Dominance

"To be honest, rescue missions like these don't really mesh well with me, so having you show up is practically a godsend."

Looking at his downed henchmen, Gang Orca frowned and dropped the limp Shoto.

"Who are you?"

Seeing that he had dropped Shoto, Aiden hoped that the examiners would mark this as another rescue. Wanting to draw his attention away from Shoto, he subtly signaled to the nearby Deku to take care of them when he had the opportunity.

Picking up one of the henchmen, he tightened the muscles in his arms and manipulated his own gravity to help him throw the henchman towards Gang Orca. Not expecting such a response, Gang Orca hastily dashed forward to catch him companion. Following closely behind with the light stepping technique, Aiden hid behind the henchman's body before constructing Catch these hands and attacking the walking Orca.

Surprised by such a dirty attack, Gang Orca had no time to defend and was sent tumbling away once Aiden used Burst on Catch these hands.

Seeing Gang Orca get pushed back, Deku was momentarily surprised but quickly snapped out of it and retrieved the paralyzed Shoto and weakened Inasa.

Constructing his twin knives, Aiden didn't hesitate and charged towards the downed hero.

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"What the hell is that student!?" Ms Joke exclaimed in surprise.

Seeing Aiden's actions, Aizawa couldn't help but frown as he thought back on the recent events with Midnight and Ectoplasm.

Even the examiners outside of the testing area were at a loss for words. For a student to defeat an entire group of sidekicks and then attack the head hero... such a situation was unheard of.

Releasing a sound wave attack, Gang Orca hoped to catch the approaching student off guard and incapacitate him. Unfortunately he underestimated Aiden's abilities. The moment he saw the pro hero's leg twitch he had prepared to activate his shift. Appearing above Gang Orca, he deconstructed his knives and constructed his signature pole. Increasing the weight on his body, he dropped down from the sky and used the extra weight to ruthlessly stab the pole into Gang Orca's blowhole.

"GYAHHH!!!" The hero shrieked as it suddenly found it hard to breathe. Using his shift to appear in front of the struggling hero, Aiden covered his fist in astral energy and released a barrage of burst attacks on the hero's body.

"S-Stop..." He whimpered.

Ignoring his plea, Aiden continued to wail on the hero until his footing became unstable.

"Get on your fucking knees." He grinned from behind the mask and increased the weight of his fist. Coupled with the force behind the burst technique, Gang Orca's body couldn't handle the damage it was receiving and he forced to take a knee.

The students and spectators watched in shock as a pro hero was brought to his knees by a mere student. This was especially true for Camie who had a wide grin spreading across her face.

Now that he was down on his knees everyone expected Aiden to end the fight there. But for Aiden this just made it easier for him to knee the hero in the face.

Seeing the situation, the examiners had no choice but to end the exam early as their villain had been defeated and most of the civilians had already been rescued.

*BEEP!!*

"Oh?" Hearing the sound of the buzzer, Aiden reluctantly stopped his assault on the pro hero. And not a minute later, Gang Orca's body fell face first into the dirt.

'Well that was somewhat entertaining.' He thought and deconstructed the pole in Gang Orca's blowhole.

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Walking towards the exit, the other schools looked at Aiden with a mixture of fear and admiration. His ruthless display of dominance over his enemy was quite scary but also quite endearing. While they knew he was strong from the UA school festival, the him now was on a completely different level compared to the him of the past.

"Geez, that's the third pro hero he's beaten up." A student from one of the other schools heard a UA student mumble to themselves.

'THE THIRD!!!'

Regaining his consciousness, Gang Orca was taken to the medical area to be treated for his injuries.

Aizawa on the other hand was busy apologizing for Aiden's conduct while Ms Joke stood behind him for support.

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Standing outside with the rest of his class, Aiden stood waiting for the results to be released. Walking up to the podium, the head examiner turned to face the students.

"Ahem, hello everyone. I want to thank you all for waiting. Now before I begin presenting the exam results, I'd first like to explain how we graded you all. Between us members of the Hero Public Safety Commission and our colleagues from HUC, we had two systems of point deduction that were combined to evaluate your performance. In short... We examined both the quality and nature of your conduct in a situational crisis. Anyway, with all that said and done, please focus your attention on the board behind me. The names of the passing students will appear in alphabetical order and will receive their provisional hero license."

Everyone looked at the board in anticipation as the names slowly started to come into view.

"I-I MADE IT!!" A student screamed.

"I DID IT!! I PASSED!!"

"OH MY GOD!! MY NAME'S THERE!!"

While all the passing students celebrated their success, Aiden looked at the board until he spotted his name. Nodding his head, he didn't expect any different.

In all honesty, Aiden's grade was quite a headache for the examiners. A majority of them wanted to fail him after seeing what he did to Gang Orca. Unfortunately for them, they had to recognize his contribution to defeating all of Gang Orca's henchmen and saving the civilians before the henchmen could interfere with their rescue. They also had to take into account his own rescue points and the fact that he saved Shoto and Inasa before taking down the head villain.

Standing in the middle of his class, Shoto looked at the board with a neutral expression. After what happened in the final part of the exam he couldn't say that he was surprised by the fact that his name wasn't up there. Bakugo on the other hand... Well he wasn't happy.