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Gambler Chapter 14: All in One
🕑 Added 2025-08-19 12:52:43 +0000 UTCThe Gambler's Guide to Heroism
Chapter 14: All in One
~Kotaro Hakari~
I couldn't help but feel a twinge of satisfaction as everyone stared at me upon getting the 1st place in the test. But I was no gloryhound; in truth, most of that satisfaction came from the fact that that I had gotten a whole Gold Ability Ticket out of the whole ordeal. The moment Aizawa announced the results I rolled the ticket immediately.
Rolling Gold Ability Gacha...
An Uncommon Ability!
[Minor Cure]
|Uncommon| |Class: Recovery|
You are capable of healing others by expending your energy. You can heal things like stabs, slashes and broken bones, but more severe wounds take significantly more energy. Healing effectiveness is dependent on the power difference between you and the target.
Wait, ain't that massive? Healing quirks were rare. And I mean rare rare. As far as I know, all healing abilities in this world consume the target's energy and not your own.
As I felt inner satisfaction, Aizawa regarded everyone.
"Alright, it seems like nobody is getting expelled today. Good for you all. With that, we are done here. There are pamphlets containing the curriculum and whatever on your desks in class. Remember to look over them."
As he passed by the celebrating teens he walked over to Deku who was clutching his broken finger and handed him a slip.
"And Midoriya, go to Recovery Girl's office and get yourself checked out."
But then I saw an oppurtunity as I walked over and cleared my throat, making them both turn to me.
"Actually, I don't think there'll be a need. Deku, can I see your finger?"
That made Aizawa raise an eyebrow while Deku flustered and sweated.
"Eh? Ah? W-what do you mean by that Hakari-kun?"
Altough he said that, he freely extended his hand to me and I grabbed his wrist, looking at his sickly purple finger.
"Wow, you really fucked up your finger. Lemme just give a little help."
I switched to Minor Cure and let the healing energy seep into Midoriya's finger; both his and Aizawa's eyes widened as the purple colour started receding. It took about a minute for the finger to return to normal colour and for Midoriya to flex it in amazement.
"Sorry if it's a bit sore. I just learned I could do this. So I'm not that good with it."
Deku's eyes sparkled in pure amazement as he regarded me.
"T-this is amazing, Hakari-kun! How can you heal on top of your tail and arms? And you jumped out of the window and arrived before us, too!"
"I was going to ask you about this Hakari. Your official quirk record just lists demon arms. Care to explain?"
Yes, that was quite problematic, wasn't it? I avoided registering while training for UA to not get randomly kidnapped by the big evil potato man known as All for One or get snatched up by the Government to be groomed into an assassin.
...And because I could not be bothered to deal with bureaucracy, not gonna lie. One of the only worth-it perks of the Yakuza were all of the legal backdoors I had access to.
"Y'see teach, I didn't know I had multiple quirks until after I left the hospital. And I guess it's a lot of quirks in one Quirk due to how it works. Anyway, by the time I realised I was already spending time catching up with training for UA, so I never really had the time to get it registered."
Aizawa listened to my explanation with a blank face while Deku did that Deku thing, where he kept muttering to himself about my ability so I simply put him out of mind.
"Alright, sounds rational." Every single time I hear the word Rational from his mouth, my urge to strangle him increases. "I'll inform the principal about it, and he'll decide what to do. He may call you to him soon enough, so keep your schedule open."
He said that while texting who I assumed was the Principal, so I nodded in response.
Hopefully, my Ability being oddly similar to that boiled potato-looking half-dead wannabe demon king won't cause many problems.
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~Hakari Kotaro~
Today's school day ended rather early because today was actually supposed to be the day when the students have their orientation to be taught about the school, introductions, yada yada. At least in class, I made a point to try to chat to at least every person in my class to at least get their name.
...There is a reason I've been calling everyone by nicknames like Grape Boy or Multi Arm Guy. I just did not remember their names.
It's been a while since I've watched MHA, cut me some slack.
I also learned that Toga and Mina had been in the same exam place and helped each other during the exam, so they naturally became friends. Mina was friendly and incredibly hot, too. I told Toga and Mina to head ahead of me to spend some time together so that Toga could socialise some more while I planned to make some more pachinko trips. Because more money was always good money. Even if I had to exercise more caution when going there.
But as I was thinking of scamming with my increased luck and the messages in my head, I was approached by someone calling out to me in a soft and warm feminine voice.
"Hakari-kun, would you mind sparing a moment to talk with me?"
The girl that approached me made my eyes widen, because holy damn, that was definitely the second largest pair of breasts I had ever seen, right behind Mt. Lady, because that wasn't a comparison.
The girl who had approached me was decently tall for a girl, but still only reached about my nose in height. She was downright gorgeous, outclassing basically any model I had seen and was a top contender for most beautiful girl in class with her silky black hair and obsidian eyes. Her very voluptuous figure also helped her case a lot.
Momo Yaoyorozu.
"Yes? Yaoyorozu-san right? What is it?"
I truly had no idea why she would approach me in all honestly. I had avoided approaching her myself since I had a small dislike for rich people due to dealing with the worst ones during my time in the Yakuza.
She smiled lightly at my confirmation as she went to my side.
"Thank you, as we are classmates and you managed to score first in the class compared to me, I wanted to hear some of your thoughts and wanted to ask you about some things."
Hmm, so she wanted to talk because I surpassed her in class, eh? I took a moment to answer while reading the Seek Guidance messages around her.
'Large Chest ahead, try double-wielding.'
'Praise the chest!'
'Treasured Cooperator ahead.'
'Sheltered Girl ahead.'
'Trustworthy fellow.'
Well, I could put aside some time to make connections, I suppose. Definitely not because of her large chest. I was not a shallow man.
...I lie, I am definitely a man shallow enough to make friends with a girl just because she is pretty.
"Sure, I was just heading for food, would you like to come with so we can eat while we talk?"
She put a finger on her lips before nodded.
"Alright, my chauffeur is waiting for me, but I'm sure they will understand once they learn I am taking the time to acquaint myself with a fellow classmate. Where do you plan to head, Hakari-san?"
I saw her quickly test on the phone and shook my head with an amused smile. I forgot that she was rich, rich, sure, I was treated like a VIP in life for how much I did, but I was not Yaoyorozu rich.
"I know a place, follow me, it's not far from here."
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~Hakari Kotaro~
"This place is certainly niche! I haven't been anywhere like this before."
I had taken Momo to my favourite ramen stall that I had found before Toga and her knives found me using Seek Guidance to find the best one of the bunch. She looked around the stall with awe in her eyes.
"First time in a Street Stall?"
The looks people sent our way upon seeing our UA Uniforms definitely made me feel a certain way. I was not a fan of attention on me, but Momo handled it as naturally as breathing.
"Yes! I am a fan of ramen but I usually had them in restaurants or our private chef made it for us. Could I trouble you to order in my place? I'd prefer if it were not spicy please."
How formally she talked felt weird for me, most politicians and business owners my "family" did business with were the scum of the earth so she was very refreshing.
I looked at the text on the table in front of her.
'Can't go wrong with Tonkotsu.'
'Piggy!'
"Alright, old man, give us two bowls of Tonkotsu Ramen, please." The silent middle-aged man behind the counter nodded and started preparing while I turned to Momo. "Hey, mind if I call you Momo? Yaoyorozu is a bit of a... mouthful."
She only thought for a moment before nodding.
"That sounds fine, after all I am the one bothering you here. Now then, I would like to ask you Hakari-kun. Why would you risk yourself to call Aizawa-sensei's bluff when you were guarenteed to succeed and knew it was a bluff?"
"What if it wasn't? One of my quirks give me some... knowledge let's say. Aizawa is not a forgiving teacher, and I did not want to risk the futures of my classmates on his faulty judging criteria. If you want to know, look up how the year before us fared against him."
Momo's mouth opened a bit and she looked at me with eyes full of admiration.
"I see! I may have overlooked somethings. How noble Hakari-kun!"
Not exactly noble when I knew everyone would pass I'd say. I just wanted Aizawa to eat shit at the moment, but I had no reason to pop her bubble.
A moment later, the middle-aged man dropped out ramen bowls in front of us while muttering a quiet "Enjoy your meal.". We both picked up our chopsticks and started eating while Momo made a humming noise of approval.
"Mmm, indeed this is definitely delectable. Now, mind if I ask you about your quirk, Hakari-kun? It is rather... hard to figure out. It's fine if you do not want to answer! I do not want to be seen as pushy."
I waved her worries away. I'd have to talk about my quirk with someone eventually anyway.
"No worries, my quirk is actually rather unique, in that I keep developing new quirks as time goes on. I can only use some of them at a time. Hell, I sometimes randomly pop out items too. For example, my tail and the claws I used were separate quirks. I can also link doors to other doors in a building, like how I jumped out of the window. I can also conjure candy and heal wounds, too."
Momo's eyes sparkled as I created candy syrup on the tip of my fingers.
"That is definitely a very powerful quirk Hakari-kun! No wonder you managed to score first place. I have heard of very few quirks like yours but none as powerful."
This is bad. A cute girl feeding my ego this much might make me a little bit conceited. I'll have to double down on the negative self-talk to compensate.
"Thanks Momo-chan. Hearing a cute girl praise a guy so much might make it all go to his head though."
That made her blush a little and turn her face. While I was thinking about how cute it looked she turned back to me while coughing into her fist.
"Ahem, so, what do you call your qurik Hakari-kun? I didn't seem to catch it."
How cute, she is changing the topic. But the question she posed was a real one. What do I call my quirk?
...Would that work? Seems like it would create more trouble than not.
Do it.
Why though?
It funny.
...Whelp, I'm convinced.
"I call my quirk..."
I couldn't help but grin.
"All in One."
A/N: This is the start of a budding friendship, yes, Izuku did indeed exist even if I did not draw attention to him. Also, having a healing ability where they are a definite scarcity will come in tremendously useful in all cases and open a lot of doors.
Momo's big momo's take the stage! I never did give her much focus on the original run of gambler and I intend to rectify that. Hakari is really out of his comfort zone talking with a good rich person. What did you guys think about the scene between Hakari and Momo? I'd love to know.
Comments
Bishop7053
Oh, imagine if he gets the starwars or cyber punk tinker rolls, give that to momo and it GG everyone. Plus with her self esteem issues, it's basically instant seduction if he does it lol
SaffireSpirit13
Hmm… Momo is Super Cute! Glad you are giving her some attention! Honestly if you get the Grant Ability again and roll some Tinker Abilities, you can Make Momo into the Most Powerful Character after Hakari! That Creation Quirk Alongside any Tinker Ability immediately makes her God Tier! She can just pop shit out fully formed! It’s such a waste of her Abilities and Character if you didn’t invest in Momo!!! Plus She’s like Hot as Hell! I think the Japanese call her a Yamato Nadeshiko or something like that. She’s the perfect Japanese Woman basically. Shame she wasn’t all that important in the Original Story! She could’ve been the Batman of the series thanks to her Genius and Versatile Quirk! She’d always have an answer to any situation!
Mount Of peace
From a realistic and informed perspective on the anime, Momo could be even more extremist than Toga in some aspects, Momo lacks self-esteem, common sense and easily develops attachment to others, in addition to the fact that she compares herself to others and tends to admire those she considers better, in fact, when our MC obtained the yandere disadvantage, I made a list of candidates, the first Toga, the second Manami Haiba and the third Momo. Although Momo's own kind nature would be a minor obstacle, but considering that kindness is selective and I know it from the manga, it is a matter of time before in her mind she considers that only Hakari deserves that kindness and care, and the others ... haha, what others?
