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>>280086789
My theory is X became the number one hero because of finding a loophole around system via the tagline "anyone can be a hero, anyone can become x". So him already naming himself X means he cheats the trust value system by virtue of anyone looking up to heros and wishing to become one.

This is further corroborated by the fact that X's first public appearance came shortly after the first widespread public commentary that you don't have to be groomed by a large company to become a hero, you can be a nobody who just films on their phone and become a hero. So the widespread rush to become someone, to become a hero, puts trust into the whole hero system. This, in turn, strengthens not only the idea of trusting the process of becoming X, but X himself.

That's why the current X is so powerful, because he gets his powers via the entire hero system's goals/aspirations combined.