10 10.Let us rest

"This is what happens when you decide to take a fuckin day off..."

Goliath thought wearily as he surveyed his surroundings. A pile of shapeless scrap metal that had once been humanoids trying to destroy them. Now nothing more than trash. Their master, whoever he was, obviously didn't want to give them a second chance, too bad they were underestimated. The same can't be said for the street they were on.

Broken poles, broken glass, the sidewalk, it was a mess.

First he'd have his special cleanup crew take care of all the garbage, then he'd use the money to fix the street.

"Damn, we should have moved this group off the main road and closer to the woods. " Goliath thought, looking around unhappily, "Judging by the reaction of those sculptures, they were coming towards me, which means I could have led them away from here if All Might hadn't shown up..." .... There I go again. At least I had fun."

And speaking of All Might.

" I must say, You are worthy of your name, you've almost passed the entire test, All Might, but the duel is still on! " Andre blurted out, putting his hand on All Might's shoulder and almost knocking him down. He could see All Might's exhaustion from his ragged breathing. Though he tried to compensate, there was no hiding from Goliath's gaze.

Goliath also didn't bother to address All Might by name since they hadn't formally introduced themselves yet. Andre wants him to open up to him, tell him a little about himself, build a friendship.

An interesting detail is that Goliath has learned not only his history of actions in his homeland, at least all the information available to his informants. And to begin with, after what he knew, Goliath had a little more respect for Toshinori. And even though they had one thing in common: Neither of them was willing to reveal the characteristics of his oddity. He could respect the man's wishes.

To better understand his future rival, Goliath had followed his heroic activities in his spare time, here in New York.

A man who could be said to have the entire state at his fingertips would know exactly what was going on in his territory. The number of eyes and cameras he has access to is the easiest way to get information.

Goliath isn't crazy, and he's not watching every man, just that blond guy from Japan who showed up.

And he proved himself the moment he could match his power. Unfortunately for Goliath, the confrontation was brief, but the groundwork had already been laid. Besides, few could withstand Goliath's punch, his punch at half strength... less than half... okay, less than that. Still, he was able to stop Goliath, and that's something Andrew respects.

But Toshinori is not weak, no, that's far from the truth. Toshinori is strong, his potential is incredible. It's just that right now he's not experienced enough, he's not trained enough. His potential is one of the reasons why Goliath wants him on his side.

He could teach a lot of things, like professional boxing and wrestling. Andre is incredibly good, and he was on his way to becoming an Olympic champion. Until he was convinced that heroism would be so much better.

That's a story for later, but now back to the present.

All Might chuckled slightly at Goliath's words. "That's good to hear, Goliath-san. "

" Goliath-san? "

" It's a way of expressing respect in Japanese. "

" Oh, And if that's the case, bwhahahahahahahaha...Goliath laughed, now removing his hand from his shoulder and slapping him weakly on the back, "Thomas Andre is my name. You can call me whatever you want, you've earned it, BWHAHAHAHAHA. "

And as the two shared a moment after the fight, two people approached them. Owl and Hound. While first one was squinting his eyes to see if he could find something useful on the sculptures, the second was shooting at the bodies with his pistol in hand, splintering the already broken things and chuckling as he did so.

Goliath turned and smiled at the sight of his men. And as they approached, he said in a loud voice, "All Might , meet my combat specialist and medic, as well as the guild's chief combat instructor," he pointed at a 2.3 meter tall strongman with a big belly and weapons all over his body. "Hound! "

" And my chief detective, Owl! " He moved his arm slightly to the side, pointing to a middle-aged man with a brown coat slung over his shoulders and a large cowboy hat with a gold star on the front. On his shoulders were straps with a visible radio and a holster on his belt.

*POW*

One last shot from Hound's gun into a shapeless mess and the two men stood before Goliath. The bearded man spoke first, "That was quite a show, boss! Good job newcomer, All Might it was? BWAHAHA well done young man. "

" Indeed. " Owl paused briefly to examine the Chief's new assistant, the Japanese, All Might. He wanted to say something about the golden aura surrounding him, but first he brought another thing to the surface: " Chief, couldn't you have chosen another area than the main street? "

" Time was running out, so we stopped them before they went further into the city. "

" Hmm, that's it? Okay, And boy... " Owl turned to All Might, who exhaled heavily, "That gold stuff on your body will go away soon. Don't be surprised if you feel extremely tired. "

Nodding slowly, All Might replied, "Noted, Owl-san. "

Hound slapped the boss's torso to get his attention, " Owl-san? "

And Goliath calmly replied, "Japanese stuff. "

"Ah, so... "

Goliath folded his arms, drawing the attention of his named brother-in-arms, "All Might listen, you were working with your partner, where is he? "

Toshinori took a breath of oxygen, shaking his hands slightly, and immediately replied, "He was originally with me, patrolling the area. When we saw a crowd gathering and rushing into town, we split up. He went to warn the police and decided to confront ..... "

" Good for you, you did the right thing, good boy! " Hound interrupted, raising his thumb in encouragement with a wide grin.

"Heh, ありがとう! (Arigato), Hound-san! " Toshinori thanked the big helmeted man.

"What?"

" We'll find out later, continue All Might. " Owl-san needed information, he came here to do his job and unnecessary conversations were clouding his head filled with stupid information, he was already feeling bad because of the situation on the love front, the mood was shit.

" You're right, Owl-san. After dealing with the first wave, I wanted to leave the place, but I could see another problem in the distance, a new wave. I alerted my partner and asked him to start evacuating people and pass this information on to law enforcement. After that, I went into town to help with the evacuation, and then Goliath-san showed up, and then..." he shook his head. "You can see for yourself," he shook his head, referring to their surroundings, the bodies and the destruction. "

As he said this, Thomas nodded, noting in his mind the actions of All Might that were done correctly, his thought interrupted by Owl's question.

" But why not handle the new wave without bringing in the Feds and the guys in green? You seemed to handle the first influx well. " Owl pointed out.

" I didn't want to take any chances, Owl-san. " All Might replied accurately.

"Good answer, nice, kid! " Hound was already standing next to the Japanese, patting him on the shoulder, taking the cigar out of his mouth and holding it with his hand, chuckling after his words.

" I heard you. I was wondering why the Feds were gathering. " came Owl's short reply, looking suspiciously at Hound, who showed a strange friendliness to the newcomer. And when he's in a good mood he doesn't praise people very often, and this one had already done it twice. Fatty is obviously achieving something. But we'll find out later.

" Now to the main problem, the bear on the bike, so to speak, those things. "He pointed to one of the bodies, "We need to find out who's responsible for this mess. What kind of technology is it that can do this, or maybe no technology at all, a quirk? "Owl thought as he dropped to his knees and examined the bodies more closely, his quirk kicking in and intensifying his vision. These "bodies" had nothing to do with robotics: no wires, no gears, no oil or the like. They were definitely not human either, and a blind man would notice that. So puppets. Possible. Need more information.

Goliath muttered, drawing the trio's attention to himself, "This is why I called you. Go to the address I gave you earlier and get to work. Seventh floor, guy named Derek Ramway, interrogate him and report back to me. "

Owl gave a brief nod, stood up to his full height, and walked toward his car and squad.

"And you're Hound," he turned his head to his friend who was already telling All Might a story, taking off his helmet for a second for dramatic effect. The trooper stopped and, realizing he was addressing him, replied.

" I'm listening, boss. "

"Request a cleanup team from HQ. Collect all the bodies and take them to the warehouse, then we'll figure out what to do with them. "

Hound threw the jockstrap back over his head and stood in a humble stance, saluting. His weapons made the sound of metal against metal as he moved, "Roger that, boss. And you, All Might, come to our headquarters, see how we're doing, maybe even join us, Bvhahahaha! " and stomped off to his boys.

"Oh, so that's what he's after, you sly old hound, Hound. "Thomas grinned, noticing his sweet talk and eloquence towards All Might. Like him, Hound was also interested in Yagi and had already started to build a good relationship, making a good first impression. What an old man, what a trickster.

" And now All Might. "

"Yes, Goliath-san? "

"Nothing unites better than a great battle! And after a battle, one must rest, come to my place tonight, I invite you. "

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[And I'm back, guys. I want to say right off the bat that I heard you, your opinion is important. We will reach the canon, we will not run through the universes. ( at least not as you expect ) And also the reason why I was absent is a broken phone. The fucking screen broke and I had to borrow my old one, which is very laggy, and use it to answer calls at most, but somehow I managed to attack 1700 words, so content here he is. I'd also love to hear your opinions on the chapter. ]