Kapitel 42: Chapter 42. Preliminary Round: Obstacle Race.
"This year's first event that will decide everyone's fate is the preliminary round. Every year, many students leave the Amajiki Festival with regret!"
"It's this!"
As Midnight pointed, a screen appeared in the sports arena, showing "Obstacle Race" in big letters.
"Obstacle Race?!"
The students were surprised, while Midoriya analyzed it carefully. This preliminary Amajiki Festival was very favorable for him. His equipment already gave him a speed advantage, and with other accessories, overcoming obstacles wouldn't be a problem...
While Midoriya Izuku was muttering and analyzing, Midnight had already announced the rules.
"Please stand behind the starting line immediately!"
Hearing the judge's words, all the students rushed to grab the front positions. In a race, the closer to the front, the better!
"3—2—1!"
"The race begins!!"
With Midnight's command, all the students rushed forward, but...
"So narrow!!"
The starting gate was wide, but when the students started running together, they got stuck. They were packed tightly and couldn't run.
However, in this situation, one student rushed out first, creating a path of ice under his feet, freezing the students' feet.
"Hero Course Class A's Todoroki, showing an impressive performance right from the start!"
As the announcer, "Voice Hero" Present Mic naturally identified the student as Todoroki Shoto, one of the top students in Class A.
At the same time, Midoriya also emerged from the track, surpassing the students in front of him, and quickly catching up to Todoroki, ranking second.
"This is Support Course's Midoriya, and he's climbing the walls to run!"
During Present Mic's surprised commentary, the stadium's screen showed the scene inside the tunnel, with cameras broadcasting the race to the audience.
In the footage, Midoriya, who was blocked by most of his classmates, used his roller skates to quickly move to the side of the tunnel. Then he jumped up and stepped on the wall, showing an amazing scene as he steadily ran along the wall, bypassing the crowd.
"Flywheel: Climbing"
Hatsume Mei's meticulously crafted equipment had many functions, including the abandoned "Spider Gloves" feature, which allowed the roller skates to climb walls.
Using this feature, Midoriya Izuku overcame the obstacles and, with the speed advantage of the roller skates, quickly caught up to Todoroki Shoto.
"Sorry, Todoroki! I'm going ahead!"
Midoriya greeted him and then sped ahead with his roller skates. Todoroki wouldn't just watch Midoriya pass him, so he created an ice path to catch up.
However, Midoriya's hand thrusters boosted his speed, widening the gap between him and Todoroki. The ice couldn't keep up with Midoriya.
"Teacher, isn't the support course cheating?"
Seeing Midoriya take the lead with his equipment, the trailing students complained to the main referee, Midnight. How could they catch up so quickly?
"No! No! The support course is allowed to use equipment, and their more unfair items were banned. You should be thankful!"
Midoriya's homeroom teacher, Power Loader, had informed Midnight in advance. This was a compromise to let Midoriya use the equipment; otherwise, all students would be eliminated at the start, and there would be no sports festival.
With Midnight's explanation, the students couldn't argue and had to chase with all their might!
"Midoriya! Don't think you can get away so easily!!"
After most of Class A had left the track, Takeyama Urei started chasing, activating her Gigantification Quirk and becoming a giantess who took up the entire track!
Each step caused a mini-earthquake. Midoriya looked back and saw Takeyama Urei's long strides quickly closing the distance.
"Takeyama-san! Calm down! Calm down!!"
In Takeyama's hand was Uraraka Ochako. They had formed a temporary alliance to help each other in the sports festival, and Ochako was trying to calm the dark aura surrounding Takeyama Urei.
"Don't worry, I'll just accidentally crush the equipment. Midoriya won't blame me!"
Hearing this, Midoriya sped up with his roller skates and other equipment, distancing himself from Takeyama Urei.
Running ahead and being chased, Midoriya soon understood why this preliminary round was called an obstacle race. In front of him were giant robots from the entrance exam, dozens of them, towering tens of meters high and impossible to fight.
Midoriya couldn't slow down, with Takeyama Urei fiercely chasing him. If he stopped, he'd be caught. He charged at the giant robots, and his rocket backpack kicked in.
The powerful thrust launched Midoriya into the air, surpassing the height of the giant robots. Takeyama Urei caught up, her giant hand reaching for Midoriya.
Despite the urgent situation, Midoriya kept his cool. He used the thrusters on his arms for a second boost, escaping the giant hand that was almost upon him and getting past the giant robot obstacle to safety!
"Midoriya!!"
Takeyama Urei almost grabbed Midoriya, but the giant robots blocked her path. In her anger, she kicked the obstacle in front of her.
"Get out of my way!!"
With a powerful kick, the giant robot that even Midoriya couldn't defeat was turned into a pile of scrap metal. The students who had just arrived swallowed nervously. That was terrifying!
"Run! Run!!"
Midoriya glanced back and saw the situation behind him. He didn't dare stop and ran at full speed as soon as he landed. If he got caught, he was done for!
Takeyama Urei, having vented her anger, shrank back to her normal size.
"Takeyama-san?"
"It's been three minutes. I need to rest before I can use my Quirk again."
Takeyama Urei explained to Ochako. Her Quirk's limit was three minutes, and she needed a break before she could use it again.
Meanwhile, Todoroki and most of Class A had just reached the robot obstacle. Knowing that Midoriya had already passed, they didn't waste any time and used their abilities to get through.
"This is..."
Midoriya's speed advantage quickly brought him to the second obstacle, a pit with steel cables and rock pillars. The dark pit seemed bottomless, and the only way across was to climb the cables.
Seeing his classmates from Class A catching up, Midoriya used his roller shoes to move along the cables!
"The first place is currently held by Midoriya from the support course. It seems the obstacles don't affect him at all as he walks on the cables!"
Present Mic, who was doing live commentary, introduced Midoriya's details, while the other students pushed themselves to catch up.
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