A Vigilante Barista [Vigilante deku, dadzawa]

Chapter 37 - Finding Control

[Third Person POV]
[words 2180]
•This chapter contains scenes that may be triggering•

'So what, he's the Diamond Vigilante?' Bakugo asked, still seemingly shocked.

'Yes he is.' Tsukauchi smiled.

'How long have you known?!' Katsuki snapped.

'A while. Well, since the USJ incident. He's been coming to my office for years with his cases though.' Tsukauchi explained.

'Wait... then why didn't you capture him?' Katsuki asked.

Tsukauchi chuckled. 'I'm a detective. Despite being well trained in martial arts, I'm not that strong. And that kid can put up a good fight against Aizawa, so I wouldn't stand a chance.'

'Aizawa couldn't capture him?'

'He did a few times, but Izuku is sneaky. He's good at escaping...' Tsukauchi sighed as he remember the years they tried capturing him. 'Anymore questions?'

Katsuki sat rather dumbfounded. 'No idea.'

'Alright, well. Since Izuku is a minor, his identity as diamond is confidential. We need you to promise to keep his identity a secret, you can't tell anyone.' Tsukauchi explained, staring into Katsuki's eyes.

'Yeah of course...' Katsuki scratched his head. Truth.

'Great. Thank you for your cooperation.' Tsukauchi smiled.

'Who else knows?' Katsuki asked.

'Well, myself along with a few police officials, Aizawa and Mic since they are his foster parents. Most teachers at your school know, Eri and Shinsou.' Tsukauchi listed.

'Right.. okay...' Katsuki sighed.

'We also need to talk about what happened at the league, is that ok?' Tsukauchi asked.

'Yeah, of course.' Katsuki sat up straight on his hospital bed.

'Could you talk me through what you remember?'

'I woke up in a cell, Izuku was already awake. Then the league of bastards came in and said they wanted to recruit me and let me out so I beat the shit out of them, they beat the shit out of me as well...' Katsuki grunted. He continued to explain the rest of the events in order of what happened.

Tsukauchi sighed as he leaned back in his chair, thinking intently about how to approach the situation. 'I'm assuming he has long reports written about each of the members...'

'How would he get that kind of information? Aren't these villains a relatively new group?' Katsuki inquired.

'No idea. I've known the kid a few years and I've officially given up on trying to analyse potential sources for each case. I think he experiences a lot of the information he finds first hand, and probably hacking as well.' Tsukauchi stood up. 'I'll have to go talk to Izuku now, thank you for your time Bakugo.'

Bakugo nodded while Tsukauchi left the room. He made his way down the corridor of the hospital, lost in thought about what to do. He opened the door to Izukus room, nearly tripping over the cats that sat by the bathroom door. He looked towards the bed, but no one was there.

Our human is in there. Shiroi scratched at the door to the bathroom.

Tsukauchi softly knocked on the bathroom door. 'Izuku? You alright?'

He waited for a reply but there was nothing. 'Are you in there?'

Shiroi cried and continued to scratch the door.