BNHA: Martial Arts God

CHAPTER 76

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"FUCK YEAH!"

Denji raised his gold medal with pride as the whole stadium burst into powerful cheers, congratulating this year's Sports Festival gold medalist.

Gohru, who was standing next to the winner, just grinned as he slung his arm around Denji's shoulder.

Oh well, he didn't win this time. The only reason Denji won was because the impact of his Blue Dragon shot him out of bounds. It didn't really damage him much; the technique was more towards sending its enemy's flying instead.

Hell, he was surprised that Denji was even standing after tanking Jin Hwechook. That was almost full power, and the only serious damage he got were broken ribs and a fractured tibia. As expected, his training was really paying off.

Still, he did not expect Denji to create a new line of techniques. With a rip-off Reversal — Red that utilizes gravitational energy instead of imaginary numbers, Denji definitely has the other abilities of Limitless in his move set now, maybe even Hollow — Purple.

That was terrifying to think about.

He's got to step up on his game then. The student was not about to surpass the mentor. His pride wouldn't allow for it, even if he called that ability of Denji's hax.

To be perfectly honest, he really regretted not using his wishes for something more scaling. Well, there really wasn't much he could do with it; he could only just play with the cards in his hand.

And he had many cards due to Denji being a hardcore martial arts anime fan. Hehehehe...

While Denji was studying how his Quirk worked and how to improve it, he was studying the blade — well, you get what he means.

He was cooking something behind the scenes.

"Well done, Uraraka-shonen! You've proven to be the strongest student in all of Year 1, and you fulfilled your pledge! With your talent and Quirk, you'd go a very long way, even maybe surpassing me!"

All Might laughed with his normal loud voice as he moved on to Gohru. Slinging the silver medal around his neck, All Might patted his shoulder.

"And Jin-shonen, a magnificent display of martial arts! I doubt anyone would dare say that it is useless in the face of Quirks! With more experience, it is safe to say that the future is well-preserved!"

With his piece said, All Might looked to the audience.

"Due to Bakugo-shonen and Todoroki-shonen being unconscious, the staff and judges have decided to give them both third place! Please, audience, congratulate them for the superb show of power and intellect!"

The crowd erupts into cheers as All Might takes both of the bronze medals that Midnight was presenting on a tray.

"I will personally give them their deserved medals later, when they wake up."

Keeping them in a compartment of his hero costume, he spreads his hands and yells out.

"Everyone watching, these are your winners this time around!

But listen here; anyone here could have ended up on these podiums. It's just as you saw, competing! Improving each other! And climbing even further!

This next generation of heroes is definitely sprouting! So, I have just one more thing to say!

Everyone, please say it with me! Ready... go!"

"""PLUS ULTRAAAAA!!!"""/ "Thanks for your hard work!"

...

"What?! It should've been "Plus Ultra!" there, All Might!"

"BOOO! BOOOOOOOO!!!"

"W-Well, I thought that everyone worked really hard..."

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Night-Time...

"I'm surprised you lost to Denji of all people, boss." (Dabi)

"Hey, I'm also on the call, you ass!" (Denji)

Denji exclaimed as he gave Dabi the finger, who responded in hand with his own finger.

"I'm here too! Congrats dude! And nice try, boss-man. | Agreed, you made me lose $10,000, boss! What the hell was that performance?" (Buba)

"Didn't I tell you to stop gambling your money away in this kind of online fighting bet?" (Gohru)

Gohru, with his phone on loudspeaker, questioned Buba as he did a handstand push-up with 200 kilos of weights strapped to his body.

"Still, though, it looks like the genius finally lost... To a technicality! Hah!" (Ken)

Ken, who finally picked up after three weeks of being MIA, berates Gohru, who just clicked his tongue.

"Nice to finally talk to you too, prick." (Gohru)

"... Where's Toga, anyway? I thought she'd be gushing about you being on TV about now." (Ken)

"...Oh, shit."

"You missed so much, Kenny! | You're in for a laugh, LOL!" (Buba)

"Boss here decided to grab some invis girl's boobs, and..." (Dabi)

"BUBA, GIVE ME ANOTHER DAMN CLONE! I'LL FUCKING CASTRATE YOU IF YOU DON'T!"

Toga shrieked as Buba started whimpering at the sudden shout.

Ah, fuck. So that's why he felt like something was missing. He forgot that Toga was in her yandere mode.

"—That." (Dabi)

"This is why I don't have a girlfriend yet, especially the crazy ones." (Denji)

Denji mutters quietly as Gohru yells quietly in the mic, his nightly training now put to the side.

"Dabi, damage control!" (Gohru)

"No offense, boss, but I doubt that damage control can even work at this point." (Dabi)

A few seconds later, Dabi turned on his camera, and good Gods was he glad that he was not in England right now. The scene that the people in the call watched was so grotesque that the call was in silence as Toga ripped and teared through every clone Buba and Twice made with martial arts, and eventually, after going through a few dozen clones in a matter of minutes, Toga walked away with a stomp and slammed the door shut.

... Was it wrong that he personally thought that it was really hot?

"Well, that happened." (Dabi)

"THE FUCK? How does she even know how to perform the Ssam-Su Taekkyeon?" (Ken)

"Hey, I didn't teach her that at all! Hell, I'm just as surprised as you! Kinda proud too." (Gohru)

"Woah, what if she just, you know, learned it when we were sparing against Ken?" (Denji)

"It HURTSSSS! | Save me from this nightmare!" (Buba)

Buba wailed far away from his phone as Gohru facepalmed, trying to think about how to calm his girlfriend down.

"... I think I'm fucked, boys." (Gohru)

"Clearly" (Ken)

"No doubt." (Dabi)

"100%, man." (Denji)

"Sob... | So fucked..." (Buba)

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So, after confiding this to Lisa, you know, the person that he hired to frequently change his facial structure when he goes out? Yeah, that Lisa. Well, she really doesn't use her Quirk on him much anymore since he could just walk to school with his normal face, so she instead replaced Toga, who was abroad and is now his secretary when it comes to his schedule.

Plus, she's the only female in the gang who is not hated by Toga. Other than Jiro, of course, but they hadn't really talked much ever since he outed himself as Gohru, so he just kind of forgot about her.

Gods, he is starting to forget about stuff much easier than normal; maybe he does need to get checked out by a doctor.

"Sir, I think you should just give her some time. You know how she is at times."

"Yeah, but..."

"Trust me on this one, sir; I'll go talk to her, woman to woman; try calming things down. Your priority now is to work, thinking about the best date possible in the history of mankind when she comes back."

Gohru simply groans as he slumps deeper into his seat.

"Alright, thanks, Lisa."

"No problem, sir, but now that your girl problems are temporarily settled, Asics has an urgent job for you."

Tapping on her tablet, she shows the email sent by their sponsors to Gohru, who glanced over it.

"Huh, how did they even get this?"

Gohru asked out loud as he read a document attached to the email. It looks like Asics was able to get data regarding his hero agency internship details, and boy, were there a lot of agencies that wanted him. A grand total of 5,126 agencies locally.

"You underestimate Asics' connections, sir. Their reach is so deep that there are rumors that they own a large number of shares across Japan. And since you and Denji made headlines in the news and newspapers, it's no wonder you obtained so many offers."

Goohru took a second to process what he just heard before blinking in confusion.

"Headlines?"

With a sigh, she exited the email application and went to this world's equivalent of YouTube before tapping on the Trending tab. Looking closer, Gohru couldn't help but feel a little flabbergasted at the number of views the finals had.

2.8 billion views.

"Woah."

"Sir, I applaud your humble nature behind all that joking that you do, but do understand that you are, at the moment, the face of Japan, just behind All Might in popularity. People would kill to attend the tournaments that you join; even the merchandise that you endorse and promote earns Asics billions of dollars in revenue worldwide. I even think that the sport of martial arts has been revived to its glory days because of your presence in the scene alone."

Lisa said as Gohru just stared at the video blankly. Wow, it... It still hasn't registered in his head. He knew that he was famous locally, but to this degree? Just... Wow.

Actually, hold up for a second.

"Wait, how much am I making from all my publicity alone?"

Lisa gave him a blank stare before sighing and moving to show him an analysis of his income after deducting tax from his personal finance analysis that Asics had recommended he get to manage his finances. He had never really cared about his money since he was the type to only spend when he needed it, with some splurging once in a blue moon.

Reading the analysis, Gohru almost cursed out loud at the 9-figure number in advertisements and endorsements alone.

"N-Nine hundred million a month? Excuse me, but THE FUCK?"

"Really? After all that, you only just realized? For someone who's regarded as a genius, you, sir, are a very naive person."

... Huh.