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- So, during the break, we prepared the tournament grid for one-on-one battles! And first to enter our already prepared ring will be...
Two pictures appeared on the scoreboard behind Midnight.
- Izuku Midoriya and Itsuki Kendo!
I calmly stepped into the cement ring watching my opponent walk up to it slightly excitedly.
Pretty...
Long red hair tied back in a ponytail at the side, big green eyes and a very well-proportioned body. Through the academy tracksuit that fits her body, you can see the relief of muscles, which means that she has not neglected her training.
- As a reminder, this is a one-on-one fight. You are allowed to use your quirks, but be sure to moderate your strength... If we think you are overdoing it, the fight will be stopped and you will be disqualified.
Midnight has examined me and Kendo from head to toe.
- What are the conditions of victory?
Midnight shrugged her shoulders at my question.
- The opponent is either unconscious or surrenders, or has been out of the ring for more than thirty seconds.
Itsuki and I nodded confirming that we heard and understood what the heroine said.
- Now, let the fight begin!
Midnight, who was the main referee, raised her hand up.
- Three... Two... One... Begin!
Shruh!
I ducked away from a very technical punch from an instantly enlarged fist.
Hmm.
To the side. Again. Jump up and touch the enlarged fist with my hands and push myself forwards towards my opponent.
- You can't pass!
The girl's hands shrink, and she easily sidesteps my punch, not yet at full speed and force. And in doing so, she tries to swing her newly enlarged arm away from me....
How interesting...
I put up my hand and touching the girl's palm with my fingers I glue myself to her for a couple of moments to change the direction of my movement and just throw myself up. Another punch and I glue myself to her hand again and redirect myself, towards the girl.
Punch!!!
The girl instantly shrunk her arms again and took my punch on a crossed arm block, but even so she was dragged across the concrete ring surface.
- You can do better...
Demonstratively I stand up in a martial arts stance and putting out a slightly bent arm at the elbow, I briefly moved my fingers, beckoning Itsuki towards me.
- You...
Her eyes narrowed in an extremely unkind look.
- ...Are you mocking me?
- No...
I shake my head.
- I'm just giving you a chance to show what you can do. I mean, that's what this festival is all about.
- Shh.
I didn't exactly put her at ease.
However, she picked herself up with a deep inhale and then an exhale.
- ...You're going to regret this.
The jerk on her part was at a decent speed, but I continued to stand still as I did so.
The impact...
I move my hand slightly and in a sliding block I swung her enlarged fist aside, but it was impossible to stand still any longer. She immediately opened her fist and tried to grab me.
A short punch and my opponent's large hand slams against the cement flooring of the ring.
- Ouch!
Her hand shrank and I resumed my stance.
- You...
- I'm giving you a chance. Give it your best shot.
Apparently my punch on her arm brought her back to her senses a little, allowing her to reassess my strength and realise that I wasn't joking.
- Okay... I'll show you what I can do....
I could see how hard those words were for her, but she said them, and then attacked again....
It wasn't a fight...
A dance.
That's how you could describe what was going on in the ring, but no one was commenting on it, or we couldn't hear it for some reason. It was only when I noticed that Izuki was starting to run out of steam that I sped up and got behind her back and knocked her out with one precision punch.
- The winner, Izuku Midoriya!
Midnight shouted it into the microphone, and at the same moment it was like the dome collapsed and the sounds of the stadium came crashing down on me.
- So, we couldn't hear what was going on under the dome set up by one of the guest characters. Midnight, could you comment on that?
- Well, from the very beginning Midoriya showed that the power difference between him and his opponent was extremely large and that's why he decided to give her a chance to prove herself.
- Are you saying that this was all an act?
- No...
Midnight shook her head at Essence Mick's question.
- Kendo was really trying to win, but Midoriya was just letting her show off and when he realised she was tired he ended the fight.
- What does the winner of this fight have to say?
I shrugged.
- Well, from my own bell tower I can say that my opponent is extremely experienced in martial arts. However, her mentor most likely didn't pay attention to applying her quirks in fights. I think a good mentor can cut this diamond well.....
- Was it just me, or was our winner actually promoting his opponent?
- It's not your imagination, Mick, he was really promoting her. And for my part, I'd like to say I support Midoriya in his assessment. The girl is indeed very promising, she lacks training and experience... but that will come.
- What's your opinion of Midoriya?
- О...
Midnight was immediately beside me, pressing her breasts against my back and resting her chin on my shoulder.
- ...he's a real gentleman.
These words she literally whispered in my ear, not forgetting to put the microphone to my lips so that everyone could hear this erotic whisper. And if someone had asked me what I was feeling at that moment... I would have lied if I had said nothing.
My trousers were definitely getting very tight.
- Ahem, Midnight, have you forgotten the bloke's got a girlfriend?
- Well...
She rubbed her cheek against my cheek causing excited shouts from the crowd, among which I heard a very familiar voice, 'Get your hands off my student!!!'.
- Hm? Did you hear Rumi just now too?
Midnight took away the microphone and with just her lips whispered that question in my ear.
- Aha...
- Hm...
Midnight's expression was one of contentment and mischief. She held up the microphone again.
- He doesn't resent...
She pressed herself tighter against me.
- Should he?
I shrugged a loose shoulder.
- I've talked to my girlfriend and she won't be jealous. So I can afford to enjoy the mature body of Heroine 18+, whose poster hung on my wall along with several other heroines until I got a girlfriend....
- Along with?
- Miruko and Wildcat.
- Even Tiger?
Midnight provoked me.
- Even him, but he wasn't hanging over the bed.
- Oh, and we were above the bed?
- Midnight! Midoriya!
Mick's voice interrupted our conversation.
- What do you want?
I could barely make out the well-hidden amusement in Midnight's voice, but as it was, it was full of displeasure.
- We don't really have an age limit on the audience, so I'd ask you to tone it down a bit, as well as your young man.
- Oh, Mick, are we embarrassing you?
My voice boomed over the stadium, causing Mick to cough and Midnight to grin understandingly.
- Okay, we'll do this next time.
I got a peck on the cheek.
- Yeah...
Midnight stepped away from me.
- Come on you two, continue in private, but for now, let's call the next opponents into the ring.
- Okay...
Midnight nodded.
- Will you carry your opponent?
- Sure...
I nodded and lifted the girl in my arms like a princess. Then I left the ring.
- Cementoss, how do you assess the condition of the ring?
- It's fit for further use.
- Good, then as referee I'd like to invite here a representative of class 1-A! One whose name everyone knows! One who is following in his father's footsteps in dedicating his life to becoming a Hero! And I'm talking about--
Midnight paused.
- Todoroki Shoto!
The guy slowly stepped into the ring and cast an annoyed glance at Midnight. But he remained silent... I wonder what's up with him? It's not the first time I've noticed that at the mention of his father, or rather when comparing him to him, he gets extremely irritable.
- On the other hand... His opponent! Also from Class 1-A. A student not as famous, but surely strong enough... Hanta Sero!
The guy entered the ring slightly unsure, standing in front of Todoroki.
- You know...
He hesitantly raised his hands looking into them.
- You have a very strong quirk...
Midnight was in no hurry to start the fight, letting one of the participants talk, realising that no one would hear them during the fight. And they've got a show to do...
- ...I'm not sure I can win, but...
Sero's gaze hardens, and he raises it to Todoroki.
- ...That doesn't mean I'm going to give up easily!
- Let the Fight begin!
And the sounds from the ring are cut off.
Here Midnight raises his hand, judging by the movement of his lips he gives a report... and abruptly lowers his hand.
Ribbons immediately fly from Sero's elbows, which he uses to entangle Todoroki and try to throw him out of the ring....
A second...
And in an instant, a field of ice spreads out from Shoto. Except that behind him and on his sides it's limited to a couple of metres, but in front...
Slightly ducking down I, not particularly thinking about it, hit my fist, on the ice, which went forward from the guy and freezing his opponent did not stop. It grew upwards in a huge ice cascade.....
I didn't touch the ice crust, but stopped my fist not far from it, letting the shockwave do its thing.
The crunch spread throughout the stadium, but when the giant ice floe broke off, I immediately glued my fingers to it and kept it from falling.
Jump...
I saw that the barrier around the ring was broken, so I calmly stood beside it and lowered the giant ice floe to the ground.
- Shoto, you overdid it.
An annoyed look was thrown at me.
- Sero Hanta, can you continue the fight?
- Are you kidding me?! I can't even move!
- Sero Hanta can't move, Shoto Todoroki is declared the winner....
I shook my head.
- Shoto, you even froze the referee. Restrain yourself...
- I... sorry... I'm just a little pissed off...''
I shook my head and jumped onto the bleachers I had jumped from earlier, but I didn't stay there for long.