After leaving the station and separating from Iida, Uraraka, and Midoriya, Mob and (Y/n) were now walking together in the city. "So, what did you think about the first day?" (Y/n) asked, turning her head over at Mob. There was this warm aura coming out of (Y/n) that Mob couldn't help but fall in a small trance.

A light blush made it's way up to his face at the sight of her. Truth be told, Mob had a h̶u̶g̶e̶ small crush on his beloved friend, ever since elementary school. It started off small, but as the two started hanging out with each other and the simple gestures she would do, he started to fall hard until there was no return. So now, he was stuck in the love hole and had nowhere to escape or to get out of.

N̶o̶t̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ h̶e̶ m̶i̶n̶d̶e̶d̶ a̶n̶y̶w̶a̶y̶.̶

"Hellooo? Earth to Shige!"

Mob blinked and watch her hand wave at his face before retreating back to her side. "There you are. You were spacing out for a little while. Thought you shut down like a robot or something." The (H/c)ette chuckled to herself. Mob's face reddened at the information and looked down at the ground. "O-Oh... I'm sorry." He paused, then went to answer her question. "I thought it was fine." He replied, looking at her in the corner of his eyes.

"Hm, I see then." (Y/n) said, "If you wanna know how I think, I thought it was fun, despite the exercising part, it was nice to finally use my Quirk besides using it outside of school."

It was silent after that. They listened to the cars pass by or honk at each other and the people talk amongst each other. A sudden light bulb formed in (Y/n)'s head, making her look over at Mob and smile. She makes her way in front of him and stops, making him also stop and look at her confusedly. "(Y/n)?"

"We should go to a local cafe, my treat this time!"

"But you treated me last time, I don't want you to spend too much money on me." Mob retorted, but (Y/n) just shrugged her shoulders, turned around by the heel of her foot, and started walking her way to the direction of the Café. "I don't mind." Was all she said, looking over her shoulder and watching Shigeo follow suit.

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Outside of the café, Mob and (Y/n) were sitting on an outdoor chair, across from each other as they were drinking their ordered drinks. Mob had strawberry milk while (Y/n) had a Taro Milk Tea, both enjoy the taste at each sip they took.

Mob glanced over at (Y/n) noticing how she was in thought. He took note whenever she would space off for a small portion or large time, she was always thinking something or recollecting something she remembered. "Um.. (Y/n)." Out of her trance, the Spider girl blinked rapidly before turning her gaze to her friend. "Hm? What's up?"

"You we're spacing out... what were you thinking about? Erm, I'm sorry if I'm being nosy." Mob muttered, taking a quick sip from his drink and looked away. (Y/n) just shrugged and leaned against the back of her seat. "You're fine. I was just thinking back on middle school and that one guy that asked me out..."

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"...Oh. W-What about him?" Mob questioned, taking another sip from his milk and eyed the girl. He watches her play with the hem of her green-blue skirt with a pink hue lightly dusting her cheeks. "I'm still surprised someone actually had a crush on me, let alone, confess to me. I've never been in that situation before and finally experiencing it first-hand is something."

There was a pause.

"What did you think about the guy?"

(Y/n)'s eyes widened slightly at her friend's direct question. Well, that was something. Mob was never one to be so straightforward. 'Something must be lingering in his head.' She thought to herself. "Well," She began to explain, "I will admit, I thought he was rather attractive, and surprisingly well-built for a middle schooler at the time, but other than that, he's alright. I've seen him around the school grounds and he's a rather obnoxious person and apparently, he was somewhat popular. In short, he isn't my type."

Mob felt somewhat relieved at her statement. But two words stuck out to him though. Well-built and popular. The boy just nodded his, again, about to drink his milk until he realized he had finished it. "Dang, you already finished your drink? You really do like milk, huh?" (Y/n) teased, resting her cheek against her hand.

Mob smiled and his eyes shone, his previous thoughts disappearing. "I do. Thank you, (Y/n)." She simply chuckled at his happy form until her phone began buzzing in her school bag. She quickly zipped opened the bag and dug through the contents before pulling out her phone. It was her mom calling her.

Curious, she pressed the green button before putting the phone by her ear. "Hello?"

(Y/n)! Could you meet me and your dad at the restaurant we talked about yesterday? We're going to eat out today since I'm honestly too tired from work. I'm sorry if you were doing something at the moment.

"No, no, you're fine, mom. I'll be there soon."

Okay, see you soon then. Love you!

"Love you too, bye-bye."

The girl hung up the phone and stuffed it back in her school bag. She turned to Shigeo and said. "My mom just called, she wants me to meet up with her at a restaurant we've been talking about for a while now. I'm sorry I'm not walking home with you today!"

"Ah, you're fine." Mob replied, putting his hands up and gave a reassuring wave, a small smile showing. "I don't mind walking home by myself."

"You sure?"

He nodded.

(Y/n) then stood up and continued looking at her friend, adjusting the bag in her hand. "If Reigen-sen calls you and asks where I am, can you tell him I'm busy with my parents?"

"Of course."

She then smiled. "Thanks. Well... I guess I should be going. See you tomorrow, Mob!" She then turned around and began walking away as Mob watched her and soon enough, she disappeared within the crowd of people.

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The sun had started to set behind him. Mob began to walk to his home, thinking hard as he stared at the ground. Well-built and popular. Those two words had returned and continued to stay in his head. In all honesty, the boy just wanted to get closer to her then they are already. He wanted to hold her hand in his and walk home together from school, work, or anywhere in general. It was one of his many dreams and he really wanted it to become a reality.

He asked Reigen earlier after (Y/n) left for a bit of advice, but all he got was teasing from his master and tried to figure out who this girl was. If only Reigen wasn't a dense man.

"Pardon me."

A sudden voice spoke, making Mob snap himself out of his thoughts and look over to see a woman wearing a smiling face-mask. He stopped walking and looked at the woman in confusion. "Something must be troubling you. You aren't laughing or smiling." The woman said. Mob just formed a small sweat. "No..."

"I can tell. You're worried about your studies, right?" She questions him.

"I'm not." He answered, making the masked-woman place a hand on her mask. "Of course not. It's not your studies... Yes, it must be hard dealing with family issues." Again, He denied it. "Actually, I don't have any." Mob said. "Of course you don't. It must be your health... No..." She looks down, then back up. "It's about love."

Mob's eyes shot open and he exclaimed with bewilderment. "How did you know?!" The masked-woman didn't say anything at first, but held out her arms and then spoke. "If you want to resolve your troubles, come with me."

"Actually, I have to head home."

"You'll be popular."

"I'll go!"

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And like said, Mob followed after the woman, which lead them inside a building and into an elevator. "I belong to a brand-new religious order that came into existence last month." She told him, pressing a floor number while Mob asked. "Religious order?" The elevator doors closed and they began to descend.

The woman turns to him again and begins to explain. "It's called (LOL). Founded by our leader, Dimple-sama, it's the happiest and trendiest gathering of the century! Dimple-sama has the mysterious power to make anyone laugh immediately."

"So, how do I become popular?"

The woman just laughed at Shigeo's question and simply replied. "Now, now, don't be so hasty." She said, turning to the elevator door as it opened. The teenage boy looks out to the room while the woman continued her talking. "(LOL) is in no way a suspicious group." Mob's eyes widened to see a mass of people wearing smiling masks and a stage, but nonetheless, he made his way in and started walking.

'Wow, there are a lot of people.' Mob noted. 'I wonder if they all want to be popular, too.' Once Mob got further in the room, one of the masked people turned around and looked down at him. "Oh, are you new, too?" The masked person questioned.

"Huh?" Shigeo replied as the masked-people began to surround him. "Then get on stage." Another says. "Why?" He asked again. "Come now!" The masked-people grabbed both of Mob's shoulders. "Hurry." The people lifted him above their heads and began crowd surfing him to the stage, well, more like throwing him. During that, Shigeo had dropped his schoolbag as the masked people shouted. "Heave ho, heave-ho!"

And eventually, he was now standing on the stage with a grown man and a girl with orange hair. 'I have no idea what's going on anymore.' Mob thought as he hears the orange-hair girl speak. "Huh? Mob-kun?" Mob looks over and takes a good look at her. The orange-haired girl was wearing a blue and white sailor uniform. She had a blue bow in the middle and her skirt was also blue. Her top was white with the outlines being blue as well.

She gave a small smile at him and wave, asking. "Do you recognize me? I'm Mezato. I used to be in your class last year." Like mentioned, her name is Ichi Mezato, and she didn't appear to have a Quirk. The sudden info made Shigeo form a small smile. 'Ah, I've never talked to her before.' He thought to himself as Mezato went to ask. "Did they lure you in?"

"Well, I-"

"It's Dimple-sama!"

One of the masked people yelled, interrupting Mob. The three people look to their right to see a man wearing a dimpled-mask, wearing a black robe and a strap around his body, which was what the masked-people call, Dimple. He stepped out to the stage, which made the mass of people let out cheers. "Everyone..." The leader spoke. "Are you laughing?"

He shook his body as it began to make the people laugh while Mob looked at him with his usual stoic look along with a small sweat. "Are you sufficiently warmed up now?" Dimple had stopped shaking and raised his hands in the air. "Why don't we take off those masks, then?" The people removed their masks to only have them smiling radiantly. Dimple removed his mask with him smiling as well, with big red spots on both his cheeks. "Sparkle!"

The people began to laugh again as Dimple commented. "You're all smiling so brightly." Dimple laughed and clapped his hands together, making the crowd laugh harder.

Mezato, Mob, and the man beside them stare at the crowd. "What a creepy bunch..." The man said as the crowd continued its laugh. "Stop." They instantly got quiet at the leader's demand, as he held his arm out and presented the four individuals. "Today, we have three new smilemates joining us. Give them a big hand!"

They then began to clap, making the man, and Mezato to look around nervously. "Huh? What?" The man muttered as Mezato turned to Dimple and began to say. "Hey, don't..." The clap was subsided as Dimple held his hand out to the people once more. He placed his hand on his head as his body was turned to the orange-haired girl. "In order to accept happiness, you must set your hearts free. But your hearts are locked up."

Mezato looked away in confusion while Dimple pointed at the three. "See It's completely obvious why you're unhappy. You aren't laughing." Then, the spotlights turns onto Dimple. "Laugh. If you laugh even in pain, your hearts will be unlocked! And once they have been set free, your hearts will have the ability to accept happiness as it comes. In order to have a happy life, you must have a hearty laugh! That is the teaching of (LOL)." The man scoffs at Dimple, making the teens look up at him. "Hah, How I wish people could be happy just by laughing."

"Who might this be?" Dimple asked the crowd as one person raised their hand. "We found him on a park bench." Dimple chuckled. "How sad. A victim of the recession! It's no wonder you've lost your smile. But worry not!" Dimple held out a smiling mask. "Let's put this smile mask and fix that." Then, some part of the crowd went up to the three and held and linked their arms around them.

"Hey, what are you..."

"Hey..."

"This is our way of saving you," Dimple says. "We just want you to smile." Then suddenly, Mob and the man had masks over their heads. While the man struggled, Mob just stood there. 'No resistance.' Dimple took note of Mob's action before looking down at Mezato. "Lastly, the girl." He looked over at Mezato to see her hold a stare at him. "It appears you have something to say." The girl flinched a bit before speaking. "Religious order (LOL), established last month? You managed to attract this many followers in just one month? I don't believe that!" The leader rose a brow. "Oh? And you are..?"

"I work for the Onion Pepper High School's newspaper! I'm Mezato from Class 1-1!" She announced, holding the camera that was around her neck and turned it on. "I'm reporting on the bad rumor concerning you guys." The leader just simply smiled. "Bad rumor?" Mezato lowered her camera. "That you're using group hypnosis to brainwash and force people into joining."

'She has the nerve to say that after sneaking in by herself. Splendid.'

"Let me provide you with proof, then. Please take a look at the gentleman from earlier." Mezato glance over at the man. "A few minutes ago, he was a very sad man." One of the smiling people went over and removed the mask on the man's face, and revealed to have the man smiling big. "Sparkle!" The girl's eyes widened as Dimple held a thumbs up to him. "What a wonderful smile!"

Mezato furrowed her eyebrows while she began to ponder to herself. 'He's laughing? Why?' The girl continued to gaze at him till she heard the leader talked again. "He has truly grasped happiness. What do you think, young lady?" Mezato looked up at him real quick, then looked away again. 'True, they didn't do anything bad... But something's still off. There's something strange in the air here...' Mezato's hand-formed into a fist. "This story is a bit too much for me to handle, so if you'll excuse me..."

"That won't do." Dimple intervened. "You infiltrated (LOL) and doubted our smiles for no reason."

"I'm terribly sorry. I won't write about you in the school paper." Mezato asserted. "That is not enough! It won't ease our hard feelings! We won't let you leave until you laugh." Dimple said as the group of smiling people looked down at the orange-haired girl. "I-I don't feel like laughing right now." She said sternly. "And if I forced myself to right now, it would be sincere."

"Start with a smile."

"No! I don't want to lie to myself!" Suddenly, a mask was placed over Mezato's head, instantly causing her to struggle. "Hey!" Mezato then shouted, removing the mask. "What is this?!" Once she did though, her face instantly forced a smile, making the girl gasp. 'H-Huh? I'm... No! Don't!' She struggled hard, but in the end, the forced smile was back on her face.

"Look at that magnificent smile!" Dimple grinned, instantly making the people around them congratulate.

"You seem completely different now."

"Congratulations!"

'No, I...'

"What a gleaming smile."

'No... What is this feeling?' Mezato thinks as she gave a bright smile to everyone. 'We're all smiling, and it feels really nice... But no! I don't really want to smile!' She held her fists together tightly. 'Someone save me!' She inwardly screamed until a certain voice made her and Mezato gasp. "Um, excuse me." The voice was Mob's, as his hand was raised in the air.

'Mob-kun!'

"So the theme here is smiling and happiness?" The boy inquired. "It doesn't have anything to do with being popular? May I leave now, then?" Mob placed his hand back down. "Who's that?" Dimple demanded as the woman from earlier raised her hand. "He looked troubled on his way home from school, so I brought him here. It seems he's having trouble with love." Shigeo removed the mask over him and dropped it to the floor. "I'm not really troubled, though."

Dimple's face drops when he sees Mob's same stoic face from before. 'He's not smiling! Are you telling me that the smile mask didn't work?' Mob looked around real quick before he turned away and started walking off.

"W-Wait!" Dimple shouted, rushing his way over to Mob. "Do you plan to live the rest of your life with that face? You are missing out on life!" Mob turned his head over to him, paused, and said. "My dad said that "people who've never smoked before are missing out on half of their lives". It made me realize that everyone has a different idea of "missing out"."

His sentence slowly makes Dimple furious. 'That's not what I'm talking about. (LOL) is the start line for me to become a religious figure for all of humanity! I can't let this trip me up!'

"I just want you to know how wonderful it is to smile."

"That's okay."

"Th-Then would you like to play a game before you leave?" Dimple insisted, getting irritated. "A staring contest. You'll have a staring contest with three of my smile leaders. You'll all drink milk, and the first to laugh loses. What do you think?" He questioned the boy with a smirk. 'Mob-Kun, this is a trap!' Mezato tried to say.

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Eventually, Mob agreed just so he can have it over with and have him leave. He made his way over to a little table with two bottles of milk in front of him and one of Dimple's smile leaders. "Are you ready? The referee started to explain. "If you laugh, you lose."

'Why did you accept the challenge?!' Mezato thought as her body was shaking.

"Ready, go!"

The two chugged the bottle of milk into their mouths. Mob looked at the first smile leader in front of him, who attempt to make Mob laugh with a silly face. But it didn't work, which lead the smiling leader to spit out the milk all over Mob.

'Why?!' Dimple groaned and up next was the second smile leader. After refilling the milk, the referee continued the game. "Go!" Like the first leader, the second one tried to make another silly face, but alas, it still didn't work and it only made the second leader spit the milk all over Mob again.

'Impossible...'

"Those two are pathetic." The third one said in a matter-of-fact tone while approaching the small table. "With my smiling powers, I'll throw that boy into a smiley maelstrom..." But he failed and spat the milk on Mob again. 'O-Oh, I see!' Dimple realized. 'Forcing them to laugh all the time backfired!' After Shigeo won, he grabbed the cloth that was on the table and wiped his face. "I won, so I'm going home now."

"Wait!" Mob looked at Dimple to see him give a smirk at the bowl-cut boy. "You'll have to face me now!" At this, the crowd gasped and began to murmur to one another.

"What?"

"Dimple-sama is going to face him himself?"

'I will not let you win.' Dimple believed. 'I will make you spit out that milk!' Again, once the milk was refilled, the referee continued. "Ready, go!" The two chugged the milk and while doing so, Dimple gave a dark smirk at Mob, who instantly dropped the bottle to the floor with disgust shivered down his spine as he instantly spat it out.

That milk... clearly had something mixed in it.

"He spit it out! He laughed!" Dimple hollered, making the crowd grin.

"Nothing less from our Dimple-sama!"

"He saved another!"

'Even I'm starting to have fun now...' The girl muttered as her body forced her to laugh at poor Mob and even tears started to form at the edge of her eyes due to the laughter. Mob hunched over, catching his breath as the milk was rolling down from his mouth and nose. "I... didn't laugh."

Then suddenly, a purple aura surrounded Mob and flashed through the whole room, as it made everyone stop their forced smiles. Along with the crowd, Mezato's forced smile was gone, making her rub their aching cheek. "Huh? My smile..." She muttered as Dimple looked around in a panic, hearing people look around questionably.

"Wait, why am I here again?"

Instantly, Dimple used his powers that made them go back to their forced-smile selves. "Because it's so much fun!" They hollered with laughter as Dimple looked over at Mob nervously. "You just..." Dimple held his face. 'No, he couldn't possibly have undone my hypnosis. But why can't I make him laugh? I have no choice. I'll have to go all out.' Dimple let go of his face and announced to the crowd. "Everyone! Let us save the laughter trapped within him! If he stayed this way, I'd feel sorry for him!"

"Dimple-sama!"

"How wonderful!"

Soon after, the crowd began to grab his shoulders and arms. "Smile and live a good life!" One said as ob quickly try to protest. "Hey, wait. I..." The small group held Mob while Dimple made his way over to him. "See? You don't have a single enemy here, so what are you fighting?" Mob slowly looked up at Dimple to see his eyes opened with a menacing look. "Get a clue." Instantly, Mob's eyes widen and gasped as a memory quickly flashed in his head.

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"Hey, Mob. Why do you always look so bored?" It was a memory of his younger self, hanging out with other kids when one had asked him that one question. "Huh?" Shigeo perked up as the boy continued. "If you're bored, go home."

"But I'm not."

One of the four kids who were on the slide slid down to the ground and shook his butt, making the other boys laugh. "You're the only one who's not laughing." Another boy points out. Mob just stares at the boys laughing for a small while before turning away and began to move away. Just as Mob was about to leave he heard a voice call out to him. "Mob-kun." He turned over to see a younger version of (Y/n) looking at him with a smile with a small group of girls behind her. "(Y/n)-chan." He smiled.

(Y/n) glanced over at the girls behind her, her smile vanishing as they whispered and giggled in her ear before the (H/c)ette turned her gaze back at the young boy.

"Get a clue."

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"I will show you my true power." Dimple raised his right hand, activating his powers as a yellow light surrounded his hand. "Now, laugh!" Dimple quickly pushed his glowing hand over to Mob's face while the crowd began to laugh. "There it is! It's Dimple-sama's divine power!" As Dimple lowered his hand, immediately he saw Mob's expression hadn't changed.

He tried again.

Nothing.

"Why?! Why aren't you laughing?!" He screeched and at this point, Mob's face was just taunting Dimple as he held his head. "Are you saying my powers won't work on you?"

Dimple then began rubbing Shigeo's face. "Laugh! Come on, laugh, you brat! Laugh!"

'I see. He has psychic powers, too.' Mob made a mental note. "Are you a corpse?!" Dimple scream, his eyes blood-shot. Mob stared up at him with a deadpan look and stated flatly. "Your powers can't make me laugh. I don't hate it. I just couldn't, even if I wanted to." He then looked down. "I don't mean anything bad by it, though."

'I see... He...'

Dimple formed a smirk again and lets out a chuckle. "You must not have emotions, brat. They mentioned that you were having trouble with love. With a personality like that, you won't be able to laugh with the girl you like." Dimple leaned past his face and continued to discourage the teenage boy. "The feelings of people resonate with one another, you know."

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Mob began to form a fist and his clothes started to slowly float.

"But you're unable to do that. You can't cry together, or even be moved. You'll be one forever."

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"I'll give you one last chance..." Dimple walked away from him and faced him. "Laugh!" The crowd began to laugh while Mob continued to stand in his spot. 'Make me laugh with your psychic powers.' His thought instantly made everyone stop their laughter, and made Dimple frown and slowly become nervous. "You... I see, So you have similar powers... I thought I picked a peaceful religious order that'd cause the least bloodshed, but you're in my way, brat. I'll have to get rid of the outsider that brings chaos to this environment."

"Thank goodness. You're not a person." Mob exposed. "Thank goodness the one who said something as horrible as "get a clue" was an evil spirit." After the sentence, the evil spirit left the man's body and announced to everyone. "My followers! Do not let him leave alive!"

'A strong commanding signal...'

Instantly, everyone pounced on him and pinned him to the floor. Mob didn't struggle, all he can think about was the memory of his younger self, and the words (Y/n) had told him that day.

Mob-kun. Get a clue.

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An emotion was swirling about like a torrent, trying to go past the limit.

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The ground beneath Mob cracked and the people and Mezato were sent floating in the air as Mob slowly stood up from the ground, a dangerous purple aura surrounding him.

That was... ＲＡＧＥ.

"To think that you were such a powerful esper... No wonder the smile mask didn't work." Dimple said, purple electricity forming around the black smoke. "Mask? So there was a trick to that, too?" Mob scoffed, his once black eyes turned red as he stared up at the evil spirit.

"I didn't even notice because it was so weak." He closed his eyes. "Oh, well. If the policy of your religion is to kill the outsiders," He opens his eyes again, "come at me with everything you've got. That might be easier than making me laugh."

"Come at me with everything you've got"?" Dimple quoted, then began to laugh as the black-smoke disappeared and revealed High-Level Dimple. "Two seconds is plenty of time to make you disappear, brat!" The smoke appeared again after Dimple activated it, but Mob didn't move an inch and continued to stare in front of him. "You're just livestock without emotions! Don't try to act like you're actually angry!"

Dimple goes and attacks him, but a forcefield was protecting Shigeo, which made him back off and try to attack from behind. "How about you cry next?" Dimple attacked once more, but Mob's forcefield was still up and made Dimple get covered from an explosion he made when he tried to attack. "Oho, flashy!"

He went to stand up and when he did, he noticed his left leg and his right hand were demolished. "What is this?" The spirit shrieked, but quickly reformed his amputated limbs. "Well, I'll be damned." He stood back up and made himself even more buffer. "I never thought I'd have to fight with my full powers... You maybe be the real thing, brat, but this is where you die!"

He charges at Mob again, but that was a mistake as Dimple's right arm was sliced in half. "What?!" Mob slowly went and sliced the other limbs off and punched him to the ground. Dimple lets out a groan until Mob's foot stomps on his face, making the spirit look up in fear. "Y-You're..."

"They came out upon your request." Mob said with a gruff. "These are my emotions. This is what happens if I let them show." Still afraid, Dimple stutters out. "A-Are you some kind of monster?!" The spirit quickly rolls off and gets up. "But! Wraither Beam!"

He aimed his head right at Mob as the beam went and hit Mob. "Yes! A direct hit!" Dimple regrew his limbs back once again, this time, growing a sharp knife on his left arm. "The number of fights I've endured is what decided the victor and loser here!"

Dimple went and began to swing his sharp arm, but Mob hits it off of him, letting it hit against the wall as Mob brought his fingers up to the evil spirit. "I'm... terrible."

Once he touched Dimple, he exploded into nothing. "Ah."

There, Mob stood for a while until he slowly calmed down and reverted back to his normal self.

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Mob was back at Reigen's office, which was surprising that the rat was still there. "You want to be able to get a clue?" Reigen gave a puzzled look, stuffing his face with a burger when Mob asked for advice. "Social skills like that are beyond you."

When hearing that, Mob just looked down at the floor with a sweat forming. "The only ones capable of them have common sense and experience. Although, your existence itself makes no sense." Mob sighed, instantly catching the con-man's attention. "Hey, why are you bummed out about that now?"

"Because I'm such a downer, I ruined a whole bunch of people's fun."

Reigen couldn't help but let out a small laugh. "Huh? Why do you have to be like them?" He once again took a bite off the burger. "You're the protagonist of your own life." Mob looked up his boss before looking down. "That whole group is now gone because of me. All they were doing was laughing..." Shigeo continued staring at the floor while Reigen continued to talk. "Well, your inability to get a clue is pretty destructive."

At that point Mob's mind shatters and makes him stiffen up. "What happened? You can tell me all about it."

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Back at the destructed building, people began to wake up from their consciousness and began questioning where they were "Huh? What were we..."

"Dimple-sama is passed out." One says as the group of people gathers around the once possessed man. "Did he always look like that? Wasn't he trying to make some boy smile, but he wouldn't?" As the group murmurs, Mezato looked around at the destruction and began to take pictures for her school newspaper. "Who was that boy? Let's look for him. He might be the true messenger of God." A random person rambled on.

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"I see... so typical mind control," Reigen says, taking a big sip from his cup. "That's not salvation. He was having them depend on him. It's a popular con based on crowd psychology, but considering you're hyper sensitive, it didn't work on you. This means Mob, today you happened to save some people that only you could have saved."

After Reigen's sentence, Mob's eyes brightened.

Ｐｒｏｇｒｅｓｓ Ｔｏｗａｒｄ
Ｍｏｂ'ｓ Ｅｘｐｌｏｓｉｏｎ
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✄┈┈┈┈┈┈┈

It was now the next day, Mob was still asleep, but was awoken by his mom calling to him. "Shige, wake up! You're going to be late." Eventually, Mob slowly woke up, stretching his arms and yawned until he heard a sudden voice next to him. "Good morning. Isn't it a lovely morning, Partner?" He quickly looked over his head to only see...

Dimple.

Ｐｒｏｇｒｅｓｓ Ｔｏｗａｒｄ
Ｍｏｂ'ｓ Ｅｘｐｌｏｓｉｏｎ
２０％

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(a/n: lmao my ass finally updated. I'm sorry for the wait, school has been kinda taken a toll on me and such, but I'm all good now!)