The first man swiped at Lizuku with crystal claws. Lizuku dodged and let the man swipe past him as he stuck his leg out making him trip hitting his head on the bar and passing out. Another man got close enough to touch Lizuku on the arm.

"How about this salamander!?"

Placing his hand on Lizuku's arm he activates his quirk which causes bramble to grow out of Lizuku's skin ensnaring him and holding him in place. The other men rush to attack Lizuku with a variety of physical quirks but as they get close he breaks out of the bramble sending jagged splinters all over the bar and hitting the assailants. Some of the thugs covered their eyes a they were hit in the eyes. Stepping over the wailing thugs he walks toward the man who blocked allowing most of the splinters to be embedded in his arms.

"Why do you hate mutants?"

The man is compelled to answer.

"Because they are against the natural order."

Fiction

"Giran are there any groups that are discriminatory to any group of people in the underworld?"

"The three main groups who remain are the Creature Rejection Clan, the Inhuman Supremacy Group, and the Quirkless Liberation Front. There were previously four but now they are currently in hiding after the fall of the Meta Liberation Army. Many of their members had left in fear of your judgement and mercy."

Nodding at the information, Lizuku and Giran walk out of the bar with Lizuku touching the door on the way out restoring the bar to before the fight happened.

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Now in Rumi's apartment, Izuku was looking for information on his laptop to get to know the three extremist groups hidden in the underworld.

The Creature Rejection Clan was a group that abhorred the appearance of people with complex mutation quirks and believed those with the quirks no longer qualified as humans and would easily succumb to their quirk's feral instincts. The bar Izuku was just at was owned by one of their members to gather like-minded people. These people mainly espouse their beliefs to the people discretely. They operate underground kidnapping people killing them and stealing what they own to fuel their purges. They used to have support from influential people but they have been cut off from their funds after some of their supporters were caught during the MLA cleanup and the rest got cold feet and ran.

The Inhuman Supremacy Group were another group which opposed the beliefs of the CRC. They were made up of people with extensive mutation quirks who believed that they were the next step in evolution looking than other quirk users as they were weaker. They enforce their authority by conducting violent protests condemning the discrimination of those with complex mutations. Due to their passionate displays most of the public have a negative opinion of them.

The last was the Quirkless Liberation Front composed of the quirkless and late-bloomers who are seeking retribution for the discrimination done to them. This group mainly acts as informants, weapon smugglers, and vigilantes. The members only attack when provoked or have probable cause that an individual has discriminated against the quirkless.

There were a few other groups but information on them was scarce and they were relatively small so Izuku elected to wait and see if they decide to make moves.

Izuku opinion of the main three were the following, quirk supremacists, quirk supremacists of another genre, and people with good intentions but bad execution. The three group's prevalence has waned recently but their members are still active though scattered.

While debating how he was going to seek these groups out, a pair of tan arms wrapped around his shoulders and a chin rested on his head.

"Whatcha working on?"

"Just researching certain extremist groups in the underworld."

"You worried about the guys at the bar? They're a dying breed. No point in wasting your energy on a group so splintered."

Izuku chuckled slightly at the pun. He turned his head toward her and kissed her on her blushing cheek.

"Even so. They should be stopped from hurting others."

"Okay."

In a window nearby a pair of binoculars could be seen peeking into the hero's apartment. The woman peaking wore a violent scowl looking at the peaceful scene through the balcony door.

"That damn mutant. Don't worry Invi you don't need to deal with those things anymore. I'll be the one to save you."

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Waking up the next morning Izuku finds himself once again cuddling with Rumi but this time in her room with her rubbing her face in his neck to get comfortable. The room was pretty cold so using Prometheus he heated up his body slightly making Rumi cuddle tighter. Izuku lay there enjoying the sensation waiting for a few minutes for Rumi to wake up.

Rumi started to stir awake so Izuku decided to speed up the process a little. Kissing her Rumi's eyes widened but soon fell closed as she savoured the kiss. Pulling away a string of saliva was still connected to both of their lips for a few moments before breaking away.

"Morning Rumi."

The sight of a blushing Izuku must have gotten to her as she hid her blushing face. Izuku laughed slightly due to how adorable she was being.

"Come on we need to get ready."

Finally getting out of bed the two of them get to their usual routine with Izuku getting ready a bit early and preparing breakfast while Rumi helped after getting changed. After breakfast they had their morning spar in the forest. Today Izuku will be fighting with a base human with a slight strength enhancer mainly using weapons made using item creation to even the playing field. Standing in the clearing across from each other Izuku summoned a white stone bo staff and slung it on his shoulder.

"So what am I fighting this time?"

"You fighting against a strength enhancer and item creation."

"... that's it? You better start ramping up quick or it's gonna be boring."

Izuku smiled at the response as Rumi engaged. Pulling the staff off his shoulders he swings to strike at Rumi who raises her arm to block but Izuku stops the swing before it makes contact with her arm though the same doesn't happen to the end of the staff which curves around and strikes the back of her head making her trip forward slightly setting her up to be hit by the other end of the staff sending her back a few step.

"The hell was that!?"

"Villains don't use bo staffs? I would have thought they would be popular though considering how they use their quirks it shouldn't be surprising."

Rumi rushed in again as Izuku spoke but before she could get close the staff extended and poked her stomach stopping her pursuit. Rumi smiled at the development as the staff retracted.

"Okay, now you're getting me pumped up!"

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Chapter 60 : Infiltration

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