My Avatar is the Heroine

"Tell me why. What exactly happened here?"

"Everyone here was cursed." Honestly, Yukino wanted to fake a few more tears, but she couldn't squeeze them out. Still, her weak tone loosened the couple's guard to some degree.

"The cursed hospital—meaning those nurses and doctors we killed earlier were all cursed?"

"That's why I hate Supernatural Instances," the woman muttered as well. "Curses like this—where do you even start?"

"This girl is the key to breaking the situation. Too bad she doesn't look willing to share useful info. We'll probably need to trigger some key clues first."

The man told his partner to lower her gun, and his own focus shifted to their surroundings.

Yukino couldn't tell if they were just low on vigilance or if some fixed mindset was clouding their judgment. Either way, when they turned their backs to her and started walking out, she slipped silently off the bed, crept up barefoot behind them, and then... pounced.

"Watch out!"

The gust of wind at his back made the man react instantly, rolling aside on instinct.

But...

Yukino's strike was too fast. Her fist, seemingly feeble, smashed through his ribs like a steel bar. The woman beside him shrank her pupils in alarm, scrambling to raise her gun, only to take a punch to the head.

Both dead in an instant.

"Hah, that was way too easy?"

Truth be told, Yukino knew she'd have struggled to win in a straight fight. It was a mix of factors that made them drop their guard.

Mission complete. Reward pending. Please wait for the final result.

The hospital's atmosphere seemed to be gradually returning to normal.

Yukino ignored the two corpses, ran to the restroom to wash her hands, then hid back in bed.

She didn't remember when she fell asleep. When she woke up again, it was already broad daylight.

The nurse who usually looked after her was by her side.

"Come on, little beauty, here's today's medicine."

Letting the nurse take her hand, Yukino asked softly, "Did anything happen in the hospital last night?"

The nurse paused, then nodded. "Someone's Quirk Chaos suddenly flared up. Caused a bit of a stir, but it's nothing to do with you. No need to worry too much."

With that, the nurse reached out and pinched Yukino's cheek, making her face flush red.

"What kind of nurse is always copping a feel off her patients?"

"Because I like it, hehe~"

At home, Su Lin pulled out his phone and found a news article: Hospital Quirk Chaos Incident Leaves 20 Dead or Injured.

"It's like nobody remembers what happened last night."

Just then, a few patients' family members passed by outside the ward, chatting.

"I heard someone else died of cancer. There are way too many illnesses these days."

"Well, that kind of thing can't be helped."

Chapter 72: A New Character

This incident was like a small interlude—every death got a reasonable explanation. But no one knew what terrifying events had unfolded in that ordinary hospital the night before.

During the boring hospital stay, a listless Yukino spent most of her time lying in bed, sleeping.

Truth was, she really didn't have much strength. Yesterday, inexplicably killing those enemies with one punch was probably a burst of latent potential. Once it wore off, she felt like she could barely walk.

So when she got out of bed this morning, she took a glorious face-plant on the flat floor.

"Ugh, so embarrassing. I'll just stay in bed for the next couple of days."

She leaned back, her black hair scattered messily, like an exquisite doll.

Two days later, as the written exam was underway at school, the nurse came over to Yukino, grabbed her hand from under the blanket, and gave it a squeeze.

"How are you now? Still weak?"

"Feeling a lot better, but the lack of energy is still pretty bad."

"Then rest up. But from now on, you'll have to pay your own hospital bills." The nurse's face suddenly twisted into a devilish smile.

Yukino scrambled up from the bed in panic. "I—I'll check out right now."

"Haha, just kidding. You can leave a bit later. I'll cover it for you."

"I can't let you do that!"

Yukino's face turned red. She knew the nurse meant nothing else by it. She was just genuinely kind—when patients couldn't afford treatment, this nurse would willingly fork over her own salary.

But hospital fees were expensive.

Yukino didn't want her to spend money on her, especially since nurses probably earned less than doctors. So she left the hospital that very day.

"Finally out of there!"

Walking out of the hospital with unsteady steps, Yukino felt like she was in a different world. Since her real body was at school taking the written exam, she had to head home alone.

"So tired."

Lying down on the bed, she suddenly understood how important health was to a person.

Three days later, the written exam ended.

And Yukino's body had finally fully recovered, getting past the period where it couldn't be used.

The next day, on the day the practical exam began, the system's quest reward finally arrived.

The final results have been tallied. Your compatibility with this world has increased.

Distributing rewards. Beginning extraction of Daily Type character...

Obtained avatar: Mashiro Shiina.

Unlock Quest: Completed (Hospital Incident)

"Mashiro?"

Su Lin immediately focused his attention on this new character.

Mashiro Shiina, from The Pet Girl of Sakurasou. According to the anime's description, her height should be 162 cm, and her measurements were 79/55/78. Because her waist was slender and her figure was good, her chest was fuller than one might imagine.

"Pfft, wait, what am I thinking..."

Su Lin quickly shook the thoughts out of his head. Why was it that the first thing he thought of when seeing Mashiro was her measurements and chest?

Was it really just because his grudge against Flat-chan was that strong?

Filled with anticipation, he noticed that Mashiro-chan's panel had already appeared.

Natural Person (Negative Effect): In this body state, severely lacks common life knowledge, loses ability to care for oneself, has abnormal thought processes, strong dependency, slow reactions. Sharing with other body minds can moderately alleviate this negative effect.

Learning Idiot (Negative Effect): If it's not related to drawing, basically can't learn it.

Drawing Genius: Gains super-strong artistic talent. Finished drawings are more easily liked.

Image Memory Specialization: In a focused state, can perfectly memorize any scene seen.

"..."

So what was the use of this character?

"Looks like I can make money. That way, the financial side of things won't be a problem."

But... in the world of My Hero Academia, how many people would appreciate painting?

Su Lin pulled his attention away from the system panel and realized he had unconsciously followed the crowd to the Central Plaza for the Practical Exam.

What was about to begin was the final item of the Final Exam—Combat Training.

In front of a towering building, almost all the teachers of U.A. had gathered here.

Shota Aizawa, hands in his pockets, looked at everyone with a lazy expression. "Alright, next up is the exam. This exam naturally has a passing line. If you want to go to the Forest Camp Training, try not to make stupid mistakes. I think you've probably gotten a bit of intel and more or less know what the exam is about, right?"

"Is it like the entrance exam, a robot harvesting battle?" Denki Kaminari shouted with confidence.

"Unfortunately, no." A completely mismatched voice suddenly came from Aizawa's body, and then a white mouse crawled out from the cloth wrapped around his neck. "Due to various reasons, the exam content is changing starting this time."

"Principal?" Everyone cried out in surprise.

"That's me." The small white mouse slowly climbed down from Aizawa-sensei's body to the ground, facing everyone. "To prepare for possible human-to-human combat in the future, we will place more emphasis on practical combat in the upcoming teaching. So... next, I'd like to ask the students here to form pairs and engage in a practical fight with one of the teachers present."

"What, fight with a teacher?"

"Yes." Shota Aizawa confirmed. "Your groups and opponent teachers have already been decided. The enemies have been grouped on their own based on various factors like your behavioral habits, grades, and closeness. The groupings will be announced now."

After Shota Aizawa finished speaking, his gaze shifted away from everyone.

"First, the Todoroki and Yaoyorozu group. Your opponent is me."

Both of them furrowed their brows slightly.

"Then the Midoriya and Su Lin group..." Shota Aizawa's gaze lingered especially on Su Lin.

"What?"

Su Lin immediately shot a surprised look at Midoriya, only to find him staring back.

"I remember in the Original Work, it was Midoriya and Bakugo, right?"

As this thought flashed through his mind, a massive figure descended from the sky, landing heavily on the ground.

"I'm your opponent!"

With that voice, a powerful gust of wind swept through the air.

"All Might?" Midoriya's nerves instantly tensed up.

"Work together to defeat me, you two boys." All Might flashed a bright white smile, his gaze fixed on Su Lin. "Also, you can't use that avatar with the sword that has especially high destructive power."

"Understood." Su Lin had no objections.

"All Might, why can't Su Lin use his own power? Shouldn't this exam rely entirely on one's own strength?" Midoriya immediately clenched his fists and said.

"That's because that avatar's destructive power is too great. We've decided to ban its use. In exchange... Su Lin's base score will be 20 points higher than yours."

"20 points? That means even if I only get 40, I can still pass?"

"Tch." Bakugo shot Su Lin an annoyed glance from the side.

An absolute gap in strength—that was the only reason for such special treatment. Though unwilling to admit it, the distance between them was indeed significant.

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pS: Since the author's account isn't bound to a phone, I can't reply to private messages (:∠)

Also, about updates—I really want to speed up, but lately I've been stuck in a vicious cycle. That is, sleeping very late every day, leaving me groggy all day long. Being groggy makes my writing efficiency worse, so updates are slower, which makes me write even later the next day. Right now, the second chapter basically has to be written until three or four in the morning, and I'm up before seven.

I just hope I can get my rhythm sorted in the next few days (:∠)

Chapter 73: Practical Skills Match

The grouping results came out quickly. Su Lin felt that, unlike Bakugo, if it came to a real fight, he couldn't say for sure whether he'd pass the assessment.

After all, the opponent was a monster like All Might. Without using X, the only one he could field was Takanashi, and even she would be utterly crushed.

"Then let me explain the exam rules." The Principal took out a pair of handcuffs from his person and smiled at everyone. "The exam lasts 30 minutes. Your goal is to put these handcuffs on a teacher, or... for any one member of your group to escape the exam venue—either counts as victory. This test is very close to actual combat, so please treat us as real enemies. Sometimes, when the gap in strength is enormous, fleeing to seek reinforcements might be the wiser choice."

Izuku Midoriya looked over toward Su Lin.

Because he was wearing his combat suit, his face wasn't visible. But through the slowly shifting silhouette and the pitch-black long hair extending from under the mask, it was clear he had already transformed into Yukino.

"Win through combat, or win through escape?"

Just as Midoriya voiced the question, All Might let out a loud laugh: "Not bad—your judgment will be tested. But that might make you feel like there's only the option to run, right? So the school had the Support Department make these for us..."

Super Compressed Weight Load!

The teachers took out metal rings from their persons and fastened them to their wrists and legs.

"We'll wear equipment equal to half our own body weight, as a concession to you all. A bit cliché, but it does make movement difficult."

Yukino coughed instinctively, because she noticed All Might was wearing far more rings than the other teachers—eight in total, a testament to the terror of his weight.