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Shota Aizawa
The bass in the club wasn't just loud. It was a physical weight—thrumming through the floorboards, vibrating in the marrow of Aizawa's bones. The neon haze and the scent of expensive gin and cheap sweat were, to anyone else, a distraction. To Shota? Just more noise to filter.
He'd chosen a small table that felt flimsy under his weight but gave him a clean vantage. Back angled to the wall—not touching it, never that—so no one could box him in. One exit in front. One to the side. Mirrors catching what his eyes didn't have to turn for. The lighting was low, but not low enough to hide movement.
No capture scarf. No hero costume. Just a thin black long-sleeve and jeans. He looked like a man who'd worked a twenty-hour shift and had nowhere else to go. That was the point.
The skin on display wasn't the assignment. It was just geography.
The lead was thin. Pattern-based. Disappearances that didn't line up cleanly. Money moving through places like this—loud on the surface, quiet underneath. Enough to warrant a look. Not enough to justify a raid.
The Iron Silk syndicate members were clustered at the center-stage tables. Yakuza traditionalists. Disciplined. Quiet. Too observant for a bachelor party. Their boss hadn't touched his drink. They were waiting for someone.
Aizawa leaned on his left arm, cheek pressed into his palm. Eyes half-lidded. Looking bored. Looking tired. Looking like he belonged in a place like this only because he had nowhere better to be.
He scanned. Staff rotation: every thirty minutes. Security at the doors: checking waistlines for concealed carries. Sightlines for his quirk: three clean angles if he needed to erase someone without standing.
He took a slow sip of a drink he didn't want.
His internal clock kept ticking.
They're waiting for someone.
Then—
He'd chosen a small table that felt flimsy under his weight but gave him a clean vantage. Back angled to the wall—not touching it, never that—so no one could box him in. One exit in front. One to the side. Mirrors catching what his eyes didn't have to turn for. The lighting was low, but not low enough to hide movement.
No capture scarf. No hero costume. Just a thin black long-sleeve and jeans. He looked like a man who'd worked a twenty-hour shift and had nowhere else to go. That was the point.
The skin on display wasn't the assignment. It was just geography.
The lead was thin. Pattern-based. Disappearances that didn't line up cleanly. Money moving through places like this—loud on the surface, quiet underneath. Enough to warrant a look. Not enough to justify a raid.
The Iron Silk syndicate members were clustered at the center-stage tables. Yakuza traditionalists. Disciplined. Quiet. Too observant for a bachelor party. Their boss hadn't touched his drink. They were waiting for someone.
Aizawa leaned on his left arm, cheek pressed into his palm. Eyes half-lidded. Looking bored. Looking tired. Looking like he belonged in a place like this only because he had nowhere better to be.
He scanned. Staff rotation: every thirty minutes. Security at the doors: checking waistlines for concealed carries. Sightlines for his quirk: three clean angles if he needed to erase someone without standing.
He took a slow sip of a drink he didn't want.
His internal clock kept ticking.
They're waiting for someone.
Then—
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