Time for Chapter 18. Intro is going to be short as I have a few minutes to post this before my family starts to yell at me to join them for a movie. and I didn't want to leave this week chapter unposted
So As always I do not own MY HERO ACADEMIA or Marvel or any of their characters.
With that let's begin.
After the rest of the school learned of the attack, the teachers found it best to cancel everything until the start of next week. Though there was no student on campus, it was still busy with UA Staff preparing lessons. Principal Nezu was locked in his office by the number of phone calls and emails he had to work through. The News was having a field day with the USJ attack, so Principal Nezu had to make statements about how UA was still a safe place for students to learn at. Along with working with PowerLoader to improve UA's security, Principal Nezu could easily call this the busy start to a year.
The only one that was actually grateful was Mr Aizawa, who was doing what he always did when he had a free moment.
The rest of the campus was quiet, well, except for a classroom in the support department. Izuku had spent the last few days in Class Room 6-G working on his hero suit. This time he had the addition of the metal suit used during the USJ attack, which was hanging in one of the corners.
Except Izuku wasn't looking at it, he was looking at a holographic copy of it that stood in the middle of the room. He was comparing it to the Project Hero suit Mark I, whose hologram was over the holo-table. They looked very similar to each other, just the overall size was noticeable.
"Sir, you've been looking over these for the past two days. What do you hope to achieve?" Jabisu asked, as Izuku took another sip of water. That was a habit he was glad he hadn't picked up from Mei, of allowing her health to suffer because she was too focused on a project.
"I don't know Jabisu. I have my father's blue prints, but there is no physical prototype of it. Now I have this suit in front of me, proof that my father's design works. But something has to be different, or my father would have gotten a working prototype. I'm just hoping that by seeing these differences, I might get an idea of how to perfect my boots. I tried the same fixes I did for my gauntlets but they aren't working." Izuku explained.
"Sir you understand this suit you are comparing, it too does not have flight capabilities." Jabisu said.
"I know, but for now it's the only proof that my father's designs can work as one. Think about it, my father had these designs but could never get a physical prototype to work. One issue was a power source, solved by my quirk. A side issue to that, was finding a way to siphon my quirk to power the suit. Solved by Hatsume Industries and their arc reactor." Izuku said, tapping the arc reactor that was hidden under his shirt, "And because of this my father never truly found out if his design for the Hero suit works." Izuku walked over and placed his head against the holographic copy of the villain suit. If it had matter, Izuku would have hit his head against it.
"He got each individual piece to work, but never had one full suit. So by studying this villain suit, I'm hoping I can put everything together and have a suit. Hopefully by the Sports Festival, since Powerloader said I had to impress the hero teachers."
"I understand, Sir. But by all accounts, your father's design is far superior. You said it yourself, the villain made a crude copy of it. Your father's design is faster, stronger, more powerful. So what can the villain's suit possibly teach you?" Jabisu asked.
"I don't know Jabisu." Izuku said, as he stepped back from the hologram. A motion he had made several times throughout the past few days. He was holding to the belief that by stepping back, he would notice some difference. Yet just as the times before, Izuku didn't notice anything, no hint of a direction to move in.
"Could it be the villain's quirk that allowed the suit to function as it did?" Jabisu asked. Izuku thought for a moment, as with all the crazy quirks in the world it was a possibility.
"It is a possibility, but without knowing who the villain was or what their quirk is. Quirk biology is kind of out of the question." Izuku said he had already scanned the suit for tissue samples but found nothing. The internal operating system didn't have a record of who villain was or what kind of server their external server was
As Izuku sat down, he continued to stare at the different holograms. Until a knock came from the door, drawing Izuku's attention away from the holograms. Izuku looked at the door, but a second knock hadn't come, making him believe he had imagined it. Izuku began to look back at the holograms when a succession of knocks occurred.
Pushing himself off the floor, Izuku walked over and opened the door. Maybe a teacher had noticed the lights were on late in the night and thought a student was still on campus. He had permission from Principal Nezu and Powerloader, so Izuku was fine to be here.
And with school being cancelled, most of the teachers weren't on campus and those that were didn't have any reason to come to the support department. So when Izuku opened the door, he was surprised to see All Might on the other side. He was wearing a yellow pinstripe suit and had his iconic smile on. He was holding out a plate, which had a sandwich and a bottle of soda, like he was offering them to Izuku.
"Al-All- All Might! What are you doing here, Sir?" Izuku said, taking several steps back. He was planning on hunting the symbol of Peace down to get an autograph, but with the USJ attack and receiving the villain suit. Izuku hadn't found the time to do so, and never in a million years would he have expected the hero to hunt him down.
"Hello, Izuku Midoriya right? May I enter?" All Might asked as he stood up tall, allowing Izuku to take in the entirety of being in the presence of the number 1 hero.
"Yes Sir, I'm Izuku Sutāku-Midoriya. You can come in." Izuku said, quickly turning around and letting All Might in. All Might had to crouch a little as he walked through the door. He quickly noticed the three different suits, all in their respective locations, "To what do I owe for the pleasure of this visit?"
All Might could see the panic, no. Fear, no. Excessive fanboying sounded right to describe the expression on Izuku's face. He laughed and said, "You're not in trouble, Young Midoriya."
"No that's not it. It's just." Izuku turned around and faced the #1 hero, "You're my #1 favorite hero. Beyond just the public, you're the reason I worked so hard to get into UA."
All Might paused for a moment. He remembered when Powerloader stormed into Principal Nezu's office and left with the deal with Mr Aizawa. Powerloader talked about how it seemed Izuku had worked so hard to do as well as he had in the test and could have potentially done better but was cut short due to some bad luck and ended up failing due to some bad luck. "Well take some pride in your accomplishment. Many say getting into UA support's course is just as hard as getting to the hero course. They just push different things to their limits, quirks versus a person's mind."
A small thanks came from Izuku.
"But I don't think I've answered your question." -Izuku looked confused-"You asked why I was here. First this is for you." All Might handed the sandwich and soda to Izuku. Izuku accepted the food just as his stomach growled, "I became curious about the location of the metal giant suit from the USJ. I recalled Powerloader had some bots take it away. I talked to him and he gave me this location. Also told me one of his students had been spending the past few days in the classroom. Asked me to check up on you too."
"Well thank you Sir." Izuku said, sitting down at a desk and beginning to eat the sandwich. All Might nodded as he walked up to the hologram in the middle of the room, "But why did you want to see the suit?"
"I have it on good word that the villain that had created the suit did so with the sole purpose of fighting me. Though he never got a chance to test it, as one of 1-A's students handled it mostly on his own. Now this student is quite strong and I've seen the footage of his fight, but I was still curious as to what could make the villain believe he could defeat him." All Might said, looking over the hologram.
"Clearly the villain would have no chance of defeating you, if he couldn't defeat a student of 1-A." Izuku said, still working to not sound nervous.
"Well, as I said, the student is quite strong , which piqued on my curiosity in the suit. What information do you have for this suit?" All Might asked, as he wasn't an engineer but hoping Izuku could provide some insight, "As in, do you know how strong it could have punched?"
"Could have' being the key words here." Izuku said, thankful for the chance to talk about something he was quite well versed in, "Still the suit is no longer functionally these are just rough estimates. Personally, a punch from my gauntlets can generate on average 2,000 pounds per square inch a little over double of a trained boxer. With the extra weight of the arm and hand, and the larger exoskeleton, a punch from the villain suit could possibly generate over 5,000 pounds per square inch."
All Might nodded, satisfied, but, Izuku continued, "Watching your videos online and based on common sense, I would say on average you generally punch with around 15,000 to 16,000 pounds per square inch. However your strongest punch ever recorded would most likely be up in the lower 20,000 range."
All Might paused at that information. He knew he was strong, but he hadn't exactly gone to a gym or a research facility and had his punches recorded. Yet Izuku had done the math just based on videos he had seen online; maybe Izuku could build a punching machine that could withstand a punch from All Might.
"Now that I've seen the suit, I'm satisfied. But these." All Might said, as he nodded to the hologram in front of him and pointed to the holo-table, "I'm afraid they bring up a few more questions."
"Why do I have the suit and why do I have a similar holographic copy of the suit?" Izuku absent-mindedly said, then he realized what he said. He looked up and saw All Might nod, "Well I think to best answer those questions, it would be to say. My version, more specifically my father's version of the suit, came first. You see that break in last week, the villains from the USJ just didn't steal a class schedule. They also stole my father's designs and built a crude version of the suit."
"Yes, Principal Nezu mentioned part of the server being hacked, I thought they had merely done that to steal a school schedule, but it seems they were also after, you said your father's designs?" All Might questioned.
"Hisashi Sutāku, he was a teacher here a few years ago." Izuku said. All Might thought about it if he had somehow run into Hisashi at UA, but the times didn't seem to line up; however, the name did sound familiar, "He designed the suit to run off of my quirk, as my quirk allows my body to generate high amount of electricity within my blood," Izuku said, drawing All Might out of his thought. All Might looked over at Izuku and found him popping open the soda.
"And as for why you have the villain suit?" All Might asked.
"Powerloader is aware of my father's designs, so when he came across the villain's suit. He brought it here to compare designs. Which I've been doing for the past few days." Izuku said.
All Might thought about it for a second, a few pieces clicking into place. He could see the similarities and differences between the suits. Comparing them to see why different things work was a good way to overcome technical issues. Heroes did similar things, learning from each other to handle different situations. Except there was one issue, "Are your parents aware and okay with you spending the last few days in this classroom?"
"My father died years ago, while my mother has been stuck in Fukuoka for the past few days. Something about her boss going missing, but I'm not supposed to know about that." Izuku said, standing up while taking small sips of his soda. His throat wasn't dry; the carbonation just felt good going down his throat., I'm hoping to get a working suit before the Sports Festival. But nothing, so far, is coming to mind, to fix the issues I'm having with the repulsor boots."
"Well, I wish I could help, but it is rocket science. And I'm not a mad scientist." All Might said, giving a hearty chuckle.
"I guess it is, thanks for lunch All Might." Izuku said, bowing slightly to All Might. All Might returned the bow, then began to head towards the door, "Wait, actually it isn't. The problem is rocket science, but the solution returns to basic math."
"I'm afraid you're not making sense, Young Midoriya." All Might said, pausing as Izuku moved back to the holo-table.
"When you have a set amount of weight, to increase the force you decrease the point of impact. The same principle is used in megaphones and bullets." Izuku said, manipulating the holo-table, bringing up his boots as a separate file.
"I don't follow." All Might said, becoming confused once again.
"Think about it this way. What hurts more, a punch or a slap?" Izuku asked, and after a few seconds, All Might raise a closed fist, "Correct, because instead of attacking with an open palm. When you attack with a punch, the point of impact is refined to your knuckles, resulting in more damage. If I apply the same idea to my boot, decrease the repulsor outlet to a small area, the force should increase without increasing the amount of energy used." Izuku said, then began to rumble.
Seeing that the world around Izuku had disappeared, All Might excused himself and left the support course student alone to work on his project. Izuku had stated he needed to get a working suit before the Sports Festival, making it clear All Might would be nothing but a distraction. It wasn't until it the afternoon turned into the evening that Izuku realized something and kicked himself for not getting All Might's signature.
That's Chapter 18. Next few chapters will be training sessions between GIzon and Ochaco and Izuku getting his suit ready for the Sport Festival.
Before I leave, to all my fellow Americans, let's have some fun blowing stuff up tomorrow.
Disclaimer: The previous joke is meant only towards fireworks and the like. The author D3MIarts will not be held liable for any of his reader's decision to cause property damage.
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