The final battle, Bakugo vs. Jilan
Shota Aizawa picked up the conversation, paused for a moment, and said, "I haven't done anything for them. They just started arguing amongst themselves."
Yes, both Todoroki and Bakugo were very conspicuous from the start. All I did was to have someone act as a suppressor to prevent their personalities from becoming twisted. Although, now even that suppressor is starting to lose control.
Jilan Jiyu emerged calmly from the dark passage, meeting the gaze of a disgruntled Katsuki Bakugo.
"I will be the champion," Bakugo simply said.
"If you can."
The two stood on the stage, surprisingly without any particular tension, simply stating their views calmly. Bakugo, palms facing upward, continuously released small explosions to accumulate energy, while Jilan's body began to Hamon with golden energy.
Seeing both sides in their fighting stances, Midnight cracked his whip and loudly announced, "On your marks! 3, 2, 1, the match begins!"
Bakugo his hands behind his back, intense flames erupted from his palms, creating a powerful propulsion like a rocket launching into the sky as he charged towards Jilan Jiyu, covering a distance of several meters in an instant!
Jilan took a step back, and his arm, wreathed in Hamon, suddenly threw a punch, aimed directly at Bakugo's durian-like sharp skull!
"Hamon Overdrive!"
Bakugo reacted extremely quickly, forcibly twisting his body in mid-air and meeting Jilan's fist with his right fist, which also spewed fire!
The collision of fists instantly stirred up a large amount of smoke, enveloping the two of them. Bakugo roared and twisted his body, sending another fist towards Jilan ducked and dodged it instantly.
Immediately afterwards, he charged straight into the smoke and engaged Jilan in close-quarters hand-to-hand combat!
As Bakugo continued his explosions, the gray smoke grew thicker, and only occasional roars from Bakugo could be heard, along with glimpses of sparks from his palms and fleeting golden Hamon within the dense smoke. 35xs
Mic said with a headache, "Even if they play really hard, we won't be able to see it. Won't the audience be very disappointed if the final is held in this kind of atmosphere?"
Aizawa glanced at him indifferently. "I don't know about the viewers watching on TV, but at least the viewers in the stadium are very excited because they can feel the two people fighting fiercely on the field."
"Who do you think will win between them?" Yaoyorozu asked nervously from the stands, his hands clenched. Even though he knew they couldn't possibly predict the outcome of the match, he couldn't help but ask.
"I think it's Bakugo!" Kirishima said, seemingly unconcerned. "Even if Jilan manages to fight him to a draw at the beginning, Bakugo is the type who gets stronger as the battle goes on. As long as it's a long fight, he definitely won't lose!"
Bakugo's Quirk allows him to secrete a Glycerin -like substance from the sweat glands in his palms. As time goes on, he sweats more and more, and the explosive power increases accordingly.
In the smoke, Jilan Jiyu keenly sensed the temperature behind him suddenly heating up. Without hesitation, he rolled to the ground. A hand emitting flames suddenly appeared behind him. Bakugo jumped to Jilan's original position like a frog, slamming his hand on the ground and causing it to Explosion again!
Bakugo was slightly disappointed at missing his first attack, but he was even more annoyed by Jilan's dodging attitude. He charged at Jilan again, roaring, "Didn't you defeat that arrogant Todoroki in close combat? Stop dodging and show me your true strength!"
Jilan's Hamon instantly lit up as he blocked Bakugo's downward strike with his arm, but was immediately struck in the chest by the ensuing explosion and knocked back. 35xs
Although I hate to admit it, my fighting spirit is nowhere near Bakugo's.
In their initial clash, Jilan blocked Bakugo's attack and even had a slight advantage in terms of strength. However, in close combat, Jilan felt that Bakugo's condition was getting better and better as the explosions intensified, and his Hamon defense gradually became powerless. He could only fight and retreat, using Hamon breathing techniques to quickly adjust his condition and prepare for Bakugo's next attack.
"You probably wouldn't believe me if I said this is all I'm capable of right now, would you?" Jilan Jiyu wanted to force a smile, but felt that if she laughed, Bakugo might take it as mockery and get angry instead, so she could only keep her icy expression on her face.
"Are you kidding me? It's not funny at all!" Bakugo was enraged by Jilan's calm face, which made him even more convinced that Jilan must have something to rely on, which is why he could remain calm in the face of him during the battle.
Could it be that he's planning to use a killer move to turn the tide when I'm off guard?
The closer it got to the crucial moment, the calmer Bakugo became. During his fight with Jilan, he deliberately exposed an opening, leaving his chest wide open in front of Jilan, secretly preparing for a counterattack.
Jilan wouldn't hold back at this moment, and landed a Hamon Spring Punch right in Bakugo's chest!
Bakugo was on guard against Jilan's sneaky move, but he was completely unprepared for the arm that suddenly stretched out. He was hit hard in the chest and sent flying. His body left the smoke and crashed onto the ground that was not covered by smoke!
"Wow! This intense close-quarters combat is finally over! Bakugo has lost this short battle. Could it be that Jilan will win this match?!" Mic excitedly commented.
"It's not that simple," Shota Aizawa replied calmly. "Look at Bakugo's eyes; that's not the expression of someone who's willing to admit defeat."
"How despicable!" Bakugo spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, wiped his mouth with his arm, and glared at Jilan, saying hatefully, "If this is the kind of petty trick you rely on, then prepare to die!"
Jilan emerged from the smoke, seemingly unharmed except for a torn sleeve. It would be easy to mistake him for the victor. However, Jilan knew that if Bakugo hadn't given him a scare earlier, he would still be struggling.
Jilan listened to Bakugo's provocative words, his fingers twitched slightly, and his hand, hanging by his waist, unconsciously made a thumbs-up shape, but then he immediately let go.
Bakugo had already decided in his heart that Jilan had no trump cards, so he didn't care about Jilan's little tricks. He roared and ran towards Jilan. After taking a running start, he put his hands under his body like a vaulting horse. The violent reaction force from the explosion instantly sent him into the air.
"Jilan, I always thought you were hiding something, but now it seems it was all just wishful thinking on my part. You're nowhere near as good as Todoroki and Deku!"
Bakugo, with his hands behind his back, kept adjusting his position in mid-air. The continuous explosions spun his body, making him dive towards Jilan like a violent tornado. A bright flame ignited in one of his palms, a prelude to unleashing the beam cannon he used against Uraraka!
As his spinning body reached Jilan, he abruptly stopped, grabbed her wrist with his other hand, twisted his body, and aimed his already multiplied Explosion at Jilan's face, Bakugo...
"Howitzer - Big Explosion!"
The laser beam that shot out from Bakugo's hand seemed to reenact the scene of the world being separated by the heavens and earth. The powerful flames instantly enveloped Jilan, who was maintaining a defensive posture, and swallowed him up in the bright light!
The intense sound and light effects caused everyone in the arena to scream. While everyone was Bakugo's attack, they were worried about Jilan, who was taking the hit head-on. Few people thought that Jilan would survive that attack.
"No way, is Bakugo trying to kill someone?" Kirishima stared blankly at the scene, asking incredulously, "Why didn't Cementoss and the others stop him?"
Kirishima then realized that Bakugo had actually held back during their match, and that he absolutely wouldn't have survived such a massive explosion.
Midnight's face was gloomy. The reason she didn't go up to stop it was simple: she didn't think she could survive this attack unscathed. At least, her clothes wouldn't be able to block it at all. She even worried that if she got any closer, her thin clothes would melt into her image. So she didn't stop it.
As for Cementoss, he wanted to stop him, and his palm was already on the ground. The reason he didn't stop him was simple: Bakugo was too close to Jilan Jiyu when he unleashed that attack, and his cement wall had no chance to appear between them.
Bakugo lay limply on the ground, his eyes fixed on the smoke-shrouded area. Although he claimed to look down on Jilan, only he knew that the reason he hastily unleashed his finishing move was because he suddenly felt a pang of fear. He had a feeling that if he didn't release this attack now, he might never be able to unleash any more techniques.
It is precisely because they value it so much that they unleash their full potential without reservation!