Hero of Radiance: Apollo [HOLD]

Chapter 27: Destination China

*Note* We will hit canon events in the next chapter or two.

3rd POV:

Taking a breath of air in, Izuku calmed his heart down as he was anxious due to how dangerous of a position he was currently in. Infiltrating the underworld as the Underworld Prince from America was a bit more difficult than Izuku originally thought it would be due to how cautious the Chinese Triad was being. It had taken around a month or so for Izuku to make a new name for himself amongst the underworld in china to even catch the Triads eye due to how cautious they were. This was due to the fact that even though Izuku was known greatly in the underworld in American and some foreign countries like China itself due to the Triads influence in other countries, Izuku had been gone for years from the scene. As such, his sudden appearance in China caused some hesitation from the Triad on reaching out to him for anything. However, after this entire month of waiting and operating in the underground, Izuku was finally able to make an initial contact with the Triad as one of their known public members reached out to acquire his services for a session.

Izuku had been selling his healing services in the underworld for a decent price which was allowing him to store up a lot of money to use for his operations in the underworld. There was also the fact that any money he acquired would be for his own personal usage if he had any left by the end of the mission since he was working for it so the World Hero Association wasn't going to confiscate it since this was a high risk mission so it should be high rewards also. Anyway, as the first official contact with the Triad had happened, Izuku started to notice more and more members of the Triad appearing and requesting his services which meant that the Triad was no longer keeping their members or rather their more public members away from Izuku as they had been doing since they believed it to be a trap at the start. Which is fair since it is indeed a trap but a long-game trap that someone couldn't easily figure out.

As he became more and more involved with members of the Triad, Izuku noticed quite soon that he was being followed wherever he went nowadays by Triad members. Luckily, Izuku had been training his ability to recognize energy sources apart from each other since each source had a unique miniature difference between them that Izuku could pick up on and remember so he could find them if they were within his range. As such, he was able to tell that by the middle of the second month on the mission, the Triad had been following him. Izuku knew what they were trying to do in the long run of things but he wondered how long it would take for them to get comfortable to the point that they would make the next move and reach out to him to acquire his services on a more permanent basis because having Izuku out in the open for even their enemies to use wasn't wise for them in the long run of things. As such, he knew they were trying to figure out who he was in contact with, where he lived, what he did most days, and everything else out about his life since they needed as much information as possible when they confronted him.

The question would be though would they confront him with a business deal or with force with the goal of keeping him under their thumb. Izuku just sighed as he entered a convenience store and grabbed some food since he didn't feel up to cooking tonight. That was one bad thing about this entire mission though, it was the fact that Izuku couldn't easily meet up with Ozy or Zahra since some idiot in the government had met with them and exposed the fact that they were World Heroes sent to China to help with the Triad issue. Izuku was extremely pissed since that forced the WHA to change the plans by a great deal since the duo was meant to be with Izuku as a form of helpers but now Izuku was doing his portion of the mission solo. This meant that the duo didn't live with him and couldn't show up with Izuku in public now due to all of this else it would destroy the goal of Izuku becoming a part of the underworld so they can take the Triad down. However, the duo seemed to have a plan of their own when it came to the issue of not being around Izuku. It seems because the last time Izuku was able to talk to them they had that special glint in their eyes that spelled trouble for anyone and everyone.