Chapter 114 - Pro Hero Invitation

It was raining today but they needed to go to school.

Brando thought that two days of the holiday was too little. He went to the school together with Yui and entered the tram together.

Usually, it would be calm for both of them to spend their time together on the tram while Brando tries to tease Yui.

However, today was different since they had entered the Sports Festival and the people around them couldn't help but ask him for a photo or sign.

Brando kept his warm smile since he knew that it was one of the hero's jobs. He didn't hate this activity but it didn't mind he loved it either but he knew that it was part of the job.

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Yui and Brando came out from the tram and walked to the school together while sharing an umbrella.

"You sure are very popular," Yui said since there were a lot of girls earlier but she knew that it was a normal result with his accomplishments and his appearance.

"You don't need to be jealous since you're the only one who is able to share an umbrella with me," Brando said.

"Is there something to be happy about?" Yui was speechless.

"What are you saying? You've taken my first time yet..." Brando was very sad.

"Yes. Yes..." Yui said.

"..." Brando thought that this girl was very heartless.

Both of them were talking to each other until they had arrived at the school.

Brando entered his class and greed, "Morning."

"Oh! Dio!"

"Morning!"

Brando greeted them and sat down in his seat. He joined their conversation who was happy with the attention that they had gotten after the Sports Festival.

"How is your pufferfish?" Momo asked. She also thought that his pet was really cute.

"Oh, they're very happy living with me," Brando said, and showed her a picture of his pet.

Momo looked at the picture and felt that they were really cute, "Did you name them?"

Brando nodded, "Yeah, their names are Sushi, Sashimi, and...." He thought that the name was funny and decided to keep it that way.

Momo looked at him and asked, "Do you want to eat them?"

"No," Brando said. He looked at Iida and wondered whether he was alright. His sense of smell told him that guy was very angry but he understood after what was happening to his older brother, 'Hero Killer....' He was wondering whether he could meet him and tried to fight him.

They were discussing his pet until their teacher entered the class.

"Morning..." Aizawa said while yawning.

"Morning," they greeted him even though they were a bit speechless.

"Today we've got a hero informatics class and a special one at that," Aizawa said.

Brando was wondering whether there would be a sudden test.

"You'll be coming up with your hero aliases," Aizawa said.

"YEAH!!!!!!"

Everyone was excited when they heard his announcement.

'Hero name, huh?' Brando had never thought much about the hero's name.

"But first concerning the pro draft picks I mentioned the other day...."

"It's based on who the pros think will be ready to join the hero workforce after another two or three years of experience...."

"So you could say that it's a way for them to show interest in your futures. But there's ample time for their interest to wane before graduation and any and all offers can be arbitrarily revoked. It happens quite often,' Aizawa explained.

"Stupid a.d.u.l.ts and their whims!" Mineta complained.

"Sigh...." Momo was worried since her result in the Sports Festival wasn't that good.

Brando knew that she was pretty disappointed with her result and only patted her shoulder.

"So if 'we're picked now, that just means there'll be a higher hurdle in the years to come!" Hagakure said.

"Yes. Now, here are the complete draft pick numbers," Aizawa said, and showed them the draft of the hero who invited them to their office, "There's typically more of a spread, but our top three steal most of the spotlight."

'4,345, huh?' Brando knew that he had a lot of choices but he had decided which office he would go to later. He could see that both Bakugou and Todoroki had a similar number of invitations from the pro-hero since their performance at the Sports Festival was clearly showing a great disparity to other students.

"Well done as always, Dio," Momo said.

"..."

"Most of them are following the hype. I wouldn't get this many if it wasn't for the Sports Festival," Brando said.

Momo only nodded and showed that she was clearly quite depressed.

"Well, you're also not bad that you've received hundreds since there are also other people who don't receive an invitation. Anyway, rather than thinking that it's better to think about which hero to apply for your internship," Brando tried to cheer her on.

Momo nodded and asked, "Have you chosen which office you will apply for?"

"Hmm, I might choose the most popular hero who has a Quirk that changes the size of their body and becomes large or someone with a strong enchantment Quirk," Brando said. He wondered if someone such as Mountain Lady who has Gigantification Quirk to manage her activity and how she managed the damage that she had caused during her job.

His Quirk might be powerful but he has a greater chance of destroying the building or the public facility. He needed to know how much they managed that kind of thing while also curious whether the commission that they would receive would decrease or not. He didn't want to lose his money after all since he wanted to save as much as possible.

Momo nodded, "You want to learn from them how they will manage their activity, right?"

"Yeah," Brando nodded. He was wondering where Bakugou would go for his internship. He didn't think much about Todoroki since he was sure that guy would go to his father, 'How about Midoriya?' He knew that there wasn't any hero who wanted him to stay in their office since his reckless way of fighting. He was sure that the office didn't want to be responsible for him.

"What that settled whether you were picked or not. You will all have a chance to work alongside the pros. It's true that you all have already experienced more than most but seeing the pros in action and taking part yourselves will still be worthwhile training," Aizawa said.

"Now, it's time to pick our name!"

Everyone was excited.

"They're only tentative, but you still want to pick something appropriate....."

"Or else you'll know a true hell!!!!"

Suddenly someone entered their classroom.

"M - Midnight!!!!!" Mineta was excited when he saw her.

"The name that you pick now may be world ends up calling you. That's happened to plenty of pros out there!!!"

"That's true enough. And Midnight here will be assessing the sensibility of the names you pick. I'm not good at that," Aizawa said.

"What future do you see yourselves? The name you choose will bring you ever closer to cementing a certain image because names are capable of reflecting one's true character."

"Like with 'All Might'...."

'Reflecting on one's true character, eh? Interesting...' Brando thought inwardly.