My Hero Academia: When All Hell Breaks Loose

Chapter 56 - THE LACK OF TRUST!

I sigh as I watch Shouta leave. It's best not to keep the man waiting. I start cleaning everything up, which doesn't take that long. Meanwhile, I contemplate what the hell I have done wrong.

Here's the news: I got nothing. Whatever. Shouta always complains about something.

After I clean, I leave the room to see Shouta leaning against the wall. He pushes himself off the wall and walks away. I consider sneaking off, but a glare and a scarf around his neck stop me from doing, so I follow.

If Sho's going to be suspicious as fuck, I am going to start this damn conversation then, "Did you have something to ask me about, Eraserhead?" Yes, I'm keeping my professional persona up. Whether it is to actually be proper or to be petty, I will leave that for you to decide.

Shouta doesn't respond. We continue walking until we arrive at a janitor's closet. He opens it and points for me to go in.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" I can't help but ask. Shouta is really weird right now.

He sighs, "I need a moment with you alone."

"And this is the best you could come up with?" Without warning, Shouta shoves me in the closet, comes in, and closes the door behind me, "The fuck?!"

For the first time in a while, Shouta snaps," Shut up, Izuku. I need to talk to you, not Virus." Shit, he is tense. Ignoring my surroundings, I focus on him.

"What is wrong?"

"This whole situation."

"I mean, you shoved me in here, so you currently look like a child predator."

"I AM TALKING ABOUT THE CASE!" Shouta yells. I bite my tongue to hold back a snarky remark.

For a couple of minutes, there is silence. Yes, I can remain silent for that long. Shouta doesn't even look at me as I think. It takes my sociopathic mind that long to understand the problem.

I sigh, "It's because the kids are involved, huh?" Shouta looks me in the eyes before nodding.

"I was going to remove them from their work-studies with the rise of the league. Now, they are in this. I want to remove them, but that is not a choice now. I will offer to do so if they don't want to be involved. However, I deny they will. You kids are facing way more than we ever have during our time."

"They are going to have to do this eventually. It's pushing them one step ahead. Look, with the fall of All Might, our generation is going to have to push harder than ever before. We both knew this was going to happen."

"I know, but damn it. I am aware that you believe in the natural selection ideal with humans. Still, I believe we should be protecting them. We shouldn't be throwing them into this," I simply hum because I don't believe in his idea, but oh well. He continues, "This is also about you." That catches my attention.

"Oh?"

"The last couple of fights that you have been involved in, you have been injured in some way. You are becoming reckless. You're becoming ridiculously self-sacrificing. You haven't been able to work on your body as you usually do with all this going on. Right now, your odds are against you. Izuku, I considered removing you from this case."

"What?! Shouta, you know how much time I have invested in this, and you want to take it away?!" For anyone curious, he can do that. It's written in the contract. Basically, if the case is believed to be too dangerous for me, Shouta and/or Nezu are allowed to remove me with no objections. I personally think this rule sucks, but my opinion doesn't matter in this case! I agree with everything before that, though.