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Every hero starts somewhere.
For some, it's an awakening—fire erupting from palms, gravity defying their steps, or lightning crackling at their fingertips.
For me?
It started with a toaster.
More specifically, the broken toaster from our apartment's trash room. I salvaged its coil, casing, and circuit board, cleaned off the mold, and turned it into the frame of my first compact stun emitter. It only worked once before exploding, but the fact that it worked at all?
That was the moment I knew I could compete.
Quirks gave others power.
But my hands, my mind, and my system? They gave me purpose.
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It was early morning when the Omni-Tech Protocol gave me my next task. The translucent blue window materialized the second I rolled out of bed.
> [New Task Unlocked]
TASK: Neutralize a moving target with non-lethal force
REWARD: Blueprint – EM Pulse Module v1
Bonus Objective: Complete without being seen
Progress: 0%
I grinned. "Time to field test."
I opened the wardrobe at the back of my cramped room. Nestled beneath hoodies and jackets was a reinforced box—homemade, reinforced with old metal and foam, secured with a biometric scanner salvaged from a broken smart lock.
I placed my hand on the scanner.
Click.
Inside lay the gear I'd been working on for weeks.
Not a full suit—yet—but enough to move, defend, and act.
Stun Gauntlet v0.4 – a forearm-mounted device with adjustable discharge level
OptiLens Prototype – smart goggles with basic HUD and targeting overlay
Flex-Fabric Cloak – a lightweight cloth embedded with passive camouflage layers
It wasn't All Might's cape.
But it was mine.
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That afternoon, I met up with Izuku in the alley between the apartment buildings—our secret hangout spot.
He was sketching again. Page after page of hero notes, quirks, weak points, ideal rescue tactics. He looked up when I arrived, eyes lighting up.
"Hey, Yuuji!"
"Hey, nerd," I said, tossing him a bottle of Calpis. "How many quirks have you analyzed today?"
"Only six! I've been trying to rework my ranking method. I think Kirishima's hardening might counter Bakugo's blasts better than I thought."
I smirked. "Mid-range durability plus explosive knockback? Makes sense."
Izuku grinned, then hesitated. "Can I ask you something?"
"Shoot."
"Do you… do you think we really have a shot? I mean… U.A.?"
His voice was small, hopeful and scared all at once. The same question had haunted me too—but for different reasons.
"I don't think," I said softly. "I know."
I placed my hand on the cracked cement wall beside him. A small magnetic panel hidden in my glove responded—deploying a compact climbing grip that buzzed to life, anchoring instantly.
"Others are born with power," I said. "We build it."
His eyes widened.
"You're going to be a great hero, Izuku. I'm just making sure I'll be good enough to walk beside you."
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Later that evening, I slipped out of the house through the back door, wearing my light armor pieces beneath a dark hoodie.
The abandoned parking lot three blocks from my home had become my unofficial training field. The city didn't maintain it anymore, and the only souls around after dark were cats and the occasional drunk salaryman.
Perfect for my needs.
> [Task Reminder: Neutralize a moving target, non-lethal, unseen]
I'd prepared a dummy: a remote-controlled cart with a mannequin torso strapped to it, modified to follow a randomized zigzag path at 20 km/h. Not impressive, but enough to simulate a small villain.
I watched it start up and dart between light posts like a little mechanical thief.
I activated the Stun Gauntlet, loaded the mini-capacitor, and crouched low.
My HUD flickered into view through my goggles.
Target speed: 19.3 km/h
Wind: Eastward, 6.4 m/s
Best shot window: 3.2 seconds
I moved fast—low to the ground, silent, timing the angle.
Then—fired.
A web of blue electricity surged forward, snapping through the air like lightning fingers and striking the mannequin dead-center.
It froze. Twitching.
> [Target Neutralized – Bonus Objective: Achieved]
REWARD UNLOCKED: EM Pulse Module v1
+1 Intelligence (Current Sync: 15.6%)
+New Task Available
I let out a long breath, lowering my arm.
It worked.
It actually worked.
For the first time, I felt something shift—not just in the system, but in me.
Not just confidence.
Conviction.
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The Next Day – Aldera Junior High
"Alright, settle down," the teacher said, waving a data pad. "We've reviewed your career submissions for high school. Seems like a lot of you want to be heroes, huh?"
The class erupted in cheers.
Except me and Izuku.
I leaned back in my chair, arms folded.
Then the teacher smirked and said it: "Midoriya wants to apply to U.A. too!"
Laughter.
All around us.
Izuku wilted like a flower under acid rain. His hands trembled on his desk.
Then the scoff.
"Oh please," Bakugo drawled from the front row, kicking his feet up. "The nerd apply to U.A.? Don't make me sick. That's a school for actual heroes."
My hand hovered over my pen.
I clicked it.
A soft whirr filled the air.
Everyone turned.
My pen glowed at the tip, forming a tiny arc reactor replica. Just for show. I'd built it to calibrate magnetic fields—but now? It was a message.
"I'm applying too," I said, casually.
Bakugo turned his glare on me.
"You?" he sneered. "Quirkless nerd number two?"
"Quirkless," I nodded. "But not powerless. You know, I've been designing gadgets that could neutralize your explosions for months. You're not even a complicated problem. Just a chemical one."
He stood.
So did I.
"You wanna test that, trash?"
"Not in school," I said with a smirk. "But if you ever want to see how effective a point-five second shock net is, let me know."
The teacher, clearly overworked and underpaid, muttered something about detentions and moved on.
But Bakugo didn't.
He stared at me as I sat down, calculating, uncertain.
That was new.
He was scared.
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Later — On the Rooftop
Izuku and I sat on the rooftop benches, our lunchboxes on our laps.
"I thought he was going to blow up," he muttered.
"He still might," I replied, chewing a rice ball. "But now he knows I'm not afraid."
Izuku turned to me, serious. "Do you ever wish you had a Quirk?"
I thought about it.
"No," I said honestly. "Because then I might have relied on it. But building something with your own hands? That stays with you. Power can be taken. Systems can fail. But the will to build? That's mine."
He looked at me like I was something between crazy and heroic.
That was fine.
Someday, I'd be both.
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That Night — In My Workshop
The EM Pulse blueprint had already downloaded into my mind's blueprint archive—like a memory I'd always had, now unlocked.
It could short out basic tech. Paralyze drones. Disrupt signals.
But more importantly?
It was step one toward creating my first full armor suit.
The System chimed.
> [New Task Unlocked]
TASK: Build a self-powered chest module capable of sustaining field energy for 60 seconds
REWARD: Arc Core Prototype + Combat Interface Overlay
Progress: 0%
I leaned over the desk, tools in hand, blueprints glowing behind my eyes.
Somewhere out there, villains were planning destruction.
Heroes were training to fight them.
And me?
I was building the future.
One spark at a time.
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End of Chapter
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