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It was a normal day for Intelli Saiko, a girl with dusty blue hair matching her eye color. With her 150 IQ, she aced the test her teacher gave her just minutes before getting it. With nothing to do, she walked proudly down the halls of her school, Seiai Academy.

After her defeat in the Provisional License Exam, she began improving her quirk bit by bit. The quirk she was birthed with is called IQ. It enhances her intellect temporarily after consuming tea and closing her eyes to think. She was currently testing a new tea that might help enhance her quirk more than other kinds. She would also devise countermeasures against villains with unknown quirks.

It was a normally peaceful day. Her teachers and fellow students greeted her down the halls. Being a natural leader and top student/genius, she gained respect and awe from students across all year levels. She was walking to the school cafeteria when the disaster happened.

A loud explosion happened nearby. It shook the entire cafeteria and probably other nearby buildings nearby. Intelli immediately grabbed the first cup of tea she could find and closed her eyes with worry.

Thousands of possibilities zoomed through her mind. Judging on how close the explosion felt, she deduced the school was having an attack. Then another thing popped in her mind. Who would be dumb enough to attack her school in broad daylight? Not even the L.o.V (League of Villains) showed any interest in their school.

Then the answer arrived in her mind as soon as the sky darkened and thunder roared.

"All for One" she muttered, opening her eyes. 

Unfortunately, some random students heard her mutter the name which caused them to panic.

"A-all for One?! I don't wanna die!"

"What is that psychopath doing here?!"

Before the students could even run, a flash of light entered Intelli's eyes. She then felt a rush of indescribable pain everywhere.

It took some time before Intelli regained full consciousness and limped out of the pile of rubble she was laying in. She saw her upperclassmen attempt to take on All for One a couple of meters away and get slaughtered. One after another.

Occasionally, he would pick the students up by their necks and rip their heads clean off. She wondered why, but it was really no point thinking about technique in a time like this. What mattered the most at the moment was what she could do to at least delay the villain.

She rummaged through her bag until she felt a tin can. It was canned tea. It was the best brand of tea that she'd found so far in her research and it was conveniently sold in cans. She popped the pop-top, chugged the liquid, and shut her eyes tight.

She paled.

'No way...' the blue-haired girl thought.

'A million possibilities, but not one single way we can win?' she was trembling in fear as she fell to the ground.

If Endeavor, the last No. 1 hero, couldn't do anything against this villain, what were some hero-in-trainings gonna do? Intelli didn't lose hope, though. She prayed and prayed to whatever was out there, a god and whatnot, as she hid away in the pile of rubble.

It was disgraceful to hide away when there was a villain but it was the only logical solution if she wanted to get out alive. With fear on her mind, she knew that only a miracle back home alive.

While Intelli was hiding in the shadows, her fellow upperclassmen were being picked off easily like flowers in a field. They were courageous, though, she had to give them that. All for One was bored. It felt nothing like fighting Endeavor or even real pro heroes. He couldn't really complain, though. It was to be expected since they are just hero-in-trainings.

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