"Juzo Honenuki, you still move?"
On the sidelines, Midnight who artially frozen herself trembled from the chill as she asked a question she already khe ao.
"…I 't…"
Honenuki, feeling the numbing cold all over his body, barely mao shake his frozen face as he whispered.
"Honenuki is incapacitated. Shoto Todoroki advao the sed round!"
Midnight cracked her whip, her voice eg through the speakers.
But the crowd stayed silent, staring i the enormous iation t over the arena. The sheer scale of it left them speechless.
"Kaminari's mother stared wide-eyed, muttering to herself. "Was… was our son up against something like that just now?"
"Uh? Y-yeah!" Kaminari's father stammered, snapping out of his daze. He forced a smile, his voice a mix of pride and disbelief. "Our Kaminari… he's really something, isn't he?"
Down on the field, Todoroki approached the frozen Honenuki and pced his hand on the ice surrounding him.
"Sorry… I went overboard. I'm… not in the best of moods."
With that, he used his fire Quirk to thaw Honenuki's body. Then, he pressed his palm against the iceberg and began to melt it down, releasing a trolled wave of fmes around him to vaporize the excess water.
As the t ice structure melted, steam filled the arena, and within moments, the ground was pletely dry. It was as if nothing had happened, leaving the audience even more in awe of Todoroki's precise trol.
Kaminari chuckled as he rose from his seat, stretg slightly. "Guess it's my tur," he said, walking down toward the arena under Bakugo's watchful gaze.
When he reached the corridor, he spotted Midoriya waiting with Uraraka and some of the other students who had e to support him. Uraraka seemed calmer now, though a hint of sadness lingered in her eyes.
"Kaminari-kun?" Midoriya asked, a bit fused as Kaminari paused to look at him.
Kaminari just grinned and patted Midoriya on the shoulder. "Nothing much. Let's put on a good show, alright?"
As he walked past, he left Midoriya with a final remark, his voice low but fident.
"I'm looking forward to this, Midoriya."
Kirishima let out a deep breath after Kaminari disappeared down the hall, then turo Midoriya with a serious expression.
"Midoriya, you've gotta give it everything you've got. Kaminari's no weaker than Todoroki!"
"I know…" Midoriya nodded, g his fists tightly. Determination filled his eyes as he added, "I have my reasons for not holding bao matter how strong he is, I'll do everything I to win!"
He thought of All Might's words to him, about proving himself aing his as speak for his strength. He wouldn't disappoint his mentor.
"Yeah, you got this, Midoriya-kun!" Uraraka said, trying to lift his spirits with an encing smile, despite her ow defeat.
Kaminari's friends, Tetsutetsu, Kyoka, and Momo, exged gnces but remained quiet, their expressions carrying a hint of worry. They had all seen Kaminari's strength firsthand. It was a steep challenge, even for someone as determined as Midoriya.
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As Kaminari and Midoriya arrived in the arena, the faculty prepared themselves. Giveensity of the previous matches, U.A. had assigned an additional teacher to supervise this round: Vd King, the homeroom teacher of Css 1-B.
Even All Might, sitting at the faculty table, was visibly tense. He was ready to intervene if Kaminari or Midoriya went overboard. He uood both boys' determination, but also the dangers of their respective powers. If either of them lost trol, he'd step in immediately.
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The crowd roared as the four fme towers at each er of the arena ignited. Present Mic's voied through the speakers, introdug the petitors.
"From Css 1-A's Hero Course, it's Kaminari Denki, whose electrifying strength we've all seen before! And fag him is her than Midoriya Izuku, who has shown impressive resiliend strength in previous events!"
The crowd cheered even louder. Kaminari's growing popurity was clear, with fans shouting his name, urging him to deliver ahrilling performance.
"Go, Kaminari!!"
"Knock him out like Todoroki did!"
"Kaminari! Hit him with a huhousand volts!"
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As they faced each other in the arena, Kaminari eyed Midoriya thoughtfully, notig the faint arcs of greericity dang around him.
"So, what exactly is your Quirk?" Kaminari asked, curious. "That looks… a lot like my high-speed movement."
Midoriya hesitated, looking down at the energy flickering around his hands. "Uh… well, it's plicated. I guess you could say it's a sort of… burst of strength?" he stammered, clearly unsure how to expin it.
In truth, Midoriya didn't fully uand it himself. Unlike his terpart, he hadn't meticulously studied how to use ONE-FOR-ALL. His current state was something he'd stumbled into, without any clear method.
"Hmm, all right the's see what you've got, Midoriya!"
Kaminari shrugged, brushing off the ck of a clear answer. His own body crackled to life with goldericity, signaling that he was ready to go all out.
"The's find out how your version of 'high-speed movement' stacks up against mine!"
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To the crowd's amazement, the two fighters looked almost identical in that moment, both ed in crag energy, each fag dowher with fierce determination.
Without warning, Kaminari moved first, surging forward like a bolt of lightning. The sheer speed of his approach made Midoriya's eyes widen in shock.
"What's wrong? Did you fet already?" Kaminari said, his voice calm yet intense. "Weren't you going to do your best to beat me?"
The words spurred Midoriya to a. With a deep breath, he steadied himself, fog all his willpower as Kaminari's electrified fist swung towards him.
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