Growing out of it were several other smaller mushrooms that they were reaching toward to pull them out one after another.
That continued for a long time until they started to reach their limit.
Pulling too much from their head seemed to behave similarly to how Mineta would pull out too many grapes, resulting in his scalp starting to bleed.
The overuse of that type of Quirk could hurt the user, but training could help to overcome that issue and to help increase the number that could be pulled out before the scalp starts bleeding like that.
Each of them seemed to have the same type of Quirk or a similar variation of that type of Quirk that was within the mushroom family.
All of them were held captive and being used in such a manner that they were being exploited for their ability to grow those mushrooms from their bodies.
If they were being exploited in such a way, then there had to be something special about the effects of those mushrooms.
Not all of them had mushrooms just growing from their scalps, as some of them had them growing from other parts of their bodies.
It just depended on where they grew naturally, while some others were able to grow them in other parts to cover their body more in a layer of mushrooms.
That was the reality of what had been hidden from others and had been kept a closely guarded secret for the source of the gang's operations.
It had been the primary source of their expansion in the way they were able to obtain so much in a short amount of time.
The mushrooms were not ordinary mushrooms by any means.
They varied depending on what kind of mushrooms they were, as some could be more poisonous, while others had certain properties that could be used for medicine or drugs of various types.
If used in other ways, they could have effects that would need to be more controlled or made illegal to be distributed or consumed by people.
Tiffany did not know it, but she had stumbled onto something very dark and dangerous.
It would end up becoming something that would take a lot more cunning and power to be able to overcome.
There was a lot more to it all that she would be heading into soon enough.
Meanwhile, in another room located in the same building, a man had been sitting at a table as he kept listening to a call that was put on speaker so that he did not have to put the phone up to his ear to hear it.
The voice on the other end of the call was quite clear to hear, as it had a scary and intimidating tone about it. "How is the plan going? How much of the surrounding area have you all managed to grab?"
The man seated in the dark could not be seen too clearly, but he had a heavy male voice. "It is progressing well. If we push aggressively, we should be able to get all of what we need before the deadline."
The person on the other end of the call remained silent before giving a stern warning. "Do not mess this up. The end of this will grant great rewards for all, but one mistake will end up ruining everything.
Squash anyone and anything that interferes. Do what must be done to achieve the objective as fast as possible. The louder you are, the better! I do not care what kind of chaos you cause so long as it serves our purpose.
It would actually be better if you cause more problems so that more eyes will be on that area and so that more such people will agree to what we want. The plan to change that area will be ours to take advantage of, and all you need to do is to evacuate when the time is right and to reap the benefits."
The man sitting in the room listened quietly before answering. "I got it. I thank you for supporting us this far. We will continue to be loyal to you and will work hard to achieve your goals."
The man sitting in the chair was the boss of the gang, but he was the one talking like a subordinate to the person on the call.
That could only mean that the person they were in a call with had been above them and very important enough for him to lower himself like that.
It had shown how the gang itself and its actions had been just the tip of the iceberg.
The true plan had yet to be fully revealed, but from what had been discussed, there did seem to be some kind of plan related to the land itself and some form of redevelopment that could be profited from.
It could explain why they had been so aggressive with seizing the properties and forcing people into desperate enough situations that they would end up being forced onto the streets.
Even if they ended up causing enough problems to get noticed, it would actually be in their best interest since they had the property deeds and could just disappear when actions were being taken to clean up the area from the gangs and other things harming it.
A redevelopment plan would be just what would be put forward to counter a lot of troublesome areas, to bring life and civility back into that community.