"Th... this guy, is he trying to keep his Quirk from being discovered, or does he just like fighting while hiding?" Present Mic's mouth twitched. Katsuki Bakugo had originally seemed like a strong candidate to him, but now he had changed his mind. This candidate named Yang Xiao was the truly formidable one.
Even when Katsuki Bakugo fought the mock enemies, he could not be said to kill them in a single blow. Even if he could, the odds were not especially high. Perhaps at the beginning, before his Quirk weakened, the chances of a one-hit kill were greater, but as the number of defeated mock enemies increased, those chances would drop dramatically.
And what about this candidate, Yang Xiao?
Across dozens of clips, this guy killed every single one with one blow. What kind of concept was that?
It meant this guy's Quirk had incredible endurance and would not weaken. Ordinary people's Quirks would be exhausted by this point. Once a Quirk became fatigued, combat power would plummet, and they might even become unable to fight.
Therefore, Yang Xiao's strength left every teacher present utterly astonished. This kid was way too strong, wasn't he?
What was even more interesting was that after Yang Xiao defeated a mock enemy, he would go back out and lure another one inside. Going back and forth like that, he had drawn dozens of mock enemies into the building.
It looked somewhat comical, but sometimes this sort of ingenuity was necessary. The mock enemies were rather dull-witted. They only knew to defeat the examinees and did not understand how to adapt, which gave him opportunities everywhere.
"Very interesting." Shota Aizawa showed an excited expression and turned to Present Mic. "No one would enjoy fighting like this unless they were a natural-born killer or were accustomed to fighting in uninhabited areas. This person is deliberately trying to keep a low profile."
"I think so too. This candidate's strength should be above that of the first-place Katsuki Bakugo." Ectoplasm Ghost nodded as well.
"Then shouldn't we raise his ranking?" one of the teachers said.
"No!" Shota Aizawa said directly. "The assessment is based on actual points. Even if this candidate hid his strength and deliberately chose not to score points, that is his own business. Don't muddle things up."
"Mr. Aizawa is right. But where has All Might gone?" Principal Nezu only then noticed that All Might was not present.
"It is perfectly normal for him to be late. No need to mind it," a teacher said with a smile.
Yang Xiao had already finished the competition and was on his way home. He had no idea that his deliberate attempt to keep a low profile, which he believed he had concealed so well, had been noticed by the teachers of U.A. High School.
No, it should have been Shota Aizawa alone who noticed.
If he had known things would turn out this way, Yang Xiao definitely would not have fought while hiding inside the building. Although doing so could conceal himself, the key issue was that cameras were everywhere in the assessment venue. Truly hiding was impossible.
Yang Xiao knew nothing about all this. At the moment, he was on the train heading to the Problem Solver. During the assessment, Toga Himiko had kept calling him nonstop. Fortunately, Yang Xiao had more than enough ability to deal with the mock enemies, so he answered the calls.
Naturally, Toga Himiko did not know Yang Xiao was at U.A. High School, nor did she know he was in the middle of an assessment. She merely told him to return to the Problem Solver.
Yang Xiao was truly helpless, but he did not dare disobey this little ancestor. He could only return to the Yorozuya after the assessment ended.
"Why are you so slow?" Toga Himiko said unhappily when she saw that Yang Xiao had only just arrived.
"Big sis, I have to go to school." Yang Xiao smiled bitterly. "Being able to use my phone at school is already pretty good, and you still demand so much."
"Oh? You have learned to talk back now?" Toga Himiko glared and pulled out a syringe.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Wu Shiyin took his legs off the desk at that moment. Picking his nose with one hand, he said, "Don't get worked up, you two. Are you really about to throw hands?"
"Hmph!" Only then did Toga Himiko put away her "weapon," the syringe. Yang Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. She was probably the only person who carried a syringe around with her.
"Gin-san, is there something urgent today? Why did you call me back in such a hurry?" Yang Xiao thought there was an emergency at the Problem Solver, which was why Toga Himiko had been told to notify him.
Toga Himiko stared at Wu Shiyin with both eyes. Wu Shiyin gave an awkward laugh, then looked at Yang Xiao and said, "It is nothing much. Just some matters that need handling. Come take a look at the list."
"Oh..." Pretending not to know anything, Yang Xiao walked over. After picking up the Problem Solver's list and glancing through it, he immediately cursed, "These people are getting more and more outrageous. Pretend lovers? Winning back an ex after a breakup? Human punching bags?"
"Why don't they just die? What kind of trash jobs are these?" Yang Xiao cursed, then looked at Wu Shiyin. "Gin-san, you even take money for this kind of trash job?"
Wu Shiyin laughed heartily and looked at Yang Xiao. "They are trash jobs precisely because they make money. The pay from these jobs is far better than those other jobs."
Just as Yang Xiao was about to say something else, Wu Shiyin suddenly slapped the underside of the table. The Problem Solver's rolling shutter abruptly dropped, and the room went completely dark.
Wasn't the rolling shutter manual?
How had it become electric?
"What is going on?" Yang Xiao immediately asked.
"Hehe!" Wu Shiyin suddenly became mysterious, lowering his voice slightly. "You two have been with the Problem Solver for some time now. I have decided to let you come into contact with the Problem Solver's core hub."
"What?" Yang Xiao thought he had heard wrong. "What core hub? Are you doing some kind of S.H.I.E.L.D. cosplay?"
"Follow me..." Wu Shiyin did not explain anything yet, instead telling Toga Himiko and Yang Xiao to follow him.
Toga Himiko was doubtful as well. The Problem Solver had some kind of core hub? Was this a joke?
This place had nearly gone out of business before. What trick was Wu Shiyin playing today?
Wu Shiyin opened the door to his own room. After letting Yang Xiao and Toga Himiko enter, he reminded them, "Don't look around, don't touch anything. Just follow me."
Don't look around? Impossible!
As soon as Yang Xiao entered, he began examining the place where Wu Shiyin lived. To his surprise, all sorts of blades hung in the room, along with many bottles and jars. It looked like a small armory, but also like an experimental site.
Toga Himiko was somewhat surprised as well. Wu Shiyin was not as foolish as he appeared on the surface?
More than ten seconds later, Wu Shiyin brought the two of them into a small room. There was only a bed and a table inside. Wu Shiyin went to the bed and lifted it, then stepped on several spots beneath it. A square opening suddenly appeared.
"There is actually a secret passage here?" Yang Xiao looked at Wu Shiyin suspiciously. Could this guy be some major drug lord or notorious criminal? Was he hiding in the Problem Solver just to conceal his true identity, when he was actually an utterly evil villain?
He took jobs on the surface to help everyone, but secretly, he was a murderous maniac?
Damn, my imagination is way too vivid!
"What are you standing there for? Come down." Seeing Yang Xiao and Toga Himiko frozen in place, Wu Shiyin climbed down the stairs into the secret chamber first.
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