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Chapter 30

    Chapter 30


    <span style="font-weight:400">Mibu Sayaka woke up from Aika’s sleep spell a few hours after she was brought to the nurse’s office of the school.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The fighting had ended with most of the infiltrators apprehended and very few escaping preemptively. Damage to the school was minimal, with only a few areas and windows broken from the explosion, and no students who fought against the infiltrators were heavily injured from the brawl.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Sitting on the bed, a solemn, regretful, and defeated expression painted Sayaka’s face as she began to tell Mari, Mayumi, Kaito, Yuuji, Aika, Tatsuya, Miyuki, Erika, and Leon who hade to listen to her words.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“For over a year ago, Captain Tsukasa has been exhorting the kendo team to bring about the end of discrimination by magic. The captain once lured me to the nche office as well. Apparently, his brother is the head of the Japan branch.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Not long after I enrolled, there was an incident in which I was discriminated against as a Course 2 Student… I think that is why I listened so intently to what the captain had to say.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“What kind of incident is it?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Sayaka flinched slightly and became uneasy as she nced towards Mari for a moment before looking down to her hands resting on herp.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Um… It was when the Kenjutsu team had caused a disturbance during the recruitment period. And I saw Watanabe-senpai’s magic sword skills when she suppressed it, which took my breath away. So right away, I asked if she would take me on and advise me, but she just coldly brushed me off…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“What?! Mibu, is that true…?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Mari looked genuinely surprised at her words, and even without needing to know about the anime, Yuuji knew she wasn’t the type of person who would do such a thing. After all, she was the first person who acknowledged Tatsuya’s skills and recruited him into the Disciplinary Committee. Moreover, she had also disyed her dislike of discrimination against Course 2 students multiple times and built her Disciplinary Committee around that. So Mari discriminating against Sayaka because she was a Course 2 student was extremely unlikely.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You said “You’re not a match for me, so it would be a waste of time. Go pick out an opponent you’re worthy of.” I thought it was probably because I was a Course 2 student. And the thought of that…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“H-Hey, wait a minute. I remember what happened that day. I’ve never brushed you off.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Eh?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“If I remember correctly, this is what I told you that day. “With my skills, I could never hope to be a match for you. It would be better if you practiced with someone worthy of your skills.” Am I wrong…?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Eh…? U-Uhm…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Wait, Mari. So you said that you’re declining to practice with Mibu-san because she’s stronger than you?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well, of course, if magic were involved then my skills might be superior. But there is no way I could ever beat Mibu, who has trained in pure swordsmanship, with my sword.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Then… It was all… a misunderstanding on my part? I can’t believe this… I’m such an idiot…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Tears began to fell from her cheeks, darkening the white covers of her bed as she sobbed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Just assuming… misunderstanding you like that… Putting myself down… Wasting a whole year, resenting your kindness…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I don’t think that was a waste.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“...Tsubakihara-kun?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“...This is what Erika said after seeing your swordsmanship. You became so powerful, like a different personpared to when you were in junior high. That is undeniably the result of your swordsmanship skills you polished with your own two hands.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That’s right~”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Aika smiled brilliantly from behind Yuuji, and grabbed Sayaka’s hands with hers.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Instead of wallowing in your sorrows, you kept on improving and polishing yourself. There’s no way that year could be called a waste~!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Kiryuu-san…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Slowly, as if water had overflowed from the dam, Sayaka burst into tears as she clung onto Aika tightly, sobbing and crying her heart out as Aika gently stroked her back.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As someone who was “mediocre” and never “tried” to work hard to achieve greatness and improve herself, Sayaka’s diligence looked very beautiful to her. Instead of giving up after being discriminated against, she continues to train, improve, and polish herself to be better. Such a thing was extremely beautiful to her, enough for Aika to be envious of her perseverance and diligence. After all, she was someone who was satisfied with “passing” and simply indulged in her porn.


    <span style="font-weight:400">It was only until she met Lelouch, Satoru, Tatsuya, and Yuuji that she began to work hard and do her best to get used to her new powers. After all, as the only one who was a regr human before getting the Group Chat, she didn’t want to be left behind by them. For the first time in her life, she didn’t want to simply “pass”, but to be someone who could stand side by side with herrades and friends.


    <span style="font-weight:400">If Sayaka called the year she spent working hard a waste, then it would be simr to calling her efforts a waste, and she wouldn’t let it happen.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji looked at Aika and smiled softly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Aika had always appeared aloof and rxed, but he often saw her secretly training her magic and studying alone. But when she’s with him, she’ll return to being her “usual” self.


    <i><span style="font-weight:400">Seriously… Highschool DxD never talked about her deeply, but isn’t she too cute? I would’ve never known she’s like this if I didn’t catch her practicing her magic in the training ground when I took a toilet break from programming the CADs with Tatsuya.</i>


    <span style="font-weight:400">To him, the sight of her hiding herself maturing was absolutely adorable, and it made him want to pamper and love her a lot. But, that’d need to wait until they finish their business here and return home.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Now then… The question is, where are the people from nche at this moment?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Juumonji, Mayumi, and Mari immediately turned towards Tatsuya in surprise.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Tatsuya-kun, don’t tell me you’re nning on fighting them…?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Mayumi asked with concern obvious from her tone, especially when she saw Yuuji also having a face of determination.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That’s not an appropriate choice of words. We’re going to destroy them.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That’s dangerous! You’re overstepping your boundaries as a student!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Mari retorted angrily.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’m against it as well. We should leave non-school-rted issues to the police.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“And send Mibu-senpai to Family Court for attempted robbery?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Juumonji Kaito realized what Tatsuya was alluding to.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I see… Police intervention would be undesirable. That said, we can’t just let this go. But still… we’re up against terrorists. Neither I, Saegusa, nor Watanabe would ask the students here to risk their lives. Even if you, Tsubakihara, were to join… I understand that you are powerful, but dealing against other students and terrorists are different. I’m sure you understand that, right?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Kaito turned towards Yuuji, who nodded to his words.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Of course, Juumonji-senpai. However… I believe this is a chance to get rid of a cancerous tumor from our society.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“A chance…?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji nodded at Mayumi.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes. Now that nche had shown its ugly face, this is a chance for us to cut its head before it buries back into the ground and hide. Moreover…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji nced at Tatsuya, who nodded at him, and continued.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“We never n on relying on the student council, the disciplinarymittee, nor the extracurricr activities federation for help.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Kaito’s gaze hardened at Yuuji and Tatsuya.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Are you nning on taking them on by yourselves?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well, we would’ve if we could have our way. But…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hehe~ Of course I’m going to apany you~ Who’ll watch over your back if I’m not there, Yuuji~?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Brother, I shall apany you as well.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll go too!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Me too!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Aika, Miyuki, Erika, and Leo all volunteered themselves.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And seeing how they were about to go into danger and fight against nche, Sayaka couldn’t help but feel responsible and spoke up.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“T-Tsubakihara-kun, Shiba-kun, if you’re doing this for me, then please stop! I’ll be fine. I know I should be punished for what I did! But if something were to happen to you all because of me… I would-”<span style="font-weight:400">


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’m not doing this for your sake, Mibu-senpai.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Eh?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Tatsuya cut off her words crudely as he clenched his fist.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“The space in which I live in has been targeted by terrorists. If anyone tries to ruin my and Miyuki’s daily life, I shall erase them all. For me, this is my highest priority.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“...”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji closed his eyes while Aika smiled helplessly as the others looked at Tatsuya speechlessly. This was the first time they’ve seen him disy such intense negative emotion.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“...But brother, how are we going to locate nche’s headquarters?


    <span style="font-weight:400">“If there’s something we don’t know, then we can just ask someone who does.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Tatsuya then walked towards the door and opened it, revealing the figure of the school’s “counselor”.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ono-sensei…?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“U-Um… Ahahaha… Thinking I could hide from the disciple of Master Kokonoe… It seems like I’m still too naive…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Ono Haruka, the “counselor” of First High School then gave them the location of nche’s base and went to tend on Sayaka while they discussed their n.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“An abandoned factory, huh? I guess it’s as expected…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Mm. It seems like it’d be better to go by car.”<span style="font-weight:400">


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Are we going to break in head-on?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I’ll get the car for us.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Kaito asserted.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Eh? Juumonji-kun, are you going as well?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Mayumi asked surprisedly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“As a member of one of the Ten Master ns, this is obviously my duty. But even more than that, as a student of First High School, I can’t ignore this situation.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Then-”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You can’t go, Saegusa.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“It wouldn’t do for the Student council president to be away at a time like this.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Mari agreed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hah… I understand. But if that’s the case, you can’t go either, Mari! After all, there might still be remnants hiding in the campus. Not having the Disciplinary Committee chairwoman would be problematic.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“...”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji giggled silently at Mayumi’s adorable, slightly childish, behavior. Her words and arguments were logical as always, but all he could see was someone who really wanted to help but was rejected, so she also prevented her best friend who also wanted to help from joining.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But he quickly stopped when he noticed Mayumi looking at him with an adorable pout.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“A-Ahem… Then, it’s decided. We shall go with these members.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">All of them aside from Mayumi, who was still pouting at him, nodded to Yuuji’s words and began their preparations.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Well, even though he said that they’ll go with these members, he knew that a certain awkward senpai of his who wants to get revenge for his crush would also join them in this venture.


    <span style="font-weight:400">--------------------------------X--------------------------------


    <span style="font-weight:400">Racing through the streets to an abandoned factory under the orange-red glow of the afternoon sun, a military jeep sped as fast as it could.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Driving it was Juumonji Kaito, the heir to the Juumonji n, one of the Ten Master ns of Japan. Sitting beside him was Takeaki Kirihara, the captain of the kenjutsu club who volunteered for this mission to vent out his anger at the man who did this to his crush.


    <span style="font-weight:400">In the center row were the girls, Aika, Miyuki, and Erika, and behind them were the guys, Yuuji, Tatsuya, and Leo. Although, since there were no seats in the back given it was meant for military equipment, they were forced to stand up awkwardly in the rapidly moving and shaking vehicle while holding on to whatever handle they could find in this military jeep.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Tsubakihara, Shiba. This plot is you two’s brainchild. You issue themands.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji nodded at Tatsuya to let him lead, and he nodded back at him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Understood. Leo, you secure our retreat. Erika, you assist Leo and deal with anyone who tries to escape.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Alright.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Don’t you want any of them captured?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“There’s no need to take any unnecessary risk. Just make sure to do it safely. You guys’ safety is the most important thing.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji looked at Erika in the eyes to make sure she understood it. He couldn’t be with her, and although she’s someone who could deal with anything herself, he wanted to make sure and remind her so she won’t be reckless.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“O-Okay…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Seeing his serious look and concerned voice, Erika felt her heart skip a beat and nodded shyly before averting her face. Her blush was hidden by the fact that the orange-red sun was shining on her, but she couldn’t hide the feeling of her cheeks heating up from herself.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Tatsuya nodded and turned towards Kaito and Kirihara.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Chairman, please head for the rear exit with Kirihara-senpai. Miyuki, Yuuji, Aika, and I will continue on and break in.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Alright. Leave it to us.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">A few momentster, they could see the abandoned factory through the tree lines. Kaito drifted the car through a sharp corner and they could now see the iron gates into the abandoned factory right at the end of the street.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Now, Yuuji, Leo!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Panzer!!!!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Leo activated his CAD and cast a strengthening spell onto the jeep itself. Then, Yuuji also activated a spell and raised his hand forward.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The iron gates started squeaking and shaking as it began to twist and bend, and be lifted off the ground.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Of course, Yuuji was not using his Innate Active Magic, “Gravity”, but the weaker version of it where he’spressing the air and creating tremendous air pressure powerful enough to bend steel and lift it from the ground.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But even then, Kaito, Kirihara, Erika, and Leo who saw it couldn’t help but be surprised at how powerful his spell was. They now realized that all this time he had been restraining and lifting up people, he had been holding back as to not hurt them too much. If he wanted… he could squeeze them to death instantly given how he could twist and bend steel like it was y.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Kaito stepped on the gas even more and burst through the weakened gate, causing twisted bars of metal to fly off everywhere.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Once they were in, they parked the military jeep and separated into different locations. Leo and Erika followed after Kaito and Kirihara who were heading to the rear exit, while Yuuji, Aika, Tatsuya, and Miyuki entered the abandoned factory building.


    <span style="font-weight:400">As they could expect from an abandoned building, pieces of ss from broken windows andmps were scattered about the dusty floor along with pipes and steel beams. Wires hung down from the ceiling and the walls had also disyed visible wear and tear, may it be from time or from human conflict.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji led the group in the front with Tatsuya by his side and followed by Aika and Miyuki behind them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">They turned the corner and entered a hallway lit up by the afternoon sun seeping through the small windows and holes high up on the wall to their right.


    <span style="font-weight:400">At the end of it were double doors, and using their elemental sight, Yuuji, Aika, and Tatsuya knew that the leader of Japan’s nche branch was behind it and apanied by tens of armed men.


    <span style="font-weight:400">This was the reason why Yuuji was up front so he could use his “Gravity” to protect them from anything they tried to do with those guns. Of course, given Tatsuya hadn’t dismantled all of them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s go.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Nn.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">They walked through the hallway and opened the double door that led them into a massive warehouse-like space. It was dark, but they could still see without a problem, especially Yuuji and Aika with their keen eyes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But the warehouse was quickly lit up by the afternoon sun when the massive shades of therge windows at the top of the walls were opened. And along with it, an annoying voice that Yuuji and Aika found even more annoying than the one in the anime echoed through the warehouse.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Wee! It is so nice to finally meet you two, Tsubakihara Yuuji, Shiba Tatsuya.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">They all turned towards the voice and saw anky, bespectacled man with light purple hair hiding his right eye in a long, white overcoat and a reddish shawl smiling at them with his arms spread in a weing manner.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And behind him, 18 men with rifles all aimed at them stood, ready to fire at any time.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“And the beautiful princesses standing behind you… Kiryuu Aika and Shiba Miyuki.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">His gaze turned lustful as he gazed at Aika’s Goddess-like appearance, licking his lips as he slowly observed her figure from top to bottom.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Immediately, Yuuji stood in front of Aika, shielding her from his gaze, and looked at him with a stoic expression and spoke.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“And you are the leader of nche?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ah, that was rude of me.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">His snake-like smile returned as he focused his gaze on the beautiful man before him and introduced himself elegantly, putting his hand on his chest.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I am the leader of nche’s Japan branch, Tsukasa Hajime.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I see…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">And for the first time, Yuuji pulled out his golden gun-shaped CAD and aimed it at him. Simrly, Tatsuya also pulled out his Silver Horn and aimed it at him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Unlike his bracelet-type CAD that only allowed him to cast his weaker version of “Gravity”, “Aegis” had been calibrated to allow him to cast his “Gravity” more urately. In other words, he could now easily rip apart every atom in someone’s body as easily as spaghettifying the entire building into nothingness.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Then I would like to suggest that you surrender. Thepound had been surrounded, and they would rush in if I did not give them your word of surrender. Put down your weapons and put your hands behind your heads.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">The men behind Hajime shook for a moment at the mention of thepound being surrounded. It was only a bluff from Yuuji, but it still seeded in tricking them into bing uneasy.


    <span style="font-weight:400">However, Hajimeughed out loud at his words, his cackling echoing annoyingly throughout the entire warehouse.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“If you really think that magic is such an absolute power, you’re sadly mistaken!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Hajime slowly calmed down after a while and then offered his hand to Tatsuya.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Shiba Tatsuya. Join us. Your ability to perform cast-jamming without the use of antinite is of extreme interest for me.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“So using Mibu-senpai to make contact with me and having your brother assault me is for that?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Tatsuya asked calmly, his gun still pointing at him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Mm, nothing I like more than an intelligent child. But the fact that you’re aware of all that, yet still showed up here… proves that you’re still a child after all!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">In a flourish, Hajime threw his sses up into the air and looked at Tatsuya in the eyes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Shiba Tatsuya! You will join us as ourrade!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">A confident grin appeared on his face as Tatsuya slumped slightly. But then…


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Consciousness Interference Type Magic, Evil Eye. Or so it is called, but in reality… The flicker of light signals with their hypnotic pattern is projected into your subject’s retinas. A simple light-wave oscition spell. A simple hypnosis, nothing more.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“!!!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">His eyes widened in shock as sweat began to flow down his face. His Evil Eye had not worked. His trump card did not work and he couldn’t figure out why!


    <span style="font-weight:400">Hajime used it again, this time to Yuuji, and then Aika to tell them to do the same. But neither worked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Instead, all it served was to make Yuuji even more angry that he’d try to hypnotize his girlfriend. All sorts of expressions disappeared from his beautiful, handsome face, and his eyes were now devoid of any emotions except for one. Anger.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With contemptced in every one of his words, Yuuji began.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Is that the spell you used to rece Mibu-senpai’s memories?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Miyuki’s eyes widened in shock when she heard Yuuji’s words and turned towards Aika quesitoningly.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I-Is that why…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Uhn. You should’ve realized it as well, right Miyuki? The difference between what Mibu-senpai remembered and what actually happened were too much considering that it was supposed to be such a vivid memory for her. There’s no way it’s natural.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“... You vulgar scums.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">With his trump card ineffective, Hajime’s body and voice began to shake.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Y-You… W-Why… How…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I admit you have a talent for showmanship. Trying to draw our attention to your right hand by throwing your sses while secretly controlling your CAD with your left. But you’re really trash when ites to magic. Maybe try going to showbiz. You’ll make a living being a clown on national tv.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“It was indeed a cheap trick. After all, all I needed to do was delete a part of that spell to make it mere light signals.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“H-How could it be… Wasn’t your magic counterattack cast-jamming, you bastard?!”<span style="font-weight:400">


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hmph. You really are trash. But I like you better now that your pretensions to greatness are gone. Really, you’re much more entertaining that way.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Irked by Yuuji’s words, Hajime immediately ordered his men to fire.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Fire… Fire!!!!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Hails of bullets shoot out from the automatic rifles, its sound echoing loudly throughout the entire warehouse and overwhelming the crazy, cacklingughter of Hajime.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But after all of them emptied their magazines, all the men and Hajime’s eyes widened in pure shock and horror when they saw every single bullet that should’ve pierced through every inch of their bodies floating in the air before them, as if they were stopped in mid air by an invisible force.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The bullets dropped to the ground, filling the warehouse with clinging sounds of metal hitting each other and the ground and snapping them out of their daze.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“HiiiI!!!! Fire! Fire again!!!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">The men tried to reload their rifles, but before they could, their guns glowed briefly before dismantling all of a sudden into their constituent parts and dropping onto the ground.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“W-What the hell is going on?!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Seeing the dismantled parts of the rifles on the ground and the demons before him, Hajime yelled an embarrassing sound as he panicked and stumbled away through his men, running away as fast as he could.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hehe… Ehehehe… Ehehehehe~ You shouldn’t have shot at us, you know~?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">The men slowly turned their gazes back from the door their leader had gone into and towards the beautiful girl.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Her voice was heavenly, but somehow, they could feel the chilling fear radiating from her every word which was further intensified by the smile that didn’t reach her eyes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“And for that… it’s punishment time~”


    <span style="font-weight:400">At first, they felt a chilling cold breeze that seeped into their bones. But almost instantly, frost covered their entire body, turning their skin purple, and froze all of them in ce.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Miyuki looked at Aika in pure shock. The spell… Not only was it an extremely powerful spell, but its power had also been increased multiple folds…


    <span style="font-weight:400">The wide-range oscition-deceleration type magic, Niflheim, was a spell that decreased temperature by decelerating the movement of air and atoms in an area. Because of that, the target would normally have frost slowly covering their entire body as the air around them freezes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">But when Aika did it, all of them froze in an instant. Meaning… Aika’s phenomenon rewriting power to cause the air and atoms around them to slow down was far more powerful than hers.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ufufufu~ Don’t worry~ I’ll return you guys to tip-top shape after this, so stay frosty~!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ugh… Aika…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Eeehhh~? Wasn’t that a good one~?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s go…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Geez~ It <i><span style="font-weight:400">is</i><span style="font-weight:400"> a good one, isn''t it~? Hey, Yuuji!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Miyuki looked at Aika, who was already heading to the door where Hajime escaped to with Yuuji, in disbelief and turned towards her brother.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Brother…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Tatsuya turned to her and let out a small smile, and followed after Yuuji and Aika.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s go.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Y-Yes…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Heading deeper into the warehouse, Yuuji stopped everyone before turning the corner and turned to Tatsuya.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Tatsuya.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Ah…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">He walked up, turning the corner, and immediately cast a spell with his Silver Horn and dismantled all the rifles aimed at them before Yuuji, Aika, and Miyuki followed after him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">In the corner of the room, Hajime was standing behind another group of men who had just had their rifles dismantled, his face full of fear and shock.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Let’s just stop this farce and stand down, clown. We’ve got another guying, and he’s really pissed at you. I don’t know if I could even stop him from taking a bite out of you.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hiii! U-Use your rings!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Hajime raised his right hand, revealing an antinite bracelet on his wrist, and activated it. The rest of the men also used their antinite bracelets, aiming it at Yuuji, Tatsuya, Aika, and Miyuki.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The moment they did, a confident smirk returned to his sweat-ridden face.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“How do you like true cast-jamming, magicians?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji looked around the room.


    <span style="font-weight:400">There were truly a vast amount of antinite, a precious military resource that can only be produced in ancient civilizations of this world that prospered in highly-elevated areas.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Since hecked knowledge of this world, its geography, and politicalndscape aside from those he received through the Group Chat rted to supposed “missions” he and Aika went through with Tatsuya as his “background”, Yuuji couldn’t deduce Hajime’s backing with this. But, he was sure that Tatsuya could.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Your patron is the pro-independence breakaway regime, Ukraine-Brus, and your sponsor, the Great Asian Alliance, then?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Immediately, Hajime’s eyes widened in pure shock and clenched his teeth.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Kill him!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">The men slowly approached them with knives in hand, but before they coulde even close, Yuuji used his “Gravity” and immediately restrained all of them before making the float in the air.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“W-What?! H-How could you use magic?!”<span style="font-weight:400">


    <span style="font-weight:400">Seeing their struggles, Yuuji strengthened the gravity around them, crushing their arms and legs.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“H-How could you do that… H-How could you use magic under cast-jamming?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Stumbling back to the rear exit, Hajime watched as men were all crushed and lifted up into the air in pure horror. When suddenly, the concrete doors behind him were suddenly cut up and broken through, throwing him back to his rear on the ground.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Kirihara entered and looked at the men floating in mid-air, screaming their lungs out in pain with their arms and legs limp and bloody. He then turned towards Yuuji, who had his hand raised up and couldn’t help but look at him in shock and a bit of fear.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“...Guess you were really holding back before, huh?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I didn’t want to hurt you after all, senpai. Let’s just leave that as water under the bridge.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“O-Oh… Anyway, who is this dude.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Kirihara turned towards Hajime, who was looking at him in fear.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That is the leader of nche in Japan, Tsukasa Hajime.”<span style="font-weight:400">


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That’s him?!”<span style="font-weight:400">


    <span style="font-weight:400">Immediately, Kirihara’s face twisted into pure rage as his eyes widened, teeth clenched, and his grasp around his sword tightened.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hiii!”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Hajime stumbled up and raised his hand, about to cast a spell. But before he could, Kirihara had already activated his sonic de and lunged at him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“It’s him?! The bastard who duped Mibu?!”<span style="font-weight:400">


    <span style="font-weight:400">


    <span style="font-weight:400">With a powerful, swift swing as expected from the best kenjutsu student in First High School, Kirihara cut off Hajime’s right hand, sttering blood onto the ground as his arm from above the elbow fell with a wet thud.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And before he could go in on the man again, Yuuji stopped him.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Please leave it at that, senpai.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Kirihara snapped out of his rage, looked at him, and lowered his sword. He, Yuuji, and the others then turned towards Juumonji Kaito who just entered and looked across the room.


    <span style="font-weight:400">His gaze first fell on the men with limp, bloody limbs floating in mid-air. Some were still screaming while some had already fainted.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“You can put them down now. I doubt they can run away with those legs.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yes, chairman.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Yuuji slowly lowered his hand and gently put it back onto the ground. As he said, none of them could even move their limbs and simplyy there in pain before fainting.


    <span style="font-weight:400">He then turned towards Hajime, whose severed arm was still spewing blood and stopped it with magic.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Did we get them all?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Kaito asked Yuuji and the others.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Most likely…”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Kaito nodded and began checking the room along with Kirihara and taking care of the main perpetrator of this farce.


    <span style="font-weight:400">And as they were about to leave, Aika nced at the direction of the room where she froze those guys, and subtly waved her hand towards them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“There you go~ I kept my promise~”


    <em><strong>AN: I hope you guys enjoy this chapter~! Pleasement your thoughts~! I would love to hear what you think about it~!!!!</strong></em>


    <em><strong>Also, if you''d like to read additional chapters ahead and get a pdf version (Light & Dark), please feel free to check out my at /versx ~!!</strong></em>
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