" The next match will be...Eijiro Kirishima Vs Pipo. "

Hearing his new nickname, Usopp gulped.

" It's my fight. "

Immediately, he got hit several times in the back by Luffy, while the boy gave his companion a big smile.

"Go ahead, Usopp! Show them what you're worth. "

Slowly nodding his head, Usopp left his friend and headed for the entrance to the arena. Again he felt his legs tremble. However, it wasn't because of his opponent's power. Usopp was stressed because of the crowd watching him.

In his world, he had found himself in embarrassing situations several times. But today, he understood that his fight was going to be broadcast all over the country, and maybe even in the world. He had no right to humiliate Luffy and the others.

"I have to be brave." He asserted, walking out of the hallway.

However, no sooner did he show up than he heard the crowd greet him with cheers.

"And here is the first participant of the next fight! It's Pipo! I'm sure everyone remembers that he was one of the two participants who got a second chance! Let's hope he ain't gonna mess it up."

" That's the kind of stuff I hate to hear. " Usopp thought. " It puts a lot more pressure on me. "

Then, having the impression that his whole body weighed several tons, he began to advance towards the arena, like a robot.

Seeing him do this, Zoro asked.

"Do you think he'll be able to win being so tense?"

"Honestly, I would like him to lose soon." Nami said, still angry at Usopp's decision.

"His opponent has a Quirk that doesn't give him great offensive strength." Robin remarked, remembering Kirishima's Quirk. "Nevertheless, I think our sniper could end up down, with just one of his punches."

Barely having time to set foot on the field, Usopp saw Kirishima arriving in turn. Much more relaxed than Usopp, the boy ran towards the field, while putting on a confident face. Then, putting his foot on the arena, he did some warm-ups, while asserting.

"Pipo-san, I know exactly who you are...and I have to say, I can't wait to fight you."

" Rea ... Really ? "

"Yeah! And if I win this fight and the fight in the second round, I'm sure I can face the leader of your gang! And if I can defeat him, I could show my worth to everyone."

"Are the two contestants ready?"

Immediately, Kirishima hardened his skin, while Usopp tried to quickly grab his weapon.

"START!"

Not waiting long, Kirishima rushed over to Usopp, crossing his arms in front of his face.

"You can throw as many projectiles at me as you can, I'm sure my skin will be tough enough to..."

" MIDORI BOSHI : TAKE JAVE-RIN ! "

Hitting the ground, Usopp's projectile disappeared under the arena before being replaced by a forest of bamboo. Feeling his body being hit several times, Kirishima was lifted into the air.

Then, targeting the ground again, Usopp fired another projectile.

" MIDORI BOSHI: DEVIL ! "

Barely having time to fall back to the ground, Kirishima saw a huge carnivorous plant appear and open its huge mouth.

"Like I'm going to get eaten." The boy retorted, positioning his fist in front of him. "I will destroy her with one blow."

" GREEN STAR : SKULL EXPLODING GRASS ! "

Widening his eyes, Kirishima saw the projectile appear right in front of his face.

" That ... ? "

Disturbed, he couldn't react when the huge carnivorous plant closed its jaws, imprisoning him along with Usopp's third projectile. And a moment later, the huge plant's cheeks swelled before exploding.

Released, a huge skull-shaped cloud rose in the sky, unlike Kirishima's body which crashed to the ground.

"Yosh!" Usopp said, readying his next projectile. " GREEN STAR... "

"The match is over." Midnight announced.

"Huh?" Usopp wondered.

Approaching Kirishma, the young woman saw that his eyes were completely white as he spat smoke out of his mouth. Within seconds, Usopp had defeated him.

"What incredible combinations of attacks." Present Mic affirmed. "In a few seconds, Pipo managed to beat his opponent."

"Al...Already?" Usopp wondered, who was the most surprised at his performance.

And immediately, his achievement was rewarded with a new deluge of applause.

" PIPO ! PIPO ! PIPO ! PIPO ! "

Stunned at first, Usopp eventually turned to the crowd, before greeting them, throwing his arms in the air and flashing a big smile.

" YEAH! It's nice to get cheered on by a crowd! I should try this more often. "

Seeing this short match, the students who were still participating in the tournament understood how Galadriel and Luffy were not the only people who could potentially be the winner of this tournament.

Already having his notebook in hand, Midoriya wrote whole paragraphs, while listing all the attacks of Usopp that he had seen so far, while elaborating potential parries.

"SUGOI! SUGOI! Luffy-san's group...they're awesome."

Growling meanwhile, Bakugo simply walked away, as he made his way to the field.

"Stupid albinos... Mugiwara... Long nose... Midoriya..."

Clenching his fist, he growled.

"I'm the best and everyone will know that today.

Yawning, Zoro watched as two people positioned Kirishima's body on a stretcher before carrying him off the field.

"Is it over already? If Luffy didn't participate in this tournament, I wonder if Usopp could win it without difficulty."

" Don't talk nonsense. " Sanji retorted. "Even though Usopp can win against most of these people, we know for a fact that he will never manage to win against Miss Nazarick."

"The difference in power between each of these students is staggering." Affirmed Robin thoughtfully. "Most of them are barely stronger than professional Navy soldiers! But others manage to reach the power of vice-admirals."

"Their Quirks are exactly like Devil Fruits." Jinbe remarked. "No one can know what they will be able to get."

" And here are the fighters for the next fight! Katsuki Bakugo... "

Entering the field first, the boy put on a serious and scary face, while he made small explosions appear in the palms of his hands, as if he wanted to appear even more threatening.

" ... And Ochaco Uraraka. "

Advancing normally, the young girl tried to calm her stress and her fear. Still, the closer she got to Bakugo, the more she wondered if she had any chance of defeating him.

The main thing a lot of people took away from that one fight was anxiety. The gist was that Uraraka was tagged as a bubbly sweet girl against a rage machine in the form of Katsuki Bakugo. But yet, without making the slightest stop, Ochako lifted her leg and let one of her feet touch the floor of the arena. Then, removing her jacket, she tossed it to the side, before taking a fighting stance.

"I'm ready." She affirmed.

"She looks really determined." Robin said.

"It's good, it shows that she takes it seriously."

"Her main problem is, from what I've seen, she needs to touch something for it to work. Explosing-guy isn't going to let her get near him." Robin said remembering the Bakugo strategy.

"But here, she can't use anything to attack." Franky remarked. "She is disadvantageous."

" Begin."

" Ok. Uraraka do your best. " Nami thought hoping for the best.

The main idea that many of them thought was put to good use. Uraraka charged directly towards Bakugo. The blonde just shrugged and let out an explosion to try and end it quickly. Nonetheless, using her Quirk on herself, Ochaco floated in the air to dodge the blast.

Then, she let herself fall back towards Bakugo and tried to kick him. However, the explosion user was faster and unleashed a massive explosion that nearly wiped out the girl.

Crashing on the ground, she rolled several times, before lying on the ground, while several burns were already visible on her body.

"Damn, couldn't he be less rough with her?" Said Nami, feeling bad for the poor girl.

'No." Zoro said coldly. "It's a serious tournament. It is therefore normal to see this kind of thing! Plus, he's just doing like the others...he's using his Quirk to win. It means he respects her as an opponent'' Zoro said.

" I agree with Zoro. " Brook affirmed. "The thing that's worse than losing is losing knowing that your opponent didn't use all of their power to defeat you."

"As long as he doesn't cheat, anything goes." Jinbe agreed.

"I have to admit it's true." Sanji agreed. " However ... "

Looking angrily at Bakugo, he roared.

"Imagining what she might become, when she grows up, I'd destroy that stupid kid's face if he put a scar on her face."

at that moment, having got up, Ochako ran again towards Bakugo. Nevertheless, the boy's fist had quickly found itself in front of his face, before exploding.

BUMP

"She's not going to win." Said Zoro, with honesty and the crew got goosebumps at his statement. "Not with this kind of technique.

In the middle of the game, the hackers all heard a bunch of shouts and hues coming from the audience. Mainly directed at Bakugo for hitting a fragile girl, while other comments were directed at Cementos for not stopping this match.

These comments drove many of the Straw Hat crew members crazy. All of these supposed heroes are already assuming that Uraraka didn't stand a chance just because she was a girl.

"What idiots. " Said Zoro.

He didn't like heroes from the start. Now, with that hypocrisy, he believed they were a bunch of lost causes.

"She tries everything she can. What's wrong with that?" Franky asked, all irritated.

He saw that he was fighting well, Uraraka was doing his best. And to believe her look, she was not going to give up before losing consciousness.

"Even if she is weaker, she will continue to fight for her personal honor! And that deserves to be encouraged and congratulated."

"They must have the guess by the looks of it. Even though I could break any hero's neck right here." Robin said coldly irritated by these heroic arguments.

" Don't be so scary Robin." Chopper said, all scared.

The boos and name-calling only increased.

"These dawn fools." Said Sanji who couldn't stand this pile of bullshit. "I don't really know this girl but...if she managed to pass the first two tests then that means she's not a fragile girl."

Hearing the comments from the audience as well, Galadriel began to growl.

"These guys are really annoying."

"COME URARAKA, YOU CAN BEAT THIS BITCH. JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A GIRL DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T KICK HIS ASS. " Luffy shouted.

Gesturing his arms, he seemed to want to get closer to the field and the students had to immobilize him to prevent him from jumping out of the stands. However, that didn't stop the two fighters from hearing her screams. Uraraka was confused and bakugo was rolling in rage.

"Rough." Said Bakugo with rage. "This guy keeps coming out and stealing all the attention! But if he thinks his stupid words are going to distract me, he's wrong."

"BOOOOO. YOU SUCK BAKU." Luffy said, sticking out his tongue.

Immediately, veins of rage appeared on the blonde's forehead.

"I'm going to kill him." Bakugo affirmed, turning to Luffy.

Returning, at that moment, to the stands reserved for the students still in the competition, Usopp was surprised to see that there was a commotion.

"What is happening ? "

"It's Luffy-san." Izuku said confirming Luffy's presence.

"He doesn't know how to pull out." Said Ashido.

"He's loud." Galadriel growled.

Hearing more protests, Present Mic couldn't help but look around, still not knowing what to do to calm the audience down.

"This is madness. Huh, Aizawa?" Mic told his co-host, but the bandage hero did something without exception.

He went with the pirates, not the heroes.

"Who are these morons who think they're heroes?"

Then, taking the microphone, he roared.

"How dare you assume that person is weak just because they're a girl? If that's your way of thinking, go home and change your life. Society doesn't need to be saved by people like you." Aizawa said quite seriously, silencing all the heroes in the audience.

"Wow. Even the weird professor agrees with Luffy." Usopp said.

Shrugging, Galadriel simply affirmed.

"It's just that Uraraka is going to show us what she's really capable of."

And, indeed, it was at that moment that everyone looked up to see countless rubble floating in the sky. The fact that no one noticed it was a miracle.

"WHAT!" Said Chopper, Franky and Brook all shocked by that.

"She let herself get hit a few times to allow that boy's explosions to damage the pitch." Nami understood.

"Oh, I see. Cleaver." Robin said.

"She really can do it." Said Chopper, in disbelief.

"Yeah. Come on Uraraka." Said Nami encouraging the girl.

The plan may have worked for a few seconds. Unfortunately, as soon as the large amount of rocks fell from the sky, Bakugo unleashed a huge amount of explosion which annihilated all the rocks into pebbles. The worst part is that Bakugo didn't look exhausted.

"He messed it up with no problem. » Said Chopper scared by this scene and going towards Robin.

"You had to guess after seeing him fight since this morning. " Sanji said. "This kid is strong."

"Look, she's exhausted. If she doesn't stop, she'll collapse.'' Said Chopper seeing Uraraka trying to follow and failing.

"At least you tried." Nami thought sadly, she could see in the girl's twinkling eyes that it was over.

" The fight is over. " Zoro affirmed.

Running at that moment, Bakugo rushed towards each other to attack. However, the blonde eventually stops when he sees Uraraka stumble, before collapsing to the ground. Tired and hurt, she lay in bed as she was unable to get up.

"I would become... a hero."

Then, Bakugo saw her lose consciousness. "

Seeing him lying like that, he ends up turning around, before leaving.

"Tsss! Idiot."

" The winner is Bakugo ."

Leaving the match, the blonde groaned in displeasure, feeling his hand shake, as using such a powerful blast nearly forced him to use his Quirk to its limit.

"No, I can't lose now."

Clenching his shaking fist, he affirmed.

"My next opponent will be Long-Nose! And then...I'll deal with Mugiwara."

" Tsss! Finally, it's Bakugon who won. " Luffy remarked, rather displeased.

"Hey, Luffy, you shouldn't stay here." Usopp remarked.

"Huh? Why?"

" The next game is yours. " Confirmed his friend.

"OH! That's right." Luffy said, regaining his smile.

Looking around, to find his opponent, he was surprised not to see Ida.

"Where's the guy that looks like a robot?"

" He is already gone. "

" For the next game, we're calling Tenya Ida and Lucy. "

Entering with a military gait, Ida tilted his head to the side to crack the muscles in his neck. Trying to look relaxed, he couldn't help but feel his hands getting sweaty, knowing who he was going to fight.

"Mugiwara...the only way for me to beat him is to use my speed and hit him by surprise."

Putting his feet on the arena, he froze, hearing Luffy's arrival. Then, two seconds later, he saw a figure appear in the doorway, before jumping into the air. With his hand on his head, Luffy then landed with a crash, while his feet kicked up dust as they hit the arena floor. Still addressing his confident smile, he declared.

"Hopefully this will be a fun fight."

"It's not fun what we're going to do." Ida retorted. "Today is a test for us! And we can only pass it if we keep our seriousness! Mugiwara... defeating you will be the reward for my efforts."

"Okay." Luffy said, clenching his fists. "In that case, don't hesitate to show me everything you have."

"Ready? Begin."

Immediately, Luffy saw Ida appear in front of him, as he ignited his thrusters in a hundredth of a second.

" My only chance to have you...is now. "

Looking surprised, Luffy leaned his body back and saw Ida's foot pass right in front of his face. Then jumping back, Luffy had to repeat this gesture several times, while Ida chased him while trying to hit him with powerful kicks.

Dodging again and again, Luffy backed away while putting his hand on his head to avoid knocking his hat off. Unfortunately, feeling one of his feet only touch the void, he nearly lost his balance as the edge of the field was right behind him.

"HUH?" he wondered, looking behind him.

"This is my chance." Ida asserted, rushing at him.

Seeing his leg attempt to kick him again, Luffy stood still. However, while he was certain to hit him, Ida was surprised to see Luffy duck to avoid being hit. Then, aiming for his chin, Luffy clenched his fist before pointing his arm up.

This time it was Ida who had to jump back to avoid getting hit. However, despite the fact that the match had just started, the boy was already beginning to breathe with difficulty, as he had just used a large amount of his Quirk in a vain attempt to hit Luffy.

For his part, getting back up properly, Luffy patted his pants to dust them off while affirming.

"Wow! You're really fast! For a moment, I really thought you were going to touch me."

Growling, Ida retorted.

"Stop laughing at me! And fight seriously."

" Huh ? "

Starting to ignite her thrusters, Ida asserted.

"Your technique that you used against Nazarick-san...I want you to use it and fight me seriously! Because if I beat you when you haven't shown your true potential, victory will only taste bad to me."

At first surprised, Luffy flashed him a smile, before putting his fist on the ground.

"You're right! People like you always deserve to be taken seriously! GEAR SECOND !"

Seeing smoke appear around Luffy again, Ida let his thrusters ramp up to maximum power before launching hisself towards Luffy.

" RECIPRO BURST ! "

Ida moved so fast that no one in the stands could see him move. Yet the boy could only walk a yard. Indeed, while he was moving at full speed, the boy had suddenly frozen, before spitting drool.

Then, as Luffy's fist was pressed into his stomach, the boy lost consciousness before falling to the ground. Luffy had moved so fast that Ida couldn't even react to defend herself.

Seeing Ida stay on the ground, Present Mic announced the result of the match.

"LUCY IS THE WINNER."

Iimmediately, the crowd applauds the winner of the fight and one of the two favorites of the competition.

"Awesome! Lucy...he's invincible."

"He is certainly one of the best students the academy has had since its inception."

"I can't wait to see him fight Miss Nazarick in the final."

Opening his eyes, Ida straightened up and noticed that he was in the infirmary.

" What ... ? "

"You too, were you defeated?"

Turning his gaze to the side, Ida saw Kirishima, who was lying on another bed. being there too, Ochaco was lying, while she seemed to be sleeping. Wearing a few bandages, the boy was staring at the ceiling, heaving a weary sigh.

"Mugiwara and his mate...they defeated us without difficulty."

Immediately, remembering her humiliating defeat, Ida hit his mattress with his fist before declaring.

"I was miserable."

Simply shrugging, Kirishima declared.

"They were the ones who were too strong for us! After all, we knew full well that Mugiwara has strength comparable to All Might's."

Hearing cheers, the duo looked at the screen of a television that was in the infirmary and saw the last fight of the first round of the tournament.

Creating jets of acid, Mina spotted Tokoyami using Dark Shadow to protect himself from it, before counterattacking. Trying to jump backwards to dodge the shadow, Ashido ends up getting hit before being knocked out of the arena.

"Mina Ashido is out of the field! The last participant to qualify for the quarter-finals is Tokoyami."

"The first round is over." Kirishima remarked.

Remaining silent, Ida saw the screen change to show the remaining eight participants.

"For the quarter-finals, we will have... Midoriya Vs Todoroki... Galadriel Vs Ibara... Pipo Vs Bakugo... and Lucy Vs Tokoyami."

"I think we already know the winners of the second and fourth game." Kirishima affirmed. "And unfortunately, Bakugo has little chance of winning! Only the outcome of Midoriya and Todoroki's match cannot be predicted."

"You should never say something that didn't happen." Ida retorted.

Suddenly the door to the infirmary opened and a man in a hero's costume entered.

"Aunt Ida?"

" Eh ? The boy wondered, not recognizing the man.

"I need to talk to you! It's about your brother."

" My brother ? »