them fell silent as they contemplated. All for One didn't wait for them to answer. "The difference between a master and a novice is that the master has failed more times than the novice has tried."

"..."

"There is absolutely no shame in failing. No one is perfect in this world. The most important thing is to be able to get up and try again, What's more, businessmen have a saying, 'When you try, there can be two results. Either you fail or you succeed. When you don't try, there can only be one result.' That is why I don't mind if he tries. Perhaps he might surprise us and succeed, and even if he fails, he would have learnt an important lesson that will make him closer to becoming a master...Doctor."

"Yes."

"How is the special nomu coming along?"

"He should be ready in a few months."

"I see...send him to Tomura once it's ready."

"But..."

"I understand your concern. But do as I say."

The doctor shut his mouth and nodded. All for One was a leader who listened to the opinion of his subordinates, but he always had the final say in any discussion.

"Now, Doctor, Michelle, you can go out. I need to rest."

The two bowed and left without a word.

All for One, now alone in the darkness sighed,"The time is coming near. The chess pieces aren't moving as I wish, especially that unstable factor. All Might, Shido, I hope you won't disappoint me. After all, you are a product of one of my greatest experiments yet, Shido. Too bad the quirk required has been lost during the accident. The quirk needed for the experiment...

...to summon beings from another world..."

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A/N: Since I'm going out tomorrow, there will be no chapters tomorrow. So I'm compensating you with this extra chapter today. See you on Friday

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