Rewind:
— Donald: Chief Scientist of Blue Site. Quirk: Nudge
— Reijirou Saionji: Tycoon of Saionji Group. Quirk: Soothsayer
— Rikuya Saionji: Luke's Stepbrother. Quirk: Dream Walk
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Blue Site,
Chief Scientist Donald, bald with a light white beard and glasses, had an unusual, but handy Quirk — he could nudge someone for or against his wishes by touching them.
Say, Donald gave a gun to some man, used his Quirk on him, and that man ended up pulling the trigger on Donald's cheating wife. No fingerprints, no witnesses—just poetic justice.
Was that example worthy enough to be called a Villain?
Perhaps.
Perhaps not.
Donald scoffed, remembering the bitch. If it wasn't for the rascal, with whom his wife cheated on him, getting away at the last moment, none would have even found out about it.
Just like they still didn't know about the rest of the 38 murders… Even Mr. Reijirou didn't know about them.
Remembering all those murders, Donald frowned.
He couldn't control it. His Quirk.
It demanded him to use it.
When Subject Minus One was here, Donald had constantly urged the subject to snap his fingers.
The subject never wanted to do so with the more complex mutations, but the experiment must continue.
So, Donald kept using his Quirk, urging the subject to go against his survival instincts.
In fact, Donald did it so, so many times that he had forgotten the murders.
He had gotten used to — touching the Subject Minus One.
Touch. Touch. Touch. Touch.
Touchhhhhhhhh!!!
His subject… He must touch his subject…
He must urge the subject to do something against his will…
HE MUST!
"Professor." The voice jolted Donald out of his thoughts. "It's time."
"Charles!" Chief Scientist Donald smiled broadly. "You will be coming with me."
"It would be an honor to visit the Saionji Mansion with you, Sir," Charles said. "It's been a long time since I caught up with Luke and Nyx."
Ever since the subject started school, he had been coming less and less to the Blue Site, despite the promise of monthly visitation by Reijirou Saionji.
Only today, they had learned that the subject had ended up using their failsafe — Raven Quirk.
It had been Donald's idea — Let the subject show a downgraded version of Bioalchemy. Keeping the Quirk locked-in would only irritate him.
Of course, Donald had taken a page out of his book while recommending this.
He hadn't known that the subject would end up revealing it not after becoming a full-fledged Hero three years later, but much before as a student, and that too in front of Villains.
No. Donald couldn't wait anymore. What if something happened to the subject?
So, getting up from his chair, and bringing the smile on his face, Donald nodded to himself.
Today, he would touch the Subject Minus One —
— and force the subject to return to the Blue Site on his own.
…
Seated in the study room, Mr. Saionji held his head as he read the report submitted by Sand.
It was happening, wasn't it?
This was like his worst nightmare coming true right in front of his eyes, Reijirou believed. As if that wasn't painful already, he felt helpless against it.
All the wealth.
All the connections.
All the powerful people around him.
Yet, the one boy who could… would be the salvation of humanity, he couldn't keep him safe, either.
Reijirou began scrolling down, seeing the images attached by Sand.
They showed all the Villains, including the Nomus, who Reijirou had been searching for all this while. For Luke's sake, he must know any threat that could rise to All Might's intervention level, and eliminate it before it could become more than that.
Yet, he hadn't found anything.
Sigh! Reijirou let out a breath and rubbed his eyes, scrolling down.
Suddenly, in the last, an image made him pause, his eyes flickering at the sight.
It showed Luke in his Hero Costume, which he liked to call Black, with Nyx on his shoulder, drooling.
The boy was surrounded by girls… girls! There was Yaoyorozu's daughter, another girl with pinkish skin, and a girl with long ears. Between them, Luke was standing with a shy smile on his face, his cheeks going red.
Reijirou put the tablet on the desk but kept looking at the image from afar… for a long time.
…
Looking at the stars, seated at the edge of the roof of a skyscraper, Rikuya Saionji realized exactly how much he hated his stepbrother — enough to lose his manhood rather than liking Luke.
First, his father brought the blond-haired bastard home, along with that uncouth bird.
"Crow!" Rikuya shouted out his lungs. "You are a fucking crow — you dumb bird!!"
Second, his father began treating the boy as if he was even more important than his own son.
Rikuya had seen his mother cry alone in the bedroom. He had seen his sister screaming to have some time with their father. He had seen Luke get everything that he, his mother, and his sister never had, without ever asking for it.
Six years of his childhood… went just like that — hating the bastard.
But, yes, something changed a year ago, he remembered.
His father changed, spending less and less time with Luke? His sister changed, ogling at Luke as if he wasn't their stepbrother? His mother changed, not crying alone in her drawing hall anymore?
No.
It was Luke.
The bastard had changed.
A strange gust of wind played with Rikuya's hair.
"What are you thinking?" the voice came from behind.
Rikuya looked over his shoulder and found Mountain Hero: Mt. Lady coming to stand next to him, wearing her sultry hero costume.
Of course, it wasn't truly Mt. Lady.
"Why are you here?" Rikuya asked, frowning. "Why in her body?"
"Ara!" Mt. Lady winked at him. "Don't you like older women? Isn't this body good enough?"
A vein throbbed on Rikuya's head. "No!" he shouted. "I will not do anything for you anymore! I am done with playing your games!"
The playful smile on Mt. Lady's face didn't go away, though. "He needs your help, Rikuya. We must help him."
Rikuya narrowed his eyes. "What that idiot did this time?"
"One of his classmates saw him transforming from Dr. Blessed to his usual Hero Costume," Mt. Lady explained, looking apologetic.
"$$%^###" Rikuya cursed. "Is he an idiot?! Isn't he supposed to be a genius?! That's such a rookie mistake!"
Mt. Lady's mouth twitched wryly. "Please," she said. "Pretty please…"
"No!" Rikuya got up, fuming. "First, you made me see what used to happen at the Blue Site. So, I agreed.
"Didn't I go to Principal's dream and make him bring All Might to home? Didn't I plant the idea of sending Sand as a teacher to UA in my father's dream? Why must I do more?! I don't owe anything to that stupid bastard… blubhh…"
Mt. Lady pressed Rikuya's head against her massive breasts. "Pretty please?"
Rikuya snatched himself away from her grip, going red. He looked at her, gnashing his teeth, and then tsked. "Tch! Alright! But you know I can't make this girl forget anything, right? All I can do is suggest to not talk about it to anyone. And that too if she's already struggling with the decision…"
"Yeah, yeah," Mt. Lady rolled her eyes. "Let's go…"
Why I am doing this again? Rikuya closed his eyes, complaining. For that bastard…
Then, he just fell back, jumping off the skyscraper roof.
But there was no fear of dying on his face.
Suddenly, everything began melting away around him like a multicolored fog.
Gently, Rikuya landed on nothing and began walking in the general direction as directed by Mt. Lady.
He put his hands inside his pockets, looking up at a sky that no longer existed.
He lived in dreams. He laughed in dreams. He cried in dreams. More than everything, he walked in dreams.
And as he kept going on, he suddenly realized something.
It wasn't his father, his sister, his mother, or Luke who had changed first.
It was him — Rikuya Saionji — a business course student at UA — the Dream Walker.
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