Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 77 - I will find you

Sasaki nodded, "Thanks to the information we received from you all, the investigation has moved forward substantially. We will now have a conference to share what information we have acquired regarding what the small organization, the Eight Precepts of Death, is planning."

At least this wasn't going to be a complete waste of time.

"I'm completely in the dark about this..." Kirishima muttered, "Precepts? What's that?"

"They might be thinking of doing something bad, so this is a time for us to discuss it together. You two are also very much involved." Toyomitsu replied.

"Well then, let us begin." Awata started, before looking at her tablet, "Those from the NIghteye Agency have been conducting an independent investigation into the designated villain group kown as the Eight Precepts of Death for about two weeks."

"What prompted this?"

"An accident involving a gang of thieves called the Reservoir Dogs." Awata replied.

"I heard about that."

She continued, "The police wrote it off as an accident, but there were a number of points that didn't make sense, so we began tailing them."

Moashi started speaking, "I, Centipeder, conducted a follow-up investigation. In my investigation, I found that, in the past year, the members of the Eight Precepts of Death have increased contact with those outside of their organization and other groups involved with shady business, moving with the aim of expanding their organization and increasing their funds. And soon after beginning the investigation, he was in contact with a member of the League of Villains, Bubaigawara, villain name: Twice, a few days after the Provisional Hero License Exam. They were wary of being tailed, and I was unable to follow them, but with the help of the police, I was able to confirm that an altercation had occurred between the two organizations."

"Since the League was involved, they also reached out to Tsukauchi and I." Torino spoke up.

"Where is Tsukauchi?" Kesagiriman asked, and Torino replied, "There were other eyewitness reports to look into, so he went to check them out. I didn't think it would end up like this."

"Please continue." Sasaki said, and Awata spoke up again, "So after all this happened, we put out a request for help on the HN -"

"You can skip that part." Moashi sweatdropped, "I believe that they do know about that."

"Right!" Awata replied.

"HN?" Uraraka asked, and before anyone could reply, Midoriya had already flipped his notebook open to a new page and wrote a few words on it, before showing it to Uraraka across the table, "Hero Network. It's an online service that only pros can access."

"Smart boy." Tatsuma chuckled, as Hado added, "You can see reports of what all the heroes in the country are working on, and request help from heroes with helpful quirks!"

"Even if they're from UA, why are there kids here?" Rock Lock asked, "We'll never get anywhere with them here. The sun will set before we even get to the actual -"

Rock Lock completely froze up, as a menacing aura burst out from right beside him. He turned only to find two glowing green eyes staring right back at him, looking right into his soul.

"Go on, insult them, Takagi Ken." Midoriya signed under the table, and the hero froze up even more, if that was even possible, "Maybe I'll make your life miserable. Go on."

Midoriya held his gaze with Rock Lock for a few more tense seconds, before finally looking away, growling threateningly. Rock Lock let out a sigh in relief, muttering, "Scary..."