vampire king: izuku

Chapter 12: [Growing Thirst II]

The afternoon was settling down, the sun painting the horizon in beautiful tones of orange. At the area of Dagobah beach, there were some people who began revisiting the beach. It had been recently been put under a private watch, but still open for the public to visit; which they did, since it had become a rather nice spot since it was anonymously been cleaned of most of the garbage that used to pollute it.

There was still the odd fridge or car wreck, but those seemed to be disappearing permanently. That the police had been doing more frequent patrols over the area seemed to help too. The heroes weren't much help, many other things could bring in much more revenue and cash than the voluntary clean-up of the place.

Not that Izuku minded doing the occasional clean-up routine. It was his property after all. Checking on the spacious piece of land was one of the reasons why he was currently here, but most importantly, it was his training spot. Since it was private property, he could make use of his powers without being admonished by it. The vampire had a few shipping containers stationed; equipment he had bought from I-Island to help develop the place.

From the current five 20-foot containers there, only one was important for him right now. The one containing a great deal of training equipment, which Izuku had many plans for. The doors of the metal box were opened, allowing Izuku to store his school supplies and change his attire to something more "exercise friendly".

After classes ended, the vampire had decided that if he was to help his raven-headed friend, they would need to start immediately so as to have the best results possible. UA's sports festival was an event that could not be under estimated; it had surpassed the Olympics for a reason! Hence, the hemomancer decided it would be the best for him to learn early on what he was working with.

Izuku checked the time in his phone (glad to have it back), waiting for the confirmation that his friend had gotten permission from his parents to arrive home somewhat later than his usual. Inko-mama was also warned in time, else the vampire would suffer the wrath of the heavens.

The green-headed teen began stretching, slowly checking over all the life-liquid inside his body. He had been slowly chipping away at the resistances of the other quirk-factors inside his bloodstream, two more already submitting to his will.

[Shock Absorption] from the Nomu and [Warp] from the villain named Kurogiri had been cracked, his blood finally decoding their factors and allowing Izuku to understand their inner workings. As he proceeded to do push-ups, the vampire closed his eyes and allowed his mind to drift deep inside himself. Crimson slowly dyed his vision, before everything around him was a murky darkness; he was inside the deepest layers of his mind, the place where he caged the [Inner Beast]. Two rubies stared at him from inside the black nothingness, the knowledge that he'd acquired from the two quirk-factors.

The shining spheres of red then began to mix with their noir background, slowly dyeing the place crimson. As the insides of his mind began to paint themselves, Izuku began to have the secrets unveiled to him.

The simplistic [Shock Absorption] was just that. Its effects were easily simulated within his body, his muscles beginning to mutate to adapt to their new improvement. The full assimilation of the effects would need a few more days, but Izuku could say that he had mastered the acquired effects of this power.

This one though...He mused in his head as he tried to make sense of what composed [Warp]. A simplistic look at the quirk would only mean that, a power to warp to different locations. The quirk-factor running in his bloodstream, however, was much more than that. It seemed manufactured, almost as if one had taken the original quirk apart and then modified it to an obscene amount, forcefully stitching it back and calling it a day. The vampire's body was trying to find a way to simulate the effects, but there still seemed to be something mission from the equation. Almost as if Izuku needed another quirk-factor to stimulate [Warp] into full submission. Even when fully cultivated like this, you still want to resist, huh?!