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Chapter 62 - Awakenings

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I'd been so busy lately that I hadn't even realised I'd received a letter from Wildcats and Kota thanking me for saving the boy and Ragdoll and Ryuko. It's nice to be appreciated for your efforts.

Since I'm officially a hero now, I have to go out on patrol sometimes, in public. I have Nagan with me, but when she's busy, I go alone...or take Rumi with me.

Superheroes often team up, and Rumi doesn't like that, calling them wimps, which I agree with, but I told her that if we teamed up, we could fuck between breaks, which she couldn't help but agree with.

I recently introduced Nagan to Rumi, as well as newcomer Melissa, and all three ladies have been able to befriend each other. Rumi is very easy to talk to, she basically says what she wants and what she thinks. Melissa, on the other hand, is a very outgoing and friendly girl, and Rumi really liked her...and then whispered in my ear that she wouldn't mind watching her ride my appliance....

It was more difficult to communicate with Nagan, she was not used to making friends, and, it seems, because of past misdemeanours, she had a psychological trauma, but somehow, I was able to get her to make new acquaintances, I think it will do her good.

By the way, I suggested that Nagan and Rumi undergo an awakening with my invention.

- Isn't it dangerous? - Melissa, without glasses and with a short haircut, said hesitantly.

In the couple of weeks she'd been in Japan, she'd had time to do a lot of things, hang out with the girls, who were happy to see her again, go shopping together. Melissa cut her hair short, as long hair often interfered with her training, and I fixed her eyesight, as I have a hand in Kazuho's eyes.

- I don't know how dangerous it can be, the effect of waking up is completely random for everyone. I, for example, was unconscious in the hospital for a couple of days.

- I wouldn't mind trying it. - Nagan agreed.

- I don't agree. I'm super-strong and super-fast without waking up! - Rumi retorted.

- But you're not stronger and faster than me. - I pressed Rumi's weakness, because she hates to lose.

- R-r-r, give me that awakening of yours or whatever it is!

- One moment. - I touched Nagan and Rumi, and through the bracelets, I injected an accelerator charge into their bodies.

And unlike Chitose, the girls didn't faint.

- I feel...stronger. - Nagan said vaguely, grabbing the edge of a nearby table and effortlessly lifting it with one hand, then lowering it, but she didn't calculate her strength, causing the table to fall to pieces. The Accelerator didn't change her outwardly, it only strengthened her physically, making her stronger, faster, and more durable. It's probably because she has a complex mutation.

- Same feeling. - Rumi walked up to the wall and kicked it, destroying it, and the kick wasn't even remotely strong.

- Wow. That looks like Dad's invention. - Melissa concluded.

- Mr Shield's invention gives a temporary boost in strength, a demonstration variation on how powerful a quirk can be. And let's not destroy my office after all. - I rolled my eyes as I rebuilt the desk and wall with quantum matter. - If you want to break something, let's go to the training area. - I led them to try out the new features, and Melissa went out of interest.

Initially, I wanted to use a variation of the professor's invention, but then I found it extremely pointless, as it gives only a temporary effect of awakening, as it was with Wolfram, and my accelerator gives the same power, but permanently, and without any side effects. I used some of Shield's device to refine my first prototype, of course, but the final version of the accelerator is many times better than I expected.

On the other members of my harem, I also planned to use the booster and did.

On Kazuho, the booster worked and she too fell unconscious, waking up a couple of hours later. Whereas before her ability was only to bounce high, her quirk is now full-fledged flight. That won't protect her too much, though, so I gave her a modified hazmat suit, with nanobots added, allowing it to grow right on the user. The design, I took from an old version of my vigilante suit, at Kazuho's request, repainted it pink, and I have to admit, she looks pretty cute in it, not like me.

I also awakened Nemuri, but she's in the same situation as Nagan and Rumi, she's got a boost to her physical stats, but her sleeping gas has increased her range to a hundred metres, which allows her to cover a lot of ground at once.

From the outside, it looks like anyone can wake up, but they can't. I've done a couple of experiments with street thugs, and the ones with the most complex quirks couldn't awaken, my accelerator didn't work on them, no matter how hard I tried, I guess it's because the mutation is already too far gone, so the awakening doesn't work. Also, during the experiments, I realised why Kazuho fainted, waking up takes a lot of energy directly from the body, that is, to wake up, a person must be physically trained, like Nagan and Rumi.

It was a new term in Yuei, followed by the training of students before the provisional licence exam.

- You have a lot of super tricks, don't you? - Kyeka suddenly asked.

- Yeah, like the Heavenly Slit, Heavenly Fang, Heavenly Guillotine...I love the sky. - I threw my head back on the back of my chair, but what I saw was not the sky, but the ceiling...sad.

Usually, when I or a clone has nothing to do, I sit with the class at the lesson, and just snooze on the desk, even for Aizawa came up with a universal excuse. They said to guard, I do, and the class is better guarded.

- Akira, the other day my mum said that she wouldn't mind if I invited you to our house for dinner on the occasion of her discharge from the hospital. - Shoko jumped in.

Shoko's mum is being discharged from the hospital, and I had a hand in it by treating Rei Todoroki's failing health, for which I received a session of intimate services from her daughter.

- I'd be only too happy to socialise with your family...and piss off your father. - I smiled broadly, and Shoko caught the infectious smile.

After the usual classroom training, came the practical training. The essence of the training, was to come up with their own special techniques, the calling card of each prohero. The students were supervised by Ectoplasm with Midnight and Cementos, who gave advice on how best to use the quirks or what name would be better for this or that technique.

- What did you do afterwards? - Mina asked the question. She was chatting with Tsu now, and the conversation was so engaging that they broke away from the class.

- Kwa, then I slept for a while, and afterwards we continued doing it...Akira for some reason really liked it when I did it, with my tongue. - Tsu stuck out her tongue.

- You have a very long tongue, no wonder he liked it so much. - Mina also showed her tongue.

- Ahem. - I coughed nearby, causing the ladies to instantly turn in my direction.

- Oh, Akira, we've been talking about Tsu becoming part of your harem. - Mina ran her finger affectionately across my chest.

- Kwa. - For the first time, I saw Asui squint her wide-open eyes.

- Do me a favour and gather everyone in the centre, I have an important announcement to make. - I asked.

- No problem. - They said at the same time, and started to fulfil my request.

In a minute, the crowd of schoolchildren was already waiting to hear what I had to say.

- So, does anyone know what waking up is? - I asked, but got no answer. - No one at all? Okay, awakening is a quirk state, when the gene responsible for the quirk triggers a repeated mutation process in the body, which can give a person all sorts of different, new abilities, or just enhance an existing one.

And I could clearly sense the growing interest among the schoolchildren.

- Are you so big because you've awakened? - Yaoyorozu asked.

- Yes, it was due to my invention, the tachyon quirk accelerator that forced the mutation. The awakening can be natural if one is put in an extremely stressful situation commensurate with death. Obviously, the second option is more difficult and riskier.

- What's the point of all this tedious theory? - yawned, bored Bakugou.

- I made a new version of the accelerator, compatible with every Quirk. And as it happens, I talked to the headmaster, and he allowed me to use my invention on students, if they're willing. - I looked at my former class like they were guinea pigs.

- It's not dangerous, you were in the hospital. - Kaminari said doubtfully.

- I found out that the awakening works with people with extremely strong Quirk or weak Quirk, and the person must be strong physically, because the body spends its own reserves for the awakening, that's why I was lying without a cut. This will not happen to you, none of you has strength equal to mine. - I brought my reasoning, showing my bracelets on my hands.

- Are you sure this works? - Iida clarified. - Don't think I don't believe it, it just sounds too fantastic, and no one has ever heard of an awakening.

- So we need real proof. So, of you, the one who fits the description is...Kirishima!

- Me? A surprised Kirishima pointed to himself.

- How much can you strengthen your body?

- Since our last training session, I've been training hard, and I've been able to achieve something. - He replied and began to strengthen his body, but now the strengthening was stronger, transforming everything from his toes to his eyes and teeth into solid material. - Red Rebel: Indestructible! - With a rasp in his voice, Kirishima said.

- Let's see how indestructible you've become. - I slapped him on the head. Kirishima flew a couple of metres away, rolling around on the floor, but was able to stand and get back up on the ground.

- Tough armour, I think it'll be even tougher when he wakes up. - I appeared next to him and aimed an accelerator charge at him.

And it worked, pretty much as I expected. Kirishima's skin was covered with additional layers of armour, even more like stone rock. Because of the extra armour, he grew two metres taller and wider. He now looked very much like a stone golem.

- It worked, how do you feel? - I asked. The other students were impressed, by Kirishima's sudden transformation.

- Bigger and stronger. - He replied with an even greater grinding sound, like rocks hitting each other.

- Show some strength, hit the floor. - I said, and Kirishima with a loud rumble, landed a stone fist on the floor, on which there were long cracks.

- Well done, you're a tough Red Rebel. - I patted Kirishima on the shoulder, happy, judging by the stone smile.

The guys crowded round him and asked him how he was feeling, and he still said he was fine, returning to his usual appearance after a minute, which added to the others' courage.

Next it was Ochako's turn. She's been training a lot since the sports festival, I think it'll work on her no problem.

- I'm ready! - she shouted decisively, even though she was actually a little scared. I injected the charge into her and she also remained conscious.

- I don't feel any change. - Uraraka said perplexed, waving her hand...and gravity ripped off a large chunk of the ceiling, toppling it not far from herself. - Ouch...

- It worked, and it worked. You can control gravity freely now, and you don't have to use your fingers to do it. - I concluded, and thought of something else, placing my palm on her, I injected a large amount of gravitons into her body...and she suddenly flew into the air, upside down.

- Oooh, I'm being carried upwards! - she shrieked, but I caught her hand, holding it like a balloon.

- I think you should upgrade your suit. If it's upgraded, you can fly, and then you'll learn how to skydive without crutches. - I spoke, and absorbed the excess gravitons from Ochako.

- I can do that? How cool! - she said happily as she landed on her feet.

- How does this even work? - A surprised Kendo asked.

- The power of great randomness at work. I have absolutely no idea how or who exactly it will work on, only randomness knows. - I shrugged. - Well, there's a workshop at the school, I think it has everything we need. Come on, Ochako, I'll upgrade your suit myself, and then we'll continue to watch the others awaken. - I led her behind me, it wasn't far to walk.

When I got to the workshop, I was about to open the door...when it exploded, and in a puff of black smoke, a familiar girl piled on top of me.

- 'Ahem, Hatsume, I'll get you...' Loader emerged from the pile of smoke. - Stop masterminding whatever you can think of.

- Ew, ew, ew, but perseverance and hard work will get you there! A man named Thomas Edison once said, 'Every failed attempt is another step forward.' - she replied, still not realising or seeing from the smoke who she was leaning on. So I gave her a hint by discreetly pinching her bottom. - Hey, hey, you're that guy!

- Yes, that's me, the one and only Akira. - I rolled my eyes at her inattention...on the other hand, it felt good to have a schoolgirl's soft tits pressed against me, hidden by a black tank top. Reluctantly, I pulled away and turned the black smoke into matter, disassembling and reassembling an entire door in the process.

- You're not just a vigilante and a security guard, you're also a first-class repairman. - whistled the Loader.

- You're welcome, could you give me access to your workshop, I need to update the lady's costume. - I pointed my finger at Ochako, who was standing aside and looking askew at Hatsume.

- Upgrading a costume?! - In a single movement, Hatsume turned around and approached me. - I'm all yours! - made a tantalising statement she made, especially if you take those words in a twisted context.

- Akira promised to upgrade my suit himself. Didn't he?! - Ochako hugged my arm, glancing obliquely at Hatsume.

- Yeah, so what's up? - I turned to the prohero again.

- Just don't break anything. - He glimpsed a glimpse of the errant student.

Yuei has a lot of money, the robots at the entrance exams have exorbitant sums, and their workshop is also major, and all the necessary materials I found here.

For Ochako's costume, I added gauntlets and boots made of steel alloy, titanium and other expensive metals, with gravity pulsars, and in them, as well as the belt, there are homemade gravity cores that will equalise the direction, not letting her lose her balance, although even with them, it will not be easy to get used to. The pulsars can be used to accelerate, decelerate, and change the direction of flight.

After the first use, Ochako flew far into the sky, causing me to soar after her, and I caught a shaking, side to side, cheerful Ochako.

And when we landed back, we were greeted by Hatsume with burning eyes, and wanting to know how I had achieved such a result.

So I explained what I'd done, while getting a wave of jealousy from Ochako. I also explained that I had amplified Ochako's quirk with my device, and the others were expecting the same effect.

- So, these bracelets release an accumulated charge that directly affects the body! - She took my hand with the bracelet, scrutinising it closely.

- Not the bracelet, but the Quirk Accelerator. The bracelet only transmits the effect of the accelerator, as the device itself is very difficult to carry around due to its size.

- Let me see how it works! Please, please, please! - she asked, and I just couldn't refuse her.

- Sure, why not. - I agreed, but Ochako pouted and turned away.

Next to wake up was Seko, she didn't change her appearance either, but her quirk has changed, now she can adjust the temperature of ice to -100 degrees, which is the temperature of Antarctica, and the same with fire, Seko can create high temperature blue flames, like that freak Dabi...not a good comparison, especially with that stitched up freak.

After that came Katsuki, and with her some changes were already underway. Her body had grown a bit, including rounding up in all the right places, her hair had grown long, and she looked about eighteen years old.

- Gorgeous! I've never felt so fucking awesome! - Katsuki grinned, and curled her fingers on her hands and raised both hands up, unleashing a huge explosion that shattered the ceiling, more powerful than even the ones in her grenadier gloves, and importantly, her eyes glowed yellow while using the quirk.

Good, I thought of covering the students and teachers with a barrier so that no one would suffer the effects of the blast.

- Katsuki, please learn to control the power and compression of the explosions. - I gravitationally grabbed all the debris and rebuilt the roof. - Now it's Itsuki's turn.

- I hope this isn't painful. - a nervous Itsuka stepped forward.

- You have a well-trained body, so the mutation should go smoothly. - I used the accelerator on her.

Her body began to grow rapidly in size, so that she was almost equal to me in height, and apparently her muscular structure has strengthened, which is clearly visible in the bulging muscles and abs...but her tsipao tore, good thing I always have spare clothes in my inventory, but she was wearing a rather large top and shorts, were like underwear.

- I'm so big...' she compared our sizes, and then noticed that she wasn't wearing any clothes. - Don't you have anything decent?

- Nah, just some sex shop stuff. What for? The top and shorts look amazing on you.

- Well...okay, if you like it. - she turned away awkwardly...and suddenly grew another two metres tall.

- Hmm, so now you can fully enlarge your body, not just your fists. Try enlarging your legs, for example. - I said.

Kendo nodded, and concentrating, she shrank to two metres, and then increased her left leg, and with a kick, broke the wall.

- Lucky for Yuei that they have Cementos. - I rebuilt the wall, for which the cement hero was grateful to me that once again, will not have to strain.

With Iida, again, everything was easy, his natural ability, the engines, were boosted. Ojiro and Sato got a boost in physical strength, and last in line was Shoji. Here he received an external change, his replicant arms retracted into the original arms, and now he could, at will, manifest them and remove them. Shoji has also removed the mask from his mouth, which he always wears, but he didn't, because his jaw is badly deformed. But it doesn't matter now, because his jaw has retracted and become like a normal person's.

- Okay, that's it. - I clapped my hands.

- That's it?! What about us?! - Mina exclaimed, as angry as the rest of her classmates.

- Yeah, yeah, it's not fair! - Sero was also indignant.

- Awakening works on people with strong physical bodies, but for the rest of us...well, you'll probably be unconscious, maybe even for a couple of days. - Tokoyami and Kaminari can wake up before the exam...and the others too, if you're able to work hard enough to do the exercises. Basically think of it as a quest, you can complete it, you get a new level.

- But that's not fair! - said Kaminari.

- Fair? What the hell is fair, in a world where there are people who control electricity and people without any superpowers. Forget about that word, it doesn't exist. - I replied casually. - Oh, by the way. Momo, here is your promised gift. - I pulled out of the inventory container, with a very powerful, energy core inside.

- This... - she took it in the palm of her hand.

- An energy core. With it, you can create anything and everything you want. Nothing's too good for you. - I stroked her cheek, which embarrassed her a little.

- Let me see! - Hatsume jumped up and grabbed the container. - This baby is divine! - She glittered with her eyes, examining him in every possible way.

- It's flattering to hear a good appraisal of my talents. But you haven't seen everything yet. - I took the container and, a couple of movements, attached the container to Momo's belt. - Now press here. - I jabbed my finger at the button on top of the container. The top of the compartment opened, and many nanobots, enveloped Momo's body, recreating on her closed suit, the same as I made for Kazuho, only Yaoyorozu suit red.

- It's beautiful! - Hatsume whirled around Momo in the suit. - Nanobots?

- That's right. There's a database in the visor, I uploaded a bunch of blueprints there, all sorts of weapons, from blasters to battle robots. - I explained. - Momo, since the suit is made of nanobots, you can use the quirk through the suit.

- Really? I'll give it a try. - she said. After going through some blueprints in her visor, she chose a blueprint for a power gauntlet, and without any difficulty, created a large kinetic gauntlet in her right hand.

- You look formidable.

- Akira, that's not fair. I want an amplification and a cool costume too! - a disgruntled Mina stomped her foot.

- Mina, if you're not lazy like usual, you'll get one too. So you'd better get on with your lessons and exercises. - I replied sternly, to which Mina sweetly wrinkled her nose, but inwardly she was already determined.

In fact, why did I reinforce Kirishima and the others besides my harem? It's a kind of contribution to the future, someday I'll get bored with heroic drag, so I'm preparing for that in advance by reinforcing the current generation, particularly my former classmates.

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