Chapter 33: The Villain

The three students watch Araki leave the bus as they are to enter the arena first. All Might, seeing the nervousness of two out of his three students with his successor mumbling incoherently, he gives tries to reassure their worries.

"Calm down, Young Kirishima, Young Midoriya. You'll be given a time limit of 1 hour, double compared to the others, so you can try and take your time to strategize. I'm sure that Young Araki won't be coming for you for the first few seconds."

Midoriya almost had a heart attack hearing the special case for their round. Whatever its implication or purpose meant – whether it was the necessary time to defeat Araki or to strategize against him, it meant even more things to worry about.

Kirishima was also shocked by that but he didn't overthink what it meant. Bakugo on the other hand, sneers angrily as he takes it as a mocking to them. They soon entered as the gates started to close. What greets them is a city-like venue with buildings of varying sizes. There are also alleyways and big roads making Midoriya happy.

That is because they can use the layout knowledge that they have an advantage of and plan ahead for Araki's arrival. He was already even strategizing about whether to lead Araki to an alley where he has an advantage with his full cowling and ambush him with Bakugo or the road where they will fight him head-on as a party. While his mumblings happen, Kirishima is simply watching, confused and Bakugo is resisting the urge to scream at him.

With the given ten minutes to scout the area and ready, Midoriya finds it pitiful as they mostly got the general structure of the venue. He gathers with the two and when he is about to tell them the plan…

"DAMN DEKU! There will be no plan! Didn't you hear what they said?! The goal is to defeat him! Not escape or capture him like the others!" Bakugo screamed in anger.

"Bu- But-"

"Goddamn hide if you're scared! I'll trash that bastard myself! You, spiky hair! Are you scared too?" Bakugo looks at Kirishima who looks at the two back and forth before raising his fist.

"If you need me to face him for you, I can be the tank!" He excitedly says. Bakugo is satisfied with this response as he left the alley with the anxious Midoriya. Kirishima looked at him and pulled him with them with a smile as he said.

"Let's fight him head-on first. After all, it's the most manly! But if we can't beat him. Let's retreat and form a plan then. We have an hour to spare, man." His words encourages Izuku enough to ease his worries. With the remaining time running out, the three stand on the road area.

As the start of the test commences, a loud alarm is rung. From the far end of the arena, the large gate opens revealing a man in a red and gold costume with a white cape and gold markings on its edges. His black hair with red hints on its tips complements well together managing to impose a powerful aura.

"I am the villain, huh? What a joke, Nezu." Araki said to himself as he cracked his joints.

…

In a bar, a pattern of knocks can be heard. Kurogiri walks to the metal door as he asks.

"Giran, is that you?" The dark mist asks.

"Yeeeesss~ Please open the door. The recruits are here." A man's voice can be heard from the other side. Kurogiri opens the door and a middle-aged man with gray hair. Behind him are a couple of people unknown to the former. He invites himself in as the three others also enter.

The first one is a black-haired young adult with a significant number of scars on his face and body. He has his hands in his pockets as he sized Shigaraki up. The second one was a blonde high school girl with a big smile. She was wearing a high school uniform and she had an apparatus at her back that resembled tubes. She excitedly hops her way in as she stands beside the young adult.

The last one is a pretty tall guy in black skin tight suit with grey highlights. He has a round device on his forearms. He walks inside with his hands on his sides, as if imitating the first guy before quickly posing exaggeratedly. He then saluted, bowed, then finally stood straight as if nothing happened.

"That was good!" The blonde girl claps and smiles at him. "Thank you, thank you." The man said in a fake deep voice, imitating a 'normal proper man' voice.

"Who are these clowns Kurogiri? A brat, a joke, and… whoever this other brat is." Shigaraki said in a hoarse voice as he scratches his neck. Some dead skin cells fell which the black-haired young adult saw as he remarks loudly.

"That's disgusting. Gross." Shigaraki tilts his head when he hears it but Kurogiri slips in.

"They're the new recruits. Everyone, introduce yourselves." His timing was perfect as it distracted Shigarki enough to appease his anger, though it was still there. He points to the young adult who looks at him with nonchalant eyes.

"What is this? Pre-school? Whatever. I'm Dabi. And I plan to bring the hero killer's will into reality. That's all you need to know." Dabi said so as he clicks his tongue. He and Shigaraki had a short eye contact as the latter starts to scratch his neck harder.

"I'm next! I'm Toga! Himiko Toga! Let me join the group! I want to be Mr.Stainy. I also want to kill him! So what is it? Tomura? Am I in?" The blonde girl jumps around as she asks but Kurogiri raises his hand. Shigaraki starts to be irritated even more which was obvious by his raving scratching.

They all look at the man in a skin-tight suit that was standing like a soldier. When he noticed this, he acted as if he understood it and quickly executed 5 different poses. Toga recognizes this and excitedly points at him.

"That was the Ginyu Forces' poses! That was perfect!" The man ignores her compliments as he stood straight.

"My name is Twice. My name is Twice. I am 178cm and I am of legal drinking age. As for why I'm here… Wait, why am I here?" The man said in a loud voice. It then suddenly changed in intonation and character when he said his last sentence.

"Just joking! I want to make friends with you guys! And I can help you a lot. I can fight, I can cook, I can do laundry, I can clean, I can do Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, I can feed the pets, I can serve the food, I can-" Twice said but he was interrupted. Shigaraki had had enough as he stood up and his hand twitches.

"You are all a joke." He then lunged at the younger two candidates who were ready to counterattack. Twice exaggeratedly jumps in surprise and rolls away as a black portal suddenly appears. Six arms reappeared around them and the three villains stopped.

"Calm down, Tomura. They will be a necessity for the next and even more operations of the organization. What's important is their ability as we have to use it to be in the spotlight. To bring All Might down." Kurogiri whispers to Shigaraki.

Shigaraki then pulls his arms out of the portal and he starts to walk away.

"Where are you going?" Kurogiri asks. "Shut up! Don't tell me what to do." He said as he left the bar. Giran just smiles as he sees this and snaps, getting everyone's attention. "You look like you'll get along. So now, Kurogiri. I'll take my finder's fee."