ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 27.5: ɴᴇᴡ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ

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"Oh, look at you both!" Puppeteer grinned creepily at Izuku and Todoroki, who were standing perfectly still. "Such beautiful masterpieces you two are! Well, you two were already beautiful children to begin with, but I made you better!" The spotlight shone above the two boys. Their jaws and teeth were clenched together out of pain and exasperation. They couldn't move their muscles even if they tried.

"Damn it," Izuku hissed. "I can't move..!"

Todoroki huffed through his teeth, "It's the thread she used to pierce through our skin. It's like we are puppets under her control." Under the light, red thread can be seen on their skin. The two boys were both shirtless and wearing black pants. Designs were stitched onto their arms, legs and torso and the threads were all connected to the tips of her fingers by a long thread.

"The lady's quirk," Izuku gulped. "These threads. She uses these stitches to control a part of a person's body however she wants. I assume that the downside is that we're connected to her with just a piece of string, anyone can go up to her, cut it and we'll be free."

"Interesting," Todoroki whispered. "It's like she was made to become a villain."

Puppeteer laughed loudly, her voice echoed throughout the darkness. "Amazing how you caught on so quickly," she praised. "My quirk is puppetry, all I need to do is wrap the limb or part of the body I want to control with my thread and now your body is no longer yours." Puppeteer sighed with a smile, "You're right, though. These threads are what control you, that's why I intend to stay close to you so that if anyone tries to cut it, they'll have to go through you."

"What are your plans?" Todoroki yelled. "What are you going to do with our bodies under your control?"

Puppeteer sighed as she took out a photograph of a child. "Is it really so hard for a mother to give her child what they truly deserve?" She asked them. However, the two boys didn't answer. "I want to make my baby happy. She deserves so much in this world. Why am I not allowed to give her that?" Puppeteer started to tell the whole story to the two boys. "My daughter oh so wanted to enroll to UA High. But she didn't get in. She worked so hard that it broke my heart, isn't that right, baby?" The lady spoke to the photograph as if it were a real child. "Her quirk was similar to mine - Doll-making. The ability to create a doll and use them as a minion to fight. It's so hero-worthy, I don't understand why the UA staff doesn't see that."

Izuku was silent and he bit his lip. Todoroki, however, showed little to no sadness for the mother and her child. "If your child did not pass the UA Entrance Exams, then she can go to other schools," Todoroki told her.

This ticked off Puppeteer, "You don't understand!" She yelled. "My baby wanted to go to UA High so badly. She worked so hard, she needs to go to UA!" Puppeteer took a deep breath before continuing, "I'm sorry, you two. As a mother, it hurts to hurt children like you. But because of UA rejecting my child, you two along with the rest of the students have to suffer. The UA Sports Festival has been exciting the public recently. Instead,

why don't we put on a little... Puppet show for them?"

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