Whoosh!

  Fag Kaminari's high-speed Electrified Fist, Midoriya didn't dare to block it head-on. Instead, he pnted his right foot on the ground and quickly slid back a couple of meters, narrowly avoiding the attack.

  Boom!

  As Kaminari relentlessly closed the distance, Midoriya punched forward into the air. The force of his punch distorted the air, creating a powerful gust that barreled toward Kaminari.

  Sizzle

  But Kaminari's expression didn't waver. Casually, he sidestepped to the right, evading the gust with ease. A few strands of his blond hair fluttered up from the wind, but he was otherwise unfazed.

  Having watched Midoriya in aany times before, Kaminari knew better than to rush in without a p something about Midoriya's current attack felt… off.

  It was weak. Surprisingly so.

  pared to the raw, intense power Midoriya usually dispyed, this punch felt almost restrained, as if he was holding back.

  Sizzle

  Kaminari resumed his pursuit, while Midoriya seemed i on keeping his distance, stantly evading close bat.

  For three whole minutes, Kaminari chased Midoriya around the arena, occasionally striking out, only for Midoriya to narrowly evade or deflect his blows with trolled punches, each releasing a gust of wind in Kaminari's dire.

  Crackle

  "Unlike me, Kaminari's energy is real electricity," Midoriya thought, cautiously watg Kaminari while keeping a safe distaoug him directly would be a huge mistake. All I o do is wear him dowually, his electricity will run out."

  As Midoriya tinued his evasive maneuvers, he pnned his move. "Or… I could find a ce to use a full-power pund knock him out of bounds."

  To the spectators, the se ectacle. Two figures, one cloaked in golden lightning, the other in green energy, chased each other across the massive crete arena, moving at speeds that few could even follow. From time to time, fshes of lightning and bursts of air pressure filled the space, creating an intense, mesmerizing show.

  Eve Miown for his stant entary, found himself momentarily silent, caught up iion alongside the rapt audience.

  Meanwhile, Kaminari began to uand the nature of Midoriya's ability. The energy Midoriya was using was different from his owrically charged movement. Kaminari's speed came from his trol over electric currents stimuting his muscles, but Midoriya's speed… urely physical.

  "He's using raw power to create speed," Kaminari thought, Midoriya carefully as they both halted for a brief moment. "It's not that his Quirk has ged. He's still using that same explosive strength, but he's figured out how to spread that power throughout his entire body, not just his fists."

  Kaminari evaluated their strengths and weaknesses. "In terms of pure speed, we're about evenly matched. But his punches pack a lot more force. Still, I have the edge in one way, my attacks carry aric shock."

  For a moment, the arena was still, as both fighters stared each other down.

  "What's going on? Why'd they stop?" Present Mic's voice echoed, breaking the tense silence.

  Ign the entator, Kaminari fshed a fident smile at Midoriya, ohat the cameras caught perfectly.

  "Is this all you've got?" Kaminari asked, a hint of challenge in his tone.

  Midoriya's eyes widened, a hint of fusion breaking through his tration.

  "Here's a heads-up," Kaminari tinued, his smile fading into a serious expression. "You'd better bring out that 'smash' of yours, because I'm done holding back. When I go all out, it gets… intense."

  Suddenly, the electricity surrounding Kaminari's body surged, crag louder as his hair lifted, charged by the energy radiating from him.

  Boom!

  "High-voltage mode… activated!" Kaminari announced, his voice tinged with determination.

  With a surge of power, Kaminari was enveloped in a bzing aura of goldericity, arcs of lightning dang dangerously around him. Then, in the blink of an eye, he vanished, leaving only a charred spot where he had been standing.

  In an instant, Kaminari reappeared as a golden streak, rocketing towards Midoriya like a bolt of lightning. His speed was so extreme that even the arena cameras struggled to keep up.

  "He's… so fast!" Midoriya thought, instantly reizing that Kaminari was far quicker than he could react to.

  SMASHHHH!

  Desperate, Midoriya unleashed a full-powered punch, even though he k would likely injure him. He swung at the empty spa front of him, detonating his Quirk to create a shockwave that distorted the air in front of him.

  "Now's my ce!" Kaminari thought, eyes lighting up as he closed in on the explosive shockwave.

  Iands, All Might was already halfway out of his seat, his eyes wide with . He khat one miscalcuted punch from Midoriya could do serious damage, perhaps even put Kaminari in the hospital.

  Oeacher's ptform, Aizawa squinted, sidering whether he should activate his Erasure Quirk to prevent an act. But before he could decide, Kaminari had already reached Midoriya.

  Nearby, Bakugo and Todoroki watched the se ily, their expressions serious.

  BOOM!

  Midoriya's punch created a massive shockwave, sending turbulent waves of air rushing toward the audiehe force was intense enough to cause spectators iands to shield their faces from the bst.

  But before anyone could panic, thick crete walls rose up from the ground, shielding the audience from the wind.

  "Phew… just in time," toss muttered, his hands pressed firmly against the ground as he trolled the walls.

  However, the power of Midoriya's bst was eveer thaicipated. The first three walls cracked and crumbled in seds, and it wasn't until the fifth wall that the shockwave was finally tained.

  Many in the audie back, breathing sighs of relief. For a moment, they'd felt the full brunt of Midoriya's raw strength, and it was terrifying.

  As the dust settled, all eyes returo the arena, eager to see the oute of the csh.

  When the dust cleared, the sight left everyounned, Midoriya stood frozen, his arm extended from his powerful punch… but just inches away, Kaminari's fist hovered, stopping short of a strike that could have hit Midoriya.

  Midoriya's arm trembled, his face a mix of shod awe as he stared at Kaminari.

  "How…" he murmured.

  Kaminari's voice, calm and steady, echoed across the arena.

  "You lost, Midoriya."

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