Chapter 109

Title: The Joker…

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Nezu immediately became wary of the dangerous clown who had just appeared next to him.

Joker pulled out a pair of binoculars and looked down at the students fighting. "Nice! You go explosion boy! Oy, don't just let that boy hit you like that, you stupid Nomu, fight back!"

The man wasn't right in the head as he crazily rambled on encouraging both of the sides, even though due to the high altitude none of them would be able to hear him.

Once one of the Nomu got restricted by the combination of Aizawa and Cementos, Joker seemed annoyed by it. "Damn it, that was disappointing. Just like that potato head and decay brat."

Nezu's body shuddered once he heard those words, the descriptions fitting perfectly for two of the villains he knew. But the rat-like creature kept his cool even during such a situation.

"So why are you here sir villain?" Asked the principal, outwardly he seemed completely calm and his fur made it especially challenging to read what he was thinking.

But Joker didn't seem to mind it much. "Well, in the beginning, I was here to see if I could somehow get the All For One Quirk by jumping him when he had his guard down. My Quirk is called <Lucky Seven> and allows me to steal seven quirks. Bahaha, what better Quirk to get than All For One?"

Nezu observes the man quietly and judging by how happy the man seemed, the principal deduced that Joker had succeeded. Which he didn't know if it was good or bad, it could be good because All For One was no more and Joker didn't seem like the type who wanted to control the world. But it could also be bad because now All For One is in the hands of someone who could probably use it better and the man's body seemed to be in good shape. Of course, Nezu also took into account that this might all be an elaborate lie, but he doesn't like to delude himself and allow an opening just because he wouldn't like to think of the worst possible outcome.

"Are the students alive?" Asked the principal one last question to the man.

Joker smiled at this, his smile almost seeming to split his face in two due to how wide it was. "You talking about the red hair and yellow hair right? Yep, they are okay… mostly okay… I did heal the yellow-haired one too since he was about to die."

"Oh, I am thankful about that," Nezu responded, an instinctual squeak escaped him as he noticed that something was wrong. He would never usually let his animal instincts take over.

Joker smiled. "<Happy Days> is a quirk that puts the people around me at ease without them even noticing. Quite nice isn't it? A quirk made for a hero."

*fwosh*

Suddenly Joker's body disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving just as he came… as if he never was here, to begin with. Nezy fekt a gaving put form in his stomach due to the new unaccountable alternative.

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An hour later, the whole incident was over as Pro Heroes arrived and with overwhelming numbers put down the High-End Nomu, which was a huge part due to Aizawa disabling the Nomu's Quirks, and once that happened, it was easy to take them out.

Yes, the heroes killed all of the High-End Nomus, because the creatures were impossible to subdue and it would lead to someone's death if they went soft against them. Even Endeavor would have problems with the creatures if he was alone. So the decision was made for the creatures to get a field termination.

After that whole ordeal, a rushed press conference was given before every Hero in Japan had to keep a lookout for the new villain called Joker. A man mysterious as if he didn't exist to even begin with, such a dangerous man with a mysterious background and even scarier power. But to the intelligence agencies, even the lack of information on the Joker was information in the end that would hopefully help.

Kaminari was healed by the villain but the rising star Hero had fallen into a coma. His friend Kirishima had been heavily injured but still well enough to move around by the next day, the rest of class 1-A was also well off. Ochako was also found in a closet and except for the huge amount of blood loss, she was relatively well.

The world held their breath at the appearance of this new supervillain Joker, but the man seemed as erratic as his name implied. One day he would be seen robbing a high-profile bank and the next he would be strolling around the streets without a care in the world. Sometimes the eccentric man would even help the random old lady cross the road every now and then. But the day after that he went to murder a couple of normal people out of nowhere.

He was a man without fear at all, and that was what made him scary, even All For One was afraid enough to not put himself in the light too much. Due to this, even the government had gotten involved with this affair. High-caliber sniper rifles would be ready to shoot him down the street but as soon as the trigger was pulled then they would just see Joker crouch down to tie up his shoelaces, completely dodging the bullet out of pure luck.

The villain didn't seem to even retaliate at all even when he knew who was behind the attacks. It was as if he was waiting for something.

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At the same time, Kaminari was still in a coma, and he didn't seem to move a muscle. The doctors were getting worried at this a little since the brain scans showed some irregular activity as of lately.

Momo, Mina, and some other close friends of Kaminari visited him every day, while others did so once a week. Everyone was busy with their Hero duties after all.

Mirko also came to visit him. It was midday when no one was here. She was in her hero costume having just finished her patrol and left the rest to her sidekicks.

The Heroine looked at her 'student', if she could even call him that since she hadn't taught him anything special. He always seemed to know what to do.

Kaminari was in his bed with feeding and breathing tubes all over his body just in case. The medical care was top notch since Kaminari was an integral part of keeping the casualties zero during the attack.

But Mirko was miffed by his sleeping and peaceful face. "You know, ever since I first met you… I never really liked you. Then you come in acting as you knew better than me and… I hate to admit it, but you did. I even created my hero agency just because of you, for some strange reason I wanted to please you and make you proud. Only now do I realize that I was being manipulated, for my own good of course, but still you did what you did. I want to get angry at you again and not forgive you… but seeing you in a powerless position like this makes me even angrier. Now I could finally punch you in the face when I never could before."

Mirko looked at him to see if the young man had any reaction, but he didn't seem to have any.

*sigh* "That was such a stupid thing to say," she moaned in frustration, "I said it without thinking, it would be embarrassing if you had heard me."

She then turned around and started walking away. As she reached the door…

"Well, you are well as always, miss stripper." Jokingly said a voice that Mirko was very familiar with. She turned around and saw Kaminari smiling at her as he sat up and looked her up and down, Mirko was shocked for words, but he didn't seem to mind. "Nice body teach, even as you are getting up in your age too."

She wanted to be happy at his waking, but his irritating words always put a damper on her mood. "You damn brat… can't you learn how to talk to a lady?"

"There was a lady here?" Kaminari looked around. "Where is she?"

Mirko took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down to not punch him back into a coma.

That was when the turned off TV at the corner of Kaminari's room turned on.