Chapter 8 : Miracles, Misfortune, and "Mendaciousness"

We are going to maybe have a couple of transition chapters before the next arc. Its going to be a good amount of dialogue and some more action and humor at the and of the transition between arcs.

Ready?...

Talking Aloud : ""

Thoughts : ''

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[Akemi City -  Akemi Hospital]

The main doors of the hospital burst open as All Might walked in, carrying the kid who's warmth was slowly fading.

All Might : "SOMEBODY GET A DOCTOR!!!"

The hospital staff jolted from the sudden shout from the man that had practically broken their door down. They looked at him and discovered that the man was the #1 hero All Might! But their excitement for having a celebrity come to their hospital was quickly replaced with concern for the person in his arms. A child, almost completely covered in blood that was now dripping rapidly onto the floor. One of the nurses jogged forward and guided All Might through some double doors to the right, leading him down a hallway.

Nurse #1 : "Can we get some help over here?!"

A couple of more nurses and a few doctors poked their heads out to see what the commotion was about. They recognized All Might immediately, but saved their admiration for later as they realized what he came here for. Some people ran foreword and took the child from All Might, putting him on a stretcher. Others ran back to several rooms, getting all the necessary supplies for the battle they were going to fight. Another nurse ran to the far back and returned with a tall elderly-yet-fit doctor in tow.

Doctor : "What happened?"

All Might : "It was...a villain. A villain did this."

The doctor put his hand over the kid's torso, emitting a purple light. He pulled a slip of paper out, wrote some things down, and gave it to one of the other doctors who was going to go with the kid on the stretcher.

Doctor : "Looks like he's suffered severe concussive force directed in the chest as well as blood loss. We'll try to get him stable."

All Might grunted.

All Might : "Do you think you can save him?"

Doctor : "It's too soon to tell, but his body is really battered and he's lost a lot of blood. We will try our best, but the chances... it's not looking too good, unfortunately."

All Might's heart sank.

All Might : "I see. I will return to check on him later."

The doctor nodded.

Doctor : "Alright. I'll keep the staff notified. I wish we met in more pleasant circumstances, but fate doesn't always give us the privilege of choice. I'm Doctor Myoga. And speaking of getting checked on, you should also try to get yourself some medical attention. You have a lot of blood on you and I don't know if that's the kid's or yours."

All Might : "Thank you for your concern. But it will be very much appreciated if you focus more of your resources in order to try to save the kid's life. I have my own private medical care."

Dr. Myoga smiled.

Dr. Myoga : "I understand. We'll save him."

All Might waved and walked out of the hallway just as his body started smoking. He rushed out of the hospital and jumped into the air.

[One week later...]

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The doctor was sitting forward in his office, elbows on his desk and fingers interlocked, resting his chin on the top. The lights were turned off and two monitors illuminated his face, reflecting their images off of his glasses. His eyes reviewed the images on their screens, reciting his diagnosis in his mind. As well as possible causes on the patient's other irregularities.

The kid shouldn't have survived.

The child's rib cage had been shattered and fragments pierced his lungs, causing them to fill with blood and other fluids. His skull was fractured in several places and he was suffering a major concussion. Just about all the bones in the major limbs were broken in at least two places, with fragments tearing up the muscle and poking into the ligaments. Don't even get started on the organs. It's a miracle they weren't mush. And the blood. Not even an adult could survive losing that much. It's stranger that a kid could produce that much anyways. And things just kept getting weirder the more you looked.

Someone knocked on the door lightly. The doctor could tell who it was by the pattern of the knock. He leaned in his chair, stretching his shoulders back.

Dr. Myoga : "Come in."

The door opened and a nurse with blue scales freckling her cheeks opened the door.

Nurse : "Dr. Myoga. I-um, did you have an appointment with All Might by any chance?"

Dr. Myoga : "Why, yes I did. You can send him in."

The nurse smiled as she went to go fetch the world's #1 hero. A few moments later the door opened as All Might appeared, sporting a huge smile on his face.

All Might : "I am here!"

Dr. Myoga : "Yes, you are."

The doctor has seen many people try to hide their emotions. Some would try to hide behind a laugh or a smile, but he could still see it in their eyes. Their eyes always betrayed them. Frustration. Anger. Sadness. Guilt. He knew them well, especially when it revolved around the preservation of the wellbeing of others. People would develop this kind of skill over the course of their lifetime, or maybe picking it up as their job progressively taught them how to navigate around the sensitive emotions of people in the workplace. All Might had a smile, but his eyes were saying something else. They couldn't hide his grief. It seems that the Symbol of Peace's empathy made him feel more responsible the more personal his hero work gets.

All Might sat down on the chair opposite to the doctor. There was silence for a moment as the two just stared at each other. It was the hero who broke the silence first.

All Might : "So... how is he?..."

Dr. Myoga : "Not well, I'm afraid. But don't worry. I think he'll pull through. He's making a miraculous recovery. He's even awake."

All Might breathed a sigh of relief.

All Might : "Thank you for your hard work. It's relieving to hear that he'll make it."

Dr. Myoga : "About that..."

All Might's brows furrowed.

All Might : "Is there something wrong?

Dr. Myoga : "All Might... what I am about to tell you should in no circumstances ever leave this room except to a few trusted individuals. Very few. Do not tell anyone like the HPSC, local authorities, or heroes that do not know your deepest secrets. Someone could be put in danger or get seriously hurt if you do."

Now All Might was getting really alarmed.

All Might : "What do you mean? What are you talking about? This is still about the kid, right?"

The doctor nodded. He turned his monitor's towards All Might and beckoned him for a closer look. The monitor's showed a rendered 3D model of the general anatomy of a human, minus the skin. The doctor pressed a button on his keyboard and all the muscles on the model were highlighted with a transparent blue hue.

Dr. Myoga : "Before I moved to Japan and became a doctor, I worked in a type of Special Forces unit for the Korean military. I learned how to distinguish what type of training a person went through based on the development of certain muscles. During my observation of the patient you submitted to my care I noticed that certain muscles had gone through an usual amount of development. In my personal study, I notice that these sort of muscles develop when someone is training combat techniques with various blades and objects. But these kinds of muscles do not develop when you are training to simply neutralize your opponent, like how a hero would take down a villain in close combat. The muscles develop rapidly when the person trains to kill their opponent, as swiftly and efficiently as possible. So this type of muscle growth is seen usually on people that are in special forces, or people who are trained assassins. They are muscles that are meant for killing. Though, honestly, I doubt a child this young would have killed anybody at this point. But it still makes me wonder. What would someone hope to gain if they ever forced a child to endure the rigorous training that puts all it's emphasis on developing this type of muscle growth?"

A shadow fell on All Might's face. He put a hand to his chin as his mind tried to piece things together in his mind.

Dr. Myoga : "And that's not all..."

All Might looked at him.

All Might : "You mean there's more?"

Dr. Myoga : "Yes. During our various operation's to save the child's life, we found evidence that he had suffered a significant amount of abuse some time prior to his more recent collection of injuries. The scars on his body indicate that the boy had been stabbed, shot, and cut in multiple places. Upon closer examination I also found that the scars over his left eye were also not from any sort of claw that had scratched him. The scars would have been more jagged if it was. But the scars were clean. Precise. Almost like the kind you would see from scalpel marks after you just got out of surgery. But these scars lacked any sort of marking indicating that they had been stitched up, which is necessary if you wanted the skin to heal together properly."

All Might was no longer smiling.

All Might : "Please tell me that's the end of it."

The doctor sighed.

Dr. Myoga : "Unfortunately, there's more. We also discovered two tattoo's. As you know it is illegal in Japan to get a tattoo under the age of eighteen, but this child has two. Sadly, they both do not imply anything pleasant. The first one is quite large, mainly covering the back, but extends to the upper chest area and down to the elbows. I recognized the tattoo as something only certain members of the old world yakuza were allowed to get, before the implementations of heroes in society caused underworld organizations to splinter and fade."

All Might did not like where this was going.

All Might : "What about the other one? You said they were both kind of bad, right?"

Dr. Myoga : "Yes. But thankfully, the last one's a bit more cryptic than outright shocking. It's the tattoo of a barcode on the back of his head. It was hidden underneath the kid's hair, which we found to be naturally black and not white. It had been bleached and dyed white. I thought it was a weird place for a tattoo. Why get a tattoo on the back of your head if your hair was going to hide it anyway."

All Might stood up.

All Might : "This is a lot to process. Thank you for your help."

Dr. Myoga : "Sit down. There's more."

All Might sweat dropped. His expression was one of surprise.

All Might : "There's more? Seriously?"

Dr. Myoga : "Yes. Now sit down. This is where stuff gets even stranger."

All Might sat down. Dr. Myoga pulled up an x-ray of a random person.

Dr. Myoga : "This is a full-standard scan of an adult male. You can clearly see the skeletal system as the light green amidst the black background."

The doctor pulled up another picture.

Dr. Myoga : "And this is the same thing, except that it's been edited so that the man's skeletal system has been aged backwards to about the age of five. Now that the x-ray is like that of a child's skeleton, we can compare the x-rays from the patient and the edited x-ray of the adult. This is the result."

Dr. Myoga pulled up the patient's x-ray on the other monitor. The limbs, head, and other body parts of the kid were fuzzy. You could barely make out his bones., while the other x-ray was significantly clearer.

Dr. Myoga : "The interference you see in the image is caused by a large amount of metallic nanoparticles. Specs of metal, naked to the human eye. These particles are in his blood and being circulated all over his body as his heart continues to beat. His body is contaminated with the stuff and every system of his anatomy has been compromised. It's even in his brain. He shouldn't be alive, much less functional."

All Might stared at the screens, looking between the two. A tightening sensation started developing in his chest. His scar throbbed.

What if all that metal was from him fighting Spoiler, and the kid suffered the consequences of the stress put on the villains metal body?

All Might : "That sounds terrible. Is it his quirk?"

Dr. Myoga shook his head.

Dr. Myoga : "That's what we thought at first, since it would be impossible for anyone to live with all that metal in them without it being related to their quirk. Or at least without some severe side effects. No. It's not related to his quirk. I sent a blood sample to a friend of mine who runs a medical lab that my department works with. They took the sample and scanned it for the DNA. What they told me was that the DNA was from a person who went missing a couple years ago. The missing person was Koto Kaneko, a boy who was just four years old at the time of his disappearance. He was a runaway who's parents had just passed away due to a villain attack. "

All Might sighed.

All Might : "Well I'm glad you found out who he was. The police force can rest easy now that they were found."

Dr. Myoga scratched the back of his head.

Dr. Myoga : "Well...not exactly."

All Might : "What do you mean."

Dr. Myoga : "Let me finish what I was talking about before. The metal."

All Might : "Go on."

Dr. Myoga : "Since we now knew what the boy's identity was we could now look look at his medical records to find out what his quirk was. It turns out his quirk was something called Memelord. And it has nothing to do with metal."

All Might looked down.

All Might : "Damn it."

The doctor leaned forward.

Dr. Myoga : "Once we confirmed that the quirk and the metal were not related, the lab slipped a sample under a microscope to investigate further into the issue. From what I heard, before one of the lab assistants had even a chance to look at the sample, the blood burst into flames. The sample was ruined."

All Might looked back up in confusion.

All Might : "It caught fire?!"

Dr. Myoga : "Yes. They thought it was just a freak incident, so they tried again. The sample under the microscope combusted again, but this time so did the rest of the samples they had on hand. It seemed as if the blood didn't liked being observed to closely and self-destructed. Notice the fact that not only did the blood sample that WAS being observed burned up, but so did the other samples nearby. It's almost as if someone, or something, doesn't want the kid's blood to be looked at too closely. Like there is some sort of secret that needs to be hidden from prying eyes. Or maybe it's just a part of the boy's quirk."

All Might : "What is his quirk?"

Dr. Myoga turned the monitors to face back towards himself.

Dr. Myoga : "Like I said earlier, it's called Memelord. It apparently can some how "bring memes to life". There's not a lot of information on the subject and its very vague. The government couldn't really get anything concrete down since the child disappeared shortly after his quirk awakened."

All Might : "What do you mean by the quirk "bringing memes to life?""

Dr.  Myoga : "I'm not sure. In the media there are numerous hot topics, movies, photos, and videos that people engage in. Are you familiar with the term "peace"?"

All Might nodded. Of course he knew what that word meant. It was the one word that was at the core of what kind of hero he was supposed to be for society. A Symbol of Peace.

Dr. Myoga : "Well, the police records state that the kid ran away using his quirk somehow. What he did was put up two fingers in a peace sign and said "Peace". As soon as he did that he seemed to disappear into thin air. Not even heroes specializing in tracking could find him. The term "peace" was a popular way to say "goodbye" in the age before quirks and is still used today despite how much time has passed. It was also used in an old meme that was also popular before the time of quirks. The meme was of a person holding up a peace sigh and then disappearing into thin air. Just like the boy when he ran away."

All Might : "So what your saying is that the boy's quirk can make him somehow recreate the effects of a meme? Is that it?"

Dr. Myoga : "It would appear so."

All Might grunted.

All Might : "So. Back to the subject of the metal. Did you ever find out how so much got inside his body?"

All Might was nervous when he asked this question. He was afraid some metal from Spoiler's body somehow got inside the kid when he was busy fighting the villain, which would surely cause some kinds of complications during treatment.

Dr. Myoga suddenly got serious.

Dr. Myoga : "That's what I'm worried about. If the presence of the metal is not from his quirk, then it came artificially from somewhere else. Likely during a traumatic event."

All Might gulped. Dr. Myoga stood up, his facial features darkened.

Dr. Myoga : "All Might. It is highly probable that the child you submitted to this hospital is a victim of kidnapping, human trafficking, and illegal human experimentation."

All Might was shocked. This is not what he expected.

All Might : "What!?! What do you mean?!"

Dr. Myoga : "Not only were key muscles regarding lethal combat were well developed, but also his entire body in general. His scars speak of harsh experiences of mortal danger. His larger tattoo is a marking of yakuza affiliations. The amount of metal in his body, which we have determined to not be a part of his quirk, should be causing his entire anatomy to shut down. Except it's not. In fact, the injuries he sustained would have killed even pro heroes with powerful quirks. The amount of blood he lost could not have possibly fit inside his circulatory system. There's too much of it! Not only that, but the incidents surrounding the blood samples we took indicate that there is someone out there who does not want the metal in that boy's body examined too closely. The patient also has a tattoo in a place clearly not meant for visibility. And that tattoo is a barcode. The kind you see at the grocery store. It's like someone's trying to say..."

The doctor put a hand over his mouth. Anger flashed in his eyes as he trembled slightly.

Dr. Myoga : "...that the kid is their patented product. A boy not even seven years old. It makes me sick."

The entire room was silent as the doctor let the words sink in.

[Enter All Might : 3rd POV]

All Might's mind was racing.

How could something like this happen? Was it Spoiler? But he was a robot! Unless he was a robot being remotely controlled. It made sense. A robot couldn't express that much killing intent in a fight. It was too human. No. A person that could express that much killing intent couldn't accurately be called a human anymore. They were a monster. And a monster is exactly the type of person All Might could expect to commit human experiments on a child, trying to turn them into a weapon.

If someone was controlling Spoiler, then that fight was in vain. The villain was still at large. Which meant that the child could still be in danger, especially if he was an...investment.

But...the fight wasn't in vain.

[Exit All Might : 3rd POV]

All Might stood up.

All Might : "You said the boy was awake?"

The doctor nodded and walked out the door, beckoning All Might to follow him.

Dr. Myoga : "Yes, but he refuses to say anything. But he did mention he would only talk to "the mouse"."

All Might's brows furrowed in thought as the doctor led him down the hallway and up a flight of stairs, towards the room where the boy was resting.

All Might : "The mouse?"

Dr. Myoga : "Yes. I was confused too at first, but then I realized that the only mouse in the world that you could possibly talk to is a principle at a school for heroes. UA. I already sent him a message about the general situation. He found some time off and will visit soon."

The doctor stopped at a door where a nurse was station. The nurse looked less like a nurse and more like a security guard, with large muscles defining the shape of the surface of his clothing. The guard nurse moved to the side and the doctor opened the door. They both went inside.

Dr. Myoga : "Here we are."

All Might surveyed the room, and his chest tightened as he saw the boy on the bed.

The child was wrapped like a mummy in bandages and his arms and legs were in casts. All the limbs were suspended and several IV's of clear liquid lined up on the side, with tubes going to several places. An oxygen mask was fitted over his nose and mouth. His forehead war wrapped in bandages.

The kid slowly opened his eyes. They locked on All Might's and seemed to bore directly into his soul.

Koto : "I remember you..."

All Might coughed and threw his smile back on.

All Might : "Yes! I remember you too! I rescued you from a villain. He won't harm you anymore! You're safe here."

The kid coughed weakly.

Koto : "You....y-you punch me...in the chest..."

All Might felt like someone had just punched him in the gut. His heart sank and his smile twitched.

All Might : "I'm so very sorry about that..."

All Might jumped as Dr. Myoga put his hand on his shoulder.

Dr. Myoga : "What's he talking about, All Might?"

All Might adjusted his shirt's collar.

All Might : "The villain was fighting me using a remote control robot. I punched the robot, only to realize the villain had hidden the boy inside. I-I didn't know he was in there...I'm sorry..."

The doctor was silent for a moment, then patted All Might on the back.

Dr. Myoga : "You did what you could. You brought him here. You saved his life."

All Might : "Yes, but still. I should have-"

Someone knocked at the door. The doctor looked out the window and opened it. It was a nurse.

Nurse : "Dr. Myoga. Sorry to interrupt, but a Mr. Nezu is here to see you."

The doctor thanked her and faced All Might.

Dr. Myoga : "Well. I guess that's it for today."

All Might : "Thank you for your help."

Dr. Myoga : "Don't mention it. Literally. Don't say a word to anybody of what I told you today. If the kid has been experimented on, then there are people who still might want to finish the job. It wouldn't be safe for him if word got out."

All Might gave a thumbs up.

All Might : "You can count on me!"

Dr. Myoga guided All Might back to the lobby, in which a white-haired mouse about as tall as a toddler was wearing a business suit. In his hands was a file. Next to him was a man with a bandage on his face, slightly hidden behind long black hair. His scarf and bloodshot eyes betrayed his identity.

All Might : "Aizawa? Nezu? I never expected you two to be here together."

Nezu jumped down from the chair he was sitting on. Aizawa stood up.

Nezu : "Well there have been some recent developments, and I have decided to include Mr. Aizawa's company for this errand."

All Might : "Oh. But why?"

Nezu handed the file to Aizawa.

Nezu : "It seems that the child you saved might have a slightly problematic quirk. I have enlisted the help of Eraserhead just in case the boy has a misfire. After all, he did recently have a traumatizing experience."

All Might : "I see. Well I guess I'll leave you two to it then. See you later."

All Might briskly walked out the front doors just as his body started to smoke slightly. Dr. Myoga gestured to the other two and led them down the hallway to his office. Once there he briefly told them the same things that he told All Might. The doctor trusted Nezu, who had experience in being an experimental subject.

Nezu wiped his whiskers.

Nezu : "Hmm. It seems that this whole case is more tragic than I initially thought. Thank you for informing me of your suspicions. They will be most helpful."

Dr. Myoga : "Your welcome. Now, follow me. The boy's room is this way."

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[Koto's Hospital Room - Koto's POV]

The heart monitor beeped in a steady rhythm, combined with the sounds of my breathing. The oxygen mask made it sound like I was Darth Vader. It didn't matter to me. The atmosphere had a soothing vibe to it. I closed my eye's to sleep.

??? : 'Sir?....."

Me : 'zzzz...'

??? : 'Sir!?'

Me : ' Be quiet Alfred. I'm trying to sleep."

Alfred. My digital companion and butler. He's a computer AI I invented, on purpose this time. I can communicate with his core CPU through the nanobots in my brain. Like cyber telepathy.

Yeah, I have nanobots all throughout my body. Took a bit of design, a couple whacks of a hammer, and a bit of experimentation. First prototype made me sick for days. Like really sick. My immune system didn't like the immigration of what was essentially terminator microbes.

Jin was freaking out. I looked like I was dying. He had a couple of clones look after me. It really sucked. But I suddenly "got better" just as he decided to take the risk of sending me to a hospital. I couldn't let some doctor discover what I was working on. Not even Jin knew.

Alfred : 'Speaking of Master Jin, I have informed him of your encounter with All Might and your admittance to this hospital. As a result, he is very distressed.'

Aw crap.

Anyways. After taking some blood samples, scans, system flushes, etc. I finally had a model that worked! I could even make them go through a kind of mitosis. It was kind of dangerous, since I had to get the bots to take atoms apart and put them back together in order to create the right materials to begin building another nanobot. But after working out the kinks, I got them to perform brief moments of nuclear fission and fusion. I didn't have to take supplements anymore! I could have the nanobots create any atom and molecule I wanted! No more medicine needed because my body can make its own! I was a new person! I was secretly the world's first cyborg that uses nanotech! But I still made some custom supplements since I didn't exactly want to increase my body's radiation levels by too much by using my nanobots to make the necessary vitamins to keep my body healthy. Plus, these nanobots had to have a way to get energy to function.

They would eat my body fat, but If I lost too much they would start to eat other things in order to stay functioning. I figured it was better to put some nanobots on a kind of "sleep mode" so they would only use the necessary energy if they were actually being used. They could activate and deactivate immediately, which made the whole system very efficient. I ended up creating a method for the nanobots to absorb all kind of energy in order to function. Thermal and electromagnetic radiation were the best. I was even able to absorb and store kinetic energy for later use. I was practically the Black Panther, but I didn't need the suit.

Like this, I could take a bath in radioactive waste or molten metal and it wouldn't be any different than taking a normal bath in hot water. In fact, it would actually be better. I was not immune to energetic extremities, I was powered by them. I could even conduct electricity like I was Pikachu.

Imagine all the meme's I could use with these abilities. Thor? Magneto? Those memes were now under my control.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!

But that was just the start. I made other models and injected them into my body. They worked together using their digital processors and through that I was able to improve the other nanobot's designs and functions. I didn't have to inject more into my body anymore since I could control them through a computer and use that to update their programming. I made them make some more nanobots and they spread throughout the rest of my body. There were a couple minor complications. I had my left hand paralyzed as they worked around the nervous system, but I solved that problem pretty quickly.

The biggest obstacle was getting them to interact safely with the neurons in my brain. I had Alfred do this when I was sleeping. After a week, I could use my mind to hack into devices. I didn't even know a microwave could be opened remotely.

Heheheh... imagine the chaos you could cause by flickering the lights on and off in a horror movie theater. The owner of the establishment ended up stealing that idea after I tried it.

Damn. I could have sold that idea.

I could even use them to see though walls and stuff. My other senses were heightened as well. I felt like that blind guy. I think his name was Daredevil or something.

I overheard Dr. Myoga's and All Might's conversation.  Experimentation?! HA!

Well yes, but actually, no.

I was experimented on. But it was me and my butler that did the experimenting. My AI butler.

I thought of naming him J.A.R.V.I.S. when I created him in my secret laboratory (I secretly go there when I tell Jin that I'm going outside to "play"), but that felt to cliché. Even for me.

My experimentation was painful. Oh so painful. It felt like tiny shards of red hos glass shooting their way through my body, just exploring all my limbs and organs. I almost went into shock. The pain was just one of the side effects I felt when I was sick. But nothing could stop me! And the rewards! Incredible!

It was so fun.

Alfred : 'Sir. You are going to have more visitors. Principle Nezu and Eraserhead are on their way to your room.'

I could feel the faint vibrations through the bed frame as three people approached my room. They stopped at the door. It opened, revealing Nezu first and then Eraserhead. Dr. Myoga left them in the room and just closed the door. The silence was punctuated by my heart monitor's beeps and my Darth Vader breathing. I must have looked terrible because Eraserhead's face was filled with pity.

It was Principle Nezu that spoke first.

Nezu : "Hello. How are you feeling."

I purposely let my voice weakly rasp as I replied.

Me : "Terrible."

Nezu frowned as he climbed on a nearby chair and sat down, his feet dangling over the edge. He grabbed a file from Aizawa.

Nezu : "Don't worry. I'm sure things will get better. From what I hear, you're making a splendid recovery. My name is Mr. Nezu. The man next to me is Mr. Aizawa. What's your name?"

I was silent for a few moments. I finally decided to reply.

Me : "47."

(I couldn't resist, mate.)

Nezu's frown remained. His hands gripped the file slightly.

Nezu : "That's not your name."

Me : "It is."

Nezu sighed, then opened his file.

Nezu : "No. Your name is Koto Kaneko. 47 is not your name. Don't worry, you won't ever be called 47 anymore. I'll make sure of that."

Why did I say 47? Because 47 was the number given to Agent 47 (an assassin) when he was being experimented on. Nezu was also experimented on and he had a number himself. I'm using my pity-me skills to take advantage of their assumptions. The assumption that I was experimented on.

Being a 6-year old had its perks.

Nezu : "Forgive me for asking. But did people...do bad things to you? I've been made aware that you had some scars on your body. They are bumps and marks that come from pain and they don't go away for a long time. The scratch on your eye is an example."

Oh. He wants to know how I got the battle scars on my torso and arms.

[Flashback]

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[4 Months Ago - Koto's Secret Laboratory]

The walls, floor, and ceiling of the room seemed to be encased entirely in aluminum. Lights built into the floor illuminated the edges of the room. A series of computers lines one of the walls, and one of them had a small speaker attached to it with cords. In the corner of the room was a table where a shirtless Koto laid on his stomach. Robotic arms arched above the table and poked Koto's back with a needle.

Koto : "Ow!"

Alfred through the speaker : "It's almost done, sir."

The robot arm made a few more motions with the needle before moving itself to the side, finished with its job.

Alfred : "Splendid job, sir. Your tattoo design looks astonishing."

I got up from the table and took a phone from my pocket. I aimed the camera on my torso and back. The phone was linked wirelessly to the nanobots in my brain, giving me a live feed to what the camera was seeing. Dang, it looked so cool.

But it wasn't finished yet.

Me : "I'm heading out."

Alfred : "Sir. You couldn't possibly be thinking what I think you are thinking?"

Oh, that's right. Alfred is also hooked up to the nanobots in my body and can use the ones in my head to read my brain waves. He can essentially read my mind.

Me : "Maybe. Now, where did I put my shotgun?"

Alfred : "Oh dear. Shall I have an auto-doc on standby?"

Me : "Make it two."

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[Some random Yakuza hideout]

It was quiet in the smoke filled room. Guys in suits were playing cards on a green felt table with polished wooden edges. One lightbulb lit the room.

The men looked grizzled, with scars on some of their hands and faces. One of them stood up to go to the bathroom.

The door to the room violently exploded inward. Koto stood in the doorway, shirtless and wearing flipflops. And in his hand was a shotgun and plastered on his face was a maniacal grin.

Koto : "Greetings everyone. I have come to chew bubblegum, and kick a**. And I'm all out of bubblegum. *menacingly cocks shotgun*"

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[Back to present]

Me : "People...*sniff*...they h-hurt me..."

I sobbed the sentence a little. My voice purposely cracking on the "hurt".

[Speech LVL UP >>> 100]

Nezu : "There, there. No one can hurt you here. Your safe now."

Me : " *sniff, sniff* "

Was the quirk usage overkill?...Na. I'm a supervillain, and in front of me is a hero and one of the smartest people in the world. I can't let my guard down.

The room was silent for a few moments as I "calmed down". Nezu had opened his files and was going through the papers.

Nezu : "I understand that you have been in pain for quite some time. My condolences for your parents.

I felt a pang in my chest. Some of my tears became genuine.

Nezu : "It must have been very difficult. Especially when you are so young. It may be painful to think about, but I need to know. These bad people, did they wear white coats?"

I was silent. I would have shaken my head, but I had a neck brace.

Nezu : "Koto...were you experimented on?"

Here it was. The reason why I said I would only talk to Nezu. We have something in common. Something I can take advantage of. I kind of felt bad about exploiting cute little Nezu like this, but hey. I'm a supervillain.

Me : "The bad guys...they did bad things to me and...and...they tied me to a table and put n-needles in m-me. Then...*hic*, they c-cut me. *hic*."

Aizawa looked at me with pity. Nezu looked at his files and gripped the paper in his tiny hands. His fur rose slightly and his eyes watered a little.

Nezu : "I know how you feel. I have gone through similar experiences."

Me : *hic*

Nezu : "Did they also make you do bad things?"

Me : "Y-yes. *hic*."

Nezu smiled. A kind of smile that only sharks are supposed to have. I could feel it in my bones. Something was very wrong.

Nezu : "I bet they did...Spoiler."

I froze. Aizawa's head snapped to look at Nezu, bewilderment on his face.

Me : "Well, *BEEP*."

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Annnnd its another cliffhanger!!! Here's a parachute for you guys who can't make it till the next chapter.

It's been used once. Never opened. Has a small stain.

Good Luck!