The two day weekend finally gave the students a chance to recover after burning so much energy during the U.A. Sports Festival.
At the same time, recorded broadcasts of the festival played over and over on TVs in major malls and online.
Shoto Todoroki's Half-Cold Half-Hot, Yoarashi Inasa's Whirlwind, and even Izuku Midoriya's strength type Quirk, whatever it's called, all caused a huge sensation.
But the one that stirred up enough shock to rock the entire hero world was, of course, Arthur's Quirk.
For a while, Arthur's info showed up in hero agencies across the country and even around the world.
Name: Arthur
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, USA
Quirk: Stand [The World] Time Stop (approx. 1 to 2 seconds)
The whole world went crazy.
Sure, plenty of strong Quirks exist, but controlling time was just way too terrifying.
While countless hero agencies started sending internship offers to U.A. students, Arthur was getting ready to travel.
He planned to go back to the US first to visit his deceased grandfather's grave.
His maternal grandfather in this life, of course.
Then he'd go to Hawaii.
Just for fun, honestly.
As much as he chased power, Arthur never skipped on enjoying himself.
Momo Yaoyorozu wanted to go with him after hearing about his plan.
But she'd already made plans to go shopping with Kyoka Jiro, Mina Ashido, and the other girls after school yesterday.
She was terrible at lying, so she couldn't bring herself to break her promise. She just hoped for another chance to travel with Arthur later.
The only one going with him was his beloved pet, Pet Shop.
Getting to the US was fast. The Yaoyorozu family's private jet meant no waiting around.
After paying his respects, Arthur flew straight to Hawaii.
He wasn't worried about anything.
Money could solve everything when traveling.
No matter how much something cost, he just swiped his card.
Plus, with a phone, he could call employees from the Yaoyorozu family's US branch to pick him up anytime.
After the Sports Festival, Mr. Yaoyorozu seemed to have gotten more generous with him.
Arthur could basically guess why.
...
The midsummer sun was shining. Arthur lay on a lounge chair on a Hawaiian beach.
White sports shorts and an open floral shirt showed off his solid abs.
A lot of blonde, blue eyed women in bikinis kept glancing his way.
"Ah!"
Right as Arthur was enjoying his rare downtime, a girl's cry of pain came from nearby.
He lowered his sunglasses a bit and looked over.
Several tall white guys were surrounding a blonde American girl, saying stuff Arthur couldn't hear with creepy smiles.
The girl looked about two years older than Arthur. She had waist length blonde hair, a curvy figure that rivaled Momo Yaoyorozu, and was even a bit taller.
She wore rimless glasses that gave her a smart, classy look.
Surrounded by those guys, she looked upset, trying hard to explain something in English that Arthur also couldn't hear.
Arthur watched for a bit, then picked up a blue Hawaiian cocktail and sipped it through a straw.
He saw the four guys grab the girl's arm and start to drag her away.
Splash!
The expensive cocktail splashed right onto the heads of the four guys, but not a single drop landed on the girl.
The four guys froze for a second, then immediately turned to look at Arthur lying on the lounge chair behind them.
"Hey! Was that you?!"
One of the brown haired, curly haired guys yelled.
The blonde girl in glasses blinked. A flicker of surprise crossed her eyes.
Like she'd just found something valuable.
"Fuck off."
"You think, you are some hero or shit"
"this fker"
The four guys cursed and rushed at him.
Two of them kicked up yellow sand and cocktail droplets, respectively.
Quirk users are everywhere in the world.
A lot of people on the beach noticed the commotion and turned to look.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
But in the next instant, with four heavy thuds, before anyone could clearly see what happened...
The four guys all got launched into the air and crashed hard onto the beach or into the ocean.
"Oh! Fuck! My nose, my nose is broken!"
"No! My teeth! So much blood!"
"The fuck, we are cooked?!"
Arthur slowly stood up from the lounge chair and grabbed a few lychees from the fruit platter on the nearby table.
On the surface of Arthur's hand, a faint golden palm shadow appeared. It was The World's hand.
Seeing this, the girl looked even more surprised!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Four lychees shot straight into the four guys' mouths at the same time.
For a moment, on top of their cries of pain, they started coughing violently.
After a while, they finally coughed out the lychees, then looked at Arthur with fear and hesitation. They helped each other up and ran off fast.
"Oh my god! What is his Quirk?!"
"Couldn't see it at all. That was insane."
"I feel like I've seen him somewhere. Am I imagining things?"
Arthur looked at his empty glass, stood up, and put his sunglasses back on. "I'll go get another drink."
But he didn't expect the girl who'd just been harassed, easily a 9.5 out of 10 in looks, to run up to him with an excited and surprised expression.
She was staring at him with sparkling eyes.
Arthur was confused. Was this a sudden romantic encounter?
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