You Know What This Chapter Is, a Make-up Update

After spending some time at the 'United' organization, organizing the relevant information, and identifying suspicious targets, Uraraka Shige and Sakinagi then visited the 'Meta Liberation' and the Shie Hassaikai.

After some friendly negotiations, the matter was settled, and both the "Meta Liberation" and the Shie Hassaikai were able to obtain the benefits they desired.

Things proceeded smoothly without any further incidents, and another three months passed. Both the "Meta Liberation" and the Shie Hassaikai Society discovered some patterns and clues, but the "United Front" found nothing.

However, that doesn't matter. Even if only the 'Meta Liberation' and the Shie Hassaikai find clues, that's enough.

"These three months of tracking and observation have confirmed that the agents have basically not left their respective areas, and there are no abnormalities in the phone calls that have been monitored."

The information that the guys sent by 'Meta Liberation' told Sakinagi didn't seem so good.

Because Sakinagi was able to glean that from the information.

"So, during these three months, those agents who were under close surveillance showed absolutely no sign of contacting the remnants of 'AFO'?"

Sakinagi asked this question, though it was unclear to whom she was asking it. After asking the question, she fell into a brief moment of contemplation and then came to two conclusions.

"In other words, there are currently two possibilities. First, our direction and goals are fundamentally wrong... Second, our choices are perfectly fine, but for some reason, we haven't achieved the desired results, or we've overlooked them."

Reaching such a seemingly pointless conclusion immediately drew meaningful glances from the others, except for Uraraka Shige.

However, Sakinagi herself didn't take this to heart at all, and didn't care at all. Instead, she continued to delve deeper into these two seemingly obvious conclusions.

"If it's the first scenario, our only solution is to find the right direction and goal, and then make the necessary replacements and changes as soon as possible to get back on track."

"If it's the second scenario, then there are many possible causes. Simply ignoring the result isn't so bad; a little summarizing and generalization can help us find it again."

"But if the failure was due to other factors... then we must find out the reason! And this reason can actually be found with careful analysis and judgment."

"One reason is that the agents who were designated as our targets learned of our objectives in advance and therefore took precautions... In other words, they have smart enough individuals among them to see through our plans and influence the operational plans of the entire remaining 'AFO' force."

"Or perhaps they have enough informants there that our every move is under their watchful eye... Simply put, we might have an undercover agent among us."

At this point, Sakinagi's voice suddenly stopped. He carefully observed the situation of the people around him, trying to find something from the changes in their expressions.

The result was fruitless... Previously, no one present seemed to have changed anything unusual.

It's unclear whether there were truly no undercover agents, or if the undercover agents were simply too composed to reveal any flaws.

Sakinagi didn't delve further into this point, but instead continued with her previous analysis.

"Okay, I think that reason is unlikely... So another reason is that those agents may have already contacted the remnants of 'AFO' through some means. And their contact is right in front of us, but we've deliberately ignored it."

As she said this, Sakinagi thought for a moment and added a sentence.

"It cannot be ruled out that we were influenced by some kind of 'Quirk' without our knowledge."

The moment those words were spoken, everyone's expression changed.

"That's a really serious situation..."

The member from 'United' said this with a solemn expression.

However, the others present didn't pay any attention or take it seriously. This guy naturally had a serious face, even when telling dirty jokes, he always had a serious expression, making it easy for people to believe his dirty jokes and wonder if he had some unspeakable secret in this area...

In reality, he was a frivolous and despicable person. He had a face that was suitable for being a leader, but he used it all to cover up his true, foolish nature.

Whether it's true or not, everyone present knows that if they have indeed been affected by someone else's 'Quirk' without realizing it, it would undoubtedly be extremely unfortunate news for them. Even if they wanted to do something, they would first have to get rid of the influence of that unknown 'Quirk'.

This is bound to be a very difficult thing.

Therefore...

"Let's put this matter aside for now. Let's ignore the possibility of it being influenced by 'Quirk' and eliminate other possibilities first... If we've already reached a conclusion, then under what circumstances can we disregard it?"

No one expected that Uraraka Shige would suddenly speak at this moment.

But no one was surprised.

Uraraka Shige continued:

"Aside from ignoring the influence of our 'Quirk,' are there other situations that might cause us to overlook the real results and answers?"

Uraraka Shige himself couldn't find the answer to this question through thinking, and even if he could, it would probably take a considerable amount of time.

But Sakinagi was different; almost the instant Uraraka Shige said those words, he understood what Uraraka Shige meant.

He then spoke up to continue Uraraka Shige's words.

"This situation certainly exists. The reason we believe those agents did not contact the remnants of 'AFO' is simply because their calls, behavior, and the people they contacted did not seem strange or suspicious."

Uraraka Shige seemed to hear the sound of dice clashing and spinning in his mind—a flash of inspiration crossed his mind, but he couldn't grasp it.

Sakinagi, unaware of Uraraka Shige thoughts, continued:

"That's right... there's nothing strange or suspicious about it... Don't you all find it strange? Those agents aren't legitimate celebrity agents; they're underground agents active in the dark world, people who can't see the light of day... The fact that nothing seems out of the ordinary in the face of such people is itself the biggest anomaly!"

Sakinagi paused for a moment, then drew a conclusion.

"The reason we didn't notice anything unusual is simply because the ordinary people, ordinary 'enemies,' thugs, or even yakuza groups they came into contact with were all considered normal, so our investigations of them weren't very thorough, and we may have overlooked some things..."

"Therefore, if there is anything we've overlooked... if they have indeed made contact with the remnants of 'AFO'... then the remnants of 'AFO' must be hiding among these guys!"