Chapter 85: Pursuit.

"What we are broadcasting for you now is the U.A. Sports Festival first-grade knockout eight-strong match, the first match."

"The tenacious hardening full of manliness is fighting against the swift pioneer like Hayate."

"The civil war of the same class, by the Hero Department Kirishima Eijiro against the Hero Department Iida Tenya.

It is also a contest between speed and defense.

Kirishima never thought that he would face Iida, the class president who had been eliminated in the top sixteen and was chasing after Ashido Mina, right at the start of the quarterfinals.

For his classmate Ashido Mina, Kirishima always had an inexplicable obsession. (They went to the same middle school)

Kirishima Eijiro once described himself as a manly man standing upright. The reason he wanted to become a hero was simple: to help those who were in danger.

During his middle school years, Kirishima wasn't very strong, and his Quirk was just a slight hardening.

Because of his own strength issues, he was often teased by his friends for getting involved in troublesome matters.

Every school has more or less some geniuses.

Kirishima Eijiro, the genius of his school, was named Ashido Mina.

She had excellent athletic ability, nearly perfect interpersonal skills, and a powerful and eye-catching Quirk.

With the development of the superhuman society, the positioning of professional heroes has also been changing. Unlike before, elements such as entertainment and support rate have also become important criteria for evaluating a hero.

"In the eyes of their classmates, Ashido's 'Acid' Quirk was obviously superior to Kirishima's simple enhancement 'Hardening' Quirk. Even Kirishima himself thought that Ashido was more modern than him."

Besides being plain in combat and having low popularity, the enhancement type, apart from the shield type, bears the highest risk in professional heroes, and the casualty rate is also the highest among professional heroes.

That day happened to be the day when they filled out the 'Career Hope Survey' unique to the Eleventh District.

When his friends talked about it, Kirishima quietly hid the survey filled with 'U.A. High School' in his pocket, and forced a smile.

"Actually... um, I haven't decided yet, haha."

At that time, Kirishima wished that he could have a more eye-catching and powerful Quirk. He also hoped that he could confidently say out loud like Ashido that U.A. High School Hero Department is his goal.

On that day, malice suddenly struck.

That was not a strong malice that middle school students could rival. When people really encountered danger, Kirishima directly shrank back on the spot and was completely unable to help.

He kept shouting in his heart.

"Don't care if there is a professional hero patrolling at this critical moment! You, who aspire to U.A., should go yourself! Go quickly! Don't you usually say that your body acts before you think!"

When faced with this kind of real need to bet on life, Kirishima dared not move at all, he just stood there trembling, the words he had said in the past seemed to be all lies.

Coincidentally, Ashido Mina from the same school also saw this scene, she stepped forward and relieved the crisis of the female students.

The moment the crisis was truly resolved, Kirishima Eijiro's heart was struck by thunder.

He stared blankly at Ashido who had just stepped forward and collapsed on the ground. The rescuer and the rescued cried together.

That was the fear after surviving a disaster.

Kirishima Eijiro was only a Madara horse line away from the three girls, but this distance seemed to be separated by a galaxy.

He couldn't help but recall what his friends had said.

"The profession of a hero, for us ordinary people, is simply out of reach."

In the spring of that year, a middle school student of the same age who stubbornly resisted a powerful enemy caused a heated discussion in society. And not only that middle school student, even before All Might appeared, that friend of the middle school still bravely rushed out.

Fortunately, Kirishima met the hero he admired, 'Red Riot'.

That hero told Kirishima that heroes are also ordinary people. It's impossible to say that there is no fear, fear is normal, but compared to fear, there are more important things worth their protection. There is no such thing as a person or a hero who is not afraid of anything.

Those words reignited Kirishima's faith, prompting him to continue to persevere in self-training and earnestly achieve third place to enter U.A.

"Only those who face life and take steps forward can become heroes."

He stood at the starting line with his own strength, next to the figure he had been chasing in the past.

At this moment, Kirishima's heart was mixed with excitement and complex emotions of regret for Ashido being eliminated by Iida.

All he could hear was him shouting loudly at Iida Tenya, as if to release all the exclamations in his heart.

"Kirishima Eijiro is here! Class president! Be careful!"

The "Hardening" Quirk was activated, and the hardened fists crossed each other, sparking a few sparks.

The "Hardening" Quirk is both the strongest spear and the strongest shield.

Iida Tenya also ignited the "Engine" Quirk, the car-like air ducts on his calves kept making noise, and the preheating was already completed.

He seriously responded to Kirishima's words.

"Kirishima! You be careful too!"

Compared to Kirishima, whose attack mode is simple and brutal but has amazing defense, Iida seemed very cautious, taking advantage of his speed advantage to keep probing.

He kept dodging Kirishima's attacks.

Iida Tenya, who comes from a prestigious family, is much better at close combat than Kirishima, and coupled with the gap in reaction speed, Kirishima's attack is powerful, but no matter how powerful the attack is, it cannot hit the opponent.

Iida's idea is very clear, that is, to use low-speed to consume Kirishima's physical strength.

If it were in the past, the proud Iida Tenya would never make such a choice.

But after meeting Accelerator, this meaningless pride was shattered, and the seemingly solid shell was pierced like paper.

And in fact, Iida Tenya knows Kirishima better than most of the students in the class. During the USJ "League of Villains" attack incident, they once fought together, and he concluded when he saved Kirishima.

Iida is very clear that Kirishima's defense power seems invincible, but in fact, the physical strength consumed is much more than that of him who maintains resistance.

The "Hardening" Quirk will not only consume physical strength continuously, but the higher the area and hardness of the hardening maintained by itself, the faster the consumption speed.

In the other world, Quirk is equivalent to organs or special muscles, and each Quirk basically has its limits and corresponding disadvantages.

Iida dodged Kirishima's straight punch again, and then tentatively side-kicked Kirishima's calf.

Kirishima didn't have much problem, but Iida, who side-kicked him, felt a bit of pain.

What an amazing defense power.

Learning from the lesson, Iida no longer uses the direct kick fighting method.

Instead, he chose to switch to slapping mixed with elbow strikes to continuously attack different positions of Kirishima.

Seeing Iida's attack mode switch, Kirishima showed a confident smile.

"Class president, your attack now has no effect on me!"

The "Hardening" Quirk, which used to be just a little harder, has blossomed as a result of long-term self-training.

Iida Tenya, through observing Kirishima's expression, knew that the current frequency and intensity of the attack could not even make Kirishima frown, and could not continue.

"The attack power is still not enough, it's time to speed up."

He switched the "Engine" Quirk to mid-range.

A stronger propulsion force erupted from the air ducts on Iida's calves. This time it was no longer a tentative small side kick but an attack, targeting the middle kick of the opponent's waist.

Kirishima realized the difference between the kick that swept over and the previous attack.

But, the physical reaction can't keep up with the speed of consciousness.

Seeing doesn't mean you can block it, and blocking doesn't mean you can defend against it.

"——Thud!"

A sound came through the air that didn't sound like a collision of bodies.

The astonishing mid-kick caused by the change in speed actually kicked the person several steps away.

However, Kirishima's defense is not to be trifled with, and there was quite a bit of blood on the front of Iida's calf.

This is the price that must be paid for pure physical confrontation.

Kirishima took this hit from Iida and reached out to grab Iida's leg.

Would Iida give Kirishima such an obvious opportunity to counter?

Obviously not.

Iida Tenya's creed is to be cautious and serious.

His fighting style is still like this, now it's less about aggressive offense and more about waiting for Kirishima to make a mistake.

Facing Kirishima, who has equally astonishing defense and attack power, Iida is extra careful, which is the most uncomfortable for Kirishima.

He can't hit, he can only be passively hit, his physical strength will be exhausted and he will have no strength to fight back.

Kirishima knew in his heart that entering a war of attrition was clearly a strategy that Iida Tenya had thought of to deal with him.

But the problem is that he can't come up with a way to deal with Iida's speed now.

The initiative is in Iida Tenya's hands.

All of Iida's current attacks are probing Kirishima's 'Hardening' state, once there is any sign of slack, Kirishima will be greeted with a storm-like high-speed kick.

Kirishima decided to show a flaw to get into the deadlock of the disadvantageous situation.

He also has enough confidence in his own strength.

Only if he can hit Iida with a punch, the game will end.

Kirishima posed like a professional wrestler, he chose to show the flaw in his abdomen.

So far, he has also suffered quite a few attacks from the other side, while Iida is probing his hardness, he is also probing Iida's attack strength, constantly thinking about what attacks can be blocked and what attacks can not be blocked.

For Iida's low-gear short kick, as long as he pays attention to harden at the moment of contact, he can prevent Iida from suddenly switching the gear of the 'Engine' Quirk to strengthen the subsequent output.

Kirishima's flaw was sold, and Iida naturally noticed this flaw, although it is likely to be a trap, but kicking it is likely to end the game directly, and Iida's speed is superior, even if Kirishima's posture is easier to grab his leg, but the probability of this is not high.

Low risk, high reward, such bait can be considered a good trap.

In order to make the flaw more attractive, Kirishima slightly frowned when he took the first few low-gear kicks from Iida.

Although such an expression is very slight, Kirishima feels that careful Iida will definitely not miss this detail.

After a few confrontations, Iida attacked Kirishima's abdomen.

"Now is the time!"

Both of them shouted in their hearts at the same time.

Kirishima's high probability of successful grappling did not succeed, the reason is that Iida Tenya's attack mode has changed again.

From kicking to stomping.

This kind of leg technique, the contact time with the enemy is shorter, the contact surface with the enemy is shorter, and it can also use the speed generated by the reaction force to just leave the enemy's attack range.

Kirishima realized that if he didn't fight hard at this moment, he was afraid that he would be consumed alive by Iida.

Once the hardening is lifted, the game will definitely end.

In the desire for power, Kirishima actually burst out with a speed surpassing Iida's low gear in an instant, and firmly grabbed that foot in the air.

Placed in a desperate situation and then revived, Kirishima himself did not expect that such a moment would come, he couldn't help but excitedly shouted, and on the other side, a punch was about to hit Iida's face.

"Good job!"

The situation is reversed!"

The entire arena erupted in cheers, and Present Mic's commentary once again ignited with passion!

"Kirishima! As he is about to enter the disadvantageous stage of the endurance battle! He burst out with a speed beyond Iida's expectation! Can this strike become the turning point from defeat to victory? Let's wait and see!"

Iida indeed did not expect that after avoiding the trap and eating the sugar-coated bullet, Kirishima would burst out with such speed.

He was too careless.

But he still had a trump card.

"Don't get too excited! Piston Engine·Burst Sprint! Start!"

After activation, it will force the "Engine" Quirk to stall, and the trump card with a huge side effect was forced out.

The explosive impact produced by the high horsepower and terrifyingly high revolutions, carrying a terrifying speed and huge power that the naked eye could not see clearly, broke free from Kirishima's restraint, and the "Engine" was sprinkling a blue light.

Iida calmly adjusted his posture in mid-air relying on the propulsion force, and landed unhurriedly. Before Kirishima could react, the whole person turned into an afterimage and disappeared.

The next moment, Iida's attack came again.

Just as Iida understands Kirishima better than other students, Kirishima also understands Iida better than other students.

The two of them had seen through each other during the "League of Villains" attack on USJ's stormy area.

Kirishima is very clear about the side effects of Iida's powerful function.

"As long as I hold on for ten seconds, Iida will stall due to side effects, and Iida, who has lost the speed advantage, is not to be feared."

Kirishima estimated his physical strength, the hardest hardening in the whole body state, probably can support fifteen seconds.

"I'm sorry! Class president!"

The highest intensity hardening of the whole body state, unfold!

Within a dozen seconds, Kirishima was hit by Iida's stormy kicks as if he was struggling to death.

Soon ten seconds passed, but Iida Tenya's high-intensity attack showed no signs of stopping!

At this time, Kirishima heard Iida's voice.

"I should be the one saying sorry, Kirishima."

Fifteen seconds later, Kirishima's physical strength had already reached its limit, and the opponent's trump card skill showed no signs of ending. Iida ended the battle with just one hit, causing Kirishima to lose consciousness.

"The winner! Hero Department Iida Tenya!"

About twenty seconds later, a little black smoke spewed out from the air duct on Iida's calf, indicating that the "Engine" Quirk had stalled.

After a big battle, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It was a close call.

After the USJ incident, Iida Tenya deeply felt his overwhelming lack of strength. After asking his family,

He started the unique engine "tuning" of the prestigious Iida family in advance.

That was to catch up with more people around him. Starting from Iida Tenya's grandfather's generation, it was a method of promotion passed down from generation to generation by the prestigious Iida family.

Simply put, it is to pull out the muffler for training, and then you can grow a muffler that can withstand high loads.

Although it was accompanied by unbearable pain, if you want to run faster and longer, that is a price that must be paid.

The harvest is also huge, greatly increasing horsepower while controlling the consumption to the minimum.

Naturally, Iida Tenya wants to become faster and stronger to chase the figure of that man.

From the USJ attack to now, in this relatively short period of time, the duration of his once taboo technique has been forcibly raised to thirty-five seconds.

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