•Manipulation• [BNHA × Male!OC]

Chapter 156: THIS MEANS WAR.

After receiving the tip-off about a hospital, the Hero Public Safety Commission worked fast.

Soon, All for One's right-hand man had been exposed.

Having received reports about a sealed-off area of Jaku Hospital that no staff aside from the hospital's director, Dr. Kyudai Garaki, was able to access, they sent in someone to infiltrate.

And soon, they'd received undeniable proof, as beyond the sealed doors of that room was a small, dog-like Nomu that ran up to greet the Doctor.

In a matter of days, the operation had been planned.

The heroes had been split into two, one team would be headed for the Paranormal Liberation Front's main base, Gunga Villa. Due to lacking numbers, they would be assisted by all students currently in hero courses.

A majority of 1-A and some 1-B students were assigned to this team, most notably Kaminari Denki, Tokoyami Fumikage, Junzo Honenuki and Kinoko Komori who were the only students on the frontlines due to the large area of effect on their quirks.

The other team was headed by Endeavor and planned to ambush Dr. Garaki and his lab within Jaku General Hospital.

They too had students to support them.

"Damn it," Katsuki huffed, adjusting his gauntlets, "why the hell am I in the back as support?! Let me go to the front!"

"Katsuki, we only have our provisional licenses," Shoto chided.

"SHUT UP, DAMN IT!"

Iida raised a hand, "Calm down!"

Katsuki scoffed but remained silent.

He glanced at the people around him.

Every hero across the country was involved, even students.

The only ones who weren't had been specifically named as traitors by someone undercover within the PLF.

This just made Katsuki feel worse.

Because it meant one of two things, Ryo was a traitor, or Ryo was that someone on the inside.

Quite frankly, he hated both options.

He looked over at Shoto who was in the middle of adjusting his costume.

The boy likely had no clue, he wasn't the kind to think so deeply about things like this, and Katsuki was not about to speak on it first.

'Besides, knowing him, he'd never believe Ryo would be a villain.'

Katsuki paused, swallowing a lump in his throat.

He seemed he couldn't either.

But before his thoughts could consume him further, Endeavor's sidekick, Burnin' called for the operation to start.

"Split up and evacuate residents by block!" she ordered as the support team fanned out.

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Mirko had broken her way through into the hidden lab.

Endeavor and the others had encountered the Doctor above, only to realize he was a copy, similar to the ones Twice made.

Right now they were busy fending off Nomus that were unleashed in the process.

Which meant that the real Doctor was here.

"FOUND YOU!" Mirko grinned as the squat man turned around in fear.

"Is it the real one?" Endeavor asked over the comms.

"Who knows?" Mirko slowly approached the cowering man, "I'll just kick him and find out!"

She launches herself towards the man, her feet inches from colliding with his face when she feels something creep up behind her.

"Huh?!" She whips around just as a searing pain rips through her shoulder.

She gasps and turns, aiming her kick behind her instead.

Despite her eyes being open, she can't see anything.

It was all...

'White...!'

Still, her foot connects with something.

A small Nomu flies backwards, spewing a brown mud. It looked like the stuff Twice's clones were made of.

"So you're the one with the duplicate quirk!" She yells, finishing off the small creature with a final kick.

"Mocha!" the Doctor wails.

Looking down at the damage on her body, Mirko spots a hand mark that seems to be seared into her right collarbone.

Something had grabbed her, and it wasn't that Nomu.

But it had disappeared.

She turned back to the Doctor.

He chokes on his own words as he scrambles back, seemingly mourning the loss of his precious Mocha, but it was all a ruse.

Before Mirko can stop him, he retrieves a remote control from his lab coat and aims it at the large tanks around them.

"Come, my beloved high-ends!" he yells as five Nomus break free from containment.

Mirko stares down the creatures just as Crust and a few other heroes manage to break into the lab.

"H-hero...?" one of the Nomu's croaked out.

"Kill..." another mumbled.

In fact, all five appeared capable of speech and sentient thought.

Just like that Nomu who'd attacked Endeavor and Hawks in Kyushu.

Mirko grit her teeth.

It seemed a bloody battle was about to ensue.

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An ambulance speeds by just as the 1-A students under Endeavor's team reach residential district.

"Midoriya, that's..." Uraraka whispers.

"Yeah," the green-haired boy replied, "they must be carrying the evacuated patients."

The hospital had been all but evacuated at this point, the building now holding the ferocious battle between the front line heroes and whatever countermeasures the Doctor had in store.

Burnin' had ordered them to evacuate the nearby residents. 

"They should have already received an alert on their smartphones so just make sure they clear out!" she said over the comms.

"Tch, why the hell do I have to evacuate these extras?" Katsuki seethed, pushing past his classmates. "Let me at those villains!"

"Katsuki..." Shoto called.

"Bakugou! Where are you going?!" Iida demanded as the blonde walked further away from them.

Only to surprise them by pressing on the doorbell of a nearby house.

"OI, THEY SAID TO EVACUATE, GET OFF YOUR ASSES AND LEAVE!" He yelled into the intercom.

It's true he'd have liked nothing more than to get in on the action, kick the butts of a villain or two and maybe find out more about Ryo in the process, but...

'I have a damn job to do...'

He scowled before slamming the doorbell once more.

"I SAID GET THE HELL OUT BEFORE I MAKE YOU!"

Maybe once their work here was done, he'd be able to join in the fight.