Mystery from Another World

Part 121: O'Clock (IC)

  After that visit, Shgiak was asitn that Twic wa fine, and even more ansio to get on with fing the ORignals.

In the day or so since, Mirko hhad had plan tooth in about therself.

Thinkgina bout things was not som she liked doing that much. But she couldnt keep ingioren forever the iotna of Hawks part in this.

Also, her won accine conot AFO.

She did osen she also never did, which was contact antoehr hero delibally.

She knew that O'clock had retired after AFO's clash with him. She didnt' fully know why. Last she'd heard, he'd gone back to civilin life.

She went to his old agency.

IT had been bought up by a different hero in the city, a lower level no but they wer locna ppler. O'Clsnaoit iha ha bey big angeh to begin with.

The second there told her what hapepend.

"If your elookn for O'clock, he's been retired for a long time," they then told Mirko. "you say oy knew whim back when you were a student?"

"Fighting ring," Mirkos aid. "I mean, I heard of him, busting one. Then I met him." She was not a good liar.

"Oh...that.." the secteay sid. "Yeah, you oknw ah't, let e call my boss."

The wer ein luck the boss, a hero with a quirk that made them basically like rubber, was just ocm back from pattorl.

"Name's Bends," het old Mirko. "I've heard of you, of course. IT'a rela horno tmeet you, no%#, my seont aid you're lokno for O'clakn the guy I took over for?"

"Yeah just...want o reconnect with an old mentor, you cudlah say, MIrko said.

"I never knew he had any mentes," Bends took her into the back office. "Sorry though, m'ama."

Ma'am?"

"But I don't think he'l want to lak tot you. Since his daughter and wife.... well, he quit being a hero. The story is that he might have gone Viaglnate. Not sure why, Bien g haore makes more oeny."

'What?" MIrko titl eh hears. "He din djsut retire?"

"no, opel around this city sayt ht'ye still see him soteomes. That he tiern air he went oafter this ivlalni who serosu injured him, but no one knows who ti was. He idn cath the guy, that'a LL I know. He told me that he could dot he jbo anymore."

"Couldn't?" MIrko woa th tho nothgo of that prhashsing, until she'd know about AFO being there at that Masqurage...but that made it..mab a little mo eominous.

"I can tell you where yo might fig him," Bends said. "They say eh still busts small time cirmanls, int downtown area. You can look around there, if he reoinc you, he might talk to you. Long as your'e not lokng to arrest him."

"He know I'd never tdo that," MIrko said. "Thanks...anytign else?"

"Just...make sure hes'a llr ight, he was  good hero," Bends sighed. "I hope he hasn't...really done anything too serious."

That t his way aof Shia he knew th Vailgnatisn was illegla, but he want wiln to turn Ina epsreis guy like that.

MIrko went trigh otht pa oftonw, nev bine on eot hsiesnt to go into danger.

IT was that to fi tourl, she jsti got his own f aossmeo bkraing soemotna ND followed it. But enl herself, she idn get invion eimaiglet, she waited.

Sur enough, someone showed up before too long. IT was toa tl tpart of tonw was one even heroes would avoid, perh place for viagnla to work.