CHAPTER 032(Battle Reviews)

CHAPTER 032(Battle Reviews)

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SHAMBLES!

Horizon appears back in the control room, standing beside All Might as he swaps places with the card he left there earlier.

All the students take a cautious step back in surprise as he reaches out and summons the card back into his hand.

"Well, that was boring," he shrugs. "Can I go home now?"

"You still have to review the battles after this," Eraser says. "Hero Course ends at five, as you know."

"Hey I can dream," he takes a few steps away from All Might then turns to face everyone. "So, did you three come just to see me?"

"Exactly," Nezu says. "But first, could you please deal with that," he gestures to the screen.

All eyes snap back to the screen to see Momo dragging Shoto from beneath the building hovering above them, and Ojiro still frozen in place.

"Sure," Horizon raises a hand and gestures to the left with his pointer finger, and the floating building does exactly that, suddenly jerking to the left and shattering as it hits the road. "Done."

"And can you bring them here?" Eraser asks.

"They can manage without me."

"Horizon," Nezu says.

Horizon sighs, "ugh, fine," he takes out three cards and throws them to the floor.

SHAMBLES!

Momo, Shoto, and Ojiro swap places with the cards. Recovery Girl immediately moves to heal them, ignoring their confused and surprised expressions.

Horizon once again Warps the cards back to him, placing all ten back into his jacket pocket.

"So, why did you come here?" he asks Nezu, looking up at the mouse that was still on All Might's shoulder.

Everyone just remains silent, carefully listening to every word.

"I came to see you in action," Nezu says. "So...telekinesis and what, air slashes?"

"No and no," Horizon says.

"Will you explain or are these more abilities you intend to keep secret?"

Horizon shrugs, "I tell the world what to do, and it obeys, because it knows better, that's all."

Everyone sweatdrops at that response, but somehow at this point, they weren't that surprised.

"Well then, good job today everyone!" All Might loudly announces, feeling his time about to run out. "I'll now entrust you all to Aizawa for more in-depth reviews. But allow this experience to expand your views, no matter how strong you believe yourself to be, there will always be competition, I know this was a serious eye opener for some of you," he sees both Shoto staring daggers at Horizon while Bakugo looks heartbroken.

"Even you, Young Horizon," he absentmindedly pats Horizon on the back, then holds his shoulder as he continues. "This is only the second day, if you don't take things seriously you'll find yourself struggling to even keep up with these young and talented heroes in training," All Might smiles brightly at everyone, seeing many of their faces light up at his words.

Until he looks at Deku, a completely mortified look on his face, then he sees a look of disappointment on Aizawa and Recovery Girl as they just shake their head at him.

'Hmm, what's going on?' he wonders, until Nezu taps his shoulder and whispers something in his ear.

All Might immediately freezes, then looks down at Horizon, not realizing that he was still holding the young man's shoulder, and Horizon...he was staring at exactly where Yagi's injury was.

'SHIT! The jig is up!' All Might's smile quivers for a moment as Nezu gives Horizon a subtle nod and they both turn back to the class.

Horizon sets the revelation aside for now as the class is sent to get cleaned up and return to their homeroom for reviews.

While everyone goes to the locker room he heads back to the homeroom. But before splitting off he hears them excitedly chattering about the final match, and he overhears a bit of what Nezu told them about him.

The rest of the class walks in as Sato explains.

"Oh, during your match Principal Nezu gave this big speech, said you're pretty much guaranteed to be the next number one hero...and said you're already good enough for the top ten, he said some other things too but I can't really remember, sorry."

"Oh, he revealed that," was all Horizon said, surprising everyone as he turned back to his phone.

"So it is true," Shoto steps out of the crowd and begins walking to Horizon as everyone gets to their seats, the entire class silent and listening in.

"He's a big dreamer," Horizon shrugs, not looking up at Shoto.

"And you aren't?"

"Meh," Horizon shrugs. "Don't really care for crap like that, being a hero is just a job, you people can kill each other for the top spot as far as I care..."

Everyone is shocked, yet again.

Their minds couldn't comprehend it.

Here was someone that the smartest being in the world declared as the next Symbol Of Peace...and he didn't want it, what they were sweating and bleeding for, and he didn't even care.

Shoto just glares down at him, Horizon still just playing a game on his phone, "good, because the number one spot is mine, and I won't lose to anyone, not even you."

"Unless I wake up one day and decide to take it," Horizon chuckles. "Really isn't anything you can do to stop me, you do kinda suck, remember?"

"Get to your seats," Eraser enters the room, breaking up the tension.

As everyone gets seated and he gets ready to teach some odd glances are thrown about, the moment of calm lets the thoughts get properly realized in all their minds.

'He thinks Todoroki is weak?' Momo wonders, staring blankly at the back of Horizon's head.

Deku looks down at his bandaged arm, still in the sling, and frowns. 'I thought Kaachan was the biggest problem, but Todoroki is stronger than him...and Horizon is so far beyond that, why did All Might even choose me when people like them exist?'

Bakugo was blankly staring forward, his body and mind idly flowing through the motions as it tries to put itself back together.

In a word, today had been 'humbling' for him. Expectations and reality clash. Most of his classmates were exactly as expected, weaker than him. But first Deku is able to actually compete, and even win. Then Todoroki freezes an entire building with minimal effort.

And then there was Horizon... the thought made him feel the throw-up and cry all at once.

He clenched his fist at the memory, 'that damn rat thinks he'll be the best, better than anyone, better than me? And he's so strong, and he's a genius from what Shitty Hair told me...how am I supposed to beat that?'

"Alright, let's get this class started," Eraser taps the board, and the pairs they were grouped in before appear listed. "This session is all about reviewing everything that happened, but let's get the standout performances out of the way first."

Most of the class stiffens up at that, expecting some harsh punishment as a result of poor performance.

"First off, this is the start of your real hero training, I expect constant improvement from this point onward, that goes double for you," he looks directly at Deku. "I took a look at the recording, you've got a good head on your shoulders, if you master that Quirk then you'll be a useful and versatile hero in the future."

Deku manages to smile, finally feeling like he got a win today.

"The next standout is Bakugo, you didn't work with your teammate and let your emotions cost you the victory. Terrible. Focus on building some discipline or what would have been easy wins will keep evading you."

Bakugo just stares down at his desk, somehow going from the look of a kicked puppy to a completely beat-up puppy.

"Todoroki," Eraser throws his gaze to the back of the class, this confuses everyone as Shoto seemingly performed fine. "You're confident in your abilities, clearly. But this world is a big place, and today you were matched against someone clearly stronger than you. I doubt it would have mattered in the end, but you would have had a better chance had you not disregarded what Yaoyorouzu could have added, if you didn't take the lead and sideline her. Your confidence is not unfounded, but leaping into unknown situations with no backup is stupid, even for the strongest heroes."

Shoto just nods and glances over at Horizon, 'so even Aizawa thinks we couldn't have won?' was all he heard, was all many people heard.

"And I saved the worst of all for last, you," he looks directly at Horizon, surprising everyone.

Horizon doesn't react, still leaning back in his chair and paying attention.

"You not only disregarded what your ally could add, but you didn't both to help free him from the ice at all. Helping your allies is the absolute basics, yet somehow you didn't know that," Aizawa glares slightly before composing himself. "Not to mention I can tell when someone isn't trying, and you weren't even half-assing it, that would be a lot more effort than whatever you did out there. UA is for people willing to put everything they have into being a hero, have some respect for your classmates, and at least try, it's literally the least you should do."

"Got it," Horizon says, no intention to ever stress himself about any of this.

"Right, now onto the main reviews..."

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