Seeing the students gather made the audience cheer excitedly. Since I've never been to a stadium before, I didn't realize that it could be this loud.
Eri herself almost had stars in her eyes. Rumi just looked at me as her ears twitched. I guess shes a bit bored already.
But the events haven't started yet, I'm sure she will start having fun at some point. Maybe some of the joy emanating from Eri will rub off on her.
Looking down, I could see Bakugo going up to give his speech. I don't know if he has something planned, but I doubt he'll be as arrogant as in the series.
"I pledge... That I'll be number one!" Great, nothing changed. Well, he didn't say anything about the others becoming stepping stones for him. So I guess that's an improvement.
"I like that brat's guts." Was the only thing Rumi said after hearing Bakugo's 'speech'.
The students reacted about the same as they did in the anime. Most of them being really mad while his classmates just sighed.
Iida did say some stuff that I really couldn't hear. But he was very animated while talking so I can guess he's just reprimanding Bakugo again.
Well, there wasn't much else to do now besides starting the first event. The race was going to be fun to see. I want to see if Naijeru and Shinso will be able to reach the finals.
As soon as the race started I could see Bakugo and Shoto in the lead. But it didn't take long for someone else to catch up to them.
Izuku was covered by green lightning and he passed them at great speeds.
Then Naijeru, of all people, managed to catch up to them by using his hair to fling himself forward.
I could hear Bakugo cursing all the way from here. Most of the students and viewers were surprised to see a general course student keeping up with the hero prospects, even outpacing most of them.
Shinso was also doing fine. His quirk isn't exactly suited for this type of race. But he was in a better physical shape than in the series. So he won't exactly be in the last place.
As for how Izuku managed to improve himself so quickly. I may have had a hand with that. I gave him an image of that in the clone he was fighting.
It wasn't anything substantial, but it was enough to make him realize that he should try to spread the power evenly throughout his body. I couldn't really give him the egg in a microwave anecdote.
Mainly because I still haven't figured how to make my clones speak. I mean, I do know how to do it. I just can't be bothered to deeply research how vocal cords work.
It probably took him a while, and he also likely went to All Might for help. I don't remember Toshi being helpful when it comes to advice about quirk control.
I think he's one of the worst teachers when it comes to that. He did gain full control of his One for All instantly, so I can't really blame him.
The public seemed quite excited seeing such a tight competition. Although Izuku managed to outpace most of his classmates. Iida would've done well too, if only he stopped slipping on Shoto's ice.
Izuku was the first to see the 0 pointers. Since he had never seen them before you can imagine that he was quite scared. But he managed to avoid them completely.
His surprise at the sight of these giant robots was shared by the rest of the first years. Bakugo and Shoto seemed unbothered by this.
Bakugo blasted himself forward and Shoto froze all of the ones in front of him. Naijeru was also scared. But he acted quickly enough to avoid getting crushed by the frozen robots.
Shinso was far enough behind to not be in any danger.
Only Kirishima and Tetsu got caught under one, but they broke their way out of it. These guys might as well be brothers.
Rumi seemed to find this entertaining enough. At least she found this more enjoyable than an idle day at home.
Eri, on the other hand, had a smile etched on her face. I didn't think she would start idolizing heroes this badly. But I guess every child would at her age.
The crowd was going wild as Izuku reached the second obstacle. It was strange to see him do a balancing act on a rope. But he had to take it slow since he wasn't confident enough in his skills to just rush it.
It made the other three front runners catch up to him. Bakugo didn't have any problem crossing the chasm, he just used his explosions to fly over it. Naijeru used his hair to cross it at great speeds. Apparently, he wasn't scared of heights.
Shoto made himself a bridge out of ice and started sliding on it to the other side.
Izuku became 4th place in a matter of seconds. But after he reached the other side of the chasm he sped up again. Completely ignoring the minefield as he sped up to the point where he was only boosted forwards by the explosions.
He was the first to reach the finish line. The clothes on his back were quite burned. Naijeru came in second. As he also didn't need to bother with the minefield, he supported himself high into the air and went right over it.
Even when his hair triggered a mine it would, at most, just shake him a bit. He constantly grew more hair to support himself.
Bakugo and Shota followed closely. I could see just how mad Bakugo was, Shoto himself was not having much fun.
Both of them had been outclassed by a General Course kid and someone they thought couldn't even control his quirk. It was a bit of a blow for their fragile egos.
But they were still in the tournament, they had placed pretty well all things considered. Not that it mattered to them, they both considered this a failure. I could see Bakugo lashing out at both Izuku and Naijeru.
Izuku flinched a bit while Naijeru just scratched the back of his head a bit. I guess he's gotten used to me being mad at him, a raging hero course student was probably not as scary by comparison.
The next 46 students didn't make it as quickly, but Shinso managed to pass too. He was a bit winded but he seemed fine enough to continue. He placed 36 in the race. Which is fine by me.
Someone else I could see there was Toru, I had promised to help her with her invisibility, but the whole thing with All for One happened and I didn't have any classes with them this last week.
So I forgot about her, but I'll help her after the festival. I kind of let her down with this one. Although, it's not like she's a friend of mine. She's more of an acquaintance... But I did promise, so I will do it anyway.
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