E16 - Nine Schools Competition Part IX

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SIGN    First High School
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    8-10 / Eighth day of the competition
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    What the...
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    ...heck are these?
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    I've inscribed magic circles
    on those mantles and robes.
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    Magic circles?
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    Right.
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    They'll operate under the same theory as
    Engraving Magic via an Ancient Magic medium.
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    Those two have the supplementary effect of
    enhancing the potency of the wearer's magic.
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    So, what exactly are we
    going to use them for?
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    By the very nature of its magic,
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    Cardinal George's Invisible Bullet has the flaw
    of requiring visual confirmation of his target.
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    By using these, we should
    be able to block the spell.
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    Ah.
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    The committee has already
    inspected our devices,
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    so there's no violation here.
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    Tatsuya...
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    You do know that the final is going to
    be held on the Open Plains Stage?
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    Yes.
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    You'll have to take on Ichijo,
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    whose forte is bombardment,
    on an open field with no cover...
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    Will you be all right?
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    Shiba, do you have a strategy?
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    If he were to fight
    using his normal tactics,
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    to be honest, we wouldn't
    stand a chance against him,
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    but since Ichijo seems to be
    inordinately obsessed with me...
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    If I can force him into
    close combat, there's a chance.
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    Brawling is forbidden, though.
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    I just have to keep my hands off.
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    There is a way.
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    I've prepared.
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    I've done all that I could.
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    Still...
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    If this were an actual battlefield,
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    and we were to clash with
    no limitations on either side,
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    facing those two
    at the same time would be...
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    No, even if Masaki Ichijo
    were my only opponent,
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    at this moment I can't say with
    confidence that I'd beat him.
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    Brother, here's a towel.
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    Thanks.
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    Brother...
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    Today is the day of the final.
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    I'm sure that your next
    opponent will be quite formidable...
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    Yes, that's true.
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    And you must fight with your
    powers and skills restricted...
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    As someone among the ranks of
    those who imposed those limits,
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    I know that it's not my
    place to say such a thing,
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    and that it may even
    be unpleasant for you.
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    But even so, I believe that there's
    no one who can defeat you, Brother.
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    Now what am I
    going to do? Seriously...
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    Apparently, I can't afford
    to lose this next match.
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    Rookie Event Monolith Code Finals
    First High School vs. Third High School
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    What's that? What's that?
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    Erika, come on...
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    Hey, we do look like fools
    in this get-up, don't we?
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    You should use them
    just as I explained earlier.
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    Why only us two?
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    I'm in the vanguard.
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    How could I manage wearing
    something so unsuitable for running?
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    Dammit, I just know she's
    laughing her head off now...
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    Oh, boy, talk about
    side-splitting!
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    There are spirits swarming
    around Yoshida's robe.
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    It's probably just a bluff.
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    No, it's not a bluff.
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    He knew about George...
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    It might be a countermeasure
    against the Invisible Bullet.
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    True, that spell has
    no penetrating power,
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    but it's still not something
    you can block with a piece of cloth.
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    I don't think he'd confront us
    with such a tepid strategy.
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    I don't get it.
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    Who ever thought he'd still have
    a secret weapon up his sleeve?
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    Brooding over what we don't understand
    isn't going to get us anywhere.
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    Besides, a piece of cloth like
    that is no threat to our victory.
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    Chairman Kudou!
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    What brings you
    to a place like this?
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    What can I say...
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    I've discovered a youngster
    who's quite intriguing.
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    Third High School First High School
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    How incredibly bold...
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    Under all that pressure, to be able to
    churn out those spells with such accuracy!
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    Is he really a Course 2 student?
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    Tatsuya's attacking less and less...
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    Because the closer he gets, the more
    he has to go on the defensive.
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    It's going to get harder
    from this point on.
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    In the previous matches,
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    he used Non-Systematic Magic
    and Weight-Type Magic,
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    but now he's using
    Oscillation-Type Magic.
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    Did he really alter the structure of his
    Activation Sequences in a mere two hours?
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    As planned, I'm going in, too!
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    Right, leave the rear to me!
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    I have no choice.
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    Looks like he finally can't
    get away with holding back anymore.
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    You're taking this too lightly, sir.
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    To fully detect both the early
    signs of magic activation
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    and those invisible air bullets with just his five
    senses would be impossible, even for Tatsuya.
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    Besides, in this situation,
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    a valid case could be made that he used
    a sixth sense, rather than Elemental Sight.
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    You think?
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    True, he should be able to
    deceive those lightweights...
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    ...but I'm not sure that he can fool
    those esteemed eyes over there.
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    So that cloth can be
    used that way!
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    If that's the case, I can't
    use my Invisible Bullets!
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    Dammit!
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    What the...?
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    Illusion Magic?
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    Take that!
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    Masaki!
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    Oh, crap! I didn't adjust it!
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    At this rate,
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    I'll end up killing him!
SIGN    Nine Schools Competition Part IX
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    Tatsuya!
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    Tatsuya!
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    Tatsuya!
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    The force I just used was
    in violation of the rules.
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    What did I just do?
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    Rib fractures, rupture of the liver arteries,
    massive hemorrhaging also likely.
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    Diminished combat capacity,
    now dropping below tolerable levels.
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    Self-Restoration
    Sequence, auto-start.
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    Loading Magic Sequence.
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    Reading Core Eidos
    data from backup.
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    Restoration, now starting.
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    Complete.
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    What...
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    What in the world was that?
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    He must have snapped his
    fingers and amplified the sound.
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    I would concur.
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    By rupturing his eardrums and
    damaging his semicircular canals
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    with that high-decibel sound wave,
    he must have incapacitated Ichijo.
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    That was obvious at a glance!
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    That's not what I'm talking about!
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    Wasn't Tatsuya defeated just now?
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    Tatsuya had to have been severely
    injured by Ichijo's illegal excessive attack,
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    so why was he
    able to get up again?
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    Saegusa, calm down.
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    I've heard that among the ancient martial arts
    Shiba is so adept at is the ability to strengthen the body.
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    The knowledge we possess is not
    the be-all and end-all of this world.
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    Magic spells aren't
    the only miracles.
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    Forget that for now.
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    The match isn't over yet.
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    You're right.
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    I'm sorry.
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    It just never gets old!
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    The sheer speed of his Self-Restoration
    is beyond human cognitive speed.
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    Oh, hey, I'm just kidding.
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    I never saw Tatsuya Shiba casting
    the Self-Restoration Spell that's clearly beyond his abilities.
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    Yes, sir, his resilience is
    otherworldly, that kid.
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    So intriguing.
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    That still doesn't make it right
    to use him as a lab rat.
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    He's a valuable asset, one of
    only two in this country,
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    and one of a rumored fifty
    or so in the world, after all.
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    Although I doubt that he's such a weakling
    that he'd fall apart after a few experiments.
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    It's not a matter of whether
    he'd fall apart or not!
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    Well, be that as it may...
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    Just like you said,
    he used it, didn't he?
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    Yes, as expected, engaging an opponent like Ichijo
    with such a low-spec CAD was too tall a task.
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    I wouldn't blame him
    for using Flash Cast.
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    Flash Cast, huh?
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    Calling up the Activation Sequence from
    memory, rather than from a CAD.
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    The speed of that
    technique is a sure threat.
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    Especially in his case, by storing
    the Magic Sequences in memory as images,
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    he can effectively bypass the process for building
    Magic Sequences, never mind Activation Sequences.
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    Is there anyone in our squad who can
    activate that sequence faster than he just did?
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    I think Yanagi, who commands the same skillset,
    is the only one who can barely equal him.
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    Masaki... lost?
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    Kichijoji! Get out of the way!
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    You did it, didn't you, Tatsuya?
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    I can't lose...
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    If Tatsuya defeated
    the Crimson Prince...
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    ...then I'm going to at least
    take out Cardinal George!
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    Not again!
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    Dammit!
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    Take that!
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    Curse you!
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    So I ended up losing, huh?
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    First High School
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    We won... right?
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    Yes, we've won.
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    Yes! We won!
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    We've won the Rookie event!
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    We did it!
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    Still, you totally
    stole the spotlight.
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    Was that your plan all along?
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    Only in my dreams, man.
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    I'm telling you, I was
    immobile for a while there.
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    The last time I got slammed like that was
    two years ago, when I got hit by a big motorcycle.
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    Man, did I get my clock
    cleaned that time!
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    There was a kid behind me,
    so I couldn't get out of the way.
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    So I just grit my teeth, and
    the next thing I knew - BAM!
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    There was no way I was
    getting out of that unscathed,
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    so I did end up with
    three cracked ribs.
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    Well, today wasn't as bad as that.
    It was a breeze by comparison!
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    Uh... Leo?
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    Just to be sure, let me
    ask you one thing...
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    Those Compressed Air Bullets...
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    you were blocking them
    with Fortifying Magic, right?
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    Actually, it's embarrassing,
    but I was so into attacking,
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    that just as you figured,
    I had zero defenses up in time.
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    I'm totally ashamed of myself!
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    Then... are you saying that...
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    You just withstood Ichijo's attack
    magic with your own body?
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    Hey, it was too much for me.
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    That's why it took me
    so long to get up.
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    Hey, your lip is
    bleeding, Mikihiko.
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    Are you all right?
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    Uh, yeah.
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    I'm totally all right.
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    Come to think of it,
    are you okay, Tatsuya?
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    Sorry, could you say that again?
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    I asked if you were
    okay, Tatsuya...
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    Yeah...
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    I've got a ruptured
    eardrum on one side.
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    I can't hear very well right now.
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    Never mind that, Mikihiko...
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    What's the matter?
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    You look like you've
    just seen an UMA.
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    Uh, wait...
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    So that means you couldn't hear what
    we've just been talking about, Tatsuya?
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    My bad.
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    Right now, I'm only
    managing by reading your lips.
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    Well, I did get the part where
    Leo mentioned being hit by a big motorcycle.
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    And those words didn't raise
    any questions in your mind?
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    Questions? About what?
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    Mikihiko...
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    What the heck is the matter?
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    You're so gloomy all of a sudden.
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    I mean, we won.
    Victory is ours!
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    Victory!
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    You're right...
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    Brother...
SIGN    Nine Schools Competition Part X
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