Cavalry Battle (Five)

The arena has changed dramatically. A section of the field in one corner has been covered in ice, with huge blocks of ice seemingly carving out a separate arena, creating a circular area.

Outside the icy arena, the squad was trapped on the spot, their horses' legs frozen in place.

In order to create an environment that could limit Midoriya's team, Todoroki's team first had Kaminari use Indiscriminate Shock to paralyze all the surrounding opponents. Yaoyorozu created insulating cloth and lightning rods to prevent their own team from being harmed. Then, Todoroki's ice release left them with no way to avoid it. They froze all the team members in the ice, cornered Midoriya's team, and even stole a few of their headbands.

Everyone on the field cheered for the amazing teamwork of Shoto Todoroki's team. Many of the Pro Hero present had already inquired about the team members other than Todoroki, hoping to recruit them to their agencies.

Momo Yaoyorozu, Denki Kaminari, Shoto Todoroki, and Tenya Iida have become the most eye-catching rising stars on the field. Even Mic has started to speculate on how many minutes Midoriya can last against Todoroki.

Where no one is watching...

"Luckily we have Shiozaki- kun, otherwise this would have been really bad..." Toru Hagakure said with lingering fear, ignoring the pitiful eyes of the frozen person, and happily snatched the headscarf that had been left behind by the blast.

While Yaoyorozu was creating the insulating cloth, Jilan Jiyu had already sensed something amiss and had Ibara Shiozaki create a Vines shield in front to Kaminari's lightning. Thanks to Jilan Jiyu's warning, the team easily dodged the ensuing freezing attack. Todoroki, obsessed with Midoriya's 10 million points, only took the points from a few teams in a straight line, and so...

"Hehe, that Iron Man from Class B, do you remember what I said before?" Toru Hagakure looked at the Tetsutetsu Squad, whose horse legs were frozen, with ill intent.

The teams that had clashed at the beginning of the match finally met again later in the game. One side had no chance of escape, and the other side took advantage of this opportunity to plunder, not intending to let go of the meat that was already in their mouths.

"A gentleman does not take advantage of others in their time of need. What kind of men are you!" Tetsutetsu's hands were free, but he could not jump off his horse to attack Hagakure. He could only watch helplessly as she mocked him.

"Why not take advantage of good opportunities and insist on fighting hand-to-hand to be a man? What kind of twisted logic is that..." Jilan Jiyu rolled their eyes. "Besides, our team is all girls except for me."

"Do you really think you've got us cornered...?" Tetsutetsu gritted his teeth and said, "Honenuki, it's all up to you!" After saying that, he bent down and began to knock the ice off the horse's legs with his hands, disregarding everything else.

Although Kokuba Yuzo didn't want to confront Jilan Jiyu, the Juzo Honenuki cast. He gritted his teeth and unleashed his Quirk "Softening," softening the ground beneath Jilan Jiyu's feet!

The ground beneath Jilan and the others' feet felt like a swamp, their legs sinking into the earth. Now it was a race against time to see if Tetsutetsu could break the ice first, or if Jilan and the others could free their legs from the swamp first.

However, while Tetsutetsu and his team were anxious, Jilan's squad, looking at the sunken foot, was not worried. He suddenly said to Toru Hagakure, "The other groups didn't let you use your weapons earlier because they were worried about them getting hurt, but this guy in front of you seems pretty tough. A few taps and punches shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Hehe, Jilan, that's exactly what I'm thinking!" Toru Hagakure aimed at Tetsutetsu, swinging the bull horn chain with great force, and shouted, "Iron Man, take this!"

The bull's horn struck Tetsutetsu squarely on the neck, the tip of the horn and the Vines forming a closed loop that locked Tetsutetsu's neck tightly!

Toru Hagakure hard, but not only did he fail to pull Tetsutetsu over, he almost got pulled over himself!

"Be careful..." Jilan Jiyu gripped her little foot tightly, speechless.

"No way, this guy is too strong!" Toru Hagakure's face turned red, but he just couldn't pull Tetsutetsu away.

Tetsutetsu stopped breaking the ice, straightened up, and angrily pulled on the Vines: "Hey, Invisibility Woman, are you deliberately courting death?!"

Tetsutetsu pulled hard on the Vines around her neck. Although he couldn't move, if he could pull her over, he could take the headscarves off her head and definitely advance to the finals!

A slight smile appeared on Jilan Jiyu's lips, "Enough, Hagakure, let go."

Hagakure reflexively let go, and the other end of the bull's horn flew towards Tetsutetsu at an extremely fast speed. Tetsutetsu couldn't dodge in time, and one end of the horn pierced into his nose!

"Ouch! That hurts! Invisibility woman, why did you let go?!" Tetsutetsu threw away the bull horns, covered his nose, and began to scream. Although his body was made of metal, he could still feel pain when injured, especially in a sensitive area like his nose!

"Eh, I'm so sorry...!" Hagakure was startled. Although she had let go, she hadn't intended to hurt him. "It was Jilan who told me..."

"Jilan Jiyu, you bastards, you must have guessed it long ago!" Tetsutetsu's tears flowed, and suddenly, he touched his forehead, his thoughts freezing.

My headscarf has disappeared!

In the air, a pair of Earphone Jack, wrapped around a white headscarf, swayed and floated down in front of Toru Hagakure, who instinctively grabbed them.

On the ground, Jilan and the others felt as if their feet had touched solid ground. Supported by the Vines, they slowly rose up, took a step to the right, and returned to the ground.

Tetsutetsu was stunned by this scene. He suddenly realized what was happening and said angrily, "Jilan Jiyu, you actually tricked me! You pretended to have this stupid Invisibility woman attack me, but you had already prepared a way out, didn't you!"

"The one who calls others idiots is the idiot, you big, steel idiot!" Toru Hagakure retorted breathlessly after hearing Tetsutetsu call her an idiot, then turned her resentful gaze to Jilan Jiyu, "Jilan, are you using me as bait...?"

"Cough cough..." Although he couldn't see it, Jilan Jiyu could feel the ghostly, resentful gaze piercing their backs. They forced themselves to remain calm and said, "No, I already had a backup plan. Actually, I had high hopes for you..."

"So, I'm still not strong enough...?" Toru Hagakure muttered to himself, but quickly regained his fighting spirit and shouted, "I want to become stronger!"

Jilan Jiyu breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, they had gotten away with it.

Hagakure, you're so easy to fool...

Jiro silently turned her back, unable to bear watching Hagakure's excited expression. Could she really say that Jilan Jiyu had never held any hope for Hagakure in the first place...?