"The afternoon session will start after an hour of lunch break!
That's it!! "
At this point, Blessette switched to a whisper, but he seemed to have forgotten that he was still in front of the microphone, so everyone heard him say, "Hey, ERASER!"
Head, let's go eat! "
Aizawa -sensei, who was also in front of the microphone, rejected him. "I want to sleep."
"What!?"
The riding battle was over, and the students all rushed to the cafeteria.
Frogblow Meiyu was a little angry, and her usually emotionless face finally changed. "I'm not satisfied, Nae-chan, congratulations!"
Sana Ashito scratched her head. "Takeshi only added me to the lineup to deal with Hong's freezing ability. Maybe it's not based on strength..."
Misako imitated Tenya's usual posture of waving her arms. "Iida -sensei!
He actually has a sure-kill super ability, so cunning! "
Tenya replied seriously, "What cunning? That's purely the wrong way to use it!"
He paused for a moment and said, "I want to compete with Midaya no matter what."
Misako continued, "This is the drive of a man. Speaking of which, Jiu and Hong... Where did they go?"
Tenya looked left and right. "That's true... but before that, Li Rijun, I'll take Zoe to see the restored girl teacher first."
"Oh!
Then I'll go to the cafeteria to reserve seats for you! "
Then she tilted her head and looked at Zoe, who was lying lazily on Tenya's back and hadn't spoken for a long time. "What's wrong with Zoe?"
Tenya explained, "It's okay, this is the side effect of overusing her personality. She caught a cold."
Then Zoe moved and said to Tenya, "Tenya, my body is starting to heat up, I think I'm going to have a fever..."
Misako became nervous. "Quickly take Zoe to the restored girl teacher, Iida -sensei!"
"Okay!"
Zoe was carried into the clinic by Tenya, and in less than a quarter of an hour, she walked out side by side with Tenya.
Her face was slightly red, and she lowered her head and didn't speak, which was a huge contrast to her usual noisy self.
Tianzai understood her current state and couldn't help but frown worriedly. "Zuo Ye."
Zoe didn't respond, so Tenya called her again.
Zoe smiled. "I'm sorry. I just released my strongest attack, and now I remember those feelings that I shouldn't have."
Tenya didn't know how to help her. so he could only ask, "Zoe, you..."
"I just need some time to calm down." Zoe forced a smile and patted Tianzai on the shoulder. "Ah, I wiped the sweat from my hands on your clothes.
Oh my god, can you help me tell everyone? "
"Okay."
He nodded and took out his phone. "If you need anything, give me a call. I'll be there immediately."
Zoe waved at him and wandered around, trying to find a place to be alone.
It was lunch break, and most of the students were eating in the cafeteria. Few of them came out to walk like Zoe.
Five minutes later, she found a corner, walked over, and sat cross-legged facing the wall. She leaned her forehead against the wall and closed her eyes.
Her hands and feet were cold, her palms were sweaty, and her stomach was churning. She was completely nervous and frightened.
She had not been so nervous during the graduation exam and the national finals, but now she had to find a place to calm down because of a sports festival.
A voice in her head reprimanded her for her cowardice. "You're too much. Shouldn't you go out and encourage the students around you?
You're not the only one who's nervous. "
Zoe ignored it and told herself, "It's okay. I'm doing well. I'm fine. It's okay."
The voice did not intend to let Zoe go. "Some people don't even make it to the last event. They have goals and dreams, but they don't get to show their talents to the professional heroes.
You're a person with no goals. You're lucky enough to make it to the last event, but you're hiding here because of something that happened when you were a child. "
"It's okay. It's okay." Don't be affected by it.
"Do you know what you've done wrong?"
Hearing this, Zoe's throat tightened, and the long-lost dryness came up again.
She suppressed the urge to vomit and moved her body closer to the cold wall in an attempt to relieve the discomfort.
"Remember, you can't kill."
Her father in front of her stretched out his hand, and the shadow of his palm was enough to cover her whole body.
As long as he wanted, she would never appear in this world. This was the first and last impression he left on her when she was seven years old.
Nine years had passed. Although Zoe had never seen her father again, she had only heard about him from relatives and family members. No matter how hard she tried to suppress it, her stomach would still twitch and her hands and feet would become cold.
After using her personality for a long time, she would also think of him.
At the age of seven, Zoe thought that her personality was the only thing she could use to hurt others.
Forbidding her from hurting others was tantamount to forbidding her from using her personality, which made her so resistant to it.
But nine years had passed, and she was no longer a seven-year-old child. She could control her every move, and it was time to face this shadow.
The voice in her head reminded her of what her father had done to her. Then, she reminded herself that she was not alone.
"I'm not alone. I have many kind and gentle people around me.
I have my mother, my brother, Mr. Butler, Misako, Midaya, Tenya, Grandpa... "
At this point, she opened her eyes and lowered her head to wipe the sweat off her forehead, neck and palms.
"I have Brother Tensei."
When she spat out the last word, the voice in her head, which had been getting farther and farther away, finally disappeared.
Zoe's eyes became clear, and the fog in her head that made her muddle-headed was swept away at once.
She stood up and patted her chest with her hand, trying to calm down as much as possible. She also steadied her chaotic breathing.
"Breathe... Put away all the good things..."
It's okay. Everything will be okay.
"Phew... Let out all the bad things..."
I have no reason to be afraid. I have Brother Tensei. There is no difficulty that I can't overcome.
Zoe jumped up and down on the spot. "Yo, yo, yo, yo —"
"Top three!"
"Amusement park!"
"Date!"
The lunch break was over.
Breuxent returned to his post. "Before the final event is announced, I have a piece of good news for everyone who failed the preliminaries!
After all, this is a sports event!
So we also prepared an entertainment event that everyone can participate in!
We invited the cheerleaders from the United States to make the atmosphere even more exciting... "
Breuxent saw the girls lined up in a straight line on the sports field. "What's going on with Class A?!"
On the sports field, except for Zoe, the six girls in Class 1A all wore standard cheerleading uniforms. They stood there with colored balls in their hands, and their faces were ashen.
The uniforms were tailored to fit their bodies. The sleeveless tops and short miniskirts showed off the girls' youthful and energetic figures. Although it was not considered revealing, it still made the students of the same age present blush.
Eight Million accepted the fact that she had been tricked. "Minoru!
Kamimura!
How dare you trick me!? "
She recalled the conversation in the cafeteria.
"I heard that all the girls are going to participate in the cheerleading competition this afternoon!"
"I've never heard of it..."
"It's up to you to believe it or not..."
She bent down in despair. "How can I be tricked by Minoru like this..."
Misako comforted her.
Eight Million threw the cheerleading ball on the ground angrily. "Are they idiots...!"
On the other hand, Ye Yintou was eager to give it a try. "Anyway, there's still time before the official competition. It's tiring to be so tense all the time... Isn't it good?
Let's have fun together!? "
Frogblow commented, "To-chan, you really like to have fun..."
Zoe followed Tenya into the sports field. She looked at the girls in her class with a puzzled expression. "What are they doing?"
Minoru, who was beside Kamimura, was so excited about her masterpiece that her cheeks were red. When she saw Zoe, who was still in her long gym uniform, she could not help but beat the ground in frustration. "She doesn't have Fengze's long legs!!"
Zoe did not miss his words. She smiled and said, "Do you want me to gouge your eyes out, you scumbag?"
On the other side, Breuxent announced, "Come on, come on!
Let's have a fun competition!
After this, we'll enter the final competition!
There are four teams in the finals with a total of 16 people!
It will be an elimination competition!!
It's a one-on-one competition!! "
Zoe heard Seishima exclaim in front of her, "An elimination competition... I'm finally standing on the stage that I see on TV every year..."
Ashito asked, "Was it an elimination competition last year?"
Setsuke answered her question. "The format might be slightly different, but it's a one-on-one competition every year."
On the stage, Midnight held up a box with the word "LOTS" written on it and said, "Let's start drawing lots to determine the matchups. After the competition schedule is set, the competition will begin after a game segment.
The 16 people who advance can choose whether or not to participate in this segment. It's normal for them to want to rest or conserve their energy. Let's start with the first team... "
Tail White raised his hand in the crowd. "That... I'm very sorry!"
"I... want to quit."
The crowd exploded. "Tail White, why...?"
"There aren't many opportunities to show off in front of a professional hero like this!!"
Tail White explained, "I can't remember anything about the riding competition until the end. It's probably because of that guy's personality."
Zoe turned to look at him. She remembered that there weren't many people in the first grade with this kind of personality who could make people forget things. Worried Messenger was one of them.
She tilted her head and quickly found the conspicuous purple hair in the crowd. Worried Messenger's face was expressionless, and his hands were in his pockets. He obviously heard Tail White talking about him, but he pretended not to know anything.
But he was a nice guy...
Worried Messenger noticed her gaze and looked over. He raised his chin and asked her what she was doing. Zoe smiled and waved her hand. She mouthed, "Nothing."
She had noticed that Tail White and Worried Messenger had formed a "horse" before. Although it was strange that these two people who had never interacted with each other would suddenly form a team, she didn't have the time to think about it at that time. Now she knew that Worried Messenger had controlled Tail White with his personality and forced him to form a team with himself.
Although Tail White had successfully advanced, he didn't have any memory of the riding competition. He also felt guilty because he didn't win this position with his own strength.
"I know that this is a rare opportunity, and I also know how stupid it is to waste this opportunity.
But... everyone here is trying their best to compete... I can't just foolishly... occupy a precious spot. "
Although the students around him tried their best to persuade him, he still couldn't get over himself.
In the end, Tail White and Zhuang Tian, who was also controlled by Worried Messenger and came from another class, automatically forfeited and withdrew from the competition because of their dignity.
The last member of their team, Aoyama Elegance, was also controlled, but he decided to keep his spot and continue to participate in the competition.
After an internal discussion.
Tie Zhe from Class 1B?
Ye?
Linden Hook Huan?
Top 6.
The groups for the competition were displayed on the big screen.
[Midaya VS Worried Messenger, Hong VS Setsuke, Shiozaki VS Ashito, Iida VS Fame, Fengze VS Aoyama, Constant Darkness VS Eight Million, Tie Zhe VS Seishima, Li Ri VS Takeshi]
Breuxent said, "Okay!
Let's put the elimination competition to the back of our minds and enjoy the halftime entertainment! "
As soon as he finished speaking, the sky above the gymnasium was filled with colorful fireworks, and the atmosphere instantly became lively.
Some of the students participating in the ball rolling were rolling, while others were looking for something.
Midaya was pulled away by Tail White to discuss things. Tenya occupied the beverage vending machine and forced willow juice to replenish his energy. Misako and the girls were cheering for the students on the field.
However, they were actually nervous about the competition later, and were just trying to ease their tension.
Zoe and Tenya said goodbye and then went to the market outside the gymnasium to buy things.
What he bought was nothing more than some food. For example, egg rolls, egg rolls, egg rolls …
She couldn't let Tenya see her eating so many egg rolls before the competition, so she had to clear out five egg rolls before going back.
Her mouth was stuffed with egg rolls. On the way back to the gymnasium.
She caught something from the corner of her eye, so she took out her phone and pointed the camera at the grove by the road.
There was a boy with half red and half white hair squatting in a corner outside the gymnasium. He was her captain during the horse riding competition.
She knew that he was concentrating on the upcoming one-on-one competition, but his action was inexplicably hilarious.
Perhaps Zoe's sense of humor was special, but she just felt that this Bombardment Scorch was funny, so she took a photo.
When she walked to the waiting room, she saw Takeshi standing quietly in the corridor, facing the wall without saying a word.
Zoe frowned in shock. She quickly took another photo secretly.
The one-on-one competition was completed, and the entertainment program came to an end. Breuxent told everyone that the last event was about to begin. "HEY!
GUYS
ARE
YOU
READY！？
After so many rounds, we still have to watch the final face-to-face competition!
You can only rely on yourself. Even if you're not a hero, you often encounter such situations in your life!
Everyone, understand? Spirit, technique, physical strength, wisdom, and knowledge, use all your abilities to win the competition! "
Zoe sat down beside Tenya, and the first round of the first round began. Midaya and his opponent walked out of the corridor.
Breuxent introduced the two, "First round!!
Your results are not bad, but what's with that weird expression of yours, Heroica Midaya Dehisa!!
Battle, sorry, he's just a passer-by without any outstanding performance, he's just a worrywart!! "
Zoe swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Even Midaya was criticized like that … I'm a little worried about the introduction that Breuxent -sensei is going to give me later …"
Misako, who was next to her, burst out laughing.
In the first battle, although Midaya fell for his opponent's trick at the beginning, he broke the mental restraint of his opponent with his extraordinary perseverance, and in turn, won the battle.
Midaya won.
In the second battle, Bombardment Scorch defeated Setsuke with a gorgeous big move.
Zoe's face stiffened as she flicked the ice in her hair.
Captain Bombardment was a monster, she couldn't make him angry.
In the third battle, Shiozaki against Ashito.
Shiozaki used vines to wrap Ashito up, and when Ashito melted her vines, she was also thrown out of the arena.
Shiozaki Kaoru won.
In the fourth battle, Tenya against Hair.
Hair used Tenya's soy sauce to brew and stepped out of the arena.
Tenya won.
In the fifth battle, Fengze against Qing Shan.
Qing Shan made a pistol gesture at Zoe and winked, "Merci!!
You're unlucky to be against me! "
Zoe grinned, "That's not for sure."
“START！！”
Qing Shan attacked fiercely as soon as he came up.
His laser was not fast for Zoe, and he also had an obvious weakness of not being able to shoot for more than a second. Zoe dodged all his lasers, quickly approached him, grabbed his arm, and threw him out of the arena.
"An effortless victory!
Even his personality is useless, a complete victory!! "
In the sixth battle, Constant Darkness against Eight Million, Constant Darkness used a shield made by Eight Million to push her out of the arena.
Constant Darkness won.
In the seventh battle, Seishima against Tie Zhe.
When two people with similar personalities fought, there was no end to it.
Halfway through, Zoe stood up with Midaya and went to the waiting room to find Misako.
She left her seat earlier than them, probably because she was nervous about the upcoming battle with Takeshi.
That's right, Takeshi would not show mercy to anyone. She thought about the difference in strength between the two of them.
It was like a Tyrannosaurus against a little rabbit …
"Is that the battle strategy for Misako?" Zoe was referring to the Hero's Notebook in Midaya's hands.
"Yes." Midaya opened the door to the waiting room.
However, Misako rejected Midaya's kindness in the end. She wanted to use her own strength to do what she had to do. Before she left, she suppressed her trembling body and raised her thumb at the three of them. "Let's meet in the finals!"
Zoe paused. Misako was a girl of the same age. Although she looked weak and easy to bully, she said, "She surprises me every time …"
However, in the eighth battle, the gap between the two of them was too big.
Misako tried her best to make the stones fall like meteors, trying to create an opening for her to attack Takeshi. However, Takeshi blasted away all the stones with a big move, making Misako's efforts go to waste.
Zoe looked at the determined figure on the ground who was struggling to crawl forward. Although it was too painful to watch, she gritted her teeth and watched the entire battle.
This was the world she lived in. This was Sunyoung.
If you don't want to give it your all … then be prepared to step down.
The weight of the stones had long exceeded her limit. In the end, Misako couldn't take it anymore and was forced to withdraw from the game.
"I'll go check on Misako!" Zoe immediately ran towards the waiting room, and Midaya followed closely behind.
However, they couldn't say anything even though they went to check on her. Misako even emphasized that she was really fine and told them not to worry.
Midaya had to leave soon because it was the first battle of the second round.
After he closed the door, Zoe hugged Misako and gave her all the things she had bought when she sneaked out of the market. Then she left the waiting room and left her alone.
The first battle of the top eight began quickly.
“START！！”
Bombardment Scorch didn't release the large-scale ice wall that he had used in the battle with Setsuke. Instead, he attacked Midaya with icicles one after another, forcing him to fight back with his monstrous strength again and again. In an instant, he lost ten fingers and an arm.
What made people's teeth ache was that in order to block Hong's continuous attacks, he actually used his already broken fingers and once again used his personality without any regard for his life.
Midaya, you really don't want to live … Zoe didn't dare to watch. "Is it necessary to go to this extent …?"
Is it necessary to go to this extent just to let Boom resolve the knot in his heart?
As mentioned before, there was a reason why Boom didn't use the power of fire in battle.
As for the reason, although Zoe didn't personally ask the person involved, she could roughly guess it from a few sentences she heard from the butler and the professional hero beside her.
She, Tenya, and Bombardment Scorch were the new generation of the hero family. No matter how much they tried to avoid it, they would still know some of the bad habits of the traditional hero family.
In the old days, there were close relatives who wanted to maintain the purity of their bloodlines. Today, there were marriages that wanted to create the strongest personality.
Bombardment Scorch was one of the victims.
His mother had an ice personality, and his father was the fire hero, Andwa, who was second only to Orumit.
He had several older brothers and sisters. They either inherited one of the ice or fire personalities, or they inherited both personalities unequally. Andwa regarded them as failures.
Bombardment Scorch, who was only half ice and half fire, was the perfect product.
It was fine if a living person was treated like an object, but Zoe had also heard a rumor about the scar on Bombardment Scorch's face. It was said that his mother couldn't bear the pressure and poured boiling water on his face. Andwa had now "placed" his mother in a sanatorium in the suburbs.
Zoe wasn't clear about the twists and turns, so she couldn't comment. However, the tragic experience there must have left an indelible knot and shadow in Bombardment Scorch's heart. Even in battle, he would never use the power of fire. He only wanted to rely on his mother's strength to defeat his opponent.
However, Midaya Dehisa wanted this powerful classmate to use all his strength on the stage. Whether it was ice or fire, he wanted to use all of it.
Even if he had to pay with his own hands and feet, he wanted this person to use all of his strength!
"Everyone is fighting seriously!
For victory, to get closer to the goal, to become first …
You want to use half of your strength to win!?
I haven't been hurt by you even once!
Use all of your strength, come on!!! "
The battle between the two lasted for a long time. Midaya shouted a lot of words to Bombardment Scorch. However, the audience was too far away from them, and there was a lot of noise, so they couldn't hear what he was shouting.
Many people who didn't know the situation thought that Midaya was arrogant enough to challenge Bombardment Scorch, who was obviously more powerful than him.
However, Zoe could clearly hear all the dialogue between the two people, from beginning to end, not a word was missed.
"I want to respond to the expectations placed on me. I want to face everything with a smile. I want to be such a handsome hero.
Everyone is going all out!
I may not understand your experience and your determination, but … you want to be the strongest without using all of your strength, completely denying my father's way of doing things, in my opinion, is simply a joke! "
"Shut up …"
"So, I will definitely beat you!
I want to surpass you! "Midaya attacked while Boom was stunned, and hit him a long distance away.
Boom was in pain and trembled as he tried to get up. He muttered, "I want to let dad's strength …"
Midaya decisively interrupted him and shouted the most important sentence.
"That was your own strength in the first place!"
Hearing his words, Zoe sat quietly and felt that trembling feeling again.
Previously, they were in the middle of a horse battle, so she couldn't figure out what kind of emotion it was, but now she knew.
At the beginning, she simply thought that he was interesting and wanted to be friends with him. Now, what Zoe wanted was …
To follow him.
She wanted to help him, to help him reach his goal, to help him reach the top.
Even if he couldn't become an independent hero or be benched for ten thousand years, she didn't care if she could see him standing at the top.
Kazuhiro Midtani's final strength collided with a huge wave of wind. The nearest teacher, Midnight, was overturned along with the platform. Seeing that the wind was about to hit them, the students of Class 1A subconsciously closed their eyes and covered their faces with their hands.
But after a few seconds, they didn't feel the wind. After carefully opening their eyes, they found that the white-haired classmate had blocked the wind with a gentle wave of his hand.
In the chaotic gymnasium, the calm Class 1A was particularly conspicuous.
Zoe, who had lowered her head, opened her eyes and said softly, "Midaya lost."
In this battle, Midaya left the battlefield, and it was Bombardment Scorch's victory.
The arena was badly damaged, and the teachers of the concrete department needed some time to repair it.
Misako, Tenya, Zoe, Minoru, and Frogblow went to visit the seriously injured Midaya.
In the end, they were told that Midaya needed surgery, and the group was pushed out by the petite teacher who had recovered.
From the moment they entered the infirmary until they left, Zoe couldn't help but stare at the thin, trembling man standing next to Midaya. Even when she was talking to Midaya, her eyes didn't move from the man.
She felt that this person …
The man seemed to be particularly nervous under her gaze, and he didn't even look at her.
After the five people were pushed out, Midaya asked the original Orumit, "Orumit?
What's wrong? "
Orumit covered his face with one hand and raised the other to say, "No, the Fengze Girl just kept staring at me. I thought she found out …"
Midaya didn't believe it. "How is that possible?
Olumet, the difference between your two forms is so big, how could I recognize you … "
"No," Orumit denied him, a drop of cold sweat appearing on his forehead. "The Fengze family, especially the white-haired one, sometimes … their intuition is so powerful that it makes people scared …"