Mystery from Another World

Part 67: Bait and Switch

[OP: "Blame"-- Bastille]

The league went to the designated spot.

Shigaraki had come up with a plan that was typical of him: Stall them and then send in the heavy hitters once they were already tired or off their game.

Dabi had volunteered to talk to them first.

"They're used to seeing me," he said. "And they could have killed me before if they warned to. Might as well figure out what they want."

"And we'll be right behind you if they try to fight," Spinner offered.

Privately, Dabi thought that Spinner was the least likely to land a hit on either of them. Even Likstar was a lot better than he'd thought at first.

But he saw no reason to say it.

Shigaraki agreed to the idea, but told Dabi to be careful around West.

Funny, he was still not taking Shine that seriously, even Dabi saying she'd stuck her sword to his neck didn't seem to bother him.

He could just decay the sword, maybe that was why.

Toga had opted out of this, though Shigaraki hadn't been going to make her just because the two supervisors offered her and Twice an out.

But she said they were creepy and she didn't want to die.

Twice had insisted he come, but they were keeping him back to overwhelm them with numbers once they weren't ready for it.

* * *

"Lowkey this idea is petty wild," Camie told the UA kids.

They were hiding out in a private room in a restaurant about 8 miles from where Shine and Wally had said they'd be meeting the villains.

Momo had made a drone camera with live feed and 4 headsets for them to observe what happened.

Shoto was in charge of calling his father if anything went too wrong, and she was in charge of calling Mirko.

Bakugo was in charge of calling Aizawa and possibly All Might.

Camie? The police.

Other than that, there only job was to watch and take notes, literally, on whatever went down.

Shine had instructed them to watch for any signs of weakness in the villains, anything they said that indicated their plans, and any hesitation they showed to attack.

If they had to step in, Bakugo and Shoto would go first, since they could cross the distance the fastest, and Momo and Camie would follow, but this was a complete last resort, as decided before.

Momo felt kind of sick, she was so nervous about this plan.

Camie didn't seem nervous, but the boys were both being really quiet, so they clearly weren't confident either.

* * *

"Well, Sunshine, this plan is one of your best yet," Wally said, they were waiting on the street they'd picked.

It was by some buildings that were being remodeled, and the street and taped off with yellow tape. A villain had crashed through the area a few weeks before.

No workers were there at this time though, Wally had fought the spot on one of his runs and noticed tteir schedule.

"It's not even the most complex plan I've ever had," Shine said.

"Nope, but I like the ironic part," Wally winked at her. "Just... wish I was more sure they were going to take it well."

Shine looked at the drone the kids were watching from.