Happy Ending ((TENYA IIDA X OC))

Chapter 28

Another three days passed before I made up my mind.

I held a cardboard box under my arm as I strode into class and set it on the podium, striking everyone inside silent. Teachers as well as the 1-A students sat in the desks and aligned the walls, just like they did on my first day back. I turned to them with my arms crossed behind my back, staring at them for a moment just as they stared at me.

"Time is running out," I began evenly. "Fortunately, I was able to come up with something that will, hopefully, get us all out of this alive."

"What do you mean, hopefully?" Asked Midnight skeptically.

"In a battle like this," I explained, closing my eyes. "Death and casualties are unavoidable. If things work out the way I want them to, I'll be able to spare everyone, but only if you listen to my precise instructions."

"Get on with it." Endeavor, who had neglected to be present previously, spoke out with a scowl on his face.

I turned to the cardboard box and opened its lid. "These will be your lifeline on the battle field."

Turning, I proceeded to make head counts whilst passing the small ear communicators down the rows.

"These are to be used while we're out of any of us happen to encounter Dream Walker."

"Why do we need them?" Bakugou asked as I passed him. He eyed the small device held between his fingers doubtfully.

"No one is to face Dream Walker alone," I continued, finishing with the rows and moving on to the teachers. "You will be paired with the partners you chose, sure, but simply two people won't be enough to fend him off."

"Two students," Endeavor countered. "Two students may not be able to, but what about us pros?"

"Do not grow cocky," I warned, thrusting the box in his direction, gesturing that he shut his yap and take an ear piece. "If it were that easy, Dream Walker would have been contained a year ago."

He glared down at me yet complied by sticking his hand into the box. Once it was out, I moved on to the rest and took the remaining one for myself.

"The best way to go about this is to contact me immediately once coming across him," I said, tapping the device once it was in my ear. "Try to stay out of his line of sight and avoid serious combat. If he happens to see you, either try to flee a great enough distance to where he won't go after you, or distract him. He enjoys talkative games like that."

"What if you're the one to find him first?" Iida's hand rose high in the air and he stared at me seriously.

"Then vise versa," I explained. "I will call upon you for extra support."

His hand descended back to his desk slowly, yet he still stared as if I was lying. I felt my eyebrow twitch and looked away.

"As for his Living Dead," I carried on, turning to the board whilst sliding the clicker out of my pocket. Once pressing 'on,' a diagram of a human body appeared on the board. "Extensive quirk usage shouldn't be used against them. A swift kick to the head and neck area should snap them right out of it. Remember, these people are civilians, they should be treated as gently as possible."

"What do we do with them once they're awake?" Hattori questioned from the back.

"They shouldn't be conscious after knocking them out of Dream Walker's mind control," I said, turning back to them. "But if they are, console them. It's a good chance that they'll have no recollection as to what's happened. So far, all who has been taken over remember very little, aside from the fear Dream Walker planted in their heads to get them to submit."