Todoroki vs. Jilan

"I told you before, if I met you, I would definitely win. Mirko." Shoto Todoroki stood opposite Jilan Jiyu, his calm expression filled with fighting spirit.

Before the Sports Festival began, Shoto Todoroki declared war on Jilan Jiyu in the dressing room, vowing to defeat him.

Several days have passed since the battle, Shoto Todoroki has yet to find an opportunity to avenge his defeat. However, in this Sports Festival, he finally faces Jilan Jiyu head-on, so he is determined to win.

"That's right, Todoroki, your strength is indeed very strong, and even stronger after you can use flames. I don't think my chances of winning are very high." To Todoroki's surprise, Jilan Jiyu actually admitted that he was stronger than him.

"I didn't have much hope to begin with, and a top-four finish would have been more than enough for me, but..." Jilan Jiyu thought of what Midoriya had said to her back then, and chuckled helplessly, "Someone asked me to give you a real wake-up call, so I'm not going to let you have the victory."

Jilan Jiyu hadn't planned to agree to Midoriya's request, but looking at his arm, he vaguely saw a giant eye through the void. Suddenly, he felt dizzy and as if a voice was calling out to him from the depths of his being, "Say yes, say yes, say yes!"

For some reason, Jilan Jiyu agreed as if possessed.

"What do you mean?" Shoto Todoroki frowned.

"Let's make a bet." Jilan Jiyu ignored his question and continued, "I think you'll be weaker than before when you use fire, and I'll win this battle. Let's bet 10,000 yen."

Shoto Todoroki's Quirk is Half-Cold Half-Hot. When he overuses his ice abilities, the temperature difference between his two sides becomes too high, causing his right side to freeze, resulting in sluggish movements. However, if he uses fire to neutralize the effect, the side effects almost completely disappear.

The ability to use the power of ice and fire without any side effects is what Endeavor created as a strategic weapon to defeat All Might: Shoto Todoroki.

Hearing what Jilan said, Shoto Todoroki felt it was absurd and even wanted to laugh. In his opinion, his strength in manipulating flames was more than twice as strong.

"Jilan- kun, are you joking? This kind of joke isn't funny." Shoto Todoroki frowned. "Or are you trying to use the same trick you used on Kaminari -kun on me? I won't fall for that kind of low-level trick."

In the previous match, Jilan used his persuasive skills on Kaminari, convincing him that he could win the match by unleashing his full power of electric shocks. As we all know, the final result was that his electric shocks only caused Jilan minor injuries.

"You can give it a try." Jilan Jiyu revealed a smile that was hard to decipher.

"Alright, both players are ready. One is Hero Kohong, who advanced all the way with absolute strength, and the other is Hero Kojilan, who came all the way with incredible luck! Will Kojilan continue his good fortune in this match? Let's wait and see!"

"3, 2, 1, the match begins!"

Upon hearing the signal to start the match, Hō pressed his hand to the ground, causing the temperature on the field to plummet and instantly creating a series of icicles that surged towards Jilan Jiyu!

Saying they won't fall for it, but actually they've already taken the bait!

Jilan Jiyu are not afraid of these small ice pillars; as long as they have enough strength, they can shatter them. What they fear most is that when Hong uses his full strength, he can instantly release an iceberg that can cover half of the arena. At that time, even if Jilan can use Hamon to leave himself a place to stand, he will still find it very troublesome.

Hamon covered Jilan's fist as he leaned forward, exerted force, and unleashed a powerful punch—

"Hamon Overdrive!"

The unstoppable icicles, spreading all the way, shattered into dazzling ice crystals at Jilan Jiyu, sparkling in the sunlight!

Shoto Todoroki realized that although Jilan Jiyu's attack was powerful, there would be a brief period of stiffness after the punch.

Shoto Todoroki frowned, changed his position, and ran while bending over and sliding his palms on his calves. When he stopped, a series of ice pillars appeared from three or four directions, spreading from his position toward Jilan!

"You really don't let your advantage go unchallenged, do you, Hong?"

Jilan Jiyu sighed, put their hands into the ice block they had just broken, grasped the protruding tip of the ice block and shoved it downwards, carving out a cone-shaped ice spear under the protection of the Hamon!

Like a seasoned general, Jilan Jiyu wielded his ice spear imbued with Hamon, forcefully sweeping away the ice pillars that Shoto Todoroki had unleashed at him, revealing the cold-faced Shoto Todoroki opposite him.

"Hey, the same trick won't work on me the second time."

With that, Jilan Jiyu assumed a throwing stance and hurled the ice spear. The ice spear, wreathed in golden Hamon, accelerated and instantly reached Shoto Todoroki's front, only to be blocked by the ice wall that Todoroki had just managed to create!

What a pity! If I had turned the ice spear into a bomb, Boom would have been defeated by now.

Cold sweat beaded on his cheeks. If he had reacted any slower, would his head have been pierced through?

As expected, Jilan is much more difficult to deal with than Midoriya.

"Tō-kun, don't stand still!" Jilan Jiyu, his body wreathed in Hamon, charged towards Shoto Todoroki, unleashing a "Hamon Spring Punch!"

Shoto Todoroki jumped back a step, but the fist he thought wouldn't hit him actually grew longer and struck his nose, sending him flying!

Behind him was the outside world. At this moment, he reacted very quickly. In the midst of the tumbling air, he created an ice flow under his feet, forming an oval-shaped ice wall. He twisted his body forcefully, like surfing, and circled around the arena before jumping down on the other side of the arena.

"You run really fast, Todoroki! Let's continue!" The smile that Jilan Jiyu unintentionally showed suddenly made Shoto Todoroki feel a chill.

Afterwards, Shoto Todoroki was very vigilant, constantly changing his position and trying to create ice pillars, but he couldn't find any opportunity to win. Instead, he was flustered by the ice spears thrown by Jilan several times, and once the ice spear almost pierced his head.

Before long, the right half of Boom's body was covered with a thick layer of ice.

Does this mean we really have to use fire?

After the match against Midoriya, Todoroki saw his father, Endeavor, on the sidelines.

He laughed as he looked at Shoto Todoroki, and went on and on about how rudimentary his use of fire was, directly telling him to join his firm during his future Work-Study Program.

"I need to think about it." Todoroki didn't directly refuse, but Endeavor interpreted it as tacit agreement, only he was too proud to say it.

But that's not what Hong thought. He was really confused. Although he no longer rejected using his own flames, he still had some resistance to using them.

Jilan Jiyu frowned as she watched Todoroki's shoulder once again become covered in frost. With attacks proving ineffective, was Todoroki really not planning to use fire?

Suddenly, an inexplicable anger rose within Jilan Jiyu. He could use it in the match against Midoriya, so why was he resisting using it in his own match? This might be a kind of persistence for Todoroki, but for Jilan, this behavior was a mockery, a mockery of some great being!

Jilan sensed that something was wrong with him; he felt as if he were being imbued with a frenzied rhythm, but he forced himself not to think about it and charged towards the blast!

"Give me more fun!"