Defective (MHA)

Approaching the bar, holding a pizza. Some skinny and hunched guy with a pale hand on his face and gray hair was hanging around. He looked like a typical low-grade comic book villain.

-Who the hell are you?! - the stranger shouted. -You can't go to the bar! It belongs to me!

-Oh, come on. Can't I have a drink? - Taiko tried to play along.

-Not allowed? Of course I can! - The stranger extended his skinny hand. Taiko felt Oneself "cringe" and reacted, making it clear that he shouldn't shake hands, because it could be his last. Giran, who had come out into the street, intervened.

-Oh, it's you.

-Who... Giran, do you know him?

-Of course, he's a "loyal" villain. No need to worry. Now go downstairs, I poured you some juice. - Giran emphasized the word, which obviously played a role, because the unfamiliar skinny guy calmed down, going inside, muttering something "Don't tell me what to do." looking at the pizza. Although it was unclear how this fool was able to see if his hand was covering his face. Perhaps through the gaps in his fingers. In general, the impression was that he was a necrophile because of all these gray wrists.

- Is this a necrophile? - Taiko asked

- A long story... Perhaps I'll tell you downstairs. You shouldn't be afraid of Tomura, he can be impulsive and a little strange, but overall he understands everything. And... it's better not to shake his hand, ha-ha. - Giran grinned at the end. - Well, did you like my gift?

- It was very timely to receive this. - Taiko thought about Oneself and this strange reaction, perhaps this quirk is much deeper than he could have thought. Perhaps the quirk is already in the final stage of "maturation" and does not need any trigger. -Where did you get it from? Will you introduce me to the merchant?

-Look at him, he's really gone too far. Before, everything was his, but now you need to have a share for being an intermediary. Yeah...it was better before. - he lit a cigarette, standing at the bar next to Kurogiri. Taiko sat down next to Tomura, who was drinking juice. He removed his pale hand from his face, revealing wrinkled red eyes and an empty look.

In turn, Taiko put the pizza on the table and told Giran and Tomura to help themselves, taking a slice. Tomura was happy with the slice he received, but he didn't show it.

-In general, order the equipment through me. Yes, there's a small markup from me, but these are the times, what can you do. Otherwise, consider it a gift, by the way, not exactly from me, but from the supplier. - Giran smiled.

- So, "thank you" is not for you?

- So, "thank you" is not for me.

Having finished his slice of pizza, Taiko continued.

- What does the supplier offer?

- The weapons are a bit meager, you know... But there is still something to please.

- I need five boxes of 9mm and a submachine gun for breakfast, and...

- For breakfast? - Tomura said, puzzled.

- What's for dinner?

- Information for dinner. I need any information about the Detnerat Company, or rather their durable paramilitary suits.

- Detnerat, then... You've got a long way to go.

- There won't be any problems? I think the corpos have a lot of rats.

- Hmm... I doubt it... although there is one guy. I'll call you now. I bet my liver, Rikiya Yotsubashi will be beside himself. - Giran went to call his contact from Detnerat Company with an evil grin.

- So who are you? - Tomura couldn't stand it.

- Me? All Might's dentist.

- Not funny. - Tomura wished All Might and the entire heroic world dead with all his heart.

- Shouldn't you be the first to introduce yourself? - Taiko tried to activate Oneself

- Okay. Tomura Shigaraki, I will be the one to kill All Might and build a new society on the ruins of the old one! - he struck a dramatic villainous pose right on the chair, almost touching the ceiling, holding a slice of pizza in his teeth.

- Hush-hush, society builder. This chair won't withstand your rage.

- Do you think I'm joking!?

- No way.

- Then it's your turn.

-My name is...-Taiko hesitated, -Grimm.

A second of silence

-No kidding! I told you not to joke! -Tomura shouted.

-No, I'm serious Grimm.

-Come on! You can't be Grimm! Everyone on the Internet knows him, he hasn't been active on his account1 for at least a few years.

-It won't be for long.

Taiko came up with an incredible plan in his room to become a multimillionaire, while simultaneously punishing the unworthy, saving people or just doing some crazy and risky things. Just like he likes. He will have two ways to earn money: 1) Maybe rob Detnerat a little, because they have cool technology, many people would like to buy it, because it is only for pro-heroes and students. 2) Continue streaming. His crypto wallet is still there, but it is empty. He had less and less hope for the latter, because if you combine these two types of earnings, there are many risks. You see, criminal money does not get along with popularity.

- Tomura, tell me. Why do you want to kill the Almighty? He saves people, right? - Taiko crossed his arms, staring seriously at Tomura with his black as an abyss eyes. Next to him stood a glass of ice water.

- It is not important that he saves them. A rotting structure of lies, politics and speculation is built around him and his image.

- Wow, what words we know... - Taiko said completely imperceptibly to the ears, quickly taking the glass in his hands and drinking the contents in one gulp.

-What did you say there? By the way, I still haven't believed you that you're Grimm!

-Ha... Maybe you're partly right, Tomura. But there are too many cogs spinning in this system to break it, and the main problem, as for me, is that not all of them are guilty. How can I explain it to you... Often, an animal walking along a path will turn onto another path, but without realizing it, it ended up in a swamp. The animal began to think that there was something behind the swamp... in short, yes. - his allegory didn't quite work out at the end.

Tomura had his own vision. -There is only One cog, and it is connected to everything around. If you remove it... Domino Effect!

-Hm. I don't know if everything can be so closely connected to All Might.. After all, the Japanese state is not a fragile structure, it is multi-layered.

-I'm telling you - it's hanging on by a thread! There is one effective tool... - Tomura took a glass in his pale hand and squeezed it. -... It's called fear. - using his quirk, the glass turned into sand.

Only now did Taiko realize how depressing Tomura was. Apathetic, terrifying. If he matured psychologically, then he really could become the Symbol of Fear with such a destructive quirk and create destabilization in Japan, while gathering a team naturally.

In general, Taiko's first impression of Tomura was twofold. On the one hand: immature ideas, childish goals as if copied from a cliched villain from an American comic book. And on the other, a monstrous quirk and quite an existing mind. - "Does he have... a chance? Only if he attracts the right people and does not destroy his own team with his hysterical ideas. Who am I kidding. The chances of something like that are slim. Just not in this life... and not in the next."

During the conversation, Taiko also got the impression that his ideas were being forced upon him and manipulated. Although who knows, maybe he read too many comics.

Giran returned and told Taiko all the details while Tomura was playing a board game console.

- Unfortunately, the contact no longer works in the company, but there is still a place where carbon composite plates are made. Who knows if you need this information. As he said, he used to work in a warehouse.

- Great. And where is this warehouse?

- Ahem. He first asked for money for the information, he says he has a hard time with it.

- And who doesn't have a hard time with it... - taking out his smartphone, Taiko went into his investment portfolio, namely All Might shares. They went up by 1.6%, which brought Taiko 160,000 yen. He shuddered slightly, trying not to show his emotions. Taiko did not expect this. Apparently, some positive event for the stock pumped up the price, so he fixed the profit. -Or maybe not so bad...How much did he ask for?

-One hundred thousand yen...

-Throw me the bill.

After paying, Taiko received the geolocation on the virtual map of the smartphone.

-Come tomorrow morning, I'll give you 9mm.

Taiko got everything he needed. His suit needed to be updated, this became clear after a skirmish with Stain, who also had some kind of armor, but carbon plates would be the best possible addition. Super strong, flexible, very light, and wear-resistant.

It is unknown whether they could withstand a direct hit from All Might, more likely no than yes. But Taiko did not plan to fight All Might. Will he be able to escape if a chase begins from a monster in the world of heroes, capable of accelerating to several Machs? Let's say Taiko hopes to never run into trouble.

The next thing he plans to solve is the problem with the cameras. It would be great to be able to turn them off. That way, he wouldn't have to worry about being followed if he wanted to retreat and then having his identity exposed. It's pretty easy for him to retreat now that he has wings.

Stain said that Grimm doesn't deserve to live because he wants to make money while saving lives, having fun, and taking lynching, but Taiko thinks that he's just combining business with pleasure. -"We should find Stain somehow. Maybe he's not so bad compared to Tomura."

"You're only wrong about one thing, Stain. I'm not a hero to be judged like one.