A Pleasant Surprise

When Shoto Todoroki was the first to reach the last level, Mic's commentary followed in real time, with Mic loud voice ringing out in every level.

"Our first team has reached the final checkpoint: a vast minefield! It's meticulously planned; careful observation will reveal the mine locations. Use your feet and eyes with all your might!"

"By the way, these landmines are for competitive use only. They're not very powerful, but the sound and explosion are absolutely deafening—they'll scare you to death!"

Upon hearing this voice, Jilan Jiyu and Momo Yaoyorozu exchanged a glance and quickened their pace, soon reaching the final checkpoint. Running alone wouldn't create a significant distance in a straight line, and he could see the backs of Shoto Todoroki and the others cautiously advancing.

"Boom!"

A person ahead accidentally stepped on a landmine and was instantly blown into the air amidst pink smoke!

Momo Yaoyorozu put her hand on her head, watching the unfortunate creature fly further and further away, and said with some surprise, "Is this the competition-grade landmine that Teacher Mic was talking about? It doesn't seem like it's harmless at all..."

Jilan Jiyu squatted down and pressed their hands down on a patch of obviously upturned, damp soil. With a loud bang, a powerful recoil hit their palms, causing them to fall backward. They were caught by Yaoyorozu's quick reflexes, and they stared blankly at the pink smoke that burst from the ground.

Pink...

"Are you alright?" Yaoyorozu breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that he wasn't injured, and began to lecture him, "Even landmines that don't harm the human body are still landmines. Didn't you consider your own safety before putting your hand down like that?"

"No, I just thought the school wouldn't joke about the lives of its students," Jilan Jiyu muttered softly after standing up. "But, to attract public attention, this kind of effect is really exaggerated."

Jilan Jiyu stopped the moment they felt the tremor, but they were still bounced off. Luckily, Yaoyorozu caught it, otherwise their clothes would have gotten dirty on the sandy ground.

"Getting hit by the blast won't hurt you, but if you step on it, the bouncy force will send you flying into the air. If you're unlucky, you might even get caught in a chain reaction of explosions when you land, and it's not impossible for you to end up back at the Qidian."

"So this is the type where the higher the ranking, the more disadvantageous it is..." Yaoyorozu said, "If it gets bombed once, everything you've built up before will be lost."

"Ah, that's right." Jilan Jiyu looked at the two at the front, "However, this doesn't seem to work for Bakugo."

Even though Shoto Todoroki saved a lot of time in the previous stages, Bakugo, who was closely following behind him, did not lag behind, especially in this stage. Unlike Todoroki, he did not need to carefully observe the ground. Instead, he kept exploding his hands, dashing in a straight line at a distance of more than one meter from the ground like a continuous string of fireworks.

He quickly reached Todoroki's side, but Todoroki wouldn't let him rush ahead first. As he ran forward, he released ice from his hands to interfere with Bakugo.

Bakugo needs sweaty palms to unleash an explosion, but Todoroki's icy power caused the air around him to drop, freezing the sweat glands in his hands. He could only land angrily and begin exchanging blows with Todoroki.

"Companies across the country, watch me!" Telescopic supports appeared on either side of Mei Hatsume's waist, suspending her in mid-air. Instead of rushing to the finish line, she spun around a few times, a megaphone dangling from her lips, and laughed loudly, "This is my treasure, the 'Hydraulic Attachment Bar,' which, with my Quirk, allows me to accurately dodge all landmines... and I invented all of these gadgets!"

She flashed a peace sign at a drone right in front of her, laughing loudly, "My name is Mei Hatsume, please remember my name, viewers who support our companies!"

While everyone else was carefully watching their step and guarding against attacks from their surroundings, Jilan Jiyu, who had parted ways with Yaoyorozu, was running at a steady pace along the side with a relaxed and indifferent demeanor.

"Woohoo... Master, move one meter to the left from two meters ahead!"

Jilan Jiyu paused, took a step to the left, and continued running.

Move one meter to the right from one meter ahead!

Jump two meters ahead!

Following the voices that appeared in Jilan Jiyu's minds, they constantly changed their positions, placing their feet with almost no hesitation.

A person nearby was cautiously observing the landmines. When they looked up casually, they saw that Jilan Jiyu were running forward as if they knew the location of the landmines, completely disregarding whether they would step on them.

"How did this guy do that!" The man clicked his tongue in amazement, a bold idea forming in his mind, "Aren't there landmines in this area? Otherwise, at his speed, he couldn't possibly have missed one!"

He knew his time was running out. He made up his mind, hesitantly taking a step forward, and felt a sense of relief when he didn't step on a landmine. He thought to himself that this person must have connections, knowing the school had deliberately avoided planting a bomb in this spot!

Since that's the case, there's nothing to worry about anymore! The man stopped looking around and decisively started running. However, after only two steps, he felt his foot step on something.

"Oh no, we're doomed..."

A loud "boom" came from behind Jilan Jiyu. He turned his head and saw a figure rolling around in the pink smoke. The landmines that he had dodged earlier were constantly being hit by his body, bouncing back and forth in the air like skipping stones, and finally landing at the Qidian, where they stopped moving.

"What an unlucky guy."

Jilan Jiyu ignored him and continued running forward.

The school forbids wearing combat suits, but there are no clear regulations on small items such as glasses and watches. So Jilan Jiyu entered the examination room wearing a watch that was transformed from Sheer Heart Attack.

After parting ways with the Yaoyorozu, a sudden thought struck him. He lightly touched the skull beside him with his fingertips, activated the Killer Queen ability, and the Second Bomb Sheer Heart, awakening him.

Just as it was struggling to jump off the dial, Jilan Jiyu held it down and asked it if it could spot any landmines nearby.

Jilan hadn't had high expectations, but she was somewhat surprised to learn from the skull that it could detect the smell of gunpowder, or explosives.

"So you have a nose?" Jilan Jiyu stared in surprise at its Black Hole -like nose, which didn't seem to be able to breathe at all.

"It's a metaphor, a metaphor!" the skull protested. "Master, I can sense a large amount of gunpowder around us. Even someone without a nose like me could never forget the smell of gunpowder!"

Smoke, gunpowder... Jilan Jiyu somewhat surprised, but not unable to accept it. After all, there was no such thing as explosives in Morioh in the original work, so it was understandable that it did not demonstrate this ability.

"Then show me a safe path."