‘Gigantic’ trouble.

After further consultation with my mom, I decided to go back and help out with the work. Rein did promise me more money for this, so it would be a total shame to not use such opportunity. Mom was a little worried about me, but after reassuring her further, she allowed me to go, even if this required some heavy inquiring from my side. I mean, I do understand her reasoning, she is just worried about me. But, it is a worry that is pretty much unnecessary. I can knock out pretty much everyone in seconds, aside from some super powerful villains or this number one heroine, which I hope to not meet for at least few years for now.

I do need to get myself back in form if I am to match them, which I will hopefully achieve through helping on construction site.

What ? Someone expected me to only use my quirk there ? No, once I get myself in shape I will start helping physically while helping with my quirk. I will get tired as duck, but I guess that it will have to do. I have no money to go around lazying on a gym, I would rather help out and train at the same time. Striking two birds with one stone you may say.

But then, with a renewed core of mine, shouldn't I be able to solo pretty much all of villains around here ? ... No, overconfidence is a fools downfall, I ain't doing that here. I am also not alone in this world, they could always target my mother, which would be the lowest of moves, but possibility still exists.

Sticking to my plan, I went back on the construction site with an intention of helping around for another few hours. It maybe getting darker and darker, it will probably be close to midnight when I return. But if I keep up the work, then at least mother won't have to concern herself with any.

There wasn't all that much happening over there. Without me, works had to go back to their old rhythm, namely them transporting materials onto higher floors either manually or through a machine, both of which obviously take much more time.

Going straight towards the cabin, this while waving to anyone that waved at me, I soon arrived at the scene of Rein speaking through his phone. He did seem little tensed up after the call, which ended few moments after I arrived.

Knocking on a wall to bring his attention to myself, I entered.

"Who is i-

Oh, Chara. I am very grateful that you came back ... or I would be."

He says, ending with a tired sight. I looked at him with a questioning gaze, to which he responds shortly after.

"You see, there is a gigantic chase taking place in the city at the moment. And by gigantic, I mean that some giantification quirk fellow is running around while being 25 meters in height. And while it wouldn't be our problem normally ...

He is running in our direction. I am to evacuate myself and the workers ASAP."

... Now that is some action going on. And if the villain is going in our general direction ...

"What about civilians ?"

I asked. If my thinking is correct, then our house is in the line of this charging villain. And although I have enchanted the whole building, there is still some self-doubt about competence of these enchantments.

"Most people should get notifications on their phones by now and be evacuating. And those that don't have phones will get to know about this from people that do."

So, that means that my mom, who has got one will be evacuating. That does make me relieved.

"And so, what are we going to do boss ?"

Said Mark, appearing suddenly behind me. Furrowed brows on his face were practically saying that retreating and leaving the building site was not an option.

"Boss, you could probably take the guy down by yourself ! Even more so-"

Mark continued on, only to be interrupted by Rein.

"Mark ... I am really out of shape. I have not fought for years now-"

Rein replied while looking at his own hands, however, he was stopped by Mark.

"It doesn't matter boss ! You have me, Larry and others ! With all of us we will be able to take the guy down, even if you yourself got weaker. Especially if the guy is from this group, he will be aiming specifically at the building !"

Spoke Mark, nearly yelling at Rein, determination brimming from his face.

What confused me was the mention of 'this group'. Do they have some kind of rivalry ?

Seeing the confusion on my face, Mark quickly explained.

"Since you are new here, you might not know, but our boss over here was once a leader of a mercenary group. Branded a villain around nearly whole country. Dozen years prior he surrendered himself and since his crime weren't all that serious and he cooperated, he made it out two years ago with a huge help from contacts.

But the group administrating our work ... has some bad blood between themselves and our boss, therefore trying to get him fired. Either by giving him enormous work with very small time frame or-"

"-by sabotage."

Rein ended for Mark, with a visible frown on his face while looking at him.

"I ... am sorry boss. I sometimes forget that Chara is just a child."

Mark bowed a little in response.

"*Sigh*, does not matter. It seems that Administration forgot just how badly angering me could end up. Maybe some change in ones in charge ? ... But you are right. We will defend properly then. Ready our men, I want no casualties."

Said Rein, a little bit of darkness shrouding his face.

"Yes sir !"

Replied Mark, with a visible smile on his face.

"I am sorry Chara, but there won't be any work for no-"

"Can I also help ?!"

I interrupted, beaming with a smile.

Finally some chance to fight something ! And even though my body is weaker, my core is stronger than ever.

"... Young Chara, this won't be a place for kids, you aren't even formally allowed to ... *Sigh* who am I kidding. You have helped us with transporting materials for hours, you are no ordinary kid. Very well, Young Char-

No, just Chara. I will allow you to participate. However, you are to stay next to me. No random running in like some super heroes from these movies, you understand ?"

Remarked Rein, all while waving his finger at me, as if I was some kid. Rude.

"Yes sir !"

I replied while taking a more serious expression on my face.

"Very well then. Come on, we have to get ready."

With this, we made it out of the little blue cabin. There were shouts going on all around, people running here and there in various directions. Some seemed to have somewhat mixed fillings, varying between a want to run away and staying to protect the project.

Most of workers however, gathered before the gate. Someone was yelling in between them, from a voice I can only assume the person to be Mark shouting out some kind of plan.

"-and then, we put the guy to 'sleep'. Any kind of questions ?!"

Silence was the answer he got. After 'confirming' the plan, more than half of the workers started running towards the building site.

Rein, probably also wondering about the plan that was already formed, decided to ask Mark about it.

"So, boss. I concluded that if this guy is really from Administration and trying to slow our work down, he will be charging straight towards the building in order to destroy it. Therefore, we need to stop him before he gets anywhere near the building. I sent some people to see from what direction he is going from, so we can set up a trap for him, which mainly resolves around tripping him and knocking the guy out. And to do the last one, we will require you, boss."

"*Sigh* can you end with 'boss' thing ?"

"Not a chance, boss."

Replied Mark, smirking as he talked.

"... All right. I will follow your plan. Don't expect too much of me of course, I am not all that in-"

Rein continued, only to be interrupted by Mark.

"Stop with 'out of shape' bullshit, boss. You would be enough to get this guy down in one punch if you wanted. It isn't only me that thinks like that, most of us believe that you would be able to."

Replied Mark, before starting to walk away to prepare with the others.

"You are rating me too high, Mark."

Said Rein with a short sight at the end, not getting any answer.

Getting bored of being ignored, I decided to ask.

"What can I help with ? I am more than capable of doing things."

I questioned, some of my excitement leaking into my voice.

"I guess you will have to ask Mark about it. As you saw, he is the one behind planning everything. Don't get lost though !"

"Yeah."

I replied before turning around and jogging towards the place where Mark has been going to. Passing by a few workers, now dressed in what seemed like combat clothes, I asked for directions.

They were more than happy to comply, pointing me towards the gathering of people. It didn't seem all that big, up to 10 people, but they were constantly talking through one another, discussing what could go wrong and how to stop that outcome.

I patiently waited for them to stop, which still took quite good amount of time. They then parted their ways and went in different direction.

Mark was about to do the same, so I stopped him and asked what I could help with.

"Well, if it is you ... You can make some pretty strong strings with this quirk of yours ?"

Asked Mark, glaring at me rather seriously.

"'Pretty strong' ? If I want them to they will hold a mountain."

'Although the energy that it would cost, for few strings to hold a mountain, it would be rather enormous.'

Leaving this thought in the back of my mind, I focused back on the conversation.

"Haha, well, if you are not exaggerating, then I will need you to help us set a trap. We know nothing of weight and strength of the guy, so you will have to make them as strong and durable as possible. You up to it ?"

Asked Mark, to which I replied instantly.

"Always."

"Haha, very well."

After chuckling for a little bit, he started running in a seemingly random direction. And while it wouldn't normally be a problem ... he was abnormally fast.

Startled a little, I quickly started following behind while powering myself up, which caused a black hue to flow from behind my back.

Fortunately, I was able to catch up thanks to usage of [Dark Sense], quickly arriving beside him.

"Wow, you are quick."

He said upon seeing me behind him, a little startled if jumping back is of any indication.

I wanted to reply with something like 'as if you are the one to talk', but I held myself back. There were more important things to do now.

Seeing me with serious face, his own face became rather serious as he started pointing me from where to where I needed to get my strings. The planned path was rather weird, going in between buildings and covering a rather huge area. Streets were empty, maybe because of the late hours or simply because of the area already evacuating from here.

I had to go through a few alleyways, cross few streets, latch the strings on a side of the building and come back ... doesn't he believe in me a little bit too much ?

However, I was not the one to complain.

Crudely enhancing the buildings in between the path of strings out of pity to what their residents would come back to, I made my way towards the targeted location. Once there, I started creating strings.

As I was somehow familiar with creating strings with my energy, I willed for them to simply spill from my fingertips ... and spill they did. Latching them onto the side of the building, I walked down the earlier mentioned path while stretching them. It consumed a considerable chunk of energy, but still leaving me with what felt like more than half of energy.

When I finally got back, Rein and some other people have already arrived besides Mark. Walking towards them, I latched the strings from my fingertips onto the building besides us. They seemed to stick strongly enough so I left them be, hoping they wouldn't stick off.

Approaching the group, I told Mark that I have done what he asked for.

Although little concerned about their strength, he continued off with the plan, which was to make the giant trip and then target his neck ... assuming that it will happen in the first place.

I was immediately able to see the giant loopholes in the plan, like the target going from entirely different direction, moving on the buildings instead of streets, or simply being careful. I mean, do they even have any back-up plans in case it goes wrong ?

I have decided to ask about it, as well as point out those loopholes to Mark himself, to which he replied.

"Don't worry. It may look bad, but we extended the same barricade around the construction site in a similar manner. And even if he avoids it, it only means that the trap has failed and we have to meet him head on. That is where the boss comes in."

Ending, he looked towards Rein. He was dressed in some camouflaged pants and a black leather jacket with his bare chest under.

His brown beard and hair looked quite good with it, if I may add.

"And don't underestimate any of us, to work with boss one has to have few qualifications. You don't have to worry about a thing, we will handle it."

And so he said before going back to the group, leaving me alone to care for myself. The last time I fully relied on someone, they fucked up and I had to save their ass, and since then I didn't rely on anyone on anything aside of minor things. It doesn't mean that I will start now.

And knowing how screwed my luck is, they won't be able to stop it and I will have to help anyway. Therefore, I simply opted to stay aside of the conflict until I am needed, climbing on a roof of a building to have a better view.

Fortunately, I didn't have to wait all that long until I noticed a very tall figure in the distance ... 'very tall' in comparison to buildings around me.

If I were to compare the guy to some monsters from my world, he was anything but tall, a puppy in comparison. If he was to face any Giant-class he would get squashed.

'The bigger they are, the harder they fall.' As a wise man once said.

Well, then there was other disgusting feature. He was nude. With his dick out and dangling. Doesn't he have any decency to at least get some paper billboard to cover himself ?

Yeah, like, I imagine it would only be natural, no company would produce pants for over 20 meter giant.

Anyways, out of this theme before I puke.

Behind him was a path of destruction, every single step he took grounded a solid building, every swing he took caused the masses of air to shift.

Some heroes in various suits were appearing around him, started introducing themselves and telling how he will face justice !.. only to get grounded by the guy's foot.

Yet it wasn't their sheer stupidity that surprised me.

What really surprised me was where was this number 1 heroine. She would be able to easily decimate the guy, if my rating of her is of any indication ... Mark did mention an organization being behind it, maybe they are holding her back ? After giant rams into the construction, she would then appear to save the day.

... No, if the interviews with her are real deal, I don't think she would like to endanger this amount of citizen's lives.

Then maybe she is fighting someone ? Or her true personality is different from what she shows ? Or she simply doesn't want to deal with a nude giant ?

However, all of this were only an assumptions. And in any way it did not change anything that had to be done.

My monologue seemed to take a few minutes as the giant approached closer. I could see figures of dressed workers shifting in between buildings, waiting for the giant to approach the trap. I reason that I could just take him out with a centralized beam of energy to the head and be simply done with it ... but that would be quite troublesome, wouldn't it ?

You don't have to be any kind of genius to guess what would follow.

An investigation about the beam would be launched, it would cause trouble.

Every preparation that the whole construction squad made would be for nothing, possibly annoying them.

If the heroine is nearby she would immediately launch at me, which would also bring trouble.

Also many other things, but I don't feel like thinking about them. I could pull it off in some other way, but there was no need for that.

Just staying out of it will be the best thing to do.

Thinking so, I materialized a chair for myself and sat down, ready to observe the spectacle in this beautiful night.

...

[Well, here it is. I don't feel like making excuses about why there was no chapters, so I will simply tell you that this chapter got written over dozen of times.

Every time I ended, I felt like it wasn't good enough, so I erased it and wrote it once more.

And since I don't feel like having anxiety over chapters, I ask you to just forgive me for any inconsistencies that you may or may not encounter from here on out.

ATrueWaifu]