Whatever it takes

Chapter 54

Everyone was in hospital. Roughly fifteen minutes after Izuku was taken, the ambulance and fire trucks had arrived.

Even though most were not in serious condition, Ochako, Izumi, and Kaminari were more seriously injured than others, however.

Ochako was seen sitting emotionlessly in her room, looking at the ground. She had perhaps experienced the greatest loss of her life, and it hurt her in ways she wouldn't have imagined.

Kaminari was in his room, his head on Jirou's lap, who silently stroked his hair, while a few tears escaped his eyes here and there.

As for Izumi, she was hugging her knees and weeping.

"No... I just got my brother back... why? Why did I have to lose him again..." she muttered, choking on her words.

To say that everyone was devastated would be an understatement. This was their complete and utter defeat.

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The next day, the UA gates were crowded by reporters, to the point that there wasn't even space to move.

"WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE VICTIM'S FAMILIES?"

"HOW WAS A SECRET TRAINING CAMP ATTACKED?"

"WILL YOU OPEN THE GATES?"

"IS THERE ANY OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM UA?"

In the staff meeting room, everyone was sitting, as the air was tense and grim.

"For the students to be attacked by villains at a training camp meant to prepare them to fight villains, the irony... it's embarrassing. Even though we were warned, and we changed the location... Our understanding of them was naive. They had already started the war, their war to destroy hero society," Nezu stated in a serious tone.

"But even if we understood, would we even be able to defend against it? Ever since All Might, organized crime had almost been weeded out. We couldn't have anticipated something of this scale..."

"So we all got complacent in the peaceful times without realizing it, thinking we had time," Yamada noted.

Everyone turned to All Might, who was sitting in his small form, a grim aura surrounding him.

"I'm angry from the bottom of my heart at my cowardice. While they were fighting for their lives I was relaxing..." he muttered.

"So what? Nothing can be changed now, All Might. Principal Nezu, I am pretty sure you have a plan?"

Steve had also connected with them via video call and was currently communicating with them.

"Yes, I do have a bit of a plan, but I'll need to refine it a little. You see, from Tsukauchi, we found out about one possible location of the League of Villains. A person had seen someone who looked familiar to Dabi go into a supposedly vacant building. When we checked the records, we found out about a sort of hidden bar, where he was seen. Also, one of our students, Momo Yaoyorozu had put a tracker in a nomu, which returned to its facility. Thus, currently, we have two plausible locations for their base," Nezu said, as Present Mic tensed, which didn't go unnoticed by others.

"I know what you're thinking Mic, but I can assure you that everyone here is someone I trust wholeheartedly," Nezu told him making him sigh.

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The whole of Japan was talking about Izuku.

On TV, in newspapers, everywhere they talked about Izuku Yagi, the son of All Might who was kidnapped.