Disclaimer: Hi everyone. Please do note that my views and opinions of my different fanfiction work especially this piece does not reflect the current conditions of various countries and people stated in this content. Some notes written in real historical events are included in this story, but rest assured most of the events illustrated in this story are fictitious. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental. Thus, this is a work of fiction coming from the author's wild imagination.

Another note: Once this story is finished, I will review the whole content and make changes soon.

Izuku Midoriya = Ivan Mitrofanov

Shoto Todoroki = Mikhail Groza

Midnight retires from being a pro-hero and switched her career in hosting and acting. Despite her retirement, she's still well-known in the entertainment industry.

Also, this is the last two chapters of Quirkless Rev, so I hope you support me on this until the end. Thank you so much and enjoy reading!

The Late Night Show with Midnight - Confession

"I still remember the day I look directly into your eyes once again after your disappearance and it felt like my entire world flip!"

Date: 15 April

Time: 11:00 PM

Location: Late Night's Studio. Tokyo, Japan

At their respected homes: the Russian Prince Izuku from the Kingdom of Russia and the son of Iustitia leader, Dimitri Groza from Finland watched the live episode of the show from Tokyo, Japan titled 'The Late Night Show With Midnight'.

The short opening intro was a mix of jazz and pop played by the band group inside the studio. The audience stood up, clapping their hands with smiles on each face, enjoying the moment of being part of the show.

The voice of the announcer said his piece with a lively and positive tone.

"YOU'RE WATCHING THE LATE NIGHT SHOW LIVE FROM TOKYO, JAPAN WITH YOUR HOST! THE AGELESS BEAUTY, THE GRACE, THE CONFIDENT, AND THE FIERCE: MIDNIGHT!"

The late-night host appeared from the backstage, waving her hand with a smile in front of the crowd. Wearing a daring night blue gown, glittered black stilettos, and a silky soft hair.

She then proceeded on taking a seat on her soft comfortable leather chair and in front of her is her high-grade wooden table with decoration, a mini-version of her but wearing her hero costume during her former pro-hero years.

"Welcome, welcome, everyone! The audience, viewers at our homes, streamers, and my lovely fanbase all over the internet! How are you guys doing?"

The sitting audience applauded and cheered the host, signaling that everyone in the studio is filled with positive and lively energy, looking forward to the show.

"Before I present everyone our first guest of this show, I would like to announce, a little surprise to the audience and viewers who are now watching."

Not leaving her smile, she held a piece of paper on the table and said.

"I have just received this news a few hours ago. At 7:00 PM, after months and months of waiting, praying for their fast recovery, our heroes All Might & Lemillion have finally woke up after battling with coma! Little by little, they're regaining their strength and soon they will undergo a physical rehabilitation to speed up the recovery of the two!"

The audience cheered, some stood up upon hearing the latest news of the people mentioned by the host.

"If they are watching this inside their respective recovery rooms, this is our message to you two: Get back on your feet again and let us all rebuild the great image of the hero community in our country! And to you All Might, I hope you wouldn't get coughed some blood in front of me again once I visit the hospital soon."

"Hahahaha~!" The audience laughed.

Midnight let out a light chuckle and waved her hand to shake off the humor. "Now, now. Moving forward with our first guest of this late evening. Three months after the detention of Endeavor during the peace treaty controversy he made at the Russian Royal Family in the US, the hero ranking made some huge changes. Some heroes ranked up because of a good reputation and others who were part of alleged hero abuse scandals way back got demoted. This person or hero rather made a huge step in his hero career, loved by everyone especially the youth, fellow heroes, hero schools, enthusiasts, and analysts."

Midnight cleared her throat with a grin on her face before presenting her guest. She motioned her hand at the side and pointed her index finger at the side stage.

"Ladies and gents, I welcome you to this show the current top 5 of the hero rank…KING EXPLOSION!"

The ash-blond Bakugo wearing a simple suit and tie appeared from the backstage and waved at the audience with his signature grin on his face.

Midnight stood from her seat and approached the hero offering for a cheek kiss as a greeting. Katsuki gladly welcomed it with a formal approach towards his former teacher at U.A. Later on, the host offered him to sit on the other side.

"Good evening and welcome to the show."

Katsuki rubbed his temples with a chuckle.

"Yeah…thanks for having me here. I mostly reject tv shows for putting me on their guest appearances with their silly segments, but you are an exception. You are one of the people at U.A. who taught me well and if you weren't there to change my bad deeds I wouldn't be able to reach this success today."

The audience once again cheered and supported the hero.

She let out a light blush and wiped a tear on her left eye. "Three years after I left the hero community and switched my career in acting and hosting, I feel touched by the words of my student right here. Anyways, how have you been, King Explosion? Still busy kicking villain's asses, eh?"

"As usual. Maintaining peace is our top priority in the capital, but there are many things that I'm busy doing lately."

"Which is?"

He bluntly answered. "Well, I'm busy paying bills. Busy paying my rent. Busy maintaining the ends meet. Busy maintaining my gauntlets to stay functional—"

*insert mixed real and background audience laughter*

Midnight covered her lips using one hand and joked. "I can't believe the pay system of heroes hasn't changed yet. This is why I changed my job."

"Why am I not surprised?" He muttered.

"Now let's move on with the topic about the changes in the hero ranking system. Before the Quirk Wars and All Might and Lemillion's coma, you were ranked at 12th place and now that scandals have been exposed to the public and government and council's efforts to restore the image and reputation of heroes in Japan, your rank moved up to 5th place because of your active participation of rebuilding peace and order. How did you feel about it?"

Katsuki crossed his one leg over the other and sighed in a good way. He laid his back on the chair rest with a grin.

"How funny." He paused and let out a chuckle before continuing his answer.

"You know, when I was brat back in kindergarten up to middle school, I have always dreamed of becoming the number one hero, surpassing heroes including All Might, the fan-favorite. But now everything has changed, being part of the top 10, the top 5 in specific feels like— or to me, it feels that I'm in 1st ranked. My hardwork in U.A., the internship, graduation, and getting the formal license have paid off. If you're still asking if I'm aiming to be on top, I would say that I'm contented with my current performance as a pro-hero. Ranking fifth is like you have your own crown, the crown of your hardships wearing on top of your head, in front of the people who are counting on you."

"Woah. What a nice thing to hear and I did not expect the answer coming from you. My friend, Best Jeanist sure altered your personality during your internship." She chuckled.

"I can rage without any reason if you want to—" He smirked.

"Oi, oi~! This show's rating may not be suitable for young audiences but I cannot allow nonsense rage here in my show, let me tell you that—"

"Come on now, I'm just kidding." He laughed.

She flipped her hair and giggled. "I'm sure you are. Anyway, let's talk about interests like traveling. I know you've been assigned to different prefectures in Japan, correct?"

"Yeah. It's quite tiring to transfer to different places from time to time if you ask me." He nodded.

"True enough. And based on our researchers in this show, you had your first travel outside of the country last January, correct?" She smiled while holding her paper.

"It's true. I had my first travel to the US and I had a great experience there while roaming around California."

"What was the first thing you did when you landed your feet on the American soil?"

"Too many to mention, actually. Hmm…let's see…" He rubbed his temples with a short ponder.

"I went sightseeing on the beach, tried their hotdogs, and big, juicy hamburgers. Also, I tried speaking their language in American accent which sounded awful!" He laughed.

*insert audience laughter here*

"I'm pretty sure you took a vacay only for binge eating, eh?"

He pointed his index finger at the host with a chuckle "You're not wrong about that. Also, I went there for attending the peace treaty event in a big convention center."

"Oh, yeah! I was about to ask you that one." She gasped with a cute tone. "May I know if you met other heroes in America or maybe in Russia during the event?"

I met a few of them and greeted them in a formal manner, but the rest I'm not familiar with them. Their appearances though, look powerful or hard to challenge in a fight, based on my personal judgment though. Putting the heroes aside, I did meet the Russian Royal Family." He let out a sudden light blush on his cheeks upon revealing the other topic.

Midnight raised an eyebrow with a grin. "Now that you've mentioned the Russian Royal Family, our team checked your social media and you have a photo of you and the Mitrofanovs during the evening gala dinner event."

She snapped her fingers as the big tv screen revealed the said formal photo to let the audience and viewers see. From left to right showing Katsuki, Prince Ivan, Princess Nikita, and Dimitri Groza, the siblings' close friend and confidante.

The ash-blonde glanced at the screen with awe on his face. "You sure stalked my account without my permission—"

"It's my show's specialty. Checking my guests' activities on different platforms." She giggled while looking at the photo. "Care if you tell me what happened at the peace gala?"

"Everything there was fancy and it made me bored. I should've gone to McDonald's instead and eat a burger—"

*insert audience laughter here*

"Nah, kidding aside. The Russian princess looked beautiful in person, but what caught my attention is her sibling, the Russian prince. He's very handsome and too formal—" Midnight cut him off with a dirty question.

"So, did you get a boner upon seeing the prince?" She winked.

*insert audience laughter*

"What the fuck—"

*insert more hilarious laughter from the audience*

"Well?"

Katsuki came closer at Midnight and whispered in her ear.

"To be honest, I fucking did—"

*insert audience laughter with applause*

"Just as I thought, King Explosion~!" She laughed as the ash-blond blushed with a chuckle.

"Enough with dirty talk, I did see the royal siblings do their ballroom dance. The princess had her solo singing moment at the stage while the prince did an awesome piano performance. Other guests performed, some sleepy speeches, auctions, and a lot more."

"I'm glad that you enjoyed the experience in meeting the Mitrofanovs on those events because if were in your shoes, it would be a privilege to meet the most powerful royal family in all Europe~!"

"Indeed." He smiled with a nod.

Midnight quickly sipped her mug of water before proceeding to the next topic.

"Now that we've almost got covered everything from your recent travel, hero record career, and your updated hero rank. Let's move on to your personal life."

Midnight placed her two fingers on her cherry red lips and chuckled.

"When I say 'personal life', I mean your current 'life and love update'"

"W-What?" Katsuki leaned on his seat with a raised eyebrow. "Wait, is this another follow-up question of yours? Your producer didn't say something about this before I stepped in this studio?!"

The audience all laughed with a tease, cheering the pro-hero to spill the beans.

"You've been under the hot seat ever since I asked you my first question so it's no surprise, really. But don't worry, I won't be that harsh, not like I did during my faculty years at U.A." She giggled.

"Ugh...guess I have no choice then." He grunted and rolled his eyes. "Ask away. This is your show after all~"

Midnight nodded with a smile. "Of course. We are all aware that you've been tagged yourself as a single after your last breakup with Uravity which ended for 1.5 years. My question is, are you and Uravity in good terms personally and professionally as pro-heroes?"

Katsuki closed his eyes for five seconds and took deep breaths before opening his ruby contacts, letting out his slight smile and later a nod.

"Yes. We remained good friends and sometimes we contact each other along with the squad. Actually, the last time we talked was a week ago and it was work-related. Nevertheless, I'm thankful that she became a part of my life and the good memories are still inside my head so now I feel happy for she has finally met her so-called 'Mister Right'." He chuckled.

"It's good to know that you and Uravity are still friends despite everything. About the second one, are you referring to Ingenium, right?" Midnight eyed him closely with a curious look.

"Yeah. My friend Shitty Hair told me that round face and four-eyes have been together since the start of the New Year. I let them be and wish them happiness. I trust Tenya and I think their personalities matched perfectly."

"I guess the rumors were true. I can't wait for them to be featured in my show soon and would like to hear from them." Midnight and the audiences applauded. She later grabbed her mug of water to sip before placing it on her table.

"Moving on to the next question, what is your current status right now, King Explosion? Is our Top 5 hero having a hard time finding his partner in life?"

The ash-blond rubbed his temples with a blush. He then let out a confession with a serious look.

"I've had failed relationships in the past and disclosed my sexuality as bisexual which I'm very proud of it. Right now, I already have a type and I'm planning to pursue him with all my might." He eyed towards the camera.

"And who could that be, Mr. King Explosion?" Midnight raised an eyebrow with a grin as the audience looked excited, looking forward to their idol's answer.

"We...we were childhood friends up to middle school. I used to tease him for being quirkless and all, but it was all for fun and my personal enjoyment. Even though he doesn't have a quirk, he has qualities of being a hero. His parents died during the fire incident in Musutafu and my parents and I decided to take care of him until a foster family adopted him. He's not living in Japan anymore as he moved and lived outside Japan, up north." He looked down on the floor with a sad smile and a second later, he faced the camera and the audience.

"I don't want to spill his name on national television yet, but I used to call him 'Deku'."

Midnight chuckled upon hearing the funny nickname. "Eh? 'Deku' huh? What a cute and funny name. I guess my team and I haven't searched for that person, but I wish you good luck in pursuing that person's heart with all your might! Your loyal fanbase is rooting for you~!"

"Heh.." Katsuki grinned. "I'm sure I will. Thanks."

From the drawer's table, Midnight grabbed and showed some cue cards before looking at Katsuki and the audience.

"Before the commercial break, let's have a fast talk segment and we have to finish this in two minutes! Are you ready, King Explosion?"

He smirked as he rubbed his hands together, revealing the cracking sounds of his explosion quirk. "Hell yeah! I'm all fucking fired up!"

"Okay…the timer starts now!" Midnight quickly asked her first question at the hero.

"Lights on or Lights off?"

"Lights on!"

"Do you sleep naked or with your clothes on?"

"I sleep topless—"

"When was the last time you talked to someone on the phone and who was it and why?"

". . . . . I don't want her to drag her name here on this show but….it was my mom two days ago asking if I have eaten dinner."

"True love or World Peace?"

"We can find true love after we conquer the world peace!"

"What makes you blush?"

"Eating spicy food!"

"What makes you sexy?"

"By beating villains at the streets with justice!" He smirked

"One thing you're not good at?"

"Expressing my feelings…"

"Your personal favorite hero in this generation?"

"My best friend, Shitty Hair. The Red Riot! Shoutout to you I hope you're watching this— " He winked in front of the camera.

"First thing you want to grab in the fridge."

"Couple of beers."

"Would you rather sacrifice your job as a hero if this 'Deku' person said 'yes' to you?"

Katsuki paused for five seconds, making him leaned his back on the seat. He cleared his throat before answering.

"If the plan goes well, I'd gladly do so…I-I've also wanted to have a family in the future and grow old…with him.."

*insert audience cheer and applause*

"Your most painful memory?"

"When 'Deku' found a foster family…"

"Last question…Sex or chocolates?!"

Katsuki let out an evil smirk and stood up, releasing tiny explosions from his hands and shouted.

"I'm not a fan of sweets so SEX! SEX IS ALWAYS THE ANSWER! HAHAHAHA"

"There you have it, ladies and gents! Our King Explosion is on the loose!" Midnight stood up and applauded him as the audience cheered, laughed, and stood up.

"Up next is the spicy food challenge with once again, King Explosion! We'll be right back after the break!"