"I think it's no question who the MVP for this battle was!" All Might announced to the students in the monitor room.
'I don't think anyone would disagree with you on that.' This was the thought that went through the students of class 1A upon All Might's announcement.
While they discussed the results of the exercise, Asahi was otherwise preoccupied.
Quest Completed!
[Combat Training]
Objective: Utterly crush Team A
Rewards: EXP, 500 Credits, Perk
Perk Gained
[Mastermind]
Using clever plans and misdirection, you are able to achieve your objectives.
People are less likely to uncover your schemes.
'It was worth it!' He thought victoriously. Despite the rewards he received from the quest, that wasn't his only aim during the training exercise.
[Martial Arts Mastery] (Level 2/100)
You have some skill in fighting without weapons.
Increase Hand-to-Hand damage by 2%
The only reason he didn't outright body them both was to test if it was possible to attain another mastery before maxing out a currently existing one.
He recalled making a poor attempt at martial arts fighting against Bakugo in the original timeline and decided to test his luck. Fortunately, it paid off and he still completed the quest.
His eyes traveled to Midoriya who looked defeated while Bakugo had been taken to Recovery Girl. He had barely used his quirk against the green haired boy as opposed to Bakugo.
"All right everyone, let's start the second match!" He heard All Might say as he tuned back into the discussion. "Tackle this training after thinking about what we just talked about!"
""Yes sir!""
'What did you talk about?' Asahi wondered in mild confusion seeing as how he wasn't paying attention.
As he watched them prepare for the next pair, he remembered something. 'Don't I still have that gacha token from when I cleared the dungeon?' He wondered as he opened the system, confirming it.
He wasted no time in rolling it, slightly anxious for his reward.
Gacha Rolled
Skill Added
...
Had anyone turned back to look at him that moment, they would have noticed the absolute look of shock on his face as his entire being stilled.
"Good work everyone! Though we didn't have any major injuries, you guys took this on seriously! You all did a good job for you first training!" All Might praised dramatically.
"To have such a proper class after Mr Aizawa's class...it's kind of anticlimactic." Tsuyu said, causing a few students to shiver in the memory of the threat of expulsion.
"We're free to have proper classes as well!" The pro hero stated, entering a dramatic pose. "We'll then, this is the end of our class for today! Change and return...to the classroom!" He added the last part as he blitzed out of the Battle Center at high speed.
Ignoring the murmurs of awe of his fellow classmates, Asahi's eyes caught briefly caught a small amount of steam being emitted from the man's body as he dashed away.
'It's a bit amusing that the solution to his wounds is right in front of him, yet he doesn't know.' Asahi thought as the man disappeared from his sights.
The students quickly made their way back to the locker rooms to change before heading back to class. He would have left immediately after changing but his bag was in the classroom.
Upon entering the class, he saw that a few of them were still present, though they had already formed groups. He went straight for his seat, getting his bag.
"Asahi! I didn't know you were that strong before!" A female voice called out from behind him. Turning around in confusion, he was met with a pink skinned girl, Mina, a spiky red haired boy, Kirishima, and Jiro who stood slightly behind them.
"Before? What are you talking about?" He asked as it was Mina's turn to look confused.
"You don't remember us?" She asked, causing him to look even more confused as he studied their faces. He knew them from the show but he doubted that was what she meant.
Apparently his confusion was visible, causing the girl to pout.
"He really doesn't remember us!" Kirishima commented, also confused.
"Am I supposed to?" Asahi asked the two of them.
"How could you forget?! We went to the same middle school before you transferred!" Mina explained.
Now that he thought back to the memories, he vaguely remembered a pink skinned girl being in his class. He then turned to Kirishima with a appraising look, confusing the boy.
"Didn't your hair used to be black?" He questioned the red haired boy.
"So you do remember. It's been a long time, hasn't it?" Kirishima said, not so subtly avoiding the question about his hair change.
Before he could answer, Mina popped in with her own question. "Where did you go after you left?"
He paused for a moment. He didn't go anywhere, he dropped out.
"I didn't go anywhere. It's complicated." He answered simply, causing the girl to go silent for a bit. Whether she noticed something or not, he wasn't bothered.
"I don't get it but it's great to have back!" Kirishima exclaimed with a grin as Asahi set his bag on his shoulder.
"I appreciate it." He waved off nonchalantly. "If you don't mind, I'll be going." He said as he walked past them.
"Did you need something, Kyoka?" He asked the girl, noticing she had been silent.
"N-nothing like that. I just never got to congratulate you during All Might's class." She said nervously as he eyes refused to meet his own.
He let out a small smile as he spoke. "Thank you. You weren't half bad. I'm impressed."
The way her eyes lit up did nothing to hide her happiness at his words as she stuttered out a thank you.
'CHA really is a dangerous stat.'
- Later -
Despite his earlier intention to leave, he had ended up talking with Jiro for a while before they eventually let for the train station together and going their separate ways.
As soon as he entered his house, locking the door behind him, he quickly went to the room he was currently using to level up [Alchemy]. Unrepentantly purchasing a huge number of ingredients from the game store, he let out a grin.
He hummed, using his newest skill as a copy of himself appeared before him, staring back at him with the same grin.
[Multi-Form](Level N/A)
You are able to create clones of yourself. Your stats and skills are shared between the clones in the manner you choose. If a clone is killed, its skills and stats return to you. If you are killed while a clone is active, you take its place as the original while regaining your stats and skills.
This was the new skill he got from the gacha. From the description alone, he had found the solution to a good 70% of his problems. If he used it smartly, he could avoid getting permanently killed by anyone, even All For One.
He pulled up his status, cringing at the drop in his stats. Like the skill described, he had assigned the clone some of his stats but still, seeing the drop was uncomfortable.
Name - Asahi Shinjiro
Level - 67
Race - Human
Profession - Gardener
Hp - 5,850 [234 per minute]
Mp- 13,000 [200 per 30 seconds]
Str - 72
Vit - 117
Dex - 152
Int - 130
Wis- 100
Cha - 165
Points - 40
'It definitely something I can't use in a fight unless my base stats are more than triple of my opponent's.' He then pulled up the clone's stats.
Name - Asahi Shinjiro
Race - Human(Clone)
Hp - 2,500 [100 per minute]
Mp- 5,000 [100 per 30 seconds]
Str - 40
Vit - 50
Dex - 50
Int - 50
Wis- 50
Cha - 165
Technically speaking, the clone could beat the shot out of a regular quirkless person. He also noted that his CHA was the own stat he couldn't split but it barely made any difference.
Checking his perks, he was relieved that he didn't lose the [Feather Foot] perk. 'At least I'm still fast.' He thought.
He smiled as he took a look at the ingredients on the table. He was going to have the clone use [Alchemy] to level it up while he did other things but he had something that he needed to do.
Something that if it went wrong, he'd need all his stats to have a chance to survive. "For now just start leveling up [Alchemy]. I'll go and get started on that." He told his clone as he left the room.
[Alchemy] was the only skill he assigned to the clone when creating it. Thankfully, he could dismiss the clone remotely regardless of the distance.
'Let's go pay someone a visit.' He thought as he put on a change of clothes, purchasing a black hooded cloak from his inventory.
- [Evening] -
An invisible figure climbed through one of the opened windows of Jaku General Hospital and into one of its rooms. Thought they were invisible, they made sure to stay as silent as possible as they snuck out of the room.
Though it was evening, the hospital was still bustling with activity. They carefully avoided bumping into people as they walked through the hallways.
They easily went down the stairs, heading to the ground floor, still hidden to the eyes of the world. It didn't take them long to find what they were looking for as a woman and her five year old daughter walked out of one of the room.
The girl's feet left the ground as she grinned childishly. "I'm going to be a hero!" The mother only sighed as she took the child by the hand, bringing her back to the ground as they left.
Quickly stepping into the room just before the door closed, he found himself in what looked like an examination room. By the table at the side of the room in front of a computer was a fairly old man of a portly and short stature.
He was completely bald with a very large and bushy mustache and circular and black goggles. He adorned a shirt and tie underneath a while lab coat.
Scanning the room with their eyes, the man was blissfully unaware of their presence. The lack of cameras made the invisible figure smile as the invisibility dropped and they came into view.
"Aahhhh!" The man screamed in shock as a cloaked figure seemingly appeared in front of him, a white blank was on their face with only the eyes being visible.
"Garaki Kyudai, founder of Jaku General Hospital, chairman of the board...who do you serve?" The muffed voice of the figure asked as the man looked scared and confused.
"W-what?! W-who are you?!" The man screamed as he fell off the chair to the floor, scrambling backwards.
"That's simple." The masked figure said, stalking closer to the downed man who stared at him with frightened eyes. "I am your master."
"From this moment forward, I am your one and only master. You shall obey my orders with unwavering and eternal loyalty." The figure said as the man suddenly paused his groveling.
- [Asahi] -
The ring of invisibility that he got from his dungeon spree was very useful. Staring at the screen in front of him, he couldn't help the grin that spread under his mask.
Geass Check Passed (Req Int = 30, Int = 150)
The manner of his wording made him cringe with discomfort but it was completely necessary. People under the effect of [Geass] could interpret orders differently depending on their perception of the order.
His wording made sure that there was no error in interpreting his orders. He had also put 20 points in INT just in case but it seems there was no need.
He remembered how the doctors fooled the heroes using a duplicate made from Twice's quirk. Though he was sure that the man had yet to duplicate the villain's quirk, he still made sure to check.
Name - Garaki Kyudai
Race - Human
Hp - 100%/100%
Sp - 78%/100%
Quirk: [Life Force(Duplicate)]
He was sure.
"Welcome Master. What can I do for you?" The man said as he got up, a confident look on his face that replaced his formerly fearful look.
"Where is All For One hiding?" Asahi asked.
"He's not here. He's currently recovering in one of my private facilities away from here." The man answered.
Asahi nodded in relief. He didn't come here to fight the semi immortal man, he came here for something of similar importance.
"How often does he come here to visit?" He asked as the man nodded.
"He's in no condition to be moving unnecessarily. Even before he got injured, he had no reason to come here unless it was of extreme importance. All communication is done remotely." The doctor answered, pleasing Asahi even more.
"Wonderful. Take me to your lab in the morgue. I'll follow you invisibly from behind so I'm not seen. We have work to do." He told the man who only grinned.
- Underground Lab -
To say he was impressed would be an understatement. He found himself walking through a large room that had multiple large test tubes containing different kinds of Nomu in them.
'They look quite strong.' He thought as they passed them. Though he would like to continue exploring, he had something important to do.
As they walked, he found a familiar face that made his eyes widen slightly in surprise. "Who is that?" He asked the doctor.
He was no longer invisible so the man could see who he was pointing at. "Oh, some brat came to me a while ago. A pure fool he was but his body is compatible with All For One." The man explained as Asahi stared at the face of the unconscious villain Nine in one of the tubes before they continued moving.
The doctor led Asahi to the end of the room where an empty tube alone with a control panel were placed.
Mentally dismissing the clone in his house, he created another one in front of him with the exact same stats as the previous one, minus the [Alchemy] skill. He then turned to the doctor who only looked mildly surprised.
"Start running the tests." He said to the man who ushered his clone to the side and began conducting a series of quick but accurate tests.
The evil laughter coming from the man every few minutes as he did his search confused Asahi but he remained silent until the man was done.
"So, what are the results?" He asked the man who couldn't stop grinning.
"Amazing! I don't know how this even possible! You're more compatible for All For One than Shigaraki himself! Amazing!" The man explained with an almost deranged look of excitement on his face.
'More compatible than All For One? He's the original user but I'm more compatible? Is this another advantage of the adaptability of [Gamer Body]?' He thought with a small grin.
"Good. I take it you have a duplicate of All For One in your stash?" He questioned as the man grinned.
"Even better. After his gruesome battle with All Might, Shigaraki had All For One duplicated, keeping the duplicate alone with his previous quirks. He intends to transfer the original to Tomura in the event that he suffers defeat at the hands of All Might." The man said as Asahi's eyes widened.
"That means..." he trailed off as the man continued.
"Yes! The original quirk, All For One, is here." The man announced as a grin threatened to split Asahi's face. For once, they both had mirrored expressions as he gave his next order.
"Then you know what to do. Transfer the original quirk to this clone. How long would that take?" He asked.
"Normally, it would take a minimum of three months for the quirk to fully integrate with its new host but with your compatibility, I estimate that it'll take a little under two months to be finished." Kyudai answered.
"Perfect. Begin the transfer immediately. While you're at that, transfer Nine's original quirk as well as the Super Regeneration quirk you gave your Nomus." Asahi ordered as the man looked surprised.
"You know about the Nomus? How?" He couldn't help but ask, drawing a scoff from Asahi.
"Don't insult my intelligence. If possible, also add Kurogiri's warp quirk to that list." He said, surprising the man even more at the amount of information he had.
"Also, under no circumstance is anyone to find out about this. Nobody must know about this operation or the fact that you came in contact with me." He ordered, the man nodding along. "Act natural like you've always been doing and don't get caught. The secret completion of the operation is first priority."
"Of course, Master!" The doctor answered eagerly.
He could see that the ma was enjoying himself so he wasn't even bothered to drain that excitement. He's done what he needed to do for the moment, all that was left was to be patient.
He'd have to go and grind in the dungeon for a while to get back to his original strength before he made the clone but it would all be worth it in the end.
'Things are finally falling in place.'