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“Are you serious about becoming a Hero?” 

The boy looked joyful as he asked his sister, who was already filling in the forms. 

“Yeah. I already have the qualifications for it. Now I just need to do the registration and get into their training program… Probably gonna take a year or two.” 

The boy’s sister said as she patted her little brother on the head, with a kind smile on her face. 

He was excited at the thought of his family member becoming a Hero, having the same title as those great ones out there. 

“You’ll be a great Hero, sis. I’m sure of that.” - The boy said as he hugged his sister, she requited. 

 —  — o o o O O O o o o — — 

“We’re sorry. We did the best we could.” 

These words of condolences mean nothing to the boy now. 

“...” 

Now, 3 years later. Just a year after the sister became who she wanted to be, the boy watches her sister laying cold on the nursing bed, with a sheet covering her face. 

She died doing what she wanted to do. 

“...” 

He was late. Although he was informed of this hours ago. He had done everything he could in these dark hours just to get here. And his sister had already been long gone when he got here at long last. 

Yet he did not cry. He stood there in silence, his eyes locked on his sister’s lifeless body. At first, he couldn’t grasp the reality of the situation, there were so many emotions conflicted that within him. 

“Maybe this… is all a dream?” - The harsh truth that unfolded to him was too much for him to handle. But as the movement tickled by time in that room, a begrudging acceptance started to take root within him. 

 — —  o o o O O O o o o — —

The loss was devastating for him. You know it. 

There won’t be anything or anyone that could help him forget about it in such a short time. You had wished you didn’t leave him even for a second back then. 

Now it has been 3 days.

“Where could he possibly go…” 

You have also contacted the police, but even with the help of some Heroes who are active around your neighborhood, there was no trace of him either, it’s good to say that he’s gone, to where? You don’t know. 

Today, you headed to the hospital where his sister drew her last breath… But much to your disappointment, there was no clue either, the doctors said that he went home right after having done with the papers. 

Which means you were the last one who saw him before he disappeared. 

“Damn it… Where could he possibly go…” - Before you realized it, you were already back home. 

You looked over to his house. And you were already standing in front of his house, as expected, it’s locked, yet you found the key, hidden in a bush, how do you know there is a key here? Because you are his best friend, he tells you the spot. 

You opened the door and came inside, there was indeed no one inside the home, and an uncomfortable smell of trash reeked all over the house. You helped him take out the trash and opened the windows for ventilation, and then you started to investigate if he left a note or something similar. 

You looked… looked… and looked… 

But there was nothing, you sat down on the floor and began to think harder. 

“Where will he go…” 

You started to imagine yourself in his shoes. 

He and his sisters lost their parents years ago in an accident, although they were helped by a rich relative to have a peaceful life, the sister still chose to pursue her dream of becoming a hero, while also making her brother proud,... 

Now that her sister is gone… What does he plan to do? 

You think, and think. While also tapping your forehead. 

The Assassin Syndicate… Is it a real thing…? And why does he want to join… 

“Oh no.” 

You immediately called Candy Man. 

 — — o o o O O O o o o — —

The door opened. From the sound, it seems whoever opened it was furious and used a lotta strength on the rusty metal door. 

“Get in!” 

He threw someone inside, and closed the door behind him.

“What’s this? And who’s this… Kid?”  

Another voice appeared. 

The person who got thrown in looked like he could barely stay conscious, he had been beaten up quite severely and was tied up. 

“Some punk sir, came around and messed up the guys real bad. Almost got me as well…” 

Although he appeared to be neutralized and was harmless, the eyes of the boy still looked around carefully… He looked at the eyes of every single person in the warehouse, from the normal looking to the mutated ones. 

“Huh? Some Hero trying to interrupt our business here I see?” - A man in the vest, who was leaning against an expensive looking car in the middle of the warehouse, right below the light bulb said as he approached the boy. 

“No sir, he ain’t a Hero.” 

The man who threw him in earlier grabbed his silver colored hair and pulled him up, putting him on his knees, showing his face to everyone here. 

Especially to the one standing in front of him, the one in the vest, looks like he’s the boss here. 

“He used no Quirk.” 

“Yet he beat some of you…” 

“He caught us by surprise…” 

The boss looked the boy in the eyes.

“Interesting… We have a Quirkless here, don't we?” - He said as he lifted the boy’s chin to take a closer look at his face. 

Just at the exact moment their eyes locked again, the boy suddenly somehow got released from the ropes and immediately caught the hand of the guy who was grabbing him by hair, and froze the hand almost instantly. 

“!!!” 

The situation in the warehouse immediately changed, the boss jumped backward as the boy’s other hand almost caught him. 

“Tsk.” 

“Why do you-” 

He supported himself using his left knee, and with the right foot, he kicked the man behind him backwards, taking his arm in the process. 

“He’s a Hero!!!” 

The others in the warehouse, all in possession of Quirks, immediately activated their abilities, prepared to fight the boy at any moment now. 

They watched silently as he stood up.

“A Hero? Doesn’t seem like it…” - The boss, who remained to be the calmest one in the warehouse, carefully looked around. “He should have brought reinforcement with him… Unless he thinks he can take up all of us at once.” 

“It doesn’t matter, let’s all jump him at once.” 

More than half of the people all immediately leaped towards him, while he just quickly crouches and touches the floor. 

The floor immediately got frozen, which made it slippery and hard to walk for anyone in this situation, and even worse for those who got their legs contacting the ground, they couldn't even lift their legs. 

Only someone who had anticipated this type of battle could walk properly, such as the boy, who caused this, and was moving in for a quick kill. 

And those who are blessed with the Quirks to counter this exact ability.

The ice melted already, and the temperature here increased drastically in just a few seconds, and the boy who thought he was having the upper hand, was caught by a big guy looked like a rock, pinned on the ground, he couldn’t freeze him because both of his hands are held on the ground by two other persons. 

He was defeated as fast as how he caught them with surprise. 

“He… Really is something else… But too bad you got countered hard.” - A lady in 40s approached the stony guy from behind, resting her hand on his shoulder as she looked down on the boy. 

The boss looked at his men standing next to the windows. They shook their heads. 

“... Kid, you came here with no allies? What are you here for?” 

He stays quiet. But the boss approached him and changed his expression towards him, from looking at a noone to finding a gem. 

“Interesting, are you here to join our gang?” 

“Go to hell… All of you, criminal scum.” - He muttered these words. Although he is in no position to scare anyone, some in the warehouse got scared due to his sheer will to speak these words, even though his neck could be snapped at any given moment. “I’ll give you some advice… Kill me quick, let me live and I will hunt all of you down… To the day no more criminal will roam freely without fearing Justice… And no one will have to die because of you.”

“...” 

“Boss, permission to kill him?” 

The boss stared the boy in the eye, he had lost interest in someone who is engulfed in the flames of fury. 

“Whatever.” - He said as he turned around.

[Friend Name] felt the grip on his neck tightened, his neck is not going to break, but he is suffocating, his legs are kicking due to reflex of the body, but it was in vain, as the others just watches another soul about to be taken by their hands, just like how they usually do… 

“I’m losing consciousness… Is this the end… I shouldn’t have come here… Why am I regretting it?... I chose this… Will sis be proud of me… I hope… I can see her there…” 

He averted his eyes towards the door. 

“What if I didn’t… Left…” 

You appeared in his mind, for one last time, before he lost his consciousness. 

 — — o o o O O O o o o — —

Bang. 

A bullet pierced through the rusty metal door, and hits the light bulb, eliminating the only light source in the warehouse. 

Bang. Bang. Bang.

The people inside the warehouse heard the sound of something hitting metal, before that, a big part of the roof and the metal frame supporting it collapsed on a good number of them, some died on the spot, while the others, who are unfortunate enough, can only suffer as their bodies got crushed and impaled, now they are bleeding out. 

The stony guy loosening his grip on his victim out of surprise, and looked at the scene being caused by something now. 

“I have always wondered…” 

A voice approaches. 

“Quirk-restriction Laws are made to protect the innocent. From the Villains.” 

And soon enough, through the brief moonlight from the outside, they all saw a shadow on the ground, slowly growing larger in size, this terrifies the weaker ones, while the others, who are capable of fighting, and is always looking for a satisfying battle with their Quirks, stood up, and prepared for the upcoming battle that was about to happen…

“Yet…”

Bang. 

Another shot pierced through the metal door, this time the stony guy blocked it for the others, and the bullet pierced through his arm, but left no fatal injury. 

“Why aren’t we allowed to protect ourselves?” 

Bang. 

It didn’t sound like a gunshot this time, and the direction of the shot wasn’t the same either, this time it came from the back, and pierced through the chest of the middle-aged lady. 

“Rudy!!!” - One of her companions shouted her name out loud. 

“And no one kills the criminals?” 

“Don’t mind if I do.” 

Bang.

This time, the shot that passed through the door went through the head of the guy who was reaching out for the lady. 

The others were put in shock after seeing this. 

Are they fighting against a Hero? 

Or are they fighting against the police? 

It was neither of them.

It was worse.

“ARGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!” - The stony guy couldn’t bear it after witnessing some of his friends died, he went straight for the door, and slammed it open in fury. “WHERE ARE YOU!!!!!!!!??” 

He looked around, but it was empty outside, just a few corpses and the empty road, with some trees on the sidewalks. 

“Over here.” 

The voice came from above. 

The stony guy looked up, and saw you, hanging yourself just above the door with the help of a rope, with a gun in your hand pointed at him, you shot him without a moment of hesitation, yet the shot did not pierce through his stone-hard skin at the head, it only penetrates for a few millimeters before falling off. 

This enraged him, he tried to grab your foot, but grabbed the door frame instead, and pulled the entire part of the warehouse down with you. But he was blinded by fury, he couldn’t see clearly, did he really get you along with the rubble? 

As he ripped the entire part down to the ground, while they were falling, time flew slower for him, he could see clearly every detail of what was happening, yet he couldn’t force his body to move as fast. But you are nowhere in his sight.

There, he sees a coin. A shiny, golden coin floating, no, it’s falling too. 

Instantly, the pace of time went back to normal, and he saw you in the corner of his view, and went in for a punch, without seeing that you were directing your gun not to him, but to the coin. 

As you pull the trigger, the bullet hits the coin, and let out a rather satisfying sound of “Ping!”, before the shot ricocheted and pierced through the man’s head, this time it was rather easy, as if the shot was enhanced. 

He fell to the ground, resulting in a loud thumping sound. 

After he killed the stony guy, he walked into the warehouse, no one else knew they could win, all they could do was run. 

They ran for their lives. 

Ping! Ping! Ping!

Bang.

Soon, all the agony screams faded into the night, what remained was the hurried footstep of a friend to another friend in need. 

“Hey Hey…” - You said as you tapped your friend’s cheek, it was still warm, you immediately placed your hand on his chest, checking for a pulse, and his heart was still beating. “Come on, stay with me… Please…” 

You held his hand, while begging for the powers above to not to take him away from you. 

And after a few seconds, he opened his eyes.

“... Y/n…” 

“Thank god…. Thank god…” - You said as you shed tears of joy as [Friend Name] woke up. 

“... Am I… dead…?” 

“No no… You aren’t… Still alive and kicking…” 

“... I see…” 

He closed his eyes, letting out a sigh of relief. You did the same too, knowing that you arrived on time and saved your friend on time.

“... I’m sorry.” 

“?”

“I… I didn’t know what I was thinking.” 

“...” 

“I… I’m sorry.” 

He rests arm on his face, to cover his eyes, so you can’t see he’s crying.

“Just… I…” 

“It’s okay.” - You patted his head. “It’s all… okay now…” 

And so, the reunion came to an end. After that they would flee the scene before the police and other Heroes arrive. 

 — — o o o O O O o o o — —

He ran hurriedly, to the boat, docked at one of his mansions.

“Damn… What the fuck was that… All of my trusty subordinates…” 

The boss managed to run as soon as the stony guy died. 

Because of his wits, he was able to survive long enough to become a gang boss, so it is natural for his wits to get him on the run when he’s sensed danger. 

“I gotta go… Before…” 

He breathed heavily, it’s almost as if he were to run a bit more, he would die of exhaustion. 

“So, it seems like it has already begun…” 

He looked up, and saw someone was already on the boat, drinking wine from an exquisite glass. He was about to shout at the stranger, but then immediately realized who he was. 

“You are…” 

“I too, would be enraged if the bunny escaped from my hunting field.” 

“WAIT-”

“Consider this a gift of mine…”

…

…

…

Ping!

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