My Avatar is the Heroine

"Do you really think I'd believe your nonsense? If you weren't up to something shady, why would you be so flustered?" Torhu Hagakure said, her tone implying she saw right through Su Lin.

The next second, she suddenly leaned over the bed, lowering her head to sniff at something closely.

"What are you doing?"

"Checking for any suspicious liquids."

"..."

After a moment of awkward silence, Su Lin grumbled speechlessly, "You're sick. I'm very self-respecting, you know."

"Oh really? I don't believe you."

In a way, he and Torhu Hagakure were good friends who could talk about anything. After all, she was the first person to strike up a conversation with him when he arrived in this world.

"By the way, Su Lin, seeing you like this, I have a question for you."

Torhu sat on the bed, looking at him with a grin.

"What question?"

Imagining her expression, he felt it was bound to be something difficult to answer.

"After you turned into a girl, did you experience any physiological effects? I assume your main body would react to women, but what about your avatar?"

Su Lin fell silent.

It was truly embarrassing.

Why did she always have to pry into these things?

After a moment, he reluctantly revealed the truth, "If I told you my avatar developed desires for my main body, would you believe me?"

Mentally disgusted, yet physically inexplicably craving it. Perhaps the influence of physical matter outweighed the mental. It was only through the distinct genders in this world that such strict divisions could be made.

"It seems Su Lin-chan is telling the truth. But... if you're going to do something like that in the future, make sure to practice safe sex. It's best to find a couple of good friends to learn about what you need to be careful about. If something happens to you, I'd be quite sad."

Torhu Hagakure patted his shoulder heavily, her tone inexplicably tinged with concern.

"Can we please not talk about this?" Su Lin covered his head, wishing he could run over and smash himself into a block of ice.

"Tch, I'm just worried about you."

Su Lin pretended not to hear, got up from the bed, and walked to the table in front of him, where he made a steaming cup of tea.

"Here, drink up. I don't think you came just to see me, did you?"

Torhu nodded. "Today I heard about what everyone experienced during their work-study program. You guys ran into the Hero Killer: Stain, right?"

"How did you know? Did someone tell you?"

"Of course, I found out myself," Torhu Hagakure said, clearly annoyed. "This was supposed to be your accomplishment, but because you broke the rule of using quirks to harm people, Endeavor gets all the credit. It's outrageous."

Su Lin's hands suddenly clenched the bedsheet, and his avatars made involuntary movements.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

Struggling to keep an angry expression off his face, Su Lin took a few deep breaths. "Thank you for coming to see me."

"Ahahaha, I'm just worried about Su Lin-chan."

The next morning, at the hospital.

Three people sat by their respective hospital beds.

"Midoriya, Tenya just had his check-up, his arm..." Todoroki said gravely, looking at Tenya Iida, who sat silently by his bed.

Izuku Midoriya followed his gaze, and after a few seconds of silence, Tenya slowly said, "The doctor said my arm has lasting effects."

"Lasting effects?"

"Both my arms were severely injured at the time. My left arm seems to have been the worst. Although, it's just a bit difficult and troublesome to move my fingers. If I undergo surgery and nerve transplantation, there's a possibility of full recovery." He tried to sound relaxed so Midoriya wouldn't worry.

"However, the moment I encountered the Hero Killer, my mind went blank... I should have reported to Mr. Guideline first, but I lost my reason due to hatred and ended up dragging you all into it."

"What about Su Lin...?" Midoriya remembered Su Lin using his avatars to fight both the Hero Killer and a Nomu simultaneously. The situation with Stain was clear; even if the opponent held back, they managed to capture him through skill. But the Nomu... that was entirely his fight.

"Not to mention, looking at the other two Nomus attacking the city, while this opponent wasn't as strong as the one at USJ, they weren't weak either."

"Even someone like the Hero Killer... said he was the true hero."

Tenya Iida looked at his hand, seemingly recalling the events of that day.

When Yukino rushed to save him, she shielded him with her own body... facing such a powerful enemy, it was clear she had disregarded her own safety, her mind only focused on her comrades.

And himself...

"I won't be treating this arm until I become a true hero," Tenya said, touching the bandages on his hand.

Just then, there was a series of knocks on the hospital room door.

"Come in."

Izuku called out towards the outside, and then he saw Su Lin, wearing a plain short-sleeved shirt, walk in.

"How are you three feeling?"

"We're fine. All in all, we're doing well," Todoroki replied.

"That's good, I'm relieved."

Su Lin sat to the side, silently took out his phone, and started scrolling through it alone.

The three of them exchanged glances, unsure of what to say for a moment.

Among them, Izuku was the most hesitant to speak with Su Lin, especially now that he was seeing the male protagonist's true form sitting right in front of him. The accusation from a few days ago echoed repeatedly in his mind, filling him with deep remorse.

Let's just pretend nothing happened and remain friends forever.

Even though thinking about Yukino training brings an indescribable heartache, this is the right choice, isn't it?

"Um... Su Lin," at this moment, Todoroki, who had been silent until then, suddenly spoke.

"Hm?" The person playing with his phone looked up curiously.

"Do you think the Hero Killer's ideals... are correct?"

"How could they be?" Su Lin shook his head. "Are you dissatisfied with society as it is?"

"..."

"Rather, heroes are just like police officers who can use their abilities more freely. And this world will never be without police. Because crime is everywhere, and without these so-called fake heroes, when you are truly harmed, perhaps no one will pay attention to you."

"Is that what you think?"

"Alright, I should get going. I just came to check on you guys this time," Su Lin suddenly stood up.

He didn't want to waste any more time.

Every moment spent as Yukino training, every bit of improvement, would bring about a qualitative change.

Chapter 64: The Match Before The Final Exam

"Hah!"

"Haa..."

"Huff... huff..."

One kick after another, Yukino, whose arms and legs were embedded with glowing red Iron Sand, bit down hard on the Chewing Gum in her mouth. Her fingernails dug deep into her palms from the pain.

To prevent herself from biting off her tongue in a daze from the intense pain, she had stuffed almost her entire mouth full.

However, it wouldn't really matter if she did bite it off, because the consequence would merely be a more resilient tongue after it healed.

Her grip strength had reached nearly 280 kilograms. As she was covered in sweat and gasping for breath, the phone in her pocket suddenly rang with a pleasant tone.

Trembling, she took out the device and saw that the caller was her homeroom teacher.

"Mmm~~"

Propping herself up on a nearby rock with one hand, she removed the gum from her mouth. Tears streamed down her face from the pain. She leaned back weakly and fumbled to answer the call, feeling dizzy.

"M-Mr. Aizawa, sniffle~~ Is there something you need?"

"Su Lin, this work-study program hasn't truly ended yet. Although Iida-kun is in the hospital, Mr. Guideline believes you can still continue with him... Hmm, what is that noise you're making?"

Hearing the strange gasps and pained cries, Shota Aizawa suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

"Waaah~ Sorry, Teacher. I was just training, I'm really tired right now... Is there a problem?"

"No, it's just that your voice sounds very strange."

"..."

"So, do you wish to continue with the upcoming activities?"

"No, the Hero... sob~~ The Hero Killer incident was already, um... the best experience. There's no point in continuing with Mr. Guideline. I want to train my Quirk on my own."

"Alright."

The call ended. Yukino felt as if she had used up all her strength, and her hands fell away powerlessly.

"It hurts so much, System, I can't take it anymore, sob~~"

This training session was too intense.

Practicing kicks and punches with Iron Sand that continuously emitted high temperatures and destructive energy had resulted in Yukino being covered in blood, rolling on the ground and crying like a little girl.

Several days later, in the U.A. Class A classroom.

"Hahahahaha... Bakugo, what's with your hair? It's hilarious!"

"Shut up! That bastard fixed my hair, it won't go back to normal no matter how much I wash it."

Katsuki Bakugo, sporting a ridiculously styled Bull King Side Part haircut, glared with white eyes at Kirishima and Sero's laughter.

"It's really ugly, that side part!" the two dared to shout.

"What did you say, you bastards!!"

Bang!

In Yukino's astonished gaze, Bakugo's hair instantly returned to normal amidst a burst of rage.

"Hey, Hot-Blooded Monkey."

Seeing Bakugo's eyes turn toward her, Yukino cheerfully waved at him.

"Shut up! Who the hell is Hot-Blooded Monkey?!" Bakugo's anger surged even more.

"Well, if you can read what's written above, I'll believe you're not the Hot-Blooded Monkey," Yukino said, sitting down in her seat. She picked up a pen and casually wrote a few words on a piece of paper, unfolding it to show him.

"What?" Bakugo instinctively looked down and read aloud, "I am the Hot-Blooded Monkey."

"..."

"Are you f***ing kidding me!?"

And so, as everyone returned to campus life, the first semester's studies entered their remaining portion.

It wasn't long until the final exams, yet not a hint of tension could be seen on anyone's faces.

That afternoon, Hero Basic Training proceeded as usual, with All Might leading everyone to the front of a massive training ground.

"Since you've just returned from your work-study program, this Hero Basic Training will be a rescue training competition with a game-like structure. This is the training ground, a densely packed industrial zone with a complex, maze-like structure. This time, you'll be divided into 5-person teams, with 4 groups taking turns. The rules are simple: once I send out a distress signal from the center, you'll all depart from outside the factory area simultaneously, and we'll see who can rescue me first."

With that, All Might gave everyone a thumbs-up.

"Now, for the first group members: Izuku Midoriya, Tenya Iida, Su Lin, Sero, and Mina Ashido."

As All Might finished his announcement, everyone began preparing.

"This group really has almost all the mobile members of the class assigned to it," Kirishima couldn't help but remark.

"In that case, Midoriya-kun seems to have become much stronger than before," Momo Yaoyorozu also nodded.

"Yeah, he used to get seriously injured whenever he was active, but I heard he overcame that weakness later because of Su Lin," Kyoka Jiro's gaze naturally shifted to Yukino, who was standing beside her.