As the high-pitched crag of electricity filled the air, Midnight, who had been watg the battle ily, felt an uneasy prickle down her spihis sound was sharper, more intehan before, almost like thousands of birds screeg in unison.

  The memory of something she'd once seen and heard during a deep training exercise fshed through her mind, and an instinctive sense of danger welled up inside her.

  "Stop! Kaminari, stop!!" she shouted, her voice eg across the arena. Without hesitation, she tore the fabri her arms, releasing her sleep-indug pheromones, and directed the pink gas towards Kaminari.

  But the intense heat radiating from the stadium floor prevented her quirk from reag him, the gas evaporating before it could get close.

  Meanwhile, toss and Vd had already moved to intercept. Even All Might oeacher's bend Endeavor iands looked tense, realizing the severity of Kaminari's move.

  "This attack... it could be dangerous!"

  But Kaminari's speed in his high-voltage mode was no joke.

  With his hand outstretched, holding a dense orb of dark-gold electricity, Kaminari unched himself off the top of the iation, tearing through the arena with bzing speed. Shards of ice shattered in his wake, leaving a trail of golden afterimages and fractured ice along his path.

  CRACK!

  Kaminari tore through the lingering fmes and searing waves of heat, charging straight at Todoroki.

  "'t even stop it with fire?!"

  Todoroki's eyes widened as the dark-gold glow grew rger in his vision. But he wasn't about to back down.

  "So what!" he shouted defiantly, summoning twin streams of id fire from both sides of his body, the two elements surging forward in tandem.

  In that instant, the arena lit into a world of fire and ice, Todoroki unleashing the full power of his Quirk, pushing beyond anything he'd done before. He was bining his fmes and ice at once, pushing both sides to their limits.

  The collision of superheated air with intense cold created a massive pressure wave, an explosive air burst that roared through the stadium.

  BOOM!

  Kaminari's golden pupils narrowed as the explosion and shockwave barreled toward him. "Let's finish this!"

  With a fierce shout, he poured every ounce of electricity in his body into the energy ball in his right hand, even drawing power from the high-voltage field that protected him. His golden aura faded visibly, while the electricity in his hand intensified, f a dark-gold spear of energy that extended from his fiips.

  BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

  The arena was engulfed in blinding light as Kaminari's "Raikiri" met Todoroki's fire and ice head-on, creating a brilliant white fsh. The sheer force of the impaleashed a shockwave that obliterated the massive iceberg, scattering it into tiny shards that evaporated almost instantly ireme heat.

  For what felt like ay, the light and noise were overwhelming, a deafening roar that rattled every er of the stadium. The audience shielded their eyes, and an intense wind whipped across the arena, tearing through the stands with the force of a typhoon.

  When the dust began to settle, and the harsh light finally dimmed, a heavy silenketed the stadium. Thick white mist filled the arena floor, obsg everything from view. The audience held their breath, waiting for any sign of the two fighters.

  Slowly, the white mist began to dissipate, swirling as if disturbed by a force within. As it cleared, the crowd squirying to make out what had happened.

  The first thing they noticed was that Midnight, who had been iands, was now pstered against the wall above the audience, ging to it like a portrait in an aosition.

  And, pressed up against her… was a grinning Mia, his nose bleeding profusely.

  "Ah… I die happy now…" Mia sighed dreamily, reveling in his proximity to Midnight.

  Midnight, clearly unfortable, pushed herself off the wall and grabbed Mia by his colr, flinging him aside. Her face flushed, not from Mia's antics, but from the embarrassment of being thrown into the wall in front of the eadium. She quickly tried tain her posure as the mist tio clear.

  Finally, the field came into view. But instead of Todoroki or Kaminari, the first thing the audieiced was All Might, standing firmly in the ter of the field, gripping Kaminari's right wrist tightly. Kaminari's hand still crackled faintly with residual electricity.

  And nearby, Endeavor y in a crater against the stadium wall, looking somewhat battered, having apparently been flung there during the final csh.

  "Kaminari… what was that move?"

  All Might, t over Kaminari, looked down with a serious expression. Held by t restraints and a few blood ropes, Kaminari couldn't move. He met All Might's gaze and replied with a slight smirk.

  "Raikiri…" He hesitated for a moment, then added quietly, "An upgraded version."

  He'd sidered calling it "Chidori" before, but somehow, the name "Raikiri" felt like a better fit for him.

  "Raikiri…" All Might repeated the o himself, itting it to memory. After a moment, his expressioern again.

  "Kaminari, tell me holy. Did you use this 'Raikiri' intending to kill Todoroki?"

  Kaminari looked up, meeting All Might's gaze directly. A faint smile touched his lips as he spoke calmly.

  "Look closely at where my hand was aimed. I didn't go for his vital points—I aimed for his right arm."

  All Might g Kaminari's right hand, still faintly glowing, and after a moment, nodded in agreement.

  "You're right."

  With All Might's grip holding him ihere was no way Kaminari could have shifted his aim. Even Endeavor wouldn't have been able to ge his trajectory in that situation.

  Seeing Kaminari's measured expression, All Might's stance rexed slightly.

  "Kaminari, I have a request," All Might said, his voice carrying a weight of authority.

  Kaminari sighed inwardly, thinking to himself, Do I even have a choice? He nodded.

  "Go ahead."

  All Might released Kaminari's wrist, still looking down at him with a serious expression.

  "Kaminari, I want you to temporarily seal this 'Raikiri' teique. Don't use it on your cssmates again. And even if you face vilins iure, use it only as a st resort."

  "Uood."

  Kaminari agreed without hesitation.

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