I was watching the interview on the TV, but the interview took an unexpected turn. I flinched when I saw the Justice Rider bow and thank me on national television. The skinny duo were also surprised.
:: Mr. Rider, May I know why you are thanking a killer? :: The host asked, as he was also surprised by the sudden change of events.
:: I am thanking Mr. Night Slash because he saved me from a villain. Two co-workers, who were accompanying me, died and I was about to die too but he saved me from that villain. I researched a bit and I found out it was the Day First of the 'Villain-Slaughter Week'.
When I was on the verge of death. My entire life was playing in front of me like a movie, I saw how inconsequential my life was. I lived, did not achieved anything in my life that I was proud of and then I was about to die. It was a feeling much worse than death that you wasted an entire life. So after being saved, when I got a chance to help someone, I did it. It was an achievement that I can say to others, that I am proud of it.
He may be a killer but he is only killing bad guys who are irredeemable as I have read the reports of him threatening small-time criminals and leaving them for the Police and Heroes. I think he is a Vigilante with a very radical set of beliefs but he is at least standing for it and doing something, which is saving someone's life, and one of them who he saved is me. :: Justice Rider gave his explanation to why he thanked me.
(He is the person who was saved by Shido in Chapter 14. The one he asked to call the police.)
The Interview soon ended as Justice Rider delivered his message of 'Thank You' to me.
I was looking at the TV with a bit of complicated emotions. When I started all of this Vigilante stuff, It was my Hero-Complex that drove me to do that. But when I recognized my Hero-Complex, I still did things but lowered the intensity a bit as I still had to save Eri at that time.
Now that I have saved Eri, I didn't had any particular reason to continue the Vigilante work, but that was too late to step back as the HPSC wanted to catch our trails. I dealt with the HPSC. Now things have come a long way that even if I want to pull back everything it will be difficult. It's not like I want to stop doing things as it gives more color to my otherwise bland life of being a single parent and a noodle shop owner.
But his sincere 'Thank You' may have become another reason to continue doing things. It was a great feeling to be appreciated for things that you are doing for yourself. (He is killing Villains for his own self. There is no 'betterment of Society' feeling behind this.)
"Hey Toshinori, Why isn't he arrested as what he is doing is ultimately Vigilantism?" I asked as I was curious about this. From the clip shown before the interview, it was clear that Justice Rider does things in broad daylight.
"I would say.." Toshinori was about to explain but another person interrupted him.
"Vigilantism alone is not a crime but it is a set of crimes that makes Vigilantism illegal. I have read many reports about him and I can tell, Justice Rider is very different from the other Vigilantes. As
1. Killing or Causing Fatal Harm to the Criminal, which he doesn't apply to his case. He just helps people or defends them. There is no case of him beating a criminal to death or giving fatal wounds.
2. Not Co-operating with the National Institutions, which also doesn't applies to his case as he closely co-operates with the Police, as the Criminals apprehended by him are given to the Police.
3. He is very well received by the people and his title 'Lolicop' is not for naught. He has saved many little kids especially little girls from being kidnapped or assaulted, hence very popular in the every age demographic of the city. Whether it is elderly, middle-aged, Young adults or Kids, all of them like Justice Rider
So you can call him a 'co-operative' citizen who co-operates with Police and helps people." Izuku gave his insight on the case of Justice Rider. But I had a different theory why he isn't arrested.
'He is basically acting as the mascot for the Police. All the criminals he apprehends are given to the Police, creating a tie between them in the eyes of the Public. Thus increasing their popularity and credibility. And I don't think the Police will let go of such a chance to increase their image in the Public eyes, when HPSC clearly sits on the top, in terms of credibility and Public Image.'
After this time went by, the two completed their food and paid for it separately and left the shop. I was just sitting there without doing anything. I then stood up and brought some potted plants inside the shop and started fiddling with the {HESOYAM} cheat and [Law of Time].
I wanted to create the same effect as Eri's quirk. And the plant is a good experiment as it's branches have been cut numerous times. I tried using the {HESOYAM} cheat on it normally, nothing happened.
Then I tried to channel [Law of Time] with the {HESOYAM} cheat which led to numerous branches growing back and then all shrunk back into a single seed. This showed the {HESOYAM} cheat gives affects the entire body of the target.
Then I continued practicing on the plants and trained to control the the time it rewinds to. All of this was not that hard as the 2 hour practice session brought some results.
I now can locally affect a part of the body instead of the whole body effect of the cheat. The Effect of {HESOYAM} with [Law of Time] gave the expected effects which were same to the effects of Eri's quirk but were not that Overpowered to turn a full-grown adult to a fetus in a matter of seconds. The amount of time required to turn back the object, is directly proportional to the time you want to turn back .
The whole training was simple, as I don't have to control the [Law of Time], I just have to channel it to {HESOYAM}, to modify it's effect.
It seems, I have more things in my arsenal now. Then, I looked at the clock, which showed 11:30 AM. I rushed to make lunch as the Lunch Time is 30 minutes away. I was so engrossed in the experiment on {HESOYAM} that I forgot to keep track of time.
I made Chicken Yakisoba, easy and quick to make. I completed the dish in around 20 minutes. I then quickly placed all the dishes on the table and went to bring Eri for Lunch. She came and eat the lunch quickly and wanted to watch more cartoons but I snatched the tablet from her hands and stored it in the Inventory.
"I completed my lunch.. Then Why?" She asked in complete bafflement. She obliged and ate her lunch peacefully but what she was betrayed as her tablet was again taken as a hostage.
"You are not getting enough sleep. So I have decided that from now on, you are going to take afternoon naps on a daily basis." I had to put the rules clearly in front of her or else she will try to get away from this.
"But I don't feel like sleeping now." She refuted the new rule.
"Try to sleep once. You will automatically sleep in no time and no effort." I said and picked her up to the bedroom, where I placed her on the bed and pushed 'Rilakkuma' to her, to sleep.
I had to be strict in these things or the girl will do anything she wants to do. After putting her on the bed, I walked out of the room.
I checked on her 15 minutes later and found she fell asleep and was now sleeping peacefully with Rilakkuma being squeezed to the limits.
I then went downstairs and contacted the Lawyer Fuyumi suggested. I had to complete Eri's Adoption Process, as soon as possible because I don't want to delay this any longer.
I called the lawyer and he said he can take care of the entire process if what Fuyumi told him is true. He then, asked for Eri's documents which I sent him through the phone. The documents were a bit modified but there was no need to worry about being caught as La Brava modified Eri's documents from the government's data storage and Police's Database without needing me to go there.
She said Government's Data Storage which stores Citizen's Data are not that strictly protected. She has done this kind of thing in the past, so it was not a big task for her to do. And she also deleted the Investigation report on Danjuro and her from the Police Database.
The Lawyer said I had to make an appearance with Eri in the court, as this is not a normal adoption because of Eri's background. He assured me that the adoption will be a success as the government encourages and facilitates adoption of kids having parents with criminal record to give the kids better parents and atmosphere to be raised well.
In the case of Eri, Legally she was the daughter of Kai Chisaki as he had adopted Eri from her biological mother. Her mother discarded Eri, after Eri's Quirk manifested and made her father disappear. She was termed as cursed by her mother and Kai Chisaki. The reason behind the title 'curse' is that, Eri's Quirk Rewind doesn't relate to any of her parents' quirk and seems to have gone through a lot of mutations.
Since, Eri is the daughter of Kai Chisaki who is a Villain, then her adoption process will be much faster. La Brava has destroyed the case of Eri's father disappearance from documents and files related to Eri.
After talking with the Lawyer, I again went for the practice of {HESOYAM} and [Law of Time] combination. I had to raise my efficiency in this particular thing, as this can make a difference in life and death of me and my allies during any fight.
.....
I completed my training few minutes ago and now I was sitting on a chair, thinking about the plot that is going to start after 4 days. I was thinking what changes I made in this world after my arrival.
'I basically smashed an entire arc off the main plot, so it is good as that arc now doesn't even exist, so not much change there. I am dating Fuyumi and adopted Eri, so I don't think that will affect the plot too much. Danjuro is going to make videos again with La Brava, which is similar to the plot with a small twist of Danjuro doing heroic acts. Knuckleduster doesn't show up in the main plot so no problem there.
The HPSC isn't even mentioned in the initial phases of the plot so no changes there. Basically, I didn't changed the plot much..... I hope so.'
*CHING DING*
The shop door bell chimed, notifying me of the entrance of customer. But when I raised my head to look at the customer. It was Fuyumi, coming from her job as a teacher. She had a tired expression on her face. It must be very tiring to deal with students and their documents who are about to go to High School in just few days.
She came and sat in front of me and took out a lunch box from her handbag.
"Here is the empty lunch box. The lunch was delicious as usual. I also shared some with my colleagues, they also complimented the food and said 'I wish my boyfriend could cook like yours.' and you know that was the moment I was proud of you. I also told them you cook breakfast for me and they were so jealous of me You know..." She said proudly with a puffed chest and she then patted my shoulder.
"So, at other times, you are not proud of me?" I asked.
"No..No. it's not like that. I was just saying..." Her proudful look vanished and a panicked expression was now on her face. She was trying her best to explain herself.
"hehehe, Don't mind it. I was just teasing you." I told her my true intentions behind the question. I like to tease her whenever I get a chance.
"Meanie." She said and pouted a bit.
I then poked the pout to flatten it. But she continued to pout and I continued to poke it. I then changed the topic.
"You look tired. Are you having a hectic workload?" I asked.
"No, it's not that much. It's just that the documents to process has increased as the students are about to go to High School. There are two more teachers helping me but the students are too much." She said with a sigh.
I stood up from my seat and went behind her.
"Do you want a massage?" I asked. I thought it would be good idea to massage her shoulders and neck as sitting on a chair for so long can make the muscles stiff.
"Is.. Do.. you really want to do that?" She asked but her voice was trembling. I don't think a massage would be too much as we have been dating for a bit less than a year.
"Yeah. I think you have stiff shoulders so a massage would be good."
".....Okay...." She said in a low voice.
'I never thought she was this shy, that she will be shying away from a massage from her Boyfriend.'
Then, I placed my hands on her shoulders. I made a C-shape and grabbed her shoulders and then started squeezing them with firm and light pressure. I then continued for some time doing this, but Fuyumi was just sitting there with a straight face without showing any comfort or discomfort.
But then a small sound came from her mouth, which contained pleasure and comfort,
"...More..."
This proved my massage was good, so I continued the massage as usual and pushing the stiffness out of her shoulders and back.
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[Fuyumi's POV]
'Why a massage all of a sudden? At least let my prepare my heart for that. I haven't even recovered from the morning kiss that I gave you, now you want more intimate moments. Please don't do that. I don't know If I can control my feelings for you if you touch me that much.'
Control. Control. Control yourself Fuyumi. If you lose control now and pounce on him, then Shido will see as you as a loose woman and a woman who cannot control her sexual urges. I don't want to portray a bad picture of me in front of him.
'I wish I could show you all of me now at this moment, but I cannot. I fear that you will take me as a crazy and obsessive person with some problem in my head. And I don't want that. Never, never, never. I will maintain this normal image in front of you, just so we can be together, even it's not the real me but I will still do it.'
'I think we are somewhat similar. You are hiding something from me and I am hiding something from you, just for the sake of our relationship. We fear that our secret will repulse the other so much that they won't even want to stay together. I know I will accept everything about you but I am not sure if you can accept everything about me. That's why I will continue to hide these feelings. Sorry Shido, I will tell you and let you experience all of these feelings but now is not the correct time.'
If everything goes fine and I hide these urges and my excessive love towards him, then I just have to wait for some more months then he will propose me for marriage. After our Marriage, when we are truly bound to each other, I will slowly shower my excessive love on him. I think that is a good idea. he will slowly adapt to these excessive and raging feelings inside me.
'Hehehe, Thinking about our Marriage makes me feel giddy like a little girl. Imagining myself in a white bride dress and him in a black suit standing, waiting for me.'
I came to know about my 'excessive love' towards him after I got the system. But the System acted like a cupid, he gave me the feelings and left without saying anything. I thought the system said I could communicate with it any time I want.
But after Shido confessed about his Quirk and Eri, the System left without saying anything. I think at that time when I accepted Eri and Shido, I may have explored my true feelings. The System may have the objective to make me realize my true feelings and since I explored them, the System left me after completing it's objective.
'Thank You System to make me realize my true feelings for Shido and wish to create a happy family with him and Eri. It's all thanks to you that I am more clear about things I want to do in my life.'
'I am forever grateful to you for helping me realize my feelings. I hope you helps others as well. Thank You.'
I came out of my thoughts, I felt I lost the touch of Shido, when I turned to look at him, he was stretching his wrists. Maybe giving the massage was too tiring for him.
'He cares too much about me. I love him so much. I love you so much. I love Shido so much.....'
I wanted to kiss him as my feeling overtook my mind. So, I pushed the shame away and followed the feelings. I went forward and tiptoed to reach his height. I closed my eyes and still going forward. He didn't stopped me from doing anything so I continued. My lips connected to his.
It was a divine feeling for me. I was resisting the urge to put my tongue in his mouth to increase the pleasure but I stopped it. His arm snaked around my waist and he pulled me closer.
I was having the best moment of my life. We never shared a kiss that was for too long. But now I was about to break the record of our longest kiss that is 30 seconds.
The kiss was getting more and more intense but I still didn't used tongue and neither did he. But his arms grabbing my back was getting tighter and tighter like he didn't wanted me to leave.
'Yes I also have the same thoughts about you Shido. I don't want to leave you and don't want you to leave me. I wish we could stay like this forever and ... ever. I will be yours and you will be mine. We will be together and nobody will be there to stop us from loving each other.'
But it seems my wish was too much to ask for as I heard the sound of a phone ringing. Listening to the ring, Shido quickly pulled off from the intimate and loving kiss we were having. He took out a old-looking phone from his pocket and went a bit away from me and answered the call.
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[Shido's POV]
I quickly pulled off from the kiss as I am getting a call on the Night Raid Phone and It is only used for important matters. I don't think the others are messing around with the phone.
"Hello.", I answered the call.
:: Chief, Quickly open any news channel. It is very important :: Danjuro said stuff in a very fast and urgent tone. It seems something very important happened. I looked around and saw Fuyumi sitting on a chair with her down on the table. It seems the 'make-out' session was too much for her adn she is completely tired. I think it was selfish of me to kiss her for long when she was already clearly tired from her work.
I went to the TV and turned it on. I chose one of the news channel, and it showed Endeavor was sitting in front of media reporters behind him was the logo of Pro-Heroes Association, it means that the conference is arranged by Endeavor on behalf of Pro-Heroes Association.
:: I thank everyone, who is present for the sudden invitation for the press conference but I think it's a very important matter therefore I will start without any more formalities. :: Endeavor spoke and started the conference.
:: I was stationed in Hosu City for the investigation of 'Two-Explosion Incident'. I am here to share the leads we have been able to find. And We are very sure who is the perpetrator of this entire incident ::
Listening to this, the reporters were about to go on a rampage of questioning Endeavor but they sat on their seats and calmly listened whatever Endeavor throws at them. They can be sure about the reliability of the news as Endeavor is No.2 Hero of entire Japan.
:: The first explosion was the result of the battle between Hive Gang and Shie Hassaikai as stated in HPSC report but the reason of dispute was not simple territory distribution. It was a well staged play by someone. There was someone who led both the parties into the dispute, which resulted in the battle between Hive Gang and Shie Hassaikai clan.
And the Second Explosion was also a part of the play, The HPSC reported that it was the result of fight between Vigilante Night Slash and a Villain who used contrabanded drugs on him. This part is correct but the identity of Villain is Kai Chisaki, the leader and boss of Shie Hassaikai clan ::
Endeavor paused and let the reporters quickly write the details he gave them. After some time passed, he continued.
:: In the Investigation, we found this entire Incident was a strategically and well-thought plan which was executed to very professional level as they were successful in deceiving the HPSC but I found the truth. Both the Explosions are interconnected and the mastermind behind all of this is none other than...::
:: ...The Vigilante Night Slash ::
The reporters were shocked to learn the 'truth' behind the incident. It was the same Vigilante that the HPSC officials credited to defeat the crazed Villain. The story is getting more spicy and that's what the media wants. So they didn't interrupted Endeavor and let him speak.
:: It was his plot to gain more fame and attention from the public. He let the Hive Gang and Shie Hassaikai clan go against each other to let the weaken each other. And when Shie Hassaikai defeated the Hive Gang, Night Slash fought and Destroyed Shie Hassaikai, as he fought with the leader of Shie Hassaikai.
This entire incident was plot which caused so much property damage and could have led to public casualties as well, all for a petty reason of gaining fame. Therefore.... :: He raised a piece of paper in front of him, showing it to the cameras.
:: I am taking the case of arresting Night Slash. Here is the Arrest Warrant issued by the Police. I want that Psychopathic, Cold-Blooded Killer behind the bars. He is a major threat to the society if left alone. So me and my entire Agency will go against Night Slash to arrest him and let the Jsutice prevail. ::
He stood up from his seat and took the mic,
:: I hope other heroes will cooperate with me and if someone tried to interfere with the arrest in any way possible, I won't guarantee their safety :: He said that with threatening eyes and his flames raging.
It was a clear threat to the people who support me as I have killed many villains which is consistent with their ideologies and beliefs. Endeavor doesn't want a truffle with the public, so he already declared his position of No Tolerance.
I was watching the entire press conference with a straight face without showing any other expression. The NRP (Night Raid Phone) started ringing. I went to another room, locked the door as the call is secret and I don't want anyone to intrude upon me at this moment. Then I answered the call.
:: Chief.. This.. :: La Brava wanted to say something but she couldn't gather words after watching the conference. La Brava who is very intelligent in Hacking and computer stuff, is not that much familiar with politics. Seeing Endeavor twisting the facts and portraying me as a Villain was too much for her as she knew the truth but others don't.
"Don't worry about unnecessary things. I have dealt with HPSC, Endeavor won't be that much of a problem. You and Danjuro just concentrate on the work assigned to you during the discussion. Don't let this get to you, as the entire thing is on me. So work worry-free." I assured La Brava.
::Unnecessary You say kid. If you had the simplest of brains, you would've understood the seriousness of this thing. But it seems a simple brain is asking too much for you. Endeavor has basically launched a manhunt on you and is expecting other heroes to join the crusade against you, Do you think you can deal with enormous number of heroes like how you dealt with the HPSC.
HPSC was not public about finding you and they underestimated you which resulted to their loss against you but Endeavor is another thing. He has lost against you and knows what you are capable of. He will be prepared for you anytime. The other heroes will take the opportunity to take you down happily as it will increase their reputation and fame, even if they just take part in the crusade against you. So tell me, can you still deal with all of this? ::
"..Yes, I can."
:: THIS FUCKER. YOU ARE INSANE KID!!! YOU DON'T EVEN.. :: Knuckleduster shouted.
"Why are you overreacting? You were acting the same when I wanted to go to HPSC HQ, and look we won against them. Just wait and watch, I will win again. I don't care whether it is Endeavor or other heroes, whoever are against us, they will only taste defeat."
:: You do you but when things go downhill don't come to me crying :: Knuckleduster mocked me.
"Even if I fail, I will spend some time with a beauty to ease my heart instead of going to an old man to talk to relief the stress." I chuckled and hung up the call.
He thought everything will be good as long as he is careful, but what he didn't expected that someone was listening to his conversation with his team members.
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