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18.15% MHA: Horizon (Ope-Ope No Mi) / Chapter 68: CHAPTER 064(Hero Names)

Chapter 68: CHAPTER 064(Hero Names)

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CHAPTER START---

Sitting in class with everyone else Horizon sees Eraser Head trudge in, sleeping bag slung over his shoulder.

'God I hope we don't have hero training in the rain,' he thinks, hoping that even if they have combat training this afternoon it will at least be inside.

"Today you'll be picking hero names," Eraser says, and the entire class goes wild. "Settle down!"

Everyone sits quietly as he continues.

"Since we're opening internships to first years because of all the increased villain activity, you'll need Hero Names to operate in the field. They don't become permanent until you get a Provisional License and complete the three-year trial period to become an official Pro Hero, you've got until then to think of your final one. But some of you will likely get famous enough that you won't be able to just swap it, so make these temporary ones good enough to be the real deal in case that happens."

'I wonder what these people are gonna choose,' Horizon glances about the room, already having thought up some cool names for his classmates, but their names aren't his problem.

"Anyway, Midnight will be handling this, it's not really my specialty," Eraser sits in the corner in his sleeping bag and begins nodding off as Midnight enters.

Half the boys in class are immediately entranced by her skin-tight and provocative outfit, but Horizon just rolls his eyes at her grandiose speech.

"---now for an example," Midnight eventually says. "The best Hero Names tell a story of who you are, so how about we have Horizon come up and explain his since it is already decided."

The entire class turns to him, but only a few hadn't figured this out already.

"Alright, but I'm only doing this once..." Horizon says as he walks to the board, writing his full Hero Name and title.

'Horizon: The Miracle.'

Notably 'Horizon' was in English while the rest was Japanese. he then turns to the class to explain.

"So... usually the title, in my case 'The Miracle,' would be at the front and some stupid corny shit like 'The miracle hero' or something like that. I changed it to the back and made it shorter as a show of finality and to make it all sleeker. 'The Miracle' is descriptive, because I do perform what would otherwise be miracles. And 'Horizon' is always in English instead of Japanese, because I want the meaning of 'the limit of a person's knowledge and experience,' rather than the sunset over the edge of the world stuff...

Oh, and another reason I took it is that compared to everyone else that's how far ahead I am...but Nezu prefers the idea that when people see me on the Horizon they know everything will be ok. But just between us, my logo is on my back for a reason.

So yeah everything from my name, to the visor, to my Hero Costume and weapon, all are designed to give a sense of efficiency and superiority...and it's been working..."

He silently walks back to his seat and leans back in his chair.

"Uh...right," Midnight awkwardly coughs to get all eyes back on her. "Well there you have it, a well-thought-out Hero Name and image, so think very carefully about how you want people to look at you in the future when deciding your names."

The entire room suddenly feels a lot more pressure on them, realizing that they'd hardly given any thought to their image as a hero, now wracking their brains to think of something good.

"Alright, who wants to go next?" Midnight asks ten minutes later...

After the final name is revealed Horizon just shakes his head as he recalls what they'd all be called.

'Shining Hero: Can't Stop Twinkling, actually retarded.

Pinky, sounds like a character from a children's book, made for very slow babies.

Rainy Season Hero: Froppy, cute, and simple like her.

Uravity, from the same book as Pinky.

Martial Arts Hero: Tailman, at least its better than Tail Boy, guess he doesn't have much to work with anyway.

Stun Gun Hero: Chargebolt, that's actually a good one.

Sturdy Hero: Red Riot, fanboy nonsense.

Petting Hero: Anima, also from the same children's book, but sounds like it shouldn't be allowed near children.

Sweets Hero: Sugarman, from that same children's book...what is wrong with these morons.

Tentacle Hero: Tentacole, not awful, guess he doesn't have much to work with.

Hearing Hero: Earphone Jack, the music girl is the least creative in class, that's surprising, pretty lame name.

Taping Hero: Cellophane, not bad Sero.

Jet-Black Hero: Tsukuyomi, ok that's cool.

Stealth Hero: Invisible Girl, descriptive, can't be mad at that.

Deku, also descriptive, guess this will eventually become 'cripple boy'.

Everything Hero: Creati...what a fucking disappointment, guess she's in the same book for slow children.

And Bakugo, Shoto, and Iida are all undecided or using their first names...'

As Midnight leaves to go file the names Eraser returns to the front of the class and taps the board once.

"Alright, these are the offers you each received from the sports festival, you've got until Friday afternoon to decide who you'll be interning with and submit the forms. Even those who didn't get offers will be interning with someone, you'll have a list of forty agencies to choose from."

He steps to the side for everyone to get a good look at the board.

Horizon- 8452

Bakugo- 4132

Todoroki- 3476

Tokoyami- 623

Iida- 187

Kirishima- 92

Momo- 48

Sero- 27

Nobody is surprised at how many offers Horizon got, they expected that every agency in the country would want the only Warping hero in the world working for them. Seeing him at the top of every list was a common occurrence by now.

"Think very carefully about who you choose," Eraser says while passing out the forms, placing a massive stack on Horizon's desk. "Consider what type of hero you want to be, what aspects of it you want to focus on. If you want to focus on rescues then maybe you should pick an agency that matches that. You should also consider location and local crime rates depending on how much action you want.

If these pros take a liking to you they could keep investing in you and sign you as a sidekick when you go Pro, and if you don't act properly you could quickly become someone that Pros will avoid working with. So mind your manners.

The internship will last one week and you'll be staying with the pro until it's over, so also be aware of that when you're preparing."

Looking at the stack of paper Horizon's eyes are immediately glued to the name at the top of the very first page.

'Endeavor actually sent me a request...what the hell,' he sits back and stares at it. 'This is literally the perfect choice.

But considering my relationship with Shoto it's probably not the best idea to go there and get involved in that bullshit.

But it's not like he can hurt me since he's the #2 Pro Hero in Japan, and maybe he just wants to know why I kicked in Shoto's teeth.

And if needed I've got dirt on him because his idiot son put his family business out there, that way I at least know he can't do anything to make me look bad as some stupid revenge.'

Horizon flips the first two pages, since the agencies and heroes are ordered by ranking he only checked the top ten, not seeing Mirko.

'Guess my golden ticket to actually fight villains didn't send an offer. The one time I actually want one of those stupid fucking meatheads around...and at least Hawks was smart enough not to send me an offer, whatever, Endeavor it is,' he immediately begins filling out his form.

As Eraser leaves the room people begin discussing their options, and Tokoyami turns to Horizon. "You're already filling out the form?"

"Yeah, have you decided yet?"

"I received an offer from Hawks," Tokoyami says. "I hadn't expected to be noticed by someone so capable. Or for any pro to tolerate the darkness dwelling within me..."

Everyone around immediately launches a barrage of questions at Tokoyami, jealous and excited at the idea of their classmate working with the #3 Pro Hero.

"What about you?" Tokoyami asks Horizon, and all eyes turn to him.

"Oh, Endeavor sent me a request," Horizon shrugs, and the entire class falls silent, nervously glancing between Shoto and Horizon.

"My father sent you a request?" Shoto growls out, obvious anger on his face.

Horizon slowly swivels around in his chair to look back at him, "don't take it too seriously, probably wants to know why I had to put you in your place, then he'll just put me on desk duty while you two run around the city. I just need my record to show that I worked with him, that'll open a lot of options for me in the future...not that I need the boost, but better safe than sorry."

Everyone just silently watches the interaction, as Shoto looked up at Horizon his face went from anger to slightly fearful, and he immediately looked down at his desk.

"Oh c'mon," Horizon groans loudly. "No need to act like a pussy around me, I barely even touched you in that fight, get over it. So long as you watch your mouth you don't have anything to worry about..." he turns back to his desk to fill out the form.

After a few minutes, he gets a notification on the inside of his visor.

'Nezu: My office after school.'

'Oh great, it's gonna be one of those days...'

END CHAPTER---

C'mon, did you really think I was ever going to have Law work with Mirko...the horny doesn't control this story :)


Chapter 69: CHAPTER 065(Awakening Thesis)

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CHAPTER START---

Sitting in Nezu's office, in Nezu's chair, Horizon has his back to the door as he stares out the window.

Playing the same training game he's been at all day, constantly moving the same raindrop from one inch above the floor to the top of his room, quickly exhausting himself through focus and Quirk use.

Hearing the door open behind him he closes his room and spins around to face Nezu and Yagi, with Nezu holding a small gift bag in his arms.

"You look good in that seat," Nezu says as he and Yagi move to sit on one couch.

"I look good in any position of power," Horizon gets up and moves to sit opposite them. "But if I wanted to work hard all my life without going anywhere, then sure I'd be a teacher..."

"Ouch," Yagi says.

Nezu just sighs, "it's been all of 5 seconds and you're already insulting us."

"So what'd you need to talk to me about?" Horizon asks. "I've already given Eraser my paperwork."

"I saw, he's already filed it, Endeavor...are you sure that won't be a problem since, well, the sports festival."

"I'll handle it," Horizon says. "So, what's up?"

Nezu quietly starts making tea for the three of them as Yagi speaks to Horizon.

"Do you recall the first time we sat here, when you gave a breakdown of what young Midoriya was doing wrong with his Quirk?" Yagi asks.

"Yeah, what about it? I already told Nezu I'm not here to teach, especially not that loser."

"I see," Yagi taps his chin and leans back, considering his options, eventually deciding to take the direct approach. By this point, he clearly understands that Horizon doesn't like his time wasted. "What would it take for you to help him."

"Eh, double my bank account?" Horizon shrugs.

Yagi considers it, then turns to Nezu.

"You can't afford that," Nezu says plainly. "And I'm not spending the worth of a small country for this."

"Two small countries," Horizon says with a chuckle.

"Is there anything that could change your mind?" Yagi asks plainly.

"Why do you care so much about him?"

"Well, he's one of my precious students. With the internships starting Sunday it's possible that something could happen where he'd have to act, right now if he does that he'll probably die."

Horizon leans back and nods, taking in the answer. "Ok, so that's half the reason, what's the other half?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you told me the problem, you didn't tell me why you care so much about Deku," Horizon points out.

Nezu just shakes his head before sipping his tea. Clearly amused by how hyper-aware Yagi was that he was currently walking a minefield.

"Well..." Yagi awkwardly rubs the back of his head, trying to find the words. "I've taken an interest in him. I actually first saw him a year ago, I saw him stand up to a villain even knowing that he couldn't use his Quirk. He ran in and tried to help, and probably would have died if I didn't show up, but he tried when others were standing around doing nothing...I can't help but want to nurture someone with such a strong heroic spirit. Seeing him on the first day at UA...it felt like destiny telling me I had to teach him to be a great hero."

Nezu was genuinely impressed with the lie. Littering the tale with truths kept Yagi's emotions at the surface, had this been anyone else they would have easily accepted this truth, but Horizon isn't just anyone...

"Close," Horizon says. "But you're still holding something back, so the full truth, or I'm gonna lean forward and polygraph you. Because if something didn't change you would have asked me to do this sooner."

"Gran Torino sent Midoriya an internship offer," Nezu says bluntly which causes Yagi to sputter and panic.

"Who the hell is Gran Torino?"

"He was Yagi's teacher, he only spent one year at UA, and was close with Yagi's mentor...so he's kind of like Yagi's uncle I suppose," Nezu says.

"Oh, so Yagi told him about Deku...now he wants to meet Deku...but Yagi is scared that Torino will be disappointed by his non-existent teaching ability, right?"

Yagi feels an arrow to the heart.

"Exactly," Nezu says.

Another arrow to the heart.

"So can't teach and he's a pussy...damn meathead," Horizon grumbles.

"Mhm," Nezu takes another sip of his tea, and by this point, Yagi is slumped forward on the couch.

"Still not enough of a reason for me to care about teaching Deku anything."

"What if it helps your reputation?" Nezu asks.

"I'm not going for the 'golden-hearted hero' reputation, so I'll pass."

"What about as a genius Quirk specialist," Nezu says, knowing exactly what buttons to press to get Horizon to play along. "The world doesn't actually have many of those since humanity has mostly just accepted Quirks and doesn't bother looking deeper...but you have a theory or two that could put you on that short list."

"My Quirk Mastery theory, you want me to publish it through UA?" Horizon asks.

"It would push your imagine that much further," Nezu says.

"Hmm," Horizon leans back and considers it while Nezu takes a box out of the bag he brought. A brand new chess set. As he's setting up Horizon just leans forward and picks up the small rulebook included. "Never actually played before..."

"I've always wanted to play you in chess," Nezu says with a smirk.

Yagi just sits back and drinks his tea, watching Nezu prepare the board while Horizon learns the rules, and a minute later Horizon puts down the book and gestures to the board.

Nezu moves one pawn forward.

"Have you, decided on your answer?" Nezu asks.

Horizon moves his piece, "I need real publicity."

Nezu makes a move, "what do you mean?" And between each sentence, they'd make a move, their own little chess timer.

"I need witnesses, publishing the thesis isn't enough, I need people to see me in action breaking down his Quirk."

"We can't do that," Nezu says. "But I will second your thesis under my name, and use my connections to help get it passed around in the scientific community."

"That'll work, what about Hero Network access?" Horizon asks.

"Giving you access to that is treason."

"For anyone else, yeah, but you're Nezu. And I need access if I'm gonna be doing solo work during summer."

"Hmm," Nezu pauses, breaking the momentum of the game to consider his next move. Then he just sits back on the couch, done with the game. "If I'm agreeing to these terms then this needs to be a full class instead of a 1-on-1 session with Midoriya."

"Quirk Mastery 101...fine, but they get the basic rundown then I help him," Horizon says.

"I won't be giving you access until you get the Provisional Hero License."

"Not like I'd need it before that," Horizon shrugs. "Quirk use is illegal in public, and I'm not really the type to go meddling in other people's lives."

"But a hero's job is to meddle," Yagi blurts out.

Horizon pauses, then slowly turns his head toward Yagi. "Oh...that explains a lot. Deku learned that shit from you, then he taught it to Todoroki...then I kicked in Todoroki's teeth because of it, good job, All Might."

"Huh, that's why you---"

"Nezu," Horizon cuts off Yagi. "We have a deal? I teach one class, you publish and push my thesis to get me some spotlight, and I get Hero Network access when I get the license."

"Deal, have the thesis written and sent to me later tonight," Nezu says. "Have a good night Horizon."

"Yeah, you too."

"Have a pleasant evening," Yagi says.

"Don't ever tell me what to do," Horizon immediately warps away, swapping with the card he left in his apartment in the city before it warps back to him.

Yagi just sighs and downs the rest of his tea, "he hates me."

"You're being dramatic, he doesn't hate you, he just doesn't respect anything about you," Nezu says plainly.

"How is that supposed to make me feel better?"

"I was only correcting you, anyway now you don't have to worry so much about Midoriya, Horizon will take care of it. But you should tell Midoriya to try and avoid contact with Horizon."

"I'll be sure to do that, I can't believe he figured it out when neither of us could, even you."

"Well, Quirk application and development isn't something I'm good at, at least not for battle Quirks. My brain is hardwired for algorithms and logistics after all, at that, I'm far beyond everyone, even him," Nezu says.

"And you're also the only person that can properly negotiate with Horizon, or maybe it's just because it's me, well?"

"A mix of both," Nezu says. "I'm the only person he's ever truly lost to, and we have a certain understanding. Thankfully he is a professional about it, so we get along just fine."

"I suppose that makes sense, but didn't that deal seem a bit one-sided, you gave him a lot, all things considered. I honestly feel kinda bad now."

"Any improvement to his public image is a step closer to him embracing the role of a true hero, and becoming our next Symbol Of Peace," Nezu proudly says. "Getting him to help Midoriya was honestly more of a bonus for me."

"I see, but you realize that if young Midoriya master One For All, he could very well overcome Horizon and be the next me. You've essentially helped the competition by doing this," Yagi says.

Nezu hops down from the couch and begins cleaning up the teacups, "well he is one of my students so it is my duty to do anything I can to help him. But I doubt this will truly matter that much."

"You're really that confident in him huh..."

"Well he's Horizon, there really isn't any competition, but I'm sure Midoriya will still become a great and powerful hero in his own right," Nezu says with a small chuckle.

"Well we'll just have to see what the future has in store for our students," Yagi says as Nezu begins clearing the chessboard and packing it away. "How come you didn't finish the game?"

"Oh we did, he would have won within the next seven moves."

Yagi's eyes open in absolute shock at that, "I thought you said you were the smartest on the planet earlier? And didn't he just learn to play from the book?"

"I am, but his ability to intuitively understand things, especially regarding Quirks and combat is second to none, the only person who comes close...at least from my former students, would be---"

"Endeavor," Yagi says. "Guess they're pretty similar in that regard, and neither of them like me..."

"Well Endeavor is overly competitive," Nezu says. "But at least for Horizon you know he just doesn't like you as a person."

Yagi groans, "thanks a lot...just what I needed to hear."

Nezu packs up the gameboard and turns to move to his desk, but he pauses, just staring at his desk and chair, a mischievous grin on his face.

Yagi raises a brow and asks quietly, "what are you smiling at?"

"I was just thinking, he really did look good in that chair..."

END CHAPTER---


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