Professor Paradox

Chapter 9: Understanding

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"I never give up"
Bakugo said, a burning fury in his eyes. He stood up again, struggling on the way. Blood dripped down from his nose to the floor, he wiped off the excess that ran down with his hand and charged straight for Midoriya yet again.

"I see now. All might picked him because of his resilience.
He's a terrifying opponent, one that won't give up until he's dropped dead. And he obviously won't allow himself to lose so he'll do anything to win. He's perfect for the quirk, befitting of it really."
Midoriya thought to himself as Bakugo rapidly approached again.

Bakugo stretched out his arms, seeming as if he was going to attack Midoriya with his explosions again.
However, this time he didn't.

He tackled Midoriya with the force of all the explosions he had released speeding himself up to Midoriya, he flew across the room. Midoriya slammed hard on the ground, but before he could react Bakugo speed up at him again aiming to kick him.

"Amazing, he realized that using his quirk against me would only supply me with weapons.
He's only using it to power his attacks with momentum.

I guess I do have to try now"
Midoriya thought to himself, blocking Bakugo's kick and quickly springing up to his feet.

"Good job Bakugo.
Now keep it up, because now I'll actually try"
Midoriya said.

Bakugo's eyes widened as Midoriya practically disappeared from his range of vision, he was met with a strong kick to his gut that sent him flying back.

Bakugo quickly tried to recover but before he could get up Midoriya threw a right punch.
Quickly, he dodged. Midoriya threw a left punch and Bakugo dodged he same way. Midoriya went to throw another right punch but it was a fake, he instead dropped to the ground and swept his legs from beneath him.
Bakugo toppled over, unable to dodge the unforeseeable move.
Midoriya watched Bakugo struggle to get up again but before Bakugo could even recover he was punched straight to his liver.

Bakugo hurled and was met with a punch to his chest cavity which knocked the wind out of him.
He was then kicked again to the stomach which sent him skidding across the room.
He let out a yell in pain as he rolled in the ground, he grabbed hold of himself and tried to get up. He saw Midoriya approaching quickly, he jumped upwards and flew with his explosions far over Midoriya's head and grabbed the remaining dagger. He flipped over mid flight over Midoriya's head and threw the dagger at his back.

The dagger pierced through and stuck into his back as Bakugo barely landed on the ground properly. He landed with both hands on the ground and in a position similar to a runner about to start running. It was the perfect stance to jump and attack Midoriya if need be.
He looked up at Midoriya who stopped moving.
Midoriya pulled out the dagger and turned around.
He looked down at Bakugo, holding the bloody dagger.

Bakugo was completely beat up. his eye was swollen, his nose was still bleeding, his arms were covered in gashes and bleeding, bruising was evidently forming, throw up remnants were visible on his face, and overall he looked very beaten up.
Yet despite that and the obvious pain, he was still willing to go on.

Midoriya sighed, "good job.
You've won"
He said, watching Bakugo's calculating expression drop into one of surprise.
Bakugo let a sharp breath escape as he fell down on the ground, exhausted.
"I understand why All Might selected you to be the bearer of OFA.

You adapt to your opponent mid-fight and figure out how to beat them based on how they've been attacking you and responding to your attacks.
You're very quick witted and you definitely have high fight IQ.