Izuku hums a jaunty tune as he casually walks up to the front desk of Detnerat's HQ.
"Good afternoon, sir, what are you here for?" The receptionist asks.
"I'm here to speak with Mr. Yotsubashi." Izuku responds.
The receptionist narrows her eyes at him, studying his face. "And the name on your appointment is?"
Izuku sighs. "Just drop the pretenses. I know for a fact that everyone in this town is in the know. Just tell Re-Destro that Dr. Deku is here looking to speak with him."
The receptionist's eyes widen, both at the fact that Izuku is aware of the MLA and Re-Destro's identity, and at the fact that Dr. Deku, a recently debuted SUPER-VILLAIN, is standing right in front of her. "O-of course. Right away." She says shakily, discreetly moving her hand toward the panic button.
"Don't even think about it." Izuku says, placing the briefcase he was carrying on the desk. "This briefcase is lined with explosives powerful enough to level the city, killing everyone in it and thus eradicating what remains of the MLA. If I find myself under any danger, I will trigger them. I have no intention of killing anyone here, but I am more than willing to do so should it be necessary." He warns.
The receptionist gulps, removing her hand from the panic button. "W-won't you die, t-too?" She questions shakily.
Izuku chuckles. "I can see why you'd think so, but no." He says without elaborating.
The receptionist stares at him in confusion, before the intercom blares to life.
"Come on up." Re-Destro's voice says through the intercom, causing Izuku to smile before heading toward in the direction that the sign indicates the elevator is in.
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Back at the Playtime co factory, a legion of Izukus are hard at work hand-animating and voice acting multiple children's cartoons, all of which already have season one already fully written, that are intended to all air at the same time, new episodes coming out weekly, and all of which are intended to sell toys. Playtime may be a front company, but if he's gonna sell toys, he's gonna put his all into being successful. And hey, if his extralegal funding dries up, it's always good to have a backup plan.
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At one of Izuku’s labs, one dedicated to technological innovation, rather than biological studies like most of Izuku's labs , a few more Izukus are hard at work designing and building new, better battle armors, improving upon the "The Annihilator" suit that was used to fight All Might head on. Rather than focusing solely on countering All Might like before, however, the Izukus are instead creating individualized suits to counter specific heroes and villains, as well as generalized supersuits designed for use in situations not necessitating specific suits.
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Back in his main lab, the real Izuku floats in a stasis tank, adjusting to his new body, created using Kazumi's unique musculoskeletal structure as a blueprint, combined with the knowledge that he has gained from the Bigger Bodies Initiative, as he has nicknamed it, back at Playtime co.
"How long until he wakes up?" Kazumi asks, looking up at Izuku's seemingly unconscious form.
"Only a few more days, Kazumi." Himiko says, patting her sister on the head.
"Will he get to watch the festival-thingy with us?" Eri asks. "He promised he would take us, and that it would be fun."
Himiko laughs softly. "Don't worry, Eri. Midoriya's a man of his word. If he made a promise, he's gonna keep it. Even if he can't come in his real body, there's always his puppet bodies."
Eri pouts. "I don't want his puppet to come, I want the real him!" Shs demands.
The puppet Izuku monitoring the real one's vitals chuckles. "All of the puppet mes are still controlled by the real me's mind, Eri." He says, amused.
Eri's pout deepens. "It’s not the same. You're all basically robots, auto... auto..." she trails off, unable to think of the word.
"Automatically." Himiko supplies.
"That! He said that you’re all basically robots automatically following Dr. Deku's plans, with no wills or thoughts of your own! It's not the same as having the real him!" Eri says forcefully.
The puppet chuckles again. "True. But, you're forgetting that the real me can, at any time, seize full control of any puppet, thus making it become the real one temporarily. And, if the real one ever dies, a random puppet will BECOME the real me."
Eri's mind is completeoy unchanged by this argument. "It's still not the same." She mumbles under her breath.
"Nezu, why are we here? And why are you playing with a kids toy?" Shota asks.
"This is a toy produced by Playtime co, a newly founded toy company that I have reason to believe is connected to Dr. Deku." The chimera says, causing everyone to stare at him in shock.
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A Curious Scientist(slightly illegal and highly unethical)
FanfictionIzuku has always been a curious boy, wanting to know everything that he can, with no cares about how he learns it. Now, after the death of his mother has driven him into insanity, he has decided that nothing will stop him from learning everything th...
