"Excuse me, what does 'security defense' mean?" Iida Tenya grabbed someone who was about to run and asked.
"It means someone has broken into the school building. This is the first time this has happened in the past three years. You should all evacuate quickly," the person said before running off.
"Let's go too." Iida Tenya stood up and ran toward the exit. Izuku Midoriya and Ochaco Uraraka also stood up and began to run away.
In this situation, everyone was basically panicked. This was an emergency. No one knew what would happen next, and no one knew who had broken into the school.
Iida Tenya and the other two also thought Yang Xiao would follow them, but Yang Xiao simply lay down on the seat to rest.
"What are you doing here? Aren't you going to run?" Someone passing by was startled when they saw Yang Xiao. How could anyone lie down and rest at a time like this? How arrogant was he?
"Why the rush? Even if something really happens, do you think you can escape? That's too naive," Yang Xiao said, waving his hand.
"Psycho!" The person cursed at Yang Xiao and ran off. Although the crowd was packed together ahead, at least if he tried, he'd still have a chance to escape. Unlike that idiot who was just waiting to die.
"You seem pretty calm. How about we talk?"
Just as Yang Xiao was about to take a nap, a voice spoke up. He lifted his eyelids and looked—it was Todoroki Shoto.
Yang Xiao sat up and looked at Todoroki, who had also taken a seat. "Todoroki-kun, aren't you going to run with them?"
Todoroki smiled faintly. "There's only one path, and it's crowded with so many people. I could get through by other means, but I don't think it's necessary. Like you said, if something really happens, running will be useless. It's better to stay calm and observe first."
Yang Xiao had a very high opinion of Todoroki Shoto from the anime, and as expected, even in the real world, Todoroki Shoto remained so calm and was an exceptionally outstanding person.
"Is there anything for us to talk about? I'm just an ordinary student. I can't compare to a recommended student like you," Yang Xiao said, spreading his hands.
Todoroki simply looked at Yang Xiao. There was no humility or modesty in Yang Xiao's tone—it almost felt like a meaningful provocation?
But whether it was provocation or not, he found this person very interesting.
"I don't think there's much difference between recommended students and those who entered through exams. In my eyes, they're all the same. However, the gap in strength is irreparable." Todoroki looked meaningfully at Yang Xiao and said, "You're one of those people who seem ordinary but are actually very strong."
"Just because we had a brief fight, you think so?" Yang Xiao asked, pretending to be puzzled.
"More or less. But our brief fight wasn't a big deal. You have to understand, it takes a while for a Quirk to fatigue, or it requires a lot of energy to become fatigued. What we did was just playful at best." In his heart, Shoto actually wanted to fight Yang Xiao again, but the school had rules against students fighting privately, at least not on campus.
Of course, it was even more impossible off campus. If someone saw you misusing your Quirk, the police would take you away directly.
"I just want to live a simple life every day. That's all I'm capable of. What you see is all my strength. So I'm not as strong as you, so please stop targeting me," Yang Xiao said, spreading his hands.
A pair of eyes looked at Yang Xiao from beneath the hair covering his face. "We'll have a chance. Do your best and don't let me down."
After saying this, Todoroki left, but he didn't head toward the crowded area.
Yang Xiao was a little troubled. Why did both Katsuki Bakugo and Todoroki Shoto seek him out when he hadn't done anything?
"It hurts so much, what happened all of a sudden?" Ochaco Uraraka was being jostled by the crowd.
"As expected of the top school, they respond to crises so quickly," Iida Tenya couldn't help but comment at a time like this.
"It's so fast... too fast, and it's causing panic." In this situation, Izuku Midoriya was squeezed so hard he was almost flattened.
Iida Tenya finally squeezed his way to the front near a glass window. "Who on earth is invading?"
Iida Tenya had thought it was a group of troublemaking villains who had invaded the school, but upon closer look, he found it was actually a group of reporters.
"I thought something had happened, but it's just the media." Iida Tenya immediately shouted after realizing the truth: "Everyone... calm down, it hurts!"
"This isn't working. Where are the teachers? Are they dealing with those people?" Iida Tenya's face was pressed directly against the glass. "Is there anyone else here who knows nothing serious has happened? Everyone is panicking for no reason."
In fact, there must be a few people who knew the truth, and Yang Xiao was one of them who knew it very well. But he didn't want to disrupt the original plot, so he kept silent.
He'd let Iida Tenya handle the matter himself.
"Ah!" Ochaco Uraraka suddenly let out a loud scream.
Seeing this, Iida Tenya struggled toward her, trying to help.
Unfortunately, the crowd was too packed, and the two were pushed apart before they could even hold hands.
"If it were Midoriya-kun... if it were my brother... at a time like this..." Iida Tenya suddenly thought of something. He looked at Ochaco Uraraka, who was being pushed away, and shouted, "Uraraka-san!"
"Make me float! Uraraka-san." Iida Tenya reached out his hand again. Although Ochaco Uraraka didn't understand what Iida Tenya intended to do, she still reached out her hand.
In such a crowded situation, the two finally managed to touch hands. Iida Tenya jumped up and floated into the air. He saw the words "Emergency Exit" ahead and immediately made up his mind. "Engine, push forward!"
"Bang~"
In the absence of gravity, Iida Tenya spun forward rapidly, like a Hot Wheels car, and finally crashed into the top of the emergency exit in front of everyone.
"Be brief and bold!" Iida Tenya, enduring the pain in his body, suddenly shouted to everyone, "Classmates, nothing's wrong! It's just the media. There's no need to panic. It's fine. This is U.A. Act like students from a top school!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then someone shouted, "Really? The police are here too. It seems everything is really fine."
After the incident came to an end, everyone returned to their classes in an orderly manner. Some people even went back to eat after realizing everything was fine—after all, they hadn't had time to eat while running.
In this incident, Iida Tenya played a very important role. Students from several classes remembered Iida Tenya, the guy with glasses. He was really bold and funny.
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