40 Shadows, Lurking In The Dark (1/2)

Somewhere, at an abandoned construction site.

A figure, could be seen, standing in front of an empty house. He looked really young, probably around 14 years old. In front of this person, stood a tall man with a mask covering his entire face.

”Do you have what I asked you for?” the younger man asked.

The tall man smiled under his mask and replied,

”Now now, don't be too hasty, I have a suggestion. How about you work for us, I can tell that you are a highly capable individual and you have a lot of uncovered talent, how about you join our little group?” He put his hands into his pocket and pulled out a card.

”No thank you, I don't plan on being in a group with bunch of criminals and villains. After I am done with her, I will lay low.” The young man replied without a hint of hesitation.

The masked man continued, as if he didn't hear the young man.

”It's a pretty new group, we are called the league of villains. Our main goal is to kill All Might. One of my trusted subordinates controls it, but we need more capable members.”

This really surprised the young man, kill All Might? But soon, he shook his head and said, ”It's impossible to kill All Might, he is too strong. Average evildoers and villains won't be able to survive even a second against him. Why are you so confident in bringing him down?”

”I would really like to tell you however, you are still not a part of us, therefore I am sorry, but I cannot disclose any more information.”

The young man clicked his tongue and said, ”Okay, I will join you guys for a while till I get my revenge. I will be a temporary member, how about it?”

Hearing that, the masked man laughed. ”Sure sure, here, I am giving you all the information I have on that person and also the place of our hideout. Be sure to visit us soon.” he handed him the card and the USB containing information about his desired target.

The young man stared at the USB for a while before he silently left the place.

'I will definitely get you and torture you. You will be begging to die.'

Unbeknownst to the young man, there was another person present at the scene.

His face and his entire body was covered in hands. Despite looking like that, he was still a teenager.

”Sensei, why did you gave out our hideout?! What if he just calls heroes?”

The teenager scratched his neck in anger.

”Don't worry Tomura, we have other hideouts, this is just a little test to see whether he is trustworthy, besides, do you believe that someone other than All Might will be able to stop me? Especially when we finished our new weapon. In the future operations, I will be giving you Nomu. His strength is comparable to All Might, and with a bit of luck he might as well injury him greatly.”

”But master, wasn't our plan to kill him? Why should we only injure him when we have a chance to finish him off?!”

Masked Man sighed and replied, ”There is more to All Might than meets the eye. His will to protect, is strong and even if we corner him, he might just find enough strength in him to beat us. We need to tear him bit by bit and once he is the most vulnerable, we will kill him for real. Besides, I myself have underestimated him in the past and right now, I need to recuperate and save my strength for our final fight. Tomura, everything takes time.”

Tomura processed it for a bit before saying, ”I..understand, so, my mission for now, is to gather as many strong people as I can to help us fulfill our plan.”

The Masked man put his hand on Tomura's head and ruffled his hair.

”Good thinking Tomura, don't worry, from my intel, All Might will be teaching at U.A. Academy in five months. I plan on sending some spies into the school to gather some info on him and their security. You will be given as much assistance as I can give you.”