The Fall

"Tsuyu-chan, are you going over there?" Ashido asked, seeing Asui towards them. "If you fall, you're out!"

"No problem, my balance is excellent." Tsuyu Asui nodded to Ashido, glanced at Jilan Jiyu, and then leaped high into the air, landing precisely on the wire!

She landed steadily on the wire, using both her hands and feet, and quickly moved her body to reach the first foothold.

"Wow, that's fast!" Ashido exclaimed in surprise.

"Hahaha!" A person behind Ashido and Jilan burst into exaggerated laughter. "Hahaha, finally I've reached my home turf! I'm going to shine with my support equipment! If I succeed this time, then Ueno- senpai will accept me!"

A pink-haired girl dressed in cyberpunk gear laughed and opened her arms wide, "All the support companies in the country, look at me, look at my darlings!"

"No way! Are you from the Support Course?!" Mina Ashido pointed at her indignantly, "You're carrying support equipment? We're not supposed to wear combat suits!"

"That's right, remember my name well, I will be the rising star of the invention world, Mei Hatsume!" The equipment on her waist shot out arrows like rope guns, hooked tightly onto the stone pillar, and flew over like a three-dimensional excitation device!

"This is too egalitarian!" Mina Ashido watched Mei Hatsume's retreating figure, then followed him, unconvinced. "Jilan, you'd better hurry up and catch up, I'm going first!"

There's not much to say about this level; you just need to maintain your balance and carefully and quickly navigate through the area. If your Quirk isn't suited to it, there are no shortcuts.

In an extremely risky move, Tenya Iida spread his arms wide and used his Engine - Quirk to accelerate himself. Although he was going very fast, he couldn't afford to be disturbed by external forces while maintaining his balance. Before he knew it, the arrow with a rope attached to Mei Hatsume from behind him got tangled in the steel wire beneath his feet, and the wire started to sway.

Iida lost his footing and began to fall. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and managed to grab onto the steel wire to avoid falling. However, the Engine on his calf was still emitting white smoke and accelerating him. Iida watched in horror as his body slid straight down the steel wire and crashed into the stone pillar in front of him!

"Turn off the Engine right now!" Iida managed to turn off the Engine at the last moment, but due to inertia, his head still hit the stone pillar.

He climbed up from below, looked at his bright red palms, and then at Mei Hatsume Hideaki laughing and walking away, tears streaming down his face. "I was so stupid, so stupid, I shouldn't have used my Quirk here..."

Leaving aside the Xianglin's Wife's Tenya Iida for the moment, let's turn our attention to Jilan Jiyu.

"Squad leader, why are you just standing here?" Yaoyorozu's voice came from behind. "Need my help? I'd be happy to."

Jilan Jiyu turned their heads and saw Yaoyorozu Baiwan running towards them, panting heavily. Her sportswear was wide open, revealing her black sports bra, which looked as if it had shrunk and remained obediently inside.

"Did you just create a large object?" Jilan Jiyu Yu noticed.

Manufacturing Yaoyorozu items requires fat, and the larger the item, the more fat it consumes. This also burns calories, causing her to lose some energy. While this loss isn't usually significant, it can be fatal during a long run.

"Ah, we just created a cannon to attack the large robot." Yaoyorozu had no reason to hide anything and told Jilan Jiyu, smiling as she said, "Class monitor, you're very perceptive."

Jilan Jiyu frowned and said, "You didn't need to destroy the robot, did you? You could have just come over yourself. With your Quirk, you should have a more suitable solution, right?"

Yaoyorozu paused for a moment, then smiled wryly, "I feel that if I don't deal with that guy, not to mention the Hero Course and Support Course, the General Studies Course and Management Course will have a hard time getting through there, right?"

"She did this for the sake of others?" Jilan Jiyu were somewhat surprised. This was Sports Festival, not a platform for the "nice guy" to make his appearance, was it?

Is there a reason?

Yaoyorozu smiled shyly and said, "There's no particular reason, it's just that I feel if they can't even pass the first hurdle, then wouldn't all the activities that Xiaohui has planned for so long be meaningless?"

Xiaohui? Erina Nakiri?

Since that meeting, Yaoyorozu and Nakiri have become inseparable friends. Jilan Jiyu realized early on that Yaoyorozu had told Secretary Nakiri about his plan to pretend to be her protector, but he didn't care too much. Since she hadn't exposed him, Jilan just kept playing dumb in front of her. He couldn't very well pretend not to see it when he was supposed to be playing along, could he?

Erina Nakiri has something almost obsessive about her; she wants to make the different majors in this school equal, so that students in the Hero Course don't look down on students in the General Studies Course, and students in the General Studies Course don't hate students in the Hero Course. Although this is a difficult wish to achieve, she embodies it in every action, which makes everyone who knows her respect her will.

No one told Jilan these things; they were just conclusions he drew from his daily observations. Erina had been influencing those around her, even Yaoyorozu, who had only known her for a short time, had changed. Although she was currently helping these people only because she cared about Nakiri's thoughts, it was conceivable that one day she would help others because of her own beliefs.

"Class monitor, what's wrong? Did I do something wrong?" Looking at Jilan, who was staring at her chest without saying a word, she covered herself with her hands shyly and asked uneasily.

"No, you did the right thing." Jilan reluctantly withdrew his gaze from her hand, glanced at the students behind him who had already passed through the first tightrope, and smiled at Yaoyorozu, "Do you like extreme sports?"

"... Huh?"

"Listeners, what lies before you now is the second challenge, the Fall!" Mic roared passionately. "As you can see, the first group has already left this area and is heading towards the final zone, while those behind them are in complete disarray, far from escaping. The school hasn't even announced how many spots are available yet, so proceed with trepidation!"

"The first to take the lead are Todoroki and Bakugo. As expected of Class A, who have fought against enemies before, will the first place really go to just the two of them? It would be so disappointing if there were no surprises. Are the other classes just going to watch these two win?!"

As Mic passionately reported on the situation at the front lines, Shota Aizawa looked at Jilan Jiyu, who hadn't moved for a long time at the Qidian the second checkpoint, with some surprise. "What is that guy waiting for? If he doesn't start moving soon, he'll really miss his chance."

Shota Aizawa has always had a strange sense of trust in Jilan Jiyu. He has read the information of all the members of Class A and can easily guess the little thoughts and desires of Midoriya, Bakugo, Todoroki, and others. However, he feels that he has never been able to see through Jilan.

Despite possessing a mediocre Quirk, he always manages to surprise everyone at crucial moments; despite being quite lazy except when studying, he is surprisingly responsible; despite looking very young, he has extremely profound thoughts... Although Aizawa cannot see through Jilan, there is one thing he is certain of: Jilan Jiyu is not the kind of person who is willing to hand over victory easily.

When he looked up again, his spirits lifted, and he narrowed his eyes slightly. "This guy, he really is a handful."