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Chapter 1: The weak

-Izuku Midoriya-

This world isn’t fair.

The truth of the world is that no one is born equal to another some are born strong and some are born weak.

I am a part of the latter that was something I had learned a long time ago yet despite that the world seems intent on drilling it even further into me.

One denizen of the world who seems hell-bent on that goal is currently slamming me into a wall right now

“C-cmon Kacchan”

I let out yet another pathetic protest as my back impacted with the back wall of the school building as pain jolted through the bruise on my back that had just started healing after the last beating. I was sure my face had already morphed into some tear-filled jumble of emotions as I tried to reason with the blonde in front of me despite knowing that wouldn’t work.

“Don’t give me that crap Deku! You think I didn’t see you looking all proud of yourself for getting a grade close to mine what you think you're better than me?!”

He let out in his usual tone of voice I’m sure he thought it made him more intimidating and maybe it did but after hearing it for just over a decade now it sounded like any other speaking tone

I’d like to say I was shocked that the whole reason he was doing this was because I looked slightly too happy but I wasn’t after years of the same thing I had stopped trying to rationalize his actions it was my fault for drawing attention to myself and for not pre-packing my things before the bell rang.

His two friends behind him though I suppose lackey was a more accurate term let out the snide laughter that I had grown used to it was the same that they all did the laugh that they used when they realized they had something I didn’t and something I would never have

The one who could elongate his fingers I couldn’t quite remember his name looked down at me with a prideful grin that just oozed his feelings of superiority while the spring-necked one looked down at me like I was just a bug.

“well? Where’s my damn apology nerd”

Kacchans’s words brought me back to reality I realized I hadn’t said anything for a couple of seconds now.

“I- I’m sorry Kacchan I don’t think I’m better than you really I don't I mean how could I right? I’m quirkless after all so that would be-”

I started to ramble on trying to buy myself time but that only agitated him and before I knew it a fist had impacted my gut

My mouth flew open as spit came flying out I slid down the wall I clutched my stomach and winced from the pain my head raised to look up at Kacchan the shadows of the school walls obscuring his face in shadow that made it all the easier to see the small crackles he was letting out from his palm like a firework in his hand it let out pops and crackles which added to the intimidating look I was sure he was trying to keep cultivated

This time he only scoffed as he looked down at me his anger gone replaced with what I thought was disappointment but those thoughts left me when he started to speak once again

“High school applications start soon you better not sign up for UA”

With that, he turned his back to me as he stomped off his two lackeys following behind him looking satisfied with themselves despite having only stood there

“Wow he went down in one punch I had hoped he’d at least try to put up a fight”

The spring neck one let out in slight disappointment though I doubted it was because he wanted me to defend myself they just wanted a better show

After a few moments, I managed to pull myself up my body was still in pain but it was pain I could deal with. I was sure I had already missed my bus by now so not wanting to wait for the next one I decided to walk

The walk home was quiet with the noise of passing cars and people being drowned out by my thoughts of how pathetic I must have looked. It was because I was weak if I had been born with a quirk then none of this would have happened if the world was based on hard work instead of just some genetic lottery then maybe I could stand up to him

My mind was full of thoughts of the unfairness of the world I had already known that was how the world worked I was simply just wallowing in my own self-pity but even so the thought of a world where hard work was the main driving force stuck with me it was a tantalizing thought if there was a world like that then could I succeed I was sure I could even if this was just a fantasy it was one I wanted to be a reality

It was due to this fantasy that I didn’t realize that the people around me had started to run until one of the scared civilians bumped into my shoulder mid-stride tripping themself up but quickly recovering before continuing their frantic run this broke me out of my thoughts as I turned to see what they where all running from only to see the figure that they all appeared to be running from

“I-It's a villain”

I stumbled out my words as I looked at the behemoth of a man their muscles bulged through their clothes a black top with a pair of stretched-out jeans, an iron mask covering the top half of their face with small devil-like horns extruding from the helm they clearly had some sort of strength enhancer as they lifter up cars and lamps posts like they where just toys

I didn’t have time to consider what the villain was actually doing so like the other people in the street I started to turn and run but before I could my eyes caught onto the small figure of a child their small hand rubbing their tear-filled eyes as they cried for their mother their short stature and bright red hat making them easy to spot in the panic of the other people who seemed to just ignore the boy clearly more focussed on their own safety

My eyes darted to the side as I could see that a hero had arrived and begun to battle the hulking man I almost sighed in relief but that was quickly overtaken by panic as the villain grabbed a dumpster and in an overhead, throw propelled it at the hero who dodged it but now instead of heading towards the hero the dumpster was on a clear path to the crying child

Before I knew it my legs had already begun to move as my body threw itself at the young boy pushing them out of the way leaving myself the target. Before I could make a move to get out of the way myself it was already too late

Had I trained my body before I may have been able to react to it or at least attempt to shield myself but with my frail frame that was impossible right before the dumpster impacted with my body I had one though not of my mother or even the possible loss of my life no all I could think was how I wished I had tried harder in my life

That was the last thought I had before my world went black I was vaguely aware of what was going on around me but it was more like I was listening to a damaged audio recording I could hear the sirens approaching me and the sound of what I assumed where the paramedics attempting to keep me alive after that the sound of being driven somewhere and the last thing I remember the sobs of my mother she was informed on what had happened.

I snapped awake as I shot up clutching my chest memories of what had happened surged into my mind as I sucked in as much air as I could the pain of the impact still fresh in my mind I… I was alive calming myself I started to gain my bearings realizing that I was sitting up in what I could guess was a hospital bed

Looking around my surroundings I was definitely in a hospital though I wasn’t sure how much time had passed as there was no date listed in the room my clothes were different as instead of the plain middle school uniform I had previously worn I was now dressed in the light blue hospital gown with bandages wrapped around my chest and arms where the dumpster had impacted

I collected my thoughts and began to think of my situation I had been caught in a villain attack this wasn’t uncommon considering the villain attacks in cities were an almost daily occurrence and taking into account Japan's comparatively high villain rate next to other countries but still to have it happen to me was a shock, to say the least

Moving my limbs was hard but I could at least do it which meant I hadn’t been paralyzed after making sure of that I had thought to find some sort of call button or try and call for a passing nurse or doctor but before I could do that I heard a noise that sounded like a chime you’d hear in a phone or video game menu after that my vision was overtaken by a light blue rectangle that materialized from nowhere

Jolting back from shock I hit my head against the back wall of the hospital bed that I was currently lying in. After rubbing my head I tried to calm down as I looked at the new object in front of me it had a simple shape with a slightly darker shade of blue bordering it that same shade was at the top of it in a sort of header written in this header was the words

“Welcome player”

I read it out loud in a confused tone as I looked at it below this header a paragraph of text the bright yellow color of it almost begging me to read it

“Welcome Izuku Midoriya to the system Your wish for a fair chance in this world has been granted to you we wish you the best of luck”

With that simple message, the box blinked out of existence being replaced by what I could only describe as something right out of a video game

status

Izuku Midoriya

Level: 4

CLASS: none

HP: 200
MP: 100

available points: 12

STR: 3
VIT: 4
DEX: 4
INT: 14
WIS: 13
LUK: 3

Money: 0 yen

comment: “All brain no brawn”

Skills: none

Ignoring the slight insult in the comment my eyes drifted over the information present on the floating box my mind in disbelief as I looked over again and again after a moment I reached out to try and touch it. It felt like touching water it was something I could feel but not something I could directly grab my hand simply went through it

“O-ok you can stop this now I-I know this is a prank you got me” I let out a nervous laugh trying to play off my shock to whoever was doing this

but no one answered my call. The floating screen remained still in front of me the video game-like layout plastered in front of me I wiped my eyes again and again thinking that it would be gone when I opened them but it wasn’t

Letting myself believe for a moment that this could be real I was filled with all but one feeling

Hope

hope that I might just have a quirk but my rationality quickly shoved that down even if this was real a quirk that acted like a video game wouldn’t make any sense quirks may seem like impossible phenomena but they were based in science this was something that didn’t make sense something that just shouldn’t be happening
before I could continue to question it the door to the room opened as a nurse wearing light blue scrubs walked in they had a short stature with brown hair in a bob style. They were carrying a clipboard with papers stacked on top of one another

Looking up from the clipboard they jolted from seeing me sitting up their face a mixture of shock and surprise

“You're awake already! I'll go get the doctor please wait here!” she said in a shocked tone of voice as she turned around

She quickly ran off not mentioning the floating box currently in front of me

Could she not see it? Maybe I’m going crazy from a head injury” I asked no one in particular

The thought that I was going crazy wasn’t a pleasant one so I quickly moved past it my eyes drifting back to the current object of my confusion my eyes drifting to the 12 points I apparently had

“Assuming this is real and works how I think it does…”

Deciding to believe it was real as the alternative wasn’t any better I reached my hand as my finger went to touch the strength stat it displayed this time my hand didn’t just phase through it but instead made actual contact as the strength stat which has previously been at three went up to four and my available points went down

“I… touched it I actually felt it does that mean I’m not crazy or make me even more crazy?”

Before I could question my sanity further the man who I assumed to be the doctor the nurse had spoken of walked into the room giving me a strange look as he saw my arm outstretched due to his lack of mentioning the status screen as it was labeled I assumed he couldn’t see it

I quickly pulled my arm down my face slightly red at the doctor's confused look. Ignoring my strange reaction the man spoke like normal

“Already moving that’s good we had thought that would take longer”

Walking over to me the man looked down at me with a smile

“One of the nurses has already contacted your mother she’ll be here soon she’s been here every day you know”

Building up the courage to ask the question that had been weighing on my mind since I awoke I spoke up

“How long have I been asleep for” My tone was nervous as I spoke but I managed to get it out without my usual nervous stutter

“It's been 3 days since you were brought in here the fact you're awake already is quite the miracle considering how you were brought in”

The doctor went on to tell me that I would need to stay in the hospital a few more days for observation but during that time if I felt up to walking I could walk the grounds after that he did a few basic tests and then left the room and told me my Mom would be there soon

15 minutes later my mother arrived she hugged me with tears rolling down her face as she thanked god that I was ok we hugged for a few moments and after she finally let go we talked about what had happened I asked her if that boy I had pushed out of the way was ok but she told me that she didn’t know my mood slightly soured after that but I managed to hide it from her.

We had spoken for about 30 minutes but she had to return to work so I was left alone which gave me time to analyze the status in front of me which had stayed there even during my talk with my mom

“It's stayed the same since I first saw it… it follows my head when I move it and if I was hallucinating it I’m sure it wouldn’t be this clear or detailed… this is also kind of far to go for a prank”

My thoughts were interrupted by a sudden ding on the status screen was a slightly smaller box that read

“Due to continuous analysis of the system skill analysis has been gained”

Reaching my hand out I tapped the small box and it vanished leaving the original status screen only now under skills which previously was listen as none was analysis after touching it a separate box appeared next to the status with a description of the skill

“Analysis Lv:1”

“When used allows the user to see the details of an object or living being”

After reading the description of analysis I quickly grabbed my phone which my mom had left at the side of my bed for me looking at It with suspense I hesitated to speak but pushing through my doubt I spoke the word that would prove if this was real

“Analysis”

Instantly another screen similar to my status screen appeared

-Outdated phone-

Owner: Izuku Midoriya

Durability: 87%

History: Bought by Inko Midoriya after working multiple extra shifts was gifted to Izuku Midoriya for his 13th birthday

As I stared at the description of my phone a shaky smile formed on my face this system as it called itself was real I could touch it I could use it I could with this maybe… I could be a hero

Another pop-up appeared on the status screen I closed the analysis of my phone as I read it
Quest created: Path to strength

Description: train for and pass the UA entrance exam

Type: Daily

-pushups- 0/100
-situps- 0/100
-squats- 0/100
-run- 0/10km

failure penalty: 12h debuff

Accept? Y/N

Reading over this quest my mind was still full of questions about the system about what it was and why it was here but that was all overtaken by one thought in my mind the same thought I had when saving that boy

I wanted to try harder

Confidently pressing Y I began my quest to become a hero

-chapter 1 end-

Thanks for reading chapter one of Systematic if it wasn't obvious from just reading it it's heavily inspired by stuff like "The Gamer" and "Solo Leveling" but I don't just plan on copying their stories I plan on taking this fic in its own direction so if you have any feedback on this first chapter id really appreciate if you commented it writing fanfic is a hobby of mine but I want to improve it however I can once again thanks for reading have a good day

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Chapter 2: learning curve

-Izuku Midoriya-

Right after accepting the first quest I received from the system, I noticed that there were now tabs on top of the floating screen right now it listed Status and quests just thinking about switching to the status menu seemed to change I'd have to note that down when I got my notebook

looking at the status screen I looked at the 11 available points that I had having already put one in my strength stat since I was level 4 right now I could assume leveling up would gain me 3 points but I didn't know if the system had any sort of max level so allocating them properly would be something I needed to think about my intelligence and wisdom where higher than my other stats so should I focus on them? But it's not like I knew exactly what each stat would do

for example the luck stat could that really affect my luck? and if so how would that work? luck didn't technically exist so would it technically be manipulating the world around it to make me lucky or did it work in another way there was also the issue of skills I had received the analysis skill from just doing the action of analyzing something so could I do that with other actions? these were all thoughts that weighed on my mind not to mention I was still confused about how I had even received the system

pushing those thoughts aside for a moment I began to think about my current plan right now the system was telling me that I should attend the UA entrance exam but why? Was it reacting to my thoughts or did it have its motivation for now I would take what it said with a grain of salt for now I didn't see an issue in doing what it said

so after preparing myself for the inevitable pain of trying to stand up I pulled myself out of the hospital bed I had been lying in for the last 3 days my bare feet touched the ground and I stood expecting the pain from my injuries to surge through my body but instead of that, nothing happened. I felt fine better than fine I felt great even better than I had before the attack walking over to the mirror present in the hospital room I removed my shirt and cautiously unwrapped the bandages that had been carefully wrapped around my chest

looking into the mirror I could see that I was fine the doctor had told me that I would likely need to keep the bandages on for another few days until my injuries had fully healed but looking at me now you would have never guessed I had just been in a brutal attack just a few days beforehand.

turning my back to the mirror I craned my neck to get a look at my back reflection in the mirror the bruise that had been bothering me before was also gone without a trace now as well. Coming to a realization I opened the status screen and looked at my HP it was at 200 like it had been when I first looked at it

"This has to be because of the system... in a game, if your HP is full then that equates to being in perfect health... has my body also changed to be similar to a game character..."

Thinking over the changes I noticed since awakening in the hospital that had to be it the doctor had said that I recovered at a faster pace than they expected and now with the fact that my injuries were all but gone I couldn't deny it. I had already chosen to believe that the system was real because it was the best option but now with this, it was undeniable proof

this only raised even more questions about what happened to me but before I could begin to ramble to myself again I remembered the quest the system had given me looking over to the clock on the wall I noticed that it was currently 11 am that gave me 13 hours to complete the quest so with no time to lose I got onto the ground and began to do push-ups

it was after my arms collapsed beneath me from just 10 push-ups that I came to a despairing realization that if I were to attend the UA entrance exam now I would pass out within the first 5 minutes of the practical exam I had always assumed that I would be able to become a hero with just my knowledge but how did I expect to save anyone if I couldn't even do a few push-ups.

pulling myself up from the sterilized floor of my room I sat on the edge of my hospital bed trying to think of a strategy that could help me with this. opening up the status screen I looked at my 11 available points and the stats I could put them as my eyes went over the current information in front of them my brain raced for possible strategies but I was cut out of mental rambling when I notification appeared from the system

"due to continuous analysis of the system analysis has leveled up to level 2"

Looking at the notification I almost slapped myself for not thinking of it before analysis I had an actual skill that could tell me information on what I assumed was anything so after tapping the notification away I looked at the status screen that was currently causing the gears of my mind to turn

"Analysis"

using analysis on the system proved to be the right idea right after using it a description of the system appeared

-The system-

"A strange ability given to Izuku Midoriya this power allows its user to continuously 'level up' allowing them to grow stronger with increasing difficulty in levels "

this short description was exactly what I needed the word continuously led me to assume that there was no set cap for my level so with new confidence in my knowledge I began to allocate my points putting 8 into strength with another 1 in my vitality, 2 more into my dexterity right after locking that in I felt a surge in my body I had just tripled my strength from what it used to be so it made sense

With my new stats, I got back onto the floor this time managing to do the full 100 push-ups with only 1 break. I lay on the floor breathing in and out heavy breaths as I felt like I was about to puke out my lunch but despite that, I couldn't be happier my face was full of an ecstatic grin as I got back up.

after regaining my energy I did the other 2 exercises with about the same effort I even gained another point in strength mid-way through the squats bringing my strength stat up to 13. As I leaned on my knees while catching my breath the smile that had plastered itself on my face remained this was it with the system I was sure I could do it I could become a hero

looking at the time it was now close to 1 in the afternoon remembering I still had to run 10km I faltered for a moment but quickly forgot about that when I remembered that doing this would get me the exp to level up and after feeling the results of that for myself I regained my enthusiasms and after convincing the nurses to let me walk the hospital grounds I started to run

By the end of the run, I was heaving for breaths but I had done it with a grin on my face I opened the quest menu and with the excitement of a child on Christmas morning submitted the quest instantly my body felt revitalized as I leveled up to 5 I now had my breath back along with the aching that had filled my legs vanishing I stood tall as I reveled in my victory I then realized how silly I must have looked as I pumped my fist for seemingly no reason so promptly stopped a slight hint of red crossing my cheeks

looking around to see if anyone had caught my actions I let out a sigh of relief as I realized that no one had 

I then received a notification looking at the floating squares that I still hadn't fully grown used to i read it while trying not to look like I was just staring off into space to the other people around me

"Congratulations on reaching level 5 as a reward for this you have unlocked the ability to use the inventory we hope this aids in your future endeavors"

Looking at the screen my mouth opened as I looked at what the notification was telling me I had unlocked an... inventory

-Chapter 2 end-

Thanks for reading this chapter I hope you enjoyed it my main focus of this chapter was trying to give a realistic reaction from Izuku so sorry if it felt kind of short next chapter will likely be longer I plan to release at least one chapter a week but I'll probably end up doing more than that chapter length will also probably vary depending on how I'm feeling and the goal I have when writing the chapter if you have any feedback id love to hear it again thanks for reading

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-Izuku Midoriya-

It’s been 4 days since I woke up in the hospital Since then I've learned more about the system and grown with it right now I'm at level 7 my only known means of leveling up right now are the daily quests but I can still gain stats by doing tasks like exercising or reading though that method seems to stay stagnant and with the daily quests increasing in difficulty every day it's going to be even harder to level up

From what I've learned an hour of running equates to 1 stat in my dexterity increasing my strength seems to vary on the type of exercise I'm doing when I did pushups I took 300 pushups to get the stat increase but when I tried it again it took 320 so my guess is as I increase my stats it's going to get harder to level them up through just training them physically

The day after I woke up Mom came to visit again she seemed more worried than usual but I chalked that up to me being in the hospital I asked her if she could bring me some weights the next time she came by she seemed confused probably because I hadn't shown an interest in exercising since I was little but she just smiled and nodded

Overall, I've made good progress I can tell because even in just these 4 days I've found meeting the daily quest targets easier for instance at first I couldn’t even do 100 pushups without feeling like I was going to vomit whereas now doing 100 pushups is still hard but I can do them in 1 sitting. I’ve also managed to level up analysis to level 4 mostly because I've been using it almost constantly on anything I could

Running on the usual path I had been taking these past four days I heard the now familiar ding of the system telling me I had completed the daily quest my daily quest currently consisted of 250 of the 3 main exercises along with a 25km run wiping the sweat from my brow I opened my status menu to check my stats

Izuku Midoriya

Level: 7 Next Lv: 78.7%

CLASS: none

HP: 550
MP: 700

available points: 0

STR: 15
VIT: 11
DEX: 15
INT: 16
WIS: 15
LUK: 4

Money: 0 yen

comment: “Strongest piece of broccoli there is”

Skills: Analysis Lv4 87.78%, Sprint lv3 45.67%

Looking at my stats I couldn’t help but smile my intelligence and wisdom stats had already been high and during my studying of the system, they increased to their current levels. I had been focusing on raising my physical stats in preparation for the entrance exam and if I where to keep at my current pace I was excited about what I could accomplish

The two skills I currently had were analysis which was the first skill I had acquired and sprint a skill I had gained soon after gaining the inventory its description told me that with every level it gained my speed where in a “sprint state” which I assumed was just running would increase by 10% stacking with my dexterity

Making sure no one was looking I ducked into a spot where I knew there were no cameras I mentally opened the inventory pulling out a bottle of water. Opening the plastic bottle, I drank it down like I had been lost in a dessert for days the inventory was another interesting part of the system right now I couldn’t find a limit on the number of objects it could hold but from my tests, I did need to be able to carry it at least

Sighing to myself I looked up I had made progress in the hospital but there was still so much I didn’t know I couldn’t wait to be discharged and experiment with this power even more. Shaking off my mental distractions I began to make my way back to the room I was currently occupying

Making it back to my room I sat on the bed I had been sleeping in for the last 4 days i could see that one of the nurses must have come in while I was out since the bed now looked fresh and unused.

Only a moment after sitting down the door to the room opened as the same doctor I had spoken to when I had woken up Dr Reiko as I had learned his name was gave me a warm smile as he closed the door behind him

“Midoriya, I see your exercises went well?” He asked in a cordial tone

I simply nodded in response letting him get to the reason he was here

“I got your results back everything came back perfect almost too perfect actually” he laughed to himself clearly thinking it was just some coincidence, but I knew it was because of the system

“I also got the results of that quirk test you asked me for”

This made me perk up slightly I had asked Dr. Reiko for a quirk test a few days ago only telling I wanted to check since he had told me how quickly I had recovered which he seemed to accept

“I’m sorry to say but it came back negative,” he said in the same tone I had heard all my life the tone that was full of pity

I knew that he didn’t mean anything by it, but it was still infuriating to hear that tone hiding my true feelings just nodded and thanked him after that he informed me that I could leave today once my Mom arrived to sign me out

However, once he left, I was only left with more questions i had deduced that the system wasn’t a quirk and if it was it wasn’t normal this only made me question where the system had come from and what it truly was.

While I waited for Mom to arrive I decided to walk around the hospital while using analysis on anything I could see I did this for just around 2 hours until something I hadn’t expected happened right when analysis levelled up my vision went dark even though I could feel my eyes where still opened stumbling I leaned against a wall and began to panic though this was quickly dispelled as my vision started to return it felt like there had been something in my eye that was now gone. Blinking rapidly the blurriness in my eyes began to vanish as my vision returned but when my sight returned something was different

Above the head of a nurse just a few feet ahead of me was text in the same glowing font of the system it listed her name and level momentarily stunned I hadn’t realized that the nurse I was staring so intently at had turned and was not giving me a confused look

Shoving down the intense embarrassment I was not feeling I quickly apologized and speedily walked off turning the corner I stopped and looked around looking around the hallway at the patient's doctors and anyone else I could see above their head it was the same I could see their name and level

The average level seemed to be around 5 though I could see It varying I could see a visitor with a level of 12 and one of the doctors had a level of 11. I smiled at the new development in my power as I continued my walk with a slight bounce to it this time.

When my Mom did eventually arrive, I returned to my room to collect the small amount of things I had deciding not to use the inventory so as to not look suspicious. I packed my things into my All Might Golden Age edition backpack and headed to meet her where we checked out of the hospital and left together

The walk home was pleasant though I wondered why we didn’t just drive but decided not to mention it choosing to just enjoy the walk with Mom as we walked, I kept up the routine I had built up of using analysis on anything I could though we weren’t walking for long enough for me to gain any levels

Arriving home I felt like I had been away for a month even though it had only been a little over a week exiting my room I entered the living room hoping to talk to Mom about something I hadn’t done on the walk home

 I was planning on telling her about the system finding her already sitting down on the couch I approached her

“Hey, Mom can we talk?” I asked in a casual if slightly serious tone which managed to catch her attention noticing a slightly worried look on her face, I first wanted to alleviate any concern she may have been building in her head

“It's nothing back actually it's good,” I say raising my tone into a slightly more chipper tone this seemed to have the desired effect as her face settled into the calm smile she seemed to always have, and without saying anything she simply nodded for me to continue

“You see it’s… well I suppose you could call it…” no that wasn’t it no matter how I tried to bring it into words they seemed to all feel wrong deciding to just say the first thing I could think of I began to speak once more

“Mom ever since I woke up I've had-“ My speech was cut off by a system notification quickly scanning it my eyes slightly widened

“Confession of the existence of the system is highly ill-advised at this time” The plain text combined with the ominous message sent shivers down my spine

I froze no I didn’t just freeze It was like I had been turned into a complete statue as I read the notification not because of what it said though it was worrying no for some reason reading it gave me an intense sense of fear I could feel a tightness forming in my chest as my breathing began to speed up and my vision narrowed but as quickly as this feeling appeared it was gone and the image of the notification was replaced by the worried face of my mother who was not standing only  a few feet away from me

“Izuku? Honey? Are you ok your sweating?”

Quickly wiping the sweat from my brow, I calmed my breathing as I looked at the worried face of my Mom the tightness in my chest slowly vanished but was replaced with a sense of guilt, guilt that I had made Mom worry again and guilt that I couldn’t bring myself to even form a sentence to explain this to her

“y-yeah I’m f-fine” I mentally chastised myself for my stutter while It wasn’t uncommon for me in particularly stressful situations it was something I always hated

“I-… I was just wondering if I could stay off school for a few more days I just want some time to recover at home”

She narrowed her eyes at me in suspicion in a way only a mother could but when I didn’t say anything else she only sighed letting out a breath I could tell she was holding

“that’s fine but I don’t want you staying inside all day it's not healthy for someone your age”

I just quickly nodded and retreated into my room closing the door behind me I collapsed onto my bed letting out a breath I didn’t know I was holding.

What was that, that feeling that… the fear it was similar to how I felt seeing that villain my body had reacted like I was in life-threatening danger the system had made me feel like that I knew it but at the same time I couldn’t help but chide myself for not having enough courage to tell Mom

Falling back onto my bed I simply closed my eyes as the mental exhaustion of the last week took its course and I fell asleep

chapter 3 end

Thanks for reading this chapter a lot happened in this one so sorry if it feels kind of cramped though i hope you still enjoyed it have a good day

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-Izuku Midoriya-

Darkness that was all I could see all I could feel all that I was I was simply a void of nothing but space with nothing inside of it and nothing outside of it I was everything but even then something felt wrong what was I, I could think I could imagine I could dream I had a dream I wanted to help people like… just like him. The void that I was wasn’t me I had a name I had a family I had a body I was Izuku Midoriya

Feeling my body again I looked around the void I currently occupied was this a dream? Dreams didn’t usually feel this vivid. Clawing at the darkness surrounding me I tried to move in some way, but I stayed stagnant even if I had moved would I have even been able to tell there was nothing? Opening my mouth, I tried to call out for something for someone for anything, but nothing came out of my mouth not a sound, not a word, or even the sound of my breath.

And then from the nothingness of the void came a feeling first in my back then my legs then my arms then even my vary brain they were under my skin hundreds, thousands of somethings crawling just beneath my thin layer of skin. They bit me constantly one after another after another they continued to bite again and again for god knows how long I wanted it to stop I needed it to stop and then as the pain reached levels I could never have imagined it stopped and I was sent hurdling forward the once empty void filled itself with bright lights filling every corner of it as I whizzed past them like a comet blasting through space.

When I finally stopped I was faced with a sight most people had never seen with their own eyes only in pictures or drawings it was… Earth I was looking at Earth the waters that surrounded it the continents and islands that dotted it the clouds that hid it I could see all of it the radiant blue glow it gave off catching me in a trance it was in all words beautiful.

I was pulled out of my trance by a voice it didn’t come from any one direction but instead resonated inside of my head it spoke one single word, but that word was full of more pain more sadness more emotions than I had ever thought possible it managed to convey its very essence in this one word.

“Survive”

The word itself caught me off guard “Survive”?  Why would it choose to say that I started to ponder on the meaning but I was pulled from my thoughts by a war feeling in my chest it wasn’t pleasant but instead felt like I hadn’t eaten in days looking down my eyes widened looking down I saw the blood covered hand piercing itself through my gut the blood dripping from It having to be my own the crimson liquid rolled down their fingers as it dripped into the endless space that surrounded me.

Straining to turn my head I tried to see who the culprit of this was but when I did I froze my blood ran cold as I felt my very soul shake in terror this was a terror I had never felt it was the kind that told every fiber of my being there is no hope there is no escape only death the face of my assailant was covered in shadow their long white hair shimmering from the light of the stars as they looked down at me with a wide toothy grin their pearl white teeth beaming down at me in a smile that held no kindness no remorse for any past actions only pure pleasure.

My eyes opened as wide as they could as I shot up my right hand clutching the spot on my clothes where the hand had just been I gasped for air like I had never taken a breath in my life as sweat rolled from my face I could feel the formation of tears in my eyes as I continued to suck in as much air as I could. My eyes darted down to where my hand was currently clutching seeing that I was uninjured I began to calm down realizing I was back in my room with no one else but me in there I let out a sigh of relief as the fear that had previously filled my entire being began to dissipate.

“h-ha… it was just a dream…” I chuckled nervously as I spoke saying it more for my own peace of mind like saying it would prove to myself that it was only a dream

My breathing slowed back down to a normal pace as I wiped the sweat from my brow. The dream itself felt so real even at that moment I could remember every detail of it from the pain to the fear. Closing my eyes I collected my thoughts as I looked at the time it was 7 in the morning. Deciding that I had slept enough I began the day.

I had 5 days until I had to return to school according to Mom so I wanted to use as much of that time as I could to learn more about the system there were still 11 months until the entrance exam, so training wasn’t a top priority. After showering and having some toast I grabbed the items I thought would be useful for my experiments as well as the 3000 yen I had saved up and put them in my inventory leaving a note for my Mom for when she woke up which explained I’d be back later in the day I left the apartment we lived in and went to a spot I knew no one would see me train Dagobah beach.

The run there took care of most of my run for the daily quest I didn’t get any status points from it but I did gain a level in my sprint skill which brought it up to level 4. Arriving at the beach I was surprised by the sheer amount of trash that the beach contained I had decided to come there because I had heard that not many people came here due to trash dumping ruining it but this was way more than I expected there where literal mountains of trash across the entire beach

“Holy crap!”

I couldn’t help but exclaim my surprise at the sight I could remember coming here as a child with Mom back then it was nowhere near this bad it used to be a nice place but now it seemed like it was a dump there were all kinds of stuff from fridges, home appliances to full abandoned cars. Shaking off my surprise I found a spot on the beach where the trash formed a kind of wall from the path that lined the beach which would hide any of my activities from the rare passer-by.

After deciding this was the right spot I pulled out one of the things I had brought with me for my experimenting it was a metal baseball bat it had been sitting in my room for a few years at this point after I had thought of using a bat when I became a hero but quickly realized that it wouldn’t be all that practical against most villains but now it served a real use helping me learn more about my power.

Deciding to use analysis on the bat I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw when I analyzed it unlike when I had analyzed other objects in the hospital the bat had an effect on my stats.

-Metal bat-

“A stronger version of a wooden bat a sturdy weapon that can hit hard while also being able to receive hits while keeping its form”

Effect: When held boosts the user's strength by 5%

Looking at the analysis of the bat I was pleasantly surprised this added to the list of things the system seemed to if weapons could boost my stats that would affect how I decided to fight in the future pulling out my notebook from the inventory and adding that to my growing list of abilities the system gave me. Putting the notebook away I got ready to begin my experiments.

My current theory was that I could be able to create a skill by continuous use of certain actions like I had done with my analysis skill and sprint skill I had brought the bat to see if it could also create skills for use in combat. After finding a particularly sturdy fridge I managed to move it to the center of my chosen training spot using it as a makeshift training dummy I began to swing the bat at it repeatedly as hard as I could.

After doing this 30 times my theory was proven right the familiar ding of the systems notification rang in my ear as a pop-up appeared informing me of the systems notification.

“Due to continuous use of a blunt weapon the skill “blunt weapons mastery” has been created”

Right after this another pop-up appeared alongside it

“Due to continuous powerful strikes the skill “power strike” had been created”

My excitement grew as I managed to create two skills at once opening my status I first looked at the description of the blunt weapon mastery skill due to the implications it could have if it was what I thought it was that would mean that it would affect the use of any blunt weapon I used reading the effect of the skill I was proven right. The skill was a passive which seemed to give me a 10% boost to any damage I did with a blunt weapon along with a 5% attack speed boost.

I began to wonder what exactly a 10% attack boost meant in a game it would mean that the enemy hp would take 10% more damage but how would that work in the real world? I already knew that I had an HP value so did the system also give that to everyone else but how did it even calculate a person's Hp? My own had gone up since I had first gained the system so did it also assign people stats?

Realizing I was getting off track I decided to investigate later opening the description of the power strike I began to think of possible strategies for this skill from its description I found out that using it boosted the power of my attack by 50% while also boosting my critical hit chance by 15% with the skill itself costing 10 MP to use. Reading the part on how it boosted my critical hit chance helped me realize what the luck still was for it must be a boost on my critical hit chance happy with both the gain of my new skills and the new knowledge on the system I looked at the fridge I had been continuously bashing with my bat.

While there was now a small dent on the side it wasn’t anything that couldn’t be fixed but thanks to my new skills, I was sure I could deal some more damage to it this time around. With just blunt weapon mastery if my attack damage was hypothetically 10 blunt weapon mastery brings that up to 11 then adding on the extra 50% boost when I use power strike that brings it up to 16.5 and I was sure that if I increased their level, it would give me an even bigger boost. Smiling at how it all added up I looked at the fridge like it was a wall I needed to destroy getting the bat ready I began to repeatedly use power strikes on it.

I could see the fridge taking damage real damage so without thinking I used power-strike for the 20^th time and promptly collapsed to the ground in a heap of sweat feeling like I had lost every bit of energy my body had to offer. I was confused for a moment at my sudden lack of energy but then I almost hit myself for how stupid I was opening the status menu I saw the reason why I was currently lying on the sand of the beach my mana was at 0

My power strike skill used up 10 mana upon every use having just used it 20 times the 200 mana I had was all used up I understood why it had happened but I was still quite shocked I had felt tired before from my exercises but that was just normal human tiredness I hadn’t expected my mana to act as a source of my energy as well right now I felt like I had when I first tried to do my daily challenge completely drained.

Tapping on my MP bar the situation only got worse right it seemed that right now the rate at which my MP regenerated was only 1 per minute my face after reading it realized that it would take over 2 hours for my MP to fully recharge. As I began to panic at this thought an idea came to my mind in video games naturally regenerating your MP was usually pretty slow, so you were supposed to use items to gain it back quicker items like potions or even food this brought an idea to my mind.

Waiting until I had enough MP to move again I ran to the nearest convenience store and found the food isle Using analysis gave me the results I wanted looking at the different foods they all had a set amount of HP and MP from what I could see candy netted me the most MP while food like bread gave me the most HP back though the highest amount of MP that I could find an item giving was 40. Grabbing as many of the candy bars as I knew I could afford which was about 35 I used the money I had brought with me to buy them the clerk gave me a strange look but didn’t say anything which I was grateful for.

After leaving the store I made sure no one was looking and put the bag of candy bars in my inventory as I ran back to the beach. Arriving back, I ate 5 of the bars which completely refilled my MP. After this I continued to train my skills by repeatedly using power-strike on the fridge until it broke after that I found another object to practice on this continued until I realized the sun was beginning to set.

I let out a sigh of exhaustion as my MP Reached 10 reaching into my inventory, I intended to pull out more candy bars before realizing I had run out. Opening my status menu, I was happy with my progress I had managed to increase blunt weapon mastery to 5 and power strike to level 3 with those effects blunt weapon mastery now gave me a 50% boost to my damage while power strike gave me a 125% boost and an 18% critical hit boost.

“If I can keep up this pace and learn more skills, I'll definitely be able to pass the entrance exam”

Happy with my progress for today I spent some more time completing my daily quest managing to bring my level up to 8 deciding to save up my skill points I started the run back home. Running home my mind was full of the possibilities that were ahead of me right now I might only be as strong as an average person but compared to how I had previously been that was a massive improvement all I could think about was how strong I could become. Just as I arrived back home my sprint skill increased to 5 now giving me a 50% boost to my sprinting speed the smile that was plastered on my face grew even more.

Walking up the stairs to my apartment with a slight hop to my walk I was about to open the door but stopped when I heard the voice of my Mom this wasn’t a surprise since she lived there but it was what she was saying that made me stop.

“I just don’t know what I’m going to do Mitsuki I mean with things were fine before with my job and the checks from Hisashi but now… I don’t know what I'm going to do.

The happiness I had felt just a few moments before was gone replaced with worry that Mom was having money trouble… I had always known we weren’t rich by any means but not being able to afford bills. That was when it clicked the hospital bills… we had been fine before but because of my accident Mom was having to pay the hospital bill… this was my fault Mom had cried because of me how had I not realized sooner? I had been so caught up In trying to learn more about the system that I hadn’t seen the signs sooner.

I pulled my hand away from the door handle and walked down the stairs of the complex finding a bench close by a sat down as I mentally chastised myself for being so concerned with myself that I hadn’t even thought about how things might be affecting Mom the only person who stuck by me after my diagnosis something that my best friend hadn’t even done. I grit my teeth as I clenched my fists in anger at my own actions.

I had to do something to help her I knew that I just didn’t know what I could do I had offered to get a job to help her before, but she had always turned me down right away telling me to enjoy being a teenager. Letting out a sigh I stood up and began to walk trying to clear my head and come up with a plan the setting sun cast an orange light over the streets. I continued to walk with no clear destination in mind a simply walked in a straight line randomly taking a turn now and again with no pattern to it.

“What am I going to do… in a game you'd probably get money from monsters but it's not like the system can just Create a dungeon for me”

Suddenly a notification from the system appeared not expecting this I stumbled almost falling over.

“Desire has been received the skill “create dungeon” and "leave dungeon" have been created”

Looking at the notification I only had one thing to say

“huh”

-Chapter 4 end-

Thanks for reading this chapter I'm pretty happy with how it turned out so I hope you are to I hope you’re enjoying the series because I'm enjoying writing it if you have any feedback or suggestions I'd love to hear them have a great day

Chapter Text

-Izuku Midoriya-

“huh”

That was all I could say as I looked at the systems message, I had received two new skills and if my guess was right it was exactly what I needed but that was too convenient I mean receiving the answer to all my problems just when I needed it. It was too good to be true but what if it wasn’t… what if the system was trying to help me what if it wanted me to succeed for whatever reason… but even then, it still abided by rules from what I had learned an action had to be repeated to learn a skill though that may only be for certain skills.

Despite the work I was putting into it I still didn’t fully trust the system while most would likely see this as nothing but a good thing, I remained skeptical growing up without a quirk I had learned that if something seemed too good to be true it likely was. During my childhood I had had people pretend to be my friend only for them to eventually reveal it was some elaborate joke or that they had lost a dare because of this I had trouble trusting things easily.

My mind raced with different thoughts and possibilities. I continued this until I was snapped out of my thoughts by the sound of a voice walking and footsteps growing closer. Realizing I was still standing in the middle of a residential street, I decided to find somewhere I could sit and think. Thinking of a familiar place, I began to walk as I continued to think about what this new skill could mean for me and my future with the system.

As I walked I opened the status screen and opened the description of the create dungeon skill opening it I was greeted by a paragraph of text explaining the skill looking over it I was surprised by its contents if I understood the description right then this skill made some sort of veil or pocket space by the descriptions own words it “creates a space between the physical and spiritual” from my understanding this meant that I would essentially be in a duplicate of wherever I used the skill though that was still up for debate and if that was right then this might just be the key to growing in strength.

Despite my growing excitement over the possible growth in my strength I still couldn’t forget the words of my Mom I needed to get money and if the system had created this skill or at least given an already existing skill to me because of that “desire” as it called it then this could also be the answer to our money troubles.

Reaching the destination I had been walking to I was greeted by the familiar sight of the playground I came to as a child back when Kacchan and I had still been friends looking at the park brought back certain memories I'd rather of forgotten but it was the closest spot I could think off at the time.

“What would have happened if I had gotten this power back then… would I have stayed friends with Kacchan?” I thought to myself as echoes of the past played in my mind, but I quickly shook the thoughts away dwelling on a past I couldn’t change wouldn’t help anyone

Stepping into the small park it was expectedly empty the sun had already set and most people were already In their homes despite that I wanted to do this quickly to avoid anyone seeing me as it would likely end with the police being called I could hear the crows on the houses surrounding the park almost sounding like they where laughing at me but I ignored it. Getting ready to use the skill I took a deep breath as I pulled the metal bat from the inventory if this was a dungeon-like a game then there would probably be something I needed to fight readying myself I said the skill out loud.

“create dungeon” 

I could instantly feel that something had changed the sound of the previously cackling crows was now gone when I looked to where two had been and they were gone that wasn’t the only change though any kind of background noise that you would normally hear at this time was also gone the sound of the wind or the buzz that the electrical wires gave off all of it was gone. I was snapped out of my thoughts by a system screen appearing in front of me

-Dungeon customization-

1: Veil type (creates a dungeon with no mobs of special effects to it)

2: Zombie type(creates a dungeon that spawns zombie type monsters in waves)

-Level up skill to unlock more types-

Looking at the floating screen in front of me cleared up some of the questions I had held about this skill before it seemed that my interpretation of it acting as a kind of veil was right which explained the lack of any noise except the ones, I made myself the skill had in essence separated me from the normal world. Putting it into my terms it was like People normally walked on top of a large tarp and this skill raised part of the tarp creating a sort of tent under reality.

While I tried to remain calm about the situation this was still shocking I mean I had just created a space separate from the normal world. Realizing my mouth was slightly hanging open at the implications of what this skill could do.

I started by using the bat to break off a piece of the old wall that surrounded the park I held onto the small shard and closed the dungeon in doing so I discovered two things first thing any damage I did to the surroundings while inside a dungeon wouldn’t affect the real world as I decided to call it and second thing the piece of wall I had broken off while in the dungeon had vanished when I returned to the real world which means I likely couldn’t bring something from the dungeon outside of it or at least I couldn’t bring something that existed in the real world.

After that test I created another veil-type dungeon while in this one I walked 30 steps down the street that ran next to the park after I broke the dungeon I was back at the point where I had first created the dungeon and not at the point I had walked to this also meant I couldn’t use a dungeon to for instance steal an object or break into a location only to leave the dungeon and take an object but that didn’t mean I couldn’t use it for other purposes if I used it correctly when I became a hero I could use it to scout a location without anyone ever knowing.

After running a few simpler tests that yielded information that wasn’t all that useful I was ready to create the zombie-type dungeon so after breaking the veil I was currently in I used the create dungeon skill bringing up the selection menu. While running my tests I had time to think of possible strategies for this right now my current plan was to create the dungeon and depending on if there was a low amount of zombies I would try and use my bat on them if it turned out there was more than expected I would run to a nearby office building that was nearby and break the dungeon. Readying myself I selected the zombie type and instantly I could not just see but feel the difference from the veil type. While the veil had only given an eery sense of silence while I was in it this dungeon felt completely different the once dark black sky was now a sickly purple with splotches of green scattering it.

The silence of the veil was now gone replaced with an almost constant ringing sound the sound itself wasn’t overly loud but it was like it reverberated through my head at a constant pace showing no signs of stopping though it didn’t little more than annoy me. The feeling the dungeon gave off was also different in the veil it felt like I was truly alone in it but here… I felt like I could feel something getting closer not just one but multiple.

“It's like I can sense them getting closer…”

Thinking of an idea for a possible skill I closed my eyes and focused on that feeling the feeling I tried to feel everything that was around me almost like I was standing above it all looking down at my surroundings and after a moment my idea was rewarded I had gained a new skill

“due to continuous use of unrefined sensing  user had gained the skill “mana sense””

I looked at the new notification as I thought to myself about its possible uses.

“Mana sense… was that what I was doing was I doing… mana… that’s likely what my MP represents so if it works as it does in a game then it’s something I can use outside of my body… maybe I had unconsciously used the skill because of the dungeon” I began to think to myself but was cut off by the sound of groaning getting closer using my new skill I sensed that there where around 5 things approaching me I couldn’t sense what they looked like or how strong they where I just knew they where there preparing my bat I readied myself but even I was shocked by what I saw.

They turned round the corner like a mindless… well zombie for lack of a better word these things looked like they had been pulled straight from a classic zombie movie from their ripped clothes to some of their finger missing and even one of them having its jaw hanging from its face it was all exactly what someone would picture when they heard the word zombie. Looking at their decaying flesh that looked like it had turned into a sickly green and their pupilless white eyes I felt like I would puke from the gory sight.

Pushing down my feelings of disgust and fear and seeing the zombies I readied myself with analysis I could see that their levels were all between 7 and 5 and when I actively used analysis, I could see a small page that gave me a rundown on what they were. The description was what you would expect from a zombie an undead creature that only sought to consume despite the simple description it still sent chills down my spine. While I doubted these had been real people the knowledge that I was looking at a rotting human corpse made my cheeks grow pale.

I instinctively took a step back out of fear but I didn’t run I was tired of running away from my problems and I was tired of letting my fear stop me from achieving my goals so even though my legs were shaking beneath me I readied my bat holding it almost like it was a sword as I waited for the zombie at the front to get closer when it got close enough I dashed forward as I swung my bat down and used Power-strike. The zombie was sent to the ground, but it pulled itself back up despite the now visible dent in its head where I assumed its skull had caved in thinking about how I could even take it down I was answered when I looked above its head. Right under where its name and level were listed was now a red bar similar to the one I saw in my status menu the zombie now had a health bar above its head and if I was seeing correctly then my power strike had just taken out 1/3^rd of its HP which meant it would likely take around 3 power strikes for each zombie and 15 for all of them. I had enough MP or mana as I now knew it but that didn’t mean I wanted to use up a chunk of it without knowing what would come after these 5. So this time when I attacked the zombie I didn’t use power-strike but instead continuously attacked it with my regular strikes this took slightly longer than it would have had I used power-strike but I saw that as a worthwhile sacrifice if I could conserve my MP by doing so.

I breathed a sigh of relief when the zombie health bar finally reached its end facing off against it even if I had done so carefully was still nerve-racking since I didn’t have much experience in an actual fight.

I continued this for the other 4 zombies carefully keeping my distance and attacking slowly by the time I landed the final hit I was out of breath, but I had leveled up in the process as I was now level 8 after I leveled up, I realized that my mana bar had filled leaving me with my full 800 MP.

“So leveling up is like a status refill? Or maybe it's just for my mana…” I thought on this for a moment and how I could use it to my advantage I also decided at that moment that would try and focus on increasing my MP

“I've been putting my points mostly into my physical stats to try and make up for my weak body but in the long term maybe increasing my Intelligence and wisdom is for the best,” I thought to myself my mind contemplating what would be better in the long run.

As had become a common occurrence now my thoughts were interrupted by the system notification.

“Wave 1 complete wave 2 will begin in 60 seconds”

I looked at the systems window with curiosity

“So, it works with waves then the assumption can be made that more zombies will spawn with each wave and I leveled up from only killing… destroying 5 of them” Thinking of it as ‘killing’ then left a bad taste in my mouth even if these beings had been created by the system they still resembled humans I didn’t want to kill anyone not ever.

I prepared myself for the next wave if I could keep up this pace then I could level up a lot in a short time there were also some more things I wanted to try out, especially with the idea that my MP could be used for its skills like magic sense. After 60 seconds my magic the new wave started this time the zombies spawned closer to me to the point where I saw how they came into being it was like they were just created on the spot there were some blue sparks as they were created it started with their feet then worked its way up until there was a full zombie this process only took around 3 seconds.

I could sense that there were around 10 zombies this time some were further than others, but they all seemed to know exactly where I was and were approaching me at their slow pace, I made some distance between myself and the closest zombie and got ready to start with my ideas.

“If I can create skills with my Mana then this should work,” I thought to myself as the idea for a skill formed in my mind.

Raising my right arm and forming it into a finger gun I aimed at the closest zombie which was about 30 feet away I envisioned what I wanted to happen as I pictured a blue orb forming at my fingertip and blasting through the zombie in front of me. Instead of what I had envisioned my palm simply exploded with a blue light burning it slightly but not as much as it probably should of

“Agh!” I yelled out in pain as I looked at my burned palm but even through the pain I was able to realize that the skill had still worked just not as I thought it would another thing I noticed was that in the corner of my vision I could now see my health and MP bars right now it looked like I hadn’t lost much Hp from the small explosion I then looked at the new skill I then looked at the notification of my new skill

“Skill “Mana blast” has been created”

Opening my status menu I quickly read over the skills description

-Mana blast-

Level: 1

MP cost: 20

Damage: Scales with intelligence and wisdom

Description: “By pulling the mana inside your body to your palm you form it into a ball of pure mana and shoot it forwards with explosive power”

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“Mana blast…” A smile formed on my face as I looked at the skills description it cost less mana than Power-strike did and it would scale with my intelligence this also opened up even more ideas for skills in my head but pushing those thoughts aside I quickly raised my palm pointing It at the zombie I had before this time I kept my palm open and when I envisioned using the skill a blue ball formed from my palm and shot at the zombie

The blast hit it in the chest scorching a hole through its decaying chest and instantly taking out most of its hp. My eyes widened at the now scorching hole present in the zombie's chest smoke still emanating from the hole as I just went into the air in a straight line due to the lack of wind.

“Woah… that’s definitely something I should be careful with” Thinking of what this might do to a normal person I told myself I would try and learn to lower the power it outputted so that I wouldn’t blast a hole through a random bank robber

smiling to myself I ran at the zombie and brought out my bat from the inventory as I jumped into the air and came down on the zombie hitting it directly in the head which brought its Hp to zero now having a strategy that wouldn’t take over 10 minutes to complete I  shot one mana blast at all the zombies that I could see bringing their hp down to its last sliver while it actually destroyed one of the lower level zombies after that I ran at them swinging my bat before moving onto the next one doing this I managed to increase my Blunt weapon mastery to level 6 and by the time I was finished I had gone up to level 9 as well as increasing mana blast to level 2 after I did that I even took down the level 7 and 8 zombies in one shot

Opening my status menu, I used the 6 points I currently had putting 4 into my intelligence and the other 2 into my wisdom after locking in my choice my MP rose to 1100. Smiling to myself at my MP now being quite high I was eager to continue this dungeon. The next 2 waves went about the same as the other 2 the number of zombies doubled each wave and their levels increased slightly but with my new MP pool and my strategy of shooting a mana blast and then using my bat I cleared with relative ease though my main didn’t increase this time the jump from level 9 to level 10 seemed to be bigger than the other levels though I hoped this was because I would get a reward from reaching it.

I also managed to increase some of my skill levels like analysis which reached level 5, mana blast reached level 3, Sprint reached level 7 from all the running I had done,  mana sense reached level 2 and blunt weapon mastery and power strike remained the same with my increase in magic sense it was like I was seeing slightly clearer when I used it the forms of the entities I was senses where slightly more clear though I still wouldn’t be able to make them out and the distance seemed to also increase.

I smiled to myself as wave 4 came to an end wiping the sweat from my brow I was happy with how my growth was going so while the countdown for round 5 started I thought about more possible skills I could learn I had been thinking about this while fighting through waves 3 and 4 with mana I was sure I could do almost anything and even reach UA.

Thoughts of how mana and the system would help me rise through the ranks filled my mind I even imagined myself being given the number one hero title as all might himself congratulated me but those thoughts didn’t last long. When wave 5 started I used mana sense as I had before to get the locations of the zombies but this time, I didn’t sense anything usually by now all of the zombies would have spawned by now but there was nothing.

The uncomfortable silence I had felt when I first entered the dungeon returned, I looked around in case mana sense was wrong but there was nothing. A deafening roar suddenly broke through the silence my senses went into overdrive as I franticly looked around that was when I saw it a large arm was reaching out of the ground around 150 feet away it was trying to… pull itself out of the ground.

“What the hell!” instinctively I took a step back out of fear as the large arm pushed against the ground and pulled the rest of its body out

It was huge at least 3 stories tall its body looked like it was made out of hundreds of screaming faces all stuck in a look of terror its skin was a sickly purple, and its eyes were pure white it had a skinny body but every move it made shook the ground using analysis on It I was shocked by what I saw

-Zombie Captain-

Level: 19

Description: A being born from the pain of human loss this creature has the ability to command hordes of zombies to do its bidding and is a terrifying opponent

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“t-there's no way h- how am I supposed to beat… something like that!”

The zombie captain let out a screeching roar as its eyes landed on me at this roar zombies began to spawn around It in droves as I raised its bony hand and pointed its long finger at me commanding the zombies to attack me.

-Chapter 5 end-

Izuku’s current stats and skills

Izuku Midoriya

Level: 9 Next Lv: ??

CLASS: none

HP: 550
MP: 1100

available points: 0

STR: 15
VIT: 11
DEX: 15
INT: 20
WIS: 17               
LUK: 4

Money: 100 yen

comment: “Aw look at how fast they grow up”

Skills: Analysis Lv5 87.78%, Sprint lv7 23.57%, Blunt weapon mastery Lv6 88.34%, Power-strike Mana sense Lv2 77.65% Mana Blast Lv3 42.48%, Create dungeon Lv1 97.02%, Leave dungeon LvMax 

Thanks for reading Chapter 5 of Systematic sorry for the late post had a few exams to study for so this kind of took a back burner but with Christmas break coming up I'll try and post more frequently I hope you continue to read Systematic and have a good day