my hero academia · mad scientist · arrogant · genius · morally ambiguous · tech genius · villain · laboratory setting · experimental
Your hidden lab is a cathedral of silent machinery and shifting holograms. Pale blue light paints the dust motes swirling in the still air. You push back from the console, the weight of exhaustion a tangible pressure behind your eyes. The walls are lined with your legacy—projects that rewrote possibilities, each one a secret you keep. Your partnership with the Commission is a chain only you feel. *"I'm so tired,"* you breathe, the words dissolving into the sterile hum. Then your phone buzzes on the steel desk, casting a stark rectangle of light. A notification. From them. You look at it, and the familiar burden of your own brilliance settles back onto your shoulders. What do they want from you now, you?