No one moved.
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Clang.
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How could they?
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Clang
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Their bodies were constricted by some force.
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Clang
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Sabrina calmly walked out of the access tunnel with a relaxed pace.
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Present Mic: “And the first one of the starting position is Sabrina Kanto of class 1-B!!”
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She would like to continue this pace; no need to expend all of her effort on this. But already her control is slipping. Sweat drips down her head as green and red lights flood the tunnel.
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Sabrina: ‘Impressive. I expect nothing else.’
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Seeing her limit approaching, Sabrina takes off in a run. A few moments later, her control breaks and the tunnel explodes with fury.
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Bakugo: “GET BACK HERE!!”
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Alongside Bakugo are Kaoru and Izuku, who decided to fly regardless of risks. Unfortunately for everyone else, their feet were frozen by a running Todoroki.
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Mina: “Aw, man!”
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Aoi: “Seriously!?”
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The first filter was much worse than the front runners thought. The pecking order was firmly established now, but it could always change.
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As proven when the ice was shattered with a stomp by a frowning Kiri. Free, everyone began the race in earnest.
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Present Mic: “And the first obstacle has been passed, ladies and gentlemen! Oh, and the front runners has activated the second one.”
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Several large robots emerged out of the ground in front of Sabrina.
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Present Mic: “Robot Inferno!!”
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Sabrina: “Hm.”
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Not willing to reveal her hand or expend too much energy, she quickly maneuvered through machines. But such things will slow her down. A pillar of ice rushed forward and engulfed several robots.
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Sabrina would have been frozen if she didn’t use her quirk to stop the ice before it could touch her. Still, that second of using her powers was enough for the airborne racers to pass her.
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Kaoru punched through the heads of the robots that got in her way.
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Izuku flew under their legs while Bakugo vaulted over them with ease.
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President Mic: “The first-place position is a warzone! But don’t relax just yet; here comes the next obstacle. A little surprise for our flyers courtesy of the school principal!”
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Izuku immediately teleported to the ground and started running when he heard that. Good thing too, for Kaoru was about to run into the first airborne trap.
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It shimmered into existence, a once invisible bomb with Nezu’s face on it.
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Kaoru: “Mines!!?”
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Unable to slow down in time, Kaoru met the explosion head-on and was pushed back into another. It was fireworks up there.
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Kirishima: “Seriously, that’s nuts!”
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While that happened, the rest of the students tore through the robots. In the lead was Bakugo, flying low enough to avoid the mines. Followed close behind were the grounded Izuku, Sabrina, and Todoroki.
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The trio took a glance at each other before deciding to exercise their right to interfere with each other. Sabrina’s eyes flash red before a force stops Todoroki in his tracks. But he was freed when Sabrina was tripped by unstable earth caused by Izuku.
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But before Izuku can run ahead, his legs are frozen by Todoroki. The psychic broke the ice immediately, but not fast enough before a force flung him into the sky.
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Sabrina glided over the ice field and took her position at second place. Meanwhile, Izuku righted himself just in time to witness Kaoru’s outburst.
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Kaoru: “Screw this!!”
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An explosion of red psychic energy erupted and destroyed all the surrounding mines. Like a meteor, Kaoru shoots forward blindly, all the way to first place.
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But due to her reckless speed, she smacked her head right on a stone pillar.
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Kaoru: “Ugh… ”
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She plummeted to the ground and looked up to see what she ran into.
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Kaoru: “What the-”
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Present Mic: “Our racers have finally made it to our next obstacle! The Forest Fall!!”
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It was a vast ravine with platforms connected by rope. But alongside the platforms were large stone pillars with electric wire connecting them.
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Kaoru: “What are they trying to do!? Kill us!”
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While she complains, Bakugo arrives and easily blasts onto a platform. But only barely. He was high enough to trigger another invisible bomb. Thankfully, all he got out of it was singed hair.
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Bakugo: “Tch”
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Kaoru: “Ugh, I’m done with flying.”
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Sabrina: “Are you sure about that?”
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Kaoru: “Huh?”
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Before she can turn around, she feels a hand push her over the edge.
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Kaoru: “Sabrina!”
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Sabrina ignored her emotional outburst and gracefully walked the tightropes. Todoroki was close behind and did the same, but even he wasn’t as fast as her.
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Shockingly, it wasn’t Izuku who arrived next. No, it was Mei Hatsume, decked out in her gear.
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Mei: “Fufufufufu, now’s my chance to up my appeal! Lo and behold, support companies! The wire arrow and-”
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Before she can finish introducing her baby, a bike jumps over her and lands on the platform. Returning the bike to her body, Momo then created something she learned from a comic.
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Using the inertia from the jump, she lets herself fall into the ravine. But she catches herself using a web sling, or more so a wire sling. It strained her arm a great deal, but she prepared for this. Like a certain comic hero, Momo swung between the platforms at a respectable speed.
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Mei: “I… I…I… Incredible!! I can’t be left behind!”
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The girl used her own equipment to swing into the ravine and follow after Momo. Just then, a red rocket emerged out of the darkness. Kaoru landed on one of the middle platforms, breathing heavily.
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Kaoru: “I’m not letting… her… get away with that!”
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Relying on her physical strength for now, Kaoru made her way across the platforms.
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As for Izuku, he finally caught up along with the rest of the students. Ida sped through, and Tsuyu crawled the rope with ease. Izuku was quickly losing ground, but he refused to fly in this environment.
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So instead, he put his improved body and senses to the test. Thanks to his new ability, he was able to strengthen his muscular structure and bones. This increased his baseline strength and durability. Adding on psionic enhancements, and the result was explosive.
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He literally leaped the gaps in single bounds. But each jump brought him scarily close to the mines. Eventually, his luck would run out.
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Izuku: “Gah!
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A mine exploded at his back and sent him plummeting to the ground of a platform. But it also cracked a pillar.
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To the shock of the audience, the pillar began to fall, and right under it was Mina, still balancing on a rope. Her eyes widened at the incoming doom.
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Izuku: “Ashido!”
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But doom never came, as green energy enveloped the rubble, stopping it in midair.
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Mina: “T-Thank, Midoriya!”
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Izuku: “Hurry!”
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Mina made her way across the rope fairly fast. This will kill his chances at winning, but this was more important. It’s not the first time he did something like this.
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Once Mina was clear, Izuku gently lowered the rubble down. However, he forgot about the mines. With a clang, stone met metal, and the sky was lit ablaze.
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But Izuku didn’t buckle; he controlled the chaos. The very explosions themselves were contained in psychic fields and condensed until they were no more.
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Doing all of this, however, really killed his placement. But the various thanks did make him feel a bit better.
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Present Mic: “That is a real hero right there, folks! Giving up victory in order to protect lives! Inspiring!”
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Izuku: ‘This wouldn’t have happened if you guys didn’t make this a death trap!’
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Kiri: “Onii.”
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Izuku: “Kiri! What are you still doing here?”
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She was behind him, apparently deciding to give up on the race too. Izuku drops his hands and lets the rubble fall into the abyss below.
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Kiri: “Didn’t want to leave you.”
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Izuku: “Kiri… you shouldn’t have done this. You should aim to win; don’t hold back because of me.”
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Kiri: “I don’t want to, not like this. Besides, you’re holding back too.”
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Izuku: “… It’s not fair to use teleportation.”
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Kiri: “Izu… ”
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He couldn’t help but smile at her rare pouting face.
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Izuku: “Fine! But only for this part of the race.”
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Kiri nods before starting to run again. But Izuku grabbed her and brought the now blushing Kiri into his arms.
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Kiri: “Wha-”
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Izuku: “You’re only so far behind because of me. That’s isn’t fair.”
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Before she can question him, they are gone in a flash of green light.
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Moving back to the front runners, Bakugo explodes into the last part of the race. Giving his arms a second of rest and a moment for Present Mic to explain things, Bakugo landed onto the gravel.
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Present Mic: “And now we come to the final barrier! A minefield!! But these mines are hidden underground; if you look carefully, you can see them. Are there ones in the air? Who knows!!”
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Bakugo: “Another one? Tch, doesn’t matter.”
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The explosive boy has a sizable lead, as it should be. Clearly, halfnhalf and those psychic bitches issued a war declaration to the wrong rival.
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Sabrina: “Did we?”
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Suddenly, Bakugo’s body locks up. Her binding is far harder to get out of than Izuku’s, and her focus is all on Bakugo.
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Bakugo: “Damn… it.”
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Sabrina: “This game has gone on long enough. I’m taking first place.”
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She calmly walks towards the finish line, but another blast of ice forces her to stop and block. Her focus broken, Bakugo explodes free of her control and glares at her.
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The three leaders glare at each other, ready to finish this. But just then, a flash of green took their attention.
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Izuku and Kiri look at their surroundings before everyone freezes at the surprise additions. But that surprise only lasted a second as they all burst into a mad dash to the finish line.
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Bakugo unleashed blasts at Todoroki while halfnhalf tried to freeze bomb boy in his tracks.
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Sabrina tried to stop everyone but was countered by Izuku at every turn. Didn’t help that she had to make sure she didn’t trip a mine.
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If this kept up, Kiri had a straight shot to victory. Not like Izuku would have minded that outcome. But two women did.
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BOOOM!!
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The leaders glanced back to witness an outrageous sight.
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Kaoru: “SAAABRRRIINA!!”
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Kaoru and, shockingly, Momo were riding on a large star spangled shield. No doubt created by Momo to ride the wave of the explosion.
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Momo: “I knew it! They didn’t trap the sky this time. It was all to trip us up!”
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Kaoru: “And that means we’re winning this!”
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Present Mic: “This is just the sort of development you all crave!! A team-up!! Akashi gathered the mines with her quirk while Yaoyorozu created the platform they blasted off on!!”
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Thanks to their tactics, they overtook the leaders. But they were still a few ways off from the finish. But that amount of distance is nothing to an esper.
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Kaoru: “Ready?”
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Momo: “Yes!”
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Kaoru prepared to launch herself and Momo off into victory. But Sabrina wasn’t finished just yet.
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Sabrina: “Lock!”
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Kaoru’s body froze; that plan was shot.
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Kaoru: “Darn… it. Yao, it’s… up to you.”
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Panic starts to rise as the ground rushes to meet them.
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Momo: ‘So close! So close! What do I do? What do I do? I can’t lose, not again…’
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At the crucial moment, when the leaders are neck and neck. When the ground is feet away, Momo gambles on a recent theory.
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If a creation is still attached to her, could she create something out of the creation?
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Focusing, she wills a stun grenade below the shield. Within 2 seconds, her theory was proven right.
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Bakugo: “Damn it!”
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Kiri: “Uh.”
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A flash of light erupted out from beneath her, and thanks to the shield, she was spared the blindness. But the surprises weren’t done.
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Boom!
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The shield hit a mine and blew the racers apart. For a few seconds, everything was ringing and dark. It was only due to sheer will that Momo was able to get up.
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But she wasn’t the only one; everyone else quickly recovered. There was only one difference, one gifted by chance. Momo was right next to the finish line. Just a few feet to victory.
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This was it!
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She was going to-
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A flash of white, and the winner was decided.
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Aoi: “Sorry about that. Teleportation really is cheating, isn’t it?”
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Aoi ran through the finish line, and Momo was flabbergasted. Just like that? After all that effort?
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She only recovered when Bakugo blasted over her. Shaking off the disappointment, she ran into third place.
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Present Mic: “What an upset!! Nogami waited until the perfect opportunity to use her quirk to secure the win!”
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Over the next five minutes, the students finished, and the results were made clear.
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Midnight: “And so it’s over! Now, everyone, here are the results!”
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1. Aoi Nogami (Class B)
2. Katsuki Bakugo (Class A)
3. Momo Yaoyorozu (Class A)
4. Izuku Midoriya (Class A)
5. Kiri Tae (Class A)
6. Kaoru Akashi (Class B)
7. Sabrina Kanto (Class B)
8. Shouto Todoroki (Class A)
9. Ibara Shiozaki (Class B)
10. Tenya Ida (Class A)
11. Juuzou Honenuki (Class B)
12. Fumikage Tokoyami (Class A)
13. Mina Ashido (Class A)
14. Eijirō Kirishima (Class A)
15. Hanta Sero (Class A)
16. Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu (Class B)
17. Tsuyu Asui (Class A)
18. Mezo Shoji (Class A)
19. Ochaco Uraraka (Class A)
20. Kyoka Jiro (Class A)
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It goes up to 42, but the top 20 were the only ones people cared about.
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Ida: “To think I’d place so low with a quirk such as my own… ”
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Bakugo: “Damn it…”
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Kaoru: “Great job, Aoi!”
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Shiho: “I expected as much.”
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Kiri: “Izu, you should have teleported.”
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Izuku: “Ugh… ”
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Aoi: “If it makes you feel any better, I wasn’t going to do it either. But since no one called foul when you did it, I thought, why not?”
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Izuku: “… I shouldn’t have teleported.”
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While the group laughed, despite the loss, Todoroki felt… frustrated. He just knows his father is fuming at his utter failure.
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Todoroki: ‘Only 8th place… ’
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He could have gotten higher, but he couldn’t compete in speed when it comes to those who can fly. As soon as they learned that the sky was clear, they left him in the dust.
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Even Sabrina, whose flight speed doesn’t compare to the others, was too much.
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Then there’s Kiri, the physical powerhouse that can keep up with flyers regardless. Good thing he was humbled already; otherwise this would be crushing.
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Todoroki: ‘I must do better.’
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Midnight: “The 43 at the top have earned the right to advance!! I’m sorry for the kids who failed, but take heart! This festival’s showstopper is still being prepared!”
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Midnight: “And now the post-preliminaries, the final selections! From here on, even the press corps will squeal with white-hot excitement, so go all out!!”
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Midnight: “Behold, the next event, Human Cavalry Battle!”
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Denki: “Human… Calvary?”
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Tsuyu: “But that’s not a game that works with players playing as individuals. How will it work?”
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Midnight: “You all form 2-4 person teams freely and form a horseback configuration! Basically, it’s the same rules as a normal human cavalry. Swipe enemy riders’ headbands and guard your own. Except for one thing, everyone will receive points based on their performance in the last trial.”
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Izuku: “I have a bad feeling.”
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Midnight: “The number of points you’re worth will be 5 points if you placed 42nd. It increases by 5 every subsequent rank. However…”
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She grins evilly and looks straight at Aoi.
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Midnight: “Since you won using teleportation, I’m sure you can handle your headband being worth ten million points!”
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Everyone looked at Aoi with unrestrained desire to take that headband.
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Aoi: “Haha, I-I guess there really is a penalty for teleporting.”
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Shiho: “You’re in danger.”
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Kaoru: “So what? This will just make it more interesting!”
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Izuku: ‘I was right… I shouldn’t have teleported. Sorry.’
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