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Chapitre 228: CHAPTER 224(UA Culture Festival)

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CHAPTER START---

---November 5th, 2315...

UA, a highly secure school that the public could never dream of entering.

Most of the time.

The one main exception to that? The UA Culture festival.

Normally a collection of stalls and a few stages just beyond the front gates of the school. Kept small as each class host their own shows, games, or food stalls to show off school spirit.

This is the one event where the Hero Course actually takes a back seat while the business and support courses wow the public with all they've learned at UA.

But this year was different.

This year the entire festival was taken to a completely different level.

Instead of a few tents and stalls, there was a walkway leading directly from the school gates into a massive arena just beyond the campus.

An entire structure dedicated to hosting the thousands of people that are currently flooding the school.

It was like the UA Sports Festival all over again.

Companies from near and far fought each other to rent spots within the festival, selling all manner of food, drinks, and Hero Merchandise to the visiting public.

Upon entry at the gate all the visitors were funneled through a few layers of security scanners and given a wristband to track where they are on campus, and Quirk use.

But most importantly, they were immediately intimidated by all the Pro Heroes littering the school grounds.

Standing at the front entrance was Crust, a Top 10 Pro Hero, supported by some of his sidekicks and Mt. Lady, ready for any assaults from the road.

There were extra cameras atop the massive black steel walls running along the perimeter of the school.

And it felt like nobody could go ten steps without bumping into a Pro Hero.

It was every hero-worshipping kids paradise, and the paparazzi were enjoying it just as much.

This of course was expected so many less popular Pro Heroes offered their services every year, hoping to get some spotlight and go viral from the sheer volume of pictures that would be taken.

But this year most of them were feeling the cold shoulder of neglect.

Everywhere they look there were people wearing Horizon's merch, from t-shirts to backpacks and shoes.

Most legitimate, many not. But Horizon doesn't really care, it was the least of his concerns really.

But what annoyed the pro heroes more was the paparazzi and fans constantly approaching them, and just when they think they're about to get some attention the person simply asks where Horizon is.

Yet all they can do is smile and play nice, burying the annoyance they feel each time its asked.

Walking through the crowd and largely being either avoided or ignored, Endeavor would stop ever so often to sign something for a fan or give a comment and pose for a picture.

But today he was on a mission.

He wasn't here technically working security so he had no post to report to, but of course he did have a pass to go anywhere he wants within reason.

His presence was enough of a security assurance for 99% of villains, so he could roam about freely.

And right now he was making his way toward the performance stages where 1A was preparing, to bond with ,or more accurately, annoy, Shoto.

Atleast from Shoto's point of view.

Ignoring the scent of candy in the air, all the congested and crowded walkways -which meant his flames were off-, and the noise of all the students vying for the publics attention.

Endeavor focuses only on getting to his goal, perhaps one of the few Pro Heroes here who are thankful to Horizon for stealing away so much attention.

And while nobody has yet to see Horizon, suddenly hundreds of phones go off at once, a new notification reaching them all.

The people along the crowded walkway to get to the arena, walking in front of the main campus building, suddenly look up at the building.

As they saw themselves in Horizon's newest post, a picture of him sitting at the edge of the building, feet dangling over the edge, with the crowd shown down below him.

UA being tagged, a clear warning for the villains to stay away from UA and Musutafu today, which the criminals based in Tokyo will surely appreciate.

Dozens of people take out their cameras and zoom in, trying their best to get a picture of him sitting there.

And much to their delight, he gives them a simple wave and goes back to listening to his music, ignoring the crowds.

He does this for hours.

His Room open, taking all of his focus to keep an eye on everything and everyone, but eventually something catches his eye.

At noon, three hours after the start of the festival, he senses and sees something interesting enter UA.

SHAMBLES!

With a thought he warps into the middle of the crowd, startling many people before they all begin clamoring and trying to get his attention, but he tunes them out and shuts his much off.

He simply stood there, staring down at a little boy in a rather accurate Horizon cosplay.

He couldn't be more than ten years old, and he was clearly star struck. Staring up at his hero in silence.

His parents were on either side of him, and they didn't know what to say either, but before they could utter a word Horizon got down to the boys level, taking a knee.

Taking a closer look at him.

"Nice Hero Costume Horizon," he says to the boy, noticing the child was trembling with excitement. "So, are you a fan?"

The boy just nods, and through the holes in the boys cardboard visor he could see two wide eyes, pupils like saucers staring at him.

"You're my favorite," the boy says, and the crowd gets completely silent, some people recording while others are just taking in the scene.

"And why is that?"

"You're strong," the boy then raises a small foam katana at his side, "and have a sword."

Horizon chuckles, "everyone likes the sword."

"Mhm!" the boy excitedly nods along.

"But you know, my Hero Costume has more than just a sword," Horizon says.

"Really?"

"Mhm," he rolls back his sleeve slightly to show the body glove, which the boy thankfully wasn't wearing. Just a simple white suit, foam katana, and cardboard visor. "See this keeps me healthy, and helps me stay cool in the sun, so be sure to drink lots of water while you're having fun today, alright."

"Alright."

"But there is one more thing," Horizon raises his hand, and a similar card to his metal throwing cards appears. But this one was plastic and dull, with his symbol on both sides, with one side signed.

A special set of these were made weeks ago in preparation for moments like these, and he's given a few stalls here cards to give away as prizes.

"Woooow," the boys leans forward and slowly moves to grab it out of the air, then hesitates.

"Every Horizon needs some of these," Horizon says. "This one is yours, take care of it alright."

The boy vigorously nods along, then gets a nudge from his dad, "thank you!"

"Always happy to help a fellow hero," Horizon says as he hovers the card over to the boy who holds it close to his chest. "Enjoy the festival, and stay safe..."

The boy just continues nodding excitedly, not knowing what to say, and before the other people in the crowd can speak Horizon disappears.

Appearing back on the roof, but this time not sitting at the edge.

"You could have stayed there a bit long," Nezu says, he'd been waiting on the roof for barely a moment before Horizon reappeared. "A lot of people are here to see you."

Horizon sighs and reaches down to lift Nezu, putting him up on the ledge where they look out over the crowd and the city together.

They occasionally see someone taking a picture of them chatting, but largely ignore the crowd.

"And why would I want to get swarmed by those hero-worshipping morons?" Horizon asks while waving to the crowd.

"You don't have any problem saying hello to children."

"Well they're kids, and some of them, like that last one, have great taste in Pro Heroes."

"Do you ever plan to actually enjoy the festival?"

"I am enjoying it, also I told Jiro I'd come down to watch the concert, so I've only got one hour of peace up here before that starts."

"I see, that's good," Nezu says as they enjoy a peaceful lull in the conversation, looking down at all the families pouring into UA.

Looking up at Horizon, he sees the visor looking down at the crowd, and behind it he just knew Horizon was lost in his own thoughts, as he often is at scenes like this.

"Do you ever wish you could be them?" Nezu asks.

"Be what?"

"Normal..."

"Why would I ever want that, I'm Horizon, I'm better."

"Well that makes one of us," Nezu admits. "I used to wish for it all the time, and occasionally I still do. In moments like theses. What if I wasn't born a rat that developed a Quirk and got experimented on for years?

What if I was just a normal human with a normal family doing normal things?

What if I knew what a normal life was like?

But I've long made peace with it. That's why UA is my everything...it is all that will be left of my life. But for all the good I've done, and that UA will continue to do, sometimes I find myself jealous of them..."

Neither of them speak for a few minutes, until Horizon breaks the silence.

"Sometimes, you know, after a long shift of non-stop Hero Work. I go back to the tower and just relax with Ryuko. And I think about how much better things would be if they were there too.

And I think about all the people out there that get to have their full families because I don't have mine back yet.

And, I don't know...its like I'm happy for them, at least for the kids that don't have to grow up without parents.

But then I get angry, because I remember why I'm doing this."

"But then you keep doing it anyway," Nezu says. "How often do you think about them?"

"I try not to," Horizon admits. "The more I think about them, the less focused I get, and the more I think about how..."

"About how what?"

Horizon sighs, "about how much they would prefer if I just walked away right now. Just packed everything up and left, and let them get executed, like they asked me to do. The deal is either I play hero, or I walk away, those are the only options I have..."

"Can you really do that?"

"I, rather not, obviously," Horizon says. "But, if it comes to it. I will, because I know its what they'd want me to do. But I also have to honor my agreement, plus, and I hate to say it but, being a Pro Hero has its uses."

Nezu looks at him with a victorious smirk.

"Don't even start," beneath the visor Horizon rolls his eyes.

"I didn't say anything, but I'm glad you're learning to enjoy this life you've chosen. And so long as you're happy, I'm sure they'll be happy."

"How about you just take things one day at a time, don't get your hopes up , alright?"

"Alright," Nezu says. And less than a minute later he can't help but ask, "so do you like sav---"

Horizon raises a hand, signaling for him to be quiet then taps his visor, meaning he's on a call.

"I need to go," Horizon says after the call ends.

"What, but you can't leave, the security---"

"The Kelto Nuclear Reactor is having a potential crisis Nezu."

"Oh god," Nezu's eyes go wide. "If that happens then it could contaminate the water system there and kill millions."

"Yeah, and thirteen just gave me the call to assist her since she knows I can handle a lot of dangerous scenarios."

Nezu nods along, "alright, I'll keep things running as if you're still here. But stay away from the cameras, we don't need villains knowing you're on the other side of Tokyo."

"I'll travel as Law, this feels too perfect to be a coincidence...but---."

"I know," Nezu says. "We just can't take the risk, I'll do what I can here to boost security as quietly as possible, you just stay safe, and be quick."

"I'll do my best..."

END CHAPTER---


Chapitre 229: CHAPTER 225(Meltdown)

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Standing atop a small 6-story building. Normally a bustling hotel and restaurant but now entirely deserted, Law Matani looks out at the city of Kelto.

At the top of Japan's northern island, it was hours away from UA by conventional means.

Thankfully Law has access to things other than trains and boats.

Looking down at the city below, there were only a final few stragglers making their way out. The last remaining people before this city became a temporary ghost town.

Emergency service personnel were busy opening the manholes all across the city and entering, wearing full body protective suits, sealing them away from the leaked gas so they don't get killed by the fumes.

A few news drones could be spotted observing them, the heroic few entering the undergound systems to find the massive gas leak and contain it before the entire city explodes.

ROOM!

Law's eyes glow bright blue and begin releasing blue energy vapor as he opens a Room spanning 20km total, 10km in any direction from him.

SCAN!

He casually takes stock of anyone left behind by the evacuation services, noting that they did a thorough job, then focuses toward the edge of the city.

Where he could see the massive Kelto reactor resting on the coast.

Taking out his phone he gives Pro Hero 13 a call.

"Horizon, are you here yet?" Thirteen asks, he can hear the worry in her voice.

"I'm just double checking the city incase people got left behind in the evacuation, how are things at the reactor?"

"Not good, we have about an hour before this thing goes critical."

"Can we go in yet?"

"No," Thirteen says. "The engineers are still trying to flood the system remotely, if we open the doors the radiation will leak past the control room so there won't be any going back from that, this is their last chance before evacuating."

"Got it, so you can explain to me what the hell is happening then," Law says. "Modern reactors are made so well that its nearly impossible for this to happen. The fail safes should have shut it down by flooding it with water or by releasing the dampeners, how is this possible?"

"We aren't sure yet, but they can do a autopsy of this after we solve it."

SHAMBLES!

Horizon's Hero Costume appears on his body, and Scalpel is floating at his side.

Focusing on the reactor he senses some scattered paper beside 13 and swaps with it.

SHAMBLES!

He appears beside her, cutting off the phone call and startling her.

"Good, you're here, is the city clear?" she asks.

"All clear, now we just have to deal with this," he gestures to the massive blast doors in front of them. Looking back he senses the engineers in the control room, all wearing full hazmat suits as they stressfully work at the computers.

"You need a hazmat suit!" Thirteen says. "If we have to open these doors the radiation will be beyond lethal!"

"Huh, I thought you called me because I can handle radiation?"

"You can? When President Pantu and I discussed this she only said you'd be a good person to have around for this, she didn't get into the specifics."

"My Quirk is very good in situations like these, she made the right call bringing me in on this. Now, tell me everything you couldn't say over the phone."

"The reactor seals cracked, along with some of the gates containing the heat. That lead to a chain reaction of sorts that apparently warped the metal and stopped the failsafe protocols from happening."

"I thought that was impossible," Horizon says.

"On paper it should be, but I suppose someone did the math wrong."

"And the people?"

"A false gas leak has been reported, and president Pantu ordered Bubble Girl and a few others with Quirks that can produce certain odors to trick the people. The evacuation was necessary incase we fail."

"And the people in the city actually looking for gas leaks."

"They're wearing those suits for a reason, it'll give them enough protection to get out of the city should we fail. They'll be fine no matter what. But we needed them to also believe there is a gas leak, we need the media on our side for this.

If things go as we want, this situation will be resolved without anyone ever knowing we almost had a nuclear accident here. Japan is already under internal and external scrutiny on a global scale, we can't afford to be the first country in centuries to mishandle our reactors."

"I'm more concerned about what happens if the media knows I'm here."

"Why is that?"

"If they see I'm here, it would be logical for Shigaraki to attack UA, and if I'm here they can't stop Machia'. It'll be a slaughter, compound that with this reactor having a full meltdown...Japan will fall apart within a few minutes."

"And many Top Pros are at UA, so we wouldn't be able to handle the chaotic aftermath," Thirteen says. "That's why only the people here, Nezu, and President Pantu and her trusted agents are aware of this."

"I see," Horizon crosses his arms and doesn't speak for a moment.

"What is it?"

"Doesn't this seem too perfect to you? The most important day for me to be at UA, and this happens all the way at the other end of Japan, now I'm here and they're vulnerable."

"Not everything is about you," Thirteen says. "The villains couldn't know about your radiation abilities right? Its a fair assumption that you'd be here to evacuate people or in worst case heal people and rescue survivors, but that doesn't mean someone would do this just to get you away from UA."

"I hope you're right, so what's the plan for in there?" he gestures to the doors.

"I get to the nuclear material and use my Quirk, Black Hole, to destroy it. Disposing of that much energy rich matter will put me out of commission for a few weeks, at best, but its the safest way to protect everyone."

"Then I'll deal with the remaining radiation by shoving it into the carbon rods, alright, sounds good."

"Mhm," Thirteen nods.

"For the record, always knew your Quirk wasn't limitless," Horizon says.

"Oh yeah, what gave it away?"

"Well I have a brain, not to mention, if you could generate a real black hole, you'd be Mystery Class. Because we still don't know how those work."

"I always wondered about that, Mystery Class, is that true or is it a publicity stunt? Stanr and Stripe seems to be able to do a lot of things, like she has a hundred different Quirks. And you're similar, but 'Beyond Comprehension' seems like a stretch."

"Honestly, even as a Mystery Class and Quirk specialist, its difficult to understand but impossible to explain. Just consider it magic, that's all."

"Ms. Thirteen," the engineers announce over the internal PA system of the facility. "I'm sorry, but we weren't able to stop it, you'll have to go in. When we open the doors all radio wave communication will stop working, we'll watch from the cameras remotely but, you'll be on your own."

Horizon stays quiet, still not wanting the engineers to know he's her, incase one of them was a saboteur.

And only moments later the massive blast doors begin moving, and a wave of heat slams into both the heroes.

Horizon flinches as it crashes into him, feeling the radiation instantly attacking his body.

BOOSTER SHOT!

Blue energy vapor begins pouring off his body, healing him as quickly as the radiation was hurting him.

"Are you alright?" Thirteen asks, she sees him take a deep breath then shrug off the pain of his cells being irradiated.

"I'll be fine, but lets make this quick, the longer we take the further the radiation gets."

All of this happened while they could both hear Thirteen's Geiger counter in her suit constantly making noise.

"Follow me, and no warping," Thirteen says as she begins running forward into the hallway. "We can't afford to skip any of the chambers, so lets do this the old fashioned way."

Horizon is easily keeping up with the shorter woman, "how many Rads?"

"Right now, 7000, and climbing by the second as the containment material is melted away. If we fail it'll rocket past 30 thousand in an instant."

"That might be more than I can handle right now," Horizon admits.

"I'm surprised you can handle this many already, most people never fully recover from being blasted by 100 just once, but you're here walking as if its nothing."

"I'm more impressed by that suit of yours," Horizon says. "If it cracks you instantly die in this radiation, but you're completely unbothered."

"It was made to contain my Quirk back when I was training. If I lost control as powerful as I am now it wouldn't hold up, but its enough to handle this. Anything more than 12 thousand and I'll be in trouble."

After nearly a minute of running they arrive at the first chamber.

"Well?"

"One moment," Thirteen begins inspecting the seals. "This chamber is still perfectly fine, there are two more small ones like this to check, they're on the route to the big reactor core."

They begin running off again, and find the following two chambers are sealed.

Which only leaves one chamber left.

"Wow, can you handle that?" Horizon asks as they lay eyes on the main reactor core.

It was a glowing red sphere laying on the metal floor of what was a massive pool of water. Slowly melting into it, even this metal alloy that took almost two centuries of material science and clever Quirk use to create, and it was melting it.

"Too hot," Thirteen says as he begins pushing into the heat.

Her suit was built for moments like these, thanks to her Quirk and position as one of the worlds best Rescue Heroes, she's prepared for even nightmares like this.

Beneath her suit she was already drenched in sweat, her suit quickly losing structural integrity by the seconds.

Her boots warping the nearly molten metal floor with each step.

Behind her Horizon was in the doorway, his coat was already on the floor, burnt to ash.

Along with his vest, undershirt, tie, and even his pants.

All burnt away so quickly, leaving only his Body Glove in tact, but he could feel that falling apart as well.

BOOSTER SHOT!

For the first time he actively tries to draw out the energy vapor, calling it out to coat his body.

He gets small patches of it across him, protecting him from the heat and radiation.

"Ach!" he winces as the material of his visor begins melting and fusing with his skin.

BOOSTER SHOT!

His entire head is coated in the blue vapor, but instead of being blown away it clings to him like a strange jelly, taking the damage from the heat on his behalf.

Feeling surprisingly cool even here in the reactor core.

BOOSTER SHOT!

He coats his entire body with the energy liquid, trying to match the radiation as Thirteen uses her Quirk.

Standing directly in from of the basketball sized reactor core she raises her right hand, the removes the arm portion of her costume.

Revealing her slender right hand to be covered in black spots below the Hero Costume.

The skin immediately begins burning away and becoming black, dying.

"BLACK HOLE!"

She activates her Quirk at full power for the first time in over a decade, and all the black spots on her hand grow and fuse together.

It pulls in the air and the radiation from the room.

Horizon drops to his knees to avoid being easily pulled in, resting his hands on the floor to give himself more friction.

Thirteen pushes forward and makes direct contact with the reactor core, and slowly it begins to break apart and be absorbed by her Quirk.

The limit of matter and energy she can breakdown and absorb grows with mastery and experience.

But this object had trillions of calories, so breaking it down wasn't so simple.

The moment to outer shell cracks the Rads in the room jump to 18 thousand.

And Horizon feels his energy reserves take a massive hit, his Quirk instantly released more energy to match the radiation, and he felt hungry all of a sudden.

Looking up he only sees blinding red light, then 30 seconds later the entire room goes silent and begins cooling down.

He stops making the energy layer around himself and gets up, taking deep breaths, already exhausted.

And looks up to see Thirteen laying on the floor, her helmet and the front of her suit was torn up, leaving her body exposed and unclothed, at least in the front.

Both her arms were once again revealed, this time without the spots on this, showing her Quirk was unusable at the moment.

Short black hair and a cute face, reminiscent of Toru.

But as Horizon kneels beside her to Scan her body, the most noticeable feature are the eyes, pupils like event horizons, glowing golden and black, quite appropriate considering her Quirk.

"You're pretty cute," Horizon says as he Scans her.

Thirteen winces from slight pain as he touches her, then begins feeling a draft blow across her naked body, but is too exhausted to care.

"The radiation...rods," Thirteen says, her voice sounding frail.

"I'll take care of it, you just rest..."

SHAMBLES!

A pillow appears in her place, as he warped her into one of the room of the hotel he visited earlier.

END CHAPTER---

Happy 1 year anniversary to this story, we're about done with 45% of the plot, no idea how many chapters that means this will be but I hope you're enjoying the ride :)


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