Chapter 43:

(Sakuya POV)

"Hah~ nothing beats the nice, cold, refreshing taste of StrongZero! Damn, they should really start paying me to advertise their things."

After finishing the can in one last swig, I disposed of it the only way I knew how. By erasing its existence.

'And people say I'm a menace to the world, I have zero waste!'

That line of thought led to me discovering other potential revenue sources. Recycling, and waste, was already such a large issue, especially more so with the world's ever-increasing population. There were, however, just some materials that couldn't be recycled.

But, what if there was a way to utilize the unrecyclable products, along with being able to empty all landfill sites in a way nobody has thought of before? I could, with the creation quirk, make a device that could transmute any type of matter that enters it into energy.

I could probably make Mars, the moon, and other planets, habitable with the use of a reality stone in the future. That's an entire goldmine waiting to be harvested by yours truly.

Teleportation arrays wouldn't be a problem to make, which would cut out the travel time between the locations entirely. I would be able to have a monopoly on the best transportation system in the world, which alone would print more money than needed for all the world's choccy milk factories.

Too bad there are probably some rules or hoops I would have to jump through before that would be able to happen. But, that's what Fluffy-chan's for. He can deal with all the legal issues that are above the paygrade of typical lawyers, plus, his words hold a lot of weight in Japan.

I'll probably need to give him some tech to improve UA's facilities even more. Would he want a moon base? Who am I kidding! Of course, he would. Maybe that would be sufficient enough payment for helping me kickstart my planetary empire?

Enough about making money, for now, though. I finally reached my destination, the teacher's box where Eri and the teachers were present.

I would have gone to my mother, and In-laws, over in the VIP box, but I still have one can of strong zero, and I don't really want them on my ass about drinking it. Why was Eri in the teacher's box instead of with her grandparents? I wish I knew too.

As usual, I didn't bother to knock. Some may consider it rude of me to not knock, but it would be far more suspicious, and rude, of me to start being polite now. I swung open the heavy metallic door and was greeted with a tense atmosphere.

Naturally, as an absolute pro in not giving a fuck, I ignored their stares and tired looks. Eri jumped off of the stool she was on, which was far too high up for her to possibly sit on. After checking herself once over to make sure she was alright, she came running over to me.

"Mama!"

I knelt down to catch the unicorn in my arms, before promptly lifting her so she could sit on my forearm. After planting a quick peck on her cheek, I greeted the joyous ball of energy back,

"Hello, Sweetie. Let Mama sit down first, alright?"

"Mhm!"

I looked around the room in search of a suitable place to eat, before ultimately deciding to sit on the stool she was previously on. It was right next to Fluffy-chan, who probably wanted to talk to me anyway, and it had a surface nearby to place the Unadon and Miso soup on.

Plopping myself down on the stool, I sat Eri on my thigh, and took my food items out of storage, surprising everyone apart from the chimera next to me.

Eri already had stars in her eyes, and drool coming out of her mouth.

'That's the exact reaction I had to it, as well! She really is my baby girl!' I mentally wept tears of joy.

"This is for you too, Sweetie. I know you were too excited for today and ended up skipping breakfast. Just make sure to leave some for me too, okay?" I said, before handing her one of the pairs of chopsticks.

"Itadakimasu~!"

I cracked open the final can, the noise of which caught everyone's attention in the deathly quiet room, before taking a sip.

"Nedzu..." Homeless-san called out to his boss.

"Yes, Shota?"

"Why does the Problem Child have alcohol? Did you know about this?" he asked.

"Because she is of legal age to drink it, of course. In fact, I do believe there is a high likelihood that she is older than you. Perhaps, a new nickname is needed. Might I suggest Problem Adult?"

"..."

"..."

"I'm done... I'm just going to go to the commentator's booth now. I've had enough nonsense for one week." Homeless-san retreated into his sleeping cocoon and wriggled out of the room shortly after.

"Hah~! That really hit the spot. Fluffy-chan, are StrongZero one of the sponsors for today?"

"Unfortunately, not this year, no."

"What a shame, I was hoping there would be a StrongZero slushie stand or something."

"As I've answered one of your questions, would you be so kind as to answer one of my own?" he asked.

I already knew where this was going. I didn't even need the plethora of telepathic quirks I have stocked up for this either. But, I decided to humor him in case he decides to surprise me.

"It depends on the question. If you want to know my three sizes, I can't tell you. If you want the password to the mini-fridge I have in my room, sadly, I can't tell you. My kinks are also off the table too."

"Mama, what are 'kinks'?" an innocent voice called out.

I looked down to confirm the most likely theory, and it was indeed correct. Eri was the source of that question.

'You got this Sakuya! You can think of a reasonable lie to tell your innocent, pure, child. It's as easy as breathing for you, right?'

"If you never bring up that word again, I'll let you have Kunou in your room for tonight."

"Really?!"

"Yep~!" I replied, popping the 'P' for some extra emphasis.

"Thank you!"

'Speech 100.' I'm looking far too smug for a person who's bribing their kid.

She hugged my waist, which was now covered in a sticky sauce due to her messy eating habits. I reverted my clothes to their clean state, when she broke off the hug, and faced Fluffy-chan once more.

"Smooth~."

"Keep talking and UA will have its first-ever piece of merchandise. A singular stuffed Fluffy-chan."

"As impressive as I'm sure your taxidermy skills are, I think it's time for my question, no?"

"Yeah, yeah, ask away."

"What is your plan for the aftermath that your decisions have caused?"

"Would you like the short, or long answer?"

"Both would be preferable."

"Short answer? Profit. The long answer? Society will come out better because of this, Fluffy-chan, I can promise you that.

People have grown too reliant on heroes, heroes have begun resting on their laurels, the quality of heroes has gone down over the years, heroes needed the wake-up call that they aren't above the law, and the HPSC has been far too shittily run.

In short, the entire system needed a reboot. This just so happens to be the way where I can implement the reboot plan where my family is profiting off of it the most."

"Oh? I assume your deals, and relationship, with the police, will be helping you with the rebooting too?"

"Yep~! My contracts with the police force will be rewarding me with not only money, but influence, and some limited political power.

The most important part, however, is that the police will now get enough funding from the government to afford the tech. The more tech they buy, and contracts they sign with my family, the more people they can capture. The more people they capture? The more funding they get.

I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this, no?"

"An infinite loop of money going into IzaYao pockets.

That's not even mentioning the foreign countries that will want in on the contracts too when they see the results of which you are confident in producing.

Are you doing this so the HPSC finally has a big enough competitor in the market, which will force them to adapt, and hopefully improve?"

"Bingo~!"

"I see… there were so many other ways you could have gone too, which wouldn't have required 10% of the hero force to be fired over the next month. I suppose there is nothing I can do about it either."

"You're speaking as if you want to do something about it."

While he was in his thoughts, I decided it was time to start eating. I only started now because Eri was absolutely tearing through the meal at a rapid pace. I separated the chopsticks and started digging in.

"It's just that I now will have to protect UA's funding too. A budget cut may happen too in areas."

"I wouldn't worry too much about that. You are still the top hero school, so your share will still be rather large from the government. If that isn't enough, I don't mind becoming the actual owner of UA.

It's not like you're broke anyway if the sheer number of sponsors for today are to be believed. There will also be multiple other avenues of revenue that we could both work on to ensure that we don't have to worry about money."

"Trying to make a business partner of UA already? How bold of you."

"Whoever said that it would be UA that would be partnering with my genius self? Perhaps it's finally time for Chimera Inc. to finally open its doors."

"I see you've been reading some of the files I had on my desk during our chess matches. I was hoping for a better name, but Monsters Inc. was already taken by a different mouse. Perhaps we could work out some details at a later date."

'We would either ruin or save the world. Either way, a potential partnership between us would be fun. There would also be the fact that the company would have the unofficial first pick of support course students from UA as an added bonus.'

I began eating away at the unadon, with a single stray thought passing through my mind amongst the business-related ones,

'I can't wait to see Momo absolutely dominate the competition.'

"Yes, Nemuri, I need you over in the commentator's booth as soon as possible. Ken can take over for a few minutes, this is very important." I heard Nedzu say over the mic.

He then turned back to me and said some words I was very excited to hear,

"I think it's time for Loud Cloud to reunite with his friends, no?"

"I know you have had some people see to his mental state, but are you confident enough that this would be the best option?"

"Was there ever going to be a 'best option' when it includes reuniting three people with their now tortured, presumed dead, and ex-villain of a childhood friend?"

"Fair enough."

"As for his mental state? He's as good as he can be. I've called in as many favors as I could to ensure he had the best treatment possible.

He will, however, be even better when reuniting with the three links to his past, peaceful life before his stint as Kurogiri. Meeting them has all he's been asking about over the past week."

"... Alright. You should have asked me before calling Nemuri up to the booth. I assume you have him waiting nearby, or do I need to teleport him into the room?"

"You know me so well. He's hiding in the janitorial closet inside the booth."

"Correct me if I'm wrong Fluffy-chan… But, as his first action after being 'reborn', you're making him come out of the closet to his friends?"

"Ye-! Oh… I see how it looks now."

"..."

"I doubt they would care enough about his entry method anyway."

"Are you going to mute their microphones during the reveal? I don't exactly want his healed condition exposed to a certain someone."

The last thing I want is Scrotum Face, aka All For One, to know his Nomu army is completely useless now. It would also lead to him forcing the doctor to work on other things, which could possibly be even more devastating.

Then again, Scrotum Face has gone completely senile. He's probably suffering from some form of dementia, or perhaps he is just a complete idiot. Why else wouldn't he just kill Broccoli Boi after knowing that he is the successor before he could fully master the quirk?

Is it for some dramatic reveal that he is actually his father? Some pathetic last stand, an attempt to convert the last user of OFA to his side?

I know Horikoshi is a fan of star wars, but will he really go as far as to copy an iconic scene such as Luke Skywalker's father reveal? He even gave AFO a mask, to hide his hideous face riddled with injuries and help keep him alive, like Anakin has.

Deku's and AFO's relationship just screams Anakin and Luke vibes!

Sure, his name has been confirmed to be Shigaraki, or at least it was Shigaraki at some point. But, he has enough connections to change his name to Hisashi Midoriya and marry Inko without a problem.

As for the supposed fire-breathing quirk Hisashi has? He's All For One, I doubt that he wouldn't have a quirk like that with how common fire quirks are.

It would also explain Deku's quirklessness to some degree. He could have either taken his quirk factor. Or, he could have taken Inko's before he went full-on battering ram on her womb. I doubt that AFO, which probably binds to a person similarly to OFA, would be able to be passed on to their child unless he wanted to either.

I was brought out of my musings by the plush toy principle,

"Are you ready to watch the reveal now, Sakuya?"

"Hm? Oh! You are muting the mics, right?"

"Of course, I am, what do you take me for? An Idiot?"

"I see you as a potential business partner." I answered with a wink.

"... It's starting soon, pay attention. I need to go over there before Nemuri starts taking pictures and posting them on social media, so I'll leave you to your own devices for now."

As he shuffled off of his seat and made his way towards the booth I focused my attention on the screen. I ran out of unadon a while ago, but I still have some miso soup to enjoy the show with.

"Sweetie, do you want to watch this, or do you want to go and see your grandparents instead?"

I didn't really want her watching such an intimate moment between the four; as it may alter her sense of privacy a bit.

"Can we watch, and then go see them?"

'She has somehow gotten both options… What a great child I have! She'll be a great heir to the company if she keeps improving at negotiations at this rate.'

"Of course, we can. Do you want to get into Fluffy-chan's seat, or are you okay being on my lap still?"

I didn't receive a verbal reply as she made herself rather comfortable nestling herself between my chest. I decided not to question her further and wrapped my arms around her, pulling her closer to myself.

I did, however, decide to tease her a bit,

"Oh~? I see you've made your choice. How adorable~"

She then tried to bury her face into my chest, resulting in her sharp horn puncturing my skin. I quickly fixed all of the damage and made sure to remove all the blood, mainly so she wouldn't freak out. She isn't a huge fan of blood, and is rather squeamish around it.

"The show is about to start, so come on out of your hole so we can watch it together."

And just like that, on the screen, the door to the booth swung open revealing the rat in all his tiny glory. The sporting events may not have started yet, but this was a big event in the Troublesome Teacher Trio's lives, and I had a front-row seat to it.

(A/N: Remember how I said in the last chapter that this chapter would have the entire race? And how there would be no cliffhangers? Turns out, I lied. There is a reason for it, though. Google docs has been fucking up a lot for me, and I had to retype this chapter multiple times because it just crashed constantly. Hope to see you all next chapter! <3 )