CHAPTER 26

A/N:

Ahem! So sorry for the late chapter. I was farming Primogems and Fates for Hu Tao, and my Ipad died so yeah...

I didn't even get her in 80 pulls. I'm farming for more though so hopefully I win my 50/50.

(hahahahahaha please RNGesus, I wanna win the 50/50!!!!!)

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"Nice..."

Kenichi grins at the leaderboard while Gohru was taking a bite of the pizza that the gang ordered.

"Still, I'm surprised that you even got a thousand-five hundred. How the hell did you even do that? I expected you to get a few hundred."

The only response he gave was a shrug.

"Secret~"

"Bah, whatever. I'll know it when we fight anyways."

"But still, that was so cool, boss man! | You fucking showed that bitch!"

"She was quite cute though..."

Dabi said as they all looked over at the corner of Gohru and Toga's hotel room, seeing Toga hunched over while biting her nail, muttering uncomprehensible words, making them all shiver in fear. Women are scary.

"... You're babysitting them Flaming Elmo, especially her."

"Babysitting, how dare you?! | Fuck you, Boss man!"

"Ugh... Can't you let Toga kill her? It's so annoying to watch these two at the same time..."

"She didn't even do anything wrong, Dabs. Just let it go."

"Fuck you, Ken."

"Whatever, it's almost sleep time, so shoo!"

Waving them away, eventually, after another hour of talking and joking around, they went to bed for tomorrow's tournament... That is what Gohru'd like to think, but the two were up in their spacious rooms the whole night performing image training and all their techniques as slowly as possible to make sure that they were going into the tournament with every knowledge of their body and martial arts.

That being said, they had forgotten a teeny tiny bit of information. They forgot to check the updating leaderboard for their potential opponents, so they were technically going into the tournament blind.

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The next day...

After meeting up with Lisa that was finally here after a problem with her flight, she immediately got to work getting them looking good for the tournament.

Ever since Asics partnered with him, they have sent a lot of Asics products to him as sponsorships, gifts, and advertisement purposes. So with so many shoes and clothing, he just decided to keep the few that he liked to himself, and give the majority to the gang (sans Toga since they're all men's clothing) (P.S. She steals Gohru's clothing without him noticing anyways, so technically she gets some too.) and the orphanage.

All his friends and family in the orphanage had already been adopted one way or another, so only the three staff remained his actual family, and he finds time to visit them at least once a month.

Moving on, looking at the mirror, Gohru whistled at the figure in front of the mirror itself.

He was wearing a loose long-sleeved white t-shirt with a black Asics logo, along with slim fit yet very flexible blue jeans that were made for flexible kicking. Along with those were Asics black sneakers designed and commissioned by Gohru that were as light as a feather but as hard as steel, making them almost weightless yet strong.

He really did grow a lot since almost 4 years ago now, reaching 170 cm already at the age of 12. That Quirk of his really worked overtime, making him fit nicer clothing compared to the children ones.

His hands were wrapped with red-colored clothing, from his palm to his forearm before his elbows, basically fingerless gloves but in the form of red clothing that was made to protect his knuckles and forearm from anything dangerous.

With his "equipment" equipped in the player stat menu, he walks out to wait for Kenichi's turn to get dressed.

Gohru's eyebrow raised the moment he saw Kenichi walk out of his own room with Lisa in tow.

He was wearing a white gi with his name sewn on the back of the gi and his black belt. Under the gi was a blue loose Asics t-shirt that he remembered giving him on Christmas last year along with red combat boots. Along with Gohru, he had also worn fingerless clothed gloves, but instead of red, he wore blue.

Overall, he looked good in it. Giving him a thumbs up, Kenichi grins as they walked together to the tournament that was a few minutes away from the hotel.

The gang had already gone there without waiting for them to get their VIP breakfast, they said that it was more delicious than the hotel's, even if Toga wanted to watch him change which was super weird so they had to drag the poor girl.

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"Ladies and Gentlemen! Today, we are going to watch 16 participants fight it out to see if they have what it takes to be the world's best martial artist!"

The same announcer from before, Yugo-san yelled to the crowd who started going crazy at the hype.

The participants were all in the hall near the main stage, waiting for the announcer to call them. It seemed that to build suspense, the website had stopped showing the participant's leaderboard to the public, increasing the amount of hype and excitement for the match.

"Now we are going to call out the 16 participants that ranked the highest! Please walk up to the stage, participant number 976!"

A large man about 30 years old stood up with a smug smile before walking to the entrance, knocking over some people purposefully.

"What a bitch, right?"

"I know. Hopefully, someone fucks him up."

They talked as they watched Participant 976 flex to the audience who exploded at the spectator's seats. He guess that that man was quite famous from the cheers.

"Please walk up to the stage, participant number 410!"

This time a blond man with weird-looking glasses. Suddenly floating, his Quirk probably, he finger salutes everyone in the waiting room before dashing to the entrance as the crowd once again almost shatters his eardrums with their cheers.

"Captain Celebrity, one of the best heroes in the US. His Quirk is Flight, giving him telekinesis abilities that boost countless properties such as strength, speed, and of course, gives him flight."

The walking dictionary is at it again.

"How strong and fast are we talking?"

"There was a mission where he grabbed a sinking oil tanker with just one hand, and another where he flew Mach 2 to save a civilian from falling after a terrorist dropped him using a teleportation Quirk."

"Then how is he 15th place?"

"Maybe to entertain the crowd by doing the "impossible", winning even if he's just 15th."

"Ah... More publicity. Smart..."

After him, there were more people who walked out who were not that appealing looking, for example, there was a skinny man who looked like he was about to fall to the ground. And another example was an old man who looked like he was in his 80s.

He is not underestimating them, God no. He actually is someone who does not judge his book by its cover. The fact that they even were able to reach the top 16 made him suspicious of their full power.

Eventually, in 5th place, someone caught his eye. It was a dark-skinned woman that was about 18 years old with the UA logo on her leotard — Had he said that she was wearing a leotard, cause god, she looked amazing in it.

It was a Mutant Quirk User, with rabbit ears and a rabbit's tail to boot. Combining that with that battle-hungry grin makes the relation very familiar.

One of the sidekicks of a famous Hero, but the most seek out rookie that Heroes are eyeing since she's one of the best students in UA currently.

Clenching his fists, he could not help but match her grin. He was excited to fight her and test her skills after Omori a few years ago.

'Don't lose the first few matches, Miruko-san. Eye of the Lord needs more references before I can start project Original!'

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