MHA Universe, Earth, Japan, Jaku City.
In the center of a large urban area in Jaku City, a thin rift, only large enough for one person to pass through sideways, opened in the center of a public park. Through that rift, a head, covered by a black mask, poked out before surveying the surroundings.
"Okay, there's no one around." The person in the mask, Tatsuo, said quietly as he slid the rest of his body out of the rift. "If there was anyone here, I'd have some explaining to do."
Once Tatsuo slipped out of the spatial rift, it quickly closed behind him. At the same time, Tatsuo overlapped space over himself to obscure his presence, putting himself in a state of stealth.
Continuing to look around, Tatsuo took in the view of the park with a somewhat nostalgic gaze.
"Seriously, having memories implanted every time I take a mission is crazy." Tatsuo muttered to himself. "I know for a fact that I've never been here before. Yet, because of those memories, this place feels oddly familiar. Though, it looks a lot small er than it did in my memories… Is that because I'm older than I was back then? Or maybe because the park has shrunk thanks to construction projects."
Deciding that the answers to those questions did not matter, Tatsuo began [Blinking] towards the edge of the park. And when he finally reached a street, he looked around quickly for somewhere he could duck into and dispel his stealth state. His smartphone did not pick up a signal while he was basically in another dimension, after all.
It did not take long for Tatsuo to find a small café near the park. When he did, instead of exiting stealth to open the door, he [Blinked] inside. Then, he made his way towards the men's restroom, [Blinked] past the door, and entered one of the stalls. And only then did he dispel the stealth.
"Alright, let's see…" Tatsuo muttered to himself as he pulled his smartphone out of one of his tactical suits pockets. "I need to figure out exactly where the hospital is. That shouldn't be a problem, though."
Operating his smartphone efficiently, Tatsuo quickly found Jaku General Hospital's location with the use of GPS. Then, he slipped his phone back into his pocket before reactivating stealth and [Blinking] to the café's roof.
"It should be one and a half kilometers in that direction." Tatsuo said to himself as he turned to look in a certain direction. Pulling out his smartphone once again to take one more quick look at the GPS directions, Tatsuo quickly put it away again once he was sure that he was right. Then, he [Blinked] away from the café rooftop, leaving one final sentence to float away with the breeze. "Well then, let's put this doctor down."
[Blinking] from rooftop to rooftop, Tatsuo eventually reached the vicinity of Jakub General Hospital.
"Now, the only issue is that I don't' know the hospital's layout." Tatsuo muttered to himself while looking at the Jaku General Hospital from a nearby rooftop. "And searching the whole place will take forever. *Sigh* So troublesome."
Stopping to think about how he would proceed, Tatsuo spent the next few minutes standing on top of the building just watching the entrance.
MHA Universe, Earth, Japan, Musutafu.
Meanwhile, back at the karaoke box, the rest of the students from Class 1-A who were attending the meet up had arrived and were gathered in the room Tatsuo booked.
"Hey, is Soramoto okay?" Eijiro asked a few minutes after everyone had arrived. "How long has he been in the bathroom, again?"
"It's been about ten minutes." Momo replied while looking down at her designer wrist watch. She then looked up a she continued. "Do you think we should send one of the boys to check on him?"
"I'll go." Hanta said while raising one of his hands. "I need to go, too. So, I can check on him on the way."
Hearing that, both Akatsuki and Sakura, who were aware of why Tatsuo had been away for so long, exchanged glances.
"*Sigh* He's really popular, isn't he?" Akatsuki said while smiling wryly.
"He is." Sakura replied with a smile of her own. "But would you expect anything else from Tatsuo-Kun? He's just that outstanding."
After saying that, Sakura's expression morphed into that of a lovestruck fool, causing Akatsuki to roll her eyes.
"Now's not the time to get lost in your fantasies, Sakura." Akatsuki said as she reached out and pinched Sakura's cheek. "For now, we need to figure out how to stop them from going to the same rest room as Tatsuo-Kun. Otherwise, they're going to figure out that he's not even in there."
The pinch on the cheek pulled Sakura out of her daydreams. At the same time, Akatsuki's words made her get serious once again.
"You're right, but we can't exactly stop the boys from going to the bathroom, can we?" Sakura asked with a small frown on her face.
"No, we can't." Akatsuki replied while shaking her head lightly. "But we can let him know that someone is coming."
Hearing that, Sakura's eyes lit up. She then pulled out her smartphone and started texting Tatsuo.
MHA Universe, Earth, Japan, Jaku City.
*Buzz!* *Buzz!*
"Hmm?" Tatsuo hummed in surprise as he reached into his pocket to check the notification he just received.
As soon as Tatsuo looked at the notification, which was a text from Sakura, his eyebrows rose slightly. Then, he exhaled an exasperated sigh and put his phone away again.
"Seriously? Can't a guy get the shits without people bothering him?" Tatsuo asked as his right index finger lit up with midnight purple [Energy]. He then continued while swiping his finger through the air to create a tear in space. "Fine, I'll handle this real quick. I should grab a laptop from home to hack into the hospital's surveillance system, too."
With that, Tatsuo stepped through the spatial rift and returned to the rest room in the karaoke box.
MHA Universe, Earth, Japan, Musutafu.
Upon returning to the rest room, Tatsuo quickly changed back into his casual clothes, throwing the tactical suit back into his [Inventory]. Then, he unlocked the bathroom door before hurrying into one of the stalls. After that, his performance began.
"*Grunt* *Grunt* Ahh!" Tatsuo made realistic noises of struggle, putting his [Acting Skill] to use. "Damn… That fish Alfonzo made really isn't playing nice with my stomach."
*Click!*
In the middle of Tatsuo's sentence, the sound of the door opening could be heard. And just as Sakura's message said, it was Sero Hanta who stepped into the rest room. Meanwhile, Tatsuo was sitting on the toilet so that if Hanta, for some inexplicable reason, happened to look under the stall's door, he would see his feet were in the right positions, At the same time, Tatsuo tore open another spatial rift, one that led to his bedroom, and pulled his laptop off his desk.
"Dude, are you okay?" Hanta asked after hearing Tatsuo's grunts.
"Huh? Ahh! Sero, I'm *Grunt* fine." Tatsuo replied as he stuffed the laptop into his [Inventory]. "I'm just *Grunt* really backed up. *Grunt* Something I ate isn't agreeing with me."
"Ooh!" Sero exclaimed in understanding. He then continued while making his way over to a urinal. "Yeah, we've all been there before. Well, I hope you're alright, everyone is worried about you, man."
"Ah! Thanks. *Grunt*" Tatsuo replied as the sound of Hanta unzipping his pants and starting to take care of his own business sounded through the restroom. "Let everyone know I'll be fine. I'll come back as soon as I'm done. And I'll be as good as new when I get back."
*Flush!*
"Got it." Hanta replied as he zipped up his pants. "Well then, I'll see you later."
That was followed by the sound of Hanta washing his hands and making his way out of the rest room. However, Tatsuo did not stop as soon as Hanta left, waiting until he could no longer sense him near the rest room. Yet, Tatsuo could not help but chuckle when he heard Hanta speaking to himself in the hallway.
"I'm really starting to wonder if that guy is even human." Hanta muttered to himself just outside the rest room door. "I mean, his [Quirk] is already crazy enough. Then, he also showed off his close-quarters-combat skills in class and against the villains. And now, it doesn't even stink when he takes a shit."
As his chuckling subsided, Tatsuo felt that Hanta was far enough away. So, he quickly left the stall, locked the door to the rest room, and changed back into his tactical suit. Then, he tore open another spatial tear and returned to the rooftop from which he was watching the Jaku General Hospital.
MHA Universe, Earth, Japan, Jaku City.
Once again on the rooftop near Jaku General Hospital, Tatsuo sat down cross-legged. Then, he pulled his laptop out of his [Inventory] and began hacking into the hospital's network. And it did not take him long to find the surveillance feeds, floorplan, and Dr. Garaki's location. And when he saw that Garaki was just about to get into a luxurious sedan in the hospital's underground garage, Tatsuo could not help having his eyebrows shoot up in alarm.
"Damn it… I was almost too late." Tatsuo muttered to himself as he tossed the laptop back into his [Inventory]. He then took a running start towards the edge of the building facing the hospital and leapt. "If I mis the opportunity, I'll have to wait for another one. And I really don't like waiting."
Once airborne, Tatsuo [Blinked] at the height of his jump, appearing on the hospital's roof a moment later. He then [Blinked] once again, appearing at the edge of the roof and looked down at the parking garage's exit.
"There it is." Tatsuo said as he watched Dr. Garaki's sedan pull out onto the street. "The question is, how should I handle this? Should I make it look like an accident? Or maybe I should just stop his heart while he's driving. Hmm… Decisions, Decisions…"
As he said that, Tatsuo vanished from the hospital's roof with another [Blink]. In the next instant, he was sitting in the passenger seat of Dr. Garaki's sedan while in his stealth state. However, he did not act immediately. Instead, he quickly scanned the interior of the car.
'So, he's got a couple of dash cams, huh?' Tatsuo muttered internally while looking around. 'Well, I guess that makes sense. If he were to get taken out while driving, AFO would wanna know who did it, right? But I bet that one pointing outside isn't actually hooked up to anything. Wouldn't want anyone to have proof of where he's been , after all. *Sigh* But I can't take that chance, either. Well, whatever. I'll just get the job done, phase through the car, and get the hell outta here.'
Despite those thoughts, Tatsuo still did not act. For some reason, something felt off to him. And when he had that feeling, he finally took a look at Dr. Garaki.
Dr. Kyudai Garaki was a short, portly old man with a completely bald head and a large, extremely bushy mustache. He also wore a pair of sunglasses that completely obscured his eyes along with a well-tailored suit, looking just like a successful doctor.
'*Sigh* I can't wait forever.' Tatsuo thought to himself. 'I don't' have all day. Whatever's going on, I'll just have to improvise.'
With that, Tatsuo flexed his right wrist. With the motion, a long, thin needle appeared between his fingers. Then, he waited for the perfect opportunity to act.
And that opportunity did not take long to appear, as Tatsuo noticed that the car was approaching a short tunnel.
'Perfect.' Tatsuo thought to himself. 'I'll just grab his briefcase after I put him down. Then, I'll get the hell outta here. Probably shouldn't take it to Alfonzo's place, though. There's no guarantee that it's not bugged. I don't need to lead AFO right to us.'
As soon as that thought passed, the car entered the tunnel. Using the short time it would take for the camera to adjust to the low light, Tatsuo dropped his stealth for an instant as he pressed the needle into an acupuncture point on Dr. Garaki's neck, one that would stop the blood in his head from flowing out. Then, he reached into the backseat to grab the doctor's briefcase.
Yet, before he could even put a finger on the briefcase, Tatsuo's expression changed. Then, without even thinking about it, Tatsuo [Blinked] out of the sedan and returned to the tunnel's entrance.
*Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!*
In the next instant, Dr. Garaki's car exploded, sending debris flying in all directions. Unfortunately, this led to the other cars in the tunnel being affected, as well. As a result, there were a number of car crashes which led to a number of injuries and deaths.
At the same time, Tatsuo appeared outside of the tunnel, standing on a platform of solidified space, while watching the aftermath of the explosion. Yet, if one could see his face, they would notice that there was no guilt on his face from the damage his assassination caused. Instead, his eyes were completely focused on a mostly charred corpse that lay on the side of the road.
Naturally, that corpse was Dr. Garaki's. And to Tatsuo's surprise, it was aging at an extremely rapid rate.
"Weird." Tatsuo muttered to himself. "Does that mean that hi [Quirk] made him younger? I wonder why AFO didn't take that one for himself?"
Unfortunately, Tatsuo had not read or watched enough of My Hero Academia to know much about Dr. Garaki. The only thing he knew was that the doctor worked for All for One and was the one who created the Nomu. So, killing him was a necessity in his book.
As for the people who died because of the dead man bomb rigged to Garaki's car? Tatsuo considered them a necessary sacrifice. With Garaki dead, the number of people who would die at the hands of his creations would be reduced by a large amount. And that was a sacrifice he could live with.
"It's a shame I couldn't see what was in that briefcase, though." Tatsuo muttered to himself while closing the distance between where he [Blinked] and Dr. Garaki's corpse. "If he had a dead man switch set up, there was probably some pretty damning evidence in there…. Or somewhere in that car. *Sigh* Oh well… Nothing I can do about it now."
Eventually, Tatsuo reached the side of Dr. Garaki's body. When he did, he checked the man's vitals. And just as expected, there was no pulse. Even so, he did not want to leave anything to chance. So, he picked up a couple of broken pieces of the car and threw them at the doctor, one piercing his heart while the other lodged itself in his brain. He then [Blinked] away from the scene, leaving the aftermath for the authorities to deal with.