The third event was the standing long jump.

  Kaminari eled his electric current into his legs, and with a powerful burst, he jumped 10.8 meters. It was a respectable result, but pared to others, such as Asui Tsuyu who excelled in jumping, Aoyama Yuga who propelled himself with his naval ser, and Uraraka Ochaco who made herself weightless and floated across, Kaminari found himself outshined in this event.

  Iingly, Todoroki Shoto, who had shown impressive trol over his ice powers earlier, performed rather ordinarily in this task. He didn't stand out at all, behaving almost like a regur person. Another surprise was Midoriya Izuku.

  Midoriya was a plete enigma to Kaminari. Despite watg him closely, Kaminari still couldn't figure out what kind of Quirk the boy had. So far, Midoriya had shown nothing remarkable. "How did he even pass the entrance exam?" Kaminari wondered as he g Midoriya. For some reason, he couldn't shake an odd feeling about the boy. There was something about him that made Kaminari curious, though he couldn't quite pce what it was.

  Then there was the invisible girl, Toru Hagakure. Kaminari was curious about her too, though not just because of her Quirk. He wondered how she'd look if she were visible. But he dismissed the thought quickly. Once he mastered eleagic fields, invisibility wouldn't matter.

  The fourth event was the repeated horizontal jump.

  Kaminari paid special attention to Minoru Mia during this event. The boy's grape-like Quirks were intriguing, if not a bit ridiculous. However, Kaminari couldn't help but wonder how strong those "grapes" really were. Could they be destroyed physically? Would his electricity have any effe them?

  Kaminari cluded that Mia's Quirk would be highly effective iain situations. If his sticky "grapes" couldn't be destroyed easily, it was actually a pretty strong ability. But Kaminari also noticed a problem. Mia had to throw the grapes manually or pce them on the ground, which meant they had a low hit rate uhere was some strategy behind their use.

  Kaminari chuckled inwardly. Mia's Quirk required tactical brilliao maximize its potential, but judging by the boy's stant perverted remarks, it was hard to tell if he had the intelligeo back it up.

  The fifth event was the pitg test.

  When Kaminari saw Uraraka Ochaco throw the ball infinitely far thanks to her zero-gravity Quirk, he immediately thought, "This girl's going to be the Golden Lion!"

  He wondered if Uraraka could eventually manipute objects she made weightless, much like how the Golden Lion Shiki could trol floating rocks. What if she could lift entire ks of the earth and throw them like ons? The thought excited him, though he knew she probably wasn't there yet. It was merely specution about the future potential of her Quirk.

  As Kaminari's turn had already passed, the person called up was Bakugo Katsuki. Aizawa's voice cut through the air, "Bakugo Katsuki, you're ."

  "Finally!" Bakugo growled, stepping up with barely taiement. He had been stewing with frustration ever since Kaminari and Todoroki had taken the spotlight. He was determio prove he was the best.

  Bakugo's self-esteem bordered ance, and watg others receive more attention than him drove him crazy. He couldn't stand it. Why were those two getting all the praise? Didn't everyone know he was the stro?

  "Boom—!"

  With ah-shattering explosion, Bakugo uhe ball into the air, his palms propelling it with a fiery bst. The ball shot through the sky like a missile, trailing fire and smoke behind it.

  "Die!!" Bakugo shouted, as if trying to blow up the very heavens.

  Watg this, Kaminari leaned over to Tetsutetsu and muttered with a grin, "Well, when it es thness, even you 't beat him."

  "Tch," Tetsutetsu clicked his tongue in annoyance. He had already formed a strong dislike for Bakugo. After witnessing Bakugo's brash attitude and rude behavior especially toward Midoriya—Tetsutetsu cluded that Bakugo was little more than a thug. A bully.

  He saw Bakugo's stant explosions as a refle of his unstable personality. Tetsutetsu couldn't stand people like that. He respected discipline and honor, traits Bakugo seemed to tirely.

  "705.2 meters," Aizawa announced after gng at the rangefinder. His voice remained calm despite the impressive result. "That's your current limit. Remember it, and work to surpass it."

  "Whoa!!"

  "Over 700 meters?! That's insane!"

  The other students were astonished by Bakugo's performance. Kaminari had thrown the ball over 400 meters earlier, which had already seemed incredible. But Bakugo had just shattered that by nearly 300 meters.

  "Well, I guess his explosive power is a lot better than mine," Kaminari thought to himself, feeling no shame in the parison. He had been w on trolling his Quirk and improving his physical abilities for years. For Bakugo to reach such heights at his age was impressive, but Kaminari didn't feel the o pete with a fifteen-year-old over something so trivial.

  However, Bakugo seemed to feel differently. As he walked back, he shot Kaminari a defiant gre, as if daring him to challenge his dominance. Kaminari responded with a calm look, making it clear he wasn't fazed. Instead, he turned his attention to the person.

  "And finally... Izuku Midoriya," Aizawa announced, his voice softer this time, as if he knew what was about to unfold.

  Ida and Uraraka, both of whom had seen Midoriya in a during the entrance exam, looked hopeful. But others, including Kaminari, Tetsutetsu, and the rest of the css, were simply curious. Midoriya hadn't shown anythiraordinary so far, so how had he passed the Hero Course exam?

  Bakugo, however, was filled with disdaiill believed Midoriya was Quirkless and had no pce here. "He's just a Quirkless loser!" Bakugo spat out, fident that Midoriya would fail.

  "What did you say?!" Iida, startled by Bakugo's cim, turo him in fusion. "Quirkless? How could he be Quirkless after what he did irance exam?"

  "What feat?" Kaminari perked up, his curiosity growing. He had heard nothing about any major aplishment by Midoriya during the exam. How had someone who seemed so... ordinary made it this far?

  Midoriya, gripping the ball nervously, threw it... but nothing remarkable happened.

  "46 meters," Aizawa said, almost in disbelief. The result was underwhelming, to say the least.

  "46 meters?!" Kaminari couldn't believe his eyes. How had Midoriya passed the entrance exam with such a erformance? Had he somehow cheated? Or did he get in through some kind of backdoor?

  Just then, Aizawa stepped forward, pulling down the white bandage around his neck. "I erased your Quirk," he said, his voice low and stern.

  Kaminari's eyes widened. "Erased his Quirk?!" The implications of Aizawa's words hit Kaminari like a ton of bricks.

  The ability to eliminate someone's Quirk entirely? Kaminari immediately thought of Touma Kamijou, a figure from another world with the power to nullify supernatural abilities. But Aizawa was clearly even more powerful than Touma. He could ralize Quirks from a distance, without needing to make physical tact.

  "Is this guy even human?!"

  Kaminari's mind raced, but outwardly, he remained posed, merely showing a hint of surprise. After all, someone aiming to be a superstar o maintain their coht?