Not only the students but All Might and several other teachers on the hero side of the faculty bench stood up instinctively, their faces showing shock.

  In the back of the auditorium, Endeavor leaned against the wall, watg the fight with a focused iy. His cold blue eyes narrowed as he took in the se.

  The source of their astonishment was the "electric field" rapidly spinning clockwise around Kaminari's team at high speed.

  No, that's not quite right.

  This was no longer just a "field" or even a "lightning ." It looked more like… an ied, golden, dome-shaped current shield toug the ground.

  "A defensive barrier made of lightning?" Midnight murmured from her spot on the sidelines, as bewildered as anyone else.

  "Just as I thought..."

  Otlefield, Kaminari sat atop Tetsutetsu, his golden eyes half-closed as he focused ily oeel balls spinning faster and faster under his trol.

  The previous times he'd used this "Lightning " teique, it had been rushed. He hadn't had a ce to really feel the ges in his trol. But this time was different.

  Having attempted it twice already, he now had a better sense of what he was doing. With practice, the teique was being smoother. Practice really does make perfect.

  This time, while maintaining the "Lightning ," he'd felt a strange sensation, as if he could influehe steel balls with both his current and his mind. Following that instinct, he had tentatively tested it... and the steel ball he focused on had actually moved!

  If he could trol one, could he trol all of them?

  Before long, all of the steel balls moved in sync, causing Momo and the others to wat . They khat if somethi wrong with Kaminari's move, they'd all be in serious trouble.

  But the situation was unfolding beyond anyone's expectations.

  Once Kaminari realized he could trol the steel balls and grew more fident in his abilities, his mind began rag with possibilities.

  "If I manipute steel balls with my electric field, could I make a steel pte and fly on it?"

  The thought fshed through his mind, a memory from the first obstacle course still fresh—he'd struggled with not being able to fly back then, and it had clearly stuck with him. Naturally, the idea of s through the air ealing.

  He even had a mental image of an imposing, helmeted man with white hair, standing proudly, appearing before him.

  "If I keep improving this skill, maybe I could do something like Mago."

  The image faded, repced by a young girl with short brown hair and a fident look.

  "Or perhaps, I could study moves like the "Iron Sand" teiques that Electric Princess uses..."

  But those were goals for another day. Right now, his priority was defense, especially sihe rules prevented him from taking the initiative to attack.

  Just then, anure surfaced in his mind, a stoic boy with dark hair and pierg white eyes, as an idea sparked.

  Rotation Defense... Just like Hakkeshou Kaiten!

  His vision was clear: to use a hueel balls, spinning in a circur motion around him like a top, creating a powerful trifugal force to defley ining attacks.

  pared to his previous "Lightning ," this teique offered several distinct advantages.

  First, it ed far less energy. This move relied mostly orifugal force for defense, so he didn't o increase his electric output, just keep a low-level current going.

  Sed, it provided much better ce. The "Lightning " created a mesh of linear currents that iably left some gaps. But now, by f a tinuous barrier, he'd elimihose weaknesses.

  Finally, this new move boasted far stronger defensive power. The "Lightning " had always been more offensive in nature. Although he could use it for defe was nowhere near as specialized as this full-on defensive shield.

  "Yeah... this is my absolute defense," Kaminari decred fidently to everyone around him.

  "Thunder Aegis!"

  "Boom!"

  Behind him, the ice wall shielding Todoroki's team suddenly shattered. Bakugo, Kirishima, and the others surged through the gap and froze, eyes widening as they caught sight of the "golden light" source.

  "What the hell is that?!" Bakugo excimed in surprise.

  No one answered him, though. Todoroki and the others were too focused on the shimmering, ied golden dome standiween them and Kaminari's team.

  "Absolute defeodoroki murmured, his gaze sharpening as he sneered slightly. "You're as full of yourself as ever, Kaminari."

  Without another word, he leaped up onto a nearby icicle and activated his ice Quirk, creating a cascade of icicles that rained down like an avanche.

  If he hadn't been worried about potentially hurting Kaminari and his teammates, he might have gone as far as to summon his rgest ice wall and crush them ht.

  "Boom!!!"

  The collision of dozens of icicles against the radiant "Thunder Aegis" filled the stadium with explosive energy, capturing the attention of all 120,000 spectators, and even the groups outside the ice wall couldn't help but look their way.

  It was clear that the iy of the csh between Kaminari and Todoroki was on another level entirely.

  "Hey! Isn't this a bit much for just a game?!" Present Mic shouted into his microphone, his voice filled with shock.

  All the stadium ss zoomed in on Kaminari's location, though the cameras struggled to capture a clear image through the thick fog of id steam.

  "Dear, look!"

  Kaminari's mother clutched his father's arm tightly, her face filled with worry. "Is our son going to be alright?"

  Kaminari's father remained silent, his heart rag with ay. Even though Kaminari had decred that he had an "absolute defeodoroki's attacks looked overwhelming.

  "He'll be fine, I'm sure of it," he finally said, trying to reassure her. "We have to trust him."

  As the steam gradually dispersed uhe bright sunlight, a familiar golden glow emerged from within, shining even more brilliantly than before.

  Relief washed over Kaminari's parents, their worry repced by pride and joy as they saw their son's defenses holding strong.

  "How… how is that possible?"

  Todoroki, still standing atop the icicle, could no longer maintain his stoic expressioared in disbelief at the golden dome, which tio spin calmly among the remnants of his shattered ice.

  Even though he hadn't used his full "ice wall" move, he'd still put all his strength into the attack. Yet, Kaminari's "absolute defense" had blocked it with ease.

  "Incredible…"

  Aizaressed up against the gss of the observation deck, murmured in amazement. He watched Kaminari's "Thunder Aegis" with an iy that made him look almost like a mummy lost in awe.

  "To turn something as wild and votile as lightning into something so trolled and disciplined…"

  "His creativity is remarkable, but the precision in his trol of eleagic forces is equally impressive."

  As a Pro Hero who values teique and skill, Aizawa was more sensitive to such subtleties than most.

  "Three minutes left!" Midnight called, her voice eg through the arena.

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