'It's been a week...'
After passing the book to Endeavor and his meeting with the higher ups of the Paranormal Liberation Front, Hawks had stuck around to see if he could gather any additional info.
He was subtle in leaving a single feather in the crack of the door just before leaving the meeting room.
'Hospital... it's something about a hospital...'
He'd found a way to transmit the information to the HSC but there was no way to know if it'd helped at all. He'd have to keep digging.
The thoughts wracking his brain were hard to address, seeing as how his friendly demeanor had attracted every PLF lackey in existence for a chat.
He couldn't even get coffee in peace, currently dragged into a conversation with two of the Carmine members.
Since announcing their lieutenants, teams had been formed with different purposes based around the skills of the lieutenants leading them.
There was Carmine, the Intelligence Regiment, headed by lieutenants Toga and Skeptic.
Then the Tactics Regiment, Black, led by Twice.
Brown, the Support Regiment managed by Mr. Compress and Spinner.
And lastly, Violet, the Guerilla Warfare Regiment, co-commanded by Dabi, Geten - a particularly strong ice quirk user from the original Liberation Army, and...
'Ryo... or rather Nora.'
Since the founding of the PLF they hadn't so much as been able to hold a conversation, let alone share information.
Despite having a higher position, it seemed that meant more restrictions were placed on the boy. While Hawks was able to leave the PLF base on pretenses of keeping up his hero identity, Ryo had no such freedom.
Moreover, every time he'd see him, Ryo seemed worse for wear.
'Is he even eating properly?'
"HAWKS!" A voice spurred the hero from his thoughts.
"What's the matter, Twice?" he turned around as the black-clad villain ran up to him.
"Help! Oh-" he stopped abruptly, gaze pointed at the two men whom Hawks had been speaking with, "you've got two Carmine guys with you..."
His lack of subtly extended to his exaggerated hand signals as he gestured for Hawks to follow him.
Hawks broke into an uneasy smile and excused himself from the two he'd been speaking with, before catching up with Twice.
"What should I use as a Credo?" Twice asked once they were out of earshot.
Hawks tilted his head, "a Credo?"
"Spinner, Compress and Nora have meetings with Re-Destro and the others day after day, Giran and Dabi both act like they don't care..." he explained. "And Toga is cute!"
"So help me teacher!" he begged.
Suddenly, as though portraying a different character, Twice puffed up his chest and folded his arms over it, holding his head high.
"There are still many troops who are distrustful of us, even if you're just a figure head, they should hear the credo from you directly!" He was recounting someone's words.
Then he jumped to the side and mimed biting his own nails in anxiety.
"Me: 'I-I-I gotta take a dump!"

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•Manipulation• [BNHA × Male!OC]
FanfictionBook One: {Ryo Yamada's memories start with him falling. Falling out of the sky only to be picked up by the Winged Hero, Hawks. With inconclusive DNA and dental identification, he's a full fledged John Doe. After rediscovering his quirk, the govern...