Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 121 - I'd make you lie

"Hey, Hito!" Tensei grinned, as he swiveled about in his chair in his office, "Welcome to Team Idaten!"

"Hi." Shinsou bowed slightly, noticing that three of Tensei's sidekicks were also in the room.

"You've noticed." Tensei smiled, before gesturing to a female with long dark hair tied into two low plaits, "This is Enigma!"

"This is Onemu Shinya, though you can just call her Shinya." He gestured towards a woman in a Chinese cheongsam mini dress with long sleeves, before pointing to a man in a full body costume, as well as a short cape, "And this is Bigshot."

Shinsou bowed respectfully at the sidekicks, before Tensei continued, "Alright, Hitoshi. Think you can introduce yourself, your quirk, and hero name?"

The lavender haired boy nodded, "My name is Shinsou Hitoshi. My quirk is Brainwashing... and it allows me to control people if they reply to me. And my hero name is Will-0."

"Willow?" Bigshot asked, "Why are you named after a tree?"

"Uh, it's a zero at the end. Not an "o". Though it is supposed to sound like a tree to throw people off." Shinsou explained, scratching his neck nervously, as Enigma nodded, "Okay, cool. Makes sense, given that it's easy to counter your quirk if people know what it is."

There was a knock on the door, and Tensei called out, "Come in!"

The door was pushed open, revealing Mizushima, "Hey, Ingenium. You ready?"

Tensei nodded, "Yep. I was just introducing the new work studies student to my sidekicks."

A familiar bespectacled face popped up from behind Mizushima, and Iida pushed his glasses up, "Hitoshi!? I didn't know you were working with my brother!"

"Well... it's my first day here... I was at another agency up till yesterday." Shinsou admitted, and Tensei just smiled, "Alright. you guys seem to know each other, so that's it for introductions. Hitoshi, go suit up. We have some intel regarding some criminals, given to us by the police, and we're going to take them down."

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The three days of staying with the Lurkers had been torture. Not his classmates and the heroes, they were alright, even though Mineta didn't seem very happy that he got to share a room with Shiozaki while the other three boys were stuck in another room.

No, what has been torturous was forcing him to remain in a foreign environment, surrounded by people that he wasn't close to. He didn't even bring Reiko and Ryuto with him because he didn't want to trouble the three heroes even further. At least, all he had to do was an analysis of the Lurker's teamwork, and figure out how to stabilize the teamwork between the four UA students.

He was just so relieved to finally be back in UA, back where he knew it was safe. He had a free day, not having any work studies that day, and while he was a bit upset that Shinsou had already left to intern with Tensei, Midoriya had spent a good part of his day holed up in Nezu's office, hanging out with the animal principal, Reiko and Ryuto just cuddling with him as he helped Nezu with some filing, before going out.

He planned to use his free day to make potpourri for Moashi, and then repaint the two figurines he had gotten for Iida and Uraraka. He had already checked the art room, and there was sufficient paint for him to use, so all he had to do was buy some flowers, paint remover, and varnish.

Midoriya flipped open his notebook, and checked the Christmas list he had made. He was already finished with the sketches of the teachers, and had opted to draw Yagi's true form instead of his bulky, muscular form. He figured that Yagi didn't really have any pictures of his true form, and it was just easier to draw and took less time. He had already finished his notes for 1-A and 1-B, but he hadn't really finished the gifts for his friends, Eri, or his Secret Santa giftee, so he was going to have to finish with that fast.