Solo Play

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Izuku Midoriya was choking on the green liquid that was surrounding him, his vision started to fade as he heard the villain ramble on about how he was its hero… but… but 'I can't give up yet!' this thought made loops throughout his mind, seemingly reverberating through every cell in his body. As the blackness began to set in Izuku Midoriya heard a blip noise and faintly saw text… as if this were straight out of a video game. The text said "Achievement: Courage of the Weak" then there was nothing.

Izuku opened his eyes slowly, damn near singeing his retinas in the process, in front of him he saw something he never thought he would see. It was All Might! The one and only No. 1 hero! "Ah, young man it seems that you have woken up! For a second I thought I had been too late!" All Might's signature booming laughter followed this declaration.

Normally Izuku would have been entranced and completely freaking out at the presence of his hero, but… his attention was brought to the "screen" in front of him. On the screen it read "You have (1) unread mail!"

"E-e-eh!" Izuku gasped All Might looked worried

"Young man are you alright?" the man asked familiar expressions creeping on to his face. It was at this point Izuku realised who was talking to him. Izuku jumped straight into an upright position.

"I'm s-s-so sorry Mr. All Might! C-c-could you please r-r-repeat that? and could sign my notebook plea-... ... ... HE ALREADY DID IT!" Izuku suddenly shouted. Izuku then started bowing... a lot... like way too much.

"It's okay young man! After all, it is my job!" All Might said then he laughed again. All Might looked down at his wristwatch and grimaced "I am very sorry young man! But now I must take my leave!" the hero shouted preparing to jump away.

"WAIT!" Izuku shouted, All Might stopped.

"What is it young man?" All Might asked confusion plain on his face.

'shit! I need to get away from here! Otherwise he'll see my true form' All Might thought

Izuku shuffled nervously, "I-I just h-have a q-q-question for y-y-you." Izuku said, All Might looked at him curiously, "C-c-can someone without a q-q-quirk become a h-h-hero like y-y-you"

While Izuku was saying this, steam exploded from where All Might stood well where all Might used to stand. in his place there was currently an absolute skeleton of a man.

"WHAT! W-where did All Might go, what are you, y-y-you imposter! a-are you a v-villain? no because why would he save me. A hero pretending to be All Might? no because anything they did..." the stutter dropped dead out of the sky as Izuku began muttering at high speeds.

"Kid," the man said, "I am All M-" Suddenly blood started pouring out of the man's mouth.

"S-sir are y-you all right!?" Izuku asked while pulling out a few packets of tissues from god-knows-where, the boy pulled out several tissues from the packets and handed them to the man.

"I'm fine kid" the man said while graciously taking the tissues. All Might slowly sat down, Izuku doing the same. "Well since you've seen this much, I might as well show you." a look of puzzlement crossed Izuku's features before curling up again in just a few seconds. All Might had lifted his shirt up his left side displaying the ugly purplish mash of scar tissue. "I got this in a fight with a villain five years ago." All Might said.

"Hold on, five years ago? isn't that when you fought Toxic Chainsaw?" Izuku asked

"You're well informed kid, but NO he was not the one who did this to me"

"But sir c-c-coming back t-to the original q-question..."

"Unfortunately, no, I'm sorry kid but it's just too dangerous out there. Maybe you should try becoming a police officer or a doctor, they aren't praised like heroes, but they still do a hell of a lot for the community."

"Oh, I see" Izuku said tears collecting in the corners of his eyes, face down turned.

"It's okay to dream kid, but you need to be realistic" All Might continued, leaving the roof through the fire exit. Leaving Izuku to ponder about what the blonde man had said, it also gave him some time to pay attention to the screen in front of him.

"You have (1) unread mail!" The alert still said that. Izuku tried tapping on the screen... nothing happened.

"So then guess it's not a touch screen," Izuku said "Maybe I just have to think about it." 'open mail' Izuku thought, the mail opened. Izuku's smile brightened.

"Welcome [player], daily quest "preparing to become strong" has started"

"huh?"

"ALARM

The system will help the player's growth"

"If he fails to obey the systems orders there may be a penalty"

"Your rewards have arrived"

"what is this? a fucking video game?"

"Message"

"Daily Quest: Preparing to become strong has arrived (unread)"

'Preparing to become strong?'

"check"

"Quest Directions"

"Daily Quest-Getting ready to become powerful"

"GOAL"

"(incomplete) 0/100 push-ups

(incomplete) 0/100 curl-ups

(incomplete) 0/100 sit-ups

(incomplete) 0/100 squats

(incomplete) 0/10 km run"

"WARNING! Failing to complete this quest within the time allocated will result in the punishment associated with it"

"Punishment?" Izuku asked "Its probably just someone playing a prank on me with their quirk." and so Izuku went home. on the way he saved bakugou from the sludge villain, using a wakizashi that he picked up from the dumpster in that alleyway. and when he got home, he simply collapsed into his bed and went to sleep. The timer ticked down... Green... Orange... Red...

"You have not completed the daily quest! You will now be sent to the penalty zone for a certain period of time"

Izuku cracked his eye open as he felt violent shaking beneath him.

"WHAT! EARTHQUAKE!" Izuku shouted, but as he looked around the environment aroound him was that of a desert.

"what?"

Behind him a mound sand rose from one of the dunes behind him. over the creatures head in violent red text it said "poison-fanged giant sand centipede"

"Penalty Quest: Survive"

"GOAL"

"Survive until the time runs out"

"Time Required:4 hours"

"Time Remaining: 3 H 59 min 57 sec"

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"Well shit" Izuku said blankly before panicking and running away.

Notes:

A/N
Hope you enjoyed the first chapter in a line of very few (JK)
So the dungeons in this are going to work a little differently, they are going to be things only accessible by Izuku and the other sovereigns and rulers. I'm also going to have Izuku grow slower than Sung Jin-woo, because having him be an all might level entity with in six months is a little ridiculous.
Chao