Influence? Objective?
The sun was high in the sky, and it was a clear day with no wind or rain, so a lot of sunlight poured down from the sky, making people feel warm and cozy.
On this very day, Uraraka Shige bid farewell to Granny Songju, who had taken care of him for the past three days and taught him a very useful exercise method, and then prepared to leave.
Granny Songju naturally extended her cane to stop him, just as she had done not long ago when he first escaped from that group of thugs and hid in the courtyard of this private apartment. Before he could even notice or react, she had already placed her cane on his shoulder, pinning him firmly to the spot.
But ultimately, Uraraka Shige his own, and once he had made up his mind to leave, Granny Songju couldn't very well forcibly restrain him and tie him to a pillar to prevent him from leaving, as that would constitute illegal detention...
Moreover, in the end, Granny Songju's care for him over the past three days was only due to Momotani Hanawa's request, Granny Songju's own personality, and the fact that Granny Songju herself had a certain fondness for Uraraka Shige. In reality, Granny Songju and Uraraka Shige were not truly as close as family and friends.
So in the end, Granny Songju could only persuade Uraraka Shige to stay and have lunch in the lobby of the private apartment. After Uraraka Shige washed the dishes, she let him leave on his own.
After leaving the courtyard of the private apartment, Uraraka Shige had not gone far when he was stopped by a guy who had appeared many times before.
It's that guy with the Granny Gray... or rather, that guy with a full head of Granny Gray.
He was squatting in front of a small, cheap convenience store not far from the private apartment, holding a few triangular rice balls and a small bottle of vegetable juice in his pocket, eating them heartily as his lunch.
After seeing Uraraka Shige leave from the courtyard of Granny Songju's private apartment, she suddenly ate the rice ball that she had already opened in two bites without chewing it properly, and swallowed it directly with the help of vegetable juice. Then she got up and went to Uraraka Shige.
He hadn't finished speaking.
He did not achieve his goal.
Therefore, he was deliberately waiting for Uraraka Shige to appear, and then looking for an opportunity to finish saying what he wanted to say and achieve his desired goal.
For Uraraka Shige, who had been disturbed and made anxious by the Granny Gray's words about family, but had now calmed down after some time had passed, this was not something she could not guess or expect.
So when this Granny Gray appeared in front of him again and blocked his way, Uraraka Shige naturally wanted to prevent this Granny Gray goal.
Coupled with the information she had learned from the Granny Gray, Uraraka Shige was now extremely eager to return to her hometown and see how her family in this life was doing.
Therefore, after being stopped by this Granny Gray guy, Uraraka Shige decided to ignore him and simply walk past him, completely disregarding this Granny Gray- haired guy.
Granny Gray was quite surprised by Uraraka Shige's behavior of completely ignoring him, but he did not try to stop Uraraka Shige again.
He simply wore a seemingly indifferent expression and spoke in a seemingly indifferent tone, saying something that Uraraka Shige.
"Speaking of which... it seems a 'hero' has come to your aid~"
As expected, Uraraka Shige stopped after he said that, but only for a moment before continuing on her way home.
After saying this, Granny Gray paused for a moment, needing even a very short quiet moment to assess whether her words had any impact on Uraraka Shige.
His reaction—that Uraraka Shige had briefly stopped before continuing on his way—did indeed bring him a slight sense of joy.
The fact that Uraraka Shige stopped meant that his words had some effect on Uraraka Shige. Although the fact that he quickly resumed walking afterward showed that the impact of Uraraka Shige words was not as drastic as he had hoped, or even negligible, it was still good news for him.
Any impact is good news.
Even the slightest impact, through repeated contact, will accumulate and become like a seed that has been watered and nourished, eventually growing into a towering tree.
So Granny Gray continued speaking, telling Uraraka Shige what she knew about a 'hero' attacking him, trying to use this to have a greater impact on Uraraka Shige.
"Although this 'hero' may seem to be just an unknown 'hero' ranked at least a thousandth, he is undoubtedly a true 'Pro Hero,' far superior to us 'Quirk' guys..."
Granny Gray turned around and looked at Uraraka Shige as if she hadn't heard her words. She seemed preoccupied and hurried away. She smiled happily, and finally spoke loudly to Uraraka Shige's back, as if it were a blessing, but then with a hint of disgust, she murmured her name for Uraraka Shige.
"You'd better be careful, kid..."
At this moment, Uraraka Shige was not far from Granny Gray, only a few steps away. Since Uraraka Shige did not have any hearing problems, he certainly heard Granny Gray's two sentences. However, out of a childish selfishness of 'I don't want him to achieve whatever his purpose is,' he completely ignored Granny Gray's words.
And because of this, he didn't even turn around to look at him, so of course he wouldn't know that after Granny Gray finished speaking, he looked at his departing small figure with a seemingly happy smile. Otherwise, he would have understood that his actions had already helped this Granny Gray- haired guy achieve some of his goals.