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Gambler Chapter 18: Hot Blood
🕑 Added 2025-09-05 04:00:44 +0000 UTCA/N: Sorry for the late upload, I was too busy playing Silksong
The Gambler's Guide to Heroism
Chapter 18: Hot Blood
<<Kotaro Hakari>>
"What happened!?"
I let go of the dazed and surprised Mina to turn around with a stern expression.
"Bakubastard happened, the building won't take another one of those and still stand on its legs. And I can't employ Door Crossing while the building is like this. You stay here and guard the bomb, I'll go on the offensive. If he gets past me somehow, gloober him."
"Got it."
Mina gave a resolute nod, nodding back I focused on Door Crossing before jumping through the window and into to an entrance with a better viewing location. I did a few jumps before I saw Bakugou walking up the giant chasm he carved into the building.
'Sweet Shackles.'
I formed my candy into two ropes of hard candy chains that shot out towards Bakugou's leg, intending to ensnare him before immobilising him and putting cuffs on him.
"So there you are, you Yankee fucker!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Perhaps I had underestimated him. Despite his anger, he was alert, and the moment he heard the chains form, he turned around and started blasting towards me at speeds that made me uncomfortable. He boosted himself with his explosions before raising a crackling hand towards me with a feral smile.
Boom!
"Get back here you fucking coward! You scared?!"
In response, I simply jumped back through the door I came from and emerged on the lower floors instead. Best to take out Momo before she can start working around Bakugou. I tried a few doors before I found her with her bare chest bared towards where I emerged from, creating a net that emerged from her chest area with a soft pink glow.
I only had a moment to appreciate her massive chest completely naked, with her big nipples and all, before both of us regained our cognisance.
"!"
Seeing me appear before her without any fanfare or any pre preparation she was frozen in place by shock, which gave me all of the initiative I needed.
'Sticky Splash!'
I raised my hand and let out a spray of thin yet sticky candy syrup all over Momo, covering her in white candy that made it harder to move, while my other hand created more viscous ropes that shot forward and snared her.
"Ugh! No-!"
"Sorry 'bout that, but an enemy is an enemy."
Momo did not have much chance to strugle when I slapped the cuff on her arm while letting the candy on her body dissolve, making her sigh and cover her chest up.
"Momo Yaoyorozu has been captured!"
All Might yelled in as shaky tone, and it was accompanied by a yell of rage and a rather wrath filled explosion that shook the building.
"That... can't be good."
Deciding that chatting up Momo could wait for later, I rushed back into the door I came out of and came out where I first spotted Bakugou, and I saw him poised on a ledge, ready to attack me once again. Not even having tried the oppurtunity of me leaving to try and grab the bomb.
I don't think he even remembered what this exercise was about.
"You know, you are both a scarily good and hilariously bad villain."
Bakugou, of course, responded with the emotional range of a grenade.
"I don't give a shit! We are settling this right here right now!"
This was not going to be easy, as much as I like to shit on him, Bakugou was far more experienced with using his ability than I was; he had a great quirk and was beefy as hell. If you compared raw stats, I lose out pretty comfortably.
But fights rarely ever come down to raw stats.
'Sticky Web!'
I raised my right hand and let out a stream of ultra sticky candy in the shape of a net that was quickly blasted away by Bakugou, who flew towards me while boosting himself with explosions. In response, I kept my cool and used my candy to form a tough wall in front of me.
Boom! Crash!
"Is hiding like a rat all you got!?"
Of course, the half assed wall I threw up was blown away in a single exchange, but that meant Bakugou had to take a moment to blow it apart, a moment that I used to my advantage by swapping Door Crossing for Bikaku.
"Urk!"
Bakugou grimaced as he was slapped out of the air by my Bikaku forming and rushing towards him, blindsiding him with a powerful slap. Shattering his gauntlet, but he managed to catch himself in the air and land on his feet. He gritted his teeth, yet his eyes were focused. Just because he was angry did not make him out of control.
"Finally feel like fighting back, huh? Good! Come at me, sticky!"
He started running towards me, I poised my Bikaku like a scorpion's tail, and at the same time, my candy syrup started dripping down my arms. Area denial. Limit the approaches he has. I crouched and put a hand on the floor before the candy syrup rapidly expanded and covered the floor, forcing Bakugou to jump to avoid getting stuck. But I was looking forward to the opportunity as my Bikaku lashed out.
But I was not the only one who could read my opponent.
"Too easy!"
Boom! Boom!
"Grh!"
Bakugou used one arm to redirect himself to dodge the tail before using the other to blast my tail; it felt like being battered by a red-hot club.
After blasting my tail, Bakugou re-oriented himself before blasting towards me with a rather fierce grin.
But before he could fully reach me, I manipulated the candy on the floor that was still attached to me to make a rope of it fly out and grab his leg, snaring him.
"Shitty candy! Die!"
He turned and blasted the candy gripping at his leg, but during that timeframe, my Bikaku had turned back and lashed out at Bakugou again. Yet he dodged once again by using his explosions to fly higher. It was like trying to smack a fly. Except the fly was made of grenades.
"You're open!"
"And you're awfully talkative, eh?"
I needed a big move he couldn't dodge, catching him with Bikaku will be too hard considering the speed and mobility differences.
Unleashing a flood of candy from my legs, I made the floor come to life, and at the same time, Bakugou rushed towards me like a missile.
Boom!
"Grrh!"
He hit me with an explosion head-on, I managed to raise my hands just in time, but it felt like getting rammed by a truck on fire. I focused through the pain and did not let it break my concentration. Several ropes of candy shot out from the floor and managed to snare Bakugou's hands and feet.
"Damn it!"
I only had a split second; there was about a few meters of distance between us. Bakugou's hand glowed an intimidating orange, ready to unleash a far stronger blast. But at this range, I guarentee a hit and take him down. Bakugou's eyes widened slightly as he felt the force of the candy holding onto him suddenly slacken.
Instead, his view was covered up by a large glowing purple palm gripping his head like a tennis ball.
Candy Paramecia -> Spectral Claw
That's right, I had swapped Candy Paramecia with Spectral Claw and used its extended reach to grab Bakugou's head.
We both moved at once. I swung my arm, and he swung his.
Boooom!
Crash!
I slammed Bakugou's head into the floor and buried his skull a solid inch into the reinforced concrete floor while Bakugou let out the blast he had been charging towards me, hitting me with an explosian that was far stronger than the one before, making me let go of him and be sent flying, my back hit the wall and I felt blood splash my mouth. The flash of light from the explosion still blinded my eyes, as the light faded I spat some blood out.
My arms were bruised to hell and back, with some burn marks, thankfully not too bad due to how brief the explosions are. My head ached and I felt dizzy, probably because of a concussion.
I staggered out and looked towards where I had slammed Bakugou. If he got up after that, I was screwed. With this ability set, I really did not have a response to him. And I was doubly scerewed because if he got up, that meant this fucker could shrug off getting his buried in concrete by spectral claw.
Which was why I breathed out a sigh of relief when I didn't hear any noise of Bakugou getting up.
That was way too close, and I had no delusion that I would manage to pull off the same stunts in a rematch. Hobbling over to his body, I slapped a cuff on his wrist and promptly walked away. I may have stamina for days, but my energy reserves are not doing the best. And my earpiece was busted too, so I couldn't hear All Might saying whether the fight was finished or not.
Feat Achieved! Defeat Bakugou and Momo in the Battle Trial
+1x Gold Trait Gacha Ticket
+1x Gold Ability Gacha Ticket
Well, well, well.
Bakugou, you ain't such a bad guy after all. Before someone came to retrieve me, I decided to quickly roll my tickets. Going Traits first.
Rolling Gold Trait Gacha...
An Uncommon Trait!
[Nothing Strange]
|Uncommon|
There is nothing strange about you. People try to normalise your weirdness or oddities, like why you keep skipping out on class, how you speak weirdly or how it's weird to kiss your relatives in the mouth. Just the normal stuff.
Hmm, it's not bad. It can be useful, I suppose. It will be especially helpful for people to not needle me about my abilities, but I could have honestly done with any other trait.
Hopefully, the ability will be better.
Rolling Gold Ability Gacha...
An Uncommon Ability!
[Piercing Eyes]
|Rarity:Uncommon| |Class: Thinker|
Your eyes can see far and see through objects, and you can adjust the level perfectly according to your needs.
Can't exactly call this bad. It covers a weakness of mine; it can definitely come in useful, especially if I form a dome around myself or want to peek at girls.
...I'll probably use it to perv on girls, who am I even trying to fool?
⚀—⚁⚂⚃—⚄—•⚅•—⚄—⚃⚂⚁—⚀
<<Kotaro Hakari>>
Shortly after my victory, I was escorted to the infirmary alongside Bakugou by a medical bot. After we both got our kisses from Recovery Woman, we had to do an awkward walk back to the monitoring room together, both of us still suffering from a mild concussion from Restoration Lady.
As we walked back to the monitoring room in an awkward silence, Bagukou spoke first.
"I could have totally won that."
"But you didn't."
His eyebrow twitched at my nonchalant response.
"Don't expect me to fall for your petty tricks next time, you bastard."
"Right, good luck with that, pal. Next time I'll be even stronger with more quirks."
Bakugou scoffed.
"Tch, who cares. I'll get stronger too and crush you. Have one quirk or a billion, it doesn't matter. Just one is all I need to crush you."
"I'll be looking forward to it."
"Tsk."
We kept walking, but the silence felt ever so slightly awkward.
...Were we bonding just a little there?
Whatever that was, at least he isn't shouting as much.
A/N: Bakugou is a tough cookie, and I mean a really tough one for Hakari this early. He is probably the student who trained themselves the most behind Shoto, who got trained without his consent. Hell, this guy was punching 7% Deku strong enough to hurt him.
These rolls may seem rather lacklustre, but if you use some brainpower, you can realise they are actually going to be VERY useful. Why that is, I'll leave up to you. Also, Rivalry is doing double overtime to make Bakugou even remotely approachable, but it is working at least slightly.
Comments
Drim
more please!
Mount Of peace
Yes, I see the beginning of a hate/respect relationship... Momo on the other hand... oh poor Momo... not only could she not do anything, but she was seen by Hakari, and the fact that the candy was white was a nice touch... wait, rivalry also applies to Momo? Also, Hakari beat many in the peculiar test, did rivalry also apply there? And in the entrance exam too or something like that?
