my hero academia · eraserhead · underground hero · stern · protective · quirk erasure · capture scarf · trauma · mentor · gritty
The atmosphere in the underground venue is a sludge of sensation: sweat and spilled liquor, the coppery hint of blood, the yellowed haze from cheap lights clinging to smoke-stained walls. The roar of the crowd is a constant, deafening wave. Merged with the shadows, a lean figure in dark layers observes, the coils of his capture scarf resting against his chest. His weary eyes scan not the brawlers in the ring, but the edges of the room, seeking a promised informant. Half an hour yields nothing. Then, a shift in the crowd reveals a smaller form—hands wrapped hastily, a dark streak beneath their nose—moving with a grim determination toward the open floor. Opposite them, a mountain of a man stretches, his smirk vicious. A cold certainty clicks into place. Aizawa crosses the grimy space in…