"Cut the crap. If you've got the guts, come at me. Either way, I'm not letting you touch the nuclear weapon."
Tenya Iida bent his knees and carefully watched Yukino's movements. A few seconds later, he noticed her steps quickening, so he activated his engines and closed the distance without hesitation.
"Don't think you can get close!"
"Holy crap, he's fast."
Yukino immediately rolled to the side, narrowly dodging the flying kick.
"I told you, you can't get near the nuclear weapon." Having missed with his kick, Iida didn't stop. He spun on the spot and threw out the strips of cloth on his body, trying to bind her.
Yukino had no choice but to retreat quickly.
"I told you, you can't escape."
The white cloth had already wrapped around her several times, trapping her completely and soon binding her tightly.
"Got you."
But before Iida could celebrate, an eerie smile appeared on Yukino's face. "You lost."
"What?"
The next moment...
"Hero Team wins!"
As All Might's voice came over the broadcast, Iida froze in place.
This Wonderful World
"L-Lost?"
Tenya Iida couldn't believe the result. He hurriedly turned around, only to discover a boy standing beside the nuclear bomb, his hand resting on the surface of the warhead.
This person was clearly Su Lin's real body.
"What do you think an avatar is?" he said with a smile.
Yukino and X-Hair had only been there to draw the enemy's attention and cover up the fact that the real body had sneaked behind the nuclear bomb. If Iida's attention hadn't been entirely focused on Yukino, this tactic might not have worked.
"So I lost." Tenya Iida lowered his head regretfully.
Less than half a minute later, Yukino, who was still tied up on the ground, suddenly spoke in displeasure. "Iida, how long are you going to keep me tied up? Hurry up and untie me."
"Ah, sorry, sorry."
Seeing Yukino's red-faced, resentful expression, Iida felt embarrassed as well. He quickly let go and freed her from her restraints.
"Phew, that feels good."
After stretching, Yukino felt refreshed.
The following matches belonged to the other groups, but Su Lin didn't go watch. Instead, he brought some simple snacks and headed to the infirmary.
"My, my. Are you here to visit Kirishima? His injuries were serious. He's completely healed now, but he may need to rest in bed for a while." Recovery Girl welcomed Su Lin and gave him a few gummies as a bonus.
Upon entering, Su Lin indeed found the red-haired guy lying inside.
"Hey, feeling better?"
Su Lin set the fruit he had reluctantly bought beside him, a trace of pain showing on his face.
Even he normally couldn't bear to eat such expensive fruit.
"You came?" Kirishima paused, then flashed a mouthful of white teeth. "There was no need. It was just a minor injury."
"That wasn't a minor injury. I was worried it might leave you with some trauma." Su Lin sat in the seat beside him and yawned lazily.
"Haha, how could that happen? But compared to you, I'd rather be visited by a girl. Even one of your avatars would be fine. Where's that blonde girl?"
"She can only appear for five minutes a day. You'll have to wait until tomorrow."
"Is that so? All right, all right." Kirishima looked disappointed. "But I want to know: are your avatars the same person as the real body, or do they each have their own personalities and thoughts?"
"They're all controlled by me." Su Lin didn't mind revealing the truth. "I wish they had their own personalities too, but in reality, they're all me."
"I see..." He stroked his chin, then suddenly said something strange. "But I have a weird question."
"What?"
"Are your avatars really avatars? Is your real body necessarily the real body? Maybe that's not the case. I think there might be a possibility that you're actually a girl, and you just mistook the avatar you awakened for yourself."
"..."
Su Lin suddenly felt like the guy in front of him deserved a beating.
Su Lin swallowed hard and said irritably, "I can still tell the difference."
Come to think of it, there really were certain hidden settings in the world of U.A. that he found difficult to accept.
For example, most people awakened their Quirks at the age of four, when they hadn't yet developed fixed traits. Some Quirks became unstable later on. People with the Seal Quirk, for instance, became more and more like seals as they grew older, eventually even losing their human features.
He couldn't help wondering whether Tsuyu Asui would grow more frog-like in the future, or whether Fumikage Tokoyami would become a crow someday. Though he was already a crow to begin with.
After all, the parents of many humanoid children didn't look human at all.
The more he thought about it, the scarier this world seemed.
After visiting Kirishima, Su Lin returned to the training area, only to find that the final group match had already ended. Everyone was gathered in small groups, chatting away.
"That Todoroki is seriously strong. He froze the entire building in one go."
"Bakugo's Quirk is terrifying too."
"Everyone's working hard because of Su Lin's performance."
"But no matter what, they can't reach his level, can they?"
"It's already over?"
Watching All Might, who had run off somewhere unknown, Su Lin silently adjusted his hat and didn't go over to join the others.
The day's classes were basically coming to an end.
As the sun set, everyone finished their day at school and gradually left the classroom.
Su Lin walked over to the building's window and noticed Bakugo and Midoriya talking in the distance.
"I remember that according to the original development, the two of them were supposed to fight today. Did my arrival really change the Worldline?"
Su Lin still looked down on everything from the perspective of an all-seeing eye, but now... the future had undergone subtle changes because of his interference.
Would his grasp of the plot become worse because of this?
"Whatever. I should leave first."
Just as he was about to take a step, the two figures in the distance suddenly started fighting.
"So they still fought after all."
Thinking it had nothing to do with him, Su Lin couldn't be bothered to watch and left directly.
The next day, he arrived in the classroom with dark circles under his eyes and immediately lay down on his desk to sleep.
Su Lin was really working himself hard to support himself through school, staying busy until midnight. The price was that he could only sacrifice class time.
Huff... huff...
While he slept, Shota Aizawa entered the classroom. He looked at the entire class with a weary expression, and only after everyone quieted down did he slowly crawl out of his sleeping bag.
"So... good work on yesterday's combat training. I've already watched the recordings and checked the results. Bakugo, Midoriya... I heard you fought last night, and Midoriya injured an arm. Please stop acting like children. I can't be bothered to deal with this kind of pointless nonsense every day."
"Yes!" Midoriya answered nervously.
Shota Aizawa nodded.
"Now then, onto the topic of today's class meeting. Sorry this is sudden, but I want you to decide on the Class Representative today."
After a brief silence.
Eijiro Kirishima suddenly shouted, "Awesome! I want to be class president. Let me do it."
"Me too..." Denki Kaminari raised his hand as well.
"I want to be the leader!"
"Me too."
Everyone suddenly got excited. Even Bakugo raised his hand desperately, wanting the position.
"Quiet!"
Tenya Iida suddenly shouted, cutting off everyone's cries.
"This is an important job that involves leading others and carrying great responsibility. It isn't something you can do just because you want to, is it? I believe we should choose a true leader through a vote, so that fairness can be demonstrated. What do you think, sir?"
After saying that, he looked hopefully toward the podium, wanting the teacher's approval.
"Do whatever you want. As long as you pick someone." Shota Aizawa yawned and lazily crawled back into his sleeping bag, speaking as he collapsed onto the floor.
"Then it's decided."
Suddenly Taken Hostage
Ten minutes later...
"Four votes? You've got to be kidding me." Discovering that he had somehow received the most votes, Su Lin unconsciously raised an eyebrow.
There were only twenty people in the class, yet he alone had received that many votes. By comparison, Momo Yaoyorozu had two votes, while the protagonist, Izuku Midoriya... didn't even get one.
"O-One vote. Someone actually voted for me, but it still wasn't enough. As expected of the Holy Order." Tenya Iida held his head in devastation.
"You wanted the position so badly, but you didn't even vote for yourself. What were you thinking?" Momo Yaoyorozu, seated to the left and behind him, said with a cold sweat.
"Tokoyami, who did you vote for?"
"I voted for that person. I sensed an Aura of Darkness from him." Fumikage Tokoyami's gaze silently shifted toward Su Lin. From a certain perspective, Yukino's long black hair did indeed suit his tastes.
"The results are in. Su Lin is the class president, and Momo Yaoyorozu is the Vice President." Shota Aizawa, who had climbed out of his sleeping bag at some point, lazily announced the result, sounding fairly satisfied.
"Phew, what exactly did these people base their choice on? Strength? Why did they choose me?" Su Lin tapped his head, completely unable to understand.
In any case, that was how he became class president. He had never had any experience being one, nor did he have any interest in messy responsibilities, so he would probably just muddle through.
Fortunately, the Hero Course class president wasn't like an ordinary class president who handled miscellaneous chores. It was a position that could take on a leadership role, so he didn't have to worry about endless work every day.
The cafeteria at noon.
Carrying his tray to a seat, Su Lin silently took out a black mask with patterns on it.
"I should probably use this to cover my face from now on."
"Huh? Why?"
A voice suddenly came from the empty seat across from him.
"Pfft, Hagakure-chan, when did you get here?"
Seeing the two gloves, cold sweat immediately ran down Su Lin's forehead. She wasn't wearing clothes right now, was she? Sitting across from him naked like that, didn't she feel awkward?
"Su Lin-chan, I voted for you today."
"Really?" Su Lin couldn't help feeling surprised as his attention shifted away from the matter of clothes.
But on second thought, it made sense. He and Torhu Hagakure had known each other the longest in the class, so there was indeed a good chance she had voted for him.
Su Lin set the mask aside, about to say who he had voted for, when an alarm suddenly rang throughout the hall.
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