Defective (MHA)

- Phew... - Taiko fell at the front door.

Today Taiko was seriously exhausted, especially that incident with the metal doors was depressing. It was already morning. He had to wait a long time at the service station while two mechanics changed the appearance of the truck.

Right after the shower, Taiko went to school, grabbing an energy drink PlusUltra+ from All Might on the way. There was also an option of "ExtraBurned" from Endeavor, but Taiko didn't like the taste, and besides, it had too much caffeine.

On the bus, he scrolled through the exploding news feed about the warehouse robbery, which made him smile. All the popular news articles had the same emblem of a red bee painted on a warehouse. One of the articles had an enticing and sensational title: "Is Grimm back?"

- Oh yeah, baby... Grimm is back, damn it. - Taiko took a sip of energy drink. Logging into his account on the streaming platform, Taiko updated his profile after a long time and put the emblem from the warehouse photographed on his smartphone. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed some discrepancy, it seemed real. As if the bus, like in the game, had not loaded and seemed blurry.

Blinking, the ripples in his eyes disappeared.

- "What was that? Maybe because of lack of sleep ..."

...

Already at school, Taiko and Toga met Ojiro.

- Skipping math? - he turned to Taiko.

- Monkeys shouldn't walk around the corridors during the second period.

- Oh, come on, are you the only one who has the right to skip?

- Hey, stop embarrassing me, Monkey-kun.

- Aren't you afraid of disciplinary action?

- That little freak Tokuza Shirakawa won't do anything to me. - He meant the annoying director of this school. To some extent, Taiko was depressed by the very fact of impunity and the strange behavior of some people. The same director often stuck in one place, as did some random passers-by, and the police along with the heroes had not been seen for a long time. Some strange feeling was approaching and swirling around and around the last few days. - "And then that glitch on the bus... Am I in the matrix?"

Reading the news, Taiko found one interesting podcast about Grimm, but decided to leave it for later, because something more interesting came into view. Muscular killed the pro-heroes Water Hose, they saved civilians at the cost of their lives, while wounding the villain. -"This is not good"

Tonight he also has a roundtrip ticket - to Tartarus and back, it's good that it's not one way, and thank goodness for that, but it can always change at any moment. He was lucky with the plant and especially with the storage chambers, such a lucky coincidence cannot happen in the future, so he needs to become stronger.

-What are you thinking about?

-Well, I just had some business to do.

Taiko spent the rest of the day at school, having tempered Ojiro's ardor.

...

Taiko was on an empty bus and listening to a podcast about Grimm with headphones on. In general, interesting questions were asked and for the most part these were assumptions, because nothing really is known about him.

-We still don't know what motives drive him. Does he work for the Yakuza? After all, it was previously known that the Yakuza also engaged in looting and attacks on Detnerat corporation convoys.

- Yes, but I'm more puzzled by why there were no traces left. Is that normal?

- The warehouse owner reported a breach in the surveillance system, which the criminal used to his advantage.

- A batch of valuable materials that weighed at least a ton, maybe more, disappeared! The guards were swept away, and the doors to the surveillance room? Did you see those doors?! It was as if a demon was breaking into them, tearing apart the metal as easily as paper! - the invited guest and expert in heroic activity was indignant.

- Okay, next question. Did you know about the activation of the Hero Killer: Stain? By the way, not far from the area of ​​the warehouse robbed by Grimm.

- Yes, the villain limited himself to attacking and crippling a local pro-hero.

- I wonder if there are any guesses as to what his next target is?

- Stain once stated that he would hunt unholy Heroes, whatever that means. In general, his beliefs find some resonance on the Internet, but so far this phenomenon is not so popular and I think this trend will continue.

In general, the analysis of the testimony of the surviving guards was carried out, on the basis of which it was possible to assume the first features of Grimm. The guards slightly exaggerated his height, but otherwise everything fit. The guards could not see the color of his hair and eyes, because Grimm moved incredibly quickly.

- Incredible strength capable of tearing metal doors, high speed and height, light skin. He wore a cap and buff, dark semi-sporty clothes that do not restrict movement. The guards also spoke about his paws. Perhaps there is a theory of the animal origin of Grimm's quirk. The guards said: - Grimm fought exclusively hand-to-hand combat. This suggests his exceptional skills.

At this point, Taiko left the podcast. On the one hand, leaving the guards alive led to a leak of additional characteristics about Taiko. On the other hand, innocent people remained alive. Of course, killing a hero is equivalent to killing a guard. Both are people on duty, consciously taking a risk. That's their job. There is a difference, heroes are more dangerous than guards. In this case, there was no danger from them for Taiko, and he only managed to cope with hand-to-hand combat.

How many more battles will it take for them to finally collect complete information about him, enough to expose him, catch him, learn his weaknesses...?

The only countermeasure for Taiko is to keep as many trump cards as possible, so that when the pressure is on - leave the enemies stunned and unprepared for this. Wings, a gun, his armor, Oneself, who apparently has already finished awakening and Taiko received the ability of the Hunter's Mark.

By placing a mark on a target, the target experiences some discomfort and oppression from the hunter. Thanks to the Mark placed on it, Taiko always knows the location of the target. Also, the damage to the target is increased. A striking example of this was the guard in the CCTV room, demonstrating discomfort even through indirect eye contact.

Oneself went further. Looking into his eyes through the mirror, Taiko saw the whole of Oneself. His theory that this quirk is related to AFO was confirmed. This quirk somehow mixed with some of the stolen AFO quirks, slowly absorbing some of their properties like a sponge. This quirk still had the power to transform another property, after which it will be fixed in the body like a bone.

Grimm rose from Rank B+ to -A in the "villain list". This is a table of observations and an assessment of the potential of famous villains created by one enthusiast on the Internet. This fact flattered Taiko very much, they began to see something more impressive in him. On the one hand, too much attention is bad for business, on the other hand, everyone will be forced to reckon with Grimm, to see something very serious in him.

Giran advised Taiko of a sewing factory where it would be possible to sew an armor suit. An ordinary sewing machine cannot pierce such material, a special powerful machine with a diamond-tipped needle is needed here.

...

Arriving at a remote prison complex on the seashore, Taiko was searched by a guard, he also passed sensors by folding his smartphone. Having answered the question about the purpose of the visit, Taiko crossed the bridge, the checkpoint and finally entered inside after ten minutes of waiting. Everything seemed to be at the highest level of security, reinforced cells with durable glass on every corner, well-armed guards with some kind of paralyzing electric guns.

The head of security gave him a personal briefing on how not to behave, what not to do when communicating with a criminal. That it is forbidden to use your quirk in any form on the territory of the prison complex.

He was not allowed to examine the internal objects for long and was led under surveillance into the conference room, where the same woman, Lady Nagant, was waiting for him.

- Mister guard, will the conversation be eavesdropped on? After all, we will be talking about personal topics.

- Do not worry, official confidentiality is observed in this matter. This is our policy of maintaining confidentiality. However, you have no more than ten minutes to talk.

Having gone inside, he once again passed through the metal detector and entered an isolated room. In front of Taiko, through a strong sound-permeating glass, sat a woman with purple hair and a yellow robe, her arms crossed over her stomach.

- Well, hello, "distant relative." - she drew attention to the young man with absolutely black hair and eyes. She tried to create an oppressive atmosphere, hoping to scare off the incomprehensible upstart rich kid who spent money just to meet her, but it seemed like the guest wasn't up for such cheap tricks, and seemed to be completely oblivious. "One of the fans?" she thought.

Taiko sat down at the plastic chair.

- Oh, shit. Okay, since time has already passed. My name is Sugoku. I'd like to know what really happened. What prompted you to kill the head of the HPSC?

- Ah, so that's why you're here! I want a lot of things too, Sugoku. For example, to get out of here.

Taiko did what he planned, namely, talking about this topic, evoking emotions. Oneself and eye contact read everything he needed in her eyes.

- Oh, you killed heroes on the orders of the head of the HPSC... - Taiko said calmly into the silence.

-What...How?! I didn't say that, how did you know?! Who the hell are you!? - She stood up from her chair, wanting an answer, but only received an evil grin, similar to...

-You...You from AFO?!

- Oh, so you know about him too. Unfortunately, we share the same vile blood. Did you work together?

- What? Of course not!

- I don't see him as an ally, only an enemy for all of us. - "I like to do things quietly and calmly, but surprisingly, he hasn't been heard or seen for a long time. Although I noticed his tentacles, where I suspected before." - Taiko thought about what he said, he meant the Cult, and their indirect relationship. Taiko got up from his chair. - Okay, I found out what I wanted.

- Wait! - he interested the prisoner. - I realized that you are not a simple rich kid or a fan who wants to meet. Help me get out of here!

- A fan? - Taiko whispered questioningly between words. Lady Nagant's quirk is very good and could be useful to him, but Tartarus is too large a structure to risk everything for her alone. - At some point, I thought that you were like Stain because of the murder of corrupt heroes, but it seems that this was a criminal order from your superiors. "I'm not saying that corruption doesn't exist and shouldn't be fought, but doesn't your desire to destroy the existing order stem from weakness towards yourself? As you can see, I don't want to destroy the existing order, probably because I've already adapted and probably because I'm strong enough to accept... - giving her a final contemptuous look, he headed for the door. -...I'm stronger than you. I have no dealings with pathetic, self-pitying weaklings-hypocrites.