The male Todoroki looked back as the two cavalries stopped on opposite ends. A short moment of silence passed before he opened his mouth.
"As I thought."
He said.
"I expected you to think that I'd keep the latest catch on the top. So I changed the orders and hid the scores from your view."
The headband in Nensu's hand was definitely not the jackpot, and neither was it worth going up the ranks. When Midoriya was about to suggest another strike, Present Mic's voice boomed through the stadium.
"TIME OOOOOUUUUUUT!"
Bakugou, who just smashed the ice wall and was flying midair, crashed right to the floor face first.
The students disassembled their cavalry. Though it was less than ten minutes, it felt like hours for Midoriya. Hours of hard fight, once when he could control One for All safely, and all of that gone to nothing. Midoriya turned to his teammates. They've trusted him to the end, following his plans. Yet he failed them.
"I'm sorry guys."
He said.
"Midoriya."
Tokoyami called him.
"It's not what we were aiming for, but we still made it."
"Huh?"
Midoriya gave him a confused look.
"At the last moment, I was able to find an opening in their defense. It's not the ten million points, but it's still worth it."
Dark Shadow had a headband on its mouth, and summing it with the one Nensu snatched, Midoriya's cavalry had the second place within the ranks. Midoriya burst into gigantic waves of tears, almost planting himself to the ground.
"THANK YOU SO MUCH!"
He cried.
Hiems sheugged as he saw the ranking. Midoriya's team still managed to make it. It was almost as if he had a charm of luck all the time.
"This is gonna be fun."
He muttered.
"The next one was probably one on one's, huh?"
Then he thought of being matched with one of the Todoroki's.
Not really fun.
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