Chapter 156 - Provocation?

Brando had decided to eat a tempura double set and he wasn't going to hold back since Kirishima had treated him. He was a growing young man and he needed a lot of meat for his food.

Kirishima only laughed and didn't mind.

Bakugou gave him a desert without saying anything.

'Those guys...' Brando shook his head and ate his food.

They were sitting in front of Midoriya's seat. Bakugou was annoyed when he saw Midoriya's face, but he didn't say anything.

Brando looked at Bakugou and decided to not say anything about the thing that he had found out from Midoriya since that guy would ask him where he had learned about such things. He didn't want to answer such a question and it was better to keep it to himself. He also needed to keep such big information since he didn't think that anyone would be able to stay calm when they heard about such information.

They were talking about the test and they also heard that Midoriya and everyone also talked them until suddenly someone knocked Midoriya's head.

"Ouch!" Midoriya felt that his head was knocked so hard that he screamed.

Everyone seemed attracted by Midoriya's voice and they looked at the person who knocked Midoriya's head.

"Sorry, my tray couldn't just get around that big head of yours."

Bakugou snickered when he saw the thing that was happening in front of him.

Brando and Kirishima nudged Bakugou's side at the same time.

Bakugou snorted at them and watched the show with interest.

"Uh... You're Monoma from class B, right? How dare you?!" Iida was mad.

"I hear you guys run into Hero Killer." Monoma had an expressionless expression on his face.

"!!!"

"I guess the Sports Festival wasn't enough. You just keep getting attention with one stunt after another, huh, Class A?....." Monoma started to say a lot of things blaming class A with a gloomy expression.

"Pretty scary! I am just worried that, one of these days, we're all gonna get caught up in some of your antics! Scary.....GAH!!!!"

Smack!

Suddenly someone knocked on Monoma's neck and they heard a feminine voice.

"That's not funny. Didn't you hear what happened to Iida?" Kendo said. She grabbed Monoma's shirt on the back and placed her food on Brando naturally.

Brando twitched his lips but didn't say anything.

"Sorry, class A. This guy's heart is just, well....." Kendo was a bit helpless.

'His heart....?'

"I overheard you guys talking about practical exams?" Kendo asked.

"You know anything, Kendo?" Brando asked.

"Of course, I have heard from the older students that we'll have a battle against giant robots, like in the entrance exam," Kendo asked.

Everyone seemed surprised when they heard it.

"Curse you, Brando! You have stolen every girl in our class!" Monoma woke up and mocked Brando when he woke up.

"......."

"I - If it isn't you then Kendo wo--- Gah!!!" Monoma was knocked again by Kendo.

There was a bit of blush on Kendo's cheek and coughed to avert their attention. Though, Uraraka, Hagakure, and Tsuyu looked at Brando with an expressionless expression.

"Cough! Anyway, the practical exam is fighting against robots. It seems to be cheating, but..." Kendo wanted to say something but stopped when she heard Midoriya murmur.

"No, it isn't cheating. It's one of the advantages of getting to know older students. It's an information gathering...." Midoriya started with his crazy analysis.

Kendo moved back for few meters and whispered to Brando, "Is he always like this?"

Brando nodded and said, "It's normal." He looked at Hagakure, Uraraka, and Tsuyu then asked, "Can you tell them what this guy was saying is a misunderstanding? Their stare started to hurt me."

If stare can create a hole then the stare of three girls was definitely the one.

"What misunderstanding?" Kendo asked.

"As for the stolen ones, I have never stolen anything from any of you," Brando said.

Kendo snorted and said, "Really? You haven't stolen anything?"

"......" Brando twitched his lips looking at this girl.

"What are you talking about?" Hagakure asked.

"It's about Monoma. It seems that his medicine is empty and he needs to go to the infirmary. I thought to help him since it'll be dangerous for Kendo alone," Brando said. He decided to avert the attention to Monoma since this guy could be used as the best distraction.

Everyone looked at Monoma with a pitiful expression.

"I AM NOT SICK!!!" Monoma refuted immediately and said, "Kendo, you fool. We finally had an intel advantage over them!! This is our chance to show up to the detestable class A..."

Smack!

Kendo smacked Monoma's neck and said, "They're not detestable."

"Do you want to sit here?" Brando offered.

"Sure," Kendo said.

"I am not going to sit down and eat with class A!!!!" Monoma said.

Smack!

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Brando would have never thought that his eating time in the cafeteria would be this tiring.

"Are we really going to fight robots?" Momo asked.

"Hmm... I am not sure," Brando said.

"Hmm? Why? Isn't class B said that we're going to fight a robot when it is the practical exam?" Momo asked.

"How to say... There is a chance that we'll be fighting against teachers this year at the U.A. is a bit unpredictable," Brando said.

"Unpredictable?"

"Like League of Villains or Hero Killer, maybe the school might try to push us to the limit to become stronger." Brando rested his chin on his hand and said, "Also, fighting against giant robots is too boring."

"That's true." Momo agreed with Brando's opinion.

They were talking to each other until they heard Bakugou's voice.

"Human or robot... I'd just blast'em away. What's the big deal, morons?" Bakugou said and walked back.

"Who are you calling a moron, moron?!" Bakugou looked at Midoriya and pointed his finger. "Hey, Deku!! Seems like you manage to control your Quirk, but don't stop pissing me off with those stunts!"

"He meant the other way when Deku was moving around like Bakugou," Uraraka explained.

"Oh, right!"

"I am gonna crush you, Deku! I am going to open the gap between us so wide that it'll kill you to death!!" Bakugou looked at Brando and said, "Brando, clean that neck of yours since I'll be defeating you later."

"You're welcome," Brando said calmly.

Bakugou snorted and walked back home.

Brando smiled looking at Bakugou's back and thought the school would turn into interesting.

"Brando, I'll defeat you," Torodoki said.

"So don't give me such a half-baked performance since you'll be left in the dust when you do it again in the future," Brando said.

"..." Todoroki stared at Brando for a while and turned. "I know." He left the class to go home.

Brando only shook his head.

"You seem to have a lot of rivals," Momo said.

"Including you?" Brando said.

"You think of me as a rival?" Momo asked.

"Of course, you're my rival. My lovely rival. With you around, I can work hard toward my goal," Brando said.

Momo blushed and seemed a bit embarrassed. "I know.. I won't lose to you."

Having a good rival would make anyone become stronger, especially when you have such a cute rival.

Brando wanted to go back, but he noticed Midoriya's gaze on him. He raised his eyebrow and asked, "What's wrong, Midoriya? Do you want to stay something?"

"N - No!!!" Midoriya seemed nervous when he heard Brando's question.

Brando shook his head and felt that Midoriya was too boring. He opened the door to leave the class, but he heard Midoriya's voice.

"Dio-kun!"

Brando turned and looked at Midoriya without expression. He waited to see what this guy wanted to say to him. He knew that Midoriya had a powerful inheritance from All Might, but he was a bit disappointed with Midoriya's personality.

"I - I...." Midoriya was very nervous. He wasn't sure why but Brando's gaze could penetrate into his bones. Brando's eyes were so sharp that it felt like he was talking to the beast that would crush his body. He gulped and said, "I won't lose to you!"

"......"

Midoriya closed his eyes and waited to hear his reply but he didn't hear anything. He opened his eyes and saw Brando wasn't there anymore. He felt disappointed and wasn't sure why, but felt a bit lost. He clenched his hands and would work harder to become stronger to control his power.

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Brando met Yui who was waiting for him and thought about Midoriya. In his opinion, Midoriya was very disappointing and he didn't put him in his eyes, but he knew with a catalyst that boy would grow very strong since Midoriya had the power of All Might.

'All Might is dead, but you're here.'

"Dio, what's wrong?" Yui asked.

"Nothing." Brando held Yui's hand naturally while thinking about Midoriya. He was a beast and he would crush his enemy to death but in front of a woman. He was as gentle as a lamb.

"What do you want to eat?" Yui asked.

"Let's buy beef. I just got my salary," Brando said.

"Oh? Really? Then, let's make sukiyaki," Yui said.

"Good."

Brando sighed and wondered why he was very addicted to females.

'I am sinful.'