CHAPTER 022(First Day At UA)

CHAPTER 022(First Day At UA)

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---April 7th, 2115, Matani Estate...

"So are you excited for your first day?" Nezu's cheery voice asks, excitedly waving to Law through the video on his phone.

Law just sighs, silently cleans up his kitchen after making his protein shake, and grabs it as well as his phone. "It's too early for you to be this excited," he grumbles.

Nezu can't help but shake his head as Law's bare upper body comes into view, all the tattoos exposed for him to see. "It's your first day of school, the first day in a place where you can use your Quirk without having to hide, you should be excited too."

SHAMBLES

Law appears in his bedroom and sets the phone down on the dresser. Wearing only a pair of shorts he walks over to his bed and sighs, then looks out to the sun already hanging above the ocean.

"So early, is Yagi even there yet?" he asks.

SHAMBLES

His white body glove appears on his body, already covered by his UA uniform,grey blazer with green pants, long red tie, and a white shirt beneath. A single button on each shoulder to indicate he's in the Hero Course. In addition, he has a white Rolex on his left wrist and a pair of white dress shoes on his feet. The visor is already on his head, his voice now becomes slightly more mechanical.

"He's on his way," Nezu says, seeing Horizon turn away from the camera and walk across the room. On the back of his grey UA blazer, he sees Horizon's logo. "Did you really have to put that on the uniform?" he scoffs. Shaking his head at the sight of Horizon's logo printed in the same UA green on the back of the uniform.

"Would you believe it helps with my Quirk?"

"No."

"Oh well," Horizon shrugs as he gets to the other side of the room. Reaching his table to pick up a katana, safely stored within the white scabbard decorated with Horizon's blue smiley face logo is a 120cm -4ft- long white blade, the guard is square with blue accents and connects to the 25cm -10in- hilt, which is also white with blue accents.

Overall, his sword from the tip of the blade to the end of its hilt, is one inch shorter than Tsuyu Asui.

Picking up the sword he also grabs the briefcase-like metal case that was resting beside it, previously silver with '19' on it, but now repainted in white with his logo in blue on both sides.

"Do you really have to put your logo on everything?" Nezu asks.

"Branding is important."

"I sent you your hero gear early for you to 'get used to it' -and you still haven't told me what that's supposed to mean by the way-, not for you to deface UA property."

"It's not like anyone else is gonna be using my stuff," Horizon says as the hero gear disappears and the view suddenly swaps to his office. As he grabs a fresh ring binder notebook and pencil case, both also with his logo, Nezu sighs.

"How do you even do this, is there anything you didn't add it to."

"No. Is this really gonna be a problem?"

"Mmm, just try to only put it on things that are yours, meaning no more UA property."

"Done," Horizon says as the view once again changes, this time Nezu recognizes the inside of his car. "Just gotta get this off..." he mutters before removing his visor. "Can't let people see Horizon driving Law's car after all..."

While Horizon secures everything in the back seat Nezu can't help but make a suggestion, "you know if you went for the collapsable sword design we recommended this would be a lot easier."

"And it would also be weaker, plus I needed the extra length in case I ever have to get too close to a power type or something, I'm tall, I might as well use it to my advantage."

"And did everything else meet your standards?"

"Yeah, looks good too."

"Have you considered one of the more heroic designs I sent you, perhaps one with the giant scalpel for a sword?" Nezu asks.

"Oh fuck no, I'm not some gimmicky hero, sleek efficiency, that's part of the image," Law starts his car and begins driving.

"I suppose your outfit does better fit your image, I'll set out a spot for you to warp to, Toshinori has almost arrived..." Nezu hangs up, letting Law enjoy the short drive to UA in peace...

---15 Minutes Later...

Law sits in his car and carefully puts on his visor, already parked in the garage of his Musutafu building.

"ROOM," his perception expands, the few thousand meters between him and Nezu's office are covered. He focuses on Nezu's office and notices a single leaf, likely from one of the plants in the room, resting on the couch.

"Shambles," he appears on the couch, sitting comfortably in his uniform. In front of him is a coffee table, on the other side is an identical black couch. To his right is Nezu's desk with the principal sorting out some paperwork, a cabinet along the wall to the side of the room with a teamaking station, and a massive glass pane behind Nezu, looking out as Musutafu.

"Why me?"

Yagi raises a hand slightly, "principal Nezu has touted your analytical abilities when it comes to Quirks as second to none, this is a chance for you to prove it."

"I am second to none," Horizon insists. "Doesn't mean I do charity, my minimum bid is 50 million for a reason, just give me the remote."

Nezu tosses the remote and he casually catches it, laying back and playing the video.

In the video Izuku runs forward a few steps before crouching down slightly, then his right arm and both legs buckle and strain unnaturally as the road beneath his feet cracks.

Horizon pauses the video. "I've seen enough," he tosses the remote back to Nezu.

"What?" Yagi asks, shocked and somewhat disappointed at how quickly the video was dismissed.

"Let me guess," Horizon leans forward and pokes the hologram with two fingers, zooming in on Izuku's feet. "Since the floor beneath him cracked so easily while his body didn't naturally position itself to handle the impact, either he isn't used to fighting or for some reason has never bothered to train his Quirk before coming to this exam. Then considering the angles his legs are about to be strained at I'm guessing he breaks them, and his arm since he looks to be gearing up for a strong right, worse form than a rookie but it's still a punch. Then he breaks his arm and falls to his death because he's worthless trash, right?"

Nezu and Yagi look at each other in amazement before awkwardly turning back to Horizon.

"Someone caught him thankfully," Yagi says. Horizon plays the video and it happens exactly like he expected, aside from Izuku being caught. "Your analysis is truly incredible..." he says in awe.

"Honestly I'm more surprised mister '12 supercomputers for a brain' even needed help," Horizon chuckles and nods toward Nezu, taking a final sip of his shake.

"My aptitude is almost entirely in logistics, the inner workings of Quirks is an entirely different situation," Nezu says. "Thankfully we have you, and you're incredible both."

"Is there anything you'd recommend for this boy?" Yagi asks, trying and failing to hide his excitement at the thought of Izuku having someone who can solve his problem with One For All.

"Yeah, go do something where he doesn't need his quirk," Horizon shakes his head at the video. "Can't believe someone as pathetic as that actually had the balls to take the exam, honestly it's so reckless and irresponsible that it's almost impressive, but assuming by some miracle he doesn't die the next time he does that, likely by accidentally sending power upward and breaking his own neck or spine, he'll end up a cripple after a few more of those hits," he shrugs. "Recovery Girl is good but she makes the body functional, she can't completely undo damage to nerves, bones, and tissue, that's all me. He's just lucky his joints didn't break this time."

Yagi nearly throws up at those words, Nezu gives him a small pat on the leg to help him keep focused. He kneads the fabric of his pants and looks across to Horizon. "And how would you recommend he gets that power under control?"

"Oh god," Horizon looks at Nezu, "please tell me you didn't actually accept this useless fuck!"

"We did."

Horizon groans, "and is it in my class?"

"HE, is."

Horizon throws his head back and groans even louder, "you promised me competition and now give me a fucking cripple, what a disappointment."

"You know in any other school you'd be punished for that kind of language," Nezu says. "Your lucky our Hero Course students are expected to deal with that kind of behavior, the public won't hold back with their words so we can use you to prepare them for that."

"I don't care about helping you train heroes," Horizon says. He points at Izuku on the screen, "and I'm not here to be a teacher. His problems are his level of mastery with the power flow, distribution, and regulation, and he's clearly a moron for going this long in his life without solving that. Figured ten years of having a Quirk you'd stop hurting yourself, he must be a special kind of dumbass."

"What do you mean by that exactly?" Yagi asks, hoping to get some insight into what his protoge needs.

Horizon just shrugs, "that's all you're getting. I don't help self-harming garbage, especially not for free."

"Bu---" Yagi is about to launch into a speech when Nezu rests a paw on his leg, already knowing this would only escalate, as has many conversations between him and Horizon this past year.

"How about we get to why we're here," Nezu suggests, getting a nod from both men.

"Alright, just take my hand," Horizon reaches over the table.

Yagi nods and takes his hand, and Horizon immediately begins scanning him.

After a few seconds, Yagi lets go, but Horizon tightens his hold, "Hmmm, that's odd..." he mutters Quietly, visor staring directly at Yagi's chest. "It's as if your Quirk is suddenly gone---"

Both Nezu and Yagi stiffen at that, not liking where this is going, Yagi tries to yank his hand away only for Horizon's free hand to also hold onto it.

Horizon shakes his head muttering under his breath, "that's impossible...Quirks can't just...what..." he keeps scanning over and over for a few more seconds before looking at Yagi.

"What happened to your Quirk?" he asks in a strange voice, both menacing and curious. All while constantly pouring more and more of his energy into scanning Yagi. Over and over, still unable to believe or make sense of what he was sensing in each cell.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about..." Yagi tries to lie and fails miserably.

"Tch, even if that was a convincing lie," Horizon raises his hands, still holding Yagi's one massive right hand, "while I'm touching someone I act as a polygraph, something I developed after meeting the detective...so, be honest this time, what happened to your Quirk?"

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