Chapitre 4: Underground Masquerade
200 gems = bonus chapter
Full story at:
patreon.com/FanFictionPremium
***
The venue for the fights proved to be a bit of a problem to find. There was nothing at the address I knew, in the northern part of the city. Probably the local landlord had been burned by the police, so he had relocated, leaving no clues about the new location...except for one strange guy who was selling some kind of drugs.
I went up to him and asked him where the venue was, and he told me to get lost. Oh, well.
- Stop! Stop, I'll tell you anything you want to know! - shouted a man with a bruise on half his face from my light punch.
- Yeah, first you called him a punk and told him to get lost, and then when you got the smack, you just backed up, huh? - I said, sitting on top of him. - First of all, tell me, what is this? - I waved a vial of liquid in front of the bandit's face, which I took from him.
- It's 'Trigger', a drug that enhances quirks. - He grimaced as he floundered amusedly, trying to throw me off his body.
- Oh, I didn't know you could make your quirks worse with drugs. - I was surprised. - Okay, now tell me, where are the underground fights?
- Kha, downtown, the fights are held there, in the car park of the shopping district. - He got up leaning against the wall, wheezing. - Look, I've told you everything, now let go... - he didn't say enough as I knocked him out with a blow to the back of the head.
- Letting a drug dealer go, yeah, he just took off. - No, seriously, letting him go would be too stupid.
Deciding what to do with the dope peddler, I took a pipe lying around and twisted it around the peddler's legs and arms so he wouldn't run away, then took his phone from him and called the police. It's too risky to call from your own phone, they can trace the call... and the user of the number in question. I'm a little tense that this kid has been peddling this Trigger and no cops or heroes have bothered him, although if they're selling superpower-enhancing drugs in this world, why shouldn't there be a corrupt police force, along with superheroes. Once I was done with that, I flew to the place the drug dealer had given me, and it looked like he wasn't lying.
For some reason, there was a two-metre tall man standing at the entrance to what looked like an ordinary car park, and that was suspicious.
- Uncle, can you tell me if there are fights without rules here? - I said and looked at him with the most pitiful look.
- Shket, who are you and how do you know about this place? - The muzzled bastard was not weakly stunned by the question of the child who came up to him.
- Is it here or not? If yes, then let me pass. - I said seriously.
- So shket, if there are no parents around, it does not mean that you can mock other adults with your stupid questions. Go back where you came from. - He didn't believe me.
- Well, I tried to talk nicely, but it didn't work, so it will be badly. - I answered and instantly moved behind the muzzie's back.
- What the hell?! - he shouted and was knocked out by my crowning blow to the back of the head. It looks a little funny from the outside, the street scum are like kids in a sandbox to me, even though I'm a kid myself.
The location of the fights seems strange to me, but I can't help noting the originality of the choice of the place, in the very centre of the city and in the most visible place, like a car park, the law enforcement agencies will be the last to go...but it seems that this place has already been burned down. On the approach, I noticed a police roundup waiting in a nearby building. As soon as I saw the cops, I thought it was time to leave, and then another thought came to me. Why would the cops ambush a minor incident like a bare-knuckle fight? It's usually in the case of a terrorist attack...or a drug bust. That's probably where this trigger is being pushed.
I don't really import such a strange coincidence, when I decided to have a little fun, and then right out of thin air a policeman could materialise, doing me a-ta-ta-ta...but seriously, staying here when the police are around is not the best idea. I wasn't going to leave, of course, though everything told me otherwise, but I had enough time for today: to fly round a quarter of Japan, to kill bandits, to hand over a drug dealer to the cops and to knock out a guard of an illegal ring. So my list of today's accomplishments must be supplemented by breaking into the ring of street fighters.
By the way, for this case, I put on a homemade mask, and I must say I look good in it.
Shining your face is not the best idea, especially if you're a kid flying around the city, and beat up a couple of bandits, my grandfather would not like it...and the guardianship authorities would not like it either.
The place itself, as I heard from the local commentator of fights, is called 'Underground Masquerade' ...well, because everyone here wears masks, and that's just by the way, my pretty face is also in a mask, so you can pass for a dwarf, and the people around me thought so, after all, only a psycho would expect a child in such a stinky place. Since my original plans had changed slightly, I decided to look for Trigger supplies first, even though I hadn't seen it in action, I had no desire to fight with drugged and stimulated people. As I prowled around, I caught a glimpse of the fights that were currently taking place in the ring as well. In general, I didn't see any good fighters, just fools showing off their quirks. And as a regularity, such braggarts were carried away on stretchers from the ring. Although, of course, there were some really interesting fighters, like the one that came out now.
- Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our next fighter! - shouted the commentator. - This man doesn't need a quirk to take someone's life! Like a cold unfeeling machine, he rips! Slashing! Stabbing! And then you're dead! Clutching a steel point...he's just back from the battlefield and he's ready to swing the knife! Five wins and zero losses! Give it up for the Ripper!
A masked man enters the arena with a knife in his hand. Judging by his fighting stance, it's safe to say he was a former military man who, if he ever learnt the use of edged weapons, often skipped classes.
- Against him... If he meets a god, he'll hit a god. If he meets Buddha, he'll hit him. And if he meets you, guess what happens to you! Twenty wins and no losses, ladies and gentlemen, meet the Destroyer! - said the commentator, to the roar of the Destroyer.
This fighter will be bigger, in height and apparently in weight a little less than my grandfather, but even he is very big, with huge hands and also, like everyone here, wearing a mask. Apparently his quirk makes him strong fast...if you look at how easily he knocked the knife and mask off Ripper. The Destroyer's fighting skills aren't bad, but it's immediately apparent that he emphasises the power and speed of his fist strikes, that's probably how his quirk works, speeding up and strengthening his fists.
At first I had little interest in the fight, watching a man with a knife being beaten up by a big man with huge hands was a bit of an exercise, but Ripper surprised me a bit by demonstrating his quirk. His body shimmered with lightning, making him much faster, easily dodging and deflecting his opponent's attacks.
Apparently, his quirk speeds up his entire body and brain reaction, so even at speeds unaccustomed to the human eye, he could easily win, but there was something wrong with this Ripper, for example, in the fight, it was noticeable that he did not use his usual fighting style, and did not strike at all, although with his speed, he could easily do so, and at the end of the fight, he deliberately pretended as if the Destroyer knocked him out and carried him away on a stretcher.
So, strange manner of behaviour, unusual fighting style, and deliberate loss, and also just in time for the police raid, it seems that he is a policeman or undercover hero. He's probably looking for what I'm looking for, a place to store the trigger, or at least evidence of it.
- I think we'd better go after him. - I walked towards the back room where the Rippers had taken the other beaten men, but before I could take a couple of steps, something unexpected happened. Out of nowhere, a swarthy schoolgirl with rabbit ears and a mask jumped into the arena.
- Who the hell are you?! - someone in the crowd called out to her.
- Um...oh, I'm the mysterious beauty in the Tiger Rabbit mask! - she raised her arm high up, holding onto the ring net with her other hand.
- Wait, isn't that Usako? The chick from Hiroshima?
- Yeah, that's right! She's the one who broke into all the fight clubs in Hiroshima until the police caught her and found out what school she was from!
- No, I'm not exactly what you call Usako. - she justified herself sluggishly. - Whatever, let's fight!
What's happening right now is what you might call a Stirlitz scare. Tiger Bunny, as she called herself, was still talking to the two fighters in the cage, and then she kicked and knocked them out.
- Haha, that's not enough, bring all the fighters over here and I'll kick them all. - shouted the young lady with the ears.
And many obeyed her, climbing over the net and getting kicked by her graceful legs. Hmm, her skills are quite good, of course, the style of fighting with her feet is not as effective as all the limbs of the body, but judging by the appearance of the beauty, her quirk gives her the physiology of a rabbit, including speed, reaction, hearing, and strength of kicks. That's a relatively good ability.
- What the hell is that? - I was surprised to see a strange gas suddenly escaping from the unsealed pipes above, and even stranger that the people who inhaled the gas had out of control quirks and were several times stronger.
When I saw the staff putting on gas masks, I flew over to the closest of them, knocked them out, took the gas masks and put one on myself, and I did the right thing. Not only people seemed to be drugged with this drug Trigger, but also next to some of them appeared some strange black fog, and from it came out some hand that touched the fighters, sending them to the kingdom of morpheus...and this hand from the fogs, began to appear behind the back of Tiger Rabbit, which still reached the gas, so she was standing on the cage ring, and she looked perplexed at the whole situation below.
- Chocolate Rabbit is in trouble, we need to intervene. - I shrouded myself in a blanket of light, and instantly I was at her side, I picked her up in my arms and flew away from the black mist. The rabbit's reactions aren't bad, so she noticed me, but she couldn't react to my movements in time.
- What the fuck?! - The rabbit jumped out of my arms when we landed next to Ripper and Destroyer.
- I guess that means thanks for the rescue? You're welcome...I already got paid anyway, by writhing on your firm thighs. - I smiled, and her thighs are really strong, and her skin is silky...well, seven years of not having a woman has definitely had an effect on me, although I'm not going to get things working down there for a while yet.
- What?! I didn't say you could touch me! - shouted the rabbit with flushed cheeks.
- You're fast, probably even faster than me...how could there even be a baby in here? - asked a slightly surprised Ripper.
- Huh?' I turned my attention from the chocolate schoolgirl to the unshaven man. - I went through my grandfather's things and found out that he used to be a fighter, and I found the address of this place among his things, so I came here. I thought I'd find someone to fight, but I came here for a quickie.
- So you like makhych too, kid? - said the big guy with the big arms.
- No, fighting is more of a way for me to get stronger.
- Okay, looks like the operation got out of hand. Destroyer, Tiger Rabbit and you, little man, have to help me out. - said Ripper.
- Why should I help you? Especially the little perverts. - she pointed her finger at me.
- Well, maybe I am a little pervert, it was a sin not to take advantage, and not to wrinkle your beautiful legs. - I answered, and the rabbit blushed again and lowered her ears.
- And what about the swinging? - The Destroyer inserted his own, apparently the only thing he cares about is fighting.
- Actually, I'm the super-speed hero O-clock. - he showed his hero licence. - In an emergency, I can enlist the help of civilians like you. Bunny...your uniform says you're from the hero school in Hiroshima. Don't worry, I'll take care of the school.
- Nah, nah, nah, nah, better not tell them anything at all. - She waved her hands. - What can I do to help?
- Yeah, so you're a hero, and you're going to be a heroine, plus you're a kid, what a weird day it is. - said the Destroyer.
- Yeah, it is. O-clock, do you have a plan of action? By the way, I almost forgot, here you go. - I asked and handed out the gas masks I had stolen.
- Yes there is, now all doors and emergency exits are blocked, so the only way out is the entrance for cars, I don't think it should be seriously guarded. Destroyer and tiger rabbit, you should distract the enemies on your own, but if you're in danger, retreat immediately, I'll back you up. And yes, don't forget they're civilians too, so try to just knock them out. Now, you, when you put on your gas mask and look at me. - You'll have to go outside to the police cordon and ask for help, and if things get bad enough, find an old man called Tanuma and tell him to call the Almighty for help.
- That's not a bad idea, but that black fog probably won't let me go anywhere. - I pointed at the man moaning in pain, who had just been touched by a hand from the fog. - It doesn't appear in random places, but near people, so it must see us somehow.
- What, how? - looked round at the bunny rabbit.
- Probably through the cameras. - I pointed my finger at the cameras.
- Then we must destroy them. - said O-clock.
- I'll deal with the cameras and the help, and you deal with the enemy. - I answered and flew to destroy the cameras.
- Fight! - shouted Destroyer and Eeyore at the same time and went with O-clock to beat up the drug infected.
While the others were clearing the way, I was blasting the cameras with photon beams from my hands, and my hunch was justified, the fog began to disappear. Except that while I was busy destroying the cameras, the Destroyer was attacked by an unknown hooded individual, hitting him with an elongated arm, knocking the boogeyman back into the pile of bodies he had recently knocked out.
This weird guy seems to have a quirk of metamorphism concerning his arms. From what I've seen, I can conclude that his quirk allows him to lengthen and enlarge his arms, as well as to build up an additional layer of muscle, by the way, the Destroyer's blows, which can easily break a wall, he easily took on a crossed block with his arms, so his strength is on the level. Also, he still has fighting skills, but the style he practises doesn't match up well with his ability, so he hits at half strength.
While the others were fighting this weird guy, some of the trigger infected managed to get out, which is not good.
- Hey, don't you touch my rabbit! - I caught the rabbit in flight before she got hit by the extended arm.
- Thanks little one...and stop pawing me, again! - She shrieked in my arms as I couldn't help myself and crumpled her once more. Hehehe.
- Oh, that's fine. - I pretended to take offence, and lowered her to the ground. - O-clock your plan is a bust, a few of the infected have already made it out, and that damn thing won't let me pass...so new plan, rabbit run for the exit to the police, and I'll distract the Hood on myself.
- No, it's too dangerous for you. - objected the unshaven man.
- 'Nothing's too dangerous, I'm much faster than the Hood, and you, instead of objecting, grab the Destroyer and give me a hand. - I said, and flew at full speed into the Hood, knocking him right into the wall.
- Hrr, y-you're strong. - said this incomprehensible thing, getting up off the floor.
- I know that without you. - I answered and attacked it. I tried not to get into close combat, mostly flying around it and firing beams at it. However, as it turned out, the Hood easily regenerated the burns from my attacks.
- Take that freak! - shouted the Destroyer, attacking him with the O-Claw in close combat while I fired at the unkillable creature. Rabbit, on the other hand, decided to listen to me and ran for backup while we distracted Hood.
- Ha-ha-ha...you're so ...k-classy! More, more blood! - shouted the hooded psycho with a stutter, and I could see his face, and I wish I hadn't.
His lips and eyelids were missing, and the rest of his face was covered with stitches, as if he'd been sewn up like a rag doll. You see one of those in the loo, you'll be clean for a month.
Yet by some miracle, the Hood hit me in the air, tearing off a piece of cage from the arena and throwing it at me and hitting me in the face, causing both the mask and the gas mask to fly off. I naturally didn't like that, so I powered up my arm as much as possible with light and gave him a lightning-fast punch from top to bottom to the head. I noticed that he calmly took the blows to all parts of his body and regenerated, except for the head, which means that this is his weak point.
And I was right, a strong blow to the head was able to knock out this unkillable sweatshirt lover, but still surprisingly I put almost all the energy into this blow, and could easily destroy the building's support with it, and Hood was just knocked out by it.
- Finally. - I exhaled tiredly as I landed.
- You were able to knock him out. - I was even more surprised at O-Cloud, who was badly bruised by the Hood, as was the Destroyer. - But you're still a kid, it was too dangerous for you.
- I don't know, if it wasn't for me, your already battered carcasses would've been smeared.
- What did I miss?! - screamed the chocolate rabbit who flew into the building. - Oh, what? Did you knock him out already?
- The little guy did it, and it was a great overhead kick, by the way. - exclaimed the Destroyer. - Let's take a swipe, shall we?!
- Nah, I've had enough fighting for one day. - I picked up my mask from the floor and put it on.
- So you knocked him out? - the rabbit looked at me. - Damn, little man, you're a treasure trove of talent.
- Yeah, I didn't finish, because a big man in a suit with a funny haircut and a smile on his face flew into the car park. And surprisingly enough, at that very moment the black mist reappeared, but instead of a new hand, it just sucked Hood into itself and disappeared.
- I'm already here! - shouted the hero called Almighty, which is exactly what he is. He's also called the Symbol of Peace, the Strongest Hero, or 'the tallest and most insurmountable wall in the world'. He's the number one ranked hero in Japan, and for good reason. I've seen videos of his battles against the fiends and honestly, he would easily and effortlessly turn the Hood into bloody mincemeat and me and my campaign and all the trigger infected. - Huh? Am I too late? - Questioned a smiling Hero #1.
- Mm-hmm. - I nodded. - Well, we've defeated the evil one, so we can go to bed...and maybe have a sandwich and tea.
- I wouldn't mind to eat too. - smiled at the rabbit. She is a nice girl...except for the fact that she came to the underground fights and bludgeoned professional fighters with her legs.
- By the way,' O-Clocke made his presence known. - I completely forgot to tell you, you're entitled to monetary compensation.
- No, I'll do without, anyway, I'll soon become a heroine myself and I'll be shovelling money, and I don't want to meet the police again. - said the rabbit and took off her mask, revealing her pretty face.
- I'll do the same...especially as I've already been rewarded with a chocolate bar today. - I smirked, looking at the chocolate-eared bunny rabbit.
- You're lucky you're a child...otherwise, I'd send you to the hospital. - she threatened me with her foot.
- Oh, I'm shaking with fear. - I said sarcastically. - Hey chocolate, you need a lift? - I asked her. - I can give you a lift, it's time to leave anyway.
- Are you going to grope me again? - she said threateningly.
- No, I won't... not unless you ask me to. - I smirked.
- Yeah, you'll be fine. - She jumped on my back. - Let's fly!
- OK, see you all later, hopefully we won't see each other again. - I said goodbye to the others and flew off into the sunset with the gorgeous beauty...eh, it won't be long before I can do obscenities.
Rabbit asked me to drop her off in the next block, there were her friends, like she came here with the whole class on a school excursion.
- Okay, ultimate hottie. - I landed on the ground, and the rabbit jumped off me.
- I actually have a name. I'm Rumi Usagiyama, future pro heroine. - introduced herself and bent over to face me.
- Heh, and I'm Mizuiro Akira, not a pro hero...yet. Maybe I'll get into some hero school, and maybe even intern with you, future pro heroine.So, this won't be our last meeting chocolate bunny rabbit.
- Well then, I'll take you for an internship...and leave the most deadly kicks especially for you! - she finished with a slightly bloodthirsty smile.
- I'll take your word for it, Rumi Usagiyama. - I said and flew back out, for it was starting to get dark.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
stone