The battlefield that was the faux concrete jungle was at its all-time chaotic, with many of the examinees—future aspiring Pro-Heroes—all scrambled in all directions…!
They scattered like ants, darting from alley to alley, dashing across cracked sidewalks and toppling over broken debris—scouring and searching through every sector of the exam site… all in desperate pursuit of faux villain bots they could conquer.
"Where the hell are they?! I haven't seen a single one in minutes!"
"There's one—no, wait—someone already got it!"
"Why are they so spread out?!"
"Damnit…! I need more points—fast!"
"Move, move, move! I'm not failing here!"
"Hey! That was mine—!"
"It's first come, first serve! Suck it up!"
Their voices cut through the dust-choked air, filled with panic, irritation, and raw determination. Every encounter was a scramble—a mad rush not just to find targets, but to fight other examinees for the right to score them.
And... the clock was ticking—!
"FIVE MINUTES LEFT!!!"
The loud voice of Present Mic blared through the exam site—all exam sites, in fact—informing the already panicking aspiring Pro-Heroes, and of course, his announcement served to further panic them all.
Only those who acted fast, but with precision and careful planning, could stand a chance of passing this exam... and they were all desperate for that chance to enter UA's Hero Major.
...And for those that had already gotten ahead of everyone?
Well... one particular green-haired young man was taking his leisure time.
"Hop~! Hop~!"
Midoriya Izuku bounded his way upward—using anything he could find to climb: from traffic signs, to parked cars, to streetlights—before finally hopping from building to building.
From up high, he surveyed his surroundings, eyes sharp as he searched for more faux villain bots—
"Found one~!"
One lone two-pointer scorpion bot entered his vision...!
And he didn't waste his time!
Izuku immediately jumped down to the unsuspecting villain bot, bringing down his green sword—!
SLASH—!
The sharp steel of his blade made a clean cut right in the middle of its head, bisecting the poor bot into two symmetrical parts...!
"Another 2 points~."
And before the bot's scrap remains even hit the ground, he had already jumped away into the sky high...!
"Hmm... that makes it 44 points, right? Should be enough for a passing point, I bet~."
Even so, he continued to search for more bots to slay.
But... he wasn't exactly just searching for more points though.
"Hmm? Oh~, that's Uraraka-san."
He made a stop at one of the rooftops, overlooking the scene before him.
It was the brunette girl that Izuku had gotten familiar with just this morning… and she was holding her own against those same bots from earlier—!
"Kuh!!"
Ochako dodged and weaved through the many villain robots! Many of them tried to grab, crush, or shoot at her, but she managed—through teeth-gritting effort—to avoid every danger that came her way...!
However, she was not a defenseless lass.
With each robot encounter she survived, she also touched them—with all five fingertips each time—!
Each of her fingertips emitted a faint glow—her Quirk activating for just a split second before she narrowly dodged the follow-up strike—!
One by one, she tagged them... and one by one...
The giant robots slowly floated high into the air...!! They drifted like oversized balloons, rising effortlessly—without a trace of their supposed tons of weight...
Then... with a quick motion, she pressed both her fingertips together—
"Release...!"
She hissed the word through gritted teeth—
And all at once, the floating bots came crashing down—!
CRASH—! CRASH—!! CRASH—!!!
Like giant toys dropped from the sky, the robots shattered against the concrete below. Debris scattered, smoke rose... and Ochako stood at the center of it all, panting hard.
"Hah… hah… that's twenty-eight points…!" she muttered—before dashing off again, chasing her next target.
Izuku's jaw nearly dropped.
"Whoah!!! A gravity manipulation Quirk? Awesome~!" he muttered in awe, but a smile etched on his face. "But more than that... she's got guts~!"
However, his attention was caught by another spectacle.
A sudden roar of jet propulsion echoed from below—!
Izuku glanced to the source of the sound and saw the bespectacled examinee from earlier charging in...!
Twin muffler-like protrusions fired steam from the boy's calves, before he launched himself to the air like a bullet—!
WHAM—!!
CRASH—!!
The bespectacled examinee had delivered a devastating flying kick that obliterated the unsuspecting two-pointer bot...!
"Damn! A rider kick to boot!" Izuku cheered in excitement. "I take it back—that guy's pretty radical~!"
"—Forty-five points...!" the serious examinee muttered in triumph, already zooming toward the next bot in his path of conquest!
But that wasn't the only thing catching Izuku's attention.
Because far ahead—basking under the sunlight, quite literally—was a flamboyant blonde boy.
A single hand flicked through his hair as he twirled around like a performer on stage, lasers bursting forth from the belt wrapped around his waist—!
"Wha—! Hold on...! Is that a belt device...?!"
Izuku's eyes widened, zeroing in.
It wasn't just your typical standard support gear...
No! It was fancy—! Flashy—!
The laser beam burst directly from the center of the belt buckle, shooting through the robots like a lightsaber made of pure style—!
"Fear not, mes amis~! Je suis là~! I shall illuminate this battlefield with my dazzling radiance~!"
"Hahaha~! He's got flair, alright! And firepower to boot, too~."
But Izuku's marveling didn't end there—one more person caught his eye...!
On a nearby rooftop, another examinee stood out... not for flash or explosions, but for his rather... unique appearance.
He had six muscular arms, each connected by thin membranes of skin, giving the impression of wing-like appendages—though they weren't wings in the traditional sense.
The ends of his extra limbs shifted, adjusted, twitched... and then formed into various body parts—eyes, ears, mouths...!
Izuku's eyes widened at the strange yet striking spectacle, before narrowing with curiosity. He found this examinee rather intriguing.
"...Is he scouting? A sensory type, perhaps...?"
The masked examinee was observing the battlefield just like Izuku, but... his demeanor was more focused—far more intense than the nonchalant Izuku.
"...Found it."
The masked young man then jumped off from the rooftop—! But, he didn't fall to the ground...!
He'd used his webbed glider-like limbs to hover, gliding through the urban jungle, and then darted off toward the next enemy...!
"Hmm... that's quite the Quirk, alright~."
So many examinees... so many unique Quirks... so many styles of combat and strategy all coming together in one place...
"What a thrill~!"
Izuku's heart was racing!
He knew that there would be many unique and strong Quirks gathered here in UA, but his expectations were completely blown away!
He was really, REALLY itching to stop and take notes... to observe and break everything down, to catalog every move and trait and strength—!
"...!"
But then... he felt it.
He felt the building he was on shaking...!
"...It's here, huh."