Chapter 7. The case continues

"Team of Heroes - D! Team of villains - F!

Akayoru, standing next to Ikawa, watched the screen without interest.

*Base of villains*

"They say to hang upside down, now my shift has come!" boastfully showed Betsu to herself. "I'm going to the fourth floor."

"Be careful," Hayan giggled, not objecting, and gave a thumbs up for luck. The girl nodded and left.

*Outside.*

"What will be our plan, Ribbit?" Samidare walked next to Kozumi into the building.

"He won't be."

The dark-haired guy raised both eyebrows up.

"It's going to be cold now, stay outside," looking back, she sent him a confident smile, raising her right hand, which a white cloud rose from it. With this hand she touched the wall and the ice gradually formed a small layer. "Everything will be fine."

The ice immediately began to absorb the building, turning it into an ice kingdom. Asui, as ordered by Hasutaba, stayed outside. Seeing the almost frozen building, his eyes widened and gasped.

*Base of villains*

Jimi was shaking and chattering her teeth from the cold and could not move, completely upside down, that is, standing on the ceiling. The legs were chained like chains with ice. Murasaki was also in the same state as his partner, obsessed with cold and fear.

"This is Quirk..." he thought, looking at the ice kingdom. The bomb was also absorbed by the ice, but in a smaller amount. There were audible footsteps in the corridor. Hayan became alert, trying not to lose his composure. A light pink-haired girl entered, exhaling cold steam. The stuck guy tensed up, making his face serious. He has no chance to stop this girl.

"You can take a chance, but do you realize that your legs won't be in the best condition?" Kozumi was approaching and then walked around without looking back.. Her face did not express mockery, but shame that she had to do such a thing. Hayan silently agreed. If he tries to move. then he won't be able to work with his feet. They serve him as an instrument of his Whim to the Spinning Top.

Kozumi stopped by the bomb and touched a large object.

*"I was so hoping to use my Quirk,"* he thought dejectedly, looking sideways at the winner. *"I wonder if Jimi is still there?"*

*In another place.*

"Brrrrrr," Lemillion shook, wrapping his muscular arms around himself. "This girl has a lot of potential."

"T-so cold!" said Tsuen. "Her Quirk is strong!"

"It's not for nothing that she got here on recommendations," the Almighty whispered. "She reminds me of a former student with the same Quirk."

"By recommendation?" Naiki asked.

"She scored high in the test and took first place," said Toshi, hiding under a hood, dressed in a gray-swamp jacket with gray-brown pants. "If anything, I was also taken on recommendations."

"Wow. No wonder you have such cool Quirks," Kiiro praised. "It seems to me that Hasutaba has this power similar to the Quirk of the hero Shoto. Isn't that what you meant, All Might?"

"That's right," he nodded. "And we'd better turn on the heaters so that we don't freeze completely," he pressed the middle yellow button. "The team of heroes has won!" he announced into the microphone.

Hito blew warm air into his hands, looking at the part of the camera where the base of the villains is located. The heat slowly penetrated into the building after pressing the button.

"Hasutaba-san really has a similar Quirk with the Quirk of the hero Shoto," he began to whisper, remembering a man with a red-and-white hairstyle and possessing heterochromia, where a gray eye is on the right eye and a turquoise one on the left. "She froze the whole building, and on the first test on the first day of school, she still showed herself to the admiration of others. For me, it can create large ice walls.

"Stop talking," Kosen gritted his teeth.

"I'm sorry," the long-haired guy apologized, pinning his bangs, since he and Komori were called to work as heroes next, and Naiki and Kiiro were villains. He was struck with regret when he remembered that he had watched a video about a villain named Dabi, revealing that he was Shoto's older brother and their father was an Endeavour, devoted to abuse, especially to the last son, and he tried to make his father pay attention to him, despite rejecting the use of blue onya. Hito's heart was squeezed with bitterness, understanding the past of the two-pronged one more, and in addition, it was squeezed with anger because of the cruel actions of the former hero number one, who died four years ago, fighting with the rest of the heroes against All For One.

"This girl has a superior character," Kosen thought, widening his eyes at the screen, looking directly at Kozumi. "I think I have another main rival." By the first opponent, he means Hito, because he has a strong Fire-breathing Ranged Quirk that can burn everything instantly. Akayoru, to be honest, both envies and admires his strength, but his actions did not allow him to catch up with his friend remained the same. And the tall one won't let Hasutaba catch up with him either.

*Meanwhile, in the base of the villains before the team change.*

"The team of heroes has won!"

"Ouch!" Betsu was hit from landing on her back when her legs got free. Drops of water dripped onto her clothes, so that they took on a darker shade.

"Hea-at!" breathed Hayan, kneeling down.

"I'm sorry," Kozumi shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other. "I had no other choice."

"I'm not upset," the guy shook his head. "Your Ice, on the contrary, is flawless."

The girl blinked her eyes at the praise and the two began to leave.

*Now.*

The two teams began to play their roles at the signal. Komori asked Hito to stop and he obeyed without a doubt the actions of the undersized one. The girl closed her eyes and pricked up her ears, slightly twitching them to listen for the slightest rustle.

"One of them is on the north side of the fourth floor," Otho finished the ritual. "This is Kiiro-san with a Rope Quirk. The second one is in its place."

"Kiiro-san knows how to manipulate ropes," Ikawa muttered, looking at the floor with a thoughtful face. "It can be easily bypassed, but it will be a little more difficult with Hachimitsu because of his Irritable Pollen. We need to distract him somehow..."

"We'll figure something out, Ikawa-san," Komori grabbed his arm with her wing and led him to the second floor. "We have enough time for a plan."

The Son of famous Heroes nodded, but with each step he began to ponder how to grab the bomb. Naiki has pollen that gets into the nose and eyes, causing sneezing and irritation of the mucous membrane. If the skin is sensitive to this, it will cause scabies. And what if you inhale this pollen? Does it also cause scabies or burning, as in the eyes?

*Meanwhile.*

"They're doing well," Satachi said.

"That's for now. They don't realize that an ambush has been set up for them," Buzoku said in full concentration, adjusting his glasses.

"How do you know?"

"Kiiro is able to create ropes from under her skin and manipulate them. She can catch on anything to avoid being caught in plain sight.

"Look! She used them!" said Jiju.

On the screen, Tsuen created ropes from her hands and waved them up, now grappling with the ceiling and began to wait for the guests.

Now

"Oh. I have an idea. How about..." Hito began to speak and a push to the side prevented him from finishing with his partner. Puzzled, he caught sight of an object approaching him and quickly jumped aside. He guessed why Komori did it.

A girl in a sandy tight-fitting suit with slits on her stomach, back, arms and legs in a mask with green eyes and blonde hair tucked into a ponytail jumped from top to bottom.

"You won't wait," Kiiro pulled up to the counter. "You're not going anywhere!" she released another wave of ropes from her hands for two. Hito blocked Komori and released a small hot wave of fire

"It was unexpected," Otho was surprised. "Kiiro could have grabbed us from above

"Were you on the ceiling?" Ikawa asked the "villain".

"It was difficult to pick up a hook on the ceiling. It doesn't matter now." This time she released more ropes, aiming at the Fire-Breather.

Hito burned some ropes, and he noticed a couple on his right wrist. By reflex, he pulled them on himself so that Tsuen would be near him and he could tie her up

Kiiro screamed as she was pulled and pinned to the ground by Komori. in

"A great move," Oto praised, holding her opponent's arms and legs. After a couple of minutes, Hito tightly tied the necessary body parts. She groaned dejectedly from defeat.

"Hey! You've tied me tight!" she complained to her.

"I'm sorry, but it's so necessary that you don't run away. After the end, we will untie you," the guy assured and burned an extra rope on his hand, which Tsuen tightly tied into a knot. The piece fell where the ends continued to ash.

*"Kiiro-san! What have you got there?"* When the two disappeared, Naiki spoke anxiously in the ear of the immobilized woman lying on her stomach.

"Now the hope is on you," she sighed shakily, as the cold from the floor penetrated her bare stomach. "I'm sorry I let you down."

*"It's nothing,"* the guy waved away. *"We are just learning. You'll see that then you'll be able to move quickly."*

From his words, Tsuen's mood improved, realizing that Hachimitsu was right. She has a long three years of training ahead of her to learn endurance.

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"Okay, here's our plan," he began to speak softly so that the villain would not hear them when they reached the fourth floor. "I'll go to the villain's lair and try to lure Hachimitsu out somehow."

"Where will I be?" Komori twitched her ears.

"Do you know the right window for that room?"

"Should I fly up and wait there?" the girl clarified. Hito nodded. "And if he uses a Quirk on you?"

"The fire will prevent him from doing it," he replied uncertainly. He knew that Naiki Pollen is used as an irritant, but it can explode like nitropowder? "Once he's out of the lair, I'll create a wall of fire for you to touch the bomb."

The other, in the likeness of a bat, put her finger to her lips, pondering the composed actions. There were drops of doubt in her eyes that they could win like that. But she couldn't let her partner down and tried to trust him. On the one hand, it's not bad to distract the enemy, but on the other... If Hachimitsu uses a Quirk on Hito and he tries to breathe, there will be big consequences inside his organs.

"All this sounds good, but we will try to take a chance. You can try."

"Okay, let's act," Ikawa went to the top floor with the slightest nervousness, thinking that their plan might fail. Komori climbed up on the window and jumped that the sounds of flapping wings were heard. "I hope I won't let you down.

Arriving on the fifth floor, the guy was on the threshold.

"Not so fast, hero!" Hachimitsu improvised, and yellow spots began to fall from his hands like gray dust, filling the room. When they flooded the room, the villain continued. "If you come in here, pollen will get into your eyes and nose, and they will become inflamed, and if you want to sit down, you can breathe through your mouth. Whua-ha-ha!" the blond man pretended to laugh, but he didn't do it well

Pollen began to leave the room and Hito, moving away, covered his mouth with his hand, stocking up on oxygen in advance.

*"If I try to breathe through my mouth, the pollen will have the same negative effect,"* the hero thought. *"Will I be able to get close to him using fire when exhaling?"*

He could not figure out exactly when his lungs began to ask for air saturation. But he couldn't risk the fact that pollen has the effect of exploding or not. Ikawa doesn't know this yet, just as he doesn't fully know the quirks of other students besides Kosen.

"I have no other choice but to take a chance," he thought for the last time and approached the exit, closing his eyes so that the yellow rash would not get into them. The fire was able to break free, even if the owner hardly breathed, and scattered the pollen. There was no effect. "So the pollen is not exploding," opened eyes, but a new yellow portion came flooding in. Good thing it's not so fast. Hito dealt with it instantly.

"O-okay," Naiki stuttered. "But I have good hand-to-hand combat skills." Then he approached the opponent and swung his leg, aiming at the side. The black-haired man jumped back and concentrated on swinging his leg against his leg. But the blond man jumped up and prepared his fist to hit again in the side. It was like sparring for beginners. Their fighting game lasted a couple of minutes. Tall with each sharp swing was tired, rather than his enemy, who preoccupied himself before admission. Hito didn't want to continue further because of the time limit. If Naiki can protect the bomb, then his team will win.

"By the way," Hachimitsu swung at the exact target, but he quickly jumped back again, like a grasshopper quickly notices danger, "where is your partner?"

"There were difficulties at the bottom," Hito replied with a lie. Komori may be hearing him now, but understands that it's for the sake of what they agreed on, "It so happened that Oto and Kiiro got themselves tangled up and tied up with ropes."

"But..." did not finish Hachimitsu, as he found himself in a fire trap entirely. The fire wall wasn't that big. Staring, he was afraid to move away from the flaming fence. "No, you're lying," the guy swallowed

The fire continued to burn around him, but he did not move from his place, as he had nothing to knock on. Therefore, Hito added some new red-orange ones.

"Oto, now!" said the speaker. A dark crown appeared from a square slot, followed by her whole body. Komori ran up to the bomb and touched it.

"The team of heroes has won!" Lemillion spoke without altered solemnity.

"Keep it up," Batgirl didn't smile very broadly, but shared her joy for the completed task. "Hamichitsu, you and Kiiro did a good job too."

"Do you think so?" he looked at each other for two, starting to trample on the already calm flame.

Both winners nodded. Ikawa helped the guy to extinguish the fire. No one was upset. Although the plan had the slightest differences, he and Komori did a great job and trusted everyone. Also, the sparring wasn't bad and someday the two will repeat it in their free time on the weekend.

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"You did a great job," Samidare approached Hito and Komori. "I especially liked how you, Hito-kun, sparred with Hachimitsu

"Aha! That was awesome! Keep it up, dudes!" Muju appeared next to him with a wide brilliant smile, raising his fist up. "Hachimitsu, Kiiro, you turned out to be cool too!" also infected them with cheerful smiles.

"Thank you," Kiiro bowed.

The following two teams were tested: Muju Kuta and Yushita Tenza were sent to the team of villains, and the heroes were Buzoku Toshi and Saivayu Tana. Muju and Tenzu were almost able to protect the team by capturing Toshi with the help of a Quirk of Kuta's Telekinesis, if Tana had not separated herself from the large clone, while leaving herself to a very small stature. and she didn't touch the bomb. Then came the last team of heroes I and team of villains J. The villains won. After graduation, the whole class 1-A was glad of such practice and thanked Hero number one and the Almighty for the work they had done and they were glad to see them. All Might and Lemillion told the class to wait for them outside for now.

"Well, young Togata, did you like it?" the old man straightened his red tie on his thin neck.

"Of course!" the other nodded and shook the elder's hand. "I liked everything, thank you for your cooperation."

"Do not hesitate to look into the U.A. Everyone is happy to see you here. You, no matter how, studied here."

"I will try if things go smoothly," gave a sunny smile, as the almighty used to often give other people smiles, promising them that he would always be here to look after them. The All Might also smiled in response.

"I noticed that it was young Ikawa who attracted you the most from the students."

"Oh yes. He's a smart guy. I remember him from the age of eleven. Midoriya introduced us, I don't remember on what day..." the young man thought, raising his blue eyes.

"Why are you most interested in him?" The All Might asked.

Lemillion chuckled. "His dedication. He and Midoriya share these important qualities."

The All Might nodded to him and pointed to the exit, making it clear that it was time to leave. The teacher was sympathetic to the answer from the former student, because he remembers the first meeting with Izuku and he was also attracted by his dedication, although he was not his student, but the old man with a warm soul trusted him and trusts him now, and the last green-eyed fifteen-year-old guy promised to keep the secret about One For All.