My Hero Academia: Restless Gambler

Chapter 12: Training Montage

~Nezu's Office - Toshinori Yagi(All Might)~

"What do you think? Sir?" Yagi nervously scratched the back of his head as he watched the furry principal go over the footage of the exam grounds C again.

The footage of that fight was stuck in his head for the last few days ever since he saw it live. Although the other teachers did not pay enough attention to notice the discrepancies in the live viewing he did.

He saw that boy, Hakari use multiple quirks, or at least 2. Having faced innumerable villains he had plenty of experience with multitudes as well as a good understanding as to how quirks usually manifest and are used.

And to his dread, his usage of his quirk was not something one quirk should be capable of. No, it instead resembled how people who are given multiple quirks by him use their quirks.

But Yagi knew he had buried All for One with his very own hands. He shouldn't have been able to survive those wounds.

So he could only hope that his hypothesis about young Hakari was incorrect. So he brought the matter up to the principal of UA, Nezu the smartest mammal alive.

After sitting in silence after watching the videos Nezu finally gave his verdict.

"Well, this seems rather interesting , doesn't it? From what I have seen young Hakari has displayed at least 3 different abilities in the exam, maybe even 5. Which should be impossible, it is possible to have a quirk that makes it seem like you have multiple quirks but it doesn't look like that in this case."

Yagi leaned forward, putting all of his attention on Nezu's words as the rat took a sip from his tea.

"Is that really so sir? I thought that may be the case but I wasn't sure, also at least 3? Could you explain please?" Nezu raised up one closed paw before unfurling one finger.

"The first quirk he showed was his abnormal speed and acceleration. The second one was the one he showed to disable all of those robots, mostly likely an EMP-related one. Then the one he used that granted him both strength and speed.

The fourth one could be the defensive one he used when he landed but that can be chalked up to a different aspect of the third power since both of their tells are very similar. The fifth possible one is some kind of dangersense or precognition with how well he was able to dodge the mock villains despite never looking in their direction. But that can also be chalked up to combat sense and awareness so it's only a possible one."

Yagi nodded, he hadn't even thought about the dodging of the faux villains. But he was still in the dark about how Nezu was so confident in something like his first speed and the speed ability he used.

"But sir, how do you know they are different abilities instead of one ability like something such as New Order?" Nezu simply chuckled at his words, no doubt finding amusement in his own intelligence.

"It's simple , it's all in the tells, his abilities acted differently. The first speed ability was a gradual increase in speed with no visual tell. While the offensive power he used showed him glow while he used it, and unlike the first he accelerated instantly instead of a gradual buildup."