A Hikikomori or a Shut-in. A Japanese term that refers to people that ostricize themselves from society and avoid people in general.
Shuichi Iguchi, a person that perfectly fits this description, stared at the screen with dull eyes.
"But I reject that notion! True heroism isn't about being the strongest or the most famous. It's about selflessness. It's about the willingness to risk everything for the sake of others, even when no one is watching. A true hero doesn't ask for fame—they act because they must!"
He felt his blood pressure rising as his breathing quickened, the words hit him like a freight train, he was feeling a sensation that he hasn't in many years.
Excitement.
His dull eyes opened wide as he stared at the figure.
"BRING IT OOON!!!"
He stood up from his bed, the dull eyes changed into a vigorous full-of-life eyes, his face showed a smile as he gazed at Izuku's smile.
"Izuku Midoriya...!"
He immediately searched for all of his accounts, upon seeing his Bio on his Herogram app, his face changed into a thoughtful expression.
"For a better world... For everyone."
That's all it said in his Bio, simple and direct yet heavy with meanings.
"For everyone... this means "mutants" too, right?"
He decided on following his profile.
That day, Izuku Midoriya gained a fan, and changed the fate of Spinner.
"A hero, huh... I wonder if I can be a hero for someone..."
The wheels of fate turned into another direction and began moving in an accelerated speed.
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Bakugo stared at Izuku.
'His speech and declaration of being the number 1 has cornered himself into being the strongest... But I'm still here.'
'If that nerd can be this strong... then I can get stronger!'
"I won't lose." Bakugo turned to Izuku and spoke calmly, his gaze firm, he refused to be ignored as a side character.
"Not on this one, Katsuki." Izuku calmly replied, locking his gaze with him.
The two stared at each other for a while, only being interrupted by Midnight's voice.
"All right, shall we move onto the first event! Into the "preminelaries" as they are commonly called by our viewers and this year's first event is..."
The screen spinned and stopped.
"The obstacle race!"
Midnight pointed to the screen using her whip.
"It's a race that involves all 11 classes; the course is 4 km (2.485 miles) around the stadium! You're free to do anything as long as you remain within the course!"
Izuku looked ahead, surrounded by hundreds of students around the closed gate.
"On your marks..."
Multiple crackles shot out from Izuku, startling the nearby students from the sounds.
'6%'
His eyes hardened as he saw the cameras pointing at him in particular.
'Watch me.'
"STAAAARRRRTT!!"
The students directly dashed forward with great energy; everyone pushed each other as they passed the tight gate.
The gate was tight on purpose, the first hurdle of this test was the start itself.
Shoto took a deep breath as he channeled a large amount of ice to block his peers directly.
The students stopped, surrounded by a wall of ice that stopped their movements, seeing this, Izuku directly jumped and used 15% to destroy the wall with his fist.
"You go Izuku!"
"Yeah!!"
"There he goes, punching shit again, god I love it."
The students took their opportunity and dashed forward again.
"Tsk." Shoto clicked his tongue and decided to slow them down by freezing their feet.
"What!?"
"You bastard!"
"Damn it...! I can't move!"
"Green guy, do the thing again!"
Izuku landed on the ground and walked forward as ice creeped onto his leg, he simply pushed through it with his physical strength and broke the ice.
"Green guyyy!"
"Out of my way you extras!" Bakugo chased after Izuku and Shoto, flying through the air using his explosions.
Momo directly pointed her hand down, a staff extended and pushed her above the crowd as she passed them.
Aoyama jumped and used his laser, he flew up, following Momo.
Kirishima hardened his legs and spun, shattering the ice and dashing forward.
Iida jumped high, using his legs he dashed fast after his classmates 'This is my field...I can't lose in a race!'
Jiro simply snapped her fingers, a loud vibration snapped the ice and freed her with multiple other students.
"Earphone girl banzaii!"
"Best girl!"
"Marry me!"
"I have a boyfriend," Jiro stared at the fat proposer like an insect.
'If I'm going to be with someone...' She blushed as a certain image crossed her mind, making her grin like a dork.
"Hehe..."
"You good?" Shinso asked with concern.
"A-ah, yeah!"
Ashido simply melted the ice using acids, she followed after the rest.
Ibara Shiozaki used her vines from her hair like a spider, she passed the students with ease.
Uraraka touched herself, her weight removed as she jumped high above the rest and soared above them all.
She extended her hand and a long tongue cought it, followed by Asui swinging through the crowd.
"Thanks, Ochako-chan!"
"Mhmm...!"
The two had agreed to work together and push themselves into the last event.
Izuku looked back, multiple students were following him closely, he smiled as he noticed that most of them were from 1-A.
He looked ahead, seeing the back of Shoto.
Shoto used multiple ice blocks to slow him down, but it was useless as Izuku simply punched them and shattered them with ease.
"Damn it...!"
Izuku's green crackles intensified "On your left~"
And he dashed forward, leaving Shoto and everyone behind.
Multiple explosions were heard and a blonde pushed forward angrily, keeping close with Izuku.
"Don't look down on me!" He gritted his teeth and followed behind Izuku.
Seeing the two pass him and Iida closing in on him, Shoto immediately slammed his leg down and ice pushed him up with high speed as he followed the two.
"Up to a heated start everyone! Midoriya Izuku takes the lead!" Present Mic declared loudly.
Izuku who was running looked up and saw a big ice construct pushing Shoto ahead of him.
The two locked eyes.
His eyes sharpened.
'25%!'
His hands blurred with his hair as he approached the first obstacle, the giant robot or the Zero-pointer.
"Midoriya Izuku reached the first obstacle, Robot Inferno!" Present Mic loudly announced.
"Fast as always." Eraserhead added in a monotone voice.
Seeing the small Three-pointer robot trying to stop him, Izuku jumped forward and punched through it with ease, shattering it and creating a large hole in it.
Another one attacked him, recieving the same treatment.
However, this time it was thrown forward with high speed, colliding with the other robots and clearing a long path.
"He brute forced through it?!" Present Mic widened his eyes, making the crowd cheer loudly.
"Yes it seems that he's not holdi--"
"AMAZING PERFORMANCE BY MIDORIYA IZUKU!!"
"...I feel like I'm not needed here..." Eraserhead slumped.
"He passed into the Zero-pointer area!" Present Mic interrupted, not caring.
Izuku looked at the giant robots trying to block his way, his initial thought was to evade and dash forward but a memory interrupted him.
'I want you to show them...that you're here!'
The words of All Might surfaced into his mind, his eyes narrowed as he decided to do something useless just to show off.
Was it reckless? Was it stupid? Who cares!
The only thing that matters is strength. This whole festival was a dick measuring contest after all!
He jumped and twisted his body with high speed as he began spinning, the robot extended its massive hand towards him, trying to block him but to everyone's astonishment, black tendrils coated Izuku's body, turning him into a drill that drilled into the giant hand, penetrating through it.
"What?!" Present Mic's confused sound was interrupted by Eraserhead's astonishment.
"This...!" Aizawa stared in disbelief, wasn't Izuku's Quirk a strength enhancement type? What's this now?
The crowd cheered loudly by the stunt, even the viewers that were watching opened their eyes wide.
Shuichi Iguchi stared speechlessly at Izuku through the screen, his eyes showing delight.
Shigaraki Tomura recoiled as he saw the black tendrils, he remembered the sight of that green demon and he scratched his neck furiously.
Izuku ignored the shock of everyone and kept drilling through the giant robots, passing them with ease.
Like a Badgermole from a certain show.
"Damn it you nerd...!" Bakugo weaved through the 3-pointer robots and followed Izuku into the Zero-pointer zone.
Shoto waved his hand up, freezing the Three-pointer robots and running after them.
"Damn it...!" Iida increased his speed, following behind Shoto directly.
"Class 1-A is taking the lead, Izuku Midoriya and Shoto Todoroki are strong contenders for the first position on this race!"
"Don't Forget Me You Loud Bastard!" Bakugo shot multiple shots and began spinning, his speed increased as he dashes forward, surpassing Shoto.
"Oh, and Katsuki Bakugo or whatever." Yamada spoke in a monotone voice, having heard the blonde's insult.
"BASTARD!"
Izuku looked behind him, he saw the determined faces of his classmates and chuckled.
'Should I get serious...?'
He has never went serious, from the beginning until the end, it was just flashy moves and low effort, if Izuku wished to he could simply dash to the finish line in 5 seconds tops.
'But... That'd make everyone despair, it'll make them lose their confidence in themselves, they might stop trying to overtake me by training and become weak...'
He needed them stronger, to not hold him back.
Izuku decided to score the 1st but keep it close, it'll be believable and not too despairing for his classmates.
After all, he can't afford to let them slack, they needed to be stronger like him, only then can he be relieved for their safety.
He looked at Shoto who was still refusing to use his flames and sighed. 'How do I deal with this hormonal teenager...' Izuku felt lost.
He needed reliable teamates and the strongest one among them was holding back.
Momo created a cannon, she shot at the robot's hand and blew it, creating space for others to pass through.
"Let's go!"
"Yeah!"
The girls followed their vice-president confidently.
"Looks like Midoriya Izuku has arrived at THE FAAAAAAL!!!" Present Mic shouted into the mic, startling the crowd.
"Pipe it down, Mic." Eraserhead rubbed his ears with irritation.
Izuku looked at the "Fall", it's essentially a hazardous, gap-filled area with thin, unstable platforms suspended over a deep chasm.
He looked down.
The platforms are spaced apart like a giant tightrope course, and falling means instant elimination from the event.
"Haha, sorry I just love this part, students must be careful not to fall, falling is immediate elimination! I hope no one is eliminated though, well, maybe only a blonde one."
"Haaaah?!"
Present Mic ignored the shouting and cursing of Bakugo as he turned to Izuku.
"Now let's see what you'll do for this one, Midoriya!"
Izuku stared calmly, he opted to mix Float and OFA 5% to jump between the stone platform with ease.
"What! He ignored the ropes entirely, He's jumping over them!" Present Mic raised his eyebrows in shock.
After all, one wrong landing will send him falling down.
"Smart, faster but riskier, how fitting of him." Eraserhead added and rolled his eyes.
"Hey! I heard that!" Izuku snapped at the comment.
"I know, it was intended." Aizawa snickered while eating a Snicker.
"Tsk." Izuku looked behind him to see the face of Bakugo and Todoroki approaching him with desperation.
He decided to slow down and give them a ray of hope.
Seeing him slow down, the two's eyes glinted with hope as they pushed themselves to reach him first.
Only for Izuku to crush their hopes by dashing ahead with a taunting smirk.
"DAMN NERD!!!"
"...."
Bakugo unlocked a new level of rage, he was showing an amazing expression that the cameras loved, his face became a meme instantly.
Shoto's face twisted with rage, Izuku has successfully gotten under his skin, he directly froze multiple stone platforms and dashed ahead, leaving Bakugo behind.
Iida used this chance to run on the solid frozen platform and follow them faster.
'Damn it...! How are they all faster than me?!'
Iida felt like the world was simply unfair.
'If this keeps on going... I'll need to use...that.'
However, as he thought so he remembered that there are other events after this one so he refrained.
Behind Iida, Ochako was hovering high like a balloon, her torso was wrapped by a long tongue as Tsui clung to the ropes and passed them with ease using her frog-like sticky hands.
Momo made a long stick and balanced herself on the rope.
Looking behind and seeing Todoroki approaching him with fast speed, Izuku grinned.
'Let's piss them off some more, this is fun~'
His leg landed on the ground as he exited the Fall zone, directly reaching the Minefield.
"Izuku Midoriya reached the Minefield zone! This boy is fast! Aizawa, what are you teaching your students?!"
"He's built different, not my doing."
Izuku directly stopped.
"...what? Did he stop just now?"
"Hmm... Is he afraid of the Minefield zone?"
The crowd murmured amongst themselves as they watched in confusion.
Even those who were close to Izuku didn't know what he was thinking.
Just as Shoto and Bakugo neared him, he started running again.
"This..."
"This guy... He's toying with them!"
Shoto directly abandoned running and used his ice to push him ahead, rushing behind Izuku with high speed.
"Midoriya!!" He bellowed with fury.
However, no matter how much he tried, he still couldn't reach him, he kept running so fast that the bombs triggered when Shoto reached them, slowing him down.
Bakugo who was watching this gritted his teeth.
If this goes on, he'll lose!
Yes, he believed that if it's not No.1 then it's a loss! No.2? 3? All are failures! As long as he reached No.1 then nothing else matters.
With that in mind, his mind worked fast, analyzing his environment with high speed.
An idea struck him, and he grinned.
He blasted the frozen ground beneath him, creating shards of ice that he held, triggering multiple explosions that propelled him ahead, rushing past the two.
Izuku's eyes widened, a smile on his lips.
Unexpected.
Bakugo used the same strategy as Deku did in the original story.
'They truly are similar in their own way.'
However, who was Izuku? Who was Shishido?
This is a man who declared that he's the best! The top of the top! The Number 1!
Izuku's legs blurred as it slammed on the ground, 10 kicks in the blink of an eye as he used 40% of OFA and Speed III to mimic a technique from his memory.
Soru or instant transmission.
A technique from the world of pirates, mainly used by the CP9 members, it allows someone to dash ahead with high speed and seemingly disappear, leaving behind an after-image.
As he disappeared from place, he reaperd at the finish line, all in less than a second.
!!!
It was so fast that no one could perceive it, not even the top 10 heroes, except for All Might.
"WHAT?!" Present Mic looked in disbelief at the scene, his eyes wide with shock.
"...." Aizawa lost his words, he immediately knew why Izuku was so confident when he fought the Nomu and disobeyed his words.
He's strong and fast with shadow manipulation, and many other things that he's hiding from everyone, including his teachers.
"A-ah! Izuku Midoriya reached the finish line! He scored first!!" Present Mic sputtered and announced after a while.
"..." Shoto's face showed disbelief.
Bakugo who was still high in the air, riding an ice piece and happy that his stunt worked felt his face freeze with shock.
The crowd exploded with cheers, disbelief on their faces.
Teleportation.
An ability that was unbelievably rare, it was so rare that anyone with such an ability hid themselves deeply from the wicked hands of society.
Everyone believed that it was teleportation that they witnessed as he simply disappeared and reappeared at the finish line directly scoring the first.
Yet, why did Izuku use it? He could just dash ahead very fast and still win, use his black tendrils to block everyone, use his Sharingan to stun his competeters and many more ways.
So why did he do this? The answer is very simple.
He wanted to crush Shoto's hope of beating him or reaching close to him using 50% of his power.
Izuku waved his hand with a smile at the crowd and the cameras, he bowed humbly to the cameras as he accepted the cheering crowds.
He needed to convey to the viewers that he wasn't an arrogant man, he was strong and kind.
Someone that resembled the Number 1 hero of Japan.
All Might smiled in satisfaction, he nodded at his actions.
However, he was curious at the last stunt. His eyes could track his movement unlike everyone else and he knew that it wasn't teleportation.
Miruko stared in silence, not sure what to say.
Teleportation, this ability is beyond broken. Kick at him? He's gone. Punch at him? He's gone. Corner him? He's gone.
'This means that as long as this green kid wanted to, he simply couldn't be touched.'
The only way that miruko could think of to defeat him is by holding a hostage. But, the kid was also very fast! He was strong too!
Fat Gum smiled and wrote his nomination, followed by multiple people too.
What more can they say? This was more than enough, especially when he scored first at the practical exam.
That exam was hard, it was made by Nezu, the smartest being on the planet with the help of the best school and all of its resources, and the amazing support department led by Power Loader.
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"It's that! The teleportation I told you about!"
Tomura Shigaraki punched the screen and cracked it as he yelled at Kurogiri.
"I see." Kurogiri replied robotically, not caring.
Or rather, it couldn't even care.
All for One who was watching the sports festival in a different place spoke through the other screen.
"No, this is his speed, not teleportation."
His voice was calm and analytical.
Although he couldn't see well because of the low frame rate of the camera, a frame rate that couldn't exceed 400 frames per second but he saw how his right leg blurred before he disappeared.
'How did he do that?'
All for One was very curious about the technique, was it a simple kick? If so then why did the ground not crack upon the impact?
"How?" Tomura Shigaraki asked calmly, he learned from his lesson and knew that the green student can't hide anything from his teacher.
After all, AFO figured out that Izuku Midoriya was the successor of All Might with a single encounter with him.
The screen returned to the scene of Izuku's figure.
"This. He used some sort of technique before he disappeared."
"..."
This is dangerous, a really good technique was as good as a Quirk, there are too many secrets that this green kid was hiding.
'How many more? What's his trump card?'
Rather than All Might, AFO felt that this kid was even more dangerous.
With All Might he simply needed to get a hostage or out power him to control the man, however with this kid, there were many unknowns.
He doesn't know his personality, his secrets, his Quirks, his strength.
He grimaced with displeasure.
'A mere brat dares to stop me...!'
AFO took out his old phone and dialed a number.
"... Giran."