"YOU TWO..." Nami roared, with smoke covering her fist. "I should beat you until I can split your skulls open and squeeze out all the stupidity in your brains."

At her feet, Luffy and Usopp had numerous bumps on their heads, as they prostrated before her.

" We are sorry. "

being in a hall of the arena, Aizawa had observed the scene while he was in the company of the pirates. Finally, he sighed.

"No matter how many times you hit them, the damage is done."

Fixing the two faults, he affirmed.

"About Long-Nose, his presence is not so serious! At least, he was eliminated before the final round! On the other hand, concerning Mugiwara, it will be much more complicated to manage.

"Aren't you just going to eliminate him from the competition?" Sanji asked.

"Hey, I don't want to give up until I win this tournament." Luffy retorted.

"SHUT UP!" Nami roared, punching him again.

" OUCH ! "

"I would like to but, unfortunately, there is a problem: Lucy has become popular."

" Huh ? "

"In the first trial, there was a confrontation between Lucy and Nazarick Galadriel! Miss Nazarick won this confrontation! But during the second trial, it was Lucy who won their confrontation! And because of that, everyone awaits their final confrontation! In truth, all the spectators already think that the winner of this tournament will be one of these two people."

"So you can't eliminate Luffy without causing a scandal among the spectators." Jinbe understood.

"Unfortunately, that is the case! We are forced to let Lucy continue to compete."

"Great!" Luffy gloated.

"Nevertheless, he must to lose during his first match." Aizawa retorted.

" What ? "

"Mugiwara... do you know the true purpose of this tournament?"

"Of course! You want to know who your best student is."

"Idiot! This tournament is to introduce the powers of these children to the pro heroes! We want people to see what they are capable of! Because, after this tournament, there will be an internship period, where the heroes will choose the students, according to of their power! And of course they want the best."

Staring at Luffy, he questioned him.

"Do you understand? If you win the tournament, a lot of heroes would like to choose you! many people will want you."

"Of course." Nami assured. "Anyway, from the start, Luffy shouldn't have participated in this tournament! Did you hear Luffy? You must to…"

" I refuse. " Luffy retorted.

" What ? "

Remembering his battles against Galadriel, Luffy affirmed.

"Jelly...she challenged me! And I don't intend to quit this tournament before I can fight her! But no matter if I win or lose to her or anyone else, I refuse to do it on purpose to lose. "

"LUFFY, YOU ..."

"There is nothing worse than an unearned victory. " Zoro suddenly affirmed.

Sitting against a wall, he barely paid attention to the conversation. Yet, with his eyes closed, he declared.

"If I was one of those kids and found out that Luffy let me win, I would feel completely insulted."

Staring at Aizawa, he declared.

"You want Lucy to lose in the first round? No problem! Trust your students to do it."

"Tsss! Didn't you hear what I said? " Aizawa growled.

"No matter what you say, nothing can ever fix the situation. " Sanji affirmed. "Honestly, I completely understand your concern! But there is a problem...our captain is stubborn."

"He won't want to lose on purpose." Franky affirmed.

"And if you disqualify him, these are the spectators you'll anger." Jinbe added.

"YOHOHOHO! So your only solution is for one of the other contestants to eliminate Luffy."

Feeling a vein of anger forming on his forehead, Aizawa looked very angry. However, he ends up declaring.

"Do as you wish! Nevertheless, remember one thing..."

Staring at Luffy, he reminds him.

"UA is your only protection and ally in this world! If your behavior ever gets us into trouble, I hope you will be truly capable of watching over your crew."

"Are these threats? »

"Take it as you wish." Aizawa retorted. "Furthermore, I want to know which member of your crew is able to rejuvenate their companions! We weren't aware of this power."

"None of us can." retorted the pirates.

"Huh? Then how did Mugiwara and Long-Nose manage to take on this more youthful look?"

Hearing this question, Luffy slightly averted his gaze from him, before whistling.

"I...I don't know. "

"Stop lying." Nami roared. "Luffy, tell us how you did."

" No." Luffy retorted. "I promised not to say anything and I would say nothing."

Wanting to strangle him, the redhead turned to Usopp.

"Usopp...I want an answer."

Immediately, Usopp tried to back away, while swearing.

"I don't know! I swear I don't know."

"DON'T LIE !"

"But it's the truth! I... I remember having participated in the two events but... I have a memory lapse! I don't remember at all when I was transformed and when I looked like normal again! I swear it's true."

Staring at him angrily, Nami noticed that, strangely, Usopp seemed to be telling the truth.

" SHIT ! " She roars. "Why are you behaving like this? Do you think it's time to get in trouble?"

"Trouble... there's bound to be trouble." Aizawa asserted, pretending to leave.

Nevertheless, before leaving the room, he turns to Luffy, while declaring.

"Mugiwara...one day you will surely have to realize that your friends' lives are more important than satisfying your stupid selfish whims."

After eating all she could. Galadriel stood up, apologizing with the excuse that she wanted to go to the bathroom. In reality, she wanted to call Nazarick back.

"Oh, Gali, where are you going? Ashido asked.

"I have to use the restroom, I'll be back shortly! You're waiting for me here! Alright, Pinky?"

Galadriel needs some privacy for this. Ashido blushed, seeing her wink at her, but said no more. Galadriel took her time to find an empty place where no one is. But before she can contact Nazarick, a tall man with fire coming out of her stops her.

"Miss Nazarick," said Endeavour, the hero number two.

Galadriel pretended to be surprised to see him here. But she was interested in him and wanted to know what he wanted. She knows that person is at the top of the industry. What is his strength? She didn't know exactly. But she wants to know more.

"Mr. Endeavour, what can I do for you?" Galadriel asked politely.

"I saw you on the field. I saw how you beat my son, and I am the first surprised. Few young heroes have managed my attention these days, and you are certainly the most interesting of all" , Endeavor said.

"Thank you for your kind words, Mr. Endeavour," Galadriel replied, bowing slightly.

"Mm, I was wondering your opinion on arranging marriages," Endeavor asked, and Galadriel cocked her head in confusion at the question.

"I don't understand the question, Mr. Endeavour," Galadriel asked honestly, confused.

"Young Miss Nazarick, in this world. Where Quirks are everything, you always have to take care of your family. To create the strongest line of heroes. My parents had this idea of power users. Two people with Powerful or unique Quirks, joining together to create a powerful child! My son, Todoroki, is one of them," Endeavor said, proudly in his tone.

" Oh ? "

"Unfortunately, he refuses to use his full potential, and now that I see him fighting against you. I think he has to realize that he has to use his left hand more to win. Thanks for that," Endeavor said with a smile. "Your combination with the green-haired kid forced him to get serious.

Galadriel didn't know what to say or react, but part of her understood what he was saying and noticed that it potentially made sense. Two beings with a powerful Quirk could create a new, stronger Quirk.

"Demiurge told me about it, something about experimenting with previous Quirk users. He said he explored alternative possibilities with them, I don't know what that means, but I guess it confirm the guy's hypothesis." Galadriel thought.

"I understand, Mr. Endeavour. Creating a strong bloodline is important," Galadriel said, not thinking about the implications of her words.

" But if you think I'm going to fuck with everybody to make you happy, you can always dream. "

Endeavor smiled, he now knew what this girl was thinking. Maybe he still has a chance to create the most powerful house of heroes in the world.

"I knew you understood, Miss Nazarick. Your family must know how important this is, I'll try to contact your family and see what we can do about it," Endeavor said.

"Mmh? Contact my family?" Galadriel asked, stunned.

"I'll see you later, Miss Nazarick, soon things will change for our families. And don't worry, I'll make sure everything is ready for you. And I know Todoroki will accept that," Endeavor said in a statement. walking away, while leaving behind a very confused Demon Empress.

Initially, she thought he simply wanted a deal to join the riches of their businesses. But, she had finally understood that he was not interested in money.

" Note to myself, never set up a meeting with Albedo and him in the same room! She'll kill him as soon as he utters the word 'marriage' . " "

And on the possibilities of a business meeting with hero number two, she ends up leaving. Little did she know that Todoroki had heard everything and, just like Galadriel, had been shocked by his father's words.

Sighing, as she stood in a secluded corner of the cafeteria, Nami said.

"One day, I will ask for a salary to continue to be the navigator of this crew. »

" No matter what's going on, the situation isn't that bad. " Zoro retorted.

"Why isn't that a big deal?" Nami roared.

"No matter how much trouble we bring to UA, I doubt they'll treat us as enemies." Zoro stated. "Remember...in the battle where Luffy and All Might fought, Luffy didn't use Gear Second, and All Might was barely stronger than him! Today, Luffy showed strength Gear Second and it's obvious that even All Might can't beat him! Because of this, I doubt he'll attempt an attack on us, at the risk of having to fight against an opponent too strong for them."

"Don't you think he didn't fight to the fullest of his abilities?" Chopper questioned. "After all, a high school girl at this school managed to push Luffy away."

"It's true that Miss Nazarick is impressive." Brook assured. "Repelled Luffy to Gear Second? She's at least the level needed to be a Navy Vice Admiral."

"Exactly..." Zoro said, with a somewhat serious look. "That girl...she's strange."

" Huh ? "

"I don't know why but... her strength doesn't seem to be normal! Especially when we compared her to All Might."

"What are you trying to say?" Nami questioned him.

"We got teleported here." Zoro reminded her. "If it is, other people are in the same situation as us."

"Very interesting theory." Robin agreed, reading a book. "Nevertheless, that is not possible."

Showing the book she was reading, she affirmed.

"Here is a book retracing the biography of the Nazarick family! Even if they have been very discreet in recent years, the formula of their family goes back more than three centuries! It is only for a few months that they have decided to talk about them again."

"So this kid is just an overpowered brat." Franky remarked.

Still, Robin, reading on, couldn't help but be skeptical. Even though what she was reading seemed to be consistent, she couldn't help but think that something was wrong.

"Can such a wealthy family really go unnoticed for three whole centuries?"

"Mugiwara-san?"

"Huh?" The captain wondered, lifting his head, while an entire bowl of ramen was in his mouth.

Behind him, he saw some of the students from class A, who were staring at him. Quickly swallowing what he had in his mouth, the boy waved at them.

"HEY!" Luffy yells at Class 1-A. "It's a great tournament! I really enjoyed myself this morning."

"Mr. Luffy, I have to say I'm disappointed with your behavior." Ida retorted, pointing at him. "How did you think participating in this tournament was a good idea?"

"Besides, you qualified for the last test, preventing any of us from being able to do the same." Mineta growled. "If you hadn't been there, it was certain that I could have qualified."

"Your actions were so cool." Kirishima assured. "I'm so fit to be able to fight against you."

"Yeah, we'll show you what we're capable of." Kaminari assured.

"Oh?" Jinbe said. "So even knowing Lucy's true identity and strength, you still want to fight him."

" Tsss! It was easy to figure out who he was. " Tokoyami retorted. "We also recognized Long-nose! So if we were afraid to face them, we would have given up long ago."

"Nevertheless, Gali showed us that even people like us can fight Mugiwara." Ashido assured. "So we're going to do like her and show you that we still want to get first place."

"Oh? So good luck." Luffy said. "Me, in any case, I do not intend to give you the slightest gift! I will fight thoroughly against each one of you. "

Then, noticing that a few people were missing, he asked.

"Say, where is Izuku?" "

"Oh, we don't know. Deku is missing alongside Todoroki and Bakugo." Uraraka said.

"Man, I really wanted to talk to him. He was really cool on the minefield! Nevertheless, he was behind me. So, I couldn't see how he managed to be able to fly away! I want him show me how he managed to imitate him." Luffy said, leaving the class horrified.

"You want to jump into a bunch of minefields? " Momo asked, shaking.

"Yeah." Luffy said with a simple smile of excitement.

"I told you, psychopath." Mineta said in a low voice to her classmates.

For his part, Sanji ends up leaving the table.

"Sanji where are you going?" Nami asked.

"Out." Said the cook, pulling out his pack of cigarettes. "Here, there is no place where smoking is allowed."

"Hey, look at these girls." Kaminari said to Mineta looking at the competition cheerleaders.

"Yeah. Those cheerleading outfits are giving me ideas." Said Mineta with a creepy look at the girls in his class.

Shoto Todoroki really felt different from the others. He told his life story and his reason for being born in Midoriya, a foreigner he met for a few weeks. But he still found him suspicious, he was unquestionably the illegitimate son of All Might. And then, he had overheard his father's conversation with Galadriel.

" As I thought...all he wants is to find a way to surpass All Might, even if he's not the one who would directly surpass him. But how dare he arrange a marriage without my permission? "

Now he had no other choice. He had to prove that he could win the tournament without using his father's power. And for that, he had to surpass Galadriel, but also Luffy.

"I'll show them..."

Her attention fell on a certain voice again.

"Oh, hi Shoto." Said Sanji, smoking a cigarette

"You again? Are you having fun following me?" Shoto asked, now pissed off.

"Relax kid. I just came here to smoke." Said Sanji blowing smoke.

Staring at him, Todoroki only looked at him with contempt, before pretending to leave.

"I saw your fight against the Nazarick team."

"Huh?" Shoto said, stopping.

"I didn't know you had firepower."

Immediately, the boy gritted his teeth.

"Yes,...I have that power." Shoto said ashamed.

"Now that makes sense. They said your dad was the flame hero. So you have two quirks, that's cool." Said Sanji with a smile.

"No, that's definitely not cool." Shoto said angrily.

This time, Sanji saw Shoto looking lost or sad. He really seemed to need someone to talk to.

"What's wrong with you? Do you need to talk?" Asked Sanji.

"No, I don't need to talk to a stranger." Shoto said.

Then, staring at Sanji, he growled.

"What are you trying to do by trying to look nice? Make me forget you're part of a pirate group? Sorry, but no matter what, I'll never trust you ! Go back to your stupid captain and tell him to wait until I come and kick his ass."

"You know I can kick you out of this stadium with just one kick?" Sanji said now annoyed that Shoto was still talking like an asshole.

"You don't scare me." Shoto said.

However, he froze as he felt a gust of wind blow past his left cheek. Having kicked into the void, Sanji's leg had grazed his face, while moving so quickly that Todoroki hadn't even had time to react. If the cook had wanted to hit him, Shoto highly doubted that he would have been able to compete in the final round of the tournament.

"Snot, you'd be wrong. So stop feeling harsh and tell me what's the matter?" Sanji said, bringing his angry face closer to hims.

"The problem...is that I used my second Quirk." Said Shoto revealing his problem.

"Your father's power?" Sanji asked. "Do you hate him?"

A question as simple as that.

"It is complicated." Shoto said, not knowing what to say.

"You don't need to tell me." Said Sanji seeing that a child of that age didn't know what to answer.

"Why not? You're just harassing me." Shoto said now being totally rude.

Sanji had lost patience so he tapped Shoto's chest with his finger.

"Hey! I'm trying to be nice to you. For someone who wants to be a hero, you're a real asshole." Said Sanji now tired and decided to leave. "I don't know your father but, if he's an asshole, I have to tell you that you look a lot like him."

"I'M NOT LIKE HIM."

Startled, Sanji turned to see Todoroki glaring at him angrily. Seeming to regret having shouted, the boy looked away. However, he ends up confessing.

"I was designed to have two powers."

"What?" Said Sanji now confused.

"My dad is a mighty hero who only thinks about getting stronger. Yet he consistently stayed in second place after always losing to All Might. Now he's pretty sure he couldn't beat him, so he came up with another plan. Arranged marriages with people with powerful Quirks."

"What is it?" Sanji asked, while remembering what Robin had said earlier.

"It's simple to explain. My father is a strong individual who chooses a partner and forces him to marry for the sole purpose of passing on two different quirks to his offspring. With his fame, fortune and power, he convinced my mother to agree to the marriage. She has the power of ice." Shoto said.

"Forced marriage." Sanji understood. "And what happened?"

"I am the youngest son of a progeny of four children. Before that, all my siblings were born with only one whim! I am the only one who has managed to meet my father's expectations. So, from an early age I was forced into abusive training."

Clenching his fists, he finally screamed.

"My father...he destroyed our family because of his selfish plan! My mother...my mother was beaten many times by him trying to protect me! And he made her suffer so much that she became unstable and she developed a fear of him! And because of that, seeing the left side of my face and seeing that it was just like hims... she wanted to make it go away."

Sanji said nothing as he let Todoroki continue talking. The way Shoto had suffered in his youth was familiar to him. Memories he tends to forget, but which often came back to haunt him.

"That's why I'm going to win this tournament without using that bastard's power! I'm going to defeat Midoriya! I'm going to defeat Nazarick! And I'm going to defeat Mugiwara too.'' Shoto said.

"Is your mother alive? Sanji asked, while this question startled Shoto.

" My mother ? "

"Is she alive, Shoto?"

"Yes."

"Do you want to talk to her?"

Again surprised, Todoroki only stared at him for a few seconds, not really knowing what to answer him.

"I... Even if it was, I think I wouldn't know what to say to her."

"Where is she?" Sanji asked.

"She was committed to a psychiatric hospital." Shoto said with sadness in his voice. "And yet, even though he knows it's his fault, my father never gave up on his plan to make me his tool to get revenge on All Might."

"He's a bastard." Sanji said, clutching his hand and his voice in pure anger.

The way Endavor did was very similar to what Judge did to his mother. Sanji couldn't save his mother and that was one of the things he regretted the most.

"Even if that's the case, no one would believe this story! That's why he's still seen as a hero."

At that moment, Sanji leaned down and spoke to Shoto, while he was really close.

"Listen to me. Be yourself, do what makes you happy, don't be a hero just because your old man told you to." Sanji said.

"But I want to be a hero." Shoto said like it was the first thing on his mind.

"YOU? WHY?" Sanji asked angrily.

"I don't want to become a hero because my father does." Todoroki assured. "It's just that...I know how people who want to be protected feel! If I want to be a hero, it's so I can make people happy. Just like All might." Shoto said remembering loving All Might with his mother.

Staring at Sanji with conviction, he declared.

" If I want to become a hero, it's only by personal conviction. "

"Unfortunately, you can never become one." Sanji affirmed.

"What? Why? You think I'm weak?"

"Idiot! To become a hero, power and intelligence are not criteria of evaluation! The problem with you is that your mind is trapped by the torments of your past! And time that you will not take the past behind you, you can never rise higher than you are now."

Finishing his cigarette, he spat it out to throw it in a trash can.

"Listen to me, Shoto. Go talk to your mother or you'll one day regret not being by her side." Sanji said.

"Why do you talk as if you know this stuff?" Scream Shoto.

"Because I also suffered because of my father." Sanji confessed, revealing the truth.

"What?" Shoto asked in shock.

"Your story is a sea of roses compared to mine. My father drugged my mother to give birth to children who were completely under his control." Sanji said, talking about some of the ideas the Germa 66 came up with.

"What do you mean?" .

"You have 3 siblings? I have 4. I am the third son. And I hate my family. Do you hate your siblings?"

"How should I know? I barely talk to them." Shoto said, feeling completely lost.

"You are a human being. Not a stray dog. Go talk to them." Sanji said. "Me, I never had this chance! As children, they took advantage of their powers to become killing machines who were incapable of feeling the slightest empathy.

"Is that why you have your super strength?" Shoto asked, wanting to know if that was the secret behind Sanji-san's power.

"No, it's training. Compared to me, my brothers are real unscrupulous soldiers! They have the strength to remove the spine and the mind to do it without batting an eyelid." Sanji said.

Shoto was now speechless at this explanation. He didn't know what to say, in many ways he and Sanji were similar.

"Do you hate them? Your brothers? "Shoto asked.

Sanji thought for a few seconds then replied.

"My older sister is fine. My brothers and my bastard father can burn in hell."

"Your words are colder than my ice cream." Shoto said.

"Look who's talking." Said Sanji, laughing.

"It seems we have something in common." Shoto said.

"Yeah. We both have horrible experiences with our dads." Sanji said. "But you can always change that around Shoto."

"Comment ? "

"Be the kind hero that you are. But you have to use your fire." Said Sanji looking at his left side.

"I won't use it." Todoroki shouted.

"You need. If you're fighting Luffy or even someone like Midoriya, you need full power, and I could see you're not invincible with just ice." Sanji said. pointing out the obvious. "Then eat, sleep and train. That's the right way to improve." Sanji said giving a few words of encouragement before turning back to his friends.

"And that's how you do it?" Shoto asked.

"Yes. And if you want to be stronger like me, I suggest you do it. See you soon, Shoto." Said Sanji returning to the stadium.

Shoto looked at the blond with curiosity and fascination. He didn't know what to say to her next.

« Sanji-san.

"Yes ?" Sanji asked.

"Nothing." Shoto said a bit embarrassed and leaving his sight.

"We speak after the tournament. "

But as the duo parted ways, a demon emerged from the shadows, having been sent by Demiurge to spy inside the stadium, and gather any interesting information he could find. Judging that this was part of it, he decided to return to his creator, to tell him what he had heard.