Next day,
Evening,
Izuku's room...

Izuku's POV

I was laying on the couch in my room while hugging my Mimic plushie that Hari gave to me before, since I asked for one. My emerald green eyes were lidded, exhaustion was obviously written on my face. I stared at the ceilings silently. My eyebrows were furrowing in uncertainty.

Kai, Hari, Setsuno-san, Nemoto-san...

These four men... Confessed to me how they felt..

But in the end, I can't decide who is my real soulmate...should I ask Sabito-san about this?

Nah, I don't want to bother him with my problems anymore.

I sat up myself in the couch. I looked down to the ground and clenched my palm into iron fist. "Whatever! I will think about it later!" I told myself angrily, frustrated with all the thinking. I hopped off the couch before putting down my Mimic plushie on my study table.

I put on my casual outfit (the one I drew), decided to leave the room to forget about all my problems. I had made a decision to meet Rappa-san..

... Because whenever I was with him, he made me forgot all my problems with his dangerous jokes and his sometimes childish attitude. Rappa-san was like my best friend here.

I exited my bedroom, walking through this endless hallway and then made a turn. I saw the wooden plate where the buttons to open the secret passage were.

I held down the wooden boards in order. After finishing, the door leading to the underground base opened.

I wonder how Grandpar and Kai afforded to build this...

I walked into the underground. Automatically, the door behind me closed. I looked around this white hallway in perplexity. Something was off.

Huh? Has the path changed? Or it is my imagination only?

If I remembered correctly, there were three paths here. But there were only two paths today.

Maybe my brain is playing tricks with me.

Eh, whatever. I should take the right path then.

I chose the right path and continued making my way toward the living area. My mind was wandering somewhere else, that I wasn't by focusing on where I was going.

Hm... I'm pretty much sure there are three paths. Then why there are only two today?

Looking at Kai's Quirk, Overhaul, it isn't impossible for him to change the whole base with his Quirk. But isn't it too big of a scale?

All Quirks have their own side effect if they are used over the limits of the users.

... I don't think Kai is able to reassemble the whole base on his own.

I blindly made some turns when I stumbled upon more than one paths to choose. And I realized...

I was lost in the middle of the base!

Oh, great! Great, Izuku Midoriya!

To make matter greater, I didn't bring my phone with me!

That means I can't contact anyone for help...

God, why am I so careless?

Signing in defeat, I observed my surrounding attentively. I didn't recognize this path at all. What should I do now...?

Maybe I should go back to where I come from.

But I don't even remember the paths I took!!!

Oh my God, today is the worst day! I lost in the base!!

I gulped down my saliva. I looked at the path presenting before me. Maybe it was best for me to keep walking forward.

I proceeded with my journey toward the living area – which I didn't know it's whereabout now — with cold sweats started rolling down the side of my face. My lips were quivering from uneasiness.

After a few minutes, I found a suspicious-looking down. Unlike other doors I ran into – all of them were white in colours —, this one was grey and taller than other doors.

Could it be this is Kai's office? Or maybe Hari's office?

... I should take a peek in there.

However, my stomach began churning at the thoughts of opening the door. The cold sweats drenched my attire. My eyes widened with anxiety.
Why do... I feel so sick in the stomach?

Should I open it? Or not?

"Open it"

My heart kept telling me to open it, but my mind was against that idea. I was in dilemma, not knowing which one I should listen to.

I... Have decided...

Following my heart, I held the door knob and slowly turned it clockwise. After hearing the familiar -click- sound, I pushed the door open.

Through the small gap of the door, I saw a room that looked like it belonged to a small child. I quirked an eyebrow, baffled by this situation.

A kid's room? Why is there one here?

Is Kai planning to adopt child or something?

... Nah, there is no way. Considering that he gave away Eri to other people, it is impossible for him to take care of another child.

Soft sobbing coming from inside the room almost gave me a heart attack. I focused my hearing on the noise, and I wasn't mistaken.

It was definitely a little girl's voice.

This voice... It sounds familiar...

It can't be...!!

The thought striking my mind was a horrific one. I hoped what I was thinking wasn't true..

Hesitantly, I pushed open the door, fully revealed the room's interior to me. I heard someone gasping in horror when the door was opened.

My heart dropped the instant I saw this unpredictable sight before me. My eyes widened in shock, my hands shaking from disbelief.

A little girl I recognized very well was sitting on a large single bed, tears running down her cheeks. Her long silver hair was messy. She was wearing an oversized-shirt that obviously was too big for her...

And what broke my heart the most was, her arms and legs were bandaged.

"E... Eri...?" I spoke up nervously, slowly walking further into the room.

"I-Izuku-neechan...?" Eri timidly uttered my name. The way she spoke saddened me. It sounded like she feared something, something that would harm her..

I couldn't hold back my emotions anymore. Tears began leaking out of my eyes. "Eri!" I ran toward her bed before tightly hugging my little sister whom I missed so much.

Why? How?

What is Eri doing here?

I thought Kai... Kai gave her away to someone else.. Because he didn't have time to take care of her..

Eri immediately returned the hug. Her shaking hands clutched on the back of my top. "I-Izuku-neechan..." She sobbed sorrowfully, breaking my heart more.

I gritted my teeth in frustration and anger.

Kai lied to me this entire time...

Not only Kai, but everyone else who became his accomplices...

Hari, Setsuno-san, Nemoto-san...

The Eight Bullets of Hassai Group...

THEY ALL LIED TO ME ALL THIS TIME!

I felt very betrayed. I couldn't believe it. They hid Eri away from me! They lied to me! They BETRAYED MY TRUST!!!

Eri... Is bandaged all over her body...

....there is only... One thing I could think of...

"Eri..." I tightened the hug, hatred filling my eyes.

Kai, Hari and everyone else abused Eri!!!!

"N-Neechan, where did you go all this time...?" Eri asked between her heartbreaking sobbings. I grinded my teeth much more firmly.

"Sorry, Eri... Sorry for not being by your side..." I apologized, tears wouldn't stop flowing down my face.
"Hey, the door is opened... Did you forget to close the door, Chrono?" I heard Kai's voice from outside.

My crying ceased at once. Footsteps noise outside slowly became louder, signifying that they were getting closer.

Eri's grip on my top suddenly grew much tighter. Her small body was shaking violently, as if she was traumatized by Kai's and Hari's presences.

My teeth gritted again. I was extremely irritated and angry when I saw her miserable condition.

Kai... Hari... Everyone... What in the world have you all done to this poor girl?!!!!!!

At last, the footsteps noise stopped. The next thing I heard was gaspings.

Slowly, I turned to look at the two men I respected and loved the most. Angry tears were still streaming down. My face had darkened with hatred.

"Kai... Hari..."

"What have you done to Eri?"