Chapter 129: Final ExamAuthor: Geraint
Time has passed since the end of the workplace training. It is now the final week of June, and there is one week left until the end-of-term test.
In Class 1-A, everyone is talking about the end-of-term test. Ichika and Roboco took the top place in the Midterm Exam together in Class 1-S. Denki Kaminari and Mina Ashido admit that they have not been studying due to the many events that have taken place throughout the semester, to which Fumikage Tokoyami agrees. Rikido Sato notes that the end-of-term test will be more difficult than the mid-term tests. Minoru Mineta smugly remarks that there is also an exercise test, sarcastically saying that it will be tough only because he does not have low grades, much to Mina and Denki's annoyance. Izuku Midoriya, who placed fourth, encourages Denki and Mina to do their best because she wants to go to the forest lodge with them. Tenya Ida, who placed second, also encourages them, while Shoto Todoroki, who placed fifth, remarks that if he had just attended classes normally, he wouldn't have such low grades, to which Denki asks Shoto to mind his words.
Meanwhile, Momo Yaoyorozu, who has the highest grades in Class 1-A overall, says that she can help them with studying, although she is not confident about the exercise test. Mashirao Ojiro, Kyoka Jiro, and Hanta Sero ask for her guidance, which makes Momo blush with pride and gratefully decide to help them. Eijiro Kirishima notes that Momo is being virtuous, to which Katsuki Bakugo angrily reminds him that he is also virtuous, saying that he will tutor him until he bleeds since he has the third-highest grade in the class.
In the lunchroom, Izuku, Tenya, Shoto, Ochaco Uraraka, Tsuyu Asui, and Toru Hagakure eat at a table, discussing how they will perform in the end-of-term test. They have high hopes about the written tests but are unsure about the exercise test since they do not know what it is. Then, Neito Monoma bumps into Izuku, causing him to apologize. Neito notes that Izuku, Shoto, and Tenya had an encounter with the Hero Killer: Stain, and as a result, Class 1-A's popularity has risen even more. Neito remarks that his class will one day get into such danger, sarcastically saying that it will be scary and they will get hurt.
Suddenly, Itsuka Kendo hits Neito onto the floor and reprimands him for making fun of Izuku, Shoto, and Tenya's encounter with the Hero Killer. Itsuka apologizes for Neito's behavior. She reveals that she heard them talking about the exercise test and that it is a battle simulation against robots, just like the Entrance Exam. Izuku is shocked that she knows about the exercise test, to which Itsuka says that she gained the knowledge from an upper-classman. On the floor, Neito criticizes Itsuka for revealing the knowledge on the exercise test, as he wanted to use that hidden knowledge to forestall Class 1-A and defeat them. Itsuka drags Neito away and hits him again, reminding him that they don't detest Class 1-A.
Izuku stands up from his seat and approaches Ichika, who's eating at another table.
"Uhm... Ichika-kun, do you know what the exercise test for the final exam is?"
Ichika is silent for a moment before he answers.
"Yeah, but I won't tell you."
"..."
Izuku feels dejected when she doesn't get an answer from her childhood friend.
"I'll give you a hint."
"Really?"
Ichika gives her a glimmer of hope.
"Yeah, the hint is... both me and Roboco are exempted from this exam and considered passed. Who do you think will be your opponent in the practical exam?"
Izuku is left clueless as Ichika and Roboco leave their table.
"I know Ichika is really strong, but he's also already a Pro—Wait! I think I got an idea about whom he's talking about."
Back in class, Izuku reveals the content of the exercise test to the class, much to Denki and Mina's happiness. Mezo Shoji notes that they are happy because they do not have to adjust their Quirks for real-life opponents. Katsuki says that he doesn't care about who he will be fighting in the exercise test since he will just blow them away. Still angry, Katsuki confronts Izuku, saying that Izuku is starting to get on his nerves.
Ochaco wonders if Katsuki is referring to Izuku's recent movements during the Foundational Hero Studies. Katsuki says to Izuku that he doesn't want the same hollow result as the Sports Festival. Katsuki says that they will determine who the better man is by their grades, and he remarks that he will show the power gap between them and defeat him. Seething, Katsuki says that he will also defeat Shoto as well. Katsuki angrily walks out. Eijiro notes that Katsuki hasn't been agitated in a while, to which Fumikage says that Katsuki's animosity is getting the better of him. While Katsuki walks through the corridor, Shoto notes that Katsuki has become worse.
Throughout the final week before the end-of-term test, all of Class 1-A is studying hard. Momo has formed a study group with Kyoka, Denki, Mina, Mashirao, and Hanta where she helps them study by lecturing them. Class 1-A writes the end-of-term written test, which they all pass.
Now, the day of the exercise test has come. Class 1-A is outside with many U.A. teachers. Shota Aizawa says that without a doubt, they have some knowledge of the exercise test, to which Mina and Denki exclaim that it will be fighting against robots. Suddenly, Nezu jumps out of Shota's scarf and reveals to Class 1-A that they will not be having a battle simulation against robots for their test exercise.
Nezu explains that the recent surge of villains has caused the school to increase the quality of their training methods in order to increase the students' battle experience. Nezu says that from now on, U.A. students will have battle simulations similar to real-life battles. Class 1-A will be the first students to have real-life battle simulations. Nezu reveals that Class 1-A's test exercise will involve forming pairs and facing one of U.A.'s teachers in combat, shocking Class 1-A. Nezu states that Class 1-A's pairs and the teachers they will fight have already been decided.
The class complains that Ichika and Roboco are both exempt from the exam, to which Nezu responds that if they want to face the two instead in the exam, they should be silent.
While the ten teams are transported by U.A.'s buses to an uninhabited training city area where their exercise test will take place, Ichika decides to have a test with Roboco instead.
Okay, Father.
As Roboco agrees, she suddenly fires a rocket punch, which Ichika quickly evades.
Rocket Punch!
"Too slow, my little princess!"
Calculating every possible movement...
When Roboco's arm returns, she launches a rapid fire of punches.
Machine Gun Blow!
Her fists shatter all the buildings in the surroundings while Ichika easily evades everything.
Incinerate!
Roboco shoots a fire blast towards him, and Ichika bends backward to avoid it.
Ichika smiles as he quickly runs away.
Roboco quickly chases after him, releasing several missiles from her back.
Deploying Jericho. Launching on target—Huh?
Ichika rushes forward toward her.
Roboco quickly points her palm, but Ichika suddenly disappears before she can shoot her repulsor.
"I won!"
When she turns around, she sees her father spinning a black pair of underwear on his index finger, which makes her hold down her skirt.
Father, you perv!
"Roboco, I think it's too early for you to wear this kind of underwear."
Please stop treating me like a baby girl! I'm technically an adult now!
"No!"
Roboco pouts and hits him in the chest several times.
"A."
The two of them realize that they've destroyed the facility during their fight and immediately leave the area.
(To be continued.)
A/N: I'll fix my mistakes later.