Chapter 15:- Meeting The Power Broker

"The neglected child is the most vulnerable. He is the one who is most likely to be abused, to be neglected, to be ignored, to be forgotten." - Nelson Mandela

On one side Detective Naomasa had started his search for Izuku.

On the other side, Izuku who had recently awakened his powers was walking down an unknown road while playing with his quirk.

It was already midnight and most of them were sleeping and the place he was walking on was on the outskirts of Mustafa city also famously known as the forsaken realm where none of the pro heroes come as they wouldn't get any fame and they wouldn't get money, as well as it's a lawless zone out of their jurisdiction and the heroes, aren't generous enough to do something for free, even All Might takes money for his hero duties and extra pay for being the symbol of peace.

Izuku was walking down this path as he knew that this was one place where no pro hero would come willingly unless told to and he knew this was a place where he could stay peacefully not caring about any pro heroes coming here.

However it wasn't the only reason why he was here, he had heard about a power broker who would handsomely pay for any useful information, and Izuku had decided to sell some of the information he had on the heroes so that he could gain money, as well as make contacts in the underworld.

He had decided to become a vigilante who kills fake heroes, and thus he needed to make contacts with a few big shots in the underworld who could back him up and provide him with the pieces of equipment he would need, and for that, he decided to sell information on the pro heroes along with that he decided to become an information broker and open his company in the underworld where he would charge handsome money for providing them in-depth information on pro heroes which would be highly accurate, which can be used by anyone to get rid of them, and the amount of information would be equal to the amount of money he gets, if someone only gives him few thousands of yen then he would give them basic information equivalent to the tip of iceberg.

And the price for information on the top 20 pro heroes would be three times the amount on regular pro heroes.

He had planned everything while he was still playing with his quirk.

As far as why was Izuku researching the underworld and power brokers is concerned, he had planned to look into the matter when he became a pro hero if other pro heroes wouldn't have done anything, and now his research was proving to be useful to him, obviously not to catch the power broker but to meet some big shots of the underworld.

And Izuku reached where he wanted to go. He was in front of a run-down building that looked like it would fall at any moment.

He knocks on the door and hears a voice, "Who's this? What do you want?"

The voice was very intimidating, of course, no one would be stupid enough to come to a power broker's place and knock on his door, so the man on the other side of the door assumed it was a newbie or someone weak so he didn't hesitate to intimidate Izuku.

But Izuku was unfazed as he said, "I want to meet the power broker."

"There is no one here by the name of power broker, go fuck off somewhere else." said the voice from inside.

"I want to meet Giran and I know he is here," said Izuku.

"Are you deaf or something? There is no power broker here neither is there any man with the name Giran here, so go and fuck off somewhere else kid, don't waste my time, or else, no one will come to know what became of you kid, this isn't a place for kids." shouted the man from inside.

Izuku still unfazed as he says, "Think about it, I have information worth millions if not billions that Giran might want, don't blame me if because of you he suffers such a big loss and then you are seen lying dead somewhere, getting eaten or rotting in some dark alley, as if I don't meet Giran I have many other people who would do anything for the kind of information that I have, some are even competitors of Giran, well his loss." said Izuku at the end as he started leaving.

As he was leaving he heard a voice from inside, "Wait." as the door opened and came a hunk of a man, probably a bouncer or bodyguard that Giran hired for himself.

"Come in," said the hunk as Izuku smirked, he knew how valuable information he had, and he knew how to leverage it.

Izuku went in and was taken to a basement that was built under the rundown building, and the difference between both the structures was so vast that no ordinary person would think there would be such a basement under a rundown building that could fall at any moment.

And through the basement, Izuku was led to a room that looked like a meeting room used to conduct meetings

"Wait here, boss will meet you soon." said the hunk of a man that led Izuku to this room.

However, Izuku didn't have to wait long as a middle-aged man of moderate height and slight build, with short grey hair and notably squinted-looking pink eyes. He wears a pair of dress pants and a matching blazer, along with plain black shoes and a shirt which he leaves partially unbuttoned at the top.

"Nice meeting you Giran the power broker or should I call you Kagero Okuta," said Izuku as he looked Giran in the eyes.

Listening to his real name which he heard after a really long time, saying he was shocked would be an understatement.

He had given up on that name long before he became the power broker Giran, to the point that even AFO didn't know his real name.

And here he was sitting in front of a 14-year-old kid who told his real name which he most likely stopped using long before Izuku was even born so he was filled with lots of questions.

However what Izuku said afterward left Giran speechless as Izuku said, "Giran, real name Kagero Okuta, a villain and broker affiliated with the bigshots of the underworld.

A shrewd and cunning individual who is always looking for ways to profit. A skilled negotiator who has a deep understanding of the criminal underworld. Giran's Quirk, Muddied, allows him to cause minor amnesia to his target by making contact with their head, causing their memories of the previous five minutes and the next five minutes to become vague, I hope this much information is enough."

Giran had a grim look on his face, he never felt this vulnerable, and now he wanted to know Izuku's intentions as to whether he was a friend or foe, so he asked, "What do you want?"

"Like I said, I want to sell some information," said Izuku calmly.

"Then what was this, reminding me of my background or what?" asked Giran in frustration.

"No, No, it's just to show that I mean business, I don't want any stupid bullshit and also to prove how exclusive information I have, and if you try to double cross me then I'll sell all the information I have on you to your competitor or even the police depending on my mood," said Izuku as his face turned serious as a murderous glint appeared in his eyes.

A cold sweat ran down Giran's spine as he felt Izuku was some kind of predator, and fucking with him would prove to be a fatal mistake and also he needed to be careful dealing with him, and he knew all the information that Izuku gave about him was on point and that to something no one in underworld knew off.

The atmosphere turned cold as Giran started calculating and planning his next move.

"Like I said, I want to sell some information on pro heroes, and I want some things in return, so what's it gonna be?" asked Izuku