CHAPTER 170(Playing Favourites)

CHAPTER 170(Playing Favourites)

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"So you really can't make it more precise?" Horizon asks.

He and Snipe were sitting in Nezu's office on opposite couches. His feet were resting on the coffee table as he hovers his katana above his lap.

Snipe was twirling his revolver, leaning back comfortably as they speak.

"That's the downside sadly," Snipe says. "My Quirk makes it so any projectile I launch hits the target...assuming nothing actively gets in the way. And once a route is set it can't really be altered much further so dodging behind cover works too."

"So it's just aim-assist, like a video game?"

"Pretty much."

"That's...a bit disappointing honestly."

"Oh, what'd you expect?" Snipe asks, still twirling his gun. "Bullets curving and tracking people like homing missiles?"

"Honestly, that'd be pretty neat," Horizon admits. "But your Quirk just puts you at the highest level a human can be at when speaking of accuracy."

"Well with guns yes, but I can use other things too you know."

"What, like a slingshot?"

"Well..." Snipe takes out a coin, which catches Horizon's attention.

Flicking it between his fingers he bounces it off two walls, the ceiling, and the table, before it soars directly toward Horizon's visor.

TAKT!

The coin freezes in the air, hovering between them.

"So the slower the projectile the more fancy you can make the shot?"

"And the more direct my contact it," Snipe says. "When I fire a bullet my Quirk actually uses the recoil to try throwing the gun out of my hand and at my target, the gloves are magnetic to help me keep it in my hand."

Horizon casually leans forward, raising his hand for the coin to descend, now hovering an inch above his hand as Scalpel floats off to the side.

"I can sense it," Horizon says. "Tactile Telekinesis."

"Guess the jig is up, but please do tell, how does one 'sense' Telekinesis?"

"Well, it's still moving toward me, or atleast trying," Horizon says. "I didn't stop it, just slowed it down a lot, it's still moving toward me, 1/10th of a millimeter per minute at a time."

"And?"

"And..." Horizon sighs. "My Quirk allows me to make a 3D map of anything within my range, and I can feel the pressure trying to warp this thing, twisting the metal on a scale too small for the human eye to notice."

With that Horizon flicks his wrist and sends the coin back to Snipe, who catches it without even looking.

"Well, I see why they say your Quirk is basically magic," Snipe admits. "And considering how far you sent Hound Dog today...your range is easily many magnitudes beyond mine," he twirls his gun one last time and rests it on the couch beside him.

"Oh, and what's your range?"

"1200 meters," Snipe taps his own visor. "Built-in scope to help with that, can't shoot what I can't see after all."

"Huh, short compared to Lady Nagant."

"Yeah," Snipe sighs. "Always wanted to meet her, but she had her whole metal breakdown and went psycho before that could happen."

"Yeah," Horizon plays along, knowing the truth after reading the files All For One left for him.

"What about you?" Snipe asks. "Why the sword? I mean, I imagine you'd be good with just about anything since your Quirk can do anything you want."

"Swords are just bigger scalpels," Horizon shrugs and gestures to how floating weapon. "And this one is actually named Scalpel."

"Seems a bit on the nose, but fits the whole medical theme."

"That's the idea, clean and precise, hence the white. And blue, like medical scrubs..."

Snipe looks at the door, sits up a bit more properly, then turns to Horizon. "So, the official story is Nezu found you as a doctor to save All Might, but atleast the teachers aren't dumb enough to just believe that, even if it's true.Rread latest chapters at novelhall.com

You must have been in a ton of scraps before that, considering how well you carry yourself against even the most monstrous villain."

"You have a point or just talking in circles?"

"Ever had to use that sword?" Snipe asks. "Or did you just learn to keep in shape?"

The moment the door closes Nezu groans loudly, "this is the second teacher you've had some altercation with, can't you just play nice?"

"Hey I warned the fucker, but he decided to rush in, so I gave him a little bath."

"At the bottom of the Musutafu docks?"

"It's the closest part of the ocean to us," Horizon throws up his arms in annoyance. "Honestly no pleasing you people."

"You could just try to get along with the staff..."

"I get along very well with them, considering almost all of them are Pro Heroes, and I'm, well, me..."

"You do remember that you spent your morning recess in this very room, because you got into a verbal fight with Nemuri this morning."

"Well, saggy should learn to keep her mouth shut."

"That's exactly what I'm talking about, and why---"

At that very moment the door opens, and in walks Nemuri Kayama, Ms. Midnight.

"Princip---" Midnight freezes as she sees Horizon sitting in the room, she gets a bad feeling about this. "What is this?"

"I'm guessing an intervention," Horizon says, clearly annoyed. "He's gonna ask you to stop being such a petty bi---"

"Horizon!" Nezu interrupts him.

Midnight gives him the stink eye as she closes the door behind her.

Nezu gestures for her to sit on the couch opposite Horizon, which she silently does. Folding her arms under her chest and giving him a blank stare.

"Well, is there anything you two would like to say to each other?" Nezu asks.

An excruciating long few minutes pass as they seem to be locked in a staring contest, not a word between them.

"Nemuri..." Nezu says, causing her to sigh.

"Fine, I guess I'll apologize first."

"Well you are the teacher," Horizon says, then mutters. "Even if you dress like a cheap whore..."

"See what I mean!" Nemuri jumps up from her seat and points at Horizon, all while looking at Nezu.

"Horizon..."

"Ugh, fine, I'll just let her talk."

"Thank you."

Nemuri scowls at him for a moment before sitting back down, then schools her expression.

"I, apologize for overstepping your boundaries and speaking of matters I clearly know nothing about. I'm sorry, and I was wrong."

"I know," Horizon says.

Then another long, awkward, echoing silence fills the room.

"Horizon," Nezu prompts him.

"What?" Horizon looks between them. He was genuinely confused.

"This is the part where you apologize," Nezu says.

"Huh, for what?"

"For being a---!"

"Nemuri!" Nezu cuts her off.

Beneath his visor Horizon rolls his eyes, "look, I never said anything wrong or false, you build this street whore persona, you deal with the consequences, get over it."

Nemuri rolls her eyes, more annoyed than hurt, then gets up.

"Whatever, I'm done with this, but just so you know. Compassion is vital to be a true hero, and you aren't anywhere near strong enough to show that side of yourself."

Horizon shakes his head, "haven't you heard, the commission only ranks us based on results, because you can't really measure 'heart'..."

Midnight shakes her head, disappointed, but not at Horizon, at Nezu. "Of all the people that have passed through this academy, you decided to bet on this, to be 'The greatest hero this world shall ever know.'

I hope he isn't the only one who can perform miracles, because, for a transformation like that, a miracle is what it'll take."

Nobody says a word as Midnight casually walks out of the room completely doubting the choices of her mentor.

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