MHA Universe, Earth, Japan, Musutafu.
After Nezu asked his question, his cute, animal face wearing a bright, cheerful smile, silence fell over the U.A. High School Principal's Office while the man and the chimera stared each other in the eyes. Eventually, Toshinori was the first one to break the staring contest.
"Yeah, I'll accept the position." Toshinori replied.
"Excellent." Nezu replied happily. "Having All Might as a teacher will definitely inspire the next generation of heroes."
"That's part of the reason I accepted the offer." Toshinori said with a smile of his own. "But that's not the only reason."
"Oh?" Nezu asked while raising an eyebrow. "Pray tell."
Instead of replying immediately, Toshinori took a deep breath. Then, he once again looked Nezu in the eyes.
"I've found my successor." Toshinori said solemnly. "So, I'd like to be there to guide him while he trains at U.A."
The smile on Nezu's face froze for an instant when he heard that.
"But what about the young man Sasaki-Kun recommended." Nezu asked gingerly. "Togata-Kun is quite exceptional. He's perhaps the best student currently enrolled in the Hero Course."
"Yes, Young Togata is truly exceptional." Toshinori replied with a nod of agreement. "But when I saw this young man, a young man without a [Quirk] rush towards a villain to save his friend without hesitation when so many heroes could only stand by, I knew it had to be him."
"Ah!" Nezu, recognizing the incident from the news only a day ago, gasped in understanding. "Yes, I completely understand. That young man is just like you back in the day. *Sigh* How time has flown. But Sasaki-Kun is going to be quite disappointed when he finds out. Togata-Kun is his protégé, after all."
"*Sigh* I know." Toshinori replied. "He's done all that he could to help me find a successor. But this just feels right. I'm sure he'll understand... In time."
Seeing Toshinori's regretful. Yet resolute expression, Nezu understood that there was no changing his mind on this. So, he simply smiled in understanding.
"Well, congratulations." Nezu said cheerfully. "I suppose we have a reason to celebrate, then."
Seeing Nezu's acceptance of his decision, Toshinori also smiled. However, he did not accept Nezu's offer to have a celebration, he had something else to say to the little chimera, after all.
"Before that, I have more to tell you." Toshinori said, not losing his smile. "And I think you'll like what I have to say."
Toshinori then went on to tell Nezu about his meeting with Tatsuo, Alfonzo, Akatsuki, and Sakura at the Takoba Municipal Beach Park, about Alfonzo's offer to let him train Izuku at his personal gym. About Tatsuo's, Akatsuki's, and Sakura's [Quirks], and finally, about how Tatsuo, Akatsuki, Sakura, and Izuku intended to apply for U.A.'s Hero Course next year.
Although Nezu was overjoyed to hear about four students with such potential that wanted to join his school, the one who interested him the most was Tatsuo. Space related [Quirks] were so rarely seen in the world. And when they were, they usually ended up becoming villains or working for someone with money and status. So, it was completely understandable that he was over the moon to hear that one such child wanted to become a hero.
The two would eventually talk for hours, discussing Toshinori's roll when he became a teacher, his plans for training his protege, what he thought about the four children he mentioned earlier, and all number of things.
However, before the two could get too deep into the conversation, Nezu realized that Toshinori had said something that was quite important. Though, he had put it to the back of his mind for a moment when he heard about the children.
"Did you say that Static knows about your situation?" Nezu asked in a dumbfounded tone, cutting off the current flow of the conversation. "But how could he have possibly found out?"
"Well, about that..." Toshinori said while scratching his head in slight embarrassment. "So, you know he controls electromagnetism, right?"
Nezu nodded in response, a signal for Toshinori to continue.
"Well, he said he found me thanks to my bio-electric field." Toshinori continued. "Apparently, everyone has one. And since we had met a few times while I was doing my hero work, he happened to memorize it. Then, one day, when he felt my presence nearby, he came to see me. But I was... Well... Like this... As for how he found out my secret... Well... Let's just say, he's a great conversationalist."
Hearing that, Nezu narrowed his round eyes.
"That sounds rather suspicious to me." Nezu said in a solemn tone, his high-pitched voice a jarring contrast to the gravitas in his voice.
"I know what you're thinking!" Toshinori said while waving his hand dismissively with an awkward smile on his face. "But it's really not like what you're thinking. In fact, if you wanted to look it up, I'm sure you could find his circumstances quite easily."
Then, without another word, Nezu did just that, the sound of clacks on a keyboard making it clear that he was looking into Alfonzo's and Tatsuo's backgrounds.
At the same time, back on the second highest floor of the Static Shock Hero Agency where Tatsuo and Alfonzo lived, Tatsuo had just taken a shower and got dressed for school. However, just as he was about to leave his bedroom, the sound of an alert on his PC made him stop and turn back.
"Hmm... Is someone trying to dig into information about me and Alfonzo?" Tatsuo muttered to himself as he walked back to his desk. After taking a seat, opening a program, clicking a few things with his mouse, and tapping a few keys on his keyboard, his eyebrows rose slightly as he said. "Oh... They're pretty good. But I wonder who they are. Hmm... The IP is hidden... Not good enough, though. Let's see, looks like the IP is in Musutafu... Not just Musutafu... it's coming from the U.A. Campus... Hmm... Maybe it's Nezu?"
Originally, Tatsuo bought a [Hacking Skill] before his first [Mission], just in case he needed to create an identity for himself. But that was before he knew that he could by a background from the [Chat]. Ever since then, the [Hacking Skill] did not get much use. But ever since he came to this world, he had been using it constantly. Especially since there was a certain villain, one of the [Mission Objectives] that had a pension for stealing [Quirks].
And since that villain could not go around to every location where data on [Quirks] was located, Tatsuo figured that he hacked into various networks to find what he wanted to know. So, using his [Hacking Skill], Tatsuo made it so that if anyone tried to dig into his or Alfonzo's information, he would be alerted.
*Smack!*
"Damn... Now that I think about it, why the hell didn't I find Sakura and Akatsuki this way?" Tatsuo asked himself after face palming. "Would have been a whole lot easier than searching the city like an idiot Well, whatever... I'll just add their information to the program, too. Anyway, since it's probably Nezu, I'll just let him see what he wants. Otherwise, that overly intelligent little mammal will get suspicious about us. But I'll keep track of what he's doing in there."
"Hey, Tatsuo!" Alfonzo's shout rang out from another part of the apartment. "You better hurry up or you're gonna be late."
"I'll just [Blink] to school today." Tatsuo said, not carrying that using his [Quirk] without a license was illegal. "Someone's trying to dig into our information. So, I gotta make sure they're not someone shady. It's probably Nezu, though."
With that, the sound of footsteps could be heard approaching Tatsuo's bedroom. A moment later, Alfonzo poked his head inside.
"Oh, I bet All Might told him that I found out his secret." Alfonzo said with a shrug. "Well, do you. If it takes longer than expected, and you end up late for school, just let me know. I'll call them and tell them you're calling off sick today."
"Can't you just call in for me now?" Tatsuo asked without looking up from his computer screen. "I mean, I just graduated from middle school like two weeks ago. I really don't wanna go back anymore. I mean, seriously, there's nothing I can even learn there at this point."
"Okay, Scumzuma." Alfonzo said with a chuckle. "You planning to turn into a hiki-NEET with lines like that?"
Tatsuo did not even turn around when he heard Alfonzo's insult. Instead, he only raised his left hand, which was on the side closest to the door. Then, he raised his middle finger.
"Ahahahaha!" Alfonzo laughed loudly in response before turning around and leaving Tatsuo's bedroom. Then, while walking down the hall, he spoke while chuckling to himself. "Anyway, I'm heading out to take care of the beach. If you're skipping school just give me a call."
"Yeah, yeah, just go." Tatsuo said while waving his raised hand dismissively, despite the fact that he knew Alfonzo could not see it. All the while, he continued looking at the screen, keeping track of what information was being observed.
While Tatsuo continued following Nezu's movements on his computer, Alfonzo quickly changed into his hero costume. Then, he headed up to the top floor of the building, unfolded his metal disc, and flew out of the skylight before heading towards Takoba Municipal Beach Park.
Yet, before he even got halfway there, he saw a crowd of people running down the street in a panic.
"*Sigh* Of course..." Alfonzo muttered while turning his gaze in the direction from which the people were running. "Something always gets in the way whenever I think about cleaning up the beach."
As he muttered to himself, Alfonzo caught sight of a short man, about 5'6" tall, stepping out of a bank, whose front window had been smashed, with a large duffle bag slung over his shoulder.
"Whee-Whoo!* *Whee-Whoo!* *Whee-Whoo!*
And from the distance, he could hear the sound of police sirens drawing near.
*Beep!* *Beep!*
Then, just as he expected, his lPhone chimed with an alert. Taking the lPhone out of his pocket, Alfonzo saw that it was a request to all nearby heroes to assist in apprehending the criminal who had just robbed the bank.
"*Sigh* This shit gets old real fast." Alfonzo muttered as he flew towards the apparent bank robber. "Taking quests is so much better than always being on call. I can work when I want and ignore shit when I don't. God damn it. Who the hell thought making being a hero a profession was a good fucking idea?"
As he approached the front of the bank, Alfonzo carefully observed the robber to see if he could find any clues about what his [Quirk] was. Unfortunately, as he had already left the bank, there was no reason for the man to use his [Quirk]. And although he considered waiting until the police showed up to make a move, he quickly dismissed that idea. He was not in the habit of letting other people get hurt just to make his job easier.
"Alright, let's just do this and see what the fuck happens." Alfonzo muttered to himself as he reached into one of his pockets and pulled out a hand full of flat pieces of metal.
A moment later, all the metal pieces in Alfonzo's hands sparked with violet electricity before starting to float off of his palm. Then...
*Swish!* *Swish!* *Swish!* *Swish!* *Swish!*
*Thud!*
*Crack!* *Crack!* *Crack!* *Crack!* *Crack!*
… they were sent flying towards the robber. However, instead of hitting the man directly, they cut through the straps of the duffle bag, causing the bag to fall to the sidewalk right next to him before being imbedded into the sidewalk a moment later.
"Huh?" The robber intoned in confusion when he noticed the lack of pressure on his left shoulder.
Looking down, the robber saw that the duffle bag had fallen, several stacks of cash having fallen out of the bag that was so stuffed that he could not zip it before. Confused, he just blankly stared at the bag for a second or two. Then, he snapped his head up and began frantically scanning the street for the culprit.
Yet, no matter where he looked, there were only people running away.
"Who did it!" The robber shouted. "Show yourself. I'll show you the consequences of messing with me, Unlaced!"
After shouting his name, the robber, Unlaced bent down and touched his shoes, or to be precise, his shoelaces. A moment later, his shoes untied themselves. Then, the ends of the laces extended to an absurd degree before they started lashing around him violently.
"Are you fucking kidding me?" Alfonzo asked himself in an exasperated tone. "*Sigh* I should have just skipped this shit and went to the beach to clean it up. But since I'm here..."
With that, Alfonzo flew towards Unlaced before lowering himself right in front of the villain, catching the man's attention.
"Alright, Buddy." Alfonzo said, sounding completely unenthusiastic about this. "Why don't you just calm down. Make this easy on both of us and let me cuff you, okay?"
"So, you're looking down on me, huh?" Unlaced asked in an irate tone. "What, just because you have a cool [Quirk], and you're on the top ten of the Hero Billboard, you think you're better than me?"
"Alright, I see how this is going to go." Alfonzo said, just sounding tired. "So, I'm just gonna end it before you can work yourself into a frenzy."
With that, Alfonzo flicked his fingers towards the pieces of metal that were imbedded in the ground, causing them to silently rise into the air. Then, he made them weave through the fiercely lashing shoelaces before they gently landed on Unlaced's hands, both side of his neck, and the center of his forehead.
"Huh? What the hell is this?" Unlaced asked while trying to peel the metal off of his body.
"Just a few conductors." Alfonzo replied with a shrug. "Don't worry, I won't leave any permanent damage, I promise. But since you won't just come with me peacefully, I'm gonna put you to sleep for a while, okay?"
*Zap!* *Zap!* *Zap!* *Zap!* *Zap!*
A moment later, Alfonzo raised his hand, fingers pointed at Unlaced. Then an arc of electricity was shot from the tips of each of his fingers, accurately striking each of the pieces of metal.
"Ahh~~~~~~~~~!" Unlaced screamed as the electrical current circulated through his body.
"Hmm... Five pulses of about twelve hundred volts at 2 milliamps should do it." Alfonzo said while carefully controlling his electricity's current.
And just as expected, once Alfonzo was done, Unlaced collapsed with the whites of his eyes showing. And with the pieces of metal magnetized to adhere to his body, Alfonzo even directed how he fell, causing his head to land on the duffle bag.
"Well, there you go." Alfonzo said nonchalantly. "Now, I just gotta wait for the police to show up. Then, it's off to the beach."
Or so he thought. In the end, Alfonzo never did make it to the beach. Instead, he was constantly interrupted. Though, there were no more villain attacks. Instead, whenever he saw someone having a tough time, he would stop to help them, eventually forgetting about the beach all together.
On another note, Tatsuo did end up calling out of school. Watching Nezu's movements on the internet ended up being too interesting for him to just stop.