As the massive sand palms surged toward him from below, Kaminari remaiill. His expression didn't ge, nor did the light in his golden eyes.
But just because he didn't move didn't mean he nning to take the attack head-on.
The floating golden sand orbs surrounding him suddenly came alive, swirling chaotically before linking together to form a shimmering sand curtain.
Boom!
The two colossal sand palms struck the curtain with tremendous force, but the result was far from satisfactory.
The impact caused the sand palms to shatter like water breaking against a rock, scattering into tless particles that rained down from the sky.
Meanwhile, the golden sand curtain remained unscathed, glowing faintly uhe light. Slowly, the middle se of the curtain parted, revealing Kaminari standing behind it, his calm gaze fixed on Snatce more.
"Alright, show me what you've got," Kaminari said in aone.
"Use every skill you've learned in your life to break through this 'absolute defense.'"
This wasn't arroga was disappoi. Snatch's strength was far below what Kaminari had expected. It made him questioher this man was truly capable of proteg his father as a bodyguard.
"Snort!"
Snatch's already grim expression darkened further at Kaminari's words.
And then there was Crocodile. The golden figure stood to the side, making no move to interves sneering faly adding fuel to Snatch's anger.
"Being looked down on, huh…?"
Snatch stepped onto the sand ball beh him, rising to Kaminari's height. Without hesitation, his arms turned into sand and shot forward like massive pilrs.
With a roar, the tilrs merged mid-air, f the upper body of a massive lion. Its gaping maw seemed ready to swallow Kaminari whole as it luoward him.
"Oh?"
Kaminari raised an eyebrow, his expression unging as he felt the gust of wind on his face.
"It's not just simple shaping…" he muttered.
"Use the Wall of Sighs," Kaminari anded.
The moment he spoke, Pikachu got to work. tless grains of golden sand swirled together, quickly f a t wall in front of Kaminari.
The wall was immense—nearly fifteeers tall and three meters wide.
This was the stro defensive move Kaminari and Pikachu had devised the day before. Though the spa the gym limited its size, it could have been made even taller and broader in a different enviro.
While they also had a smaller-scale "Sand Shield" as a regur defeion, Kaminari was eager to test the full potential of the Wall of Sighs.
Boom!!!
The massive sand lion collided with the t golden wall, and the resulting sound was deafening, like a giant hammer smming against solid steel.
"Argh…"
Midnight, who stood closest to the csh, winced as she covered her ears and took several steps back. Even those farther away, including Momo, Kaminari's parents, and the Hero assistants, showed visible disfort from the noise.
"Wall of Sighs…"
Among the spectators, Aizawa was the only one whose expression remained unged. His narrowed eyes stayed fixed on the golden wall as he silently analyzed its capabilities.
"This move could pletely block Todoroki's stro Iceberg attack," he murmured to himself.
He even suspected that this wall had been designed specifically as a ter to Todoroki.
"The name probably es from Greek mythology," Momo said softly, her eyes trag the intricate patterched into the wall's surface. "It's said to be formed from the three sighs of Persephone, Queen of the Underworld. It serves as the boundary between paradise and the underworld, a wall that only gods may pass."
Her expnation drew a nod of uanding from Aizawa and Kaminari's parents, who were less familiar with mythology.
Does he… pare himself to a god? Aizawa wondered silently.
In truth, Aizawa was overthinking it. Kaminari wasn't trying to see himself as a god or aspire to divinity.
The name simply resonated with his fir for theatrics. He'd even sidered naming the move "Fifth Level Rashomon" ate of Justice," but ultimately decided that the Wall of Sighs sounded more fitting, especially when paired with his "cer's Golden Cloth."
As the dust settled and the scattered khaki sao the ground, Snatch stood frozen, staring up at the wall in disbelief.
"How… how is this possible…"
His stroeique had left no mark on the massive golden wall.
"I see," Kaminari's calm voice broke the silence as a circur hole opened in the wall. He stepped forward, the golden armlinting against the backdrop of the imposing structure.
"The sand is pressed to aremely high density, giving it a hardness beyond steel. Shaping it into a lion adds momentum and impaot bad," Kaminari remarked, his tone almost casual.
"But it's just… not enough."
As he spoke, the golden wall became the perfect backdrop, amplifying Kaminari's presend making him seem even more imposing.
"'Snatch,' with all due respect, your use of gravel is too crude and unimaginative," Kaminari said.
Snatch wao retort, to call Kaminari arrogant. But the overwhelming gap in strength left him speechless. He could only purse his lips in frustration.
"With this move, I'll end this fight and prove my point. From now on, I'll make time to help guide the development of your Quirk," Kaminari tinued.
"You must grow stronger, strong enough to reach the level of a top-tier Hero."
He raised his right arm and pointed forward.
"Gate of Babylon!"
Buzz…
The Wall of Sighs suddenly radiated dazzling golden light. Pikachu, knowing Kaminari's love for dramatic fir, had even added special effects.
"What… is that?!"
"My god!"
From the glowing wall emerged a series of golden ons—long swords, broadswords, spears, axes, hammers—all exquisitely crafted and lifelike.
The sight left the spectators awestruck.
"These ons are pressed to the same density as your 'Sand Lion.' Their hardness and durability are no different," Kaminari expined.
He smirked slightly and asked, "So… are you vinced?"
The overwhelming dispy was no different from what Endeavor had once subjected Snatch to.
Snatch swallowed hard, his Adam's apple bobbing visibly. The despair he felt now was even worse than what he'd experienced under Endeavor.
"I… I'm vinced…"
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