Chapter 77: Beginning of The Tournament
Things proceeded like in the original, with both Ojiro and the Twin Impact guy giving up. They were replaced by Tetsutetsu and Ibara. Mainly because they were the next team in the ranking.
Regardless. The first fight was Shinso against Izuku. And I doubt it will go much different, I don't think Shinso will be able to win.
Especially since Izuku can always render himself immune to Shinso's quirk. And since Izuku managed to somewhat control his quirk the battle will be even more one-sided.
In the end, Shinso will get defeated by the plot armour that is One for All, a quirk that manages to shake off all the effects of other quirks.
Oh well, since he managed to get this far I can convince Nezu to get him a place in the Hero Course. Same goes for Naijeru, but I'm quite sure he will be able to win a few rounds.
Izuku managed to come out of Shinso's mind control even quicker than in the series. Shinso used the same strategy to get Izuku to respond to him.
If Shinso was like Shigaraki, he would start screaming about hax and cheating. But he just looked defeated, he probably expected more from himself.
And, to be fair, he would've beaten everyone but Izuku. Maybe with the exception of Shoto, since he's too edgy to have a proper dialogue with someone.
I obviously went to talk to Shinso after his fight. He looked quite depressed. Even after noticing me, he kept looking at the ground.
"You did a good job," I said as he raised his head a bit.
"But it wasn't enough was it?" He said with some spite. He was probably referring to all of the training he went through to get here.
Since failure is still fresh on his mind he is acting a bit different from usual. But I know what to say in order to calm him down.
"Not really, you made your appearance in the last round. It's enough for me to argue about giving you a place in the hero course." His eyes widened, tearing up a bit.
"You should go rest for now. Don't worry too much. I'll talk with Nezu after the festival." Honestly, him not being accepted in the hero course would be quite stupid.
He had one of the best quirks a hero could ask for. And I'm sure Nezu will be able to see that too.
After he thanked me a few times I left, leaving him to contemplate on his situation a bit.
The next fights were mostly the same. With a few exceptions. Since 5 teams made it into the final round.
Tsuyu ended up fighting Shoji, she lost. And Naijeru fought against Mineta.
It wasn't exactly a hard fight for Naijeru. Although the midget managed to immobilize Naijeru using that ball whip that I showed him. It wasn't exactly useful since Naijeru's attacks came from his nose.
Tsuyu couldn't really overcome the difference in size and strength against Shoji. Her technique isn't quite there yet.
The rest of the fights were pretty much the same.
Shoto going too far against Sero. I ended up having to melt him out of that glacier. Mainly since I could do it faster so he wouldn't get injured further.
Ibara beating up Kaminari. Mina winning against Aoyama. Tokoyamio winning against Momo, much to her displeasure.
Watching Tetsutetsu and Kirishima fight was like watching two turtles race. Neither of them managed to get through the other's defence. It ended in a draw.
Although they arm-wrestled as a tie-breaker. Kirishima still won. I guess he was physically stronger than Tetsu.
And finally, Ochako losing against Lord Explosion Murder. It was just as dramatic as in the show. Reminded me that Bakugo had decent sportsmanship.
Rumi and Eri seemed to be enjoying themselves even more when seeing the fighting tournament. 'It seems that coming here wasn't such a bother after all. Right, Rumi?'
Of course, I wouldn't say that out loud. I care about my own well-being. Even thinking about it made Rumi turn her head in my direction and glared at me.
As if she could read my thoughts or something. I guess Nezu did say my face was expressive. But it shouldn't be that bad right?
The quarter-finals were a bit more different.
As in only two fights happened differently.
Shoji fought against Bakugo. While Naijeru fought against Kirishima.
Shoji lost his fight, although he managed to get some hits in. Bakugo was pushed back quite a bit. But he ended the match with a big explosion that blew Shoji out of the ring.
Something he could've done in the beginning. I think he chose to let his classmate show off a few moves before knocking him out of the fight. Probably so that Shoji could also get a few internship invitations. Really nice of him.
And Naijeru won against Kirishima. Much to the surprise of everyone but me and Shinso. He was quite the black horse in this competition.
He won by capturing and immobilizing the hardened red-haired student. Although he pulled and ripped a lot of his hair more just kept coming out. Since he got a bit used to the pain he only flinched a bit as Kirishima pulled his nose hair out.
But by the end, Kirishima couldn't move anymore, his entire body was engulfed in Naijeru's nose hair.
I could see that even some of the teachers were surprised by this. A student in the general course rarely had a quirk this powerful.
Aizawa even looked at me weirdly and made his way towards me. Nezu probably informed him that I personally trained two students.
"How did this student not make it in the hero course?" He seemed genuinely confused.
"Oh, he was a complete wimp." As I said that Rumi started laughing a bit as Aizawa facepalmed. Toshinori just shook his head a bit. He was listening in like a nosy old guy.
Eri wasn't even paying attention, she was transfixed on the other fights happening right now. Aizawa decided to leave me alone after that.
The fight between Shoto and Izuku was a bit different. Izuku didn't need to break his fingers anymore and he managed to push Shoto back a lot.
They were still shouting to each other as they did in the series. Most of the audience couldn't hear them.
I ended up putting up a barrier to protect the audience. Izuku managed to break his arm again and Shoto won by using his fire. (barely)
Much to the ecstasy of his father. Who really should get a hobby or something.
Ibara lost to Iida, who just grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed her off the stage. A bit disrespectful not gonna lie.
I mean, they are all students, treating Ibara differently just because she's a girl is a bit demeaning. Bakugo handled it much better.
Tokoami too treated Mina seriously regardless of her gender. He won, the fight going about the same it did in the show.
Now we were at the Semi-finals. But something strange happened. Iida dropped out of the tournament. I kinda forgot about this.
Stain attacked his brother, right? Oh well, it builds character. Not like Ingenium died or anything. I honestly forgot Stain even existed...
But the tournament continued regardless of that. Stain himself will show himself in Hosu, probably without the Nomus this time.
Naijeru ended up fighting against Shoto. Tough match-up. But if he doesn't use his fire then it should Naijeru will win.
The fight started as you'd expect it to. Shoto sent a glacier in Naijeru's direction.
Naijeru managed to avoid it by jumping over it. He quickly started closing the distance. Shoto froze a lot oh his hair, but Naijeru just shook off the frozen hair and instantly grew more.
Shoto kept sending wave after wave in Naijeru's direction. But the ginger student managed to dodge every attack. Well, almost every attack. One of them came close, but Naijeru formed a cocoon around himself and blocked it.
He was sent out of the arena but used his hair to pull himself back in without touching the ground. Since Naijeru's hair getting frozen didn't hurt like it did when it was ripped out made the fight much easier for him.
He managed to close the distance a lot. Shoto quickly panicked and encased the whole arena in a huge glacier. Catching Naijeru in it.
Midnight was about to call his win, but Naijeru's hair sprouted out of his nose and formed a drill. He dug through the ice and escaped.
Shoto was already tired since he used his ice a lot. And just like that. He was crushed under a giant mountain of nose-hair. I could hear Endeavor complaining from here.
Most of the students in class 1-A were dumbfounded at this. Shoto was one of the strongest in their class. No one expected a general course student to win against him.
Although, if Shoto used his fire the fight would've gone differently. Since hair burns quite nicely. But that's an IF. He didn't use it so he lost. You don't get to go easy on your opponent if you can't afford to.
Bakugo was mad, as usual. He probably wanted to fight Shoto in the finals. But since he lost due to not being serious it made him livid.
He had taken out his anger on his next opponent. Tokoyami was already at a disadvantage so it wasn't exactly a hard fight for the explosive teenager.
And just like that. The semi-finals were done.
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