MHA: GAMER PATH

Chapter 118: The Big 3

~Third POV~

[Next Day, UA Highschool, Class 1-A, Japan]

Everyone arrived in class feeling much better after yesterday's events of being freaked out by the story. Aizawa sighed a breath of relief as he stoically said, "Now that you brats are back to normal… Let's talk about work studies for real. You can come on in."

*Shf*

All the students of Class 1-A turned towards the door as Aizawa began to explain stoically about work studies, "Here to tell you how work studies differ from internships are some people who've gone out there and experienced it all. They're taking time out of their busy schedules to be here, so give them your full attention. Out of all the students of UA, these are the top three reigning third years… we call them The Big Three."

*BAM*

Slamming through the doors revealed The Big Three. Mirio Togata. Nejire Hado. Tamaki Amajiki.

Once they entered through the door, the class began to chatter in an excited tone. Jiro exclaimed, surprised, "These guys… I'd heard about them, but…!"

Denki also chatters up with Jiro, looking at them in a curious tone, eyeing Nejire, "But you wouldn't think so by looking at them. And one of them's really pretty…"

Ren's eye twitched for an unknown reason. But soon, Aizawa began introducing them stoically, waving his hand, "Let's get right to it. How about some introductions? Starting with you, Amajiki."

*GLARE*

*TWINGE*

That was when Tamaki glared intently at the class of 1-A with nearly all of them flinching from his intense stare. Ida thought as he felt unnerved by Tamaki's glare, 'Whoa! He's got a really intense stare!!'

*Shaka*

But contrary to what they were expecting, Tamaki tried to imagine them as potatoes. But failed to see faces of potatoes with human bodies below as he began to shake in a depressed tone, said, turning his face around in shame at the chalkboard, "It's no good, Mirio… Hado… I was going for potatoes, but… they all still look like people from the neck down. What do I do? Having trouble… speaking. My mind's gone blank. It hurts…! I wanna go now!"

The class of 1-A all thought stunned, 'What…?!'

Kendo, baffled, decided to ask in a confused tone about Tamaki, "But you're… the hero course's best of the best, right…?"

However, it was soon Nejire turn to speak up in a cheerful tone, seeing some familiar faces as she introduced herself, "He's Tamaki Amajiki, the flea, and I'm Nejire Hado. We came here today to talk to you about work studies. Nice meeting you again, Ochaco and Ren!"

Both raised their hands, waving as Ochaco cheerfully replied, "Nice meeting you again, Hado-san!"

Ren was about to wave, but she soon turned her attention to Shoto, asking in a curious tone, "Ohh, is that Todoroki I see back there?! Hey!! How'd you get that burn anyway?!"

Shoto startled by the sudden question tried to reply in a confused tone, "…?! Well, I…"

But she quickly moved on to the rest of the class as she moved to Mina curiously, "Hey, Ashido. If you broke those horns, would they grow back? Can they move?! Tell me!"

She then moved to Tsuyu, pointing her finger curiously, tilting her head, "Are you like a tree frog, Asui? Or more of a toad?"

She then began hopping around the classmates as she asked question after question curiously, "So many curious things about all of you! Downright curious! And as for you, mister…"

Having a pouting expression, leaving Ren for the last, jabbing his face in an annoyed tone as she asked, "Why didn't you tell me you were All Might's Successor?! And why exactly haven't you been answering my calls, mister?"

Ren simply looked uneasy as he replied in a shameless tone, "Because All Might forbade me. And my phone was destroyed for security reasons because we had a traitor in our class."

Nejire soon returned to her cheerful expression, quickly accepting his apology, "Oh. Okay! But you still owe me for making me worried."

Ren merely laughs nervously as Denki chuckles, seeing their Class Rep getting grilled that easily in an upbeat tone, "She's all over the place it's cute. And the way she grilled into the Class Rep case, ha! You don't see that every day!"

Mina nodded her head, agreeing with the drama unfolding in an excited tone, "Just like a kindergartner. But hearing the Class Rep's personal life drama? How scandalous!"

Aizawa showed a smug expression briefly at Ren's predicament. Then returned to his stoic expression as he asked Mirio stoically, "She's not the most rational person, is she?"

Mirio sweated a bit from Aizawa's staring as he began to start the main act with himself in a cheerful tone making a joke with his ear to the class, "Not to worry, Eraser Head!! I'm the main act here! The outlook's looking…"

*Shah*

Nearly everyone was confused before Ren answered excitedly, "Grim!"

*Snap*

Mirio, snapping his fingers at Ren, agreed in a heartfelt tone, seeing a fellow comedy man in his direction, "Correct! The answer's 'grim'!"

Meanwhile, the other classmates began to mutter between themselves with The Big 3 introduction, feeling unimpressed. Kinoko couldn't help but ask Yui in a confused tone, "All three of 'em are kinda weird…"

Yui nodded her head as she replied with a disappointed tone, expecting more from them, "I didn't expect this from The Big 3… did you…?"

Tokoyami, nearby, listening from his seat, shared his opinion in a stoic tone, "It's kinda hard to tell what they're made of…"

However, their comments didn't miss Mirio's ear. He listened to their words as he began to explain in an unusually serious tone, "I'm seeing a lot of faces that seem to say, 'Who cares?' You've got us three years showing up out of nowhere… here to talk about work studies that you don't even have to do. Doesn't make sense, right? You all got your licenses as first-years… hmph. I guess this year's batch of first-years are real go-getters… and since our talk here isn't going so well... how about you all take me on?!"

This got the class's attention in a stunned surprise, "Uh… Wha – ?!"

Aizawa glanced at Mirio's words as the third year cheekily said in a cheerful tone, "Seems rational to have them feel the full weight of our experiences firsthand!! Don'tcha think so, Eraser Head?"

He remained silent for a while before finally answering, "Do as you like."

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[UA Highschool, Gym Gamma, Japan]

Everyone in Class 1-A was in their UA Gym Uniform as they arrived inside Gym Gamma with Mirio giving everyone a lesson through a beatdown. Sero asked in a confused tone, "Um… is this for real?"

Doing some stretches, Mirio cheerfully agreed, "Yup, sure is!"

Wearing his Gym Uniform, Tamaki was placing his head on a nearby wall as he muttered in a depressed tone, "Mirio… don't do this. It'd be enough to just follow the manual and go, 'We experienced this and that, and it was all super meaningful.' It's not like all of them are raring to go and ready to aim for the top. We wouldn't want any to be broken beyond fixing."

This caught the student's attention as Nejire went on to add a cheeky tone, sharing her piece, informing Class 1-A while playing with Mina's horns, "Hey, listen to this. There was once a kid who got discouraged, quit trying to be a hero, and caused all sorts of trouble. Didja know?! It was bad. So, you'd better think about this hard, Togata, or there's gonna be pain. True blue pain."

Hearing their words, Tokoyami was the first to speak up in an offended tone, "Just wait a minute… we've fought against pros before, albeit with handicaps."

Kirishima followed up, agreeing in a supportive tone, turning arrogant with a confident grin on his face, "And we've got experience battling real villains! Do you think we're such wimps… that you gotta worry for our safety or whatever?"

Mirio ignored their words as he asked in an upbeat tone, already ready, "Whenever you're ready, then. Come at me. Who's gonna be first?!"

Izuku wisely stood next to Aizawa, taking out his laptop and gathering data as Aizawa asked curiously, "Not gonna fight with your class, Midoriya?"

Listening, Izuku shook his head, having everything prepared to record in a shameless tone, eyeing the scene before him, "Nope. I would rather collect data to use to improve my 'Iron Deku.' That I would rather be wise and learn how this encounter goes."

Aizawa merely nodded his head in understanding since Izuku was Quirkless and not having his Support Gear wouldn't be useful in this situation as he thought stoically, 'That and the kid needs to learn how to properly fight without his armor. Guess I'll have Midoriya sign up with Shinso to help build his stance as he was forced to get his Hero License early.'

Then his attention drifted to the class with Bakugo readying up with a feral eager grin as Mirio spoke up cheerfully, "The problem child!! Right, of course, you'd step up. You've got spirit!"

That was when Kirishima spoke up, activating his Quirk with Kendo and Ida in a confident tone, "Close combat squad! We'll hit him all at once!! Got that senpai? Give us your best shot. Take it easy on us!!"

*KA-BOOM*

Bakugo launched ahead as he rushed forward with explosive power yelling, "DIE!!"

*Flap*

"AHH!!"

When the fight began, Mirio used his Quirk [Permeation] as his clothes phase off his body, revealing his almost naked form and causing the girls to yelp in surprise. Jiro exclaimed in an embarrassed tone, "His clothes just fell off!"

Mirio nonchalantly phases through Bakugo's attacks as he explains apologetically pulling up his pants, "Apologies. Fine-tuning this is tricky!"

*Whiff*

Bakugo's eyes widened in surprise muttering, "What the hell?!"

Mirio merely tilted his head to the side, seeing Bakugo ignoring the attacks at him by phasing through them in an innocent tone, "Going for the face, huh?"

*THOOM*

*GLOOP*

*KRAKLE*

All of Class 1-A's attacks simply phased through Mirio, doing no damage, much to their surprise. Yet Ren, with the melee group looked intrigued using [Transparent World] how Mirio's quirk functioned, 'So that's how his Quirk works? Even when he uses it, I can't even see him. Cool.'

Upon closer inspection, once the attacks created a smokescreen of them clashing, Ida yelled out, startled, "He's gone!!"

*LOOM*

In a second, he reappeared behind Jiro as he said, completely naked joyfully, "Long-range attackers go down first!!"

In the next few seconds, Mirio began to demolish their long-range fighters in seconds. He moved, surprising them with his techniques, taking their long-range fighters down effortlessly as the close-range fighters were knocked out including Todoroki in the mix shocking the students.

Kirishima, Ida, Bakugo, Ochaco, Kendo, Toru, Toga, and Ren. They all had their eyes widened seeing how Mirio easily dealt with them as Aizawa added, "This a great opportunity, everyone, so get that lesson beaten into you. Because Mirio Togata, as far as I know, is the closest to being the top hero even including us pros!"

Izuku eyes widened, seeing his classmates get taken down that easily as he muttered in a surprised tone, "He took down half of us in the blink of an eye! It makes sense that he's the closest to being the top hero…"

The long-range fighters of Class 1-A were groaning in pain, having their stomachs punched. Mirio, on the other hand, waved his hand, muttering confidentially, "Looks like just the melee fighters are left."

The close-range fighters got nervous as Kendo asked nervously of their predicament, "I've got no clue what happened!!"

Ochaco nodded, feeling nervous as she muttered, seeing half their class taken down nervously, "Going up against the power to phase through stuff is tough to deal with on its own, but warping too…?!"

That was when Kirishima muttered in a panicked tone, seeing the challenge they faced against Mirio, "That's too much, man… this dude's invincible!"

Contrary to what they felt, Ren kept an eye on Mirio as he began to explain in a calm tone, gaining attention, "Not really. There's a moment when we can touch him when he attacks us. The way he warps is simply phasing into the ground before being repelled upward by physics."

Mirio nods his head, seeing Ren manage to see through his Quirk abilities as he begins running toward them, "Good! But simply knowing it is not enough for young Yuki, here I come!!"

*SINK*

Sinking onto the floor, the close-range fighters began to get ready to defend. It wasn't long before Mirio appeared as Ren thought confidently using [New Order], 'I can interact with Mirio Togata.'

Setting up one of his orders using [New Order], he began to turn around as he made his counterattack, predicting easily where Mirio would appear with a kick. Mirio, seeing this, looked stunned as he thought, 'That was no mere reaction… he somehow predicted I would pop up here – what?!!'

*BAM*

Landing at his solar plexus in the stomach, managing to contact him. This showed the chance as Bakugo lunged ahead, his hand glowing with explosive energy, "Now you're mine! Die, perverted bastard!!!"

*KA-BOOOM*

*SMASH*

However, Mirio quickly turned and slammed Bakugo in the stomach, causing him to kneel over and be gut-punched in the stomach. Mirio soon returned to the ground as he was near Ida, announcing out loud, "Have a taste of my special move!! [Blinder Touch Eyeball Crush]!!"

*Swooosh*

Tracking Ida, he slammed him into the solar plexus. Before Mirio could escape, his eyes darted toward Ren, already nearing him. Mirio waved his hand as he attempted to escape innocently, "Sorry, but I'll deal with you when I deal with your classmates. See ya!"

*SINK*

Sinking, Ren smiled as he brought his hand up, defiantly replying with a grin, "Oh, no, you don't! You can't just chicken out on me! Not when I can abuse another weakness of your power, buddy!"

*VUMM*

Activating his [Attract and Repel] Quirk summoning a halo ring, he began to attract Mirio's next target. He soon emerged, about to land a gut punch to Ochaco, only to be surprised at the last-second attraction force in a stunned tone, "Nani?! Okay, this is a first."

*Swooosh*

Avoiding a [Knuckle Style] from Ren Mirio backflipped around. Kirishima soon asked Ren in a confused tone, "Dude, how the heck are you touching the guy? Didn't he phase through our classmate's attacks earlier?"

Ren simplified an answer as he had his halos up in an obvious tone, eyes narrowing at Mirio, "Easy. Since almost any attack would phase the guy, almost nothing would affect him… except for his mass. If you have a Quirk that can affect a person's mass, then you have his weakness. Just like Mirio-Senpai said, even he's not immune to physics, ain't that right?"

Mirio laughed full heartily, learning that he did have a weakness, much to Tamaki and Nejire's shock. Mirio nodded his head in an upbeat tone, "Hahaha! It seems so Yuki-kun!! Even I didn't know that, so this was a great experience learning this!! But if you would like, however…"

*Shiver*

Mirio's expression changed into one of seriousness, causing the remaining classmates to feel a shiver as he grinned in a confident tone, "If you would like, I can go all out if you want…"

Ren grinned at the thought before sighing out loud, shaking his head, and exclaiming in a calm tone, "Sigh… as much as I would like that, I'm afraid it will have to be put on hold for another time. But I do enjoy the exercise of figuring out a way to exploit an enemy's weakness, but I think it's time we end this, shall we?"

*WHIP*

Before Mirio could reply, multiple energy tendrils erupted from Ren's body using [Blackwhip], grabbing him immediately while using [Negation], keeping his Quirk nullified, leaving him caught as Ren said, "There? Do you think you can get out Mirio with your Quirk nullified?"

Upon getting caught, Mirio just admitted defeat with a grin on his face, "Fair point. Alright, you win. We must try sparring again next time."

Placing him down, that was when Toru asked, realizing Ren could've used [Negation] in a stunned tone, "Hold up a second…?! Class Rep, why didn't you use your [Negation] on him when we all attacked?!"

Hearing her words, his classmates, those who could raise their heads and have strength, looked at him for answers. Ren, listening, replied stoically with a light shrug, "Because it would ruin the whole point of this exercise. After all, it would be kind of rude for my senpai if he didn't show off his experience to us first years, and I wanted to see if there was a weakness I could exploit from his Quirk other than relying on my [Negation] to end fights or spars like this. I do need the experience after all."

His classmates could only sigh when they heard his reasoning, all thinking, 'Experience? Don't ya mean EXP?'

Ren could only laugh shamelessly, scratching the back of his head with Mirio looking at him curiously and thinking, 'So that's the man that All Might entrust his Quirk to, huh? He is fun and sportsman-like! I bet Sir Nighteye would like him!!'