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59.1% MHA: Horizon (Ope-Ope No Mi) / Chapter 223: CHAPTER 219(Grand Schemes)

章 223: CHAPTER 219(Grand Schemes)

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CHAPTER START---

Pantu sat in her office behind her desk as a hologram was project upward from it.

Showing Chitose breaking down yesterdays raid operation, the most recent, and which turned out to the among the most successful in history.

Almost as if Horizon somehow knew exactly when higher value items would be in Japan before getting shipped to America.

Only a few people put this together, but the woman sitting across from Pantu isn't one of them.

Ryukyu simply sits back and watches the broadcast.

"Horizon was busy as always when I reached out for an exclusive comment," Chitose said. "But after the reports of the suspected value of the seized assets were announced by the Hero Public Safety Commission, I just had to as. Why not trust a more experience Pro Hero with such a important operation?

After all, Horizon, regardless of how we view him, is technically still signed on as a Work Studies student under Endeavor, who he commanded during the raid. For this to be not only the largest but most monetarily successful operation of its nature in history, in the hands of, well, a teenage, the risk seemed far too high.

To this, his only response was, and I quote, 'I intend to lead the next generation of Pro Heroes, so that we may guide Japan into a better future than ever before. Why not start to practice now with the current generation?'

But with that being said, of course since he did most of the investigation and planning process to make all of this possible, handing it over likely wasn't something he was willing to, or should have done.

After all, when the future of Japan is at risk, who better to trust than Horizon? Now w---"

Pantu shuts off the screen, snapping Ryukyu's attention onto her.

Even now she maintains her icy facade, perfectly concealing how annoyed she is.

"Horizon's value just shot even further through the roof," Pantu says. "Have you spoken to him since the raid yesterday?"

"Only on the phone for a few minutes," Ryukyu says, and Pantu detects no lies. "I stayed at his tower a while longer than I needed to last week, met his... pet cat?"

"Oh, her," Pantu says. "Her personality is far too caring and honest, approaching her for information is announcing to him that we're keeping closer tabs on him than he knows. But we have her on a short list of people to avoid interactions with, its not worth the risk."

"He knows you're watching him at all?" Ryukyu was surprised by this.

"Of course, he knows that everything we can monitor, we do, but his daily movements are impossible to track when he's in the tower or simply wants to disappear."

"Well Ryuko is head over heels for him," Ryukyu says. "And she knows he doesn't particularly care about the heroic part of being a Pro Hero, from what we spoke about he doesn't have anything he cares about. At least not enough to stay in Japan."

"Well hopefully that changes within the next few years," Pantu says. "But other countries will be making even larger bids for him. I need information on what he really likes, because at a certain point money stops mattering and the other perks will outweigh it."

"Have you tried asking?"

"I did, and he doesn't have any such interests at the moment, but if it happens to appear, you're there to find out."

"And to spot any vulnerabilities he has," Ryukyu mutters.

"Naturally, but you don't have to worry about fighting him. It will never come to that, worst case scenario, I give him what he wants and he abandons Japan."

Ryukyu winces, "the loss of life from him suddenly leaving, the influx of villains and chaos that would cause... unimaginable."

"And at this rate, unavoidable, because it seems he's determined to insert himself as the pillar of our society, replacing All Might. But there are much worse things than him simply leaving us alone."

Ryukyu thinks about it for a moment, "well, hopefully we at least clear out the League Of Villains before he leaves."

"You don't have to worry about them," Pantu says. "I have a man working on that as we speak..."

---Elsewhere...

"Where the heck is this?" Hawks asks as he steps out of the warp gate, only seeing the ocean ahead of him and a dark forest behind him.

Looking around the warp gate closes, before another opens and Dabi walks out.

"Why do you look so confused birdie?"

"I prefer to know where I am, what, we couldn't meet up in a mall, maybe get some food?"

"Do I look like I want to watch you eat birdseed?" Dabi rolls his eyes as the warp gate closes, keeping his hands at his side as he approaches Hawks. "You said you had something good, this better not be a waste of my time, Hero."

"For the record, I prefer eating chicken," Hawks says as he turns away from Dabi and looks at the ocean. "So, did Shigaraki have his supply lines disrupted by those raids we did?"

Dabi rolls his eyes, "we have Warp Gate moron, we don't pay transport fees, from the manufacturer directly to us, instant and cheap."

"Did you at least keep up with the news about it, we got a lot of stuff?"

"Estimated 3 Billion dollars of things the news won't tell us the specifics about," Dabi says curiously. "Is that number real?"

"A low estimate," Hawks says, which surprises Dabi. "But the most valuable thing is already back with its owner, so it wasn't counted in all of that."

"And you called to meet me the day after these raids because---"

Hawks pulls out a piece of paper from his coat.

"---There we go, payday," Dabi says. "A few billion dollars to expand our operations will help out a lot, maybe even earn you some facetime with the boss. We're planning a big...uh, nevermind, you aren't that trusted yet. Just know this will help."

Hawks hands over the page and Dabi quickly skims it, "this is only one location, the report said over a dozen locations were raided. They couldn't have moved them all to one location within a day."

"Nope, they're all sitting at individual armories and strongholds across Japan, but most of it, roughly 2 Billion dollars of fine art, artifacts, gems, and some more fun items are sitting in the most heavily defended spot in Tokyo."

"This isn't Tokyo," Dabi says, gesturing to the page.

"Nope, that's Yaiba city, Yoroi Musha, a top 10 Pro Hero will respond fast when you guys attack, but only him and some other weak Pros. You can handle that, right?"

"The 'Senior Citizen Pro Hero', yeah, I can handle that myself. But why this location, and only this one, huh, Hero?"

"I figured all the arms and ammunitions at that spot would have been more valuable than trying to sell off art, at least to Shigaraki."

"We've got more than enough of that, the money would be better," Dabi glares at Hawks, then just looks annoyed. "We're looking to increase our war chest since one of our big benefactors got killed recently, not long after you joined us."

"Wasn't me," Hawks raises his hands in surrender, jokingly.

"I know, cops said its a break-in gone wrong. Just the same shit luck we've had all our lives, but if you can get us one of the more lucrative storehouses from this raid, the boss will appreciate it."

Hawks thinks about it for a moment.

"Mmm, one is close to my agency, but after you guys supposedly broke out under mine and Ryukyu's watch I can't afford to fail at defending that. If I drop down from #2 then the intel I can get becomes a lot more limited.

I chose that one because Yoroi Mush should be a easy kill for your league, plus he's far from any other power Pro Heroes, not to mention the equipment there is most immediately useful."

"What about the others, you'll probably have to respond to anything in Tokyo, but Ryukyu was on that raid, and she's far from Tokyo."

"Yeah, but she's friends with Horizon, well, at least they worked together a few time. And the plan is to avoid giving him reasons to start looking into us, remember. Plus Yoroi Musha's raid went the most public, so you guys actually have a believable reason to know where that is," Hawks gestures to the map he gave them.

"And it covers the fact that we have a spy," Dabi adds, and Hawks nods along. "Well, we can always use the firepower, and killing a Top 10 Pro before the big hero ranking ceremony next month should remind the public that we're out there."

"Exactly what I was thinking, anything else you need me to look into?"

"Just keep doing what you're doing, knowing where Horizon won't be is still very important for us," Dabi says as he begins turning, a Warp Gate already behind him. "Oh, and just incase we suddenly have something super powerful on our side, where's the stronghold with all the big shiny things in it."

"Wanna go after the big money items huh, well its pretty obvious. That raid was in Tokyo, and what's the most secure place that no smart villain would attack?" Hawks gives him a cheeky grin.

Dabi sighs, "nevermind then, there isn't enough money in the world worth picking a fight with him, not until---" he cuts himself off, not wanting to reveal Gigantomachia's new modifications.

"You sure? A billion is a lot," Hawks says jokingly.

"Yeah, and breaking into Horizon tower is also a lot, just keep doing what you're doing."

"Gotcha!"

"Kurogiri, I'm done here."

A purple mist manifests behind Dabi and envelops him, warping him away before it closes and disappears.

And suddenly Hawks is alone on the beach, in the middle of nowhere.

"Uh, Kurogiri?" he asks, looking around for his warp gate, but after a few minutes nothing happens. "Sigh, great, I though we were over this crap," he begins flying toward the sky, trying to get cell reception.

"Why can't anyone who likes me ever get a warping Quirk," Hawks mutters as he still sees nothing denoting civilization round him.

---Horizon Tower...

"Wow, if I didn't know better I'd say you wrote the script for them," Ryuko says as she sits on couch.

Horizon is beside her working on his laptop, on the TV Chitose's report just finished, 45 minutes of stroking Horizon's ego.

"Can't help it that I'm amazing," Horizon shrugs. "Definitely can't wait to see what my new offers are to move abroad."

"Hmm," Ryuko thinks about it for a moment, "I'm hoping Germany wins the bidding...even if that's unlikely, I mean living there seems super relaxing."

"What makes you think I'd take you with me?"

Ryuko rolls her eyes "what makes you think you can get rid of me?"

END CHAPTER---


章 224: CHAPTER 220(Empty Seat)

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CHAPTER START---

In a quiet spot at the Tokyo docks, under the noon sun Cellophane is fighting a woman, slender and tall but sporting thick grey scales on her skin.

Naturally armored thanks to her Quirk.

There were police nearby already aiming their guns at her, surrounding the fight but ultimately knowing none of them had to power to pierce her scales.

The bullets they fired earlier only ricocheted off and flew back at them, so once again they depend on a hero to deal with the villain.

"A little help here, how about it?" Cellophane mutters, not loud enough to be heard outside of his visor.

He narrowly doges a punch and her scaled forearm grazes his suit, scraping some of the fabric off his chest.

"I don't fight D-List trash, just knock her out quickly and hand her to the cops, bet they're impatient too plus your food is getting cold," Horizon responds, nowhere to be seen but speaking through Cellophane's visor.

"They're not very helpful," Cellophane dodges a kick and springboards off the woman's leg, intending to flip over her, only for her to suddenly grow a thin tail and whip him out of the air.

"I've still got tricks up my sleeve," the villain says.

Cellophane hits the floor and pivots into a roll before getting back on his feet, now sporting a cut across his back from her tail.

"Yeah well," Cellophane takes a deep breath as he looks at her. "I knew you weren't dumb, leading me to a place where my Quirk isn't that helpful," he glances at the lack of vertical structures in this area. "But the hero always wins..."

"HA!" she flexes her hands and they morph from fingers to claws as her boots are blown apart, the same transformation happening to her feet. "Your Quirk is no good against mine dumbass!"

She charges forward as her teeth become razor sharp and her muscles bulk up.

Leaping into the air she slams down, cracking the concrete as he shoots a line of tape to the side and pulls himself to safety.

"Heroes die all the time!" she yells while charging at him again.

He tries the same trick only for her to jump toward where the tape is and grab it, spinning to slam him around.

As she does, instead of letting himself be pulled in, he simply releases more tape and wraps her once before she notices.

"Not this hero," Cellophane says. "And learning to counter that trick is the first thing I did!"

As she's breaking out he first two lines of tape past her, leaving her in the middle and retracts himself as quickly as possible.

He slingshots himself forward.

She looks up just in time to see both his feet coming toward her, as he dropkicks her hard enough to send her tumbling across the floor with some teeth clattering about.

As Cellophane realizes how much this hurt her, he begins coming up with a plan for a finishing move.

"Argh!" She slams her hand into the ground and pushes herself up, still seeing a bit blurry after that hit. "When I'm done with you I'll kill everyone here, then nobody else will get in my way!"

"That must be the best thing your lizard brain can come up with huh," Cellophane jokes as he takes a running stance, "kill me to give Horizon a real reason to come after you."

He sees a look of realization dawn on her, causing a moment of hesitation, exactly as planned.

And in the same moment he bolts forward, shooting two lines out to slingshot himself at her.

She snaps to her senses and focuses once more, "just die!" she screams out while running forward, this time with her claws in the path he'd use to kick her.

'Same trick won't work twice, kill you then the witnesses, then leave before that freak show up...' she think, proud of herself for quickly adapting.

But she's not the only one.

Cellophane repeats the exact same movements, but this time as his feet are about to get pierced by her claws he flips, using her forearms as a platform to leap higher into the air.

She swings his tail at him again, and this too he predicts and uses as a stepping stone to get more height, now 15m -45ft- above her.

He fires two lines of tape past her at her sides, another slingshot, and retracts them as fast as possible, quickly pivoting to line himself up with her head as she's only now turning around.

Even among Pro Heroes, his reaction time in situations like these was impressive.

Which is why by the time she's about to turn around, his boots slam into the side of her face, pushing her all the way into the concrete and breaking her jaw.

The remainder of her teeth go scattering across the floor as she's instantly knocked out.

"Damn, forgot to name that," Cellophane sighs as he steps away from her. "Maybe, 'Cellophane Slingshot,' sounds ok..."

"Is she down?" one of the cops asks.

"Oh, yeah!" he waves to them. "You can take her away now."

"Thanks, never doubted you, mostly."

"Mostly?" Cellophane asks as the other officers drag the woman away, noticing her jaw hanging very limply.

"Well, we figured her Quirk makes her tough, and...I didn't know you had Enhanced Strength," the officer gestures to the cracked floor that was beneath her head.

"Oh, its not really that big of a deal," Cellophane shrugs.

He simply didn't want to go into the details of it. Of how the endoskeleton of his suit allows him to withstand more force than his body naturally can. So if he uses himself like a bullet or a wedge he can hit harder or take more pressure, but his punches are unaffected.

As they're talking Horizon swaps with one of the bits of concrete that broke loose, warping in front of them.

He appeared sitting on his hoverboard with a bag of takeout beside him, and a drink.

"Took you long enough," was the first thing he said, ignoring the wide eyes all the officers are giving him.

"Yeah well, I had to get creative. No tall walls or building around here to springboard off of," Cellophane says.

"Excuses excuses," Horizon jokes, then looks at the police officer. "If any of your guys need healing please let me know."

"Um, we're all fine sir, just, this---"

"Not what you expected?" Horizon gestures to himself, sitting casually on the hoverboard with food beside him, and Scalpel hovering nearby.

"Its just tha---"

Horizon raises his hand, cutting off the man. He touches the side of his visor to indicate he's on a call.

As he hovers a bit higher, Cellophane gets the hint that they need to wrap this up quickly and helps the officers secure the villain.

The moment the villain is secure and Cellophane is about to give his thanks to the officers.

SHAMBLES!

He suddenly finds himself standing on the back of the hoverboard, high above the city.

"Woooww, a little warning next time."

"Tape your self down, you can eat when we get there," Horizon says, completely serious.

He immediately uses the equipment built into his suit to sit down and secure himself to the board, via the tape sent through his boots and hands for him to stick to surfaces.

"Wooooo!" Cellophane yells out as they rapidly accelerate to 400mph -643kmph-, not quite at the speed of the hoverboard. "I've never seen you fly this fast, how they hell are you even standing?!"

"Its the boots," Horizon says as the wind rushes past them, but thankfully they could speak with their visors. "We need to get to the other side of Japan quickly."

"What happened, some big emergency, Tsunami?"

"You know Yoroi Musha?" Horizon asks.

"I've met him once, samuari dude, he's like a fossil. Not someone I'm excited to work with but he's #9, so lets do this," Cellophane cheers.

"He's dead," Horizon says. "He was old and obsolete so it should be a net positive that his spot is open for someone else, but the way he died and timing of it will fuck us..."

"So he didn't just have a heart attack like most ancient people?"

"He was decayed..."

"Shigaraki," Cellophane says. "But, why? I mean if you're planning to kill a top pro to make a statement, why go for the weakest one."

"This wasn't about making a statement, at least not in that way. They raided the military armory close to his city, and he got there before they left."

"Was there anything good inside?"

"Guns, guns, and lots of guns..."

"Hmm, I thought those locations were well hidden, think there's a leak?"

"There is, its the most logical thing," Horizon says. "But its in the commission or police force most likely, so sooner or later they'll get caught. But since they haven't found anyone yet, I'd bet the villains bugged the place or keep ripping the secrets out of someone's mind with a Quirk."

"So the mole doesn't even know they're a mole," Cellophane says.

"Easiest way I can think of to get around Pantu's Quirk," Horizon says.

They fly for an hour, by now Horizon is briefed on the situation and begins relaying the information to Cellophane.

"They want this quiet and contained until they can double security on the other sites," Horizon says. "I'll be spending the next two days escorting the other items to disposal sites to be destroyed."

"A top pro died, how long do they expect to keep this quiet for?"

"Long enough that nobody notices I'm not in Minato Tokyo. When we're done investigating I'll have to get back there first, so Team Horizon can keep an eye on things while I'm gone."

"Why are you even carrying me with you, shouldn't I get there now?" Cellophane asks.

"Because I need someone who's competent and I'm sure I can trust with me, if you see anything or anyone suspicious, let me know, got it?"

"Got it, but uh, one question?"

"Yeah?"

"Since the #9 spot is open now, who do you think is gonna replace him?"

END CHAPTER---


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