41-Underwater

Looking at the watch, Aska knew he had three hours to finish his task. Thinking back to the picture of the person, he knew exactly who he was.

'If I'm not mistaken, his name should be Giran. I remember he was a broker of some sort. He also scouts out members for the league of villains. That's all I know about him. I can't remember what his quirk is though. It should be nothing special'

Aska had rushed home and put on an all black outfit. Two hours later, Aska got to the address he was given. Deciding to stay up high, he climbed a building and started to expand his observation haki.

It was a very quite and empty area, and definitely abandoned. Aska can feel a few animals; rodents, cats, dogs, a few crows here and there. Eventually he felt the presence of a group of people in an abandoned factory. Aska got closer, and finally he is able to hear the group, and see them with his own eyes. The first person Aska recognized was Giran. He seemed to be in the middle of a business transaction with a group of villains.

The villain group was composed of five people, three of which had a mutation quirk. One had an extra arm out of his back, One had four legs instead of just two, and the third had a weird looking jaw, like it was a cross over between a shark and a crocodile.

'I'm gonna wait till he's leaving and ambush him when there is no one around...what the hell they're just some C rank villain group. I can take them' - Aska changed his line of thought half way through.

Putting on his lightning cloak, he concentrated more lightning on his head. Aska looked like a black figure with lightning dancing around his body, and his face was like a ball of electricity with sparks flying all over his head. Bright florescent blue eyes were shining through the lightning mask. It made him look very intimidating, mainly because his facial features were hidden and all that can be seen was a faceless head with bright eyes.

Aska willed some purple lightning in one of his hands, and the next moment the pipes from near by buildings came flying towards the wall, leaving a hole in the wall the size of a truck. The villain group inside were shocked. They all put their guards up, and kept their eyes on the dust and debris. A few seconds later the dust cleared up, and there was a man with lightning covering his whole body. And there was a faceless head with only eyes staring back at them.

"Is that some new hero?" - Asked the biggest man in the room. He seemed to be the leader of the villain group. Aska had no idea what his quirk is yet, but he wasn't really worried or anything.

Giran had already started running to the other side of the building. Not wasting time Aska sent a metal sheet from nearby and had it wrap around Giran's body like a blanket, making it impossible for him to run.

By the time Aska had Giran wrapped in a metal sheet, the group of villains were on top of Aska, ready to kill him.

"Fuck off" - Aska sent a wave of electricity out of his body. It wasn't anything leathal, just enough to knock them out. Looking at the last person standing, it was the leader from earlier. He had a big muscular body, and suddenly his body started to blend into his surroundings.

'Camouflage? At least try to be smart about it' - Aska sighed. The man never left his sight at all. Matter of fact he didn't even need his observation haki. Every time the villain moved his body would be slightly visible.

The villain started to slowly make his way towards the exit, but shortly after he was struck in the back of the neck with a blue needle that made him scream for a few seconds before passing out.

Making his way towards Giran, who was still trying to break free from the metal blanket. Aska put his burner phone on a metal table nearby and crouched next to Giran. After a second, Aska had the metal table slide all the way across the empty factory, there is now way the author can hear us. Giran was very scared. He knew he will have nightmares about this person, that's if he lived. His faceless head made it difficult for Giran to tell what that person wants.

Concentrating his observation haki at Giran, Aska wanted to check and see if he has anything on him that might harm Aska. Aska could feel a metal object inside Giran's body, it was right between his lungs.

'What is that?' - Aska

"please don't kill me" - Giran brought Aska out of his thoughts.

"I'll be honest with you. I'm here to kill you" - Aska his voice came out weird like it was slightly muffled.

"Wait! Don't kill me...I...I" - Giran tried to say something but he started to panic when he saw a dagger come out of his assailant's hand.

Aska got closed to Giran's face while still holding the dagger, "Do you know there is a metal object between your lungs?" - Aska

Giran was scared, he thought the faceless person was starting a monologue as he tortured him.

Giran shut his eyes and gritted his teeth and waited for the pain, but nothing happened. He opened his eyes hesitantly and saw the faceless person staring at him.

"What do you want?" - Giran shakily asked

"Do you know there is a metal object between your lungs?" - Aska

"Metal object between my lungs?" - Giran

"Yes" - Aska nodded

'What the hell?! This person broke a wall, knocked out five people, wrapped me up in a very uncomfortable metal sheet, just to tell me there is something wrong with my body?' Realizing he spent too much time thinking, Giran decided to tell the truth just in case he pisses off the faceless figure

"I don't think I have a metal object inside my body" - Giran

Using the dagger Aska points right at Giran's chest area, "There! Are you sure there should be no metal object in there"

When Giran saw the area the faceless figure pointed at, he remembered something. Thinking that this is what the faceless figure is after he hastily answered

"Yes! I remember two days ago I was struck in that area by some weird woman. I felt some pain, but when I had a doctor friend inspect it, he said it was just a regular punch, and nothing weird happened to me" - Giran said in a panicked tone

'Is this how the author will know if I kill him or not? There is no one else here. There are no cameras or any spying devises. Giran is telling the truth, it's a gamble but I'll take it. No! I should just kill him and try to get my mother back. But can I really kill? Besides I don't want to be a play thing for that monster. If I can take that object out of Giran's body, I can back track it to the Author, or at least the weird woman Giran mentioned' - Aska was having an internal fight. His mind told him the logical thing is to kill him and ensure the safety of his loved ones, while he couldn't bring his heart to do it.

Just as his dagger was about to stab Giran in the chest, he switched his dagger to a very long and thin needle, and stabbed the needle right through the mental object. Not harming Giran in anyway, other than a small sting he felt.

"Stay put, and quite" - Aska ordered

Aska walked towards the metal table with his burner phone. Just as he reached there, the phone started ringing.

"Hello there young man. How does your first kill feel? I wish I was there to watch it" - The Author

For the first time Aska felt happy to hear the author say something. But Aska had to act as to not draw suspicion from the author.

"What do you want now?" - Aska in a grim voice

"Well, firstly hid the body. and get away. If you get caught, you loose the game" - The author

Aska hang up the phone and ran back to Giran who was still on the ground. Using his magnetism, Aska pulled the small metal object out of Giran. Giran screamed in pain as the object was forced out of his chest.

"This is better than me killing you for real" - Aska said as he freed Giran from the metal sheet. "Go and see that doctor friend of yours. I tried to stay away from any major blood vessels but you can only go tomorrow"

"I'll die from blood lose" - Giran

"I don't remember asking for your opinion. You either stay here, or I'll knock you out at keep you here. You choose" - Aska

"I'll wait here" - Giran kept quite after that

Just as Giran got up and walked to the chair near by to have a seat, Aska struck him in the back of the head effectively knocking him out.

"I can't have you running away and showing your face. If the author has a spy waiting for you somewhere, then it'll all be for nothing" - Aska said as he stared at the knocked out Giran.

Holding the metal object in his hand Aska took off running towards the hotel he's staying in. After he got there, Aska took his student ID and ran towards the school.

'I'm putting my trust in you Nezu. God, Nezu please don't fuck this up' Aska thought As he ran inside the school grounds. To find Nezu faster, Aska expanded his observation haki as far as he can, after running around for some time, Aska can feel some people in an underground chamber. Following his observation haki, Aska was able to find his way into the chamber.

'wow. This place is huge' - Aska looked at the chamber he just walked into. The place in massive. He can see a water canal running in one part of the chamber. In the water canal there seemed to be some sort of port. There were a few ships and submarines parked on that port. It was like a small city down there. Looking at one submarine, Aska can see a bunch of people moving boxes in the submarine. Focusing a little more Aska can see Nezu speaking with power loader next to the submarine.

"Everything is almost done Mr. Principal" - Power loader

"Sounds good. Make sure to be careful" - Nezu said as he started to walk away.

Aska hid behind some of the containers off to the side. when he saw his chance, he snuck into the submarine. It seems like only power loader is going.

'I might get in trouble for sneaking on the submarine...nah, I think I'll be fine. I tried to kill two teachers this morning and I was let off, so what's the worst that can happen' Aska hid behind a cabin and patiently waited until the submarine started moving.

Aska waited for many hours without making a move. He can hear Power loader talking with Nezu as they dove deeper. Nezu was in the control room looking at the course of Power loader was taking. He and the two other submarines from the hero commission will meet thirty minutes before they get to the location.

When Aska heard Power loader talking with the captains of the other two submarines, he heard them say they'll be at the location within 30 minutes, he knew that it was too late for power loader to turn around, so Aska walked out from behind the cabin and shamelessly sat in the 'co-pilot' chair next to power loader like nothing weird is happening.

Power loader was scared to death when he saw someone else in the submarine. "WHAT THE HELL KID? WHY ARE YOU HERE?" - Power loader screamed at Aska

"I'm coming with" - Aska

"oh no no no no" - Power loader rubbed his forehead in frustration. Pressing on a button, Nezu's voice came through.

"Is everything alright?" - Nezu

"NO! The boy is in my submarine!" -Power loader

"Aska?" -Nezu asked

"Yes sir him"- Power loader

"hummm"- Nezu sounded like he was thinking about something.

"Well, it's to be expected. He was running around school grounds thirty minutes before your departure. Plus all of the security cameras, and sensors detected him going towards the underground chamber, which I might add great locating skills young man. Not many people can find their way there without instructions" - Nezu

"Sir! If you knew he was here, why did you let him on board the submarine?"- Power loader

"How would I know. I was next to you the whole time. I only knew when I got back to the control room. Anyway he's your responsibility now" - Nezu said and hang up.

Power loader looked at Aska. "Why would he want you here?" - power loader asked

"He didn't want me here, I snuck in" - Aska

"You're really naïve. Do you think anyone with a student ID can just walk into school grounds all willy nilly. Student ID grants you access only during school hours, or if you have special permission. Not all students in our school are fighters, so any villain can hurt them and take their ID from them. Then what? They walk into the school and do whatever they want? Besides, you really think you walked into one of the under ground storage bunkers without any issues at all? The company that created the security system for the pentagon in the US, used our defenses as a basis to their design. There is literally no way you went there without the principal knowing about it" - Power loader.

Knowing that Nezu let him on the submarine on purpose got Aska thinking about the possible reasons

Not long after, a massive cylindrical black structure came to view. It was incredibly massive. It expanded over kilometers

"Won't they find us out, if we just approach them?" - Aska

"For the last hour we've been in stealth mode. Unless they physically see us, it'll be too late for them anyway" - power loader

Aska's eyes kept looking at the structure. He knew exactly what to do to that bastard once he has him in his grasps

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