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"Right, thanks sugah." You tell him before focusing back on Deku. "Ya know, Ah’ve’ still got a question of mah own for you, sugah. An easier one even, Ah reckon."
>"...Related to Shigaraki?" He asks, getting a nod from you. At last.
"This All for One fella you asked Shigaraki about. Is it someone we should know about? Somethin’ about The League that keeps tryin' to kill us?" You ask, keeping it fair and simple. "We did some diggin' and found a suspicious amount of nuthin', so Ah figured we'd ought to just ask up front."
Deku stumbles the moment you mention All for One, as if stepping on his shoelaces.
>"Doesn't matter." Bakugo growls. "I'll blow him to bits just like the rest of them next time they show up."
>"It matters enough to ask, to us at least." Shoto foolishly argues with him.
>"If it mattered, you wouldn't be asking him." Bakugo retorts, motioning at Deku with his chin, eminent disdain on display as usual.
>"I… Can't say." Deku slowly answers, mulling every word. Ignoring Bakugo's insults seems to be almost second nature to him. "Please, trust me on that."
One part of you is thankful he didn’t try to deny it. You didn’t want to stop and pull Tin out to have it put him on blast with a recording of his own words. On the other hand…
"Ah trusted ya when it came to your connection to All Might. That's personal. This might get someone killed, sugah. Nearly did if last weekend's anything to go by. Ah don't think we can just take your word for it this time. This matters to 1-A. All of us." You rebuke his plea, feeling a little frustrated with his non-answer.
>"Please Midoriya, just tell us what you can." Shoto insists. "Is it something we should be worried about?"
Deku looks at you, at Shoto, even glances briefly at Bakugo who continues to glare back, before peering towards the approaching train station. You briefly wonder if he'd dare to make a run for it but he doesn't even change his stride, much to your relief.
>"...You shouldn't worry about it, I think. But you will if I don't tell you." He begins his answer. By the end, he looks nearly ashamed of himself. "The villain called 'All for One' is being investigated as the mastermind behind The League of Villains. As an ongoing investigation, it's all supposed to be kept secret. But that connection with All Might I have… it’s from that that I knew that Shigaraki had talked with the villain… or at least interacted with them in some way. That’s why I ended up asking him, thinking he might let something slip that could help the investigation. He did slip up quite a bit at USJ, so I thought it was worth a shot…"
“So this ‘All for One’ is at large, not some historic boogeyman?” You return a knowing look from Shoto.
