Behind several trees, Kashiko showed a map to everyone. They had gathered while Allen was fighting Todoroki, Bakugo, Deku, and Tokoyami—though whether you can really call it a fight when he was just beating them up one-sidedly.
"You can see the entire training ground!" said Ochako, staring in amazement at the holographic map.
"That's really useful!" exclaimed Mina.
"Hehe, thanks."
Her Quirk allowed her to locate or observe people in real time within her range, and it also let her see several of their parameters. It was one of the best tactical support Quirks seen so far.
"All set!" Momo said as she finished creating a mortar. Momo's Quirk could even create firearms, something heavily restricted by the commission, but depending on the context, she was allowed to make things like a cannon—and a mortar like this—which was quite unusual.
"Yes! Let the attack begin!" Momo nodded, lit the mortar, and fired at the coordinates marked by Kashiko.
The shot echoed, shifting the rhythm of the battle and making Allen look up at the sky.
"Fall back, Dark Shadow!" Tokoyami shouted, creating space.
"Momo... so this is their plan... haha."
When Allen realized the class's choice, he couldn't help but laugh. It was full of natural-born strategists like Deku, Todoroki, Momo, Itsuka, Monoma, and even that girl, Kashiko. Yet instead of devising an elaborate plan, they chose to attack head-on, relying on numerical superiority.
"That's right, youth is reckless—but that's what makes it fun."
Allen raised his hand to block the mortar, but at that moment, vines burst from the ground and bound his legs and arms.
"Ibara..."
Allen smiled before breaking the vines with brute force. However, the next attack came in the form of a sound wave.
"Jiro..."
Allen caused explosions around himself, using shockwaves to counter Jiro's attack. But by then, the mortar projectile had already arrived, exploding right where Allen stood.
Allen used another shockwave to disperse the smoke. At that moment, Deku and Bakugo had already attacked and were about to strike him.
"DIE!"
"SMASH!"
'I see... Dealing with so many opponents is indeed troublesome...'
Deku, Bakugo, and everything around them seemed to move in slow motion just before they hit Allen. He didn't look the slightest bit unsettled as he raised his hands to chest level.
"But..."
Clap!
Deku's vision changed instantly. Allen, who should have been in front of him, was suddenly replaced by Bakugo, who should have been at his side. It happened so suddenly that neither of them managed to stop their attacks. Deku's punch slammed into Bakugo's stomach, while Bakugo's explosive palm struck Deku's face.
"Argh!"
"Urgh!"
Both took the hit and were sent flying in opposite directions.
Meanwhile, Allen emerged from the exchange completely unharmed.
"What?!"
"Why did they attack each other?!"
Even Tokoyami and Todoroki, who were closest to the fight, couldn't understand what had happened.
"But how?" Kashiko, along with Mina, Ochako, Momo, and Itsuka, was also confused. Everyone had seen that at the last moment, Allen swapped places with Bakugo, causing him to hit Deku and vice versa.
"It must be another Quirk!" Itsuka said.
"This is bad, we need to stop everyone!" Momo exclaimed—but it was already too late. All the students had decided to attack.
Iida ran at full speed with Ojiro on his back.
'I don't know if this will work, but let's go!'
"Let's go, Ojiro-kun! Recipro Burst!"
Iida accelerated to his maximum speed and reached Allen in an instant. At the same time, Ojiro prepared his tail and launched an attack using Iida's momentum.
A combined attack!
Clap!
Ojiro, who had been ready to strike, was suddenly replaced by Tokoyami, who had no idea what was going on.
Allen remained in place as Iida rushed past him, now carrying a confused Tokoyami.
Iida slowed down further ahead, his exhaust releasing smoke—the known side effect since the Sports Festival.
"Tokoyami-kun?!"
"Iida?"
Allen no longer paid attention to them and focused on Todoroki, who launched an icicle like a pillar of ice toward him.
Before it could hit, Allen clapped, and Todoroki appeared where Allen had been. His eyes shrank as he saw his own attack right in front of him, unable to stop it. Todoroki was crushed by his own attack.
At this point, everyone understood what Allen was doing.
"You can swap places with another person?!" Monoma exclaimed. He had been about to attack Allen using a copied version of Todoroki's Quirk but stopped when he saw this phenomenon.
Clap!
"Boogie Woogie..." Allen said from behind Monoma.
"What?"
Monoma reacted, turning around as his hand became covered in frost. He tried to freeze Allen.
Allen grabbed Monoma's arm and threw him against a tree, which broke from the impact.
"Urgh! Allen Walker..."
"You don't have to say it. I'd be mad at life too if someone showed up with a much better version of my own power..."
Monoma clenched his teeth. His Quirk, Copy, was very strong—it allowed him to replicate another person's Quirk for ten minutes. However, it required physical contact, and a copy was still just a copy. Monoma couldn't exert the full strength of the original Quirk, and of course, he wouldn't be as skilled at using it as someone who had always had it.
"That Quirk is a damn cheat! Not only do you perfectly copy others' Quirks, but you also use them even better than they do—and now you're saying you can improve them too?! Aren't you ashamed of being so blessed?!"
"No... not at all. On the contrary, right now I feel infinitely weak..."
"Huh?"
There was no way Monoma could even imagine what Allen had gone through to obtain his power—much less that, at this moment, he wasn't even using a drop of his true strength.
"But you're wrong about one thing. It's true that my 'Quirk' is like a cheat—but the fact that I can use it like this... that's because of Allen, not the Quirk."
Monoma fell silent. He knew it was true. But being born with a broken power and also being a combat genius—wasn't that just too unfair?
"Take this!"
Despite Allen's new ability, no one had given up. At the very least, Class 1-A, already familiar with how monstrous he was in combat, kept pushing forward.
Allen smiled, blocking Tsuyu's tongue as it wrapped around his arm.
"You always surprise me with how unexpectedly brave you are, Tsuyu-chan."
"Allen-chan, flattering me won't make me let go," Froppy said, though she blushed slightly. "Now, Habuko-chan!"
"...!" Allen became alert, remembering Habuko's Quirk, which could be troublesome.
A pair of yellow eyes appeared behind Tsuyu. It caught him off guard—they had appeared out of nowhere. Allen began to feel his body paralyze—not completely, but enough to greatly limit his movements.
"I see... so it was you, Toru..."
Behind Tsuyu, Habuko appeared, emerging from beneath an invisibility cloak that Allen had given to Toru.
"Quick! Only three seconds!" Habuko shouted.
Tsuyu withdrew her tongue, and at that moment, Todoroki, Bakugo, and Monoma attacked. The three launched flames from three different directions at an immobile Allen.
"They're getting stronger..." Allen smiled, a hint of satisfaction in his expression.
The three attacks struck Allen, creating a massive explosion.
"Ah!"
"Habuko-chan!" Tsuyu exclaimed.
The two girls standing next to Allen were thrown into the air by the explosion, but they were caught by Itsuka's huge hands. Soon after, Toru ran over to check if they were okay.
"Great job!" Itsuka said happily.
The three girls smiled. It was thanks to Tsuyu, Toru, and Habuko that they had managed to hit Allen.
...
All the teachers watched closely, waiting for the result. In a normal situation, no one would think this was enough to defeat Allen—but since his templates were limited, there was a chance for a miracle.
The tension was palpable. All the students waited to see what had happened. Had they won?
After a moment, the smoke began to clear, revealing scorched ground. A figure appeared in the center—it was Allen, still smiling, though parts of his clothes were burned and he even had some injuries.
"Impossible..." Nemuri gasped. Not just her—all the teachers were in shock.
"Maybe we were too strict," Aizawa lamented. After all, with his other templates, Allen wouldn't have been hurt.
"I have to go," Kaina said, but Mirko stopped her.
"Wait. Allen is still fine."
"..." Kaina frowned as Mirko scolded her.
"Don't be childish. You know it takes more than that to take down Allen!"
Kaina clenched her teeth and fists, but then relaxed.
"That's true."
The teachers continued to observe in silence, ready to step in if anyone was truly in danger.
....
"He's still standing?!" Fujimi growled. Even after an attack like that—how was it possible?
"What are you doing?! Keep attacking!" Todoroki shouted, snapping everyone out of their shock. This might be the first time they had actually injured Allen. Todoroki himself began releasing ice, freezing everything around him.
"Come on, Tadan!" Fujimi shouted as a kind of pink gas came out from a device in his suit.
"Y-yes!" Several compartments opened from Dandan's suit, launching multiple missiles toward Allen. These contained his Quirk, which was similar to Bakugo's—his sweat acted like a liquid that, when detonated, had the effect of a flash grenade.
"Me too!" Ochako declared, showing her determination as she dropped a massive rock from the sky that she had been levitating.
"I'm sorry, Allen-san, but I'm a hero too!" Ibara said before launching her vines again.
"I believe in you!" Jiro gritted her teeth and attacked once more with sound waves.
"I'm sorry, honey!" Mina shouted with a regretful expression, but she still attacked.
Seeing the barrage, Allen switched from Aoi Todo's template to Bakugo's and used Cluster to destroy all the attacks. However, after doing so, he felt pain coursing through his body.
"He... he's reaching his limit!" Bakugo growled. Knowing his own Quirk better than anyone, he understood what it felt like to hit the limit—and Allen was close. "No matter how skilled you are, you just got my Quirk! There's no way to use it at that level without consequences!"
With those words, the rest of the students attacked.
"My turn!" Kirishima charged forward, hardening his body.
"Me too!" Tetsutetsu ran alongside him, covering himself in metal.
"I should help too..." Itsuka muttered before rushing toward Allen.
"..." Ojiro said nothing but also ran toward him.
Allen switched templates and smiled.
Itsuka, realizing it, felt a chill and stopped her attack—but the two blockheads kept going.
"Wait!"
"Take this, Allen!" Kirishima shouted.
Clap!
Allen swapped places with Ojiro, who took the punch head-on, breaking several of his teeth. Kirishima immediately deactivated his hardening, feeling guilty. Allen took advantage of that, clapped again, swapped back with Ojiro, and appeared right in front of Kirishima. Then he punched him in the abdomen and followed up with a kick that sent him flying.
"Damn it!" Tetsutetsu shouted. He clenched his fists and went all out against Allen.
Allen clapped again, causing Tetsutetsu to cancel his hardening out of fear of hitting a teammate—but to his surprise, Allen didn't swap places with anyone.
"Confusing, isn't it?" Allen struck Tetsutetsu in the stomach. "Not every clap means I'll switch places. A simple technique... Quirk, but incredibly powerful..."
Clap!
Allen appeared behind Itsuka. She didn't have time to react before he restrained her from behind. With the difference in strength, she couldn't break free.
"Impossible! There was no one behind Kendo-san!" Deku shouted.
"Boogie Woogie doesn't just work on people," Allen said with a mocking smile. He had switched places with a rock. "A Quirk truly made for fighting multiple targets."
Itsuka clenched her teeth. Even with weaker templates—and even with the possibility of being defeated—Allen still managed to corner all of them. No one could attack without risking hurting their teammates... no one except one person.
"Walker!" Bakugo leaped high into the air, clearly intending to attack Allen—even though Allen was holding Itsuka hostage.
"What are you doing?!" Momo shouted from a distance.
Bakugo grinned wildly. He wasn't a psychopath like he seemed—his attack actually had reasoning behind it.
"I know you care about that woman, so you won't let her get hurt. I also know you can't swap places with more than one target at a time. So you'll use that Quirk to protect her while taking my attack yourself, won't you, Allen Walker?!"
Bakugo didn't attack immediately. Instead, he took advantage of Allen's inability to move to prepare the biggest explosion he could muster.
Everyone was stunned by Bakugo's reasoning—and he was right. He was exploiting Allen's weakness at that moment.
"I'm fine," Itsuka said suddenly.
"Hey, girl, you're on the other side—don't betray them," Allen said with a low chuckle, though he felt strangely pleased hearing that.
"Listen, that guy is crazy—he's really going to hurt you! You know that, right?!"
Itsuka looked worried. Not just her—everyone noticed that, unlike the others, Bakugo seemed to be attacking Allen with genuine resentment. But that wasn't surprising after everything that had happened.
Seeing that Allen only smiled, Itsuka got annoyed and placed her hand over a burn on his arm.
"Right now you're not that strong—even we can hurt you. Drop your pride. Who cares if you have to dodge? Protect yourself—!"
Her words were cut off abruptly. Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief. Even Itsuka didn't understand what had happened until she saw Allen's face so close that she couldn't see anything beyond his eyes.
He had stolen a kiss.
Without giving her time to react, Allen pulled away, leaving her stunned.
"Sorry, I couldn't help it," Allen chuckled softly before looking at Bakugo.
"Damn it, go flirt in hell!" Bakugo attacked despite everyone shouting for him to stop. The teachers had also moved, but no one would make it in time—and Aizawa was too far away to nullify Bakugo's Quirk.
"Allen!" Toru shouted.
Allen's eyes lit up as he raised his hand and pointed at Bakugo.
"Sleep..." Allen said.
It wasn't a request. It wasn't advice. It was an order...
Bakugo felt as if someone had hit him on the head with a hammer, and involuntarily began to lose consciousness. The attack fizzled out before it could be launched.
"Damn it..."
Bakugo fell to the ground, but even that didn't keep him awake. In an attempt to resist, he bit his tongue—but it didn't work.
Allen smirked. "You're stubborn, but this 'magic' is very strong—so strong that even a normal guild master wouldn't withstand it. Besides, you're already exhausted and injured. Just give up, honey badger..."
Bakugo glared at Allen with disdain, but he couldn't stop himself from falling asleep.
....
Mirajane – "Ara~ it's Mystogan's magic."
Lucy – "Hey, he really has templates of anyone, doesn't he?"
Erza – "My magic is requip magic, but if he used a template of mine, would that give him my armors too?"
Juvia – "Oh~ Juvia wonders if Erza's templates would include a male version of her armors, or if they would still be female armors."
Wade – "I just got excited imagining Allen wearing the Heavenly Wheel armor… is that normal?"
McDragon – "Tsk, yeah… I hate people who look good in everything…"
Thor – raises an eyebrow
....
Allen turned his attention back to the others and was about to use sleep magic on them as well, but All Might landed heavily, interrupting him.
"That's enough! The training is over! You all did well!"
"Allen, are you hurt?!" Kaina also arrived and began checking him like a worried mother—right in front of everyone, who watched with their mouths open.
"He's fine. He's strong," Mirko said as she landed as well. She walked up to Allen and slapped his butt.
That made several people lose their balance from what they were witnessing. Even All Might, who was trying to ignore these interactions, looked extremely uncomfortable.
"Allen❤️"
To make things worse, Nemuri arrived as well. She pushed Itsuka aside and hugged Allen, pressing his head into her chest as she embraced him.
"Oh, my poor Allen is hurt!~"
Kashiko's glasses cracked for some reason, as she seemed to lose the ability to think.
This was the most anticlimactic ending possible—but there was nothing anyone could do.
Some time later, Allen, along with Momo, Tsuyu, and Itsuka, saw off Isami's students at the entrance.
"Thank you very much for everything," Kashiko said with a bow.
"Don't worry, it was a pleasure," Allen replied with a slightly mischievous smile that made Kashiko blush. She unconsciously grabbed her pocket, where her phone was—she had to make sure she didn't lose it, since she had Allen's number saved.
"Thank you for everything, Tsuyu-chan."
"One of these days, let's go to karaoke, Habuko-chan."
"Allen-san," Habuko said guiltily, "I'm sorry for paralyzing you."
Allen raised an eyebrow. "Don't worry. On the contrary, you're quite strong."
Habuko blushed and hid behind Kashiko.
Tsuyu looked at Allen with cold eyes.
"Of course, Tsuyu was the one who caught me first—as expected."
"Thank you, Allen-chan," Tsuyu smiled.
Dadan also bowed. "It was a pleasure, and thank you for everything. Also, thanks for the autographs—many in our class admire you, Allen-san."
"Hey, you didn't have to say that!" Fujimi growled. He didn't want the UA students to see them as inferior. As soon as he said that, he lowered his head. "No… the truth is, I underestimated you. The UA hero class… is a place for monsters."
With that, the four of them left, leaving everyone in silence—especially Itsuka, who hadn't said a word.
"Tsuyu-chan, let's go," Momo said after letting out a sigh, leaving the two of them alone.
Tsuyu hesitated for a moment before following Momo. When she caught up, she whispered:
"Are you okay with this, Momo?"
"No—but I'm not that petty," Momo smiled. "Tomorrow will be my turn to attack~"
Tsuyu laughed.
....
Allen and Itsuka remained silent.
Itsuka didn't know what to say or how to face Allen. She had many questions. Did that kiss mean anything, or was it just an impulse? Did Allen like her, or was he just being a womanizer?
"How about we walk home together?" Allen said with a calm, serene look—but with a faint smile on his face.
"Okay..."
Without either of them noticing, Himiko watched them from a corner across the street. Her eyes looked tired, with dark circles beneath them, and her expression carried a glint of madness.
"Allen is always surrounded by cute girls... I wonder, if I were one of them, would he stay by my side too?! ❤️~"
Himiko stroked the pet collar Allen had given her with a lecherous look on her face.
"Hehe🖤~"
[Template: Katsuki Bakugo
Source: MHA
Quirk: Explosion]
[Template: Aoi Todo
Source: Jujutsu Kaisen
Technique: Boogie Woogie]
[Template: Jellal Fernandez "Mystogan"
Source: Fairy Tail
Magic: Dream Magic]
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