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Shigaraki Tomura didn’t know whether to be happy that Ikigai was alive, or upset that Sensei had been captured by the Underground Hero.
He pressed replay on the 'Tube video and watched again as All Might was slowly losing against Sensei, then a bolt of green lightning appeared, punching Sensei away from All Might before he could damage the Symbol of Peace. Ikigai's face, when the dust settled, was oddly gleeful as he sent Sensei back, but that expression changed to concern when he turned to look at All Might.
Tomura watched until Sensei attacked again and the dust grew too much for the camera to see, then replayed it again.
It really was Ikigai. He was alive. Tomura really wanted to know how.
He and the others had left as soon as Sensei had warned them that the Heroes were coming, so the Doctor had to clean up his experiments. It wasn’t until after the police had gone through their base did the Doctor remember the Midoriya-brat. And apparently, the brat was still missing.
Tomura almost wished that he’d gotten a chance to see the brat before they'd left. But Sensei and the Doctor had told him not to, that the brat wasn't looking good. Well, now he was missing, and none of the heroes knew where the brat was.
And Ikigai was back from the dead.
He replayed the video again, watching Ikigai’s face in the small amount of video, then replayed it again.
His laptop dinged, and Tomura paused the video to see a message from one of the other users he played on and off with on several different games. An idiot who called themselves “A11MightyF4n”, but was actually quite good at the games Tomura played.
:A11MightyF4n
Wanna play?
Tomura rolled his eyes, scowling as he had to decline, the internet here wasn’t good enough to stream online games.
DustiH4nd5:
Crappy internet. Not now.
maybe another day, brat.
He leant back in his chair, three of his five fingers tapping a beat on the table.
This place was miles worse than their last base, and Tomura had grown up in that base. This one was unfamiliar, and Tomura missed his room back at the bar. Might seem stupid for a Villain to think that, but he was only human afterall.
:A11MightyF4n
:(((((
That sucks.
Hey, wanna meet up?
Tomura raised an eyebrow. A11MightyF4n never agreed to meet-ups, so having the other player ask to meet up was suspicious.
DustiH4nd5:
Where?
:A11MightyF4n
That cat cafe on XXX? It’s got good connections.
I see other people gaming there all the time.
DustiH4nd5:
Alright, time?
:A11MightyF4n
Lunchtime? around 12ish?
DustiH4nd5:
You better have your good equipment
brat.
:A11MightyF4n
I’ll bring my best gear!
See you then!
Tomura smiled slightly at the enthusiasm that the other gamer had, and closed the tab, going back to the Ikigai clip.
He had some time to kill anyway.