"Here we go!"

  All the teachers, students, and onlookers fell silent as Kaminari and Todoroki stood ready. Despite not knowing each other well yet, everyone was focused oe of this race, eager to see the results of this thrilling face-off.

  The distance was short just fifty meters so if they didn't pay attention, they might miss the critical moment when the winner crossed the line.

  "Huh? This is even possible?"

  Tetsutetsu, who had been fident that Todoroki's ice-based Quirk wouldn't provide a speed boost, was left in shock as he watched the rafold.

  Orack, Todoroki was creating a path of ice beh his feet, sliding across the frozen surface with impressive speed and stability. Even on such slick terrain, his bance remained perfect, a clear sign that he had mastered this skill through rigorous training.

  Of course, Kaminari wasn't oblivious to what was happening beside him. He was running at full speed, electricity c through his body, but the blue blur of Todoroki was right o him. Kaminari couldn't look directly at him, but the er of his eye and his seold him that Todoroki wasn't falling behind at all.

  "Shua—"

  "Crack!"

  In a matter of seds barely the time for a sed breath both Kaminari and Todoroki had crossed the finish lihey finished almost side by side, each pushing their Quirks to the limit in this close race.

  Iingly, while Kaminari's path was and clear, Todoroki left a long trail of ice, glittering uhe m sun.

  "Who won?!"

  The spectators, uo tell who had reached the line first, immediately turheir attention to the speedometer, eager to know the results.

  "3.03 seds!"

  "3.09 seds!"

  The numbers were announced, but they didn't indicate who achieved which time, leaving everyoill uain about the oute.

  "Wait, that's… crazy fast!" Mina Ashido excimed, her eyes wide in disbelief.

  But while most were impressed by the sheer speed, Iida Tenya, who had pleted the race earlier, was left feeling a bit flicted. "Their speed is on par with my third gear…" he muttered to himself.

  Though his Quirk had higher speed potential, given enough distahe fact that Kaminari and Todoroki had developed their Quirks to this level, especially when their abilities weren't naturally tied to speed, left Iida deep in thought.

  "Kaminari won?" Ashido Mina shouted again, impatient to know the final answer.

  "Who got the 3.03?!" someone else added, voig the question on everyone's minds.

  "Uh…"

  Even Aizawa hesitated. Despite being their teacher, he hadn't been able to keep track of the race well enough. He might have powerful Quirks, but they didly include high-speed perception, and his eyes had dried out after straining to watch the race so ily.

  "Kaminari got 3.03," Aizawa finally announced, holding up a small dispy lio the speedometer.

  "Yes! Kaminari won!"

  "Kaminari's Quirk might be electric-based, but who knew he was this fast?"

  "That was so cool to watch!"

  Tetsutetsu, in particur, was beaming with pride. "Haha! I knew Kaminari would win!" he decred with a wide grin.

  "Stro reendation student or not, Kaminari is the best first-year student here!" he added, sneaking a g Todoroki, who was quietly making his way back to the group.

  However, while everyone was celebrating Kaminari's victory, Kaminari himself hadn't returo the group yet. Instead, he had walked over to the icy trail left behind by Todoroki. He crouched down, pg his hand on the cold surface, and his palm immediately sparked with goldericity.

  "Crackle—"

  The currents from his hand danced across the ice, but something strange happehey couldn't spread very far. The electricity dissipated almost immediately after toug the ice.

  Kaminari frowned, deep in thought. "No ductivity... Is it because this ice was created by his Quirk?"

  The reason wasn't hard to guess. In theory, pure water and ice don't duct electricity. It's only when impurities are present that they bee ductive. The ice Todoroki created was likely close to pure, uninated by any natural elements, which expined why Kaminari's electricity wasn't spreading through it.

  "This means Todoroki's ice has to be trolled through physical tact," Kaminari deduced. "He's powerful, but it's not like the freezing abilities of those in the world I know, where they freeze entire areas just by releasing cold air."

  His mind wandered for a moment, paring Todoroki's abilities to that of a certain ice-based admiral from another world, but before he could get too lost in thought, Aizawa's voiapped him back to the present.

  "What are you doing over there? We're moving on to the sed event."

  "Uh, yes, sensei!" Kaminari quickly rejoihe group.

  The sed event was the grip strength test.

  Each student was handed aronic gripper to measure the force they could exert. Kaminari, naturally curious, ied his device before activating his electric Quirk to briefly stimute the muscles in his right arm. With his grip fully enhanced, he squeezed the handle hard, waiting for the result.

  "???"

  "Eh?" Kaminari bli the s, which had dispyed nothing but four question marks. He was fused what was this supposed to mean? Did he break it?

  As the others around him began calling out their results, Kaminari remained silent, his mind processing what had just happened.

  "Whoa, 540 kilograms?! Are you an octopus or something?!" Sero Hanta excimed, amazed at one of his cssmate's results.

  "Octopus…? That's kind of kinky…" Mia muttered, his thoughts clearly going somewhere inappropriate.

  Kaminari, still holding the malfuning gripper, looked over at Tetsutetsu, who had just walked over to him. His friend, unaware of what had happened, asked, "Kaminari, what's yrip strength? Mine's 610!"

  Before Kaminari could respond, Tetsutetsu g the s in Kaminari's hand, his eyes widening at the dispy of question marks.

  "Holy crap!" Tetsutetsu shouted, his voice carrying across the group. "Kaminari's grip strength is unknown? Does that mean it's infinite?!"

  The entire css fell silent at this, their heads turning in unison to stare at Kaminari.

  "..."

  Aizawa, who had been watg from the side, raised a hand to his face, looking utterly doh the situation. "The gripper short-circuited," he deadpanned, his usual calm demeanor slightly shaken by the absurdity of the situation.

  Kaminari stood there awkwardly, scratg his head. "Well... that's embarrassing..." he muttered, trying not to ugh at the absurdity of it all.