"Then let's get started. The first event is the so-called preliminary round. Every year, a huge number of students are eliminated here."
"So..." Midnight smiled expectantly. "Let's draw the first event. The moment that decides your fate!"
The image on the giant screen spun rapidly before finally stopping on several large words.
"Obstacle Course!"
"All students from all eleven classes will take part in this race. The course goes once around the outside of the stadium, for a total distance of roughly four kilometers. And in this regard, our school has always prized freedom. As long as you stay on the course, any method is allowed... Now, take your positions!"
"The pace is really fast."
Su Lin wondered whether his avatars would be enough at this rate.
After all, X-Hair was currently the only one with real combat ability. Yukino was strong too, but she was only a little stronger than ordinary people and weak Quirk Users.
When it mattered, it would come down to how she performed.
Anyway, he had no interest in the final rankings.
As the countdown was about to begin, all the students crowded together at the starting line.
As the three green lights went out one after another, Midnight shouted, "Start!"
In an instant, every student surged toward the exit like a raging flood.
Su Lin immediately transformed into Yukino and followed the students forward.
"No, no, it's getting more and more crowded."
Remembering the first obstacle they would encounter at the start of this race, Yukino instinctively slowed down.
She had no desire to get groped by someone like Mineta while everyone was packed together.
"Alright, now for the live commentary." Present Mic sat in the broadcast booth and excitedly glanced at Shota Aizawa beside him. "Commentator Areyouready, Kinoi!"
"You dragged me here, didn't you?" Shota Aizawa turned his bandage-covered face toward him speechlessly.
"Getting straight to the point, Kinoi, what do you think will be the highlight of the opening?"
Shota Aizawa paused for two seconds before saying flatly, "Right now."
Indeed, the starting line was practically packed to death.
"Ahh, this is awful."
"The gate at the starting line is way too narrow!"
"My face, my face, my face..."
"Help! Who kicked me in the crotch?"
"Fuck, I got kicked too!"
Near the back of the crowd, Yukino, who had deliberately slowed down, wore a strange grin as she prepared to accelerate once the people ahead thinned out.
"Hmph, the starting line is the first layer of selection." Unlike everyone else, Shoto Todoroki immediately used ice to freeze the feet of hundreds of people in front of him. He then slid out like a skater.
"It hurts! What is this?"
"So cold!"
Before the other students could let out more than a few cries, Katsuki Bakugo had already unleashed a wave of heat. Using the recoil from his explosions, he shot out of the crowd in an instant.
Momo Yaoyorozu, Eijiro Kirishima, and Yuga Aoyama, who propelled himself with beams of light, followed close behind.
"You're too naive, Todoroki. Don't think you'll get your way."
Though the race had only just begun, it instantly became incredibly exciting. The powerful students unleashed their Quirks, setting the entire stadium ablaze with energy.
And judging from the overall situation, Class A truly deserved its reputation as the elite class. Almost everyone charging at the front was from their class.
Rapid Pursuit
"Slowly now. No rush, no rush."
Yukino jogged leisurely near the back, looking completely relaxed.
The students from the General Studies Department naturally had no idea Yukino was Su Lin. Most of them were briefly stunned by her beauty before continuing to run forward on their own.
When Yukino reached the first major obstacle, what awaited her were massive green robots.
Zero-Pointers!
These things that could wreak havoc with just one unit during the entrance exam had now appeared in huge numbers.
But...
Right at the front, Shoto Todoroki waved his arm coolly, and freezing ice instantly spread out, completely encasing a robot dozens of meters tall. He then stepped forward and became the first to run beneath the machine.
The others were stunned by the sight.
"He's so strong."
"He froze something that huge in one shot."
"He really is a low-spec Esdeath." Yukino stopped as well.
Amid the spreading chill, Shoto Todoroki had already vanished into the icy mist, taking the lead over everyone else.
Seeing the massive frozen lump, some people were overjoyed. "That guy froze the robots! We can pass through between their legs."
"Move!"
They prepared to rush through the area while they had the chance.
But in that instant, the Fake Enemy that had been firmly frozen in place suddenly toppled toward the ground.
Groups of students stumbled backward in panic.
"Hey, getting crushed by that thing would kill you, right?"
Yukino wiped away a cold sweat, completely at a loss for what to do.
Amid that atmosphere, Katsuki Bakugo suddenly ignited explosions in his palms. Using the recoil from each blast, he agilely launched himself into the air, trying to fly over the heads of the other Fake Enemies.
Close behind him, Sero with his tape, Fumikage Tokoyami with Dark Shadow... one after another, students displayed their Quirks and swiftly passed these monsters.
"ONE.FOR.ALL Full Cowl!"
Izuku Midoriya decisively used his power, easily getting through with five percent Full Cowl.
"Pfft, no, I remember only the top forty-two can pass the preliminaries. I don't care about the rankings, but as Class A's class president, failing even the preliminaries would be way too embarrassing."
Yukino could not be bothered to worry about anything else. She spread her legs and, as one Zero-Pointer was knocked down, quickly ran past its side.
What she faced next were ordinary-sized green robots.
"Tch, I've been targeted."
Seeing a Fake Enemy roughly four or five meters tall chasing her, Yukino had no choice but to unleash the explosive power of her legs and sprint forward at an absurd speed.
"Hey, hey, what's with that girl?"
The other students were dumbfounded when they suddenly saw an incredibly beautiful girl running at an unbelievable speed.
What confused them even more was that everyone wore U.A. uniforms, while she alone wore a light, short-skirted Sailor Uniform.
She could jump several meters into the air, and her strength was simply extraordinary.
But... it looked like the robots were about to surround her.
Just as Yukino was about to be caught, a green figure suddenly rushed over and punched away the machine attacking her.
"Are you okay, Su Lin?"
"Pfft." Yukino suddenly felt like coughing up blood. "Weren't you running ahead? Why did you come all the way back?"
"I saw you were in danger."
"You..."
This guy really was... when she was in her male body, she had never seen him act this enthusiastically.
Pieces of the shattered robot had fallen all over the ground. Yukino suddenly remembered how Izuku had passed this stage in the original story, so she quickly picked up a metal plate. Then, as a robot charged at her, she spun stylishly and sliced one of its legs cleanly into two sections.
Boom—
The machine crashed to the ground.
"See that? When did I ever need trash like you to save me?"
Yukino shot Midoriya an arrogant look and raised the plate in her hand as if proving her strength.
"Sorry."
Midoriya said only that before activating ONE.FOR.ALL and continuing toward the front.
Only a few seconds had passed, so she would not fall too far behind the leaders.
The physical standards in the U.A. world were a little absurd, but Yukino had advantages of her own. Her arms could exert two hundred kilograms of force, and her legs far more than that. A single kick carried at least half a ton of force, enough impact to punch a hole through a car's body.
"My training wasn't just about getting hurt!"
With a sweeping strike, she smashed through a four-legged robot charging at her and began sprinting at a speed beyond that of ordinary students.
The doubled training effect was also an important factor in her growth. For ordinary people to improve their muscle strength from its baseline, they had to constantly increase the intensity of their training, and improvement became harder the further they went. Yukino had no such concern. At any time, she could achieve the same efficiency as when she had first started training.
After she had run for a while, Mic's commentary rang out. "Hey, hey, someone actually called the first obstacle a piece of cake. So what about the second obstacle?"
The second obstacle: Abyssal Rift.
Ahead, over an exaggerated chasm connected by steel cables, Tsuyu Asui, Ochaco Uraraka, and even Mei Hatsume from the Support Department all used their own methods to rush toward the other side.
Yukino also arrived at the edge of the obstacle.
Looking down into the bottomless blackness beneath her feet, her eyelids twitched as a feeling called acrophobia began to spread through her.
"A little difficulty like this won't stop me."
Without any hesitation, she ran straight ahead!
She launched herself into the air with one step, leaping over ten meters. The instant she landed on a steel cable, she pushed off again. Even if she occasionally slipped, she could grab the cable with both arms and launch herself back into the air.
"Kero?"
Seeing Yukino fly past her, Tsuyu Asui stuck out her tongue in confusion.
"Little Su Lin is flashing everyone. Her skirt is flying up. Good thing nobody's nearby." Tsuyu began worrying for her.
A few minutes later...
"Shoto Todoroki has reached the third obstacle, and what has appeared before him is... a massive minefield! This setup has been carefully designed. If you look closely, you can spot the mines. Use your eyes and legs to the fullest!"
"And as a side note, these mines are specially made for sports events. Their explosive power is low, but the sound and visual effects are absolutely shocking."
Mic's voice had already made many slower students nervous. Some had barely made it through the first obstacle, while the leading group had already reached the entrance to the third.
By then, Yukino had easily cleared the second obstacle and began chasing after Izuku Midoriya ahead of her.
"Every kick I throw now carries half a ton of force!"
Exploding forward at full power, each half-ton kick propelled her body, which weighed less than a hundred pounds. As the contestants ahead restrained one another, Yukino gradually caught up.
"Hey, hey, what's with that beautiful girl? She isn't even wearing the school uniform! She's catching up—she's so fast!" Mic exclaimed after spotting her on the screen.
"That's Su Lin, first place in the entrance exam," Shota Aizawa replied calmly.
"Oh-ho, it's him? Su Lin's Quirk is Avatar. He can transform into a very, very, very beautiful young woman! No trickery involved, a genuine woman!"
The giant screen switched to a close-up, and Yukino felt the expression on her face twitching.
Passionate cheers erupted from the audience.
At the very front, Shoto Todoroki and Katsuki Bakugo, who were fighting their way forward, both instinctively glanced back.
So he had come after all.
Although they regarded each other as their greatest rival, whenever Su Lin was mentioned, both of them instinctively felt their composure collapse.
Second Place
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