•Manipulation• [BNHA × Male!OC]

Chapter 139: a true true friend helps a friend in need

"This winter, show me that you can capture a villain faster than me just once!"

That was what Endeavor had said but...

'Damn...'

Katsuki, Shoto and Midoriya all came to a screeching halt.

They had moved as fast as they could but had still only arrive after Endeavor had already captured the villain.

"It harder for me to get warmed up in winter, damn it..." Katsuki muttered begrudgingly.

"Katsuki," Shoto called, "did you notice?"

Instantly, Katsuki looked back at him with an irked expression.

"Of course I noticed...! You think there'd be anything you could notice that I didn't?! Anyway spit it out already!"

Ignoring his pettiness, Shoto continued to speak.

"He used fire to propel himself every time he sped up. The Jetburn he used against the Nomu in Kyushu, he likely compressed that and made it into propulsion." he gritted his teeth.

'I know because I have the same quirk...'

The way he used his flames required a high level of power and delicate precision.

"He copied my explosions," Katsuki scoffed, "Anyway you just noticed that now?!"

He looked back at Shoto haughtily.

Shoto smirked, wiping the sweat from his face.

"Yeah, I took the long way."

It would seem they had a lot of work to do.

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"Shoto, Bakugou, you two have the same homework," Endeavor declared at the end of the day.

They had done their best, but the day concluded without them having beaten Endeavor to the scene even once.

As Katsuki grumbled about being stuck with the Icyhot boy, Shoto spoke.

"Does this have to do with learning Flashfire Fist?"

Endeavor nods.

"Store it up and fire. Condense your power. Be able to release your maximum output in an instant, and focus your power precisely."

He floated above them, lifted by the fire pouring from the soles of his feet.

"Keep trying until you can do one of those things without thinking."

'Precision...' Katsuki thought, 'that's like my-' "Kacchan! It's like your AP shot!" 

Midoriya chirped.

Katsuki shuddered with disgust and took several paces back.

"WHY DO YOU KNOW THAT, YOU BASTARD?! SERIOUSLY STAY WAY FROM ME!"

"Shoto you're partway through with that," Endeavor continued. 

"First practice precision. You're able to control the shape of your ice to a certain extent right? Try doing the same thing with your flames."

Shoto looked down at his hands.

'Control the shape of my fire?'

He thought back.

Whenever he needed to do any precise maneuvers of his flames, what did he...?

Oh, right.

'Ryo was always there...'