The Emperor's Dragon II

Blackmail

Izuku sat with closed eyes as he waited. He was in a large room. It was Kaigiin Shigi's bedroom. Gigantomachia was behind him, which reinforced the belief that Kamoni's husband had a taste for the large, given that the huge man wasn't hitting the ceiling. The room was stupidly huge. It contained a large bed, a dressing table on one of the far walls and a drinks cabinet on another, several arm chairs, which he was using now, and rugs on the floor. There were four doors to the room. One was the entry, another lead to the walk in wardrobe and the other to the equally palatial ensuite. Neither of them had another entry. He'd checked. The last one opened to a small ground floor balcony that overlooked the gardens of the house. They'd come in through that one.

There was security but Izuku had discovered that one of his new quirks, the one he used to contact the Nomu actually, was very effective at blocking small signals that the security systems made. So while the security system had picked them up, and had sent the alarm, it just hadn't gone anywhere because he'd blocked it from going further. That was going to be fun for some system expert to look over since everything was working as it should.

He was dressed in black leather, highlighted with green accents and had let scales cover his visible features. There was a screen in the room and Izuku had loaded a short video on it, though the screen was off. Kamoni had provided him with the video, and it should be more than enough to convince Kaigiin to toe the line. Izuku had looked into Kamoni's relationship and he wasn't sure why Kaigiin had bothered to send the thugs to encourage her to return. He was the one who came from money and it was enough money to have paid her off and...

Sometimes people did odd things.

While he'd been waiting he'd had a quick rummage through the room and had found some more vids. He hadn't had a chance to look at them but, if Kaigiin didn't see things his way, and the release of the vid did nothing, then the next tactic to try was an avalanche of vids. While Japan had come a long way in recognising sexual abuse, people could still pass off a single vid, they couldn't pass off a whole library.

"Gigantomachia," Izuku said softly.

"Little Lord?" came the immediate reply.

"How close do you need to be before you can track someone?"

Izuku sensed Gigantomachia shift his stance slightly to look down at him but he didn't open his eyes. He trusted Gigantomachia.

"It depends on the location," he replied.

"When we get to Tartarus, we are going to have to find Dad," Izuku said. "He's likely to be underground," he added.

Izuku got the impression that his father's bodyguard was thinking.

"I will find him," he said finally.

He didn't say anything but Izuku knew, with that reply, that it wasn't going to be easy. He'd have to find out as much as he could about Tartarus before they went though... Maybe once the assault began, he could talk to Dad via the Nomu? That was something to think about. Once he finished here, Kurogiri was going to open a warp gate to the Police Captain who had ensured they hadn't been caught several years ago. The man was loyal to his father but had information about Tartarus. In his own words though, he indicated the information he had was not worth breaking him out of prison. So Izuku would go to him. Briefly anyway.

Because his eyes were closed, Izuku was focused on his hearing. He heard a woman's laugh before there were footsteps that came closer. They belonged to two people. They didn't sound completely stable and Izuku could well imagine that they'd been drinking, and were probably still drinking.

Izuku had arranged the chair so that he was facing the door. It banged open. The woman had her back to him and Izuku could see she was tall, thin and dressed in a red dress. Kaigiin had his hands on her back. She laughed. "You are so naughty!" she exclaimed.