Anyone Beside You - Hitoshi Shinso x Reader

𝕷𝖚𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖈 - 7

"Have you no shame?" Todoroki inquired. The villains were shaking in their shoes.

"It looks like your plan was to scatter us and then before we could adapt to the situation we were dealt, kill us." Todoroki nearly chuckled, "Well, it looks like you were woefully unprepared. In fact, it looks to me like you've had no training. You haven't the slightest idea of how to use your quirks."

"Are you entirely sure that ice will hold them, Todoroki?" I asked.

"Yeah," great, thanks for the blunt response Todoroki. "Now then, let's gather some intel."

"I couldn't agree more," I muttered walking up to one of the villains near the end.

I could already hear him interrogating the enemy, "This... Power, it's..." His choice villain muttered. "He's not a kid! He's a monster."

"If you stay frozen, your cells will slowly die as you succumb to frostbite. Luckily for you, I want to be a hero, I'd like to avoid any unnecessary cruelty. But I can only do that if you tell me how you plan to kill All Might, that's the only way you'll survive." Frankly, I'm rather a fan of his interrogation tactics.

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I aimed for one of Shigaraki's lackeys that I had never directly seen beforehand, hoping for them to not recognize me. "Hello there." No response. Fine then, to get him to talk, I'll simply use scare tactics. Even just thinking about it had my heart pounding faster. This hadn't been the first time that I'd interrogated someone before. But it was the first time I did it as something between a hero and a villain. And it was the first time I interrogated for something I already knew.

"Did you know that there are 20 major arteries in the human body?" I could nearly feel the trembles from the follower in front of me. "A laceration to the femoral artery can kill you in 5-60 minutes without compression, a laceration to an Aorta anywhere from seconds to two minutes." The perks of my rough upbringing were the immense knowledge I had of the human body. Sure it sounds stupid. But knowing where to stab, knowing what kills. Knowing what is immensely painful, but won't kill you?

That's what the most versatile weapon is, knowledge.

"You wouldn't-" I cut them off.

"With every beat of your heart, the laceration rips more and more. Until eventually... You die. So what would happen if I just.." I reached for one of the knives along my belt, the lackey of course seeing this, began to panic. I craved the infliction of pain, all I wanted was for this villain to be trembling under my hand, for his screams to echo through my ears. Oh, how beautiful his blood would be when it's painted across the floor.

"You are a villain, aren't you? This is self-defense."

"So, I mean, you wouldn't want that right?" They shook their head furiously. "So you'll obviously tell me everything you know then. Won't you?" Gritting his teeth he nodded.

"Great. That's a good boy." I had to have something to go back on when Todoroki inevitably comes back to me to share intel, I can't just have all of this information right off the bat.

Before I could begin my string of questioning, I heard my classmates' screams, and I couldn't help but strengthen my grip on my knife as I heard their pleas, "Iida! Run!" I'm sure they, my classmates, believe Iida to be a star right now.