The construction company's troubles and...

A week has passed since it was confirmed that the former class monitor of Uraraka Shige's class had been completely replaced by the "enemy" codenamed "Killer Cancer" using his "Quirk".

During this time, Uraraka Shige's family's financial situation did not improve; in fact, it seemed to be getting worse. This worried Uraraka Shige and Ochaco greatly. However, since they had no idea what was going on with their family's construction company, they could only worry and had no way to come up with a suitable solution.

And so, until today.

Uraraka Shige, unable to contain himself any longer, found another opportunity to share his and Ochaco's thoughts, given that his parents were spending less and less time at home.

In response to Uraraka Shige and Ochaco's latest remarks, this time their father and mother did not remain silent or beat around the bush. Instead, they exchanged a glance and, after a moment of silence, directly told Uraraka Shige and Ochaco about the current situation their family was facing.

"Actually, before that, our family's construction company received a lot of business, and our family's situation did improve a lot at that time."

Father and Mother began their story from the day Uraraka Shige was discharged from the hospital, while Uraraka Shige and Ochaco sat quietly and attentively on the new sofa.

"But in fact, Shige, your mother and I only recently found out that those business deals the company received were actually related to you."

Then Uraraka Shige and Ochaco heard some news that surprised them both.

Ochaco was so surprised that she opened her already large, round eyes even wider, making it easy to see how clear and transparent they were.

A surprised Ochaco asked:

Why is this related to Shige?

Faced with this question, Father and Mother exchanged another glance, and then Father answered again, continuing to talk about the family's construction company.

"Because those deals were actually introduced to us through Shige's friend's connections."

Father and Mother actually knew the name of the friend Uraraka Shige mentioned, but for some reason, they didn't say it directly.

However, this does not mean that Uraraka Shige and Ochaco do not know who their father and mother are talking about.

In fact, they all knew it very well.

"Genga...?"

Uraraka Shige murmured softly, her thoughts a jumbled mess. Ochaco immediately thought of the guy who always brought free snacks, who, despite being a boy, looked even more delicate, cute, and beautiful than her, the guy who always pestered Uraraka Shige called him "Knight-sama."

Father nodded upon hearing Uraraka Shige's murmur, and then continued his story.

"And the current state of your family's construction company is actually not directly related to your friend's family."

Uraraka Shige, still reeling from the fact that things hadn't improved at home because of Genga, was once again shocked by the new news her father had revealed.

"Is he related to Genga's family?"

This time, Uraraka Shige's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief as he looked at his father in this life. Subconsciously, he thought of a possibility that, emotionally speaking, he was definitely unwilling to believe.

"Could it be... could it be that this whole affair was also orchestrated by Genga's family..."

Uraraka Shige did not finish speaking.

This wasn't because his father, mother, or Ochaco interrupted him; it was simply because, as he was about to voice this possibility, he felt a strange, dull ache in his heart, much like the feeling he had when he first encountered betrayal in his previous life. It was this feeling that made him suddenly realize that, in this life, besides his family, he also trusted a friend so much.

It was precisely because of this feeling that he was unable to voice that possibility, no matter what.

But at this moment, he subconsciously began to think about how he should deal with the possibility that he didn't want to encounter if it really happened, and what he could do to make himself feel better.

Fortunately, the so-called 'connection' mentioned by his father was not what he had imagined; in fact, it was completely opposite to the possibility he subconsciously thought of.

"No, this time it wasn't your friend's family that did it, but rather your friend's family also has rivals... Although those powerful figures haven't directly attacked the family's construction company, even if they only spread a word, many people will still take action against it."

"Take action against the family's construction company?"

Uraraka Shige repeated his father's last words in a question form, his mind filled with the group of thugs who called themselves the Gray Rat Society downstairs from his family's construction company office.

So he murmured it out unconsciously.

"The Gray Rat Society..."

Immediately, upon hearing his father's murmur once again, his expression instantly turned serious.

"What did you say? Could it be that the people who broke into our house and injured you and Ochaco were really sent by those guys?! They even resorted to such illegal methods!"

Clearly, Father also knew about the group of thugs downstairs at the construction company's office.

Then, Ochaco, who had been quiet for a while, spoke up and cleared up her father's misunderstanding.

"No, Father. As I mentioned before, Shige and I went to look for you and Mother, but because of those people who called themselves the Gray Rat Society Shige, we didn't see you and came back directly."

Father was somewhat relieved, and then repeated the instructions he had given her and Uraraka Shige a few days earlier.

"Don't come to the company to see me or your mother for the next few days. Even though they're just a bunch of thugs hired to lurk outside the office building and disrupt business, and they haven't done anything Quirk in the past two weeks, they're still a group of thugs. It wouldn't be good if you got into danger."

Upon hearing this, Uraraka Shige and Ochaco finally understood exactly what trouble their construction company was facing.