Chapter 2. Entrance Exam

This day has come: it's time to show Ikawa what he is capable of. In front of him stood the huge building of the U.A. High School, where his Entrance Exam would be held. The fifteen-year-old boy was a little more worried than his brother Izuku, according to the stories, when he, the previous student, was very worried. Hito was dressed in his old high school uniform and carried a dark blue backpack with sports clothes on his shoulders, as any student who wants to become a hero should.

"The last time I saw this building was four years ago during the Paranormal Liberation War," he began to mutter softly. His habit is similar to Izuku's, but of course he can think without muttering. Hito remembered the last events of this terrible time, how he and his family saw Izuku off so that he and his friends could cope with the League of Villains, which now, for all the relief, does not exist. His mother, who fought against Everything For One, also took part in this. Thank God Mom and older brother returned alive. But at this recollection, the guy had ants, as when remembering the dark past of childhood and mentioning the Heroic name of his father. "It was a scary time, but I managed to meet Eri-kun and Izumi Kota there, who had known Izuku for a long time, but I could also see some of his classmates," he continued to whisper, looking at the building. "But evil times are out of the way now. Now I don't want to let the audience down in practice. But what if they don't like it..."

"Hito!" a rude voice behind distracted from his thoughts and Ikawa turned his head without unexpected fright. "If you stand and chatter like a crazy person, then you will not see the entrance to U. A in the future." The taller guy caught up with him. His light brown hair stood straight as spikes and his red eyes were always frowning

"Sorry, Kosen. I thought a little," the black-haired man apologized and walked that Kosen followed him on a par.

"You can stay in this position until morning," the highest said with a hidden grin. "In the exam, I will show them who else will take the first place."

"Your self-confidence may be true," Hito rolled his eyes. This time, he did not hesitate, because his best friend has the Quirk of a Laser that can cut through and pierce any solid objects with these Infrared rays, if it picks up the right temperature. With this quirk, Kosen turns out to be more invincible, but this prevents Ikawa from thinking that his Quirk of Fire Breath is weaker than a Laser. In

"Look, it's Ikawa Hito," one of the students said in a whisper to another, pointing with his gaze at the two who managed to disappear behind the doors. "I was surprised that he would be here."

"It's obvious that he's the son of White Lily and Flame Jet," another spoke up. "He has a strong Quirk and will make a great hero."

"That's right," the first one nodded affirmatively. "His Quirk is similar to Deku's Quirk. Do you think they are brothers?"

"Judge for yourself," neutrally hit the back of the other's head with the other's hand. "They both possess Fiery Breath, like a Fiery Jet, so they take on."

"Yeah."

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"Welcome everyone to my performance, our future students!" shouted a man with glasses hiding his eyes and blond hair with an elongated crescent shape, illuminating with spotlights. He is wearing a black uniform with a loudspeaker device around his neck. "Say, hey!"

No one bothered to say "hey!". The man cleared his throat

"So, my dear listeners! I'm going to tell you something very important for you. Are you ready?!"

No one was going to drop the words again

*"Voice Hero: Present Mick,"* Hito thought to himself. *"He uses a loud voice with this neck device. I also listened to him on the radio."*

"Okay," the Present Mick coughed. "Let's get to the important part, so prick up your ears! You will show your courage on a ten-minute run of one of the city districts! You are allowed to take with you what you want!"

Areas with the letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G were highlighted on the screen.

"Will we be divided into different districts if we are from the same school?" Akayoru turned to Ikawa without thinking to say softly. Several people turned surprised glances at him.

"Maybe," Hito replied. "They will give us numbers with the specified places. We'll be anywhere."

"Okay."

"We will scatter the "villains" on the battlefield! They will appear in three variations!" the Pro Hero continued. The next slide showed three robots with different numbers from one to three. "Each of the robots has its own score! Easy villain has one ball! The average is two points! But the last one is also a difficult villain! He has three points! Your task is to destroy as many villains as you can using your improvised means! And you have to earn as many points as possible! And, of course, you are forbidden to attack other participants, it's against the rules!"

"I'm sorry! Can I ask a question?" in the shadows, a guy shouted, getting up. The searchlights were now trained on him. His head looks like an ant's: the same mustache, huge eyes and claws instead of a mouth. The ears were replaced with small holes on the sides. His hairstyle is neatly laid on the left side, reminiscent of the hairstyle of the Best Jeanist. And the rest of the body is human. "There are four villains listed in the notes!" provided a piece of paper forward, pointing with his finger. "Is this some kind of fingerprint? If so, it is not permissible for the U.A. management to make mistakes!"

Hito pushed a piece of paper with painted robot villains in front of him. And there really were four villains shown here. Only the fourth had zero points.

*"He's right,"* he thought, glancing with a fiery orange undisguised eye at the indignant student three rows ahead of him. *"Although I remember Izuku telling me about the fourth robot with zero points."*

"Yes, that's right, incoming number 534!" The Real Mick nodded, waving his hands and provided another slide with the image of the last type of villain. "On your way you will meet a villain who has no points! Because of its very huge size, it will be your trap! He gets angry when he sees a group of people gathered in front of him!"

"Wow, so you just need to avoid him, like in one of the video games," someone said.

"I think we're going to have a hard time," the other sighed heavily.

"I get it. I'll forgive my rudeness!" the guy bowed with an apology and sat down in his place. The searchlights began to shine on the hero again.

"Well, that's it! Show us your power! As they say in the academy - "Plus Ultra!" I wish you good luck enjoying your trial!"

Impatience gripped Hito's body. His insides have warmed up and he feels a great surge of strength to start the test as soon as possible.

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The long-haired man was standing near the gate of district B, evenly kneading every part of his body, hidden in the usual dark blue uniform. The sneakers were also this color. Hito hooked the bangs with a hairpin in advance so that it would not interfere with the view. Now both eyes were visible on his face. The guy looked around the participants, continuing to stretch his arms. They were all ready to start practicing. One guy with pale skin and styled blond hair kept looking at his uniform, consisting of a white blouse, baggy dark red pants and brown shoes. Ikawa wasn't interested in him and silently turned away.

"START!" roared the voice of the Real Mick. "There is no reverse report on this test! Go ahead! Forward!"

Everyone chased each other in their own directions. Hito decided not to turn off and continued to run straight, and his vision darted to the left, bumping into another robot villain. The guy reacted quickly, dodging the robot's approaching claws, breathed more air into his chest and exhaled a huge hot jet of fire. The villain instantly got stuck and collapsed to the ground

Smiling smugly, he ran on, turning right. Here he was met by a huge street of fighting people with various equipment. A spiky-haired guy with an ash-blue color raised his hands in front of him and pointed at the robot. The robot rose four meters into the air and then fell on another robot, so that none of them survived, but the student panted heavily and continued to complete the task.

*"Telekinesis?"* thought Ikawa and burned both robots with three glasses to incandescence. From the back, he also felt the presence of the enemy. Before he could activate the Quirk, he sharply hit him in the side. Hito flew off a little and fell on his back, while feeling a sharp pain. The enemy wanted to start shooting to kill, as a round one landed on his head, which began to rotate violently on a piece of iron and emit an unpleasant screech. The villain was defeated, and the savior showed himself to be a dwarf with long needles and in only trousers when he revealed himself.

"Are you okay?" the stranger asked.

Hito nodded and thanked him, rubbing his wounded side.

"Be careful," he nodded and curled up into a ball, rolling on, and the Fire-Breathing wandered on. A few minutes later, the guy managed to save a considerable number of people. As far as he knew, they also give points for this, depending on the manifestation of combat assistance. Everyone had good results and Hito counted 48 points for destroying the villains. It wasn't a bad result for him either. But he decided to take a breather after frequent use of fire. A cloud of smoke oozed from the blowhole and sweat dripped from his forehead onto his sports jacket. His body felt a little weak from the high temperature, but it could move on. Wiping the drops with the back of his hand, he continued to explore the next blocks. Everyone probably feels tired too, but everyone doesn't want to give up. For the sake of such a test, they give their best to the limit

There was a sensuous sound of a siren. All the participants stopped and started shaking their heads

"What is this? Is the exam over?" the girl asked.

"There's still a minute to go," another spoke up. "I feel that something is wrong here," frowned

And then a huge silhouette of another robot grew up, passed the turn and came across a group of people. Everyone was struck by adrenaline from its enormous size

"It's a zero-point robot!" someone said.

"Then we need to get out of here as soon as possible before he flattens us all!"

Everyone agreed with this man. Ikawa wanted to turn his back to how the villain touched the building with his hand, that it fell down and horrified the guy, seeing how the debris tightly attached the lower part of the body of another person. Hito saw him: he was wearing the same white blouse with dark red pants. He tried to free himself without consolation with the help of intensive work of his hands and his face continued to express horror and fear, along with pain in the lower part of his body. He squeezed his eyes shut as the robot approached him and thought that this was the end of his life.