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The sterile hum of fluorescent lights filled the vast auditorium, painting the polished wooden floor in a flat, white glare. The air carried the faint, nostalgic scent of dust and old vinyl gym mats, underscored by the distant, muffled percussion of footsteps in the hall. Beyond the tall windows, the fierce American sunlight beat down, spotlighting an indoor volleyball court and a haphazard pile of abandoned balls. Everything felt bigger here than back at U.A.—the corridors wider, the ceilings higher, the buzz of unfamiliar languages a constant background murmur. Class 1-A entered in a cluster of dark blue and white, their presence suddenly sharp against the unfamiliar setting. Katsuki Bakugo's eyes swept the space, his expression a familiar, disdainful sneer. Eijiro Kirishima landed a…