126 Nomination and Hero Name

After Golden Week, everyone had to go to school again.

As usual, Mineta and Kendo went to school together. While they could ride on his motorcycle, this time, they decided to go on the bus since it was raining. However, unlike before, they had become famous, and many people recognized them.

Fortunately, they wore facemasks, so their trip was relatively peaceful.

While Kendo talked about her homecoming and how everyone in her home was, Mineta was thinking about what had happened on his date with Momo. However, he shook his head and thought about the reward of their kiss.

<As you have taken Momo Yaoyorozu's first kiss, you have received "The Overcoat" ability (Expert)>

It might be strange, and people might not understand what kind of ability it was, but in simple terms, it was a pocket dimension. However, this wasn't a pocket. Instead, it was a coat. Naturally, he could keep many things inside his pocket, including a mountain, if he wanted to. He could also take them out and throw them out at his opponent.

He could also use this ability to teleport to the dimension pocket, even partly, such as his arm alone or leg alone.

It was a strange ability, but one thing was for sure, it was a space manipulation ability.

Suddenly, he thought about that smoke-like villain that could create a warp gate and thought he could do the same, but with a different method.

However, it was only an "Expert Mastery," so there was still a limit of things that he could keep on his coat. As for the teleportation ability, it was better to ignore it since it couldn't be used to teleport to a short distance or far away place, but it was good enough to make a surprise attack.

Once again, he realized that he had become more powerful, and his ability to run away had increased even more.

Still, he looked at Kendo for a moment before he held her hand.

"What?"

She stopped and looked at him curiously.

"Nothing. I just miss you."

"..."

She rubbed her face on his shoulder, trying to put her scent on his uniform.

"Me too. I miss you wearing your hero costume at night."

"....."

She realized that this guy was still perverted as ever.

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In the class, everyone had already gathered, and they were talking to each other, including Momo. The Sports Festival had ended, but everyone still talked about it, especially when they became even more famous because of this event. Many were greeted by people when they walked to the school, and many also supported them, which made them happy, but some felt conflicted since they received a pat on their shoulder and "don't mind" words when someone passed them.

"Mineta, what about you?" Jiro asked.

Everyone was also looking at him since, without a doubt, among all of them, the most popular was him. He was the champion and the strongest, so they wanted to know how his life had changed after the Sports Festival.

"Nothing has changed."

"Huh?"

"Why not?"

They felt confused.

"Even if I don't win the Sports Festival, many will try to approach me and talk to me aggressively." Mineta glanced at Momo, which caused her to blush.

However, no one noticed this, and they only thought that everything was because of his handsome face. Whenever he walked, it was normal for people to approach him and even try to pick him up, which made them speechless.

Only Hagakure that had been watching him, realized this, and it made him frown, wondering whether Momo had already fallen into his arms.

'No, I can't let this continue.'

She knew she had to do something, or else everything would be too late!

"Dammit! Why are you so popular!"

"If you're so popular, then introduce some girls to us!"

Kaminari and Sero cried with all of their might.

"Shh... Sensei is coming."

Hearing his words, everyone quickly became quiet and sat in their seats.

As expected, Aizawa entered the class with his usual gloomy and unkempt appearance.

Mineta only glanced at Aizawa for a moment before he glanced at Iida, who had been silent. He didn't feel surprised by this, and he could only send a condolence since there was nothing he could do to help him, nor did he plan to help him since he knew that this was the consequence of being a hero.

Yet it still made him uncomfortable when he knew the family of someone he knew would be hurt because of hero activity, which made him realize no one was immune to this type of problem.

"Morning."

Aizawa greeted everyone, and many also greeted him before they noticed that the bandage on his body had gone, which made them feel relief.

"Okay, there is something special about today's hero information period."

When his voice fell, everyone was nervous, but they quickly cheered when they heard his following words.

"It's time to formulate your codenames. Your hero's name."

"Oh, my god! Now, this made my chest swell!"

Everyone cheered happily when they heard the news from Aizawa.

"This is related to the draft nominations by pros I mentioned the other day. The nominations will truly start mattering only after you have gained some experience and your fighting ability is judged during your sophomore and senior years. In other words, the nominating you're getting this year is more akin to the expression of "interest" in your future potential, but it is not rare that interest dries up by graduation or is simply unilaterally dropped."

Everyone nodded and thought that even if they received nominations, it didn't mean it was the end, and they needed to their growth, or else, they would be thrown away.

Honestly, the world of Pro Hero was so cruel, which made them smile wryly.

"Anyway, the tally of nominations is as follows."

As Aizawa's voice fell, everyone could see the nominations received by everyone.

As expected, Mineta was at the top with 6,277 nominations and was followed by Todoroki and Bakugou, who received 3,758 and 3,556 nominations, respectively.

Mineta didn't feel surprised by Todoroki's result since even if Todoroki lost in the beginning, Todoroki lost to him, who was the champion, and Todoroki's father was also Enji, who was the number two hero, so it was natural for the nominations Todoroki received was quite a lot.

On the other hand, the number of nominations that Momo received was also good since she received 2,572 nominations.

In other words, the stronger someone was, the more they received nominations.

"Just as expected, Minoru." Momo was speechless by the result of his nominations.

"Your results are also better than most."

Momo smiled and asked, "By the way, are you going to visit the library later?"

"I do."

"Then, let's go together."

"...okay."

Meanwhile, Midoriya was depressed since he received no nominations.

However, Aizawa told everyone that even if they didn't receive a nomination, they would all have to get so-called "workplace experience" or an internship, especially after they received an attack from the villain, and this kind of thing, the faster they experienced it, the better it was.

"Now, this is where your hero's name is coming from. Naturally, your own name is fine too, but something appropriate..."

Before Aizawa was able to finish his words, he was cut.

"Because if not, it will be hell from there!"

Everyone quickly looked at the entrance and was dumbfounded when they saw Nemuri or Midnight.

"The names you pick now! The names you come to be known by the world as now! In many cases, they stay that way after becoming pros!"

"Midnight!"

"Well, she is correct. I will be having Midnight evaluate your naming sense since I definitely can't..." Aizawa ended his words in a mutter.

Mineta didn't continue to hear his teacher's words. Instead, he thought of the hero name he had chosen from the beginning when he decided to become a hero.