A random NPC | BNHA

Chapter 47

I'm sorry. I procrastinated for a long time. Thanks for reading!

"Now that the scavenger hunt is over, we're onto the final event!" Blasted Present Mic's voice from the speakers sprinkled around the stadium.

"We'll have a formal tournament! Between the 16 members of the four winning teams is a series of one-on-one battles!" Added Present Mic as the students on the stage below started discussing about the upcoming round.

Midnight cleared her throat and held up a box titled 'Lots', "The matchups will be decided by drawing lots. Now, let's start with the first-place tea—"

That's when a hand rose into the air.

"Um, excuse me. I'd like to drop out."

The hand belonged to a blond-tailed male who had just announced to the whole world that he'd like to drop out. He looked familiar, almost as if I had seen him from somewhere before...

My eyes widened in surprise as I realized that this guy was my teammate in round one of this sports festival.

"The cavalry battle... I have no memories of anything that happened up until the tail end. It's his quirk that did it..." the tailed man sent a glare at my friend, Shinso Hitoshi.

It seemed like he figured it out somehow. I felt bad for him at that moment, but sometimes schemes are needed for obtaining assured victory.

"I know this is a great opportunity, and I know how stupid it must seem to throw it away. But this final tournament... everyone else made it here by their own strength. Yet I'm standing here, and I don't even know how or why. I just... can't take it." His fists clenched into white veins, showing his desperation to remember what happened or rather what Shinso did to him.

The voices next to the tailed man rang out, persuading him to not drop out of the competition. If I were him, I would have used the opportunity to enter the finals. But I couldn't help but admire his courage for announcing his decision to drop out.

I looked for the French guy that was in Shinso's team during the second round. He was just standing there, constantly sparkling...

Gah! Why did he turn his head and stare through my soul like that?

Rubbing my eyes, I looked down and saw the French look back at Midnight instead of blatantly staring at me. I now felt another stare on me, it was Shinso's...

Did he feel guilty for what he did? It was understandable, considering how he had always dreamed of becoming a hero. However, his quirk made him rely on more 'villainous' schemes. In my eyes, there was nothing wrong with that. Sometimes a hero would have to use sneaky schemes to win, but that didn't mean they were villainous or something like that.

"We have a strange turn of events... what will the coordinator, Midnight, decide?" Questioned Present Mic from the announcement box.

Midnight raised her flogger-style whip into the air, "How naive," she then cracked her whip down onto her knee, "I like it!"

I snickered under my breath. Oh well, I suppose her attitude creates a sense of excitement for the audience...

The French guy placed his hand onto the tailed guy's shoulder, as if to calm him down. By the looks of it, he didn't seem to plan to eliminate himself from the final round of the sports festival. In fact, he seemed to be promising the tailed student something, maybe to win the matches for him?

"Ojiro has officially withdrawn! Replacing him would be members of Team Kendo, which took fifth..." announced Midnight.

So the tailed student was called Ojiro...