Sir Nighteye was a tall, lanky man. His hair, dark green, was kept short and neat, though it did have several streaks of yellow that matched his eyebrows and his eyes. Unlike most other pro-heroes, he chose a simple suit to match the more administrative duties that he was far more effective at.
Punching things was much better left to heroes like his former boss and idol, All Might.
Sir Nighteye was much, much better suited to data analysis, recon, planning and the countless other small, critical parts that let the heroes and police properly do their jobs with the minimum of collateral damage.
That didn't mean that the data had to make sense.
They'd been watching the Yakuza compound for months, gathering intelligence and building a case against each and every recognized individual. The kind of operation that could, and would, take years to get rolling and would likely be on the news for months until people got bored.
Then...? Everything came to a halt. The compound had become completely inactive, literally overnight. There had been a few days where the various observing agencies had held their breath, watching and waiting to see if it was some kind of a ploy but nothing had come of it.
Then Nighteye had gotten the call. The police had no idea what they were looking at and were requesting help from all of their consultants on the case.
Mirai Sasaki was increasingly nervous, truth be told, when he passed by several well-known Quirk specialists inside the Yakuza compound.
"It's so... Quiet." His most recent intern, a young man named Mirio Togata whispered as they walked through the empty halls.
Mirai disagreed. Silently, but he disagreed. He could practically feel whispers scratching at his ears, almost hear the words that were just beyond his perception, the secrets they promised to drag to light. It was an altogether unique and uncomfortable experience.
If that were the only oddity inside the compound, Mirai would be willing to chalk it up to a simple Quirk effect. It was hardly unheard of for people to have 'Spooky' quirks that were hard to control, especially if they were young or untrained.
"It feels like we're in an old movie." His sidekick, Centipeder whispered. The man's Quirk was one of the many Mutation Quirks, transforming his head into that of a large arthropod's. "The colors are washed out."
"Its so creepy..." His other sidekick, Bubble Girl, whispered from behind them. "Does anyone else feel like you're being watched?"
All of that put together? There was either one incredibly powerful Quirk at play here or else a themed group of villains had made an assault on the Yakuza and their effects had yet to fade.
They cautiously made their way to the back entrance, the place the Chief of Police had initially directed them. Mirai was not prepared for what he saw.
A statue. Of the man that would have killed him.
"This... Isn't right." Mirai, Nighteye whispered as he stared at the blank, frightened orbs of the man he'd seen in his visions of the future.
Kai Chisaki. Overhaul. The man that Nighteye's Quirk, Foresight, had foreseen tearing Mirai apart.
The man that would break Mirio's Quirk, Permeation, using some kind of new weapon.
Nighteye had never seen him in person. He'd only witnessed his wicked acts through the power of his own Quirk, unable to hear his name, barely able to piece together the identity of the mad, brilliant leader of the Yakuza.
"He's not the only one." The Chief of the local Precinct grunted, a man named Gendo. "Got another one nearby, three of 'em in the bushes 'round the corner. Whole goddamn complex underground is full of 'em."
"...Is there a Quirk in the registry that could do something like... No." Mirai shook his head, his mind racing. Powerful Quirks came with powerful drawbacks. He didn't want to imagine just what kind of monster could transmute countless people into stone. "How many statues have been found?"
"So far?" Gendo was not a happy looking man. Short cropped black hair, orange glasses that Mirai knew were meant to inhibit his quirk. He had an unlit cigarette dangling from his lips, the butt of which was likely chewed beyond recognition. "About a hundred, hundred and twenty. Enforcers, scientists, assistants- Bunch of 'em in costume, too, so it looks like whoever did this got about half of the leadership. Anyone that was at all involved down there? Whoever did this, they didn't discriminate."
"...And considering the costumes were turned to stone as well, we can't find out who they were underneath." Mirai sighed and reached up to adjust his tie, red with white polka dots. "Was there anything else of note?"
"...Yeah." Gendo admitted, looking to Bubble Girl, Kaoruko Awata and Mirio Togata. "It's pretty bad, though. You sure you want...?"
"Yes." Nighteye told the man, no hesitation in his voice. However bad it was, he knew his team needed to see it.
"Alright then." Gendo grunted and spat out his untouched cigarette next to the statue of Kai. "Come on, then. Try not to touch the statues."
Mirai's group of four followed the man through a hidden door, the button for which looked to have been hidden under a vase that was sitting on its side. Through the door and down the stairs, they found countless other petrified gangsters. Some were counting money, some working at machines that Mirai didn't know the immediate function of. None of them looked alarmed.
Whoever had done this? They'd somehow managed to do so without being seen. The danger they represented grew more and more severe in his mind.
After fifteen minutes of walking, traversing twists and turns and then backtracking when they inevitably got lost, Gendo showed them to a room.
Mirai understood, now, why the man had hesitated. Had asked him if he wanted to bring the younger members of his team.
The tiny, child sized bed. Small surgical gowns, far too small to fit an adult.
Bloodstains on every surface...
Nighteye couldn't fault Mirio for running off to one of the lavatories they'd passed, his hands clutching at his mouth to try and contain the sickness trying to leave his body.
"We've sent samples off for analysis." Gendo told him, glaring into the room. "Forensics had a look earlier, though they aren't done. A lot of the blood here is old- This was done before the attack on the compound. It's also where we found our first real clue on the perpetrator."
Mirai's eyes followed the finger Gendo pointed at the ground. To a footprint in the blood. A giant footprint. With claws.
"That's... Especially large." Mirai swallowed slowly as his brain supplied the numbers on the estimated height and weight of someone with such a Quirk. How they could have snuck through an entire compound? Or were they perhaps an accomplice of the Petrification Quirk? Dozens of questions and the only answer he'd found simply made more.
"Some of our experts have looked it over." Gendo admitted, drawing another cigarette out of a pack in his breast pocket. "It's a speculative match for someone involved in an incident over in Musufatu. Details are classified but the point of contact is Nedzu with a CC to All Might."
"...I see." Nighteye's mouth was dry as his mind raced. He didn't want to deal with All Might- He idolized the man but he'd also foreseen his death and Yagi had disregarded Mirai's pleas to slow down, to stop, because he believed the world needed him. That the world needed the Symbol of Peace more than he could afford to stop. "The child that was here... Have they been found?"
"...No." Gendo admitted, chewing on his cigarette.
"...I'll call them, then." Mirai's stomach felt like it had been hollowed out. He didn't want to do that. He didn't want to look upon the decrepit remains of his hero and know there was nothing he could do.
But whatever reservations he had? Whatever disagreements remained between him and Yagi?
It was immaterial in the face of a suffering child.
Edit: Had to fix a name I messed up.