Chapter 5 Heroic Lesson.

Finally.

For a whole week I waited for a letter from Yuuei. Of course, I was more or less confident in my result, but, nevertheless, there were some unrest. However, I passed. And now I'm back at the academy, already as its student. Class 1-A, huh, first letter. I wonder who will be in my class? Who will I study with for the next years before becoming a professional hero? Now I was standing just in front of the classroom doors and preparing to meet complete strangers. The doors, by the way, are huge, as if they were designed not for people, but for elephants with giraffes.

- Go. I smiled as I opened the door.

And immediately saw a familiar face.

Katsuki Bakugou, with his feet on the table, looked at the guy who tried to tell him off with evil amusement.

- Don't put your feet on the table! Don't you think it's disrespectful to your classmates?

- No. And, I don't think so. What high school are you from, four-eyes?

"Private… ahem, I'm from Soumei High." My name is Iida Tenya.

By the way, Iida was a rather large guy for our age, it is immediately clear that he is engaged in his muscles. He does not look like a downtrodden nerd at all, despite the presence of glasses.

- Soumei? Katsuki snarled slyly. - Yes, you are from the rich! Looks like I've got a reason to deal with you, you little bastard.

They seem to be having fun here.

And, if Katsuki in my class turned out to be not a very pleasant discovery, then the horned girl, who also ended up here, caused a surge of joy in my soul. Mino Ashido waved a friendly hand at me, inviting me to sit next to me at the next desk.

By the way, I also looked at my other classmates. Even though I don't know anyone else here, they're all cute. A slender beauty with lush black hair tied in a ponytail and a mature body. A stooping girl, similar to a frog, but her chest seems to be very voluminous. And this unblinking look of hers, a little strange, but somehow subtly attracts. Oh, and her hair is tied back in a cute bow. A gloomy girl with plugs growing out of her ears. And the hardest thing was to notice the invisible girl. But, her clothes were not invisible. Even so, I'm pretty sure she's cute too, even if she's invisible. I already like it here.

- ABOUT! Izuku! You are here too! Another familiar voice sounded from behind.

- Ochako, and I'm glad to see you.

Just amazing. Both girls were in the same class.

- And Mino is here! Uraraka was even more delighted when she noticed the demonet. It's so great that we'll study together. I wonder what will we have today? Opening ceremony? Or class time? Or…

- If you were going to make friends here girl, then you were on the wrong course. – hoarsely sounded a male voice from somewhere below.

- Uh? Ochako turned around in confusion.

I looked down.

What kind of maggot is this?

A shabby overgrown man in a sleeping bag crawled out of the corridor. In this thing, he really looked like a caterpillar. And why is he lying on the floor? Is he… peeping up Ochako's skirt!? Oh no, he's not close enough. But still, it's suspicious.

- And this is the faculty ... - The man stopped to blow out a packet of yogurt in one gulp. – Heroes!

Honestly, he looks more like a bum than a hero.

Meanwhile, while the rest of the students watched in amazement as this caterpillar struggled to its feet, the man looked at us with his red eyes. I mean, his iris is black, but his eyes are red and bloodshot. He should sleep...

- Hmn ... - Either he grunted, or he snored. "It took a full eight seconds for you to calm down. Life is short kids, a little more common sense wouldn't hurt.

You seem to be destroying common sense.

"I'm your homeroom teacher, Shota Aizawa." The man shocked us again. "Now change into your sports uniform and go to the playground. Alive!

- Hey! Iida replied seriously, throwing a ridge to the teacher.

Well, what to do, such a greeting is usual here. Others take it for granted. For some reason, I expected that Tenya would now begin to broadcast in German about the purity of the nation. The students have already begun to look around. It remains to decide who will change clothes first - girls or boys. But then the curator came to his senses.

- Come on, I'll show you the dressing room.

Still, Yuuei is a solid establishment that can afford a special changing room. Who knows, maybe even in the dining room they are well fed here. In general, nothing is clear yet, we were taken to two locker rooms and left to deal with the sports uniform, which, by the way, the school itself gave us. I suspect the teacher wants to test our physical abilities with some kind of exercise. Or look at quirks. Or maybe both at the same time. Actually, my guesses were almost correct. When we finished with the uniforms and gathered together again on the sports ground, Aizawa announced that we were expecting...

- Primary quirk test.

- What about the ceremony? Excursus ... - Uraraka was upset.

- If you want to become heroes, then you don't have time for such trifles. - Cut off the teacher.

We have already been tested in the exam. Mino muttered thoughtfully.

Yes, that's right, on the site, both girls quickly settled down closer to me in order to be next to those they already know.

- Well, probably, the teacher wants to get acquainted with our indicators personally, to see everything with his own eyes.

- Clear…

- Exactly. Aizawa stated. – You should have already become familiar with the concept of freedom for students.

Well, student freedom here, let's say, is very limited. But, we can really exclude some subjects from our course or take those that were not taken into account initially. Although, the final test is the same for everyone. There are also many other things. You can use the training grounds of the academy. And also the costumes. This is a separate issue. The academy makes the first suit according to our requests, and later it can be upgraded in the technical department. And personally, I can't wait to try out my suit in action. And, in any case, the teacher had his own opinion on this matter.

- Teachers also have the "freedom" to teach as they see fit.

Here's what he's talking about.

- Ball throwing, standing jumps, sprints, endurance running, running jumps, strength exercises, stretching, all the things that you have already taken in ordinary schools. The only difference is that here you can use your quirk. So, let's see ... - The teacher looked into the magazine. - Midoriya...

- Oh, it's me.

The teacher gave me an unreadable look.

- How far did you throw the ball in high school?

- Don't know.

After the first time in physical education, the teachers began to be afraid of me. And the choice - to use or not to use a quirk, is not in front of me. My ability is always active.

- Okay, just throw the ball as far as you can. The teacher threw me a heavy ball.

Having passed into a specially marked circle, I prepared to carry out the instructions. Aizawa took out his phone and I swung the ball with all my might. Well, okay, somewhere a little more than half-hearted. Still, I was afraid to overdo it.

- Haa!

Thunder rumbled across the site. The shock wave caused the other students to stagger and retreat, and some even fell down.

- One meter? - The teacher said in bewilderment, looking at his phone.

- Heh, looks like the ball burst. I innocently drawled.

- Clear. You need to learn to control your power.

- Well, I usually use less force. I shrug.

I don't even know my current limit. It is hard for me to imagine a situation that will force me to use my full physical potential. I'm the main crocodile in this paddling pool! Hmm, the frog girl in our class is a cutie.

- Phew, that was awesome! Uraraka rejoiced.

- M ... yes, it rumbled ... - the red-haired guy muttered.

The teacher made everyone quiet with one look.

- You must know what you are capable of. he continued. – For the heroic faculty, such a result is quite normal. I want you to do your best!

- Cool. And we can use our quirks!?

- I knew it would be fun. It's a hero course!

And the students perked up. I, too, cheered up a little, until I noticed the look on the face of the maggot man. It looked like Aizawa was about to die. He definitely needs to sleep...

- Fun ... you say? he whispered ominously. Do you think spending three years here is fun? Well, then I introduce a new rule. The student with the worst results will be expelled...

- Wh-what?

- It's not serious...

We've already passed the exam!

The students are perplexed. Actually, I also think that the teacher is bluffing. Although, who knows. He is a suspicious type, you can expect everything from this.

- This is the freedom of teachers. The teacher smiled wickedly. "If we see fit, we can expel a mediocre student at our discretion. So, welcome to your first hero lesson!

But, I must say, he gave a lot of motivation.

But, it's our first day! Uraraka was taken aback. - Yes, even if not the first, it's just imprudent.

- Unreasonable? Aizawa chuckled. - Crazy villains, cataclysms, accidents, it would be imprudent to send those who can only be a victim in trouble to solve these problems. If you were counting on fun, then I hasten to disappoint you. From this day forward and for the next three years, only inconvenience awaits you.

It's like being drafted into the army.

- It's Plus Ultra, kids. Yuuei is the best academy and I expect you all to show results that are far from the average. Still, you could have entered any other hero academy, but you came here. It means you have ambition, so don't expect it to be easy.

Yes, Plus ultra, the school's official motto. And the motto of Spain. Plagiarists.

"And now, Tenya, Asui. You are the first to submit a fifty-meter sprint.

Iida Tenya is already somewhat familiar to me, at least I know that this is a cabinet with glasses. By the way, now it was clearly visible what kind of quirk he had. The guy's legs were more massive, and exhaust pipes came out of the calves. But Asui turned out to be a frog girl. The two stood in front of the marked line. Iida ducked slightly, and Asui immediately crouched down on all fours, becoming even more like an amphibian.

"Start…" Aizawa waved languidly.

And the students broke into a run.

Well, only Iida ran, and how, he kept within three seconds. Asui, on the other hand, jumped rather than ran, but she also managed to do it at the level of an Olympic runner, even faster.

Ochako and Ojiro followed. The last one was a guy with a powerful tail.

These two ran already at the speed of good runners, but, somehow, the quirks did not help them to speed up particularly cool. Uraraka lightened her clothes, and the guy helped himself when running with his tail. That's all.

After them, the teacher summoned Ashido and Aoyama. My friend, as always, was in a good mood and smiled cheerfully. Her opponent was a blonde with a strange device in the form of a belt. I think I saw him in an exam.

- Everyone uses their quirks without zest. Aoyama said proudly. - You have to do...

"Start…" He didn't even wave his hand anymore, but simply muttered Aizawa.

- Like this! The blond exclaimed and fired a laser from his stomach.

Well, it looks like a laser, but if it had been a pure beam of light, it wouldn't have been thrown ten meters back at once. He shot, as it were, in the opposite direction from the finish line. Mino simply ran, showing off the physical capabilities of her excellent athletic body. And she did it faster than the blond. It looks like her mutation not only allows her to exude acid, but also makes her a little stronger physically.

- Midoriya-kun. The teacher looked at me unkindly. And Bakugou...

He was no longer strong enough for the postfix, and the teacher simply languidly waved his hand in the direction of the mark.

- That's all, now you will swallow the dust. Katsuki grinned.

- Oh, are you still trying to keep up with me?

- Shut up, Deku!

- Well, well, do you want me to give you a head start?

- Go to hell, you moron! I'm going to crush you, you understand!?

- Look, don't freak out.

- Start. Aizawa wheezed softly.

Bakugou didn't even seem to hear him. The fact that the countdown had already begun, the guy realized when he saw me at the finish line. Now I controlled my strength and speed, barely poking into the "sonic barrier". The wind got up strong, but without a shock wave.

- RAA! Bastard! Bakugou roared furiously, creating a powerful explosion.

He reached the finish line in four seconds, tossing himself with explosions.

- Xo! Xo! Xo! – And even having reached the finish line, he continued to hysteria.

After hitting the ground a couple of times with explosions, he was very surprised when the third time he simply waved his hand.

- I've only allowed the quirk to be used to complete a quest. - Displeasedly rasped the voice of the teacher.

Now he was looking at Katsuki with really red eyes. Yes, now even the pupil glowed scarlet. In addition, something strange came from the teacher, I would call it an aura of pathos. And yet, I remembered what professional hero has such an ability.

- What the hell? Katsuki fumed, making a face like he was constipated.

- I just erased your quirk. Aizawa explained. "Control yourself or you'll be out of the academy in no time.

The teacher blinked, and the oppressive sensation was gone, and Katsuki's sweat hissed on his palms, threatening to make a gorgeous explosion. But, the guy restrained himself and did not undermine anything.

- Next, Sero and Kiminari!

Two guys came out. Blond and brunette. Sero has a mutation quirk that allows him to shoot duct tape from his elbows. Kiminari, on the other hand, has a radiance quirk that allows him to generate electrical bolts. And in this race, the quirk did not help the blonde. But Sero threw his ribbon forward and pulled himself up on it. It took him five seconds to complete the track, as the length of the tape being fired is limited and he had to use this technique several times.

Of the following runners, only a few students stood out who were able to cleverly use their quirks.

The many-armed Shoji turned his tentacle arms into powerful paws, with the help of which he was able to develop great speed, and his legs were strong.

The guy with the scar, Todoroki, froze a crust of ice on the track, on which he slipped.

And a slender beauty with a ponytail, Yaoyorozu, took off her sneakers before the race, and when the command sounded, she "grew" something like skates with powerful engines right on her feet. I must say, she just has an amazing quirk - creating complex objects. There would be no price for such a frame in high-tech production. Actually, this girl continued to anneal the only way, giving excellent results in all tests.

The rest did not stand out and ran like ordinary people. Unless the guy Sato suddenly pumped up instantly and became faster. As I understand it, eating sugar makes him stronger. Weird ability.

- Phew... the teacher is strict, but still, it's cool. Ochako sighed as she walked over to me.

- My quirk seems to be made for such exercises. I chuckled.

- Yeah, you're amazing!

- Ohh, no, Ochako, you're awesome.

- But you're cooler!

- What are you? Are you arguing with me? You are awesome, no problem.

Probably, we could continue to continue in the same spirit, if the teacher was not fed up with such a picture.

"Uraraka-san, you are too joyful for the first expulsion candidate. - The teacher said gloomily.

- Oh ... - the girl squeaked.

- Ohh, Ochako, don't worry, you have a cool quirk. Maybe not so much in running, but you can easily win back on jumps or throwing a ball.

- Yes exactly. - The girl perked up.

In fact, while jumping in place, Ochaco briefly reset her weight and jumped so that she almost crashed when she canceled the effect of the quirk. Therefore, during the running jump, she did not repeat this trick. Nevertheless, the result she gave out is simply excellent. But, on the ball, she really recouped. Aizawa's caliper gave out a slanted figure eight—infinity. Considering that she nullified the effect of gravity, I suppose her ball did not even linger in orbit much.

During the test of strength, Shoji and I had the best results. The tentacle compressed the dynamometer by five hundred and forty kilograms. And I broke it a little. More precisely, at first I began to apply more and more forces, gradually increasing the weight of the pressure. When my dynamometer showed two tons, the teacher told me to take another one. It turns out that the inventory also had special dynamometers for monsters like me with power quirks. But, this did not help, after twenty tons the dynamometer creaked plaintively and broke. Aizawa wrote down my result with a plus sign, since my strength limit could not be found. But, this was not close to the limit of my strength.

With my characteristics, none of the exercises could cause me any difficulties. When jumping, I was afraid to overdo it a little and hit my head on the firmament, in the sense that I would suddenly jump to the ionosphere and return as a little green man, radiating cosmic radiation. Yes, and just by jumping high, I risk returning, bringing colossal destruction by a shock wave when it collides with the ground, yeah, like a meteorite. Even though the teacher demanded that the students give their best. But I just hit the ceiling of his ability to measure these forces. Moreover, my limit could have serious consequences for others, so for me it was relevant not to squeeze out as much strength as possible, but to control it reasonably so as not to destroy everything around with the movement of my little finger.

- Is it even possible? - Expressed the thoughts of most of the students short Mineta.

- Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Uraraka went into fangirl mode, swinging her fists like she was fighting a shadow.

Katsuki, on the other hand, looked at all this with a kind of impotent malice. He seems to have never realized just how big the power difference between us is. And to be honest, I didn't care about any of that. I was more worried about the admiring glances of the girls. That's what it was worth trying for.

- Well, let's summarize. The hoarse voice of the teacher sounded like a howl of rock.

- Not me, not me, not me. - Mineta whispered a prayer.

The others were also excited.

- However, it doesn't matter. Aizawa yawned. - You did a good job, it will do.

- Uh?

- And who will be excluded?

The teacher looked at the class in bewilderment and grinned wickedly.

- Oh, it was just a trick. What would you try harder.

- WHAT?

- Come on. Of course, it was a trick, it's obvious. Yaoyorozu spoke up.

Well, who knows this guy. Sotrigolova, aka Eraser, is generally a muddy hero.

- Here are your results, for those who are interested.

The teacher's phone brought up a projection in the air with a table of records. Cool, where can I get such a smartphone? You need to make a request to the technical support department. After all, they make a suit for us for free, maybe they can supply such telephones.

By the way, as it is not difficult to guess, the first place was for me. There is nothing surprising here.

The second place was won by whoever you think - Momo Yaoyorozu. Now I will know her name. Third place was taken by the guy with the scar, and fourth was Katsuki, who had recently screamed about how he would be the first in everything. My babies took tenth and eleventh place, Mina and Ochako - respectively.

The last was the same Mineta.

Moreover, it is even surprising. During endurance jumps, he performed well. But he was one place ahead of Tora Hagakure, who has no other abilities other than invisibility. Maybe she tricked the locking sensors? Okay it does not matter.

In any case, a surprising amount of time was spent on all this.

After that there were already regular lessons without surprises like "and we'll eat the last lagging behind for lunch." By the way, Iida Tenya approached me at the end of the class. This guy was extremely serious, however, as always. However, now he seemed even more serious.

- Izuku Midoriya. I have to ask you.

- A? Well, it's, come on, go ahead.

- Are you a criminal?

And, since he did not even think to lower the volume of his voice, everyone in the class heard him.

- Wh-what? - Everyone was in a hurry.

- Yes, how are you! Ochako blushed indignantly.

You are Thunder! Iida charged.

- WHAT? - Classmates were even more taken aback.

It suddenly became clear that most of the class knew about my hobby. Even Bakugou's face showed recognition and shock. But, yes, they're all going to be professional heroes. I suppose it's normal that almost all of them have more or less studied the topic of heroes in general and could learn about me as a "disenfranchised hero" as well.

- No, you're wrong. I answered phlegmatically.

- You are sure?

Yes, I'm not a criminal.

"But a hero acting without a heroic license, Thunder, is that you?"

- Well, yes. I shrug. - I just have a hobby.

- But it's illegal! - The guy was outraged.

No, I'm not breaking the law. – I smiled slyly.

I myself accidentally found out that my activity, although it is not welcomed by the authorities, is not illegal either. After all…

- The law prohibits the use of a quirk in public places without special permission. Saving people is not prohibited by law.

- But, you're using a quirk!

- But no. My smile got even wider.

- Wh-what? Iida's square eyes widened in shock.

- Iida, my quirk is not activated. I can't help but be strong, you know? You would also blame Hagakure-san for being invisible. It's also the use of a quirk. Or, look at Ojiro-san, he has a tail, how dare he even have his own tail without special administrative permission! And Shoji-kun's tentacles are a nightmare. Well, Asui, why don't you forbid her to be a cute frog?

"Pfft…" Ochako snorted as she looked at Asui.

The frog girl herself stared at me in surprise with a dumb question in her eyes, while pointing her finger at her chest. I mean, she seemed to be asking with her eyes if she'd misheard. Actually, because of my comment, not only Uraraka, but also many of our other classmates paid attention to this girl.

"That means how…" Iida was impressed. - I understand. Please accept my apologies, Izuku Midoriya! I jumped to conclusions and made a serious mistake in understanding the legal basis for my statement.

- Yes, all the way, do not worry. Better tell me, how did you even know me?

- Your quirk, more precisely, the technique that you used. Thunderclap on hard hits. I have seen records where Thunder uses the same power. Based on this, I made my assumption.

- Clear. Although, you know, Allmite also creates shock waves with his fists.

- I also took into account the complexion of the body. The guy added.

- OK then…

From this strange conversation I was distracted by the invisible girl, pulling my sleeve.

- Mmm? Hagakure-san, did you want something?

- Autograph.

They gave me a notebook and a pen.

And not only Tohru had a desire to receive my mark. Almost all classmates reached out to me. I even like it, especially the attention of girls. Only a few people remained behind. Todoroki, Koda, Aoyama and Yaoyorozu. And, of course, Bakugou.

- Hey, you already have one. I noticed when Ashido and Uraraka approached me.

- Mine is gone. Mino complained, showing her clean hand.

Well, yes, exactly.

- I can't believe it! Thunder is in our class! How do you train? Kirishima exclaimed enthusiastically. Give me an autograph too!

He's a red-haired toothy guy with a quirk of strengthening the body.

- And me too. - With a padholim expression on his face, he asked Mineta. – I can sell it on the Internet or exchange it with some girls for various services…

The last he added quite quietly, but the guy was so excited that he accidentally blurted out his plans in front of everyone. The girls immediately recoiled from the little man, and their faces were distorted in a grimace of disgust. Except that Asui didn't change her face in any way, although somehow her changed attitude was still palpable.

However, I drew signatures for everyone.

I certainly did not expect such popularity in the new school. I'm starting to feel like a worldwide celebrity. Although, probably, I'm so popular only among novice heroes.