Chapter 26 ( bonus )

On a winter night, Sinbad walks through the alleys, performing his duty as a community guard.

Sinbad, exhausted, mutters, "I'm so hungry. I've lost so much weight these past few months. I should have stayed in Konoha. How I miss you, Anko-chan..." Suddenly, Sinbad moves to the side and looks up to find a young man about his age.

Sinbad jokes, "Hello, little bird. Did you lose your parents?"

Hawks responds, "Surrender yourself, ninja. Resistance is futile."

Sinbad asks, "Did you come alone, or...?"

Hawks replies, "I alone am more than enough."

Sinbad smiles, "How about we play a ga..?"

Hawks doesn't wait for Sinbad's explanation and attacks with two feather swords in his hands.

Sinbad dodges and lightly kicks Hawks, sending him flying.

Sinbad continues, "Where were we? Oh yes, the game. If you can land one punch on me, you or any hero, I'll surrender without a fight. And don't worry, you're too weak to make me attack you. At least send Endeavor to make me serious."

Sinbad stands in front of Hawks and waves his finger, "Come on, bring it."

Hawks shouts a battle cry and swings his feather sword diagonally, but Sinbad ducks to avoid the attack.

Hawks strikes downward, and Sinbad retreats.

Sinbad encourages, "Come on, be brave. You can do it, Hawks."

For the next two hours, the cat-and-mouse game continues as Sinbad evades Hawks throughout the city.

Sinbad hangs upside down from a lamppost while Hawks pants heavily.

Sinbad cheerfully says, "You did well, hero."

Sinbad drops to his feet and continues, "How could I forget my manners? I am Sinbad, known in my village as the Supreme King."

Hawks still pants, looking at Sinbad.

Sinbad says, "See you later."

Sinbad disappears.

Several blocks away, Sinbad stands in a side alley.

Talking to himself, Sinbad says, "That was fun. My muscles were really stiff." Then he looks at his intelligence level with depression.

............

Level: 375

Age: 19

Intelligence: 18

System Points: 350

...…..

"My stupidity severely affects my decisions. If it weren't for my luck and instincts, I'd be in deep trouble now."

His intelligence stats suddenly change to:

........

Level: 375

Age: 19

Intelligence: 170

System Points: 198

..............

Sinbad's awareness suddenly increases drastically.

Sinbad scolds himself, "Damn it, what have I been doing? What are these stupid decisions? How could I leave Anko-chan unprotected? And why did I spend all that money coming to MHA when I could just buy a mid-level charm? My moneeeey, my precious money. Why did I waste it on that damn fancy food?"

After a few minutes, Sinbad finally calms down from his panic attack.

"It's extremely dangerous to let my intelligence drop. From today, I won't let it go below 75 points."

Sinbad continues, "From now on, I will work hard to regain all that lost money."

He thinks for a bit, "I now have a way to use my job as a community guard to get Nezu to include me in UA."

.....

The next morning, Hawks sits dejectedly in a cell at the police station.

The detective asks, "So, you're telling me that for two hours, you couldn't touch him, Hawks?"

Hawks, depressed, says, "Yes, he was playing with me. He told me to at least bring Endeavor to make him serious."

Nezu, smiling, says, "So why don't we actually bring Endeavor?"

The detective asks, "Are you serious, Nezu? Do you want him to crush the young man?"

Nezu replies, "On the contrary, from my analysis, I would classify him as close to Endeavor's strength, or maybe stronger."

A hero in a costume resembling a washing machine asks, "Can I know how you concluded that?"

Nezu explains, "It's a bit simple and mixed with intuition, but as you all know, Hawks might be young, but his quirk is one of the most versatile and strong enough to get him into the top 20 a year after graduating from UA."

Nezu continues, "So why don't we send Endeavor after him?"

To be continued in the next chapters...