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---February 19th, 3 Months Since AFO's Last Appearance…
"Your Quirk must be supercharged right now."
Re-Destroy -Rikiya Yotsubashi- glances back over his shoulder while fixing his suit in the mirror.
He sees Curious -Chitose Kizuki-, blue-skinned and beautiful, lying naked in his bed, staring at him with love and concern.
He finishes fixing his suit and turns around, smiling at her. "Stress powers my Quirk, but at this rate, it will kill me before I use it."
"Is the new boss still sleeping?"Re-Destro walks over to her and leans down, cupping her chin and gently kissing her. "All For One hasn't shown his face in months, still sleeping in that tank."
"Then you have time before the real stress begins…if this is still what we want."
"This was never what I wanted. The Meta Liberation Army was all about taking over the government and removing Quirk restricting laws. We wanted freedom, not chaos."
"To some people, like Shigaraki, like All For One, that's the same thing."
He sits beside her on the bed, then she moves to hug him from behind, wrapping her arms around him.
"I almost miss Horizon. He was the opposite of what we wanted, a walking police state. But that was better than the chaos of All For One."
"Is there a way for us to get ou—"
"Don't speak like that," he says. "So many Quirks, we have to be careful with our words."
"Then what do you want right now?"
Re-Destro thinks about it for a moment, then shakes his head. "I'd like to go back to how things were. I got what I wanted for a time, and it turns out, as always, Horizon was right. Humans take one inch and run a mile. Being extreme with Quirk control laws was the only way to keep society safe."
She rests her head against his back, small tears flowing down her face. "So everything we spent our life on, the dream our friends died for…"
"Impossible to achieve, because of the one thing we can't account for. Human nature was always against us."
She squeezes him even tighter. "The dream may be gone, but I have you, so maybe we can make a world where that will be enough."
"Hm, may—"
As Re-Destro speaks, he vomits up brown sludge that quickly envelops him and his documents, folding in on itself after completely coating him, then warping him away.
Chitose stumbles forward on the bed before catching herself, gagging at the rancid scent before it quickly fades away.
She feels the surrounding emptiness, All For One once again taking something from her, taking everything from her.
Then looks toward her phone. 'Maybe he was the lesser evil…'
---Elsewhere…
"Ack!" Re-Destro gags and coughs up the sludge as he stumbles forward, appearing in a massive underground laboratory.
The entire facility was dimly lit, filled with large glass gestation tubes, housing Nomu of varying size and shapes as they grow.
Along the far wall were smaller vials contained floating flesh in similar vials. Each a Quirk Factor, used for cloning and collecting Quirks from corpses and distributing them.
"Will that ever not feel like drowning?" He asks while ensuring his suit and documents are spotless.
"Quit whining," Dabi says, drawing Re-Destro's attention to the large wooden conference table in the middle of the room.
The table was circular, with Dabi sitting in a chair across from Re-Destro, wearing a all white outfit and resting his feet on the table.
In another seat was Dr. Garaki -Ujiko-, more focused on his tablet device than either villain.
"I brought the data we need," Re-Destro says as he takes a seat opposite Dabi. "The influx of villains is impossible to track, but we know the most notorious 30 Million that came in from other countries."
"Good," Ujiko says without looking up. "The Quirks I requested?"
"They should be meeting up at a facility in Kyoto today. We can collect some 'samples' there."
"I'll collect that personally," Dabi says, igniting a white flame in his hand and rolling it across his fingers, which heal as they're burning. "What about the so called 'Warlords'?"
Re-Destro scoffs. "An inevitability. Declaring a system of power being the only thing that matters will naturally lead to their rise. Some of the warlords take control of cities or towns, most of rural Japan in untouched, lots of the civilians fled there.
Musutafu is also untouched since that's where UA is, and Villains are concerned about Horizon returning if they go too close to UA, since Nezu is there. But the warlords act as the law in their section. Some skirmishes happen as they try to expand their territory.
But this is good. It will allow us to more easily distribute resources since the warlords each have a base of operations. We send the food, water, and other supplies there, they distribute it to the strongest, and the cycle continues.
Assuming All For One really can produce enough food, water, and fuel for the entire nation. We already seized all government facilities that handle those things and they are protected under his name, so even the strongest warlords wouldn't dare touch them.
But a starving population will turn on anyone, even their Dark Lord. It is cause for concern."
"Are you doubting him?" Ujiko asks, glaring at Re-Destro.
"He gave me this job for the purpose of doubting him. Being surrounded by 'Yes men' is how must rulers fall."
Ujiko sets down his device and relaxes. "Between the Nomu and All For One's Quirks, we can manage and produce everything the country needs. Especially since the population has already decreased so dramatically."
"I still think we should stop the people who are fleeing," Dabi says. "We have the Nomu and Quirks for it."
"That could lead to Horizon coming back," Ujiko feels sweat forming on his brow at the very thought. "We are too vulnerable right now. We can make more bold moves when the master is awake."
"And how much longer will that be?" Re-Destro asks, earning curious looks from both men. "The warlords are still fighting over territory. If a clear winner is decided, they'll keep pushing their limits. Having them get confident is good, but too much confidence can lead to problems."
"Like an army of villains standing against us," Dabi says.
Re-Destro nods. "All For One should step in and reassert his dominance as quickly as possible."
"And he needs to share out some Quirks. Those Quirks I promised people for winning the headhunt need to be delivered before people start thinking handing out Quirks is beyond us. That's a big part of why Villains or wannabe Villains even came to Japan."
"Then let them get upset," Ujiko says, clearly annoyed. "If they want to rebel or riot, they can, and if they want to leave, they can. I'm sure between Mudman and other governments, they've been keeping a list of everyone that came to Japan.
The moment they enter another country, they'll be arrested or killed, for fear of now being a Villain with multiple Quirks. When All For One is awake, he will handle all of this himself. He will be my masterpiece, so powerful that no one can stand against him. The most powerful being to ever exist in this world!"
"Second most powerful," Dabi says, causing Ujiko to deflate slightly.
"Right, second most powerful. But, by definition, some things are beyond human comprehension."
"Can I at least get a timeline for when he wakes up?" Re-Destro asks. "If Villains start leaving, then governments could spin that as us trying to expand the territory, which breaks the verbal contract."
"Shit," Dabi mutters. "And honesty, I'm getting a bit antsy waiting for him too. My pops should be dead already, but none of those damn warlords want to even try fighting him."
"It's Endeavor," Re-Destro says, as if his meaning was obvious. "On his own, he's the most powerful Fire User in history, but he's also the former mentor of Horizon."
"Yeah yeah, whatever."
"Follow me," Ujiko hops out of his seat and begins walking away, toward the back of the facility.
Re-Destro and Dabi share a curious glance, then fall into step behind the man.
They follow him through the main gestation facility, further underground until they were two floors deeper.
And behind the largest security door they'd ever seen, is a hidden laboratory with a gestation chamber.
This chamber, unlike the others, was filled with gently glowing blue liquid.
"That's a lot of Panacea," Dabi mutters as the door closes behind the trio.
Dr. Ujiko goes to the control panel and taps a few buttons, activating special lights inside the tube so they could see the body inside.
Wearing a all black body glove and the now famous mask of All For One, floating in the liquid with tubes attached to his body, keeping him barely alive and sedated.
Built like All Might in his prime, and standing at seven and a half feet tall. Even from where he stands, Re-Destro can feel his throat dry up.
Remembering the short and traumatic fight his forces had with All For One. The battle was so quick and brutal against a sickly Villain that they were forced to serve.
"All For One," he mutters.
"There is one other secret facility not too far away," Dr. Ujiko says. "But you will bring the warlords here, to Jaku City, in two months. Here they will speak to him in person. That should give him a few days to adjust after waking up. If they have any concerns or, ambitions…he can deal with that himself."
"Some of them want extra Quirks, or specific Nomu," Dabi says. "I'll make a list. Then they can work to earn it."
"Two months," Re-Destro mutters, aiming to use all the time he has to consider his future, very carefully…
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