Deku the Genius

Chapter Eleven: Bullet

  Izuku walked down UA's corridor, Eri's hand in his, and a small grey case in his school bag.

  "Why are we at your school Izuku?" Eri asked.

  Izuku smiled.

  "The school nurse wants to see you for something. She's going to take a blood sample for testing." Izuku explained.

  Eri looked confused.

  "But the other doctor said I was okay!"

  Izuku nodded.

  "Yes, he did. This is for something else though Eri. It's to help stop Chisaki. Also, I think you'll want to meet the nurse anyway."

  Izuku opened the infirmary door.

  "Deku, good morning! And I presume this is young Eri?" Nezu asked.

  Eri nodded shyly.

  Izuku chuckled, pulling the small case from his bag, handing it to the rodent. Nezu opened the case, eying the contents. His snout wrinkled in distain.

  "Yes, I can smell traces of blood. Most disgusting."

  Recovery Girl chose that moment to enter the infirmary. Eri froze, then tugged on Izuku's blazer.

  "D- Izuku, Izuku it's Recovery Girl!" She whispered, starry eyed.

  Izuku laughed, turning to the heroine.

  "Good morning Recovery Girl. Thank you for helping us." He said politely.

  "It's quite alright Midoriya. Now, should we get started?" She replied.

  Recovery Girl gingerly took the case from Nezu and set it on the counter. She then turned back to Eri.

  "You are Eri I believe? I'm Recovery Girl, the school nurse." She said kindly.

  Eri beamed.

  "You're my favourite hero! I want to use my quirk to help people, like you do!" She said excitedly.

  Recovery Girl chuckled, leading Eri to a chair, which the little girl quickly sat in, pulling her sleeve up.

  The heroine opened a drawer and took out a syringe, taking the little girl's arm and swabbing her skin, then drawing blood from the excited Eri.

  Recovery Girl then went into a smaller side room, taking Eri's blood sample and the bullet case with her. She returned a minute later.

  "I'll have a result for you by the end of the day. If you two have work to do then I can keep an eye on the girl if you like. I can teach her a few things, for when she becomes a healing hero." Recovery girl said, smiling at Eri.

  Eri nodded quickly, while Izuku considered a moment, before smiling.

  "Thank you Recovery Girl, I'd appreciate that. I'm sure Eri will too." He laughed, watching the girl jump around in excitement.

  Izuku hugged Eri goodbye, then left alongside Nezu, leaving the girl alone with her idol.

  "So, what's this I hear about the disappearances?" Izuku asked.

  Nezu laughed.

  "I should have known you would catch on to those. People with astronomically rare and powerful quirks have been going missing. For example, a man from Tokyo with a hyper regeneration quirk disappeared a month ago. A few powerful strength enhancers went missing last week. Several shock displacement or resistance quirks have disappeared too. Normally I would chalk it up to quirk trafficking, but.."

  "They've been taken from all over the place." Izuku finished.

  Nezu nodded.

  "Indeed. And all the quirks taken group together nicely. It's like they're being collected."

  Izuku frowned.

  "Any common findings around where these people were last seen? Strange heat signatures? Radio waves? Electronics glitching out?" Izuku asked.

  Nezu shook his head, opening his office door.

  "Nothing. Not a trace. I don't know whether I should be afraid or impressed."

  Izuku slumped into his chair with a huff.

  "Neither. Be irritated, because there's someone out there as smart as us who knows something we don't."

 

  Izuku finished his analysis on Kamui Wood's latest fight.

  "He really should have herded the villain towards Mt Lady. Lacquered chain prison isn't effective against someone with a size change quirk, even a minor one."

  Nezu nodded.

  "He could have built a cage large enough to contain the slightly larger form of the villain whilst keeping the branches close enough together to prevent the Villain's normal sized form from slipping through."

  Izuku made a face.

  "He'd already performed 5 other arrests that evening, he was too tired for that kind of strategy. He would be slow and sloppy if he tried that."

 
  Izuku and Nezu stood, leaving the office and walking down the corridor.

  "Class 1A is heading to the USJ facility in two days. Do you think you'll need to be there in person?" Nezu asked.

  Izuku shook his head.

  "I'll keep a tab open with the camera feeds, but unless anything catches my eye I won't even need that. I'm happy with my notes on the class as they are. I want to concentrate more on Chisaki's case and the not quirk traffickers."

  Izuku opened Recovery Girl's door to find Eri wrapping a bandage around a dummy's arm quite professionally. Recovery Girl was sitting beside her, nodding her head.

  "If you tie it in the first knot, then moving the arm at the elbow won't make the bandage slip off." She said.

  Eri nodded, tying a neat knot in the bandage and watching as Recovery Girl moved the dummy's joints.

  Izuku patted his daughter's head.

  "Well done Eri! You should show me and mum what you learned later!" He smiled.

  Eri nodded, smiling brightly at Izuku.

  Izuku turned to the school nurse.

  "Is there a match?" He asked.

  Recovery Girl nodded, her soft expression hardening in distaste.

  Nezu's calm features had become an angry frown.

  Izuku nodded in return, not trusting himself to talk.

  "What did you find out miss Chiyo?" Eri asked.

  Izuku spoke up for the heroine.

  "She found something that's going to let us put Chisaki away forever and ever. Once we catch him, he will not be getting away." He said.

 
   Izuku's frown deepened as they left the infirmary.

  *And if he somehow slips through, I'll kill him myself.*