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The message continued to spread across the country in an unending cycle of joy, excitement, pride, and determination.
After receiving the message, Tenya Iida was already preparing his things. Meanwhile, his brother was busy planning a celebration for him. He was organizing everything, planning to invite many of his sidekicks and friends to their house.
This was a great milestone for his brother.
It deserved to be celebrated.
Of course, Tenya felt both pride and pressure at the same time.
"A high institutionā¦ one of the greatest academies has accepted me. I must show the proper example of a leader and a responsible student."
He muttered these words repeatedly to himself.
But his mind wandered back to the first day of the examination, when he had confronted a certain man. The memory lingered for a moment before he shook his head.
Nobilityā¦ rulesā¦ strict guidance must be applied.
And so his thoughts continued, spiraling into endless lectures inside his own head.
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Meanwhile, Katsuki Bakugo was inside his room.
He was sketching something inside his notebook, but his mind was in complete turmoil.
Because for some reasonā¦
That Deku had been acting strange.
And worseā¦
He had apparently had a Quirk the whole time.
"Fuckā¦ I'll kill that stupid weaklingā¦"
He couldn't believe it.
That bastard had a Quirk all along.
His pride simply refused to accept it.
The first time he saw the real Izuku was when he was walking home after another class.
On the way, near the alley where they usually wasted time smoking, he heard someone screaming for help.
Naturally, the noise caught his attention.
When he turned into the alleyā¦
He saw the winged guy.
One of Katsuki's underlings.
His Quirk allowed him to grow wings from his back and fly.
But what Katsuki saw shocked him.
Izuku was holding a bloody metal pipe.
And he was using it to break the wings of the man.
Blood was splattered everywhere.
It stained his hands.
It stained his face.
The underling was naked on the ground.
Meanwhile, Izuku held a phone in one hand, recording a video while stomping on the winged guy's dick.
The man's face was covered in blood.
His wings were cracked and twisted.
His uniform was burned.
And Katsuki could tellā¦
The guy was dying.
Then he heard Izuku's raspy voice.
"Hahahahahaā¦ so you're just another idiot pretending to be strong just because you've got some wingsā¦ stupid."
Izuku crouched down, still filming.
"So what's the feeling of getting bullied? Fun, right?"
He laughed again.
"Look at you nowā¦ nakedā¦ you look like some fat butterflyā¦ hahahahaha."
Then he added casually,
"I think I'll get money out of this video."
Katsuki watched as Izuku raised the bloodied pipe again.
He heard him say,
"Let me make you an eunuch."
The pipe swung downward.
But before it could landā
BOOM.
Katsuki moved.
Using his explosion, he propelled himself behind Izuku and blasted the pipe away with his left hand.
The metal weapon flew across the alley.
Claaaank.
Smoke filled the air.
Through the hazeā¦
Their eyes met.
Katsuki stared directly into Izuku's eyes.
Neither of them spoke.
They simply stared at each other.
Then Izuku chuckled.
"Ohā¦ the angry bird is here."
Katsuki knew immediately.
This wasn't the Izuku he once knew.
So he asked,
"Who are you?"
Izuku tilted his head.
"Wowā¦ how could you forget someone you always bullied?"
Then he laughed again.
"No need to explain anything to a stupid bird."
Katsuki continued staring at him, trying to understand what the hell was happening.
Then Izuku mocked him again.
"Don't get cocky just because of that explosion Quirk you have thereā¦ Kaboom-boomā¦ ahahaha."
He laughed while slowly walking out of the alley.
Katsuki stood there, stunned.
For a moment, he had completely forgotten how to move.
It felt like this wasn't the Izuku he once knew.
Or maybeā¦
This had always been the real him.
Then he heard the winged guy groaning in pain.
That snapped him back to reality.
He immediately called an ambulance.
The man survived.
But he remembered nothing.
Someone had simply struck him from behind.
Then everything went black.
But Katsuki knew who had done it.
And he couldn't believe it.
Now he kept asking himself something he hated.
Was it my fault?
Was that man attacked because of him?
Was Izuku acting like this because of him?
He couldn't understand it.
Everything was different.
That wasn't the Deku he once knew.
But the thing that angered him the most was something else.
Izuku had a Quirk the whole time.
Which meantā¦
He had been looking down on him all along.
That thought filled him with rage.
And then it happened again.
Just a week ago.
Another one of his underlings.
The guy whose Quirk allowed his fingers to extend like blades.
Katsuki saw it again.
In the same alley.
The place where they used to smoke.
Izuku was there.
Green lightning crackled around his body.
He was punching the man repeatedly.
The victim was naked.
His entire body was soaked in blood.
"Hahahahahaā¦ tell me, was it good? Tell meā¦ was it fun?"
Bang.
Bang.
Bang.
Every punch split open another wound.
Blood sprayed across the ground.
"Ahahahaā¦ fucking tell me, was it fun?"
Izuku grinned wildly.
"Because I'm having fun."
Then he added casually,
"And you know what? You're a great punching bag. It's easy to control this nowā¦ I think it's about two percent or something."
He pulled his fist back.
"Eat this, piece of shit."
The punch shot forward.
But againā
BOOOOOOM.
Katsuki appeared.
Using his elbow, he intercepted the punch.
Smoke burst from his right hand as sparks ignited.
He swung his explosion toward Izuku's face.
CRACK.
BOOOOOM.
But Izuku dodged.
Green lightning exploded around his legs as he jumped backward.
"Hahahahahaā¦ oh, you're here again, angry bird."
Izuku brushed dust from his pants.
"Why do you always show up like some cool superhero?"
"That almost hurt meā¦ Kaboom-boom."
But Katsuki didn't respond.
He charged forward and threw a punch toward Izuku's face.
Izuku answered with his 2% Full Cowl, meeting the punch head-on.
BANG.
Their fists collided.
Katsuki felt pain shoot through his arm.
But he gritted his teeth.
Then he fired another explosion with his right hand.
BOOOOOOOM.
"Tskā¦"
Izuku clicked his tongue and jumped back again.
Katsuki glared at him.
"So all this time you had a fucking Quirk, you piece of shitā¦"
His eyes narrowed with fury.
Izuku laughed.
"Of course I did. What, you think you're some protagonist or something?"
"Hahahahaā¦ stupid and delusional as ever."
He brushed his hair back and stared at Katsuki mockingly.
Bakugo was about to attack again.
But thenā
"H-helpā¦ s-someone helpā¦"
The injured man's weak voice interrupted them.
Katsuki turned toward the bleeding body on the ground.
Behind him, Izuku laughed.
"Ahahahahaā¦ hey, hey, Kaboom-boom. You should check your underlings."
Izuku shoved his hands into his pockets and walked away from the alley again.
Leaving behind the injured man.
And a furious Katsuki.
Bakugo had no choice.
He called an ambulance again.
Just like before, the victim remembered nothing.
Someone had struck him from behind.
Then another blow knocked him unconscious.
Katsuki stayed silent the entire time.
He didn't understand what was happening.
"It was total nonsense. He was lost."
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