MHA: Living as a Mineta is hard

No one could control their emotions, and they were screaming with all their might!"

"Amazing, amazing, amazing! Minoru Mineta won!"

Yamada screamed with all his might when he saw that the winner wasn't Todoroki that everyone thought of. Instead, it was Mineta Minoru.

When everyone thought he would lose, Mineta showed the world he had won!

This was an amazing thing, and everyone screamed his name with all of their might.

However, while everyone was amazed, he was calm and didn't seem excited about this victory. He waved his hand before he walked away. As for Todoroki, this guy was too stupid for him to care about. While he knew that Todoroki might have a problem with his family, did he care? No way.

It was like how Todoroki didn't care about others, thinking that he was a hero with a tragic past, so everyone should give him a way to the top while slowly fixing the relationship of his family, so he could have his family's happiness again.

Yet that was Todoroki's happiness, and it wasn't his happiness.

Todoroki didn't care that his happiness was built under his misfortune, so why should he care about him?

If someone wanted to take care of Todoroki, then Mineta let them do so, but it had nothing to do with him since his intention for this Sports Festival was clear, and that was to win the championship.

Everyone might have their own reason and their difficulty, giving them the power to win, yet all of them were useless in front of overwhelming power.

Still, he snapped his fingers and dissolved the substance on Todoroki's body. If not, it was impossible for someone to take him away.

"Still, I am not clear what he has done, so let's watch the replay!" Yamada was curious, but the others were the same since they wondered how Mineta could escape.

Naturally, the one that was the most curious was Midoriya and Enji since they were the most surprised when Mineta could win against Todoroki. They were still in a daze and couldn't believe the result of this match.

Even Enji didn't look at his son since he knew his son was alright.

After all, this was a school competition, and it was impossible for others to kill.

When the replay video was played, everything was clear. They saw him jump high into the sky before sticking his substance like a rope to the top of the stadium before ending the battle with a pistol-like gesture.

If the speed of his bullet substance was slow, it was impossible to blast Todoroki away.

However, by using his ability, he could increase the speed of anything with the maximum to supersonic speed.

In terms of speed, All-Might wasn't his opponent.

Still, the result of this battle was concluded.

Mineta won and Todoroki lost.

"I am right, right?" Sero said.

"....." Midoriya couldn't say anything and opened his eyes wide, but then his shoulder was patted.

"Good luck. You're his opponent next." Sero gave a thumbs up to Midoriya.

"...." Midoriya.

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"Yo!"

"Welcome back!"

"Damn, it's amazing that you can win!"

Unlike Todoroki, his relationship with everyone was so close to each other. They quickly greeted him with a smile and congratulated him when he won.

"Hey, Mineta, come here! Sit here!" Jiro patted the free space between her and Momo.

"I am going to get killed by my girlfriend if I sit in that place." He was speechless and sat next to Tokoyami.

Many laughed upon hearing his answer.

Jiro rolled her eyes and moved to a different seat before sitting behind him.

Momo also did the same.

"The next match is your girlfriend, right? Is she strong?" Jiro asked.

When this question was asked, everyone was looking at him. Unlike him, they didn't know much about Class 1-B.

"Of course, she is strong!"

"..."

Everyone was silent since the one who answered Jiro's question wasn't Mineta, but Monoma, who was in the Class 1-B area.

"Don't get too cocky, you Class 1-A! Now, it's time for Class 1-B to become the limelight! Open your eyes and see how—"

"Stop! Stop!"

"Monoma, don't embarrass us!"

Many guys from Class 1-B quickly stopped Monoma and even covered his mouth before they pulled him away from the partition wall.

"Sorry, Class 1-A! He is... he is... his mind is a bit wrong. Anyway, sorry!"

"Hey, give me a chance to talk!"

"Just shut up! The match between Kendo and Shiozaki is about to start!"

"...."

"What was that?"

Everyone in Class 1-A was dumbfounded.

Mineta shook his head and said, "But they're right. The match is about to start. Let's watch it."

They nodded and watched the match quietly.

However, among them, there was one person that felt complicated.

Midoriya was quite nervous, looking at Mineta, who talked calmly with everyone with a smile as if their next match was nothing.

Yet could he blame Mineta?

His finger was broken, and it still hurt.

However, the most important thing was that he couldn't control his "Quirk," so how could he win?

'No, I'm going to win!'

He made such a promise with All-Might, and he was going to show everyone that he was going to become the next symbol of peace.

Still, among them, Midoriya wasn't the only one who was nervous.

Hagakure stared at Mineta, who talked with others nonchalantly as if nothing had happened even though she knew what was happening between him and Reiko from Class 1-B. She knew she needed to talk with him, but this wasn't the time.

'But what are they doing?'

Hagakure was curious.

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"Anyway, with the end of the previous battle, it is time to continue with the next battle! Honestly, it took a long time to clear up the stage!"

"Focus on the next match."

While Mineta's fight against Todoroki was amazing, Todoroki fainted, and it took a while for them to clear up the ice, which was created by Todoroki.

In the end, Enji came down to help melt the ice. He knew that his son was wrong in this match since if his son wasn't careful, someone might die.

The power of "Quirk" was amazing, but if one wasn't careful, it might kill someone easily.

As the stage was cleared up and fixed by the staff, the next match continued.

"While the previous battle was between men, now it is a battle between two beauties! Both of them are coming from Class 1-B! Now, let us see their battle! On the right side, the female barbarian from Class 1-B, the powerful girl that can smash you into pieces, Kendo Itsuka from the Hero Course, versus... the assassin from the Class 1-B, beautiful things come with thorns, Shiozaki Ibara from Hero Departement!

Yamada was excited, and his spirit even spread to everyone. "Now, now! We're expecting another flashy—"

"Um!" 2x

Kendo and Ibara raised their hands at the same time.

"Yes?"

"What do you mean by a female barbarian? Also, do I like someone who likes to smash someone?" Kendo asked helplessly.

"......" Everyone in Class 1-B.

"Also, what do you mean by an assassin? I came this far for a victory, not to take the life of my opponents."

"I-I am sorry!" Yamada apologized.

"First of all, the reason why I wanted to enter Yuuei is not for an evil intention but because I want to bring relief to the people." Ibara clasped her hands as if she was praying. It might be their imagination, but a holy light seemed to shine on the top of her.

While Kendo didn't say much, she also wanted to complain about Yamada.

"Yeah, so I'm really sorry. It was my fault!" Yamada apologized repeatedly.

"Thank you for your understanding." Ibara bowed her head.

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Everyone was looking at Mineta.

"What's with that gaze?" Mineta was helpless since this part of Ibara never changed much, but this part of her was also charming, right?

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"An-Anyway, let's start!"

"Itsuka-san, I won't be merciful."

"That's what I want, Ibara, since I am going to go all out from the beginning!"

Kendo grinned and smashed her giant fist without hesitation.

"Gigantic Pistol!"

Yet Ibara's response was calm, and she used her vine-like hair to block this attack.

*BOOOOOOOM!*

The impact of the punch was enough to create a gust of wind, but it was perfectly received by Ibara's hair.

Kendo wanted to pull her fist, but Ibara's movement was so fast that she caught her. Her whole body was wrapped in vines, but this wasn't enough for her to lose!

"I won't lose!"

As her hands enlarged, her strength also naturally increased, so even if Ibara's vines were powerful, it wasn't enough to defeat her, yet was it?

"Crucifixion!"

Ibara didn't hesitate and used her ultimate skill.

Kendo saw that more and more vines trapped her, and she was fully enclosed, captured by the multiple layers of vines. She was like a cocoon now and couldn't move. What was even worse, she knew that Ibara was holding back on her since if Ibara was serious, the thorns on her vines were enough to bleed her body all over.

Ibara then moved the cocoon-like vines outside the stage and released Kendo there, defeating her by pushing her outside of the stage.

"......"

No one could say anything since Ibara's power was more outrageous than they had thought!

"The winner is Shiozaki Ibara!"

Ibara walked toward Kendo and asked, "Are you okay, Itsuka-san?"

"Ah, um... I am okay."

Kendo lowered her head and didn't want anyone to see her expression at that moment.