A Brief Exchange with Todoroki Shoto

"Excuse me, what does 'security breach' mean?" Tenya Iida grabbed someone who was about to run and asked.

"It means someone has broken into the school buildings. This is the first time it's happened in the past three years, so you should hurry and evacuate too." The person ran off as soon as he finished speaking.

"We should get going too." Tenya Iida stood up and ran toward the exit. Izuku Midoriya and Ochaco Uraraka also got to their feet and began running away.

In a situation like this, everyone was basically panicking. It was an unexpected incident; no one knew what would happen next, nor did anyone know who had broken into the school.

Tenya Iida and the other two assumed Yang Xiao would follow them, but Yang Xiao simply lay back in his seat to rest.

"What are you doing here? Aren't you going to run?" Someone passing in front of Yang Xiao was startled. At a time like this, there was actually someone lying here resting? How big did his nerve have to be?

"What's the rush? Even if something really happens, do you think you can run away? How naive." Yang Xiao waved a hand.

"Psycho!" The person cursed at Yang Xiao and ran off. Although there were already many people packed together ahead, at least trying gave him a chance to escape. Otherwise, he would be waiting to die like that idiot.

"You're pretty calm. So, shall we have a chat?"

Just as Yang Xiao was about to take a nap, a voice sounded. He raised his eyelids and looked for a moment. It was actually Todoroki Shoto.

Yang Xiao sat up and looked at Todoroki Shoto, who had also sat down. "Todoroki, aren't you running with the others?"

Todoroki Shoto smiled faintly. "There's only one route, and so many people are crowding through it. I could get through another way, but I don't think it's necessary. Just as you said, if something really happens, running would be futile. It's better to stay calm and observe first."

Yang Xiao had always thought highly of Todoroki Shoto in the anime, and it seemed he had been right. Even in this real world, Todoroki Shoto remained so calm. He was an exceptionally outstanding person.

"What is there for us to talk about? I'm just an ordinary student. I can't compare to a Recommended student like you." Yang Xiao spread his hands.

Todoroki Shoto simply looked at Yang Xiao. There was no sense of inferiority in Yang Xiao's tone. Instead, it sounded like a meaningful provocation.

But whether it was a provocation or not, Todoroki Shoto found him interesting.

"I don't think there's much difference between Recommended students and those who entered through the exam. In my eyes, they're all the same. But the gap in strength is something that cannot be made up." Todoroki Shoto looked at Yang Xiao meaningfully. "You're the type who looks ordinary but is actually very strong."

"You think that just because we exchanged blows?" Yang Xiao looked at Todoroki Shoto as if confused.

"More or less. But our brief exchange didn't really count for much. You should know that a Quirk only becomes fatigued after some time, or after heavy consumption. What we did at most was just playing around." Todoroki Shoto actually wanted to fight Yang Xiao again, but school rules prohibited students from fighting privately, at least not on school grounds.

Of course, it was even more impossible outside school. If someone saw them misusing their Quirks, they would be taken away by the Police Department immediately.

"I just want to live each day peacefully. That's all my ability amounts to. What you saw was all the strength I have, so I'm not as strong as you. Stop targeting me." Yang Xiao spread his hands.

From beneath the hair covering part of his face, Todoroki Shoto's eyes watched Yang Xiao. "We'll have our chance. Keep working hard. Don't disappoint me when the time comes."

After saying that, Todoroki Shoto left, but he did not head toward the crowded area.

Yang Xiao was rather annoyed. Why were both Katsuki Bakugo and Todoroki Shoto coming after him? He had not done anything.

"Ow, that hurts! What's going on all of a sudden?!" Ochaco Uraraka was shoved back and forth by the crowd.

"As expected of the very best, responding to a crisis so quickly." Even now, Tenya Iida did not forget to complain.

"Too... too quickly. It's caused a panic." Izuku Midoriya was being squeezed so badly that he was nearly flattened.

Tenya Iida finally squeezed his way to the glass window. "Who exactly broke in?"

He had thought some vile criminal had infiltrated the school, but when Tenya Iida looked closely, he discovered it was a group of reporters.

"I thought something had happened. It's only the media!" Upon learning the truth, Tenya Iida immediately shouted, "Everyone... calm down! Ow!"

"This can't go on. Where are the teachers? Are they dealing with those people?" Tenya Iida's face was pressed directly against the glass. "Is there anyone else here who knows that nothing serious has happened? Everyone has fallen into panic without even knowing why."

There were definitely a few people who knew the truth. Yang Xiao was one of them, but he did not want to disrupt the original plot, so he remained quiet.

He would let Tenya Iida handle this matter himself.

"Ah!" Ochaco Uraraka suddenly cried out.

When Tenya Iida saw this, he struggled toward her, wanting to pull her up.

Unfortunately, the crowd was far too packed. Before the two could grab each other's hands, they were forced apart.

"If it were Midoriya... if it were my brother... at a time like this..." Tenya Iida suddenly thought of something. He looked toward Ochaco Uraraka after she had been pushed away and shouted, "Uraraka!"

"Make me float! Uraraka!" Tenya Iida stretched out one hand again. Although Ochaco Uraraka did not understand what he wanted to do, she still reached out with one hand.

Despite the crush of the crowd, their hands finally touched. Tenya Iida immediately leaped up and floated into the air. Seeing the words "Emergency Exit" directly ahead, he made up his mind. "Engine, propel!"

Boom!

Under zero gravity, Tenya Iida spun rapidly forward like a flaming wheel, ultimately crashing into the area above the emergency exit in front of everyone.

"Be concise, and be bold!" Enduring the pain in his body, Tenya Iida suddenly shouted at everyone, "Students, nothing happened! It's only the media. There's absolutely no need to panic. It's fine! This is U.A. High—show the conduct expected of students at a top academy!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then someone shouted, "It's true! The police are here too. It looks like everything's really fine."

The matter came to an end. Everyone returned to their classrooms in an orderly fashion. Some people even went back to finish eating after learning there was no danger, since they had been too busy running to care about their meals.

In this incident, Tenya Iida had played a major role. Students from several classes remembered the bespectacled Tenya Iida. That guy was truly bold—and kind of funny.