Intense Determination!

Bullet didn't go to school the next day, staying in his bed and sleeping. He laid there for a long time, staring at the ceiling, holding the mask in his hand.

To Bullet, the Mask was everything, it was his hero form. When he puts on the Mask, he becomes a Hero! He didn't know why the Mask hurt his classmates, it made Bullet very distressed and scared. He had the feeling of not putting it on anymore…

Bullet got out of bed and went to a large rectangular mirror on the door to the bathroom.

Bullet looked at all the scars on his body, he was only wearing blue striped pajama pants. His form was slender but packed with dense muscles, far above what a normal 15 year old should have… He wasn't bulky at all, so when he put clothes on, he seemed very thin.

However, this physique was something Bullet acquired over a decade of life and death brawls. It might not look strong, but there was terrifying strength underneath the surface.

His current max was a ton for 2 reps.

However, he knew that Knuckleduster could lift 3 tons! Knuckleduster was Quirkless, so why couldn't Bullet do it?!

There was even this one time when Bullet went to watch Knuckleduster fight against a guy named 'The Rapper' in an underground fighting arena! That guy could punch insanely fast and hard since his Quirk was able to rotate his shoulders.

Knuckleduster took all his punches and still won in the end!

Bullet smiled to himself, looking at himself in the mirror seeing Knuckleduster patting his shoulder with a smile, Kaina appeared on his other shoulder and smiled gently, Himiko wrapped her arms around his neck and hung on his back, biting his ear happily.

Bullet looked at himself and clenched his fist. He also had people counting on him that treated him good! Bullet didn't want to get discouraged from his dream because of some bullies!

He had no friends… so what!

Bullet teared up but wiped his tears, nodding firmly.

Tomorrow he would go back to school and pretend nothing happened!

Yeah!

Bullet nodded and gave himself a thumbs up, a star twinkling at the corner of his lips, "No fear!" he clapped on his face and snorted smoke from his nose as he walked out of the room, going downstairs to the training area!

He held his hips and snorted, "Train! Hard!" He opened a box and looked at the array of weights. He picked out a few from the middle and put them on his wrists and ankles, feeling the weight instantly.

Bullet touched the weights, setting them in a more comfortable place before turning to the training pole and going in, practicing his hand to hand combat.

The next day he was back at school!

He walked into class and snorted smoke from his nostrils, walking to his seat and sitting down before opening his book and glaring at the words on the chalkboard, not understanding anything!

But he didn't understand anything… with intense determination!

Izuku heard what happened and looked at Bullet warily… However, he saw Bullet glaring at the chalkboard with nothing in his notebook and was shocked. He seemed to understand something…

Izuku covered his mouth in shock!

This guy…

Didn't understand anything!

But Izuku couldn't help but notice the intense determination that came with not understanding anything. However, he wasn't quite sure whether staring so hard that your eyes become bloodshot was helping…

Izuku pinched his lower lip in thought, muttering "Could it be that staring so hard actually helps? But if it helps then why is his notebook still blank, it should be that he doesn't understand and is trying to burn the words into his head but that's not going to help either. No wonder he speaks in broken words, it's because he can't speak at all. Then how did he pass the written exam, maybe he had some help or he's just the type of natural learner. At any rate, this should be a hidden skill that only a few know about, maybe it would be worthwhile to give it a go, I mean his speed and power is topnotch, learning even a bit of it can him me tremendously and he seems pretty nice, although I heard about yesterday, I don't think he's a bad person… Ochako told me that he helped her find a way to use her Quirk and she wanted to ask for more help but was too scared to do it. Maybe he can help me too? I could also ask for Ochako at the same time, if we both get some advice it could help us improve by leaps and bounds, plus I get to talk to Ochako more and that's always a good thing. I guess I'll talk to him at lunch today, maybe he will really help me, though I don't know where he sits, maybe he brought his own lunch…"

Everyone stared at him as he muttered in a voice only he could hear.

Bullet was close to him so he heard everything, his brain was already on fire, black smoke was emitting from his head. He felt like he was getting roasted alive from the inside out!

Bullet looked at Izuku in horror!

This guy…

Can kill with his mouth!

Scary!