Another Form of Power

Out With a Whimper

Tomura is not one to replay a game. Nor is he one to go easy when he does play. Thus I was slightly surprised that both Hawks and Overhaul survived as long as they did. I suppose that is testament to their desires rather than Tomura's. Once finished with them, the League dumped both bodies.

We are not so crude as to display them, as some might have. They were just dumped, though there was also no hiding the extent of their injuries. They were left where the police would find them. We are villains, not complete monsters and it would not do for a civilian to find them.

The police did find the bodies but they couldn't keep the news from the media. The public exploded. Most did not care about Overhaul. They cared about Hawks. It had been noticed that the Number One Hero had not been seen. The Hero Public Safety Bureau's story was weak and was based on the assumption that Hawks had continued with their infiltration plan. It relied on the League being ignorant, trusting and uninformed.

We are none of those things. Villains who have those weaknesses do not survive long.

With the fall of Hawks, the League took out another Number One Hero. It was getting to be our thing, especially since we hadn't lost that many, and those we had lost, the Heroes knew we'd replaced.

All Might. Taken down by Sensei. Their final battle has gone down in history as the embodiment of good versus evil. Society is so predictable that way.

Endeavor. Taken out by his Son. It wasn't even a battle, more the opening of eyes to the evils the hero perpetuated.

Hawks. Taken out by the League. By Izuku really, though the League are the ones who fought. It was inevitable that the winged hero would fall.

On some of the more morbid public forums there was betting as to how long Best Jeanist would last until the League took him out.

We wouldn't need to. The world was changing. Imoku reported that he had been confronted by Eraser Head and All Might's husk of a body. He assured Tomura that everything was in hand. Usually I would doubt such a thing but this is Imoku. I know I can trust him. If things are in hand, then things are in hand and progressing as they are meant to.

I doubt the heroes have such certainty. And the fall of another Number One hero sends an unmistakable message from the League to the world. We aren't going away, and no amount of effort from the Heroes can dislodge us.

It is now time for things to come to an end, for the League's goal to be achieved.

It is time for the Heroes to fall.

-afop-

"This is unacceptable!" Deputy Prime Minister Kiyoshi Takenaka slammed one hand on the table as he glared at those sitting there. Paper's jumped into the air before fluttering back down.

The Committee of the Hero Public Safety Bureau just looked at him. The men and women were expressionless. They were counted as civilians. They were not heroes, or even ex-heroes but they were politicians and they recognised that the Deputy Prime Minister out ranked them. There was a small group assembled behind him, including the Minister for Heroes, Yumiko Yamashita, who was technically their boss. She looked miserable and refused to met their eyes.

"Sir, with due respect, what is unacceptable?" One of the braver members of the Committee asked.

"This!" Kiyoshi snapped, gripping the papers and holding them up.

The Committee squinted but couldn't make out what was on them.

"This is the result of an investigation one of the junior members of the House of Representatives has initiated."