Battle Junkie?

After getting an explanation from Aizawa about what a hero does and the responsibilities one has to take, he told me about more cases to look up for myself, they were more about how heroes helped in disasters or just how they defused bad situations like suicides, hostages, and the like.

After a long explanation, he told me to explain the Super Dash technique to him. He somewhat got it, but it wasn't something like an immediate improvement.

"I can see why you can only do it… Not just your body, but your mind is special too." Aizawa said after telling him how to do it.

Either way, he just kept on practicing the breathing technique by himself once I checked that he was doing it right. I went to my room, I finally had a computer and phone to use and for sure I was gonna search for something.

I turned the computer on and... Google has changed to Gooogle….

Why?

I wasn't a computer person before, I usually read manga in physical format and not in digital. Aidan did try to introduce me to computers so I at least know some websites and most of the basics.

So I searched Baki on Gooogle

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{ZERO RESULTS}

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[Next Day]

"Why do you look like that?" Aizawa asked me as he saw me brushing my teeth and my bloodshot eyes…

"... I lost my source of power…" At my response, he just shrugged off and went outside as he didn't think about it being important. He said something about a meeting but I was suffering too much because of my loss so I didn't even hear him…

It took me half a day to recover from my shock. I started to search for other things that I knew from my era. I searched for the songs that Big Sis would play during her workouts. I would only listen to the music that my Uncle did but Big Sis said that it was too old school and so she introduced me to AC/DC and other bands that I barely remember, I only remember the songs.

After searching for anything I could remember, I couldn't find any songs that I liked although I found some from Michael Jackson… That dude is somehow timeless.

Not being satisfied with the music department of this era I went to search shows and other manga or comics... Nothing, I couldn't recognize any of the shows/comics I watched or read. All of the entertainment has been contaminated with the hero stuff which didn't surprise me that much, for the time I've been outside I could see the face of many heroes on products marketing and other things. I've eaten many candies with All Might's face in them.

A lot of information has been lost in time, but not the concept of entertainment in itself thankfully. There are still events like Christmas, Halloween, Black Friday, Dia De Los Muertos, and many more. But they changed just slightly of course, the one that was more affected was the Olympics, because of the manifestation of quirks, it became a superhuman competition instead of normal humans at peak physique, so the Olympics was replaced with the U.A Sports Festival, at least in Japan that is. Funny thing is that it is made by the top Hero School of Japan and not by some sports company.

'I remember when Aidan took me to a manga convention thingy, he made me wear some sort of hat that was tattered on the back and a school uniform with a chain on its collar. He said that I looked perfectly like a certain character because of my strong jaw, black hair, and big frame. People swarmed me like moths to a flame because of that… Fun times.'

Either way, I spent all day glued to the computer searching for anything that I remembered. "Damn, I might have to make my own music at this point…"

I erased all my searches just in case, it would be a bit suspicious if someone were to look at it.

After that, I went on to search about the cases that Aizawa told me about. I also started to read about most of the heroes in the rankings, my brain can pick up information incredibly quickly so studying wasn't a problem, the same for remembering most things. MOST being the keyword...

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[Next Day]

I studied a bit more and then went on to search about the "Age of Chaos" which happened because of the manifestation of quirks. This thing was the supposed reason why a lot of media and info was lost.

The thing was pretty straightforward and it even happened in just less of a decade after my death actually.

The first instance of quirk manifestation was in Qing Qing City, China. A newborn baby had the ability to radiate light from his body.

There was a theory about it being a virus that was carried by mice, but such theory had little evidence. With these new powers appearing everywhere, it brought a lot of crime and the government had a lot of trouble with it, it just couldn't take care of all, so civilians decided to stand up for themselves and they became vigilantes. Following those events, criminals became "villains" and vigilantes became "heroes", the government then implemented the idea of making heroes an actual job.

Now you need a license to call yourself a hero or you will be seen as a vigilante which is considered illegal now.

Aside from all that, during the age of chaos there was a certain someone who people saw as a "God" while others saw him as the "Devil" but it became more of an urban legend now, although there was someone else apparently, there is little about him but supposedly he was so feared that the government surrendered to him or something…? that's a myth of course, it has to be...

/Author: Not copy-pasting Yujiro Hanma, don't worry LMAO/

The world during that time was complicated… or rather simple, the strong survive and the weak die. Even if the quirkless were weak compared to the ones with one, it must've been the same, strongest of the weak to survive or something, right? Is that why this body has abnormally high potential? As only the top of the crop made it out...

Aizawa is certainly strong despite having a small frame, he could probably have a chance against the old me. 'Thinking about it, he has quite a strong belief, I could tell that when he was telling me what a hero does. He is also kind of a training junkie like me, with the days I've been with him I can say that with absolute confidence… so shouldn't he have broken his limiter? Or is it just absurdly hard for people with quirks…? I will think more about that later.'

I also learned that after the government created the system for heroes, it became illegal to even use your quirk in public spaces. You need a quirk permit if you want to use your quirk in public or at your job even if you don't do hero work. There was a heated debate about such a system and still has kept going up until now, which is that people's quirks are more than just an extra arm per say, they are more than that, almost like their personality, so not allowing them to use their quirk will end up in a disaster. One can only have so much pent-up frustration as their quirk is made to be used.

Then there was another debate about "villainous" quirks, but that is another entire mess that I wasn't gonna pay attention to as I've been studying for 2 days now. It was just studying and not some heavy workout so I wasn't tired.

"Time to go outside," I said as I stood up and did some stretches.

During my time studying, I was actually doing air chair exercises all the time. It has become a habit now as I realized that I get a bit uncomfortable if I spend a lot of time without movement… I guess that happens because I spent 3 years of continuous activity so it feels weird to just not do something.

I will try to not do it when I'm eating at least, the same case for the weights, I haven't taken them off. Aizawa has bought new ones for himself so apparently, these are mine now.

Aside from studying I did almost nothing else except for eating and helping Aizawa with the breathing technique.

I opened the window and saw that it was barely evening. So I left the apartments with clothes that cover my limbs completely and bandages on my shoulders just in case, I was told to not do hero stuff so I will just "accidentally" let them fall on the ground and "maybe" trip a villain who just "coincidentally" happens to step on them.

I still had some money on me so I went to the NR Naruhata shopping district. I ate a lot of candies by now but I have yet to try some ice cream and drinks. While walking into the store I could feel some gazes on me because of my looks but I ignored them all. The bandages made me look like I gave up halfway on a mummy cosplay.

When I came out of the store I felt a peculiar feeling.

'I've felt like this 2 times, and those times it had something to do with the Trigger thing… But now it somehow feels worse. I should find a way to train this kind of thing and I could maybe have something akin to future sight.'

The bad premonition I was having became reality quite fast, I was expecting that maybe there would be terrorists and suddenly they would inject themselves with Trigger or something but…

*Bzzzt*

Bees? A bunch of bees could be seen around, once they entered my 23m range I could detect them more clearly. Their structure is weird, their abdomen was actually something more of a syringe and the liquid inside was definitely Trigger.

A man was stung by one of the bees and his quirk went out of control. From then on it became more of a chain reaction as the bees kept stinging people.

"WHAT IS THAT!!!!" "H-HELP!"

*CRASH!*

"I CAN'T CONTROL IT!!"

"BE CAREFUL DON'T GET CLOSE"

*SMASH!*

"MOM!" "AAAAHH!" " WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" "STOP!"

Chaos erupted, some people grew 3 times their size and became monsters, others shot lasers out of their eyes uncontrollably, another's limbs became big swords or took different shapes, some couldn't even call for help as they spitted fire or other elements out of their mouths.

There were many people affected and yet there were many of the bees left. What should I do? Can I take care of the bees and the civilians at the same time?

Thankfully, before I could make a decision I heard someone scream. "WHOA!! A WHOLE MESS OF HEROES ARE COMING!!" Although they were too far away to detect them, I saw the heroes in their way. Endeavor, Midnight, Present Mic, Best Jeanist, and even Aizawa who was finally using his goggles that were hidden under his bandages.

So I knew what I had to do. I took off my weights and just left them there as I just didn't have time to take care of them since they would only slow me down. I went to a trash can and picked up a few bottles then I ran towards the bunch of bees that have yet to sting anyone. It wasn't hard to capture a few, I opened the lid of the bottle and caught some of the bees with Trigger inside them.

The bees seemed to have some type of hivemind which would be normal if it wasn't because they tried to avoid me. Bees are some petty bastards which I learned the hard way, they will fight you to the bitter end so it was obvious now that they are being controlled by some quirk.

I killed the bees as I already captured a few for evidence, there were a few that would try to sting me, although Trigger affects quirks, it was unknown what it could do to someone without one so I didn't let them touch me. I had my bandages around the bottles with bees in them, I couldn't leave the bottles lying around so I used almost all my bandages trying to make sure that they couldn't escape by making one big bundle with all of them.

The bees started to flee but I followed them. I looked back and saw that the heroes were already restraining the victims.

While chasing the bees I had to run through alleyways and jump on roofs trying to lose me but I was persistent and I definitely reduced their numbers. But they started to go higher where my mobility was restricted as I had no foothold in the sky.

"Smart."

There were only 3 left but they were almost impossible to kill. I don't know when but I ended up in an abandoned neighborhood after following them. The buildings had some years in them as they had even plants growing in their cracked walls.

The bees managed to escape from my range as they went through cracks in the walls. I could go through the walls by just tackling or punching my way through but I still lost speed.

I was frustrated about losing them until I heard incoherent screaming all around me. Soon, 3 people entered my range of detection and I could say that they were stung as they moved almost like animals, one looked like hulk who skipped leg day, the other one was a skinny man that had blue skin, and the last one who gave me the feeling of danger the most was a man with blue aura around him… I noticed that they weren't attacking each other like the hair thug from back then.

I had the bundle of bottles with bees in them on my back, so I just threw it away and saw their reaction… Nothing, they paid no attention to it, so this meant one thing for sure, I was their target. I kept a bottle on me just in case though...

I pressed the button on the electronic tagging in my pocket to send a signal. I ran for almost half an hour so the police or heroes may come in 10 minutes max. Making a call would be dumb as I have no time for it.

Which meant that I had to stall for time until then… or at least I would if it wasn't the perfect time to try something.

A do or die situation.

Although my body has technically already gone through that, it was mostly my instincts doing it without me actually doing anything consciously.

'I might really die if I don't do this right.'

With a deep breath, I suppress my Spiritual Sense completely. Aizawa said that I couldn't be complacent with my strength as it would stagnate my growth and one thing that I've depended on all the time was my Spiritual Sense.

As I did that, my instincts were screaming at me as if telling me to stop.

In my past life, in my first do or die situation I realized how weak I was and how horrifying it was to let someone die because of such weakness… In my new body's past memories, such situations were seen as something erratic or uncomfortable as my instincts took the reins of my body since I denied myself from consciously doing it, and from then they slowly made the decisions for me… But now, that feeling has completely changed.

Ignoring my instincts warnings, I willingly look at death in the face with a huge smile on mine and my blood boiling out of excitement for one reason, either I become STRONGER or DIE.

The feeling that one gets when their life's on the line, huh.... oddly enough it makes me feel more alive than ever before, this body sure is special...I think that I might be getting that Battle Junkie Syndrome that Big Sis had...