Luke's alloy-knuckled fist went deep inside Midoriya's stomach.
The kid gagged, fell to his knees, and began vomiting on the spot, all the lunch he had eaten an hour ago staining the grassy ground.
From the side, the students just stared at Luke slack-jawed.
"… He's strong even without using his Quirk," Denki said, gulping, others' thoughts resonating with him.
Then, simultaneously, they looked to their left.
A few dozen meter away from them, Bakugo was lying cold.
They could still see the way Luke had just shot out of the fiery explosion, catching Bakugo off-guard.
One punch had been enough to roll Bakugo's eyes back into his head.
Seeing the direction they were looking at, Luke too looked at Bakugo, frowning.
I should have held back a little, he thought, shaking his head. Still… It felt good… Sigh!
It wasn't like Bakugo was infinitely weaker than Luke.
With his innate instincts, Bakugo could take on even some Pro Heroes as well.
However, unfortunately, Luke had the best counter to his instincts in the form of Danger Intuition.
Combined with Marauder's dexterity and his costume, which he called the Black Suit, taking on these children wasn't a big deal, especially the first time when they didn't know his fighting style.
Sand walked up to Luke and picked up Midoriya by the back of his costume.
He eyed Luke oddly, sensing the kid's growth, and then looked at the students.
"Is that it?" he asked, scoffing a little. "I thought all of you aspired to be Pro Heroes… Yet, here you are… losing against a Quirkless Villain?"
Luke's lips twitched.
"Don't make it harder on me…" he complained.
Sand ignored Luke, seeing the fire in the student's eyes.
It wouldn't be so bad if one of them gave Luke a black eye, he thought.
For Sand, it was as much a reality check for Luke as it was for everyone else.
Mezo Shoji stepped up, then.
"Sorry, Luke," he said, the four tentacles behind him becoming four arms. "I won't be going easy on you…"
Luke narrowed his eyes.
Mezo Shoji already possessed immense strength. With four more arms, he would be a beast to take on headfirst, even with his strength.
Also, the Marauder hadn't granted him super strength.
The Stamina he had gained after digesting the Potion had barely pushed him to the heights of humane limits.
There was no way he could fight a person who had a Strength-based Quirk… especially when dodging and running wasn't an option.
"How about making it a bit interesting?" Luke said, making Mezo pause while taking a stance. "Rikido! How about you two come at me together?"
Sand's eyes narrowed sharper than Luke's, realizing what the boy was doing. When did he become so cunning…
On the other side, both Mezo and Rikido looked offended.
"Aren't you underestimating us?" Mezo asked. "You think I alone am not enough…"
"No… No…" Luke shook his head. He pointed at Rikido. "I think he alone isn't enough."
Rikido Sato's eyes bulged as he stormed his way toward Luke, gulping a handful of sugar and gaining muscles.
"I will punch your face…" he said, losing a touch of his senses. "… that's what friends do when one of them is being overconfident shit…"
Mezo sensed something odd, and he looked at the teacher.
"I will allow it…" Sand said, sighing.
Then, Mezo, though reluctantly, charged at Luke with a roaring Rikido.
What happened next was a sight to behold.
Luke spun, slid, and almost glided through the air as the two huge boys attacked him.
The way he twisted his body to dodge punches and kicks felt beyond unnatural. Not only that, he was actively making Rikido and Mezo stumble upon themselves.
Then there were sharp punches and kicks that Luke delivered to the back of their knees and ankles.
With both Mezo and Rikido standing so close to catching Luke, they couldn't dodge a single attack.
Soon, not only the students, but even the boys who had teamed up to take on Luke, realized that they had been played.
It was already too late, though.
Huffing-Puffing, Mezo looked at Rikido, who had lost his size, looking a bit stupid.
"You knew you couldn't take me and him on one by one…" Shoji said, looking at Luke, who was also taking deep breaths. "… so you goaded Rikido to join me, didn't you?"
In reply, Luke shot toward them, landing between Mezo and Rikido.
As the boys tried to defend, two sharp blows landed on their chins, ringing their heads.
"Enough!" Sand said as he saw Luke going for more. "Come on. Next. We don't have all day."
Luke tried to catch his breath as Mezo and Rikido walked back to the students after a while, shaking their heads.
This is so tiring… he thought, feeling the heaviness in his body. Sand's not even letting me take a breather…
Fortunately, the next one to come up was Denki Kaminari.
The boy tried to shock Luke with his electricity-based Quirk, but the Black Suit let Luke walk leisurely up to him and knock him out cold.
Yuga Aoyama fired laser beams through the navel at him.
However, after dodging the first few beams, Luke easily walked up to Aoyama as well, as the boy couldn't use his Quirk without getting stomach issues for long.
Mina Ashido and Tsuyu Asui teamed up voluntarily.
Once again, the Black Suit made Mina's acid Quirk useless.
After a few rounds of playing Tag, both girls gave up before Luke could land a strike on them.
Uraraka met Luke with a solid plan, aiming to touch him as he came for her.
However, as soon as he spun around her, grabbing her wrists and pinning her down, she knew her plan had already failed the moment it had come to her mind.
Mashirao Ojiro, the boy with a massive tail as a Quirk, fared a bit better, depending on his martial arts.
However, the massive tail couldn't compensate for the blows he took on his body, going down after a few moves.
Hanta Sero, who could fire cellophane tape using the organs in his elbows, tried to incapacitate Luke by wrapping him in the tapes.
It almost worked.
After a few minutes, when Hanta's tape-producing capacity dropped, Luke descended on him like a hawk and wrapped him in his own tapes.
Toru Hagakure, who was an invisible girl, teamed up with Kyoka Jiro.
To throw Luke off, Kyoka plugged her earphone jack-like earlobes into the earth and sent her heartbeat into it at the maximum.
With a massive boom, the ground exploded, chunks of earth shooting here and there.
However, as the dust cloud settled, to everyone's extreme surprise, Luke had already pinned Hagakure down.
With his Seer's abilities, it was just too easy for him to know the girl coming at him from a blind spot. Not to mention, Marauder Potion had heightened his senses as well.
As Hagakure threw her invisible legs up and down in retaliation, Kyoka too gave up, feeling the sting in her ears after using her max power.
Minoru Mineta didn't even bother to step up.
Fumikage Tokoyami, having the Dark Shadow as his Quirk, was another matter altogether.
**************
AN: 60 more chapters are available in advance on Pat -re -8n [Use the link available on my Webnovel Profile].
With each Tier, you will get ALL Monthly Uploads of all my works, Side Stories, Backlog Chapters, along with unique Images, enriching your reading experience while simultaneously supporting the work.