At the Yaoyorozu Corporation president's office. Momo's parents were watching the big TV screen intently. On screen, Arthur and Momo slowly walked up to the stage.
"Honey, look, look! Momo and Arthur are on stage!" Momo's mother exclaimed excitedly.
Momo's father grunted "If that brat dares to hurt my daughter, I'll make him pay."
Back at the U.A. stadium. Facing Momo about eight meters away, Arthur had his left hand on his hip and his right hand pinching his chin. This was the first time since he got reincarnated that he felt unsure during a fight. How should he attack? Or more like, how hard should he go?
"Arthur!" Just then, Momo called out to him, and he looked up. "I want you to go all out. I've always wanted to fight you for real."
The rich girl said it with a serious face.
"All out?" Arthur smirked, letting go of his chin. An idea popped into his head.
"Both sides ready? Then... Start!!!" Present Mic's hype shout echoed through the venue again.
But the moment he said that, everyone noticed Arthur and Momo, who were standing in the center of the stage, had vanished at the same time.
"W-what happened?" Midnight and Cementoss in the referee area had their eyes wide open. Meanwhile, the 120,000 spectators and Present Mic and Aizawa in the commentary booth, looking down from above, could see it clearly.
Right then, Arthur was carrying Momo in a princess carry, walking to the white boundary line of the stage. Momo, being carried like that, was totally stunned, staring at Arthur in disbelief.
The next second, Arthur let go and put Momo down on the other side of the white line.
"Mo... Momo Yaoyorozu, out of bounds!" Midnight suddenly snapped out of it, waving her whip and shouting.
The whole venue erupted again.
"W-what happened... This isn't the first time, what on earth is going on!!???" Present Mic kept screaming. His words spoke for everyone in the stadium and watching on TV. They had no clue. They couldn't understand what just happened at all.
"I... I lost?" Momo looked at her feet in disbelief. The white line between her toes and Arthur's toes marked the out-of-bounds.
"Satisfied?" Arthur lightly pinched Momo's chin with his thumb and forefinger, asking loud enough for the whole school to hear.
Momo bit her lip, her face showing a hint of frustration. Even against her boyfriend, losing that easily definitely stung her pride.
Arthur smiled, took Momo's hand, and walked into the contestant tunnel.
"I don't know why, but I feel like I just got fed dog food..." Present Mic muttered under his breath.
The power Arthur showed made the audience realize how terrifying his Quirk really was. He carried Momo to the edge of the ring without anyone noticing. That meant he could kill someone without anyone noticing. A lot of heroes with strong senses of justice started frowning. While amazed by Arthur's powerful Quirk, they also added him to their list of people to watch out for. When someone gets too strong, it naturally makes others think that way. In Arthur's opinion, those people were honestly pretty pathetic.
Inside a bar, one of the League of Villains secret hideouts. Kai Chisaki sat on the couch across from Shigaraki Tomura, vaguely watching Arthur and Momo leave on the screen. After a long moment, he slowly spoke, "It really is a very strange ability."
Kurogiri, dressed in a butler's outfit and standing behind the bar, cut in, "That person is also very interested in his Quirk. He's marked as one of the main targets. How long until your research is fully complete?"
Chisaki Kai thought for a moment, then raised two fingers on his right hand. "Two months."
Shigaraki Tomura, who had been sitting with his legs crossed, slammed his feet onto the table and yelled, "Despicable merchants always jack up the price on purpose. I'll give you one month to finish it."
Chisaki Kai looked at him blankly. "We're partners. I'm not your subordinate. Besides, we, the Yakuza, are the clients here."
"Huh?" Shigaraki grunted, annoyed.
Seeing the tension about to get hostile again, Kurogiri quickly stepped in. "Wait, second-in-command of the Shie Hassaikai, let's both take a step back. The League of Villains will fully assist you in developing your product, but the time has to be one month. You can ask for any conditions during that period."
Chisaki Kai stared at Kurogiri for a while before giving a vague answer. "I'll try my best."
Back in the audience stands. While everyone was amazed by Arthur's Quirk ability, only a few people, through Arthur's repeated use of [The World], started thinking about the secret behind his Quirk. Connecting the USJ Incident and this Sports Festival, they could already find a pattern in how Arthur's Stand worked. Among them, the one who thought the most was Izuku Midoriya.
Next up were the real intense matches. Shoto Todoroki vs. Yoarashi Inasa. Arthur vs. Katsuki Bakugo. The four people widely seen as the strongest in Class A. And since Todoroki and Yoarashi both had nature-related Quirks, they naturally got the live audience and viewers at home talking.
But only Izuku Midoriya was still trying to figure out Arthur's Quirk. He first thought back to the USJ Incident. The monster called "Nomu" was clearly attacking Arthur. But at that critical moment, when no one else saw it, the Nomu suddenly turned its body and attacked its masters, Shigaraki and Kurogiri. From what happened, Nomu definitely wasn't being controlled. It wanted to attack Arthur, but for some reason, it completely changed direction. In the end, it couldn't stop itself and hit its own masters. Arthur used that Stand Quirk to change Nomu's attack direction.
And in this Sports Festival. In the first event, the race, Arthur also crossed a 400-meter minefield in an instant. And he didn't set off any landmines. Even with [The World]'s jumping ability, there's no way to jump 400 meters in one go. And then in the second event, the cavalry battle, he instantly knocked out all the riders within range around him while in mid-air.
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