Chapter 2: Deku

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Private Chat

58726: (Ms. Joke)-


So… does anyone know who our mystery analyst actually is?

87657: (Mr. Brave)-


Does anyone know who any of us are? We’re called underground heroes for a reason…

58726: (Ms. Joke)-


Point taken.

72598: (Sir Nighteye)-


It is a valid question though. He came out of nowhere, how do we know he’s not a villain giving us false information in order to defeat us?

58726: (Ms. Joke)-


How do you know it’s a he?

12579: (Eraserhead)-


So far, all the information he’s given me has been accurate and no villains have known information about me that they shouldn’t. Besides, if he was a villain, I think we would have already been targeted, considering he could have easily beaten any one of us using the information in the analyses he sent us. As strange as the situation is, I think he really is trustworthy, but only time will tell.

58726: (Ms. Joke)-


It’s possible he’s a pro who’s new on the scene.

87657: (Mr. Brave)-


With that level of analysis? More likely he’s some veteran deigning to impart his infinite wisdom on the younger generation. He’s had an account on this site for years, I checked, but he’s never posted before now.

58726: (Ms. Joke)-


Maybe it’s Nezu?

12579: (Eraserhead)-


No, I already asked him if he was behind it. I’m leaning more toward a retired pro.

72598: (Sir Nighteye)-


What are we even supposed to call him? If he’s a hero, what’s his codename?

87657: (Mr. Brave)-


Yeah, typing out Mystery Analyst every time is gonna get old real quick.

12579: (Eraserhead)-


Well, there’s only one logical way to find out.

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It had been a little over a week since Izuku had impulsively started sending his analyses to pro heroes and he had quickly fallen into a new routine. Go to school, hide from Kachaan at lunch, more school, run from Kachaan after class, maybe catch a villain fight on the way home, do homework, eat dinner, complete analysis requests from the hero underground, go to bed. Most of the time, heroes simply wanted an analysis for themselves, but a handful had started sending him videos of villains in action for him to analyze.


Today, Izuku logged into his account hesitantly, with Kachaan's most recent jeers still echoing in his ears. It had been a bad day and Izuku had failed at both hiding and running, resulting in twice as many beatings. Why had he ever even thought he could be useful to actual heroes when he was just a weak, useless, worthless, quirkless deku?


Izuku shook his head and opened his inbox to find a new message from Eraserhead.


New Message

12579: (Eraserhead)-


By the way, what’s your codename?

Kachaan’s voice echoed in Izuku’s mind


Useless


Worthless


Deku


DEKU


DEKU

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Private Chat

12579: (Eraserhead)-


His name is Deku

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