THE SINS OF THE FATHER (BnHA Dad for One AU) | Second Book

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE: Dissonance

"Please someone help me."

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Toshinori couldn't help but cough up blood as he stood so suddenly after watching those huge explosions go off and destroy all the cameras in the location of the villains' base.

He grimaced as his brows furrowed in worry, frustration, and fear, and he clasped the scar he had received from All for One six years ago as he watched an eerily familiar scene play out with his green-haired student.

From the attention-grabbing move Izuku pulled, to the laugh and grin he gave his own classmates, to the explosion that dragged the unaware into the chaos-- it all managed to remind Toshinori of that despicable man.

Toshinori is aware that he was once quick to accuse Young Izuku as being that man's son simply by the appearance of his Quirk, a mistake of his that he is deeply ashamed of, and from which he has learned not to be quick to label a person just by their Quirk, but this is much different.

Toshinori knows that this kid he and his fellow teachers were watching is definitely not All for One's son, but he just couldn't help but wince as he continued to watch all this go on.

Instantly, he turned towards Nezu, his friend, to plead for the exercise to be stopped, but before he could even voice his worries, a report-- or rather, a message from their green-haired student arrived.

"This exercise is not over. I repeat, we are not finished yet. Principal Nezu, Aizawa-sensei, Vlad-sensei, All Might, I respectfully ask that you do not interfere with our battle until a definitive winner has been decided."

The green-haired student's voice somehow sounded more like his normal self in this message, but Toshinori still couldn't help but look over to the monitors relaying the feeds from the drones Nezu had dispatched to continue surveillance from above.

He watched as the eight present members of the hero team, including Izuku's three close friends start to surround him. The fears, sorrows, and anger visible on their faces even from the distance of the drones.

He then looked over to the greenet, and he felt his heart tighten when he thought he saw the same sadness and fear appear on Izuku's face.

He doesn't want to do this, he doesn't want to fight his own friends, this isn't what he wants, Toshinori could sense all of it. Young Izuku is sad and afraid.

Sekijiro (Vlad) and Shota were both looking over at the worried and frightened former no. 1 hero, before they looked over to the monitors and to Nezu, who was still calmly sipping his tea.

"So? Nezu, will we be entertaining Midoriya's request?" Sekijiro asked the mouse-bear-dog principal, all while hiding the concern in his voice. He's concerned about his students, it's true, but he finds the current situation still within the rules of the exercise.

Their aim with the rules and objectives was to properly simulate a realistic mission. It's just that they didn't think one of the villains would actually take it this far, and for that, it was an oversight in their part.

This was the same thought process Shota has, so while he was bothered by the powerful move his student pulled, if it's Izuku's choice to go on, then it should be his place to respect it.

Nezu proceeded to take one more sip from his tea before putting his cup down and giving his answer, "We will stand waiting till this exercise has definitely concluded."

"Nezu--" Toshinori tried protesting, but the principal immediately cut him off.

"But if any other unforeseen event happens, then the exercise will be immediately cease." Nezu gave the condition.