Midoriya is busy writing his English essay when he noticed the black invitation at the corner of his eye. He looked at his clock and saw that it is already 5:59 pm. He grabbed the invitation and read it again.
The letter is truly fancy. While it lack design and decorative art, the paper is purely black and made with high quality paper and the letters are written in a cursive font and etched on the paper. It seems a bit excessive to use this as a prank. However, the letters are too vague for a formal invitation party and the timing is somewhat close to the Provisional license exam. He hates it but his mind concluded that, maybe, someone is using this to mess up their license exam.
"I think Monoma won't sabotage our preparation for the exams using these letters." Midoriya softly muttered.
"Welcome to the Viewing Room."
He looked up and saw a man wearing a teal-colored suit with his arms wide open, welcoming them. As his gaze lowered, he realized his desk had disappeared and he was now standing in a movie theater among approximately forty or fifty other people.
He blinked.
He blinked again.
Then, pandemonium broke loose.
It took several seconds before the people inside the movie theater realized where they were and panic settled in. Everyone responded differently. Some of them screamed, while others began to look around them frantically and gearing up for their flight instincts. But some chose to confront the issue at hand.
"DIIIEEEEE!!" Bakugo leapt and blasted his way towards the unknown person, believing that he is in another kidnapping incident and triggered his fiight or flight instincts.
However, he was stopped and brought back down by Yawara Chatora, aka Tiger of the Wild Wild Pussycats.
"Stop it! We don't know what situation we're in. Attacking him right away wouldn't do us any favors." Tiger admonished Bakugo as he restrained and prevented him from attacking the man.
"Who are you, where are we, and why are we here?" Sekijiro Kan aka Vlad King calmly asked the person as he kept his quirk activated and in a battle-ready stance.
The other pro heroes in the area are all on high alert and ready to respond to any danger at a moment's notice.
"Greetings, Pro heroes and heroes in training. My name is N and I welcome you to the Viewing room." N answered as he bow slightly in greeting.
"I see. You're the one who sent those invitations." Aizawa Shota aka Eraserhead stated.
"Yes, indeed."
"How did you get us here, and where exactly are we?" Kayama Nemuri aka Midnight asked for more details. The man, while being cooperative, was still vague and an unknown.
"The method of transporting you here is irrelevant and unnecessary. However, if you must know, the viewing room is a pocket dimension situated between the universes, giving us a vantage point to view different scenarios from other universes."
"Wait!" Tsunotori Pony exclaimed. "Pocket dimension. Different universes. You mean like the multiverse!" Her eyes were sparkling with excitement. As an avid manga, anime, and comic enthusiast, hearing those words in real life was a fantasy made real.
Yes, you are right." This statement caused the students to murmur in excitement and anticipation.
However, this happy atmosphere was shattered by the seriousness of proheroes follow up questions.
"Why did you bring us here? And why us?" Takami Keigo aka Hawks asked. Mentally conditioned against danger at a young age, he is always weary against sudden changes and events and immediately assessed the current situation. Although his mind told him to be weary and cautious of the man in front of him, his instincts told him that he was not dangerous…yet.
"I brought all of you here to witness different universes revolving around a certain cinnamon roll." At this statement, everyone comically tilted their heads in confusion.
'Huh? Who?' are their collective thoughts.
N sighed in exasperation due to their cluelessness. "I am referring to Midoriya Izuku."
It took a few seconds before some of them exclaimed.
"Cinnamon Roll!" Ashido yelled. "That's my new nickname for you!"
"Yeah! I am so gonna use it. It is so fitting for you!" Hagakure chimed in.
"What the fuck!?" Bakugo begins popping small explosions in his rage. "Why in the hell is he a cinnamon roll and why him?!"
"1A again? Why do they always get the spotlight?" Monoma Neito irritably asked.
"Silence!" Aizawa, with his quirk activated, silenced the rowdy students.
"You did not answer his questions fully," Principal Nezu said to N. "Why did you bring us here?" Since their arrival at the theater, Nezu had been quietly observing and analyzing the situation. He noticed the man slightly raising the corner of his lip, seemingly amused by the interaction or perhaps diverting their attention.
"Hmmm. Am I not?" N raised a hand to his chin. "Well, the reason for bringing you here to watch Midoriya fight is very simple." He brought his hand down and his face gained a sadistic smirk. "But telling you would be boring, wouldn't it?"
This triggered Mirko to jump and reach for N. As he was about to grab him, she saw herself standing at the spot where she left, as if she had not moved at all. Thinking that she was hallucinating, she attempted to grab him again, but, just like the last time, she saw herself standing again at her original spot.
"What?" Mirko asked in bewilderment.
"I advice that you do not attempt such actions again Mirko-san. Your intentions will bear no fruit." N admonished Mirko.
Everyone in the room saw it, but they could not believe what had happened and were baffled by how it actually happened. Mirko was not teleported or anything; it was like a badly edited movie. In one frame, she was about to grab N, and then, she was back in her starting position at the next frame. This made all of them nervous about the suit-wearing gentleman. He seemed unassuming, despite his well-dressed appearance. However, this action established that he has some kind of power that he can use to protect himself against them and possibly to attack them.
This display did not escape Midoriya's analytical eyes. He immediately formed and murmured an analysis of N's capabilities.
Transporting people into pocket dimensions. Returning them to their original positions. No visible activation of quirks. Assuming what N said is true, he must have a reality warping quirk. Strong against close quarter combat and projectile-based attacks. Maybe Aizawa-sensei could potentially neu-
"I assure you, Midoriya-san," he said, voice low and dangerous. "The power I possess is far from a quirk. Aizawa-san cannot neutralize my abilities, nor can any of the heroes in here." This startled Midoriya, causing him to stop mid-murmur, face reddening from being caught.
"W-well. I mean-. It's not-" Stuttered Midoriya in defense.
As for why we are monitoring various versions of Midoriya-san, he is connected and involved in numerous events that could impact the fate of an entire universe. His core personality traits, such as kindness, limitless determination, sharp intellect, and desire to help others, consistently place him in intriguing and important situations. You could say that he is similar to hero protagonists in movies and books.
"Whooaaaa!!" "No way!" "A real life MC!" "What the fuck!"
As the students reacted to this revelation, Midoriya and his mentor, Toshinori Yagi, were sweating bullets. They had both concluded that the secret of his quirk, One for All, might be exposed to everyone.
"Wha-wha-wha…" Midoriya stuttered in panic, unable to formulate sentences or address the various issues at hand.
"I don't get it. You brought many pro heroes here who has successful careers yet you're saying that this hero-in-training is more relevant and important for us to watch different universes about him. This is ridiculous." Hawks stated, expressing his bewilderment.
"How about I show you one universe, and then we can decide later if watching this is worth it?" N turned around and walked down one of the aisles in the theater.
"After all, seeing is believing."
He snapped his fingers, and the lights began to dim as the screen started to glow.
"Please take a seat; the viewing will soon commence." He faced them and gestured towards the seats.
The students and the pro-heroes are still skeptical, but they proceed to sit down. The entire Class 1A and 1B are present and seated beside their friends in the middle row, while the pro-heroes, seated at the back.
Ashido, Hagakure, Yaoyorozu, and Jiro sat together in the middle section 4th row while Midoriya, Iida Ochako, Asui and Todoroki in front of them. Sero, Kaminari, Mineta, Kirishima, and Bakugo sat on middle section 5th row while Fumikage, Sato and Koji sat on the left section 5th row. Yuga, Mashirao Ojiro and Mezo Shoji, on the other hand, sat on the 4th row of the left section.
Kendo Itsuka, Tokage Setsuna, Komori Kinoko, Kodai Yui, and Ibara Shiozaki sat on the seats in the 3rd row of middle section with Monoma Neito, Kamakiri Togaru, Nirengeki Shoda, Honenuki Juzo and Tsunotori Pony seating in front of them. Kaibara Sen, Hiryu Rin, Reiko Yanagi, Yosetsu Awase, and Tsuburaba Kosei sat on the right section 3rd row. Meanwhile, Fukidashi Manga, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu Shishida Jurota, Kojiro Bondo and Kuroiro Shihai sat behind them.
The UA staff, consisting of All Might, Nezu, Midnight, Eraserhead, and Vlad King sat at the last row with the other pro heroes, Mirko, Hawks and the Wild Wild Pussycats.
Once they were settled, the lights were turned off except for the screen, and then the show began.
Author's Corner
Greetings, readers.
As you have read, our characters have been transported to the Viewing Room, and I have introduced myself - the host, the mediator, N. I have vaguely explained some details about this fic to provide some context and set up the following chapters.
I know that I should have at least started a viewing of one universe, but I want you to understand that this fic will be different from other multiverse fics despite having a similar setup. I want to provide some details on the what, where and why before proceeding.
The next chapter is halfway done and will likely be released next week.
See you in the next chapter!