Hero Among Shadows

Chapter 10

Disclaimer: My Hero Academia belongs to Kohei Horikoshi

---Musutafu General Hospital, a few hours after the USJ attack---

"I can't believe a group of villains would actually try to invade U.A. like that," a male nurse says incredulously.

"Me neither," a male doctor replies in the exact same tone. "Out of everyone in that class, only one student was injured so far. Two of the teachers that were defending them are also suffering from their injuries. But given enough time I'm sure that they'll be alright and resume their teaching and Hero duties."

The conversation between the two revolves around what had just happened at U.A. High. Who could blame them though? Up until now, no villain has ever been able to attack one of, if not THE, best hero school in the country. Especially with someone like the Symbol of Peace teaching there.

But the unthinkable happened. U.A. has been invaded by a group calling themselves the League of Villains, who were intending to kill All Might but clearly failed.

But still, the damage has already been done. Everyone that has heard about it, including the heroes, has clearly been taken completely by surprise by it.

"You'd think that those teachers at the school would have handled the situation differently, you know," the male nurse remarks. "I mean, sure only one kid got hurt but they should've just done more to prevent that from happening."

"I agree. But even they didn't know that villains would even have the guts to try and attack the school," replies the doctor. "Things like this can't be predicted. No one, not even the teachers themselves, was prepared for something like this."

The nurse was about to say something to that, but then closes his mouth before looking down at the floor in front of him. He clenches his teeth before resuming his duties as a hospital worker.

But as the two men make a left after reaching the end of the hallway, a door opens just as they're

beyond hearing range. Whoever the mystery person is, they're walking down the opposite direction. That leads to the ward where the critically injured patients are housed.

If anyone else was to be in the hall at the moment, their ears would catch the sound of the person whistling a... rather catchy song from a pre-Quirk era movie made in the early 2000s. Of course, there seems to be something unnerving about it coming out of this particular person's lips as they walk down the halls.

The aforementioned person walking down the halls, whistling that song, is a woman in her late-20s. Her hair is bright scarlet, the shade of the color looking similar to that of blood and is done in twin ponytails. Her eyes have the same shade of scarlet, as well. She's wearing a hospital nurse's uniform, holding a tray containing a syringe and a small bottle with a strange liquid inside.

With the only sounds being made in the halls the footsteps made from the woman's hospital shoes, it is almost dead silent.

Only a minute and a half later, the "nurse" arrives at a certain hospital room. The patient for this particular room? None other than the still unconscious Shota Aizawa, Pro Hero name Eraserhead.