174 Ephemeral

"Beautiful?"

They felt strange because of this question.

"Woman," Giran answered without hesitation.

"..."

Hokusai looked around, ignoring Shigaraki and Dabi, before looking at Kurogiri. "How about you?"

"Me?" Kurogiri was dumbfounded, but he thought for a while and said, "...a cat?"

"..."

"Kurogiri, do you have such a hobby?" Shigaraki looked at Kurogiri strangely since he didn't expect this mass of fog would think of a cat as something beautiful.

"Well, I just thought that a cat is kind of cute..." Kurogiri said awkwardly.

"It's okay. Everyone is free to have their own preference. Even if you like dolls or gores, I don't mind."

"...." Everyone.

Hokusai then looked at Toga and asked, "How about you, Toga-chan?"

"Me-Me?" Toga was startled and was about to answer blood subconsciously, but she quickly held it since she was afraid that Hokusai might look at her in disgust.

"It's okay. You can be truthful. You can say what you like. I won't deny you, disgust you, or think of you as a weirdo."

When Toga's hair was rubbed, her breathing became even heavier as she stared at him obsessively.

"Bl-Blood! I like blood!"

"...." Everyone.

"Good." Hokusai nodded, then said, "But for me, beauty is something else. For me, beauty is something ephemeral."

"Ephemeral?"

"Yes, something fleeting like the dew in the morning, a bolt of lightning, rainbow, orgasm. I have always been drawn to something like that."

"Just what do you want to say with this art lecture? Do you want us to learn the art with you or something, your shitty artist?" Shigaraki was annoyed by Hokusai's long talk.

Hokusai ignored Shigaraki's words and said, "This society is an ugly thing. Everyone is living peacefully, ignoring or just forgetting that there is this danger around us. I am sure this won't change no matter how long it is, and without a doubt, this world will stay ugly no matter how long I wait, so because of this, I want to make it more beautiful."

"...."

*Gulp!*

Everyone gulped at this moment and quickly realized what this guy wanted to do.

More importantly, his eyes were too dangerous!

Hokusai's eyes looked in the distance as if he was absorbed in the beauty he imagined. His breathing became hard as he hugged his body, yet the one that attracted everyone's attention was the erection of his penis!

"Kyaaa!"

Toga squalled shyly as she closed her eyes, but there were huge gaps between her fingers, realizing how big his penis was.

"Pervert!"

Shigaraki was dumbfounded.

Dabi looked at Giran and asked, "Is this guy okay?"

"Haha..." Giran could only laugh awkwardly.

"When this society is going to be destroyed, burned, lay waste, everything will disappear. The peace that everyone has thought of as something granted will also disappear and crumble into chaos. Ahh... isn't it the most beautiful art in the world?"

They realized that among all of them, this guy was probably the most dangerous one.

In order to create a beautiful thing, he didn't hesitate to destroy everything.

"However, to do that, we will be hunted down by everyone. We will become the enemy of the world. We will become the greatest villain in the world."

Hokusai looked at Shigaraki and asked, "Shigaraki-kun, do you have that determination? Are you determined to follow through on everything?"

"You don't need to ask me that. Destroying everything has been my goal from the beginning. Nothing has changed."

Shigaraki understood that even if what they wanted to do was different, what they did was similar. He knew that as long as his goal didn't change, Hokusai would follow him no matter what.

"Great! Great!"

Hokusai clapped his hands happily. "Oh, right, about my request to ask you to kill me."

"You want me to kill you, but you stopped me before!" Shigaraki still held a grudge against him even now.

"I stopped you because I want you to kill me on the best stage."

"Stage?"

"Yes, you know, like in the manga or story where the hero or the demon king fights, or the protagonist fights the last opponent, it is the fight their fight that will determine whether the peace will continue or the darkness will plunge this world, or when..." Hokusai thought for a moment before he shook his head and said, "I want to die in that kind of situation. Dying in that situation has always been my dream, and I will use my own life as my last art, creating the greatest art in history!"

His expression even became intoxicated, and his erection was still as hard as ever.

"If you can prepare me for something like that, I will help you wholeheartedly without doubting or following your every word like your best subject."

"....."

Shigaraki could see Hokusai's eyes were serious.

To do the art that he wanted to achieve, this guy dared to do anything.

Even if the world was plunged into chaos and this society was destroyed, he didn't care.

He only cared about the masterpiece inside his mind.

Even if Hokusai might become his dog, Shigaraki knew that this guy would agree. Yet he hesitated since he wondered whether he was able to do it. He had made a plan twice, but he failed, so his confidence was a bit of a hit.

"Tomura-kun, promise him."

Suddenly, the voice from the monitor sounded.

"Sensei?"

"This guy is real. He will be your greatest help, so you don't need to worry about anything and promise him."

"...I know."

Shigaraki took a deep breath as he looked at Hokusai. "I don't care about your dream or whatever, but my goal has never changed. I am going to destroy everything that annoys me."

"That's okay. I am happy to hear that your goal has never changed, so don't change since I expect a lot of things from you, Tomura-kun."

Hokusai's expression returned to normal, and he extended his hand toward Shigaraki. "Let me shake your hand to express my trust toward you." He glanced at the screen for a moment, but his eyes kept staring at Shigaraki.

Shigaraki looked at Hokusai's hand for a moment and wondered whether this guy knew about his "Quirk." His "Quirk" allowed him to rot anything that he touched.

Whether it was things or living beings, everything would rot and die.

Once he touched Hokusai's hand, he could kill him.

"Of course, I know your "Quirk." It is rot, right? You can rot everything that you touch."

"....." Everyone.

"But I still dare to shake your hands," Hokusai said with a gentle smile.

"...."

Shigaraki raised his eyebrow, then held Hokusai's hand and said, "I will destroy everything."

"And I will help you."

"As for whether you can find that beauty of the place to die, I don't care."

"It's okay. I am stronger and smarter than you think."

"Then, until you reach your goal, work for me like your life depends on it."

"Likewise, Tomura-kun."

The two had made up their minds to work together and became comrades to achieve a similar goal.

As for the man on the screen, he turned off the communication device, which connected to the shabby bar, and laughed happily, thinking that it was so easy to subjugate Hokusai, and more importantly, he knew this guy didn't lie, and this guy could become the greatest ally for Tomura.

"Haha... everything will be fun now. Tomura-kun, don't disappoint me again, okay?"

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"Well, everything is cleared up." Hokusai sighed and felt a bit tired after a long talk.

"So, are we going on a date now?" Toga suddenly asked.

"..." Everyone.

Was this a time for you to have a date?

Hokusai stared at Toga for a while and said, "Why not?" He looked at Kurogiri, then said, "Hey, that fog-like person."

"Me?" Kurogiri pointed his finger at himself.

"Can you teleport us to Destiny Land?" Hokusai held Toga's hand naturally, which made her blush, and she looked at him shyly.

"...." Kurogiri.