Good Evil Overlords don't leave chosen ones alive!

With Shinso in the fold, now it was time to rescue a little girl from the big bad plague doctor.

But before I could do any of that, I had to find out exactly how many quirks I could handle.

With High Spec, as long as I had the relevant data, it'd be a piece of cake.

And where else would I find a treasure trove of data on quirks and quirk theory, especially All For One, but in the good doctor's basement?

The lab of the modern Frankenstein of MHA, Daruma Ujiko!

I appeared in the chairman's office in Jaku hospital, startling the rotund little shit.

"Hey there doc! Mind showing me around your secret lab?" I asked.

"Wha- who are you? Securi-mhmmm!"

He nearly shouted before I flashed over to him, decaying his throat off, stealing his quirk, Life Force.

"Wrong answer, doc~" I said, wagging my finger at him like a homeowner at the family dog who just unraveled an entire roll of toilet paper.

He just sat on his chair, choking on the ashen remains of his throat, the stumps of his hands scratching desperately at the ever growing itch of flesh, revealed to the dry sterile air of a hospital, writhing in pure agony, unable to move or balk or scream.

"As much fun as watching you slowly choke to death is," I said, kicking him off the chair, "I really must get going. I have a PhD's worth of reading to do and I'd rather not waste precious moments on you! Bye!" I said, crushing his head, before I began to search the room, tapping on walls, pulling off lamps, and finally moving the bookcase, a crack spunded out.

I looked at the back of the bookcase and that in my hurry to move it, I'd broken the secret door's opening mechanism.

Well, no worries.

That's where decay cones into play doesn't it?

I broke down the walls as a flight of stairs revealed themselves, leading into a concrete cellar, dimly lit by the computer's screen, displays stats on the dozen or so Nomus lying dormant in their birthing pods.

Checking the stats on them, I found a couple of useful ones.

Especially the USJ Nomu with Shock Absorption, which I handily stole.

Getting into the computer though, revealed the actual goldmine of information that was the real steal of this trip.

I binged on the data, memorizing all of it, running a dozen calculations at once.

Finally, I figured it out.

I could safely handle upto 16 quirks, 24 if I obtained the Shimano's Cell Activation.

Good. That should be enough for now.

Before I left though, I also found the GPS device locating Gigantomachia.

Hmm, nice! I'll deal with him too while I'm at it.

With that, I could be secure in my options which while still fewer than I'd like, would suffice.

Immediately, I began a stealthy quirk stealing riff, starting with the most important one to get a strategic heads up on my future enemies.

The quirk of one of the Pussycats, Ragdoll's Search!

Not only did it allow the user to find the location of anyone they knew about, but also provided vague information on the targets weaknesses.

It was two great quirks for the price of one.

It was nearly the end of winter vacation and the spring school year was about to begin. That meant they would still be at their campsite in the mountains.

I pulled up a map and began checking, narrowing down the location to the mountains north of Shizuoka.

I materialized in the forest and shot up into the air, scouring the verdant mountain valleys until I spotted a light off in the distance.

A little red sedan was making it's way up the road in the early hours of the morning, straight into town.

I know that car! It's the Pussymobile, or at least that's what I'm calling it.

And no, you can't change my mind on it!

I aimed for the car and accelerated with Tactile Forcefield, ripping through it, decapitating all residents except Tiger and Kota.

Tiger jumped out, carrying a shellshocked Kota under his arms, as he slid down the cliff face trying to escape.

Yeah, no.

I teleported in front of them, and decayed the two of them, before returning to the car.

I pulled out the other three Pussycats, and one by one stole all their quirks.

Search, Earthwave and Telepathy.

Then using Earthwave, I initiated a landslide, burying them under the mud, making it look like an accident. Can't have people finding out about me before it's too late to stop me.

No siree!

Using an earth golem, I further crushed their car and bodies, packing the dirt and rock about them extremely tight.

That should do.

Clapping the dirt off my hands, I stood up and used Search to find my next victim, the Shimano family's Papa-san.

Nabu island, in his home.

As the sun rose over the horizon, I teleported in, stole his quirk, decayed his brains and those of his two children.

Why the children you ask, now after just watching me kill cute little Kota? Well, that would be because I didn't want to be Dark Lorded to Death, just in case one of them grew up to become a stalking avenger.

After all, if the Evil Overlord list had taught me anything, it was that leaving the chosen one alive after burning down his village was a one way road to hell.

That's also why I killed powerless scrawny Deku.

A good Evil Overlord doesn't leave chosen ones alive!

And I wouldn't trust destiny to butter a bagel right in my favour, much less allowing witnesses before I was ready.

Returning back to the shelter, I found Shinso just waking up.

"Good morning!" He said, stretching, as popping sounds broke free from his body.

"Good morning, Shinso. Get ready. We're beginning your training today." I said, as his mood fell a good three levels in cheer.

"But-"

"No ifs, no buts! Let's go!" I said, pumping up my fist.

"Yeah~" he repeated, cheerlessly, before changing into his gym clothes, and dragging his feet as we walked over to the abandoned docks, beginning his journey into legitimate badassitude.