"Mhmm…" After the votes had been counted, Takezushi squinted his eyes in a mix of surprise and annoyance. "Why do I have seven votes? I don't even want to be the class representative..." He was already barely able to contain himself to regular class hours as every moment spent here was one that would better be spent training his Sage Mode. It was only natural for him to reject this position even if it was to be gifted to him.

"Well, I voted for you since you're probably the best person around for the position… I mean, I know we've been friends for a while, but I don't think there's a better person, so..." Izuku drone on unsure of his words.

"I would have voted for myself beforehand, but after hearing Iida, I think you're the right person for the position as well. You've got a powerful body and mind, and I'd feel just terrible voting for anyone other than you; even myself..." Momo added.

"It pains me to say that I completely agree with Yaoyorozu..." Iida said.

Then from his left, Kirishima put his hand on Takezushi's shoulder and said, "You and your Quirk are so manly, even when your hands and feet are tied to your back, you still come out on top..." It looked like he was tearing up.

"I too thought about Iida's words and after thinking about it. I think you really deserve the position. You probably have the best Quirk of anyone in the class, you're humble, and aside from Momo you were the only one who gave everyone advice. All traits befitting of our class's leader." Tsuyu said as she stared right at Takezushi.

Looking around, the last person to say anything was… Bakugou? "Hmph! Yesterday didn't prove anything! I have lost then, but never again… I'll catch up to your firepower, but until then, you're then only one I willing to let lead me; even if it is only as a representative." The blond had recovered from his slump after having realized that he still had much to improve. He thought that Takezushi's power was probably at or approaching its zenith, while he still had so much to improve. It was a naive thought considering the reality of their circumstances, but that was enough to give him some hope.

"That's still only six people. I voted for Yaoyorozu, so who was the last person to vote for me?" Takezushi asked. He looked around the room, scanning for the last person, when suddenly his vision came upon Hagakure. Aside from her, everyone else was looking at him with inquisitive looks, but the strangest thing was that she had a faint red sheen on her face.

"Mhmm… Strange..." Takezushi said, but he didn't pressure her into admitting things when it was so obvious that she was trying to avoid him. "Still," Takezushi started, "I really don't want to be the class representative."

...

Thus, it was decided that Momo would be Class 1-A's representative. With Takezushi's cosign and the fact that she was already set to be the Vice Representative, the matter was set in stone. The Class's Vice Representative position was then given to Iida as he was the most eager to receive the position out of those with only a single vote. The others only really wanted the leader position, not that of the second in command.

So, with the matter of class rep decided, homeroom activities were over and another day of classes began. To Takezushi who already knew everything that was supposed to be taught in the year's curriculum, the time he spent in classes mostly revolved around trying to remain as long as possible with several of his Eight Inner Gates opened. He couldn't focus on training his Sage Mode while also paying attention to class as the training required him to empty his mind, but the same wasn't necessarily true for training the Eight Gates Technique.

Just going about casual activities like sitting down and listening to the teachers while four of his Eight Inner Gates were opened was enough to have him sweating buckets by the hour. Yet, because of his Chakra Control and sheer tenacity, no one noticed as the sweat on his body evaporated before it could pile up into noticeable steam.

Four and a half hours passed before lunchtime arrived, all the while Takezushi had been straining himself to continue his life with Four Inner Gates opened. While it may not seem like anything out of the ordinary was happening from an outsider's perspective, Takezushi himself knew that during that time, he could probably burst forth with the strength to literally quake the earth.

However, when lunchtime arrived it was business as usual for the horned celestial as he was the first to arrive at the cafeteria and pick up lunch before hiding away in his dimension. After enjoying lunch as much as one could whilst trying to eat as quickly as possible, Takezushi's hand crossed through the void of a partially formed vortex to place his tray in the appropriate spot in the cafeteria, before actually getting in what little training he could get during lunchtime.

…

"Mhmm? A break-in? Through our school's barrier?" Takezushi had just returned to class and the first thing he was told was that the media had somehow managed to bypass the school's barrier and had barged into the school's campus demanding to see All Might. "Mhmm… They're holding back our classes and All Might's also running late..." The more Takezushi heard of the situation the deeper his frown got.

However, before he could do anything, Aizawa entered the door. "Now… for today's class, well be going over disaster relief. Well be going over everything from earthquakes to floods, and I along with a couple other teachers will be assisting All Might in teaching for the day."

"Mhmm… So classes won't be delayed… Good." Takezushi's frown vanished and his regular deadpan visage returned. As long as his Sage Mode training time wasn't cut short, he wouldn't make a fuss.

"Disaster Relief? Sheesh, sounds like another harsh day of training..." Kaminari groaned.

"Come on! That's part of a hero's job. Let's do it!" Mina cheered.

"It'd be right up my ally to help during a flood." Tsuyu added.

"Hey, settle down. I wasn't done…" Aizawa clicked a button from his podium and the wall that held everyone's hero equipment opened up to reveal the same cases from yesterday. "It's up to each of you individually to choose whether or not to change into your hero costumes as some aren't necessarily suited for this kind of exercise. Also, since the training site is a bit remote, we'll be taking a bus ride to get there."

With Aizawa concluding his words, the students all went over to get changed. Regardless of whether or not they would be putting on their hero costumes, they would still at the very least need to get into their gym uniforms. Takezushi decided to don his hero costume as he preferred its very conservative style over his gym uniform. That, and it would probably be a good idea to bring his Gunbai as he had heard that there was a conflagration zone in the training site that was supposed to mimic a war-torn city; always under fire. Even if there wasn't a "need" to use his legendary armament, any excuse to bring it out was welcomed in his books.

Upon leaving the changing room and reaching the area that held the bus that would take the students to their training site, the Unforeseen Simulation Joint — or USJ for short — the atmosphere visibly brightened from everyone's excitement. "Alright everyone, line up according to your seating number. Let's do this in an orderly and quick fashion!" Iida was already riding off his high of being elected the vice representative for the class…

Sadly, he had made a fool of himself as the bus' seats weren't suitable for that kind of arrangement. Instead of a normal school bus, the seats in this bus were lined up lengthwise.

Takezushi opting to stand, stood out as everyone else was sitting down. "Come on buddy don't be shy. You can sit right next to me if you want~" Mina purposely chastised Takezushi and Hagakure at the same time as the seat she was offering was between her and the hesitant invisible girl.

"Mhmm… No can do. It'd be pretty rude if I got some of my sweat on either of you." Takezushi said. As always his words were prone to beg further elaboration, so Mina naturally asked, "Your sweat? Why would you be worried about that?" She didn't even have the mind to think he was too nervous to sit next to Hagakure out of shame as his face was completely deadpan.

"Right now, you guys probably can tell, but I'm training a very physically demanding technique. My body is under dozens of times the pressure a person's normal naturally sustains, but because I'm using some chakra to dispel my sweat before it accumulates you can't see it."

"Ok? But why are you training with that method, exactly?" Without knowing the benefits of activating one's Eight Inner Gates anyone would think Takezushi was masochistically enduring a torture technique.

"Well, aside from this being a really good way to train my body without needing to move. While I'm like this, my physical strength is several times stronger than norm..."

"STOP!!!" Mineta screeched from across the bus. "Don't… Don't finish that thought, else I might really lose hope. I… I don't want to think there is a world where you, 'Mr. 330 Km,' can get any physically stronger." As his brain completed Takezushi's sentence for him, it was actually possible to see depression emanated from Mineta's eyes. 'If you got several times stronger than then, It'd be totally possible to see another infinity score...' Several students thought in conjunction with Mineta.

"Whoa, that's pretty insane." Tsuyu said, rather calmly. "It's almost like Midoriya's Quirk..." She added.

"N-no, our quirks couldn't be any more different. Look, he's just standing there and you'd never even expect that underneath he's concealing such ridiculous strength..." Izuku meekly denied the comparison.

"Mhmm… Actually, the Eight Gates Technique kind of is like your Quirk. We'd probably end up in similar states if I directly went up to the Seventh or even Eight Gate." Takezushi thoughtlessly commented.

"Huh? How so?" Izuku asked.

"Well, the technique works by opening these points in my chakra system that delimits certain aspects of my body. Every point is a Gate and with each subsequent Gate opened I gain double or more of my base physical strength. Right now, I'm 'comfortably' withstanding four Gates being opened, but if I were to open three or four more, I'd probably quickly shatter all my bones like you do when you activate your Quirk. You could say that going 100% would break us both, but 50% is tolerable for me..." With nothing else to do, Takezushi calmly recited his insights into how his Eight Inner Gates Technique compared to his friend's Quirk. Little did he know that his words had just given rise to a revolutionary thought to his friend.

"Percent? Oh?!" Apparently, Izuku had struck enlightenment as he started muttering incoherent mumbling to himself. He was under a spell greater than any Takezushi had seen in the past.