Chapter 45

Changing into their hero costumes, class 1-A stood amongst the other students who would be participating in the provisional license exam.

" So... now we'll do that provisional license thing... I'm Mera, from the Hero Public Safety Commission. " said a man with dirty blonde hair and a sleepy expression on his face.

" My favorite kind of sleep is non-Rem sleep... Nice to meet you. " He said as he lowered his with his body leaning against the table, clearing wanting sleep.

" I've had so much work to do that I hardly slept... We need more personnel... I'm so sleepy... " He said dejectedly.

" On the basis of this, I'll give you the orientation. " He said tiredly.

' He needs a raise. ' Axel thought.

" About the content of the provisional license thingy... Well, all 1540 candidates here, will have to compete in a free for all elimination tournament.

Our society is currently said to be saturated with heroes, and ever since Stains arrest, many have shown doubts about the current state of heroes.

Well, as a simple citizen, I think that whatever is their motive, to tell someone risking their lives for others to not seek any reward is quite an inhumane story in these modern times, but... But anyway, whether it's for compensation, or for glory, many heroes worked hard together to help people and defeat villains.

But as a result of that, the time from when an incident happens to when it's resolved is now incredibly short. Acquiring your provisional licenses will enable you to finally throw yourselves into those rapid currents.

For those that won't be able to keep up with that speed... it's going to be hard. Therefore, what you'll be tested on is speed! "

The giant screen behind him changed as instructions were written on it.

" The first 100 of you that fulfill the requirement will pass. "

" But there are 1540 candidates. " Momo said in shock ad she looked around

Other candidates murmured with each other as the pressure rapidly increased and dropped onto their shoulders.

" Well, a lot has happened, you know... Think about that, and do your thing... So, the requirements are... these. " Mera said as he held a ball and a target in his hands which were shown on the screen behind him.

" The candidates will put three of these targets on their body. They can go anywhere as long as it is exposed constantly. Places like beneath your feet or under your armpits are no good.

You will also carry six of these balls. The targets are made so they can only light up when hit by these balls. If all three of your targets are lit up, you're out.

The one who lights up your third target is the one that officially defeated you. You get through this round by defeating two people. That's it for the rules. "

' So you can steal from others, basically getting the finishing blow in a video game. It's similar to the entrance exam, only this time the off buttons are replaced with getting a finishing blow. ' Axel thought as he compared the 2 exam rules side by side in his head.

" Okay, now... After we open, we'll pass out the targets and the balls. We'll start one minute after you've got them. " Mera said.

" Open? " Shoto muttered.

Suddenly the walls of the compound started to shake as they broke apart, letting the sunlight enter the room. Most candidates covered their eyes from the sunlight as the walls landed on the ground.

Opening their eyes, they stared in shock at the arena. There were multiple terrains that they could see and outside of that, spectator seats could be seen.

" I think you all have terrains you're more comfortable with than others. Use your quirks we'll and do your best.

Anyway, we arranged for the terrain to be announced like this, so... It was unnecessary It's because of things like these that my sleep suffers... I'm expecting speedy developments for this so that I can join sleep as fast as possible. " Mera said.

The candidates soon received their targets and balls. Soon after, the different schools ran off in different directions.

Midoriya tried to convince everyone to stick together. Some listened while others left. Shoto went by himself, Bakugou left with Kirishima and Kamanati while Axel left Shinso.

They walked away from the group as the exam began.

As Midoriya predicted and told his classmates, all the other schools attacked UA. They all had more knowledge of UA from the UA sports festival. It would be stupid not to take advantage of this fact.

...

" 6 people. " Axel muttered as Shinso looked at him.

They walked towards one of the terrains and hid behind a rock. Shindo looked at Axel and adjusted his equipment.

" I'm going to try something out. " Shinso said.

" Alright. " Axel said.

Quickly making a plan, Axel revealed himself to the 6 candidates as he made himself known. They looked at him walking towards them and tensed up.

" It's the winner of the sports festival. "

" Let's get him out. "

" Wait. Be on guard. "

" Sup. " Axel said as he stood in front of all of them.

" I need to ask you guys a question. " Axel said as he stood in front of them.

The others were on guard as they looked at Axel.

" What kind of woman is your type? " Axel asked.

" Eh? "

" Huh? "

All of them said in confusion. The tension they felt broke as they looked at Axel with confused faces. However, that was all that was needed. Their pupils blanked out as they stood still.

Shinso walked out from behind his hiding spot to Axel as turned off his mask. The mask he was wearing was made by the support course. It can record voices and can allow Shinso to change his voice.

When Axel asked the question, he merely lip-synced the words as Shinso was the one to say everything using Axel's voice.

" That worked better than I thought. " Shinso muttered.

" Hatsume outdid herself. " Axel said, remembering the enthusiastic pink-haired girl who he met when he tagged along with Shinso.

Shinso nodded his head. He never got a chance to est this with his quirk, so this was the first real test and it worked.

Walking to the brainwashed candidates, Axel and Shindo tapped the targets with their balls. They didn't worry about anyone stealing from them as Axel could stop them easily with his barriers and would know when they would arrive.

" 2 more people have passed. "

Axel and Shinso's targets lit up at the same time with a blue color, signifying they passed. They walked towards the waiting room as everyone else continued.

...

Once entering the waiting room, they took off their targets and gave them to the people waiting at the entrance along with their balls.

Walking in, they noticed a few drunks were placed there. They headed over to get a drink.

" This is good. " Shinso said as Axel nodded his head in agreement.

" Hello there!! " Inada yelled as he appeared in front of Axel and Shinso.

Axel and Shinso looked at Inasa as he walked up to them.

" Hello. " Axel said.

" You're Axel and Shindo, right? I saw your fights during the sports festival. Both of you were so cool. Your fight with that green-haired kid was one of my favorites. " Inasa said as he pointed at Shinso.

" Thanks... " Shindo said as he looked at Inasa. He didn't expect people to remember him at all.

" As for you... " Inasa said as he turned to Axel.

" You are also really cool. The way you sat down in the finals gave me chills. " Inasa said as he ranted to Axel, asking him questions of which Axel answered some of them.

Inasa kept talking to Axel and Shinso as both of them took turns talking while letting Inasa just speak his mind. Inasa stopped and turned his head to see Shoto walk towards them.

He let out a glare at Shoto, which didn't escape Axel, Shinso, and Shoto's eyes.

" It was nice talking to you. I need to go ask my classmate something. See you later. " Inasa said with a smile as he walked away.

Axel and Shinso watched him leave as Shoto walked up to them.

" Seems he doesn't like you. " Shinso said to Shoto.

" Apparently. "

...

" A 100 candidates have passed!! " Mera yelled over the speaker.

Class 1-A was really excited as everyone from their class passed the first phase of the exam. However, their celebration ended as the monitors changed to show the arena they just fought in.

They stared in confusion, wondering they were shown this. Mera then spoke again.

" For the 100 of you that passed, please watch this. "

The candidates were shocked as they watched the entire arena get destroyed by explosions. They watched as the entire arena changed in an instant.

" This next phase of the exam is the final one. We will have you all undertake rescue exercises as bystanders in this disaster site.

Let's assume that those of you who passed the first test have acquired their provisional license. Now we will test how well you'll perform rescue procedures. "

The candidates looked at the screen in shock as they saw people getting up from the rubble. Adults, old people, and even children were there.

" They are people who have undergone training; professional people in need of rescue. The " Help Us Company" or " HUC " for short.

The people from HUC are disguised as injured victims and are on standby throughout the disaster site. We will have each of you carry out their rescue from now.

Moreover, we will evaluate your rescue with a scoring system, and we will count it as a pass if your final score exceeds our benchmark.

We will start in ten minutes, so please use the restroom or get as much sleep as possible now. " Mera said before he turned off the microphone, grabbed his pillow, and went to sleep.

...

" Hey, you with the shaven head. " Todor9ki said as he looked at Inasa.

Inasa stopped as Todoroki walked up to him, saying...

" Have I done something wrong? "

" Oh? " Inasa muttered as he gave a Todoroki a nasty glare.

" Oh, I'm sorry, Endeavor's son. " Inasa said with a sarcastic tone.

" I dislike you both. Looks like you changed a bit since back then, but your eyes are the same as Endeavors. " Inasa said as he looked at Todoroki. Todoroki's eyes widened at the statement before returning to normal.

" Is something the matter, Yoaroshi? " asked one of Inasa's classmates.

" No sir. " Inasa said as he walked away from Todoroki.

' My father's eyes huh... ' Todoroki thought as he remembered how he was, before sports the sports festival ended.

' He isn't wrong. '

...

As soon as the ten minutes were up, a bell rang as All the candidates looked towards the screen that showcased the arena.

" A large-scale terrorist attack has taken place. It has involved all areas of the city Many are injured due to buildings collapsing. "

The test was beginning. The walls of the place the candidates were in broke apart similar to the first test.

" Due to heavy road damage, the first wave of rescue workers are experiencing a long delay. Until they arrive, rescue activity will be carried out by the heroes. You should save as many lives as you can.

Well then... START!! " Mera yelled as he used an air horn.

The candidates rushed out to finish the test. Axel ran alongside his classmates, thinking about the point system. He didn't how they would be given points so he held off till they rescued at least one civilian.

He soon stopped as he heard a child's voice. Midoriya also stopped once he heard the voice and looked around. Finding the child, they ran to the child.

" Help me! My grandpa's been crushed under the rubble!! " He yelled.

" Wait that's bad, where is he? " Midoriya asked.

" That's your answer?! I'll take points off. " He yelled as everyone stared in shock.

" First you need to check whether or not I can walk! My breathing rate was weird right? And my head's bleeding badly! Provisional Licensees should always act thinking of the victim's condition! " He yelled.

" This is how much you've trained! Widen your scope! Look around you! It's not just about rescue and aid. Until the police and firefighters arrive, you need to exercise your authority to work in their place and try to contain the situation so you can smoothly hand it over.

To save people, heroes must do several things and remember above all, we're all scared, hurting, and full of worry.

It can't be good if the first thing you say is " This is bad "! He yelled.

Axel looked at the HUC member and looked at the situation. He saw the other examinees already working to get everything under control and rescue the civilians.

Realizing that the point system is based upon the HUC members, who could remove points, means that to pass you must have several points above the threshold to pass.

He watched as Midoriya comforted the guy but he turned away and went towards Momo.

" Momo. " He said. Momo looked at Axel who walked up to her, gaining the attention of the others.

" I need you to make multiple walkie-talkies. " Axel said seriously.

" Alright. " Momo said as she created them. Axel then distributed them to his classmates.

" Axel, what are you going to do? " Iida asked.

" I'm going to provide surveillance. I'll use my quirk to find the civilians around the area and relay that information to all of you. I'll leave a mark in the air for you to see. That will be the location of the civilian.

Rescue comes first in this test, so we shouldn't compete with the other candidates, we need to work with them. " Axel said.

Everyone had a look of understanding as they looked at Axel. Axel then turned to Midoriya.

" Midoriya. There's a first aid station in that direction. " Axel said as he pointed.

" Head over there and leave the walkie-talkie with them. With it, they can make preparations ahead of time before the civilians are brought there and treat them immediately. " Axel said.

" Got it. " Midoriya said as he activated his quirk and ran towards the first aid station. The HUC member in Midoriya's hands looked at Axel.

' Quirks that can help pinpoint people in these types of situations are useful and understood the situation, taking action immediately. Not bad but we will have to see the results. ' He thought

The others went into action as they ran in different directions, splitting up to cover more ground. Axel created a barrier and hovered into the air.

Sitting down on his barrier, he quickly ran through the different mirrors to find any civilians. He quickly found multiple.

" Momo. You there. " He talked into the walkie-talkie.

" Yes, I'm here Axel. "

" Good. There are multiple in your area. " Axel said as he created his signs.

He created multiple arrows in the air the civilians in that area, which his classmates saw. The other examinees saw this too and questioned what was that.

His classmates managed to get a hold of the other students and relayed the information of what Axel was doing and took action immediately.

The process repeated in other areas as all the students rushed toward the civilians to help them.

' He's awesome! ' Inasa thought as he looked at Axel and at the arrow, he was heading towards. Rescuing civilians for him was difficult because he needed to be sure where they were before using his quirk. He didn't want to hurt them.

Midoriya soon reached the first aid station and dropped off the child and the walkie-talkie. He explained its use to Shindo who was there before contacting Axel with it. Once Axel learned that the walkie-talkie arrived, he quickly sent a message to everyone about it.

' This is good. They will be done soon and I'll be able to get my sleep. ' Mera thought in bliss.

" You're student really changed the tide, Eraser. Because of him, the rescue operation is moving on smoother than before. " Ms. Joke said.

" I know, though it wouldn't have worked without the abilities of the other candidates. Once they know the location of the civilian, there making decisions that help them complete the rescue safely. " Aizawa said as he observed the arena.

' We haven't focused on rescue operations much at all. The one time we were going to have a class on it, we were interrupted by the LOV. ' Aizawa thought as he remembered the USJ incident.

' Guess we will have to bring them out earlier than usual. We'll no matter, this is better for me. ' Mera thought as he picked up his phone.

* boom *

A large explosion took place as the candidates looked in the direction of the explosion. Gang Orca stood at the newly made wall and looked down on the arena.

it wouldn't be a real-life scenario without one thing.

Villains.

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