Chapter 16 - U.A?

*Unknown POV*

After the zero pointer hit Momo.

"Nezu do something! Send Thirteen in!"

"Wait for it, I can see Michael's going to be able to save her."

"Save her? He wont make it! What have you done Nezu!"

"She won't get hurt... see? Michael managed to save her, I've calculated his speed, didn't expect him to fly, but as long as he pushed and willed himself to save her, he would get there before she hit the ground."

"Nezu, I know you have a super intelligence quirk, but you can't play around with people's lives, he may be an exceptional student but there was a chance he wouldn't have made it!"

"Thirteen was ready to save her if it looked like he wouldn't make it, and recovery girl is waiting on standby to heal her if something does happen. I don't take many risks Vlad. Especially with people's lives on the line."

"Michael's already defeated the zero pointer, Vlad, Nezu knows what he's, Oh god the reset pointer!" Says Present Mic

"Michael's unpredictable, he might show us something special, if not, I'll turn the reset pointer off right before anything serious happens." Says Nezu

"Why'd you even add it this year Nezu, the zero pointers more than enough for students who haven't received first year level training." Says Vlad

"Actually, it's because of Michael specifically, they wont be coming back next year. The reset pointer in the other examination areas are very slow and have a very low chance of coming into contact with an examinee, however, the reset pointer in this area is specifically going after Michael."

"How is that fair? Do you not want him entering U.A?"

"It's a secondary test, one of character. The video wasn't enough to judge his character, something all too important with his power and potential. The reset pointer does reset your points, but, If you manage to defeat it, your villain points are given back and doubled. The logic behind the reset pointers is well and true, but there are exceptions to every rule. Managing to defeat such a great threat while keeping your own life is the perfect solution, but you should know when to pick your battles."

"He earned villain points, 99 multiplied by two is 198 villain points. He's broken All Might's record of 98 villain points. He's also earned 95 rescue points, bȧrėly beating All Might's rescue record of 93. He's also beaten All-Might's total record of 191, with his own insane record of 293 points."

"Damn, he would've beat it without the double villain points bonus from the reset pointer as well, with a total of 194 points."

"Actually, without the distraction of the zero pointers and reset pointer, he probably would've earned more villain points and less rescue points."

Michael POV

Michael was honestly kind of depressed, he had tried his honest best, yet because he had made contact with and fought the reset pointer, none of it really mattered. He started doing research into other hero schools, there was Shiketsu, where he remember Inasa Yoraishi from the show going to, with his whirlwind quirk, there was also Ketsubutsu Academy. He knew he could still make it as a hero, but to see all of his hard work amounting to nothing was a very terrible feeling.

He had worked his entire life for this, literally. He could start to see things from the perspective of someone like Hitoshi Shinso, who had ended up in general studies because his quirk wasn't compatible with the exam, where they had to fight robots.

He really did have hope however, that this was all a ruse and he would end up at U.A in the end, even as a general education student. However, Michael wouldn't accept being made an exception and entering because of that, if they truly did allow him to enter purely because of his strength and quirk, he would go to another hero school and wouldn't look back. It's either entering through his own efforts or not entering at all. He wouldn't take someone else's chance to enter U.A even though he had ended up with zero points.

Michael's main hope was that it only reset villain points, but left rescue points intact, he knew he had earned what was probably enough to enter U.A, he had saved multiple examinees before they got hurt and also managed to save Momo from the zero and reset pointers. That had to earn him enough to make it in, right?

If rescue points reset too, he would lose the chance to go to the best hero school in Japan, where the sports festival was at the level of the Olympics, where he would be taught by the best of the best when it comes to being a hero, where the likes of All-Might were teaching.

"I'm sure you'll make it Michael, you beat all four of the zero pointers and even destroyed the reset pointer, who was supposed to be too powerful to beat."

"That's the thing, if they only want to admit me because of my power, and not the results of the exam... I'm not going to U.A"

"Why Michael?! it's the best hero school in Japan? Why wouldn't you want to go there if you have the chance?"

"I can't take someone else's chance to go to U.A from them through just being strong, even if they got a higher result than me on the test. That's just completely unfair, if a hero school would play favorites that way, then I just refuse to learn how to be a fake hero, saving people's lives for just money."

*Ding*

"Michael! The letter's they've arrived."

"I'll go check on mine Izuku, goodbye."

Michael opened the letter, expecting failure, or to refuse them for making an exception.

A hologram showed up, of a ferret, rat, dog, thing?