Chapter 13. Everyone to the start!

"Welcome to the annual competition, boys and girls!" the stormy and full of energy voice of Present Mick rang out to the entire arena. The audience was happy to shout at all throats to see the newcomers of the Sports Festival as soon as possible.

Hito did not let the invisible liquid of joy flow through his whole body. His hour has come to show what he and his class are capable of. Everyone was waiting for this moment and with an adrenaline-filled "have fun".

"Future Heroes have gathered here for the Sports Festival, as always!" the Voice Hero continued to shout imperiously. "They are ready to compete in order to get to the best! Let's support the freshmen with stormy applause as usual!" The audience clapped their hands loudly. "Faculty of Heroes... and this is Class 1-A!"

1-A came out of the dark gate. The sun pierced everyone's eyes. Ikawa walked ahead with a confident gait, believing that the event would be held at the best pace for them, even though it was a little exciting for the first time. The guy did not miss every Festival and saw how people gave their best. He's going to give it his all, too.

"Wow... A large number of people gathered here," Kango looked around, spreading her long bangs. "They are all being vigorously conducted..."

"It's good for us and for them. The Sports Festival is considered the best in the whole world," Oto stopped nearby, holding the wings to each other, closing the front space.

Looking to the left, Class B was also in full force, maintaining resolute dignity. "Then classes C, D and E from General Education! Then classes F, G and H from the Faculty of Support! And finally, how can we do without classes I, J and K from the Faculty of Management!"

In addition to classes A and B, the other classes had almost half as many people: about 6-8 people each.

"There are really a lot of people here this time..." muttered Hito with glances. "In addition to the Faculty of Heroes, there are more students from other Faculties than then."

"Can we compare our Quirks with them with such a crowd?" Yushita looked at the audience, simultaneously pressing his finger on the other participants. "They'll all be looking at us."

The black-haired man was not sure that someone could attract attention so powerfully. Let's see how strong the power of the spirit is.

"Hello, freshmen!" a pinky-skinned girl with horns on her head with pink hair and an interesting black palette on her eyes with yellow irises said optimistically into the microphone. Her costume highlighted violet-turquoise shades, fur on the collar and brown boots with holes. The audience and participants paid attention to the scene with a cheerful girl and pampered the young Heroine with joyful exclamations. "I'm glad to see you all here!" she held the microphone loosely in her hand and lifted her head and the other hand up. "It is a great honor for me to work as a teacher of contemporary art for the first time! Who doesn't know me, I'm Pinky!"

Pinky, as they write in the articles, her real name is Ashido Mina. The pink Heroine is famous for her cheerful character and often wears a positive smile. Her quirk creates an acid from under the skin that can dissolve metal, and the acid does no harm.

"She's more excited before the start," the teenager whispered to his peer from the General Education course. He grunted in agreement, appreciating the optimism of a girl in her twenties.

"Pinky is a teacher of modern art?" Saiwayu turned to Toshi.

"She was recently hired," the curly-haired man replied calmly, flashing dark glasses. "I think we won't get bored with her."

"Silence, dear participants!" the Heroine shouted louder. Everyone was quiet. "Let Akayoru Kosen from Class 1-A be the representative!" She pointed her finger at Kosen. The guy approached the stage without emotion.

"So that Akayoru took first place at the Entrance?" a light gray-green girl poked her elbow at a black-haired girl with glasses with an impenetrable face.

"Yes, it's not surprising that he was chosen as a representative," the neighbor frowned.

The spiky-haired Akayoru took the microphone and checked the speaker, exhaling a little air.

"Well... I'm going to take first place!"

*"That's what I thought,"* Ikawa exhaled with his head down, leaning the fingers of his right hand against the bridge of his nose and closing his eyes.

The observers indignantly disapproved of his words. All classes were rebelliously sprinkled with the following:

"How dare you be so cocky?!"

"Don't spoil your relationship with Class A!"

"Bastard!"

"You'll all fit like a ladder for me!" Kosen ran his thumb over his throat, indicating that he would destroy everyone and went down, meeting the hated classmates who cast withering murderous eyes.

"Wow! I remember such a former classmate of mine," Pinky put her finger to her lip, keeping a smile. "But then you'll have to pay for your words."

Kosen casually chuckled, joining the fire-breather. The man looked at him from the corner of his eye.

*"What he just said will influence the opinion of others. If expectations are not met, then other classes will hate us. I stopped being surprised by your stupid behavior a long time ago, Orotama."*

"Okay! Now let's get to the first stage!" the girl's words brought the guy out of his reverie, now turning his eyes and ears to her. "And the first stage for today is running with obstacles!" The name of the upcoming stage was displayed on the big screen under the stage.

"We definitely won't get bored..." swallowed Mahoro.

Running with obstacles included as a normal race, but on the way there will be various unusual occurrences that make it difficult for a person to go further. Only the most agile and strong will reach the finish line. Suddenly, the screen pulled out a picture of the stadium with the start, as if showing an example.

"At this stage, all 11 classes compete! The track is 4 kilometers around the stadium!" Ashido turned to the table. "Just like in normal races, you have to get to the finish line! I warn you in advance!" turned to the participants. "You will come across various obstacles! And the last thing - you are allowed to do whatever you want!" raised both hands up. "And now, the most exciting..! On the start..!"

All ears were glued to the heavy sound. A large concrete gate opened the exit. It looked like an ordinary subway tunnel. The small lighting called for everyone to run outside and start competing for first place. The black-haired man's legs dragged closer to the exit. Buzoku and Hachimitsu stopped between him. Hito sighed with great anticipation to rush forward, but first he had to wait for the countdown from the three green lights. The first lamp on the right went out. The guy bent forward with a slight, spreading his legs shoulder-width apart. The others also got ready, frowning

*"I'm definitely not going to lose this race,"* the guy thought, biting the inside of his left cheek. *"Here everyone is for himself,"* without turning his head, he exchanged glances with the students from right to left, casting a serious glance, foreshadowing his own victory. *"I will look forward to future battles with you, Kosen and Hasutaba."* The last burning lamp remained. The guy exhaled. *"I won't let you down, family."* he thought about mother, brothers, grandfather and grandmother, that they were looking at him now and wishing him good luck in the trials, and that they were nearby.

"MAAARSH!" shouted Pinky.

Hito easily and quickly took off with one second, as the others reacted late. His reflexes to react quickly were good as in running. He got such skills from his father, but at least he thanked him for reacting to the signal to start the race. Behind him, the anxious and indignant hum of the guys could be heard, something like "Hey, skip it!" "Out of the way!" because they were jostling each other because of the large congestion. The black-haired man was also pushed several times, but he managed to run out before he was pinned down.

"Wow!" came the voice of Present Mick. "As soon as the race started, the participants crowded together and could not pass. But this long-haired guy ran away in time!"

"Where did you run to, you long-haired nerd!" a recognizable voice barked.

Ikawa did not look back in the direction of Kosen and now he seemed closer to be in the light and breathe the smell of trees. But suddenly the air temperature dropped sharply, that the teenager's body gradually trembled, and now he could not move from his place.

*"What the..?"* he looked at his feet and froze, not believing it. He, like the majority behind him, was shackled and he found out who did it when light pink-haired strands flashed past him. A thick layer of ice stopped growing on the legs and on the walls.

"What the hell!"

"This girl has rounded us!"

"We need to get out of here immediately!"

Kozumi ran on without disturbing her balance due to dark pink knee-high boots with spikes on her feet and almost reached the turn without paying attention.

"Dear viewers! This girl walled up the other participants with her ice! She's something!" Meanwhile, at the studio. "What kind of strong girl did you get, eh, Eraser Head?"

"No different from other students," Aizawa replied wearily, continuing to look at the screen of what was happening.

The fire-breather exhaled more hot air on his feet, feeling a little burning of the skin, and with the release he began to melt the ice on a flat surface with a noticeable fire. Three people were approaching from behind him: Kosen, firing a Laser with both hands and growling, Toshi on a platform of beetles and a girl in short black hair with glasses of the same color, flying on a white-black platform, similar to a drawing. Others also joined them at lower and medium speeds.

"You can't get far from us, Hasutaba!" Buzoku shouted.

Kozumi turned her head in amazement. "More of you have been released."

Now Ikawa could run fast when he muffled the fire from his throat, and some remnants remained burning. Yanfu stopped abruptly with a squeal, looking fearfully at the small blazing tongue of flame.

"Keep your flame away!" the pale-skinned man shouted, but his volume was not enough to convey the complaint to another, whom he despises like other Fiery Ones. He, tsking, cautiously walked around and wandered on.

Hokabe, with his invisible bicycle, became on a level with Hayan, who was spinning at great speed. Yushita brushed past them.

"Get out of my way, you assholes!" Akayoru said angrily at the top between the space of Hasutaba and Ikawa, firing another red laser.

"I'm surprised you could get out," the girl said calmly, turning at the turn.

There was a surprisingly Hito sound of falling metal on the ground. More surprised, huge robots were approaching them. They resembled the structure from the Entrance Exam, but their sizes exceeded robots with all three points, resembling a robot with zero points. The guy stopped next to Kozumi with a confused face. These giants were intimidated by the fact that they become more aggressive when a large bunch of people gather and, by internal order, various bullets are fired that may inadvertently hit someone.

"Are these robots from the exam?!" the unknown was afraid.

Hito took a step back, gritting his teeth and looking at the very huge size in confusion. These pieces of iron have covered the way well and we need to come up with something that he can get out of here. For now, he didn't want to apply more Fire Breath, as it would make it difficult for his stamina.

"And here is the first obstacle! Roboinferns!" said Present Mick. "What are you going to do, kids?" laughed with a pun.

"These are robots with zero points that students from the Faculty of Heroes fought with!"

"What?! At least summon Hero number One to defeat them!"

The fiery orange-eyed one narrowed his eyes with a remark to see other smaller robots. These sizes reached from one to three points. Tsuen shot ropes at them and squeezed them tightly, enduring the tension, but she failed, and therefore, the guy shot a hellish influx from the spot and the iron bodies caught fire with the mechanisms flying out. She thanked me, but still preferred to do it on her own. The guy jumped and swung his tail at the appearance of a lizard and slashed that the head flew off. Five minutes passed and the smaller robots were killed except for one.

Satachi ran up to the robot and dodged shots in her direction. Touching it, half of the robot turned into sand. He fell off and fell to joy. Most teenagers want to start destroying those giants. It will take longer, but we need to somehow overtake them. The long-haired man, in truth, was also in a hurry and wanted the plan to come as soon as possible, but his head was not working at that moment. There is no choice but to apply more Fire Breath as in the Entrance Exam against an iron pile with zero points. There is a hot job ahead.