33 Hero Vs Villain (2)

Masato jumped down to the ground. Yet there was no sound or crack on the footpath beneath him.

Like a butterfly slowly landing on a flower, he stepped on the ground.

It was amazing since he was wearing almost 160 kg weights.

"Thankfully, I still remember Ossan's lessons."

There was no one better than Stendhal when it came to perfectly controlling one's body.

He was the Hero Killer for a reason. How could he take down strong and fast heroes if he lacked the control to even contend with them?

Control was his only trick and he had imparted that onto Masato, showing his trust on the boy.

"This is perfect to sneak the chocolates out from Oba-san's room."

Yet that boy was using this technique to steal sugar-coated candies from a 50-year old woman.

Masato took out a small key from the track pant and started undoing his bracelets.

And he slowly put them on the floor, unlike the times he just let them drop. Because of this, no one watching the screen knew just how heavy they were.

For them, a weirdo removed his accessories before fighting but Almight had a strange glint in his eyes as he watched the scene.

"Shall we go now? Exhibitionist must be holding them back."

- Swosh!

Like an arrow shot from a bow, he entered the building, only leaving a gust of wind in his place.

Kyoka's ears were ringing because of the noise that shook the building but she didn't let it affect her. She reached the floor where the bomb was and used her sound blasters to break through the wall before Masato showed up.

"Someone's coming!"

Just as Kyoka was about to blow away Momo's barricade, she heard something.

"What are you talking about?"

Denki didn't have super hearing and questioned her.

"Yeah, what are you talking about? I'm already here."

A mischievous voice followed Denki's.

"Huh?!"

"Woah!"

Both of them were surprised as Masato stood right beside Denki, with an arm around his shoulder.

'When did he come here?'

'Damn, Denki's down!'

Both of them had different thoughts. Kyoka especially was about to sacrifice Denki to fight alone.

... But the expected defeat didn't come.

- Pat! Pat! Pat!

"Oh, crud. I forgot the arresting tape. Can you wait here for a minute? Haha, you know what? I will be back before you can even break through the barricade so continue."

His sarcastic smile was nothing less than devious to the Hero team. He hadn't fought yet but he was already looking for something to bind them with as if their defeat was destined. Upon that, he laughed at their speed.

Even the people watching this scene were dumbfounded by how easy-going he was acting.

Perhaps Shoto could act like that since he had the strongest, usable quirk but that guy... He wasn't even paying his opponents the bare minimum respect that they deserved.

Masato didn't care about the onlookers and ran out of the building, climbing the walls to reach inside the room.

"Yo~ Do you have any arresting tape?"

He greeted Momo with a sly smile.

"What are you doing?"

Tossing the tape in a hurry, she tried to apply pressure on the breaking barricade.

She didn't have enough confidence to hold the barricade any longer and had to push it with her hands. While Masato narrowed his eyes on her.

"You should probably let go of the barricade."

"Huh?"

Before she knew, a hand grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back.

- Bsst! Boom!

The door broke open after it was hit by lightning. Masato kicked the door away while protecting the bomb and the accessory that came with it(Momo).

"You! How are you here?"

Denki and Kyoka understood their chances of fighting Masato and decided to go all out in breaking through before he could return. Because of that, Denki was currently trying to catch fairies in the background.

He had overloaded his quirk [Electrification] that caused self-damage to break the door. It killed a few cells of his brain when used but it was worth it since 0 can't be substracted.

"I just climbed up the wall. You should have done the same."

He shrugged his shoulder like that was easy to do. Without the strength or quirk to go with it, only Stendhal could probably do it.

"Ha~ We lost."

In the end, Kyoka surrendered.

"Hey, we won. Such a lucky coincidence."

His happy smile was annoying, even to his own teammate. Soon, they moved out. their building was relatively unharmed, except for a door and the wall surrounding it.

"High-Five!"

His enthusiastic behavior was met by a calm-headed Momo, who was in a daze.

"... Did you do it on purpose?"

"Huh?"

"To scare them into using Kaminari-san's quirk. And then, forcing the Jiro-san to surrender."

Seeing that, Masato didn't capture them easily, despite his speed. It was probably because of an elaborate plan. After all, who would forget their arresting tape when fighting the opponent team?

But she ruled that theory out. Since this was the first time that Denki actually used his quirk, he had no way of knowing that it was self-harmful.

'Is he actually dumb? Or is he too smart for us to understand?'

Her incomprehensible gaze fell on his enigmatic back.

The truth was probably the former. Masato picked up his bracelets and wore them back on.

"What exactly are those?"

Momo was interested in the accessories.

"... Want to hold one?"

She wanted to try it out but his smile was way too big for it to be anything good. In the end, she declined. Her read on Masato was getting better.

The four of them entered the examining room, where the rest of the cadets were, except for Midoriya Izuku.

"Dental Ad, who's the MVP among us?"

Masato's rude words shook every student in the room. 

'Did he just call the strongest hero... Dental Ad?'

This was beyond the realm of strange. It was straight-up evil.

"M-me?"

Almight himself was confused. Sure, his teeth were a bit too bright and glittered every time he parted his lips but he wasn't advertising anything.

"Ahem! The MVP... It probably has to go to Yaoyorozu-kun. She's the one who came up with the plan to strike Jiro-kun and Kaminari-shounen off guard and barricade the room."

Honestly, the planning that Momo and Kyoka showed was enough to earn any one of the two the MVP title but... A certain someone's performance changed the entire match.

"As for my advice, Yaoyorozu-kun, you should try and learn more about teamwork, try and use more of your allies' strength to your advantage. Jiro-kun, you should be more assertive in your planning and executing. Kaminari-shounen, you should find a better way to use your quirk. Just using your quirk once makes you a liability.

And Anzai-shounen...."

Apparently, his practical was so messed up that Almight didn't even know where to start.

"I don't actually need the advice. Thanks for the try, Dental Ad."

Understanding his delimma, Masato patted him twice on the shoulder.

'I guess I was flawless. So much that even the top hero couldn't find anything wrong.'

He was right in a way. If one just replaced the word 'wrong' with 'right'. Almight couldn't find anything right about his movements, except for one.

'How did he realize that Jiro-kun was listening in on them.'

That was something only a being with supersenses could do. And Masato hadn't even used his quirk.

'Hmm~ Well, he's a good kid at heart.'

Nodding to himself, Almight fooled himself with a dellusion.

"Next battle is between the final two groups!

Team E(Hero) Vs Team F(Villain)!"

The last battle was between the remaining four cadets.

It ended in the victory of Team F, with Rikido and Koji. They were on the losing side until Aoyama shot his [Navel Lazer], incapacitating himself because of a tummy ache.

'It's a surprise how these guys even got in.'

From Koji's [Ani-voice] to Aoyama's [Navel Lazer]. At most, they could only earn 5-10 points on the entrance exam before incapacitating themselves. Both Hero and Villain points. At least, Denki could control his [Electrification] to some extent, only self-harming when there was a high voltage involved.

Masato shook his head, uninterested in their magical abilities and got up, ready to go home. It was his favorite time of the day. The end of school.

"You guys did well today."

At least, it should have ended but Almight suddenly gave out a speech. Masato had to grumblingly stay there until the speech ended.

"Don't worry from here, you guys will keep improving. To reach the top. To become a pro!"

His words resonated with the cadets, except Masato.

He was about to 'sacrifice' himself before he even became 17. How could he ever go pro? Money was interesting but death was better.

'Let's begin with 108 benefits of death.'

- Tap!

Masato felt a hand over his shoulder and turned to look at the owner.

"What are you doing? The class has already ended."

Only he and Mezo were left on the entire arena. And that bumble bee that rolled off, like it was an old western movie.

"... Yeah, I have these episodes of day-dreaming. Don't worry about it."

Waving it off, Masato took off. He almost embarrassed himself back there.

Soon, all his worries were lifted as he lied on his bed. But a certain man with burly eyebrows screamed at him to work his muscles and enjoy 'Youth'.

"Please not that nightmare."

Hopefully, that guy never crossed over the realms. It would be a pain if he did. And it could destroy all the plans that Masato had of dying.