Chapter 222: The battle of the bands begins
When they got back to the festival, Gwen and Henry immediately begged the league to forgive them for forgetting the unspoken rule when fighting villains, causing the league themselves to quickly forgive them and told them to get themselves ready because the battle of the bands is about to begin. Soon, one of the castle guards get on a stage and told everyone that it's time for the battle of the bands to begin, which caused the islanders to cheer as Cupcake and the Bensons prepares to go first. Mr. Benson then count to four before the band starts playing I wanna rock from Twisted sisters. However, just before she's about to sing, Cupcake accidentally peed herself and took off crying with Todd going after her, causing some of the audience to laugh until the guard silenced them and told King Ollie's band that they're next. King Ollie then reminds bandmates to remember what they have rehearse before they play till the sun come up from All Hail King Julien, causing the crowd to scream in joy because King Ollie and his band has great voices and plays very well much to the U.A. League's surprise.
Atsuhiro then gets a flashback before the festival begins as he and his comrades watch King Ollie and his band play until Slidin go discovered Simon using a machine to make the band better, causing Hatsume to tell King Ollie that this is cheating, which also caused Ollie to assure him that they're going to be great as long nothing goes wrong. After the duo agrees, the villains just rolled their eyes and warned the band that they are going to get their comeuppance. After the flashback ends, Akumo unplugged Simon's machine so Atsuhiro can expose the band as phonies using technology to make themselves play well, causing the crowd to boo King Ollie and his band mates. The duo then tries to explain their action to the crowd with Ollie agreeing with them until Wilfred and Louise told them to run for their lives, which cause the band to run as half of the audience chased them while booing and throwing food at them. After Izuku say that he still thinks using technology is a good idea, Kyoka told her classmates to prepare themselves so they can do this the right way, causing everyone to say right.
Meanwhile, a montage begins as King Ollie and his bandmates ran around the festival until they return onstage so Gwen and Henry can apologize to the crowd and told them that they just want to do well and not embarrassed themselves, which caused Inochi to tell the duo that they've already did before he, Saizu, and Griswell takes the band offstage before Eri told class 1a to get ready because they're next. Meanwhile, at Warcraft Manor, Abbigail angrily paced around the foyer as Hatsume tries to rebuild the machine until he told Abby that it will takes weeks for it to be fixed, causing her to scream furiously until the windows shatters. Soon, Abby looks at her grow me up watch and gets an idea before telling Hatsume and Himiko to hold on to her. After the married couple do so, Abby takes the flute from her pocket and use her watch to becomes a giant much to her other teachers and comrades surprise until Gyojin asks her if she could come with her, causing Abbigail to think about her last fight with Eri before saying no because she knows Eri is going face her alone, so she must be prepared. After everyone cheers for her, Abby set off to the festival as the ground shakes with booming footsteps.