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Smoke and fire trailed off from the space shuttle. Every scientist, engineer, and anybody whose name was worth a damn in I-Island was waiting with bated breath staring at the screen in front of them. As long as it broke through the atmosphere, then Project Martian would be a success.
Tapping feet, sweating brows, and bitten fingernails were symptoms that plagued all of the people in that room. No one could do a thing. All they could do was wait.
The shuttle managed to breach the atmosphere. That's great…now for confirmation. Thought Kuzona. After his history discovering achievement, he was given the opportunity to have his name be written first on the Martian Project as well as promoted to the de-facto head of anything regarding the final frontier on the island.
Kuzona thought back to when he first wrote that document for the US and Russia, They would've figured it out eventually. No one could hide anything from the top superpowers. The other scientists wanted to beat the Russians and the Americans in a space race to Mars? With our level of resources?! We might've been given independence, but that doesn't mean we sold our brains to get it. Skeletons are being found all across the system. Our collaboration is imperative towards peace with them. Let's hope some bureaucrat doesn't fuc-...
He was interrupted by a voice coming from the shuttle, "I-Island Mission Control…"
This is it…is the rocket working or did a year's worth of work mean nothing.
"...no problems have been caused. The mission is a go."
Mission control exploded into cheers and celebration. Relief washed over the room like a tsunami. They did it. After 200 years since the last manned space mission, they launched a rocket into space with the glorious goal of reaching Mars.
"YEAAAAH!"
"HOLY SHIT! We launched a shuttle! A real space shuttle!"
"HAHA! KUZONA YOU BASTARD! You were right all along!"
The praise and affirmation of his work put a smug grin on Kuzona. Finally, his work was rewarded and he made history. What a glorious day to be alive. He was about to push the comm button to congratulate the astronauts, until something strange happened.
All of the festivities were cut short. Everyone felt something weird. It was only a second, but it was unnatural. A brain zap? What's going on? A minute later, the door to mission control burst open with a heavily distraught scientist. Kuzonoa remembered him as a physicist; never bothered with his name.
"All of our gauss and tesla meters are off the charts! Half of them have been rendered unusable. What the hell was that?"
The astronauts also pitch in, "Did you guys feel that as well?? What the fuck was it?!"
Kuzona went into deep thought, Gauss and tesla meters? Those things measure magnetism…nothing on Earth could possibly have caused this. It would have to be…no. In such a short amount of time? That…that's not possible. My god.
Kuzona started demanding orders even though he had no status to do so, "Someone pull up the live footage of Mars! NOW!"
The others were too shocked to argue back. Half of the screen showed the shuttle and its current status, while the other half showed Mars. The green appearing a month ago in the city was a mandatory meeting Kuzona would rather forget. So much paperwork…
"Use I-Island's personal magnetometer to check Mars," Kuzona ordered without taking his eyes off the screen.
Another researcher checks for the information, "Uh, ok…according to the satellite Mars has a self-sustaining magnetosphere that is producing around 0.25-0.65 G. It is virtually indistinguishable to Earth.
One of the board members snaps out of their stupor and complains, "Kuzona! You might have led the Martian Project, but these men are under the board's control not-..."
"Martin! This is more than just simply who gives orders. I need a minute to think."
They built a working magnetosphere. That is an incredible achievement. …HOW?! That should've required massive copper coils around Mars! Damnit. Another goal for the Katabasis crew…wait. If they have a magnetosphere…
Kuzona quits his musing and runs to a fellow astronomer, "Kowalski, I need you to analyze the current state of Mars' atmosphere."
The rest of the scientists are trying to figure stuff out on their own terms, but fail to find anything productive before Kowalski finishes, "Hey Kuzo, I got the readings. Mars' atmospheric pressure has risen up to 87 kPa with oxygen making up 18% and climbing on both fronts. I think they are trying to match Earth."
Everyone else begins to realize the startling conclusion that this is coming to. The board member, Martin Cessian, speaks up first, "Matching Earth? That would mean they have our planet's data. To that exten…"
Kuzona interrupts him, "It would confirm that our worst fears have come to pass. Not only have they arrived on Earth, they are purposefully hiding among us."
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"It's still in Nazarick?!" Ainz shouted with a tinge of anger. His office in the quartz palace seemed to shake ever so slightly.
Pandora shrank back a bit, "J-Ja, mein Vater. Ze World Class Item [Hand of Gaia] is still in ze treasury of Nazarick. Zere is no way to bring it here. Ze planting process will have to be done manually…"
Ainz smacked his hand against his skull, Damnit. My paranoia to not keep the WCI's on me has cost me more time and effort. If I had that damn item, I could've finished it in hours. Ugh. At least I have three of them, but none of them are of any use to me right now! Let's just work on beautifying the planet.
"I apologize for yelling at you Pandora. It's not your fault at all. This just means we'll need to call back the miners. This next job should be done carefully. Begin extracting plants from Earth without them noticing. Do not, I repeat, do not make yourselves known. I'll send some eight edge assassins to help. Use the [Druid Containers] to speed up the growth of the plants. I'll need time or ideas on how we can successfully swipe 500 million seeds under humanity's noses."
Pandora nodded, heavily disappointed in letting down his creator. Ainz noticed this, reached a hand out, placing it on Pandora's shoulder, and sighed, "Hoh, listen…son," Pandora perked up at that word. "Yes, it would've greatly helped us. Yes, I am frustrated, but not at you. Mars does not have to be done this very second. We will take our time and build it up slowly so everything is in working order. You have done beautifully in all of your efforts. This is purely a small… hiccup. Do you understand?"
With exasperated head bobbing, Pandora replies, "Thank you for your praises, mein schöfpher! I will begin ze transferring immediately!"
"Good," Ainz checked the two clocks on the wall of his office. One was showing Mars time, while the other was showing Earth time in its respective time zones. It showed that the sun was about to rise in Japan. Ainz took his hand off Pandora, "Morning has arrived on Earth. I will leave you to your work."
"Auf Wiedersehen Vater!" Pandora waved while Ainz activated the key.
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Eri once woke up in the middle of the night from the nightmares of the bird men. Unpleasant could only describe half of what she felt during the dream. She searched for Ainz in the apartment with no sign of him anywhere.
"Ainz? A-Ainz? Where are you?" She asked the darkness. Silence was the response. Did…did he abandon her? Ainz w-wouldn't do that? H-He-He wouldn't…right?
In the morning, a skeletal overlord panicked trying to explain the Mars project to a terrified and sobbing seven-year-old. It wasn't a night Eri would like to remember. Now, Papa gave her a friend in case she woke up at night when Ainz was not at home. He said his name was Sepu-...Sepulch-...Sepuku? Eri couldn't quite say his name yet. So she called him Sepu!
"If I am not here, and you feel lonely: call for Sepu. Think of him as a friend while I'm gone! Oh. Make sure to call on him in case you feel like you are in danger. Sepu is fantastic at crowd control." Explained Ainz when he gave her Sepu. The little unicorn wasn't sure what that last part meant.
Sepu, to Eri at least, was a cute red fuzzy caterpillar that loved to crawl around like a housepet. Speaking was impossible for him, but he could make clicking and purring noises. His size was comparable to a large dog. She loved to sit on top of him and fall asleep as he crawled around.
This led to her current situation where Papa had to leave early in the day to help Uncle Pandora build a magne-...magento-...magetsfeer? Hoo boy. He uses a lot of big words that she doesn't know yet. She'll need to ask her teacher.
Sepu was sleeping in front of the TV with Eri laying back onto him. She heard from her classmates at school that a big event was happening for older kids on TV. Apparently they fight huge robots!
"Ooh ooh! Sepu look! The show started!" Eri pointed at the screen excitedly. So many people had amazing skills! Someone started to shoot a laser from his belly, one person turned into metal and began smashing the robots, and a…pomeranian? Blew up a bunch of robots! He was the coolest.
Five minutes later, an enormous robot was released to fight the kids. It was bigger than the buildings themselves! I wonder if Papa could fight that? Eri wondered. In her mind, Ainz could do anything!
The giant robot, she called it Bob, started stomping around the city destroying everything. Bob was an unstoppable menace.
Eri shook Sepu awake, "Sepu, Sepu look! Bob is winning! I wonder what happens if a robot wins? Does he get the event's prize?!"
With giddy excitement, Eri cheered Bob on, "Go get 'em Bob!"
Little did she know, a small floating green boy was in the path of Bob. She didn't take notice of it because…Bob was huge! And the boy was small. The boy managed to touch Bob and that's when the cameras zoomed in on him.
"Eh? It's that boy Papa met on the beach!" Eri said with realization. With sparks appearing on the boy's arm, he punched Bob. To Eri's surprise, Bob's head caved in on itself and fell back to the ground. Bob didn't get up.
Eri shrieked in shock and grabbed the TV, "WHAT?! NOOOOO! BOB!"
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Oh for fuck's sake…what happened now? Ainz internally groaned.
Coming back from the grand success of the magnetosphere along with the discovery of the slog that will be the Gaia Heist, put Ainz in a very tired mood. Despite him not needing any sleep, he was mentally drained. Sadly, life had other plans as Eri ran up to him with angry tears in her eyes.
"PAPA! The green boy killed Bob! I want to punch him back for what he did to Bob!" Eri shouted with no further explanation as if it was blatantly obvious what she meant.
Ainz sat down in their kitchen/dining room, Man I need to steal-I mean 'obtain' a proper house…
"Alright Eri. Calm down. Can you please explain to me what you're talking about?"
Eri tried her absolute best to explain the details on TV and, bless her heart, failed miserably. Resulting in both of them rewatching the entire event on TV again. Eri sat in Ainz's lap as he began to understand what she meant while drawing different conclusions.
It was an entrance exam to enter the 'most prestigious hero school in Japan' No wonder this was live. Ainz continued watching with mild interest, Oh. She named the giant robot 'Bob.' That explains half of what she said. Now who the hell is the 'green boy?' The overlord began brushing Eri's hair to pass the time. According to Eri, she liked Bob because he was big. That was it. They finally reached the part about the green boy destroying Bob and… Was that a quirk?! Wait wait wait. That's the uh…quirkless kid I met on the beach. That was a quirk's effect just then. Did…did he just get himself a quirk in just a few weeks? Ainz's mind was racing, The shadow demon monitoring All For One still shows that he hasn't left the lab. The boy found a way to either grow or transfer quirks using an unknown method. Due to All For One's ability being quirk-based, Pandora doesn't have a replicable way of transferring quirks. This child on the other hand could be a new lead…I need to interrogate him immediately. Thanks to the event, I know just where to look.
Ainz pulled out his phone, looking up the location of the school that took the exam, "Eri. Would you like to meet the boy that took down Bob?"
Eri, still in Ainz's lap, looked up at him and puffed out her cheeks, "I-It's not too important. I just want to have him apologize."
It was such an innocent demand, "Fantastic. I found his school and the first day starts in a week. You can have him apologize then." And I can question him about how he obtained a quirk.
"Can I take Sepu with us?"
"No."
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"...Congratulations Izuku Midoriya! Welcome to the U.A. High School's hero course! This is your hero academia." The All Might hologram turned off after the grand speech of the acceptance letter.
"...I…I got in," Izuku choked out with tears in his eyes. He looked over at his mother. "I GOT IN!"
Joy filled the Midoriya household. The mother & son duo hugged each other from the fantastic news, "I'm so proud of you dear! You worked super hard on that beach. Everything is finally paying off."
Izuku beamed at his mother's words. He was going to become a hero. Nothing could stop Izuku's good mood.
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*ACHOO*
"Papa?"
Odd…I don't have working nostrils? Ainz wiped his nose, "Must be the cold. Are you all packed and ready for our…infiltration mission?"
The 'mission' was called that just so it sounded cool instead of 'Operation Interrogate and Gather an Apology From Some Child.' This had the intended effect of Eri being extra excited with the added effect of not questioning the legality of their upcoming actions.
"Mhm!" Eri nods with vigor. She wanted to wear her best clothes for this which consisted of a sky blue dress and a white ribbon in the middle.
"Perfect. Hold my hand so that this works."
Ainz then casted [Perfect Unknowable] , [Body of Effulgent Beryl] , and [Haste] . The first spell was to eliminate any possibility of them being found out. The second spell was a precaution against any bludgeoning attacks. And haste was just to make them go faster. Once the spells were properly cast, Ainz scooped Eri up in his arms and cast the final spell: [Greater Teleportation].
Eri opened her eyes to see that they were in the middle of a field. Was this really a school? She could only see a building in the distance, Is that the school? Why aren't we closer? She got down from Ainz's arms to see a glint of something in the distance. Ainz immediately shot his hand up in front of Eri's face.
*PAMF*
Sizzling from the speed it was reaching, a baseball rested in the invisible overlord's hand, What…the fuck? That could've killed Eri! What kind of school is this?!
Dropping the ball, Ainz proceeded to grab Eri and teleported closer. Incessant screaming greeted the pair.
"WHAT?! ONLY 350 METERS?! YOUR DAMN MACHINE IS CLEARLY BROKEN! LET ME TRY AGAIN!" Yelled a furious pomeranian. Sparks popped from his hands.
The teacher, Hey wait a minute…that's Aizawa, was having none of his screaming, "350 meters is fine Bakugou. Get to the back of the line, now," the tired teacher rubbed his face before addressing the rest of his class, "For these exercises, I expect all of you to use your quirk to the fullest to obtain the best results. Do not hold back."
Ainz's attention switched over to a pink-skinned girl, "Wow! This is going to be so much fun!"
"...fun you say?" Aizawa mused. "Alright. Let's have fun . The student who finishes last will be expelled."
Ainz placed Eri on the ground while pulling out his signature 'Arbiter oni mask,' "Eri, sweetie. Papa is going to let you down for a moment in the grass. Do you see the green-haired boy here?" Ainz already knew the answer to this question, but he wanted Eri to feel included.
Eri pointed to him who was nervously twiddling his thumbs once he heard Aizawa's judgment, "He's the one who needs to apologize for B-Bob!"
Patting her shoulder, Ainz produced the coloring books he kept in his inventory, "Hoh? Well he'll apologize in due time. However, he has a class to partake in and we wouldn't want to interrupt him. We can reach him after he's done with school. Papa here…" he pointed to the teacher leading the kids through the exercises, "...just found out that a good friend of his works here. Could you sit tight for just a few minutes while I 'greet' him?"
"I-I want to meet him too!" Eri rebutted with as much confidence as she could muster.
Ainz feigned exhaustion, "Oh, how Papa wishes he could! But we are simply going to talk about work. Nothing that would interest you. I'll let you meet him when the time comes. How does that sound?"
His daughter takes the coloring books, nods, and plops herself down near a secluded part of the school's wall.
Ainz puts on his oni mask and proceeds to fish through his inventory for a small item that would be considered useless in PVP. A pair of white gloves are placed on his hands over his rings, hiding them. The pair of gloves was actually [Dueling Gloves]. Clapping the gloves stopped all buffs on the user. Using it again reapplied them. Their original use was meant for chivalrous dueling. Ainz had no intention of using them that way.
Arbiter began his stress relieving process, "This is where the fun begins."
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Hmm, as expected Mineta, Hagakure, and Midoriya are the last places so far. Aizawa pondered while flipping through his clipboard. The potential for this class was great all things considered. Just a little touch-up here and there then they'll be great marble statues to be molded into heroes. Out of all of the students, the trickiest one would be Mindoriya. It seems the stunt he pulled on the zero-pointer is-...
Shota snapped out of his thoughts and looked at a corner of the training field. No one was there, which made sense because only his class was here. Should be here. Then why did he feel like he saw someone? He looked around a bit further before a student, Tsuyu Asui, walked up to him.
"Mr. Aizawa? Is there a rule against using other people's quirks to help you?" The frog girl asked inquisitively.
Shota blinked rapidly to remove the paranoia from his mind, "No. If you can figure out a strategy that benefits the exercise without hurting anyone , then it's allowed."
Right as he finished, he very clearly saw a man appear far off in the distance sitting on the bleachers, Arbiter! He vanished before Aizawa could get a clear enough image of the hitman. That was most definitely the Arbiter…was it? Shota began seeing the cursed smile in his dreams a few weeks ago. He really didn't want to entertain the idea that he was hallucinating the man while he was awake.
For the rest of the exercises, Shota kept seeing Arbiter's signature mask (and face a few times) out of the corner of his eye. One time he stood directly behind Tenya while only Aizawa was looking, That is it. Once this wretched first day is over, I am drinking myself into a stupor and hiring an assistant! Even when he's 'retired' I can still see the bastard. Listen Shota, just focus on the students. Ignore the hitman.
Aizawa practiced some box breathing then entered the most crucial point of the exercise, teaching Midoriya to not break his entire arm when using his quirk.
"Midoriya, use your quirk to throw the ball."
The boy grabbed the ball and began activating his quirk. Aizawa saw him about to wind up, Yep, he's about to do it. He erased the boy's quirk.
Midoriya felt his quirk leave his body, "Uhm… Mr. Aizawa. I can't really use my quirk if you cancel it out…"
"I know that, but I can't have you sacrificing your entire arm for a single baseball throw. If you're in a fight against a villain, you would have only two shots before becoming useless to everyone around you," He saw Arbiter flicker again, far off in the field. "...find a better way to use your quirk because you don't belong in this class."
Aizawa heard rapid mumbling come from the boy, another thing that'll need to be brought up, then he grabbed the ball for what seemed to be a knuckle curveball throw. Powering up his quirk once again, Midoriya tried to focus his power into one finger instead of the entire arm. The ball was thrown with an explosive backblast. Aizawa checked the tablet: 752 meters. His eyes looked at the boy's arm, Heh, well I'll be damned. Only a single finger was sacrificed instead. Not bad kid.
"Hmph, I'll allow it. Now go get your-..."
"DEKU!!"
Aizawa knew who the owner of that voice belonged to and sighed. The owner proceeded to make a beeline towards Midoriya.
"DEKU! HOW THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT?! YOU DON'T HAVE A QUIRK!" Bakugou blared with the added bonus of sparks popping from his hand.
"K-Kachaan…"
Before he could reach the green-eyed boy, Aizawa canceled his quirk and wrapped his capture tape around Bakugou, "Oi. There will be absolutely no quirk-use on other students. That'll result in a permanent expulsion. Sit down," he turned to the rest of the class. "Congratulations for not being an absolute disappointment in my eyes. None of you are being expelled."
Shock, screams, and sighs of relief responded to Shota's generous mercy.
"That was uncool man! You scared the hell out of us!" Said Kaminari Denki, who could finally calm down.
Mina Ashido was particularly not happy, "WHAT?! I thought we were genuinely getting expelled! Why would you do that?"
"I thought everyone knew. Isn't it obvious?" Answered another student, Momo Yaoyorozu, who saw through Aizawa's bluff, "He mentioned that'd last place would get expelled so that everyone would try their absolute best. What's a better motivator than that?"
It took a ridiculous amount of willpower from Shota to not let them know what happened to last year's class 1-A. I suppose they'll figure that out once they see that there is no class 2-A.
"Good work Yaoyorozu," he faced his broken-fingered student. "Go to the nurses office and have Recovery Girl fix that up for you. I'll see you in class tomorrow."
Midoriya perked right up after hearing he wasn't going to be expelled and obeyed his teacher's orders. Aizawa didn't see any more visions of Arbiter that day, except he swore he saw a wave from the last one. God I need a drink.
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Ainz took off his mask and appeared before Eri with a smile. She was too busy finishing up a frog drawing to notice him. Noticing her concentration, Ainz merely sat down next to her and tapped her on her horn, "I'm back Eri. Oh my, Your drawing is very beautiful. Do you have any plans to become an artist in the future?"
The unicorn jumped in surprise, "Papa, y-you're back! I was just, uh, drawing the froggy over there," she points to one of the students who is very similar to a frog. "I don't really have any plans for the future…I just want to help you…"
"Hoh, you are already a super big help to me, my little unicorn," he said while ruffling her hair. "I hope you still remember the apology you want from the boy. He just finished class."
"Bob, he needs to apologize to Bob…"
Ainz packed away the coloring books and prepared a teleport to the school's nurses office, "Don't worry Eri. I'm sure he will give an apology and much…much more."
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"You are not leaving this room until I say so? Am I making myself clear, young man?"
Izuku stammered out a quick 'yes' before he was left alone in the hospital bed. It was just one finger. I don't think I need an entire room to mysel-...
"Hello again," said a very terrifyingly familiar voice. "Apologies if we are intruding, but we wanted something from you. I promise we will not waste your time."
Now Izuku wished he was left alone. He looked up from his bed to see All For One himself with his 'daughter.' What should I do? Do I call for All Might? Does All For One have the entire school hostage? I need to figure out a way to handle this situation as delicately as possible. I can't let him find out One For All. I just need to hold out, answer his questions, and hope nobody dies. Okay…calm and collected.
Izuku cleared his throat, "Oh no, not all mister. I-I believe we've only met on the beach so I'm not really sure why you want to meet me…especially in my highly secure school."
All For One looked…really confused for some reason, "Perhaps this is a bad time, but I am not All For One, nor do I have the intention of killing anybody," pause. "I just wanted you to answer some of my questions."
Cursing his mumbling habit, Izuku rebutted back, "Y-You can't fool me All For One. There has only been one person in history to possess m-multiple quirks," And he's standing right in front of me…
The most dangerous man in Japan snapped his fingers, "Oh! Right you saw that…my mistake. Please do not move." He placed his daughter down and aimed a hand…at Izuku.
"[Control Amnesia]"
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"Papa! Why did you kill him?!"
"I didn't kill him! We are simply going to…change how he thinks. He thought I was a dangerous supervillain!" Eri still looked unconvinced, "And we can make him feel apologetic about taking down Bob."
Her eyes brightened at that idea, "O-Okay, but make sure he feels reeeeeally sorry."
Ainz agreed then began reading the memories of…Izuku Midoriya. Seriously? His last name is 'green?' Okay that's fine. What else do we have here…
Father left him upon figuring out he's quirkless, bullied, almost died to a slime villain, offered a quirk by All Might, cleaned up the bea- Wait wait wait, back up a second. He was offered the quirk? Goddammit this is a dead end! I'll have to tell Pandora to look for other avenues. Ainz wiped his face with his hand, So…time to do a bit of erasing. He thinks I'm All For One? Nope. He thinks I have multiple quirks? Nada. You know what…he hasn't even seen me or Eri before. That should fix this…hopefully.
He released the spell on Izuku's mind, "Eri, ask this nice young man if he feels sorry?"
Eri looked towards the half-asleep Izuku, "Are you sorry for beating up Bob?"
Ainz activated [Hymn of the Psyche] a fifth tier command spell on Izuku. An Ainz controlled Izuku breaks into sobs, "I AM SO SORRY! I never meant for anybody to get hurt. I will never forgive myself for the amount of guilt I have obtained from hurting Bob. My sins will haunt me forevermore! Please forgive this wretched evildoer!"
Eri felt a bit embarrassed for the overreaction, "It-It's okay. I forgive you."
Without missing a beat, Ainz released his control; Izuku fell down onto the hospital bed like a brick, "All loose ends have been tied up. Let's head home. I presume you had a fun day?"
"Mm! I want to do this again!"
"If you do well at your own school, we can go somewhere different."
His daughter puffed out her cheeks, "But I like it here!"
Sigh…
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A mug is slammed on the table of a cat cafe. There are five others just like it. All of them had coffee in it that was consumed by the absolutely exhausted pro hero.
"The entire exercise! He was *burp* there! I couldn't get a damn break without turning my head and seeing a flash of that goddamn motherfucking shit-eating grin!" The pro hero, Eraserhead, continued to complain about his mental state with very little actual care.
The man across from him was a good buddy that became a semi-regular customer at the cafe: Ainz Ooal Gown. Strange name, but Aizawa didn't care. The man's ability to listen to the hero's rants was more than enough to call him a great friend, "Are you sure that's something to be ignored? Could be a sign of paranoia or psychosis. Of course, I'm no doctor so don't take my word for it. The most I've dealt with was one of my friend's terrible OCD."
Ainz sipped on a cup of black coffee. Shota asked the server for the same thing. He really does need to get the hallucinations thing checked, but frankly doesn't bother.
Ainz continued, "Have you told your husband about this? Or anybody except a widower you meet at a cat cafe?"
"No…I don't want Hizashi to worry…maybe it'll just go away when I get some proper rest," he checks the clock: 2:17 AM. "Crap, tomorrow is supposed to be their first official hero class. I really don't want to miss that. Especially since the 'teacher' is completely incompetent."
The golden-eyed man shrugs, "If you need a teaching aide for a day, I could help sub in. I'm already taking care of one kid in my everyday life, what's the difference if it's 20?"
"Heh, yeah right. I can't just hire somebody out of the blue. They'd need to be…" Aizawa stopped and properly thought it out, Ainz's quirk is perfect for a sub. With the added edition of the grapple technique he showed, the only real downside is that he doesn't have a teacher's certificate. However if I can vouch for him, the board should be fine with it as they are already distracted with All Might. As a leader and caretaker of a child, he would be a fantastic assistant. I just hope he has the time for it…
Ainz purposefully sipped loudly on his coffee to snap Aizawa out of his stupor. Shota then turned to the man with a deal, "Ainz I hope you weren't making a joke out of your offer. I'd really like to consider having you work at U.A. even if it's only for a few classes. I could get you two front row seats to the School Festival for you and your daughter. Heard she's a huge fan of heroes."
"Bribing me now are we?" Ainz chuckled. "That's not very necessary, but I will gladly hold you accountable. I'll leave you to it then for I have to get all of the paperwork sorted."
Aizawa finally showed something akin to a smile, "Just come to the gates of the school. Seeya tomorrow, partner."
Ainz stopped at the doorway of the cafe, "Yes…partner."
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He scanned his surroundings to make sure he wasn't being followed before tapping his forehead, "Pandora?"
"Ja, Vater?"
"I need the identity papers for me and Eri to be placed into circulation now. I just found a distraction for the Gaia Heist. How prepared are you for backstage preparations?"
A haughty laugh was heard on the other side, "Ze Director is prepared to enter stage left. It is time for ze curtain to rise for ze audience."