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---Saitama Tokyo, Midnight…
"Babe I won't have to push back our date again," Cellophane says, speaking to Yui through his visor.
High above a dimly lit warehouse area, he sits at the edge of a five-story building with his feet off the side of the building, watching the villains below.
"Mmm, promise?" she asks, quietly.
"You know I can't promise that, if Villains show up I have to respond, but I'll do everything I can to make it happen, that I can promise you," Cellophane says as he sees the villains enter the warehouse with crates of drugs.
"Stay safe," Yui says.
"Always, now I have to get to work, I'll call you tomorrow," Cellophane says before she hangs up.Waiting for the villains to get more comfortable inside the warehouse, Cellophane casually leans forward, falling toward the street before firing a line of tape and swinging across the warehouse yard.
Over the wall he snaps the tape and gently lands on some containers, not making a sound.
"Now let's see what's going on here," Cellophane mutters as he sneaks around to the upper levels, finding an open window and walking along the steel beams above the open warehouse.
He sees the villains below, only three men, all with registered Quirks he could easily handle, even at once.
But instead of dropping down and crushing them, he remains silent and listens.
"I'm telling you, this is the best bet," one of the men says. "We move this little shipment, and they'll just roll over and let it happen. Shigaraki won't do shit, he's too much of a target to make any move, with or without Horizon being here."
"I just don't think it's worth the risk," One of the other men says.
"It'll be fine," the last man says. "All we need is to meet the dealers here and move the product, then spread the word and show there's blood in the water."
"So that's the big plan?" the first man asks. "Let everyone get a cut of the pie instead of making bank as the sole distributor?"
"The more people eating from the pie the less likely it is that Shigaraki targets us, assuming he grows some balls and comes out of hiding," the leader says. "Plus we'll step back and wholesale product to the others anyway, we won't be on the street selling shit."
Cellophane's visor records everything as he listens intently.
'Ok, so I should put a tracker on the product and follow these guys back to the base, find the person who they're getting this stuff from,' he thinks. 'Shut this operation down at the source and—'
Cellophane freezes as the reinforced warehouse door is loudly ripped off its braces, causing the villains to turn around, scared.
'Shit,' Cellophane thinks as he sees Spinner, Toga, Twice, who he assumes is a Double, and four Nomu walk into the warehouse.
"So you're the wannabe punks disrespecting Shigaraki huh, which of you is the boss?" Spinner asks as he walks toward them, drawing his massive jagged sword as he approaches.
Two of the villains step back, leaving their boss to deal with this situation.
He looks back, panicked, then turns to face Spinner, doing his best to look serious.
Cellophane realizes he needs to call for backup, and raises his hand to the side of his visor.
But glancing at the heads-up display within the visor he sees the symbol for his communication being jammed.
'That one,' he narrows his eyes at one of the Nomu in the back with two small antennas growing out of its head. 'Radio Wave Nomu, if I try to call they'll know I'm here, fuck.'
A few more minutes pass as Cellophane listens to their violent discussion, watching Spinner cut off the leader's legs with one swing of his sword.
And as the man falls onto his back, his eyes look upward, barely seeing Cellophane above.
'Seriously, that's just shitty luck,' Cellophane thinks as the villains point at him, and a moment later one of the Nomu fires an energy beam directly at him.
He barely leaps out of the way and lands on a different beam as Twice begins to form Doubles, rushing him like a tidal wave.
"Help us get him and you'll get to live!" Spinner commands, and all the villains and Nomu leap into action.
---Meanwhile, Matani Tower, Manhattan…
For the first time in over a year, Law was asleep for more than one hour. Ever since his encounter with All For One, only needing one hour of sleep was something he'd not only gotten used to, but greatly appreciated.
But now, laying in his absurdly luxurious bed, wearing only a pair of shorts to let his body breathe for a while, he feels more relaxed than he's been in a long time.
Atleast, until his phone starts ringing.
Law groans as he opens his eyes, glancing at the clock beside his bed to see it's 11 AM.
"One more hour would have been nice," Law mutters as he warps his phone into his hand, seeing Nezu's name on the called ID.
"Well I can't say I wasn't worried," Nezu says as the video call connects.
Law drops the phone to have it hover beside him as he sits against the backboard. "About me, why?"
"Because I turned on the news to see you completely incinerated and bleeding from the face, it's not a good look."
"Oh please, I always look good," Law says as he turns on the TV, then turns to the news station, and to the surprise of no one, Horizon is on the screen. "I'm on TV, one second."
"The full story for last night's incident in Central Park has now been revealed," the reporter says. "Thanks to official police statements and records from the children's hospital, we can confirm that from the beginning of the incident to the moment he arrived, Horizon was in the midst of a life-saving operation on a young girl, who is now successfully tumor free and has a health life ahead of her.
The body of the villain was taken by Horizon, so no medical reports have been released, most likely a precaution to prevent the League Of Villains from harvesting that dangerous Quirk for one of their monstrous Nomu.
We also have confirmation that Horizon is completely fine, as after the incident concluded he quickly recovered and continued performing life-saving operations past sunrise this morning, a truly dedicated and responsible Hero.
And I think we all know where we're hoping he'll settle down after graduating from UA."
The man gives a knowing smile, and Law just knows the American people will be even more disheartened when summer ends and he returns to Japan.
The news continues, having some 'experts' come on and break down all the footage and reports of the fight, so Law simply mutes the TV and looks over at his phone.
"They love me, as expected, since everyone loves me," Law smiles as Nezu rolls his eyes.
"Everyone, not counting Midnight, all the villains, Hawks, Mt. Lady, Ryukyu, Asui, and—"
"Alright, I get it," Law grumbles out. "Is this just a social call?"
"Mostly, I'm just checking in on you, you've only got one more month abroad before you have to return. How has it been thus far?"
"Honestly, I really needed this vacation," Law stretches, getting more comfortable. "Plus Star' is actually pretty great, I've learned a lot from observing her, and the few spars we've had."
"Oh, did you win?"
"It always ends in a draw, her versatility is just annoying," Law says. "Oh, and I have Ryuko coming here next week, she's really excited about shopping in New York."
"I'd imagine so, and speaking of incredible moves. What happened at the end of your last fight, I doubt the report you submit will have the full story, so?"
"I'm…honestly not really sure," Horizon says. "I couldn't hold him, or warp him. Nothing I had was doing proper damage aside from my Awakening abilities, but those were taking too long, and didn't put him down permanently."
"We noticed, he reformed," Nezu says. "But you warped him at the end, yes?"
"Yeah, but…" Law glances at this phone, seeing how focused Nezu was. "Promise me you'll never repeat this to anyone?"
"You have my word," Nezu says.
"When he did that final blast, I could feel everything, everyone. I could warp them all away, but people would die, and I froze," Law says. "It's like, for the first time…the second time, my brain didn't make the logical decision. Even with all my power, I didn't like the idea that I couldn't save everyone. Then I just, I don't know."
"It was as if your body moved on its own?"
Law looks at Nezu, confused, "How'd you know?"
"All Might experienced the same thing long ago," Nezu says with a mischievous and victorious smile. Giving Law a full view of his smug expression.
"Yeah, I dropped my defenses and took all the pain, broke my current limitations, and warped us into space. There was no air up there for his Quirk to feed on, so, he died, then I brought us back."
Nezu's smile falters, slightly. "Well, atleast the first part was heroic, although in this situation I understand you didn't have many options."
"Nezu, being a 'True Hero,' sucks, so don't get any ideas of me doing that in your head."
"Sure sure," Nezu clearly wasn't taking him seriously.
"God, you're the worst when you're gloating."
"That's rich, coming from you."
"Whatever, just forget I said anything, now I need to get ready before Star' gets here, hopefully, I can get some more sleep. Using my Awakening three times yesterday and for that long, really drained me," Law says.
"Ha, you're acting like a proper hero and making friends, are you sure you're Law?"
Law rolls his eyes, "you're lucky you're cute, because you're not funny."
"Cute?! I'm adora—" Law hangs up on Nezu and lays down in his bed.
Raising his hands to the ceiling he flows his energy toward his palm, feeling his Awakening already more potent and efficient than it was yesterday.
'C-Room should be a lot more reliable now,' Law realizes, dropping his arm beside him and closing his eyes. 'That means I can focus a lot more on T-Room now. Hopefully, by the time I get back to Japan, I'll have them both ready for use in a serious battle. Then I can focus on R-Room…'
Law takes a deep breath as he relaxes, trying to get another hour of sleep before he goes to lunch with Star'.
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