The Emperor's Dragon II

Unsheathe the Claws

Captain Teiko Meishu rolled her shoulders under her flak jacket. Today was the day. She'd finally have the plague mask wearing Yakuza in their place. With a bit of luck the raid today would break the last of... whatever was keeping them in existence and one threat to peace and lawful society would be removed.

She'd actually studied historical statistics. If Heroes could get a handle on villain crime, then this would be one of the safest times in history to live. Theft was down, assault was done, domestic and other violence was down, and they didn't think that was just through under reporting.

Teiko shook her head. She had to focus on today. Getting rid of the Yakuza... It probably wouldn't happen today. The raid today would be a warning to them and they'd linger but she could watch them and if the raid found what she thought it would, then she'd have the resources to watch and that should be enough to make them disappear and generations of police would celebrate that.

Even with the evidence her officers had collected, it hadn't been the easiest to get permission for the raid. She didn't think it was because the Yakuza had protection. It was just a function of the times. With All Might's fight against that villain about a month ago... Villains, and criminals everywhere were making bids for power. Her case wasn't that high on the list.

Yes, multiple people had been shot. But they were multiple homeless people and they had no one advocating for them. Plus, no one had died. If someone had died, homeless or not, then there would have been more concern. There was concern now, and with the evidence already collected, and what they would collect today, she was certain they'd be able to put away most of those involved. There were some who'd worm their way out of charges.

There always were.

The only blemish in today's raid was that there were several heroes who just had to be involved. They weren't the big names, they were-

The Captain suppressed a sigh. She knew exactly why they were here. The highest ranked was 47 and the others two were both sub 100 but she couldn't remember exactly where they were. It hardly mattered. They were here for a chance at publicity. She didn't begrudge them that. Not exactly. Teiko was aware that heroes had to have publicity to advance in the ranks but she did begrudge them taking her officer's leg work. This was a police mission, not a hero one.

They could tag along but-

Her precinct would be getting the credit, not their agencies.

-ted-

Kai rolled the red coated bullet back and forth between his fingers as he waited. It was the one he'd decided was for All For One. The other two permanent bullets were with Chronostasis and Nemoto, though they had just received word that only one of All For One's brats was going to be here. He'd sent a message to Nemoto to not waste the bullet. If the brat was problematic then Chronostasis would take care of it. He had the better shot.

He reviewed what he knew of All For One's younger brat... It wasn't much. The teen was relatively new to the scene. He'd been enrolled in UA's Management course, which most likely meant All For One had wanted this one to take over his legitimate and semi legitimate companies, while Tomura took care of the underworld. It was presumably the arrest of his father that had triggered his activity.

Kai huffed. He wasn't entirely sure if he should be insulted that the youngest brat was here but... The underworld was without a leader now, and while he knew the Shie Hassaikai would come out on top, if he could get All For One's brats to acknowledge him, that would make things so much smoother. Their resources would guarantee a faster path to victory and then...

The Yakuza had ruled the underworld in the past but that was before quirks. He knew that because he'd studied history. With quirks things had changed and Kai had never seen the point of bowing to All For One but the Boss had been insistent and since he'd taken over, Kai hadn't been in a position to challenge the old ways. Now...