Well, the first round was a disappointment. Hopefully the second round if a bit more interesting. Joshua thought to himself as he leaned against the wall of the hallway leading out to the stadium. His first round opponent had used some sort of quirk involving machinery. It was rather easy to counter, as all he needed to do was disable them with a electromagnetic wave or simply overload with electricity until they had exploded. Once that was done, a simple taser level shock to the system to knock them out and the round of over. Nothing much and he had walked away with only a slight tingle in his arm.

Said tingle was gone now, so it was onto the second round. When his name was announced, he walked out to the ring and took his place near the center, waiting to see what this round had instore for him. If nothing else, he hoped it would prove to be interesting. Part of him also wondered how his sisters were doing, but he pushed the thought aside to focus.

Kamiko had been more than a little disappointed with her first contest, her opponent hardly seemed interested in the fight after all... Maybe someone who got through to the second round would be a bit more lively. Though it turned out to be someone else who she didn't recognize. No matter, he looked serious enough to her. Though he seemed much older than she was, which could potentially be a little unfair. Regardless, she took her place opposite him on the starting grounds, ready to start as soon as the bell rang.

Oh? Another girl again? Am I going to end up going against all girls this tournament and looking like some kind of asshole if I win all my matches as a result? Joshua thought to himself as his opponent arrived and took her place. She seemed to be younger then him and had a punkish aesthetic, something he found rather refreshing considering even Anna preferred a slightly more dainty appearance. Pushing that aside, once the bell rang, his put some distance between himself and this Kamiko chick. Best to stand back and observe that she could do before making a move of his own.

The girl would draw herself a coin moments before the countdown ended, flipping it in her right hand as she she waited, she hoped this guy was going to put up a better fight than the last. Her fierce red eyes focused upon her opponent, with something of a smile appearing on her lips as the timer counter down to zero and he retreated somewhat. She gave him just a moment to figure out her powers as her entire body began to arc with electricity, scorching the ground. Raising her hand, she would proceed to launch the coin with a flick of her thumb.

The reaction was devastating and instant, though she didn't aim for him. It collided with the field itself, easily blasting away the ground in front of him to not only surprise her opponent but kick up a dust cloud between them. Before it cleared she would have closed the distance, the crackling electricity surrounding her arm as she grabbed at whatever she could, discharging what should be enough to knock him out cold.

"Oh? You as well." Joshua said to himself quietly so his opponent couldn't hear, as he saw the electricity arcing around her. He then saw her use a railgun, similar to his own technique, to kick-up a dust cloud. Given her quirk, he had to guess one of three things were happening. One was that she was coming in for a close range stun gun attack, she was planning on firing blindly through the smokescreen or she could be using it to charge a more powerful attack. Given the second option was more likely to bite her in the ass then it was to help her, he decided to bet on the latter two. And given her quirk was likely the same as his, he could counter either one of the other two by simply redirecting the electricity. Preparing for as much, he wasn't that surprised when she came charging out of the cloud and grabbed him. He in turn made a grab at her. If it succeeded and she did attempt to channel electricity into him, he would simply redirect it at her. If his attempted to grab her failed, then he would simply redirect it into the ground.

"Mistake" She smirked as he tried to counter her attack by grabbing onto her to redirect her energy, which she wouldn't try and stop at all. Unfortunately for Joshua, his own powers weren't quite as good as hers. As soon as he had tried to redirect the attack he would find that she was stronger, and seemed to have better control of the energy flowing through her. Whatever power she had been using moments ago would increase dramatically as she upped the ante, utilizing the energy he was trying to output to add to her own to feed it directly back into the loop at a much greater voltage. Every second it would get worse. Though the lightshow they would be creating would be quite a sight to see.

"Ground it is then. Thanks for letting me grab ya though." Joshua said, smiling at her, apparently unbothered. She had underestimated his durability when it came to electricity. Sure it had an effect, but it didn't bother him as much as she had probably hoped. He new there were more powerful electromancers, so he was always going out of his way to find ways of shocking himself with higher voltages to increase his durability. Still, he began channeling it into the ground instead, ending the loop and increasing the amount of time he had. Since he had a grip on her, he decided to take the initiative on ending this. Adjusting his grip to her collar, he quickly knocked one of her feet out from under her before flipping her over his shoulder so she could take a hard landing onto her back. Once there, he firmly planted a knee on her throat to cut off her ability to breathe, grabbing the wrist of her hand she was using to shock him to keep control of that one while using his other hand to pin down her other arm. Even if she was the more powerful quirk user, she still needed air and was more likely to pass out from lack of oxygen before he was unable to move.

The immediate effect of her counter-attack was disappointing really, however, it wasn't all she could do. The second he shifted his grip to go for her collar she would deftly knock away his hand before he could get a grip, while her other went to her pocket while keeping her footing as he tried to unbalance her. In an instant she countered his grab with a swift jab to the gut. Though it wouldn't seem like she had the physical strength to do much damage, that didn't account for the coins she had between her fingers. On impact, they would proceed to burst forward with surprising force. Enough to knock him clean out of the ring.

Joshua was knocked out of the ring as planned.
"Disappointing." He said, getting up and brushing himself off before shrugging and walking away.

The aftereffect of her attack had sparking arcs of electricity running over her hand, which turned out being a little tender. That had gotten a little more heated than she thought it would, but it seems like she had taken the round for a second win. She turned and walked back out the way she came, shaking out her hand to get the feeling back into it. Unable to keep the latent charge from sparking off to the ground as she went to rest for the next round.

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