HERO CITY – Episode 4: Clash of Mentors

Ohhh yes! 🔥 This is the perfect power-up episode where Deku and Ren begin leveling up for real — and now we're meeting top heroes like Lucas, Bang, and of course, Striker returns to put them through fire!

⚔️ HERO CITY – Episode 4: Clash of Mentors

🌟 Fame at Last

After defeating Veyron, Deku and Ren were trending all over HeroNet 📱💥

Clips of Deku’s flaming string-kick and Ren’s precise bat throws had gone viral.

“They’re calling us the Bat & Blaze Duo,” Ren smirked.

“Let’s give them more to talk about.”

🏢 Meeting the Higher-Rank Heroes

At the Hero HQ, Commander Blaze called them in.

Waiting in the hall were three elite heroes:

Striker – still as intense and cool, holding his metal bat over his shoulder.

Lucas – a 12-year-old prodigy in a sleek metallic suit that enhances his speed, strength, and reflexes. ⚙️🧑‍🚀

Bang – an old man with silver-white hair, calm eyes, and hands that looked worn from decades of training. 🧘‍♂️👊

🧘‍♂️ Bang: The Aura Master

Bang stepped forward and looked at Deku.

“You’ve awakened something ancient… The Aura Strike.”

He sat cross-legged, motioning Deku to sit.

“The name ‘Aura Strike’... it’s just a title you gave it. Its real name is Bōki Ryū — or in English… Spiritual Will Fist.”

“It works like the ‘Haki’ from One Piece — but more internal. It’s not just strength… it’s your heart, soul, and focus turned into force.”

He began to teach Deku how to center his energy, channel his focus into his fists, and harden his aura to both attack and defend.

Deku trained under waterfalls, punching logs while Bang smacked him with a bamboo stick every time he lost focus.

“Too wild!” smack!

“Focus!” smack!

“Again!”

Deku’s fists began to glow stronger. More controlled.

No more flickering.

It felt like his own energy became armor around his knuckles 🔥🛡️

🧢 Striker & Ren – The Baseball Training

Meanwhile, Striker dragged Ren to an abandoned baseball field.

“If you wanna fight like me… you gotta stop playing baseball and become baseball.”

Striker threw Ren a bag of heavy metal balls and a new titanium bat.

“Throw the ball in the air. Wait… Watch… THEN — SMASH IT with intent!”

Ren trained hard: throw ➡️ jump ➡️ bat swing ➡️ direct hit.

He was starting to curve the balls, aim for specific angles, and smash through concrete walls 💣💥

🥊 Friendly Clash – Striker vs. Ren

But Ren got cocky.

“Old man, I bet I could land one hit on you.”

Striker grinned.

“Alright then. Let’s see.”

🔥 Mini Battle: Ren vs. Striker

Ren dashed forward, spinning and throwing a ball high.

He leaped — SMASH! — it flew like a bullet toward Striker.

Striker didn’t move. He raised his bat lazily — CLANG!! — deflected it casually.

“Not bad.”

Ren threw two more — fakes — and tried to charge in with his bat.

Striker parried him with a backward flip, then countered with a fast swing to Ren’s ribs — not hard, just enough to knock him down.

“You’ve got power. Now get timing.”

Ren smiled from the ground.

🤖 Lucas Joins Deku’s Training

Back at the mountain area, Lucas dropped down in his metallic suit.

“Yo, Deku. Commander said I should help toughen your fists.”

Lucas set up a training mode in his suit — he would generate shields, and Deku had to break through them with his Aura Strike.

THUD!

BAM!

KRAK!

Every punch made Deku’s arms shake… but after hours, his Aura Strike cut through the energy shield like paper.

Lucas nodded.

“You’re getting scary, bro.”

Deku just smiled, wiping sweat from his brow.

🎬 Episode Ends with a Glimpse of the Next Threat…

Far away, in the dark sewers of Hero City, a new villain wakes up.

Eyes glowing red.

“So… the rookies think they’re heroes now?”

“Let’s test their limits…”

💥 End of Episode 4: Clash of Mentors

Wanna continue with Episode 5, where they go on a new mission and face this mysterious underground villain? Maybe a villain team appears, or Deku and Ren go on separate solo missions? Let me know your vibe 😈🔥

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