"Bck Hood" had left—probably to refle life. Oh, that niame? Kaminari gave it to All For One because he thought "All For One" just didn't roll off the tongue smoothly.

  inally, Kaminari wao call him "Bckbeard," sidering his identity and abilities were somewhat simir to the infamous pirate. But, sihe guy didn't actually have a beard, the niame didn't stick.

  "I'm really looking forward to it. Looking forward to the ime I meet him…"

  Kaminari sat quietly on his stark white bed, pletely unbothered by the screaming and r from outside. He simply gazed through the bars of the iron cage. Just a moment ago, that man had been standing there, bringing with him the faint promise of Quirk evolution.

  "If it weren't for the bonds I have with my parents and Jiro… maybe… maybe it wouldn't be so bad to follow him in this world. Hah, what a joke—I don't really seem like a reinator at all."

  "Pika…"

  The small "Pikachu" squatting beside the bed seemed to sense Kaminari's mood and chirped softly.

  "Don't worry, I'm fine," Kaminari reassured, a faint smile tugging at his lips. "I just realized something, that there's still a choi front of me, another path to take. It shook me up a bit, hahahaha!"

  As he ughed freely, Kaminari slowly reached out his right hand, gently stroking Pikachu, who had been invisible all this time.

  That's right, Pikachu had been by his side from the very beginning. Apart from Kaminari's own strength, this was another reason why he could remain so calm during his detention.

  Even though the police had taken measures to limit his Quirk usage, they had no way of preventing him from using Pikachu's powers.

  "Tap, tap, tap…"

  As the side gradually faded, the shrill bring of the arm once again filled the air. A series of hurried, chaotic footsteps grew closer.

  "They're ing."

  Kaminari turned around, fshing a charming, nont smile. Spotting some familiar faces among the approag crowd, he gave a small wave and greeted them.

  "Yo, Teacher Midnight! It's been a while. But… you're not looking too ght now."

  "You… are you okay?!" Midnight, looking rather disheveled, asked in shock, ign the streak of crimson blood trailing from the er of her mouth. The police officers and Pro Heroes apanying her, all bearing signs of struggle, looked equally astonished.

  Based on their earlier assumptions, the terrifying man in bck was either going to kidnap Kaminari or ht kill him.

  Yet somehow, here he was, alive and unharmed. And not only that, the man in bck had left after killing two Pro Heroes and more than a dozen police officers statiohere. What exactly had been his purpose?

  He couldn't have done all that just to unleash his murderous impulses… could he? That'd be absurd.

  "I'm fine," Kaminari replied breezily. "That guy wao meet me and even tried to take me away, but I refused. So, he left. See? He's actually pretty reasonable."

  The words left Midnight and the others utterly speechless.

  A "vilin" who'd mercilessly sughtered police officers and heroes… being described as reasohe most baffling part was that Kaminari's refusal had actually worked, and the ma without further flict.

  "Did he tell you who he was or why he wao take you away?"

  The question came from a burly old man dressed in a khaki coat and a soft brow hat. He was the head officer of the Police Department.

  Kaminari shrugged. "From our versation, I'd guess he's the leader of some big vilin anization. But he didn't say who he was. When I asked for his name, he just dodged the question. I told him straight up, I'm not going anywhere with some random guy who won't even introduce himself. What do I look like, a toddler?"

  "Hm, good point…"

  The crowd outside the cage nodded instinctively, agreeing that it was a reasonable response.

  "As for why he came looking for me," Kaminari tinued, crossing his arms over his chest, "it's simple. He wao recruit me. Said he didn't want to see someone like me a genius, in his words, wasting away in a pce like this."

  Kaminari's expression remained calm, even smug, as he spoke. He nodded slightly, as if g a point. "To be fair, I kind of agree with him. But I haven't been victed yet, so I told him to wait."

  Realizing how his words might sound, Kaminari g Midnight and the others, whiving him plicated looks. He quickly crified:

  "I mean, I was stalling for time. You've seen how strong he is. If even you adults couldn't stop him, how could a fifteen-year-old kid like me do anything against him?"

  "Uh… fair enough."

  Some of the less-informed officers nodded again. From their perspective, it was only logical for a minor to prioritize his own safety when fronted with such a dangerous vilin.

  But those who were familiar with Kaminari could only sigh inwardly. Among all the Pro Heroes present, how many could fidently say they'd beat him one-on-one?

  "Well, you did a great job this time," Midnight said meaningfully, a faint smile pying on her lips. "I'm sure your parents and everyo U.A. will be proud of you."

  After a brief exge, the crowd dispersed. They still had a lot of work to do. Meanwhile, Kaminari y ba his bed, holding the invisible Pikachu in his arms as he drifted off to sleep.

  While he rested, others were far from idle. Outside, Momo, the principal of U.A., and several others began moving their respective pieces into pce.

  After a short meeting, the three groups split responsibilities.

  Nezu was tasked with preparing materials to support Kaminari's status as a faculty member. This included dotation for things like schedules and permissions. They also o gather evideo justify Kaminari's as during the i.

  Their narrative was straightforward: after Kaminari discovered his father being attacked by vilins, he promptly notified U.A. and received authorization before intervening in the fight.

  Since Kaminari was officially a teacher at U.A., the school teically had custodial responsibility over him, giving them some legal flexibility. This status would allow them to haure situations involving Kaminari with more leeway.

  Meanwhile, the Mitsui and Yaoyorozu Family took on their respective roles.

  The Mitsui Family's job was to mahe media and minimize public fallout from the i. Normally, this would have been a moal challeer all, the fight took p a busy city highway, making it nearly impossible to keep the event under s.

  But thanks to Kaminari's "golden sand" teique, which had cealed much of the battle, there was virtually no direct evideying him to any fatalities. No one had witnessed him killing anyone, aher security cameras nor cell phones had captured him i.

  This ued turn of events made the media's job signifitly easier to handle.

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