74 Chapter 68
Despite his calm outward appearance, inside Akira was excited, after spending several hours sitting in the stands watching his teammates fight, he had gotten bored, he really wanted to move his muscles and there was no better punching bag among his teammates than Kirishima, Akira was confident that, with Kirishima's <HARDEN> quirk, he could take some of his hits.
Thus, in the spirit of having fun in his fight, Akira walked towards the ring, his steps were neither long nor short, but before anyone could react he was already on the stage, the crowd that was excited and boisterous calmed down as Instantly, the sounds were drowned out and all attention was naturally focused on Akira, not only did his superior appearance attract the public, his entire presence exuded an air of mystery and charm that bewitched everyone alike.
Even Midnight who should be introducing the fighters fell silent and just focused her gaze on Akira who was now beside her.
"Kuhum" Akira coughed softly managing to wake up Midnight who blushed slightly but quickly hid under her sensual attitude.
"As you can see in this last match, we have from the left side the representative of the first-year students, Kyuketsu Akira, who like the previous times falls in love with the public only with his presence, a few words for all the fans that you have captivated today" Midnight asked.
"Wow, I don't know if really have fans, but with captivating you I am more than satisfied, hahaha" Akira just joked to play along.
Although due to this joke from two directions of the stands Akira felt death stares.
First, he caught Himiko who was looking at Midnight as if she was going to kill her the next second, the other look came from where his classmates were sitting and belonged to Momo who kept cursing him under her breath.
"Silly, perverted, ecchi, baka, what's so special about that bitch?" Despite whispering softly, Akira with his enhanced hearing could hear her.
Midnight not wanting to be embarrassed anymore continued with the introduction of the other combatant.
"From the far right, also from class 1A we have contender Kirishima, who will fight Kyuketsu for the last spot for the next round"
After Kirishima took the stage, Midnight stepped back and gave the start order.
Neither of them moved, they just stared, Kirishima focused on his opponent, waiting for any gap in his defense, Akira with a slight smile expressing comfort.
"Tell me Kirishima, do you want me to attack, or do you attack?" Akira finally spoke.
"Hahhh, even though I know my chances of defeating you are slim, I can't help but get excited about fighting you HAHAHA" Kirishima commented while laughing boisterously.
"Pfff, that's why I like you, never get discouraged even if your enemy is more powerful than you, I must say that you are very masculine Kirishima-san" Akira decided to praise Kirishima's attitude.
"Thank you, now let's have fun and show these heroes that we can be heroes too" Without further ado, Kirishima activated his quirk, stiffening his body and ran towards Akira, intending to engage in close combat.
Akira decided to hold back a bit, to demonstrate Kirishima's power and not completely overshadow it, since he knew that if he gave 100% of himself, Kirishima would be defeated in seconds.
Seeing Kirishima's blow approach Akira received it with his fist, which when colliding generated a small boom.
Even though he held back, Akira's blow still knocked Kirishima back, while he remained motionless in place of him.
To Kirishima, Akira's figure seemed like an immovable mountain, even so, he strengthened his quirk and returned to launch another blow and another and another, but no matter how many Akira threw he kept blocking all of them with ease.
"I guess now it's my turn" Akira commented with a smile that seemed typical of a 5-year-old.
Kirishima, seeing his smile, quickly braced himself and reinforced his defense. Akira didn't wait any longer and launched a blow toward Kirishima's chest.
Kirishima quickly blocked it with his arms in a cross position, but it still felt like a cannon was crashing into him.
Not wanting to lose so easily, Kirishima gritted his teeth and held his ground, refusing to back down.
"HAHAHAHA, yes, that's how it should be" Akira laughed loudly, as he launched a second blow, this time in the direction of his stomach.
Kirishima couldn't react in time, so he could only activate his quirk to the maximum in his stomach area in order to minimize the damage.
*BOOM*
The force behind Akira's blow caused Kirishima's body to briefly rise a few inches off the ground.
Releasing his punch from Kirishima's dented stomach, Akira stepped back to see if his opponent could follow or if his fun was over.
Upon receiving the blow, Kirishima only felt his insides churning, despite pushing his Quirk to the max, his defenses were easily penetrated by Akira's fist.
The impact was so painful and strong that for a few seconds Kirishima lost consciousness, it was only due to his will and the fact that he bit his tongue at the last second that he avoided passing out.
The pain in his mouth managed to bring him back and managed briefly distract him from the immense pain in his stomach.
He with great effort tried to catch his breath while he was on his knees, while Akira just waited in silence, not intending to take advantage of the fact that he was helpless.
*INHALE*
*EXHALE*
After doing it a few times Kirishima was finally able to stand up and face Akira.
"Shall we continue?" Akira asked with a huge smile that slightly showed his fangs.
"Ughh, it hurts like hell, but I can't stop now, I'M GONNA GIVE ALL!!!" Finishing with a yelp, Kirishima lunged at Akira.
"Weak, it seems you haven't improved much since we entered the UA" Akira commented harshly, without any consideration.
"By covering your entire body with your quirk, the power of your quirk will be diluted, making it weak and easy to break, unless you increase the power of your quirk and your control over it you won't be able to get the most" Akira told Kirishima while still blocking his punches.
Akira had thought of this idea after seeing Kirishima's quirk in action, although he knew that in the future his quirk would evolve and his defense would improve, Akira believed that if he focused his quirk on just one area of his body like Deku did and him in his early days, Kirishima could achieve power comparable to his evolved quirk.
Kirishima hearing his advice was stunned briefly, he knew that his attacks were doing nothing against Akira and that the only reason he hadn't been eliminated was that Akira was toying with him.
Not wanting to end up exposed to the hero agencies like this, as nothing more than a punching bag, Kirishima made a decision.
He bet on Akira's idea and deactivated the quirk from his entire body, except for his right arm where he accumulated it and focused all of his attention on it.
He could feel his arm harden like steel and even harder, to the point where he felt his own blood harden and lose all feeling.
With his determination restored, Kirishima focused all his energy and hope on this new idea and jabbed at Akira.
Seeing the blow approaching, Akira also stretched out his hand with an open palm, ready to catch his fist.
*BOOM*
With a thunderous noise, the fist hit his palm and unlike before, Akira for the first time stepped back, his arm was sent flying backward and he was forced to take several steps backward.
"Hahh, I finally, I finally managed to push you back," Kirishima commented, still holding out his fist.
"HAHAHAHA, yes, I guess you did, let's see how you perform using your quirk in this way" Akira positioned himself and launched himself at Kirishima to start the fight again.
The public that watched their fight was excited, it is always exciting to see two people fight and exchange blow with blow in a brutal way, this shows the cruel and vicious nature of the human being, who since ancient times enjoyed watching fight shows.
"Come on Kirishima, everyone is paying attention to you, it's time for you to show your worth, prove that you are worth investing in" Akira lifted Kirishima's spirits one last time.
