Chapter 151 - CH 121: THE FESTIVAL BEGINS (1/2)

CLASS 1-A waiting room

The room had nothing special. It was just a very large room with tables, chairs, and lockers.

”Sigh, I wanted to wear my costume.”

Mina complained as she looked at the blue and white standard uniform UA students wore when doing sports.

Frankly, it wasn't bad, but she really wanted to show off in her costume.

”I wonder what the first round's gonna be?”

”No matter what comes, we have no choice but to deal with it.”

The other students were discussing in the room. The tension was rather high, but they were prepared. It was then that *BANG*, the door suddenly opened

”Everyone!!!, Are you ready? We will be entering soon.”

The one who opened the door was Izuku. As the second representative of the class, he was giving the schedule to follow, even though he didn't know what the events would be.

The moment he said so, the tension in the room rose to a new peak. It was then,

”Midoriya.”

Izuku, who was about to ask for the whereabouts of Kuroha, stopped after his name was called. He turned and faced the boy who did so. It was rather easy to recognize him. After all, he was ranked on the same level as him, Bakugo and Inasa. Kuroha didn't count.

”What is it Todoroki? I am a little bit in a hurry.”

He wasn't being rude. But, Kuroha was not only the representative of class 1-A but he was also the first in all of class 1, all departments added. Thanks to his theoretical and practical result he stood at the absolute peak. Such things had never happened, so the school wanted him to make a speech for the opening.

The room fell in silence as they observed the oncoming discussion,

”Looking at it objectively, I think I'm stronger than you.”

Todoroki didn't beat around the bush and directly said his piece

”Huh?”

Izuku was a little taken aback before his expression sharpened.

'Is he looking down on me?'

The current Izuku wasn't the old one. He would never cower in front of anyone. Well, except Milienia. But that was beside the point,

”What do you want to say?”

”Nothing much. I am not trying to insult you. I just want you to know that...Be it your or Hayate, I will beat you and I will win.”

His expression was serious. This immediately calmed Izuku who was growing angry. Todoroki wasn't looking down on him nor was he saying this with arrogance. He was simply making a declaration of war.

”Tsk!”

Inasa, who had previously stood in a corner with his eyes closed, got up and looked at Todoroki with contempt. He wasn't the only one, Bakugo also stood up with a very angry expression.

The smell of gunpowder floated in the air.

”Guys, you should calm down a little.”

Kirishima tried to defuse the situation before it became worse, but it was then that,

”Oh? It seems like you are rather confident.”

The moment this voice was heard, everyone turned toward the door. There, Kuroha could be seen standing with his hands in his pocket. His long white hair wasn't tied in the usual ponytail. This gave him a rather wild look.

After getting the attention of everyone. He began to speak,

”Okay guys. I don't like talking much so I will be direct. Todoroki might have come on too strong, but he has the correct mindset. This isn't a friendly competition. Right here, right now, you guys are fighting for your future as heroes. Everyone here is your enemy. Try to not forget that. Now, enough noise. Things are about to get serious.”

After saying his pieces, he didn't wait for anyone to answer and simply left. The other fell silent before all rising.

The atmosphere was currently far more somber than at the start. Because what Kuroha said was absolutely the truth. They were fighting for their own future. Friendship was not something to be considered for the time being.

Still, two people had a very different feeling. Momo and Izuku. After all, those two were perhaps the only ones to notice the nuance in Kuroha's words.

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Kuroha was walking alone in the corridors as he used an elastic to tie his hair.

'Man, I never thought that I would feel so tired one day.'

Physically he was already at his peak. No matter how tired he was, he just needed a few seconds to go back to his maximum.

'Having a quasi-immortal body is really useful.'

But, his body wasn't all mighty. It couldn't save him from mental fatigue. After all,

'Yesterday was truly a wild night.'

He never knew he could go so wild. Despite his nearly perfect memory, some parts of the night were still blurry in his head.