CHAPTER 24: THE METALLIC ARTS

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Izuku put his shirt back on. He had just toweled off after a moderate work out. Well, moderate for him. He would have to tone it down, if he was too sore from working out he wouldn't be able to clock in for his six hour shift of professional ass kicking.

Izuku checked his phone. No text from Melissa.

"I guess she already locked herself into the lab with Mei for the next few hours."

He was hoping she'd be free to watch the new episode of Dr.Stone with him. Izuku sighed, remembering she was also responsible for designing specialized fabrics for each of his knights. Those two really need to learn to take a break.

Izuku strolled through the hall and into the common room. There sat Denki and Eijiro, both dressed casually, Denki just a bit more stylish. The two guys were playing Minecraft on a Nintendo switch.

Izuku's eyes buldged.

"Hey Midori-bro." Eijiro called energetically.

"'Sup, thunder-bro, wanna play Minecraft?"

Izuku's eye twitched.

"Are you seriously asking me if I wanna play Minecraft?"

The two guys looked to each other before replying.

"Yeah. You wanna play?"

"You're goddamn right, I wanna play!"

Denki's face lit up and Eijiro grinned.

"Nice! You want one of my joy-cons, Midori-bro?"

"No worries, let me get my controller."

Izuku turned and nearly skipped down the hall for all his excitement. He had made his way there to watch the new Dr.Stone episode, but Dr.Stone was essentially Minecraft the anime. On top of that, he finally had friends to play with.

"If only Melissa wasn't so busy." Izuku thought.

"We'd have a perfect four person team."

Izuku found his controller after some rummaging. Then rushed back to the common room. Once there, Eijiro and Denki grinned and turned to the screen as the loading screen creeped it's way onto the display.

"Ready Midori-bro?" Eijiro looked to him.

"Yeah!"

Izuku sat back as the cuboidal world formed out of the pixels of the screen. He took a long breath. It would be the last time he would be able to relax with his favorite game for a while.

Izuku strolled confidently into the conference room in full hero gear, his visor lifted. The small box of a room featured ivory desks arranged into a 'U' shape, five people sitting at either side of the 'U'. On his right, Allmight in his muscular form and four representatives from the hero public safety commission. On his left, Yari, Killua, Gen, Bisky and an empty seat. In the middle four more HPSC reps and-- Burnin'? Why was Burnin' here? Izuku was well aware of Endeavor's plot to screw with their budding Hero-hunting organization, but he never thought it would get as far as official heroic mandates.

Izuku greeted the higher ups and nodded to his instructors. Just then, he wondered if he could think of them as his friends. Despite how little they cared for formalities they seemed too far removed for a relationship like that.

Taking his seat at the far side of the room, Izuku noticed the smart-board. Was he here for a presentation as well? He looked to his right to see Yari and Burnin' chatting. Izuku shut his ears to the conversation, it was none of his business. Soon, a few younger men and women, probably interns, entered and handed out bottles of water and bowls of peanuts.

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