"All right, the exams will proceed in order from here on. Kirishima and Bakugo, get ready. Those who haven't had their turn can either watch the exam from the side or discuss battle plans. Do whatever you want."
"Yes!"
After answering in unison, Midoriya immediately looked over. "Su Lin, we..."
"Let's discuss a plan."
Yukino's gentle attitude made Midoriya relax a little.
"The problem is, how are we supposed to strip Midnight of her clothes?" Mineta raised his hand and shouted.
"Strip your head. Are you a pervert?" Sero said speechlessly.
When they arrived at the monitoring room, Kirishima and Bakugo's match had already begun. At the same time, Midoriya asked nervously, "Su Lin-chan, should we reveal our Quirks to each other? Your ability..."
"My Quirk is avatars. You should have seen most of my avatars already." Yukino raised her arm and spread her slender fingers. "This body's ability is to heal itself from injuries and grow stronger through training. In theory, as long as I don't die, the more severe the injuries I suffer, the greater the increase in strength I can gain."
"Injuries..."
An image of Yukino training with tears in her eyes flashed through Midoriya's mind. He felt a little distressed. "I don't know what others think, but seeing you like this... makes my heart ache. It must hurt a lot when you train, right? You were clearly crying, yet you still insisted on continuing."
"..."
Pfft, he wouldn't think that way if I were a guy.
She gave him a disdainful look.
"Haruhi Kasugano, the one with cream-colored long hair, has zero combat power... Her role is to provide a combat power boost to specific targets."
"Takanashi Rikka has greater combat power than Yukino and can unleash special attacks with various effects, including imaginary magic and Illusion Techniques."
Yukino vaguely explained the abilities of several bodies.
X-Hair, her Ultimate Move, could not be used this time. If she wanted to defeat All Might, she could only hope he went easy on them.
"Just from hearing about them individually, these avatars don't seem all that powerful." Izuku Midoriya was somewhat doubtful. Perhaps Su Lin's Quirk had not been strong at the beginning and had only reached its current level through self-training.
At that moment, just as expected, Katsuki Bakugo ignored Kirishima's thoughts and charged straight at Cementoss.
"Hey, hey, let's take down Cementoss in one go, but could you stop rushing ahead by yourself?"
"Shut up!"
Cement walls suddenly rose before them, one after another growing wildly.
Bakugo slammed his palm forward. Following an explosion, a wall at least a meter thick collapsed beneath the tremendous force.
But even more cement walls followed immediately after.
"Die!" Katsuki Bakugo accelerated his attacks. After hardening himself, every one of Kirishima's punches was immensely destructive.
In the monitoring room, Midoriya, who was observing the battle, spoke up. "This won't work. Kirishima's Quirk has too short a duration, while Cementoss-sensei seems able to use his endlessly. In comparison, Katsuki Bakugo's ability has a chance of winning against the endless cement, but he's too far away from Cementoss-sensei. With such enormous consumption, even if he gets close to him..."
"How could that be?" Ochaco Uraraka stood to Midoriya's left, her expression uneasy.
So Cementoss's ability was kind of broken.
Yukino figured that she would probably have a hard time winning against him too. Takanashi Rikka's destructive power was limited, so she could only rely on so-called magical attacks. But Cementoss's control range was too large. If he controlled cement from all directions at once, would even Bakugo be unable to endure it?
However, the result was unexpected. After unleashing several powerful attacks in succession, Katsuki Bakugo nimbly flew into the air. Facing the cement that had risen into the sky, he dodged flexibly, rapidly closed in above Cementoss, and put the handcuffs on him.
"First-round match, Team Kirishima and Bakugo wins."
The result was decided.
Next came the second-round exam: Tsuyu Asui and Fumikage Tokoyami against Ethereal Ghost Teacher.
This teacher's Quirk was called Spot Clone.
Though it was also an avatar ability, Ethereal Ghost Teacher could merely spit out spiritual bodies and form copies of himself of varying sizes around him. In about the time it took to play one or two songs, he could increase his clones to thirty-six.
Tokoyami's weakness was his lack of close-combat ability. Against endless clones, he was completely countered.
Tsuyu Asui's ability became the key to breaking the deadlock. In the end, with Dark Shadow's cooperation, she successfully put the handcuffs on the teacher by relying on the stomach pouch she spat out.
The second team won.
The following team of Iida and Ojiro also won quite easily. However, Todoroki and Yaoyorozu encountered major trouble when facing Shota Aizawa. Yaoyorozu, who was not good at combat or cooperation, underwent a transformation during that battle and worked with Todoroki to secure victory.
Mineta's match was overly lewd, but the guy unexpectedly displayed considerable intelligence and judgment. With his teammate hypnotized at the start, he defeated Midnight alone, displaying a talent unlike his usual nature.
The Principal, meanwhile, was practically a terrifying villain during his match. He controlled machines while letting out dreadful laughter and relentlessly tortured the two students from the shadows, causing the team of Mina Ashido and Denki Kaminari to suffer a crushing defeat.
After match after match, it was soon Midoriya and Su Lin's turn, the final group.
Midoriya's Obstacle
Rumble~~
With a dull boom, the silver metal gate at the entrance closed. Yukino and Midoriya were sealed inside the enormous examination area.
"The opponent is All Might. At a time like this, we should obviously run away, right?"
There was almost no fighting spirit to be found in Izuku Midoriya.
Yukino ignored him completely and walked step by step toward the buildings ahead.
"Su Lin... we should be thinking about escaping. Our opponent is All Might." Midoriya hurriedly caught up.
"Is that so?" Yukino stopped and turned back. "Precisely because he's All Might, we need to consider fighting, Midoriya."
At that very moment, Sister Doma had silently appeared inside the building beside them. She cautiously crouched against a wall, providing Yukino with an incredibly powerful BUFF.
If combat power were quantified, the boost from Sister Doma's aura could reach at least fifty percent. That meant Yukino's physical strength, originally under three hundred kilograms, had directly risen close to four hundred and fifty after receiving the bonus.
However, such a boost was practically negligible against an opponent on All Might's level.
"Su Lin-chan, forcibly facing All Might isn't just dangerous—it's utterly foolish. We..."
"All Might is your god, isn't he?" Yukino stared at him seriously.
Izuku Midoriya was momentarily speechless.
"He's my god too, understand? I don't want to fight someone like him either, but... think about the current situation. If we just run, All Might only has to stand at the exit, and neither of us will be able to get out."
As she said this, an astonishing wind pressure suddenly swept in from the other end of the street.
Boom~~~~
The terrifying airflow closed in from a hundred meters away in an instant. The glass windows of the buildings along its path, the streetlights, and even the pedestrian overpass above them were completely destroyed by the insane pressure.
Yukino immediately leaped into the nearby building, but the gale was too fast. In an instant, it blew her and Midoriya dozens of meters away, slamming them heavily onto the ground.
"I'm here!"
All Might spoke in a domineering voice. "I don't care about destroying the streets! To hell with it!"
"Cough, cough." Yukino spat out a trace of blood and climbed up from the ground, only to see Midoriya standing beside her with a terrified expression.
"This pressure... it's terrifying."
His legs were trembling slightly.
Within the billowing smoke, All Might's nearly three-meter-tall muscular body was approaching step by step. When he came within roughly twenty meters, he stomped the ground again. Another gale forced Yukino to shield her eyes.
"If you treat this as nothing more than an exam, you'll absolutely suffer for it. You two heroes, bring out your true abilities and come at me!"
With his face transformed into that of a villain, Uncle All Might let out a hoarse, low roar.
Midoriya's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly backed away. "A head-on fight is too dangerous. Let's retreat first."
"Go."
Without overthinking it, Yukino immediately got up and fled in another direction.
"Don't think you can run."
All Might instantly closed in, his massive fist swinging fiercely toward Yukino's neck.
In her desperation, she hooked her left leg around the steps on the ground and bent sharply to the side, barely avoiding the vital area.
But...
Bang!
All Might's fist still struck her shoulder solidly. Amid the intense pain, Yukino flew more than ten meters away and crashed into a nearby fire hydrant before vomiting blood with a "wah."
"So strong."
Lying on the ground, Yukino felt as if her body had fallen apart.
He really was worthy of being No. 1. Fighting a monster like this was simply fatal.
Midoriya, who had fled toward the other side of the street, froze when he saw this. The next second, All Might appeared behind him in an instant at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow.
"Young Midoriya, you can't lose focus in battle."
All Might grabbed Midoriya's body and hurled him fiercely toward a distant building.
With a thunderous boom, bricks and stones rained down as Midoriya's body smashed into the corridor, dust spreading in every direction.
Yukino barely got to her feet. Under the cover of the smoke and dust, she swiftly separated her original body and merged with Sister Doma, who had been hiding in the nearby corridor.
Sister Doma secretly moved toward the exit through the windows between one building after another, rapidly distancing herself from the center of the battlefield.
Yukino, meanwhile, openly charged toward the building where Midoriya was.
All Might was seriously holding back in this battle.
But even so, the two of them struggled to the extreme.
Yukino rushed indoors and spotted Midoriya on the ground at a glance. Without wasting words, she grabbed his hand and fled into the distance.
"Come with me!"
With the girl holding his hand like that, Midoriya's mind instantly went blank. By the time he came to his senses, he realized he was already running behind her.
Yukino led him past more than ten buildings before suddenly releasing him and kneeling on the ground to spit out blood.
"All Might is too strong. As expected, he favors you. When he hits me, he goes for the kill, but when he hits you, he holds back ninety percent of his strength... Pfft~~ That really pisses me off."
Her shoulder blade had already been shattered, and her internal organs were severely damaged. Yukino herself admired that she could endure the pain and run that far.
"I'm sorry. I didn't do anything." Midoriya walked over shamefully.
"Get away. Don't come so close." Yukino leaned against the wall, feeling considerable rejection toward Midoriya.
If this guy was still completely self-absorbed, Yukino would not mind staging another scene where the original body kissed an avatar. She would even make the avatar deliberately look as though she enjoyed it.
Just imagining the girl he liked being forcibly kissed by another man right in front of him, and her even being willing... she refused to believe he could accept it. In any case, Yukino herself would find it unbearable.
She took two deep breaths, gritted her teeth, and said, "Listen. My original body is moving toward the exit right now, but she's very slow. To keep All Might from becoming suspicious, we need to charge out later and continue fighting him, showing just how desperately we want to reach the entrance."
As Yukino spoke, she leaned closer to the window. Thick blood stained the fair skin on her neck, while both her legs faced Midoriya.
Midoriya did not dare approach, and could only nod. "I understand, Su Lin-chan. We'll definitely win this time."
Monitoring room.
"Oh dear, what was All Might thinking by putting these two together?" Recovery Girl looked helplessly at the images on the large screen. From beginning to end, Su Lin had remained extremely calm, with every action focused on victory. She had even taken care of her teammate. Midoriya, on the other hand, had been constrained at every turn. The moment Yukino held his hand, he actually froze on the spot. Anyone could tell there was a problem.
"Compared to Midoriya, Su Lin is an excellent student with practically no weaknesses. Rather than an exam, this match is more like extra tutoring specially arranged by All Might for Midoriya. The true meaning of this exam is whether he can walk out of his emotional predicament and learn from his teammate's experience."
Recovery Girl nodded at Shota Aizawa's calm words. "I hope Midoriya can see himself clearly."
At the scene, All Might was slowly approaching the place where the two were hiding.
"Young Midoriya, a hero cannot be bound by foolish emotions. Whether it's losing your fighting spirit because you worship me, or shrinking back because of Su Lin, both are merely signs of your lack of inner resolve."
All Might muttered softly, then suddenly noticed a black figure charging toward him.
It was Takanashi Rikka.
Victory
"Explode, reality. Shatter, spirit. Banish this world!"
Whoosh~~
Amid an unknown yet shocking sound effect, crimson beams surrounded by countless magic circles shot into the sky from Takanashi Rikka's golden right eye.
Evil Eye, activate!
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