Chapter 46

"David Carter wins" Midnight shouted and the spectators started cheering. Seeing such a huge dome of purple fire had them mesmerized for a few seconds.

'My fire is nowhere as hot as his. How am I supposed to defeat him?I expected his air element to be dominant.' Todoroki had a frown on his face.

Tokoyami was panting heavily and looking at the indifferent gaze of David and thinking 'He used light emitted by his fire to suppress my dark shadow to such an extent that I couldn't even attack him. After practicing for the past 2 weeks I thought I had reached a skill level enough to compete against Todoroki, Bakugo, and David but it seems I am still far from ready.'

David and Tokoyami came back to the stands and everyone started congratulating him.

"Dude that was so manly. Your fire looks superb" Kirishima said with stars in his eyes.

"Being able to materialize fire into a shape is really not something I thought was possible but as always you do the unthinkable" Momo chuckled while Kaminari just winked and gave David a thumbs up.

"David...Thank you for fighting me with your dominant element." Tokoyami did a formal bow to which David put a hand on his shoulder and said.

"Tokoyami I did that because you have only scraped the surface of the potential dark shadow holds"

Tokoyami's eyes widened and he quickly said "What do you mean?"

"You treat yourself as a vessel of dark shadow and have him attack while you just stand there. Treat it as a companion and try to apply it to cover your own body. It won't just boost your physical attacks but also work as a solid defense for you. Just think about how many possibilities that would open up"

Tokoyami looked visibly shaken "I-I never viewed it like that David. I also saw myself as an anchor and dark shadow as the fighting force but what you said now will increase my strength severalfold even in earlier stages."

"Tokoyami I sensed dark shadow having its own consciousness so try to talk to it and befriend it. You hesitated when it became violent all of a sudden which makes me think that you don't trust it too much"

"The thing is more the darkness increases, the stronger dark shadow gets and more aggressively it behaves. Which is why I think that at night time using my quirk could become trouble rather than help"

"Ask him how he feels at night make him clear his mind and gain control. So that eventually instead of hesitating to use it at night you will become more confident in your victory" David said and Tokoyami again thanked him but with a deeper bow than before.

While all this was thinking his classmates were thinking the same thing.

'When did David become this helping and polite?'

Present Mic announced the semifinal matchups

"Shoto Todoroki vs Tenya Iida"

"David Carter vs Katsuki Bakugo"

The first fight was between Todoroki and Iida which didn't take long as Todoroki had sneakily applied some ice in the engines of Iida's calves. He had also spread a thin layer of ice on the ground to reduce friction between Iida's legs and the ground which made Iida lose control. He didn't feel the need to use fire and Iida surrendered eventually.

"Next match David Carter vs Katsuki Bakugo"

Many spectators were waiting for this match to happen as throughout the event they had seen how Todoroki, Bakugo, and David were a league ahead of others in their offensive firepower as all three of them had fire-related quirks.

Bakugo and David stood opposite each other.

"Let me show everyone that I am the best by beating you into a pulp" Bakugo said while cracking his knuckles.

"Bakugo"

"What is it?" Bakugo asked as he didn't expect David to reply to him. Even the students never saw David respond to any provocations.

"Just surrender the match." David said in an indifferent gaze which made the audience gasp and Bakugo's mind was blown with anger.

"I'LL KILL YOU ASSHOLE.....DIE" Bakugo rushed towards David.

David created an air scooter and instead of sitting on it he simply stood on it. Bakugo tried to create a head-on explosion but David easily dodged it. Bakugo immediately created an explosion on the opposite side so that he can turn to rotate and throw a kick towards David's back but David quickly turned back himself and caught Bakugo's leg.

David expected Bakugo to use explosions to make the distance between them but much to his surprise Bakugo used that leg to pull himself close to David and opened both his palms towards David's chest.

"You didn't expect this, did you asshole? now take this"

BOOM!!!!!

A big explosion was created with David being at point-blank distance. Everyone expected David to be bloodied right now and even Bakugo had a wide grin on his face but he knew that this firepower was far from enough to kill David. Except for Aizawa, all other staff stood up, and even among the students many were wondering whether Bakugo had actually killed David.

"Call the medics fast" Even Midnight seemed to be a little nervous but before Present Mic could call Recovery girl Aizawa took the mic and said "You don't need to worry about anything. My students may be competitive but they know their limits."

Everyone was trying to understand what he meant when they suddenly saw that between the fire and smoke created by the explosion a hand came out and held Bakugo's face firmly. The smile on Bakugo's face froze suddenly and the next second his head was bashed into the ground.

The entire stadium had spiderwebs-like cracks with the point of origin being Bakugo's head.

"Arghh...Bastard" Bakugo groaned in pain. And then he and the audience saw David walk out of the smoke with a cold gaze. Even his clothes didn't look burnt due to the explosion.

"Ho-How did he survive such a big explosion without a single scratch?" Deku said while stuttering.

"I would have died even if I had my quirk activated the whole time" Kirishima said.

Bakugo looked towards David who was looking down at him and that made him angrier.

"BASTARD...Don't you dare look down on me" Bakugo tried to get up but David stomped on his stomach which made Bakugo vomit blood.

"Why shouldn't I? You are way too weak to even fight me. Now surrender or else I would have to knock you out and if you don't get up in time Iida will get 3rd place." David said.

Bakugo couldn't even imagine Iida who he always mocked being on a rank higher than him so he looked towards the podium and said "I surrender"

The crowd was cheering for both of them as the fight was at the level of low-level pros.

"I can't believe they both are 1st-year students"

"Damm Class 1-A has got literal monsters. Even though we are Class 1-B we don't have anyone near their firepower"

"James...Let your brother know that if he wants he can come to my agency for workplace experience" Nighteye said.

"That's great sir...thank you" James said with a proud smile.

"Don't thank me James I can't offer him anything. Just say that I am using my connection with you to recruit him." Nighteye said.

"Sir I want to fight him" Mirio said in an excited tone.

"There-there Mirio what's the rush? Let him gain some actual experience first" Nejire said.

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