The cursed hero

Chapter 14

Izuku and the others were in front of a bus, and they were told that they will be going to USJ.

"I am so excited Deku kun," said Ochako cheerfully getting really close to Izuku's face causing him to blush slightly. However, instead of going on the backfoot, he lightly pinched her cheeks.

"Me too Ochako," he said as she blushed extremely hard and Izuku let go.

She by now was so red that she could be mistaken for tomato as Izuku felt his heart squeeze at the sight. however, his enthusiasm lowered a little as he remembered what had happened the previous day.

---Flashback---

Nezu and some of the staff were standing there looking at the door.

"How were ordinary members of press able to do it?" wondered Nezu.

"The answer is that they didn't," came a voice.

They all turned to see Izuku walking towards them.

"Ah, Mr. Midoriya. Nice work inside," Nezu said as he cheered up.

"Thank you Principal Nezu. If I may, could I tell you my point of view supported by some things I found out?" asked Izuku in a completely formal tone.

"Yes yes, go ahead," Nezu said as others looked at him perplexed, except Aizawa that is. 

'Why is Nezu letting him speak? He mostly sends students back to the class telling them to leave it to the teachers or tell them to their Homeroom teacher,' thought Midnight.

"Well, I guess it is clear that this was a decay quirk or a quirk that allowed the user to melt the gate right?" asked Izuku making sure everyone was on the same page.

"Yes, we figured that out kid," said Snipe annoyed.

"Yes, so I took this piece of information and cross-referenced it with the national journalist lis-"

"The what?" asked Present Mic, confused.

"The National list of Journalist and Media Workers. This is the official list of all those who work in media. This initiative was taken by the government keeping their safety of them in mind when some journalists started disappearing 70 years ago. This allows them to track a journalist via his or her Media card and also when a journalist goes to work he needs to punch that. If they skip three regular punches the authorities are informed," said Izuku as a matter-of-fact.

"You do know a lot. I guess you might have seen the flaw in the system too?" asked Nezu.

"Yes sir. This gives the government and the hero association a means to watch over a journalist and even spy on their work," said Izuku as others nodded, impressed.

"Ah, you are indeed very smart. Perhaps you would like to discuss some more stuff over a cup of tea or coffee later? Anyways, let's focus on what you found. And do mind telling me how you got access to the list."

"A friend, you know, a foreigner. And yes I would really enjoy that. So as I was saying, I cross-referenced it and I got around 200 people with quirks capable of this. From that, I narrowed down the list of 126 potential candidates, and the thing is that none of them is from around here," said Izuku as Nezu nodded.

"So this wasn't the work of the press. I did think of that as a possibility so I thank you for doing this work and decreasing the errors in my calculations. But do enlighten on what you think they were here for?" 

"This was a distraction. I read through the brochure and the security measures taken, and I found that there is one big flaw. Once the alarms kick in some of the sensors stop protecting the perimeters and instead focus on threat detection in the area from where the initial break-in happened," said Izuku.

"Leaving it open for the enemy to breach the perimeters! As soon as the sensors start to detect threat they stop focusing on identifying any warping, teleportation, or other space-time transportation inside the buildings as soon as the building goes into lockdown mode!" said Nezu as it dawned upon him.

"Yes, since it is assumed that once in lockdown mode nothing can enter when that's not true. So this was a distraction and they were after something inside," said Izuku.

'Did he just break down the security system of UA and find flaws in it? The one which was made by Nezu?'

"That is indeed pretty smart Midoriya. If some really smart people sit down together they can figure that out. I think we need to rectify that and also do something about what has happened," said Nezu.

"Yes. So is there something happening in a few days?" 

"Yes. 1-A's rescue training at USJ," replied Nezu as they both started to talk in soft voices so that other teachers couldn't listen. not that they could anyway, as Nezu and Midoriya were speaking very fast and continuously walking, boring teachers.

"Oh. Well, then I think you should let it happen as it is or it would alert them."

"Yes, but the safety of the students will be compromised," said Nezu.

"Yes, but we need to catch them or they would strike back later," Izuku said.

"Okay. I hope you all will remain safe."

"And there's another thing I would like."

"What is it midoriya?"

---End---

Izuku right now was in the bus, sitting next to a still blushing Ochako who had intertwined her hand with Izuku's, though they hid it.

"So, Midoriya chan," said the frog girl Asui Tsuyu.

"Yes Asui san?" asked Izuku.

"Call me Tsu chan, and I speak what is in my mind. So I wanted to say that your quirk is pretty similar to All Might's. What exactly is it?" asked Tsuyu.

"Ah, Tsu chan, you see my quirk, while similar to All Might's is really different. It allows me to use my life force," said Izuku.

"Like chi?" asked Ojiro, interested.

"No, more like the negative emotion side. I've heard many others can do this, by my quirk basically amplifies it. So I still can't handle the full power, causing me to break bones. But I can heal using that so it's not that bad," said Izuku as others nodded.

"There must be other things you can do with it," said Kirishima.

"Maybe, I'll find some use," Izuku said.

"Man, my quirk is so lame, I don't think I'll be able to be famous," said Kirishima with a slight pout.

"Don't think like that Kirishima kun. Your quirk is a really good quirk, like of those pros. Plus if you ever listened to All Might, you must know that it's not the quirk that makes the hero, it's the hero that makes the quirk," Izuku said supportively.

"Right, otherwise Bakugo chan would become the greatest hero despite his personality," said Asui.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY FROG?"

"See?"

"Kacchan, you've got the personality of a flaming trash," said Kaminari with a teasing smirk.

"YOU WANNA GO DUNCE?"

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