Watching Shokuhou, whose face was constantly smiling, Accelerator asked indifferently.
"Hey, aren't you going to take their points?"
(Referring to the U.A. team currently under "Mental Control")
This question, however, stumped Shokuhou Misaki.
According to her script, she should have been a bit more serious and easily defeated everyone (including herself).
On the grand stage of the Great Tyrant Festival, with the entire District 11 eagerly watching the broadcast, she was to prove her strength and thereby reverse the public opinion attacks against Accelerator by the moralists during the U.A. quarterfinals, amplifying the voices supporting Accelerator.
Even Shokuhou did not expect him to distribute his classmates' points to himself.
After all, Shokuhou Misaki herself had indeed been defeated by him without any holding back, just as she had envisioned.
Looking at the girl in front of him, whose thoughts were as scattered as the stars in her eyes, Accelerator continued.
"Don't worry about the what-ifs, just take their points."
"Don't waste any more time."
His thought process was simple: even when everyone was aware of Shokuhou Misaki's Quirk, the people in the U.A. team were still controlled.
It was completely reasonable and within the rules of the competition to use a mental-type Quirk to claim victory.
In Accelerator's view, the moment his classmates were controlled, the "team" had already been defeated.
(P.S.: U.A. was not unprepared for Shokuhou as an opponent; the support department had already created portable protective gear against mental-type abilities before the competition started.)
(The test subject was Shinso Hitoshi, who also had a high level of ability and had proven himself at the U.A. Sports Festival this year, and was a close disciple of Shokuhou's mother. However, no one expected that the equipment would be completely ineffective.)
Mental-type Quirks are the most special category of all Quirks, and without detailed and minute-level information, they are basically impossible to guard against.
And Shokuhou Misaki's "Mental Control" is a super mental-type Quirk with multiple effects, capable of dozens of different manipulations.
Accelerator had no intention of giving Shokuhou Misaki any special treatment during the match.
(Of course, not even a speck of dust on her battle suit counts.)
If he were to compete according to the rules of the Great Tyrant Festival, unless Accelerator used a high-intensity, wide-area attack to sweep the entire field from the start.
Otherwise, given a little time, Shokuhou could exert a force many times her own with the help of her team.
"Mental Control" is indeed a terrifying power, but the protection of Ketsubutsu's team and the number of people she controls are even more frightening.
If Shokuhou Misaki intended to exploit loopholes in the competition rules, she wouldn't need to control any servant army at all; she could simply manipulate them to be hit one by one by her teammates from the Ketsubutsu team and easily end the fight with points.
The outcome of the match is calculated based on the total scores of each school, and the ranking determines the winner.
Therefore, at the referee's scoring board, U.A. High School had the highest score, followed by Ketsubutsu High School (Shokuhou and Maiya had eliminated quite a few disagreeable teams along the way.
For the strong, like Seiai Academy, they would be directly crushed, and for those too weak, they wouldn't even be taken as a servant army, not even qualifying as cannon fodder.)
Finally, in third place was Seiai Academy, with only Nice surviving, who, while observing the Ketsubutsu team, also relied on his unstoppable speed to defeat many weak schools.
So after a little thought, she understood what Accelerator meant.
[What's Yours Will Be Yours]
"Well then, I won't hold back☆"
Under the influence of the "Mind Control" Quirk, the U.A. team lost their points without any resistance.
Before the sweeping strike, Nice, who was in a favorable position, activated the "Fastest Primate Pace" and entered the mysterious "Pseudo-Sonic" state.
Reaching 1.75 times the speed of sound, he safely escaped the range of the concrete giant fist's AOE (Accelerator controlled the power to limit the range).
After that sweeping attack, Nice quietly approached a distance of about a kilometer from Accelerator and began to observe again in secret.
Through his binoculars, Nice, with a face full of question marks, watched Accelerator and Shokuhou Misaki converse, feeling utterly baffled.
[What's going on here? Don't they understand each other even after all this time?]
[This is the Great Tyrant Star Festival, for crying out loud!]
Even Nice, who was usually carefree, understood the importance of the Great Tyrant Star Festival under the threats of his companions and teachers, and the audience watching the live broadcast on TV was just as confused.
Some even thought that Accelerator was stalling for time by talking, having overused his Quirk or something.
Aside from such equally baffling reasons, according to the common sense of the world, people couldn't find a more reliable point of view.
And those in the audience seats or in front of TVs, computers, and smartphones at home could all see the scoreboards at the judges' table.
Of course, the outcome of this year's first Great Tyrant Star Festival's inter-school melee had been decided—it would end with the victory of U.A. High School's first-year team.
Accelerator's personal score was even several times higher than the sum of the second and third place scores, not to mention the rest of the U.A. team's scores.
In such a situation where the outcome was already determined, what remained was a matter of face.
And Nice, secretly watching from the sidelines, was well aware that judging by the current situation of the match, U.A. and Ketsubutsu were likely already secured in first and second place in terms of school scores.
What remained was the personal battle between him, U.A.'s Accelerator, and Ketsubutsu's queen.
Nice's expression turned serious; he put down his binoculars and silently put on his headphones.
His powerful speed Quirk, named "Fastest Primate Pace," was activated.
Unlike normal physical sonic speed, when Nice's actual speed broke through the sound barrier and entered the "Pseudo-Sonic" state, everything else seemed almost imperceptible from a distance, except for the sound of running.
But in the extreme state of 1.75 times actual high speed, a distance of over a thousand meters was nearly crossed in an instant.
Nice from Seiai Academy's first target was Shokuhou Misaki.
Considering the face of the four major schools, if he could successfully take revenge on Ketsubutsu, it would be a victory in a certain sense.
As for Accelerator, based on the current information, Nice didn't believe that the great demon king could completely stop his speed under extreme velocity.
After all, his Quirk was the "Fastest Primate Pace"!
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