"Nice dream!"

  All Might gave a thumbs up and ughed. "Young Kaminari, remember your words today. They will surely guide you through your future growth!"

  "Yes," Kaminari nodded, aowledging the praise.

  "Raikage, huh?" Bakugo muttered to himself, thinking about the title. Finally, he scoffed and grumbled, "What a weird name." But the thought triggered something inside him. He began pting his future Hero name, "it had to be more impressive than Kaminari's!"

  "How about... 'Explosion King'? Yeah, that sounds badass!"

  At that moment, All Might signaled for everyoo get ready. Ohe students had taken turns ging into their Hero es, they were instructed to meet in the school's 'simuted unity' the "Beta Pyground" for training. All Might left first to prepare the venue.

  Fifteen mier, all twenty members of Css 1-A, now donned in their Hero outfits, stepped out of the dark corridor, emerging like heroes from a ic book panel. Every one of them exuded an aura of fidend anticipation.

  "Should I be pying 'Herht now?" Kaminari mused to himself, imagining a dramatic soundtraatch their entrance. If only he had brought some music equipment with him, he might have actually do.

  "Not bad! Everyone looks sharp!" All Might's booming voice rang out as he observed the students, a sense of pride welling up in his chest. These young men and womehought, were the future pilrs of the Hero world.

  "Good!" All Might cpped his hands. "The's get started, fertilized eggs!"

  "..."

  Kaminari felt a vein pop in his forehead as he mentally cursed, "Did All Might just call us... fertilized eggs? Is this a normal thing for him to say?"

  He gnced around and realized no one else seemed phased by the ent. "Maybe it's not an insult after all... I'll have to look this up ter," he cluded.

  All Might, however, had already begun expining the details of today's lesson.

  "Although most of what you see in the news are outdoor vilin battles, statistically speaking, there's a much higher probability of dealing with vilins indoors. Impriso, house arrests, underground trades... These all occur indoors, away from the public eye."

  He paused for a moment, coughing slightly before tinuing.

  "Ahem. Anyway, the most ing vilins hide in the shadows. Today's exercise will be a two-on-two indoor battle sario. You'll be split into two groups: Vilins and Heroes. The vilins will hide a 'nuclear on' somewhere in their stronghold, and it's the Heroes' job to locate and secure it withiime limit. The vilins, of course, must protect it or capture the Heroes to win."

  All Might paused again, giving the students time to process the rules before tinuing. "The location of the nuclear on is up to the vilin team, so make sure to sider your Quirks when deg where to pce it."

  Kaminari o himself. "Simple enough. Use Quirks to either defend or atta a fined space. Got it."

  The part of the exercise involved randomly drawing o determihe teams, which All Might had prepared in advance. He pulled names from two separate boxes, announg the pairings.

  Group A: Midoriya Izuku and Uraraka Ochabsp;

  Group B: Shoto Todoroki and Shoji Mezo

  Group C: Yaoyorozu Momo and Minoru Mia

  Group D: Bakugo Katsuki and Iida Tenya

  Group E: Ashido Mina and Aoyama Yuga

  Group F: Sero Hanta and Koda Koji

  Group G: Kaminari Denki and Jiro Kyoka

  Group H: Tokoyami Fumikage and Asui Tsuyu

  Group I: Ojiro Mashirao and Toru Hagakure

  Group J: Kirishima Eijiro aetsu Tetsu

  Kaminari g his partner, Jiro Kyoka, and the Tetsutetsu, who had been paired with Kirishima. A smile tugged at his lips. "Those two hard-headed guys together? That's going to be something."

  The students quickly gathered with their assigned partners, some of them shouting words of encement, others whispering quietly to discuss strategy. However, students like Bakugo and Todoroki remained silent, both exuding fidehat seemed to make them oblivious to their partners.

  "Now, for the first match!" All Might announced with his characteristic grin, pulling out two number balls from the bd white boxes.

  "Group A will be the Heroes!" He poioward Midoriya and Uraraka. "Group D will be the vilins!" He gestured to Bakugo and Iida.

  "The rest of you, head to the trol room to observe!"

  As Kaminari followed the rest of the css to the dimly lit trol room, his gaze lingered on Midoriya. "This should be iing. Let's see what your Quirks are really about."

  "Kaminari," Jiro's voiterrupted his thoughts as she leaned in close to whisper, "You seem really ied in Midoriya."

  "Hmm?" Kaminari blinked, momentarily distracted by her proximity before nodding. "Yeah, I am. Don't you think his Quirks are fasating? He acts like he's got nothing special going on, but when he uses his power, it's like he's airely different person. I'm curious to see what he'll do in this exercise."

  The ss in front of them flickered to life, dispying different angles of the simution area. Kaminari watched ily as Midoriya and Bakugo squared off. Midoriya's early moves were impressive, showing quick thinking and an almost preternatural ability to predict Bakugo's as.

  "Midoriya's clever," Kaminari thought, feeling a sense of appreciation for the boy's tactical skills. "But how much of that es from knowing Bakugo's moves ahead of time?"

  Suddenly, one of the ss was engulfed in fire, the sheer power of Bakugo's explosion overwhelming the camera feed. Kaminari and the others could only stare, feeling the heat of the bst even through the monitor.

  "Woah! He went all out!" Kirishima excimed, shaking his head in disbelief. "It's just training, man. Was that really necessary?"

  "Yeah, what was he thinking? He could've seriously hurt Midoriya in such a fined space," Tetsutetsu muttered, his expression darkening. His opinion of Bakugo had already been low, but this just pushed it lower. "Reckless idiot."

  "Hold on," Kaminari poi the s, where Midoriya had reappeared, seemingly unharmed. "Midoriya's fine. Look, he's about to make his move."

  And just as Kaminari predicted, Midoriya shone once again. This time, however, it wasn't just his fihat were glowing—his entire right arm was charged with power.

  "Smaaashhhhhh!"

  The soundless shockwave from Midoriya's punch was dispyed on the monitors, the sheer force obliterating the ceiling and much of the surrounding area. The building shook as if a bomb had gone off.

  "...What the hell did I just watch?" Kaminari muttered, his mind struggling to prehend the level of power Midoriya had just unleashed. It was simir to the destructive force of his un—perhaps even stronger in terms of raw impact.

  The room fell silent as they processed what had just happened. Jiro, who had been quietly watg beside Kaminari, suddenly spoke up.

  "That... that's about the same as when you used your move with Tetsutetsu, right?"

  Her words she rest of the css out of their shock, drawing their attention to Kaminari. All Might, standing nearby, also seemed to recall that golden fsh from Kaminari's practical exam.

  Indeed, as Kaminari processed the parison, All Might's gaze shifted toward him. "Kaminari's railgun back then was just as powerful as Midoriya's Smash. But while Midoriya only unleash such force with One For All and suffer intense backsh... Kaminari mahat without any visible drawbacks."