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14:30 | Crisis Ends
After more than 25 minutes since the start of the disaster, authorities finally declared the crisis over with the final death count being finalised for the day's conference.
128 fatalities (including 7 of the 8 attackers) and 489 wounded, along with 12 missing presumed to be trapped under the rubble or other unknown factors.
This marks it as one of the deadliest organised villainous attacks in modern history.
The first conference is first led by All Might, right beside the Mall itself, on a makeshift podium with all 14 other heroes who spearheaded the first responders standing beside him.
The next speaker was led by the chief cabinet secretary himself, even if only from a Zoom call as he was still managing other duties in the north.
But even though all confirmed attackers had been stopped, the motive of this attack is still under intense investigation by the police force, and the PSIA.
But with the evacuation notice just lifted law enforcement still needed time to retrace any clues left behind to light more path towards the truth of the attack.
But significant results only came several days after the investigation started, after several commercial buildings located in Tokyo Bay failed to meet their welfare check
Later investigation revealed that 4 warehouses have been secretly used as a storehouse for possibly tonnes of various types of drugs, with quirk-enhancing drugs being the majority of traces left behind.
Upon this discovery, the investigator quickly theorised that the attack may just be a deliberate diversion to allow such a large-scale trafficking operation to pass right under the city's nose.
This knowledge caused an uproar across the digital and real space with people blaming the government for a lack of tough actions against drug trafficking organisations and drugs coming from overseas in general.
In response to these criticisms, during a public hearing, the police and the HPSC promised a nationwide sweeping operation to
During a period of several months, elements of both the police and the HPSC conducted hundreds of raids on drug warehouses, criminal compounds, and even entire Yakuza families were hunted down.
Now, only a handful of such families are left, with those that survive either by making compromises or cutting a deal with the government themselves.
Even fewer are those that delve deeper into the shadows, sacrificing their past territory and influence to tighten their control and consolidate what they have.
But even then, the public was satisfied in the end as the numbers on drug-related incidents began decreasing at a rapid pace as the news covered raid after raid finally bringing an end to public unrest.
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Years later
Mustafa Private Middle School, 2nd-year men.
We sat down at one of the benches placed around the school's cafeteria with our group sitting nearby and around eating our lunch with the familiar chatting and playing.
The midterm exam is approaching and as any diligent schoolboys would we are preparing a very serious study session in order to achieve our maximum academic potential in our early years of formal education.
"Did the mall arcade close again?" A boy with green jelly-like hair asked.
"Yeah they're renovating again, you can go to the centre one if you want to go" Another boy with dark blue hair and glasses replied.
"Oh! I remember that one!" A pink-haired girl who sat next to him replied. "That's the one we went to on your birthday last time right Hirotaka?"
The glasses and the pink hair, Hirotaka Nifuji and Narumi Momose respectively, good people even if a bit odd at times. One is a game maniac, who can virtually beat anybody from our school in any sort of video game.
Also has the weird skill to sleep with his eyes open while sitting perfectly straight during every first lesson on Monday but that's trivia for later.
Our school once tried to add e-sports to the school festival, once, it was the same year when we first joined too.
The school never tried such things again after what happened that day, the picture of Nifuji standing on a podium with five medals on him is probably still hanging somewhere in the principal's office.
While the other one is... someone trying to hide the fact that she's a fujoshi.
"Trying" being the keyword, it's kinda hard not to notice the way she looks whenever there's a pair of schoolboys doing things together. We found out quite long ago actually, Nifuji kinda sucks at keeping that particular secret of her's.
But her boyfriend apparently hasn't found out so happy for her I guess.
Oh, and you probably noticed that we're not studying, it's definitely not because some dumbass author forgot to save their draft and ended up being too lazy to rewrite it, so we're going to spend the weekend at the arcade, mb~ ¯\_(^ω^)_/¯
"I don't know that one, have you gone there Suguru?" Then, a boy with red eyes and dark hair with unusually sharp teeth turned to ask me.
That is Eijirou Kirishima, a kind-hearted guy if lacking some self-confidence and is a bit reckless sometimes but his heart is always in the right place. A good friend of mine.
"Haah~ not really, it's been a while since we actually got to an arcade together right?" I replied as I took the last bite of my lunch box with a sigh.
Kirishima's red eyes perked up in interest at it. "Ho? You're in an unusually good mood. What about it?"
"Nothing-nothing, just remembered something funny that's all" Is all I answered him with. "Besides, why are we going out again? Didn't we already go karaoke last week?"
"Well how else are we gonna stop Hirotaka from playing games for two days straight?" Momose happily chimes as she pats Hirotaka's back playfully. "He doesn't even eat at all while doing all that!"
"Hey, I haven't successfully done that, my parents stopped me and Nao cried whenever he found out" He doesn't even deny attempting it.
Tomorrow's gonna be the start of the weekend, with October approaching its end our school is also preparing for the sports festival along with the midterm exam which comes just before it.
The final announcement for all the competitions had just been released today with baseball being the chosen main competition of this year's field day but other competitions are there as well, like a bunch of field races and the like.
But one last obstacle stood in the way of those dreaming of competing in baseball and in some cases other competitions.
*Requirement for Entering the Baseball Tournament*
- Must pass at least 5 out of 7 classes
"Come o—on don't be like that Hirotaka, you never decline when you're invited to the arcade right?" She convinced as she wrapped her arms around his shoulder.
"She's right you know?" Kirishima added. "Plus, I'm sure Suguru would be thrilled to get that Miracle Card he lost to you-"
Crack!
The sound of my fist cracking was loud enough to create an immediate silence among us.
"Oh? He can have it back when he could take it" And this guy just had to be competitive when it comes to MY Meteor Shower Miracle Card.
My smile almost slipped from the sheer disrespect.
"Oh?" 💢
We all calmed down after a while.
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But not long after, the topic of the midterm exam comes up again unannounced and unwanted.
"Aren't you guys supposed to worry about the exam?" The tactless Nifuji strikes again. "You guys specifically"
↑ Rank 7 in class, barely tries
⌇⌇⌇ "I'm sorry guys" ⌇⌇⌇ Kirishima had abandoned hope. "I don't think I'll be able to help you guys this year"
↑ Rank 32 in class
⌇⌇⌇ "me too..." ⌇⌇⌇ Said a non-important background character.
"Nifuji have some tact, it's not nice to pick on idiots"
↑ Rank 1 in class
"That still counts as picking on us you bastard!"
"That still counts as picking on us you bastard!" Is probably what they're thinking, but they didn't say it.
Momose just left a moment ago so it's just the guys left here now.
But unexpectedly.
"What's this? What's this? What're you guys talking about?" Another pink head appears, though it's more like pink everything for this girl.
Mina Ashido, the cheerful athletic social butterfly from another class that's possibly friends with everyone at school, we haven't verified that, but we still haven't managed to find anyone that's not her friend.
"Oh, Mina" I greeted first.
"M-Mina? Good afternoon!" Gosh, Kirishima try being a bit more obvious, this is what happens when your first-time crush happens in middle school.
"?" Great and she noticed too.
So, rather than watch my dear friend dig a dipper hole for himself I've decided to get myself some favour out of this.
"We're discussing the midterm exam"
"Ugh! My brain!" Thankfully she's also not that bright, so it's easy to put her off whenever as long as you mention the subject.
The slide glance I aim at Kirishima also sendsnitely send him the right message, judging from his reaction, so I'll probably be enjoying some free Soba after this.
"Ughhh maa~an why can't Ms Shizuka just let me enter the relay team without that stupid requirement!" She complained while flailing around in frustration.
↑ Rank...😌
Uhh, she's good at athletics and socialising... and dancing.. and...
Hmm best not talk about it anymore.
Ch end
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Welcome to middle school arc, we'll be having slice of life, character introduction, bonding, fleeting and lingering crushes, and as you probably noticed crossover characters, also short chapters.
Because each one will probably present scenarios that appeared in my head along with the main development event.
Man Animal Kaiser was my entire childhood arcade memory,
Thanks for reading~