Chapter 149: CHAPTER 145(The Shields)
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SHAMBLES
Law warps into Nezu's office, wearing the body glove but no visor. Sitting on the couch he has his visor compacted down in his hand and looks over to Nezu.
"Good morning," Nezu says. He was sitting behind his desk typing away on the computer.
"You ready to tell me what's going on now?"
"Hmm, rude. I don't understand the full scope of the situation, when they arrive we'll get the full story."
"Honestly you people act like sending a text is the most difficult thing in the world."
"Well, he doesn't have access to my network to ensure a secure line."
"Right."
"Do you have other plans for today? Your classmates should be back at around 2 PM.
"Hopefully I can get started on this case immediately. If not, I'll probably go back to my house for a change and relax. Do some light training later. You know, since I had that mansion built and never get to use it..."
"If you weren't integral for the security of UA I would have allowed you to neglect the dorm requirements. Besides, when you're here you spend what, 7 hours each night in your training grounds. Can't do that at your fancy house."
"Yeah I guess, but I can have women over, not need to wear the visor every minute, the little things you know."
"Is it really that much of a problem? You spend all your time working anyway, so it's not like the visor ever comes off."
"I know, and I'm used to it already. But having the option is nice..."
"Well, that I can understand. But---" Nezu stops as he sees Law perk up, looking up at the ceiling. "What's wrong?"
"Helicopter coming toward UA, in the airspace at the back of the school."
"That's them, how many details can you get."
"Man in a wheelchair, a girl beside him. Nice tits---"
"Focus, and don't be a pervert."
"It's not like I looked past her clothes, jeez," Law rolls his eyes. "Yagi is with them. Their phones are weird, must be custom. I can't recognize the model. She has a backpack, filled with...some tools. Books, granola bars maybe."
"Anything about them particularly?"
"He has a cavity and is missing a tooth, I like his watch."
"Anything about her, look a bit deeper."
Law glances at Nezu, not sure what he was getting at, "what? You want to know what kind of underwear she has on?"
"Absolutely not, I have no interest in such things, especially not regarding my students."
"Student?"
"Starting today, but I was more curious about the fact that she's Quirkless."
"I can't detect that from range. My SCAN is like a full 3D map of everything and everyone. I can go deeper, look inside a sealed candy wrapper and things like that if I want. But I can't really do that on a living thing without touching them."
"Every time I learn something new about that Quirk of yours, the more impossible it seems."
"Even you can't comprehend divinity, that's all there is to it."
"Hmm, warp them into here when you're ready," Nezu says.
"Time to get to work," Law raises the compacted plate behind his neck, activating it for it to expand around his head into his visor.
He warps three of his cards into his hand, tossing two on the couch opposite him and another in the open space of the office.
"Shambles," Yagi, David Shield, and Melissa Shield are warped into the room.
With Yagi and Melissa on the couch opposite him and David in his wheelchair.
"Hng," Melissa -the stacked blonde 16-year-old girl in jeans and a pink top-, nearly falls off the couch in surprise. "What happened?!"
Yagi was calm as ever, used to Horizon's antics.
"So that's how your warping works," David -the brown-haired man in the wheelchair with a scar on his left cheek-, says. "Instant and undetectable by the human body, if only I could replicate it."
"That wasn't very nice," Melissa says, then catches herself. "Sorry, I'm Melissa Shield, it's a pleasure to meet you!" She gets up and reaches out to shake his hand, not at all intimidated by his stature or presence.
She's spent quite a bit of time around her 'uncle' after all, All Might.
"Well you know who I am, so can we get down to business?" Horizon doesn't even reach out to shake her hand, leaving her to awkwardly sit back down.
"Well if you insist," David says. "I'll skip introductions and get to the threat. What do you know about the I-Island attack?"
"You had the annual tech expo, villains attack, they brought down the tower. You and she were presumed dead...clearly one of those was a lie."
"A necessary falsehood which I suggested," Nezu admits. "David has reason to believe they would continue hunting him down."
"For what? He owes them money?"
"That's what we'd all like to know," Yagi says, looking at his friend.
"Alright," David sighs. "The truth is, I detected that Yagi's power was decreasing a lot these past few years."
"You knew?" Yagi asks.
"Not about All For One. But I figured maybe it was just Quirk Fatigue, lots of Strength Enhancer types experience that as they get older.
But the idea of a world without All Might, that, that was too much to bare. So I tried building a device, I had to call a lot of people I've made a point to avoid. I needed the info they had on Quirks. Centuries of data poured into my idea.
I had hundreds of anonymous people contribute in exchange for money or consultation on tech they were working on. Until, it was complete."
"A weapon?" Yagi asks.
"No! I'd never make a weapon," David says. "This was a mechanical Quirk Amplification Device. Something you could wear that will boost your power, like you were in your prime."
"In this world, that's a weapon," Horizon says.
"Father..." Melissa looked heartbroken that he'd even make something with such destructive potential. Essentially a perfected form of Trigger.
"I thought I could just give it to All Might and the situation would be solved, all I wanted to do was help," David looked like he was about to cry, seeing the disappointed faces of his daughter and friend.
"Save the tears for when I'm gone," Horizon cuts them off. "You can be a little bitch later. Right now stay focused. Why did villains attacks, and what happened to the device?
"Right," David holds back the tears. "I assume there was a leak somewhere in my operation, and when the project was completed the villains were sent to retrieve it."
"Well the League Of Villains was there," Horizon says. "And it's fairly obvious that between All For One and whoever is still making the Nomu for the league, they're probably one of the investors who gave you the library of Quirk data."
"They could have hacked you," Nezu says.
"No, this particular design was kept strictly in my mind. I knew the risk of even writing it on paper."
"One less thing to worry about," Horizon says. "And the device?"
"They stole it," David says. "The villain, Wolfram. He has two Quirks. A Muscle Enhancer, and his Metal Manipulation. He can control any metal he touches."
"Two Quirks," Horizon and Yagi look at each other. "Guess All For One sent him for it. Use the device, amplify Super Regeneration, and health issues relieved atleast."
"Another agent of that monster is loose in the world," Yagi grumbles out.
"A lot more than him, but this still leaves one question," Horizon looks at David. "If they have it, then why would they need you?"
"Because I broke it. I slammed it into the floor when I was cornered, the parts are far too intricate for anyone else to assemble or replicate. The only exception being in this room with us," he looks at Nezu. "They need me to fix it, and when they were about to capture me I brought down the tower to kill us both."
"But you both lived, another failure to the list..."
"Horizon!" Nezu tries his best to keep him in line.
"He fucked up, and now we're dealing with his mess. And my part in all of this is capturing the villain and recovering the device...while he's likely going to try and get one of the Shields in his control."
"In a nutshell, yes," David atleast looks apologetic.
"And you'll be doing what? Playing teaching in the Support Department until this is resolved?"
"Precisely," David says. "And Melissa will enroll in that department as well. While it isn't the same as the technology institute she attended previously, atleast at UA's Support Department she can still work on her own inventions."
Horizon just sighs, "great. Just great, as if I didn't have enough crap on my plate already. Being a deterrent in Tokyo and for the country's villains. Protecting UA from Kurogiri, trying to get my own career started, and now this shit..."
"I really am so---"
"Save it," he cuts him off. "I'll cast a net in case that guy comes to Japan, hopefully, the entire league doesn't come knocking on our door because of this."
"If there's anything I can do to help, please let me know," David says.
"Oh, believe me, when this is over you're gonna endorse me as a Pro Hero. Because having one of All Might's best friends and partners in my corner is very important, but until then, neither of you leave campus without me, got it?"
"Of course," David nods.
"Right," Melissa agrees. "Thank you for taking care of us."
Horizon immediately gets up, clearly annoyed, walks over to David, and rests a hand on his shoulder, "alright, time to fix this cripple."
"Wha---" David can't even finish his word before they're both warped into Horizon's medical suite at UA.
Now only Melissa, Yagi, and Nezu, were in the office.
"Well, that went better than expected," Nezu says.
"That was him being nice?" Melissa asks. "But, on TV he was always so...inspiring. I mean I know he was a bit mean with the way he speaks about Pro Heroes in general, but aren't heroes supposed to have sympathy."
"They do," Yagi says. "But Horizon has had to deal with great loss. The idea of people losing their loved ones because someone unworthy became a Pro Hero must infuriate him to no end. He treats everyone extremely critically based on how well they perform their tasks."
"And how much they annoy him, and interrupt his life," Nezu says. "Thankfully all the favors I've asked of him also provide him much benefit. Helping his Hero Career and whatnot, but that doesn't mean he's happy about doing them."
"Oh, well when you put it like that I can kind of understand...but he doesn't have to be such a jerk about it!"
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Chapter 150: CHAPTER 146(New Partnerships)
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---Undisclosed Location, 2 AM...
Walking onto a private runway was a tall and bulky man, muscles well hidden beneath his black shirt and white trench coat.
In his right hand was a black duffel bag, red, matching his wild hair. He wore combat pants with matching boots, and had an uneasy look on his face.
Looking up at the moon he checks his surroundings, only seeing desert plains around him for miles and miles, along with the jeep he just spent the last three days driving to this spot.
And in front of him is a completely pitch-black private jet with no markings on it, not even windows.
Approaching the jet he raises a brow, "I'm here! And I hope you don't think just because I can control metal that I can fly this thing."
The door opens, dropping down to become a set of stairs as the engines start up. The now familiar hum of a modern all-electric jet reaches his ears.
Walking into the jet he isn't greeted by anyone, the door simply closes behind him as it begins aligning itself on the runway to takeoff.
Wolfram immediately puts a hand on a metal part of the inner wall, and a single blue spark shows his Metal Manipulation Quirk in full effect, "you better start talking before taking me anywhere."
"This vehicle is unmanned, one of my more luxurious drones," a sickly voice says through the speakers. "I am Tech, your new employer. Please, have a seat."
"Ok, I just spent days in the hot-ass desert driving to this place, so make it worth my time," Wolfram says as he drops his bag on the seat, and immediately begins looking for something to drink.
"Yes, help yourself to anything you want, it shall be a long flight to Japan."
"Japan?" Wolfram asks as he walks back to the seats with a bottle of champagne.
"Oh, right. You weren't in range of any information services these past few days. Please, watch this..."
As Wolfram is pouring himself a glass a hologram appears on the table in front of him.
"What is this?" he asks as Principal Nezu appears to give a press conference.
"Your destination."
"Tch, UA? Well, we're gonna have to renegotiate my price if this is the kind of risk you want me to take. Japan may be a bit messy at the moment, but their main guard dog spends half his time in that school."
"Precisely, only half his time. Some simply studying, and cleverly engineered disasters, will allow you to know exactly where he'll be."
"Ok, but that doesn't explain why---"
Wolfram stops talking as the recording stars, and David Shield walks onto the stage.
"---Oh."
The recording skips ahead a bit to where Nezu, David, Yagi, and Horizon are standing on stage. And that's where it pauses.
"Two days ago David Shield was announced to have taken a teaching position at UA. The official story is that after you attacked I-Island and nearly killed him and his daughter, his desire to directly help the next generation of Pro Heroes was re-ignited.
That led to him taking this teaching position to help the 'next great hero' while he can. It's just a big flashy stunt to say he's at UA to help out Horizon and the other students after he almost died."
"And the truth?" Wolfram asks, downing his glass and refilling it.
"They know we'll come for Melissa Shield, and force her father to repair his device. So they put them in the best thing short of Tartarus with people they trust. So we may assume All Might, Nezu, and atleast Horizon know about the device."
"To think my life would get so complicated because of this thing," Wolfram reaches into his bag and takes out the shattered bits of the Quirk Amplification Device. A broken metal helmet-like contraption.
"Yes, first All For One hires you to steal it, then he gets arrested so now I'm stepping in as the new employer."
"Didn't think there were two shady guys like you that would hire me so quickly, but hey, the money is too good to pass up."
"I know how to motivate people. You will leave those components in the jet when you land, I'll fly them back to my main base and try to figure it out myself."
"Can you?"
"Unlikely, atleast not in this form. The fact that he was able to fit multiple supercomputers worth of processing power into a helmet is...miraculous. The man truly is the greatest engineer this world has ever seen."
"You sound like a fan."
"Only a distant admirer. Now, may I know your plan and timeline to bring me Melissa Shield?"
Wolfram looks at the hologram, all the men standing on stage. "I'll have to wait a few weeks for them to get comfortable at UA. When people are used to a routine they're more likely to make mistakes, that's when I can strike. As for my plan, my old team died at I-Island. I'll have to make new allies here."
"The League Of Villains?"
"No. I want to keep a low profile, and if they could have, they would have already attacked that school. They're more scared of Horizon than anyone else, because he's actually gunning for them. I don't want him actively looking for me alongside them."
"Projected timeline for this mission?"
"Hmm, capture the girl, force her dad to finish the project by using her as leverage, keep Horizon distracted while this is all happening...within 3 months you'll have it on the doorstep of your mansion."
"Sky Palace," Tech corrects him. "But that will do quite well. When this is completed and your payment is received, I'll have more contracts to be completed over the following 6 months."
Wolfram laughs, "with how well you pay, just consider me on retainer after this job. Hell, if I can pull one over on Horizon there isn't anything I can't do, so of course my price will be higher, but you can more than afford it."
"Naturally, my goals are beyond money, spare no expense in the pursuit of your dreams after all."
"My dream is money, because power can be bought, and I've already got power enough" Wolfram flexes his arm, his skin glows slightly red as his Muscle Augmentation Quirk activates before going back to normal.
"Power is the path to silence..."
"Well, I'm sure silence must mean a lot to you if that's what this is for," Wolfram downs another glass of champagne and gets up. "What kind of food does this thing have anyway..."
---1A Dorms, 7 AM...
SHAMBLES
Horizon warps into the common area, in full Hero Costume, ready to get the day started.
But before that, he immediately turns toward one of the tables, where Shoto, Kirishima, and Bakugo, were having breakfast before going off to do some Quirk training.
"Hey idiot," they all look up, not sure who he was referring to. But Horizon just takes out his phone and hands it to Shoto. "Speak..."
"Who---"
"Your dad, probably wants to know why you are one of the few people here to fail the License Exam."
"I don't want to talk to him," Shoto tries to hand the phone back.
"He's been bothering me all morning, and unlike you, I actually work with him. Just talk to him before I warp you into his office."
Shoto narrows his eyes at Horizon but just gets up and takes the call outside, for some privacy.
"I swear the Todoroki's are the fucking worst..." Horizon mutters.
"You know, the exam really was a lot harder this year," Kirishima says. "You don't have to be so hard on them. I mean it is tougher because of what you were saying on tv."
"Good, this era needs better heroes, and as Silver Medal learned," he gestures to Bakugo. "Being strong isn't everything. And all the other idiots who failed learned that they aren't strong enough and need to work on that, but they've got the other things down properly. Only having 50 people pass per venue is good for the country."
"Yeah, but you don't have to be mean about it, not manly at all bro."
"Yeah I'm not taking advice from a brick," Horizon says.
"Brick?" Kirishima actually thinks about it for a moment, "ohhhh! Because of my Quirk, that's pretty clever!"
"No, because of your brain..."
As Kirishima just sits down and tries to enjoy the rest of his breakfast, Shoto walks back in and hands his phone back.
Then without a word he just sits down and continues eating.
"I'm ready!" Sero calls out as he walks into the room, a suitcase in one hand and the metal case with his Hero Costume in the other, dressed casually.
"Huh, where are you guys going?" Mina hops off the couch and rushes over. "Can I come, we've been locked in the dorms for weeks no! They won't even let me go shopping!"
"Because you failed the exam Pinky," Horizon says. "Besides, this is a training trip. We've got a week before school starts up and Sero will be spending it in Tokyo with me."
"Yeah," Sero says. "Now that I've got my license he convinced Principal Nezu to let me go work with him for a week. Taking my training to the streets, we'll be a pair of crime-fighting heroes for a while"
"A temporary partnership until you don't need me anymore," Horizon says.
"That's so manly! Helping people for real!" Kirishima actually sheds a tear for the moment, causing a few people to give him strange looks.
"Right. Sero, let's go before he starts wanting to hug people..." Horizon rests a hand on Sero's shoulder and they both warp away, to an armored car waiting outside of UA to drive them to Tokyo...
To train one of the passing students of the Provisional License Examination.
Because as they said, due to Horizon's influence the exams were much harder. Moving from only 1500 people being accepted to only 50.
And because of this, the crowd thinned that much more around Horizon.
'Kaminari- Deceased
Sato- Deceased
Koda- Deceased
Mina- Failed her exam
Jiro- Failed her exam
Bakugo- Failed his exam
Shoto- Failed his exam
Shoji- Failed his exam
Ojiro- Failed his exam'
Step by step, Horizon is forcing Japan's Pro Heroes to become better and better, but this earned the resentment of an untold number of people, on both sides...
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