章 22: Bamboozle
The day of the tournament had arrived, and team AICA was scheduled to fight team CRDL later on in the day. For now, the group had picked a good spot at the arena to see how the others fight, being the most interested in Cinder's team.
"What's our plan? The team we are fighting doesn't look tough, this gives us plenty of room to play around and hold back." Selina said as the four sat down.
"I got Jarvis to hack into the cameras in the academy, and their fights aren't all that impressive. We should pick two people who we will send to the 2v2 fights and let them stand back while the other two beat CRDL." Tony suggested bringing out his scroll to show the recordings from Beacon Acadamy's training grounds.
"This feels a bit… cheaty," All Might says, watching the video of team CRDL getting single-handedly destroyed by a girl with red hair, armed with a shield and a javelin.
"Hey, it's fine, we're here to win. Now, who are we sending to the doubles match?" Tony asks, dismissing All Might's concerns.
After a brief discussion, it was decided that All Might and Ancient One would be sent into the doubles match, meaning Selina and Tony would take care of team CRDL by themselves today.
The tournament begins with team RWBY against a bunch of unknowns from Shade Academy who swiftly get knocked out of the tournament, not managing to take down even a single member from the opposing team.
Cinder's team takes down their enemy just as easily, with Cinder herself just standing back and not taking part in the fight.
The crowd grows more hyped with each match while Tony slouched back, surfing the internet on his scroll comments how sloppy all their fights are.
"They are just students after all," All Might says " We should go get ready, our match is next."
Going down to their dressing room as their match starts in 10 minutes, Selina changes into her usual leather suit while this time also carrying her whip. Tony comes out wearing a mix of blue and black Iron Man suit.
"Wasnt the armor you were wearing red the last time we saw it?" Selina asks, looking at the new suit, All Might and Ancient One look equally curious about the change of colors.
"This is the new prototype that can utilize aura." Tony explains, "It boosts the physical capabilities of both the armor and its wearer considerably while also allowing for the infusing of dust crystals into attacks."
Perfectly timed with Tony finishing his explanation, the speaker in their dressing room comes online and announces that their team needs to go out on stage as the fight is about to begin.
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Walking out to the center area of the arena, the two teams are met with cheers from all around, and Tony decides to show off by flying around and doing barrel rolls in his new armor.
"Would you look at that armor doctor Oobleck, that is quite an amazing feat of engineering if I do say so myself," says one of the announcers upon seeing the show Tony is putting on for the crowd.
"As expected, the students from Atlas have developed some truly incredible technology," Oobleck answers back. "But for now, let's spin the wheel and see what kind of environment these teams will be fighting in."
Looking up to the giant screen, the wheel lands on a picture of mountains and forest.
"Looks like this will be the first repeat arena as we already saw it in the fight between JNPR and BRNZ. Without further ado, let the match begin in 3, 2, 1, START!"
As the sound of a horn is heard, All Might and Ancient Ones are the first to fall back, casually walking behind a rock while drinking tea.
From team CRDL's side, Dove changes his Hallshott into a gun and starts firing at Tony while the other three rush toward Selina.
"Hey Port, my files here say that Selina is a human, yet she is dressed like a Faunus, any clue why that would be the case?" Oobleck asks his co-commentator.
"Hmm, maybe she is trying to win over the Faunus in the crowd? They certainly seem to be cheering more for her than team CRDL."
Dove's shots have no effect on Tony's suit as an invisible force field blocks them all.
Waiting for the three to get close to her, Selina puts all her aura into her legs, making her extremely fast as she rushes past them and whips out the gun from Dove's hand.
Behind her, she can hear a series of explosions as Tony fires off one missile after another at the three who are grouped up right next to each other, creating a cloud of smoke all around them.
"The power of those missiles is insane. If those three aren't able to escape soon, they will all be knocked before even getting an attack in." Port says
By the time he finished with his analysis, the aura of both Russel and Sky fall below 15%, and the two are out of the match, thankfully for Cardin, Tony stops firing and sits on a tree branch.
"I think I've bullied them enough, you deal with the last two." Selina hears in her ear as she sweeps the legs from under Dove, making him faceplant into the ground.
Behind her, Cardinal, not letting himself be fazed by the defeat of two of his teammates or the fact that he is only at 20% aura, rushes at Selina, swinging at her with his mace.
Dodging out of the way, she moves faster than Cardin can see and appears behind him.
Kicking him in the back, Cardin falls on Dove, who is just now getting up, knocking them both out.
The crowd cheer, witnessing the quick victory from team AICA.
"Wow, that was the quickest match of the tournament so far, not even reaching the one minute mark," Oobleck says as the fight ends.
"What makes it even more impressive is that two members of the team didn't even fight while the other two didn't fall below 80% aura." Port adds, "I'm not sure if this says more about team AICA's strength or team CRDL's inability to coordinate during a fight."
"Don't be so harsh on them, you gotta remember that CRDL are only first years while AICA has had more time to practice." Oobleck tells Port, "Anyways, congratulations to team AICA on advancing, the next match will begin in 10 minutes."
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After winning their match, team AICA chose to continue watching the rest of the matches so All Might and Ancient One could be better prepared for anyone they may face tomorrow.
Returning home, Tony spent the rest of the evening in the basement, continuing his work on the new Iron Man suit and adding new features to it.
"Sir, something interesting has come up in my search," Jarvis says.
"What did you find?" Tony asks, standing up and going over to the computers.
"I was monitoring the systems related to the tournament, and someone has just interfered with the team matchups for tomorrow."
The screen displays the list of matches for the next day. According to this, All Might and Ancient One would be facing off against Sun Wukong and Neptune Vasilias.
"Well, I guess we figured out what Cinder was doing at the Cross Continental Transmit System Tower," Tony says before falling into thought.
After a few seconds, he tells Jarvis. "Let's make them squirm. Jarvis block them out of all systems they currently have access to, including their own scrolls. Re-shuffle the teams but make sure All Might and Ancient One will be fighting against Cinder's team as the first match of the day."
"Done," Jarvis reports, and Tony returns to working on his suit, excited about seeing the face of Cinder when she realizes her plans have been foiled.
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