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Chapter 3 : “Peace was never an option, and so with stealth”

  Nolff

  *Vroooom, Vroooom*

  *Zzz...*

  "Hmm... Chezburger~"

  *Tap tap tap*

  "Hopper? Wake up. Wake up, Hopper."

  "Mmh~ Whaa~?" *Yawn*

  Jide taps Hopper's shoulder repeatedly, waking him up. And after some poking, the troubled child finally opened his eyes. He looks around, staring at the car interior, barely awake. Hopper can't stand the weight his eyes carry and shuts down once again, sleeping on Jide's shoulder. Seeing that his little fel fell asleep again, Jide flicks Hopper's forehead.

  *Thack!*

  "Aww!"

  "You gotta pay for that st day lunch money you stole from me."

  Rubbing his forehead, caressing it "Oh, come on! That was just 20!"

  "That's still someone else's income, not yours."

  Pouts "Fine. So, where are we going?"

  Smirks a little "You're gonna defuse a spike today, someone booby-trapped Nolff and there'll be a collision in 70 hours because of that trap.

  Soo, yes. You're gonna be fine." Gives Hopper a sarcastic thumbs-up and a "very assuring smile"

  Hopper backs away from him, scared, simir to a terrified hamster. The sarcastic smile Jide gives frightens him. The programmer shifted back to normal, now a little serious. He taps the window and points a finger to the outside view. The car rolls into the MHA world and slowly fades into reality from the dark blue void on a brick wall.

  "Careful. There might be someone setting up another trap here," he says.

  "You don't need to tell me that twice, Jide."

  "Just another precaution."

  "As if I'm not cautious enough. :<"

  The car then stops in front of a convenience store, at night. The city, even though it's nighttime, still has plenty of pedestrians rolling around the city, bustling the street.

  Hopper zily steps out of the car, carrying his yellow duffel bag on the shoulder. He turns around and throws a chocote bar at Jide. Right when Jide sees the chocote and is about to grab it, Hopper does a pull, and the chocote goes back to him.

  With a prideful (but meme-ing) grin, Hopper walks away.

  "This my precious Silver Queen, not yours."

  *NGIEET!*

  "Wha- AAAAA!"

  *THUNK!*

  "AWWW!!!"

  Jide pulled him back to the car with a Gravity Gun, accidentally bumping Hopper's forehead into the car's roof.

  "Whoops! That was unintended, hehe. Now, gimme that!"

  Jide snatched Hopper's Silver Queen bar and unched him back to the sidewalk. He flew and fell like a ragdoll.

  *BUMM!*

  After that, he hit the gas full throttle, dipping Hopper as if he recently dumped a dead body.

  "YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS, JIDE!"

  *VROOOOOMM!*

  "Goddamnit."

  He gets up on his legs and sweeps off some dust on his clothes. He pulls out his phone and checks on the coordinate's location.

  "Jide said the coordinate should be marked on the school, but... Why's there two?"

  Hopper sees two marks on the map Jide gave him. One mark on the U.A, the others at the L.O.V. outpost. He sighs, frustrated by Jide's words "You only need to go to a pce." along with his thumbs up. Hopper looks like a cute, frustrated little guy in a chibi art style.

  "Jide, what in the f*cking world do you mean by a pce? Mmh..."

  He's trying to decide which pce to visit first. But then, of course, he decides to visit the vilins first. And he only has one reason for that.

  "Yeah, let's go to L.O.V. first. They're cool if I show them a Fat Man."1Do you- Do you need more exposition for this one? Like, why should I tell you this? It's a weapon of mass destruction, a bomb. Need I say more?

  He peeks at the map again and quickly averts his former pn. For what reason? Laziness. He'd rather take a short walk to a school than fly to a vilin's base 10 kilometers away.

  "Owh... Welp, let's go to the heroes first! I need a rest after all. Let's go find a motel!"

  (5 Minutes ter)

  He sits under the roof of a bus stop, close to the U.A. high school. He took a deep breath and exhaled, repeating the process a few times. And then, of course, he compins. Like-

  "HOW THE FU*K THERE'S NO MOTEL AROUND THE FRIDZGING SCHOOL?! DON'T THESE INN OWNERS KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL'S SURROUNDING IS DEFINITELY A GOOD SPOT TO BUILD A FRICKING MOTEL?! THERE'D BE OVERSEAS STUDENTS TOO! SO HOW THE FU-"

  And he goes off in the middle of the night screaming like a saryman exhausted by his job. And yes, the rant goes on for a few minutes, precisely 3 minutes.

  *Sighing in defeat*

  "Fine."

  For a certain reason, his mood went bad pretty quickly, from frustration to boredom. He wants a pce to doze off. Why? Why doesn't he just do his work fast and go home? Wasn't this a good time to intrude U.A and get the job done?

  He's the most energetic executive in THC at the same time the ziest when he gets bored, beating Jide on the zy leaderboard.

  Simply put, he's a cheerful sloth.

  "Should I do my work tonight?"

  *Intense brain processing*

  "Hmm....."

  His face expresses a serious look, one that comes from a specific bizarre adventure. And in a short moment, his face quickly changes to a goofy look.

  "Nope. I love my life, and I shall enjoy it. Let's go to U.A and sleep on the roof like a smuggler!"

  And that's how he walks 'innocently' to U.A. T-Posing. No, he's not walking. He's... He's not floating above the ground, but he's not walking either. If a character model fails to load walking animation, they walk in a static pose. So currently, he is freeze-walking, menacingly too.

  (Somewhere inside U.A)

  A white humanoid mouse is seen sitting on an office chair, currently occupied with some documents. Then, his phone rang up a call. He looks at the phone, picks it up, and answers politely.

  "You're with Nezu, what is it?"

  "Hello, Mr. Nezu. I'm Seiso, the Janitor you met three weeks ago. And uhm... I don't know how to say this."

  "Is there something weird happening?"

  "You can call it weird. But we have a statue climbing upward to the roof. Can someone check the roof? I'm not sure if that is a person cleaning the windows."

  "Hmm... I'll call someone to check."

  "Thank you, sir. I'm gonna go back to my home."

  "Stay safe."

  "Yes sir."

  *Beep!*

  "..."

  "I thought I'd hired enough Cleaners and Janitors."

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  (A day ter...)

  (Back to the troublesome kid)

  "Hoahhmm~"

  Hopper stretches his arms and legs, creating some cracking noises.

  "Morning, birds~"

  He spawned a 10-inch cheeseburger, a cup of iced soda, and big-sized fries. To finish his nice quick breakfast, he summoned a tray, putting all his meals on it. After the nice preparation, he made his way to the edge of the rooftop.

  And now, he's savoring the morning view of the rising sun, slowly enlightening the city.

  *Long exhale* "Huuh~ This is nice."

  *Gluk, gluk, gluk*

  He sees a glimpse of several students, jogging around the school. Watching them doing morning activities puts a smile on his face.

  "Good to know everyone's being energetic, unlike their sleepy gray scarf teacher."

  While he's observing the students and the rosing light, a threatened feeling slowly creeps into his senses. He spawns a camera and teleports it near the side of an under-construction building. He shifts his perspective with the camera and sees no living beings in the building. Even after sweeping through several floors, he still can't detect any sign of life in it.

  "Weird..."

  Once he checked the building, the threat was gone, and the weird feeling is gone. This could lead to some troubles, and it's probably because he's not being stealthy with his presence.

  Let's get to the pn.

  Finishing his breakfast, he snaps his fingers and the trash vanishes. He snaps once again and a bnk paper appears on his hands. At first, there's nothing on the paper. It's just a white empty paper. Then, a yout is slowly being written in it by no one. The paper, now called "papers", has a full design of a building. It's more precise to call it a map at this point.

  He flips the papers till he finds the section "BT area". Why? Well, Jide sent him a note with the coordinates in his phone. Written on the note, Jide told him to check the Ground Beta.

  "There's a high chance the first spike has been pnted in a practice area where the Battle Trial takes pce. This looks like a 50/50, but I'm pretty sure the coordinates were pnted there. I'm seeing some overflowing and stacked codes around U.A, even multiplied in the practice ground.

  Check the pce. Also, you're not alone there. Cardinal picked up some signals from our Spy and said Nugget tasked someone to do a bidding. So, if you ever feel being observed, you know who it is."

  Now he knows what to do. Get down to the EE area and remove the spike.

  "Hm? Hold on..."

  But, a question grows in his head.

  "Why don't Nolff slice the fricking spike he pnted? Why do I have to slice the old ones?"

  He stuffs his hand into his pocket, pulling out a phone to call Jide.

  *Beeeep, beeeeep, Tut!*

  "Are you still mad about the chocote bar?"

  "I will forever be mad about it. Also, why do I need to get rid of the spike? Couldn't Nolff just like, I don't know, kick the spike he pnted upwards to space?"

  *Sinister tone.* "Hmm... I wonder who shot a genetically modified Direct Hit at point-bnk range and shattered the spike, flinging it to the stratosphere and making me reinforce it so it doesn't get easily destroyed by our powers."2The Direct Hit is one of the bazookas used by Soldier from Team Fortress 2. Most Soldier's rocket unchers have a... Well, not-so-bazooka speed. There are only a few of his bazookas that can travel faster. One of em is this, the Direct Hit. Since it has "Direct Hit" as its name, it deals more damage and flew much faster than the normal ones he used, at the cost of spsh damage radius. You wouldn't want that much freedom aiming towards you.

  *Lemon Tree pys shortly in the background.*

  "I wonder ho~w, I wonder wh~y."

  "Ah, uhm... I can expin."

  *Beep!*

  *Scottish Accent* "Wha?!"

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  He was not a fan of MHA, that's why he needed some time to grab intel about where he was supposed to check. The yout only helps locate the spike, not including where the area is near the school.

  And now, he's sleeping with his body hanging upside down on a ledge.

  Quietly snoring, not even bothered by the wind.

  Then, a cute plushie-sized creature clothed simir to his, jumps up the ledge and tugs his pants. At first, it was just a soft tug, then a rub, and the more it saw its owner staying comfortably dozing off, the more annoyed it got. So, with cramped eyebrows, it punches Hopper's right egg with all its might. At the same time, two green words in bold appeared out of thin air, spelling "CRITICAL HIT!" along with a satisfying sound effect.

  *THUNG!!*

  "AAA-!!"

  Hopper screamed at the top of his lungs, but the little guy tightly covered his mouth with white duct tape before anyone hears him

  "Mmmh! MmmmpH!"

  The small him still shows an infuriated face, so it charges itself toward the balls once again, causing them both to drop down to the floor with Hopper's mind getting a bit fuzzy.

  Moment of silence, please.

  He regains his conscious back and removes the duct tape from his mouth.

  "Pwah! Fiuuh~ Oh, you. Didn't I tell you to be nice when waking me up, A1?"

  The little guy, named A1, shook his head lightly, refusing to comply with his boss's request.

  "Oh, so you want the hard way? I get it now. You'll snack allowance is now expired."

  A1 face, which was showing an "I dare you" expression, now turned into a total shock. Snacks, for him and his comrades, are crucial to fend off their boredom. And that's one way to "co-operate" with them by giving them nice things to eat. Hopper lifted himself from the ground and was quickly hugged on his left foot by A1. He looks up at his puppy eyes, pleading for his snack allowance to be refreshed.

  Judging by Hopper's (meme-ing) cold face and dead stare, it's unlikely that his little underling will get his allowance back. I mean, what will one perceive in this moment when they meet this gaze?

  Spoiler

  [colpse]

  Not a good sign, of course. But then Hopper sighed and shook his head.

  "Fine. But you and your team must help me, okay?"

  *Nods excitedly*

  "Good one~"

  Hopper crouches and pats the little boy, quickly melting him on his hand. The longer he rubs his hair, the closer his little clone to sleep. Seeing this, Hopper flicks his forehead, getting his sense back.

  *Thuk!*

  "Get your job done first, buddy."

  A1's eyes open back in a sudden. His throat's dry, and he sps his boss's leg repeatedly, hoping he'll give them some drops.

  "Exhausted, I know. Me too. So, gather everyone and tell them to report their findings to you once they're back."

  Understanding his boss's condition, he nods and turns his back, rallying his squadmates near the roof's door. And once again, all Hopper does is y his back on the floor and rex, peacefully waiting for his little army's chief to collect the bomb's location info.

  Ah, remembering the moments when his little bois were created...

  Oh, never mind. He instead remembers the memory of them scrutinizing his shotguns with malicious intent, and the process of them finally having something else to do instead of creating wreckage.

  SpoilerThe little army, whom Hopper called ChADS ( stands for Chaos And Demolition Starter ), is Hopper's private army. There are times when the executives have no personnel to dispatch to take care of a problem or when an asset is in great danger.

  They have the same look as their boss as if they're the clones of their owner. Just uhh... With a different size.

  Coincidentally, the little army back then was the troublemakers. They harm nearly everyone, excluding innocents. For the executives, they are a group of nuisance. For the workers and staff, they are cute little demons. While for the bad guys, they are the definition of cruelty.

  Somehow, certain people were able to tame them with candies and snacks. So, to get the nuisance off his back, Hopper decided to feed them with snacks. It worked, partially. They mostly comply with his orders and don't bother him so much.

  That's a good thing, yes, but only if they could get their annoying habits lessened. Even with them not bothering him, they still become one annoying group from hell.

  Hopper kinda ran out of ideas. Luckily, Jide said, "Just send them to do missions, it's that easy."

  And here we are, with the little army now has a new hobby. To cause utter destruction, that's their work motto.

  [colpse]

  (Moments ter...)

  *THUD!*

  The little crew came back with style, unfortunately nding head-first while trying to do a Superhero pose. The noise they make wakes their boss up.

  *Yawn~* "Alright then, what do you guys get?"

  A1, the Leader, presents him with the map of the entirety of UA, complete with the Spike marked and several Points of Interest here and there. The little chief id the map down on the floor, his tiny hands pointing at 1-A's room. B1 interjects his leader, shaking his own head. He points to their main objective, mocking the leader for being a little stupid.

  Their other comrade, C1, is seen eating a chocote bar taken from his little secret stash.

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