1 Quirkless Or Not? RE:W

People aren't born equal in this day and age.

Special abilities or rather, quirks were showing up more and more frequently.

The cause of the appearance of quirks is unknown, other than that it started 200 years ago and it all started with a luminescent child born in China.

Chaos spread throughout the world and many used their quirks for evil.

Robberies, murders, personal grudges. As long as you were strong enough, no one could do anything to you. With that, a few brave people stood up against the system, they brought it down, while defeating the strongest villain and restoring world peace.

Later on, there were still people who used their quirks for bad things. In the end, the government allowed a new occupation in the world, they called it... A hero.

Heroes would essentially use their quirks to stop villains like in old tv shows. They created hero rankings based on strength and popularity. The stronger the hero, the more you are recognized and the more profit you gain from your services.

Some quirks are normal. They are generally used for daily use. For your work or household.

Other quirks are stronger and once you are born with a strong one, your life is essentially easy.

People with those kinds of quirks, end up in the academies for heroes.

While over 80% of the human population has quirks. Others weren't born that fortunate.

The quirkless people are being discriminated against. Being quirkless is like you were born with a defect.

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Musutafu, Japan. Kids Playground.

A small boy, with dark green hair and green eyes, could be seen defending another kid who was crying on the ground. The green-haired boy was really scared, but despite that, he still stood up for the poor kid.

In front of him, stood a red-eyed young girl, with a nasty grin, explosively spiked blonde hair and her 2 goons. Being a part of their group, he knows that if he does something like protecting the boy behind him, he will get punished instead.

But, despite knowing that he will get beaten up by his friend Kacchan and her two bully friends. He refused to obey their rules and prepared himself for the worst.

As the two best ex-friends looked at each other, the green-haired boy said,

"Enough Kacchan! You already made him cry! Stop it, I won't let you hurt him!"

Still trembling, the boy somehow managed to hold his own against his opponents, but he still cried, because he knew he wasn't going to win, since he was up against 3 opponents, who all had amazing quirks.

Annoyed with him, Kacchan shouted,

"Shut the hell up, Deku! You think you can play a hero? A QUIRKLESS ONE? HAHA," she laughed as she enjoyed the feeling of being stronger than anyone else her age.

Having a powerful quirk was useful as all the kids obeyed her orders. None of them dared to talk back.

"D-Don't call me Deku. M-My name is Izuku Midoriya and I have a quirk!" the scared boy replied.

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Name: Katsuro Bakugo (Kacchan)

Occupation: The Bully

Level: 3

Designation: Explosion Bully - (basic sweating 10 more strength from her quirk)

HP 50/50

Strength: 10(10+ With Quirk can stack up to 40 max)

Agility: 5

Intelligence: 8

Wisdom: 3

Luck: 20

Quirk - Explosion -Explosion Quirk allows her to secrete nitroglycerin-like sweat from her palms and detonate it at will to create explosions. The more she sweats, the stronger her explosion gets.

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When Izuku visited a doctor to check his quirk, he told him that he was quirkless and that it was unlikely that he will ever be a hero.

"I am sorry kid, but quirkless humans can't ever become heroes. Without a quirk, you would be severely wounded when fighting against a villain.

From our tests, we have concluded that your intelligence is really high, but it's a shame that you don't have a quirk." the doctor said.

When he said that, Izuku's quirk finally emerged. His overflowing emotions and an insane amount of desire helped his body and somehow, created something unreal.

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Name: Daruma Ujiko

Occupation: The Quirk Doctor

Level: ???

Designation: The Doctor

HP: 2500/2500

Strength:?

Agility:?

Intelligence:?

Wisdom:?

Luck:?

Quirk:?

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"Mom! I have a quirk. It just appeared!" young Izuku screamed.

His mother looked at the doctor in hope, but he just shook his head.

"Izuku-kun... I am so sorry. But I don't think you can have a quirk. Madam Midoriya, please come with me for a second." the doctor wryly smiled at Izuku's mom and they both left the room.

Izuku quickly ran after them and put his ear on the door. He definitely wasn't eavesdropping or anything. It was only a logical thing to do when people were talking about him behind his back. Izuku was a good boy.

"Madam, I am afraid your son is delusional. He probably couldn't handle the stress of not having a quirk. It's really shocking when someone is born quirkless in this day and age. I feel bad for your son, but I hope that you will still love him even if he doesn't have a quirk." the doctor sighed.

Inko finally couldn't stop her tears from falling. "Of course I will. I will love him no matter what."

The doctor smiled and replied, "You are a good parent, I can tell. Usually, when parents find out that their child is quirkless, they throw him out on the streets."

"How...How could they do it to their own child?!"

This really shocked Inko as she never heard about something so harsh.

The doctor sighed and replied, "It's pretty unbelievable, but I've had so many cases like this in the past, that I take it as a granted at this point."

Both of them talked for a while but Izuku didn't listen to them anymore and instead, thought about his future.

'Mom. I will become a hero no matter what. That's my life goal. I am not quite sure if this is my quirk or a figment of my imagination. But no way am I giving up on becoming a hero.' Izuku silently clenched his fists and thought about All Might, the strongest hero.

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Back to the present.

"She called you Deku, so you are Deku, idiot!"

"The Quirkless wonder still tries to speak to the boss like that, let's punch him."

Two of Kacchan's friends joined the fray

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Name: Shinto Ujiko

Occupation: The Goon

Level: 1

Designation: None

HP 5/5

Strength: 6

Agility: 2

Intelligence: 3

Wisdom: 1

Luck: - 100

Quirk - Wings of Freedom - allows the user to fly a certain distance before falling.

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Name: Honta Tomaru

Occupation: The Goon

Level: 2

Designation: None

HP 5/5

Strength: 3

Agility: 3

Intelligence: 2

Wisdom: 1

Luck: -100

Quirk Extendiro - allows the user to extend any part of his body. (2m max)

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"Shut up extras! Only I can call him that!" Kacchan shouted.

She turned around and smirked, "But I agree with the beating part!"

'What do I do.' Izuku looked at his hand and another window appeared.

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Name: Izuku (Deku) Midoriya

Occupation: The Ghost Gamer

Level: 4

Next Level: 98.58%

Designation: Intellectual (Gives user 20 points of intelligence)

HP 10/10

MP 100/100

Strength: 7

Agility: 1

Intelligence: 32

Wisdom: 5

Luck: 0

Point: 20

Cash: ‎¥500

Skills - Observe (LVL 9)

The Mind of a Gamer - (passive - inactive)

Quirk - The Gamer - user's life is a video game. Includes many bonuses from Rpg games.

Inactive -???

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'From what I can tell, I am not quirkless, I should have a quirk, but I can't find a way to show them. No one would believe me if I said that my life is like a game. There is also this question mark thing. Maybe it's another quirk? Yeah... Right...'

He looked at his opponents and put up both of his hands in front of him.

'Heck, If I told them I have 2 quirks, but I can't show them a proof, they would most likely beat me up to the point I won't be able to show my face anywhere.

Compared to Kacchan, my level is higher, but my stats are much worse. How do I save the boy?'

Instead of going after the poor boy, which already left the scene long ago, they all went after Izuku, with Kacchan using her quirk, Explosion.

Deku sighed in relief. "At least the boy escaped"

"But you won't be able to, nerd!"

Kacchan closed in on Izuku and threw an explosive punch towards his face.

Izuku ducked and somehow managed to dodge it.

'Her punches are really strong, even without her quirk, and once she activates her quirk, it will be even worse for me. Most of the quirks in this world are not that strong, but she was born special. I can't get hit, or else something bad might happen to me.' Izuku thought.

He tried running away, but he tripped and painfully fell on the ground.

Izuku thought to himself,

'Looks like I can't escape the beating no matter what, huh... No. It's not like I didn't get a beating from her before, but she never used her quirk on me. What if her explosion leaves a permanent mark on me, or I will be disabled for the rest of my life? I can't be a hero that way...'

No!

Stop!

"Leave me alone! Stop!!!"

As Katsuro's fist got closer and closer towards him, Izuku screamed.

As if they were under a spell, Kacchan and her goons all froze, confusing him in the process.

He managed to get back on his feet and looked at the trio, but they were still paralyzed.

Fear of losing his only friend overwhelmed him. Even though she was like that, Izuku genuinely believed they could get along and right now, he didn't know why they weren't moving.

"Are they alright? Why are they not moving?! Did I hurt them somehow?" He slowly turned around and muttered to himself. He developed this habit when he observed all kinds of heroes and villains on the television. He always thought about possible weaknesses and counters on heroes and their quirks.

"I hope I didn't hurt her."

◄█ I̶̴̗̗̦͍ͨͭ̉͢͟ H̶̪͍̒ͥ͑̓ȍ̸̢̢̮͚̐̚p̶̸̨̺͊̍̒̓̀ę̷̵̧̖̫̗̆̊ I̶̴̗̗̦͍ͨͭ̉͢͟ Ḋ̤͇̮͙ͥi̵͓͙̱͚̎͟d̸̡̩͍̔ͥ͜n̷̶̯͉̊̽̐ͦ͘'t̴͕͖͓̀ H̶̪͍̒ͥ͑̓û̶͙̽̿͆̈r̶̷̲͍̭͐̾̀͟t̴͕͖͓̀ H̶̪͍̒ͥ͑̓ę̷̵̧̖̫̗̆̊r̶̷̲͍̭͐̾̀͟. █►

Hearing a deep voice, Izuku turned around and his eyes widened at what he saw. It was a figure that resembled a human. It was made out of some odd black material, that wrapped around the creature in a spiral form. The black matter was more than 2 meters tall.

Izuku lost his balance once again and fell on the ground for the second time that day.

The figure squatted in front of him, looking at him with no face. It slowly raised its clawed hand towards the frightened Izuku, however, the fear was gone after it started patting him on the head.

Just then, the black giant spoke. This time, while looking at Kacchan.

◄█ I̶̴̗̗̦͍ͨͭ̉͢͟ H̶̪͍̒ͥ͑̓ă̶̸̝ͦ͊̿͋͞v̸̵̝͙͆̈ͤę̷̵̧̖̫̗̆̊ Ȧ̶̵̗̳ Q̸̨͉̰̰ͬû̶͙̽̿͆̈i̵͓͙̱͚̎͟r̶̷̲͍̭͐̾̀͟k̶̸͙̭̹͆͟. █►

A loud and dark voice echoed in the surrounding area, scaring the trio.

"W-What was that noise Deku?!! Why can't I move?!! ANSWER ME DEKU!!" Kacchan was feeling anxious. She never expected that this nerd had a power like that. He told her he was quirkless!

"I-I can't move either..."

"M-maybe his quirk has finally emerged! Like some kind of stun gun?"

None of them were able to see the creature in front of them. Only the dark voice that came out of its mouth.

'Oh. It looks like they are fine. I am glad, but I should probably escape now or else they might really beat me up this time.' thinking that, Izuku fled the scene.

"STOP RUNNING DEKU!!" Kacchan cried in vain while Deku left the place.

After running for a while, Izuku stopped and leaned on a nearby tree.

"Beep"

Hm? What was that sound?

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A Second Quirk has been unlocked after experiencing an intense moment.

[Ajin] - ???, A new skill has been unlocked after surviving a dangerous situation.

[Ajin Scream]- Stuns the enemy from 1 to 6 minutes depending on the level difference of the target.

A new skill is being formed due to an astonishing observation.

[Explosion] is created, which forms an orb of an explosion.

Explosion skill LVL 0

Requirements: Strength 50

Intelligence 62

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'What the hell?'

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Bakugo household.

After the incident, Katsuro returned to her house full of irritation.

"Oi Brat, why are you looking like that? Did you eat a fly or something?" Her mom teased her since she looked really pissed off.

"Shut up old hag! It was that damn Deku! It is always him!" Katsuro shouted.

"Oh? But you didn't talk about him at all lately, I thought that you forgot about him. It seems like I was wrong" her mother chuckled.

Katsuro clicked her tongue and said, "That damn nerd finally got a quirk and it looks like a strong one as well."

"Oh, isn't that good? You can finally play with someone that isn't just your follower but your friend. You were always on good terms with him, but after his quirk test, you distanced yourself from him."

"Old hag, I don't have time to be all friendly with anyone. I want to be the strongest fucking hero there is, stronger than All Might. Moreover, his quirk fucking paralyzed me for about 6 minutes. I need to figure out some kind of a countermeasure so that I can escape from his grasp."

Katsuro frowned and stayed silent.

Her mother looked bewildered. "That long? How did he even do that?"

"Tch. Hell if I know. He shouted out of nowhere and all three of us got paralyzed, no chance to fight back." Katsuro replied.

"That's impressive. In a few years, it could be a fantastic quirk to use against villains." Her father entered the room and commented.

"Fuck off weakling! No one asked for your opinion!"

Her dad looked visibly hurt by her words.

"Language lady!"

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Since the day Izuku returned from the doctor's place, he has been experimenting with his quirk.

After a while of trying. He had realized some weird things.

'It's like, I have some kind of observation ability. From continuous use of that ability, the "Observe skill" gained levels and actually evolved. I even got experience points from that.'

'The only possible way of gaining experience points is either by leveling that "Observe" or by completing quests designated for me. Also, one time I killed a mosquito and it gave me 5 XP, so I guess killing or defeating things also gives me XP?'

"Izuku dear, will you wash the dishes for me?"

Once in a while, a task window pops up in front of me and gives me a quest.

Just like now.

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QUEST ALERT

TASK FROM MOM:

Go wash the dishes.

Your mom wants you to help her with cleaning the dishes, let's go downstairs and help her with that!

LIMIT TIME: 50 seconds

REWARD: EXP. +500, Bonus affection from your mother in the form of a hug.

FAIL PENALTY: Nagging from mom, but still a hug? What kind of mom is this?!!

ACCEPT ☑ DECLINE ☒

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"The best mother I could possibly ask for." Izuku smiled and clicked on the Accept button.

'From what I've seen on the internet, many parents that had quirkless kids just left the poor kids alone. It's really sad. But I am glad. Even though she believed that I was quirkless, she didn't abandon me.'

After finishing with the dishes, Izuku received a notification of gaining XP and a level-up notification.

'I gained a considerable amount of points. What should I use them for? How do I even appoint points into my stats anyway?'

He silently observed the status screen in front of him and that's when he saw it. There was a plus button beside almost every stat.

'Finally. I have 25 unused skill points.'

Izuku thought for a while, before allocating his points.

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Name: Izuku (Deku) Midoriya

Occuptation: The Ghost Gamer

Level: 5

Next Level: 56.03%

Designation: Intellectual (Gives user 20 points of intelligence)

HP 10/10 --> 20/20

MP 100/100

Strength: 7 --> 10

Agility: 1 --> 3

Intelligence: 32 --> 52

Wisdom: 5

Luck: 0

Point: 0

Cash: ‎¥500

Skills - Observe (lvl 9)

The Mind of a Gamer - ( passive - inactive)

Explosion - (Inactive skill. Requirements were not met.)

Quirk -

The First Quirk (The Gamer) - the user's life is a video game. Includes many bonuses from Rpg games.

The Second Quirk, Inactive (Ajin) - Black Ghost, Ajin Scream, ???

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After he used up all of his points, he felt an immediate change in his body.

All of a sudden, he has gotten stronger and felt smarter than ever before.

'It really works, it's really a quirk!'

Without even realizing, Izuku started crying like a little baby.

A poor 5 years old boy, getting bullied because they thought he didn't have a quirk.

Izuku wiped away his tears and looked at the window in front of him.

'Now, for my second quirk. It's called Ajin, but it says it's inactive.

I've never heard about a quirk like that before. Most of the quirks are similar in some way.

Like fire, water, and some power strengthening quirks.

Many people have abilities like that. It only depends on the amount of power you can pull out of it.'

'Personally, I am glad that I have 2 quirks. It makes me special, in a good way.

Also, what is that explosion skill? I need to gain some stats before I can unlock it.

Is it possible that I can gain more skills other than Observe?'

So many questions flooded Izuku's mind. Yet there were no answers in sight.

'None of these quirks are from my parents. I have no idea how I got them but I am eternally grateful.'

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