CHAPTER 071(Tokyo Central Bank)
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Aside from a stopping few minor thefts, Horizon hadn't done anything exciting on the first day of his internship. Today would be much more exciting.
Walking through Tokyo with Burnin -Moe Kamiji-, Horizon is one step behind her as people constantly stare at them on the crowded streets.
Burnin was a young lady, Endeavor's most famous and powerful Sidekick. Her Hero Costume was rather simple. A grey double-breasted mini-dress with orange and black lining and accents. Two rows of buttons down the front of it and short slits at the sides so she can move easier.
Her belt has a temperature gauge for a buckle and a small fire extinguisher at the back of it. Strong thick legs in knee-high socks and short boots. And a pretty face was somewhat hidden beneath a black mask.
But in reality, the mask barely did anything.
Beacuse her entire costume was topped off with a head of green fire for hair. Seemingly appearing more like a liquid that's frozen in place, wild and messy. Perfectly matching her fiery personality and rambunctious nature.
All fit into a 169cm -5ft6.5- package, one inch shorter than Momo. Walking in front of Horizon the top of her head just barely reaches his neck.
Burnin raises a hand and stops abruptly, focusing in on the earpiece connecting her to the Endeavor Agency.
"What's going on?" Horizon asks.
A moment later she turns around and looks up at him, "some villains attacked the Tokyo Central Bank and took hostages, the cops want us there to help out, let's go!"
Without waiting for any response Burni's hair expands and all the loose piece meld together and grow, lifting her off the street and rocketing into the air.
Now soaring over the streets below she begins the somewhat long trip further into the heart of Tokyo to go help out.
"Great...this is gonna suck," Horizon mutters as he sees her disappear over the buildings. Already knowing he'd be quickly drained after this.
ROOM!
He opens the largest room he can, 7km in every direction, 2km more than before he joined UA. Having such a wide open space to train has done wonders for him already. This brings his area of influence to a total 14km diameter. As always he's in the middle, a blessing sometimes, and a curse in moments like these.
Focusing toward the southeast of his room he tries to find anything he can swap with.
SCAN!
The influx of information is instantly processed, but he can feel the toll on his mental stamina from scanning such a large area.
SHAMBLES!
He swaps for a candy wrapper he located in a back alley before instantly closing his ROOM.
"Four more of these to go..." he mutters, and starts the taxing process all over again.
SHAMBLES!
Law appears on a sidewalk, one more warp away from his destination. He shakes his head to stay focused, and opens another room.T/his chapter is updated by nov(ê(l)biin.co/m
SCAN!
'Oh, you can't be serious...' he sighs, finding nothing to swap to...an entire area of the city completely cleared out because of this bank heist. 'Fuck it.'
He raises his hand and flicks a finger upward.
TAKT!
At his desired location a peddle is ripped out of the sidewall by a seemingly invisible force.
Focusing on small objects is already difficult. With TAKT, if he can see them it's much easier to command them to move. Using SCAN and TAKT to move things that he's far away from him is taxing but has its uses.
But TAKT has a limit that only he and his parents know about.
Without adding much more energy and focus he can only command things to move as fast as gravity would naturally allow them.
For example, he can only move a rock as fast as it would naturally fall. Increasing the speed and force requires more energy, eventually leading to diminishing returns on his stamina use.
So ripping a pebble out of the floor, from this far away, without being able to even see it...
With his ROOM already pushed to the limit, it felt as if he tried to rip the sports festival stage out of the floor.
"Alright," Horizon nods. "Let's confirm what we can."
ROOM!
He closes his eyes and focuses, his ROOM expanding to cover everything for 200 meters in every direction.
"Get some men to clear the sewer system," Horizon says.
"What?" the captain taps one of the men behind him who immediately take off his headset to listen in.
"They entered through the front door but they've got another guy with a drill Quirk in the sewer. And he's got one big guy with him."
The captain looks surprised and confused, but he's ultimately grateful.
"Half a pound of C4 times 24, that's a dozen pounds, not enough to bring down a building that size but anyone in the main room when it goes off is probably dead...the Pros on hand should be enough if these guys are as weak as you say. Ok, I've got a plan that can end this now..."
ROOM!
Law takes a deep breath as his Quirk deactivates.
"I'm listening..." the captain says.
Five minutes later Horizon is standing with nearly fifty officers and 8 Pros, two having just arrived. They were all facing the front of the building ready for action. There was an assortment of rocks scattered about on the street which they were all staring at, guns lowered.
The news cameras were confused at what was going on, then they saw Horizon raise his hand. And snap his fingers.
SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES!
The two dozen hostages suddenly appear where some of the rocks were, without the bombs strapped to them.
For a moment they look bewildered and confused, then some of their eyes settled on Horizon and they slowly began to realize what was going on.
The surrounding crowd began to cheer as the police escorted the hostages to safety until this situation was resolved.
A moment later all the cops returned and pointed their guns at the remaining rocks, ready for action at a moment's notice.
Horizon raises his hand again, making a show of snapping his fingers.
SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES! SHAMBLES!
Thirteen naked and unarmed men suddenly appear in front of them, immediately freezing at the sight of all the guns aimed at them. And in the middle of all the officers, Horizon stood with his sword drawn and also pointed at them.
"You should surrender, this isn't a good look," Horizon says.
Half the men raise their hands, the others keep them down to preserve what little dignity they had left.
Less than a minute later all the men were arrested, each wearing handcuffs and a cloth sheet, stuffed into the back of armored trucks.
The captain walks up to Horizon as the men are sent off, giving him an apprehensive look.
"You sure about this?" he asks Horizon.
"Of course," Horizon says. "If I warp him and he moves his finger the bombs go off, and we can't take their word for it that it's only C4, the best course of action is to make sure they never go off, this ensures that."
"Assuming he doesn't freak out when it happens," the captain says.
"I'll get ahold of it before he can do that, trust me."
"I obviously do...just, cutting people up is really freaky..."
"I get that a lot."
"Well at least wear a vest," the captain says. "Your circumstance is pretty unique so I'm letting you use your Quirk, but if you get hurt then we both get in serious trouble, you could get expelled and I'll go to jail like those guys..."
"How about a camera, I'll warp away if things go bad, I promise."
"Fine...I really hope I don't regret this..."
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