Episode 15: The forest of bodies, something sinister lurks!

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"Yamada, I need you to do something for me." Aizawa told Present Mic. Present Mic looked at Aizawa curiously.

"I need you to switch Sakai from his current place in the bracket, instead of having him fight Todoroki, put him in a later fight against Shiozaki." Aizawa instructed.

"But that's the match right after." Present Mic pointed out. Aizawa nodded.

"Yeah, I know... I just hope whatever Takumi and I have to do now... with his Iron Man armor and the time remaining in the first round that we can make it by then... because something big just came up." Aizawa replied, but before anymore context could be given, Aizawa had quickly left the announcer's box. Present Mic blinked.

"I wonder what that was about." Present Mic commented.

(Theoretical intro here)

A shadowy figure was watching the UA Sports Festival on tv. He was chuckling as he had witnessed Takumi's clash with Shinso, and later Midoriya vs Iida.
"It seems that Lao was correct with his visions of the future. The legacy of Stark has stretched out into this world. I wonder... which one of us will stand taller when the time comes for us to finally meet. But even after all these years, I'm still not fully prepared yet. If I have learned anything from my previous failings, it is the value of patience." The figure spoke as he went back to work on some kind of machine.

Suddenly, a reporter ran inside of the room where the figure was.
"I apologize for the news I am about to give, but one of the locals has just spotted me and a few of the others in the woods harvesting the DNA of the ones we killed so long ago. A police detective is now getting near our laboratory." The reporter told the figure. The figure groaned.

"That isn't good. If the police have found the bodies, then they will investigate the people we have on the inside of their civilization. The legacy of Stark will not be that far behind... nor will the one known as the Mandarin." The figure spoke. The figure shook his head.

Meanwhile:
As Iron Man flew in the air, carrying Aizawa with him, he thought about the strange circumstances that brought him to this point.

Flashback to a few moments ago:
When Uraraka left to go to the waiting room, Takumi didn't know what to do. Her match wasn't up until sometime later, but it seemed like her opponent being Bakugo was starting to get to her head before the match even began. As Takumi saw Midoriya and Iida head off the ring, Takumi realized he should probably go check on his friends and he left his seat to go congratulate Midoriya and encourage Iida.

As he made his way towards Recovery Girl's temporary office, his eyes met up with Endeavor's.
"I thought you would have listened to me when I told you not to even think about pursuing the path of a hero, but I suppose you are hard of hearing." Endeavor commented. Takumi rolled his eyes.

"I'm not letting anyone else but me define what I can and can't accomplish." Takumi replied. Endeavor scoffed, but before the conversation had continued, Aizawa walked into the scene.

"Sakai, gear up. Tsukauchi found something he said you'd want to see." Aizawa told the boy before he could argue with Endeavor. Endeavor turned and walked away, not even caring what this was all about. It wasn't his business, nor did it seem to be anything related to Shoto.

"Gear up? I thought I wasn't allowed to use my armor until the final round." Takumi told Aizawa. Aizawa sighed.

"This has nothing to do with the tournament, but it has everything to do with something strange that occurred in your past. Tsukauchi wants us on site as fast as possible before he can explain everything though." Aizawa explained.

"If it's about my past, why are you going? No offense or anything." Takumi asked.

"You are my student and that makes you my responsibility, now hurry up. Wasting too much time would be irrational, especially if you intend on continuing on in the UA Festival tournament."

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