Under the watchful gaze of the crowd, Bakugo slowly walked toward the locker room, the ring was completely destroyed. It would take a few minutes to fix it before the medal ceremony.
He took the opportunity to drink a large bottle of water, one of the side effects of his quirk forced him to drink often to increase his sweating.
Pfffff
A sigh escaped Bakugo's mouth unintentionally. The tournament was finally over, this was practically the last moment of peace before things started to speed up.
As he contemplated the future that awaited them, a robot suddenly opened the door and spoke in a mechanical voice."Katsuki Bakugo, please proceed to the ring for the medal ceremony."
Bakugo nodded as he stood up. So this is what AI replacements look like... it's true, it's kind of worrying.
Lost in useless thoughts, he reached the arena where a podium had been set up, Shoto and Fumikage were already standing at both ends.
"Saving the best for last, huh?" Bakugo smirked and stood at the top of the podium. Thanks to Bakugo's original personality, he didn't feel any pressure, as if he was finally where he had always deserved to be.
Eventually, Midnight began a short speech, briefly explaining Iida's absence before the gigantic All Might made his appearance performing a gymnast routine.
Bakugo held back the urge to applaud the number one hero's entrance. Meanwhile, the blond bodybuilder began handing out medals with a short word of encouragement for each student.
After giving out the first two medals, All Might arrived in front of Bakugo, he seemed to hesitate for a moment before patting him on the shoulder, "Keep it up, my boy."
This guy is so bad at encouraging people… How did he even become a teacher…
Eventually, All Might gave a long speech that almost changed Bakugo's mind, before ruining it at the end.
UA granted two days off, and for once, Bakugo actually used the time to rest. After the sports festival, his body had really suffered to the point that two days were barely enough to recover.
Two days later, Bakugo was calmly sitting in his classroom seat. Around him, the entire class was talking about the aftermath of the festival, apparently he wasn't the only one who had been noticed in the street.
Kirishima approached Bakugo holding his phone in hand "Hey man! Your reputation really took a hit after that video, you should be careful about your image, it's not very manly."
Bakugo gave him a weird look "What the hell are you talking about?"
The redhead sighed, shook his head from side to side, and handed him his phone "I knew you hadn't seen it, check this out."
On the screen, a video of Bakugo insulting a group of young adults asking for a photo started playing. He stared at the video with a blank expression before exploding "Fucking groupie trash!"
Before Bakugo could get even angrier, the classroom door opened revealing Aizawa, who had already removed his arm cast, with only a bandage left around his arm.
Instantly, the class went quiet, and without wasting time he announced the activity of the day, find a hero's name.
The class instantly erupted in joyful shouts, Bakugo also felt a deep excitement at this announcement despite the fact that his hero image was probably already at its lowest because of that video.
He had been thinking about his future hero name for a very long time. At first, he thought about calling himself Deidara but it didn't sound heroic enough.
Suddenly, as Bakugo was lost in his thoughts, imagining his future hero name being cheered by a crowd, Aizawa displayed the list of internship offers on the board.
Two names stood out especially on that list, but the gigantic 5000 next to Bakugo's name placed him far in first place.
So it turns out my calmer behavior got me more success than the angry, crazy "original" me.
Bakugo received a few jealous and admiring looks to which he replied with a snort and a grin stretching across his lips. 5000 offers will be hard to sort through, this feels more like a punishment than a reward...
Suddenly the heroine least supportive of the textile industry entered the room and gave another speech about the importance of a hero name. Bakugo didn't pay much attention and received his whiteboard. Without wasting time he wrote down the name he had thought of for a long time before flipping over his board, satisfied.
Soon the students began to parade to the board to present their hero names. It was tedious and long. Finally, it was Bakugo's turn.
Standing in front of the board, he thought to himself Unfortunately, no one here will get the reference.
He slowly turned his tablet over without a word. On it was written in capital letters:
"BOOMER."
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Hey everyone, it's really been a long time... almost 2 years. I really dropped this story, haha...
Reading it again made me realize the quality is really lacking. Honestly, I think my writing has improved a bit since then, haha, but I tried to keep the writing style similar to before so it wouldn't feel too different, though I'm not sure it worked...
I'm not really in the same mindset anymore, the whole humor and fourth wall-breaking aspect doesn't hit the same. That might disappoint you, haha...
Anyway, in the meantime I've written the beginning of another fanfic set in the Mushoku Tensei universe and I've started writing an original novel. Go take a look if you're interested. I might pick up writing again in the coming month once I finish my internship abroad.
It felt good to write a new chapter on a whim, but I'm not promising regular updates. Anyway, to everyone reading this message, I still hope you enjoyed it.