Dissapointing Foe

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Now though, let the exam begin!

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Ahem. Let the exam begin—when the metal door opens.

"Darn, how much time are they gonna have us wait?" Tapping his foot on the floor, Suzaku grumbled in a low voice as he looked around. Impatient after having already waited 10 minutes since he got to the front of the metal door.

Currently, he was standing in the middle of the group of examinees that had been assigned to his same battle center.

There were around 30 people, and from what he could see, they all looked like weirdos.

But well, with this being an exam where only the most outrageous Quirks would be capable of passing the exam, it was to be expected to some extent.

'That girl seems normal, though'

However, while he was inspecting the other examinees, he quickly noticed that amidst the crowd of weirdos stood a seemingly normal orange-haired girl a few meters away from him.

From what he could see, she didn't seem to have any big mutations in her body, and neither did she have any trait that indicated the functionality of her Quirk…If she even had one, to begin with.

However, Suzaku quickly shot down that possibility.

After all, what kind of utter psycho would come to the exam of the best hero school in all of Japan without a proper Quirk?

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Ahem. No need to answer that question.

'I'll have to look out for her… Who knows what Quirk she has' Suzaku thought while squinting his eyes a little bit behind his glasses, which he had turned black so that he would look cooler while beating up the robots of the exam.

However, just as he was about to turn around to continue looking at his competitors, he noticed that the girl's gaze met his.

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No, actually, not only her. Almost everyone around turned to look at him from one moment to another.

'What? Did they perceive my great power?' Suzaku raised an eyebrow.

However, he quickly noticed that most looks were ones that had curiosity and a bit of contempt mixed in them. Of course, this was not the case for everyone around him. Some had simply curiosity in their gaze, while others were simply looking attentively at the metal door, uninterested in his presence.

In the end, though, Suzaku only sneered for a moment, before turning to look around him once again. Not minding the weird looks that some were shooting him.

After all, whatever the reason for their strange gazes was, it would be something that he would unravel later.

"Hey, isn't that the weirdo that yelled at the auditorium?"

—Or, on the other hand, right now.

'Tsk… Let's just ignore them, they just can't handle the Suzaku style'

As he told himself those words, Suzaku began inspecting his surroundings once more.

As far as he could see, there were no teachers nearby. Making him wonder, were they gonna open the huge ass door in front of them from afar, or was someone gonna come open it for them and then officially give start to the exam?

He had no real way to know. However, upon thinking of the slight possibility that the bastards were gonna start the exam without telling them beforehand, he decided that stretching a little bit now that he still had the chance would be a good idea.

So, after making up his mind, he moved towards a spot with fewer people and began doing some light stretching. Much to the surprise of the other guys who were watching him, who, upon seeing him begin elongating, rapidly began doing exercises of their own, realizing that it wasn't the moment to pay attention to others.

'As always, others can't help but copy the great me… Whatever shall I do? I'm just too much of a role model' Suzaku thought as he swept his hair while glancing stoically at the sky.

However, his expression rapidly contorted at the next second. As if he had just stepped on a Lego piece.

'I just noticed, but did the old man's stuck-up personality rub off on me?'

-Click…-

As Suzaku was just about to begin questioning his existence, he heard a small click in the direction of the door and turned to look with a raised eyebrow.

"...?"

However, his expression changed to one of surprise when he noticed the huge metal door was opening very very slowly. 

So slowly, in fact, that somehow it was not making any sound while opening. Causing only the ones that were facing the door to notice its aperture, and the more absent to miss it completely.

When he saw that, Suzaku half expected a teacher to appear from behind the door and begin a countdown or another explanation of the exam.

However, when he saw no one there and just a long open road into the battle center that screamed "You are on your own", he understood what he had to do.

-Woooosh!-

"Huh?"

"What the—?"

"Hey—!"

In a second, he slipped past all the other examinees and began running into the battle center. Leaving many of his competitors who saw him sprint at full speed flabbergasted for a moment, before they snapped out of their daze and began running as well.

And like that, without even a warning, the exam began.

"Hehehe…"

Upon noticing that he was at the head of the group, Suzaku couldn't help but smile sinisterly.

After all, since he had a head start, one of the main issues that had been bothering him ever since the explanation of the exam at the auditorium had left the equation.

That being how he was gonna secure a robot for himself to fight, and how he was gonna manage his time.

After all, Suzaku knew that fighting physically against a robot was gonna take quite a good chunk of the exam's limited time.

Thus, he planned to first make a good analysis of the weak points of the robots and what patterns/attacks they had, taking whatever time was needed to collect enough information, before then finally starting to stomp robots left and right, using the gained knowledge to fight as efficiently as possible against them.

However, in the case he had started behind others, finding himself a robot that wasn't being battled already would have been a problem that would have led him to lose a lot of time.

A time that he had managed to save by being the first to enter the exam, and which he could now spend more calmly on analyzing the robots.

"Alright, let's do this!" After realizing that everything was going his way, Suzaku yelled in enthusiasm and caused many of the examinees running behind him to look at him weirdly.

However, he didn't mind them, and instead, he increased his pace and slipped away from their view by making a turn on one of the many alleyways of the city-like battle center.

Then, after making many turns here and there, he managed to arrive at a new area where apparently no one had arrived yet.

Or at least, that was what it looked like to him.

And fortunately for him, upon arriving in the new area, it didn't take long before he found one of the robots he was supposed to beat the crap out of.

"[Beep]"

"A three points one, huh? I guess today it's my lucky day" Upon catching a glimpse of the giant in front of him, Suzaku smiled. Feeling elated that his test subject was going to be the supposed strongest robot of the three that existed in the exam… Of course, that was without considering the robot of 0 points, which was something best avoided than confronted.

After all, if he managed to get enough information from this guy, the other ones which were supposedly weaker would be a piece of cake to defeat later on.

Again, that was not considering the one that gave 0 points.

What stood in front of him was a monstrosity of a machine. Almost quintupling him in size, and that, according to him, resembled what he would describe as the fusion between a turtle and a tank.

It was a mystery how he was gonna make it fall using nothing but his fists, but he was gonna do it. That there was no doubt about.

"Hup—!"

So, without hesitating any longer, Suzaku leaped into the air, and delivered a powerful flying kick at what he supposed was the robot's head.

-Blam!-

The impact shook the robot a bit. However, even though the kick had bent its carcass, it hadn't done enough damage.

"[Target acquired, beginning with the process of extermination]" Once the robot noticed him, it let out a robotic voice as its mechanical eyes began shining in a bright red. Making Suzaku leap back and begin observing what it planned to do.

And in no time, he got to discover it.

"[Dieeee!!!]"

From one moment to another, the robot rushed fast in his direction and swung its long arms at him. Aiming to hit his sides by the look of it,

However, Suzaku was quick to react and didn't even allow the robot to land a hit on him.

The moment the huge mechanical arms moved in his direction, Suzaku ran towards his foe, before sliding through the ground like a professional. Passing under the robot's swing, and managing to close the distance in less than a second. Ending face-to-face as a result.

"Excuse me"

-Thud!-

Once in front of it, Suzaku used its head as a step to propel himself upwards, before he then landed on the huge back of the robot and sat on it. Riding it as if it was one of those mechanical bulls.

However, despite that, he didn't let down his guard. When he stabilized himself, he rapidly prepared to dodge any attack that might come his way.

After all, he doubted the robot would allow him to stay much longer on top of it.

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Though much to his surprise, he was wrong. The attack he was expecting never came.

"Huh?"

Instead of that, the villain bot began turning left and right repeatedly, as if searching for Suzaku within its limited field of vision.

Apparently, it didn't know where Suzaku had gone. Even though he had shaken it quite violently when he landed on its back.

When he realized that, Suzaku became speechless.

"That's it?"

Somehow, he had made it to the most vulnerable point of the robot. A zone that the robot should be the most cautious of or have the most protection of all.

And yet, once he landed on top of it, it had just lost him?

Just like that?

"What the heck? I was hoping for an epic fight… This guy is lame"

Scoffing, Suzaku sat on top of the robot, before banging on its back, trying to see if it had any reaction.

-Bang, bang, bang!-

"[Target escaped, resuming search for examinees]" 

But all Suzaku got was an even bigger disappointment.

"Damn…" In the end, that was all Suzaku was able to say before he let out a sigh as he shook his head.

This was all the so-called strongest opponent he could face in the exam was capable of doing, huh?

Nevertheless, he blamed himself for getting his hopes up.

While this was a test for entering the best hero school in Japan, those who were being tested were still kids with no combat experience.

It was obvious that they weren't gonna put them to fight seriously dangerous guys, as he had secretly hoped.

Not to mention that considering that the exam was all about stacking up points by defeating these metal cans, it was normal for the robots to be built to be quick to defeat so that the examinees could move fast from one to another.

Though, it still disappointed him.

"Well, whatever. This is good enough" In the end, though, Suzaku only shook his head, before standing up. 

Then, cracking his knuckles, Suzaku smiled viciously, before he began tearing apart the robot's back with his sheer strength. Not bothering anymore with his search for information.

The exchange between the two might have been brief, but Suzaku had gotten a lot out of it, unexpectedly.

More specifically, he had gotten just what he needed to know.

-Creeeeaaaaak-

Thus, in no time he began grabbing the metal plates that covered the metal guy and began pulling them out, one by one.

Sometimes, he would also kick the metal carcass to bend it and make it easier to open.

The robot was no better than a tin can waiting to be opened by our red-haired protagonist.

"[Sensing abnormalities]" 

The robot let out some cries of confusion during the process of being dismantled. However, they didn't last very long, since after a minute or so, Suzaku managed to get to the circuits-filled interior of the robot. 

"Very well, let's see what we have here"

Once the weak point of his opponent was exposed to him, Suzaku began analyzing the robot's internal mechanism.

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Though, as it was to be expected, he didn't understand what he saw at that moment.

So, not minding it too much, he simply grabbed all the visible cables and ripped them all out violently. Cutting completely the energy of the robot, and making it stop functioning for good.

Once that was done, Suzaku jumped off from the defeated automat and pulled his hand up to begin recounting the information he had gotten out of that fight.

"Alright, let's see… First of all, their metal carcass is rather thin and lacks a lot of hardness when compared to real iron or steel. I guess they didn't want to make these robots too tanky… Which makes sense when considering that not every Quirk may have the firepower to damage such materials… Second of all, err…they have a lack of perception of its surroundings. It seemed like they had a lot of blind spots from where they could be attacked without being noticed… And lastly, once I pull out the cables inside them, they die. Alright, good enough"

Smirking, Suzaku moved toward the robot, before he began inspecting it from a little bit closer.

"It also seems to have guns implemented… However, it didn't seem to use them actively, as it preferred to attack me in close quarters rather than from afar" He mused.

As he caressed his chin, Suzaku then turned to look towards the far-away part of the city/battle center and squinted his eyes when he saw a bit of smoke rising from that zone.

"I better hurry up. Or I'll be left without robots to dismantle"

As he finished saying that, Suzaku sprinted towards a nearby building that seemed to be slightly damaged (probably for esthetical purposes, with the battle center being an abandoned city and all that) before he picked up some of the debris that was lying on the floor and that seemed to have an iron bar embedded into it.

-Crack!-

Without hesitation, Suzaku swung the piece of concrete attached to the bar as if it were a hammer before he struck it towards the ground. Shattering the rocky material, and leaving only the metal pipe in his hand.

"This will do for a weapon for now"

After he said that, Suzaku smiled before he began running in the direction of where the chaos seemed to be brewing.

This time, ready to cause some robot-genocide.

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-To be Continued-

(A/N: UA is in tutorial mode for Suzaku

Also, the power stone goal for the extra chapter this week will be 150

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