When Momo Yaoyorozu sat down on the grass in a seiza position, both Lancer and Momo Yaoyorozu were stunned.
Lancer felt like laughing. Although he had guessed that the other party was bluffing, he didn't expect her to be so fragile. Momo Yaoyorozu, on the other hand, also didn't expect that after she breathed a sigh of relief, she would lose control of her muscles and sit directly on the ground. And she didn't know if it was her illusion, but it seemed like she was about to lose control of some of her other muscles too...
With a face full of embarrassment, Momo Yaoyorozu seemed to suddenly have a surge of strength. She picked up her backpack and ran away, leaving Lancer sitting there dumbfounded.
"Didn't she say she wanted to be my disciple? Where did she go?"
Ever since Lancer rejected him that day, Shoto Todoroki had been thinking about one question————how should he strengthen himself?
He had been trying to make himself forget about Lancer, but the other party's shadow kept moving in front of his eyes, and a voice in his heart kept telling him————
'This is a shortcut! If you can get that man's support, then you can definitely become stronger!'
But the problem was right here. The other party rejected him without any hesitation, as if he wasn't even in the other party's eyes.
But come to think of it, that did seem to be the case.
What did he have that the other party could be interested in? Besides his 'talent', which was highly regarded by most people, it seemed that his family background was all he had. But the problem was that he didn't want to use his 'balanced ability', and his so-called 'family background' was an honor in the eyes of others, but in his eyes, it was a disgrace!
So he spent a long time analyzing it, but he reluctantly found that he really couldn't come up with anything to ask the other party to take him as a disciple.
And what made him even more unhappy was that he was already home.
For an ordinary person, 'going home' should be a happy thing, but for him, it was not. In his eyes, this so-called 'home' had nothing to be happy about, only unpleasant memories.
He was ostracized by his siblings when he was a child, and later, he was forced to train by his father and had no so-called childhood. Later, his mother became hysterical due to excessive mental stress, and he was disfigured by the boiling water she poured on him. The entire family was in chaos...
"I'm home."
Greeting was just a habitual behavior and had no meaning. He even deliberately lowered his voice when he called out, but that man was still sitting in the living room.
"You're back?"
"..."
He didn't reply. He just nodded as an answer and was about to go back to his room, but when he turned around, his eyes suddenly widened.
And Endeavor, who was originally sitting in the living room looking through documents, noticed his son's abnormality and followed his gaze to his right.
"Are you curious about this?"
Although Endeavor and Shoto Todoroki's relationship was not good, it didn't mean that he didn't hope to have a good relationship with his son. It was just that because of that incident, he couldn't find a starting point. Now that he saw that Shoto Todoroki seemed to be interested in the documents in his hand, he couldn't help but ask back.
If it were the past, Shoto Todoroki would have just turned and left, but today, after hesitating for a while, he still walked over.
"This is an internal arrest warrant from the Hero Association recently. This guy is the suspect in the 'quirk criminal murder case' from more than half a month ago. However, All Might once pursued the other party, but the other party got away. Because of this, the other party's arrest warrant was upgraded. In order to prevent ordinary citizens from provoking the other party, now only the police and a part of the Pro Heroes from the Hero Association have his information..."
Endeavor didn't know about the duel that Lancer had with All Might at U.A. before. After all, that incident had too much of an impact, and a gag order had been issued under the principal's command, so he attributed the 'arrest warrant upgrade' to the failed capture before.
But Shoto Todoroki on the other side didn't pay attention to what the other party said because he was thinking about another thing.
'I thought he looked familiar before, and it turns out that the man from that day was the same person who was on TV all the time before. But why did he come to save us? And from the attitude of Aizawa-sensei, it seems that it wasn't the first time they had met. Is there something we don't know about this?'
In the end, Shoto Todoroki even forgot how he said goodbye to his father. He only knew that he was in a state of shock until he woke up the next day. But when he woke up, he made a decision.
'According to that man's words, All Might should know that man! I wonder if I can contact him through All Might?'
Since he had made a decision, he would no longer hesitate. He tried to find All Might before the first class in the morning, and he actually found him in the school infirmary.
"All Might-sensei!"
"Todoroki-shonen~ Is there something you need?"
And All Might, who was found by Shoto Todoroki at this time, also had a face full of curiosity.
He had always been very curious about this son of Endeavor, or rather, he had great expectations for him.
Perhaps in Endeavor's eyes, All Might was his biggest 'rival', but for All Might, Endeavor was a trustworthy teammate. The other party might be a little aggressive at times, but he was incredibly perfect at his job. In his opinion, the other party, as Endeavor's son, would definitely not be inferior to his father in the future.
"All Might-sensei, do you know the person who saved us at the training ground before?"
"Uh..."
All Might was almost deified in some rumors, but there was one thing he was undoubtedly not good at, and that was 'lying'. At this time, Shoto Todoroki's question made his face full of embarrassment, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Todoroki-shonen, what... made you ask me this question?"
"I saw a photo similar to that man's at a certain place, and I know that All Might-sensei failed to catch a certain suspect before, and the person who saved us looks a little similar to that suspect, so I came to ask All Might-sensei if you knew the other party."
All Might's expression immediately became stiff when he heard Shoto Todoroki's explanation.
'Endeavor, why do you talk about everything at home?'
It was obvious that All Might couldn't understand the thoughts of Endeavor, a middle-aged man with a bizarre family relationship who was trying hard to reconcile with his son. While being speechless, he could only nod.
"I guess you could say that I know that man. He's a very... strange man. What's wrong?"
"All Might-sensei! I hope you can introduce him to me!"
"Can you tell me why?"
"I want to become stronger!"
Although All Might really wanted to say, 'The school will teach you,' the other party's persistent eyes made him realize one thing, which was that if he didn't give the other party a precise answer, he probably wouldn't give up.
"Okay, I'll try. After all, I... don't have an easy way to contact him either."
All Might's words immediately made the originally serious Shoto Todoroki show a hint of a smile.
"All Might-sensei! Thank you!"
After bowing to the other party, he turned and left, leaving All Might, who had a helpless expression, scratching his head.