Chapter 131 - Hero Killer

Brando was quite busy in the morning since there were a lot of people who had contacted him through his phone. He needed to calm Kanan, along with Aquors members, Yui, Momo, etc. He didn't receive a call from Sorahiko but received a short email.

'Are you alright?'

Brando knew that this old man had confidence in himself and he only answered that he was alright after being hit by a truck. He was quite curious how Sorahiko would train Midoriya and wanted to see that seaweed head after he had been trained by his grandfather.

'Still, the news is quite fast,' Brando didn't expect for him to enter the news today. He read the news on the computer and had to admit that his photo was quite handsome. He needed to be thankful to anyone who was taking his photo.

Knock!

"Don't get carried away!" Ryukyu said while knocking on his head. She could tell from his expression that this guy was happy with the news.

"..."

Brando caressed his head and looked at her, "Will you go out on patrol today?" He wasn't that angry and asked her a question. He had been going out patrolling with Nejire but he had never gone out with Ryukyu.

Ryukyu thought for a while and said, "Let's see... If there is a call then I'll bring you out together with Nejire. For now, why don't you stay in the office to learn how to manage this office?"

"Alright," Brando didn't really mind whether he would be patrolling or staying in the office since his purpose coming here was to learn.

"Eh? We're not going on patrol today?" Nejire asked with a quite disappointed expression. She was a bundle of cheerfulness and it was hard to keep her indoors for long. She might get depressed and need to be taken out on the outside to keep her mood happy.

"Hmm, I am a bit busy since I have to manage the Hero Killer," Ryukyu said.

"Hero Killer?" Nejire and Brando turned toward Ryukyu since they were curious.

Brando had learned from the past few days that Hero Killer had struck another hero and made them become handicapped.

"Yeah. The Public Safety Commission has notified me that I need to be careful," Ryukyu said.

"Isn't the Hero Killer's turf in Hosu City?" Brando asked. He remembered that the Hero Killer only attacked the hero who was living in Hosu City. He knew that it wasn't impossible that this Hero Killer would attack the other city too but he felt that it was unlikely since he was sure that the Hero Killer was living in poverty and there was only one person. If he was Hero Killer then he wouldn't go to another city but stayed in one city until his purpose had been reached but he knew that it was hard since there were a lot of heroes in Hosu City including Endeavor.

"That's true, but we need to be careful," Ryukyu said and added, "That's for both of you too, alright?"

"Yes!" Brando and Nejire nodded in response.

"So Dio what do you think of the thing that has been done by the Hero Killer?" Ryukyu said and asked, "What do you think about making him kill hero after hero?"

"You're asking me that now?" Brando raised his eyebrow.

"Well, I just want to learn what you think about this matter," Ryukyu said.

"Hmm... actually, I have researched this Hero Killer since my friend's brother was also hurt by the Hero Killer," Brando said while typing on the computer.

"Who?" Ryukyu was surprised.

"Ingenium. You know him, right? He was quite famous after all," Brando said, showing a picture of Ingenium.

"I know him," Ryukyu nodded since Ingenium was quite famous even though he didn't enter the top 10 hero ranking, "Then, how about we continue about this Hero Killer."

"Well, I am going to talk about that now," Brando typed the computer again and said, "Do you know why the internet is a good thing?" He showed them a photo of the Hero Killer when he was young, "This was the Hero Killer when he was young. His name is Chizome Akaguro and he was also a student of the hero department in the past but he has dropped out."

"What? Really?!" Ryukyu and Nejire were surprised and got close to the screen of the computer.

Brando was wondering whether both of them didn't realize that their b.r.e.a.s.ts were touching his shoulders but as a gentleman, he wouldn't mention this and he was more than happy to receive this treatment.

"It's surprising that you're able to get his information," Ryukyu said.

"Research is one of my hobbies and it isn't that difficult to learn about him," Brando said, and added, "Hero Killer or Stein is disappointed in hero society today since the hero in our country didn't match with the hero that is in his mind."

"What does that mean?" Nejire asked.

"Like in the comic book, you can see that a hero isn't something similar to us. They're working without getting paid," Brando said.

"So is it money?" Ryukyu frowned.

Brando nodded, "In his mind when money is involved the hero isn't a hero anymore since their reason isn't pure."

"But we're heroes! We're helping people and also catching the villains!" Nejire said and complained.

"I know that," Brando nodded and said, "People have their own opinion interpretation about a hero in their heart. We can't force our understanding of heroes into someone forcefully since it will lead to conflict."

"In the past, Stein wanted to push his understanding of heroes to society but no one heard him."

"That's why he has become the Hero Killer now," Ryukyu said, and added, "Stein wants people to realize that the hero isn't working because of money."

"That's the gist of it. It's better that we don't think too much about him since such a thought isn't healthy. What's important is that your actions," Brando said and caressed Nejire's head, "you have saved people and they're happy. That's all that matters."

Nejire nodded in response happily.

"Dio, can you give me a report about this Hero Killer?" Ryukyu asked.

"Sure. You don't need to ask since I will give it to you," Brando said.

"Thank you. You might become Sherlock Holmes in our office now," Ryukyu sighed and said, "I'll send this information to the Public Safety Commission."

"Yeah," Brando nodded and looked at Nejire, "What are you going to do?"

"I am free anyway. I had nothing to do," Nejire said and sat next to him.

"....." Brando shook his head and continued to work. He had never thought about Stein too much and only thought that guy was someone who had too much free time. He had never thought of himself as a hero but rather a mercenary and of course he would receive money after he had done his job.

'Each person has their own understanding of a hero, huh?' Nejire looked at him absentmindedly. She started to learn more about him and it made her happy. She jumped and hugged him suddenly.

"....."

"Nejire-chan. I can't work now," Brando said, but he was ignored by her, "I am being ignored now?"