Izuku Midoriya, 14 years old. Quirk... None.
These days, he was feeling down, and no matter how much he tried to motivate himself, it was hard for someone with zero quirk and a dream of becoming a hero to feel hopeful.
On the morning of Sunday, April 1st, he woke up discouraged again, but he clapped his hands on his face, applying a bit of force.
"Slap!"
"Alright! I'm going to give it my all!!" he exclaimed, but his expression quickly fell.
Sighing, he shook his head, murmuring something quietly, then let out an exaggerated laugh:
"Ha, ha, ha, ha... Ha, ha, ha, h-"
His laughter abruptly stopped when he noticed something strange.
"Isn't it too quiet?" he murmured.
"Mom, Mom!" he ran to her room, shouting.
There, he didn't find her. Heading to the kitchen, he didn't find her there either.
Izuku began to panic. Leaving the house still in his white pajamas with blue polka dots, he realized there wasn't a single living soul around.
It was as if he had become the last living being on Earth.
"What is... happening?" His voice failed. His legs wobbled as he murmured the name of his hero:
"All Might..."
Suddenly, a deep and powerful voice echoed across the sky:
"You called me, and I am here!"
"All Might!?"
Izuku was obviously excited. However, what he saw wasn't his favorite hero descending from the sky, but instead, a man wearing a cloak-like cape with a hood that hid his face in shadow.
There was a strange effect when he looked at the face of this individual: various faces began to take shape, from his mother's to even his father's and All Might's.
"Who are you?"
As if there were steps in the sky, the mysterious man said:
"I am the God of Quirks."
"G-God of Quirks?" Izuku's loud voice grew even louder. On one hand, he didn't believe it, but on the other hand, there was a glimmer of hope in his now-shining eyes.
"Haha, boy. I know your doubts, and I also know how much you've tried, even when you were mocked after discovering you had no quirk. But don't worry, do you know why?" Pointing to himself with his thumb, he added: "Because I am here."
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An euphoric emotion pumped through Izuku's chest. If this isn't a dream and this is real... Is he about to be handpicked by the God of Quirks himself?
"Close your eyes, boy." The "God of Quirks" said: "If you do, it will be easier to accept the power I'll give you. I believe it will suit you very well."
"Y-Yes!" Izuku responded nervously, shutting his eyes so tightly he could crush an ant with the force used in his eyelids.
Izuku feels something touch his chest, and soon it seemed to pierce through his body, but it didn't hurt. A warm sensation spread through his body, and then the feeling passed, followed by the deep voice of the mysterious being.
"You can open your eyes now."
Opening them, Izuku blinked, but he couldn't notice any difference in himself.
"Don't worry," the "God of Quirks" said. "Your new power has been successfully bound to you. To use it, all you need to do is think of the most powerful thing you can imagine and say it out loud."
"The most powerful thing I can imagine...?" Izuku murmured. Soon, a clear image came to his mind.
"All Might!" Izuku shouted with force.
In an instant, a wand that seemed to be made of some special type of wood took shape in his hand. Izuku gripped it firmly.
"This is..."
"The Sorcerer's Wand," the "God of Quirks" replied, explaining:
"Your quirk will provide unimaginable powers, but to use them, you must analyze every process of the thing you wish to use. For example, if you want to cast a fire spell, you'll need to understand how fire originates and then create a spell to recite in your mind."
"However, if you give the spell a name, the result will be more obvious. Naming the spell will grant it power. But be cautious—don't choose meaningless names; they need to be interconnected with the spell you create."
"Create spells, give them names, and avoid randomness..."
As Izuku pondered, suddenly, everything returned to normal, and he saw people staring at him oddly.
"Ahhh...!" He let out a scream of surprise, and the wand in his hand vanished as he ran back home, full of embarrassment. But deep down, he was extremely excited.
Why wouldn't he be? He had already thought of at least five different spells to create and imagined more than ten ways to use them.
It was simply incredible. It was as if this quirk had been made for him... Wait, it really must have been made for him if that mysterious man truly was the God of Quirks...
"Izuku?"
His mother, who saw him rushing into the house, confused about how he had been outside without her noticing, became even more perplexed as she saw the ear-to-ear grin on his face.
"Bang!"
Izuku's door slammed shut, and once again, he shouted: "All Might!"
When the wand materialized in his hand, he could barely contain his excitement: "It's real... It really happened! Ha, ha, ha! Hahahaha!"
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Mission (Deku Quirkless): Completed!
Reward: Initial: 2,000 CP.
Bonus: 8,000 CP!
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"..."
'All of this?' Zaydas, who had started to feel embarrassed about the role he played upon meeting Midoriya, forgot all his embarrassment when he saw the absurd amount of CP he had earned.
After all, when creating the Sacred Gear: Wizard's Wand, he had spent 1,000 CP and thought he would gain double the amount. Let's be honest, he was satisfied with that stipulated value.
And the only reason it didn't cost more than that was that, although the Wizard's Wand had great potential, it depended more on the intelligence of the user and their personal growth than on the Sacred Gear itself.
But perhaps he had been thinking too simply before. If he considered things more objectively, even predicting what could happen in the future, it made sense to have a higher gain than initially expected. After all, the power Midoriya now possessed could become something that would bring great surprises in the future...
Zaydas thought to himself. 'I want to open the first door.'
[Affirmative!]
There was no need to explain what he meant; it was immediately done.
Soon, he felt as though a key had connected to his heart and unlocked something within. When the door opened, he sensed a new power.
It was something he was familiar with, but it enhanced what he already had.
'Telekinesis...' he murmured in his mind.
Using telekinesis, he could fly—not very fast without demon wings, but now he felt he could fly faster using telekinesis instead of 'creating' steps to walk on air with it.
'I wonder what kind of surprises Midoriya will bring me by using the Wizard's Wand...' His interest was piqued.
He felt an indescribable sensation doing this. It was fascinating!
I mean, he had literally changed the life path of a Protagonist—wasn't that amazing?
And if Midoriya used the wand well, even though he wouldn't have brute strength anymore, he could use his intelligence to fight. Who knows, he might even become more powerful than he was with One For All!
'Okay, time to head back home,' Zaydas thought to himself. 'For now, I'll rely on you for this, but I want to learn how to do it on my own later.'
[Affirmative!]
Zaydas could feel the changes around him. His body was protected by something mystical, forming a translucent second skin. In an instant, a complex process ran through his mind—as though a thousand pages of a book were injected into his brain in a fraction of a second—when he began the Dimensional Leap.
Blinking his eyes, he found himself back in his room. Unlike the first time he used the Dimensional Leap, it caused no significant impact or dramatic entrance.
[Notice! Since your connection with this world is firmly established, no discomfort or impact will occur when using the Dimensional Leap. The same will apply when returning to the other world, as a connection has been established there.]
'In other words, I can travel back and forth between my world and the world of My Hero Academia, right?'
[Affirmative!]