Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 63 - I have half a life to rewrite

Nezu sank into his chair. He was going to call for a meeting with the rest of the pro heroes, but Tsukauchi apparently had something to talk about, and had already called up a meeting. They were discussing the Kamino Incident, and the after effects of the attack, but it didn't seem to take them too long to settle the problem at hand.

Tsukauchi sighed, and spoke up, "Nezu? I know you wanted to say something about Midoriya?"

Nezu frowned, and looked at the heroes gathered in the room, "Have... any of you talked to Izuku? During the rescue, while he was in the hospital, whenever?"

Tatsuma frowned, "As far as I know... not really."

Nezu looked at them, "Did you even say anything that might give him the impression that... you didn't want to save him?"

"What do you mean by that?" Nishiya asked, confused, "Why wouldn't we want to save him?"

"I mean... we did talk more amongst ourselves than with the pup." Sakamata mumbled, "Maybe he got the wrong impression or something. Did something happen?"

Nezu sighed, "No. It's nothing."

Tsukauchi glanced at Nezu worriedly, before he dismissed the rest of the heroes. His quirk had quickly detected Nezu's statement as a lie, and it was clearly bothering Nezu, whatever had happened.

He wasn't going to ask about it. Nezu probably also wanted to respect Midoriya's boundaries and not tell other people something that's private. Maybe after it got better, Nezu would spill. But for now, he wasn't going to pry on what was obviously a sensitive and private matter.

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Nezu slumped into his chair.

Midoriya was still doing his work, as per usual, and there weren't any major things that he had to keep track of. He just had to deal with the paperwork from the Hero Commission that just seemed to keep on piling up despite his best efforts to finish them as fast as possible.

The phone on Nezu's table rang, and Nezu frowned, before picking it up.

"Hello? Who is this?"

"Excuse me... this is UA, right?" A voice on the other end in broken Japanese replied, "My name is Basilisk, uh... I'm a pro hero in Italy. Venice, to be exact."

Nezu blinked in confusion, before he switched to Venetian, "Hello? Is this better for you?"

"No, no... Japanese is fine. I am Japanese, I'm just really rusty.. haven't spoken it much lately.. uh... quick question, Midoriya Izuku... I believe that's his name... he attends your school right? Green fluffy hair, freckles... was involved in that Kamino incident -"

"Yes, what is your business with Midoriya Izuku?" Nezu bit back a growl, as he pressed the phone closer to his ear suspiciously. The man's pronunciation was odd, but he did pronounce "Midoriya" correctly.

What on earth did this pro hero want with his pup? And from Venice?

"I would like to talk to the boy. With permission, of course. I know things are a bit difficult over there with the recent Kamino Incident and the fall of your Symbol of Peace."

Nezu sighed, "What do you want to talk to him about? Sorry I'm being a bit pushy, but I need to know you aren't going to endanger him in any way."

"Understood. I worked with Midoriya Hisashi, his father, and due to... reasons... Midoriya Izuku never saw much of his father. I... I think he deserves an apology. I'll be free next week, I think, if nothing pops up, so hopefully I could arrange a time to talk to Izuku. Al so... his father left a gift for him. I would like to personally give it to the child. "