"Everyone!! Welcome to————the third round of the U.A. Sports Festival finals!!"
"Ohhhh!!!"
With Mic's extremely penetrating voice, the entire arena was once again plunged into a sea of cheers.
Although the Sports Festival was full of people every year, the audience's emotions this year were even higher!
After all, the students' strength this year was all very good, and there were even many eye-catching 'new stars' among them. Of course, the price was that 'Cementoss (quirk: Cement),' who was responsible for repairing the arena at U.A. High School, basically didn't get any rest (laughs).
Generally speaking, in previous years, there were very few fierce battles before the finals, but this time it was different. Shoto Todoroki and Bakugo Katsuki, who were in the finals, had already shown their respective strengths in the previous battles, and none of the newcomers they defeated were weak.
The two girls who made it to the final round, 'Uraraka Ochaco' and 'Momo Yaoyorozu,' both showed extraordinary fighting power. However, the only thing people complained about was that Uraraka Ochaco's 'meteor shower,' which she created using the venue and her 'zero gravity' quirk in her battle with Bakugo Katsuki, directly started the venue destruction journey of this competition. And Momo Yaoyorozu, on the other hand, pushed Bakugo Katsuki to the brink of failure several times with her varied fighting style and strategy. In previous years, the two of them might have had a chance to win the championship, but it was a pity that there were many stronger people this year.
In the semi-finals, Bakugo Katsuki's opponent, 'Tokoyami Fumikage,' had the quirk 'Dark Shadow,' which even made Lancer unable to resist complaining——————'This is a Stand attack!'
In addition, Izuku Midoriya, Kirishima Eijiro (quirk: Hardening) in the quarter-finals, and Tenya Iida (quirk: Engine) who was eliminated in the first round, all of them showed strength that was not much inferior to the two finalists. It can only be said that their 'luck' was a little bad and they were eliminated too early.
Even the only person who entered the final round as a 'General Studies' student in the first round, 'Shinso Hitoshi (quirk: Brainwashing),' although his quirk was easy to misunderstand, it was impossible to deny the magic and power of his quirk!
This year, countless 'seeds' have emerged, and many people's fighting styles were limited by the form of the arena and the sports festival. There were more 'seeds' hidden among them. There is no doubt that this year's freshmen were even more outstanding than the previous ones!
And for ordinary people living in this 'age of heroes,' the appearance of more and more heroes means that their lives are more stable.
The cheers of the crowd continued for a while and then gradually subsided. Mic also finally began to introduce the two sides of the final.
"On the left side is Shoto Todoroki from U.A. Class 1-A!! And on the right side is Bakugo Katsuki, also from U.A. Class 1-A!!"
With the appearance of the two, another wave of cheers came from the crowd, but the crowds cheering for the two were very 'distinct.'
The people cheering for Shoto Todoroki were basically dominated by girls. There is no doubt that compared to others, Shoto Todoroki's fighting was more 'elegant.' The previous few battles were all resolved before the enemy even touched him. The only tough battle with Izuku Midoriya, his final victory was also very 'cool.'
His action of controlling his opponent with several ice spears and then putting an ice blade on the opponent's neck, and his action of carrying the opponent to the first-aid station after winning, added a 'gap moe' attribute to his inherent image of a 'cold-faced handsome guy.'
As for Bakugo Katsuki's supporters, most of them were men. After all, violence and bloodlust are almost every man's instinct. Although Bakugo Katsuki was very wild when fighting and can be said to be merciless, his strong desire for victory also infected every hot-blooded boy, especially the battle with Momo Yaoyorozu where he finally won with his momentum, which made countless people worship him.
However, the two people on the field were not affected by the cheers from outside the field at all. The two glared at each other after they took their positions, and Bakugo Katsuki's provocative expression even caused a series of boos and cheers through the broadcast. As for who cheered and who booed, it basically doesn't need to be explained.
"It took you so long to even deal with 'Deku,' you might as well just surrender early!"
"Young Midoriya is much better than you!"
Facing Bakugo Katsuki's provocation, Shoto Todoroki's expression became even colder. Although the battle with Izuku Midoriya ended with his victory before, it has to be said that the two became friends through just a few short sentences during the battle.
Although Endeavor did not contact Izuku Midoriya because of Lancer intervention, the relationship between people is so strange. Two people who usually don't have much communication became friends with just a few short sentences. And at this time, facing Bakugo Katsuki's words, Shoto Todoroki was angry for the first time in a long time.
Because of his father, Shoto Todoroki had long sealed off his heart. For him, everyone was a stepping stone, but Lancer appearance made him feel the existence of something called 'family,' and Izuku Midoriya, a classmate who had a similar... no, he should be the one who had similar feelings to the other party, made him feel that there were also companions on his originally lonely road.
Of course, with Shoto Todoroki's personality, he would not take the initiative to talk to Izuku Midoriya, but he had already recognized the other party, and as expected, after the Sports Festival ended, Izuku Midoriya would also take the initiative to talk to Shoto Todoroki. It can be said that the two becoming friends was almost a matter of course.
And Shoto Todoroki's unexpected words made Bakugo Katsuki even more unhappy.
'One! One! Another one! What's so good about Deku!'
Bakugo Katsuki was unhappy! Very unhappy!
The person who used to follow behind him and was always protected by him didn't know when he had rushed to his side, and sometimes even surpassed him. This made him feel lost and very angry. It's just that sometimes he couldn't tell who the object of this anger should be, and the only thing he could do as someone who wasn't good at communication was to 'vent.'
And there is no doubt that he is now like a powder keg, eagerly longing to 'vent'!
However, it was a good thing that Mic, who was in charge of hosting, didn't seem to have the intention of keeping everyone in suspense. With the appearance of the two, he quickly announced the start of the 'match.'
And Bakugo Katsuki, after a 'tsk' of his tongue, charged toward Shoto Todoroki without hesitation.
If most of the previous battles were Shoto Todoroki defeating his opponents with overwhelming strength, then Izuku Midoriya can be said to have pushed Shoto Todoroki to his limit, and also allowed Bakugo Katsuki to find the 'knack' of fighting Shoto Todoroki. However, it was also because of this that he felt unhappy and clicked his tongue.