Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 80 - Black hole in the sky

"Excuse me, but can I ask you some questions?" Togata asked, having finally caught up to Chisaki and Chronostasis, with Eri in his grasp. When Togata had realized that Midoriya was chasing after him, he switched between One for All and Permeation, easily slipping through the walls while creating holes that were large enough for Midoriya to use. Sure, it was more tiring than just outrightly permeating through the wall, but he couldn't just leave Midoriya behind. Plus, Midoriya's sharp mind would no doubt be useful when trying to save Eri from Chisaki.

Midoriya was panting slightly, but he climbed through the hole that Togata had just made, allowing him to catch up to the head of the yakuza. Eri's eyes widened when she saw Midoriya behind Togata, but she bit her lip, not wanting to make a sound.

"You two shouldn't have been able to get here so quickly, but you did knock down the walls..." Chisaki muttered in disdain, staring at Midoriya, clearly disturbed by the boy's presence. Togata growled, "We're here to rescue that girl."

"Now that you know the situation, you two are putting on your hero masks, huh?" Chisaki muttered, "You were pretending not to see, weren't you? The girl doesn't want you to rescue her. To her, you two aren't heroes."

"That's why we're here." Togata replied, determined, but Chisaki just sighed, "I'm not getting through to you. Let me make this simpler. I'm telling you to die."

Togata and Midoriya charged towards Chisaki, when suddenly, it felt like the entire room was shifting. Togata lost his balance and fell over, but Midoriya managed to catch himself in time.

The greenette looked around the room, noticing a skinny man with a fluffy vest drinking sake as he clung to the ceiling. The man cackled as he slurred, "Are you sloshed...? Your legs look... shaky. Mine are, too! That's why I'm... walking up here! Don't get... close... to me! You'll catch... my drunkenness..."

Sakaki Deidoro. Quirk: Sloshed. It makes people lose their sense of balance. Midoriya thought; he remembered this guy's quirk from the paper from earlier, but he really didn't think he'd be too much of a problem. Having fought villains before while being drugged, either from villains' quirks of his foster family playing tricks on him, really came in handy.

Either way, it was disgusting how the sake was just dripping to the ground, and Midoriya stepped away from the growing puddle on the ground.

"Eri's right over there... we can't let a guy like this take us down..." Togata muttered.

Suddenly, Togata activated his quirk, as a bullet shot right through him. Midoriya swerved to the side as a bullet flew right past his neck, noticing a man in a black cape and a black plague mask walking out of the shadows.

"The green haired one is quirkless, so, what's your quirk?" The man asked Togata. The blonde was about to answer, when Midoriya's hand shot out, covering Togata's mouth and preventing him from speaking. Togata didn't know why, but he felt compelled, or forced, to answer, and would have probably blurted out the truth about One for All and Permeation if Midoriya hadn't stopped him in time.

"Huh. That kid knows my quirk." Nemoto muttered, "You must have some kind of strength enhancing quirk if you can just smash your way through the walls."

"You missed. Are you drunk?" Sakaki grumbled, throwing his bottle at Nemoto, only for the latter to swat it away, "That would be you."

"Me?" Sakaki asked, confused, as Nemoto replied, "You should just be quiet and support the extraordinary me."

"Tch... they're trying to force me to talk..." Togata growled, "But you aren't the type to stand in the front lines."

"Hence, I am different from the other dispensable pawns." Nemoto smugly replied, "In the Eight Precepts, I'm the only one who's been allowed to get close to the young boss' ambition."