The Infirmary

Hearing that the match was over, Toru Hagakure dropped the tape in her hand and rushed over to Jilan Jiyu.

Jilan Jiyu's plan had been for her to hide on top of the nuclear weapon that had been moved into the corner. Even if he got hurt, she wasn't to come out; she had to guard the nuclear weapon as their final surprise. She had done her part perfectly...

Hagakure was worried as she watched Jilan Jiyu tremble. Even though they had won in the end, she couldn't feel happy about it at all.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Jilan Jiyu said, coughing up blood.

"..." That's not reassuring at all!

All Might soon came over with a rescue robot and laughed. "Everyone did splendidly! Young Jilan and young Todoroki, hurry to the infirmary for treatment!"

Jilan Jiyu didn't turn down the offer. Although his condition had improved, his wounds wouldn't just vanish on their own. He still needed Recovery Girl to treat them.

Jilan Jiyu walked over to Shoto Todoroki and held out a hand. "Sorry, I hit you a little too hard."

He gave Jilan Jiyu a surprised look and silently held out his hand, letting him pull him up.

Jilan Jiyu could still sense the Hamon in Toru Hagakure. He said to her, "Hagakure, you and Shoji should go to the monitoring room. We'll be back in a bit. And... remember to put your clothes on."

"Hey!"

"I lost." Midoriya's injuries were fairly serious, and his treatment still wasn't finished after more than ten minutes. Shoto Todoroki and Jilan Jiyu were sitting outside the infirmary when he suddenly spoke.

"I wouldn't exactly call it a loss..." Jilan Jiyu thought highly of him and spoke honestly. "If you hadn't put up that ice wall by the nuclear weapon, we would've taken each other out."

"...So you're saying I still couldn't have won?"

"That's not what I meant." Jilan Jiyu leaned his head against the cold wall. "Your biggest mistake was misjudging Toru Hagakure's strength, and... you didn't trust your teammate."

"My teammate..."

"It's good to have confidence in your own strength, but don't forget about teamwork... Even All Might has a reliable partner supporting him from behind the scenes."

The door clicked open, and Izuku Midoriya came out of the infirmary. He looked a little surprised to see the two sitting on either side of the door like door gods.

"Huh?!" Izuku Midoriya jumped. "You two are badly hurt! Hurry up and get treated!"

Badly hurt...? Jilan Jiyu and Shoto Todoroki looked at themselves, then at each other, before silently turning their gazes to Midoriya.

Midoriya's right arm, which he had used his Quirk with, was wrapped in bandages and supported by a sling around his neck. Though he smiled brightly, it couldn't hide the fact that he was badly injured.

Even after being treated, Midoriya clearly looked worse off than either of them...

Perhaps noticing their gazes, Midoriya scratched his head with his other hand and smiled sheepishly. "Well... Recovery Girl said it would be better not to heal my injuries all at once. It would put a strain on my body as it is now, so she told me to rest up before getting another treatment."

"That's right." Jilan Jiyu nodded in agreement. "After your fight with Bakugo, your body was already exhausted. Recovery Girl's Quirk activates the cells in your body. In your condition, you might not be able to take being fully healed and could just drop dead."

Izuku Midoriya turned pale. "Is it really that bad?!"

"The boy Jilan is right, so you'd better stop using your Quirk so recklessly. I can't guarantee what'll happen to you next time, either." The short old woman in a white coat came out and glared at Midoriya before going back inside. "You two, come in."

Jilan Jiyu patted Midoriya on the shoulder in sympathy and headed into the infirmary first, with Shoto Todoroki following silently behind.

When she reached her desk, Recovery Girl turned to look at the two of them. The left sleeve of Shoto Todoroki's combat uniform was gone, and there were scratches of all sizes on his exposed skin. These were only injuries from his own ice storm and weren't serious. If Jilan Jiyu's Hamon had hit him directly, he would probably have been unconscious by now. He also felt a little concussed, but only to the point of blurred vision.

Jilan Jiyu's injuries were lighter. His combat uniform had provided good protection and was only slightly dented. He had a few scrapes on his face, and the hand he had used for Scarlet Hamon Overdrive was burned. Besides, since he had been in an environment full of ice, he had already applied ice to it. It was only a little swollen, and the swelling wasn't very noticeable.

"You two... It looks like you both took good care of yourselves."

Jilan Jiyu smiled. "Of course. Letting yourself get hurt for no reason is the height of irresponsibility."

"Hmph."

Recovery Girl ignored him, walked over to Shoto Todoroki, and stretched her lips out to kiss his wounds. The long scratches on his arm quickly shrank at a visible rate, then gradually disappeared.

It might have been fine when Recovery Girl was young, but even after seeing it so many times a few days ago, that kind of blessing still feels a bit hard to bear...

Though he was thinking that, Jilan Jiyu still said to Recovery Girl once she had finished treating Shoto Todoroki, "My turn, right?"

"You..." Recovery Girl stood on a chair, took a tube of ointment from the top of a cabinet, and tossed it to Jilan Jiyu without looking back. "That's medicine for burns. Apply it yourself."

Is there really such a difference in how she treats us? Damn it!

Jilan Jiyu looked to Shoto Todoroki for comfort, only to see an uncharacteristically troubled expression on his icy face. He even seemed a little envious of him...

If I could, I wouldn't want to be treated like that either. That was what his eyes said.

Jilan Jiyu's mood instantly improved. Smiling, he said goodbye to Healing Girl as she slowly climbed down from the chair, then grabbed Shoto Todoroki by the clothes and walked out.

"I'm going to the monitoring room to take a look. Want to come?"

On their way here, All Might had told them that after treatment, they could choose to watch the other matches or go straight back and rest. Jilan Jiyu's own injuries had mostly healed with Hamon, and he had recovered seventy percent of his stamina. He still wanted to see how the others fought and whether there would be any matchups that surprised him like Midoriya had.

Shoto Todoroki shook his head. "I'm going back. I'm a little sleepy."

Jilan Jiyu understood instantly. Recovery Girl's treatment consumed the recipient's stamina, so after being treated, the body naturally felt tired and wanted to sleep.

After parting with Shoto Todoroki, Jilan Jiyu went to the monitoring room. Everyone had been watching the big screen intently, but they suddenly crowded around him.

Denki Kaminari seemed to have already had his match. He said excitedly, "Jilan, that vertical attack of yours was so damn cool! You even took that monster out of action with a sneak attack!"

"Monster? You mean Shoto Todoroki?"

Perhaps because Shoto Todoroki wasn't there, Denki Kaminari held nothing back as he said excitedly, "That's right, that ice guy! You might not know this, but he made ice from the first floor and froze the whole building in an instant. If a freakish Quirk like that doesn't make him a monster, what does?!"

No wonder. With his reaction speed, Jilan Jiyu should've been perfectly capable of making more ice when I attacked him. So he had no intention of fighting me head-on at all? He'd already spent half his energy by the time he got to the base, intending to freeze us outright and end the fight... He really is full of himself.

But though Todoroki was strong, Jilan Jiyu wasn't particularly shaken. After all, he had also spent most of his energy saving Toru Hagakure. It was hard to say who would win if they fought at their best. Oh, right... speaking of Toru Hagakure, where is she?

He asked Kaminari, who shook his head. "She's invisible. How would I know where she is? She could be right in front of me and I wouldn't know."

Suddenly, his expression grew lewd, and he hooked an arm around Jilan Jiyu's head. "Jilan, be honest. What happened between you and Toru Hagakure? On the monitor, I could only see you talking to the air, so we don't know what you said... But I know she stripped naked, right? Did you get to feel anything? Hehehe..."