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The dark liquid flowed underneath his feet, splashing every time he took a step
His hand gripped onto the branch of the world tree before letting it fall as he stepped back
"W-why..?"
His voice was shaking, eyes wide and full of disbelief
"What did you do...?"
"It had to be done. You'll soon understand"
With a flash of light, the figure disappeared, leaving the man to fall down on his knees and curse in frustration
"Damnit! Damn you!"
——
"Good morning, everyone!"
The white rodent, principal of the esteemed UA institute, greeted the barely awake teachers and heroes who were drowning themselves in coffee
"Good news! The man in the recovery room has awakened!"
He chirped happily, causing various eyes to finally look up at him
"You mean the infiltrator I found covered in the black stuff?"
Shota Aizawa, hero name Eraserhead, down his what would probably be his 4th cup of coffee
It's only been 2 days since the event of the media break-in, but the day before, Aizawa was doing his nightly patrols when he found a man behind a bush unconscious, covered in black fluids
The strangest thing was that the fluid around the man was clearly radioactive or poisonous in some sort
The moment Aizawa touched it, he'd burned himself, yet the man completely covered in it seemed to be completely fine
A quirk, maybe? Well, that could definitely be the case if it wasn't for the white shield that formed around the unconscious man as soon as Aizawa had finally gotten the hero help enough the remove the black liquid and move him
Overall, the man had caused Aizawa a lot of trouble
...
"Yes! He's awake and locked in the interrogation room after recovery, girl signed off on it"
Nezu chirped once more, he'd somehow appeared on the grey scarf around Aizawa's neck after just being on the blond bunny-haired hero's head
"Well, that's good news! We should go see him!"
That hero in question, All Might, the number 1 hero of Japan, buffed up happily
"Is he being compliant or hostile?"
Vlad King finished his coffee as well, ready to start the day
"He's been rather quiet, I'm waiting for the detective to come so we can begin the interrogation"
Nezu had now appeared on top of the tabletop in the middle of the teacher's lounge
"Perhaps we should start talking to him, gauge out a few things before the detective arrives"
Nemuri Kayama. Hero name: Midnight, who had been fixing her hair, making it as lioness like as possible in a small compact mirror, added to the conversation
"Great Idea!"
Nezu seemed amused rather than anything towards the whole situation
"I have a class to get to"
Aizawa, taking the opportunity to leave quickly, slipped out of the mini conference, followed by Vlad King, who also didn't wish to get involved
"I suppose it's only you three then!"
———
Cale looked around the room, thugging at the handcuffs tying one of his hands to the leg of the table
Looking around the room, it was relatively empty. The things that adorned it were a basic wooden table and 2 wooden chairs on opposite sides
How did he even get stuck like this?
He'd woken up.. bright hospital lights flashing in his face
An elderly woman had appeared in front of him, touching his face, yet he couldn't feel her touch
It was like he was looking through the eyes of someone else
Then, only 10 minutes later, he'd been pulled away and locked here
His head was spinning with a sharp, striking pain
The singular door in the room opened, and a small group of colourful people walked in
A woman scantily dressed, a tall, burly man with blonde, wild hair, another blonde man, yet not of the same physics with even crazier hair, and... a rat..?
"Good morning, young man!"
The burly man greeted with a smile that annoyed more than anything
"You've taken quite a beating, haven't you?"
The scantily dressed woman seemed to be mocking, or perhaps teasing?
"Helloooo listener!"
Ouch to his ears
Cale winced. The ringing was getting louder
The rat, or mouse, who was dressed in a suit, stood on top of the table in front of him
"Good morning ~"
"Where am I?"
Cale managed to get out as he eyed the figures in the room
"Now now, you're the one who fell into UA property"
Was the rat... laughing?
"U...A..?"
"Precisely! One of our staff found you unconscious behind a bush! You were quite the hassle to treat hoho~"
". . ."
Cale processed the information, his hands balled into a fist. Memories flashed before his eyes as his vision went blank
It only lasted a second, but it was a noticeable shift in all the heroes for them to feel uneasy
"What do you want from me?"
"Answers, of course!"
He chirped as if it was the most obvious thing in the world
"I want to know how you managed to get past the extensive security system in this building."
The rat, rodent, whatever seemed to be getting more intense. His beady eyes had a flare in them that intimidated those who looked too close
"For the like of me, I CAN NOT figure out how you got behind this bush? All cameras were working fine, yet they didn't capture you!"
Cale gulped, his jaw tightening as he tried to look away, yet with all these people around him, there wasn't much place left to look
"I.. don't know."
He managed to say as he looked at the rat, who only chuckled, shaking his head in amusement and then nodding as if in understanding
The entourage of weird figures soon left, leaving Cale alone once more
This time for what was probably hours
The second time around, the rat was still there, yet it was a much more normal group of people who came in
——
Aizawa let out a deep and tired sigh, he couldn't believe the luck he was having
He had to follow the detective to the interrogation room since he'd been the one to find the brat in the first place
His peaceful break time was interrupted just like that
. . . . . .
"I'm Detective Naomasa Tsukauchi"
The stern-looking detective sat in front of the red-haired man
A briefcase was placed on the table as the detective took out a notepad and a pen
Cale looked at the new group of people. Why was he being treated like a criminal when he didn't even know where he was
His headache was getting worse by the minute
"I will be asking you a few questions, please answer them honestly"
"I won't be answering a single question unless someone tells me why I'm here."
Cale snapped; he was getting frustrated
His arm was getting tired of being in an awkward position because of the cuffs
Everyone looked a bit surprised, they stared at one another before Aizawa decided to step up
"My name is Eraserhead, I found you unconscious behind the building"
"And you think if I'm unconscious behind your building, I WANTED to be there?"
The cuffs shook against the table leg
"Look, we just want to know HOW you got there. The cuffs are a safety precaution."
Aizawa explained that he knew the man was probably confused by the treatment, but in a school full of underage kids, they needed all safety measures. Especially after the media break-in
"Fine... I'll answer your questions, then... you'll answer mine."
The detective nodded to this and opened up his notepad once more
"Let's begin with basic personal questions. What is your name?"
"Cale Henituse."
"How old are you?"
"I'm 20."
"Hmm... and where are you from?"
"Where is this?"
Pause
The heroes eyed one another before the detective spoke up
"We are in Japan."
"I see..."
So it was like earth geographic wise...
"I'm from Korea"
"Korea?"
They all looked at him in disbelief, yet didn't speak any further to allow the detective to continue the questioning
"You speak Japanese fluently. Have you been in Japan long?"
"No."
In truth, Cale, well, Kim Rok Soo, has never been to Japan. He didn't like travelling out of the country, so it was usually a special division of the team that did the travelling around
Not like they travelled much anyway, since they were a Korean organisation and not a national one
Each country on his Earth has locked their doors and decided to fight for themselves when the apocalypse began
"Alright then. How did you get into UA?"
"I don't know."
"Do you perhaps suspect someone's quirk might have brought you here?"
"A.. quirk? A personality trait?"
More confusion...
"Someone's ability."
Cale took only a second the process what that meant. It seems this earth was similar to his own in the sense that humans also had abilities.
Perhaps it changes the appearance of the wielder, like the rat
"Oh... hmm.. no."
"You do."
The detective rebutted sharply
That was the man's first lie
Cale was a bit surprised. Was this man's 'quirk' a lie detector?
"You had no idea that you would be brought here, yet you hide the person who did it? Is it someone you know?"
"No."
"So it is"
This pretty much confirms it, this man was a living lie detector
How convenient
Cale couldn't help but internally curse out his luck
"Is this person a villain?"
Cale scoffed
What was this, a comic book?
"He's not."
Nezu hummed. He'd been standing on the table quietly while observing the man, and found the situation rather interesting
Could this be an accidental quirk exposure? Or was it done out of malicious intent?
"Lastly, do you have anywhere to go? Or do you know where you are?"
"No."
It was true, Cale had been thrown into this new world, and this time without even any former knowledge or identity
"Detective, I have a few questions of my own, if you wouldn't mind"
"Sure..."
Cale looked at the rat, it felt iffy. Like dealing with someone who had a 100 possible ways to screw you over
Who would have thought the talking rat would be the most intelligent thing in this new world so far?
"Ho ho~ where to begin? Ahh! First and foremost. Eraserhead found you lying on the ground covered in dangerous black goo. It burned quite a lot, from what I've heard. Yet you seem perfectly fine"
Cake frowned at the mention of black goo; he knew exactly what it was..
Dead mana.
It confirmed his suspicion. But why?
Nothing on his face changed, yet he was annoyed. No... he felt more than annoyed
He was angry. Angry for the trust, angry for the hope..
Gone. Everything was-
"I know what it is. But I can't tell you."
Cale simply replied
"Is it perhaps your quirk? Or someone else's? Hmm?"
"No."
Nezu scratched the base of his chin as if contemplating
"Alright then... I'll allow you to keep that secret hoho~"
Nezu let out that familiar chuckle Cale wanted to choke out of
"another spectacle that happened that night which I'm sure is an ability was the presence of a white shield which surounded you."
"That is my ability."
"Is that so?"
Nezu scratched his chin again
"Is that your only ability?"
". . ."
"No."
"Hoho!"
Everyone in the room was surprised, multiple quirks? Sure it was possible for some to get a 2 in 1 but they usually had some corelation with one another.
Distinctive different quirks was borderline fantasy, except for a certain individual with the ability to steal them
"Do these quirks belong to you? Or did you perhaps take them?"
Cale took a few seconds to answer, he wasn't sure in this world they acquired abilities like he had his ancient powers
It was more likely they developed them systematically
"They belong to me."
"Ahh, and finally. Do you have any malicious attention towards this school?"
"I didnt even know this was a school"
Cale let out a sigh
"No, I don't. What kid of fucked up school is this?"
"A hero school of course!"
Aizawa took out the keys to the cuffs and allowed Cale to finally be free of them
"Welcome to UA Cale Henituse! You'll be staying here from now on!"
"WHAT?!"
Chapter 1: END