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Chapter 36 - Report 30- Patrol & Conviction

Flik-Flik-Flik-Flik~

Flap-Flap! Flap-Flap!

Nejire and Ryukyu looked below to see Albert keeping up as he runs rooftop to rooftop with ease. Whenever there is a gap from one side of the street to another he easily leaps across it.

"He's really quick." Ryukyu said.

"And very nimble to!" Nejire said, amazed by how he is moving.

While running along with quick glances up top to keep up with Nejire and Ryukyu, Albert was keeping an eye on his surroundings.

"Do you like dragons with wings?" Mélusine asked.

"Why do you ask?"

Albert leapt across a street onto the other sides rooftop.

"Just asking… like do you like those organic wings or more cool metal wings?"

"This is oddly specific, do you have—"

"Nope! Not at all!"

There was something there that Albert could detect.

"You don't wanna talk about it?"

"Don't know what you're talking about. Anyway. I'm going to look around."

"You know the signal."

Mélusine leaves while Albert continues his patrol.

'She definitely has metal dragons wings.'

 

The day went on as Albert would have expected.

"Stop thief!!" shouted a woman.

"Nejire go and—"

Swish!!

A piece of concrete, no bigger than a fingers nail down to the second joint of a finger. It hit the villain in the back of their knee, causing them fall and hit their head against a pole.

Clang!!

Thud!!

"Oy!!" Albert shouted from the rooftop. "Call the cops! They should be out for about an hour or two!!"

Albert judged it from both at the speed the purse snatcher was running and the sound at which they hit the pole. He also kept in mind more visual information to get his estimate.

"Thank you!!" She waved at him.

Nejire and Ryukyu look to one another and realize they would have to work harder if they don't want to get overshadowed by Albert.

Up until Mirko came the three of them moved as if they were in a competition.

"Got him!!" Nejire shouted.

"Ugh!" said the pinned villain.

"Got three more pinned!!" Shouted Ryukyu in her full dragon form.

"Two more over here!!" Albert said coming out of an alley with two criminals tied up with their own clothes.

This was the most either of these two heroine's had moved. Albert seemed to have endless stamina as he runs around and moves far more than the other two can handle.

'Doesn't he ever get tired!?' Ryukyu thought.

'He has more stamina then me! I need him to tell me what's his secret!!' Nejire thought amazed by her junior.

 

By the time Mirko found them Nejire and Ryukyu were sweating through their clothes.

"Yo!!" Mirko said hopping onto the scene. "You two look like shit!"

Mirko could see them both drinking water under the shade along with food with high calories.

"H-he's all yours." Ryukyu said glancing down at the ground, exhausted. "He's… perfect for your type of hero work."

"Hm." Albert closes his water bottle. "Mirko are we gonna travel around? If so you mind if I go and get my stuff?"

"Sure! Sure!" She waved at him. "I came here in a hurry so no rush!"

"Hm."

Albert turned and quickly left.

"Ugh!" Nejire said. "He can still run!? I'm so jealous!!"

"So how was he?" Mirko asked Ryukyu.

"He was… more than I can handle. I actually felt embarrassed he was showing me up on my own turf."

"He moves to fast Ms. Mirko!" Nejire said drinking her water bottle whole. "He reminds me of one friend, Ushiwaka! Oh! I want to see them race one day!"

"He's perfect for you." Ryukyu rose her head to meet Mirko's eyes. "You both never stop."

Mirko then goes and gets herself a bottle of vitamin water along with other vitamin snacks.

"Hm! Hm!" She began to stuff her mouth. "That's why I picked him!"

About 10 minutes later Albert returned with his stuff in tow.

"Aight, let's move."

"Then let's move!!" Mirko then hopped away. "Your internship starts now!"

Albert followed close by, jumping onto the roof, and running quickly.

"… He is something else." Ryukyu said.

"Hah~" Nejire let out a expiated breath. "His stamina is something."

 

Around this time at a bar.

"What a cute club house you got here." Said Stain is an average-height individual with a lean and athletic build. He has long, messy, black hair. His piercing red eyes adds to his intense and rugged appearance. He wears a dark, tattered high-collared outfit with straps and belts, and his arms and legs are wrapped in bandages.

"You like it? You could be part of our 'cute' little club." Tomura said with Kurogiri and Saber nearby.

"I heard you guys assaulted U.A. personally I find that rather… pathetic but practical." Stain glances around the room.

"So you don't wanna join our little club here?"

The position Tomura was taking was a relaxed approached. He has no fear since he has himself, Kurogiri, and Siegfried to back him.

"What're you after if you want me?"

"Is isn't it obvious? You are Hero Killer Stain, you're as evil as they come."

"You want me to kill a specific hero?"

"Well we want you to kill All Might but little steps first. For instance," Tomura reached behind the bar counter and took out a picture of Albert. "This annoyance."

"Heh." He smirked while giving off a smirk. "Mr. First Place, Albert Hiroyuki. You caught my interest but…" He tilts his head left and right a bit as if to shake the words he seeks out of his head. "I fucking hate you."

"Oh~ But you do like my offer?"

"No I like the suggestion, but I find fault in your reasoning for wanting the death of a child. That is why I find you to be a piece of shit."

"Does the Hero Killer have a problem with killing a thorn that will lodge itself in your side within two to three years?"

"I have no problem killing heroes and if they are kids then I will have to work around them and in worse case comes to fruition I am not afraid to pluck a few yet to be blossom buds."

"Yet you still won't join us?"

"Why should I join a team made up of some man-child throwing a tantrum over a child? Hahaha!!" he chuckled to himself. "It makes me laugh you came to me with a bloodlust that has no conviction!!" He put his hands to his knives. "Conviction is all that matters!! Without one there is nothing to support their ideal! Their dream!! Their truth that they wish to paint into the world for all to see!!!"

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His bloodlust rose to an almost palpable level.

"That is enough." Siegfried stepped forward. "You made your point."

Stain glanced at Siegfried and scoffed.

"Looking at you… you look the type to not have any conviction as well, you and the brat are made for each other." He puts his knives away.

"… Master." Siegfried looked to Tomura. "He will not join us."

"Fine." Tomura looked to Kurogiri and waved his hand.

A black swirl next to Stain.

"Heh. You mind sending me to Hosu? I have some unfinished work there."

"Of course, but could I ask you one question?"

"…Ask." He said annoyed.

"Is having no conviction all that bad?"

"Conviction is will and will is conviction. Those without it are weak and therefor culled. So is that nature of the world. I do not know what kind of power you wield to have him." Stain glanced at Siegfried. "A man who can easily do my job without any issue be at your beck and call. Had he not be here I would have my knife to your neck for wasting my time with halfhearted goals."

"Even I am not immune to your radar?"

"In a world where the word Hero had lost its original meaning in this corrupt society, rife with fakes, scammers, shams. Aimless criminals who throw their weight around with nothing but destruction on the mind are ALL targets of my cleansing."

"Kurogiri."

The swirling pool of black clouds shift.

"Nice seeing ya."

As Stain takes a step out towards the portal Tomura speaks up.

"With your explaining I firmly have a better understanding of how you work."

Stain glared at Tomura.

"Sure my convictions are not all so grand or lofty as yours, hell it's not even .1% of it but, what I seek is true, what drives me is what runs through my veins in pure hatred."

"Hm~"

The tone and vibe Tomura was giving peaked Stain's interest, these words had soul to them.

"My hatred is aimed right at All Might." He placed his hand on the bar table, and it slowly began to decay into dust. "THAT PIECE OF GARBAGE!!!" Tomura shot straight up, fire in his eyes. "HIM AND THIS SOCIETY THAT KISSES THE GROUND HE WALKS!!! ALL SHIT!!! MY CONVICTION IS DESTRUCTION!! ALL OF IT!!! ALL INTO DUST CLENCHED IN MY PALMS!!!"

Stained shuddered at his words—his conviction.

"I may still think you are a brat, but I respect that at least. For our goals are not the same they follow a similar path, destroying the status quo."

Tomura smiles underneath his hands that serve as his mask.

"Kurogiri, make sure to send this fine man to his destination, safely."

The swirl changed again.

"Heh. I'll be sure to pay you a visit eventually."

"I look forward to it. Crack~!" Tomura cracks his fingers.

Stain turns and walks through the portal.

"… Master." Tomura turned to a black screen.

Flash!

The screen turns on and his voice came through.

"Tomura."

"I ask you if I can send the Nomu?"

"When do you need them?"

"Tomorrow. I wanna use Stain as my stepping stone. For that I need to use his conviction for my own benefit."

"You are coming along, very finely. But all the good ones are still in development so… the best I can do is send in some experimental ones the doctor and Caster wish to test."

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