Chapter 96 - Koda Vs Iida

"Dammit!" Bakugou said. He felt that Kaminari was too useless since that guy couldn't even make him show his power.

"Why are you that angry?" Kirishima asked.

"Nothing," Bakugou snorted.

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"Dio is very strong...." Chika said in surprise.

They nodded in response. They thought that it would turn into a bloody fight or something exciting but they didn't expect for it to be over instant.

"Grandpa, did you train him?" Mari asked.

Sorahiko nodded, "Well, he has trained really hard in the past."

They nodded and hoped for him to be able to win this Sports Festival later.

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Brando went back to the audience seat and sat next to Momo since that girl told him to sit beside her. He nodded when they were congratulating him.

Mineta looked at him in an envious manner while biting his nails since he could hear a lot of girls cheering on him.

Brando ignored him and asked, "You're going to fight with Tokoyami, right?"

Momo nodded, "Yes, I will work hard."

"..." Brando wasn't sure but he felt that this girl would lose very quickly against Tokoyami. He looked around but he couldn't find him and thought that guy might be waiting in the waiting room. He thought for a bit and asked, "Do you have a plan to beat him?"

Momo thought for a bit and said, "I might create a shield and then create a weapon depending on the situation." She looked at him and asked, "How is it?"

Brando rubbed his chin and said, "I am not sure either, I have only seen that Tokoyami's Quirk can summon a black entity to protect himself and attack his opponents." He didn't have enough information about Tokoyami's Quirk.

"I wonder whether I can find the weaknesses of his Quirk," Momo said and looked at him, "How about you? You're going to fight either Iida or Koda in the next match, right?"

"Yeah, that is why I am observing their match now," Brando said. He could beat them up with his full power directly but he loved to play smart and only used part of his strength to defeat his opponent. He heard that Present Mic started to announce the next match.

The next match was a match between Iida and Koda. Both of them were also from class A and they had their own strength.

Iida had very good physical skills and his Quirk made him able to move very fast.

Koda also had a body full of muscle because of his parent inheritance and also his Quirk 'Anivoice' that made him able to talk and control an animal with his voice.

Brando knew that Iida had a higher chance of winning since Koda might have stage fright when he entered the ring.

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Koda took a deep breath while walking to the ring. He didn't expect that he would be entering the final event. He had to admit that he could be here because of him. He was a bit nervous but he was also happy that he had arrived at this stage, 'Mom...' He wanted his mother to see his figure fighting bravely in the ring now. He might be nervous but he wouldn't lose that easily.

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Iida warmed his body up. He adjusted his glasses since he would be fighting against his classmates soon. He only knew that Koda could talk and manipulate an animal with his Quirk. He wasn't sure but he knew that Koda wasn't that powerful but he couldn't underestimate him. He needed to fight him seriously and win this match.

'Then....'

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"Momo, Iida is your teammates earlier, right?" Brando asked.

Momo nodded, "Yes, he was our main horse."

Brando remembered that Iida had an ultimate move that made him able to move very fast only for a moment.

"Don't underestimate Iida, he is very powerful," Momo said.

"I know," Brando nodded and added, "Tokoyami is also powerful."

Momo nodded, "I understand."

"When you lose, I will lend you my chest to cry," Brando smiled.

Momo snorted at him and said, "I will do that too for you."

"Really?" Brando asked with a surprised expression.

Momo was a bit shy and said, "But I don't think that you will lose."

"..." Brando was wondering whether he should sacrifice his chance to win to let her pamper him.

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"Moving on! Who's next to battle for the top?!"

"The first round's just about half over!! Next up is Tenya Iida of the Hero Course!"

"Versus...."

"Koji Koda of the Hero Course!"

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Brando was wondering why they had a normal introduction when his introduction was so absurd.

"Their introduction is very normal," Ojiro said.

"Yeah, I am very envious," Brando said.

They remembered his introduction and couldn't help but shake their heads.

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Koda and Iida looked at each other waiting for the match to start.

Koda took a deep breath and was ready to call his friends.

"START!!!!!!"

Iida hurriedly ran toward him.

"Everyone please help me!" Koda shouted.

Suddenly a large group of doves came toward the ring.

Iida, who saw a group of doves, knew that he needed to hurry or else this battle would be hard later.

"Please disrupt him!" Koda asked.

A group of doves flew in and started to disrupt Iida. They covered their eyes and took off his glasses.

"My glasses!" Iida shouted and tried to catch it.

Koda moved on his back and pushed him to the outside of the ring.

The group of doves also helped Koda by pulling Iida into the outside of the ring.

Iida was troubled by their attack but because Koda had pushed him, 'Now, I know your location!' He used the 'Engine' on his leg and kicked Koda with his full power.

BAAAM!!!

Koda was kicked on his face and it really hurt.

Iida also started to run to escape from the entanglement of the group of doves. Even though his eyesight was a bit bad and blurry, he could see his opponent without his glasses.

"Burst!" Iida ran very fast and pushed Koda to the outside ring.

Koda tried to fight back but Iida was just too fast and before long he was outside the ring.

Iida took a deep breath and found out one of his weaknesses. He needed to do something about his glasses, "You're strong."

Koda only nodded since he was pretty sad that he had lost.

"Koda is out of the ring! Iida is moving on to the second round!"