Alright, here is the long awaited Chapter 22 of Symbol of Hope. But before that, I wanna let out my thoughts about these comments.

Reader: Glitner

(Ch. 8, May 3)

"you know this fanfic dosent make a fucking sense right ... ? he is what 15 and people be like sure you can take care of children here just sign this ... really... i know its a fanfic but you cant just fuck up comon sense ... he cant even pay for his own bills yet he is taking care of twins now ..."

(Ch. 9, May 3)

"yep this fanfic makes no fucking sense now he take care of kittens and puppies and twins.. what next will he start ah daycare center with his abundens of cash he got stacked away? ... i mean he cant even pay for his own home how can he pay for food for himself and all the others .. yep as i said this fanfic makes no sense at all ..."

(Ch. 10, May 3)

"Jesus im dropping this... this fanfic is all over the place and its so fucking emo ..."

(Ch. 13, May 3)

"this is so cliche he is a emo boy going vigilante .. srsly.. this shit vould be good if you just stopt making him be so fucking emo"

(Ch. 15, May 3)

"FOR FUCK SAKE , stop pulling shit out of your ass and put em down ... make some sense"

These are the comments from one reader and here is my thoughts.

You know, Glitner, if I were you, if you really hate this story, you should go and find other stories that caught your interest. It's simple. But for you to let out these kinds of comments, I gotta say, you're really the dumbest reader I ever got. Use your head. Do you think I publish this story for the sake of my boredom? No, it's for me to let out my ideas and share it to everyone in the whole world.

You said you're gonna drop this story, but you came back to leave two reviews. Make up your God damn mind.

I can already see the news, 'Glitner has a learning deficiency'.

You're just digging your own grave, Glitner. If you think that your comments are enough for me to stop publishing new chapters, think again. I receive the harshest critics when I publish this story in , and I gotta say, I was like "Oh frick, they're right." and I use that to motivate myself and become a better author.

Your comments just gave the term stupidity in a new level.

For a reader like you, you had the smallest brain out of all of my readers. Why don't go back to your mother and ask her how to read a book properly.

I'm making sure I'll bury you 666 feet under, that way you can meet the worst nightmare you can ever imagine.

Remember, you started the war and be a degenerate simp and get out of my story forever. If you ever come back, I'll make sure to roast you to hell. I'm always ready to do it.

That's all I can say.

And I commence the Ch. 22 to start now!

Ch. 22 – First Round: Obstacle Course

"(Hey uhh, Bro.)" Hesitated, Shadow calls Izuku.

"(Yeah?)" Izuku responded with a questionable look.

"(I just wanna let you know that you can shoot out webs from your wrist.)" The living Quirk said, blurting out a missing information.

Blinking for a few times, the green-haired boy finished processing from what he heard.

"(So, I'm the best Spider-Man actor of all time?)" Izuku thought loudly with excitement.

"(You can say that again. The real Tobey Maguire- no, scratch that. You're the next Tobey Magurie.)" Shadow rephrased correctly.

A large smile cracked the boy's face. He watched Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movies when he was a kid. Needless to say, Tobey Maguire is his favorite actor.

I mean sure, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland are an okay actors, but no one can beat the original Spider-Man movies.

Thinking about it makes Izuku so excited.

"Midoriya-chan?"

"Ah!" Izuku jumped in surprise before turning around to see Tsuyu looking at him.

"You're happy. Are you really that excited?" Putting a finger on her chin, Tsuyu tilted her headin curiosity.

"Eh? Ah, um," Izuku stammered for a moment before sighing. "No, I'm nervous." He admitted with an honest tone.

"I see. To make you at ease, I'm nervous as well, kero." Tsuyu replied in a tone that reassures the boy that he's not the only that's currently shaking in fear. Scared that they won't perform well in everyone's eyes.

He never said a word after hearing that, only smiling before looking back at Midnight.

"Every year, many drink their tears here! Now, here is the fateful first game! " Then a large holograph screen appeared behind her as she stepped aside to let every first year students see it.

What it seems to be a slot machine being rolled so fast, Midnight declared, "The first round will be... This!" The roulette stopped and there it is, the first game that determines the fate of the first year.

"(Obstacle course.)" Izuku thought, repeating the words that are on the screen. Midnight turned around to stare at the screen explaining, "All eleven classes will participate in this race. The course will be the outer circumference of the stadium, about four kilometers!"

'Whip'

"Our school's selling point is freedom!" She said before licking her lips, signifying her sadistic mode has been activated.

"As long as you stay in course, it doesn't matter what you do!" The crowds cheered again.

"Now, everyone! Go to your places there!" She pointed at the starting with a racing light constructed above. They all move before the starting line while others, including Izuku moved back.

In front is too crowded and the back is not. It seems they're eager to get a head start no matter what.

The green-haired boy stared while calming himself down.

'Ding'

They heard the sound. Three green lights are on.

"(I regret not going to the front or else- Wait, this is better.)" Izuku thought, realizing something on his head. "(Thanks to the Ice Quirk by Todoroki-kun back at the U.S.J Incident, he'll start by freezing everyone behind him.)" Theorizing the situation later, another ding was produced.

Two lights left.

"(I don't know the Quirks of others except my class, but all I know...)"

'Ding'

One light left.

"(Is that I'll pass everyone here.)"

'DING'

"Start!" Midnight declared, signalling every first year students to race out of the stadium. Noises of feet stomping on the ground was so loud as soon as everyone was gunning it through the narrow tunnel.

Just like what Izuku thought, students were banging to each other. Getting squished, because it's so narrow that they're gonna get hurt real soon.

"Okay, here's the play-by-play! Are you ready to do the commentary, Mummy Man?" Sitting beside Present Mic is none other than the Mummy Head Hero, Eraser Head.

Bandages were wrapped around his head, but his eyes were left uncovered, although if he talks, it'll be muffled.

"You're the one who forced me to come." Aizawa groaned while looking at the noisiest hero beside him.

"Let's go right away, Mummy Man. What should we pay attention in the early stages?"

Aizawa was silent for a second before he said, "This part right... now."

Meanwhile, inside the narrow tunnel, you can hear everyone shouting.

"Hey, hey! This is too narrow!"

That one came from a student who was complaining. Hell, everyone was complaining with the same statement. Everyone was hurting and sweating as they continued to move forward, step by step.

"Ow!" A student got hurt from his head. Looking up, he saw no one, which confused him. Who-

"Gah!" Another student shouted as he hold his head.

"Ack!" And another one.

"Ouch!" And another one.

"Sorry!" And another- Wait a minute, that's not a student getting hurt.

The victims raised their head up and saw someone jumping on one's head to another shouting, "Sorry! Sorry!"

You can guess who it is.

"(Midnight did say we can do whatever we do as long as we're within course, but...)" The boy said as he stomp on another student's head.

"Sorry!" He apologizes loudly.

"So sorry!" And again. I gotta tell ya, that student got Canadian blood within him. Amelia heard that as she looked behind her and saw...

"(Izu-kun?)" She thought, surprised by the strategy he's doing, but it also has a flaw in it.

That's right, Izuku was the one who was jumping on one head to another.

He kept on doing this until he's almost at the end.

"(Just like I thought. This early, it's already...)"

"(The first sifting.)" It was Shoto Todoroki who said that as his left arm started to solidify in ice. That could only mean one thing.

On cue, the cold temperature can be felt on every students' legs, only those who are at the end. Then a large ice was formed at the end of the tunnel and the dual-haired boy came out first.

He didn't give some students a chance as he step on the floor, activate his Ice Quirk again and froze the floor like a certain Ice Queen running on the water.

Complaints can be heard again, but this time it's about their legs, feeling so cold and can't get out.

==Class 3-A Classroom==

"(Interesting strategy.)" The third year blonde boy said as The Big Three continued to watch as the bi-colored haired boy use his Quirk to freeze the students.

They were amused by him. Kids this generation are really promising.

Then they saw some students dodged his Quirk by flying, jumping and other more.

==Inside the narrow tunnel==

"I'm so sorry!" Izuku apologized. With one last step, he landed on the student's shoulders, did a squat position and leaped towards the wall, making him wall-run towards the end.

With a feet away, he jumped again, only for him to see the ground's covered in ice. In mid-air, Izuku notice some of his classmates are out.

Momo Yaoyorozu, Eijiro Kirishima, Yuga Aoyama, Tsuyu Asui, Amelia Kawakami, Ochako Uraraka and Katsuki Bakugou. He also saw Shoto Todoroki way ahead of him.

Apparently, there are students outside Class A in front of him. Is he that far behind? There's no way.

When that is happening, Momo declared, "How naive, Todoroki-kun!"

Then Katsuki screamed, "I won't let you get away so easily, Half-and-Half Bastard!" Using his Explosion Quirk on his palms, he was flying towards the dual-haired boy with the eyes of a killer.

Back to Izuku, he landed on his foot, only for him to slip. He used his arms to avoid the fall on his butt. He tried to stand up but he can't.

"(Why won't you use the webs, bro?)" Shadow thought, confused of why his partner is not using the webs, or his Quirk for a lack of better terms.

"(I won't use it.)" Izuku refuted as he continues to stand, but fall thanks to the 'Frozen' floor.

"(If you say so, but don't say I warned you.)" His partner gave up on convincing the green-haired boy. He knows him for a long time. When he set his eyes on something, he will not falter or back away if the obstacle is too much.

Izuku will face it head on.

Knowing that it's hard to stand up properly, Izuku crawled towards the wall and it's working. As soon as he's leaning on the wall, Izuku used it to support himself from standing on this annoying ice floor.

A little struggle here and there, he managed to get on to his feet. He looked forward and saw he lost so much momentum as soon as he landed.

"(Damn it, how am I gonna 'ketchup' to them?)"

"(You know, you have a very bad timing on making a pun. Just saying.)" Shadow pointed out.

Groaning in frustation, he bang his forehead on the wall, thinking hard of how to get there.

It'd be better if he used his Quirk, but that's a no option. He wanted to prove something to everyone. Then his eyes opened in a flash, he looked at the wall, then at the frozen floor. Doing it multiple times, he finally found the way.

Lifting one foot against the wall, he faced the opposite wall and launched himself, sliding on the floor. In someone's view, Izuku's ice skating.

Dodging a few students, he managed to get to the other wall. Seeing that his plan actually worked, he looked forward, but slightly at the right before he did it again.

Sliding through, avoiding some of his batch mates, reached the opposite wall, he's now zigzagging his way to the first place.

He passed Ochako, Amelia, Tsuyu, Eijiro and Momo, who were stunned by his action.

They saw him sliding left and right until he's nowhere in their sight. Soon, the former vigilante caught up to the top ten students who are far ahead and one of those freshmen is Katsuki Bakugo and Shoto Todoroki.

==Class 3-A Classroom==

"Wow! He's using the walls for his advantage. I gotta say, I never even thought of that." Mirio was amazed by Izuku's tactics. It's true that the boy who's in first got the upper hill, but if they think more, then time will tell that the dual-haired boy will be overthrown by someone. And that is Izuku Midoriya.

"He got higher IQ than you, Togata-san." Tamaki smiled, teasing his friend. He's been with them for as long as he remember. The reason why he's teasing him is that they are the only ones inside his and Nejire's classroom.

Nejire was amazed by new, different Quirks displayed by a few students. She watched the boy in first place freezing everyone behind him, another one catching up to him by using his Explosion Quirk from his palms to fly onward, a girl materializes a metal pole from her palm to launch herself foward and a small boy throwing purple balls from his head towards the floor.

It sticks, but that boy jumped from it and it didn't stick to his feet. Could that be his Quirk? Those sticky balls that can glue to everything except him? How strange.

Then, her eyes darted on Izuku, who was zigzagging while dodging those purple sticky balls. She was happy that he's catching up to the big leagues, but...

"(Izu-chan, you said that you'll use your Quirk in the Sports Festival. When will you use it?)" She asked herself, dying to know why the green-haired boy didn't use his Quirk.

==At the Obstacle Course==

"(Ah, finally.)" Izuku landed safely on the floor that is not frozen. Looks like ice skating and dodging is over as he continue to ran, catching up to Katsuki Bakugo, Momo Yaoyorozu, Minoru Mineta and Shoto Todoroki.

He saw the baby boy was close in Shoto's tail until...

'Slam'

Something slammed the purple-haired baby, ragdoll away. They all looked at the source and saw something metal. A whirring sound can be heard as the 4 students stop at their tracks, only to see large robots before them.

"Targets found... lots!"

"Tch! A faux shit from the entrance exam?" Katsuki scoffed.

Then they heard Present Mic saying something out loud. "Obstacles have shown up suddenly! Starting with... the first barrier! Robo Inferno!"

They stared at the large robot for a few seconds until Shoto took a step back, gritting his teeth, but quickly a serious look changed it.

"So this is what they used for the general entrance exam?" He asked, staring at the robot before him.

"I wonder where they got the money for it?" Izuku heard the question coming from Momo. Then he saw the robot coming at Shoto with his open robotic palm ready to squash the dual-haired boy.

As for the first place boy, he stomped the ground with his left foot creating a smalle circular ice floor around it.

"If they went through all this trouble, I wish they would've done something better than I expected." Shoto said, slowly leaning down with his left hand trying to touch the ground.

"Since my old stupid man was watching." With the large metallic palm going down on him, Shoto finished it off by slashing the air with his left hand, commanding his Ice Quirk to freeze the palm before its body.

Soon, every large robot faux are now in a 'Frozen' state.

Inhaling the air and exhaling it, you can see the cold air coming out of Shoto's mouth as he stood up and dash in between the frozen robot's legs.

"He stopped them!"

"We can get through between the legs come on!"

Two students shouted, suggesting all of them to follow the direction where Shoto went.

Izuku agreed to their suggestion, but he heard someone saying, "I wouldn't if I were you. I froze it when they're unbalanced."

The green-haired boy got shocked as he and the students saw some ice are falling off of every part as the faux robots fall down.

"Todoroki of Class A! He attacked and defended in one hit! How elegant!" Present Mic exclaimed as the crowd were amazed by his power.

"Amazing! He's the first one through!" He stood up from his seat and gave a thumbs up to Eraser Head. "It's, you know, practically unfair!" He almost stuttered, because he was finding another word that is suitable for Shoto Todoroki's action. But when it comes to practical term, nothing is better than saying unfair.

"His moves are logical and strategic." Aizawa said tiredly, doesn't care about anything but wanted to sleep. Even so, he needs to act as a teacher in front of everyone's eyes.

"As expected from someone who got in through recommendations!" Shouted the Voice Hero. "He'd never fought them before, but those Robo Infernos couldn't get up from his elite moves!"

"So, that's the son of Endeavor? As expected from the No. 2 Hero." Said a civilian whose jaws are dropped from what he saw on the screen.

At the course, the enormous robots came out of the dust clouds and were standing up, going to terminate their next targets. All of the First Year students.

Then something crack from a piece of robot. Out came Eijiro Kirishima using his Quirk, Hardening. Then another crack was beside him and it revealed to be Tetsutetsu? If that's him then why is his skin is covered in metal? It could be his Quirk.

After that, they are running on one of the robot's detached arm, making some of the students question that they are not afraid to get crushed thanks to their Quirks.

Then they saw Katsuki Bakugo used his Explosion Quirk to go up one of them.

"Bakugo?" Denki called out as they watched him avoiding the robot's fist and kept on going over.

"Class 1-A's Bakugo! Since the bottom's block, he goes overhead! Clever!" Present Mic announced, complimenting the ash blonde boy who landed on the robot's head. Soon all of the Class 1-A except Izuku Midoriya went through.

The green-haired boy stood on his place and can hear the feared voices of students who passed the frozen floor, but didn't mind as he focus on this large obstacles before him.

How will he get pass through this if he didn't activate his Quirk?

The temptation was so intriguing, but he held it back, believing in himself for finding another way to get pass the building-sized robot in front of everyone.

"(Hey, bro. I think this is the point where-)"

"(Sorry, Shadow. I can't.)" Izuku interrupted. Shadow didn't say a word after that. Arguing at this point of time will lead them nowhere. Shadow sighed before he replied, "(Okay, but know this. If your life is on the line, I won't hesitate to protect you.)"

"(Fair enough. Sorry for that, Shadow.)" Izuku thought, expressing regret that he refused Shadow's suggestion.

"Okay, let's go." Muttering under his breath, Izuku dashed forward. He kept on running as he thought, "(I can't rely on Shadow this very early. I need to find something. Huh?)" He looked at the left and saw a small robot ready to hurt him by its metal fist.

Luckily, Izuku was quick enough to dodge its attack. With his Spider-Sense not activated because Shadow controls it, it'll take time for him to sense something danger. In mid-air, he noticed something at the corner of his eye.

"(A piece of metal? Must be the one that Todoroki-kun destroyed.)" Landing on his right foot he ran and grabbed the metal with his hands. Looking back, he saw the small robot is chasing him. With a plan, he rushed forward with the metal in his grasp.

"(It won't stop until it terminate its target. I need to build up more momentum.)" He thought as he grit his teeth, finding the perfect time to trick the small faux.

The distance is getting thinner and thinner as the robot launched its attack. Turning around, Izuku saw it and slashed the robot's arm, causing it to spark and malfunction, too.

"(Move, move.)" Izuku motivating himself to push forward as he advance.

He stopped in his tracks as he saw three large robots got destroyed in one hit for each of them. He looked at his left and saw...

"Yaoyorozu-san." He and the others saw her holding a cannon while her uniform is unbuttoned, revealing the skin of her stomach and her black bra as she ignored the stares and ran forward.

"Piece of cake." She said.

The students advances as Izuku looked at the down robots and thought, "(To think that she defeated them so easily. That's some power.)"

"Hey, hey! The first course is a piece of cake?! If that's so, then what about the second?" Present Mic announced.

As soon as everyone got the first barrier they all stopped at the next one. Ochako, Tsuyu, Mina and Amelia were in shock. Why? Because they look down and saw a very large pit. There are ropes attached to large stone pillars.

"Simple rules! You fall, you're out! If you don't wanna, then crawl! It's 'The Fall'!" Shouted the teacher who acts as an emcee, calling the second stage of the obstacle course. Everyone stopped in their tracks and were stunned by how large 'The Fall' is.

"Since when did they built this stage?" Ochako asked as Shoto took the first move. He stepped on the rope and slide through using his Ice Quirk. It didn't reach more than five seconds as he finally landed on a stone pillar, gaining the first place again.

"Wow." Mina said, amazed by Shoto's skills. Then Tsuyu went ahead of them, jumped on the tight rope and crawl onward, doesn't hesitate to slow down, only going fast is on her mind.

"So fast!" Amelia said.

"Here it is! Here's my chance to show off!" Someone said that behind Ochako. Amelia and Mina as the trio look back and saw a pink-haired girl wearing goggles and a smirk on her face.

Her state? She was tired, actually. But her energy was there. "It's time for my support items to be the star of today!" She recomposed her body and stretch her arms sideward. Everyone is looking at her as she declared, "Look, all you support companies across the country! Wire arrows and... hover soles! Glitter!"

She said, imitating the sound effect as the sun shines upon her equipment that is around her waist.

"You're in the Support Course?" Ochako asked.

"What? It's okay to bring in items?" Mina questioned.

"Come on, Ashido-san. You're smarter than that." The sudden voice surprised the said person as they saw Izuku walking towards them with a metal on his back and a wire around his body.

"Eh?"

"There's a reason why every class must participate. Of course it's the U.A Sports Festival for the First Year, so they should give it their all." Izuku explained. "Midnight-sensei did say that we can do whatever we want as long as we're in the course. As for the Support Classes, they're allowed to bring such items. You never know if they're Quirkless or not."

Mina was shocked by his statement and so does everyone around him. "But I do believe that they have Quirks, but not suitable for Hero Course. They use their minds to invent something that can help us in the future. Without the Support Course, the heroes are gonna be wounded easily. There's no hero that wears no support item. Who knows if there is. Now if you excuse, I got a race to finish."

With that he ran towards the tight rope and jumped on it. Going upside down, he climbed forward, wanting to be ahead of everyone.

They were astounded for a moment there until the pink-haired said, "Just like he said, us Support students are allowed to bring items as long as we developed them ourselves."

Just then, one of the wire arrows just fired at the large stone pillar and attached from it. "This is the place where we can show off our ideas and skills to the companies!"

Reeling in, she was sliding until she flew. "Come, take a look, all you companies! Especially big ones! Look at my super cute babies!" She shouted as she activated her hover boots and went over a large stone pillar.

With the wire retracting back and laughing hysterically, she landed on her feet, surpassing Tsuyu and Izuku.

"Amazing." Ochako said, stunned by the girl's equipment and skills.

"That's so annoying..." Mina said.

"I won't lose!" The bob-cut girl said as she touched herself, activating her Quirk, Zero Gravity, and jumped.

Amelia ran and let out two weak photon beams that launches her in the air while moving towards the next large stone pillar. After that, everyone were now advancing except for Hitoshi.

"Nice..." He said before letting out a lunatic smirk on his face.

"A lot of different people are working hard to get their chances, huh, Eraser Head?" Mic asked, looking at the mummy teacher.

"What are you idiots stopping for?" A vein popped on the teacher's forehead, annoyed that he needed to answer it.

While that is happening...

"And now, the leader of the pack is easily getting through first!" The Voice Hero announced, as the media were broadcasting Shoto Todoroki, who passed the second stage of the Obstacle Course.

As for the dual-haired boy, he continued on running before he hears a small crackling sound a few feet away behind him. He looked behind and saw Katsuki, who easily passed the second stage because he was using his Quirk to go over The Fall.

"(Looks like he's getting fired up. A slow starter, huh?)" He thought as he turn his head forward, dashing through to get to the next stage.

"Damn it!" Katsuki cursed as he chased Shoto.

Tenya was standing at the beginning of The Fall, catching his breath as he saw everyone jumping and crawling on tight ropes to get to the next large stone pillar.

Panting, he said to himself, "Nii-san is probably watching me. I can't let him see me act uncool!" Doing a T-pose, he jumped on the rope and used his Engine Quirk to slide across.

"That's so uncool!" Mic said as he and the crowd watched Tenya did the opposite of what he said. Then the screen switched to Shoto.

"That guy in the first place is way ahead." Said a random citizen.

"His Quirk is really strong, but his natural athletic ability and judgment are also a cut above everyone else." Explained a businessman who has three eyes.

"Of course it is. You're looking at the Flame Hero: Endeavor's son." Said the person beside him, revealing Shoto's identity with excitement.

"No wonder! The blood of the guy second to All Might, right?" Asked another civilian who was shocked, but also excited.

==Class 3-A Classroom==

"(Izu-chan, you promise that you'll use your Quirk in the Sports Festival, so why won't you show it to me?)" Nejire asked, infuriated that Izuku wasn't keeping his words. She seen multiple Quirks, but her eyes are permanently on the green-haired boy.

She saw him grabbing a metal. "(Is his Quirk related to metal?)" She asked herself, only for her to see him slash the small robot. "(No. Not even here.)"

Then he moved to the next stage, which Present Mic called it, 'The Fall'.

"(Maybe this is where he'll show it.)" A smirk was formed on Nejire's face, but that didn't last long. Her jaw dropped as she watched him crawl on the rope.

"(Are. You. Serious?! Come on, Izu-chan! You're killing me! I wanna know already!)" From a smirk to jaw dropping and jaw dropping to a pout, she was literally annoyed by the fact that Izuku wasn't doing it.

However, her expression is unnoticed to the blonde boy as he asked, "Hado-san, what's wrong?"

"It's Izu-chan." She huffed. "You remember his promise, right? Right?"

"Yes. So, what about it?" Mirio asked.

"Why won't he show it now?" Nejire never looked at him, only stared at Izuku who finished five stone pillars. You can say that he's Spider-Man at the moment, only two stone pillars left and he'll pass the second stage.

"Hm..." Mirio hummed, thinking deeply as to why Izuku is not using his Quirk.

"Maybe because he can't rely on his Quirk that early in the competition. You have to hold it, Hado-san." He suggested, earning a sigh from the periwinkle-haired girl.

"If you say so." Nejire gave up and only looked at the former vigilante with a concern expression.

Tamaki gaze upon the girl and said, "He'll use his Quirk, Hado-san. But not this first round." Encouraging the girl, she muttered, "Okay."

It hurts that she's downhearted. Looks like Izuku had to be punished after this.

When that is happening, Izuku had one more rope and it is the result of him passing The Fall without using his Quirk. It's all on his abilities and skills.

"(This is a challenging course. I like it.)" Smiling at the thought, he heard Present Mic shouting, "And now, we've quickly arrived at the final barrier!"

The smile turn into a frown as he hurriedly went to the next rope and crawl.

"(They're already there. I need to catch up.)" He thought. Yes, there are students who passed him so easily. Ochako, Mina, Tenya are the notable students who passed Izuku.

Izuku was frustrated, but nonetheless used it to keep pushing forward.

As for Shoto, he stopped when he laid his eyes on the last stage.

"The reality here is... it's a minefield!" Mic exclaimed. "Don't worry those mines can't kill you. It'll just make you blast off to space. It's so set up that you can tell where the mines are if you look carefully. So you have to exploit your eyes and legs!"

"I see," Shoto understood. "This is the stage where the leaders are put into a disadvantage." With that being said, he looked down and put his feet on the ground where there is no mines.

A minute has passed and everyone is on the last stage, doing their best to avoid getting blasted. Shoto was moving quickly than the others. All of a sudden, Katsuki came to the scene and manage to gain on Shoto's tail.

"This doesn't affect me!" Blasting his way, he yelled at the dual-haired boy with killer intent. "You bastard! You declare war on the wrong person!" Head to head, the ash-blonde boy attempts to attack Shoto, who evaded it by taking a step back, causing him to lose the place.

"And now, we've got someone new in the lead!" Present Mic declared.

Everyone cheered as the race was about to reach its climax.

"Rejoice, mass media! It's the kind of development you love!" They all watched as the students who were falling behind are catching up now.

Some of them are recklessly running in the minefield, others are looking where to step and others are moving forward carefully.

Shoto and Katsuki were dodging each other's attempt to attack. There's a moment where Shoto grabbed his opponent's arm with his right hand, freezing his forearm. But that didn't faze Katsuki as he tried to blast Shoto again.

Soon, Izuku has reached the minefield stage. Panting heavily, he observe the surroundings before him while holding the metal. He saw Shoto and Katsuki ahead and thought, "(They're very far...)"

He clenched his hands, almost bending a part of the metal he's holding. "(But...)"

He raised it up.

"(There's still something I can do!)"

And planted the metal on the ground and he pluck out a landmine.

"(Landmines used for games, they're the type with fuses that go off if I step on them, but if I lose my balance, I will set off a lot of them.)" Izuku explained to himself.

"(Not only that, I'll lose a lot of time as well. If I got wounded and take energy in the account, it'd be better if I take it slow and steady. Those who jump well can't be reckless as well. The farther ahead I am, the more landmines I need to dodge.) He thought, analyzing the last stage for the Obstacle Course while removing the landmines.

"(They probably can't go faster, because of the intensity of this stage. I need to be careful. Look at the places where it should be avoided, because everyone is at the most careful state around the entrance. There are a lot of landmines left. It should be fine.)"

While he's encouraging himself as he digging out the landmines, a familiar student stopped walking and turned around to see him doing something. Of course, the dirt blocks the landmines from that student's eyes.

"What is he doing?" With a raised eyebrow, she shrug it off and continue to walk past the landmines before her.

Present Mic warned the students that Shoto and Katsuki are in the lead and they'll get through the last stage soon. But that didn't stop Izuku from what he's doing.

After a few seconds, Izuku stopped.

"All right." Staring at the numerous landmines, he was satisfied by his work. Walking back a few steps, he held the metal forward to act like a shield.

"I'll borrow your idea, Bakugo." Izuku muttered before he run towards the landmines.

"Super Explosive Speed Turbo!" He shouted as he jump on it.

'BOOM'

The large explosion caused everyone to look behind them and stop at their tracks. Some covered their eyes from the wind while others narrow their sense of sight.

"There's a huge explosion at the back?! What's with that force?!" Mic got stunned by what he sees. Heck, everyone were shocked.

As soon as the explosion died, they all look at something that came out. A student riding on a large metal.

"Keh!"

"What?!" Toshinori Yagi stood up from his feet and placed his hands quickly on his head while blood came out of his mouth.

At the Participant Waiting Room, the reaction of every heroes is just like the ones from the crowd. Mirko, on the other hand, had her eyes wide open from the boy's display of skills.

"(To use the landmines as his own play room.)" She thought before a smirk was formed. "(Heh, not bad, kid. You got some big brain that nobody does.)"

Indirectly complimenting Izuku, Mirko kept that smirk and her widened eyes slowly went back to normal.

As for Kamui Woods and his group? Their eyes are bulging out from what they see. Mt. Lady's Takoyaki had fallen out of the stick and landed on the ground.

"Was it an accident, or did he do it on purpose?! Class A's Midoriya is in fire with that blast!" Two students, specifically Katsuki and Shoto, stopped attacking and only glare or stare at Izuku who was way, way behind them. But now?

"Midoriya has taken the lead!" Loud cheers caught the ears of everyone while others are taken back from the display of talent Izuku has shown.

"(I flew just like I plan.)" Izuku said, reflecting on his effort. "(I know there's too much force, but...)" He gritted his teeth, realization flew through the wind.

"(I don't know how to land. I didn't think about it!)"

Uh oh.

That could only mean one thing.

He was descending. Descending so fast that in a second, he'll land on many landmines that either push him away from the finish line or throw him to the wall.

"Deku! Don't you dare get ahead of me!" Katsuki howled, making small explosion from his palm as he begin to pursue the student who got the No. 1 spot.

Shoto stomped the ground and ice path was formed.

"(This'll help those in the back, but I don't have the time to worry about it!)" He sprint in full speed, chasing down Izuku along with Katsuki.

Toshinori clenched his hand.

And so does The Big Three.

They were shock by how he get to the top easily, but for him to be pursued by those formerly leaders, its butt clenching as well.

The adrenaline was rising up as they saw Izuku falling off the metal with the wire around his left hand.

"(Damn it, I'm losing my tempo.)" Izuku cussed. "(They'll catch up with me in the blink of an eye.)"

Right now, he's upside down, facing Shoto and Katsuki who were a few feet away from him.

"(Contemplating about the time I'd lose landing, I'll never be able to get back and take the lead.)" He almost let go of metal's large wire.

"(Shit, don't let go!)" He encourage himself. Everything is now in slow motion for him as the two students are about to overtake him.

"(Just hold that chance you got to get in front of them and don't let go! The only way to stay ahead is to take another leap.)"

He flipped over while tightly holding the wire. His feet landed on their shoulder.

"(Take the chance... to show the world who I really am!)"

'Slam'

He brought the metal to the ground, which sets off the landmine below.

'Boom'

An explosion occurred and it sent Izuku flying towards the end while it stunned Shoto and Katsuki. Izuku flew for two seconds and rolled a few times before he bolt onward. The ground beneath him, there are no landmines.

"How is this possible?! Midoriya blocks the former leaders and cleared the minefield in an instant!" Mic forget to breathe air, because he and everyone saw the move Izuku made. Not only that, he finished the last stage in a blink of eye is something that a nerd can do.

"Eraser Head," He called out Aizawa. "You're class is stupendous and amazing. Give the crowds some tips, what the heck did you teach them?"

"This has nothing to do with me. Each of them is powered by their own drive to succeed." The sleepy teacher answered.

"There ya go, guys! Eraser Head is a terrible teacher!"

"I'm a what now?" Aizawa asked in irritation.

"Who would've imagined that at the very beginning of this race that the climax would be a non-stop all along?!"

While Mic was talking, or rather shouting, Izuku was running far ahead of Shoto and Katsuki, who used their Quirks to 'ketchup' to him.

One winner, forty plus losers, winner takes the belt of gold.

There are students who are almost at the finish, but there's only one that can be determined as the winner.

Three students, one champion.

They're now in the hallway that leads to the finish line. And one student came out first and Present Mic announced the winner.

"Izuku Midoriya is our jackpot champion!"

The crowds are running wild and loud cheers and whistles deafened the whole stadium. After that, the camera zoomed to the winner, and Nejire looked at the boy.

"He won... without using his Quirk." She whispered in a surprised expression.

"Impressive! I didn't see him using his quirk once... It shows that heroes are more than quirk vessels, but instead, they are people with capabilities." Mirio uttered as Tamaki nodded and said, "Yeah."

As for Izuku, he stood in the middle of the arena, panting heavily before raising his body, looking around for someone.

His eyes laid on Toshinori, who wore a smile. Slowly breathing, he wiped out the sweats on his forehead with his right forearm.

Soon, he fist pump with a toothy smile on his face, showing a great victory against all odds.

As of this point...

Nobody can beat him in his level.

That's all for the chapter, folks.

And I got something to tell you, readers.

You may have noticed about my grammars. Yes, I don't deliver the scene too well. Is English my first language?

No. My first language is my country's language. When I was a kid, I enrolled in a school that has a policy for English only, or English Only Policy. I understood English language for three years, but that caused me to be a little bit idiot when it comes to my country's language. I transferred to another school, because that EOP school is not religious.

After that, I learned my country's language, but costs my understanding in English language. As of now, I'm balancing the two, so that I won't lose the other language when I'm studying the other.

If anyone is willing to help me in my story, I'll gladly accept them.

That's all I can say. Always remember...

Go Beyond!

Plus Ultra!