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Days after the incident at the cafeteria, Suzaku completed yet another day of classes and left the school.
Itsuka and Tetsutetsu offered to walk together to the subway, to which he accepted. During the way, the three talked over the homework All Might had given them a few days ago during the Hero Basic Training class.
Unlike the first class where they had a whole dynamic of heroes vs villains to follow, the rest of the classes after that were more about learning important aspects of heroism and society, like the current crime rate, the most probable causes for villains to surge among the common population, some laws that regulate heroism, etc…
The homework they were given was to analyze the information about a hypothetical uprising villain and give their opinion on what they thought the best possible course of action would be in case the villain decided to rob a bank.
Due to the homework being highly objective of the person's beliefs and opinions, it caused a lot of discussion among the students in 1-B… Or at least, among those who cared.
Suzaku hadn't really given it much thought. For him, the less time he spent doing homework, the better.
Though, unfortunately for him, Itsuka seemed interested in what kind of answers either of them wrote, as such, it became the topic of their talk for the rest of the walk until they boarded the subway.
Tetsutetsu, for his part, wrote a rather simplistic and straightforward answer, forgetting completely the fundamental aspects of rescue such as avoiding causing damage to the infrastructure, or not scaring the innocent people involved in the incident.
Suzaku, on the other hand, gave more clever answers on how to handle the situation, being rather sneaky and crafty. However, much like Tetsutetsu, he didn't give a crap about the mental state of the victims.
When Itsuka reminded him of what All Might had said, Suzaku simply rolled his eyes. Evidently feeling like that aspect was more of a bother than anything.
And like that, the three talked over the matter for quite a while, eventually ending the discussion when each of them began leaving at different subway stations.
Suzaku, in particular, was the last to leave the subway.
And you might ask, why did he even take the subway, when his apartment is supposedly close to UA?
The truth was that Suzaku's destination today was not home, at least not yet. No, his real objective at the moment was another place.
PizzaQuirkhut (A/N: Sorry it's 4:00 AM, and my brain isn't capable of coming up with something better than this)
A chain of pizza restaurants popular around the world, and the particular destination of Suzaku today.
As for why he was going there?
Well, as a way to commemorate the day he finally managed to arrive only 5 minutes late to class, Suzaku decided to go to the nearby mall to treat himself to some pizza.
And why pizza specifically?
Just because.
He was also kind of hungry, as he picked up a portion of food during lunch that was too small to satiate his appetite, and since the lunch break ended sooner than he had expected, he didn't have the chance to get a repeat.
He could have gone to some 24/7 store to buy a snack and get done with it, but Suzaku felt like eating pizza today.
… And he was not one to refuse his stomach's desires.
As such, after arriving at the correct station, it wasn't long before he arrived at the mall.
Fortunately, because it was rather small when compared to another mall that existed in the city which was renowned for being the one with the most stores in all the prefecture, and because it wasn't peak time, the place was not bustling with people, making the wait for his pizza when he arrived at the restaurant much shorter.
It only took ten minutes at most, and after he tipped the cashier, he picked up his pizza and walked swiftly back to the subway. Wanting to arrive quickly at his home so that he could enjoy the delicacy he was carrying in the privacy and commodity of his domain.
"Hmm…"
As the sound of his steps echoed in the mildly empty street back to the subway, Suzaku couldn't help but get lost in thought.
More specifically, about the matter that concerned him the most these days.
The protagonist, and the shonen anime-like stuff that would probably happen to him eventually.
He had only watched the show's first season, and a long time ago at that. However, he still could recall the event that marked the season's end and caught his attention the most when he had been watching the series. Although he couldn't remember all of its details.
A very important event that nowadays made him on edge whenever they had Hero Basic Training classes.
And that event was none other than the villains' attack, where All Might fought a muscular bird-kind-of guy with the brain exposed.
In the anime, he didn't remember how much time passed between the start of school and that event in the show. However, considering that it happened at the end of the first season, Suzaku assumed it must have been during the first semester of school for sure.
Maybe it had happened during some kind of final exam for the semester as he recalled it happened inside a stadium of some sort, but he doubted it, as he could still remember that in the anime they spent like 5 or 6 chapters showing Midoriya's journey to entering UA, not in being a student. As such, he doubted that they summed a whole semester of school in just the 6 chapters they had left.
The other option, however, while much more likely, was not one he liked.
Considering that the show's first season had only around 12 chapters and that 5 or 6 of them were spent on the training arc of the guy while he tried to enter UA, it made sense that the event had actually happened just some days after school had initiated.
As a result, this also meant that it was possible that the villains would launch an attack on UA any day from now.
It would be tomorrow, past tomorrow, next week, or—
'... But wait, I'm in class 1-B!' Suzaku's eyes suddenly widened, as a smirk found its way to his face.
Midoriya was in class 1-A, and thus, he wouldn't be having class with him any time soon.
And now that he recalled, he also didn't remember seeing any of his current classmates in the show. Maybe they appeared later, but as far as he could remember from the first season, neither of them had appeared.
Which meant that he wouldn't need to fight villains any time soon!
'Whew… I almost got worried for a second there' Suzaku sighed in relief as he cleaned the symbolic sweat from his forehead.
It seemed that, as far as getting involved in the protagonist's tribulations for becoming a hero regarded, he wouldn't be doing so... at least until they started having classes together or something.
Suzaku smiled happily. 'I guess I can just watch safely from the sidelines, then' Turning his head to the sky a relieved sigh escaped from his mouth not long after.
However, his smile vanished at the next second.
"...?"
In the next instant, Suzaku lowered his head and began glancing at his surroundings, narrowing his eyes little by little when he noticed that there was nobody around him and that everything seemed to be strangely… silent.
A silence that almost seemed too similar to Suzaku.
"...What's this, a Deja Vu?" Suzaku eyebrows rose, showing a clueless face.
-Clang!-
Then, as he inspected his surroundings, a loud sound came from in front of him, causing Suzaku to almost jump in his place from the startle, before exclaiming "What was that?!" as a terrified expression emerged on his face.
However, immediately after that, he turned around and swung his fist at the empty air.
-Bam!-
"Argh!"
Only to then surprisingly hit something that yelped in pain when Suzaku's fist made contact.
-Thud!-
After that, the loud sound of someone falling to the ground echoed in Suzaku's ears, before then right where the sound had appeared, a person began to materialize from thin air.
'An invisibility quirk, huh?' Seeing the stranger appear out of nowhere, Suzaku raised an eyebrow before he began to approach him.
However, his eyebrows furrowed when he noticed a handkerchief embedded with some kind of liquid lying on the man's hand.
"..."
When he saw that, Suzaku stopped his walk.
"Pfft"
However, a second later, a small chuckle escaped from Suzaku's mouth.
Only for the cheerful air around him to disappear in an instant when he knelt beside the man and pulled up his head by his hair, making him stare directly into his red eyes covered by his glasses.
"Did you really think that strategy of yours would work a second time?" Suzaku scoffed, putting a bit more strength into his grip, and making the man in dark clothes let out a pained groan.
However, surprisingly, the man stayed silent.
"What? Are you not gonna say anything even though we are finally seeing each other after what–6 years since you guys kidnapped me?" Seeing him keep his mouth shut, Suzaku raised an eyebrow and stared at the man in silence for a few seconds.
However, seeing that he wouldn't be getting answers, eventually, he tossed the man's head away and stood up.
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"Well, not that it matters. I don't need to hear what a dead man has to say" Saying so, he placed his hands on the man's neck and prepared to twist it.
"...!"
-Bam!-
"Uck—!"
However, before he could do so, Suzaku noticed the man's pupils looking behind him, and, in a swift motion, turned around and launched a rapid kick, knocking away another man in dark clothes who got hit on the lungs, and who in his hand had been carrying another handkerchief with the same liquid from earlier.
"Of course, I doubted you would be alone" Having dealt with the sudden threat, Suzaku began cracking his knuckles as he glared intently at the man who he had just knocked down.
However, his eyes didn't stay on the man's pained figure for much, since soon, several other figures clad in black clothing began to emerge from the nearby alleyways, making Suzaku narrow his eyes as he let out a scoff.
"And of course you had to bring a whole squad just for me," He said, glancing with ridicule at the dozen men who had suddenly appeared, and who seemed to all be carrying different kinds of blunt weapons.
However, as if their numbers posed no threat to him, Suzaku's focus didn't stay on them for much, instead, it focused on the area above him.
More specifically, on the light posts that filled the street where he was.
On top of them, several cameras could be seen. However, the red dot that usually indicated their functioning was not present, as if they were… turned off.
"So you cut off the camera's energy supply, huh?" Seeing that, Suzaku whistled as a faint chuckle escaped from his mouth. "You prepared quite thoroughly for this"
However, as if that laugh had been nothing but an act, it didn't even take a second before his smile turned into a cold expression.
And, as if at that moment the air around the place had turned colder, the men surrounding Suzaku couldn't help but shudder when he delivered his next words.
"... Though you didn't need to bother, I could have done it myself"
-Bang!-
-Bang!-
-Bang!-
Once those words left his mouth, suddenly all the lights in the vicinity began going off, as if a blackout had struck the neighborhood.
-Shatter!-
And, as the men watched in shock at everything that was happening around them, the sudden sound of glass breaking caught back their attention and made them all turn to see how Suzaku crushed his glasses with his hand and tossed the remains away.
"They were in the way" As they watched baffled by his action, Suzaku simply shrugged his shoulders.
And once those final words were delivered, Suzaku smirked, before vanishing completely from his spot.
""...?!"
Confused, the men's eyes quickly began darting back and forth, looking for the red-haired youth's location.
-Crack!-
However, they all conveyed in one place when the sound of something cracking came from behind them.
""...!!""
When they turned around, they saw one of their own collapsing on the ground with his head facing the wrong direction and a mouthful of blood escaping from his nose and mouth.
Once they caught sight of that, surprised gasps or curses were about to escape from their mouths. However, neither of them had that chance, since immediately after, another horrific sound came from behind them.
-Schk!-
In a hurry, the men turned around and prepared their weapons for combat. However, to their unease, the only thing they saw once they faced the origin of the sound was another one of their companions falling to the ground lifeless, this time with a deep stab wound on his back.
-Thud!-
When the wet sound of the corpse collapsing on the ground snapped them all from their daze, the one who seemed to be their leader immediately began yelling out loud in a desperate manner.
"Squadron B, forget the plan, shoot immediately!"
-Bang!-
-Bang!-
-Bang!-
-Bang!-
-Bang!-
-Bang!-
Upon his command, suddenly several dozens of tranquilizing darts began raining right behind where the men were standing.
When all of them realized what had happened and turned around, they saw the red-haired youth jumping away from them to avoid the darts, having just been about to kill another of them without being noticed.
However, just as the darts began catching up with the slippery youth, this one vanished into thin air once again, making the men in charge of close combat widen their eyes in disbelief, and the men in charge of firing the tranquilizing darts—who were all hidden in a nearby alleyway—to cease their fire.
"Damn, where did he go?" Seeing their objective disappear right under their noses, one of the men from Squadron B cursed under his breath as he continued pointing his weapon at where Suzaku had been before disappearing. Making sure while he was at it to carefully watch over the group on the street to make sure none of them would be targeted.
"I wonder that as well"
However, his heart sank when a voice suddenly came from behind him, one that he had never heard before.
-Crack!-
In horror, the man tried to turn around immediately and point his weapon at whoever had said that. However, before he could even stand up, his head spun in its place like a spinning top.
"...?!"
Hearing the sound of somebody dying, the men of Squadron B immediately turned around and began firing at where the murder had just gone down, not hesitating in the slightest after witnessing him kill several men earlier on.
-Bang!-
-Bang!-
-Bang!-
-Bang!-
-Bang!-
Due to their panic, they wasted more time firing than they should have.
-Crack!-
-Schk!-
And, as a result of the loud noise their guns were making, they were unable to hear the dying sound of some of their companions at the back.
It was only when they stopped firing after noticing that their objective was no longer there, that an unknown voice coming once again from behind snapped them out of their shock.
"Did you guys get him?"
In a hurry, all the men turned around, however, the only thing they were able to see was two of their companions collapsing on the ground and no one else.
"What the—?!" Confused and scared by the scene, some of the men began panicking, evidently not having been prepared for this.
And, as some turned around immediately after reminiscing that the teenager seemed to tend to attack them from behind, they saw two deep red eyes suddenly emerge from the ground, and lunge at them before they could even react.
""...?!""
No one had even the chance to scream, as some seconds later a massacre began. Tainting the entire alleyway in a red color.
Back to the men on the street, they were all currently running hurriedly to go and help Squadron B. The sounds of multiple rifle shots earlier had alerted them, and as such, allowed them to know that their objective had most likely intercepted those in charge of firing from the alleyway.
"This…?!"
Unfortunately, by the time they all arrived, everyone was already dead.
Twenty men, all equipped with dart rifles, and even some real guns just in case things got dangerous, all dead on the ground.
What was more, from the way some of the corpses' hands were grabbing tightly the real guns in their pockets, it seemed evident that they were not even able to use them before their death.
Upon seeing that, all the men there had but one question in their minds.
Just what was that kid, to be capable of doing something like this?
This was nothing like that crazy doctor had told them, this was not a simple case!
"Damn it!" Cursing under his breath, the leader turned around and instructed each of his men to be on edge and cover all sides, just so that the red-haired kid wouldn't be able to ambush them again.
-Cough…!-
However, just as he was giving orders while making sure not to get ambushed again, he noticed a certain figure in the alleyway moving.
More specifically, the one who moved was one whom they had thought had been a corpse until then, coughing a mouthful of blood as he groaned in pain.
""...!""
In shock after realizing there had been a survivor, the men rapidly approached the still-barely alive man, wanting to get answers on how to beat that kid before all of them got taken down without being able to do anything.
"That… damn monster!" However, as the men approached, they heard the dying man yelling in an angry and raspy voice as his eyes faltered, barely able to keep his conscience due to all the blood he seemed to be losing.
Seeing him on his last breath, the leader quickly knelt and pressed him for answers.
"What happened here?! How did that boy do this?!"
However, the man simply spat out a chunk of blood at the ground, before his head began hanging low as his eyes lost their light. Not answering a single question of his leader before leaving this earth for good.
Realizing that his only chance of formulating a plan for taking down Suzaku had died so quickly, the leader punched the ground out of frustration.
"Damn it, this is nothing like last time… This is not what we were paid for… We must retreat, immediately!" And, seeing that at this rate they would either all die or lose a lot of men, he quickly decided to leave.
It didn't matter how much they were paid, it was their lives which were at stake at the moment!
However, just as he and the rest of his men were about to begin moving away from the scene, one of their own asked a question that made their blood run cold.
"Hey boss, how come Ken just died, when his corpse is over there?"
As soon as that question popped up, the leader's eyes quickly turned to look at where his subordinate was pointing.
And indeed, there he was, the same man he had tried asking for answers earlier… However, in a different position, and with a bullet hole right on his forehead.
When he saw that, the leader's eyes widened in horror.
And, as his body froze in its place, knowing what their discovery just now meant, a voice came from the spot where the dying man had been just a few seconds ago, causing each of the men to widen their eyes and swallow their saliva in terror.
"Seems like I was caught"
The only thing they saw after that, was a humongous mouth opening in front of them, and a sharp tongue shooting in all of their directions.
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|A minute later…|
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Suzaku came out of the alleyway with a calm step, dragging his feet on the ground as he tried to shake the crimson liquid off his shoes.
And, not saying anything, he approached the place on the street where he was ambushed earlier.
"..."
There, he saw both of the men who had tried to knock him out earlier with what he supposed was chloroform, lying on the ground.
The one who had received Suzaku's full-powered kick was unconscious at the moment, apparently having been unable to keep his consciousness after receiving Suzaku's kick directly in his solar plexus. The other whom he had punched in the face, however, was still awake, and intently trying to stand up to go and help his companions.
"Come on… Stand up!" Though, it seemed like he was not being able to.
"Sorry about that, it seems like I gave you a concussion" Suzaku suddenly called out to him, startling him and making him fall to the ground once again.
-Thud!-
"Ack!"
Once the man realized what his presence here meant, a deep frown covered his face as he pointed at Suzaku with a trembling finger.
"Y-you… W-what did you do to the others?!"
"What do you think?" Suzaku scoffed at his question.
And as the man looked at Suzaku with disbelief, this one ignored his gaze and approached his still-unconscious partner.
"Well, I just need one of you alive" Suzaku muttered to himself, before delivering a swift stab with his bone knife at his back and making the man snap awake in pain.
"Aaaargh—"
Only to then fall dead to the ground in less than a second.
"You—!"
Seeing his companion die so quickly, the man's eyes widened in shock, as fear slowly began sipping into him.
Just what was the kid in front of him? The last time he and his companions kidnapped him years ago he didn't fight back much.
How come he had become so dangerous?!
Was the kid in front of him really… a human?
The man had countless questions. However, facing an uncontrollable fear, he wasn't able to muster the courage to ask any of them, and simply watched in horror as the teenager kicked his partner's corpse aside and began approaching him.
"Now…" Suzaku muttered, kneeling beside the man, before whispering to him "I'll make this easy for you to understand, whether you answer or not, I will kill you"
As he said that to him, a bone in the form of a pistol suddenly grew from the teenager's wrist and placed itself on his hand, only to then be pointed directly at the man's forehead.
"...!!" Sensing the gun, and hearing that no matter what he did he would die either way, the man's eyes widened like platters, as small tears began leaving the corners of his eyes.
However, Suzaku ignored it and simply threw the question at him
"Where is that doctor who asked you to kidnap me?"
"..." When he heard that question, the man's expression twitched for a moment. As if he hadn't been expecting that question.
However, immediately after, a frown appeared on his face as he began glancing at Suzaku with hate in his eyes.
Seeing his expression, Suzaku scoffed.
"Hey, I might have killed all of you, but he was the one who sent you here, remember? Why don't you rat him out before you die?" Suzaku pushed the gun onto the man's forehead. However, instead of relenting to his pressure, the man tilted his head away from him, evidently refusing to answer despite how much his body was trembling at the moment.
"Fair enough" When Suzaku understood that, he let out a long sigh in disappointment before he bid the man farewell. "Bye bye"
-Bang!-
And, as the man's head got a hole in it and fell brusquely to the sound, Suzaku's eyes stayed on his lifeless figure for quite a few minutes. Having lots of thoughts passing through his mind, and sometimes even glancing at the gun resting in his hand with an undecipherable expression.
"..."
However, eventually, he stood up and went to pick up the pizza that he had thrown away when the fight began so that it wouldn't get in the way while he dealt with the men.
-Beep, beep, beep!-
But before his fingers could even touch the box containing his meal, Suzaku felt his phone vibrating inside his pocket.
'Who is calling at a moment like this?' Stopping his movement and glancing at his pocket with a slight frown, Suzaku stayed still for a moment, before he took out his phone and answered the call, putting it on his ear a second later.
"Yeah?" Suzaku asked.
However, to his surprise, the caller was none other than the senile old man who called himself his master.
"Hey, brat. I need you to come see me at the new dojo" He heard his voice command him, making Suzaku frown for a moment.
"..." He stayed silent for a few seconds, wondering if, considering the attack of just now, the one on the other side would be someone trying to tend him a trap using the old man's voice.
So, making use of his interrogation skills, he threw a question that would allow him to deduce whether the one calling him was the real one or fake.
"First tell me something only the real old man would say"
"Wanna die?"
"Alright, I'm coming" Suzaku nodded, hanging up and putting his phone back in his pocket.
And, as he went to pick up his pizza again, Suzaku suddenly began hearing the sound of people approaching the scene, as strange as it was that they hadn't approached earlier, with all the noise that the men's guns had made.
However, not bothering to ponder as to why that was, Suzaku simply shook his head as he sighed, before he suddenly sunk into the ground as if it had been liquid. Disappearing completely from the crime scene, and leaving behind a massacre that would make the city of Musutafu sink in fear for the next few days to come.
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-To be Continued…-