Chapter 4. By Chance.

Time always flies. Midoriya Izuku is now in his second year of middle school at Orizuru Middle School. Besides having more muscles, he has also grown a bit taller. Well, just a little bit taller...

Midoriya Izuku has been troubled lately. He doesn't know why Bakugo Katsuki keeps picking on him. He has been trying hard to avoid Bakugo, but for some reason, Bakugo keeps finding ways to bother him. Recently, it has gotten worse. Besides the verbal insults, Bakugo even tripped him on purpose during the last gym class, almost causing him to fall and get hurt.

Bakugo's increasingly bad behavior has been giving Midoriya a headache. But conflicts between classmates can't be solved with violence. And to be honest... Midoriya is still very afraid of Bakugo. After getting beaten up so many times as a kid, it's impossible not to have some psychological scars!

But this can't go on. Finally, Midoriya decided to take the initiative. After school, instead of going to his secret base at the seaside park, he waited for Bakugo at the school gate.

As the students left one by one, Midoriya saw Bakugo walking out of the school gate, laughing and chatting with a few classmates.

"Kacchan!"

"What do you want, Deku!?"

At the school gate, Midoriya called out to Bakugo. Bakugo, who had been laughing and chatting with others, stopped and his face turned nasty when he saw Midoriya. He replied in a very unfriendly tone.

"Why do you keep picking on me at school?"

Without any pretense, Midoriya Izuku directly asked what he wanted to know!

"Picking on you?" Bakugo's face turned even nastier at Midoriya's question, but he sarcastically replied, "Yes, that's right! I just can't stand you, you useless loser acting all high and mighty!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bakugo brushed past Midoriya, not wanting to say anything more. The other classmates quickly followed Bakugo, not daring to say anything to Midoriya either.

"High and mighty?"

Midoriya Izuku thought to himself, he had nothing to do with that word. At school, he was usually alone and hardly talked to other classmates. How could he be called "high and mighty"?

Unable to figure it out, Midoriya decided to look at it from Bakugo's perspective. First, he needed to understand what kind of person Bakugo Katsuki was. Growing up with him, Midoriya knew this very well!

Arrogant, proud, with a strong sense of self-esteem, and unable to stand people who are better than him. As Midoriya thought about it, he suddenly understood!

"Could it be because of this!?"

He recalled the final exams of the first year of middle school. Midoriya, who studied hard to become a hero, naturally got perfect scores in all subjects, making him a top student. Although Bakugo wasn't bad, his grades were far behind Midoriya's!

Because of this, the classmates compared Bakugo and Midoriya. Midoriya remembered that Bakugo seemed very angry at that time. Then, in the recent mock exams, Midoriya still got perfect scores in all subjects, while Bakugo's grades had improved a lot but were still far behind Midoriya's!

"It seems like he started targeting me back then!"

Izuku suddenly realized that Bakugo, with his relentless personality, hated being compared to others, especially if they were better than him. Although Bakugo was a top student, compared to Midoriya, it made him feel embarrassed!

Midoriya Izuku couldn't help but regret not hiding his good grades better. As a result, Bakugo targeted him. Now, even if he got bad grades on purpose, Bakugo would think he was pretending to be weak and would still see him as a threat!

"What a hassle!"

Izuku decided not to think about Bakugo anymore. He had more important things to do!

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On a weekend, Midoriya Izuku was walking down the street, playing with a string in his hands, quickly forming different shapes that passersby couldn't see clearly.

"Screws, copper wire, mini batteries..." He muttered the materials he needed to buy. Although he could find many useful things at the seaside park's junkyard, some items still needed to be bought from the store.

Thanks to the junkyard at the seaside park, Midoriya's allowance was enough to develop and make his equipment.

As he passed a street corner, Izuku suddenly heard explosions, screams, fire, smoke, and chaos! The sudden situation made Midoriya nervous!

"What happened!?"

Seeing people running away, Midoriya asked out loud.

"Run! There's a villain!!"

A kind passerby answered Midoriya and then ran away. This was not the time to watch the excitement!

"A villain!!?"

Seeing the exploding street and the panicked crowd, Midoriya Izuku felt scared too!

In this hero society with a high crime rate, villains often used their "Quirks" to commit crimes. In such situations, ordinary people could easily get hurt before professional heroes arrived!

At this moment, Midoriya Izuku knew what he had to do! As someone who aspired to be a hero, he should...

Turn around, step back, and run away! All in one go!!

"Just kidding!"

Midoriya Izuku was a second-year middle school student, a 13-year-old kid. Was he going to stop a villain?

Izuku wasn't that foolish. He was "Quirkless," and getting involved would only put him in danger!

Running away and waiting for professional heroes to handle it was the right thing to do, Midoriya Izuku was sure of it!

As Midoriya ran with the crowd, the villain finally revealed himself—a three-meter-tall giant werewolf! With a swipe of his claw, he flipped cars off the road. Seeing this, Izuku ran even faster!

"Is this what villains are like? Do heroes have to fight these monsters!!"

Midoriya Izuku was filled with fear. Was his dream of becoming a hero really possible?

While people were desperately running away, someone always got left behind. A mother was pulling her daughter to escape, but in the crowd, she lost her daughter's hand!

As the mother anxiously searched, she saw her daughter had fallen behind the fleeing crowd and was crying loudly!

"My daughter, my daughter!!"

As the mother called out for her daughter, a giant three-meter-tall werewolf appeared behind the little girl, its red eyes full of killing intent!

"No, no! Where are the heroes?! Save my daughter!!"

The mother was desperate, relying on the heroes who hadn't arrived yet.

Just as the werewolf was about to tear the little girl apart, someone acted!

As the werewolf's right claw swung at the girl, someone moved even faster. Steel wires shot out, wrapped around the girl, and pulled her away just in time, leaving the claw to hit nothing!

Midoriya Izuku was holding the crying girl. He didn't know why he stepped forward!

Maybe his body moved before his mind did!