The Drive
Two ordinary-looking tour buses drove into the hidden underground passage of U.A. High School, and after a few minutes, they emerged from an underground parking lot and quietly merged into the traffic.
After driving for an hour and a half, the car arrived at an undeveloped, barren mountain and continued to drive at a steady speed along the winding mountain road.
The whole vehicle was in an uproar. Denki Kaminari was playing a game on his portable game console, while Minoru Mineta forgotten about being reprimanded earlier and was shouting and yelling.
Tenya Iida sat upright in his seat, silencing them, but his voice was louder than Minoru Mineta's.
The others weren't quiet either; they were all excitedly talking about what had happened during the summer vacation.
"Quiet down," Aizawa called out weakly, exhausted from the harassment, but clearly no one listened. Aizawa wanted to say something more, but he could tell these guys' passion wouldn't fade easily, so he snorted inwardly and ignored them.
"This is the only time you can laugh, so laugh as much as you want."
"Aside from elementary school field trips, this is my first time in the mountains. It's so different from the big city!" Mina Ashido leaned against the window, her bright eyes fixed on the lush forest and stream outside the glass.
"Huh? Ashido, you've never been to the mountains before? You haven't even been to Mount Fuji?" Uraraka asked incredulously.
"Hehe," Ashido sat back in his chair, scratching his face and chuckling, "My old friends were all pretty 'gyaru' (gal girls). They liked hanging out in arcades and karaoke bars in Harajuku District, and weren't interested in physical activities like hiking."
"Speaking of 'gyaru' (gal girls), I've always felt Ashido your combat suit is quite unique. Could it be that you were influenced by those 'gyaru'?" Kyoka Jiro asked curiously.
Ashido's combat suit features a very bold color scheme, making it unforgettable at first glance.
At this topic, Ashido immediately perked up, laughing and saying, "Of course! My battle suit was designed by all my friends. Everyone designed a part, and the final result is my battle suit—a testament to our friendship!"
"An optimist like Ashido must have a lot of friends. I'm really a little envious," Uraraka said with a wry smile. "I went to school in my hometown before I got into U.A. High School. In my third year of junior high, I studied hard to get into U.A. High School. Now I live alone in Tokyo and have lost contact with all my classmates. The first friend I met here is Deku."
Yaoyorozu thought of herself and couldn't help but say, "Uraraka- kun, I was just like you before high school. I didn't have many friends to talk to because I was trying to get into U.A. High School. But now, we are all your friends."
"That's right, we're friends!" Mina Ashido laughed, pulling Ochaco Uraraka's arm. "After we graduate high school, I'll ask you to design my battle suit too!"
Midoriya had been keeping an eye on the girls' activities, and seeing Uraraka getting along well with the other girls, he smiled.
"Midoriya." Suddenly, Jilan, who was sitting on the inside of him with his eyes closed, spoke up, "Have you seen All Might recently? Didn't he come to this training camp?"
All Might!? Midoriya's nerves tightened when he heard Jilan's question. All Might hadn't come to the forest training camp this time. Although the official reason was that the homeroom teacher was in charge, as the teacher of the Hero Combat Class, All Might should have come with the students to this short-term training program, which was nominally a "forest training camp" but was actually an "intensive training."
However, All Might considered that he would have to stay with his classmates all day at the forest training camp, and he would not be able to maintain his fighting condition. In order to keep this a secret, All Might declined the training camp.
All Might only told Midoriya about this. When he suddenly heard Jilan ask this, he chuckled awkwardly, "Ha-ha, class president, All Might is Pro Hero after all. He's always busy with so many things. He doesn't have time to meet with me. I haven't seen All Might since the I-Island. You're the class president, so if anyone's going to meet, it should be All Might meeting with you."
Jilan Jiyu watched as Midoriya Izuku Midoriya with words, but he didn't intend to expose him. He just smiled and said, "I just noticed Midoriya you and All Might seem to be very close, so I wanted to ask. After all, we just had such a fierce battle on I-Island, and I'm worried that All Might might have suffered some internal injuries."
"How could All Might be injured?" Midoriya waved his hand frantically, insisting, "All Might is the strongest Pro Hero, how could anyone possibly hurt him!"
Izuku Midoriya, you really can't lie.
Jilan smiled and said, "It's just my imagination; don't worry about it too much."
After saying that, Jilan closed her eyes again and began to breathe using the Hamon Breathing Method.
The forest training camp was originally scheduled for mid-August, with school starting a week after it ended. Jilan had planned to use this break to investigate the things the principal and the Gang Orca had told her, but the fact that the forest training camp was held a little earlier than expected caught Jilan off guard.
On the official website of U.A. High School, the latest event still reads "First-year students of the Hero Course will hold a forest training camp in mid-August". However, in secret, the homeroom teacher, Shota Aizawa, sent a group message to the students of Class A, telling them to report to school at 7:00 a. m. on the 23rd to participate in the forest training camp in advance.
Jilan's cell phone was lost on the Voyager. Although Yaoyorozu made a new cell phone for Jilan, it would hide the phone number when calling other people and would refuse to call back. Therefore, Shota Aizawa asked Yaoyorozu to tell Jilan this news.
This was good news for the other students. The event, which they had been looking forward to for another month, was brought forward. Without much thought, they grabbed their luggage and excitedly went to school.
But Jilan didn't think that way. U.A. High School had never held an event ahead of schedule beforehand. Even if they did, the teachers in charge of the official website should have made changes earlier, unless this forest training camp was a secret event that couldn't be known to the outside world. After getting on the bus Shota Aizawa didn't tell them the destination, which made Jilan even more certain of this.
Regardless of what the higher-ups are thinking, this is definitely not a simple training camp. There's still some time before we reach the summit, and he'll likely face a test as soon as he gets off the bus. He needs to get himself in the right state of mind.
Midoriya secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Jilan seemed to be asking casually. Midoriya wasn't stupid; he guessed that Jilan seemed to have sensed something, which was why he asked the question. Luckily, he managed to get away with it.
Midoriya clenched his fists tightly, recalling the punches he could throw with all his might without restraint on I-Island. He sighed, wondering when he would be able to unleash such attacks without external assistance.
My U.A. High School: Jilan Jiyu