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I returned to the podium just in time for Midnight to take the microphone and step into the cleared ring.
- So, now that we've cleared the ring of the ice from the previous bout, I'd like to announce the next pair of competitors!
She licked her lips erotically.
- From Class 1-A! Lightning! Denki Kaminari!
Denki began to enter the ring to the laughter of our classmates, who were well aware of what he was capable of. He doesn't fit the definition of lightning fast! Not now. Maybe in the distant future.
But the guy himself was a bit narcissistic and had an inflated opinion of himself, so after such a performance he went out with his nose up.
- Did we talk?
I cast a brief glance at Tsuyu.
- Yeah.
- Think it'll help?
I shrugged my shoulders.
- Who knows. Other people's cockroaches in their heads are unpredictable....
- Yeah.
- And now! His opponent! Beautiful! Deadly like an assassin! Class 1-B representative, Ibara Shiozaki!
A rather pretty girl approached the ring, except for the look... I can see why Midnight compared her to an assassin. The look makes you tense up with a not-so-pleasant feeling.
- Excuse me...
She stopped before she got into the ring and looked at Midnight carefully.
- Yes?
- Can I not kill my opponent?
A deafening silence descended on the stadium.
- А?
- Well...
She looked away in embarrassment.
- ...I entered the Academy to become a hero. I wanted to save lives, to help those in trouble, and to set an example for those who are still in need of change... And killing my opponent at the Sports Festival would be....
- No, no...I apologise....
Midnight was clearly embarrassed by the student's speech.
- ...I was just making a good point about the murderer.....
- You mean I don't have to kill?
- Of course you can! You don't have to kill!
- Good...
The girl smiled and finally climbed into the ring, standing opposite Denka, who was clearly very interested in her opponent.
- Concerned...
It was Tsuyu who said that. And she said it with disdain.
- Well...
I honestly tried my best, out of male solidarity, to think of something to stand up for myself, but I couldn't think of anything.
- Eh.
- Nothing to say?
- Yeah.
- Don't have anything to say.
- On your mark!
Midnight began to give her feedback, as she had earlier, raising her hand, and then silence descended on the ring, and the fact that she was saying something was clear only by the movement of her lips.
Here her hand comes down and Denki is clearly quite arrogant and says something to his opponent, his hands being covered with lightning discharges....
And in the next second, thorns burst out of the cement right below him, braiding around him and lifting him up into the air.
A couple of seconds and the barrier disappears.
- The winner is Ibara Shiozaki!
- Ha ha ha ha...
I cast a glance to the side and saw dangling from the separation barrier, a 1st-B grade student, the one with the copying quirk.
- What, eaten? You're supposed to be in A class, you're supposed to be really strong! And your mate's performance was unbelievable! He lost in one second! How do you feel now?
Bump.
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
I nodded to Kendo.
- ...I realise that some people only understand a fist punch to the head.
- Mm-hmm.
- Is something wrong?
- Well...
Itsuki looked away.
- ...Would you mind fighting me again later?
- Well, I don't mind.
- Mm-hmm...
Kendo nodded and hid behind the barrier with a happy face.
Meanwhile, Cementoss restored the ring and Midnight re-entered it with a microphone in hand.
- And now, please welcome to the ring a representative of the cheerleading faculty! The girl who has achieved incredible results in this festival with her intelligence! Mei Hatsume!
The named girl came into the ring dressed in various outfits.
- Doesn't the undesirability of using auxiliary equipment apply to her?
I cast a glance at Shoto, who had returned to the podium.
- She's from the support faculty, as far as I know her quirk is called a scope. She's not suited for any kind of contact with the enemy at all. Well, unless she picks up a sniper rifle and is a couple of kilometres away from him.
- That's--
- She's not interested in winning.
- А?
- She's from the support faculty and she's more interested in attracting the attention of the bigwigs who are watching this festival.
I cringed a little. Still, I wanted her for myself...
- She would obviously be advertising her inventions.
- On the other hand her opponent! A hereditary hero! Class 1-A representative! Iida Tenya!
The guy entered the stadium and I had no choice but to make an inter-world hand-face gesture.
- Momo, isn't he your deputy?
- Yeah.
- Did he even declare this auxiliary equipment?
- I don't know...
She shrugged her shoulders.
- It's actually forbidden...
- So no...
I nodded at Midnight's words.
- Erm... but Aoyama used his belt, so I thought....
- He did, but he claimed it.
- I apologise!
Iida made a deep bow.
- Oh, come on!
Mei waved her hand.
- I myself suggested that Iida use the equipment and I don't mind him using it.
Midnight cast an attentive glance at her.
- Are you sure?
- Yes... and I have a request....
- Hm?
- Could you please not put up the dome? After all, our quirks aren't as destructive as Todoroki's, and it's been shown by his example that this dome isn't that effective.
- Hmm...
Midnight looked at Mei suspiciously.
- Iida?
- I don't mind...
He shrugged as he continued to button up his equipment.
- Look... what if this outfit was given to him by her... qua....
- You're right Tsuyu, he's a gullible idiot.
- Hm?
Momo and the other classmates looked at us in surprise.
- You'll see soon enough.
- So, since both participants have no objections and since your quirks are really not destructive, I'll allow you not to set up a barrier around the ring.
- Midnight...
- Mick, I'll take responsibility.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
- All right...
Midnight smiled carnivorously and raised her whip hand above her head.
- On your mark! Attention! Let's go!
Iida took off.
- It's a good run, isn't it?
Mei smiled and a small microphone appeared at her mouth. As she did so, her voice began to echo throughout the stadium.
- The legs are light and feel no resistance at all! This is achieved by hydraulic and electrical aids that read the moment your muscles start to contract and help them.
May easily pushed her leg to the side and literally glided across the cement surface of the ring.
- And there's a gyroscope in your suit that prevents you from losing your balance and going out of bounds. In this case, Iida can't leave the confines of the ring....
At that very moment Iida, who had lost his balance, spun around, obviously under the influence of the gyroscope and he was slightly carried to the side, but when he was on the edge of the ring he did not fall from it, instead he was led back to the centre.
- It's a wonderful invention, but this...
May touched her shoes.
- ...This is a far more advanced invention. Anti-gravity boots that allow you to literally float a couple of centimetres above the surface. But if you want, you can change the hovering height.
Iida, who had just stopped spinning, took advantage of his quirk and rushed at Mei with great speed, but she just flew up a couple of metres and when he flew under her, she dropped down again. Iida, on the edge of the ring, spun round again under the influence of the gyroscope, which prevented him from leaving the area.
- You?! Are you messing with me?!
- Me? No.
Mei shook her head.
- Stay where you are!
Iida rushed towards her, but Mei had already pulled out a futuristic-looking pistol and pointed it at him and pulled the trigger.
Pooh!
- Hello?! What is this?!
Iida got tangled in the net and fell on the cement floor of the ring.
- And this, my dear spectators, is a net! It holds five nets and can be easily replaced with another one of the same type!
The girl demonstrably snapped out the clip and took out a spare from her belt and inserted it into her pistol. After that she put the pistol into her holster.
- And now let me introduce you to another invention! A laser pen!
She took out a small pen. When she activated it, it emitted a concentrated laser and she boldly swung it towards her opponent.
- I'd like to point out that this pen can easily cut any non-organic object....
Her words were well demonstrated by the streaks the laser left on the cement.
- But it does not harm organic objects at all!
A sharp movement of her hand and the laser beam goes through Iida, making me and everyone else jerk towards the ring, but the guy remained unharmed and now easily got out of the cut mesh, though the uniform on his stomach was also cut.
- I'm sure this isn't the end...
I sighed and leaned back in my chair.
*** Fifteen minutes later. ***
- And that's where I'd like to end the demonstration of my inventions!
Saying that, May just walked out of the ring.
- You! You used me!
- I'm sorry...
A snide grin appeared on Mei's face.
- ...But you're completely right.