With an incentive, he performs quite well!

"Hey Izuku, you should definitely take a run at it!" Momo suggested to Izuku, who jumped a bit. "Bet you'd get the new record!"

"Hah, no way! You can't beat my score!" Bakugo snorted angrily. Mei waved cheerfully.

"Hi, Angry Guy! How are the boots working for you? This test drive prove my skill with draftsmanship?" she asked him like she was discussing the weather with him.

"...they work great, thanks," Bakugo grumbled in a rare moment of gratitude from him, and honestly having nothing to complain about regarding the boots. "Hey, don't distract from the issue here!" he suddenly shouted.

"Yeah, that's right, how about it?" Setsuna questioned Izuku, standing next to Momo.

"Um, I don't know..." Izuku told Momo, rubbing the back of his head. "13 seconds is really fast, given the course size..."

"Damn right it is!" Bakugo smirked.

"Hmm," Momo paused, wanting to mess with Bakugo by getting Izuku to beat his score. She then looked at Setsuna, and whispered in her ear.

"...you know, Izuku, I might be inclined to... Reward you if you beat Bakugo's score..." Setsuna whispered in his ear, putting a deliberate amount of sultriness to her tone. Izuku stiffened. Honestly, that promise would work from any girl in his harem to motivate him, but from Setsuna, it was extra special, since she was the only one in the relationship not submissive to him. Not that he'd make any of them reward him anyway, but still...

"Okay, let's do this!" he declared, immediately jumping over the railing, and by extension, Bakugo, who gave an indignant shout at that. He landed next to the announcer, and immediately entered to go a run at the course. Once he was in the starter position, he took a deep breath. "One For All, Full Cowling!" he whispered, before shooting off like a bullet.

To the naked eye, he was little more than a green blue, trailing sparks of lightning. He took out one robot with a kick, before kicking off the rock wall to hit the next, then the third. Once he was halfway through, he pushed eight percent of One For All into his legs for the final push. That'd lead to slight muscle damage, but damn if it wasn't worth it!

He smashed right through the last robot, and heard the bell chime, before planting his hands on his knees, panting a bit. His legs throbbed slightly, but not too bad. Thank you, Mirko, for your insane strength training. "Eleven seconds! We have a new record holder!" the announcer declared.

"LIKE HELL YOU DO! I'M GOING AGAIN!" Three guesses as to who made that declaration, the first two don't count. Izuku chuckled a bit. Same old Kaa-chan, even if they had started the slow process of reconciliation. He walked back up and took in the scene of Kirishima holding back a raging Bakugo, telling him to remember that they only got one go each, and to leave the poor announcer lady alone. "LET GO OF ME!" Bakugo roared.

And of course, Momo was sticking her tongue out at Bakugo from behind. Even if he and her Master were starting to mend things, Bakugo was still oh so very fun to mess with... "Nice one, Izu-kun!" Setsuna gave him a thumbs up.

"Thanks," he replied with a blush, and rubbed the back of his head, before the temperature suddenly seemed to drop. He turned to see that another contestant had entered, and was producing a lot of ice to hit all the robots. "Huh, Todoroki's here too," he remarked, not even surprised at this point anymore as the announcer declared that he had done the course in fourteen seconds. Not bad at all, even if Izuku and Bakugo had him beat by a little.