He didn't think about the landing, which made Kaeya internally facepalm. Like, if you're going to explode yourself like that, think about how you're going to get to the ground safely. Even an eight year old would know (an eight year old named Klee).

Luckily, Midoriya was smart (I mean he did get into 1-A he has to be smart), and put one foot on Bakugo's shoulder and the other on Todoroki's shoulder, then threw the metal down, blasting him forward and allowing a safe landing.

Interesting... the shrine maiden in the stands thought. Seems he's smarter than he looks. I wonder, would any of these people be a match for her, had Lumine failed? Probably not.

"Wow... Midoriya is an idiot," Kaeya said, before someone (Xiao) slapped him.

...

The race was over.

Placements:

UA
1) Izuku Midoriya
2) Shoto Todoroki
3) Katsuki Bakugo
4) Ibara Shiozaki
5) Juzo Honenuki
6) Tenya Iida
7) Fumikage Tokoyami
8) Hanta Sero
9) Eijiro Kirishima
10) Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
11) Mashirao Ojiro

12) Yosetsu Awase
13) Tsuyu Asui
14) Mezo Shoji
15) Rikido Sato
16) Ochaco Uraraka
17) Momo Yaoyorozu
18) Minoru Mineta
19) Mina Ashido
20) Koji Koda
21) Kyoka Jiro
22) Sen Kaibara
23) Kosei Tsubaraba
24) Denki Kaminari
25) Kojiro Bondo
26) Reiko Yanagi
27) Hitoshi Shinso
28) Itsuka Kendo
29) Jurota Shishida
30) Shihai Kuroiro
31) Yui Kodai
32) Hiryu Rin
33) Nirengeki Shoda
34) Kinoko Komori
35) Togaro Kamakiri
36) Nieto Monoma
37) Pony Tsunotori
38) Toru Hagakure
39) Setsuna Tokage
40) Manga Fukidashi
41) Mei Hatsume
42) Yuga Aoyama

Mondstadt, Liyue, and Inazuma

1) Diluc
2) Noelle
3) Thoma
4) Albedo
5) Xingqiu
6) Beidou
7) Yanfei
8) Xiao (Boi, how your Skill literally pushes you forward)
9) Kaeya
10) Kazuha

...

"Well, we didn't win," Paimon said. "It's not all bad, Paimon. Besides, you'll have more time to eat," Lumine replied. "Yeah, you're right," Paimon agreed.

"Hey, isn't that Zhongli over there?" Paimon said when they reached the stands. "Oh, yeah. And he's talking to someone too..." Lumine said.

"-must thank you, Mr. Zhongli. A-and you said Mr. Albedo was here?" a soft voice said.

"Yes, he's currently taking part in the festival." Zhongli replied.

Paimon turned to Lumine. "That sounded like Sucrose, didn't it?" she said. "It did. And there's two others," Lumine nodded.

"-good terms now?" a male's voice said. "Yes. Besides, with the Tenryou Commission's betrayal to the Shogun, I doubt that we should be on opposite sides," said a female voice.

"That must be Sara and Gorou!" Paimon said.

"Indeed. We were waiting for you, Traveler," a voice said form behind the two. Paimon and Lumine turned.

"Yae Miko?!"

Short chapter today, haha. Anyway, Venti and Ayato may be coming soon, with my birthday coming up and all. And since I currently have $105 USD, I may be able to buy a PS4 card and get 6000 Primogems, which should be enough to pull Venti and Ayato. Granted I'm going off the logic I had when I used a 100 dollar card to pull Xiao, then get Mona shortly after. So hopefully I'll get both hehe. But yeah, short chapter today.