Breaker of the Mighty

Chapter 3: The Breaker Pt1

In an underground bar a TV played in the corner of the room, on it was a female news anchor with three eyes and purple hair. "Good evening ladies and Gentleman we come to you today from NHA news studio. It has been a month since the brutal attack on Pro Hero Death Arms by the new villain named Bane." On the screen was shown a picture of the villain. "Authorities in conjunction with heroes are still pursuing this villain, but as of yet no arrests have been made."

The TV was muted by one of the two occupants of the bar. One stood behind the bar looking over a laptop. The villain's name was Kurogiri and he seemed to be a living cloud of darkness with glowing yellow eyes as his only facial feature. Kurogiri wore a server's vest and neck armor as his ghostlike fingers clicked across the keyboard in front of him. As he worked he heard a voice from the direction of the sole other occupant. He sighed inwardly he'd heard this same speech again and again for a month now, to the point he could repeat the speech forward and backward from memory.

"I feel sorry for you heroes who talk about justice, but don't know what true justice is. The only justice in this world is that of the strong. Only the powerful are just and you Death Arms are neither. I am the bane of your hypocritical society; you made me by poisoning me with your hypocritical venom, but it didn't kill me like all you wanted it to. No I used that venom you all spat at me. It's coursing through my veins and makes me more powerful than any of you can imagine."

There was giggling as Bane began to make an example of Death Arms. "He's incredible Kurogiri I want to meet him!" Tomura Shigaraki said giggling more as he watched the video. Tomura had light blue hair, crimson eyes and scars across the left side of his severely chapped lips and his right eyelid. He wore a black long sleeve shirt and jeans with red sneakers. Kurogiri rolled his eyes as the same questioned he'd been asked repeatedly the past month was voiced. "Haven't you found him yet Kurogiri!?" Tomura shouted.

"Calm yourself Tomura Shigaraki; this is a complicated task finding someone by a single video, it will take more time." Kurogiri responded as he heard Tomura's nails rake across the dry skin of his neck. He's getting bored with the video, which will lead to an eventual and destructive outburst. Kurogiri thought resigning himself to having to order more furniture for the bar before turning back to the computer. He'd spent the last month scouring dark web chatrooms looking for anything on this Bane character, but all his fishing had come back empty.

An encrypted message popped up on Kurogiri's screen. He took a moment to decrypt it and read the short message it contained. Who are you and why are you looking for Bane?

Kurogiri took a moment to type out a message hearing Bane's speech play again in the background. I am called Kurogiri of the League of Villains and my employer would like to meet with Bane.

How do I know you're legit? The anonymous messenger replied back. Kurogiri glared at the screen. There was no insurance in this business and criminals were rightly paranoid in this day and age, but it was a hassle to deal with. Kurogiri would rather skip past all this wasteful nonsense, but he would have to play the game for now.

How would you like me to prove myself? Kurogiri responded clenching his fist over the keyboard.

Send me your location and I'll pass it along to Bane. Kurogiri hissed in frustration this person was asking him to completely expose Tomura and himself. He couldn't do that not without the master's permission. Unknown to Kurogiri Tomura had snuck up behind him and been reading the exchange between the two. Taking advantage of Kurogiri's indecision Tomura reached around the gaseous villain and typed in their address and sent it before Kurogiri could stop him.