My Hero Academia: Reborn As Denki Kaminari - Chapter 99

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Chapter 98

Title: News Interview…

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Miss Jackson knew what she was doing, but seeing the gentle smile on Kaminari’s face pissed her off. It made her feel powerless in this situation… But mostly because it reminded her of her father.

‘Damn, why did I have to start remembering that guy again?’ She complained internally, Kaminari’s smile and calm demeanor brought out some repressed memories from within

her.

Memories of her past always bothered her, since her Quirk <Anger Enhance> causes the people who she shoots her invisible anger hormones that come out of her skin, it will make them rage. Of course, for most people, it was different dosages. Some need more and some need very little to just blow off on people.

Her father was one of the people who could resist it very much, before she knew what her Quirk was, she would try using it on her father but it did nothing on him, so technically she was Quirkless… on paper… or at least that was what she thought.

Since the C.I.A and F.B.I secretly monitored celebrities just in case they aren’t using some super strong mind control, so the Government knew her Quirk even if she didn’t tell them.

Anyway, under the effects of her Quirk, her father acted normally and smiled normally for a whole year. She still doesn’t know if it was because her Quirk was weak at that age or what. But one day her father brutally beat her mother to death right in front of her and cried afterward, turning himself in. It didn’t take long for her to understand what was going on at the time and what her Quirk was.

She went on later, almost two decades later, she finally came to terms and visited her father in prison, he was haunted by what had happened, and once she had told him the truth. The man felt that guilty that he had killed his wife, but more so that he had done it in front of his daughter. He had already spent almost 20 years in prison and only told his daughter to use her Quirk secretly to further her career and not waste all that potential for a man like him… this was the least that he could do as a father… that was what he said.

So Miss Jackson felt like it wasn’t only for herself that she wanted to be famous and have money. But her father too, since he was the one rotting in prison for her. A man willingly gave his life away for his daughter to be successful, this was the ultimate sacrifice in her eyes, and she would do anything to have this come to fruition.

But even with all of that, as she looked at Kaminari’s eyes, his eyes were yellow like that of a snake, a chill went down her spine as she swore that she saw his pupils turn into slits for a second. But she kept her calm. He felt like a very dangerous man, the kind of man who would slit your throat with a gentle smile on his face. It terrified her just how he was unaffected by her Quirk.

‘He must have seen my comments about his recent commercial, calling him selfish and all that. So he should already be angry, and my Quirk has been strengthened now that no normal person should be able to resist for more than 10 seconds.’ Thought Miss Jackson, but she started feeling even more nervous as she asked him some questions about relationsh.i.p.s, school, and some war that was happening on the other side of the world. Something that no kid his age would know.

But he answers casually with a serious look. “-in my thoughts, I believe that it is all due to misinformation. Both sides think of the other as monsters. People sometimes forget that we are all humans and that the enemy is not some emotionless killer.”

Kaminari’s explanation was hitting straight at the roots of the problem and how most people fight out of desperation.

But what scared Miss Jackson, even more, was the way his eyes moved. The way he seemed to be looking straight through her as if he already knew everything about her.

‘No, that can’t be, my mind must only be playing tricks on itself.’ The reporter reassured herself.

But as she looked at Kaminari, she saw him smirking slightly, causing her to feel a chill go down her spine. The smile seemed normal, but it made her instincts jump up. This all happened in a split second, but everything she saw only made her even more nervous. ‘No, I must calm myself, there is no reason to feel so nervous in front of a kid.’

“So tell me about the recent controversial commercial?” She asked with a slight tilt of her head.

“Controversial?” Wondered Kaminari with a curious look on his face, “Only you seem to think that it was controversial.”

‘I have you now brat, I bet you couldn’t resist that money,’ thought Miss Jackson, but contrary to her expectations, Kaminari’s smirk widened slightly.

“Well, isn’t it controversial?” She asked, “Some say that you earned more than half a million dollars from it and that all show a little more humanity from your perfect vision of a Hero. I am not saying it’s a bad thing of course.”

“Of course,” Kaminari nodded, his face serious now, “But doesn’t it seem a little disingenuous of you to assume that?”

“Assume what?” Wondered Miss Jackson as she stared him down. ‘I have you now little rat, let’s see how you try to dig yourself even deeper.’

“You are assuming that I took all of this money for myself,” he criticized her with an angry look on his face. Though his rebuttal was a little unexpected, since he has already shown anger, then it meant that her Quirk was now taking its effect.

“Oh? You didn’t?” She asked in a high pitch voice, trying to enrage him even more, “But from what my team has investigated that you have earned quite a bit from that commercial.”

“Well,” Kaminari started, “First, I don’t think it’s any of your business how much money I make, since that is private information and-”

“But my job as a journalist is to find out what people want to know.” She said, interrupting Kaminari.

He raised an eyebrow at that. “So are you gonna interrupt me for the rest of my talk or are you going to let me talk? Because if you want to say something, say it right now, I waited for you to finish what you had to say so I hope that you have at least the same respect for me to do that. So, do you have anything to say?”

That was when Miss Jackson immediately understood what was going on here. Kaminari acted like he was angry, giving her a sense of relief, but that was all false as his logical actions tell another story. “N -No, please go on.”

“Well, if you had done some simple research then you would know that all of the money that I had earned from it has gone to different charities and some toys I bought for some Children Hospitals. But of course, you guys consider something that as long as I don’t make a big deal about it, then it didn’t happen.” Said Kaminari, his demeanor calm and his eyes cold as ice, “Please, next time do some more research before saying something like this.”

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The rest of the interview went by as chaotic as it could, Miss Jackson tried to make a comeback. But it failed as each of Kaminari’s answers was well thought out and planned.

The general look of this interview would be how a bright young Hero Kaminari was trying to be put down by a greedy News Organization. Of course, Miss Jackson was immediately dropped from the network and the station went into self-defense mode and how that wasn’t their intention and they are having an investigation on what went on and that they even ‘discovered’ that Miss Jackson was using her Quirk illegally.

This fooled the other people, but Kaminari knew for sure that the network knew that she was using her Quirk even if she said nothing about it. But he let it go since he was after all just another ‘innocent’ and ‘misinformed’ young boy who didn’t know anything about the records the Government keeps on its citizens.

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Doctor Kanou looked at the news from his hospital, Kaminari was next to him, they were both the doctor’s office, which was very minimalistic.

“Very smart answers,” complimented the doctor, “I can’t say that I would have done anything differently even if I knew the answers and thought about them.”

Kaminari only smiles at this as he had a teacup in his hand. He gently takes a sip out of it. “Well, some people have instincts for these things. Never thought it would be so good though.”

“Hahahaha!” The doctor laughed out loudly, “The Greedless Hero, it has quite the ring to it, don’t you think so?”

Kanou was very happy for Kaminari, in his eyes the young man is perfect for things like this.

“Anyway doctor, how has the progress on the thing been going?” Asked Kaminari, now with a serious look on his face.

Kanou shook his head disappointed. “I have been running tests ever since I have accepted your offer. But except you, no one else has even come close to the success.”

Kaminari sighed at that in disappointment. “Well, it can’t be helped.”

He then took out a USB and passed it to the doctor. “Be careful with this one, it has some very classified information. It even includes the research on artificial humans… the Nomus.”

Kanou was shocked by what he heard. “Wait… where did you get something like this from?”

Kaminari smiled mysteriously. “Well, from someone that I plan to erase of course…”

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