Aftermath

Mesa observed the destruction he caused with calm face, he then nodded slightly feeling his work was the optimum of perfection. Mesa looked back at the stunned and terrified group behind him. Even though they stood in the distance, he could clearly see their stunned and terrified faces. Mesa started to walk toward them with egotistical smile.

The group watch Mesa walking toward them without change in their expression. They couldn't believe what they just saw. This kind of strength shouldn't belong to a human. Mesa kept walking toward them, once he stood few meters away he spoke " See? None of you died, only poor grims and the idiots inside the train suffered " Mesa stopped talking a little and looked around himself, destruction spread everywhere in all directions, in fact, even if the grims invaded the region the couldn't have caused this kind of destruction and they are the creature of darkness and destruction. Mesa continued " maybe the owners of the market but that is irrelevant "

Everyone heard him but no one of them responded, they kept staring at him. Mesa was slightly annoyed by their stares, he said " Okay, I know this is new for you all and a little scary. But it is not enough reason for you to stare at me like this."

Yang blinked and screamed " NOT ENOUGH???!!! YOU CRAZY BASTARD YOU LITERALLY DESTROYED THE WHOLE PLACE !!! WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT ???!!!! YOUR SEMBLANCE WAS PUSHING AND PULLING, WHAT WAS THAT JUST NOW?? "

The rest didn't speak, but they were also shaken like Yang and wondering what just happened now. They still couldn't believe what they saw.

Mesa said with the same calm tone " First, destruction to save lives is a good deed and doesn't deserve all of this screaming, you damaged my ears!! Second, I told you before, my semblance is creating attractive and repulsive force around a center point. I use my body usually as the center but that doesn't it's the only center. Think about it, If I made attraction force like that around me. What do you think will happen to me?? "

Oobleck wanted to ask for more details, but the force he just saw scared him shitless, he didn't dare to question Mesa. On the other hand, Ruby was shocked and slightly scared but wasn't intimidated like the professor. She started screaming at Mesa as she tangled him angrily " Why you didn't tell us???!! We are suppose to be friends and family !! Beside that was too scary, Do you know how scared I was seeing you stand against a huge army of grims then THE WHOLE WORLD STARTED SHAKING AND FLYING AND, AND. YOU, YOU, YOU …."

Despite Ruby action like that, No one was amused in the slightest, they were still staring at Mesa. Mesa knew this is going to happen, but the scale is more annoying than his initial estimation. Blake was like the others scared and shocked but more than that she was angry and filled with hate. She started screaming at Mesa while tearing " YOU ARE JUST A MONSTER !!! YOU KILLED EVERYONE AGAIN "

Hearing Blake's scream, everyone remembered The White Fang soldiers in the train, they left them there as they left the train. Looking at the surrounding, there is no way any of them survived, even the train probably in pieces now. Yang went toward her partner and hugged her. The rest looked at Blake with sympathy then looked at Mesa only to see a look of guilt and regret on his face. They were surprised and thought Mesa felt remorse for what he did. They didn't get angry this time seeing him like that, while Pyrrha was slightly happy thinking Mesa was not completely devoid of conscience, he can be changed she thought.

Mesa started looked around thinking [ Shit !! I forgot neo, she was on the train. I hope she didn't get crushed with the rest. That would be too much of a waste ]

After searching for a little time, he saw a two hair girl running in the distance while being covered with aura. He knew immediately she was Neo, he sighed in relief and return to his smuggy self again.

While Yang and the rest were calming Blake, they heard Glynda's voice" Is everyone okay? What happened here? "

Everyone looked at Glynda who was visibly worried, behind of her a group of 4th year students who were visibly anxious. Oobleck moved toward her and explained briefly what happened here.

When Glynda and the students heard what happened, and the apocalypse scene they just witnessed was caused by Mesa they looked at him with terrified and pale faces. Glynda knew he was overwhelmingly powerful, but what she witnessed today surpassed anything she could have imagined.

At the same time, police forces, Huntsmen, some of Atlas military and the reporters were arriving to the scene.

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On the roof of some building, Cinder stood with her subordinate staring at the disaster that hit Vale. Cinder was awed, scared and even turned on by the scene.

The two with her shared the fear and that's it. Mercury asked cinder " Do you still want to carry with our plans ??? That guy is not a human, he is a freakish monster. If we anger him, it will be our end. Even if you get the maiden's full power, can you really contend with him? Heck!! He is probably stronger even than Salem"

Emerald added " Cinder, let's leave. There is no way to fight him, even if we carried with the plans. As long as he in Beacon, we will never be able to take it down. Maybe cause some damage but that's it. You saw it, the army of grims we prepared were wiped out with a single move from him "

Cinder ignored the two and kept staring in the direction of Mesa. Now, she understood even if she got all the Maiden's powers, she was definitely not his match. She joined Salem for power and now she saw a strength that far exceeded even Salem.

Cinder eyes were shining in desire, she wanted him to belong to her. But she knew it won't be easy. She looked back at the two scared subordinates, she said " No, we will carry on. As long as we avoid him, no problem should arise. After all, with that kind of strength, if he wanted to kill us. He will and none will be able to stop him"

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Glynda was talking with the atlas soldiers, while the police were looking for survivors. Everyone heard someone screaming in pain " Don't touch me !!! It hurts like a bitch "

Two police officers were walking with tattered Roman, the two found him lying on the ground. It seems he wasn't caught in the disaster directly, but the collateral damage still harmed him. Roman didn't look like a crime lord anymore, even a beggars looked more graceful than the current Roman, his hair was disheveled, his clothes torn and covered with dirt. Blood was oozing out from scratches which covered his whole body. His arm seemed bent in unnatural way. He was in a miserable state.

Everyone was surprised, especially Mesa. He couldn't understand how Roman managed to survive, he was sure he didn't see Roman running away or escaping the train. For the first time, Mesa believed in plot armor powers, they were real.

Roman was complaining and screaming as he looked around, when he caught the sight of Mesa he stared silently at him then cursed out loud " You bastard, I knew you were a freak of nature. But after this, I know you are a monster, a natural walking disaster. Policemen!! You should be arresting him as well!! I stole dust and brought few grimms here, while that monster destroyed the whole place. That hell occurred here was his semblance work "

When the police heard Roman's word, they stared with shock at the young man. Even the huntsmen, soldiers and reporters. All looked toward Mesa with surprise. Glynda and the rest opted not to expose Mesa's semblance. It will cause too much troubles if the world came to know a semblance this powerful existed.

Mesa hearing Roman smiled internally [ The plot armor protected you, but that is good for me as well. The next stage needed to cause a scene and rile up the masses anyway, you just gave me the perfect chance by exposing my powers hehehe ]

Mesa faked annoyance as said with righteous tone " Don't compare me with you, sure I did some damage, but protected the lives. You on the other hand, brought The White Fang and grims to attack Vale. Many could have died "

Roman growled in response and said " Many died already "

Mesa nodded " Yes, The trash of The White Fang which started the attack. They reaped what they sowed, dying in the hole they digged. Suitable end if you ask me "

The two policemen who were escorting Roman pushed him as one of them said " move !!"

Roman moved while cursing Mesa " I hope you have a horrible death alone you bastard "

Mesa looked thoughtfully at Roman [ note to self, make sure Roman will die before the time comes. I don't want him to glee when I die ]

Those, who heard Roman and Mesa little conversation, became uncomfortable when they looked at Mesa, They were afraid of him. They didn't believe all this destruction was his semblance, but the possibility of his involvement scared them. RWY and NPR portions were worried for him, while Glynda was worried because of the possible reaction of the people if they know how powerful Mesa was.

On of the reporter approached Mesa with the cameraman behind her, she was Lisa Lavender from Vale News Network, she asked " Excuse me, may I know your name? Are you a huntsman? "

Mesa looked at her and answer " Name is Mesa Uchiha, I'm student at Beacon "

Glynda seeing their interaction knew this is not going to be end well, she wanted to stop them but seeing the live broadcasting she couldn't. She prayed Mesa won't cause a disaster.

Lisa continued asking " Mr Uchiha, Roman Torchwick just claimed that you semblance is the cause of the disaster which hit Vale "

Mesa looked bored as he answered " If you mean by disaster killing hundreds of grimms in one go, then yeah he didn't lie "

Lisa eyes shined, she continued asking " What is your semblance? Why did you use it in middle of Vale if you know this is the result? Didn't you have any problem causing this much of destruction? "

Glynda was pissed hearing the questions, Lisa was trying to trap Mesa and cause a huge story using him, she wanted to stop them but Oobleck stopped her, she looked at him, he only signaled her to wait a little.

Mesa replied " I don't feel like explaining my semblance, you can check Beacon for details. Before using it, we made sure to evacuate all the citizens, as for destruction, it is not the important "

Lisa hearing his answers got really happy, she trapped him now, she faked astonishment as she commented " How can you ignore the destruction? If you possess so much power and use it so irresponsibly then you are more dangerous than grims !! "

She was expecting Mesa to try defend himself, but Mesa's next answer surprised her. Mesa looked at her with disgust and said " So you are the type who doesn't mind people dying as long as don't lose money. In my opinion saving people comes first, the like of you disgusts me. To gain money and reputation you will do anything, you are the trash of humanity "

Mesa didn't try to defend his action, but directly insulted her and accused her for not caring about people lives, she decided to point her under meanings" I didn't say that. I only talking about the irresponsible usage of your semblance. Beside if you go rogue who will be able to stop you ?"

Mesa looked disdainfully at her " I was in Vale for years, did you hear about me? Did you see my irresponsible usage of semblance? The first time you are seeing me is because I had to stop few hundreds of grims which were about to kill tens of people. If I go rogue, I doubt anyone can stop me "

Hearing his answer Lisa wanted to say something but Mesa continued " Similarly, if one of the elite professional hunters went rogue who will stop them? If a general who controls thousands of robots go crazy who will stop him? If some like you started to sow troubles to get herself exclusive interviews and news. You are one of the most famous reporters in Vale and thousands believe your words, when you made a lowly thief who steals dust look like a dangerous and organized criminal, everyone started to view Roman as crime lord. You lied and thousands believed you "

Lisa didn't want to give up, she continued " I didn't like, he is a dangerous criminal. As for you, you are more dangerous than anyone !!"

Mesa straightened himself and looked seriously at her " the dangerous criminal you speak of, only stole dust, he didn't kill anyone. A crime lord that doesn't kill, how grand and dangerous. And if I'm dangerous as you say, why are you standing before me and talking to me like this? "

Lisa was speechless momentary then said with proud face " It's my job to tell the truth no matter how dangerous the situation "

Mesa laughed hearing her " Then go and document grims lives and habits, I reckon you will help people a lot more and less dangerous than talking with a dangerous man who can destroy a city with his semblance. Beside let's face facts, do you prefer having a monster who can destroy monsters on your side or have no one at all? If it is the later, then go and live alone in forests. There will be no huntsmen or people carry dangerous weapon "

Mesa walked two steps toward her and said with a cold tone " Your job to make money regardless of how much lies you feed the people. My job is to kill grims and keep as many alive as possible regardless of what others will think of me or how the trash like you will make me look like. I will do whatever I think is correct. If I'm a monster in the eyes of others then let it be "

Mesa turned around and started walking away, he walked with calm and steady steps. Those who were staring at him with fear previously now looked at him with respect. Everyone believed he got a good hearts, he appeared to be selfless.

The students and professors from Beacon smiled a little, they believed Mesa was a great person, he might be a tsundere and won't hesitate to go to the extreme, but he is true to himself and others around him.

Glynda sighed in relief, Mesa wasn't trapped as she expected. Only Blake stood in her place staring at Mesa's back. Her eyes were filled with anger and hate, she couldn't believe he was good person. He was definitely a racist who enjoy killing faunus while giving all kind of reasons for his actions.

Mesa thought to himself [ Now we are done here. only the 3rd relic left and my work in Vale is over ]

The next day, news of what happened in details was published. How a group of students found about the terrorist attack and how a single student stopped the whole army. Mesa became the selfless and grand hero who aspires the young children. If becoming a monster and being hated by everyone in order to protect the innocent what it takes, Mesa will do it. He was an example and role model. His reputation in Vale rocketed in a single day. On the other hand, Lisa Lavender suffered because of her live-talk with Mesa. everyone listened to their conversation believed she was the trash Mesa said. Lisa regretted talking with Mesa.