The Storm After The Calm (2)

"If I'm in the mood I'll post another chapter in a few hours." 💀

Don't worry I'll upload another chapter today to make up for it.

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In a bar at the corner of a certain city.

The inside of the bar was eerily quiet when suddenly purple mist started shrouding the surroundings.

Suddenly from the purple mist, two figures emerged.

One of them was a young man in with icy blue hair and blood-red eyes.

The other was made of the same purple mist they emerged from and deep yellow eyes.

Tomura heaved a sigh of relief.

The fist with massive force behind it was just an inch before his eyes.

A second later and he might've ended up in a bitter battle with All Might.

Not to mention the other heroes would also join in.

Sure Tomura might be able to slaughter most of them but he might also be captured.

Though the chances were low since he had the ability to fly. Not to mention Tomura wasn't foolish enough to engage in such a battle.

He would directly retreat just like before.

He wasn't some hot-blooded cliche Xianxia protagonist.

He shook his head erasing random thoughts and glanced at Kurogiri.

He seemed tired.

The exhaustion was evident in his eyes.

Not only did he clear a street of people, but he also brought them back.

Then he directly pulled over Ryuko's loved ones.

After that, he had to transfer himself and Tomura away while also decapitating the ones related to Ryuko.

Tomura was satisfied with Kurogiri's performance. Even if he was doubtful and had his own thoughts he always decisively followed his orders.

'Guess I'll postpone the idea of trying to steal his quirk.' Trying to take a mutant quirk was already impossible. Why should he waste efforts if Kurogiri did a satisfactory job?

To an assassin like Zero, Kurogiri's quirk was like water to a person stranded in a desert, a naked beauty to the biggest pervert, and the greatest treasure to the greediest of pirates.

"Can you get me a cold glass of water?"

"Yes, Young Master."

Gulp. Gulp.

The refreshing cold water traveling down his throat was pretty satisfying.

But.

Now he had another problem to face-

The T.V on the edge of the wall suddenly buzzed and a heavy voice reached their ears.

"Shigaraki Tomura."

Sigh...

A small sigh involuntarily escaped Tomura's lips and yet he responded enthusiastically.

"Sensei!"

All For One didn't respond and the air turned tense.

If Kurogiri could gulp he would do so right now.

There was something wrong with the atmosphere in the bar. His body turned stiff as he kept glancing between the T.V and Tomura.

He wanted to say something but from the reaction of All For One he knew of one thing.

He was mad.

"Why have you gone off the designated destination?"

As the tension was at its peak, the deafening silence was interrupted by All For One's query.

"What do you mean Sensei?"

The smile on Tomura's face didn't fade away. Instead, it hung on his face like glue.

"You clearly know what I mean. Answer me."

"Do you mean what just happened near U.A?"

"Tomura Shigaraki... Stop playing with words."

Ah...

The gentle and comforting voice All For One always had with Tomura was gone, replaced with an indifferent mechanical voice.

'So... does he know?'

Tomura guessed in his heart and his shoulders slightly slumped appearing more relaxed than before.

'Truly an old monster.'

"Principal Nezu will become an obstacle in our plans. I can't stand him, it's better to have him gone early on."

"By introducing yourself so openly to not only Japan but the whole world?"

Kurogiri could vaguely deduce a hint of mockery in All For One's voice.

And if Kurogiri noticed this then Tomura was naturally not an exception.

He knew why. All For One did not dislike his method but was mocking him for rushing things.

In fact, Tomura would rather not rush like this but his heart was urging him to go and slaughter Alice Walker.

Not because he wanted to try an SSS assassination again or that he craved blood.

But because of a bad premonition growing in his heart.

Tomura was a decisive person. Since she had become an immediate threat then he would deal with her first.

So before he headed to her he wanted to finish Nezu. He couldn't have someone like him constantly scheming behind his back while he wasn't in Japan.

"That rat won't leave U.A. I had no choice." Tomura shook his head slightly and responded.

Kurogiri noticed another thing. Like All For One Tomura's tone had a subtle change as well.

It wasn't as enthusiastic as before...

"Have you considered the consequences?"

"Naturally."

Tomura's voice was full of confidence.

As such even All For One went silent for a second.

"An amusing response." All For One spoke again and continued, "But... Do you really think this flimsy plan of yours to make Nezu kill himself will work?

Do you know what he is up to right now?"

"Hmm?"

Tomura naturally expected Nezu to retaliate but never did he think it would arrive so soon.

Because it hadn't been more than probably fifteen minutes after he left before getting punched by All Might.

There were two T.Vs on the left wall.

The smaller was the one from which All For One talked through and the larger T.V was beside it.

The larger T.V turned on without a warning and a broadcast was displayed. In a hall of what was probably U.A more than a few dozens of reporters had gathered and there was the repeated noise of camera capturing images.

...

Nezu stood on the elevated platform with six heroes sitting on each side. Walking up he adjusted his mic and greeted everyone.

"Good Afternoon everyone. I believe all of you have many questions in your heart but please believe in me and bear for a while. I will answer every one of your questions."

This subdued the crowd and they calmed down.

It was unexpected silence.

Or rather most of them weren't in the mood to be excited or think about their increase in salary besides a few people.

How could they? They genuinely wanted answers.

They were citizens of Japan and just moments earlier one of the top-ranked heroes of their country and her entire family had been butchered on live T.V.

Such humiliation and injustice had riled the hearts of the masses with anger and hatred...

And as expected half of it was directed toward Nezu.

Of course, it was because of Tomura's sad 'backstory'.

After everyone was settled and with Nezu's permission questions were immediately thrown at him.

The first one was asked by a pretty female reporter.

"Principal Nezu, Is what Genesis said true? As per his words, did you have a hand in his mother's murder?"

"Naturally no."

"Then-"

"Mere false allegations."

Nezu immediately retorted.

The female reporter felt a bit uncomfortable being cut off mid words and immediately asked, "Do you have any evidence to back your claim? Because from the footage we can see Genesis clearly has a hatred towards Heroes and for now the cause seems to be you even though you deny it."

Nezu's gaze turned cold and the reporter felt immediate regret, 'I was too aggressive with my words, shit.'

"Naturally I have evidence of my own innocence but I would like to ask. On what basis are you accusing me? As per your own words, what proof does Genesis have that I had anything to do with the so-called 'murder'"

"But you seem to believe in a villain who cold-bloodedly just killed a Pro hero and her family just because he 'seemed' to be telling the truth."

"Do you understand the shallowness of your words?"

The more Nezu speak the redder the cheeks of the reporter grew. She made a rookie mistake and was now paying the consequences.

The surrounding reporters gave her looks of pity.

She was definitely going to be scolded by her superior.

"Yes, t-thank you for answering." She hurriedly sat down.

Another reporter stood up. It was a middle-aged aged man with a few streaks of grey on his head full of black hair.

The reporter pushed his square glasses up and asked, "Then can you please share the evidence with us Mr. Nezu?"

Nezu nodded towards him and said, "Of course, that is within my aim of arranging the press conference. I naturally want the misled citizens to learn of the truth."

Nezu cleared his throat and started speaking, "A while back the students of U.A had been ambushed by villains. The ringleader of these villains was naturally Genesis.

After dealing with the aftermath we found an interesting item.

It was a hand.

After checking through the DNA we identified that it belonged to Mr. Kotaro Shimura, son of the great hero Nana Shimura.

And after some further digging, we discovered something interesting. Kotaro Shimura had a son named Tenko Shimura.

His son Tenko awakened a deadly quirk. A quirk that deluded the young child so much that he ended up killing all of his family starting with his dog to dust at the tender age of 4.

Tenko Shimura with his quirk Decay massacred his own family before unknowingly disappearing.

Now, the previous accusations by Genesis or rather Tenko Shimura can be seen to be false."

Everyone was stunned and the most stunned was naturally All Might who was sitting on the right of Nezu.

His face turned blank and he softly muttered, "Genesis... Genesis is Master's grandson?"

"Ha... ha... haha... hahahah."

A hollow laugh full of despair echoed in U.A's hall.