'Tch! Why the hell am I in the same arena as this guy!' The sandy blonde teenager gritted his teeth, glaring at Sukuna from a distance. Sukuna glanced at him before looking away.
He recognized the blonde boy, the one who he had saved. 'If I'm not mistaken, Katsuki Bakugo was his name. Whatever, as long as he doesn't get in my way.' Sukuna mused, having received that information from various news sources.
"Hey, this might seem a little rude but..." Sukuna glanced at a boy who approached him. He was blonde with a lightning bolt-shaped streak of black.
"Are you the guy who jumped in and beat the crap out of that slime villain?" Sukuna blinked. That was a question he hadn't heard in a while. He was sure that the curiosity containing him had died down months ago.
"What of it?" He asked, mentally preparing for something unexpected. The boy grinned and gave him a thumbs up.
"Nothing, just saying that I thought what you did was cool. It sucks that you get so much hate for that though." He stated. Sukuna snorted at his compliment.
"The people that hate are mostly the ones that would be the first to run from that situation. They simply just don't know what they're talking about." The blonde guy before him shrugged.
"True I guess. Everyone's acting like you broke the rules, but you literally saved people. I don't get why everyone was mad about that. It's just sad though, I kinda looked up to Death Arms back then. Would you believe that I was screaming at the tv telling him to jump in?" He laughed. Sukuna shook his head a little at the silliness.
"Never meet your heroes I guess." The pink haired boy replied.
"Hey! What are you guys waiting for?! Get moving! There are no countdowns in real battles. Run, run, run, listeners! You're wasting time here!" Present Mic shouted over the various megaphones placed all over the replica city, causing confusion.
"Hey! Battle's already started, we should go—Huh?" The blonde haired boy was stumped as he turned back to look at where Sukuna was supposed to be, the pink haired boy already gone without a trace.
Suddenly, a loud crash could be heard, the students looked at where it came from, noticing that Sukuna was standing over a 3 pointer robot. Without wasting time, Sukuna disappeared again, finding more robots. His actions caused a huge panic as everyone raced to gather as much points as possible, not wanting Sukuna to hog it all.
Since he had devoured five fingers, his physical strength without activating the 'Demon King Mode'(the one where black tattoos formed around his body), experienced a significant boost. It is without that question that his 'Demon King Mode' was also stronger than before, alongside certain abilities.
A while later, Sukuna was currently standing in front of a two pointer robot that looked like a scorpion. He delivered a punch that caved a huge chunk of the robot's metal shell, sending it flying back, effectively destroying it.
He leaped onto a small house, noticing another two pointer. With another leap, he slammed his foot down into the robot, crushing it without a sweat. He'd been in this for about 10 minutes, having already gathered 50 points from his robot hunt. On the way, he'd assisted some examinees who weren't faring well fighting the robots by jumping in himself, saving them the trouble for being clobbered by the robots.
Most would argue that he should just focus on the test, be selfish and let others walk into their own demise. They would say that they didn't train hard enough or their quirk isn't suitable for moments like these, but Sukuna never had this mindset, thanks to his mother.
And even if one prepared accordingly, the unexpected could always happen. Plus, he doesn't need a reason to lend a hand.
Back to the exam, Sukuna was doing fairly well, though the amount of robots had dwindled, so it was a hassle searching for them. With the amount of points he had gathered, Sukuna was about to call it a day, until the ground started shaking.
"Hmm?" He turned around and was faced with a giant robot, its height towered over all of the buildings in the arena. Sukuna stared at the robot, as the people around him ran away, not wanting to face the robot's wrath.
'Why would they set this thing in every arena for no reason? They know that not everyone's able to defeat it, so what's the point of creating this 'arena trap'?' He thought to himself, slowly walking towards the robot.
"Yo dude! The hell are you doing?! Get a move on already!" The blonde from before, the one that had a lightning streak on his hair, shouted at him as he ran past him. Sukuna glanced for a second before looking back at the titan of a robot.
"Oh?" He noticed Bakugo walking past him with a crazed expression, obviously wanting to fight the zero pointer. Katsuki then noticed his presence. He glared, scowling at the sight of him.
"What are you looking at?! Get outta my way!" He demanded. Sukuna raised an eyebrow.
"That's how you talk to the guy who saved your ass? I'm touched." He replied sarcastically, riling up Bakugo who snarled at him. Sukuna ignored his cursing as he looked back at the zero pointer slowly advancing towards them, its footsteps shook the ground around them.
"Would you shut up for a moment? I'm trying to focus." Sukuna asked, picking his ear with his pinky finger. Bakugo's mouth was caught as he stared at Sukuna. No one, no one, had ever talked back to him in such a fashion. Does this guy have no idea how powerful he was?
Suddenly, Sukuna disappeared. Bakugo widened his eyes, immediately turning to look at the giant robot. But to his surprise, Sukuna was carrying multiple people at the same time, having pulled them out from the debris they were stuck in.
"Tch!" Not wasting time, Bakugo placed his hands in his opposing direction, and blasted towards the giant robot, an eerie grin on his face as he set his eyes on his target.
"Take this!" He shouted as he landed on the robot, placing his hands on it before sending out a giant explosion. Everyone watched from afar as a giant smokescreen enveloped where the robot was. Flying out of the smoke using his explosions, Bakugo landed on the ground.
Bakugo cursed as the smoke dispersed, revealing that the zero pointer was still advancing, having only a chunk of its body somewhat destroyed. 'This bastard has a harder shell than the others, guess I'll have to use more power.' He thought to himself, preparing to jump in again.
"Huh?" His eyes narrowed a little as a large gust of wind blew past him, his hair flailing wildly. Bakugo watched as Sukuna leaped towards the robot, black markings spreading across his face and body.
The pink haired boy pulled his fist back as he was in front of the robot's head. He threw the full powered punch, sending the robot blasting back with a boom. Its armor crushed, and its internal components exploding all over. The head was decapitated from its body, landing on another area not far from its body.
Bakugo staggered back a little from the shockwave of the robot's fall. He watched as Sukuna landed back on the ground, hands in his pockets, as those weird tattoos on his body faded away and the second pair of eyes closing.
The pink haired boy silently walked past the speechless Bakugo, not acknowledging the man one bit. The exam was officially over.
Sukuna wondered how Mina did.
...
"What a promising batch we have this year." A small white mouse commented with a smile, sitting on an office chair two sizes too large for him.
The mouse continued. "Izuku Midoriya has defeated the zero pointer, though compiling zero points overall. Meanwhile, Katsuki Bakugo and Ryomen Sukuna in the other arena have also destroyed the zero pointer in a show or cooperation. Well, 'reluctant cooperation with different perceptions' is the accurate term."
"I think these next generation of heroes will be shining stars. Don't you think so..." He looked at a blonde haired skinny man with sharp, angular features and long limbs, who was staring adamantly at the screen before him.
"All Might?" All Might blinked, snapping out of his stupor, before staring at the mouse.
"Yes..." He muttered before glancing at Izuku, Bakugo, then at Sukuna, his gaze lasting longer at the pink haired boy.
"Yes, I think this year's batch might be the most interesting one out of them all..."
To be continued...