ocean-life CHAPTER 184(Raid Briefing Pt.2)
CHAPTER 184(Raid Briefing Pt.2)
CHAPTER 184(Raid Briefing Pt.2)
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"Horizon, can you please tell us what you learned."
"Sure thing Nighteye..."
Everyone gets ready to listen in, and later they'd be thankful that this is all being recorded, because the information was so stomach churning they could hardly take notes.
"How long have you been building this case?"
"Six weeks," Nighteye says. "I got a lead when one of their members was caught hanging around some drug dealers, we kept an eye on him and learned he was the supplier, and now we're here."
"Right, well you've barely scratched the surface," Horizon says. "For the past three days I've been analyzing the sample Fatgum sent me and doing some research of my own."
"We're listening."
"What you're dealing with isn't some nonsense like Trigger, this is a new type of arms race, the kind that can go global very quickly.
The red bullet Fatgum sent has a blue counterpart I found two weeks ago, but that one doesn't make any sense on its own since it doesn't do anything.
The red suppresses Quirks, but I think it's more like a Quirk Deletion Bullet."
"But my Quirk came back," Suneater says.
"Yeah, after a few hours, but I contacted the Commission for their records, any reports of Pro Heroes losing access to their Quirk, got hits from all across Japan. Dozens of reports, some for a few minutes, others for a few days, the evidence is inconsistent.
That means this is still in its trial run, and the end goal is likely a permanent result. One lucky shot and your career is over, in a battle, you'd just die more often than not."
Everyone looks sickened at the thought.
"The blue one does the opposite. On its own, you could apply it to yourself and nothing would happen, but if you've been shot by a Deleter Round, it counters the effect and matures your Quirk factor back to its usable state."
"A plague and a cure," Nighteye says.
"Exactly, they plan to sell the Deleter Rounds to villains and the cure to the government, can't imagine what a government wouldn't pay for their Top Pro Heroes to have their Quirks restored."
"How would they make that deal happen?"
"Already found that out," Horizon says, once again surprising everyone. "I found a small pharmaceutical company that applied for approval on the patent to the cure, it's hidden fairly well as something else but the chemical markers are nearly identical.
I tracked it though nearly a dozen shell companies back to the Shie Hassaikai, or atleast one of their ghost accounts."
"No wonder the Commission is so closely involved," Ryukyu says. "But from the sounds of it, the Shie Hassaikai are manufacturing these drugs, not importing it."
"That they are, and I know how to stop them from making more. I read the briefing Nighteye sent, thankfully Fatgum sent me a copy so I'd be up to speed."
Nighteye gives him a slightly annoyed look since it's confidential information, but Fatgum just shrugs and smiles awkwardly.
"Arresting Overhaul is a priority, but his supposed daughter is of equal importance."
"Eri?" Lemillion asks, a sinking feeling forming in his gut. "When we bumped into him we saw her, what's she got to do with this?"
"She's the product..."
The entire room is silent, mortified, hoping he didn't mean what they think he meant.
"Seriously?" Ryukyu didn't try to hide her disgust. "He's using his own daughter to make drugs?"
"Oh, I don't know about that," Froppy says. "I think you're just being nice, he's always kind of a jerk..."
"Yeah," Rocklock agrees. "Normally I don't speak like this about kids but...that guy is as--- a jerk."
Almost everyone nods in agreement.
"That's irrelevant," Nighteye says. "In three days he uncovered more than I knew existed in the past 6 weeks, the information he provided is beyond critical for this investigation. I'll have to alter our action plan but your roles as discussed today are unchanged. We're only now entering the observation stage of things."
"Then we should all head back to our territories after exchanging contacts," Ryukyu says. "We'll save Eri and stop these monster, I can feel it, but don't let your desire to save her quickly cause you to take unnecessary risks. Believe me, I want to save her as much as any of you, the thought of a child enduring torture like that sickens me, but the risk of us over reaching and scaring off Overhaul is far too great."
"Agreed," Nighteye says. "Heed her words everyone, be careful in your approach, now let's get to work..."
After everyone leaves, only Nighteye and his sidekicks are in his office, grim expressions as they sit around his coffee table.
"We have to tell him, right?" Bubble girl asks.
"The case is confidential, and he's not a part of it anymore," Centipeder says.
"Deku deserves to know," Lemillion says, a grim expression on his face, fist balled so tight it hurts. "He was right, he was right and I stopped him from saving her. I handed her back over to that monster...I don't know how I can look him in the eyes after that, or her."
"By doing what heroes do, by saving her," Sir Nighteye says to the young hero. "Don't beat yourself up for the choice you made, with the information you had I would have done the exact same thing. You couldn't have known, and clearly Chisaki manipulated the records so nobody suspected his abuse of Eri... just do what you can, and save her, that's how you apologize to them."
"Right," Lemillion wipes the one tear flowing down his cheek, "thank you sir!"
"Good, now I need all of you to give me a moment, I need to call Midoriya, and I've been given a lot to think about..."
"You're going to tell him?" Centipeder asks.
"Of course," Nighteye says. "He may not have his Provisional License right now, but the moment he gets it back, I hope he'll return and be my sidekick, I have much to teach him..."
As they all exit the office, Nighteye takes out his phone, his finger hovering above Deku's contact.
'It should be lunchtime at UA right now...but what do I say to him.'
He thinks back on all he learned that day, and quietly laughs to himself, 'I didn't know what I didn't know, and stumbled into something far more nefarious than I could have ever imagined, but today I got a lot of insight.
Midoriya's instincts are atleast on part with All Might's, that heroic spirit they share, something I always lacked. It must be nurtured and allowed to bloom fully. I certainly see why you chose him as your successor instead of Mirio, I suppose my time with Mirio has made him a bit too much like me.
He always thinks before he leaps, and sometimes being a Hero means having faith.
But I also see why Principal Nezu likes Horizon so much, that boy...that man, as crude and prideful as he may be. His accolades far outshine any of the bad in his character, he'll be a fine hero, but to be the Symbol of Peace you need to inspire people, and he fundamentally lacks that.
His attitude constantly makes it clear that he thinks of himself as being above everyone else.
Even through the phone I could feel him looking down on everyone, the complete opposite of All Might who would always lift others up to new heights.'
Nighteye touches Deku's contact and the call begins connecting.
'Horizon is certainly an all-star in every category the Hero Public Safety Commission ranks in, the undisputed future #1 Pro Hero...but you'll be the Symbol of Peace to the people, their champion.'
---Meanwhile At Horizon Tower...
Horizon was finishing up some work on his computer while Ryuko was bawling her eyes out on the couch.
"See this is why you don't eavesdrop, I told you that you couldn't handle it."
"But how can they do that to a child!"
Horizon just rolls his eyes, "you women and your feelings..." he mutters before warping away, leaving the crying woman behind, now ready for a day of hero work in Tokyo...
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