4 Getting Stronger

With that, I'm now Kageyama Haruto; Sho and Hina are both nice parents, to be exact. Even though they are old, they took care of my needs, and they were there for me in my downtime.

After leaving the meeting place where we met with my birth parents, we went to the orphanage to complete the procedure for adoption. After filling out the necessary forms, I was officially their son.

Then we left the orphanage for my new home, but before leaving, I went to Sekoto Peak, and I wrote a message on a tree addressed to Touya informing her about my adoption. Even though we spoke to each other on a daily basis for almost a week, we didn't share our family name. After doing that, I left the peak and went to my new home.

At home, Hina showed me around the house and my new room. It was a big room, with a double bed, a closet for clothes, and an attached bathroom.

The house is also attached to the bakery; it has a nice atmosphere to it as it's not that packed with people, and since it's Sho and Hina who took care of it, there were no other problems. Since I am their son from now on, I decided to help them in the bakery to lessen their work.

At night, while we were having dinner, I asked them, "Will I be going to school?"

"You will. But not now; you'll attend middle school."

"So you'll be homeschooling me?"

"Yes, that's what we've been thinking. After all, at the orphanage, they couldn't afford to send every kid to school, right? So we will be tutoring you in elementary subjects."

"Alright. But can I also learn martial arts?"

"Why?"

"Well, you know, since I'm quirkless, I've been subjected to bullying by other kids in the orphanage."

When they heard that, they stopped eating and looked at me and, with a small smile, said, "Alright, we will teach you martial arts; don't worry."

I smiled then and said, "Thanks, dad and mom."

They looked at me again, smiled, and said in unison, "You are welcome, son."

After dinner, I went to my room, but I didn't sleep because I needed to make something that'd help me in the long run. So I decided to write down things I'd need to get more powerful without relying on my quirk.

1. Super Soldier serum modified

2. Nanomachines

3. A suit made up of taydnite.

After the list was made, I went to sleep, and this is the first time I slept without being beaten up or watered down by the kids since I was reborn in this world.

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In a dark room, we can see a man sitting on a chair, looking at a monitor, watching the video of endeavour's abusive nature towards his family. After finishing the video, he looked at another surveillance video of Touya practicing in a secluded place. A couple of seconds later, another man spoke: "Our plan to acquire a pawn has been compromised; we won't be able to get Touya Todoroki into our fold anymore as he has mellowed out in training his quirk."

"That is somewhat disappointing; what was the cause of it?"

"A four-year-old quirkless kid. He was abandoned by his parents because of that."

"Then let's have him as a pawn. I'll give him a suitable quirk."

"It's not possible."

"What do you mean?"

"He's been adopted by the Kageyama couple."

"Oh, those old monsters are still alive, huh?"

"Yes. Apparently, they adopted the kid yesterday."

"Then why didn't you show these to me before?"

"You were busy trying to take down Endeavour from his 2nd rank position and make the hero belief of the populace decrease. So you might have forgotten it."

"Possible. But in any case, don't try to do anything to that kid. What was his name again?"

"Haruto Kageyama."

"Yes Haruto. Don't do anything to him when he's under their care. I don't want them hot on my tail again. It was more of a nuisance than a threat for me. But to anyone else, they pose great danger."

"As you say."

"And as for Touya, leave him alone. Since he joined the hero course at UA, it'll be difficult to approach him. Do look for another one who can be included in the plan for the future."

"Yes. May I take my leave now?"

"Yes, you can."

After the man left, silence enveloped the room. Looking at another video where All Might saves citizens and beats villains, he knows the bearer of his brother's quirk is searching for him to end him for killing his mentor and the previous bearer. Thinking about all of this, the man spoke to himself, "It's almost time for our battle, successor of One For All."

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