The orphanage and the office building

After finishing his work for the day, Uraraka Shige started walking towards the orphanage again, pondering the meaning behind the task given to him by the man with the black-rimmed glasses.

"A small group that's against them... has a member who looks a lot like me... I need to infiltrate them and replace that guy who looks a lot like me... or gain their trust... and find out more about this small group's background..."

Uraraka Shige's face was expressionless, except for his slightly raised eyebrows, which might have given the impression that he was troubled by something.

That is indeed the case.

"A small group that's against them... and there's one who looks a lot like me... isn't that the orphanage organization...?"

Recalling the description of the black-rimmed glasses in her mind, Uraraka Shige thought of the orphanage organization with the Kaito who looked almost exactly like her.

The fact that the man with the black-rimmed glasses was asked to infiltrate the orphanage organization, replace Kaito, or perhaps gain their trust, and that the orphanage organization's possible background revealed something...

That means the person with the black-rimmed glasses likely already knew some information about the orphanage organization, but didn't actually know much about it.

However, it's also possible that he actually knows a lot about the orphanage organization, but deliberately hides a lot of information in order to test Uraraka Shige.

If it's the former, then things will undoubtedly be much easier. In this case, Uraraka Shige has a much wider range of choices: whether to tell Kaito the truth, to do as the man in the black-rimmed glasses says, or to partially conceal the truth from both sides, thus positioning himself as a double agent between the two factions...

If he possessed sufficient wisdom, he could leverage the advantages of this small mission to gradually erode these two organizations, ultimately bringing them under his control. He could then use them as springboards to expand and conquer other powers, eventually becoming a force similar to 'AFO', while remaining behind the scenes as a mastermind...

Unfortunately, he didn't possess that kind of wisdom, and doing so would take far too long; he didn't want to waste too much time on such matters.

After all, his purpose in coming to Kyoto was to participate in the battle between All Might and 'AFO', and to repay All Might's life-saving grace by rewriting the ending of All Might's serious injury. He also wanted All Might to take care of his family so that he could stop worrying about these things and focus on training and developing his 'Quirk'.

... If it is the latter, then for Uraraka Shige, it means that things will be much more troublesome than the former.

After all, if the man with the black-rimmed glasses truly had such detailed knowledge of the orphanage organization, why didn't his criminal gang simply eliminate it?

This is not something that cannot be done. After all, the orphanage organization has always achieved partial victories in its struggles against the criminal gang led by the man with the black-rimmed glasses by using methods such as sneak attacks from the shadows.

This shows that, compared to the power of office buildings, the orphanage organization is actually at a disadvantage.

But this is actually very problematic!

If the man with black-rimmed glasses truly knows the orphanage organization well, then the fact that he has been repeatedly targeted by them without directly eliminating them suggests one of several possibilities.

The orphanage organization has a powerful background or strong hidden strength, which makes the office building forces represented by the black-rimmed glasses wary.

The office building faction has many enemies, so they are wary that if they deal with the orphanage organization, other hostile forces will benefit from it or even devour it. Therefore, they are quite tolerant of the relatively limited destructiveness of the orphanage organization.

The orphanage organization's ability to conceal itself was so excellent, and its constant relocation meant that even though the office building forces knew a great deal about the orphanage organization, they still couldn't pinpoint its exact location or the specific arrangements made when they began dealing with them. They could only learn what happened and how the orphanage organization did it afterward.

To put it simply, there are two points.

Firstly, the power of office buildings is somewhat wary.

Secondly, although the office building faction had a detailed understanding of the orphanage organization, its sources of information were still not well-connected, and the speed at which information was transmitted was still not fast enough.

At the same time, if it is indeed the latter situation (the man with the black-rimmed glasses is very knowledgeable about the orphanage organization), it also implies certain things—for example, where did the office building faction get their information about the orphanage organization? Just how detailed and thorough is their knowledge of the orphanage organization? In this case, why would they still Uraraka Shige to replace Kaito from the orphanage organization, or infiltrate the organization and build relationships with its members? What does this mean?

In fact, if you continue to think about these things carefully and thoroughly, they are not problems at all; on the contrary, the answers are quite easy to find.

There are only a few sources of information about orphanage organizations in office buildings.

One possibility is that someone within the orphanage organization leaked the information, or directly informed the factions in the office building.

One possibility is that secrets don't stay hidden forever; the orphanage organization inadvertently leaked a lot of information under certain circumstances, which was then discovered by powerful figures in the office buildings.

Of course, there are also possibilities related to 'Quirk'...

As for the extent of the information the office building faction possessed regarding the orphanage organization, Uraraka Shige had no way of knowing for the time being, but the conclusions were likely limited to a few possibilities.

For example, they know the details of office buildings very well, even down to what kind of underwear each member of the orphanage organization is wearing that day.

For example, they have a fairly detailed understanding of office buildings, but not to the point of knowing the organization of orphanages or what kind of underwear each member wears on a given day.

... Okay, I don't know who came up with the idea of using underwear as a metaphor, but I have to say, it's really useful...

As for the final task that the man with the black-rimmed glasses gave Uraraka Shige, what it really meant is actually quite easy to figure out.

"Well..."

Even so, despite knowing that every situation and every choice would lead to different paths and different outcomes, Uraraka Shige still found it difficult to make a decision and was unsure of what to do next.

After all, it's only been three days, and there are many things being hidden from both the orphanage and the office building. Uraraka Shige doesn't really know enough about either side yet...