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The Eve of the Tournament
"Uh, okay."
Sister Doma moved her hand away, then glanced at Torhu's clothes and sighed softly.
The feeling of multitasking was truly strange. Over on the other side, Yukino had already begun rigorous training, while here she was still idly eating snacks. After thinking it over, she got out of bed, put on her boots, and walked step by step to the door. Looking back, she said, "Let's go work out together."
"Sure."
There were swings, parallel bars, horizontal bars, and other facilities for exercise and recreation near the apartment complex. At this hour, there was basically no one around. Beneath the moonlight, everything was covered in a hazy silver sheen.
A few minutes later...
"This is the workout you were talking about?"
Watching Sister Doma swing beneath the moonlight, Torhu, who had just grabbed the horizontal bar, grumbled in frustration.
"I'm accompanying you while you work out. This body of mine is meant for support and isn't good at fighting," Sister Doma replied calmly.
In fact, forget pull-ups—even ordinary push-ups... no, even lifting a dumbbell weighing a few kilograms was a struggle for Sister Doma.
So Torhu Hagakure could only work out by herself. All the while, she could only hear herself yelling "Aaaahhh!" over and over, yet she still couldn't pull herself up.
"How did you even get into U.A.?" Sister Doma looked at her skeptically.
"My ability... isn't for fighting, aaaahhh!"
Torhu Hagakure's arms trembled. In the end, her strength gave out, and she crashed to the ground with a bang.
"..."
A few seconds later, she sighed. "I should just keep swinging."
She was really just bored.
At that moment, her petite body swayed gently on the swing. Her smooth skin reflected a delicate glow beneath the moonlight. Her long hair fluttered in the wind, and her two slender calves swung silently beneath her skirt, like a free spirit of nature.
Such a breathtaking sight made even Torhu Hagakure, another girl, lose herself for a moment. What followed was an indescribable sense of loss.
Yeah. She could never possess such beauty in her lifetime.
No one could see her.
She always used cheerful laughter to draw people's attention. Only that way could she avoid being completely overlooked.
After all, her Quirk was invisibility.
"Su Lin, you really are different from me." Looking at Su Lin's relaxed appearance, Torhu sighed for once.
"What's wrong?"
"At least you still have yourself."
"..."
After a brief silence, she twitched at the corner of her mouth. "You don't think you won't be able to find a boyfriend in the future, do you?"
"Huh? Ah... no, I wasn't thinking that." Torhu Hagakure immediately covered her face in embarrassment.
"Hmph, I don't believe you. But what's wrong with being invisible? There are plenty of strange Quirks in this world. You don't need to worry at all," Su Lin snorted dismissively.
Su Lin had considered that if he ended up so miserable in the future that he couldn't find a girlfriend, he would probably have no choice but to choose himself.
But when he thought carefully about that, it was always a little hard to talk about.
To accept it without issue, he would need a certain lack of shame. And having children would be even worse.
He simply couldn't imagine controlling Sister Doma or Yukino, being shyly pinned beneath his main body, doing that sort of thing, and making those kinds of sounds at the same time.
"Aaaahhh, don't think about it, don't think about it."
She hurriedly shook the thoughts from her head, her face bright red.
Two weeks later, at the Sports Festival competition grounds.
"So many people. This is way too exaggerated."
Walking along the road and looking at the sea of people, even though Su Lin had prepared himself mentally, he still couldn't help feeling nervous.
Fortunately, he wasn't directly pursuing first place. He was approaching it with the mindset that participation mattered most, simply wanting to experience it.
Besides, his real goal was to kill All For One. Before finding where the other man was hiding, it was better to keep a low profile. At the very least, he couldn't let him know that he possessed the ability to kill him.
"The focus this year really is Class A."
"The desperate passion of putting everything on the line, combined with strategies refined through extensive combat experience, usually makes the third-year division the biggest attraction every year. But this year is different. The first-year division is receiving just as much attention."
"Hey, did you hear? Endeavor's son is in the first-year division this year."
"No way, really? That's incredible!"
Amid such discussions, Su Lin and the rest of Class A arrived at the resting area of the massive venue.
"We can't even use our costumes."
Checking the time, there were only a few minutes left before it began. As class president, he couldn't be completely irresponsible, so he collected himself and said, "Everyone, get ready. We'll be going out soon."
The moment he spoke, everyone in the room became nervous to some degree.
But just then, Shoto Todoroki suddenly walked over to Midoriya with his hands in his pockets. "Midoriya."
Midoriya blankly looked up. "Todoroki, what is it?"
"Objectively speaking, I should be stronger than you." Shoto Todoroki got straight to the point and said exactly what he had come to say.
"Uh..." Midoriya immediately became uneasy.
"But All Might seems to be paying a lot of attention to you." Todoroki's tone gradually turned cold. "I don't intend to get to the bottom of that, but in the battles ahead, I will defeat you."
The entire room froze in an instant.
Cold sweat appeared on Denki Kaminari's forehead. "The strongest guy in class actually challenged someone himself."
"Hey, hey, hey." Eijiro Kirishima also ran over and tapped Shoto Todoroki on the shoulder. "Why are you suddenly acting so aggressive? Don't be like that. We're about to head out."
"I have no intention of being friendly and united with you people." Todoroki slapped Kirishima's hand away. "What I do is my freedom."
Midoriya clenched his fist and looked at Shoto Todoroki, his tone hesitant. "I don't know why Todoroki would say he wants to defeat me. It's true that you're stronger than I am. In terms of strength, I think most of our classmates are inferior to you. But..."
As he spoke, he raised his head and stared at Shoto Todoroki. "Everyone, including the General Studies students, is aiming for first place. I'll give it everything I have too."
"Tch." Bakugo, seated nearby, snorted, seemingly displeased with Midoriya.
"Um... isn't that enough?" Ochaco Uraraka sensed that the atmosphere was becoming increasingly wrong, so she pointed outside.
"It's almost time. Let's go. This is a great chance for Class A to show what we can do." Iida hurriedly nodded as well.
Shoto Todoroki gave Midoriya a deep look, then turned and walked toward the exit.
Just as he was about to step outside, Su Lin suddenly blocked his path.
"What is it?" Shoto Todoroki frowned slightly.
"Objectively speaking, I should be stronger than you."
"..."
The Obstacle Course
At that moment, black lines appeared across countless foreheads. The somewhat solemn atmosphere had somehow turned comical.
"Pfft..." Ochaco Uraraka covered her mouth, looking like she desperately wanted to laugh.
As for Shoto Todoroki himself, the corner of his mouth twitched.
"You... what are you trying to say?"
"I'm just livening up the mood. Have a little fun."
"..."
Izuku Midoriya gave the two of them a complicated look, but ultimately said nothing.
A few minutes later...
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the U.A. Sports Festival, the annual ultimate battle! The tiny sprouts of heroism will engage in life-or-death clashes! You've all been waiting for these kids, haven't you? Those miraculous rising stars who survived an enemy attack through sheer willpower—the first-year Class A of the Hero Course! Let's welcome them!!"
Passion erupted throughout the venue, rivaling the opening ceremony of the Olympics. The twenty students of Class A slowly emerged from the enormous gate.
"S-So many people!"
Looking up, they saw countless spectators and media outlets cheering. This was a live broadcast to the entire nation. Even though they had prepared themselves mentally, everyone still felt an indescribable nervousness upon entering the arena.
"Being able to demonstrate your full strength under the watchful eyes of the public is also one of the essential qualities a hero must possess." Tenya Iida looked around, clenching his fist with great vigor. He forced himself to remain calm and tried to direct his gaze toward Su Lin.
No matter how he thought about it, that guy should have been the calmest one.
However...
"Pfft, Su Lin, your legs are shaking." Ochaco Uraraka mercilessly pointed out a certain fact.
"..."
"Next up is the slightly less popular but still highly capable first-year Class B of the Hero Course."
"Following them are Classes C, D, and E of the General Studies Department."
"Classes F, G, and H of the Support Department."
"And then I, J, and K of the Business Department."
"All of U.A.'s first-years have arrived!"
Under the loud commentary of a certain noisy airplane-haired announcer, the audience's enthusiasm rose to another level.
In the end, everyone gathered before the central platform.
Then a teacher dressed in an extremely revealing outfit, with an incredibly sexy figure, slowly walked onto the stage.
"Pfft, Midnight, what kind of outfit is that?" Kirishima blushed slightly as he glanced at the teacher onstage.
"As expected of an 18+ hero. So awesome." Mineta was trembling with excitement.
Su Lin looked up at the teacher without surprise. Her Quirk was Somnambulist, and she needed exposed skin to exert its greatest effect, so naturally her costume had been designed for that purpose.
Of course, for the men present, this scene was undeniably a treat.
"Silence!"
Midnight waved the thing in her hand and shouted to everyone, "The representative contestant from 1-A, Su Lin, come up and take the oath."
"What?" Su Lin froze. "Me?"
That made sense. After all, he had ranked first in total points on the entrance exam.
He sighed. "Looks like there's no avoiding it."
Su Lin swallowed, took a deep breath, put on an act of calmness, and slowly walked up.
"That guy..." Some students in the General Studies Department saw Su Lin in his school uniform and immediately thought of the masked person from two weeks ago.
Without saying anything, his very presence made the pressure soar.
Su Lin slowly walked up to the microphone, feeling like he was about to embarrass himself this time.
Following the principle that the more he said, the more likely he was to make a mistake, he took a deep breath and said, "I don't have much to say. I hope everyone performs well."
"Roar—"
The audience immediately erupted with tremendous enthusiasm.
"Whew, I got through that."
He looked calm on the surface, but he was nervous as hell. With his hand in his pocket, Su Lin slowly returned to his spot.
"Su Lin, your legs are shaking even more than before." Ochaco Uraraka poked his back.
"They are not."
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