The Awakening of One For All
All Might nodded firmly as Izuku swallowed the strand of hair.
"Now, you have One For All," he said, his voice steady. "It will take about three hours to fully integrate into your body."
Izuku simply nodded and left, heading home without wasting a single second.
As soon as Izuku arrived home, he did nothing else. He sat in a meditation position, closed his eyes, and activated Soul State.
Immediately, his awareness expanded, scanning his entire body for changes. Yet… he found nothing.
'Strange…'
Then, he recalled something from his studies—a theory that quirks are deeply connected to the soul.
With that in mind, he shifted his focus inward, deeper than before, searching through his consciousness.
And then… he found it.
Floating in his inner world was a massive ball of energy, shifting and glowing in multiple colors. Nine smaller spheres—each a different color—orbited around the central core.
Izuku's eyes gleamed. 'This must be One For All.'
Yet, something else caught his attention.
Within the small spheres were faint traces of consciousness, asleep but lingering. These were undoubtedly the spirits of the past One For All users.
At the center of the large energy core, another consciousness stirred. Unlike the others, it was stronger… deeper.
The Original One For All Will.
Izuku smirked.
'So this is how it is…'
Without hesitation, Izuku began his plan.
He manipulated his spirit energy, channeling it into the small orbs one by one. Each time his energy entered them, he located the weak sleeping consciousness within.
And then—
He destroyed them.
One by one, the past wielders of One For All were erased from existence.
With each destruction, he felt his own consciousness grow stronger, as if absorbing the remaining fragments of their knowledge and power.
Finally, he turned to the largest consciousness—the core itself.
At that moment, the will inside stirred violently, sensing the danger.
Izuku's eyes flashed coldly.
"Too late."
Before it could resist, he crushed it.
In an instant, the original will of One For All ceased to exist.
The quirk was now his alone
Izuku slowly opened his eyes.
He flexed his fingers, feeling the energy of One For All now fully under his command. The power no longer carried the influence of its previous wielders—it was purely his.
More importantly, he now had access to all nine quirks from the past users.
But this was only the beginning.
"With my Proficiency Panel, I'll master One For All faster than anyone ever could."
The reason he had pursued One For All was simple—his Proficiency Panel had a limit.
He had realized that no matter how much he trained, his body would eventually hit its natural peak. Even with max-level martial arts, he would still be bound by human limitations.
But One For All shattered those limitations.
Now, he had both unlimited growth potential and a system to master it efficiently.
And as for his soul?
Izuku smirked.
'I haven't seen a limit for that yet.'
His path to invincibility had truly begun.