A/N: Since people were complaining about text-to-speech getting annoying with my system prompt indicators I changed them to different ones that Webnovel shouldn't recognize. Hope that fixes it.
~Hakari Kotaro~
I let my thoughts wander as the cold water of the shower washed over my body.
All for One.
He was definitely making moves, at least certainly more than he should have around this point in time. This was concerning, no this was beyond that.
The only reason the original work didn't end in a horrible tragedy was because All for One was incompetent and frankly stupid. His plans were stupid and he barely acted proactively before trying to take over his disciple's body from what I little I read about online before being sent here.
If he actually used his ability and connections things would turn out very... fucked. He was far too strong and had far too many resources.
I had spent an entire afternoon poking and prodding shivers to get as many answers as I could and dealing with headaches to try and find answers. And the most I knew did not spark joy.
He was moving, he was moving and taking abilities for something. The fucking remix and the horrible night are really fucking me over now. A motivated All for One was bad for all civilization. A quirk of that calibre can easily take over the world the moment he figures out how to recover his ability and body.
If Peak All Might or a fully trained bro were here he wouldn't be as big of a problem but we had neither.
And it was all my damn fault.
The truth of the matter is, if I didn't exist the world wouldn't go to shit and would've been fine, if not a little bruised. But due to my damn unluckiness now it was cursed with a demon lord who was actually trying to live up to his title.
So now it was also my problem to fix. I was done running from my mistakes, this is my world now, this world is where my friends and lovers are, where my life is. And I am not letting some upstart demon king try and take it away from me.
He could get more quirks? So could I.
This was a game of escalation, to see who could rise higher. The one that climbs faster would win. And I was not a loser.
He could grab people and take their abilities, and he had a super genius genetics doctor at his side who could create clones with ungodly strength? Please, I can get my own abilities without having to kill people.
I just had to screw hot heroines, and potentially villainesses, and beat up my opposition to gain items and abilities from worlds beyond this one.
Now that I think about it, I was still being a hero, just a more... traditional one from history. Like Cú Chulainn.
Anyway, since I decided to start and enter this race, there is no excuse for holding onto my tickets. I was initially keeping them to keep myself from getting too strong too fast and missing out on potential rolls from weaker opponents but I do not have the luxury now.
I can get jumped by him anytime, best to have all the cards I can have ready on me.
Time to burn through my stockpile of tickets from the Sports Festival. A Bronze Skill one from beating Kendo, a Silver Random from having Toru confess to me, a Gold Random from the race, and a Gold Ability from dominating the Cavalry Race. Lowest first.
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Rolling Bronze Skill Gacha...
A common skill!
[Novice - Medicine]
|Rarity: Common|
You are experienced in medicine and health, you are about as skilled and knowledgable as a doctor in training, allowing you to more easily deduce injuries and ailments as well as how to treat them.
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Nothing groundbreaking but a very important skill to have overall, after all, I would have died when I first came into the world if I did not know basic first aid. The basics cannot be underestimated. Now, silver random. Give daddy something good.
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Rolling Silve Random Gacha
An uncommon trait!
[Scholar]
|Rarity: Uncommon|
You are an expert at reading, learning and retaining information, you could read 50 books in a day and still be able to retain all of the information from the individual books.
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Well, it is better than nothing, nothing that will immediately impact my combat power but knowledge is power, I think it went something like scientai et tu brutus or something. Using this will make it much easier to learn about more knowledge to use with my powers like Scary Monsters and Gene Refinement. Good enough. Now, time for golds, random first. Come to papa.
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Rolling Gold Random Gacha...
A rare trait!
[Rivalry]
|Rarity: Rare|
Swordsmen, Martial Artists and competitive people seem to be drawn to you, they want to test themselves against you and grow fond of you easily, especially if you manage to defeat them, making it easier to earn their favour and affection. In addition, your martial arts are more effective.
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It's good enough. Competitive people being more drawn to me means more fights which means more tickets, and if they are a hot girl that I can seduce, that is another set of tickets. The unarmed combat boost is just a cherry on top. Now, finally for the gold ability.
Give me.
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Rolling Gold Ability Gacha...
A rare ability!
[Enflame]
|Rarity: Rare| |Class: Augment, Emitter|
Allows you to coat any object you are holding or your own body in flames, these flames mimic the properties of and reinforce the object the object they are coating. If they coat fists they increase blunt force and if they coat flames they enhance cutting ability alongside the heat of the flames being added.
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Oooh, now this will do just fine. This is a perfect complement to my already existing powerset, especially Frostflare, Scary Monsters and Phase Shift. I can definitely work with this one.
What is that? 1-meter long razor sharp nigh unbreakable claws covered in freezing flames that let it cut even harder? Don't mind if I do.
And as a man, I cannot deny the masculine urge to throw out a fire punch.
Now then the only matter left was if I was going to use Destiny's Child to scout out the big potato head. I could know what he was planning but at the same time that was one of the charges of the very limited Destiny's Child that could save my life later.
Hmm, better not. My hoarder instincts are stronger than my sense of self-preservation. I turned off the shower and stepped out, whatever problem came my way, I would deal with it when it did.
With a quick use of micro hydrokinesis, I dried my body and wrapped a towel around my waist before noticing with some annoyance that my hair tie was missing. At least everyone in this house used hair ties so I could grab one from her. I didn't always wear one but I preferred to when going to the gym downstairs.
Leaving the bathroom I opened the door to Toga's room and walked in.
"Hey, Toga you got any hair ties I can borrow? Mine- oh, when did Mina get here?"
I opened the door to see Toga and Mina sitting on the bed and chatting before their attention turned to me, Toga wore her usual smirk while Mina, upon seeing me covered only by a towel and my muscular body crafted by god himself blushed a crimson red.
"Ah~ hello Hakari-kun! I invited Mina-chan over since she was free, I even got permission from Nezu-sensei." Mina rapidly looked between the smirking Toga and my mostly naked form.
"W-wait wait! You guys live together!? You didn't tell me that!" She kept looking away from me but I saw her pupils keep glancing and roaming my body, making me smirk, mirroring Toga who shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly.
"Well, you didn't ask did you?" Mina sputtered unable to find her words before Toga pointed to the drawer right next to me and a glance between us allowed me to gleam Toga's plan.
"Oh, right, the hair ties are in the drawer over there." I nodded and muttered thanks before moving closer to Mina who blushing and breathing heavily, I grabbed the hair tie and shot a roguish smile at Mina.
"Enjoying the sight?" Mina eeped while I turned my head and opened the drawer and grabbed a hair tie and tied my hair before turning to Mina again.
"Anyway, nice seeing you here Mina-chan. If you girls need anything, I will be training downstairs, feel free to join or watch." Mina rapidly nodded while trying to get over her fluster.
"Y-yah, nice to see you too Hakari-kun. I-I think I'll stay over here."
With that I left the room and walked over to my room to change but not before hearing the conversation behind the wall after I left.
"Ughhh, I'm so embarrassed, how could you do that to me Himiko~"
I faintly heard Mina groan in embarrassment as Toga replied.
"Sorry sorry I couldn't resist~ by the way, Mina-chan, you totally like Hakari-kun don't you~?" I heard Mina yelp in surprise.
"H-huh? I mean-"
For some reason, it feels like Toga is even more proactive in this Harem Quest than me.
Shaking my head I grabbed my sports towel and started walking away, and let them have some privacy. I needed to get to training anyway.
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~Hakari Kotaro~
"Are you ready Hakari-kun?" Toga asked from my side as she helped me get the gym uniform on. How she got into my changing room was beyond me.
After training a hell ton yesterday it was finally tomorrow and luckily for me, my fight with Todoroki was the first event of the day. And there were even more people in the stadium than before. I was currently in the changing rooms with Toga, minutes before our fight would start.
"Ready as I'll ever be. You know me well enough Toga, I'll won't lose to some half-assed bastard." Toga nodded and hugged me, burying her head in the crook of my arm.
"Mhm~ I know you won't lose, I never doubted that." The unshakable faith and love in her voice still took me out sometimes, I was still not used to it nor did I know what I did to get this level of reverence from her but I appreciated it.
Toga cut the hug short and slapped my shoulder.
"Now, go knock 'em dead! I will have a surprise prepared for you after the fight~!"
Oh, I knew enough about Toga to expect what this surprise would be but I didn't try to spoil the surprise by asking and instead simply nodded and started walking.
"I'll look forward to it, now get to the audience stands already, you won't want to miss this." I left the changing room and started walking down the cinematically long and dark hallway leading to the stadium as my thoughts wandered.
Now, Shoto Todoroki. How do I handle this guy?
I liked who Shoto would become in the future even if he was a raging bundle of hormones and angst right now. And unless he defeated me(he wouldn't) he wouldn't face his character development by fighting Midoriya.
Can I give the same talk as Deku with the same emotion? I probably can't. But I think I can push him to use his flames, besides, getting him to use his flames would probably be the difference between a gold and a platinum ticket from winning.
And, I needed strong people around when All for One started making aggressive moves. I can't handle everything myself, well maybe I could if I got some cloning ability though I wasn't gambling on that.
But above all, I refused to win against him if he was fucking around. I may sound like Bakugou but I didn't want to win just because my opponent was holding back.
If I was going to win, I was going to win.
So, that half-assed bastard better be ready.
With that, I stepped out of the dark hallway and into the middle of the stadium under the eyes of tens of thousands of people.
A/N: Hakari takes the glove All for One threw down, the stakes are high and cooked medium well. The fate of the world is dependent on what is essentially a competition on who can escalate their abilities higher and faster. A power stealer vs a power generator. It will be a sight to see.
Also, those banked rolls finally came to see the light of day, what did you guys think about the rolls and their results?
Anyway, it's finally time to fight Todoroki, this fight will be a spectacle as I have been preparing to write it for a while.
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