Identity

After the meeting, Renault declined Endeavor's invitation and didn't allow Nighteye's people to accompany him. He entered a black hole and vanished, leaving the office behind.

After seeing Evolto leave, Nighteye turned to Endeavor and asked, "Do you know the principle behind the strength he gave you?"

"Are you trying to investigate his identity?" Endeavor glanced at Nighteye and saw through his intentions.

Nighteye didn't refute and straightforwardly replied, "After all, he seemed to have appeared out of thin air, with no background or related information."

"But didn't he help All Might? If you investigate him..."

"Those two things are different." Nighteye pushed his glasses and interrupted Endeavor's words.

Endeavor looked at Nighteye, who had made up his mind, and didn't say anything else. "Well then, use your own Quirk to investigate him."

"I did want to, but when I tried to use it just now, I felt a sense of alertness in my heart. If I use it, there might be some unforeseen changes." Nighteye turned and walked towards the office, saying, "So let's stick to normal investigation methods for now."

"?" Endeavor turned his head and watched Nighteye's back, feeling like Nighteye hadn't told the whole truth. 'It seems he has discovered some clues.'

But all of this had nothing to do with Endeavor. He wouldn't suspect someone who had helped him, even if their identity was mysterious.

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Renault wasn't concerned about Nighteye's actions. He had already made up his mind. If his identity was truly discovered, he had All Might by his side. Besides, Nighteye wasn't the kind of person who would go around spreading information or causing trouble for him.

After leaving the office and on his way back to school, Renault received a phone call.

It was Hado Nejire.

"Renault-kun!"

As soon as the call connected, Hado's angry voice came through the receiver.

"What..." Renault, standing in a deserted alley in the city after leaving the black hole, held his phone and asked with a puzzled expression, "Senpai, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong you say? You still ask me that?" Hado's tone on the other end of the line grew even more intense, attracting the attention of people around her on the street. Was this girl having a fight with her boyfriend?

"Hahh...Please tell me."

Renault genuinely didn't understand what he had done to upset his senpai.

"Hmph! Where are you right now? At school?"

"No, I'm outside. Just finished dealing with something."

"Then I'll send you an address. Come find me. Just a hint: Kyushu." After saying that, she hung up and sent Renault a location, then turned and walked into a nearby cafe.

Finally putting his phone down, Renault understood why she had called him.

"So it's about the Fullbottle."

Previously, when they dealt with supernatural incidents, he had used the Unicorn and Phoenix bottles. During the Kyushu incident, he had also used the Phoenix bottle to assist Endeavor.

Although it wasn't captured up close that time, it was still somewhat visible in the footage what he was holding. Hado could easily figure that out.

After looking at the location she had sent, Renault rubbed his head and hailed a taxi.

Fifteen minutes later.

Sipping his coffee, Renault looked at the casually dressed girl in front of him and asked, "Senpai, don't you have work study activity today?"

"Don't try to change the subject, Kohai!" Hado took a bite of cake and pointed at Renault with a small fork, pouting. "I gave you so much time, and you didn't have the initiative to confess to me?"

"Come on, don't make it sound like I did something wrong to you. Choose your words carefully, okay?" Renault sighed and massaged his forehead. "And please lower your voice."

The business of this shop is doing well, even though it's a weekday afternoon, there are still quite a few people.

When Hado spoke, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Gossipers are never in short supply anywhere.

"Eh? Ah... haha, sorry, sorry." Hado also noticed the gazes around and felt a bit embarrassed, so she lowered her voice.

"So, about that mysterious person who appeared in Kyushu and helped Endeavor, was it you? And the one who also helped All Might in the battle of Kamino, that was you too, right?"

It was indeed about that matter.

"Senpai, I thought you weren't going to ask me about it yesterday and gave up on questioning me."

"Ahaha, well, it was mainly because I was busy yesterday, and then I got too tired and hungry, and after eating, I felt a bit sleepy, so I forgot." Hado had an innocent smile on her face, leaving Renault speechless.

"Well, you might as well forget about it then."

"That's not going to work!" Hado's expression changed, and she stared at Renault, saying, "When I woke up this morning, I remembered it after breakfast! And I've been thinking about it all this time. I actually wanted to go to school and ask you directly, so I could also eat..."

Renault looked at the girl who covered her mouth and blinked her eyes, sighed, and said, "You wanted to say, 'eat for free' right?"

The girl shook her head.

"Why deny it? Don't worry, I won't look down on a glutton."

During the last dinner at the dormitory, Hado ate more than any guy, and that's when she was given the nickname 'glutton' by Renault.

"I'm not a glutton!" Hado couldn't stand being called that and explained with a blush on her face, "I just love eating delicious food! At most, I'm a food enthusiast! How can you call that a glutton?"

Renault didn't mind and had a look of 'I've already figured you out', which made Hado strongly desire to find a place to hide.

"Wait a minute!" Suddenly realizing something, Hado puffed up her cheeks, "You're changing the subject!"

"Tch, caught red-handed." Rolling his eyes, Renault knew he couldn't drag it out any longer and simply gave his response, "Yes, yes, it was me, alright? Senpai, you have to keep it a secret, or else I won't give you the 'eat for free' privilege anymore!"

"Aah! It should have been me who used this matter to threaten you! How did it become you threatening me?"

"Do you still want to threaten me?"

"Ugh! No, no, you misunderstood." Hado waved her hand and finished the remaining cake in three to two bites, then left her seat and came to Renault's side, grabbing his arm and pulling him along.

"Oy! What are you doing?"

"What else? To find a place for me to take a good look!"

"!!!" The attention of the people around once again focused on them because of Hado's misleading words.

"..." Staring at the intense gazes around, Renault released his arm from her grasp and forcefully pushed away Hado's face, which was very close to his.

"Senpai, if you can't speak properly, then just say less."