At the same time, on Monoma's team.
BOOM!
BOOM!
The sounds of violent explosions were endless, and with each loud crash, Neito Monoma was completely pinned down by Katsuki Bakugo.
One copy, one blast, and it became two blasts.
At that moment, Monoma, chased by the furious Bakugo, was locked in a huge contest with him, and the scene was spectacular.
They traded Quirk attacks blow for blow!
"Why is this guy so damn annoying?!"
Monoma was panting heavily, exhausted, barely able to breathe in. In terms of stamina and physical fitness, he was naturally inferior to Bakugo, who had been training nonstop for a long time.
But he truly couldn't shake Bakugo, even though his Class B helpers kept hindering and interfering with Bakugo.
Mainly, Bakugo's team had a guy who shot tape from his elbows, so Bakugo could charge right in and be safely reeled back onto the horse without worrying about hitting the ground.
Moreover, Monoma's Copy had a big drawback, much like All For One's: what was stolen was only the pure Quirk, and likewise, what was copied was only the pure Quirk.
The experience and skill in using it couldn't be copied along with it! Although on the surface his explosions matched Bakugo's in power, he had actually been giving ground step by step. In terms of using the explosion Quirk, Bakugo beat him by miles!
That was why he was so tired he was half dead, while Bakugo's forehead was merely covered in sweat.
"Bondo, try your best to hold him back."
Seeing Bakugo rushing up again with the tape, Monoma felt he had to retreat, or sooner or later he would be exhausted and the headband on his head would be snatched back by Bakugo.
Kojiro Bondo, the rider of the team that had kept bothering Bakugo, had an Adhesive Quirk, or what was commonly known as glue.
A viscous white liquid gushed out of his whole body, and without a thought for himself, he rushed at Bakugo in mid-air.
Bakugo also reacted quite quickly and immediately exploded his hands downward to generate thrust, lifting his body a good distance.
However, his leg was still touched by Bondo's adhesive, and the two were instantly stuck tightly together. The weight dragging at him made Bakugo curse angrily, and he had no choice but to bring Kirishima, the sturdy man beneath him, back down.
"Damn it, damn it! You extra, let go of me already!"
Bakugo, riding on Kirishima's shoulders, kicked his legs desperately, but Bondo had gone all in, and the adhesive kept sticking to Bakugo's thigh, leaving him unable to move.
However, the rules of the Cavalry Battle forbade maliciously hurting others. Bakugo would have to wait until Bondo was exhausted and could no longer produce adhesive in order to break free.
But Monoma had already taken the opportunity to escape, and Bakugo could only watch the duck that was about to be cooked fly away. So angry!
"Phew, finally safe. Let's concentrate on dodging and defending!"
Monoma, who had escaped, breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly he felt the sunlight above his head being blocked.
"Tsuburaba, quickly use the air wall!"
Appearing above his head was Lock with his wings spread. The mantis stalks the cicada, but he was the oriole behind it!
"Understood."
Kosei Tsuburaba opened his mouth wide and blew, and the air he exhaled immediately solidified into a round, mirror-like wall.
Tsuburaba was the front horse of Monoma's team, and his Quirk was Air Solidification, which could harden air into walls, with the size and hardness of the walls depending on his lung capacity.
"Ice-Make: Lance!"
The magic activated.
Lock put his hands together, and a cold blue light lingered in them.
The next moment, a magic circle appeared, and several ice spears shot out of it.
"Shatter!"
Crack, crack, crack!
The air wall was easily pierced to pieces in an instant, like the sound of breaking glass, and countless ice crystals scattered.
All of a sudden, the four members of Monoma's team instinctively closed their eyes, feeling only a slight sting from the ice crystals hitting their faces.
"Dark Shadow!"
The corners of Lock's mouth curled up. The four headbands on Monoma's head were all as good as in his pocket.
By the way, besides Monoma's own, the headbands consisted of those taken from the other three teams: Mineta's team, Bakugo's team, and Bondo's team.
It was the exact same routine. Dark Shadow struck from the side.
It pulled and bit hard, and the four headbands were in its mouth.
Monoma and Bakugo had fought for a long time, the snipe and the clam locked in struggle, but he, the fisherman, was the one who got the last laugh!
At that moment, Lock had nine headbands!
Apart from the one on his own head, the rest were hung around his neck. Otherwise, if they were all tied on his head, he might have turned into a mummy like his homeroom teacher, Shota Aizawa.
Even so, with all the headbands piled around his neck, the picture on the big screen had a very striking visual impact.
The stands of the entire venue, watching Lock's team on the big screen, were completely quiet, as if they were in a library.
A moment later, the library was turned upside down, proving this was the Sports Festival venue after all!
Cheers!
Deafening, resounding through the sky!
Lock's team's performance in the Cavalry Battle, relentlessly attacking and snatching other teams' headbands, had brought the situation to where only three headbands remained.
This behavior made the entire audience, watching with enthusiasm, unable to help standing up and applauding them.
In the commentary room, while shocked, Present Mic also complained speechlessly to Shota Aizawa. "Mummy, you need to keep Lock in check in your class. He's too strong, leaving the others no way out."
"You expect me to control a student who's already a pro hero?" Aizawa replied angrily.
"Well..."
Present Mic spread his hands, expressing helplessness.
"And he just likes making scenes like this." Aizawa muttered, thinking of the first Hero Basic Training, when Lock had frozen the entire building.
Only 3 minutes remained of the 15-minute Cavalry Battle.
Present Mic continued, "Let's see every team's score and ranking after 12 minutes!"
The rankings and scores appeared on the big screen, shocking everyone once again.
"Oh oh oh! The rankings have flipped again! Class A is catching up, while all of Class B is at zero points!"
"Also, Midoriya, the holder of the 10-million-point headband, has had his headband taken by Todoroki's team!"
It turned out that at the same time Lock snatched Monoma's headbands, a battle had also broken out on the other side of the field.
Mineta's team, which had lost its headband, and Itsuka Kendo's team, the only Class B team that still had a headband, couldn't catch up with Midoriya's team, so they launched a surprise attack in an attempt to snatch the headband from Shoto Todoroki's head.
However, the moment they charged, Denki Kaminari, on the flank of Shoto Todoroki's team, used his Quirk to unleash an indiscriminate, massive discharge!
Not only the charging team but even Midoriya's team in the distance couldn't avoid being hit by the current.
Meanwhile, the rest of Shoto Todoroki's team had Momo Yaoyorozu create a large insulating cloth with her Quirk, which let them evade the indiscriminate discharge.
After that, Todoroki easily snatched the headbands off the heads of Itsuka Kendo and Izuku Midoriya.
Now Lock had nine headbands, and Shoto Todoroki had three in total, counting his own, which meant all the headbands of all 12 teams on the field
were gathered in just two teams' hands!
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