Worthless Necessity [HitoZuku]

Chapter 123 - I won't go through

Midoriya looked around, checking the map on his phone, before spotting the gigantic "Ingenium" written at the top of one of the tall buildings. Deciding that he was at the right place, Midoriya pushed the glass door open, and the receptionist looked up, scanning him over, before smiling brightly, "You must be Hakryuen. Welcome. I believe Ingenium will be down in a minute or two to pick you up."

Sure enough, in a minute, Midoriya heard the sound of the elevator, and the door opened, revealing Tensei, who was talking to Mizishima.

"Hey!" Tensei waved at him, "Midoriya Izuku, right? Come over here!"

Midoriya obliged, and quickly walked over to the hero's side, and Tensei stuck his hand out for Midoriya to shake, "So, I'm Ingenium... but I think you know that already. You're friends with my little brother, huh? I have no idea how you managed to do it, but thanks so much for convincing him to not go after Stain. My brother's always hung up on following the rules, but I guess getting injured pissed him off a little..."

Tensei pointed to Mizushima, "So, this is Manual. We're kind of working with his agency on some stuff, so you might see him, his sidekicks, and my little brother around as well. Come on, I'll bring you to my office, we'll sort out some paperwork, and then I'll spill the patrol routes."

Mizushima stuck his hand out for Midoriya to shake, kindly saying, "It's nice to meet you, Midoriya."

Midoriya nodded slightly, and Tensei and Mizushima entered the elevator, with the Engine hero speaking up, "So, basically, more drug traffickers. I believe you took down some drug traffickers with Kesagiriman, and that was one of their bases of operation. The main base is somewhere in Hosu, so we're trying to take them down here."

The elevator door opened, and Tensei led Midoriya to his office, where several of Tensei's and Mizushima's sidekicks stood, waiting. In the corner, Shinsou and Iida were observing the other heroes, and Midoriya immediately perked up. He already knew that Shinsou was interning with Tensei, and that Iida was here as well, but he was still happy to see his friends.

"Hey, Izuku!" Iida waved, and Midoriya quickened his pace, joining them in the corner.

Shinsou glanced over the boy's hero costume case, and asked, "You're not staying over?"

Midoriya shook his head. As much as he wanted to stay with his friends instead of the eerie emptiness of the 1-A dorms, Midoriya still needed to finish up the gift for his Secret Santa giftee. He had already finished all the gifts for Nezu, his friends, Shuzenji, Eri, his teachers, Togata, his classmates, and the three heroes at the Nighteye Agency. All that was left was his Secret Santa giftee, and he only had two more days to finish it, two more days that he was busy working with Team Idaten. He was really cutting it a little close, and he was pretty disappointed that he wasn't able to finish everything up earlier.

"Well... I suppose you are more familiar with the dorms instead of staying in a new place." Iida replied, chopping his arms slightly in the crowded room, "Don't worry too much about it. If you're more comfortable back in the dorms, then it's perfectly alright to stay here!"

"Alright! Everyone's here!" Tensei grinned, before giving a brief introduction of both Mizushima and his sidekicks to Midoriya, before he started, "As you know, we're dealing with drug traffickers!"

Tensei pulled out a huge map, "You all have your assigned patrol routes. We're all going to go out, get as much information as possible, map out all the escape routes and such, then we'll come back and share our findings. And then we'll crash their main base. Everyone good?"

Everyone nodded, and Tensei handed out some papers, "Alright, read that, and then get suited up. If you do bump into any of the people on the list, try to act inconspicuous, like we're not interested in what they're doing. Midoriya, you've probably done something like this dealing with the Eight Precepts of Death, so I think you can handle it. We're all leaving in twenty minutes, so get ready!"