They were all talking amongst each other when a scream resonated through the room. Jumping out of their seats they saw one of the screams blink with a red light.

"Midoriya woke up." Midnight observed.

The boy was sitting up and looking as if he needed more air. His head turned towards the clock and groaned as he got out of bed.

"Did he have a nightmare?" Present Mic asked.

"With what these kids have been through it be weird if they didn't have them." Cementoss said.

"We need to put them through mandatory therapy."

"I'll look into it Aizawa." said Nezu.

Midoriya began to change himself into his villain suit. The teachers were excited to see what he would look like.

"A suit, can he even fight in that thing?" Snipe said.

"That must be so uncomfortable."

"He looks so handsome!" she gushed.

"Midnight please...:

"I do love the aesthetics of it." Nezu commented.

They watched the grenette swipe a few knives from his bag.

"Why is he only taking the knives? Those are not enough, he'd be at such a disadvantage against long rangers."

"I suppose he doesn't plan to fight them then." Nezu tried to restore Midoriya's image. They were all underestimating him, but he knew that soon their opinion would change.

"It's always good to be prepared."

"Maybe he just wants to feel light, like he's going to stealth." Thriteen said.

"Quite indeed."

Midoriya began navigating the canal, the cameras had nightvision but Midoriya was in pitch blackness.

"That's impressive! How does he know when that turn, he can't see anything!" Midnight said.

"It's a very early start to the day. Does he want to ambush them?"

"With only knives?"

Soon he was in front of the hero tower. He clicked a few times on a watch on his arm. The heroes were all surprised surprised see him casually waltz in.

"The cameras can see him can they not?"

"Did he forget?"

"That would be incredibly foolish."

"I think he just doesn't care." said Aizawa. "Maybe he wants to be seen."

"What do you mean?"

"He wants to inspire fear and let them know he can do whatever he wants."

"That would be clever if it's the case."

"Yeah... plus you can't see his face so it works."

"Oh look he went in the girls' wing."

They watched him take the stairs. His hand was touching the rest wall gliding along it. He entered the third door.

"That's Shiozaki and Kodai's room is it not?"

"It is."

"Is he really gonna flip a coin?!" Mic exclaimed.

"That's a unique way to choose."

They couldn't quite see what the face that the coin landed on was but they saw Midoriya approach Shiozaki.

"Uhm, what is he going to do?"

The heroes settled into an uncomfortable atmosphere. They watched Midoriya lean over the girl and put a hand over her mouth. Shiozaki immediately opened he r eyes wide, they could feel her fear through the screen as she noticed what was happening. Midoriya grabbed a knife from his vest and whispered to her "May your god save you cause I won't." Their skin bristled at that. Izuku slid the knife against her throat, the heroes jumping out of their seats when they saw blood.

"STOP THE GAME!"

"HE SLIT HER THROAT!"

Nezu had to calm them and explain that it was fake blood. The tension in the air didn't dissipate. Vlad King approached the mic a little too late to be announcing the death, but nonetheless reported the first one "Shiozaki you have been eliminated." he said to her only, as he couldn't wake up the others, not with Midoriya still there on a stealth mission. The boy heard the message through the girl's comms as he was only a centimeter away from her.

He exited the room and vegan walking downstairs.

"That's it? He could kill a few more, hell, he could kill the whole team."

"I don't think that's what he wants." said Thirteen who surprisingly understood the boy so far.

"What do you mean, the goal is to eliminate all of them."

"He wants to drag the game, don't you feel his determination? Haven't you noticed how different he's been behaving? Something is up with him and hopefully we'll find out but for know he did this as a message."

"Indeed Thirteen. I wont hide it away from you anymore, I started this game specifically because of Midoriya.

"Wait, so you rigged the teams?!" Vlad King cried.

"Only the leaders of each one. Midoriya has been pulling himself back quite a lot, I wanted to give him this opportunity for me to be able to spot the true him, as at school it seems like he's wearing a facade, and a well crafted one at that."

Everyone was quiet still processing what the principal had said.

"There are a lot of holes in his government profile and there are a lot of things to talk about, but for know let's just enjoy the game and try to find out as much as we can."

They all silently agreed.

When they turned back to the monitor they were too late. They saw Midoriya with a slit wrist paint a message on the wall in his own blood. Their eyebrows went up and their eyes widened. Aizawa reached for the microphone but a paw stopped him.

"We can't stop him now, look at his eyes." They were slightly glossed over, Midoriya didn't seem to perceive the outside world, he was in his own head executing his task.

The heroes were unsettled, because of the night vision they could see under the long gash freshly made a multitude of small scars. They all documented this in their heads feeling like they wanted to throw up. None spoke of this out loud, but they knew that each of their colleagues had seen it.

"I think the boy needs help we never thought he will need." Hound Dog said.

They could now that it was more than just the League weighing on Midoriya's shoulders.

They watched him erase his DNA with a device explained to them by Power Loader, the unfortunate human who got to be the professor of a certain pink haired girl.

All Midoriya had to do to shatter the glass door was to punch it. The heroes cringed at the sound not understand how that didn't wake up anyone. The grenette went back to his base.

()

A couple hours later a shrill scream came from the girls and it woke up everyone. The boys were frozen on the ground floor not being able to make it to the girls' wing because of the message.

Even if it was the second time seeing it, the heroes observing couldn't help the small instinctual fear that traced down their spines. If this wouldn't have been a game the murderous aura of the message would have frozen everyone including them, even if they had experience in this domain.

Not even two minutes later the girls all ran downstairs not noticing the message and instead telling them that one of their teammates is out of the game. Cue another round of frozen people once the girls noticed the bloody mess.

Bakugo ordered the others around trying to see how the villain had entered. Surprisingly the cameras showed nothing. Momo's explanation came at a great time, it seemed Midoriya's watch was digitalized and he hacked the CCTV.

"Okay, we were close, he still did it with the intention of inducing fear and being mysterious." said Midnight.

They all watched the heroes doubt Midoriya.

()

"Isn't that the student with the mind control quirk Aizawa is training?"

"Poor kid is getting traumatized, I'd be too."

Aizawa sighed at his 'protégé'.

"It's not his fault, Midoriya is just playing his role perfectly."

"Shouu! Did you use the word perfectly, ON A STUDent!?" Aizawa had to activate his quirk mid sentence.

"It is only logical, he's putting in effort for this."

"But are we sure this is just a role?" Cementoss asked bringing black the shitty atmosphere.

()

Power Loader was almost having a panic attack. "He's too close to the edge!"

"Chill, it's like you're there not Shinsou-kun." Midnight replied.

The boy in question was tied to a chair at the edge of the tallest building in the fake city.

"What does Midoriya need that laptop for?"

"It seems he's trying to connect to the media channel." said Nezu.

The big screens scattered throughout the city all went static, just like the other day. In an instant a live video was displayed.

"That's a lovely live stream." said Midnight ironically.

Midoriya's voice sounded from the speakers. "(...)Let's all play a game. This is the tallest building in the city with a a drop of more than 100 meters. I'll give the heroes 10 minutes to get here. for every minute that passes I will blow up one building. The show ends with Shinsou's death. The buildings would have either been all exploded or mostly untouched."

"Jesus that's brutal." said Snipe.

"They can't possibly have enough time to get there."

They all watched amazed as the heroes managed to shorten a 30 minute distance into a 7 minute one.

"What are you teaching those kids in the hero courses?" asked Mic surprised.

All breaths were hold when they saw Shinsou successfully brainwash a hero only to be a second later free-falling off the building in someone else's arms.

"Wait so he won't kill Shinsou?"

"Maybe it was just a strategy I don't know."

In the time Midoriya was running to his base, Shishida had eliminated two of his teammates, Vlad King announcing their death through the comms.

They watched as Midoriya chained Shinsou to the wall, Aizawa having to put a hand over Midnight's mouth in order to prevent any comments she sure had.

Midoriya left his base and started walking god knows where.

The damage the city had sustained was mind boggling. The heroes cringed at the high number of deaths, but were at a lost for ways it could have gone better. If it would have been them maybe they could have saved a hundred people more due to better rescue cooperation, but it would have been a catastrophe either way.

Those in the hero team were all at a loss. Their morale had been shaken and the 'deaths' and 'injuries' of hundreds were heavy on their hearts.

They didn't have exited to rest as they had to hold conferences and do damage control. It was a long night to come.

()

This time the one who drew their attention to the monitor was Shinsou not Midoriya.

"Everyone's having nightmares." Hound Dog sighed. "That's it, therapy for everyone."

"Slept well?" Midoriya asked.

"I wouldn't have." said Ectoplasm.

They were happy Shinsou was released and instead not traumatized for more hours than he already was, what concerned them was that Midoriya gave Shinsou, the student in gen Ed, a way to earn what he called 'hero points' by just giving his a number. Present Mic knew of this Miko, she was a normal student student didn't stand out in any school subjects, maintaining an all time average. As far as they were aware Miko hadn't done anything except open a small shoe shop which wasn't a front for anything.

()

Midoriya was back at his apartment. The way the boy had planned everything in advance impressed the heroes. They all sighed of relief when they saw that he sat on an actual bed to take a much needed nap.

Around 4pm that watched the hero team's conference.

It was impressive how Yaoyorozu managed to make a parallel to the League's choice of base. Yanagi hit the nail on its head with her assumption that Midoriya is hiding underground.

Kuroiro's insight led to the discovery of a drug ring. What shocked them was that they had no idea someone was building up a ring in the city.

"What?" Vlad King said.

"Interesting. I have to admit I wasn't paying that much attention, but it's still impressive how well they managed to conceal it." Nezu said.

()

"Nightmares again for greenie." Midnight said switching to his cameras.

"Poor kid." Thriteen said.

"Poor kid and all that but what the hell is his computer displaying." Powerloader said.

"It's the... bank's... floorplan. Oh no." said Ectoplasm.

"Wow he looks so hot in his villain suit."

"Midnight please!" pleaded Mic.

"What numer is this offence?"

"I've lost count principal." said Cementoss.

"Wait is he shooting someone?!"

They all turned at Mic's voice to see Midoriya snipe a random robot. Panic followed in which he waited for the perfect time to take out a massively skilled opponent, Yaoyorozu. Her role was important enough that she was the highest priority on the take out 'list'. He didn't even leave everyone some time to adjust to the change before he followed with the explosion of the heroes's supply room.

Aizawa had to announce: "Yaoyorozu has died." in a dry voice.

They gasped when Midoriya-- after he was done with the first phase of his plan-- jumped out the window, with nothing but a grappling hook and they choked when Midoriya threatened the civilians with a gun. The boy on the screen was completely different to the one they came to know. The three gunshots resonated through the city, people staring to cower. Luckily for the heroes, the three students at the counter managed to sound the alarm.

"Start emptying the safe and bring the money here. Nobody moves or I shoot.". His voice was cold and harsh.

Midnight whistled seeing the cash, "Damn that's a lot of money".

Seeing the child being taken from its mother and dangled around made the heroes feel their students helplessness, especially when Komori was so close but instead caught a corpse.

The fight then started. It was inevitable and in the observer's opinion the third day was too late for a fight, but this was an unconventional game from the start.

When they heared Midoriya announce his name they all felt it fully fit the game, it was a smart choice of words.

"Mina has died." Aizawa announced.

"That must've hurt. Who the hell made his weapons?"

Power Loader looked up, misery on his face "Did you really not figure it out? He and Hatsume together are a nightmare that I don't wanna see."

"Satou has died."

"That pirouette was amazing. The fella is good with a gun." Snipe remarked.

Seeing as there were many deaths to follow, the heroes brought in Recovery Girl in order for the assessments to be more precise.

The fact that Midoriya ran straight inside the Bank confused most of them, why would he trap himself like that. His strategy only made sense after a surprising show of balance and strength, when he almost literally killed Tetsutetsu.

"Tetsutetsu has died."

"Good like pulling that one out Ectoplasm." Mic smiled.

The walls were too thin and as a result the heroes could hear Midoriya who was in the vents. He was lucky, or skilled more precisely, because he escaped a particularly serious wound he could have gotten.

"Honenuki has died." Vlad King announced.

"He didn't have time to dodge Vyvanse he was concentrating too much on using this quirk." Ectoplasm tsked.

"Ok but like how is he moving with those bags strapped to him? What the hell."

Using the boulder he caught from Yanagi he redirected it so it hit her instead. The girl tripped and bashed her head against a curb giving her an irl wound that even Recovery Girl cringed at. He continued by shooting her and taking her out.

"Yanagi has died."

Komori was the next problem, or so Midoriya thought. The observers could see Monoma around the corner. It was a smart setup from the heroes. Monoma had to join the fight after Midoriya figured it out. He joined at the same time as Kuroiro did, giving him the chance to use a copy of his classmate's quirk.

"Wait is that a grenad-"

Recovery Girl immediately disagreed explaining the corrosive effects of nitric acid.

"Nezu how could you allow something like this?" she said appalled.

"It's in the rule book. as long as it does not leave permanent damage, then it's allowed."

"I cannot believe you!" said the youthful heroine.

The chase continues as the reinforcements picked it up from where it was left.

"Shouji has died."

He jumped down in the canal and the heroes split up in three parties. Being Midoriya's territory the heroes obviously emerged out a few minutes later with serious burns on their skin.

Midnight had her hand on her mouth, the burns looked very painful.

Recovery Girl tsk-ed and the rest of the heroes all looked highly concerned.

"I'm going there tonight." she said.

"No Chiyo. They have to make due on their own."

"They don't have any supplies left Nezu! you can't be that cruel."

"It's simply a game."

"A game that will leave them scarred for life!"

"You can't go Chiyo."

"Fine, this talk isn't finished!"

"Look at the screen." Hound Dog said.

"He came back?

"Oh no."

Bakugo was cleanly knocked out with a hit to the neck. He didn't feel anything as he was dragged away, and by the time the heroes noticed their leader was missing, Midoriya had already made it back to his base, having carried Bakugo while running at full speed.

"What a productive day." came an emotionless voice from the screens.

Bakugo was placed on the exact same mattress Shinsou had been on, and chained to the wall.

"That mattress is so dirty."

"That can't be the thing you're thinking about."