Hey guys! Crescent Rider here and I am back with another chapter. But before you begin, I'd like to ask you all a question. Are you all aware that in the old version, Nadia used to copy a Servant's power?
Well, this time is different as I will further reveal the power of Nadia's Ego Magic.
That is all and as always. Enjoy the chapter!
Apartment
Saitama and Genos were getting ready to participate in today's entrance test for the Heroes Association.
But before they were ready to leave, Saitama made a request to the cyborg, "Hey Genos, Can you check up on Nadia for a bit? I know she can take care of herself, but it's better to let her know that we'll be going out for a bit,"
"Understood," Genos replied then went next door to check on her,
He knocks on the door a couple of times and waited for her to answer. When he received no response from her, he decided to go through her balcony instead.
The curtains were closed, but Genos notices that the sliding door remained unlocked and decided to open it without a second thought in mind.
When slides the curtains open, his eyes suddenly widen at what he was seeing.
Apparently, the room had been arranged entirely with some large mattress laid down and on them were supposedly several copies of Nadia sleeping all across the room.
There were three copies sleeping on the mattress, one sleeping towards the corner with her legs crossed together and her head was leaning against the wall, and one sleeping on the bed. There was also a cat sleeping by the counter with its left front leg hang down, but the cyborg mainly focused on the other copies instead.
A few seconds later, sunlight gleamed over the one sleeping by the bed and was disturbed at it head her closed eyelid. She groans and slowly sat up from bed, after rubbing her eye a couple of times, she turned towards the door and saw Genos standing outside.
"Genos? What are you doing here?" Nadia tiringly questioned,
The cyborg snaps out of his stunned expression and goes to answer her question, "Saitama-sensei wanted to tell you that he and I will be going out to participate in the Entry Exam,"
"Entry Exam? You mean the Hero Registry?" Nadia inquired,
"Yes," Genos replied,
"Oh... Also, how did you get in here in the first place?" Nadia asked,
"I went through your balcony," Genos bluntly answered,
"You do realize that you're committing a felony of trespassing, right?" Nadia inquired,
"Why would I be concerned over that?" Genos questioned,
"I'm just saying, that's all. However, I should thank you for telling me about the entry exam," Nadia said, and goes off of her bed,
"Why?" Genos asked,
Nadia simply went to a table and showed Genos the application letter for the Hero Registry.
"You're going to participate in the entrance exam as well?" Genos inquired,
"I am. Since I've done nothing but sit and read here all day long. I've decided to do something like this to pass the time," Nadia said, "Also, I checked the Heroes Registry. It states that the Heroes Association has no age restriction, especially when one of their top heroes is a ten-year-old kid.
"I see, then that means you'll be joining us there as well," Genos assumed,
"Yep, but first. I need to freshen up," Nadia said, then she went onto the mattress, and gently pats one of her copies on the cheek multiple times.
Moments later, the copy that woke up had amber eyes and immediately sat up with an irritated look on her face, "What the hell was that for?"
"I wanted to wake you up. Now that you're awake, go wake up the others as well," Nadia stated,
"Wake them up yourself," The amber-eyed Nadia said, as she laid down on the mattress with her closed once more.
Nadia sighs at this, sat upstraight, then painfully pinches her left forearm. A moment later, all of the copies shot their eyes wide open and exclaimed in pain as they held onto their respective left forearms.
Even the Black cat shrieked as it had felt the pain, and falls off the counter.
The Amber-Eyed Nadia immediately grabs the original, and was furious, "What the hell was that for!"
"You said you wanted me to wake everyone up. Therefore, I only did what you said," Nadia said,
"But that seriously hurt!" The amber-eyed Nadia yelled,
The rest simply rubbed their forearm and watched the argument unfold. The amber-eyed Nadia just kept yelling while the original remained calm despite the grip on her shirt.
After a minute or two, the yelling finally stops and the amber-eyed Nadia was pulled away by two other copies and the original simply dusts her shirt a couple of times.
Meanwhile, the cat on the floor suddenly transforms into another copy. But her appearance is something that stands out the most. Her appearance was similar to Nadia's, but her hair was short and black instead of long and blond, the iris was black while the pupil was white, and her clothing consisted of a black ragged mantle with a black suit underneath.
This copy could be mistaken as a male due to the appearance alone. But what stands out was the facial expression since the copy and the original are almost the same.
Once the situation between the copies had been calmed down, Genos now spoke up as he turns to the supposed original Nadia in the room, "What is going with them? And who are they?"
"They are me, and I am them," Nadia responded, "The stories of many, but the mind of one. This is my Origin..."
Genos didn't know what to make of the words she said and decided to scan all of Nadia's copies. Apparently, every copy present holds Nadia's appearance down to the very last detail.
Moments later, Genos decided to speak the one word in Nadia's sentence, "Origin? What is that?"
Nadia was silent but soon sighs to herself before saying to the copies, "Enough... It's time to leave now,"
The copies got the call, dematerializes into particles of mana, and merges back into Nadia's body while the White-eyed Nadia remained.
But she too had returned to Nadia but merges within the original's shadow instead of a body.
With all of her copies gone, Nadia then turns to Genos and remained neutral towards him.
"What you saw today better not come from other people. If I hear someone talking about my power. You will be the first that I will approach," Nadia sternly said,
"I think I understand Saitama's opinion of you. You truly are secretive," Genos stated,
Nadia sighed once more, went to grab a small bag carrying some of her clothes for the entrance exam, and turned to the door, "Let's get going already,"
With that, the two joined up with Saitama and went to the testing location of the Heroes Association.
Hero Testing Location 6
Upon arriving at the testing location, Saitama, Genos, and Nadia were sent to separate areas for the physical test of the entrance exam.
Nadia was now wearing a different outfit consisting of a yellow tank top shirt with a vertical strip of black on each side, some shorts with the opposite color pattern of her shirt, and some sneakers.
She was stretching her legs a couple of times while people often hurled out some questions about where her parents are, why is she participating, and stuff that may sound discouraging. But she paid no attention to them as the proctors were about to begin the first phase of the exam.
"First up! Side to Side Jump in 30 Seconds! Ready!" The Proctor shouted, and Nadia immediately goes into position,
Nadia's eyes soon changed to gold eyes and a smirk crept up to her face.
"Begin!" The Proctor yelled, and Nadia immediately goes to high gear in her side-to-side jumps,
This caught the other participants off guard as they were seeing the absurd power she had.
"Next! 1000-meter run!" The Proctor yelled, and Nadia still donned the same eye color as she amused her running stance, "Begin!"
Almost immediately, she dashes throughout the course at high speeds, and the proctors themselves were as shocked as the participants.
"Next! Weightlifting!" The Proctor yelled,
Nadia went for the average dumbells and her eyes suddenly changed from gold to scarlet red. She grabs it with one hand and easily lifts it up with no problem while everyone around stares in utter disbelief,
"Next, Shotput!" The Proctor yelled,
The ball was thrown, and it ended up being thrown so far that it went out and hits the wall. Nadia still donned the same eye color but winds her arm a couple of times before stretching it a couple of times.
"Vertical Jump!" The Proctor yelled,
Nadia jumped rather high with her magic involved, but when coming back down. She performs a superhero landing and cracks the floor upon impact.
"Whack a Mole!" The Proctor yelled,
Nadia grabbed the rubber hammer and played it normally than absurdly. But the speed was something the staff didn't expect as every mole was hit on the machine.
"Punching Machine!" The Proctor yelled,
Nadia punches the machine and the meter blows up since she enchanted her strength tenfold. After the punch, she just wiggled her fingers to remove the dust she has gotten from the busted meter.
Participants were discouraged by this and walked out the door as they never expected a kid to be stronger than them.
Aftermath...
Nadia went to the locker room and wears her usual clothes back. She then folds the clothes she used for the physical exam, placed them in a plastic bag, and then stored them inside her backpack.
After she finished, she went to meet up with Saitama and Genos.
"Oh, Nadia. You're already done with the physical exam?" Saitama inquired,
"Yeah, it wasn't hard. But I did kinda show off a bit in the end," Nadia admitted,
"Then that means you'll be joining us with the written tests?" Genos said,
"Well, it's all being upheld in some big room. So yeah, I'll be tagging along with you two," Nadia agreed, and joined the three,
One Hour Later
The three received their envelopes upon short notice and Genos was the first to reveal the results, "I've got 100 points,"
"Seriously?" Saitama asked,
"Yes," Genos immediately answered, "It says I'm certified as a Class S Hero,"
"Class S? What's that?" Saitama inquired,
"It's the Heroes Rank," Nadia answered and the two turned to her, "In the Association, There are about four ranks they can place you in. Class C, Class B, Class A, and Class S. The last one is considered the highest class of them all,"
"Really?" Saitama said, and Nadia nods in response,
"Speaking of which, how did you do, Sensei?" Genos inquired,
Saitama then opens his envelope and pulls out the paper halfway.
"Class S, I am not surprised," Genos remarked, "On top of that, the font size is bigger than mine,"
'Its font size is bigger than the letter S? That isn't possible unless...' Nadia slowly widens her eyes as a certain realization of what's written in Saitama's paper,
After a brief moment, the two finished conversing with each other and then turned to Nadia,
"By the way, what's your score?" Saitama asked,
"Huh? Oh," Nadia then opened her envelope, pulled out the paper, and read the results of her test, "I got 95 points, but I'm certified as a Class A Hero. And I'm kinda ok with it since I've kept my deeds in secret,"
"95? I could have sworn you were going get 100 points?" Genos said, "What happened?"
"Well, the written exam was a bit of a joke, to be honest, and I didn't take it too seriously since it wasn't worth the effort," Nadia explained, "Or maybe it was deducted when I wrote a couple of suggestions on the paper after I submitted it,"
"I see," Genos said, "By the way, What did they ask you at the interview?"
"Interview?" Saitama and Nadia asked simultaneously,
"Yes," Genos responded,
"I wasn't called in the interview," Saitama said, then turns to Nadia, "How about you?"
Nadia shook her head in response and Genos was now in thought over why the two weren't called into the meeting, but mostly it's about Saitama.
All the while, Nadia turned her attention back to Saitama, "Saitama, Can I see your paper?"
"Sure," Saitama said, and handed over his envelope to her,
Nadia then proceeds to pull the paper out of the envelope, and she frowns as her initial assumption was proven correct, "This isn't Class S,"
"Eh?" Saitama said,
"Look," Nadia then showed him the paper,
Apparently, Saitama did well with the physical exam. But did awfully on the written exam which landed him in Class C.
This had caused reality to come crashing down on Saitama so hard, that he donned a somewhat distraught look on his face, hung his head down as he took the paper, and went a few steps away from the two while Nadia just stared.
After Genos finished his supposed assumption, Saitama then turns to him and told him the real reason before showing his paper to the cyborg.
This shocked Genos and began analyzing the paper thoroughly as he had mistaken the letter C for the S much to Saitama's frustration.
Of course, Genos stated that he plans on going to the person in charge to fix this mistake. But Saitama retorts by saying that it'll embarrass him.
Then the intercom soon called out the following names, "Genos-san, Saitama-san, Nadia-san. There will be a seminar for the successful candidates at 4:00 PM. Please come to lecture hall #3,"
"All right, come on," Saitama said, "All that really matters is we passed. Let's get it over with and go home,"
The three then make their way to lecture hall #3 for the seminar...
That is it for this part, you guys. As for the next one, it'll be an original since I don't plan on having Nadia following Saitama and Genos especially when it's a fight between Master and Student.
But I will add something that might interest you all. If not, then know that I've tried.
That is all I have to say, let me know if you have questions and I will answer them as best as I can, stay safe from the virus, and I will see you all in the next part of the chapter!
