Traitor Hunt

viii.

~O~

It didn't take long before Recovery Girl arrived at the scene with two robots carrying a gurney. After Aizawa's shout, it was Tokoyami who had found enough strength in himself to move and rush downstairs to get the nurse as his homeroom teacher had said. Iida was still frozen in his steps, horror and worry were absolute on his features.

The old nurse quickly checked the green haired boy's pulse and acknowledged the severity of his wounds before he was laid on the gurney and transferred to the infirmary. Of course, the process did not go as smoothly as it sounded. The students downstairs were more than just frantic and frightened upon seeing their unmoving friend being transfered to the infirmary.

They tried to come along with him to the infirmary or asked various questions like 'what happened to him?' and 'who did this?' but of course Midoriya needed medical attention more than they needed answers so Aizawa stayed behind and settled down the commotion the kids were causing in the common area so Recovery Girl could peacefully leave with the injured green haired boy. Aizawa, however, couldn't stop All Might from trailing behind Recovery Girl and Midoriya with the same antics as that of a worried mother. He was beginning to believe in Todoroki's theory a little bit more...

Anyways, the raven haired man turned to where the group of worried teenagers were looking at him anxiously and began, "Look, I know that you're all worried about Midoriya but you have to act rationally here. Everything else can wait as the first priority is to make sure he doesn't... We don't lose him, okay. To find whatever happened back there and whoever was responsible for attacking Midoriya is not — I repeat; it is not your duty. Whatever happened, I want you to leave it to the pros. I'd rather not have to see an other one of you stabbed and bleeding to your death. Got it?"

"But, sir! You can't just expect us to just sit down like nothing happened! Midoriya could die, we can't not look for that unmanly bastard who attacked him." Kirishima exclaimed with distress evident in his voice.

The redhead only received a stern glare from his teacher in return and slumped his shoulders in defeat, "Fine... But I'm not promising I won't do anything if I find the person who attacked him."

"Neither are we." Uraraka added, although much more shakily with Ashido clinging to her arm and nodding as well.

"Nor that I want you to." Aizawa sighed, not really knowing what disaster was waiting for him ahead, "Just be careful."

~O~

It had been close. It had been too close; that was what Recovery Girl told All Might after a whole two and a half hours of treating the boy in the infirmary while the retired hero waited outside. Several stab wounds — six to be exact were found on the boy's body. Two in the back, two in his torso, one in his right shoulder and one in the chest. Some deep and some deeper than the rest, then there was the carved '15' on his left wrist. Midoriya had lost a considerable amount of blood too.

Regardless, the boy was out of danger for the time being thanks to the skilled nurse.

On the other hand, the news of a student being attacked in broad daylight had reached throughout the school, igniting fear and anger alike. The latter could be seen in 1-A particularly. It was a miracle nobody realized the truth behind the seemingly harmless training exercise yet. The next day, early in the morning right before school hours started, a discussion was unfolded in the conference room among the teaching staff — save for a certain retired hero who was currently watching over a still unconscious Midoriya.

"Should we check the security footages?" Midnight asked breaking the ice.

Power Loader sighed, "Already did. Same results as earlier when we were looking for that toe. It's all a loop activated right before the traitor makes a move."