12 Training in the Basement
After bidding farewell to Misaka Mikoto, Renault returned to his home. In accordance with the usual plot of most manga, if a girl's stomach growls in front of the male protagonist, there is an 80% chance that the two will end up sitting at a table for various reasons.
Although Renault did have two large bags of groceries in his hands, he did not invite Misaka Mikoto. Their relationship wasn't at that level yet, as they had just met. Renault wasn't the type to casually invite others, and even if he did, he knew that Misaka Mikoto wouldn't agree. Anyway, they were neighbors, so there would be plenty of opportunities to meet in the future.
After finishing dinner and completing the remaining bit of homework for the day, Renault returned to the first floor and went to the entrance of the basement, opening the entrance on the floor and walking in.
Going down the stairs, Renault quickly entered a very spacious place, almost the size of a basketball court. This basement was obtained through a lottery from the system a year ago and was a specialized training ground where he could engage in one battle training every day.
As soon as he entered, the lights for training turned on automatically, illuminating the entire area. Then, a mechanical voice was heard within the arena.
"Welcome, User. Would you like to start today's battle challenge?"
After adjusting his settings, Renault nodded and said, "Yes, let's begin. What are today's battle challenge and opponent?"
"Today's battle challenge is to fight an opponent with multiple transformations. The opponent is Kamen Rider Build, in all forms except the Complete, Special, and Enhanced forms."
"All Forms? It seems to be very similar to the OOO that I dealt with before, although I suffered a crushing defeat back then."
After taking a deep breath, Renault said, "Let's do this!"
"Battle commences. Generating target."
As the electronic voice finished, countless light points began to gather three meters in front of Renault, forming a humanoid figure with half-blue, half-red armor.
"Another Kamen Rider. I've almost forgotten how many of them I have fought these past few days. It's been quite difficult, having only won twice," Renault said as he manipulated his vectors and quickly closed in on Build.
Thirty minutes later.
Renault lay on the ground, gasping for breath and covered in bruises. By his side stood the silhouette of a machine with a red and silver body, a mechanical claw on its left hand, and red feathers on its back.
Kamen Rider Build, in its PhoenixRobo form.
"A combination of mythical beasts and robots? I never expected you to switch to this after defeating four other forms in a row. I had just gotten used to them," Renault said. "Looks like I've lost again today."
Hearing Renault's words, Build lowered its head, and a young man's voice came from under the helmet. "Although I am only a fictional being, my strength is no less than that of the top heroes in this world. With Build's unique abilities, you have done well to last this long. Keep it up and await the day when you can fully control this armor."
After speaking, Build dissolved into light points and disappeared. Renault, having no energy left to respond, simply lay there with his eyes closed.
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The next morning, Renault, carrying his backpack and yawning, stepped out of the house and walked over to the motorcycle parked in the yard, where he got on. The motorcycle had a black-and-white streamlined metal body with some pink accents on the front, undoubtedly an eye-catching ride that could turn heads.
[Machine Decader: Decade's exclusive motorcycle, a perfect ride that combines performance and style.]
Wearing his helmet, Renault sighed and said, "Is this supposed to be my direction toward becoming Wang Xiaoming? But I don't want to play anything like time travel, one world is already impressive enough for me." With that, he twisted the throttle and rode out of the house towards U.A. High School. {TN: Wang Xiaoming is a nickname for Tsukasa Kadoya, the Kamen Rider Decade}
U.A. High School does not have any restrictions on how students get to school. If they want to drive in, all they need to do is register in advance. So when Renault arrived at the school, he had no problem entering the gate.
After parking his motorcycle, Renault went to his classroom and greeted his classmates who had already arrived. Suddenly, he saw Tokoyami Fumikage, who was sitting in front of him, turn around and look at him.
"What's up, Tokoyami?" Renault asked.
"The motorcycle you rode this morning was awesome, but I think it would look even better in an all-black color scheme," Tokoyami Fumikage said with a hint of envy in his indifferent expression.
"Well..." Renault looked at the slight envy in Tokoyami Fumikage's expression and smiled. "I like the color as it is now, so I'm not planning on changing it for now."
"Is that so? Indeed, everyone has their own favorite color." Nodding, Tokoyami Fumikage turned back around.
'Does he like black, because that's his color?' Renault wondered.
Looking at the gloomy atmosphere around him, Renault was thinking that with his Quirk, Black Shadow, which is also black in color, and his own silent personality, he would probably become a hero of the dark type in the future.
Soon, everyone in the class arrived, including their homeroom teacher, Aizawa Shota, and the morning class began.
After the morning class, it was time for the cultural classes in the morning, such as Japanese and English. To be honest, it was too ordinary and quite boring.
Finally, they endured the morning classes and waited for the afternoon classes to come.
Foundational Hero Studies.
And the one who came to teach them in the classroom was...
"I Am Here---!!!"
Wearing his own exclusive battle suit, his red body, and behind him was the No.1 Hero, All Might, with a red cape draped over him.
Although All Might is currently the strongest hero, his outfit...
"A strong sense of the American comic book's silver age hits me in the face."
"The difference in style is too big!"
Even with such criticisms, when All Might appeared, everyone in the class, including the hot-tempered Bakugo Katsuki, showed excited expressions.
It was necessary to be excited. All Might was everyone's idol, and now he even became their teacher.
Standing in front of everyone, All Might smiled and said, "The course I'm in charge of is Foundational Hero Studies, which is a course that involves various types of training to build the basics of being a hero, and it also has the most credits. And today's lesson is all about Battle Trial!!!"
Battle Trial?
Thinking back to the battles in the training room last night, Renault also gradually became excited.
Over the past year, he had gradually become accustomed to combat and had grown to love the feeling of fighting.
