Chapter XXXVI: The Truth

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This chapter and the next is the culmination of everything I've been trying to foreshadow and set up for this arc this year, so hopefully you guys enjoy it.
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Danzo looked at himself in the mirror with a smile, feeling his newly revitalized skin. He chuckled and left the bathroom in the HPSC building, tapping the top of the doorway on the way out. He strolled outside and took a deep breath before walking down the busy street gazing upon everyone around him, ‘Now I can finally take care of all these people properly for the next few decades at least. Japan will prosper.’

He averted his gaze from the morning sun to look west. 'They should be getting ready to infiltrate that base around now. Perfect timing. Perhaps I can sneak a meeting with Sasuke today.' Danzo leisurely strolled in the direction of the Edgeshot agency and glanced at a street sign. 'An hour? Hm, not like I have to rush anymore.'

1 HOUR UNTIL DANZO'S ARRIVAL

Sasuke accepted the hand and shook it. "Danzo?" Sasuke thought of the only old guy he'd been talking to, "You mean Hiruzen?"

Hawks smiled, staring at him, 'He really looks a lot like you, Itachi.' "Is that what he's been calling himself? Sorry, but that's a fake name."

Sasuke's expression hardened, and Hawks continued, "You don't look that surprised."

"He's always rubbed me the wrong way... like everything he says is a half-truth, but just how much do you know about him and everything else?"

"Everything, I know why Danzo has been meeting you, how Crow really died, his identity, all of it. You have to prepare yourself for everything I'm gonna tell you, Sasuke. We're gonna be here for a while, but before I start, are you alright with these two staying to hear everything?" He pointed towards Tokoyami and Edgeshot.

"... I don't mind."

Off to the side, Tokoyami was dozing off, and Edgeshot noticed, then paid for an energy drink from the vending machine, offering it to Tokoyami. "Have some Broly Boost, I don't think you'll want to miss this."

"Alright..." Hawks pondered on where to start, "Danzo has been meeting you cause he hopes for you to eventually become a good and loyal black ops agent for him."

Sasuke replied, "I've known that much so far."

"Yes, but I don't think you know exactly what that entails. You'll be someone who kills without question and follows orders. The people you kill won't always be deserving either, they'll just be the opposition."

Sasuke looked down thinking back to the second person he killed.

"I recently learned that Danzo wants you to heal him... do you know what's up with that?"

Sasuke looked back up, "Yeah, he mentioned that to me, I healed him last week."

Hawks eyes went wide, "What?!"

"Yeah... the multiple quirks in his body were killing him, and it turns out I could repair that. He'd probably be dead right now if I didn't."

Hawks gritted his teeth, 'Damn it! If only I... alright fine... it's not totally over, but this could have helped avoid a lot of trouble.' Hawks cleared his throat,  "That's unfortunate, speaking of that... I heard he gave you a quirk."

All eyes fell on Sasuke who put his hands in his pockets. Hawks continued, "I already know it was Crow's quirk, but I just wanna know he did it."

"... Quirk duplication. Some kind of lab-related process to copy quirks and inject them in people."

Hawks stayed silent for a while, "I see; well, are you able to use the quirk yet?"

Sasuke shook his head, "Danzo said it could take months until my body adapts to it, I can't use it right now."

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