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Chapter 36 - CHAPTER 32 — PART 5 “Training Time, Pain Time, and A Pay Raise for Aizawa”

POV: Alex (Infinite Hotel Avatar)

The Training Hall expands like an accordion unfolding into infinity.The floor hums, the walls shift, the entire space rearranges to suit the guests.

Dozens of padded Hive Units appear, each standing in perfect fighting stance.

Alex claps his hands.

"Training session begin.Try not to die.Or do die.Either way, I can fix it."

Class 1-A screams.

Aizawa presses the annoying-sound button again.

Class 1-A screams louder.

⭐ KIRISHIMA VS. HIVE SPARRING UNIT

Kirishima cracks his knuckles, smirking confidently.

"Alright, Mr. Hotel Dude—gimme a tough one!"

Alex gestures.

A Hive Unit steps forward.

Its stance is perfect.Its posture flawless.Its aura terrifying.

Kirishima hardens.

"LET'S GO!"

He charges.

The Hive Unit moves once.

WHAP!

A single palm strike connects with Kirishima's sternum.

Kirishima goes flying backward like a rubber ball fired from a cannon.

He hits three walls, two ceilings, one sideways hallway—

And lands face-down.

He gives a weak thumbs-up.

"I'm… okay… not manly… but okay…"

Alex nods.

"That was called a 'Nick Chop.' Named after the universe it came from.The gesture is non-lethal.Usually."

Kirishima wheezes.

"Usually…?"

⭐ IZUKU AND THE SIDEWAYS GRAVITY ZONE

Izuku, still muttering about the infinite geometry, takes a step forward—

And instantly drops sideways.

Like someone pulled the floor 90 degrees to the left.

He slides sideways along a vertical wall that is somehow also a floor.

"AAAAAAAAAH—OH NO—OH NO NO NO NO—GRAVITY SHOULD NOT BE LIKE THIS—THIS MAKES NO SENSE—HELP—HELP—THIS IS ILLOGICAL—!!"

Uraraka floats over:

"Deku—are you okay!?"

Midoriya is clinging to a sideways doorframe.

"The gravitational vectors are WRONG! WRONG!!"

Alex claps.

"Congratulations. You found Side Gravity Zone™."

"WHY DOES THIS EXIST!?"

"To keep things interesting."

⭐ THE CHIHUAHUA BAKUGO INCIDENT

Chihuahua Bakugo, furious, darts forward.

He leaps.

He bites Izuku's leg.

Izuku screams like a tornado.

"ALEX—HE'S BITING ME—HE'S—HE'S GOT POINTY TEETH—WHY ARE HIS TEETH SHARPER AS A CHIHUAHUA—!!"

Bakugo growls in a squeaky dog voice.

"SHUT UP DEKU—THIS IS WHAT YOU GET—THIS IS—I'LL KILL YOU—I SWEAR—I SWEAR—!!"

Alex manifests two objects:

A Cone of Shame™

A muzzle with tiny explosive symbols printed on it

Bakugo gasps.

"NO—NO—NO—NO—NOT THAT—DON'T—DON'T—DON'T YOU DA—"

Snap.

The cone goes on.

Snap.

The muzzle is in place.

Chihuahua Bakugo whimpers.

Everyone takes pictures.

⭐ ALL MIGHT JOINS THE SPARRING SESSION

All Might steps forward boldly.

"Well! Even quirkless, I am still a trained hero! Allow me to try!"

Alex shrugs.

"A brave man.Good luck."

All Might charges at a Hive Unit—

WHAM.

The Hive Unit throws a perfect body-level gut punch.

All Might's entire soul exits his body briefly.

"OOOOOOOOF—!!"

He kneels.

"I… forgot…I have no quirk…"

Alex pats him gently.

"You did well for someone with only 30% of his original organs."

⭐ ALEX ENFORCES CARTOON LOGIC

A student rushes past Alex.

Alex manifests a banana peel under their foot.

The student slips in a perfect arc.

Flips.

Spins.

Lands in a trash can.

Alex laughs like a cosmic hyena.

Nezu takes notes.

"Hm. The comedic physics appear fully enforced.Fascinating."

Aizawa sighs deeply.

"I don't get paid enough for this."

Alex nods sympathetically.

"I agree."

⭐ AIZAWA'S BREAKING POINT

A student begins climbing a training pole.

Another tries to punch a gravity-flip panel.

Another launches themselves sideways.

Aizawa presses the button again.

Everyone collapses.

He presses it again.

Collapses.

Again.

Collapses.

Again.

Collapses.

His eye twitches.

He turns to Nezu.

"I quit.I don't care how much I love teaching.If I don't get a massive pay raise,I am QUITTING."

Nezu pauses mid-calculation.

Slowly sips his tea.

And says:

"Approved."

Aizawa blinks.

"…Wait.Really?"

Nezu nods.

"You've earned it."

Aizawa's entire posture relaxes so dramatically that the students think he died.

⭐ ALEX'S INTERNAL MONOLOGUE ABOUT IZUKU

Izuku, still stuck in sideways gravity, mutters:

"I'll do ANY training!Anything!Pain is weakness leaving the body!I can break my bones—I'll adapt—I'll do whatever it takes—!!"

Alex thinks:

"This kid puppeteered himself with Blackwhip once in the canon future I remember.If that's not masochism, I don't know what is."

He watches Izuku clonking through sideways hallways like a pinball.

"Nope," Alex thinks."These children are definitely insane."

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