SLAM

The table shook from the force as Aizawa stood there, ignoring the stinging pain in his palm as he glared at the blond man sitting across from them.

'We 're leaving.

Right now

. ' He practically growled out, his tone leaving no room for argument.

Toshinori also couldn 't believe what he had just heard. A

war

? Yokohama wasn 't that big, and considering the density of the population, how many innocent deaths will be involved?

'Please calm down. ' Kunikida sighed, already knowing this was how the two teachers will react when he tells them Yokohama 's current situation. He couldn 't blame them. It would be abnormal if they had reacted any differently. 'Regardless of how it sounded, I don 't believe your students will be put at risk. '

'How do you know that for sure? ' Toshinori 's expression was grim as he regarded the man.

'At the very least, I know that the Port Mafia won 't back away from any promises. Not their boss. He guaranteed yours and your students ' safety under the condition that your Quirks are not to be used. I can 't imagine that he 's unaware of the mess that he had caused. ' Kunikida explained. 'That and even if you want to leave, I doubt they will let you. '

'What do you mean? ' Aizawa narrowed his eyes.

"I don't know for what reason the Port Mafia would let you and your students into our city at such time, but he is a scheming man. It's unthinkable that he would do something like this without a motive. So until the end of your stay, I doubt they will listen to your request to leave."

"You know the Port Mafia boss quiet well," Aizawa noted with some irritation.

'The Armed Detective Agency currently has a peace treaty with the Port Mafia. I have met him on two separate occasions. I can at least tell you that much. '

Toshinori thought back to the Port Mafia boss he had met so long ago. The man was indeed scheming, yet despite everything, Toshinori 's instinct still told him that the man wouldn 't lie on an agreement.

'If he 's a scheming man like you said, then doesn 't that mean there 's a reason for him to invite us here? Or to be precise, our

students

? ' Aizawa argued, though he was much calmer than he initially was when the news was dropped over their heads.

'I 'm sure there is. ' Kunikida leaned back in his seat, drumming his fingers along the table edge. 'But what will you do knowing that? This is Yokohama, you are in the Port Mafia 's territory. You are free to go to their headquarters, but you 'll be stopped before you can even get close, let alone meeting the boss himself. '

Aizawa gritted his teeth, unable to say anything to that. Even without Kunikida telling him, he knew the chances of them being able to meet the infamous Mafia boss was pretty much nonexistent.

The raven-haired man sat back down. He felt his head starting to throb just thinking of the rest of the week. For the first time in his life, Aizawa wanted to grab an electric razor and run it down a

certain

principal 's back. Perhaps he can consider doing some shopping later on '

'If a war breaks out 'what will happen to this city? ' Toshinori asked softly as he thought back to all the people he saw on the buses and the people he met fourteen years ago. What will happen to all of them?

' 'Yokohama will be bathed in blood. ' Kunikida replied with a heavy look. 'As a general rule, the underground organizations wouldn 't attack civilians, as there is nothing to gain in doing so. The only thing they 'll achieve from that is getting the Port Mafia and government after them. However 'the war this time is not only centered on Port Mafia 's successors, but also the possibility of bringing Port Mafia down. I doubt any of those organizations will care about the civilians ' safety. The government alone cannot protect Yokohama. '

'You said

this time

, has there been a war in Yokohama before? ' Aizawa asked, sharply catching onto the man 's choice of words.

'Yes, ' Kunikida didn 't bother hiding this fact from the two teachers. After all, they deserve to know what they will be dragged into. 'Six years ago, in fact. We called it the Dragon's Head Conflict. '

'What happened? ' Toshinori asked, feeling his heart skip a beat as he thought back to all those faces that flashed by his eyes as if it was only yesterday. Those children '

all

of them 'were they alright? What of that businessman that bumped into him? What of that mother and daughter from the park? What of those elderly couples he met on his way to confront the Port Mafia?

'An Ability user died, leaving behind an enormous amount of fortune. Many criminal organizations with strong Ability users began a battle to claim it. The incident turned Yokohama into a bloody battlefield that lasted for eighty-eight days. ' Kunikida clicked his teeth, obviously not keen on remembering the scenes of that time. 'And now the Port Mafia started the Selection War. Those bastards! '

'Is that what you call it?

Selection War

? ' Aizawa 's brows furrowed at the name they had given it.

"It's what the underground is calling it these days." Kunikida sighed as he rubbed the bridge of his nose.

'Those successors 'who are they? ' Toshinori inquired. He thought back to that young boy in bandages he met in the Port Mafia boss 's office that day '

Could it be him?

'As part of the agreement the Agency has with the Port Mafia, I am not allowed to disclose any information regarding the Port Mafia, including their members. Though there is one thing I can show you. Perhaps after seeing this, you 'll change your perspective on some things. '

With that, the blond pulled out his cellphone.

Aizawa and Toshinori thought the man was going to show them something on his phone 'until his hand swiped over his screen. The two jumped up, eyes sharp and alert as the entire room began to change.

'Relax. ' Kunikida 's calm voice echoed as darkness enveloped them. 'I 'm just turning on the

television

. '

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Screams and yelps resonated through the air as they were engulfed by darkness.

There were stumbling noises and sounds of chair legs scratching against the finely polished floor. There were gasps and yelps as the students bump into one another, trying to figure out why they suddenly became blind.

And then, the darkness gradually faded away, slowly letting their eyes adjust as they stood within a sea of white.

Lucy pulled her hand away from the wall, leaving behind a faint blue handprint that vanished as quickly as it had appeared. She walked over, hands on her hip as she gazed down at them as if they were idiots.

Which 'they probably look the part at the moment, considering how most of them had fallen flat on their butt during the moment of confusion.

'What was that?! ' Ashido gapped from where she sat, having stumbled over her chair in the darkness.

'Is this your power, Lucy-san? ' Uraraka looked around the pure white space, unable to tell if there were any celling or walls around this place.

"No, we're still in the shop," Lucy replied. "I just opened up the TV, that's all."

' 'TV? ' Midoriya blinked. What does a TV have to do with turning an entire room black and white?

'Well, I suppose I can 't blame you. I was surprised at first too. ' Lucy hummed. 'Although our technologies back in America were also advance, it was always for weapons. We 've never invested in luxury things like these. '

With a wave of her hand, a screen appeared in front of her.

'Wait, where is that hologram coming from? ' Kaminari gaped, looking around the room for the projector.

'I told you, this is just a TV. ' Lucy held up both of her hands and a keyboard materialized in front of her. The students stared in both wonder and surprise as she began to type with the nonexistent keys reacting to her fingers' movements. 'Usually they 're only installed in homes, but a lot of shops also use them to decorate their interior. The entire room is built with some sort of micro ' ' She trailed off, seeming to have difficulties in coming with an explanation. ' 'Just think of this entire room as a projection 'or virtual reality 'whatever you want to think. '

'Then what about that other TV? The one from before? ' Kirishima asked, stepping forward only to yelp when he hit something, making loud clattering noises. To the other students, the blond looked extremely dumb standing there with his waist bent at a perfect ninety-degree. His arms were spread out wide and his face was smeared against an invisible object supporting his upper body.

'The table 's still there! If you break any you 're paying for them! ' Lucy snapped.

The blond mumbled a weak apology.

'Your TVs are called

Framed

TV here. You can 't expect people to watch the outside channels with

this

kind of TV, can you? ' Lucy retorted.

The white room changed once more and in a blink of an eye, class 1-A found themselves in the middle of a road with everything covered by a layer of green fog. The entire street looked abandoned, with cars smashed into one another as if there had been a huge traffic accident no too long ago. Even one of the lamp posts was knocked over.

There wasn 't a single soul around. Not on the street, and certainly not

in

those crashed vehicles. There wasn 't even the slightest bit of sound. The only indication that time was even moving in this place was the eerie green fog shifting around them.

'What is this place? ' Aoyama whimpered, face turning green like the mist around him as he nervously looked around. He let out a loud sneeze, shivering upon feeling the drop of temperature. "Is it just me or is it kind of cold?"

'It feels moist too. ' Asui stared down at her hands. She could feel her pores opening up to absorb the extra moisture in the air.

'Ah 'that's just the AC and sprinklers," Lucy replied. 'The room will create effects to replicate everything happening within the footage to make it seem more realistic. '

'It 's real enough as it is ' ' Sato muttered.

'Tokoyami-kun, will you be alright? ' Shouji asked attentively and Tokoyami gave a shaky nod. The boy was still reeling from the sudden, unexpected exposure to pure darkness. Thankfully it had only lasted a short moment. At least right now, there were still light sources around, so he was fine.

'Hey, look at 'ouch! ' Kaminari fell over again, presumably tripping over someone 's fallen chair.

'I told you to watch it! ' Lucy shouted.

'Sorry! ' Kaminari rubbed his sore knees as he pointed at the cars. 'There 's no one inside, but look at that. '

Everyone looked towards the nearest car. The seatbelt in both the driver and passenger seats were buckled. There was a spilled cup of coffee in the driver seat and a phone in the passenger seat.

It was as if the people in that vehicle suddenly vanished into thin air in the middle of driving down the road.

'Where is this place? ' Tokoyami looked around before he spotted something across the street. It was hard to see through the darkness and mist, but his eyes were sharper than the rest of his classmates and immediately recognized the building.

'That 's '! '

'Everyone, you might want to see this! ' Shouji called, having followed Tokoyami 's gaze and saw it as well. The rest of the class glanced over to where Shouji was pointing. It took some time, but eventually, they recognized what that building was.

'Isn 't that the library we were just at? ' Midoriya gasped in shock.

'Yes. What you 're seeing right now is the Yokohama from one month ago. ' Lucy replied calmly. "You guys wanted to know more about the Port Mafia right? I'm showing it to you right now. A month ago, all Ability users inside Yokohama were attacked. '

'Attacked?! ' Kirishima gasped.

'Was it a Villain?! ' Hagakure asked with worries.

'We don 't have Villains. ' Lucy rolled her eyes. What 's with these kids and their automatic responses to Villains? 'One night, I woke up and the entire city was covered in green fog. It was too quiet, so I went out and look around. Everywhere I go, the street was empty just like this one. I walked around but I couldn 't find anyone. '

The group swallowed hard as if they were listening to some horror stories.

'Then, one moment I was in the street, the next I was in Anne's chamber."

'What do you mean by that? ' Iida 's eyebrows furrowed. From how the older girl had explained, it sounded as if her Ability activated without her consent.

'This weird fog made all ordinary people disappeared, leaving behind only Ability users," Lucy explained. "This fog was created by an Ability user with the power to separate us from our Abilities, giving our Abilities physical form. Everyone trapped in this fog was forced to fight against our own Ability. Basically, we're made to fight as normal humans against something not human. If we can't win, we'll be killed. '

A shiver ran down the student's spines as they took in the news. They have never heard of anything like it 'nor did they dare to think about it. After all, how does a normal person fight against something like that? It was better for those who have supportive Quirks, but the destructive ones? They 'll die!

To Midoriya, this news also brought back memories of before his encounter with All Might. He remembered those bitter times, the despair he felt every single time someone reminded him of how he could never become a Hero because he didn 't have Quirk. Because a normal human being could never fight against someone with a Quirk 'it just wasn 't possible.

'How did you do it? ' Midoriya asked, his voice hush yet it successfully reached the girl.

"I didn't," Lucy replied, grinding her teeth in frustration at the memory. 'I was only fortunate that my Ability is weak and wasn 't made for killing. The only way for my Ability to kill me was to strangle me to death. All I did was close my hands around my neck and held it out. ' She said as she put her hands around her neck to show them what she did at the time.

That was when the students paid attention to the white bandages wrapped around her hands. They noticed her bandaged fingers before, but none of them thought much of it. At the time they were too busy fighting the older girl, then afterward they were too entranced by the stories the girl would tell them.

Now, with her hands lifted to her neck, the bandages perfectly mapped out the exact area of invisible hands trying to snap her neck off.

"Y-you're hands '!" Yaoyorzu brought her hands to her mouth, staring at the redhead 's fingers in horror.

'Oh, my bones were crushed from that time. ' Lucy shrugged.

Shrugged.

None of them know what to say, or how to react. They couldn 't even begin to imagine how Lucy must have felt, trapped inside her own dimension, completely alone and hopeless 'yet she somehow endured it through.

And now, she was retelling them like it wasn 't a big deal.

'I told you before how ordinary people live a different life than us, right? Any houses and streets that were destroyed during this battle, the government covered it up with lies. Gas explosion, chemical hazard 'whatever that sounds believable. After that, they will quickly reconstruct the destroyed part of the city and compensate the people for their losses. Those ordinary people never knew what had happened that night. '

'That 's ' ' Midoriya wasn 't sure how he felt about it. When Lucy had told them this at first, he just found it amazing how two worlds can co-exist together without interfering with one another. But now, it just sounded '

unfair

. Don't ordinary people have the right to know? What if they died because they were dragged into it? Would the government cover that up with lies as well?

And Ability users 'to live in a world like this yet the people that walked by them had no idea to the danger they were exposed in...it sounded

lonely

.

'What happened next? ' Uraraka asked softly.

'Well, the Port Mafia defeated this guy that created the mist and the people that survived got their Abilities back. '

'Port Mafia?! ' Kirishima gasped.

'I 've only heard about this from other Ability users afterward," Lucy explained. "I don't know the details, but there's a rumour going around saying that the ones that killed him were the Port Mafia boss's successors."

'Do you have pictures of them we can look at? ' Midoriya asked hopefully.

'No, it 's impossible to find any video or pictures of them. That 's why I 'm showing you

this

. It 's the closest thing I have. '

'This video? ' Jirou looked around this place.

'This was taken with a tracking-cam 'the camera that recorded all

this

. ' Lucy waved a hand at their surroundings. 'There were a lot of videos regarding this incident in the underground site, but this one went viral the moment it was posted. '

Lucy clapped her hands, and the world began to move.

They could hear the loud panting sound of a male against their ears, but no matter where they looked, they couldn 't find the source of the voice. They soon realized that this panting sound must be from the person recording this.

A loud, deafening roar shook the land, causing ringing in their ears as alarms went off in their heads. All of their hairs stood on its roots as the kids looked around, heart beating as they tried to find the source of that inhumane roar.

Everything felt so real that none of the remembered how this was all fake.

A blast of wind shot up from their feet and all of a sudden, they were flying towards the sky.

'KYAAAA! '

Aoyama screamed, having fallen on his butt as he clenched onto the nearest leg he could find, which was Sato 's.

'Shut up, it 's just a video! ' Bakugou shouted.

'AAAAAH

! ' Mineta joined in the screaming, having come back to his senses just as they were blasted into the sky. 'W-what 's going on?! Why the heck are we in the sky?! '

'It must be this person 's Ability! ' Midoriya shouted through the howling wind, being one of the rare ones to keep steady despite how everything around him was trying to indicate that they were airborne.

'Well, yeah, but '! ' Kaminari wasn 't able to finish as another roar pounded against their eardrums. For a second they thought their hearts were going to stop.

It felt like forever before they emerged from the thick clouds of mist and into the night sky opened up before them.

The whistling of wind softened as their surroundings eased to a slow stop. Instead of relief, the kids' faces became drained of blood as they stared at what was in front of them.

In the distant, emerging from the thick green mist was a crimson creature.

That gigantic jaw parted, revealing sharp rows of teeth as that familiar roar along with pressure they 've never felt before sent them collapsing onto their knees, unable to keep standing in the face of a foe that was impossible to beat '

????????????????

Toshinori 's lips trembled so hard that he had to grit his teeth and put a hand over his mouth to compose himself.

Aizawa was doing no better. His hands were rolled into tight, quivering fists as he stared at the

thing

below them.

The giant dragon slowly lifting its head out of the sea of green fog and let out an ear-shattering roar.

'The government called this the Dragon Breath Incident. ' Kunikida explained. 'That dragon was the result of the combination of all Abilities the Ability user 'Tatsuhiko Shibusawa 'has collected. '

Toshinori felt a bead of sweat rolled down his face. It was just a recording, but even if it wasn 't real, he could feel the pressure rolling off the dragon. He couldn 't imagine what it would be like if he stood in front of the real thing.

Even in his prime, Toshinori knew he would not be able to defeat this. Not a monster

this

size. No, he can 't even call it a monster.

This was a catastrophe.

And what 's more 'this was just

a month

ago? How was Yokohama still standing? He hadn't seen anything that indicated a huge battle like this had taken place in such a short amount of time.

The world around them suddenly changed.

Instead of being in the sky looking down at the dragon, they were suddenly standing in the interior of a plane. The hatch was open, revealing the full moon and the thick green mist blanketing the city.

Standing before all that was a lone figure dressed in nothing but black.

He was a very slender man. His back was turned to them so they couldn 't see his face, but from those black suits and fedora 'as well as the posture of his stance 'he seemed very young. He stood before the open hatchet, hands tucked in his pockets as the wild wind blew around him.

On the man 's left wrist, there was an object flickering silvery light into their eyes every time the wind blew it into the right angle. When both teachers looked closely, they realized that the thing around the man 's wrist was a handcuff.

It looked new 'the silver of the handcuff was polished so fine that it shone brighter than everything else on this aircraft. The handcuff had no chain, nor did it have another cuff that was supposed to come in pair with it.

It was an...unusual sight. Just as Toshinori and Aizawa began to wonder if this was a convict that just broke out of jail, a voice spoke against their ears.

'Are you really going? '

It was a woman 's voice.

When they didn 't see another person, Toshinori and Aizawa guessed that either this camera 'however it worked 'recorded the scene around her or she was later edited out of this video.

Looking through the hatch, the two U.A teachers could see the crimson body snaking out of the mist as another mighty roar echoed across the sky.

'It 's no use! '

The girl raised her voice firmly.

'It 's an Ability against a human. That thing is a monster beyond human comprehension. If you get too confident and fight it 'you 'll

die

. '

Both men could hear the urgency in the woman 's voice despite how well she tried to control it. Unknowingly, both of them were holding their breaths as they stared at the shadow of the man standing before the moon.

The man, without ever turning to look behind him, said this;

'That 's not a reason to chicken out and go home. '

His voice was calm and smooth as if the subject they were discussing wasn't his potential death. If anything, he sounded more like a tired employee complaining about work.

'Do you know when it 's alright to chicken out and go home? '

There was no immediate response, but with how realistic their surroundings were, Toshinori and Aizawa were able to feel the tension. It felt as if they were really there when the recording took place. Although they couldn 't see the woman, they could hear the soft sound of her breaths carried to their ears by the wind and feel her struggles to come up with the right answer.

' 'I do not, '

She finally said.

The man didn 't show any reaction to that, as if he already knew this was her answer.

'There is no such time. '

He replied calmly.

With that, the man dashed forward and jumped out of the plane without an ounce of hesitation.

Toshinori jumped forward, ignoring the clattering sound chair getting pushed away as he stared, eyes gleaming in awe as the camera changed once more, going back to the outside as they watched the man disappeared into the green mist, only to re-emerge with pieces of broken concretes.

Debris hovered all over the air, creating a platform that the man used as he dashed towards the dragon.

'What is that power? ' Aizawa muttered, never once taking his eyes away from the scene. His eyes were very much mirroring Toshinori 's. At this moment, they were both feeling the same thing towards this unknown man.

It was the most common gaze a Hero would usually show another Hero '

respect

.

'...It 's gravity manipulation. ' Kunikida replied after some thought. It was as if he was trying to judge whether or not such a small piece of information would go against the treaty with the Port Mafia.

Neither Toshinori or Aizawa missed how carefully he was threading this matter. The two teachers turned back to the battle between a man and a dragon.

They watched as both sides fired their attacks. Despite being so different in sizes, the reddish orb the man threw out apparently has the same power and force as the dragon. When both attacks collided, they mingled and merged, turning into a blue explosion that turned everything into white before their views suddenly changed.

Now, they were looking at the battle from an even further distance. Toshinori and Aizawa knew that the previous camera got destroyed by that blast. From a much further distant, they could see the explosion better 'except it wasn 't an explosion like they thought it would be. There was no smoke and fire from the explosion. There was just the blinding orb of light, denigrating everything it touched as it expanded.

And then, as if out of energy, the blast began to shrink smaller and smaller until it vanished out of existence.

'What '! ' Before Toshinori could finish whatever he had intended to say, a loud sound brought their attention downward as a 'a

skyscraper

emerged out of the heavy mist.

The two stared, dumbfounded by the sight.

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BAM

The sound of concrete smacking against the head of the dragon made all the students jolted.

BAM

When the building smacked the dragon again, all of their jaws had met the ground.

When that building was being shoved down the creature 's throat, words could not describe anything of what they were feeling anymore.

It was amazing 'no, more than

just

amazing!

Since they were so far away, they couldn 't see too clearly, but that black silhouette in the distance fighting with the dragon was definitely a person!

They all sat on the floor, staring into space despite how the room had long returned to normal after the video ended.

Lucy stood in front of the stupefied kids, waiting for them to snap out on their own.

She waited for one minute 'then two 'then '

'HEY! ' She barked after five full minutes.

The kids nearly jumped out of their skins as they looked around, having no idea when the room had gone back to normal.

'Lucy-san, that was '? ' Midoriya trailed off, not sure how to describe it.

'That person you saw fighting that dragon is one of the Port Mafia. ' Lucy had expected some response to that, but when she got none, she looked down to see all of these kids looking to be in some sort of deep thought.

'So 'that person was one of the successors?" Iida asked calmly, much to Lucy's surprise. She had expected bigger responses, but then again, it was no surprise these kids would think that way.

"No." Her response was short and simple. She waved her hand, bringing up another holographic screen as her bandaged fingers swiftly glided over the keyboards. 'I don 't know too much about the Port Mafia, but there is a saying around here.

Those who oppose the Port Mafia will be crushed by vicious gravity

. '

'Gravity? ' Uraraka 's eyes widened in shock. Just as the brunette opened her mouth to ask, Lucy spun the holographic screen around, revealing a long list filled with the items they had ordered since arriving in the caf 'minus the Daifuku and cup of tea of course.

She held up her right hand. A credit card machine appeared in a flicker of yellow light and fell into her waiting palm.

'Card or cash? '

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The fight was completely one-sided.

From the beginning, there was no competition at all. Although they had no idea what happened after the dragon exploded 'the man had won.

'Kunikida-san, who was he? ' Toshinori had to know. He could feel his heart racing in amazement as well as respect for the man. When the other blond gave him a pointed look, the ex-Hero remembered what Kunikida had said about the Agency 's treaty of keeping silent.

Perhaps he looked a bit too dejected, for that Kunikida 's eyes softened and said, 'I 'm sure you can guess what position a person of his caliber would be. '

It was a hint.

With zero knowledge of Abilities or the Port Mafia, Toshinori and Aizawa couldn 't fathom what position this man would be within the world 's largest criminal organization. If Kunikida had told them that he was just a low ranked grunt within the organization, they would find it extremely hard to believe, but may still take his word for it.

By saying what he had said, Kunikida was hinting them that this man was very high up in rank. High up, but not yet the boss. That can only mean that he was someone in an important position close to the boss.

'The Port Mafia guards their secrets close. The only reason I am able to show you that video was because similar videos of this battle have been circulating the internet. The Port Mafia made no move to take it down, so it 's the only safe material I can use without violating our treaty. '

Kunikida leaned forward with his hands laced together on the table. He stared at the two teachers in front of him seriously.

'In a battle against that man, how do you think you will fare? '

How?

Against a battle with

that

?

Toshinori didn 't involve himself in this conversation. After all, he can no longer fight, despite how much he wished to test out his strength with that man, to see just how far apart they were.

Aizawa 's thought process was different than his companion 's. After all, if he could erase that Ability then there may be a chance '

'I know about your Quirk, Aizawa-san. ' Kunikida cut in, as if knowing what the other male was thinking. 'You are thirty-one this year. The legal age for Heroes to begin their career is eighteen. Let 's say you 've begun at that time, you will have thirteen years of experience in combat. '

Aizawa stared at the man, wondering where he was getting at.

'In Yokohama 's underground, there are no children '

especially

Ability users. '

Toshinori 's eyes widened as he instantly understood where Kunikida was getting with this. After all, he had experienced that harsh truth first hand.

'The moment they are born, they are thrown into the world and have to fend for themselves. It 's a battle of survival for them. It wouldn 't be a stretch to say an actual thirteen years old would have the same amount of experience as you. Only idiots would fully rely on their Abilities, and the Port Mafia got no such idiots. Even if you are capable of erasing their powers, I can tell you that you

will

die. '

Aizawa 's eyes narrowed.

If

he was capable?

'You may have years of experience fighting against Villains, but unlike Villains, the criminals in Yokohama are

trained

professionals. Combat, stealth, assassination 'these are the basic skills required for even the lowest rank within the Port Mafia. Above that, all of them have remarkable marksmanship 'and you 'll find that firearms are extremely common here in Yokohama. As far as I understand, you are not bulletproof nor do you possess the speed to dodge them. '

As much as Aizawa didn 't want to admit, Kunikida was right. Against trained professional, his self-taught style was indeed lacking in many aspects 'mainly because his fighting style was created for capturing his targets, not kill.

'Kunikida-san. ' Aizawa looked up at the man. 'You said

if

my Quirk works ' '

Toshinori looked up in surprise, having not caught that small detail, unlike the raven. Both teachers stared at Kunikida who opened up his notebook and took out his pen.

'Use your Quirk on me, Aizawa-san. '

Aizawa looked at Kunikida, then slowly to the notebook in his hand. He closed his eyes briefly to moisten his painfully dried eyeballs before snapping them open as his hair fluttered into the air. Crimson light gleamed within his eyes as Kunikida who began to write something into his booklet. When he tore out a page, blue rings of light wrapped around the piece of paper and in a blinding light, a small teddy bear appeared in the man 's hand.

The blond set the toy onto the table and gently closed his notebook.

'This is my Ability: Doppo Poet. ' He explained. 'I can materialize anything I write within my notebook. However, the object itself cannot be larger than the page. Do you understand now, Aizawa-san? Your Quirk does not affect Ability users."

Toshinori stared at the bear in disbelieve. He was watching from the sideline and knew for certain that Aizawa had activated his Quirk. So how?

'Could it be?! ' Toshinori snapped up as the answer suddenly came into his mind.

'So that 's it, ' Aizawa remembered back to the quick lesson Nedzu had given them on the differences between Ability and Quirk.

' 'Abilities are different. These powers were not created through gene. '

'My Quirk stops the genes that make up another Quirk, but Abilities are not part of the genes. '

'Yes. ' Kunikida nodded, confirming his theory. 'Quirks that affect other Quirks cannot work on Abilities. Likewise, Abilities that affect other Abilities will not work on Quirks. '

'Kunikida-san, ' Toshinori cut in, 'what

are

Quirk and Ability? '

' 'To this day and age, we still haven 't found the answer behind the existence of Abilities. However, I

can

tell you how Quirk came to be. ' Kunikida leaned back. He looked like he was ready to tell a very long story when a ringing sound filled the room.

'Excuse me, ' He stood up and pulled out a phone from his pocket. He didn 't leave like the two teachers thought he would and just picked up the call right in front of them.

'What is it? ' That was the first thing he said, no greetings or anything. Whoever was on the other side, they must be close.

Toshinori and Aizawa couldn 't hear anything, but whatever the person on the other end was saying, it can 't be good considering how Kunikida 's face was getting redder and redder until veins stuck out from his forehead.

CRACK

The lens of his glasses cracked.

'WHAT DID YOU SAY?! '

At the same time, the door suddenly opened, revealing the secretary who jumped from the outburst she had walked into.

'Kunikida-san. ' She called hesitantly, holding out a white envelope with a scarlet wax seal on it. 'I found this letter stuck on the door. It 's addressed to you. '

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'Thank you so much, Lucy-san! '

The group stood outside of the caf ', bowing respectfully towards the red-haired girl standing by the doorway.

'Yeah, yeah, try to stay out of trouble. ' The girl huffed, arms crossed over her chest as she stared down at them. Now that they were outside, they had to put back on their

disguise

. Lucy briefly wondered if these kids were even aware of how ridiculous they looked.

Then, green eyes narrowed into a ' malicious glare directed at a certain three-foot tall boy cowering behind Kaminari.

"If I catch you again, you are staying with Anne for the rest of your life, you hear me?!"

'Y-yes! ' Mineta squeaked as he trembled even harder. As if he 'll ever gawk up this girl again!

'Thank you, Lucy-san! ' Midoriya thanked her once more. Despite everything that had happened, the girl turned out to be very generous with them.

"Stop by before you leave," Lucy grumbled. 'I 'll prepare some souvenirs you can take with you outside. '

'Really? ' Yaoyorozu gasped with stars in her eyes.

'Kero! ' Asui croaked happily.

"That's awesome! Thank you!" Hagakure cheered.

'Thank you so much! ' Iida shouted off the top of his lungs, earning him funning looks from passing people.

'Now get out of here, ' Lucy made a shooing motion with her hand as she turned to walk back into the caf '. 'I still have a mess to clean up. '

With that, the door closed, leaving the kids with smiles on their faces.

'She was scary at first, but now she 's so nice! ' Ashido squealed as they began heading down the street.

'Let 's just be thankful that she 's not mad anymore. ' Ojiro sighed in relieve.

'All thanks to Mineta-chan. ' Asui gave Mineta a sideways glance. Now that the petite boy was out of shock, Iida took it upon himself to give the boy a

proper lecture

.

'But Abilities sure are strong 'to make a whole new dimension like that and even stopping time...what exactly

is

it? ' Jirou pondered.

'Lucy-san 's power is amazing, but more than that, the video we saw ' ' Yaoyorozu said as silence fell over the students. Even Iida paused in the middle of his rant to think of that as well.

Yes, they hadn 't forgotten about that video. They don 't think they 'll ever forget something like that for as long as they live. To think such large scale battle had happened so close to them 'and yet the entire world remained oblivious.

It didn 't matter if it was the man or dragon. Both sides were displaying powers beyond their wildest imaginations. On top of that there was also that strange Ability to make all normal people disappear from the entire city 'separating the powers from the Ability users and making it go against the owner 'it was unimaginable.

At that moment, during the battle between the human and dragon, one question crossed all of their minds.

Can they beat

that

?

They didn 't even need to think twice to answer.

No, they can 't.

'Lucy-san mentioned

gravity

'that power was gravity, wasn 't it? ' Uraraka mumbled as she replayed the images within her head.

'Hey! Maybe that means Uraraka can one day pick up a skyscraper! ' Kaminari joked, only to be kicked in the shin by Jirou.

'Sorry ' ' The boy groaned.

Uraraka smiled weakly as her gaze dropped to the ground. She knew 'they all knew 'that she will never be able to do that. She doesn 't have nor will she

ever

have that kind of power.

'If that person is in Port Mafia, what position would they be? ' Midoriya couldn 't help but wonder.

'Of course it 's gotta be the Mafia boss! Look at that power! ' Ashido announced her conclusion without even needing a second to think over it. Everyone easily agreed on that, because it was the only explanation behind all that power.

'Hey Bakugou, lighten up," Kirishima said as he fell to pace with Bakugou who was strolling at the rear of the group. The only response he got was a sharp glare before Bakugou was looking elsewhere again, deep in thought.

Todoroki glanced back curiously before the guys began teasing him over that free Daifuku and tea again.

They ventured down the street like a group of excited kids on a field trip 'which would be what people see if half of them didn 't look like they were on the run from law enforcement.

After minutes of aimless walking, they eventually got tired. Those who were forced to wear more clothing than normal were sweating yet unable to take anything off. The sun was already setting when they came across the gate to a park. They had no idea where they were, but seeing how there wasn't anyone around, they decided to go into the park for a short break.

There were no pavements or signs inside the park, just a small dirt pathway leading them inside.

Having not met another soul as they walked into the forest, Hagakure and Ashido pulled down their scarfs and let out exaggerated gasps for air. The two girls were at the center of the group, so that the moment any of them detected another person coming, they would have time to put their disguises back on.

Since it was only early in autumn, the leaves were still green. However, as they entered deeper and deeper into the forest, they began to notice red Japanese maples mixing within with the green foliage. The crimson leaves were a sharp contrast against the lush green, making them extremely eye-catching.

None of them paid attention at first. But the further they walked, more and more red maples began to appear.

Before they knew it, the greens were all dyed in red.

The narrow dirt path was gone. In its place were fallen red leaves covering the ground like a grand carpet.

'Wow ' ' Midoriya couldn't help but stare in awe at the sight.

'It 's so pretty! ' Uraraka reached up to brush her finger over a red maple leaf hanging over her head.

'Over there! ' Asui pointed at something growing next to a maple tree.

It was a blood-red flower with vibrant green stalk.

'This is a spider lily! ' Yaoyorozu hurriedly crouched down beside it. She carefully ran her finger over the delicate petal, a bright smile blossoming over her face as she admired its beauty.

'It 's so pretty! ' Ashido swooned, joining the ponytailed girl in admiring the flower.

'There 's one over there too! ' Hagakure waved frantically, pointing her gloved finger at another one just a bit further from them.

'Let 's keep on going, maybe there 's more! ' Kaminari suggested.

The group immediately agreed.

It was just like Kaminari said.

The deeper they went into the park, more spider lilies began to appear. However, none of them had expected just

how much

there actually were.

The group came to a dead end.

They stood in the sea of flowers and gaze out to the open sea as the salty breeze caressed their faces. The sound of waves created a soothing melody in the air. The burning red sun was slowly sinking into the ocean, turning the water into a sea of fire. All around them were clustered fields of spider lilies with the crimson Japanese maple in the background.

It was as if their entire world had been dyed in red, as it was all they could see.

It was a gorgeous, breathtaking sight like nothing they 've seen before.

At the same time, it also felt very ominous.

'Guys 'wanna get out of here? ' Uraraka suggested nervously, rubbing her arms that were filled with goosebumps. She wasn 't the only one; the others were having the same feeling. Despite how beautiful the scenery was, the lack of other colours made them strangely uncomfortable.

'Kero? ' Asui froze when another breeze combed through her ink-black hair. She turned, looking back to the ocean where the sun was slowly disappearing into the line where the sky and water met. 'Come to think of it 'wasn 't there supposed to be a barrier around Yokohama? '

Her sudden question caused every single one of the students to freeze.

It took them half a minute to finally react.

Having woken up to be told that they were in Yokohama drew all of their attention to the city itself. None of them even remembered there was supposed to be a barrier over their head, since to them it was natural to see a sky, so none of them had given it any thought about it until now.

'You 're right! Where 's the barrier?! ' Kirishima shouted as he gazed up at the sky.

'I don 't see it at all! '

'Are you morons? ' Bakugou snorted. 'It 's the same fucking thing as a one-way mirror! '

'But what about this wind?! Where 's the wind coming from?! ' Hagakure spluttered.

'You 're fucking annoying! ' Bakugou snapped, meaning that he didn 't have an answer either.

Creeeak

'Hey guys, did you hear something? ' Ashido asked, looking around at the weird sound just now.

'Probably just the wind. ' Kaminari dismissed.

'But 'there 's no wind right now? ' Midoriya pointed it out. Everyone stopped what they 're doing and realized that yes 'the breeze had stopped.

'Could it be?! ' Ashido 's sudden gasp has everyone turning to her.

'What is it? ' Sato asked with worries lacing his voice.

'It was recorded in a book back at the library! ' Ashido gasped, eyes darting around nervously with her hand gripping the scarf that was covering the bottom half of her face. 'Fifty-year ago in Yokohama 'there was this man who has the power 'the

Ability

to reconstruct anything he eats. Every night when the moon disappears behind the cloud, he would sneak into his target 's room and

devours

them. '

'Wait! What do you mean by

devour

? ' Uraraka gagged, going green in the face. 'Y-you don 't mean '! '

'The police were after him for years 'until they found him within a forest of red maples and spider lilies. ' Ashido continued on, looking down at the spider lilies surrounding them.

'The murder was extremely ugly, and because of his power, his parents abandoned him. No one even wanted to go near him because of how he looked, so growing up, he never had any friends. Every day, he would play with himself in the forest until one day 'and idea came to him 'an idea to

make

friends.

During the day, he would go out into the street, searching for a potential friend he could make. Once he found them, he would stalk them, trying to find out everything about them. Their personality, their hobby, their family 'he wanted to know

everything

. And once he does, he 'll

eat

them 'flesh and bones. He even swallowed their teeth...one by one. '

'Hiiie! ' The girls jumped back with shivers crawling down their spines.

'After that, he would go back to the forest where he lives and

puke

them back out. Since he ate them, the body parts were all in pieces and had become mushy, so he used his power to reconstruct them into how he imagined them to be. As time slowly passed by, he ate more and more people. The forest where it had always been only him were filled with people, all posed into different shapes like mannequins to suit his desire.

Fearing that his

friends

would be found and taken away from him, he would turn them into trees and flowers during the day. However, that would mean that even

he

can 't tell which plant was his friend, and good friends would

never

mistake their own friends, right? So, he turned them into bright red maples and spider lilies, so that they 'll be easy to spot in the green forest. It was only when moonlight shines over the land that the spell he put on the plants would break, turning them back into what they really looked like.

When the police were closing in on him, he knew it was only a matter of time that they find this place. He didn 't want his friends to be taken away from him 'so, as the sun slowly sets, he hung himself on the biggest maple tree that he made with hundreds of crushed human heads. When he died, his power stopped functioning. Even as moonlight swept over the land, the blood-red plants stayed as they were, unable to turn back into flesh and bones. When the police finally came, they left only with the murderer 's body, not knowing the truth behind the trees and flowers around them.

From then on, whenever night came, the people who lived near the forest would hear crying sounds 'pleading for someone to ' '

Ashido trailed off, turning to the nearest person. Her blackened eyes dilated as she ripped her scarf down. Due to the heavy foundation, she caked over her face, her skin ended up looking purplish with dripping red fluid smeared all over her mouth.

'SAVE ME!!!!!!!!! '

'

IYAAAAAAAA!!!!

' Aoyama screamed off the top of his lungs, eyes nearly rolling into the back of his head.

The golden-haired boy wasn't the only one. Due to the heavy tension in the air, the moment he screamed, most of the girls and some guys ended up screaming as well, from both shock and horror.

Ashido was bent over, hugging onto her stomach as she laughed her head off.

'The looks on your faces were priceless! ' She cackled as she wiped the red fluid off her mouth.

'What is that? ' Iida coughed into his hand, acting as though he wasn 't the least scared despite how he had jumped at that last part.

'Strawberry jam of course! ' Ashido showed them an open pack of strawberry jam that they recognized from Lucy 's store. The redhead had put a basket of these on the table when she brought out their cookies.

'So that was just all made up! ' Uraraka sighed in relief, only to freeze up when that sound came again.

Creeeeeak

'Guys ' ' Jirou suddenly spoke up. 'I think something 's here. '

'Not you too. It 's scary the first time but now that everyone knows it won 't ' '

'No, I 'm serious! Something is here! ' Jirou snapped, cutting Kaminari off as she looked over the lines of red maples until her eyes landed on a specific one. 'There! '

CREEEEEAK

It was as if knowing it had been spotted, the tree shook even more violently, creaking more creaking sound.

Everyone followed where her finger was pointing.

'What is that? ' Sero squinted in an attempt to see through the thick leaves and find whatever it was that 's making the tree shake so much.

'A-a bird 'maybe? ' Mineta guessed.

'Birds won 't shake a tree that much though. ' Ojiro pointed out.

'Then a cat? ' Kaminari piped in on the guesses.

CREEEEEEEEAK

The protesting cries of the maple 's branch scratched against their eardrums as something came

twirling

out within a shower of crimson leaves.

It was

literally

twirling 'leaving a blur of black and white against the red background. The thing was spinning so fast that none of them could make out what exactly

was

that.

Then, a white thing 'a rope perhaps 'that was unwrapping from the spinning top suddenly came to an abrupt stop. The rope stretched thin, pulling on the heavyweight below and the poor branch above, creating more creaking sound from the pitiful maple tree.

When the maple 's branch bounced back up, the force propelled the figure below upward.

Now that the

thing

had stopped twirling, they were able to make out arms and legs 'and a mop of dark brown hair.

The spinning top had been a human.

They couldn't see his face, but the man was dressed like a typical businessman with black pants, shiny leather black shoes, a white dress shirt, and a tie.

They watched as the man hovered within the air for a few seconds of hang time before he dropped back down, pulled by gravity as the branch above him shook, letting down another shower of leaves. His long legs whipped down, breaking the beautiful flowers beneath him and causing a flurry of pedals to scatter into the air 'mixing with the falling leaves.

The man made a strained choking noise as he was held up by the white rope around his neck. The kids couldn't see his feet in those red flowers, but the man was definitely

not

touching the ground with the way he was swinging back and forth.

His lips were slightly parted, letting out faint wheezes with blood as red as the spider lilies dribbling out of his mouth and down his chin. He stared 'eyes budging from the sockets 'at the group of teenagers whose eyes were budging out just as much.

'GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! '