vampire king: izuku

Chapter 22: [A DISASTER IS BREWING AFAR.]

The world had crawled to a stand still. It hadn't slowed down due to his enhanced senses, it had stopped.

His eyes (now he had two of them once more) picked on every detail from his surroundings. From the way the pro heroes stared fearfully at him, the manner which some straggler civilians outright were expressing panic, from the way the media press was shocked with the recording they had just captured. Everything was as still as one frame in his eyes. His blood red eyes, orbs of pure crimson swimming inside a river of pure black. Izuku saw his reflection on the camera's lenses, aware that at this exact moment he looked exactly like a monster that had just crawled from hell.

His costume wasn't that damaged, but the blood that spilled from the Nomu over his coat gave Izuku the image of a cold-hearted killer. The body by his feet also did nothing to disuade the onlookers of the opinion that Izuku had just crossed a line a hero was never meant to. The vampire was deaf to the world around him.

No.

Saying that he was deaf was wrong. His perception was just too fast, so the sounds still had yet to reach him. For the first time in his life, Izuku had fully drained a living being of all its available blood. The rivers of life that flowed through the flying Nomu were extinguished. Izuku had drained it dry. All the powerful life force now run its course inside Izuku, empowering him beyong even his most powerful use of [Rage]. He could feel it deep within, the immense satisfaction of the [Inner Beast] feasting on the blood, using it to strengthen his body and cultivate the quirk-factors inside him. All the previously so difficult factors were being decoded with extreme efficiency.

Izuku could only stare at the camera crew that was filming him, aware that his actions would surely be exposed to Japan, if not the entire world. He wondered why he was lacking any feelings of nervousness. It was as if he was on a high, the sweet taste of life still burning at the tip of his tongue and at the back of his throat.

He slowly turned to face the Hero Killer's unconscious body. His face betrayed no expression as Izuku commanded his shadows to wrap around the criminal, thightly securing the villain into their embrace. The vampire then faced the highest ranker hero among those present, slowly making his way to one stunned Endeavor. His senses picked on Edgeshot's arrival, Janine right behind the man. The duo of ninjas approached him with firm steps, the vampire easily picking on the sound of ninja-wire wrapped around his sensei's hand.

Izuku stopped and turned to the shinobi hero, his shadows following suit and presenting the villain almost like a pupil hunter presents the results of his hard work to the senior hunter. The black matter was wrapped around the villain in a shibari-knot technique, leaving no chance for Stain to flee.

Time finally seemed to return to move at a normal pace to Izuku, his senses being slammed by a barrage of noises. His eyes kept their dark look, no matter how much the vampire wished for them to return to his usual greens, but now he could finally function like a human being again. He shook his head a bit, using the sleeve of his coat to wipe the remainings of a gunky fluid that coated the left side of his face.

"Alucard, are you in control of yourself?" Edgeshot's voice was firm, the hero fully prepared to deal with any situation that might happen.

Thankfully, Izuku slowly raised one hand, giving the pro a thumbs-up and a wide smile, his fangs in full view. "Yes, sir! I think I...caught a villain too?" Izuku normally wouldn't be this giddy, much less make these sort of "jokes" in public, but he couldn't help himself, he was too giddy due to the amount of blood consumed. Almost like a child that had too such sugar before bedtime, he couldn't keep the happiness at bay at his accomplishments. His brain was working fast, much faster than usual and much faster than what Izuku could make happen, thus now that the danger was contained, his attention was turned to his actions. And what actions indeed! Saving Iida and Native, subuing the Hero Killer and defeating a Noumu. All in a single evening of hard work. It was insanely impressive, nothing short of astonishing work that would jump up the career of any rookie hero into high gear and status.