Chapter 155: A Deal (1/2)

Chapter 155: A Deal

"…A sponsor?" Minutely "Let ain, you want me to be your sponsor?"

"Yes," said Aldrich

"I would bethe pure color of your willpower and how ht, but I have to ask: what for?" said Minute, I don't think that's going to be necessary for so as you have a relatively crime free record on your CID, hell, even if you haven't exactly been on the straight and narrow path, soto see what you did and try to snap you up

And they've got a lot more power than me to fast track you to top hero status in the AA

All the powers you've used today probably exceed any power regulation license you have, but the corps and their lawyers will get that cleared from you in a flash

Once that's done, you can submit an application to the AA with a corporate backer and then it's s from there

You'll start out in the B class at theand well funded backer like a Corp

Probably A class honestly speaking, considering you took down that monster of a Locus

But with someone liketo th of awhat'll happen at a hearing"

"That won't work for " Aldrich understood where Minute fro a corp to sponsor hi an application nor, it would be n with a corporation and have the as Aldrich's past wasn't completely horrible, the corp would fast track hih ranks with their s were another way for Alters not affiliated by the Alterhuency to enter the supers industry, particularly after incidents where they used their powers in a way beyond what they were licensed to do for the sake of public safety

However, where Minuteman's confusion arose was in the fact that Hero Consideration Hearings were used mostly for villains, mercenaries, and other criminal entities that had less than favorable pasts or, in the case of Nooverned walled city, no traceable past at all

The hearings were meant for people like these, people that lived in the dirt and shadows, to have a chance to step into the light, have their criminal records wiped clean, and enter the supers industry with a fresh new start

That hy for these hearings, established heroes needed to sponsor an Alter for a hearing after deterth to be solid

In the hearing, a panel of higher ups in the AA, governe whether the Alter in question could actually fit in the supers industry co on how bad the Alter's past was, they could get arrested right then and there to answer for their past crihtened sentence, of course, but no self-serving Alterto jail just for the chance to be a hero when in all likelihood they had just as good if not better lives using their services for the criminal underworld

In that sense, Hero Consideration Hearings were basically like court trials You win the trial, and you're allowed to put on a cape and join the AA If you don't, you get arrested and one more potential menace to society is out of the streets

That hy Hero Consideration Hearings practically never happened

On top of that, it was difficult to get one authorized in the first place Heroes of all ranks could sponsor others, but only a sponsorshi+p frouaranteed a hearing

"…So you are a criminal Or a villain," said Minuteement in his voice Just some minor surprise that his suspicions had been confirmed

"A villain? No, not exactly," said Aldrich "I have no real traceable cri listed anywhere nobody knoho I am or where I came from And I want it to stay that way"

Technically, Aldrich was dead And he wanted the anonyave hiht, then he would also wipe any records of hi him completely invisible