Chapter 26: Sports festival beginning

Soon, Class 1a went back to their homeroom so Eraserhead can explain how this year's sports festival is going to play out. The sports festival is split into four rounds, which are the obstacle course race, calvary battle, one-on-one matches, and finally, monster battles, causing Hisashi to calmly get up and promised his teacher that he will try his best not to disappoint him or his parents during the sports festival, which also caused everyone else to look annoyed as he gives Kouna an emotionless look before wrapping it up by saying that everyone knows that he will be the winner of this year sports festival. After Eraserhead says that it's a possibility, everyone but Kouna starts questioning Hisashi if he thinks that he's better than everyone, causing Hisashi himself to give everyone a deadpan look and told them to say that to everybody (including the IHWO) on Harmony Island before getting up to leave to get himself ready for the sports festival. Kouna then sigh before noticing that everyone is looking at her before asking why everyone is looking at her, causing Tenso to tell her to tell her prideful brother to stop being a jerk, which also caused everybody else to agree until Kouna calms them down and explained that Hisashi wasn't like this when he and her were kids. Kouna then explains that before Hisashi became serious about maintaining the famous Midoriya name, he used to show emotions, especially when he took care of Kouna and play with her. A flashback then begins showing a montage of Hisashi smiling like he used to do until it ends with Kouna saying that the main reason why Hisashi shows emotions is because he got her by his side, and she wants to continue being by his side because she's afraid of him getting killed by villains. However, Hisashi starts reading about every ancestor of the Midoriya family and decided to keep the famous legacy going by becoming a pro hero, which caused him to become the youngest cadet to get his own agency since the original Cadet 1a (who inherited Peanut Gallery Agency from their older sibling figures) before he stops emoting and instead gives people emotionless looks and unusual glares. A brief flashback of Hisashi pinning Kouna on the ground then begins as Hisashi himself mocked his twin sister by saying "who's alpha twin now" just like in every spar they have. After the flashback ends, Kouna got up and revealed that she made a commitment to be by his side and protect him from getting killed, because without her, Hisashi's slow thinking will make him a target for a death wish. She then wraps it up by making it clear that despite her envy of her brother, she wants to be there for Hisashi and make him proud of her, so he'll smile again. Everyone (including Eraserhead) then smiles, with some of them tearing up before Tarafukay told Kouna that she will help her until Hisashi smiles again, causing the rest of Class 1a to smile and surround Kouna, not knowing that Hisashi was listening to everything Kouna say to them before recalling a flashback that shows Hisashi smiling for the first time much to his parents and their comrades' joy.


The next day, the twins and their cousins (including Bondana, Zilla, Victor, and the Yagi kids) followed their teachers to the Ultimate Battle League stadium, where they waited in the food court until it's time for the festival to begin. While they are waiting, Hisashi walks up to Kouna and reminded her not to get into his way of making their parents proud by reaching everyone's expectation of him, causing Kouna herself to take a deep breath and told her brother that she knows that he'll won't like it, but she's going to give all she's got throughout the festival, which also caused Hisashi to remind Kouna that the festival required brains, strength, and the will of the hero. He then told his sister that even if she gives it all she got, she's still a simple girl, causing Kurei to defend Kouna before scolding Hisashi for becoming more prideful like he's better than everyone on the island, which also caused Kouna to t ell her not to worry because she's going to show everyone what she's made of. Hisashi then scoff before walking away just in time as the U.A. staff arrived to wish everyone good luck. Mrs. Wombat then turn to Hisashi and told him that since he's both one of the two class representative of class 1a along with Neito Jr. and student body representative, he's going to say some words to everyone as soon the festival begins. After Hisashi understood and ten minutes of training, everyone gets on the battlefield before making way for Hisashi, who then gives his classmates a prideful look before moving forward.


When he gets on the podium, he told everyone what he told his classmates, which is that this is no time to make friends, because the sports festival is an event to show everyone why you want to be a pro hero, and if you don't impress everyone who's watching, then you won't make it as a pro hero. He then promised everyone that as a Midoriya he will win this and make a good impression of the famous Midoriya name unlike his twin sister, causing Kouna herself to glare at her brother as he calmly thanked everyone before wishing them good luck. Everyone then cheers for Hisashi while his peers (including his sister and cousins started scolding him for putting them down and seeing them as inferiors, causing Hisashi to stop and coldly told everyone to just watch him and see why he'll be number one in the future World Hero Billboard Awards. After Hisashi left with the boys of Class 1a, Jackura asks Kouna if she's sure that this will be the day Hisashi smile for the first time since childhood, causing Kouna herself to show off her face of determination before saying that she's sure of it.