Before I shove you into this drama, there is something you need to know about the Hero Commission besides the fact that they suck balls by prioritizing opinions over safety.

These sorts of situations work differently compared to your standard court cases. This is mainly because the author is too damn lazy to look up all the details, but also because this involves everyone.

Yes. You are still pleading your case. However, you're arguing your case to so many more people. This is especially true in my case because I'm such a controversial figure.

Heck, I have other countries talking about me!

I basically have to prove to the world that I am beneficial to have on the field.

The best way to describe it is it's like a debate with many people rather than a court case. Heroes can leave and join the discussion anytime, but they can't do it over, let's say, the phone. They have to physically be there. Anybody on the floor can be removed at any time if their behavior becomes unprofessional or they are useless. The Hero Commission watches the whole thing and evaluate the pros and cons of accepting me. This way, they can grab as many viewpoints as possible. The Hero Commission can stop the debate at any time to ask their own questions.

This whole thing is live, so you really can't afford to fuck up.

With that out of the way, it's time!

LET'S ROLL!

---

It's the morning of the meeting, and I'm dressed in my Nezu cosplay but with short sleeves as wearing long sleeves is awkward with a missing arm. Actually, everything sucks with a missing limb. If I mentioned the arm for every day, that could make a chapter on its own.

I've been working on it. Have I broken more things? Of fucking course! It's not my fault that God forgot to give me impulse control when I am angry.

Honestly, if you ever wanted to feel sorry for Shouta, this is the time.

I wander into the teacher's living room.

"Sho, can you help me with my tie, please?" I mutter after attempting for ten minutes.

Shouta stands up and walks over, "About time, problem child." He snatches the tie from my hand and starts tying it.

"Can you blame me?"

"No, but you also need to learn to accept help. Kid, you can't do everything like you used to. It doesn't help to get frustrated at yourself either. There."

"I would say thank you, but I didn't want a lecture." Shouta whacks me upside the head. At this point, it's normal.

"You needed it. Do you have everything together?"

"Yeah, no need to father me."

"Making sure. Keep your head on straight; this is its own battlefield."

"I know, I know. God damn, let me run my show." Shouta pulls me into a hug suddenly. "Stop ruining my fucking street cred!"

"No."

I hear a soft giggle in the background until Nemur speaks up, "That's gone out the window. This is such a cute brother bond! It really turns me on!" That makes me push Shouta away.

I glare her down, "What the fuck, Nemuri? They only do that in Alabama!"

"Oh my gosh, he even has the glare down! Look, Zashi!" Nemuri explains as she laughs away.

Hizashi looks from the couch and bursts out laughing as well, "You're right! Izu, please don't do that there!"

I huff, "Bullies. I do what the fuck I want because that's what they are getting."

"You have to be somewhat reasonable."

"I can do that while being an ass! Now, where's Nezu?"

Right when I need him, his annoying voice fills the air, "Here I am! Are you ready to change society, Izuku?"

"That wasn't on the to-do list until a little later in my life, but I guess I'm getting it over with."

"Of course! Izuku and I probably should head out." Nezu hops on my shoulder, "I assume I will see you all at the debate at one point?"

Most of the teachers nod.

Shouta adds, "Don't expect us to come on the floor, but we are there for support."

I chuckle, "How cute. See ya'll later with my license! Come on, CAT. Bring the case." CAT meows behind me as I hear it move behind me.

When I step out of the teacher's dorms, I see class 1-A standing outside.

I look at them with confusion, "Uh, what is this for? Aren't ya'll suppose to be preparing for class?"

Iida steps to the front of the children, "We have come here to wish you good luck on your case, and we hope to see you with us tomorrow!"

"YOU BETTER MAKE IT, DEKU!" Kacchan screams from the back.

Despite having the principal of UA on my shoulder, that doesn't stop me from saying, "Suck my dick, Kacchan. However, thank you for being here! I shall not disappoint."

Nezu shakes his head at my comment, "We appreciate you being here, but we need you to become heroes now with everything that is going on. Izuku will catch up, but you need to stay on track."

"YES, SIR!" The class exclaims as they head back to their dorm.

Nezu chuckles, "You have a strong class, Izuku."

"I know. Let's get this bullshit over with!" With that, we make our way to the location of the debate.

---

I know this is a big thing, but I didn't expect the scale of it to be massive. There are so many cameras, microphones, and heroes ready to slam their opinions in.

Fucking me.

Currently, the debate area is empty as they don't want heroes just chilling in there. A line of heroes wait at the gate to be let in while others sit with the media in the audience.

To give you an idea of the size of this, I had to go around the fucking back to get in. I'm waiting in the hall away from everyone else with Nezu to get in.

"This is going to be a bitch fest mess, huh?" I ask Nezu. He nods solemnly.

"What has humanity become?" Nezu asks with a sad tone.

"A Mcfucking croissant on the floor."

Nezu sighs, "I will never get your references, Midoriya." He has to call me by my family name because it's formal.

"Fucking learn to meme, rat."

"That place is scary."

"Closest thing to heaven that I got." Nezu shakes his head.

After a few minutes of waiting, a voice echoes through the intercom system,

"Midoriya Izuku, you may now enter."

Oh wait, that's the Hero Commission's President Lady! We don't know her name! We just know she exists.

Taking a deep breath, I enter the battlefield with CAT after me. I drop Nezu off at his seat with the work before I stand in front of the President and face the crowd with my best smile, "Hello, everybody! I am Midoriya Izuku, a hero-course student and teacher assistant at UA. Let's get this show started!" With that, I go to my seat.

Now, for anyone who knows anything about politics, you're probably slamming your head on the desk because that's unprofessional.

LOOK, THE MOMENT I CAME INTO EXISTANCE IS THE MOMENT PROFESSIONALISM IS OUT THE WINDOW!

Okay, but seriously, Nezu told me to be myself but calmer because that is who I am. I still need to be mature, but with a twist.

Confusing, right?

The President clears her throat, "Last week, Midoriya Izuku lost his license due to the media being largely unsupportive of the decision for him to become a hero. This is mainly due to his quirkless status. Today, Midoriya and other heroes will be debating the pros and cons of him being a hero. Before the debate may start, we would like to show Midoriya's stats gathered from multiple events if Midoriya allows us. In addition, he will make his statement."

"Go right on ahead," I reply despite having no idea what they are.

For those who don't know, stats for heroes are the same as Pokemon stats. Every hero (and some villains if well known) has one, but not every hero goes around talking about it. These stats are mainly used to decide who goes where as well as additional information, but they never post that out there as it includes a hero's weakness and all that jazz. They also can be changed at any time, whether for good or bad. Typically, these are not given until you are on the field, but I'm an exception in this case.

Would I rely on it? No, but it gives you a rough estimate, I guess. I have referenced it a couple of times, but I have never gone into detail about it.

On the board behind the President, my stats pop up. I will explain each of these after the fact.

Oh, and something you should know is that this is based purely on my body with a quirk if it had one. The gadgets are not allowed! That would be in the additional information section.

Midoriya Izuku

Power: 1/5 E

Speed: 4/5 B

Technique: 6/5 S

Intelligence: 6/5 S+

Cooperativeness: 2/5 D

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN I GOT THE MINIMUM SCORE FOR POWER?! IF ANYTHING, COOPERATIVENESS AND POWER SHOULD BE SWITCHED AROUND!

Well, anyway, let's get to explaining.

Power is how much damage one can do to someone or their surroundings. Endeavor has an S+ in this category because he can literally set the place on fire. Also, off-topic, but apparently I have a lower power score then Nezu. Explain that to me.

Speed is how fast you can move around in a fight and in general. Gran Torino has an S with his quirk Jet, though I believe it should be an S+ because he is one of the fastest heroes in the world. DAMN, THE WORK YOU HAVE TO DO FOR A PLUS! MEANWHILE, ALL MIGHT HAS A FUCKING S+ THERE! The only reason I'm not using him is because he has an S in everything somehow.

Technique is how tactical someone is. In other words, how they come up with a plan to complete a goal. Shouta actually has an S+ in it, so go Eraserhead! NOT FUCKING ALL MIGHT THOUGH, SO CHOKE ON HIS SCARF, ALL MIGHT!

Intelligence is how knowledgable someone is. Nezu literally has an intelligence quirk, so he has an S. What's interesting is that they gave me an S+, so I'm smarter than him apparently.

Cooperativeness is how well you work with other people. I have no idea who has an S rank, but whoever that is is a damn pushover.

In general, my stats are pretty decent. I can hear the media talking about it aloud because it's pretty comparable to some heroes. The thing that might be surprising is it's rare AF for someone to get more than one S rank. The only person I know that has that is All Might, so I made my way up there somehow!

"Midoriya, you may do your opening statement. You have five minutes." The President states as she leans back in her seat. I hop up from my position and face the crowd. Softly, I ask CAT to open the case for me.

"With All Might, our Symbol of Peace, officially retiring this year, now is the time to consider an army of heroes instead of focusing on one. All Might was a wonderful hero, but he created one of the most substantial flaws in our system that I like to call the Stick Flaw. Society relied on him so much that, when he stepped down, the crime rate shot up to the highest that we have seen even before All Might's time.

This is also the time that a lot of heroes are retiring. You heard me right. If you have looked in the newspaper recently, you have noticed heroes retiring left and right not because of injury but for an unknown reason.

The reason is because they are overwhelmed.

All the weight that All Might used to carry is now slammed on heroes, and it's too much. It's disappointing, but it's the truth. We're only human, after all.

Now is the time for all heroes to become one rather than relying on one. That doesn't mean we should be sending out everything. It stills needs to be quality over quantity despite some heroes (Death Arms and Mount Lady) falling through somehow.

What does this have to do with me?

I believe that I am a powerful asset for heroes not only on the field but behind the scenes as well.

In the past months that I have been under Principal of UA Nezu's tutorage, I have completed over 500 minor cases, some of which ended up being more significant than what it seems. If you look at the information from the closed cases, most of them state that damage was prevented because of my ideas.

I have also been involved in two major cases, one that has recently closed due to the leader being arrested, and the League of Villains case.

Oh, and I'm the most wanted by the League of Villains! Who else can nail at that?

If the villains consider me a threat, I'm doing something right as a hero. If you take away my hero license, you are giving them a chance to rise. I am considered a threat, no matter my position.

Before I let the debate start, I would like to direct the attention towards the most prominent matters; my missing arm and my ethics. Let's start with the easier of the two, my arm."

I walk over to the case I asked CAT to open earlier and pull out the matt black robotic arm Mei built for me, and let me tell you; it's a fucking beauty. It looks like a robotic arm should, but from the test, it runs as smooth as butter. It doesn't even make annoying sounds when it does move! It's the same size as my other arm, and it only operates as an arm. I don't need to be shooting flame throwers from the bitch. I push the prosthetic into my missing right arm.

Typically speaking, I should not be using the prosthetic till next week, especially when the skin had to be grafted on, but I need to show this. I mutter 'connect,' and green lights appear on the knuckles.

I wave to the crowd with it, "This is my new arm! It operates the same as one attached to your body would except more strength and no pain. Of course, I can fight without the arm, but in case you're unsupportive of amputees which, first off, you're a jerk, but second, this is proof." The whole time, the arm moves around like it should because I talk with my entire body like the overdramatic fuck I am. To further prove the arm, I grab a stack of papers with it and lift it easily. After that demonstration, I put it back in the case.

I face the audience, "The second problem is my ethics, "At this, I chuckle, "I am the first to admit I don't have any of that. However, I mean this in the way of my morals. I'm more than willing to kill a villain if it means I get to save an innocent. I will prioritize lives even if it means I have to kill others. If a hero can't make that decision, I believe they should drop it now.

I want to save lives while giving people justice like a hero should. Is that too much to ask for?"

With that, I sit back down.

The President watches me for a moment before facing the heroes, "The debate may begin."

FINALLY! LET'S DO THIS SHIT!

I would show ya'll this part, but it gets petty. I'll show the cool dramatic parts that make me look good, though!

Also, someone, please get Mount Lady off the floor.

---

"I met Midoriya during the Sludge Villain attack. Midoriya ran into the attack, threw a knife at the slime who had a citizen inside, and struck it in the eye. He was unable to get the other boy involved out. Afterward, he spoke disrespectfully of the other heroes involved." Death Arms explains to the masses.

"Obviously, you were doing nothing. I at least did something. The sludge would not have been able to use the knife as an effective weapon, and I have enough confidence in my abilities to strike. I was about to attack the other eye when All Might came, so don't try to cut the story off. At most, it gave the boy involved seconds of air and All Might the time he needed to get to the location and end the attack. Then, you had the nerve to compliment the boy who was using his quirk that kept you away from saving him while lecturing me." Oh, how pleasant it feels to burn Death Arms into a goddamn crisp again!

"Then tell us what you would have done with our quirks." CERTAINLY!

"Let's see, you could have grabbed his eye, ripped it out as a distraction, and take the chance to grab the citizen. Your arms have the strength to do that. Mount Lady could have picked up the slime without a problem and at least get it out of the immediate area while removing the boy. Kamui Woods was there, I believe, and he could have attempted to use his quirk on the slime to separate."

"Those are all risky-"

"That's the job of a hero is to be risky in order to save others, right? Not reckless, but they need to save citizens no matter what."

That shut him up! Oh, the satisfaction!

---

It had been four hours with one damn ten minute break, and my voice is raw. However, I think I see the light!

Either that or I have finally gone insane. Right now, Nezu has taken over for me.

"I want to fight him then. I never saw him fight when I worked with him, but I ain't letting a kid on the field unless he can defeat me." A voice suddenly interrupts. I look up to see Rock Lock.

Nezu smiles, "That shouldn't be a problem for him!" OH WOW, THE CONFIDENCE THIS DOGGY THING HAS FOR ME!

"Come on, Midoriya. We will take this outside. You aren't allowed to use CAT or your new arm. Only what you have on you now."

I shrug, "Alright, then." I follow Rock Lock outside, and everyone crowds up. I go on one side of the makeshift field while he goes on the other. I dig in my pocket to find my pocket knife.

Eh, I can throw that at him as long as the blade isn't out!

I look at my opponent; honestly, I got someone easy. I just can't let him touch me unless I want him to freeze me in place. He gets in his fighting position, and I get ready to run at him.

Rock Lock says out loud, "Someone do a countdown."

Someone does it, but I don't know who.

Three.

Two.

One.

Go!

As soon as I hear that, I run directly at Rock Lock. Right when he goes for a right punch, I duck to his right side and throw the closed knife at his head. When he goes to move out of the way, I kick his legs from under him to force him to fall face-first into the street. I jump on top of him, hearing a groan from him as I pin him.

The count-down goes and...

"Midoriya Izuku is the winner!"

I get off of Rock Lock and offer a hand, "Nice round. I know you're probably more focused on rescue, but you should learn some fighting ability. I recommend Stain at the prison."

Rock Lock nods, grabs my hand, stands up, "You have my vote. Don't get too cocky."

"I won't," I face the crowd, "And that's how you go plus-ultra!" And you don't confront someone who was trained by fucking Eraserhead and Nezu.

---

Two more fucking hours and the Hero Commission finally ends the debate!

The President of the Hero Commission stands from her seat, "May the heroes return to the other side, please," Once the heroes go to their side, she faces me,

"Midoriya Izuku, it has been determined by the Hero Commission that you may have your hero license back. You may return to the field without any help. We believe that you can become a pro-hero now with your expertise as you continue to stay in the hero course due to the considerable troubles we are having.

However, you are on your own. The Hero Commission is unwilling to pay for you or provide you insurance as you do not directly follow under the law of a hero, but other hero agencies may. When you have proven yourself further and fight this law, the Hero Commission will start offering a salary and insurance. Is this understood?"

Nezu warned me about this. In general, it's a trash deal! However, I really don't care about the moment because I am at least getting my license back to go further!

I give a huge smile as I stand up, "As long as I get to help, that's all that matters! I will come back and fight that later! Thank you very much!"

Oh my gosh, I manage to get the President to smile for a moment! I swear on Shouta's coffee I did!

"Understood, Midoriya. This debate has ended."

---

I look at my new hero licenses on the walk back with Nezu on my shoulder.

You heard me right. Licenses.

Apparently, they were more than willing to give me two because I am willing to go above and underground.

Yeah, they need that much help. That's scary.

I am still Virus underground, just with my face having my underground helmet instead of my face. To the public, I'm known as Midoriya with my face. I can go back and change that later, but I don't know yet.

"Hey Nezu, did you tell them to make two licenses?" I ask Nezu as we approach UA.

"No. The Hero Commission did that on their own, Izuku." He replies.

"I mean, makes my life easier, I guess."

"It should protect you much better than you were before. However, it's worrying that they need to send someone so young in."

"Better me than anyone else."

"That's true, but still. I hope I don't have to worry about other students going through this."

"I don't think you have any other quirkless students."

"You know what I mean, Izuku."

"Yeah."

The rest of the walk is quiet as I put my licenses away, and we enter UA.

I drop Nezu off at his office, head to the teacher's lounge, and burst in screaming,

"GUESS WHO IS A HERO AGAIN?!"