BNHA: Accelerator The Strongest Hero

On the same day that All Might and the others were taking emergency measures, in the fourth commercial district of the second city, close to the third city, there was an ordinary street with an old shopping street style, often found in District 11.

Since the residents here are nostalgic, the complex network of alleyways and low buildings makes the area quite challenging for most professional heroes.

The person with deep purple hair, slightly curly at the ends, small eyes that gave an unsettling look, was Tamaki Amajiki, one of the representatives of the Hero Course in U.A. High School's third year, known as part of the BIG 3. He was currently interning under the hero office responsible for guarding this area.

As a current professional hero, he was tasked with taking one hero volunteer or assistant, working in pairs for hero activities.

During the recent routine night hero activities, even among professional heroes, Tamaki Amajiki, known for his excellent perception and search abilities, worriedly asked his workplace senior, the active professional hero Fat Gum.

"Is it just my imagination, senpai? It feels like the frequency of disputes caused by delinquents and troublemakers has been increasing these past few days."

"And, senpai, have you been eating more than usual today? It seems like your appetite has really gone up. It's quite scary since it felt like your eating habits had stabilized recently."

Tamaki Amajiki was a person who tended to be shy.

Even though his time interning had helped him build a good relationship with Fat Gum, he still mostly appeared to be the shy person that his classmates from A and B classes were used to seeing.

In fact, what Tamaki didn't know was that the senior hero responsible for guarding this area had noticed something unusual long before he arrived. The recent explosive increase in the appetite of Fat Gum was, in a way, his way of preparing for battle.

Just like Sato from Class A, who has the Quirk "Sugar Rush" (allowing him to use excessive sugar for three minutes to gain five times his normal strength without his Quirk, though overdoing it can temporarily affect brain function), Fat Gum's Quirk is also closely linked to food.

Standing an impressive 2.5 meters tall, Fat Gum looked like a walking tank. He wore a stretchy hooded hero uniform from U.A. High School and had reinforced armor at the knees (ranking just below the top-level professional heroes).

Even during routine patrols, this hero never forgot to buy snacks equivalent to what an average person would eat in half a day. Some were even small gifts from grateful citizens for their street protector.

For the past few days, despite not receiving any specific intel from the Hero Association, Fat Gum had been on high alert due to the brewing storm in his jurisdiction.

Balancing a hot iron plate with 20 fresh takoyaki balls on it, he responded to his junior. 

"Whoa~ it's hot!"

"Tamaki, your instincts must be right."

"But seriously, won't you have a little? It's really delicious!"

He pointed to the takoyaki, encouraging Tamaki Amajiki to try some.

Tamaki Amajiki's Quirk is called [Manifest], which allows him to briefly replicate the properties of food he has eaten that day. 

Though he didn't fully grasp his senior's intention, Tamaki, feeling the kindness behind the suggestion, took a skewer from Fat Gum and began to eat.

Fat Gum looked at the initially timid junior and smiled with satisfaction.

"If I go hungry, I can't help people!"

"Tamaki, you're the same. You should know that food and our Quirks are inseparable."

"Eating is also part of our work as heroes like us, Amajiki."

Seeing his junior nod in vague understanding, Fat Gum carefully chewed a takoyaki ball before continuing to explain to Tamaki.

"It's probably the underworld groups."

Tamaki clearly looked puzzled by the term [underworld], as this was the first time he had heard of it.

Fat Gum continued, emphasizing his points.

"It's normal not to know; after all, kids your age have rarely seen news about it since birth."

"Since the start of the [Golden Age], most major [underworld] organizations have been uprooted by the combined efforts of the [Symbol of Peace] and the police."

"A few that exist in legal gray areas have survived due to a series of strict restrictions."

"Of course, only those underworld groups with relatively clean hands and not enough power get this chance."

"I've heard that in the old days, some [underworld] organizations valued brotherhood so much that they became legendary among the locals, but their credibility isn't very high."

"Although this force among the gray areas is weakening by the moment, it does exist."

Tamaki, wearing a hero suit with a white hood, pulled the hood down to hide his expression and leaned closer to the chubby hero.

"Are you saying that we have a similar [gang] organization on our streets?"

"...It's based on some sort of humanitarian principle."

The chubby hero gently comforted his obviously nervous junior, who seemed a bit awkward.

"That's true, but we're just the guards at the gates."

"The professional heroes who are really responsible for monitoring the [gangs] mostly work in secrecy."

"They're much better at this than we are, but of course, we won't easily lose to them in terms of combat strength."

As he spoke, the chubby hero, resembling a hefty mountain of flesh, flexed his body in a somewhat awkward way, trying to show off his strength.

"Because our agency is in a somewhat special area, we need to have enough combat strength, which is why we specifically sought you out, Tamaki."

Hearing this praise, Tamaki Amajiki didn't feel happy at all; instead, he looked weak and defensively replied, 

"Please don't say that, it only adds to my stress."

During their conversation, the chubby hero finished his takoyaki, walked to a nearby trash can to throw it away, and muttered to himself.

"Man, we really need to find a way to change Amajiki's pessimistic Quirk. He's already an outstanding hero in terms of combat strength."

Meanwhile, Tamaki covered his ears and pretended not to hear.

"Senpai, stop teasing me! You're making me want to go home..."

On the street, small food stall owners greeted the chubby hero enthusiastically.

"Hey, big guy, want a portion?"

Whenever he could eat, he would pay without hesitation and devour everything. 

But when he reached his limit, he would respond with a bright smile, saying, "Tomorrow!" promising to come back.

Just then, a worried shout came from a distance.

"Something's wrong! Help!"

The smile vanished from the chubby hero's face, and he took a deep breath, making even the white mist he exhaled feel heavier.

This hero, who appeared big and friendly like a moving mountain of flesh in front of the crowd, suddenly burst into speed and agility, even surpassing Tamaki using his Quirk, resembling a traditional sumo wrestler from the old days of District 10. (PS: Sumo wrestlers have strong explosive power and speed, but their endurance is usually poor.)

He was truly the epitome of a nimble fat man.

The two heard shouts from afar.

"Idiot! Who said you could do business around here? Did you ask for our gang's permission?!"

It seemed like a fight among the gangsters had spilled over to the ordinary people, which was the initial judgment of the heroes. 

The two groups of thugs, numbering about a dozen, clearly noticed the arriving hero duo. 

The situation quickly turned into a scene where the thugs acted like cornered rats, showing no courage to fight and starting to flee.

"Damn! It's Fat Gum! This is bad!"

"Come on! We were finally about to win and get back on track!"

Clearly, the side that had the upper hand in the earlier dog-eat-dog situation was now running and complaining.

Most of the small-time thugs, probably not happy with their little boss, were being quite practical.

"Let's split up and run!"

"Okay!"

Fat Gum first shouted to disperse the crowd around them, then stood in the middle of the street, arms spread wide like a sumo wrestler, yelling, 

"I won't let you succeed! Not a single one of you is getting away!"

Several fleeing thugs crashed directly into the massive figure, getting stuck and struggling to break free.

"Ugh, I'm stuck in this fat!"

Even though Fat Gum performed remarkably well and caught a large group of thugs, some still managed to slip past his defenses using their Quirks.

One of the small-time thugs transformed into a twisting red snake and slithered away proudly from under Fat Gum's feet.

Before the little boss could celebrate, Tamaki Amajiki sprang into action from behind Fat Gum.

Tamaki's single arm transformed into [Recreation: Octopus Tentacle], showing clear improvement compared to his earlier practice with the big boss.

His ability to choose angles for binding and controlling felt much more effortless.

Even the small, agile [Snake Transformation] Quirk struggled to escape the grasp of Tamaki's powerful octopus tentacles.

"What is this tentacle?!"

In an instant, Tamaki used his octopus tentacle to pull the small boss back, landing a [Recreation: Shell Hand Chop] right on his chin.

The little boss fell into a daze.

To prevent any issues, the detail-oriented Tamaki even used [Recreation: Chicken Claw] to pin the small boss down with its strong claws.

A few minutes later, the slightly late police arrived and took the thugs away.

Amid the cheers of the crowd, Fat Gum proudly introduced Tamaki, the hero known as Sun Eater.

"Looking at his skills alone, our Sun Eater has the potential to become a top hero!"

"Though he definitely needs more practice mentally, haha!"

Surrounded by the enthusiastic crowd and cheers, Tamaki felt his heart racing.

Suddenly, Fat Gum sensed a dangerous aura behind him and shouted.

"Watch out! Everyone, get down!"

Meanwhile, hidden beneath the ground, connected by many tunnels like a giant ant nest, the lair of the black market organization [Shie Hassaikai] was in action.

A man with black hair, wearing a medieval-style crow mask and a neat black suit, was the current young master of the [Shie Hassaikai], effectively the actual leader of the underground.

In front of him sat a woman with brown hair in a white lab coat, giving off a gloomy vibe.

Her lower eyelashes were quite thick, giving her a sleepy look as if she were about to doze off.

It's worth mentioning that she had a great figure and wasn't bad-looking, though her dark eyes had a somewhat scary intensity, making her a typical "mysterious beauty" with an unpredictable personality.

The woman broke the silence first, fearlessly questioning Chisaki.

"Why did we need to change locations to talk? It seems unnecessary."

The young leader of the underworld shrugged and stated the reason directly.

"Ritual is important, and I don't like your messy lab."

The woman with chestnut hair didn't let it go and continued to press him.

"Isn't [Fantasy Hand] already in the stage of large-scale distribution? Why haven't I received any specific data in the lab?"

"Or have you changed your mind? Do you have other plans?"

Chisaki Kai looked at the increasingly agitated woman and answered her carefully.

"Of course not. It's just a personal habit of mine; I made some small adjustments to the procedures."

"[Rumors] and [Fantasy Hand] have indeed spread to cities across District 10, and the plan is to proceed little by little... steadily."

The woman with chestnut hair clearly didn't fully believe what the young underworld leader said.

"I just hope you won't back out halfway."

Chisaki remained calm and continued.

"To implement the plan between you and me, a huge amount of funding is essential."

"Besides, unless you find someone like me, a former top-level underworld organization heir, you won't be able to find suitable investors, Harushige Mukiyama."

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