29 Truth? False?

Before you abuse me, read the note at the end. Also italics and bold? Damn this app got upgraded.

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All For One tapped his fingers on the armrest of his seat and muttered to himself silently, "So Tomura Shigaraki has died? Interesting..."

He was sure of one thing.

The original Tomura had either gone missing or dead.

Who was he? He was All For One, someone who was scheming to rule the world.

To become a true Demon Lord.

As a person who had lived over a century, few could contend with him in intelligence and wisdom.

So how was it possible for a person like him to not notice all the oddities of 'Tomura Shigaraki'?

Tomura Shigaraki was originally a pitiful child who had the name, Tenko Shimura. His grandmother was personally killed by him and he had even taken the young little Tenko at the tender age of four.

He had manipulated his life till now, at least until a few weeks ago.

In fact when Tomura had come to him for the Quirks he had already felt something was weird. His actions before that could be considered a by-product of maturing and acting smartly, so while with doubts he didn't act on his suspicions.

But... There were quite a few oddities about this 'Tomura'.

First, he couldn't read his mind.

Tomura who had always been an open book to him had an eerily quiet mind now. He had no thoughts, no joy.

How was it possible for a human to have no thoughts? Some could control their base thoughts but the subconscious?

Utterly ridiculous!

Second, how did Tomura go from someone who needed experience to someone who didn't lack experience?

When All For One agreed to Tomura's stupid and idiotic plan of raiding the U.S.J with just a Nomu he had hoped he would gain some experience from the eventual loss.

Yet when he studied the footage he couldn't help but be surprised. His battle experience and split-second decisions were off the chart.

In fact, it looked like his own body was hindering him.

Third. Wisdom.

Unlike intelligence, wisdom came from experience, and 'Tomura' displayed a lot of it.

But where did this 'wisdom' come from? He had raised Tomura with resentment. He had made sure Tomura thought of nothing but hatred.

Hatred towards heroes.

Hate towards All Might.

Hate towards the world itself.

So where did all the resentment go? Where did all the negative energy he had cultivated in Tomura disappear?

If he still believed Tomura was still the original Tomura with all these hints then he would be nothing but a dumb fool.

So now came the most important question.

What had happened to the original Tomura? And what was the goal of this new 'Tomura'?

There were three possibilities he could think of.

First, someone had possessed Tomura's body.

Second, His consciousness was wiped out and replaced by an entirely new person.

Third, This 'Tomura' was from the future who had somehow come back in time.

He had observed how Tomura came up with details regarding U.A students before the U.S.J incident.

Sure he had lied to Kurogiri about stealing it from U.A but... All For One wasn't lying when he said he controlled Tomura's life.

It was only after the U.S.J incident that his 'control' disappeared.

All For One resisted the urge to smile.

Things had become so much more interesting.

He even had the urge to capture him and study his memories but...

Sigh

He couldn't even if he wanted to. His body was in no shape to completely subdue someone like 'Tomura' and even if he won he was sure 'Tomura' would just escape.

He didn't have a clear understanding of this 'Tomura's' personality but All For One was sure he would run away if he lost.

There were also two reasons why he was in no hurry to make a move.

First, This 'Tomura' was on his side. No matter who the person occupying Tomura was. Be it his future self or someone else, he had slaughtered numerous heroes, and students of U.A and even experimented and tortured kids.

Someone like this was the perfect representation of his ideal Demon Lord.

Second, to counter AFO's side effect he needed someone with enough resentment to counter the negative wailing of the countless people he stole quirks from or... A very firm mentality.

In his early days, All For One had suffered quite a bit and thus he had made sure Tomura had enough resentment to control AFO.

Now this Tomura had no more resentment but his mental stability? It was really admirable.

He seemed to not be affected by destroying countless lives, destroying numerous peaceful families.

Psychopaths were the best wielders of AFO.

It was fine.

No matter what he had already progressed too much with Tomura. He couldn't abandon the plan now.

No matter what this matter was just a small ripple in his overall plan.

All For One stretched out his hand and a miniature version of Tomura was formed. It was a bit blurry but it was indeed Tomura.

He smirked.

In the end, his wish would become reality.

...

"Hmm," Hayato frowned before picking up a few cute plushies. He went to the counter to complete his purchase, not minding the strange gaze of the server.

He didn't mind. After all, anyone would find a bulky 6'6 tall guy buying cute little plushies a bit ridiculous.

Today was marked the seventh month of his wife's pregnancy. He was giddy from excitement, everything felt like a deal.

He was a moderately known hero, had a pretty wife, and would expect a child soon.

Could his life become more merrier? He didn't think so.

A soft smile was ever-present on his face as he headed back home, he turned the car's front lights on and drove back.

It was already late, he shouldn't let his dear wife wait too long. With a happy and relaxed heart, he stepped on the pedal.

...

"Honey?" Hayato yelled softly but no answer came back. He even had to enter by using his own keys since no one opened the door.

For some reason, his heartbeat increased. The lights flickered and the silence was terrifying.

With slow steps, he moved through the corridor when his nose suddenly twitched...

"What's this smell?"

His breathing grew heavy.

He shakily opened the door of the room which was the source of the strange smell.

The image in Hayato's eyes shifted from the brown old to the headless corpse of his wife on the floor.

"No... No... No..." He fell to his knees with a soft thud and continued muttering with a blank unfocused stare, "No... No... No, No, No, No... No... Wh-"

Swish!

His head fell to the ground and soon his body started disintegrating to dust.

His huge body fell revealing Tomura standing behind him with an indifferent look in his eyes.

He turned around and ignored the blood from the pregnant woman's corpse that would soon reach his feet.

He glanced at the pink teddy bear and tilted his head. After taking a look at it he disappeared into the purple misty portal.

...

Tomura appeared on top of a building and walked over to the edge.

Kurogiri appeared by his side. Taking a glance at Tomura he too followed his gaze.

He observed the bright and beautiful city but looking at the numerous police cars and ambulances he chuckled.

The city was in chaos.

....

"What do you think Nezu will do now?" I looked over to him and asked curiously.

He turned his head to me and shrugged, "I don't know I'm not some ultra genius with future vision... All I know is that my work is done here."

I sensed something else from his words at the end I looked at him questionably and he responded with a grin I was all too familiar with.

"Do you think we're done? Guess our next stop." He said encouragingly.

I mentally thought of the list he made and guessed which hero we would kill when he suddenly said, "To meet some overseas friends."

His smile had turned gentle from crazy but I knew that it meant nothing. His expressions never matched his words or actions.

What had happened to him after the USJ? I still can't comprehend this behavior.

I looked at his eyes which just looked dead. The scene of him killing children, heroes, and their old parents without a single change of expression was a very... Odd experience.

Usually, he mocked, made fun of, or angered the other party whenever he fought but today, even after killing dozens of heroes and hundreds of people he had not said a single word.

His expression never changed.

Which was the true Tomura?

The one who seemed playful, arrogant, and a sadist, or the one who looked like nothing but a cold killing machine who finished the job as cleanly as possible.

In the end, all I can do is think, follow orders, and do my work to the best of my abilities to please my Master's disciple.

That is the purpose of my existence.

I stepped backward and bowed at a ninety-degree angle, "As you wish, Young Master Tomura."

I would never betray hi-

Betray?

Betray who?

My head spun and I felt dizzy.

Soon I regained my clarity...

In the end, all I can do is think, follow orders, and do my work to the best of my abilities to please my Master's disciple...

That is the purpose of my existence.

...

Tomura watched Kurogiri bow and nodded in satisfaction.

He wondered how his life would've played out had he been as obedient as Kurogiri in his previous life.

He sighed and walked back into the misty portal.

It was okay to think about previous matters but he had learned not to dwell on them a very long time ago.

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Talk about surprises, It's been so long I don't know if my writing has degraded or not since this chapter was written last year but I never uploaded it.

Well anyway a few things which I will briefly summarise so as to not bore you people.

1. Chapter length will be shortened to 1000-1200 words for my own sanity. I've come to realise over the years that this is my sweetspot.

2. Second Year of Engineering is about to finish, just got a month's worth of break. Not to say I have to bury my head studies or anything lame like that, I just got out of writing to put it simply.

3. How'd I end up back here? Accidentally scrolled my Google notes and found the first chapter I had written for this fic a long time ago (very atrocious)

4. Am I serious about this fic? Probably, I honestly don't know my actions over the past years state otherwise but this is my first fanfiction after all.

5. Future plan- Speed run it. I'll end this at approx Chapter 100, in about 2-3 months. I can't be bothered to go over MHA's manga now please inform me of any key details you have here or important plot points, I'd be grateful.

6. Leaving it unfinished kinda tickles my ball whenever I remember it. Like blueballing? Well whatever.

7. If you wanna show some support or love just drop a power stone I guess, might lift my mood up and make me serious if we just skedaddle across the rankings ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

IMPORTANT - I might just be trolling the f*ck out of you and disappear for another few years tomorrow kekw