Beneath said image were two other ones, both showcasing large reptilian figures, both in the form of what looked like a mix between a human and a dragon.
"Tokage Setsuna. Only Daughter of Dr. Curt Connors, and thanks to our lovely Dillon's bungle last year, his only surviving offspring."
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The man glared at one of the other people in the room, an older woman with long, greying hair, that once upon a time could have been any color, but was now firmly on the way to the kind of white that only came with age. In contrast to her master, she wore an outfit that couldn't have looked less professional if she tried, wearing a set of jogging pants and a t-shirt, alongside not wearing either shoes or socks.
She met the man's gaze and did not lower her head at the rebuke, but she didn't say anything to contradict him either.
Around the table the other people present gave her glancing looks, that quickly returned to their boss as he continued.
"Now that her brother is dead, Tokage is all that remains of Curt Connors immortality experiments, the living result of his attempts at an artificial healing factor. Again, we have had contact with her, and as you guys should well know by now, our attempts to bring her and her family back into the fold did not go to plan."
As he talked, the voice got darker, harsher, and with an edge of menace in it, as he kept glaring at the older woman.
"Subsequently, as Hammerhead's trip to Japan ended with complete failure, we lost our one shot at returning her home to the Caribbean before she came under the protection of Yuei."
Click. Once again, the images flashed and were replaced by a different one, this time of a single picture, the mugshot of Yuei's number two contestant, looking very, very tired.
"And Finally We have Uraraka Ochako. A random nobody that no one had ever heard off, that had a very well-established quirk, that suddenly developed an utterly monstrous strength quirk. And given what we saw her do in this tournament, I think we can safely assume that she is All Might's successor to One for All."
Click. The picture of Uraraka vanished, replaced by a series of images showcasing various things, ranging from scientific inventions to pictures of before and after pics of a lizardman regrowing their body parts, to All Might doing various feats of strength.
"Uraraka, Mei, and Tokage. These 3 girls will be our targets. Each of them represents an invaluable resource that must be secured at any cost. Especially Mei. We must learn the full secrets behind her great energy generator. Without it… Well, as useful as her bullet deflector is, a device that costs a million for every projectile deflected is not practical."
"True, true. We cannot afford to waste such coin on mere peasants after all."
The speaker was a man wearing a green outfit, a purple cloak, and a large, blue sphere over his head. In some regards, he looked even more out of place than Dillon did, as he was the only one there wearing a costume, whereas everyone else was wearing fine clothing or military equipment.
"Indeed. If we can have the bullet deflector turned into a cheap alternative, it would completely revolutionize everything . It would, in fact, be the final excuse I would need to fully replace our police with heroes. After all… what good is police with guns, in a world where the trusted handgun just became obsolete?"
Around the table, the reaction to this idea had was somewhat mixed.
Dillon grinned at the prospect, Mysterio's reaction was impossible to read behind his glass head, while the 4 other people there had looks that varied from agreeing, to strongly disagreeing with the sentiment.
In particular, there was an older man who looked exceptionally troubled by the idea, and as his boss moved on from Mei, his expressions remained troubled.
"Then there is Tokage, Curt Connors daughter. The final result of his old experiments to regrow his missing arm, without the minor flaw of turning into a mindless lunatic at the transformation into a giant lizard. Our attempts to reverse engineer the healing factor from her family's blood have proven rather fruitless. Maybe Warren could have done it, but alas, we will have to do without him."
"That leaves us with only one option. Bringing her back here so that we make use of her body directly. Either through her actual flesh or if that doesn't work, we will simply have to pass down her powers the old-fashioned way."
A man with a face and mustache that couldn't have made him look more like an older Zorro if he tried, nodded solemnly.
"My granddaughter is ready, your grace."
"I would rather it not come to that. Eugenics and breeding is such an… Imprecise art, even without using surrogates. Nonetheless, I'm glad to hear she is ready for it, if it becomes necessary."
The older man, who had been looking very troubled by the ideas of what Mei Hatsume represented, shot the Zorro look-alike a disgusted glare, before turning back to his boss, as the albino man continued.
"And finally, we have Uraraka Ochako, heir to One For All. The quirk that took off half of old Shigaraki's head. It is, to put it lightly, the single most powerful quirk of all time. And lucky us, it a quirk that is passed down, with ALL that such quirks bring with them."
All eyes turned to look at one specific person, an older, black woman with dark blue hair that had several streaks of gray in it.
When she spoke, her voice had a heavy French accent to it, and there was a surprising amount of passion in them, compared to how little she spoke.
"The girl has the gathered power of 9 different people in it. Given that her master was foolish enough to hand that enormous amount of power, into the hands of someone with a quirk of their own… Well. It is certain that he does not fully understand the implications of such."
"Yeah, the Japs aren't a spiritual people at all. It's a sure bet he just thinks of quirks as scientific evolution or some such nonsense."
There was some chuckling around the table, but it quickly silenced as the blue-haired woman resumed speaking.
"Regardless… One for All is the result of the original quirk of Shigaraki's brother being passed on, but only after being fused with a quirk that allowed the stockpiling of power of time. Such quirks as the original owner held are not unique. But usually, such quirks are alone. Over time, as they are passed on, they bind the souls of those unfortunate enough to carry the quirk, and by doing so, they make sure their powers are still lashed to this world, long beyond their deaths. As such, you get individuals with wide, and potentially very versatile powers. However, these powers are neither stronger, nor weaker than they were in the original user's lifetime. That is not the case with One for all. With it, each and every generation, not only pass on their powers, but with every soul, it passes through, and every year it holds within it's current vessel, that power will continue to grow, and grow, and grow."
"Huh, yeah that explains All Might's massive power, but if that's the case, shouldn't All Might have way more power than just ridiculous super strength?"
"Yes. He should. I am not certain why this is not the case, but our task does not change. We must secure the power of the stockpiling quirk. THAT is the key to acquiring an All Might of our own."
The albino nodded, and with a final click, the screen behind him went blank.
"Aye, and I think that is all. Uraraka Ochako, Mei Hatsume, and Tokage Setsuna. These 3 are our goals for the upcoming operation, which we will discuss more as the preparations come along. Any further questions?"
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