You Lose

A few minutes later, both sides had finished preparing, and the battle officially began.

"Prepare to infiltrate." Izuku Midoriya rarely wore such a serious expression as he lightly vaulted over the window and landed inside the building.

The two walked through the narrow corridor without saying a word. Judging by Midoriya's expression, he seemed to be considering a strategy.

I can only use my ONE.FOR.ALL once, and it's far too powerful. If I use it on a person, it could put their life in danger. In other words, this time I can only rely on my own strength and coordinate with Su Lin's power.

But...

He glanced back at his partner, who had turned into Yukino and was looking around curiously.

Just how had this guy gotten first place in the entrance exam?

"Su Lin, according to my information, Eijiro Kirishima and Tenya Iida are both very strong in close combat. The latter is also extremely fast. If he's the one guarding the nuclear weapon, we won't be able to get close to the target."

"Of course, what worries me most is if they guard the nuclear weapon together. If that happens, our chances of winning will be even slimmer."

Izuku Midoriya clenched his fists as he considered the possibility of victory.

Suddenly, Su Lin, who had been following behind him, stopped.

"Midoriya, do you know my Quirk?"

"What?" Izuku Midoriya turned around and looked at the girl before him, responding somewhat awkwardly.

Although he knew Yukino was Su Lin's transformation, whenever he faced her, he still subconsciously treated her as a girl.

Maybe the memories of the beach training had left too deep an impression.

"Don't you find it strange? Since my avatar can leave my main body, why didn't I separate her out? Why did I transform directly into this form instead?"

Wearing a school-uniform-style miniskirt, Yukino casually smoothed her long black hair as she asked.

"Why?"

"Obviously, to stay alive." She casually revealed a certain fact.

Fourth floor, nuclear weapon location.

"Kirishima, our opponents this time are very strong. I hope you won't underestimate them." Tenya Iida pushed up his square glasses, his tone as serious as ever.

"Don't worry." Eijiro Kirishima clenched his fists, brimming with confidence. "Even if there are a lot of monsters this year, I'm confident I can take them down one by one. That Su Lin guy's Quirk is really strange, though."

"Su Lin?" A cold glint flashed across Iida's lenses. "From a certain perspective, he's the only real monster among us."

"Huh? Why do you say that?"

"I heard that during the entrance exam, she reached first place in less than half the allotted time."

Although the two had been in the same examination area during the entrance exam, Iida knew very well that he had never seen Su Lin make a move. The venue had been huge, and he had been fully focused on the test. He simply hadn't paid attention to an unknown examinee.

"Then do you know her Quirk? That ability is an avatar... It doesn't sound that impressive."

Recalling Su Lin's stunning appearance after transforming into Yukino, Kirishima unconsciously took a deep breath. No matter how one looked at it, Su Lin's avatar was completely and utterly a girl. Even Minoru Mineta could confirm that.

"Hmph. No matter how strong his Quirk is, he can't break through my defense."

Eijiro Kirishima said confidently, then charged downstairs without looking back.

"Hey... What an impulsive guy." Iida glanced back at the nuclear weapon, hesitated for a few seconds, then decided to stay where he was.

First floor.

"Stay alive?"

As Midoriya pondered the meaning of those words, Su Lin's body had already leaped onto the stairs and begun bounding upward at high speed.

After all, with limbs capable of producing a hundred kilograms of force, controlling such a light body was effortless.

However, as he approached the third floor, a side kick carrying a powerful gust of air suddenly struck from the side.

"Take this!"

His hardened body was like steel. The instant Eijiro Kirishima appeared, he attacked Su Lin with all his strength.

"So fast."

Relying on instinct, Su Lin twisted sideways and barely dodged the attack. But Kirishima immediately pursued him again, his powerful wrist as hard as a steel plate.

Clang—

Yet the one sent flying was Midoriya, who had suddenly appeared in front of Su Lin.

"Urk."

The immense force nearly made him vomit his guts out. Kirishima might not have looked that strong, but in practice, his hardening ability produced attack power no weaker than Bakugo's.

"Are you okay?"

Enduring the pain, Midoriya stood before Su Lin with his back to him and asked through gritted teeth.

"..."

Yukino steadied herself, casually adjusted her long hair, and replied speechlessly, "I'm fine."

P.S.: Starting tomorrow, there will be two updates a day.

You Lost

So when exactly did I ask you to save me? Su Lin felt a little resentful.

Eijiro Kirishima stopped moving and looked at the injuries on Midoriya's hand, the corner of his mouth twitching.

"You idiot, are you trying to get yourself killed?"

He knew exactly how powerful that strike had been. If he hadn't pulled back at the last moment, Izuku Midoriya would probably have lost half his life.

"Cough, cough, I'm fine... Su Lin, I'll hold him back. Hurry upstairs and find the nuclear weapon."

Midoriya stood firmly in front of him, staring at Kirishima with his full attention.

"Fine." Su Lin sighed helplessly upon hearing that. "It really wasn't that troublesome. He was obviously an opponent I could deal with easily."

"Hah, deal with easily?" Kirishima was instantly displeased by that. "Even if you got first in the entrance exam, you have no right to say that, do you? My Quirk is pretty impressive."

"Impressive? So... are you ready to face my terror?"

Su Lin adjusted the brim of his hat with a faint smile. The body beneath the black robe stepped forward a few paces, quietly blocking Midoriya from view while signaling for him to retreat.

"Of course." Kirishima eagerly raised his hardened hands. "I've been looking forward to this for a long time. I already felt your strength shouldn't be limited to what you showed in the previous test. Show me what you've got."

"As you wish."

"You?"

As Midoriya stood there dumbfounded, Yukino's appearance began to change.

In the monitoring room, everyone watching suddenly saw Yukino Yukinoshita's form distort before she abruptly became a girl holding a sword in one hand, wearing a hat and a dark uniform.

She was just as flawless as before, but her aura was entirely different.

"Ahhh, they're showing! Her thighs are showing, and her waist is so pale!"

Mineta drooled, looking like he wanted to crawl right into the screen. Tsuyu Asui mercilessly whipped him with her tongue.

"Kero."

"That is... Su Lin?"

"Just as I thought..." All Might, who had witnessed this avatar during the entrance exam, also focused his attention. An avatar Quirk truly could switch the user's form at will and even divide into multiple independently acting individuals. As a teacher, he had read Su Lin's file.

At that moment, only those in the monitoring room knew that after transforming into X-Hair, Yukino had not disappeared. Taking advantage of Kirishima's inattention, she had appeared above the staircase and quickly run toward the roof.

At the scene, X-Hair sheathed her sword and extended a fist, seemingly preparing to clash head-on with Kirishima.

Midoriya was already completely stunned. He vaguely recalled seeing a girl like this on the day of the entrance exam.

"Wow, incredible. It's like you've become a completely different person... I have to admit, you're giving me a pretty dangerous feeling now." Kirishima's fighting spirit erupted, blazing as red as his hair.

"Enough talk. I'm making my move."

With an angry roar, a fist carrying a powerful gust of wind smashed viciously toward the girl's abdomen.

"You really don't hold back."

X-Hair's eyelid twitched. She sidestepped half a step, then swung her own fist and struck fiercely at him.

Bang~~

Their fists collided in midair.

"Pff—"

In an instant, it felt as though he had struck the front of a speeding train. Eijiro Kirishima was hurled backward by a force he had never anticipated and slammed heavily into the wall.

"Hurts, hurts."

His body was already comparable to steel, yet the impact from that instant still gave him an absurd feeling.

"Can't take it already? I haven't even put any strength into it yet." X-Hair looked at him casually.

"Shut up! I'm not limited to this much strength!"

Kirishima refused to accept it. With a shake of his arm, his entire body burst forth at a speed far greater than before as he charged toward X-Hair again.

But...

Whoosh...

At a speed almost too fast to see, the instant they closed in, X's right leg shot upward, instantly rising above Kirishima's neck. With a sharp cry, she brought it down viciously onto his shoulder.

Boom!

The terrifying force instantly drove his body to its knees. The reinforced concrete below collapsed in an instant, the ground caving and cracking apart. Amid the falling rubble, Kirishima's body fell with it.

Midoriya, standing behind X-Hair, widened his eyes, still unable to process the sudden change.

"So strong."

Everyone in the monitoring room felt an indescribable shock. Regardless of its actual destructive power, the visual impact of that exaggerated kick was undeniably immense.

"That really was... beyond my expectations." The corner of All Might's mouth twitched. The X-Hair he had seen last time had clearly used a sword, yet this time she had transformed into a martial artist.

Rumble~~

Chunks of rubble clattered to the ground. Eijiro Kirishima crashed down to the second floor, feeling as if his entire body had fallen apart. By the time he came to his senses, he was already lying on the floor, pain radiating from his shoulder and legs.

"This guy... really is a monster."

He moved his fingers and felt the pain coming from his shoulder, truly at a loss for words.

Everything had happened too fast just now. Could such a petite girl really deliver a kick like that?

"Her strength is insane too."

Fourth floor, where the nuclear weapon was placed.

Rumble—

Noticing the building shake, Tenya Iida vigilantly looked downward. "What happened? What's going on downstairs?"

The tremor vanished in an instant. Soon, he noticed a girl with long straight black hair standing before him.

With delicate features, snow-white skin, a school-uniform-style miniskirt, and black thigh-high socks, she was undoubtedly Su Lin's avatar.

"You got up here so quickly. Did you split up from Izuku Midoriya?"

"Yes. You're going to lose this time."

Yukino wore an expression of absolute confidence.