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Chapter 40 - Trial of battle 2/2

Standing outside the building, Suzuki was thinking about the conversation he had earlier with All Might.

-*-*-*-

"Ahaha! You don't need to worry about me! Do your best!" All Might said to Suzuki once they were at a certain distance from the students.

They were walking toward the building were the fake bomb was already installed.

"Are you sure? It will be very hard for you to stop me." Suzuki asked, doubtful of All Might.

Even if he was the strongest hero in the world, stopping someone with a quirk like Suzuki is going to be a true challenge.

"No worry needed! I am still the Symbol of Hope! Try to catch the fake bomb before I can stop you."

"... If you say so."

-*-*-*-

"The trial battle begins!" Momo's voice sounded through the speaker and marked the beginning of the fight.

Inside the observation room, the students were looking at the trial. Giving their prognostic on the matter.

"How long will Reed-senpai be able to contend against All Might?" Opening his mouth to ask his two friends Iida and Uraraka, Midoriya immediately after received a glare from Katsuki. Making him shut his mouth in a hurry.

"Did you forget what he did at the quirk test?" A boy with red hair said, placing his arm on his shoulder.

"So you think that he will be able to beat him?" Iida asked.

"I think that you forgot the goal of the trial." Momo said, her eyes locked onto the screen where Suzuki was peacefully walking.

"The true goal?"

"... Suzuki-senpai doesn't have to beat All Might to win." Momo said.

"Right! He just has to-" Ochako began to say, but she was interrupted by Momo who finished her sentence.

"Capture the bomb."

-*-*-*-

'... He is up there I think.' Suzuki thought, his head turned toward the ceiling.

Running on the upper floor, Suzuki kicked the door open.

"HAHA." A villainous laugh echoed through the whole building.

"..."

"You are finally here... HERO!" All Might landed on the ground, making the floor quiver a little.

'Where is he coming from?' Suzuki thought, seeing the pro-hero imitate the behavior of a villain.

"I will make this bomb explode! And you won't be able to stop me! I am too powerful, AHAHA!!"

"Mhm..."

Not wasting any more time, All Might dashed toward the unmoving Suzuki, with a speed superior to whatever he ever witnessed.

'As I thought, I can't underestimate him.' Suzuki thought.

Dodging a tackle by jumping on his arm, Suzuki did a little somersault in the air, landing on his feet.

"You can't escape me! AHAHA!!"

Hearing his creepy laugh, Suzuki couldn't help but have little goosebumps.

"Is this what villains felt when they heard you? It certainly is creepy from your foe's point of view." Suzuki said, continuously dodging the swings of All Might.

He didn't let him enough time to unsheath his katana, his attacks were very fast, and the strength behind was sure of making cracking a few of his bones if he took it directly.

'He is stronger than I thought, I am forced to fight seriously!' Toshinori thought, seeing that his attacks were evaded with room to spare.

"You didn't see anything yet!" All Might yelled his speed tremendously increasing in an instant.

"?!" Suzuki hurriedly put his still sheathed katana in front of him, seeing the increased speed of his opponent.

"TEXAS SMASH!!"

The punch which was thrown at Suzuki met his sheathed katana. However, as expected of a full blow of All Might, the punch who seemed to have been perfectly blocked, catapulted Suzuki outside the building.

It wasn't only the punch of All Might which was fearsome, even though the strength was monstrous, the thing who made Suzuki fly until his body broke the wall, was the air pressure.

-*-*-*-

Inside the observation room, the students were completely shocked by what they just witnessed.

"..."

"Tsk, even him is nothing but a joke in front of All Might."

The voice of Katsuki echoed through the room, but no one was able to contradict him, the feat they observed just now was way beyond their wildest dreams.

"Wh-what about Reed-senpai?" Mina asked, seeing that he took the full blow.

"..." However, nobody could reply to her question as they themselves were completely clueless about his current state!

'Suzuki-senpai!' Momo thought, very troubled by the spectacle.

While they were all looking breathless at the screen, they noticed a movement coming from All Might.

Before they could say anything, he jumped toward the bomb and was looking closely at the hole he made with his attack just now.

"Look! Hi-his ri-right hand!" A very little boy with grapes on his head said, pointing at where the right hand of All Might should have been.

Instead, nothing was at this place. Not even blood. The cut was so clean that it was as if it was made with a laser.

-*-*-*-

Looking at the cut, All Might couldn't help but sweat a little.

What happened when he punched Suzuki was beyond his expectations.

Immediately after the fist disconnected with the katana, Suzuki with a very quick movement unsheathed it and slashed at him. He only had the time to put his hand in front of his face.

'He was so fast that I couldn't do anything other than protect me from his swing.'

He then looked at his hand on the floor, there was no blood flowing from it or from his arm.

'He is strong... Surely at the level of a S-class villain. His speed and quirk are top-notch too.' All Might thought, but he immediately reported his attention at the hole his attack created on the wall.

-*-*-*-

"Did you see when he cut him?" The frog girl asked.

"Not at all..."

"Nope."

"When he got hit." Answering once again shocking the other students, Momo looked thoughtful.

"What?! You could see that Yaoyorozu?!" The girl with purple hair said, looking incredulously to her new friend.

"No, surely not." Shaking her head, she replied a smile on her face.

"Then how do you know?"

"Because it is the only moment where we couldn't see him strike and when he got near All Might."

"I see... So it is thanks to his quirk than he could have reacted so quickly? The wound of All Might is not ordinary at all, it doesn't even bleed."

At this moment, someone that nobody thought of, opened his mouth to give his opinion.

"Idiots. The wound is thanks to his quirk, but the speed with which he reacted was his body. I know Suzuki, and his quirk, it doesn't increase his body's prowess." Katsuki said, arms crossed. He was looking at the screen with seriousness.

"Wow... I didn't even see their movements at all. It is the level of pro-heroes?" The red-haired kid said, clenching his fist.

"We are so far!"

-*-*-*-

"As I thought, you hit harder than Katsu..." The figure of Suzuki emerged from the hole, his unsheathed katana in his left hand while the scabbard was in his right hand.

"Still strong enough to stay on your feet HERO?!"

"As you can see, it is the case. Well... Time to end this joke." Suzuki replied, slowly sheathing his katana.

"?" Confused at his actions, All Might stood still, looking at his next actions.

'[Room]' Suzuki put his hand's palm toward the ground, and used his quirk, the sphere extending from his palm.

Remembering what he did the first time they met, All Might ran to Suzuki, hoping to stop him before he teleported away.

Even though his speed was monstrous, All Might couldn't contend against instant teleportation.

'[Shambles]'

However, instead of seeing Suzuki disappearing from his spot, it was his entire view which changed.

Looking back, he saw the bomb where he previously was, near Suzuki.

"Thanks for bringing it to me. It's the end of the example I guess." Touching the bomb with his right hand, Suzuki smiled at the now turned All Might.

"It's... a victory for Suzuki-senpai!" Momo's voice echoed through the speaker, marking the end of the fight.

All Might went to Suzuki and extended his hand at him, forgetting that it was severed earlier.

"Good job Reed-san! Who would have thought that you were so strong AHAHA!"

Smiling at him, Suzuki reassembled the severed hand of All Might and shook his hand.

Seeing a few humble words.

"I only won thanks to the conditions. Do not worry about that. You are as strong as how the people describe you. Very impressive."

"Thanks a lot, Reed-san! Let's go back to the students now! It is their turn now that we showed them how it was!"

"Yeah."

-*-*-*-

"Tell me, kids! What did you observe from the fight?" All Might asked once they returned.

Raising her hands, Momo answered.

"I think that Suzuki-senpai did really great. He deflected your attention on him the whole time, and once he made you warry of him, he used your speed against you by switching your position and the bomb's position. But I think that he should have done that since the beginning to not risk anything, even if I know that he wanted to assess your strength."

'She said all I wanted to say!'

"Hu-hum It's exactly that! Let's begin with the first trial kids!"

Announcing the team, he then drew the first teams fighting.

"Pair A will be heroes, and will fight pair D!"