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As the sentient shadow monster took shape around the boy, Fumikage looked at Luke's exhausted state and stopped.
Luke wasn't just exhausted.
He was on the ground on his knees, taking deep breaths.
"Give up…" Fumikage said, crossing his arms. "… I am good at both offense and…"
A stone flew across the space and struck Fumikage right between his eyes.
A Marauder wasn't just good at acrobatics, but he could also wield many throwing weapons with unmatched accuracy and precision.
Also, Kyoka had already given Luke weapons to work with by exploding the earth.
Luke had been thinking of keeping a few high-grade throwing knives or high-density beads, like Sir Nighteye had, on him.
However, if he was forced to use them as Dr. Blessed someday, which had a greater chance of happening, then his cover would blow up.
So, he decided not to equip throwing weapons as UA's student.
For now, rocks were more than enough against a few children.
As Fumikage held his head, and the sentient dark monster put itself between him and the attacker, Luke began running around the boy in circles.
Rocks after rocks landed on Fumikage from all directions.
Most of them got blocked, but some landed with a sharp sound.
By the time it was over, Fumikage was on his knees, feeling the stings all over his body.
The sentient shadow beast's strength depended not only on darkness but also on Fumikage's status and emotions.
With the boy in pain, the shadow beast too became a touch smaller, retreating to keep itself close to Fumikage.
Luke lunged at the opportunity.
Fumikage let out a shout, pushing himself to his feet.
Luke's fist met the dark fist of the shadow beast, and he skidded back a step.
However, that was all the strength Fumikage could muster.
When Luke came for the shadow beast next time, he slid under it with a deceptive agility and his fist landed on Fumikage's sides.
"OK! That will do!" Sand came rushing as Fumikage fell, the shadow beast disappearing.
Luke's vision blurred.
Through the blurriness, he eyed the rest of the students.
Tenya Ida possessed Engine Quirk, having car-like engines in each of his calves.
Eijiro Kirishima could harden and sharpen any part of his body using his Hardening Quirk.
Shoto Todoroki could generate ice from the right side of his body and flames from his left side using his Half-Cold, Half-Hot Quirk.
And…
Luke stared at Momo taking out a Bo using her Creation Quirk.
Unlike other students, and despite her versatile Quirk, Momo had learned to wield Staff during her childhood to compensate for her lack of innate strength.
If she had stepped up now, then it meant she believed it was the right time to secure a win, Luke knew.
This is good, too, Luke thought. I can't win against Tenya, Eijiro and Todoroki anyway.
Tenya was just too fast for him at this point.
Eijiro would make Luke's enhanced strength pointless.
Even throwing rocks at him won't work because of his Hardening Quirk.
Todoroki would never let Luke approach him, using mountains of ice to keep him away and seal him.
The only reason he won against Bakugo was because of Black Suit, his Hero Costume, and by catching him off guard.
Against fast and long-ranged Quirks, as Todoroki's, Luke realized, I am still at a considerable disadvantage.
Of course, this was when he wasn't using his Bioalchemy at all.
Let's make this fight count, then, Luke nodded to himself.
"How many secret weapons you are hiding in that staff?" Luke asked smiling.
Momo, who had been feeling reluctant to fight against an exhausted Luke, suddenly paused, her eyes narrowing. "How did you…"
Standing amid chunks of earth and covered in dust, Luke raised his fists. "You cannot win just with the staff."
Momo spun the staff, looking offended. "That is yet to be seen."
She had full confidence in her creation. Yes, she didn't like going against Luke, who wasn't even using his Quirk.
But, after seeing what he could do even without Quirk, she would not go easy on him.
Moreover, she knew her weaknesses as well.
There was no way she would last even a half-hearted punch from him.
So, she had been waiting for him to exhaust himself before taking the stage.
Waiting anymore, and letting the remaining boys exhaust Luke even more, would defeat the purpose of any fight whatsoever as well.
And Luke knew all these reasons like the back of his hand.
"How about a bet?" he said, hoping she wouldn't deny him. "If I made you use your Quirk one more time, then you will have to create something for me."
Momo squinted her eyes.
Unknown to Luke, she had been researching all the compositions he had given her using her father's contacts. They had yet to find anything remotely familiar in the databases.
She had been waiting for him to bring more of those compositions.
One day or another, she would figure out what was going on with the Saionji Group.
"… Alright," Momo said, taking the stance.
Luke charged at Momo like a black blur, bringing out every iota of his remaining strength.
Momo pointed the tip of her staff toward him calmly and… pressed a switch.
Bang!
A poison dart shot toward Luke like a bullet and hit him right in the chest.
"… Sorry," Momo said, smirking. "You lost…"
To her utter surprise, Luke was still charging at her, not losing any speed.
She saw the poison dart was still there, in his chest, but then why wasn't he stopping?
Gritting her teeth, she lifted the staff high, pointing its other end toward Luke and pressing another switch.
A net shot out of the staff with the same speed as the dart, expanding instantaneously.
With Luke being so closed and the net being wide enough in all directions, there was no way he could dodge it.
And Luke didn't.
He took off his black greatcoat and threw it at the net.
As the net's sensors kicked in, it wrapped itself around the greatcoat.
Now, Luke was barely a few feet away from Momo, his blue eyes blazing in her vision.
He is overdoing it, Momo thought as she parried his first attack, simultaneously attacking him. No way he can keep up this pace for long…
Momo spun the staff around and attacked Luke's head.
He grabbed it with his left hand and kicked…
Crack!
A current ran through Luke, jolting the soul out of him.
His knees struck the earth as Momo pulled away, taking deep breaths.
This wasn't like neutralizing Denki Kaminari's Electrification Quirk. The Black Suit had helped him not let the electricity contact his skin.
However, the underside of Luke's gloves was open for him to use his Quirk, as it needed him to touch the lifeforms.
As the blackness flashed by in his vision, Luke stood back up, his knees trembling.
"… You…" Momo hissed. "Just give up…"
Luke smiled.
He charged at Momo and grabbed the staff again.
Momo's eyes widened. For a moment, she even thought that the staff was experiencing a malfunction.
But, no.
From the way Luke's body was jolting, he was getting electrocuted.
Then, he pressed the staff toward her, slowly but surely.
Why… go… this… far… Momo thought, putting her entire weight in resisting Luke's advance.
The gloves on her hand were helping her now, but she had too much bare skin to not get electrocuted by her creation.
Suddenly, Momo's foot slipped on a broken patch of earth.
As she fell backward, Luke came fumbling over, still holding the staff.
All thoughts vanished from Momo's mind as she felt the staff touching her neck.
Involuntarily, a thick slab of insulating material came up between her neck and the staff.
Fallen on the ground, Luke and Momo looked at each other, other students shouting behind them.
"… Haha…" Luke laughed, closing his eyes. "… I won."
Then, with a smile on his face, he passed out.
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