Chapter 55 - Trigger

"I - I'm not dead?" The man was confused.

"You're not," Brando answered. He had opened his mask and his blonde hair was the only thing that made the man able to recognize him directly.

"W - What are you going to do with me?" The man was scared and knew that the young man in front of him could transform him into a stone and it wasn't that much different from death itself.

"You don't need to worry, I'm not doing anything for you," Brando said.

"Really?" The man was grateful but he still felt suspicious.

"Of course, I won't let you go without insurance," Brando said and made a small cut on his hand.

The man panicked, "W - What are you doing? Aren't you going to release me?"

"Of course, you can go now, I have placed a virus on your body when you have reported me, you will know what happens next, right?" Brando said with a smile. He actually also wanted to test the power of his virus and he had a perfect genuine pig in front of him. He was wondering how long that his virus could stay in his body.

"....." The man suddenly became pale, "V - Virus?" He was wondering why this young man could be accepted in the best hero school in this country.

"You don't need to worry as long as you don't do anything that will harm me, you will be fine," Brando said.

"....." The man sighed and wondered why he accepted the job to attack the U.S.J. He felt that he had a lot of misfortune happening to himself.

"Now that you mention it, what's your name?" Brando asked and added, "Don't even lie since that virus has an effect of lie detection, once you lie you will turn into a fossil." He was bluffing this time since the man in front of him didn't know the truth it was better to exaggerate his Quirk.

"....." The man sighed and said, "My name is Inazuka."

"Inazuka, eh? Are you a villain if so then I will send you the pro hero since I will get credit for doing that," Brando said.

"Of course not! I'm just a small member of the yakuza group! Yakuza isn't a villain group, right?" Inzauka said.

'Yakuza group? Interesting?' Brando knew that yakuza which was legal had become a fossil in this era and every yakuza group would live under constant surveillance. He knew that the yakuza itself was almost under extinction since most of them had been apprehended by the hero. He thought for a bit and asked, "Which group?"

"Shie Hassaikai," Inazuka had given up and decided to tell him anything. He didn't want to turn into a fossil once more and there was a virus on his body. He knew that if he did something that tried to harm him he would say goodbye to his life.

Brando thought for a bit and took out the good that he had stolen from earlier. He turned it back to normal and asked, "Do you know this?"

The thing that he had stolen was a liquid inside a tube and there was an injection that could be used to inject the liquid inside a body of someone.

"Hmm?" Inazuka looked at the thing in his hand, "Isn't this a trigger?"

"Trigger?" Brando raised his eyebrow.

"Yeah, it's a type of drug that gives a boost to an individual's Quirk but also weakening their sense of reason," Inazuka said and explained, "There are two versions: the oral type and the injection type, the one on your hand is the injection type."

"I can see that," Brando said and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Hmm, it should be from our group since there is this symbol on the tube, there aren't a lot of distributors in this town that sell this drug away," Inazuka said and added, "Our boss is a genius chemist, you see? He can develop a lot of drugs that can be sold for money." He seemed quite proud when he told him about his boss.

"You sure know a lot," Brando said.

"Yes, my brother has a high ranking there," Inazuka said.

Brando nodded, "Then you should go back, tell me your numbers and don't even dare to change it."

"Why?" Inazuka felt desperate now. He was wondering what this kid wanted to do with him.

"Nothing, your number might be useful later, I will keep it for now," Brando said.

"..." Inazuka was very hesitant to give his information to him.

"Don't dawdle around or else....." Brando started to manipulate the virus inside the body of this man.

Suddenly his skin turned slowly into stone.

"W - Wait!?" Inazuka saw the stone stop spreading from his hand and sighed in relief. He looked at him with a helpless expression and told him his number.

"Alright, I'm going back now," Brando said and flapped his wings to fly.

Inazuka sighed in relief when he saw he had gone away. He didn't want to see that kid again in his life.

"Oh, that's right, I have almost forgotten something."

"H - Huh? What?" Inazuka looked at his figure who was flying in the sky. He had to admit that he was really cool right now.

"If I die you will die too," Brando said and left him behind.

"....." Inazuka was helpless now and wondered whether there was something that could help him to kill the virus on his body. He thought for a bit and decided to give up since he didn't have that much money. He also had given up his revenge since it seemed very impossible right now. He looked around and didn't know where he was right now. He checked the money in his pocket but it was empty. He twitched his lips and wondered whether he had been robbed by that kid, "Is he really a hero?"

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Brando yawned while flying. He had done his matter and he needed to train his body for the sports festival. He knew there were at least three people that he needed to be careful at the sports festival but he would be the winner.

'I need to visit the support division tomorrow,' Brando also thought that he wanted another costume since he wanted something that he could change for each session. He landed in his apartment, took out all of his clothes and slept soundly like a baby. He was happy that his experience was successful and he thought to try other things tomorrow.