E14 - Nine Schools Competition Part VII

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[00:00] ---
    I'm Masaki Ichijo, a first
    year at Third High School.
[00:04] ---
    And I'm Shinkuro Kichijoji, also
    a first year at Third High School.
[00:09] ---
    I'm Tatsuya Shiba, a first
    year at First High School.
[00:12] ---
    So tell me, what do the Crimson Prince and
    Cardinal George want with me before their match?
[00:18] ---
    Hey, if you know not only about me, but
    George, too, this should be quick and dirty.
[00:24] ---
    Tatsuya Shiba... I've never
    heard that name before.
[00:28] ---
    But I'll always remember
     it from now on.
[00:31] ---
    You're most likely the most prodigious engineer
    in the history of the Nine Schools Competition.
[00:35] ---
    We know it's probably rude
    to do this before the match,
[00:38] ---
    but we came to see
    what you looked like.
[00:41] ---
    I'm humbled to be called
    a prodigy by the boy genius
[00:45] ---
    who discovered one of the Cardinal
    Codes at the tender age of thirteen...
[00:49] ---
    But you're right, it's unorthodox.
[00:51] ---
    Miyuki, go on ahead and get ready.
[00:54] ---
    Very well.
[01:03] ---
    Isn't it almost time
    for your match, Prince?
[01:07] ---
    We'll be competing
    in Monolith Code tomorrow.
[01:11] ---
    What about you?
[01:13] ---
    I'm not in charge of that event.
[01:15] ---
    I see... That's unfortunate.
[01:18] ---
    We'd love to compete
    against your players one day.
[01:21] ---
    Though needless to say,
    we'd be sure to win.
[01:25] ---
    Sorry to take up your time.
[01:28] ---
    We'll be looking forward
    to the next time.
[03:11] ---
    8-8 / Sixth day of the competition
[03:14] ---
    Is it just me...
[03:16] ---
    Or is this like, totally freaky?
[03:18] ---
    All the players wearing shades!
[03:21] ---
    Well, why wouldn't they?
[03:23] ---
    To counter Ms. Mitsui's Optical Magic,
    it's the most affordable sure-fire strategy.
[03:29] ---
    What's your problem, anyway?
[03:31] ---
    Well, because! They're just playing
    right into Tatsuya's hands, aren't they?
[03:35] ---
    I can't believe they'd go
    cheap and use goggles...
[03:38] ---
    Do you think she'll try to blind them
    with the spray this time?
[03:42] ---
    I don't know about that...
[03:43] ---
    I just don't see Tatsuya stooping to
    a simplistic strategy like that.
[03:46] ---
    On your marks.
[03:50] ---
    Late start?
[03:51] ---
    No, she's keeping pace!
[04:07] ---
    What the...
[04:08] ---
    ...heck was that?
[04:09] ---
    It looked like a shadow
    dropped onto the course.
[04:27] ---
    I see, so that's where
    she's going with this.
[04:28] ---
    Huh? What is it?
[04:29] ---
    Because they're wearing dark-colored goggles,
     her opponents' field of vision is dark.
[04:33] ---
    So they're under the false impression that the water route
    ends at the border between the light and dark areas,
[04:37] ---
    and they end up trying
    not to enter the dark areas.
[04:47] ---
    Who knew that you could
    use Illusion Magic this way!
[04:59] ---
    Thanks to everyone's
    outstanding efforts,
[05:01] ---
    our own players have swept the
     Rookie Women's Pillars Break Final league.
[05:09] ---
    Ms. Shiba, Ms. Kitayama, Ms. Akechi,
    congratulations on a job well done!
[05:15] ---
    In recognition of this brilliant feat, the Tournament
    Committee has approached us with a proposal.
[05:20] ---
    Regardless of
    the standings in the Final,
[05:23] ---
    the total points awarded to
    our school will be the same,
[05:27] ---
    so they want to know if
    we'd like to skip the Final,
[05:29] ---
    and have all three of you
    share first place.
[05:33] ---
    Um... Uh... Actually,
    I'm not feeling up to it.
[05:38] ---
    I was thinking of withdrawing anyway,
    before you mentioned this proposal.
[05:43] ---
    I see.
[05:46] ---
    I'd like to compete.
[05:52] ---
    This is my chance to go
    all out against Miyuki... and I...
[05:57] ---
    ...don't want to pass it up.
[05:59] ---
    Is that right?
[06:04] ---
    What do you want to do, Miyuki?
[06:07] ---
    If Ms. Kitayama wishes
    to compete against me,
[06:11] ---
    then I have no reason to refuse.
[06:16] ---
    8-8 / Sixth day of the competition
    Women's Rookie Event Ice Pillars Break Finals
[06:51] ---
    I can't make a dent...
    Just as I expected of you, Miyuki.
[06:57] ---
    In that case...
[07:00] ---
    Wielding two CADs at once?
[07:03] ---
    Shizuku,
[07:04] ---
    so you've mastered that technique?
[07:11] ---
    Phonon Maser?
[07:13] ---
    Who would've thought she'd
    unleash such a high-level spell?
[07:16] ---
    Unfortunately for you,
    you're too naïve, Shizuku!
[07:26] ---
    Niflheim? No way...
[07:29] ---
    Wide-range Freezing Magic that can
    create even liquid nitrogen, of all things!
[08:14] ---
    Congratulations on winning.
[08:19] ---
    Thank you.
[08:28] ---
    Too bad for you, huh, Shizuku?
[08:32] ---
    Yeah... I'm bitter that I lost.
[08:37] ---
    Shizuku...
[08:40] ---
    From the start, I didn't think
    I had a chance of winning.
[08:45] ---
    I see...
[08:47] ---
    But I was way overmatched!
[08:53] ---
    I feel so bitter, Honoka!
[09:02] ---
    I'm so sorry.
[09:09] ---
    Hey, want to go have some tea?
    I'm getting a little hungry.
[09:20] ---
    Thank you.
SIGN    Nine Schools Competition Part VII
[09:38] ---
    Three years ago, when the New
    Soviet Union invaded Sado,
[09:43] ---
    he joined the defense lines as
    a volunteer soldier at barely thirteen,
[09:47] ---
    and, by using "Rupture" magic,
    massacred the enemy forces.
[09:51] ---
    He is a magician with
    experience in live combat.
[09:54] ---
    Due to this feat, he came to be
    known as the Ichijo's Crimson Prince.
[10:02] ---
    A genius magician who identified one of
    the Cardinal Codes, thought to exist only in theory.
[10:07] ---
    A prodigy that there is no researcher of the fundamental
    Magic Sequences who doesn't know his name.
[10:15] ---
    The fact that those two have enrolled in the same grade
    at the same school is a nearly criminal coincidence.
[10:22] ---
    At the very least, they should be
    peerless at the Rookie level.
[10:26] ---
    It's unfortunate for
    Morisaki and the others.
[10:30] ---
    Well, if there is one saving grace,
[10:32] ---
    it's the fact that Rupture is classified as a lethal
    Rank A spell - and can't be used in this tournament.
[10:39] ---
    Well, we did win
    the first match as expected,
[10:42] ---
    and our second match is against
    Fourth High, who are dead last so far.
[10:46] ---
    Surely they won't let
    this win slip away...
SIGN    First High School
[10:53] ---
    What's the status?
[10:56] ---
    Brother!
[10:58] ---
    What happened? An accident?
[11:00] ---
    Yes, if you can
    call it an accident...
[11:02] ---
    Miyuki, that was no accident.
[11:05] ---
    It was a deliberate Over-attack.
    A clear violation of the rules!
[11:08] ---
    Shizuku, it's too soon to be
    making such rash statements.
[11:13] ---
    After all, there's still no proof.
[11:16] ---
    So how are Morisaki
    and the others?
[11:19] ---
    They're critically injured.
[11:21] ---
    The match was held
    in an urban arena,
[11:24] ---
    and they were subjected to a Battering Ram
    attack inside a deserted building.
[11:29] ---
    They got buried under the rubble.
[11:32] ---
    If used indoors with people inside, Battering
    Ram is elevated to lethal Rank A status.
[11:39] ---
    This goes far beyond the reckless
    surfing in that Battle Board race.
[11:42] ---
    In my mind, it's a clear
    violation of the rules.
[11:44] ---
    Yes... Although it didn't
    escalate into complete disaster...
[11:48] ---
    All three of them are confined
    to bed for the next three days.
[11:51] ---
    But the situation is
    rather murky, isn't it?
[11:55] ---
    Were all three of them
    inside that same building?
[11:58] ---
    They got blitzed right after
    the match started.
[12:01] ---
    That's not possible unless you've studied
    the enemy before the start signal.
[12:04] ---
    There's no question that their jumping the gun,
    never mind using Battering Ram, was a deliberate act.
[12:09] ---
    I see... Then the tournament
    staff is sure to be in a panic.
[12:14] ---
    Because they couldn't prevent
    them from making that false start?
[12:17] ---
    That's not really much of an issue.
[12:20] ---
    Because a case could be made that
    the direct cause of this accident was the fact
[12:24] ---
    that they set the starting point of
    this event in a decrepit abandoned building.
[12:28] ---
    My guess is that the tournament staff wants to call off
    the Rookie Division Monolith Code event itself.
[12:34] ---
    True, there were some
    calls for cancellation.
[12:37] ---
    But the prelims are going on
    without us and Fourth High, anyway.
[12:41] ---
    Worst case scenario, we'll just have to
    forfeit our second preliminary match.
[12:45] ---
    Worst case or not, I don't think
    we have any choice but to forfeit.
[12:50] ---
    Well, about that, Jumonji's
    negotiating right now.
[12:56] ---
    Listen, Tatsuya, there's something
    I'd like to talk to you about.
[13:03] ---
    Would you mind coming
    with me for a moment?
[13:06] ---
    So let me cut right to the chase.
[13:10] ---
    Are you asking me if I think
    this was another act of sabotage?
[13:18] ---
    Yes.
[13:19] ---
    After Mari's incident, you did point out the possibility
    that the CAD had been tampered with, didn't you?
[13:25] ---
    Yes.
[13:26] ---
    The Fourth High staff swears that they didn't
    equip the CADs with Battering Ram,
[13:31] ---
    but if you're right and our school's being
    sabotaged, what do you think their motive is?
[13:41] ---
    Revenge, maybe?
[13:42] ---
    Or retaliation for
    what happened last spring?
[13:46] ---
    This is separate from
    that incident in the spring.
[13:49] ---
    What makes you so sure?
[13:51] ---
    The night before the tournament started,
    some intruders tried to break into the hotel.
[13:56] ---
    There were three in all, and
    they were all armed with handguns.
[14:00] ---
    That's the first
    I've ever heard of this.
[14:02] ---
    Because I was sworn to secrecy.
[14:04] ---
    But I do know just a little
    about their background.
[14:08] ---
    I hear it's a criminal syndicate
    based in Hong Kong
[14:11] ---
    that's making these moves on
    this year's Nine Schools Competition.
[14:15] ---
    Please don't do
    anything too dangerous.
[14:18] ---
    If anything, I'd say I was the one
    constantly getting dragged into these things.
[14:24] ---
    How did it turn out?
[14:26] ---
    Just as we'd planned.
[14:28] ---
    First High has no choice but
    to withdraw from Monolith Code.
[14:32] ---
    Out of all the events, Monolith
    Code commands the most points.
[14:35] ---
    The points earned in the Rookie events may only be half
    that of the Official events, but they'll still feel the blow.
[14:45] ---
    It's not as if your approach is going to
    change compared to the prelims.
[14:48] ---
    At the end of the day,
    Mirage Bat is all about stamina.
[14:52] ---
    Under no circumstances should you
    try to wear down your opponents.
[14:55] ---
    All you need to do is to stay
    calm and pace yourselves.
[14:59] ---
    Both of you - as long as you focus on
    playing to your own strengths, you'll be fine.
[15:03] ---
    Don't worry. We've got
    a one-two finish in the bag.
[15:06] ---
    - Right! Very well.
    - Yeah, I hear you!
[15:11] ---
    8-9 / Seventh day of the competition
    Women's Rookie Event Mirage Bat Finals
[15:31] ---
    Damn! How can he make such
    a tiny Activation Sequence function?
[15:35] ---
    You'd think it was
    Taurus Silver himself!
[15:38] ---
    "You'd think it was
    Taurus Silver himself?"
[15:41] ---
    Utilizing cutting-edge
    research results
[15:43] ---
    to connect the main system of a Generalized model
    to the sub-system of a Specialized model...
[15:48] ---
    Inferno...
[15:50] ---
    Phonon Maser...
[15:52] ---
    Niflheim...
[15:54] ---
    Every one of them is
    an Advanced Magic Program
[15:57] ---
    whose Activation Sequence has only ever
    been made public to Rank A magicians...
[16:01] ---
    You'd think it was
    Taurus Silver himself?
[16:04] ---
    No, this is... It would be impossible unless
    Taurus Silver himself were behind it...
[16:10] ---
    Let's see... He might actually be
    a Japanese youth like you or me.
[16:14] ---
    No way!
[16:16] ---
    No way, no way, no way!
[16:31] ---
    No way...
SIGN    First High Occupied
[16:56] ---
    Tatsuya, good work today.
[16:59] ---
    The results you produced exceeded our
    expectations, and we thank you for that.
[17:03] ---
    It's thanks to the players
    and their efforts.
[17:06] ---
    Of course it's their achievement
    for working so hard.
[17:09] ---
    But every one of us here recognizes
    how significant your contribution was.
[17:15] ---
    Thank you very much.
[17:18] ---
    According to the current standings,
    First High is tops in points scored.
[17:21] ---
    Third High is in second place, and
    in terms of just the Rookie events,
[17:24] ---
    they're fifty points behind us.
[17:26] ---
    Even if we were to withdraw
    from Monolith Code now,
[17:29] ---
    we'd be assured of a second-place
    finish in the Rookie Division.
[17:32] ---
    Before the Rookie events started,
    I would've been satisfied with that, but...
[17:38] ---
    Now that we've come this far, I'd like to
    shoot for first place in the Rookie events, as well.
[17:44] ---
    Did you know that Masaki Ichijo and Shinkuro Kichijoji
    will be competing for Third High in Monolith Code?
[17:50] ---
    Yes.
[17:51] ---
    With those two teamed up, there's little chance
    that they'd suffer an upset in this tournament.
[17:58] ---
    And so, Tatsuya...
[18:01] ---
    Can we ask you
    to compete in Monolith Code?
[18:05] ---
    Would it be all right
    to ask you two questions?
[18:09] ---
    Yes. What would they be?
[18:11] ---
    The two remaining preliminary matches have been
    postponed till tomorrow, is that right?
[18:16] ---
    That's right. In light of the situation, they've
    agreed to change tomorrow's schedule.
[18:22] ---
    I was under the impression that players couldn't be
    replaced even in the case of debilitating injury.
[18:29] ---
    They've made an exception
    for that as well.
[18:33] ---
    Why was I chosen?
[18:38] ---
    Well, because I felt that you would be
    the best possible substitute.
[18:43] ---
    Forget about your scores
    on the actual skills test.
[18:45] ---
    In terms of live combat skills, you're
    probably No. 1 among the first year guys.
[18:49] ---
    Monolith Code isn't live combat.
[18:52] ---
    It's a Magic Competition in which
    physical attacks are banned.
[18:55] ---
    In terms of magic-only
    battle strength, too,
[18:58] ---
    I do think that you're
    in a class of your own.
[19:01] ---
    But I'm not a player.
[19:04] ---
    If it's a replacement you need, I'm sure there are
    plenty of players entered in just a single event.
[19:11] ---
    Even if the First Course students'
    pride was taken out of the equation,
[19:15] ---
    selecting a substitute from among the staff,
    despite the availability of other players,
[19:19] ---
    would surely leave lasting
    psychological damage.
[19:29] ---
    Don't be such a child, Shiba!
[19:32] ---
    You're already a member of this team.
[19:36] ---
    Regardless of whether you're
    a player or a staff member,
[19:40] ---
    you're one of twenty-one students chosen
    from among the two hundred first years.
[19:45] ---
    And due to our current crisis, our team leader,
    Saegusa, has chosen you as a substitute.
[19:54] ---
    As long as you're a member of this team,
    you'll fulfill your duty as a member.
[19:58] ---
    But...
[19:59] ---
    As long as you're a member, there'll be
    no defying our leader's decisions.
[20:03] ---
    If you believe that one of
    those decisions is flawed,
[20:07] ---
    then those of us who serve as the leader's
    assistants will be the ones to block it.
[20:10] ---
    Aside from us, no other member has
    the right to raise any objections.
[20:15] ---
    That's right...
[20:16] ---
    No matter who they might be.
[20:20] ---
    Don't use your status as a Second
    Course student as your way out.
[20:24] ---
    Don't allow yourself to wallow in
    the ranks of the weak, Shiba.
[20:27] ---
    Substitute or not,
[20:28] ---
    as long as you've been chosen,
    then fulfill that mission.
[20:33] ---
    Very well.
[20:35] ---
    I'll carry out my duty.
[20:39] ---
    So who are the other team
    members besides myself?
[20:43] ---
    You decide yourself.
[20:45] ---
    We'll leave the selection of
    the other two members to you.
[20:49] ---
    If you need time, then
    come back here in an hour.
[20:52] ---
    No, there's no need for that.
    But I'm not sure that they'll agree to do it.
[20:58] ---
    We'll be present
    if you need to persuade them.
[21:01] ---
    Can it be anybody? Even if
    I choose from outside the team?
[21:06] ---
    I don't think that would be...
[21:06] ---
    It's fine. We've already made
    enough exceptions for this.
[21:11] ---
    One or two more won't matter.
[21:14] ---
    Jumonji...
[21:16] ---
    Then my picks are Mikihiko Yoshida of 1-E,
     and Leonhard Saijo, also of 1-E.
[21:21] ---
    Hey, Shiba!
[21:24] ---
    Fine.
[21:26] ---
    Tatsuya, would you mind telling us
    the reason why you chose those two?
[21:30] ---
    Of course not.
[21:32] ---
    The biggest reason is that I've hardly watched
    any of the men's matches or practice sessions.
[21:38] ---
    I know nothing about their
    specialties or characteristics.
[21:43] ---
    The match is tomorrow.
[21:45] ---
    If I were to research them from scratch, there wouldn't
    be enough time for strategizing or fine-tuning.
[21:49] ---
    You mean that you're familiar
    with those particular two?
[21:52] ---
    Yes. Not only are Yoshida and Saijo
    my classmates, but I also know them well.
[22:00] ---
    That's a valid point.
[22:01] ---
    After all, without knowing them well,
    teamwork will be tough. So...
[22:08] ---
    What's the non-biggest reason?
[22:13] ---
    Their ability.
SIGN    Nine Schools Competition Part VIII
SIGN    NEXT TIME