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章 186: CHAPTER 182(Morality/Mortality)

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---29th September, 2315, Horizon Tower...

Sitting on his couch Horizon had his feet up on the coffee table, a tablet in hand as he finishes up some work, finally completing one of his outstanding tasks.

He wore only his body glove and a pair of shorts over it along with his visor, because on one of the other couches beside him is Ryuko in a set of Horizon-themes pajamas, her laptop setup and a stack of papers beside her as she occupies the entire thing to finish up some of her own work.

They were both enjoying a quiet night inside with the TV on the wall playing an interview currently being hosted in UA, between All Might and Chitose, AKA Meta Liberation Army Commander: Curious, head of the recruiting and propaganda division.

Ryuko glances up at the screen, then returns to her work. "You know, if I didn't know better I'd say All Might is clearly betting on you to become the next him."

"Oh, and why would you say that?" Horizon asks.

"Well, his first interview since the Kamino situation and he says he felt ashamed because of Tomura Shigaraki and blamed himself, which is probably true since that's the kind of person he is."

"Mhm."

"But since then he's just been going sort of on and on about how great you are and how much he trusts you to take care of the future, the scripting is subtle but not hard to miss if you know to look for it."

"Luckily most people don't know to look for it."

"How'd you setup this interview so quickly anyway?"

"Chitose is a friend that's always looking for a story."

Ryuko looks up from her work, seeing the beautiful blue Chitose on the screen, then glances over at Horizon, "just a friend?"

"Settle down cat lady, she's got a secret boyfriend and everything...plus she's too annoying for anything more. Probably would be interviewing me during sex, no thanks."

Ryuko giggles at that, "way to kill the mood huh? But it still feels weird knowing All Might is doing this because of you."

"Well he wanted me to save his fuckup, either this or Deku would be fighting in court still."

"Doesn't it feel like you held Deku hostage, just a little bit?"

Horizon shrugs, "not really, like any contract he had the option to just say no and leave, but when you sign the dotted line you don't get to complain about what comes after, so long as all parties keep their word."

"I guess you're right, still seems kinda extreme if you ask me, lots of kids mess up when they're out on patrol for the first time, the Commission had an extreme reaction."

"Partly my fault...entirely my fault."

"Huh?"

"Well, I've been pushing so much for the public and Commission to be harder on Pro Heroes, including Pro Heroes themselves, the standards to get a Provisional License have gone up significantly and the Commission is also looking for any excuse to flunk people out of Hero Programs."

"So they maxed out the charges to make an example? Punish someone who I'm sure they know must be innocent but a bit misguided...as an example of intolerance for Pro Heroes messing up."

"Pretty much," Horizon shrugs. "Luckily aside from you, the teacher, myself, and a few cops and a judge, nobody else really knows. And the Commission ofcourse."

"That, that doesn't sound heroic at all," Ryuko sits up and thinks about it for a moment. "Wait a minute, is that why even when All For One was revealed they never lessened the punishment against my team for the Summer Camp incident?"

"Yup, and why they never tried to defend you from the public, luckily Nezu covered the legal fees and fines for you guys, otherwise you'd be spending the next 5 years in debt."

Ryuko breathes a sigh of relief, "good this I retired when I did, this new status quo you're working on for Pro Heroes seems really unforgiving."

"That's the idea, because if you fail people die, as you know."

"Mhm."

"So best to get the losers out of the system as early as possible."

"Yeah but that causes another issue, doesn't it?"

"What issue is that."

"Well, people like me," Ryuko sees Horizon look over at her. "I mean I've got part ownership of the mountain resort so I wasn't completely desperate, even if it doesn't make much money. But a lot of Pros who suddenly lose their license will probably have to find work, the more famous ones will be fine since they can survive off brand deals and probably made enough to retire, but the D and C listers."

"The losers."

She narrows her eyes at him, "the people who only make enough to live a decent life---"

"While putting themselves and their family at risk, so losers and idiots, they should just quit at that point."

She furrows her brows at him, "can you not be an ass for one second and hear me out."

"Yeah yeah..."

"Well if suddenly a lot of people who have only ever trained to fight and use their Quirk get fired...and since that's the only skill set they have, do you see where I'm going with this?"

"Yeah, a new breed of villain, I know. But it's only the trash that's getting filtered out, the remaining Pros can deal with them, but the Commission will probably deal with them first."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing to worry about, besides, doesn't matter if an army of bottom feeders team up, you've got me."

Ryuko sets her work aside and gets comfortable on the couch, "yeah, but not everyone has a miracle in their bed."

"Well you're in my bed, but technicalities and all that."

"You know what I mean, and I'm done here, are you finished yet?"

"Just in time for the meeting tomorrow, I've got a lot of good info for Sir Nighteye and his band of losers, and Fatgum, and Ryukyu."

"Your dragon girlfriend," Ryuko tries to hide her giggling.

"Ugh, I get enough of that stupid rumor from the internet, don't need you humoring it either."

"Hey I just think it's fun, but my personal favorite is people thinking you're dating Nejire-Chan," Ryuko doubles over laughing. "I wish I could see how annoyed you are under the visor every time she calls you!"

"Girl talks too much," Horizon mutters.

"You say that about everyone."

"Maybe everyone just needs to shut up, but that's unavoidable."

"So can I see what you found for Nighteye?" Ryuko gets up and drops herself onto the couch beside him, leaning against his side.

"I'm not sure I should show you this, considering you've kind of got a weak tolerance for the darker side of villains."

"Well, that is partly why we became a rescue team instead of a combat team, but I'm sure I can manage."

"Alright, if you say so," Horizon takes his feet off the coffee table and swipes on the tablet, and the hologram projector built into the table displays two strands of helical DNA.

Two twisting spires with bridges connecting them like a warped ladder represents each strand.

One red, and one blue.

"DNA?"

"Human DNA, they came from the same person, to make the bullets."

"Someone is using their Quirk to make Quirk-suppressing bullets?"

"Not exactly..."

Ryuko looks at the projection, then back at Horizon, then back to the projection, as all the pieces come together.

"They're forcing someone else to do it?"

"Well considering the genetic markers match what would usually be found on the brain stem...yeah, I'd imagine so."

Ryuko rubs the back of her head and grimaces, "damn monsters."

"Oh it gets a lot worse considering what some of the genetic markers and telomeres tell me, but I don't want to deal with you crying tonight..."

"I can handle it."

Horizon looks at her and considers it for a moment, then turns back to the display, "no, you can't."

She frowns and just leans against him. "So what's their plan?"

"Red bullets stop Quirks, blue bullets undo the red bullet. Sell red to villains and blue to Heroes."

"How would they do that?"

"I'm checking out a few pharmaceutical companies and recently requested patents, eventually I'll get a hit. It'll be through a series of shell companies but since I'm using Nezu's system it should sort it out fairly quickly."

"A medicine that removes Quirks, in the right hands it could be a lifesaver."

"Yeah, lots of people would kill to have their Quirk gone, but because of 'Human Rights' and all that they have to be willing."

"You always sound so disgusted when you talk about human rights...kind of concerning Mr. Doctor."

"Too bad they use her Quirk to manufacture it, and the regulations to make and sell anything originating from a Quirk would never allow someone to sell pieces of their own brain stem."

Ryuko winces.

"Now imagine if I told you all the bad parts."

"You said 'her'..."

"Drop it."

"Alright alright...I'm already gonna have trouble sleeping tonight."

"We'll figure something out," Horizon chuckles. "Any more questions?"

"Yeah, aren't you worried about them hitting you with one of those bullets?"

"I'd never get hit, plus, it wouldn't work. The bullet itself has a stored package of Chronons, that's how it works."

"Time particles? So it ages the Quirk factor away for a while, and the blue one targets the red and ages it forward into...existing?"

"Into being useful and matured again."

"Ok, but what if they make a new one that just ages you into dust or something?"

"Awe, you're worried about me..."

Ryuko pushes his shoulder, hard enough to actually make him move, "just because you're invincible doesn't mean I don't worry. Or maybe I just like this lifestyle and don't think I could score another young, powerful, billionaire doctor," she giggles and leans against him.

"Oh there's only one of me, and he's here with you. But really the Chronos are mapped to the person's dna, like an infection, which means it will only affect me if I allow it, and I won't, plus...even if it ages me a hundred years nothing would really change."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I can control my aging, so when I'm around 28 I'll just keep my body like that forever, that's the plan anyway."

It takes almost a minute for Ryuko's mind to wrap around what he just said, "are you telling me you're immortal?"

"Well, it's not like I try to hide it," Horizon shrugs. "During the Sports Festival, I literally said, 'mortal diseases and ailments don't affect me', weren't you listening?"

"Nobody takes that stuff seriously, c'mon! We just all assumed it was just the heat of the moment or something."

"Well now you know better..."

Ryuko sinks back into the couch and folds her arms, pouting, "so when I'm a saggy old grandma you'll still be young and hot...fuck you."

Horizon bursts out laughing, "well that's one way to look at it, but the other side is that I'll outlive everyone I love forever and ever, over and over again, can't image what that will do to me."

"You'll be fine, your ego is enough to keep you company, its like you always say---"

"I am enough..."

END CHAPTER---


章 187: CHAPTER 183(Raid Briefing)

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CHAPTER START---

"Now that everyone is here, let's get this meeting started," Sir Nighteye says.

He was sitting at the head of a large meeting room inside his agency. Behind him was a projector showing a picture of Kai Chisaki, aka Overhaul.

And in front of him was an assembly of mostly small-time Pro Heroes. The most notable names were Ryukyu, the current #10 Pro Hero, accompanied by three of her work studies students. Nejire-Chan, Froppy, and Uravity.

Fatgum was also in attendance with his work studies students, Suneater and Red Riot.

And Sir Nighteye's own work-study student, the final member of the big three, Lemillion was also in attendance.

The big three along with two dozen Pro Heroes together for one raid operation.

"Yes," Ryukyu says. "Please tell us what could warrant such a gathering."

"And why kids are involved in this," Rocklock says. He was a brown-skinned man with dreadlocks and a green and yellow hero costume, lock-themed. "Yeah they're from UA but from the feel of things this could get really dangerous."

"My students are plenty capable," Ryukyu says, gesturing to Froppy and Uravity, as Nejire-Chan has already proven herself over the years.

"Mine too!" Fatgum gestures to his students. "Plus these guys have valuable information to add to this case, just a few days ago we got first-hand experience with just how dangerous this can be!"

"Focus please," Nighteye draws all eyes onto himself.

Looking around the room he's happy with the people he managed to gather, aside from the fact that he couldn't get Eraser Head.

Nighteye requested his aid since his Quirk is perfect for this type of operation, especially against Overhaul, but Nezu said both he and Horizon can't be away from UA at the same time.

The threat of Gigantomachia is far too great to risk such a thing.

"Right, sorry," Rocklock says.

"Now, I brought you all here to assist in the investigation, raid, and apprehension of a branch of the Yakuza named the Shie Hassaikai."

"Yakuza?" Ryukyu asks. "They haven't been a crime organization for decades, are they regressing now that All Might is gone?"

"No, only this one faction, led by Kai Chisaki, Overhaul," Nighteye gestures to the picture behind him. "His Quirk is rumored to disassemble things and restructure them, hence the name."

"A powerful Quirk," Fatgum says.

"Yes, but before we think about taking him down, we first need to gather evidence. Will you please tell everyone what happened to your students a few days ago."

"Sure thing!" Fatgum stands up. "Well Suneater and Red Riot were out on patrol when they got shot by some thugs, one of them fired a weird red bullet-like thing into Suneater's arm, it had a durable red case and a needlepoint."

"Needle?" Ryukyu asks.

"It only stung," Suneater says, voice almost too quiet to hear. "But the next thing I know I couldn't use my Quirk, couldn't even feel it, it was gone..."

Most of their eyes open wide at that, horrified by the notion of losing their Quirk, far more so than regular people since Pro Heroes live and die by their Quirk.

"But I'm guessing it came back since you're here now," Rocklock says. "You're ok, right kid?"

"I'm fine," Suneater grows a cow horn from his head, then it merges back into his body. "It wore off after a few hours."

"I got shot too," Red Riot says. "But I hardened before the bullet hit so it shattered against me, some weird red liquid splashed on my arm from it but nothing happened, guess it has to be in your blood to take effect since I was fine."

"One of the thugs they arrested gave up the name of the person who delivered the bullets to him," Nighteye says. "He's confirmed to be a member of the Shie Hassaikai, but we're unsure if he's working solo or under Overhaul's orders."

"This is a lot of manpower for a hunch," Rocklock points out.

"True, we do have more suspicions," Nighteye admits. "I've been investigating Overhaul and his group for almost two months, in that time I've uncovered dozens of rumors about them being a major transit hub for drugs and other contraband from Japan into Korea. We just haven't been able to get anyone to testify or deliver solid proof...atleast they never lived long enough to do so."

"Quirk suppressing bullets being smuggled into Japan," Ryukyu mutters. "These people are dangerous, I'm glad you called me in for this."

"Yes, but I must confess that the reason all of you have been selected is because of this," the screen behind him changes to a map of Japan, showing a dozen bases scattered about.

"That explains why lesser-known Pros like us are here," Rocklock says. "Those locations are in our respective areas, you want us to scope them out for you."

"Precisely," Nighteye says. "We need more than rumors to get a search and arrest warrant signed, we need probable cause. The Yakuza is still a big organization, and if it looks like we're trying to bully one of its branches they could cause problems, but if the Shie Hassaikai are caught doing illegal business, they'll cut all ties with them to protect the larger factions."

"Is there anything specific we should look out for?" Ryukyu asks.

"Kai Chisaki himself. Overhaul went into hiding after a recent chance encounter, he's being even more cautious than before unfortunately."

"If he thinks that we're looking for him, why would he stay at one of their bases?" Ryukyu asks.

"Because he doesn't know we're aware of all his bases, plus as easy as it would be to just go somewhere else, he's a control freak. He supposedly values precision so much that other than his right-hand man, nobody knows his full plan. He can't lead his people from far away, so he'll be close enough to keep an eye on them."

"And when we do find him?" Ryukyu asks. "Go in swinging and hope for the best?"

"Ideally I'll request more manpower from Pro Heroes and the police force, but from what I discovered most of the Shie Hassaikai are standard thugs, only the top men are worth taking special precautions for. All the files were sent to you this morning before this meeting."

"I've got friends on the police force in some of those places, I'll call them and see what they know," Fatgum says. "We used to take down drug dealers like this all the time."

"I appreciate that," Nighteye says.

Ryukyu nods along, "alright, so what areas do you want us to keep an eye on?"

---30 Minutes later...

Just when Nighteye was halfway through explaining the specifics of their roles in this operation, Fatgum checks his phone to read his new message.

"Hey Nighteye," Fatgum raises his hand to get everyone's attention. "Horizon just sent me a text, he's done analyzing the bullet we sent him, the one that shot Suneater."

"You sent it to him instead of the crime lab?"

"Ryukyu said he works faster and better anyway, I mean its only been a few days and he's done already."

"He's reliable," Ryukyu says. "If Horizon is ready you should call him while we're all here, he likely have found something new for us."

"Agreed," Nighteye nods to Fatgum who immediately calls Horizon.

While its ringing Ryukyu speaks up, "I recommend only speaking if necessary during this," she looks around the room. "Horizon is exceptional at what he does, but he's very...prickly."

They all give her strange looks, aside from the students in the room that is.

"That's the nice way of putting it," Froppy says.

"Fatgum?" Horizon's voice reaches everyone, already on speaker already.

"Yeah I'm here, we're in the meeting right now discussing the raid, figured you could update us all right now if that's not too much to ask."

"Huh, its already ten o'clock, I assumed that meeting was over already. I just got off the phone with President Pantu and was about to write up a report to send Nighteye."

"The president of the Hero Public Safety Commission is hands on with this matter?" Sir Nighteye asks.

"Its big enough to warrant her direct attention, and my own investigation has proved very promising."

"Investigation?" Rocklock asks. "Does this kid seriously think he can handle something this complex on his own? Overhaul is already onto us, we can't afford tipping him off even more."

Ryukyu shoots him a concerned look, trying to stop things from escalating, "Horizon is very capable, I was skeptical too at first but after working with him a few times, he's the rare case of someone meeting the claims the media makes about them, and even going beyond them."

"And he's super strong!" Nejire-Chan adds.

"Which is more than I can say about whoever said that just now, because I don't recognize the voice, so who are you anyway?"

The entire room goes silent, feeling the tension in the air, but Nighteye decides not to intervene, wanting to learn more about Horizon, about the man Nezu seems to think can surpass his idol, All Might.

"The name is Rocklock, and---"

"Never heard of you," Horizon interrupts him. "And since I've got a lot of the top Pro Heroes memorized, must mean you're one of the loser D-Listers."

"Hey I---!"

"Have a boring record," Horizon says. "I'm looking it up right now. A Pro for over a decade but you've only dealt with small time thugs and incidents, no real villain takedowns worth mentioning. Because your Quirk Deadbolt just lets you lock things and people in place... spatially atleast, just a bit better than a tube of superglue."

Nighteye sees where this is going and tries, but fails to stop it, "can we please get ba---"

"A glorified beat cop playing Pro...another paper hero inflating the number of Pro Heroes in this country...I wonder how long it'll take before the commission sweeps you off the board and drops you in the trash pile where you belong."

"Who the hell do you think you are talking to me like that?!" Rocklock gets up and slams his hand on the table. "And those records are confidential!"

"I'm the child they call in when people like you can't be trusted to handle important matters, that's who I am, and that's why I have access to your records, to sort through the garbage and clean this country...one piece of garbage at a time."

"You little sh---"

"Enough!" Nighteye has to raise his voice, stopping this argument in its tracks. "Bicker on your own time, we have a job to do..."

Rocklock mutters something under his breath and sits down, and Ryukyu just shakes her head at the man who completely ignored her warning.

"Horizon, can you please tell us what you learned."

"Sure thing Nighteye..."

While Horizon begins explaining, Nighteye is more grateful than ever that such a person didn't obtain One For All, because even through the phone he could feel a vile nature below the surface...

END CHAPTER---


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