章節 31: First day as a hero

[6 days later] [Monday—7:20 a.m.]

As always, Doryoku got up early, did everything he always did, and went to UA to start the week.

Doryoku did not hate Mondays, he hated Sundays for some reason, according to him because at least Monday is one less day for the week to end, Sunday means the day that suffering begins by waiting for Monday.

Anyway, Doryoku as always took the train and arrived at the UA to look for his class until he could see the little cat that accompanied him for the last days resting at the entrance.

"What's up bud?" Doryoku asked calmly as he got close to the cat.

The little cat got a little upset when he noticed someone's closeness, but seeing the distinctive calm of Doryoku he was attracted to recognize him, and got up and then passed by his right leg.

"What will I do with you? You seem quite capable of being alone but I would still like to find you a home" Doryoku said thoughtfully as he stroked the little cat.

Doryoku had already asked Azami and Mirai, but the little cat got on badly with Mirai and Azami was also a bit allergic to cats.

The little cat continued to enjoy Doryoku's caresses until he decided to get up and go to the classroom.

"Take care my friend, I'll try to find you a good owner" Doryoku said with a slight smile and saying goodbye to the little cat to go to his classroom.

"Meow" said the little cat in what seemed to be a goodbye and then went elsewhere.

Doryoku entered the UA but instead of going to General Studies room 1-C, he went to class 1-A of heroes as Last laser had told him.

Upon entering, he felt a bit strange being in the new classroom, but arriving early with no one around made up for the nervousness a lot.

There were already 21 seats in the room, with 5 in each row except for the first row where there were 6, so Doryoku sat by the door like he always did.

About ten minutes later, Last laser arrived and sat at his desk not at all surprised at Doryoku's insane punctuality.

"Good morning Suzuki, don't worry I won't do the ridiculous of making you come out and introduce yourself to everyone as an elementary school kid" Last laser said as a teacher, sitting at his desk calmly while he arranged some documents.

"Good morning Laser-sensei, I appreciate it very much" said Doryoku quite grateful and up to date with Last laser being the main teacher of class 1-A.

"Could you touch the cat?" Last laser asked as he continued to review his documents calmly.

"No, but I won't let it get to me" said Doryoku smiling slightly and making Last laser nod with satisfaction and focus on his documents.

After a few minutes of quiet silence, Aizawa arrived 10 minutes before 8 and seemed a bit surprised by Doryoku's presence.

"When did you arrive?" Aizawa asked not at all surprised with Doryoku in the hero class, but more surprised to see him arrive so early.

"Ohh, how are you Aizawa? I usually always arrive half an hour early" said Doryoku greeting Aizawa with a slight smile and calmly.

'Now he's more expressive' Aizawa thought a bit surprised as well, noticing the change of expression in Doryoku quite easily.

Aizawa sat behind Doryoku and started talking to him a bit while they waited for the rest.

"That's sick, who comes half an hour early? That time you can spend on continuing to sleep" said Aizawa quite at odds with Doryoku's insane punctuality.

"Meh, I'm not a big fan of sleeping, plus it's quite a satisfying feeling" said Doryoku shrugging his shoulders and stating his point of view.

"You seem more open to talking than usual" Aizawa said with a bit of curiosity at the change and Doryoku's training.

"Yes they have told me, although I only learned to feel, little else actually" Doryoku said with a calm smile making Aizawa nod with a bit of understanding.

They both kept talking about their respective training while waiting for the other students to start arriving.

Hizashi arrived 5 minutes later and sat down next to Aizawa to join in the conversation telling anecdotes about his internship with quite a bit of emotion, although they were not as strange as Aizawa's.

While Doryoku was talking to both of them, he suddenly felt a penetrating gaze on the back of his neck and when he turned to see he noticed that Yoshino (the girl with pink hair from the festival) was looking at him with what seemed to be calm and then sat in the chair at the other end in front being the fourth student to arrive.

'Ugh, I forgot about her' Doryoku thought remembering some of the insults she threw at him before anything else.

Other than that there were only the occasional student muttering curiously after a while, but more or less having an idea of Doryoku's presence.

"Wow, now I'm afraid that a meteorite will hit me" Doryoku said a little surprised hearing the end of Aizawa's story and looking out the window unconsciously.

"Yes, it took me two days to lose my fear, much longer than it should have to my surprise and disgust" said Aizawa a little embarrassed at the very idea of being afraid of a meteorite itself.

"This seems like a really serious threat" Hizashi said taking the issue too seriously as Doryoku smiled nervously.

"Wah, an insider!" Oboro said suddenly at the hall entrance and pointing at Doryoku as he turned to see him.

"Late as always, how are you Oboro?" Doryoku said smiling slightly when he saw his best friend after a month.

"Well where so much sentimentality, will you ask me for a favor?" Oboro said a little surprised and with a mocking smile.

Oboro entered the classroom and sat next to Doryoku with enough excitement to join the conversation.

"But seriously Doryoku, what happened to you, did you get yourself a girlfriend or did you have a character development arc?" Oboro asked still with his typical mocking smile and quite curious.

"The second, I realized that I had feelings, and no, it's not a joke" Doryoku said trying to sound serious but still making Oboro laugh.

"Too bad this one made me laugh Hahahaha!" Oboro said laughing out loud at Doryoku's idiocy while he had a vein on his forehead.

Suddenly, Last laser got up from his seat and the whole class instantly fell silent without anyone saying anything.

"*Coff Coff* Good morning applicants, as you must have noticed we have a new student named Doryoku Suzuki" Last laser said with a serious and calm tone as he cleared his throat causing many to turn their gaze to Doryoku.

Faced with silence and being the center of attention, Doryoku tensed a bit and simply made a peace symbol in greeting.

"You should have already assumed that his presence is because he is the winner of the sports festival, and if not I doubt that you will pass the first semester hehe" said Last laser making a little 'joke' to alleviate the tense atmosphere of all the students.

Obviously neither of them laughed at the joke and they only got even more nervous, except for...

"Hehehe, that was good" Aizawa and Doryoku said at the same time while laughing slightly.

"You guys do know about comedy" Last laser said, nodding in satisfaction while the rest of the students went blank.

"Anyway, ask after class, today we will learn how to survive a stab in the stomach" said Last laser leaving the joking tone to everyone's misfortune and starting with his class.

From what Doryoku could see, Last laser's classes were very explicit, but there was experience in every word, in addition to that he always put a lot of importance on how each thing or situation feels and how to react.

After an hour of regular class, Last laser signaled that it was time for hero class, so everyone excitedly grabbed their hero suits to start with them.

But just before taking his suits and going to the locker room, Doryoku had a bit of confusion about his fellow beetle.

"Hey Oboro, that boy, Kabuto if I remember correctly, is he a boy or a girl?" Doryoku whispered to Oboro as he pointed at Kabuto with a bit of curiosity.

"No idea bro, no one has the little heart to ask since he's quite sensitive, although he always goes to the boys' locker room and it's a bit strange actually" said Oboro as he also whispered and explained the situation to Doryoku.

Doryoku felt a bit strange also not being sure so he decided to think of some solution.

After taking their suits, the group went with the rest to the boys' locker room and the disagreement with Kabuto was clearly noticeable until Doryoku had an idea.

"Hey, your name was Kabuto Kinchō right?" Doryoku suddenly asked Kabuto cordially causing him to get quite upset and nod nervously.

"It's a strange question, but with what hand do you lift the toilet seat?" Doryoku asked very calmly without pressuring Kabuto in any way.

The rest of the male students quickly understood Doryoku's idea and seemed quite interested in the answer, but decided not to show it openly so as not to ruin the plan.

"W-well, I-I always t-pick it up with my foot, is-is it wrong?" Kabuto said quite nervously and uncertainly at the question.

Doryoku nodded repeatedly as he looked in the direction of Oboro who was also nodding in agreement.

The surrounding students also nodded in understanding, and the atmosphere was no longer tense in a second.

"A wonderful move, there is nothing left to say" said Oboro quite appreciatively as he pulled on his aviator jacket.

"It is somewhere between ridiculous and ingenious, something that can only be achieved by being with Shirakumo for a long time" said Aizawa also in recognition and finishing placing gray bands on his neck.

"I feel so much more comfortable now!" Hizashi said with his typical smile as he seemed to calibrate a device around his neck and was wearing a rocker outfit.

"Yeah, but now I lost a lot of time to change while I was thinking, I'll see you outside" Doryoku said in a hurried tone as the students started to leave quickly.

"See you there Doryoku, I want to see what you thought!" Oboro said quite expectantly as he walked out taking Aizawa and Hizashi away.

Doryoku for his part began to change quickly and to dress in his hero suit.

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In a fake city of the UA, all the aspiring heroes walked together until they reached the High command, which was the teacher of the heroic classes.

"I have a very special class today young talents, but where the hell is the new one?!!" High command said in his typical strong and imposing tone as he looked around for Doryoku.

High command had already fixed the dry cleaning issue, and now he was wearing his common hero outfit, which was green camo tactical pants and a gray T-shirt along with a rather quirky and conspicuous deep purple beret.

Something simple, but quite effective and breathable for the High command battle method.

"He's in the locker room High command-sensei, he's still not used to this!" Oboro said calmly apologizing for Doryoku at his lateness as he raised his hand.

He doesn't have a talent for dressing huh?You can't have everything in life!!" High command said with a bit of annoyance and understanding as he waited for the new one.

After a few minutes of waiting, suddenly High command said...

"You're here, even though I almost thought you were a psychopath!!" High command said quite expectantly upon seeing Doryoku arrive.

They all turned to look curiously and saw Doryoku in a fairly ordinary black suit and a rather elegant dark wine-colored tie.

But what made some tense was the mask that covered Doryoku's mouth, a completely black one that accompanied by his calculating gaze actually made him look like a psychopath.

"Sorry it took me longer than I thought" Doryoku said taking off his mask to speak more clearly and with a nervous smile.

This caused everything to instantly calm down and the tense students to relax quite a bit.

"I finally found out, it's that crazy look that drives the girls away!" Oboro said in surprise pointing at Doryoku as if he had discovered the warm water.

"How funny, surely you are exaggerating" said Doryoku with a mocking smile and without taking Oboro's words seriously.

The students who got scared shook their heads in denial at the same time, making Doryoku feel a bit bad, letting the mask off of him and holding it with his right hand.

"Well, since you are here I will tell you that easily, you will have a battle against me as a test for your first class, and the rest have to take care of the damages, follow me for more information!!" High command said in an excited and determined tone as he walked into a more open area and everyone followed him in confusion.

"Look at you bro, the one who always said a tight suit was ridiculous now weara an uncomfortable suit to look good" said Oboro with a mocking smile as he walked alongside Doryoku, Aizawa and Hizashi in the back.

Doryoku simply took the white shirt from him and stretched it until it looked like some kind of rubber band, causing Oboro to stop talking.

"You were saying?" Doryoku said with a mocking smile as Oboro accepted defeat with regret.

"What else did you add to it?" Aizawa asked with a bit of curiosity at Doryoku's strange outfit.

"Well, it is made of a fabric that disperses kinetic energy and makes it easier to absorb, in addition to that is typical, against fire, bulletproof and mainly against stabbing in the stomach" said Doryoku with an explanatory tone as he remembered everything in the suit which had some tips from Last laser.

"And the mask serves as a respirator, in case there is smoke or poison or things like that" Doryoku said showing his black mask while the rest had a bead of sweat on the back of their heads.

"You thought of everything huh?, but you'll never have as much style as me" said Oboro as he ran his hand through his hair proudly.

"In the suit we are almost the same, although maybe I should find a mask too" Aizawa said with a thoughtful tone as he had not thought about that aspect.

"My body is the simplest and weakest of all without my quirk, I had to be more prepared than the rest" Doryoku said with a slight smile and then continued walking towards the area that High command said.

And after walking for a while, the students realized that their destination was further away than they thought.