Chapter 60: UA Festival

Hey, this is Acoms.

How have you guys been? I hope well.

I'm sorry I couldn't publish any chapter, but despite being the first days, it was quite exhausting study.

Even more so when I haven't studied for 2 years.

Anyway, here's the chapter I promised last week and I'll do my best to post another one this week.

Thank you for your support and encouragement, I hope you enjoy reading.

ATT: Acoms.

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"THE UA SPORTS FESTIVAL! WHERE THE LITTLE INITIATED HEROES OF THE WORLD PARTICIPATE AND FACE STRONGLY.

AND LET ME GUESS, YOU'VE ALL COME TO SEE THEM, RIGHT?

THE MIRACULOUS NEWLY MADE STARS WHO TAUGHT A MASSIVE ASSAULT OF VILLAINS WITH A WILL OF STEEL!

DEPARTMENT OF HEROISM… THE FIRST-YEAR CLASS… CLASS 1-A!!!"

Everyone stopped arguing upon hearing the voice and exited through the tunnel after hearing that it was their turn to introduce themselves.

Amid the shouts of the audience, the group of students came out, led by Akira who, receiving the shouts and passion from the stands, smiled, a smile full of confidence, walked at a steady pace, brimming with confidence and superiority, it seemed that he was walking through the garden of his house, completely comfortable with the roaring crowd.

His companions who followed him from behind were amazed by his appearance and attitude, they could only admire Akira for keeping calm in front of such a crowd.

After meeting in front of a platform, all the classes waited for the arrival of the presenter, who did not wait long.

Wearing a tight-fitting latex suit, highlighting all the curves of her sinful body, a woman who even with a mask looked beautiful began to speak as she waved a whip.

"Well, now, I expect fair play…" She began to speak, but almost no one paid attention to what she was saying, since most, especially the men, were distracted by her appearance.

"Woah, look it's Midnight, the only heroine only for adults, now I understand why it is like that"

"Yes, she is one of the sexiest heroines, I want her to punish me with her whip" conversations like this were heard among the group of young people.

"BE QUIET!"

"Now, let's welcome the student representative... 1-A's Kyuketsu Akira!!"

Despite a slight surprise, Akira's classmates accepted him instantly, no one could deny that both in practice and academically, Akira was the best, so apart from the initial surprise, there was no further fuss.

While walking up the stairs Akira was thinking about what speech to say, for a moment he thought about saying an incredibly long one, just to screw everyone, but the idea was instantly discarded, since he got lazy, not wanting to think too much, Akira decided to opt by a route similar to that of Bakugo, although somewhat more subtle.

"Dear colleagues, you are considered the cream of the crop by many, recognized for your talent, effort, or ability to be here, each of you has something to be proud of.

And today in front of everyone, I must tell you with a smile that no matter how strong, talented or skilled you feel, in front of me, you can only accept defeat.

My goal is not to be the first, because I already am, for now, I will just sit on my throne where I will enjoy watching how they desperately try to climb in an attempt to catch up with me.

Thank you for listening to me and I hope you entertain me"

Despite how disrespectful and condescending Akira's speech was, nobody interrupted him, not because they didn't want to, but because they couldn't, an irresistible force prevented them from speaking, although they did not want to, the image of a young man sitting on a throne on top of a hill formed in their minds.

Although his features were not visible, the red color of his eyes made it easy to identify him, he had a mocking smile and a tyrannical pressure was released on everyone making them unable to look up any longer, as if doing so was considered a sin or defiance of God.

When they woke up from their stupor, all the students were sweating profusely, looking at the young man who was still on the platform smiling 'kindly' they couldn't help but feel a chill and avoid his gaze, a primal fear warned them of the threat of the young man in front of them.

After Akira came down from the stage, everyone was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and Midnight herself also decided to continue her supervisor job.

"Kuhum, okay, after that…inspiring speech, I guess, we can go straight to our first event!

Better known as the 'pre-qualifiers', where many good promises end up drowning in their own tears every year… The fate of this year's first-round is…"

[OBSTACLE RACE]

It appeared on the giant projector, announcing the first test of this festival.

"The track runs through the stadium in a ring with an extension of almost 4km, they are free to do whatever, as long as they stay within the route...

So let's start, on your marks... GOOOOOOOOO!!!"

With his announcement, the crowd of students began to rush towards the door.

Even though the passage was a decent size, it wasn't big enough for hundreds of students to pass through, a riot of people trying to get through at the same time, no one wanted to be the last.

Well, no one except Akira, who just stared while everyone ran desperately, despite being the last, there was no concern on his face, on the contrary, he just wore an amused smile, as if he was enjoying a show.

Akira watched as Todoroki took the lead using his quirk, followed by his 1-A classmates and some other students from different courses.

"I guess I gave them enough of a head start, I better get going, I don't want Himiko to get mad seeing me doing nothing"

Akira prepared to run, he wanted to use shunpo to leave everyone behind, but if he used it too much his boots would be destroyed, after all, today he couldn't use his suit boots.

The rules made it clear that the academy outfit could not be worn, leaving Akira with only the option of wearing thick-soled boots, which could withstand two or three uses of Shunpo before destroying themselves.

Despite not being able to use Shunpo Akira didn't worry, he channeled some of his blood into his legs, making sure not to exceed the force he was capable of withstanding the boots and began to run.

Although it was not his maximum speed, Akira was still very fast, so it didn't take him long to overcome the first students who were still trapped in Todoroki's ice and without stopping he kept moving towards the robots.

Seeing that most of the students were still fighting the robots, not caring about the others, Akira walked forward, not caring that a 15-meter robot stood in his way.

Akira simply slapped the robot's leg to the side with his strengthened arm and as if it were made of cardboard, the robot was pushed out of its way, Akira didn't stop and kept going, doing the same to all the robots that got in his way.

Without realizing it, his action would be considered by all the students as if Moses divided the seas, pointing out the path to follow, thus, behind Akira all the students, whether they were from 1-A or any other class, began to follow the path that he had cleared.

Ignorant of his actions, Akira continued to advance at high speed, gradually reducing the distance between him and the first places.

Seeing the abyss in front of him, Akira did not even hesitate, his pace did not slow down and when he reached the edge he simply jumped, supported by his blood-strengthened legs, he easily reached another pillar, thus he kept jumping from pillar to pillar, crossing the abyss in seconds.

Akira seemed to be making fun of the tests, so far the effort he had put in to pass the tests was minimal, Akira knew that this initial test was only a great filter to eliminate the weakest, the fun would not come until the second test.

Arriving at the minefield, Akira finally caught up with Todoroki and Bakugo.

"Sigh, just that, I gave them a time advantage and I even crossed the tests in a relaxed way and still caught up with them, it seems that I overestimated you guys" Akira uttered seeing Todoroki and Bakugo taking their first steps on the field.

"WOWWW, we have an unexpected development, the one who gave a provocative and controversial speech, the same one that started last causing the viewers mockery, now he is fighting for the first position, from last to first, this is the development that causes excitement, who will be the winner? We'll find out soon." Present Mic was an announcer from a tower.

'Ummm, do I wait for Izuku to defeat the three of them? Or I'd better cross at once, Nah I'd better cross at once, I'm tired of running, let's finish this quickly' While Akira was thinking Todoroki and Bakugo accelerated their steps, but still they were halfway there.

Akira focused his gaze on the goal, leaned forward and with one step disappeared.

*BUSHH*

A cloud of dust rose due to the force behind the passage, Akira disappeared from everyone's vision, the confused audience could only look at the minefield for Akira, but there was not a single trace of him.

"THERE!!" someone in the crowd pointed and when everyone looked in the direction, they found Akira at the finish line.

"What?? How did he get there?"

"A second ago it was at the beginning, how did it cross and get there, can he teleport?"