Chapter 14. Find a way out

"These guys are in a desperate situation," the man in the dark black mask muttered excitedly, scratching his cheek. A drop of sweat on his forehead slowly rolled down.

"Don't jump to conclusions. They will cope like the previous competitors," a smiling young girl with long periwinkle hair patted him on the shoulder three times.

The hero was always relaxed by the touch of a friendly hand, but he was over 27 years old and he could not calm down a slight tremor after so many years. The Agency Neijire Chan has understanding people who are ready to calm down a not-quite-cowardly man. He watched the Sports Festival many times and always worried about the well-being of fifteen-year-olds, even if they came out alive.

"It seems to me that another robot with zero points has been added?" a brown-haired girl with the same eye color in a pink, white and black suit with different tight fixtures asked. In her school Hero years, she remembers that all students came across three such robots and some with strong or average Quirks could cope with them.

"U.A. has calculated that students are knowledgeable enough and strong enough to cope with additional resources, Ribbit," croaked an emotionless dark green-haired girl in a green suit with interesting large glasses. "But I'm still not surprised by the large income spent."

The Rainy Season Hero "Froppy" was not against this program and, although, there was hope in her heart that the participants would not suffer, especially her younger brother, who decided to become a Hero in her footsteps. She and her family were delighted with this news and are confident of his victory in fulfilling his dream.

"I hope, Tsuyu, such a number will not hurt them," brown-haired whispered uncertainly, knowing or not knowing what news to expect from the school. The Academy did not foresee whether the participants would be able to defeat all the giants and a new one more. She fenced off bad thoughts about trouble, as she did not want to spoil a sunny day with an inner experience and hoped only for a tall guy with piercing red glow.

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Meanwhile, the people stuck in confusion and fear looked at the iron structures that were afraid to move. Hito also fell into a hopeless situation, so not finding a weak spot in the opponents. Looking at their backs is out of the question: if you try to go around, you lose. The robots slowly turned their heads, looking, no one below disappeared anywhere and threatened with stomping steps, as if a thunderstorm was coming.

"Pft, they could have come up with something more difficult," having lost the gift of fear, Kozumi bent down, preparing a fighting stance.

Mahoro, having got rid of her paralysis, turned her head in bewilderment.

"If someone wants to go first, as I think it will be me." Around the other girl, when she lowered her hands to the ground, frost swirled, forming a large ice trail, and cold footprints dragged from her legs, which attracted others' attention, and captured the lower limbs of the enemies so that they could not move further. Mahoro, frightened, stepped aside. Kozumi ran up, together leaving the treadmill completely icy as last time and, waving her hands where a thick fog was created, covered all the iron covers with this fog, leaving spikes on the ground. Two robots who wanted to grab the escaped woman were immobilized in an inclined stance, and the other two had their legs chained.

Ikawa stared up in greater amazement and then lowered his gaze directly at the shaky Hasutaba. It felt like the robots were transmitting bloodthirsty glances. A little bit of frost on his skin and sportswear was chained, as he forgot to jerk away from the action of the Icy Quirk.

"Is this girl a mutant or something?!" Present Mick was also amazed, almost falling. "A student from the Heroes course Hasutaba Kozumi immobilized the robots at once!"

"She was able to destroy them!" a student from class B happily moved for Columbia

"Not together," she turned around, exhaling cold steam and frost began to disappear on her cheek. She ran freely between the two remaining unfortunately alive. "I just immobilized them. In a few seconds, they will continue their actions."

Two completely frozen robots moved their huge hands and to the relief of the fire-breathing they collapsed. The melted water had a resisting effect on them and easily penetrated into the mechanisms. But the remaining enemies could not move and they have to rely on their upper parts. Thick chunks of ice could hold them back for now.

"As soon as I deal with them, I will destroy you, Icebreaker!" Kosen sprayed with an expletive and flew up. Buzoku followed him, thinking that it was possible to overcome the technique through up. Also, a black-haired girl with a Quirk of a Living Drawing began to tremble.

Akayoru turned around when he heard a helicopter buzzing. It was Toshi with his bugs. The guy snorted and didn't say anything. Relying on himself, he must defeat the two remaining villains and then deal with the girl, calling her instead of her name. He also needs to try not to hit two with his lasers. The anxious throbbing in his hands did not affect his purposefulness. Finally, he was on a big head.

*"Three students decided to go through the head! Clever!"*

"I'm going to take a break now, and then I'll deal with you, bastard," Kosen rubbed his hands, mentally saying with a barely audible hiss, gnashing his teeth because of the pain. Toshi and the unknown flew past him and slowed down to find a weak spot. "You won't take the victory away from me so easily," after recovering a little, he took off again. Kosen has developed a new technique that is just right for the complete melting of a tightly fitting metal. The weakness is that it deals more damage to the hands, but the user will no longer feel pressure to create another Laser. "Better get back down, bugs! This piece of scrap metal is mine!"

"Don't be an idiot!" the girl turned dissatisfied. "It would be better to find his weak spot!"

"As long as you find it, they'll trample the fuck out there!" continuing to hang in the air, he folded his palms between the space. "If you want, fly down before you get a Laser Sword from me!" an almost red glow flew down and hit the car with a crash. Both flew off to the side and jumped down without enthusiasm to argue, not though risking their lives from Akayoru's brutal technique. The "Laser Sword", unlike a conventional attack, has a higher temperature in order to easily melt a thicker layer of metal, for example, tungsten. Although, it is unlikely that the Laser will cut the tungsten.

Red-eye once again fired a large hot laser from the common hands, despite the additional tingling. For the second time, he was able to make the other crack and bend over, admitting defeat. Grinning, Kosen, under the influence of the hot air from the explosion, flew back in the direction where he met the thugs. Such a move he did not like to lose to an ice girl or a fire-breathing kid and sent his hands back, firing ordinary lasers with zeal, escaped from his mouth.

Downstairs, a few minutes earlier, when the explosive guy flew to deal with his pripyatstvo, Hito frowned and threw out an exhalation so that he could easily warm up his lungs. He has time to hold his breath for a big release to the fire, while others upstairs distract the roboinfern, and someone tries to get around serenely. Now, without wasting a minute, the guy used a Quirk. In addition, his fire was damn hot and big due to the accumulated adrenaline after meeting with the "guests". While dealing with him, he saw his friend over the metal head and he put his hands between the space that flew out of them a little completely white, but a huge shot. Ikawa wished that he would be fine, because what he saw made him worried. This technique is at the discretion of Akayoru barely given with difficulty. Okay, hoping for the best, I focused on my business. The voices around him were no longer heard.

The massacre of the last robot will not prevent Hasutaba from catching up ahead, thinking that she will not meet another hell anymore, but she is naive and she is like a laggard waiting for the next move.

The hulk that Akayoru is fighting flared up and staggered, pushing him away in the air, and then the last one in turn also exploded a couple of times near the head and tilted to the left side. Ikawa staggered and ran. Who, if not a Hero, risks extreme overheating for the sake of saving behind him?

"Students from the Faculty of Heroes coped with the first task!" said a Hero named Yamada Hizashi. "And Hasutaba Kozumi is still in the lead! But I was also attracted by this fire-breathing guy! Come on, keep up! We believe in you!"

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At the Present studio, Mick covered the microphone with his hands to stop for a minute and wipe the sweat from his forehead with a napkin after a stormy dialogue. Here it was still possible to hear how the audience playfully cheered for their idols through the TV screens. In addition to the loud Hero and the class teacher of Class A, there was the Almighty in the old black and white suit with crossed arms and a smiling face.

"The new generation has become stronger," he said hoarsely, meaning that the youth dealt with robots, the number of which exceeded one more. U.A. reflected that this generation brought strong people and saved a lot of money to provide an additional level.

"That's right," Hizashi nodded playfully. "They did it with one swing."

"But they have a lot to learn," Shota muttered without interest.

Both teachers nodded. They did not doubt the defeat of the future Heroes, but there was plausibility in the words of the black-haired man. If they were only able to deal with a bunch of robots, then they still don't understand that becoming a Hero is not only bragging about the power of a Quirk, but also being aware.

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At there studio, Present Mick covered the microphone with his hands to stop for a minute and wipe the sweat from his forehead with a napkin after a stormy dialogue. Here it was still possible to hear how the audience playfully cheered for their idols through the TV screens. In addition to the loud Hero and the class teacher of Class A, there was the Almighty in the old black and white suit with crossed arms and a smiling face.

"The new generation has become stronger," he said hoarsely, meaning that the youth dealt with robots, the number of which exceeded one more. U.A. reflected that this generation brought strong people and saved a lot of money to provide an additional level.

"That's right," Hizashi nodded playfully. "They did it with one swing."

"But they have a lot to learn," Shota muttered without interest.

Both teachers nodded. They did not doubt the defeat of the future Heroes, but there was plausibility in the words of the black-haired man. If they were only able to deal with a bunch of robots, then they still don't understand that becoming a Hero is not only bragging about the power of a Quirk, but also being aware of their actions.

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"A-a-ah..!" with a whimper, Jiju looked down in fright.

In front of them there was a cliff with some free places in an empty and deep space, there are ropes for crossing on them. It is unknown how much the depth reaches. But there are soft bedspreads at the bottom? To the horror of everyone, three people managed to fall here, who did not even think of entering the first ledge.

*"Behold the second obstacle - the canyon!"* the presenter laughed. *"If the first test is easy for you to get off, then enjoy it too!"*

"This is an ordinary rope crossing," Samidare lowered himself and began to help drag himself with his hands.

"Y-yes! We can get ourselves to the other end if we don't look down," the girl yapped.

Hito nodded out of the corner of his eye, still not taking his head off the bottom. Someone pushed him in the side.

"Come on, Ikawa, you can do it!" Yoeki also went down. Asui on the opposite side agreed. The long-haired friend swallowed a lump and tried to relax the tension in his shoulders. Ari and Samidare believe in him, as the family believes in him. And he's going to believe in himself, too.

"Look!" Ari jumped up on another ledge. "I didn't fall!"

"You won't fall if you don't talk."

"Yes, that's right! I can't disgrace myself!"

"You're going to embarrass yourself anyway!" someone shouted.

Hito exhaled heavily in second place. Taking his time, he overcame it several more times and found himself in the middle of the completed stage

"This is my chance to show what I'm here for!" a girl from the Faculty of Support with pale blue hair threw a thick belt around her waist to her chest and shot a rope with a pointed tip.

Hito dodged his head from a passing object and wanted to make a remark if he hadn't tripped over a stone lying unnoticed and grabbed the side. He was really scared. So far, the fingers were allowed to hold, but soon he would not stand it and would leave the game with disgrace forever.