A Hero's Journey - Remade - Discontinued

Chapter 21 - A lesson on Nomus

The next day. 5 months and 1 week till UA entrance exams

<Izuku's POV>

Since we had finished cleaning the beach a few days ahead of schedule, Granpa had given us 2 days off to rest our bodies for the next half of our training. I spent the 2 days studying for the written exam, it wasn't very hard considering most of what is in the paper is taught to us in our schools. Hero laws, quirk laws, some aptitude-based questions, so on and so forth.

'2 days left for the day we finally met the mysterious people that Granpa and dad have been referring to. I mean just who the hell are these guys? I can rule out all the pro heroes, UA teachers (Who are also pros but we didn't cancel them out yet), any of dads police friend, teachers from Gunheads dojo since we have defeated most of them in one on one Quirkless fights and I don't think that these people could be students since UA has their year-end exams coming up so no kid would want to slack off there. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I'm stumped and am going crazy since I got up.' I think to myself, scratching my head.

Dad had a holiday from work. He rarely gets those now since he has paperwork to deal with. I walked down to see dad sitting at the dinner table with papers and files placed hap-hazard over it. It seems like he was looking for something but couldn't find it in that mess of a table.

I try to sneak up to him, but he saw still saw me from the corner of his eye and smiled at me

"Dammit, dad. How are you able to see me whenever I try to sneak up on you?"

"Good morning to you too, kiddo. That's because I've had years of training with villains sneaking up on me. So, I can see movements much more easily even if it is the tiniest one."

"Right. Now, what are you trying to find on this mess of a table? Can I help you in some way?"

"I guess I could use some help. I'm looking for a set of files that have the logo of Shield Tech. And have the name Dr. Gene Lupus on them. See if you can find them. They are a bit old so please handle them with care."

"So, the logo of Uncle David's company and the name Dr. Gene lupus. Ok"

After about 10 minutes of raking through the pile, I found a file that matched the description dad gave. The file was titled – A Study in Nomus. I got curious and opened the file and began to read the content.

"Nomus – genetically-engineered creatures, with the ability to possess and use multiple quirks. They come in a few variations of skin color. White nomus are the weakest with lower-tier quirks and regenerative abilities, Greys are the mid-tier pseudo-strong quirks and regeneration, the 3rd category of nomus are the blacks or the darker colored nomus are the most dangerous and are rare to find in battle. The darker the color of the skin the stronger the nomu. They usually have more than 3 quirks which are excluding a hyper regeneration." One of the pages that I was able to read said.

Dad noticed me walking away with a file in hand that I was reading. "I see you have found the file and its contents rather interesting. I was interested in it at first as well, but the later part was what creeped me out. I'm allowing you to read but please don't go around telling this to your friends. The hero association wants to keep this as silent as possible."

"How creepy does it have to be to creep you out?"

"I'm not even sure if that's an insult but continue reading the file you'll see."

"Right *looks back into the file and continues where he left off* the regeneration and strength enhancers are the same within a group and get stronger as the skin color of the nomu darkens- "

"Izuku skip to the personality and genetic makeup part it's a long report and you've just started. I'll let you read the file when I'm done using it. For now, just read that specific part."

"Ok *flips a few pages* ohhh... right Personality and genetic make-up. The nomus are usually mindless beasts due to the implantation of more than one foreign quirk in the host body. From a genetic standpoint, we have concluded that the nomus are made of at least 5 different samples of DNA. Of the 5 samples we found in each nomus, there was one that was the same in all of them. we suspect that this is the scientist's very own DNA though it has no match in any country's records. *looks up with a creeped-out look* You were right this is some creepypasta level shit dad."

"Izuku language. Also, yes, yes, it is."

"Right sorry Captain America!"

"Now that this is out of the way. I believe you were supposed to give me an answer."

"Riiiiight. I guess I do. I'll do the same thing I did yesterday. I'm not sure why but I don't like the thought of her with another person though I highly doubt she feels the same for me."

"Freaking finally. You have finally understood what you feel now I have a small game of sorts for you. If you are man enough to ask Uraraka out on a date, then I will tell you of a surprise UA is planning for you guys this term. But for that, you need to ask her out after the entrance exams are over. Deal?"

"Uhh.... Deal, I guess."

"Right now, let's have breakfast. I'm starving."