Hero Killer?

Thanks to Kaoru's efforts in defeating Tomura and the other villains who successfully hijacked the USJ without causing significant disturbance, the incident could be somewhat covered up, and the tarnishing of U.A. Academy's reputation could be avoided.

Of course, as the principal, Nezumi was very grateful to Kaoru. In addition, by sending the students to Recovery Girl, they received treatment quickly.

For that reason, as a reward, Kaoru was allowed to choose a professional hero as an internship mentor earlier than usual, which normally could only be done after completing the sports festival activities.

Another reason Nezumi gave Kaoru that privilege was because he knew that in terms of strength, Kaoru was already at the level of a top-class pro hero after seeing the recording of the USJ incident.

And allowing someone as strong as Kaoru to compete with the students would only make the tournament boring.

"How about it, Makoto Kaoru-kun? My offer is quite attractive, isn't it? After all, what's the fun in being number one in a competition that guarantees your victory?"

Nezumi asked Kaoru, who was currently sitting in front of him.

"Well, your offer is very interesting, Principal Nezumi, and I have no objection at all. So when can I start the internship? and which heroes are willing to accept me?"

With Kaoru's agreement to the offer, Principal Nezumi immediately provided a list of professional heroes who were willing to accept interns.

Kaoru saw many names of professional heroes, ranging from those he knew from canon stories to names that were not disclosed in the story.

But among all those names, he managed to find a very interesting one.

Rabbit Hero: Mirko.

One of the few heroes who never tired of training.

Different from ordinary heroes who only focused on training their quirks without caring about their physical and mental endurance.

Mirko, even though she had become a professional hero, still did basic training to improve her physical and mental endurance.

That's why, even though she had lost some body parts, Mirko could still actively be a fairly strong pro hero.

Moreover, with her close combat fighting style, it could certainly help Kaoru improve the quality of the wardance he learned from Madara.

As a fellow fighter, Kaoru respected people like Mirko who, even though they had become strong, never forgot the basics.

Therefore, Kaoru chose without hesitation to intern with Mirko, although the principal thought that many pro heroes would be more suitable to work with Kaoru's quirk.

But because Kaoru had decided, he had to accept it.

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After school, Kaoru returned to Urahara's shop, and when he opened the door.

"Oh, welcome, Gilmas-san, how are—"

*Guhee!!

*BRAKKK

Urahara appeared from the roof right in front of Kaoru like in a horror movie scene where a ghost suddenly appears to surprise the actors.

And of course, the same thing happened, because he didn't use haki, Kaoru failed to detect Urahara's presence, and ended up surprised, then hit Urahara's face until he was thrown.

"Oi, candy man, you know, if Endeavor were startled like that, I guarantee, this shop would turn into an ash in an instant."

Urahara, who was sprawled on the pile of boxes, immediately woke up laughing.

"Hahaha, come on, just kidding, just kidding! By the way, I've managed to get the information you asked for, how about hearing it now?"

Kaoru was surprised again because Urahara managed to get information about the hero killer and the villains who would join Tomura, even though without Yoruichi, Urahara's ability to gather information was amazing, even though it had only been a day since he asked Urahara to do it.

"We should wait for Ryza and Subaru first; it's too troublesome to explain everything repeatedly."

Urahara, agreeing with Kaoru's words, nodded.

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In the underground room of Urahara's shop, the guild members are currently gathered, listening to information about the hero killer Stain and the members of the League of Villains.

"Besides Tomura, who was beaten up by Kaoru, isn't All For One and the giant Giga whatever his name is dangerous enough?"

"Nay nay nay, Natsuki-san, speaking of pure power, it's true that the two of them are very dangerous, but if we talk about strategic danger, then the three of them are the most dangerous."

Urahara then pointed out three names.

1. Toga Himiko a.k.a Yakuza Toga

2. Bubaigawara Jin a.k.a Twice

3. Sako Atsuhiro a.k.a Mr. Compress

Seeing the three names pointed out by Urahara, Ryza, who was still confused, raised her hand.

"Yes, Stout-san?"

"Um, why are they included in the dangerous category?"

Urahara, hearing that question, looked towards Kaoru, who understood the level of danger from the three people he pointed out.

Kaoru, knowing Urahara's intention, nodded as a sign to inform Ryza and Subaru.

"Based on my research, the special powers in this world, or what we call quirks, have a limitation, and if that limitation is reached and then broken by the quirk holder, a phenomenon that I call awakening will occur."

Urahara paused for a moment to observe Ryza and Subaru, who were focusing on listening, and then he immediately continued his explanation.

"And the awakening phenomenon will of course increase the power and quality of a quirk, now let's try to make a hypothesis about the Mr. Compress' power to compress anything, including humans, and turn them into marbles for a while, a very good power for kidnapping, then what if that power is used on the president, ministers, or super-rich businessmen and other important people?"

"Next is Twice's power, which can create clones or replicas of anything and anyone with a limit of two clones, then what if he gets an awakening and then the limit of two clones is removed or each clone can also be cloned again multiple times, replacing people kidnapped by Mr. Compress."

"And finally, Toga with the ability to mimic the face of her target by obtaining a sample of their blood, then what if she can later mimic the memories and powers of her target?"

"If the three of them use their powers to kidnap and then replace the country's leaders, it would be very easy and neat for the three of them to destroy it from within."

After hearing Urahara's explanation, Subaru and Ryza finally understood why the three people were considered more dangerous by Urahara.

They, who only relied on power and fought on the front lines like muscle brains, would definitely attract the attention of many parties.

On the other hand, the three of them could destroy a country without anyone knowing who the perpetrators were or how they did it.

The enemy behind the covers is much more dangerous than the enemy in front of your eyes.

Realizing the potential possessed by the enemy somewhat awakened Subaru, that some seemingly weak abilities could become something terrifying if used in the right way and by the right person.

"Then, Makoto-san, what do you want to do about these villains?"

The three of them looked back at Kaoru.

For Kaoru, if he used his full power, he was very confident he could exterminate all the members of the League of Villains without a trace, but he knew, not all villains had the basic nature of a villain, just like not all heroes had the basic nature of a hero.

Some of them were forced to become villains, just like some heroes who only wanted fame, wealth, and other things.

Finally, Kaoru made up his mind.

"Our mission only needs to kill All For One and Shigaraki Tomura, besides that, there's no point... if they can be captured, let the heroes in this world catch them, our extermination target is only the two of them and no more."

Listening to Kaoru's decision, the three of them sighed in relief because during the past few days here, they also understood that not all heroes were good, and not all villains were purely evil.

They all had their reasons.

That's why, as long as they could hold the villains, Kaoru thought killing them wasn't too important, unlike AFO, Tomura, and Giganthomachia, where Kaoru wasn't sure if the heroes could hold the three of them.

And if necessary, Kaoru was also not hesitant to show his ability to use ice elements.

Their discussion continued and covered many things, especially the moments when they had to move to complete the mission.

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Several days passed, and the sports festival had also ended, just like in the story, because Kaoru, Ryza, and Subaru decided not to participate.

And today is the time for the students to intern at the offices of the professional heroes they chose.

Kaoru, who chose to work with Mirko, had arrived at the edge of the forest and could see a simple building.

After getting out of the car, Kaoru was greeted by a brown-skinned woman with rabbit ears wearing sports clothes.

"Yo! It's been a long time since anyone wanted to intern with me, and who would have thought the strongest newbie would choose to come here!"

"No no, I'm just an average hero passing by, the title of strongest newbie doesn't suit me at all." Kaoru replied while waving his hand.

But without any warning, Mirko shot forward and delivered a horizontal kick towards Kaoru.

However, with ease, Kaoru stopped the attack because Mirko had no intention of killing at all, and the attack was not dangerous anyway.

"Wow, if an ordinary person were hit, at least a few bones would be broken, you know!... it seems your physical foundation is also quite good, Makoto-kun!"

Kaoru didn't respond and just smiled, which made Mirko even more interested because usually anyone who got a greeting from her would protest or at least end up in the hospital.

"Well, whatever, you can take a room on the second floor, you can choose any room you like, and starting tomorrow, we'll go on patrol right away, then physical training, and end with another patrol."

Kaoru immediately entered and put down all his belongings and rested because he arrived at the location at night.

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On the other side, in the city of Hosu in a narrow and dark alley, a pro hero wearing armor was on patrol and now had to confront the criminals who had been hunting heroes in the city of Hosu.

"Professional hero, Ingenium! Hero Killer Stain, I will definitely drag you to jail!"

A tall man with his face covered in bandages that made him look more terrifying, the hero killer who had been spreading terror throughout the city of Hosu lately, was now targeting Ingenium.

Ingenium, who had found information and traces of Stain, tracked his whereabouts until they finally met however he never know that he is the real prey.

Without wasting much time, Ingenium activated his quirk and shot forward like a jet, then launched a punch towards Stain.

Unfortunately, with great agility, Stain dodged to the side, and Ingenium's punch only hit the air.

And with ease, he caused a small wound on Ingenium with a small knife.

"It's over, hero!"

Stain licked the knife, or rather the blood on the knife.

"What do you mean? eh?"

As Ingenium wanted to ask about the meaning of Stain's words, suddenly he found himself unable to move, not even to speak, he felt difficulty even to breathe.

Stain, who had successfully used his quirk, approached Ingenium with the intention of finishing him off.

He pulled out a sword and was about to stab Ingenium's body, but just before that, the voice of an adult man was heard by both of them.

"Bakudo #61: Rikujōkōrō"