The Warehouse

I opened my eyes to an unfamiliar ceiling.

The ceiling looked large and high, about three or four meters above the ground, with an old-fashioned light bulb hanging in the middle, emitting a soft orange glow.

The surroundings were somewhat dim under the light of the bulb, but it was still clear that a large number of wooden crates were piled up on all sides, almost forming a wall. From the gaps between the wooden planks, some dry grass peeked out, branching out and sitting quietly.

Between these four walls made of wooden crates was a fairly spacious and open concrete floor, on which sat a double bed, looking as if it had been moved from a luxury hotel.

Uraraka Shige lay quietly in the center of the double bed, which was big enough for seven of him to lie down. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, his body motionless, but he cautiously and carefully looked around at his surroundings.

"A warehouse?"

Uraraka Shige murmured something in confusion, then asked herself a strange question.

Why am I in a place like this?

He remembered that after getting the information he wanted from those five thugs, he changed his route and came to the small park where he had been exercising and enhancing his 'Quirk' for the past six months, and began his usual workout.

After that, all he remembered was hearing a faint rustling sound while exercising, and then... he seemed to have been attacked by someone, experiencing a brief numbness in his neck before losing consciousness.

Recalling this, Uraraka Shige subconsciously reached out and touched the back of his neck. He immediately felt a spot on the back of his neck that was slightly harder and cooler than other parts of his neck, and also felt slightly numb and swollen. When he touched it, he immediately felt a sharp pain.

"Hiss!!!"

The sudden, sharp pain made Uraraka Shige gasp, but his hand instinctively tried to pull back. He then forcibly stopped this instinctive movement and began to explore more gently and carefully.

There was a swollen, elongated mass, with faint blackish-purple marks, the kind of marks left after being struck hard with a blunt object.

Although Uraraka Shige couldn't see it himself, he was able to roughly deduce this information based solely on the feel in his hands and the sensations coming from the back of his neck.

He then came to a conclusion.

"So it really was attacked?"

He then reminded himself to pay attention to the strengths of this place, while also posing new questions for himself to consider.

"So where is this place? And why am I here?"

These two questions seem exactly the same as the ones that arose when he first opened his eyes, but in reality, what he really wants to think about are two things that are different from his previous doubts.

Asking himself where he was wasn't to confirm whether this was indeed a warehouse, but rather to find out its location, approximate distance from his home, and whether there were any nearby places he could use for help... like a police station or a 'hero agency'...

The question of why he was there wasn't a reflection of forgetting his origins, but rather a desire to reflect on why the person who attacked him had brought him to this warehouse, and what their true purpose was in doing so...

"Phew... Let's take a look then..."

Lying on the double bed, Uraraka Shige suddenly felt extremely irritable. He wanted to yell loudly or even destroy something, but he managed to suppress this irritability.

Because he is a selfish guy, a guy who is selfish both to others and to himself. Even if it means doing something that hurts him, as long as he thinks it's fun, as long as the thought and feeling of wanting to try it is stronger, he will do it without caring that it will hurt him.

Just like now, he was experiencing the same emotions, but compared to this feeling of irritability, his will to survive—not wanting to be stuck in this place forever for no reason, his desire for revenge against the guy who attacked him, and his Curiosity about where he was, what his surroundings were like, and whether there were any attackers around—undoubtedly had the upper hand.

Therefore, he will choose to let these dominant emotions and thoughts influence him, causing him to take actions that are more advantageous and satisfy these thoughts and emotions.

So Uraraka Shige sat up from the double bed. After all, while lying in bed was comfortable, it severely limited his view, making it impossible for him to know where he was located.

However, sitting up inevitably involves some muscles in the back of the neck.

So Uraraka Shige let out two more soft hisses.

After sitting up Uraraka Shige found that if he just sat there, he had to twist his neck to observe his surroundings. However, he had an injury on the back of his neck, and if he moved his neck freely as usual, it would inevitably hurt.

So he got out of bed and stood up. Fortunately, the guy who put him on this double bed didn't take off his shoes, so he didn't have to walk barefoot on the cold cement floor.

"Then let me see what this warehouse looks like and where it's located..."

Muttering to himself softly, Uraraka Shige. The light emitted by the old-fashioned light bulb was rather dim, forcing him to try harder to see more clearly.

He then deliberately slowed his pace and walked leisurely, gently rounding a 'wall' made of crates, intending to take a good look at the warehouse's specific layout, whether anyone was stationed there, and where it was located, but just then...

"Splash splash splash splash~~~"

A series of chaotic and piercing sounds came from not far in front of Uraraka Shige, startling him. He instinctively found a place to hide and began to carefully determine the source of the sound.

"It sounds like a metal gate... but it's more like some kind of roller shutter?"

After the ear-piercing rattling of the sheet metal, a faint male voice could be heard.

"Boss, don't worry about my work. Although I've only caught one little devil so far, I've already sent my men to catch another one. I specifically instructed them to do so, and they'll bring him over soon!"