"You don't know it, but in my eyes, you are already dead."

"NANI!!??"

Silence settled in the alley as the villains were dumbfounded for a little while after hearing his words, Then,

"AHAHAH!! THIS GUY IS A JOKE!"

"KILLING US? YOU HEROES CAN'T EVEN HARM A BUG!"

They exploded in laughter as they began to jeer and mock him openly. It wasn't that they were sure to win. It was just that even if they lost it would be no big deal. After all the worst they would receive when fighting a hero was a beating, followed by an arrestation. Even those vigilantes didn't kill since they were bound by the law.

Sadly, they didn't know what kind of man they meet.

Kuroha ignored their jeers and stated plainly as he gazed at them like they're already dead,

"Generally, this is the part where I ask you why you did this and all that cliche shit, but you see, you guys are savage beasts that should simply be put down... As such I will let you be the first to taste a new technique of mine."

FIVE TAILS LIKE TENTACLE COULD BE SEEN EXTENDING FROM THE BACK OF THE ARMOR

"*iiihh!!*"

Those guys screamed as those tentacles made out of blood managed to bind them faster that they could react then, slowly raised them in the air before another large globe of blood contorted before slowly taking the form of what looked like a sarcophagus but with the face of a woman.

"Did you know? Humans are extremely creative when it comes to inflicting pain on their counterparts. While reading one of my many books I found that, during the medieval time, long before the apparition of quirks, there was this little device that was utilized to torture people."

Kuroha ignored the change in their expression as he let out a slow chuckle.

"You see, they created a human-sized box laden with spikes on the inside. The criminals would be forced inside and be impaled by those spikes once the device was shut. But..."

He trailed off before letting out a sinister smile under his mask,

"But, just that would be too easy to die like that, wouldn't it? The creator of this thing was really a sadistic bastard. Why you might ask? Well, simply because, the spikes inside the device were deliberately made in such a way that they're not long enough to directly kill the one inside, but rather slowly and painfully make them bleed to death. Hum. What was it called again? Let me think… Ah!! I remember. [IRON MAIDEN]!!"

Hearing this, they began to scream more desperately. They might not be particularly educated, but the words: torture device, was one anyone could understand,

"PLEASE SPARE US!!"

"I BEG YOU*Sob* *sob*"

"I SWEAR TO NEVER DO IT AGAIN. PLEASE!!!"

Sadly, Karma was a bitch.

They finally understood that this guy wasn't one of those naive idiots who would simply send them into prison after beating them. No, this guy was a true monster. Some of them even soiled their pants as they imagined.

"Go to hell. But do not worry, for you won't be the only one to die today."

Kuroha, was indifferent as he voiced his opinion and directly put each of them in one device before slowly, very slowly, closing them.

*Bang*

"ARGH!!!!"

The moment the device closed, their fate was sealed. But, as he said, this device wasn't designed to kill directly. It was a torture device, not a killing one. That's why, he stretched his hand toward the sky, and slowly began clenching it.

The Iron maidens answered to this movement as they began to crumble inwardly and contract slowly but surely until they became five little balls made out of blood. One could easily imagine in which state the corpses in there were.

Kuroha, raised his head as he looked at the result of his work. He could feel an intense churning of disgust threatening to make him vomit.

Despite killing them so atrociously, he could only see that he felt no personal satisfaction. He hated pain, he didn't wish to make others suffer. But… But… Sometimes, the world didn't care about what you thought and what you wanted.

He slowly came close to the woman's body before closing his eyes. He knew that this act of torturing would weigh on his mind. But he was sure that his already sleepless night would have become worse had he not make them see hell.

As he vanished from this place, the last thought Kuroja had was a very bitter one,

"The world really hides much ugliness. One man can never erase it entirely"

As for those little balls of blood? He refused to reabsorb something that was stained with their filth. He would simply keep those balls on his armor and use them as supplementary blood supply. What's more, this was a very efficient way to deal with the bodies.

----

Somewhere, on the roof of a building, three leisurely people could be seen standing together while watching the chaos happening in the city.

"Toshiko, your plan was perfect."

"Humph!! It's thanks to the old master information I created this plan. I told you I wasn't useless."

Shigaraki answer nonchalantly while scratching the back of his neck,

"Yeah, thanks to the four disasters, sensei information gathering is really insane."

Sumeragi Toshiko and Shigaraki Tomura, it wasn't a coincidence that their name looked so similar. The two of them were raised by their "Sensei" or "Old master" as they called him.

Kurogiri, who was eyeing the situation continued,

"Still, I must say that I really respect this plan. It's so simple but deadly at the same time."

Toshiko simply puffed her rather large chest with pride as she let out a smile,

"The old master told us that most high-level heroes, as well as their side-kick, in this zone were in a secret meeting to discuss how to deal with us. This means that our initial plan to attack UA becomes impossible. Those villains we recruited also become useless. Then I thought about a sentence the old master liked to use: Methode and objective."

Tomura nodded for her to continue, he might not like her, but he understood how smart she was.

"We had three-goal in attacking UA. Lower the confidence people had in the heroes, create unease in the society, and kill All Might or at least assess his current level power. Since our objective is clear, we just have to change the method. By launching such an attack while the powerful heroes are absent, we can already clear two objectives. What's more, since we only used those cannon fodder, next time we appear, the heroes will underestimate our abilities and we can surprise them with our Nomu."

A rather lengthy explanation, but one who reached the heart of the matter. Tomura had to accept that in terms of pure result, this plan was way better than his. But this didn't matter, he couldn't help but feel his heartbeat in excitement while watching everything that was happening. It was so simple, so beautiful, everything was perf…

"TOMURA!!! We have an urgence!!"

"What?"

He couldn't help but be irritated as he turned to face Kurogiri and took the phone in his hand, from there, a scared voice sounded,

"Le-leader!!! SOMETHING IS GOING WRONG, A HERO APPEARED, PLEASE LEADER COME 8 FAST? HE IS KI…Argh!!!!!_ So, you're the leader? I don't know who you're. But let me be clear. It's doesn't matter how far you hide. Why? Because sooner or later... I will be there and then you'll die."

*Beep *Beep* *Beep

Tomura didn't know why, but he suddenly felt a chill go through his body.

----

Kuroha crushed the phone in his hand before looking at the villain that lay against the wall, his sword embedded in the villain's stomach.

"Pl-please!! Sp-spare m-me!!"

Kuroha simply twisted the sword a little before yanking it out and used his foot to crush the head of the villains. A flower of blood painted the wall where the former villain originally laid,

"You guys really lack imagination in how to beg for your life."

After that, he walked silently and left this part of the city. He had beasts to hunt.

Behind him, a trail of dismembered corpses told the tales of what had happened.