Chapter 8 - Destiny 1
There was an uproar with the last statement, many of reporters have checked Jin and deku's backgrounds, and it wasn't hard to know the situation of quirkless kids, the society has created its own pitfalls, while the hero being bandage to an unending problem.
The most worried were none other than politicians and police officers, most of the criminals were shunned by society early in their life, quirk mutation or child abuse and bullying were the most common, they have seen the wrath of people who had less reason to go against the society.
The reporters frantically stood up with no care about their attire and fellow news mates, they forgot all the rules and regulations that were told to them earlier.
'Good thing nedzu was prepared for this, as long as we have the footage everything will be alright.'
Luminous tried to answer his best but most of them were related to their early childhood that he didn't answer and left vague and people involved with them, he did manage to calm them as all of this would only be possible if Jin survived.
"With burned eye, a couple of broken muscles and severe blood loss it is hard for anyone to survive, even if he has regeneration like me, it will deplete all the vitality in his body killing him in few heartbeats."
"But if he do. . . that's someone who dreamt of being hero. . . until the hero crushed it himself." Saying that he stood up giving quick glance to a skinny yellow-haired man sitting in grey suit at the back of room.
All mights eye widened in horror as he realised what he has done, small tears forming in his eyes with blood dripping from his clenched fist. 'Teacher. . .I have failed you once again' yet no noticed him as the reporter frantically shouted while Luminous started leaving the room.
While 4 officers tried to push the reporters back, only to be blinded by lights a whole crowd of news reporters stood outside all kinds of face and colours international, national or different cities all had sent their reporter or whoever they can find.
All the while an old policeman with a small button-like camera filled everything, his breathing irregular as he took his phone out while sending message to his daughter. "I have done as you said please give me my daughter" he typed in a hurry as he walked to a less crowded area.
His eyes were teary and hands shaking waiting in response.
"What are talking saying Dad I am in college?"
"What!?" the policeman thought in horror as he didn't understand anything he frantically asked her to videocall him.
'My god. . .what have i done' he fell on his knees in horror as he knew he was tricked.
Meanwhile.
Alfred watched the footage through Jin's ipad he wasn't as shocked much, the fact that jin could tell every major thing in his life, from his daughter's first words to his wife's last in 10 minutes has shocked him beyond everything, seeing him fool a normal policeman and making him record everything wasn't that hard to fathom.
"Projection quirks aren't that rare" he said to Alfred as he watched the police officer calls his daughter trying to understand the video footage he saw earlier.
"I. . .ha-ha it's like my life is written in some. . .page. . .crafted by someone. . .you or your friend have some very dangerous quirk. . .if it is one . . . although not destructive. . . but in right hand, it can do more than crushing some simple buildings."
Alfred sized up jin with his hazy eyes, as he sat with his head low in front of him although there was nothing too eye-catchy about the youngster his background made him dangerous, his innocent-looking brown eye looked as if they could see the past itself.
"So you think you can get this to the public without any traces back to me?" he asked softly
"There is just one thing. . ." his voice drunken his hair dishevelled, beverage fallen on the desk unlike his usual demeanour.
"How can I know, you are not the successor of All for ONE, or the bogeyman itself."
Jin raised his eyebrows as he slowly drink his orange juice. "This. . .face changing is more like a side effect of my power. . . but you probably would not trust me if I said i have a magical unbreakable contract that can seal the deal right?"
Alfred just smiled and waved his hand "I probably would if you say you are all for one"
Jin scratched his head in annoyance as he didn't want to expose his cards to early but there was no choice either he needed Alfreds or his plans will fell short "I can, but you have to swear loyalty to me and if you ever tried to leak the secret it will be you end"
Alfred sobered up as he heard the words "But if you can't. . .i will kill both us right now after all. . .i am still the dungeon master"
"Welcome then." jins nails morphed into the bronze claw of lagiacrus.
"This is one of side effects" as he dug a little hole in middle of palm as purple blood started to erupt.
"In your name I vow, through the sea I herby vow that I shall prove my identity and help with revenge and salvation of Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth" The purple blood started to glow with golden words flowing in the air like a chain wrapping around jin's fist.
"In return, he shall pledge loyalty toward me if I prove my identity, all his memories related to me or my path that has ever happened will happen are bound under the vow, shall we part ways and you disclose any, demise will fall you and any, in return your voice shall be heard destroying the probing in your inner world "
The purple blood chains with golden runes flew toward Alfred stopping right before him.
"Do you accept the vow"
Alfred was mesmerised by the magical sight his hand moved forward holding the chain firmly.
"I accept"
BOOM!
Both of them vanished from the room, as a yellow bluish thunder erupted from the blood chain covering both of their bodies before there was no trance left.
Alfred blinked his eyes in confusion "Where?" he stared at the yellowish blue wall in front of him his eyes widened in horror "M-My quirk" he tried several times to activate his quirk but to no vail
'All for one' his face darkened as he looked below thinking he fell for a stupid such trick.
'I guess retirement has dulled my senses.'
Yet when he looked down he didn't understand the scaly blue thing under him, his eyes darted around bronze pillars in front of him as he brought his toward one.
ZING!
"AGH!" he jolts back electricity through them.
Splash!
A wave of water hit him and while he lowered himself, he realize that the platform below is moving his eyes darted everywhere as he watched the endless dark water all around with no land in question.
'Teleportation quirk'
He looked up at the grey clouds, faint sunlight illuminating the surrounding, he walked toward the side trying to see the ocean only to watch in horror as huge reptilian limbs pushed the water ever so slowly.
'SHIT!' he remain still not to alert whatever he was standing on, as he looks around he could only gulp in horror as shadows of monster roamed the place.
'DON'T BE SO HASTY HUMAN' a monstrous voice
"AGH!" he screamed and fell on his back, as something spoke in his mind, his eye red and ears bleeding, while he roll on the back of the monster 'My apologies. . . I am too used to talking to that child.' the voice softened.
Alfred still couldn't get up on his feet he controlled himself as he got to the corner of the being, before puking on the ocean making sure nothing fell on the beast.
'Oh admirable, not that I would have cared. . . lay low it will take some time to reach before you could see it properly.' Alfred just lay flat on his back not knowing what was happening, it took all his mental power to not fall asleep.
'I hope this is an illusion' his head still pulsing in pain as he cleaned his ears with his handkerchief
he didn't know how much time it had passed if there was any in this illusion, it should be more than 5 minutes as he lost count after 240
He tried to sit but his sense of direction was still bit lost, he cracked his neck as he looked up while his mouth hung in awe.
"It wasn't a wall" The golden wall was something that appeared like a truck of a tree, if it can be called one, he looked at the endless yellowish blue branches folding in U shape, it took another minute before he was on proper distance so he could see the white sphere they were holding.
Jin seated on a custom dragon-aesthetic black throne waved at him as he saw him riding Lagiacrus back.
Alfred had no words for what he saw, with the vast thunder tree beyond the size of any human building or myth and on top of that lays a white sphere what astonished him was not the highly artistic black throne right in the middle of it, it appeared childish in his eye what attracted him was the silver chains coming from behind the throne.
20 chains to be exact going to the very end of the sphere, making the throne appear as the centre point while 20 lines cuts the sphere in equal proportion.
Hung on these 20 chains were none other than the 20 missing officers.
"This might not be enough so let me show you something more of a solid proof " jins voice rang in his mind, the yellowish thunder started to morph as he morphed
Jin P.O.V
Just like any other day he had skipped the school, with no motive or any guardian to watch over him he did what he liked, visited the lost beach forgotten by others as they unknowingly polluted it, something he can understand very well.
*What's even the fucking point of it the plot doesn't require much studying and I'll make friends with Momo, she'll help with that stuff Muhahaha* he gigles and laughed as he thought about the glorious days ahead.
"WAIT! ISN'T SHE 14!" he punched the beach as he scratched his head in annoyance.
"Shit I'll see it after a few years, it's not like I was 40 year old before. . .but it does make me 33 if i combine my age here."
Phew!
Smoke left his mouth as he watched waves crash on a forgotten dirty beach.
He examined the cigarette before throwing it away. 'A cigarette that doesn't kill, science has come a long way here'
He wore simple black shirt with golden buttons while his sleeves were folded back showing his well-grown muscles and few cuts and burn marks on them, he wore simple grey jeans and black shoes, with black sunglasses even though it was just morning.
Making him look shady not that the golden chain and golden watch was helping him, making him appear more like a thug, which he was in a sense.
He looked at his watch showing 7:45 am.
He simply waited while enjoying the rising sun 'I will clean this sort this place when i get one for all'
Although I do feel a little bad for Deku, but I will transfer some of the quirks to him so it will be fine, the only problem is how does it get him into UA, even though he is better at tactical thinking than me and more so comparable if not better when it comes to analysis he lacks experience and strategic planning. . .fucking confidence.
Even though my analysis skills have evolved over the years, thanks to his mumbling I still had my fair share of deal analysing power system back home. . not as good as him but still better than most.
If only he could do more than writing things about heroes, but where will he get the chance to experiment. . . he is too scared to take part in our little gangs.
A panted voice came from behind as his smirk returned to his face.
"You took the way i said?"
Deku looked at his friend suspiciously even though he knew what he did was wrong "Are we really going to Tokyo?" he asked with excitement, the bunking school was not that uncommon for him, he has done it couple of times especially when bullying got a little to hard to handle.
"Yep" Jin flashed him the keys of a car.
"YOU BOUGHT A FORD!?" Deku said with excitement as he had become a car enthusiast just like Jin over the years, his car books of car were just little less than that of heroes.
"Nah, rented from a friend" A sweatdrop appeared on Deku's head "You don't mean-"
"Ahh leave it be" he said while he stood up and walked through the garbage maze.
"Move we have to return by 3 pm" Just a little away stood their ride, shining in the early sun rays.
"HOLY SHIT!" Deku screamed as he rushed toward the shining black car.
"I-ITS A MUSTANG" Deku revolved around the silky black car at blinding speed, while Jin wondered if this was the anime world effect as Deku was just way to fast to be quirkless "1967 FORD MUSTANG FASTBACK" he screamed in joy as he examined every corner of the car.
He looked toward the smooth brown interior and the yellow headlights "How did you even afford it, this going for tens of billions of yen" his face looked at him as questionable as he thought his friends was working as villains or some shady business.
"WOAH you don't even trust your friend"
"NO" he replied with no hesitation as he touched the rims of the car.
"Ahh long story short met some kid being bullied. . . again helped him here and there, and look and behold"
"His father is car enthusiast, his grandfathers father's father had a 1967 fastback " Deku shifted away from the car as his eyes practically fell from his sockets, he was shook jins shoulder as he shouts at him "AND YOU STOLE THEIR FAMILY HEIRLOOM"
"FUCK! DO I LOOK LIKE A THIEF?"
"Black shirt, gold chain, gold watch and smoker on top with cuts and bruises on hands. . you only need a dragon tattoo to pass as a yakuza."
Tch!
"It's style ok, keeps trouble away and this is just a replica his dad built for him. . .he likes cars not driving them." Deku still had a suspicious face even though he could tell jin was not lying.
Jin opens the car doors sitting in the driver's seat while Deku hops on the other. "It's modified and what about the set of clothes i gave you?" Deku take out a black tracksuit from his bag and a pair of blue shoes.
While jin throws a small brown colour cube at him 'Rub this in your hair, it will change the hair colour for a few hours ' Deku holds the brown colour cube in his hands looking suspiciously at jin as as he takes out a wig and fake beard from below the driver seat brown in colour. "Tell me again but. . .are we going to rob someone in shibuya," he asked even though he was used to jins antics over the year.
Jin stared at the rear mirror as he checked everything in the car thinking what to say "We never what kind of speedbumps life might have, it's good to tight your seatbelts."
"You have a license?" he asked as he touched the brown interior finishing although the interior was different than what it used to be.
BROMMMMM!
The engine came to life as he pressed a red button the tyre screeched as he drifted the car rising smoke around them.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK THE WIG WAS FOR"
WOAHHHH!
deku shouted in excitement as he holds the side of his seats, his mouth forming a wide arc.
Jin watches over Deku, there aren't many times when the boy enjoys himself, even though Jin has influenced the boy over decade making him skip school and do what normal kids should, he still doesn't know what to do about the quirk situation.
On one side he wanted one for all on the other he was afraid what will happen to Deku, worse was what will happen if the sludge monster killed Deku instead
'Anything is possible I don't know how but fucker, I will make a hero out of you' while Alfred watched everything unfold before his eyes not knowing if it was an illusion or not, but it sure was pleasant to watch.