The Emperor's Dragon

The Haves and the Have Nots

"Giran."

The man in question stared at his phone. It told him voice only, which wasn't the problem. The problem was that he recognised the voice. And he was scared stiff.

It was Kurogiri's employer. He'd met the man once, and once was more than enough.

Giran had heard of him, All For One. Juhin had told him but meeting him was something different. He was terrifying just sitting there. There was an air of absolute surety about the man. As if he knew that no matter what you did he would be able to counter it easily.

Now of course, Giran was aware of the rumours going around. How All Might had fought All For One, and how All For One had died. Except that obviously wasn't the case. There were other rumours going around though. All For One was injured. All For One had killed All Might and was going to kill the Prime Minister and rest of the Government. Giran didn't believe that one. The underworld was the underworld after all and they didn't do such stupid moves.

There were a lot of rumours, and there had been a lot of politics going on though, a few months after the incident things were quietening down. He'd been a bit surprised when Kurogiri had called him but had fulfilled that order.

Now he was terrified.

Obviously, All For One had survived and all the politics that had gone on in the underworld were for nothing. Even if the man was injured, that didn't matter. Giran knew the man would be able to control everything. Those who didn't fall back into line would be dealt with.

"Sir?" He said softly, trying to infuse respect into his voice. Dealing with Kurogiri, even knowing that the Warp Gate worked directly for this man was one thing, dealing with him directly, that was a whole different matter. Giran was terrified.

But he was a broker... and even if he thought so himself, a darn good one. He just needed to treat this man as a client. Find out what he wanted, and fulfil the contract.

It was normal. He just had to keep reminding himself of that.

"I have need of your services," All For One said.

"What do you need, Sir?" Giran asked. This man was just a client. This was the first step. Find out what he wanted.

"I have need of a quirk."

Giran felt his pink eyes widen. Of course he knew the whispers that All For One could take your quirk. That he could give you another quirk. But that's all they were, whispers... weren't they?

"It does not matter what the quirk is but it should come from an older person. The key is that they must be completely willing to give it up," All For One continued.

Giran swallowed as he tried to control his breathing. It couldn't be true! It just couldn't be true that All For One could take quirks.

"The individual must also be able to state that clearly, without ambiguity."

It had to be true. What had Juhin gotten him into? Is this why she'd just grinned when he'd taken over the account with Kurogiri. It had seemed odd that she didn't fight him for the client but he took it as some sort of graduation present... That he'd passed her test and become a broker in his own right.

What a fool he'd been!

"Can you provide that?" All For One asked pointedly.

Despite the fear, or maybe because of it, Giran's mind was flying. He couldn't think about the quirk. All For One had said the quirk didn't matter. So what was the man asking for? He was asking for a geezer who was prepared to do something for money. That was much easier to think about.