Spacetime Anomaly: MHA Fanfic

Chapter 6.2: The Practical Exam

As he would be given free rein to use any and all available methods to acquire as many points as possible during the test, he was growing increasingly excited at the thought of never before seen moves being tested through live combat. He was in the middle of one such thought when out of nowhere, "Ok listeners, GO!" The gates shot open faster than most people could react.

Izuku being subject to automatic Temporal Self Acceleration to give him as much time to process what was happening as possible, quickly understood what was happening. Before Present Mic could even begin his explanation on how this was a stark reminder that in a real fight there were no countdowns, he was already running across contracted space with his Spatial Awareness on full display.

The walls around him evaded his sight, turning into nothing more than wireframe suggestions that alluded to there being solid matter present until only the figures of several hundred robots both distant and close filled up Izuku's sight. By now, his control over Spatial Awareness had reached the point where he could intuitively keep certain objects highlighted within his vision, with color and all, while the rest of his view was composed of the normal world of nodes and vertices.

The combination of his Gravity Manipulation, Spatial Contraction, and his ungodly physical condition would lead anyone to think he possessed a Speed-Augmenting-type Quirk at first glance. Moreover, if this were a video game, he'd almost immediately be called a filthy hacker for possessing what would seem to be God Mode, Super Speed, Aim Assist, and Wall Hacks.

Essentially invincible, Izuku tread the path through space to his first mock villain — a 1-pointer — and tested the waters by delivering a gravity-infused uppercut. Immediately, Izuku understood the true meaning of "overkill" as the robot almost pitifully disintegrate with pieces of circuitry and metallic bits shooting off in every which direction. Yet the only thought such a sight prompted was, 'Ok, then… On to test number two.'

Like a ghost, he found himself before another 1-pointer and this time with only a tenth of his previous gravity power he lashed out with another uppercut. This time the mock villain didn't immediately explode, rather, it "merely" gained a disturbing dent caving in its light armor, which caused it to break down; thoroughly being put out of commission.

With gravitational forces supporting his hand, despite the fact that he was punching solid metal, no traces of damage were left on his hands; his knuckles remained pristine even as his brutality escalated. Izuku continued testing various moves he had devised over the course of his many years discovering new applications for his Esper powers, and almost all of them ended up initially annihilating whichever mock robot was unfortunate enough to be targeted at the time.

Slowly, his skills were being refined to the point where Izuku would feel confident using them on other humans without fearing for their life. But, unfortunately, he couldn't test all of his ideas and moves as he was limited to ten minutes to the wonderful playground that should have been a test for entering the most prestigious hero academia in Japan. Moreover, of the time he had, it couldn't be said that he had spent it all as efficiently as possible.

Ignoring the time he spent traveling from one mock villain to another, Izuku also spent a considerable portion of his time helping some of the less capable examinees around him. On several occasions, he had stopped pursuing a mock villain to shield some of his helpless peers from being shot at by the rubber bullets the mock villains ruthlessly shot. Gravitational Suppression would also be used to shield examinees should they be in the range of a 2-pointer, ready to strike them with their scorpion-like tails. Many times, by the time he finished assisting others, the mock villain he was originally pursuing would already be disabled by a different examinee and absolutely no one bothered to reciprocate his efforts; some not even bothering to issue a word of thanks, for his timely assists.

All of this took time from Izuku's personally valuable training time, but he wouldn't have it any other way. Helping others was in his very nature and despite the cold responses and harsh treatment from his fellow peers, he rather this than later find someone he could have helped endure needless hardsh.i.p.s. Altruistic to a fault... this was the part of him that was best preserved since he committed suicide in his first life.

Moreover, Izuku wasn't too bummed out by the missed opportunity as he internally compared himself to some of the others around him after eavesdropping on their careless comments. With his current score, he shouldn't have a problem making it into the school, so this experience or even better ones might come his way in the not-so-distant future; there simply wasn't a reason to be upset.

Suddenly, the earth quaked and all eyes were on the center of the mock city. From the ground, a titan of machines rose majestically before wantonly engaging in a feverish rampage across all the buildings in its immediate surroundings. This was the 0-pointer, a monster the size of a building and utterly impossible to contend with for the examinees; or so one was led to believe…

Quickly enough, the monstrous mock villain caught sight of the closest living beings in its immediate surroundings and it immediately gave chase. As it did, Izuku approached. Upon close examination, Izuku thought, 'This is already so similar to a simulation of a terrorist attack… With the 0-pointer symbolizing a boss of sorts and the one, two, and three-pointers all grunt forces dedicated to creating as much chaos as possible. If we were to treat this not as a game of who can get the most points, but as a simulation like I guessed, I'd be safe to assume taking down the most dangerous and potentially destructive threat would be a hero's top priority.'

Taking clues from the fact that the various mock villains — most notably the 0-pointer — were actively causing as much property damage when they weren't embroiled in fights with the examinee's Izuku felt rather confident in his guess. Though even if he was wrong, it would still be in his best interest to both handle the 0-pointer so as to reduce the stress on his peers and test out the limits of his powers. After all, the more he approached the titanic robot, the less sure he was in his Esper powers.

He had never truly gone all-out despite training every day for the past ten months like his life depended on it, as he simply never had a reason to draw out so much power at once. His training was all about finesse and control; added mental power was just a byproduct of constantly flexing his metaphorical Esper muscles.

But a particularly clear whimper caused Izuku's fighting resolve to redouble as he picked up the sight of a fallen girl just a couple moment shy of being stepped on by the building-sized mock villain. Izuku truly went all out in the next moment and as a result, rays of golden, cyan and purple light weaved around him. It didn't last long enough for him to take note, as his vision slightly blurred with his Spatial Contraction intensifying so much so that he took a quick five steps before arriving before the 0-pointer and even faster than his traveling speed was that of his punch.

At that ever-glorious moment, with his powers over Gravity and Space nearing their limits Izuku drew a terrifying tear in the air that left a gap in the fabric of reality as his clenched hand touched metal. He'd be lying if he said he didn't panic at that time, which was the probable cause of his power exploding with such intensity, but at the time he was too busy trying to process what he saw as his face turned a shade of crimson. Never had he felt so embarrassed and ashamed as his plan to take out the 0-pointer to minimize the damage it could deal both to the surroundings and his peers, utterly backfired due to his reckless attack.

Slowly floating down from the air with the support of his gravitational manipulation, Izuku had to look in the direction where the 0-pointer was blasted towards as the sheer destruction he caused by ending it, was more than the c.u.mulative total of ALL the destruction sustained in all the Mock Cities. If he had to guess, around five blocks had been completely leveled as the titanic robot's body rebounded from Izuku's punch and after it exploded, it took out another three blocks were totaled; if not left in ruins.

"Can I get a little help, here?" A pained voice suddenly awoke Izuku from his shamed state of isolation. Quickly, he brushed aside the sight leftover from his power, and with the flick of his wrist and the point of his finger, the debris that had trapped the girl before him flew off to the side.