Drifting the Mount Akina Drainage Ditch

After faintly sensing the so-called 'Blade Spirit' and truthfully telling the old man surnamed Mitarai about his feelings about the 'Blade Spirit', Uraraka Shige successfully passed the test set by the old man to test his focus and honesty, and gained the old man's approval.

The second person to visit was a man named Kotegawa.

Unlike the previous old man, this was a middle-aged man who inexplicably exuded a noble air.

When Uraraka Shige, guided by Yamato, finally met this middle-aged man, it was in a private room of a restaurant.

This middle-aged man, whose full name is Kotegawa Hikaru, is actually the boss of a chain restaurant that only operates in Kyoto. Although his wealth and status are far from being among the top figures in the country, they are at least much higher than those of Uraraka Shige.

When this Kotegawa Hikaru met Uraraka Shige and learned of Uraraka Shige's purpose, he did not test him directly like the old man named Mitarai did. Instead, he first asked Uraraka Shige. After they had eaten together, he suddenly asked Uraraka Shige for his opinion of him.

Kotegawa Hikaru asked the question with great seriousness, but Uraraka Shige didn't immediately realize that this was a test Kotegawa Hikaru was putting on him.

Therefore, without hesitation, Uraraka Shige told Kotegawa Hikaru about her first impression of him in a slightly questioning and uncertain tone.

It means, 'You must be a noble person, right?'

This is what Uraraka Shige said at the time.

However, when Kotegawa Hikaru was intently watching Uraraka Shige, heard Uraraka Shige's reply, a hint of disappointment appeared in his eyes, which Uraraka Shige, who was also observing him, noticed.

Therefore, Uraraka Shige suddenly sensed something was wrong and subconsciously said "but," then used the time bought by that "but" to think quickly.

First, by thinking about why Kotegawa Hikaru looked disappointed after hearing his answer, he then connected that to why Kotegawa Hikaru had asked him for his opinion in the first place.

Again, she pondered why she subconsciously felt that this guy named Kotegawa Hikaru was a noble person, and then, recalling everything she had noticed about Kotegawa Hikaru's actions and details from the moment he entered the private room, she felt a strange sense of unease.

In the end Uraraka Shige realized that she needed to gain his approval, and the disappointment in Kotegawa Hikaru's eyes earlier undoubtedly meant that she had not gained the middle-aged man's approval at all.

Connecting this to the difficult question posed to him by the elderly man surnamed Mitarai, Uraraka Shige finally began to wonder if the impression Kotegawa Hikaru had asked him about was part of Kotegawa Hikaru's test.

Will I gain his approval if I give the correct answer?

Finally, after repeatedly recalling and reflecting on every action of this man named Kotegawa Hikaru since entering the private room, Uraraka Shige abandoned her initial impression of him as "a noble person" and instead reshaped it into a more focused and attentive one. "He carefully arranges his bowl and chopsticks when eating, hangs his clothes securely and smooths out wrinkles, is very serious when asking questions, and attentively observes the person he is waiting for."

So Uraraka Shige added this impression of being focused and serious to her evaluation.

"You must be very focused and serious in your life, right?"

Despite the poor quality of this addition, which made it easy for Kotegawa Hikaru to discern that Uraraka Shige's assessment was clearly something he had thought of later and was thus made on the spot, Uraraka Shige still gained his approval.

And so he naturally passed the test of observation and self-confidence set by Kotegawa Hikaru.

Later, Uraraka Shige also learned that this Kotegawa Hikaru possessed a "Quirk" that could make anyone who met him have the first impression that "he is a noble person".

Therefore, without sufficient observation, one would not realize that the 'noble' evaluation of him is actually false and wrong. Without a certain degree of self-confidence, even if one discovers this, one will not wake up from his 'Quirk' and will instead think that one's own feeling that 'this person may not be noble' is actually wrong.

It's fair to say that if Uraraka Shige really only had the age and experience of a nine-year-old or nearly ten-year-old in this life, he certainly wouldn't have such observational skills, and he would probably have had to find other ways to gain the approval of Kotegawa Hikaru.

After gaining the approval of Kotegawa Hikaru, Uraraka Shige then visited a member of the Kyoyama Society named Shinonome Mitsuse.

This member, like the elderly man surnamed Mitarai, was also a very old man. After learning the purpose of Uraraka Shige's visit, he smiled kindly and made a request to Uraraka Shige: he hoped that Uraraka Shige could stay with him until dawn.

However, when Uraraka Shige, it was only close to noon. Uraraka Shige beside the old man, staring at the horizon like the old man, but there was nothing to do. Soon, he felt that every second was like a year and he could not stand it any longer.

After struggling for another half hour, he finally couldn't bear it any longer and took his leave after only about two hours of staying with the old man named Shinonome Mitsuse.

Therefore, Uraraka Shige naturally failed the test of integrity and luck set by the old man.

In the time that followed, Uraraka Shige followed Yamato and made daily contact with and familiarized himself with Yamato's network of contacts. Of course, during this period, Uraraka Shige was also tested by members of the Kyoyama Society time and time again. Some members recognized him, while others did not.

Because Yamato has been working for years to destroy the office building forces, most of the people Yamato has made connections with are either enemies of the office building forces, or enemies of other forces under 'AFO', or are mutually hostile.

Therefore, in the Uraraka Shige has learned a lot about 'AFO' and its subordinate forces, and has also received a lot of promises to return at the appropriate time to deal with 'AFO' or its subordinate forces.

And so, another month and a half passed in the blink of an eye. Uraraka Shige ten, and the battle between All Might and 'AFO' was also drawing ever closer.

Until one day, Uraraka Shige heard news that All Might had destroyed an evil factory under the control of 'AFO'.

He immediately realized that this was not about his identity as 'OFA', but simply the prelude to the battle between the 'hero' All Might and the 'enemy AFO', and that from this moment on, it was about to officially begin.