Chapter 17: CHAPTER 17
The afternoon arrived and Nagato got a new watcher. That person was..., someone too familiar to forget.
"We meet again kiddo."
All Might in work clothes stood in front of Nagato with his muscular form.
Nagato blinked a few times then looked at Aizawa-sensei who was standing beside him.
"Don't look at me, I don't want to take care of you for twenty-four hours. I have my own life too. All Might will take care of you at night. You just follow that guy." Aizawa-sensei threw a small smartphone to All Might.
Nagato understood, it was impossible for Aizawa-sensei to watch him all the time. Especially with his pile of tasks and work as a teacher.
"Come on kiddo, you'll be staying at my place." All Might extended his hand. But Nagato just silently stared at the big hand.
All Might maintained his smile and hand. While Aizawa-sensei furrowed his brows.
This is strange, earlier this afternoon this kid was still talking normally, full of mischief and emotions of a child in general. But now it turned out to be very apathetic.
"What are you waiting for kid, leave immediately or I'll kick you right away." Aizawa-sensei broke the silence.
Nagato put his hand in All Might's hand. The man took Nagato's hand then walked back to the residence of the number one hero.
Aizawa-sensei stared at the departure of the two people until they were out of sight. He then returned to his desk with many thoughts about Nagato.
Strange, everything about that boy was strange. Ever since they met in the interrogation room Aizawa-sensei could sense the oddity in the boy's behavior. The boy's moods changed too quickly. But that was probably because he was still a child. Many children change their moods easily.
Putting aside his fickle emotions. Her behavior is also..., odd. Aizawa-sensei had gotten all of Nagato's information during interrogation.
First Nagato was able to eliminate life without emotion. Aizawa-sensei deduced this while watching Nagato explain the chronology of the parking lot incident without guilt as if what he killed was only ants.
Second, Nagato refused all food provided during confinement. Even if the officer forced him, Nagato just stared at the plate in front of him without touching it at all. So the police were forced to inject him with nutritional solutions for those three days. This afternoon Nagato also refused to eat the food that Aizawa-sensei bought for him.
Also, during Nagato's confession, Aizawa-sensei clearly found gaps in his story. There were pieces of events that Nagato didn't tell during his confession. It was obvious that the boy was hiding it.
Was the villain's influence too great on Nagato?. That kid dared to hide the truth.
Aizawa-sensei continued his work. Many students requested that the training center be open until night. So naturally Aizawa-sensei had to keep an eye on her students.
Around nine o'clock in the evening Aizawa-sensei received the key to the training hall from Iida. "It's late, go rest at home, don't go out and go home immediately." Aizawa-sensei immediately sent Iida out.
"Yes, Sensei!. I'll have a good rest!."
Aizawa-sensei saw Iida running away and headed for the meeting room.
Aizawa-sensei knocked on the door and went in. "Principal."
"Ah, Aizawa-san take a seat immediately. Toshinori-san and Tsukauchi-san are waiting. Let me make some tea." As usual Nezu spoke in a pleasant tone.
Aizawa-sensei sat opposite All Might. "Toshinori-san, how is that boy doing?"
"I think he's sleeping now. No need to worry, there's Sensei at home looking after the boy." All Might in his skinny mode replied.
"You even called Grand Torino to help you?" Aizawa-sensei accepted the tea glass from Nezu.
"Well, there's not much I can trust." All Might settled the glass of ocha tea before him.
"Alright, all the participants have arrived. Tsukauchi-san you may begin." Nezu sat beside All Might.
Tsukauchi stood up, "Sorry to disturb your evening. This meeting is called to discuss UA's prisoner, Nagato. After investigation, we found out that Nagato is suspected to be the last generation of the Akayame Clan. "
"Excuse me but what is the Akayame Clan?" All Might asked awkwardly.
"It seems like you've been living in America for too long, All Might. You don't even know about the history of your own country." Aizawa-sensei's eyes narrowed behind the bandage. But perhaps he could tolerate that, the Akayame Clan was not a famous Clan. There were even only a few historical records that recorded the existence of the Clan.
"Haha, please forgive me." All Might rubbed the back of his neck.
"The Akayame Clan is a clan that has been lost since the time of the last Emperor. It is said that this clan is the clan that has been the shadow guardian of the Emperor of Japan for generations." Nezu explained patiently.
Tsukauchi nodded. "Yes, that's right, according to history, this entire clan was exterminated by the Emperor's own order. History does not record the reason the Emperor exterminated this clan."
"I know that, then what does that history have to do with that little villain." Aizawa-sensei waited for an answer.
"As I said before. It is suspected that Nagato is a descendant of this clan. According to observations of his physique and personality, it is likely that Nagato is from this clan." Tsukauchi displayed the results of the investigation.
"Are you kidding me? It's a clan that was lost hundreds of years ago." Aizawa-sensei argued.
Not much history was recorded about the Akayame Clan. But according to historians. Every descendant of the Akayame Clan has a natural talent for learning things and is extremely loyal to the Emperor. If properly educated, they could become anything.
That's why this clan has been serving the Japanese Emperor as shadow guards for generations. According to historians, the Akayame Clan was exterminated because it posed a threat to the newly crowned Emperor.
There are also those who say that the Akayame Clan people have a physique and intelligence above normal humans. Like stronger and sturdier, more intelligent and creative, and most importantly, their unquestionable loyalty.
Many wondered what would happen if the clan still survived today. It is certain that this clan will give birth to many powerful quirk owners.
"The problem is this, Nagato fulfills all the characteristics of this clan both in physical and mental character and personality. And this child emerged from the villain side." Tsukauchi continued.
Their thoughts were the same. With great natural talent in quirk control. Add to that the rumors of his loyalty being beyond normal limits.
"It will be very troublesome if that boy sides with the villain." Aizawa-sensei muttered.
"That's right. I also found Nagato's connection to this case." Tsukauchi shared a case file that happened about a year ago.
It was a strange case. Where a house in the lower district was half destroyed. The victims were a man and a woman.
"We had a hard time investigating this case." Tsukauchi opened the file.
"What's the connection?" All Might had also read about this case.
"We had trouble investigating, and the witnesses around also seemed to keep quiet about the incident. That's definitely odd. After digging hard, we found out that it was a small family living there. With a husband and wife and a small child. But when we checked the identities of the two dead victims, they were clearly not related in the slightest." Tsukauchi flipped through the files again.
"But according to the testimonies of local residents, we found that the little boy was similar to Nagato's description. His name is also almost the same, Yoshihiro Nagato." Tsukauchi looked at the UA teachers.
"That's Nagato's family, so he destroyed his own home and family, why?" All Might clearly did not believe in that alibi. But considering the boy had once intended to level USJ, he fell silent.
"I already said that couple is not related to Nagato at all, but that could be the first conclusion. The second conclusion is that Nagato was deliberately handed over to that couple to be educated and to stimulate the awakening of his quirk with extreme stimulation. This is evidenced by several testimonies stating frequent clashes and cries of small children. Every day."
"Neighborhood residents once investigated the origin of the clashes, but the couple who owned the house paid off the residents and asked them to turn a blind eye and ear to the commotion the family was causing. This is why we had trouble investigating."
The room fell silent after hearing that conclusion.
"Those villains. They clearly raised Nagato as a dog who must obey his master." All Might growled while clenching his fists, while Aizawa-sensei squinted.
"I also found this, it's Nagato's drawing book. And in one of the drawings, it's clear that the faces of these two people were the dead in the destroyed house." Tsukauchi presented a photo of a sketch of a woman and a man being hit with a bottle.
"It can be confirmed that Nagato previously lived in that house. In my opinion, Nagato destroyed that house because he had received the most extreme stimulation he could receive. Then Nagato fled to the suburbs and met up with his partner, Ryosuke. After that we know about the parking lot case. But after that case, Nagato disappeared for eight months." Tsukauchi closed the file.
Suddenly All Might raised his hand. "I actually met that kid at the beach. Every day he would spend time there. That was the time when Nagato went missing for eight months." The thin man explained awkwardly.
"What, then why not report it?" Tsukauchi clearly did not understand All Might's train of thought.
"That, I was watching him too. And that kid was doing nothing but playing on the beach. So..., yeah. But I caught him last time and that kid ran straight into the crowd. So I lost him. Since then I never saw that kid again." All Might scratched his head.
"Ah, that was the time of Toshinori-san's news that suddenly appeared at the crossroads wasn't it?." Nezu clearly remembered the strange news that All Might had caused. Aizawa-sensei was also staring at All Might. While Tsukauchi sighed.
"Yes, it was him. I was chasing Nagato at that time." All Might nodded.
Nezu nodded and put aside the news that All Might had caused. "So in conclusion, somehow the villains discovered the fact about Nagato's origin, then they deliberately educated that child amidst violence to make that child a villain. That child will be a very talented and loyal subordinate."
"The question is, who is this 'villain'. I can be sure that it is this person who also educated Shigaraki Tomura, as an accomplice to attack All Might." Nezu's explanation was calm without waves of emotion.
Nezu and All Might looked at each other, both of them could guess who the villain was who was cruel enough to be responsible for Nagato's dark childhood life.
"I'm starting to understand about the boy's origins. But why are you telling us all this, Headmaster? I'm guessing you've been planning this from the beginning since learning of the boy's origin." Aizawa-sensei looked at Nezu.
"This..., Haha, well, you could say it's a lottery ticket. If we can turn Nagato's loyalty over to us. Wouldn't we be able to hold Nagato's power on the hero's side? This kid clearly has high natural talent. At such a small age. He can control his quirk absolutely and efficiently. That will greatly benefit the hero's side. After all, Aizawa-san and Toshinori-san are in charge of guarding Nagato. So you have a right to know." Nezu pressed her mouth against the glass of ocha tea.
"So, that's why you put the time bomb in the school. You want to harvest the fruits of the villain's labor?. This gamble of yours is really risky, Headmaster." Aizawa-sensei had been squinting ever since.
"Well, I'm really hoping for luck now. I hope that kid will change his perspective from villain to hero." Nezu looked at the green liquid from the glass she was holding and smiled.
There were tea stems floating vertically.
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Nagato didn't know if anyone was talking about him. He kept sneezing, probably because people were talking about him.
He was now in the guest room of the number one Hero's house, All Might. There was a Grand Torino outside. Nagato was left with the grandfather because All Might left last night.
All Might's apartment was neither luxurious nor special. It was just an ordinary house, even the neighbors were ordinary people, none of them were heroes. That was probably because All Might lived here in his skinny mode. So no one knew if there was an All Might living here.
Nagato didn't like Grand Torino very much. The old man reminded him of his father's family butler. Friendly and smiling, but sometimes it was just a fake smile for formality.
Earlier Grand Torino forced him to eat food. But obviously Nagato refused because indeed his stomach did not want to accept heavy food. But the old man wouldn't leave Nagato's sight if Nagato didn't finish his food. Exactly the same as the behavior of his father's family butler.
So Nagato finished the food while holding his stomach that was churning to vomit. After Grand Torino left with an empty plate, Nagato immediately locked the guest room door and vomited in the bathroom.
His stomach had been hungry since this afternoon. Now tonight she had to starve as well. People here are too insensitive to realize Nagato can't eat normally. They just thought Nagato was making trouble by not wanting to eat, not that he didn't want to eat, but Nagato just couldn't.
Nagato wiped the remaining water in his mouth. Coming out of the bathroom he immediately gulped down a glass of water on the table to fill his empty stomach.
Nagato picked up the book Aizawa-sensei had given him earlier and started doodling again. Just stopping with his stolen pen earlier. He still hasn't returned it. So this afternoon Aizawa-sensei borrowed Present Mic's pen and got insinuated by the eccentric man.
Heh, where would a thief return something he stole? Nagato would only return it if Aizawa-sensei had realized he stole it.
Nagato continued to draw while humming.
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