"I refuse to believe it!" a hero yelled out, slamming his hand down on his desk.
"Doesn't matter if you believe it or not, that was an innocent child," the hero's manager replied.
"Have you seen that thing? It's about as tall as All Might!" the hero responded as his hands began to glow red.
"Mutant quirk, that's what the papers say at least," the manager said.
"Well, he looked like he was going to attack someone!" the hero retorted.
"I got the camera's pulled, the thing was just walking around before you attacked it," the manager replied.
The hero looked at his manager, then back at the walls around him. He was at the top of his agency's office.
"So how can I get out of this?" the hero wondered, leaning back in his chair.
"Tell the kid you're sorry, then we'll catch it on camera and show it to the public," the manager replied.
"Is it here?" the hero asked.
"Outside, couldn't fit into the office apparently," the manager replied.
"Got it, we have security cameras out there we can use, right?" the hero asked, standing up from his chair.
"Yep, and one more thing," the manager said, getting the attention of the hero, "When we're outside of these doors, that 'it' is a 'he' got it?" they asked.
"Of course, of course," the hero said, walking out the doors.
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As he walked through his office, the hero Power Punch waved to the people working. Though not many of them waved back to him.
It wasn't because they didn't like him; they were just all working on different things. But that didn't stop the hero from thinking that his fighting that thing was impacting how people like him were treated.
With this thought, Power Punch sped up his walking speed and headed down the stairs to the entrance.
Reaching the glass sliding doors, the hero looked and saw an older woman standing next to a giant pair of sweatpants. The hero couldn't completely see who was standing next to the woman due to the thing being too large to be seen through just the door.
Though the hero knew exactly who was standing next to the woman.
Stepping out of the office, Big Punch went to greet the woman.
"I am here to apologize for my actions, Ms. Suru," Power Punch apologized to the woman.
"And why are you apologizing to me?" Ms. Suru replied, "It was Tekio whom you attacked," she said, pointing at her son.
The son in question was standing beside her while swinging his hands back and forth.
He was about seven and a half feet tall, with a massive golden wheel above his head. He had very pale skin and four wings where his eyes and nose should be, and his mouth had no lips.
Seeing Tekio standing there as if nothing had happened, the hero's pride was wounded. The only proof that he and Tekio even fought was that Tekio was wearing a different hoodie.
"I am sorry," Power Punch said, looking Tekio in the, well, he didn't have eyes, so he looked at his face wings.
Tekio then gave the hero a thumbs-up.
Power Punch wondered if he was going to say anything, or maybe he wasn't able to talk.
Didn't matter to him; he did the thing he needed to do.
"Hope you have a good day," the hero said quickly, leaving back into this office.
"Look at him! I bet he doesn't even feel bad," Ms. Suru complained.
Hearing this, Tekio put his hands up and waved them from left to right.
"I know you just want to leave things be," Ms. Suru said, sighing, "Maybe if you hit them when they attack you, they'll be sorrier," she mumbled.
Tekio shook his head.
"No? Well, fine then," she replied.
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Opening the door, Tekio then turned his head to the side.
Next, he turned sidewise and slipped his wheel through the door. Tekio was then able to shuffle through the door and enter the house.
"Tekio?" Mr. Suru said from the kitchen, "You good?" he asked.
Tekio tapped the wall next to him twice.
"Good!" he said with a smile.
"Though that hero wasn't very nice," his mother said, coming in behind Tekio.
"Most aren't, what can you do?" Mr. Suru shrugged, "Now who wants some food!" he called out.
Carefully shuffling into the kitchen, Tekio put his hand up.
"What can we do? We can push them until they say sorry and mean it!" his mom said siting down.
Tekio sat down on his knees next to the table; the family didn't own a chair large enough to fit him.
"Here you are," Mr. Suru said, giving Tekio a large serving of curry.
With a nod, Tekio picked up a large spoon.
"Remember to say thanks," Mr. Suru reminded.
Tekio then put down the spoon as his parents began to say thanks to everyone who got them their food today.
Though Tekio was unable to give thanks, his parents trusted that he was giving thanks in his mind.
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Large steps echoed around the empty shopping center.
It was dark, which, along with the shopping center being closed, led to no one being around.
Tekio was walking around, swaying from left to right.
Suddenly, he stopped dead in his tracks before stretching his arms out. He then waved his arms around and began to spin.
After a little bit of spinning, Tekio stopped and began to stretch.
First, he stretched out his legs, then moved to his body, then his arms, and finally his neck. After finishing up his stretches, Tekio had a smile on his face.
"Heh, do I hear someone stopping around here?" someone in a mask said from the shadows, "You must be brave walking around here at this time of night," he said.
The man, with a knife in one hand, slowly began to approach Tekio. He was rather far away, and thanks to the darkness, he couldn't quite see what Tekio looked like.
"Now what's a-"
Tekio turned around to face the masked man. As he did, the masked man got to see Tekio's full face and size.
"Forgive me sir," the man said quickly, ripping off his mask, "I see how my actions could have come off as being rude or inconsiderate, however I truly meant you no harm, you understand, yes?" he asked.
Tekio simply pointed at the knife the man still held.
"Understandably, you believe that I meant you harm; however," the man explained, taking a few steps forward, "I wish you to understand THI-"
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"One one ten, how can we help you today?" the operator said from the other side of the phone.
The operator waited for the caller to say something, but the only thing she heard was someone breathing.
"Hello? Sir?" she asked, "Can you give me a location?" she asked.
After saying that, the breathing stopped, as if the person had left the phone alone.
"What do you want?" a voice from the other side of the phone said, "I promised you everything, what do you-" the voice continued before being interrupted by something.
The operator waited, very confused.
"Nagoya Shopping Center? Is that what you wanted me to say?" the voice said.
"Yes sir that works. I'll send a team shortly," the operator said.
"Is there someone on the phone? Please wait!" the voice begged.
Before the operator could say anything else, the caller hung up.
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At Nagoya Shopping Center, officers came onto the scene very confused. They looked around for a while, finding nobody and nothing.
But, after finding the phone where the call to the police was made, the officers heard a man screaming and cursing.
The man's body was buried with only his head sticking out, and when police found him, he threatened to kill them if they didn't dig him out.
Mr. Oroka was then quickly dug up and arrested.
When questioned on how he ended up in that hole, he mentioned a monster at the shopping center.
For a few weeks, several people visited the shopping center at night to see the monster.