Lock, Mei Hatsume, Fumikage Tokoyami, and Kyoka Jiro gathered together to discuss tactics in a short fifteen minutes.
"Mei Hatsume, did you bring the large insulating cloths I asked for?"
Lock pointed to the backpack behind Mei Hatsume, which was filled with her confident inventions.
"Of course I did."
While speaking, Mei Hatsume took out four folded large insulating cloths and spread them out, each big enough to cover a person.
"Then Mei Hatsume and Tokoyami, you two keep the insulating cloths ready at all times."
"Understood."
Tokoyami nodded obediently and took the large insulating cloth, and Mei Hatsume put the extra two back into the backpack.
Lock and Kyoka Jiro had both mastered lightning magic, so ordinary electric current wouldn't have much effect on them, and naturally they had no need for the large insulating cloths.
On Lock's team, although he himself could handle the attacking, he couldn't snatch headbands. That job was handed to Tokoyami.
"Do you see that guy with the seaweed-like hair and the inverted-triangle eyes?"
Looking in the direction Lock pointed, they saw Hitoshi Shinso, who had come to provoke him before.
Lock took advantage of his foreknowledge and directly named Hitoshi Shinso's Quirk. "His Quirk is brainwashing. As long as you respond to his words, he can control your body."
"Such a powerful Quirk?" Kyoka Jiro was slightly surprised.
"So you must not answer him." Lock urged earnestly, then looked at a blond boy in Class B and continued, "And that one is Neito Monoma from Class B."
"His Quirk is Copy. He can copy other people's Quirks, but he has to touch them."
The three of them followed Lock's gaze and quickly spotted Neito Monoma. He seemed to be the backbone of Class B, and a group of Class B students had gathered around him, apparently discussing some kind of conspiracy.
"That Quirk is also very strong."
Kyoka Jiro sighed again. Originally, when she looked at the rankings of the Obstacle Race, the top ten had been almost entirely taken by Class A, and she had slightly underestimated Class B in her heart.
Now it seemed that Class B, which was also in the Hero Course, hid powerful Quirks as well.
As the minutes slipped by, Lock went on to point out several more notable opposing cavalry teams and their Quirks.
As for how he knew the other side's information, the three of them wouldn't waste the precious 15 minutes asking.
"So in the end, what's our goal?"
Lock changed the subject. He had great ambitions for this Cavalry Battle.
"Advance to the next round!"
"Same."
Listening to the three answers, Lock shook his head with a disappointed expression.
"Is that all your goals amount to?"
Temptation mode on!
"Mei Hatsume, don't you want all the eyes in the audience focused on us, and the eyes of those big companies drawn to the babies you invented?"
"Of course I do."
Mei Hatsume answered without hesitation, but felt it would be very difficult.
After all, there were so many cavalry teams, and even with Lock, it was hard to focus the audience's attention.
Lock continued tempting Tokoyami. "Tokoyami, don't you want you and your 'partner' to be known by audiences across the country from now on?"
Immediately, the taciturn Tokoyami's eyes lit up. He seemed to like Lock's words very much.
Next, Lock turned his attention to Kyoka Jiro, who raised a hand to her forehead helplessly and said, "Lock, just tell us what your goal is."
Lock replied, "We're going to turn this Cavalry Battle upside down, make it a situation even the referee can't handle, and turn it into a Quirk show that belongs to our team..."
Fifteen minutes passed quietly, and the 42 students formed their own groups. The Cavalry Battle was about to begin.
"What's our slogan?"
At that moment, Lock was sitting on Tokoyami's back, with Kyoka Jiro and Mei Hatsume standing on either side, and the formation was ready.
"Cause trouble! Cause trouble! Cause trouble!"
Accompanied by the shouts of Lock's team members, Present Mic's commentary also sounded, speaking to the impatiently waiting audience.
"It's time to get up! The 15-minute strategy session is over, and now 12 cavalry teams are lined up on the field!"
Shota Aizawa, who had been woken up by Present Mic's voice, squinted at the field and murmured, "These combinations are quite interesting!"
"Three, two, one!"
"Start!"
When Midnight announced the start, two of the 12 cavalry teams were clearly treated as targets.
Lock's team and Izuku Midoriya's team.
One could advance to the next round directly by snatching its headband, and the other wore a headband worth 10 million points!
On Lock's side, the team led by Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, composed of Class B students, rushed over aggressively. He widened his eyes and roared, "You dare treat us like that? I'll make you take me seriously!"
"Partner, the leader must face the fate of the hunted. Make your decision!" Tokoyami, serving as the horse, planted his feet firmly and uttered words full of chuunibyou spirit.
At that moment, Tetsutetsu's team was closing in, and their front horse was a boy whose teeth were exposed like a skeleton's.
His name was Juzo Honenuki, and Lock had also mentioned him during the 15-minute discussion.
Although he didn't look outstanding, he was actually one of U.A.'s recommended students!
His Quirk was Softening, which could turn the ground within a certain range into a swamp, making the objects and people on it gradually sink.
Seeing his fixed gaze, Lock knew he was about to use his Quirk and shouted, "Mei Hatsume!"
"Got it!"
Lock had Mei Hatsume's support equipment on his back. Now that they were a team, her support equipment could be shared with others too.
Mei Hatsume, who had received the signal, took a button from her waist and pressed it, and immediately the support equipment on Lock's back sprayed two jets of flame.
With the help of the equipment's thrust, the four members of Lock's team flew into the air, away from where they had just been.
The next moment, Honenuki's Softening activated, and a filthy swamp appeared where Lock had been standing.
Lock's wing magic might not have strained him when flying alone, but it was still a little difficult to fly with three other people.
So he had simply used this flying support gear made by Mei Hatsume.
"Facing the attack from Tetsutetsu's team, Lock's perfect command let his team members escape..."
Present Mic's words stopped abruptly, because on the screen, Lock jumped out from mid-air.
He launched a surprise counterattack!
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