The Unremarkable Yang Xiao

"Then let's try throwing it again using your Quirk," Shota Aizawa instructed Katsuki Bakugo after he moved to the designated area. "As long as you don't go outside that circle, you can do whatever you want. Hurry up and give it your all."

Katsuki Bakugo started stretching his arms and yawned before muttering, "Alright... let's add explosive force to the ball's velocity..."

"Die!"

"Bang!"

With a loud explosion, Katsuki Bakugo threw the softball. In a flash of fire, the softball flew rapidly towards the sky, soaring high before beginning its descent.

Shoto Todoroki, whose hair was half red and half white, watched the scene unfold. He gained some understanding of Katsuki Bakugo's strength. Strictly speaking, he was a recommended student and much stronger than those who had to take the entrance exam.

However, this boy named Katsuki Bakugo was the top scorer in the U.A. High School entrance exam, so he had to take him seriously.

He would understand every opponent.

"The first thing you need to do is understand your own [limits]. It's a reasonable way to build the foundation of a hero," Shota Aizawa took out a recording device, glanced at it, and then showed it to all the students present.

"705 meters... Are you kidding me?" Denki Kaminari, with his yellow hair, looked at the number on the recording device speechlessly. Was this Bakugo guy really that strong?

"What's going on? This looks fun," Ashido Mina said, eager to try.

"You can use your Quirks freely. As expected of the Hero Course," Hanta Sero also wanted to try, but he knew his Quirk wasn't comparable to Bakugo's; they weren't in the same category.

"It seems interesting... is that so?" Shota Aizawa sneered. "Do you all intend to spend these three years, meant for becoming heroes, with such an attitude?"

"Fine, then I'll deem the person with the lowest score in all eight events as having no potential and expel them." Shota Aizawa's words made everyone's heart race. Those with strong abilities might not be scared, but Izuku Midoriya was truly terrified.

His Quirk was still in the process of being integrated, in its initial stages of adaptation. If he exerted too much force, his hands would be directly injured and collapse under the uncontrollable power.

This was the most unfair situation for Izuku Midoriya right now, but did he have a choice?

"It's the teacher's prerogative to do whatever we want with the students," Shota Aizawa brushed his hair back and looked at all the students with an enigmatic smile. "Welcome to U.A. High School, the Hero Course!"

"Expel the last-place finisher?" Ochaco Uraraka exclaimed in shock and stepped forward. "It's only the first day of school! No, even if it wasn't the first day, this is too unreasonable."

"Natural disasters, major accidents... and villains who act arbitrarily... Disasters that can strike anytime, anywhere. This Island Nation is currently filled with such unreasonable events, and the ones who will overturn these crises are heroes,"

Shota Aizawa said expressionlessly. "If you plan to spend your afternoons chatting and having fun at McDonald's, then I can only express my regret. For the next three years, U.A. will spare no effort in bringing you hardship. Aim for the distant beyond, Plus Ultra."

Shota Aizawa beckoned everyone with his finger. "Overcome the challenges with all your might."

"These words are too heavy as an initiation, but this is indeed the pinnacle. We have no choice but to go for it," Tenya Iida took a sip from his sports bottle and said with determined eyes.

"Bring it on, bring it on!" Katsuki Bakugo grinned, showing his teeth. This was a challenge for him.

"Alright, that's enough demonstration. Now for the actual tests," Shota Aizawa looked at everyone. He was still quite interested in Izuku Midoriya's Quirk.

After all, that giant villain was not a foe that could be defeated with just a single punch. This kid had a powerful force within him, but it remained to be seen if he could use it.

First event: 50-meter dash.

Yang Xiao was unremarkable in this event, performing at an average level, neither outstanding nor lagging behind.

In reality, if he covered his feet with Holy Light, he would definitely run much faster than usual. However, he had to position himself as an average student in the class, not stand out and attract attention.

Second event: Grip strength.

Yang Xiao observed the grip strength of his classmates and then adjusted his own to maintain a middle-tier position.

Third event: Standing long jump.

This was easy to control. Yang Xiao covered his feet with Holy Light and maintained an average position.

Fourth event: Repeated side steps.

Yang Xiao remained at an average level.

Fifth event: Softball throw.

Needless to say, he was at an average level.

After most of the events were completed, Katsuki Bakugo looked at Yang Xiao strangely. This guy seemed completely ordinary, and even his test scores were in the middle.

But he was really a student of Hero Class A. This made him somewhat puzzled. After all, during the entrance exam, he only saw this guy when he entered and left the venue. What happened during that time?

Izuku Midoriya had been working very hard to complete the recent events. During the softball throw, his potential was stimulated by Shota Aizawa, resulting in an injury to his finger.

However, the distance the softball was thrown far surpassed Yang Xiao's. This was all within expectations.

But Katsuki Bakugo couldn't accept it. How could that damn Deku possess a Quirk in such a short amount of time?

Before this, Deku was a Quirkless person. Regardless, those who couldn't awaken their Quirk by the age of four would never be able to awaken it, whether it was congenital or acquired.

Awakening before the age of four was the universally recognized time for awakening. If it exceeded that, it would be impossible. Although there were a few cases of people awakening their Quirk after the age of four, how many such people were there in the entire world?

"Hey!" Katsuki Bakugo suddenly rushed forward, his hands glowing with fire as he reached for Izuku Midoriya. "You damn brat, explain yourself, Deku!"

"Swish!"

The next moment, Katsuki Bakugo was wrapped in white bandages, unable to take another step forward. He was stiffly immobilized.

"What's going on? This cloth... it's so hard." Katsuki Bakugo turned his head with difficulty and saw the cloth coming from Shota Aizawa.

"This is a capture weapon woven from carbon fiber and special alloy steel wires," Shota Aizawa said, looking up. "Honestly, don't make me use my Quirk repeatedly. I have dry eyes, you know!"

"Such a powerful Quirk, and you're wasting it~"

This was the unspoken thought of all his classmates, including Yang Xiao.

Shota Aizawa, the homeroom teacher of U.A. High School's Class 1-A, could erase the Quirks of anyone he saw. He could release it with a blink of an eye, making it an incredibly powerful Quirk.

"Now, let's announce the results." After all the events concluded, Shota Aizawa looked at everyone and said, "The total score is simple: it's the sum of all your individual scores. Announcing them one by one verbally would be a waste of time, so I'll post them all together."

After saying this, Shota Aizawa projected a 3D display of everyone's scores from his testing device, with names listed one after another.

Undoubtedly, Izuku Midoriya was last.