David came to the center of the ground and saw a circle of 1.5m diameter drawn and Hiroshi was standing at the center. Hina goes and sits with her family and Hiroshi pinched his fingers and a shield was created between the ground and the spectators. Hiroshi's sons Akira and Renji were inside the ground to act as judges

"Due to this force-field they can't hear us nor be harmed by our powers. " Hiroshi said with a smile.

"I don't think I am strong enough that I can hurt those at the sidelines." David said while making an innocent face.

"Drop it kid I can recognize a monster when I see one. You can put on an innocent smile but your eyes speak a different story" He said while being a little shocked seeing that David's smile turned from an innocent one to an evil smirk and his eyes getting cold as if looking at a dead man.

"That's it...The eyes I wanted to see for almost all my life.....hahaha. Now come at me without using your quirk and try to push me out of this circle. I won't attack just defend." Hiroshi said.

Everyone from the outside was wondering what they were talking but most of them couldn't see the change in David as he had his back towards them. Only Akira and Renji who were inside the ground were shocked by their father's words. Renji was furious as to why his father would talk like that with a kid, but then the brothers saw the eyes and smile on David's face change and they felt chills down their spine.

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Mission: Pass Hiroshi's test.

Reward: Fire control [level 2]

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David was happy that a new way of leveling up had opened and he noticed that the task was to pass the test not defeat Hiroshi as it would be impossible for him unless he can catch the old man off guard.

David ran towards Hiroshi and his speed shocked everyone except the old man. As soon as he reached near him David slid from Hiroshi's left side and kicked Hiroshi's knee from the back. He knew just a kick wasn't enough to make the old man lose his balance so David used his right leg to step on Hiroshi's slightly bent knee and jumped up making an action as if throwing a punch at his face from the side. The old man raised his arm to block the punch but it was within David's calculations as he held the old man's arm to elevate himself and knee the old man at the back of his head. The old man didn't expect this but he quickly collected himself and bowed his head down and the knee just grazed his head. David's entire body flew over Hiroshi's head and he landed on his feet in front of the old man.

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David knew he could never make Hiroshi flinch from a frontal attack. David threw a punch at his stomach but with speed not strength as he knew Hiroshi would push his hand down or to the side. If the hand is pushed down then David planned to headbutt his stomach and use his entire weight to push Hiroshi back but if Hiroshi pushed his hand to the side then he would kick the old man in his balls and this happening had a high probability in David's mind. Just as he expected Hiroshi pushed his hand to the side and got kicked in the nuts. Attacking Hiroshi's knee forced the old man to reposition his leg which created a gap between both his legs which even Hiroshi didn't realize. Hiroshi wasn't expecting this to happen but the next moment he saw David jumping with his knees completely folded and tilted to the side and kicked with both his legs on Hiroshi's chest. This made Hiroshi fall on his back and his upper half was out of the circle. By this time David had already fallen back on the ground. He quickly got up and sat on Hiroshi's chest and placed his palm as straight as a sword on Hiroshi's neck.

Everyone from the spectator seats had gotten up. Most of the men had already clenched their buttcheeks seeing David kick Hiroshi's balls, but after seeing David sit on the fallen Hiroshi's chest and put his hand on the old man's neck as if threatening to kill him made jaws drop.

Even on the ground Akira and Renji were in shock. Seeing the man who never flinched in such a position forced them to recall Hiroshi's words and the change in the kid's attitude after hearing them.

Seeing David sitting on his chest Hiroshi started laughing loudly and slowly his face became serious and turned into a genuine smile.

"Hahaha...my eyes didn't betray me... that day only a look from you made me feel as if I saw my brother again... but even a step ahead of him" Hiroshi said as David got up and stood aside.

David turned and looked towards the spectators where his dad and the rest of Sato's family members were sitting.

Akira and Renji could see the eyes and smile change from cold to innocent. They couldn't understand how a kid less than 5 years old could be this decisive.

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Mission Complete:

Fire control level up!

Fire control [level 2]

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Hiroshi pinched his fingers and the force field turned off. All the spectators came to the ground.

"I still can't believe that you were capable of all this. Now you can join this year's batch." John said while hugging his son.

"Mr. Carter we all are here because Grandpa never intended to let David enroll in this year's batch. He wanted to take in David as his personal disciple. It's something he has never done to any of us even after pleading. At first, when Hina told us we were pretty skeptical but now we are more than convinced. " Hideki said while everyone else nodded.

David gave an innocent and embarrassed smile by bowing and thanking them.

'What great acting. He scares me more than father now' Akira thought while looking and Renji who gulped his saliva.