MHA: Horizon(Ope-Ope No Mi)

Chapter 26: (Disappointments)

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"He's up, cripple boy," Horizon says, leaning back on Nezu's couch with a bottle of water in his hand.

"You're calling him 'Cripple Boy'?" Nezu asks, watching Izuku walk up to throw the baseball.

"It's what he'll be if he doesn't get his shit together, but if Eraserhead is as much of a hardass as you said his hero career ends here," Horizon shrugs and gives the screen his full attention.

Nezu takes a sip from his second cup of tea. "Unfortunately unless Midoriya has made some great improvements that appears to be the case, normally he'd expel you for not showing up on the first day of school, but since you're with me he can't do that."

They see Izuku eventually throw the ball by only activating One For All in a single finger, and Nezu smiles, but Horizon just sighs in disappointment.

"It's rare for a Quirk to hurt the user like that," Horizon says. "Most Quirks have a kind of built-in recoil absorption, but somehow you let in two Quirks without that adaptation. One breaks bones and the other needs a diaper."

"True, but Midoriya and Aoyama have great potential, as he's just shown," Nezu says as they watch Eraserhead restrain Bakugo.

As they continue watching the test, Eraserhead guides the students to the sit-up, pushup, and long-distance running sections, and both Nezu and Horizon can't help but get a bit bored.

"So how much did you tell your staff about me?" Horizon asks.

"Absolutely nothing," Nezu cackles a bit but gets himself under control. "I think it'll be quite amusing to see their reactions, especially since many of them were against me breaking our 'No Scouting' policy for you, they were up in arms after I didn't require you to take the entrance exam, or even the recommended students exam."

"And you want me to show off and prove them wrong, right?"

"Right, it's quite obvious that I'm playing favorites for you, so I'd like you to show that I made the right decision to do so."

"Not like that wasn't the plan anyway," Horizon shrugs. "Popularity is the easiest way to climb the ranks, so I'll be using everything I can."

"Excellent, now, did you see any Quirks from your classmates that you believe can challenge you?" Nezu asks with a smirk.

"Nope, not even close," Horizon casually says, then takes a sip of his water.

"Todoroki?" Nezu asks.

"I can Warp, that makes projectiles and brawlers pretty much useless, plus my sword can out damage literally everything in that class. Could have maybe been fun if the guy would use his fire, but it looks like he isn't confident with that side of his body."

"Bakugo?"

"Same thing as Todoroki, just he seems more loud and annoying. But he can't hit me and I can beat his damage, very badly at that."

"Hmm," Nezu strokes his chin for a moment. "Midoriya?"

"Super-Power that he can't even control, what a joke."

"Iida?"

"Warping makes speed irrelevant since my reaction time is near instant," Horizon shrugs.

"Fumikage?"

"Dark Shadow huh... I'm fairly sure it sucks against light, judging by the name and appearance, so I can counter it."

"Naval Laser?"

"That had better be a joke," Horizon grumbles.

"Hardening?"

"I can break any defense."

"Zero Gravity?"

"Doesn't really work against people who aren't dependant on gravity to move, like fliers or warpers."

"Tail?"

"Oh now you're just trying to be funny," Horizon chuckles. "He's basically any Quirkless fuck with a stick."

"Invisibility?"

"Hmm, I can sense people, but is it mutation or emitter type?"

"Mutation," Nezu says.

"Damn...if it was Emitter I'd be able to see her...but wait, if she isn't blind then it's an emitter type, right? True invisibility is impossible as a mutation because it would make you either blind or a pair of floating eyeballs," he says.

"Her application said Mutation, and she's been invisible since birth," Nezu says. "Perhaps it was wrong, but you'll find out soon enough."

"What about her?" Horizon asks, gesturing to a pretty girl with a wild ponytail. "The one doing situps with Jiro."

"Momo Yaoyorozu---"

"Yaoyorozu?" Horizon asks, surprise in his voice. "Never expected that, that family is almost as rich as me," he chuckles.

"You would have bumped them off the top twenty most wealthy dynasties in Japan if your assets were publicly audited," Nezu says. "Still nowhere close to being number one however."

"Well I'm sorry if I don't have the biggest brain on the planet to work stocks and sell patents, but unlike you, I don't have to sink all my money into funding UA, how much does it cost you a year? Construction is dirt cheap since Quirks exist, but you really like using robots..."

"The cost is astronomical, plus the infrared security system is also quite expensive, since UA is a dozen kilometers across."

"Yeah well I'm sure the hero tax on people like All Might and Endeavour paid for some of it, right?"

"Aside from them that hasn't covered much," Nezu shrugs. "But the tax isn't about the money, not entirely."

"Mhm," Horizon nods. "A completely free education with all books and uniforms included...on the condition that you get 5% of their hero salary for the first 10 years of hero work, a good way to make sure you don't let any good Quirks slip by just because they couldn't afford the otherwise insane cost of studying here."

"Exactly, and speaking of Ms. Yaoyorozu, she was a recommended student."

"Really, her Quick is Item Creation?" Horizon asks, seeing her making roller skates and starting the long-distance run.

"No, just Creation, any non-living thing can be made from her fat cells."

Horizon stares at the screen for a moment, "she's made a baseball pitcher, skates, a vice, car jacks, and a few other things...so either she ignores the laws of thermodynamics...or her fat cells are extra dense because of her Quirk."

"She hasn't mentioned either of those," Nezu says.

"She probably hasn't noticed, most people don't notice things like that. I didn't notice the changes my Quirk makes to my body until I started blacking out...wasn't eating enough," he shrugs.

"Well that explains why you're always eating when I see you, you're big but two pizzas is still a bit much."

"You'll get used to it, but as for Creation girl, I'm guessing she isn't allowed to make firearms or certain weapons right, because from the looks of it her items don't decay."

"Nope, she's forbidden from making any reusable illegal items, grenades and such are fine because they're destroyed with each use, but guns are a no-no," Nezu says in a cheery voice. "Are you perhaps interested in her?"

"I was..."

"Really? Well, you do have a type from what I've seen."

Horizon grumbles, "not like that Nezu, and you know I can't date heroes, that's a nightmare. Her Quirk, I've never seen anything so close to reaching mine, not as powerful but the versatility makes up for it. If she didn't have such limited fuel then we could have maybe had a good fight, even I can't be ready for everything she can do with that Quirk."

"Exactly why we accepted her, along with her getting the third highest score on the recommended entrance exam, but the first place winner declined UA after the exam for some reason," Nezu says in a sad voice, a small sigh escapes his mouth as he recalls such promising talent walking away from UA.

"Must have been one hell of an obstacle course race... too bad he didn't accept, maybe he would have been some competition."

"His Quirk was wind manipulation---"

"Nevermind, add him to the trash pile..." Horizon groans in disappointment and leans back.

Nezu shakes his head, "I just hope you don't embarrass yourself when the time comes to back up all your talk," he glances to the screen, seeing the field completely empty. Looking at his phone he reads a short message from Eraser Head. "It looks like Midoriya won't be expelled for his performance today."

"What? That doesn't make any sense, why?"

"You can ask him when you see him, however, I have absolute trust in Aizawa," Nezu hops down from the couch and walks over to Horizon.

"What?" he looks down at Nezu.

"Your classmates will be back in the classroom soon to get a breakdown of the UA syllabus, but I'll need to steal Aizawa away for a few minutes to discuss some things with Vlad King, he's class 1Bs teacher, let's go to your homeroom, I'd like to say hello to your classmates, and explain your absence so Aizawa doesn't snap," Nezu makes a 'pick up' gesture similar to a baby.

Horizon groans and shakes his head, "I'm not carrying you."

"C'mon, I'm less than a meter tall, look at these adorable tiny legs," he gestures to his feet and moves them about. "You're 193cm -6ft3-, just carry me so we'll save time."

Horizon looks at Nezu, then at his metal case, and Katana, "I can't believe this."

"The sword can remain in my office, there isn't a spot for it in the shelves," Nezu says.

Horizon sighs and reaches down, placing Nezu to sit on his shoulder as he stands up, "I can't believe I'm doing this, do you do this with everyone?" he asks while picking up his metal case, book, and pencil case, all with his logo on them.

"Mostly with Vlad King, he's about as tall as you are, but a lot nicer."

"You'll get over it..." Horizon mutters as they leave the office, careful and bored steps toward class 1A...

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