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"Oh my, Oh MY GOODNESS!!" is what Midoriya Izuku heard over his own triumphant screaming voice as he collapsed from exhaustion.
"You did it my boy!" All Might said proudly as he set Midoriya on his feet again. "A whole month early too.." seeing All Might clearly impressed with his work made Midoriya blush.
"I- I did it All Might!" Midoriya clenches his fists and looks up at All Might with a smile. "I did it."
Seeing Midoriya's determined look reminds All might that he made the right decision in choosing Midoriya Izuku to be his successor.
"All right young man" All Might says as he reaches up to pluck a hair, it's your turn now my boy. "Eat THIS!" he presents the hair to his successor.
"huh.... HAH?"
Midoriya digests the hair... gross..
All Might leaves him be, as the digestion process of One for All will take a while and, "Heroes stop for nothing!"
After a while of resting on the beach by himself, Midoriya feels something change within him. He feels a heavy weight, a burden settles on his shoulders, which is strange as Midoriya knows he wasn't feeling this heavy just moments before. He decides it must be his new role as the number one hero, All Might's successor. At least that's what he thinks it is until he sees the screen that most definitely had NOT been there before.
[One For All synchronization: 53% complete]
"Wha-" Izuku scrambles back from the floating text and is even more shocked as it follows him. "Is this a villain attack? an illusion quirk?" he mumbles out loud to himself as he studies the floating box. "No" it can't be some outside force as it clearly shows 'One For All' and a villain wouldn't have access to sensitive information like the name of All Might's (now Izuku's) quirk.
"I wonder what this means." Izuku mumbles out. "All Might didn't mention anything like floating text accompanying the quirk." He studies the words more intensely. "What does it mean by 'synchronization' is it talking about One for All and my body or One for All and something else, it has to be talking about me right what else would there be?"
Right after Izuku unintentionally asked that question, the meter reached 100% and another floating box with text appeared.
[Welcome (New User) to the One for All System!]
Izuku studied this text box even more than the previous one. What did it mean by one for all system?
[Please register your name by voice activation]
Register a name? no. It specifically says 'your name', what would happen if he used a different name? He shouldn't risk something like that when he has no idea what's happening.
"Midoriya Izuku" he says clearly as he's deep in analytical mode. Let's see where this goes.
Since it's probably a quirk of some kind, possibly related to One for all since that's what it wants me to think.
[Welcome (MidoriyaIzuku) to the One for All System!]
[You are the NINTH user]
[Would you like a tutorial? (yes) (no)]
He looks closer at the boxes. Ninth user.. does that make All Might the eighth? He'd have to ask. Midoriya decides to see what this tutorial has to offer. Couldn't hurt to have more information on this new situation at hand.
[(yes) selected]
[Tutorial beginner quest 1/10 starting]
Midoriya was surprised that there was a loading sequence after he pressed yes. Was this system not as optimized as it appeared to be? Was it expecting him to skip the tutorial? As if. He needed more information about what was happening. Apparently 10 quests of it.
[A Closer Look 1/10 0%]
Appears you've manifested your quirk
Learn more about it!
Tip: say 'help' to receive more advice or tips from your quirk!
Midoriya did a double take, or a closer look, when he read the description. His quirk? Did eating All Might's hair manifest Izuku's original quirk? Did the two merge? If so, that was cool!!
Midoriya hoped no one was playing a prank on him. He had already been worried that All Might had been lying about the One for All quirk in the first place. Even now he still couldn't be sure. Someone with All Might's connections could certainly have someone with an illusion quirk like this.
Someone with an illusion quirk would have limits. It wouldn't last forever. Midoriya decided to ignore the floating box for now and only look at it if it was still there when he got home. He collected his things took one more look at the crystal clear beach feeling proud of himself and just as he was about to turn around and leave a new box appeared.
[(The One Who Started It All) gives 5 favor points!]
["Congratulations Ninth! We're lucky to have you, good luck!"]
Midoriya's eyes went wide, or wider than normal. Who? What? 'The One Who Started It All'. How eerie. Their message was quite kind and differed from how ominous their name sounded. Names could be deceiving after all.
What are favor points, they sound positive. It would probably be a good idea to accumulate more of those if this ends up being a permanent thing.
As Midoriya started walking home from the beach, he got another message.
[(One With All The Sense) gives 1 favor point!]
["Be careful out there kid, it's dangerous"]
Midoriya stopped walking to wonder about what that message meant when all of a sudden, a rampaging villain being chased by Kamui Woods ran right around the corner where Izuku would've been standing had he not stopped.
Midoriya stood stalk still and the villain turned to him in a huff. A big evil grin manifested itself on the villain's face. "Hey kid, mind if I borrow you for a while" the villain said casually as he ran in close to Izuku and grabbed him by the neck and shoulders to use as a shield against Kamui Woods.
[Emergency Quest: Villain Hostage!]
Seems like a villain is using you as a shield
a) escape from the villain with assistance
+50exp +1favor +???
b) escape from the villain by yourself
+100exp +5favor +???
Failure: death
Midoriya didn't even read the box that appeared and instead slammed the villain to the ground using a move he'd seen a hero pull off when put in the same chokehold he'd just been in.
The villain was too exhausted from the previous chase with Kamui Woods to even put up a fight. Kamui Woods, who had seen the whole thing, thanked Midoriya for his hard work and took care of the capture of the villain.
Midoriya was too shell-shocked to even talk to Kamui let alone get his autograph. Maybe another time..
They both have other things to deal with. Midoriya looks at Kamui through the new text boxes that are popping up in his vision. This might just be his new normal.
[Emergency Quest Complete!]
b) escape from the villain by yourself
+100exp +5favor +1VIT +2DEX +1WIS
[Self Defense Skill Gain!]
[Level Up! Now Lv. 10]
Midoriya was now exhausted with these new boxes at first, they seemed useful, but since he doesn't have the knowledge about what they are and what they do, all they're good for is clouding his vision. Annoyed, Izuku waves his hands around and thankfully the boxes actually go away. He really needs to talk to All Might about this. Maybe once he has more information on it. Looks like Midoriya Izuku is going to pull another all nighter to study this supposed quirk instead of getting that victory well rested sleep he had promised himself. That's just how life seems to roll for him.