Chapter 26: Chivalry Battle
I looked at the terrain where the other teams are located, every one of them are trying to trace a plan to follow
Well, I already know what's all about, the second class is going to target us and our class is going against Deku so it's free for me to attack everybody who isn't paying attention
I'm currently the head of the group, thus I'm wearing the badge with the points that decided who will pass to the next stage, below me is Hitoshi Shinso who is capable of control everyone that starts talking with him, under his control already are my classmates Ojiro and Aoyama, they are already being controlled so there was no need for me to intervine
I pass a note to Shinso explaining how we are going to act since I don't trust him enough to really have a conversation, he looks at me and nods as I look around, the people are excited and Present Mic is screaming like crazy, the whole atmosphere is almost drowning me in emotion
-Well, Im not going to actually talk directly to you but that doesn't mean I have to stay silent, we are going to target first the ones from the 1-B class so be prepared, do as I say and we are going to be okay -
-....-
I laugh a little and make my neck snap with a loud sound, technically, I have no bones, but it's a tick that I have since being a teenager so I just make the sound artificially
Seriously, this is suppose to be a moment I should be nervous but I'm here talking about mundane things
-ALL TEAMS! START!!!!!-
As those words are said all teams start to run, not to a point specific but to anywhere they can find themselves safe
But that just make it more easy
Not even three seconds in the fight I already chose who are going to be out first victims, a team of two from the other class, a Werewolf and some black haired guy
They looked at our team and try to get away, using Ojiro tail we speed ourselves to the point they realize they cannot run no more, before they turn around Aoyama use his laser to cut the middle ground so they can't approach
It's almost rewarding seeing their stunned faces as we pass them running, they start screaming as they notice that I already stole the band
-Well, there goes one, good job team, even if it's only you Shinso-
Before I got time to praise him a green vine with torns tries to steal my two bands, I grab it with my hand before it can even touch them and I proced to look behind as a little scream comes out of Ibara
-What a surprise Kendo, and I thought that you wouldn't dare to attack us-
Two teams are behind ours, Kendo and Tetsu team, to think they would gang up on us so early
-Well...this didn't come up as a plan but honestly just happened to be that the whole class was trying to get to your class so...-
She says as she scratch her cheek with a nervous face and looking away, from the other side, Tetsu screams at me with that intense voice that only makes my brain think of Kirishima
-Ha! Are you scared?! Don't worry! We are going to put you down easily!-
All three teams are looking at each other, analyzing the best moment to attack, even if Tetsu look stupid he know how important is to wait a breach
I use this time of tense moment to send some strings to the ankles of those lifting the captains, with this, I ensure they can fall and be disqualified
-So much talk but not any action, well what can I say, it's already over-
From my shoulder two strings come out,one for each team, Kendo use her quirk to block the attack by making her hands bigger enough to cover themselves
In the other hand, Ibara is the one making as support, using her green hair to grow a defense and intercept my quirk, gotta say, we are pretty similar
We take our distance from them, as the threads I send to their ankles crawl in their legs to immobilize them, nobody of them can do nothing as I took the bands off with little threads and run away
-WAIT! Akuma! Wait!-
I hear the voice of Kendo fading away as she is trying to break her teammates free off my strings, to ensure our position the best way is to eliminate the most teams we can, with this in mind I tap Shinso's head , he nods, knowing what he has to do
-KENDO! Look at me!-
He screams at the top of his lungs while facing her, his voice is deep and serious,she looks surprised and stop what she is doing to look at him weirdly since technically its the first time they interact
-Who are you?!-
I smile as her eyes get cloudy and her sight lost, her teammates look at her and then at us, a smile pops in my face as Kendo looks at Tetsu
-Whats up with you? Whoah?!?! Kendo!!-
Kendo moves erratically attacking Tetsu's team as her own start to tremble by still being stuck and the movement their captain does
Ibara finally wakes her team free and try to move away, a fight breaks between them but i leave them be, at this point it's not necessary to look at them no more, instead, the scoreboard is what catches my eye,we are 4rd behind Izuku, Todoroki and Bakugo teams, it's seems that Monoma already lost so the battle is pretty much over
I looked around one last time as thoughts come to my mind, we can stop here, but honestly, that's to boring, we can go to fight with the other 3 teams to ensure position
-Hey! A team is approaching-
I looked to where Shinso points to see the team of Sato, Jiro and Hagakure running at us, they seem decided to attack us, well, there is nothing but 3 minutes left and they have no points so it's pretty obvious they are desperate
-Oh? I'm shocked, I thought we are okay with each other-
I say jokingly as they stop and look at us and then the clock with pressure in their eyes, in front of them there are 3 classmates and one person that they don't know anything about, it's a tough decision if you ask me
My tongue moves around my teeth as I see them arguing to each other, to be honest this fight doesn't help us, it's better to avoid it and focus on the main conflict which is attacking Izuku and Todoroki while Bakugo is still far away from them
As normal, things don't go anywhere I liked as my classmates put themselves in fighting position, I can just look down and sigh
-Get ready Akuma...-
I hear what Shinso told me and focus on the battle, they are not any difficult but we have to end then quickly if we still want to get closer to first place
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After three minutes the bell rings and I jump from the formation to hit the ground with enough force to make a little hole in it
-Fuck!-
Turns out, they keep us entertain enough time that we didn't even get closer to Izuku, what the fuck is happening?
I close my eyes as a torrent of thoughts come to my brain one after another, I didn't know I have such inferiority complex, or maybe it's the fact that I'm being treated like an extra? Even if that is what I wanted in the first place is fucking annoying now
-Good job Akuma Matsumoto -
I hear from behind me as Shinso waves me with a smile, well, at the end we end up in the final stage so I cannot complain that much but still bothers me, a lot
-Yeah..good job Shinso-
-You talk to me now?-
-Well, the battle is over so if you want to control me you don't get any benefit to do so-
-Heh...I guess it's true-
I laugh softly as he smirks at me, we finally stretch our hands in a friendly way, after that he tells me
-You know I'm trying to get one of you out for me to enter the Hero Course right?-
-Yeah, but it's none of my business, after all, I'm sure as hell I'm not going to be the one elected to leave-
He laughs more freely as he walks away, after that Ojiro gets close to me
-H-Hey Akuma, this might sound weird but....you remember how we get to this place?-
-Oh...right...well...you see...the quirk of that guy is very dangerous so he controlled Aoyama and you, not me tho-
-I-its that so?-
I see him frustrated to learn that he pass by being brainwashed, he also looks at me like I'm also culprit but I decide to ignore it
After that brief exchange we get called to the last test to face in this festival