13 Pro’s And Con’s!

(3rd Person Pov)

Rimuru calmly walked down the streets of Kamino Ward in his spirit form. Searching for the building that housed the nomus.

It had been a couple of hours since his meeting with Principal Nezu had happened, and right after their talk ended, he began making his way to Kamino to search for the nomu lab just to make sure that Nezu can't try and call his bluff on knowing the location of the laboratory.

On his way to Kamino, he had assisted several heroes by sniping the villains from afar, enjoying the scene of the confusion on the heroes faces. And finally,after a few minutes more of searching, he had found the Nomu laboratory.

Still remaining in his spirit form, Rimuru walked through the walls like a ghost. He looked all around him at the many Nomu's as he muttered.

"I wonder. How many of these people who were turned to Nomus are still being searched for? Or, is there even anyone who still cares about their existence? Quirkless individuals who in a desperate attempt to gain a quirk ended up being test subjects, corpses stolen, and even kidnapping all to create these super soldiers."

Rimuru silently watched the Nomu's in the water pods before he heard the sound of footsteps on the roof.

'Did they send Aizawa to search for the Nomus?'

And sure enough, Aizawa squatted near the window peeking inside the building. Rimuru watched Aizawa who froze seeing all the Nomu's. Probably even had his eyes wide open at the sheer number of them that were being hidden.

'(How did no one ever find this lab?!) Is probably what he's thinking right about now.'

Rimuru smiled to himself at his own thoughts as he notice Aizawa scanning the entire building before he took out his phone and began what seemed to be texting someone.

'Probably sharing the address with Principal Nezu. Once I return to the school the next day, I dont doubt that Nezu might have some sort of new scheme planned for me…I should also take my leave now. I don't think I can stay here much longer without destroying the entire base with a Caladbolg II.'

Rimuru left the building through it's walls like a ghost as he returned home for the night. Upon arriving back home, Rimuru ate alot of the food in his fridge just to ease his hunger as he muttered to himself.

"Ugh. I'll have to ask Nezu if I can gain access to the cafeteria whenever I'm hungry. Cause as I am right now, I'm simply too broke to purchase the necessary quantity of food I need daily."

Afterwards, he took a quick shower, and brushed his teeth before he dried his hair and went to sleep.

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(3rd Person Pov)

By three a.m the next day, Rimuru woke up as he stretched his body and hummed feeling refreshed. However, upon noticing that it was only three am, he grumbled in annoyance, before he sighed and went about refreshing himself and drying his hair.

"Should I wear the same outfit as yesterday? Or maybe I should try something new?"

This time, Rimuru chose to wear the Demon Lord outfit as he checked himself out in the mirror.

"I must admit, the outfit is way cooler than the blue coat."

After checking himself out for another minute, Rimuru went ahead and made himself breakfast with all the remaining bread and peanut butter in his fridge. And after drinking several glasses of water, Rimuru left his house in spirit form by around four thirty am to begin his hero work for the day.

(Scene Break)

Rimuru sat at the edge of an apartment rooftop. His legs dangling over the roof edge kicking forward and backwards as he watched the sunrise.

'What a nice view to witness. Seeing the illuminating light of the sun sure does remind me of my friends. It's been less than a week in this new world, and I'm already feeling homesick. As much fun as it is roaming around and interacting with my favourite characters, I still feel sad remembering everyone. Ichigo, Kyoujuro, Sasaki, Maria and Uiharu. I guess the saying is true. You only begin missing others dearly when their no longer with you.'

To Rimuru even the ten years of torture under Actually Satan wouldn't be enough to forget the friends who were the closest thing to a family he ever had. Rimuru continued watching the sunrise silently as the memories of his friends flooded his mind. How he came to meet them, and how they all eventually came to be the most important individuals in his life.

Rimuru took off his mask and exhaled a shuddering breath as he felt droplets of tears falling down his face.

"It's alright. I haven't given up on finding a way back. One day we'll all reunite and celebrate my return. So until then, I'll help the people of this world and help the students grow to their full potential."

He stood up and wiped his eyes before putting back on Shizue's mask as he leapt from the apartment rooftop, heading to UA Highschool.

-(Scene Break)-

Inside of the UA Conference Room, sat Rimuru alongside the rest of the staff of UA Highschool with Principal Nezu sitting at the very front. Nezu's eyes looking at Rimuru was full of intrigue as he spoke up when all the other staff members were in attendance.

"Now that everyone's gathered, let the meeting officially begin."

Everyone nodded their heads as Principal Nezu continued.

"As I informed all of you yesterday, UA will be having a new staff member. I've already shared his file with all of you. However, as the saying goes, one's first impression tends to best help shape one's future after all. So Rimuru Tempest, why don't you introduce yourself to everyone?"

Rimuru nodded his head and stood up as he lazily waved his hand and spoke.

"Sup."

Silence permeated the conference room as the staff struggled to process Rimuru's strange first words. Rimuru snorted in amusement before he actually gave a proper speech.

"*Ahem* Since you all have read my profile, I assumed I wouldn't need to give you all the boring details you've already read. However, I'll just go through the basic introduction for the heck of it. A pleasure to meet you all. My name is Rimuru Tempest, and the name of my quirk is called projection. I look forward to working alongside all of you."

Rimuru bowed slightly before he sat down.

'Atleast he is respectful and has enough manners to bow.'

Was the thought that went through the minds of most of the staff members. Toshinori was looking at Rimuru with concealed suspicion, meanwhile Aizawa was blatantly looking upon him with suspicion.

Everyone took notice of Aizawa's obvious suspicion of Rimuru, but no one spoke up. Watching silently to see how the situation unfolds, and should they intervene physically. Rimuru sighed behind his mask as he spoke.

"Alright. Explain what's got you so suspicious about me Eraserhead?"

Aizawa looked towards Nezu who nodded his head allowing Aizawa to speak up.

"The fact that your obviously lying about the number of quirks that you possess."

Rimuru said nothing as Aizawa continued.

"Weapon materialisation, mass hypnosis and memory alteration, possible physical attributes increasing quirk, possible accuracy quirk, some sort of awareness manipulation and the ability to materialise and dematerialise yourself at will. These are all the abilities that we "Know" you use, and based off of All Might's words when he fought agaisnt you. And based on the fact that these are just what we "know" you can do, and not what your completely capable of. And because of this lack of information, we have more than enough reason to suspect your somehow involved with All For One."

Rimuru raised an eyebrow from behind his mask as he calmly questioned.

"Didn't we already go through this whole interrogation thing yesterday Principal Nezu? You even brought the lie detector guy."

Principal Nezu smiled as he responded.

"Indeed that's true. However, who knows if you may have had a quirk given to you by All For One that could bypass the detective's lie detector quirk. That's the interesting aspect of possibly being connected to a villain with the ability to take away and bestow quirks. There's always the argument that whatever you may say could be countered by a possible quirk he may have bestowed upon you."

Rimuru rolled his eyes behind his mask as he spoke.

"If I was an agent of All For One I would have captured, crippled or killed the vast majority of you. Besides, I'm sure you must've already gone to investigate the Nomu factory."

Principal Nezu nodded his head as he answered.

"Indeed. You weren't lying about that. We're already making plans on how to deal with them without alerting All For One. But that still doesn't clear you of suspicion."

Rimuru shrugged his shoulders as he continued.

"Look. Your all just wasting your time with these accusations. Yes I know things about the most notorious villain that I shouldn't know anything about, but if I was his henchman, you'd expect him to keep me on a tight leash to not expose his plans to you. Especially not to the likes of All Might."

Principal Nezu smiled in amusement, but the others were surprised with how nonchalant Rimuru was about the situation he's in. He was in a room full of pro heroes, with someone who could erase his quirk and Japan's number one hero, but yet he was unusually calm and nonchalant about the possibility of having to fight them.

"Your right. If you really were part of All For One's entourage, you'd have most definitely not have been so confident to just show up to our doorstep. Very well then Rimuru Tempest. If I may, before I hand you your schedule, do you mind sharing all the quirks you actually possess?"

Rimuru sighed as he took off his mask calmly placing it on the side of his head. And though usually the staff would have commented on his looks, the tense situation didn't allow them to.

Rimuru looked Nezu in the eye as he answered.

"No."

And the atmosphere became even more tense as Nezu smiled and responded.

"I'm afraid that you won't be able to get this job unless you reveal your full arsenal. This is not only as a sign of trust, but for the safety of the staff as well."

Rimuru without even a change in his calm expression responded rather unexpectedly.

"That's fine. If you fire me on the first day, I'll just become a full time hero. I have a hero license after all, and with my looks, marksmanship, and close quarter combat abilities, if wont take long for me to rise up the hero rankings."

Principal Nezu hummed in agreement as he responded.

"You have a valid point."

Nezu tapped the table with his paw for several seconds weighing the pro's and the cons.

'He's right in the fact that he would be able climb the rankings with relative ease. And with the information he possesses on All For One, he'd make an invaluable asset to stopping him. Another pro to having him at UA would be his abilities all together. Not only does he seem to own more than a few quirks, but he's able to go toe to toe against All Might even if the latter didn't go all out. That would mean that he'd also be a great source of security for when All Might can't stay in hero mode. But there is just as big a con to having him here. Namely, the possibility that he's being manipulated by All For One without himself being aware of it. If the latter is true, then he would basically be getting all the info on studnets, and staff members with all schedules and their quirks for him to selectively choose from and eventually steal them. And thats a massive liability that UA won't be able to recover from… It's a massive gamble, but the higher the risk, the greater the reward after all.'

Nezu chuckled to himself eerily earning him some concerned gazes as he spoke.

"Alright you win. Welcome to your first day as a UA Staff. I'll give you your schedule later, so for now, go and explore the facilities with Eraserhead to familiarise yourself with the school."

Rimuru smiled in response as he answered.

"I look forward to teaching the next generation of heroes."

(Scene End)

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