E8 - Nine Schools Competition Part I

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    7-12-2095 / Kokonoe Temple
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    Who's there?
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    Hey, Haruka.
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    I never thought that Shiba would
    catch onto me, let alone you, Master.
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    If you want to pull
    the wool over his eyes,
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    you'll have to disguise your
    presence, not extinguish it.
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    I see,
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    I learned something today!
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    What brings you here, Ms. Ono?
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    You can let your guard down.
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    Haruka's a student of mine.
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    Sorry to intrude. It looks like you were
    practicing your Mirage Bat technique.
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    So Ms. Shiba, are you entering
    the Nine Schools Competition?
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    Correct! Miyuki's competing in the Mirage
    Bat and Ice Pillars Break tournaments.
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    Two competitions? That's amazing!
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    It would be nice if you would
    answer my question, too.
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    Haruka, do you mind?
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    Even if I said no, you'd just tell them
    when I'm not around, right?
[01:33] ---
    All right, since Haruka herself
    has given me the go-ahead...
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    Haruka here is a Public Safety
    investigator for the police department.
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    To be precise,
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    I became a secret investigator for Public Safety
    after I was assigned as a counselor to First High School.
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    Also, since I've trained under Master
    Kokonoe for a year, starting two years ago,
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    that makes you my
    senior apprentice, Shiba.
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    Considering that, it was a tremendous
    Concealment spell you pulled off.
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    Well, that's the kind of
    magic I specialize in.
[02:04] ---
    I see.
[02:05] ---
    So you're a BS Magician, then?
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    I don't like being referred to that way.
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    Shiba, normally my status as
    an investigator would be confidential.
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    So I'm counting on you
    to keep it off-the-record.
[02:19] ---
    Very well.
[02:21] ---
    Then in exchange, so to speak,
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    if any incidents like the Blanche
    plot were to happen again,
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    will you keep me
    informed ahead of time?
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    Yes.
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    Give-and-take it is.
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    Come on, come on! Outta my way!
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    Tatsuya!
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    Yoshida!
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    Game over!
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    9-2, Class E wins!
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    That guy rocks, huh?
[04:34] ---
    Yeah.
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    He gets a good read on the ball,
    and he's more agile than he looks.
[04:45] ---
    Nice play!
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    Hey, way to go, Yoshida.
[04:49] ---
    Right back atcha.
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    Sorry if this sounds offensive,
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    but that was totally unexpected.
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    Mikihiko.
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    I don't like being called
    by my last name.
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    Call me by my first name, okay?
[05:01] ---
    Sure thing! Then call me Leo!
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    Do you mind if
    I call you Mikihiko, too?
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    Needless to say, you can call me Tatsuya.
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    Okay, Tatsuya.
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    Actually, the thing is,
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    I've been wanting to
    talk to you for a while.
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    What a coincidence.
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    Actually, same here.
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    You know what,
    I'm starting to feel left out...
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    You're just imagining things, Leo.
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    I've been wanting to talk to you, too.
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    After all, it's not everyday that I meet people
    who have the stomach to put up with that Erika.
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    I think I might have
    missed something...
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    Mikihiko, do you know
    Erika from before?
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    Uh, well...
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    More or less.
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    I guess Miki and I are
    what you call childhood friends?
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    Although for the last six months
    or so, he's been avoiding me.
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    Is that right?
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    E-Erika!
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    Why are you dressed like that?
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    What do you mean?
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    This is a traditional girls' training outfit.
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    Tradition?
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    You sure?
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    I think those spats are
    designed rather unusually.
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    These are not spats!
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    But it's not an underskirt either, is it?
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    Even I wouldn't wear just an underskirt
    without a skirt! There'd be no point!
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    These are called bloomers.
[06:22] ---
    Bloomers? Sounds like a broom.
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    Is that how you used to dress
    when you cleaned your house?
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    Of course not, for heaven's sake!
    I told you, it's a training outfit for girls!
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    Are bloomers what I think they are?
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    Back when people's
    morals were in tatters,
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    schoolgirls would sell them to middle-aged
    guys to earn extra pocket money!
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    Shut your mouth, moron!
SIGN    Student Council HQ
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    For the nine Magic University Affiliated
    High Schools around the country,
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    the Nine Schools Competition is
    a high-profile event.
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    The essay contest held in
    the fall is research-oriented,
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    while during the Nine Schools
    Competition held in the summer,
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    each school goes head-to-head
    in sports-type magic contests.
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    Of course, since the school's
    honor is on the line,
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    the contestants are
    chosen based on merit.
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    So the Student Council is taking
    the lead preparing for it, right?
[07:16] ---
    Yes. As far as selecting our athletes, thanks to
    Jumonji's help, we've managed to finalize our roster, but...
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    The issue is choosing engineers.
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    I mean the technical staff.
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    You're still short on engineers, then?
[07:29] ---
    Yes.
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    The third year class is particularly
    skewed towards practical skills.
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    As for the second years, we do
    have A-chan and Isori... But...
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    Kei Isori, huh? I'd say
    he's more of a pure theorist,
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    and not too adept
    at fine-tuning, right?
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    If only you could find a way to fine-tune at least
    your own CAD, Mari, my job would be so much easier...
[07:54] ---
    Well, I see we do have
    a serious problem.
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    Hey, Rin. Would you take on
    the role of an engineer after all?
[08:03] ---
    Not possible.
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    With my skills, I believe that I'd only
    end up thwarting Ms. Nakajo and the others.
[08:13] ---
    All right, I'll be heading out now.
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    Um... in that case,
    wouldn't Shiba fit the bill?
[08:20] ---
    After all, it seems that Shiba's
    the one who adjusts Miyuki's CAD...
[08:30] ---
    Talk about a blind spot!
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    Right...
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    I must be slipping... how could I
    not have come up with that?
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    If I'm not mistaken, a first year has
    never been elected to the technical staff.
[08:44] ---
    There has to be a first
    time for everything!
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    Precedents were made
    to be overturned.
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    You two are progressive thinkers,
    so you might see it that way,
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    but for a first year, and
    a Course 2 student to boot...
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    And on top of that, I've been standing out
    in a bad way, in more ways than one...
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    Well...
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    Trust between engineer and user is
    a crucial part of CAD fine-tuning.
[09:06] ---
    Appointing someone who might bring on a backlash
    from the athletes doesn't sound like a good idea...
[09:12] ---
    I'd like my brother to fine-tune my CAD
    for the Nine School Competition as well...
[09:18] ---
    Am I asking too much?
[09:21] ---
    That's right!
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    Having an engineer you can trust is
    a lot of moral support. Right, Miyuki?
[09:27] ---
    Yes.
[09:28] ---
    All right, then. There's going to be a prep
    session after school, so let's talk it over then.
[09:45] ---
    I see you've brought
    the Silver Horn with you today!
[09:48] ---
    Yes,
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    I just got a new holster for it,
[09:52] ---
    so I thought I'd break it in.
[09:54] ---
    What? Would you mind
    showing it to me?
[09:58] ---
    That's fine with me.
[10:00] ---
    Go ahead.
[10:02] ---
    It's a genuine Silver model!
[10:05] ---
    I'm loving the way it's cut. This exquisite
    curve, conducive to quick-drawing!
[10:10] ---
    A nod to usability that never gets lost
    in its cutting-edge technology!
[10:14] ---
    Oh, how I adore you, Lord Silver...
[10:19] ---
    It's so unusual for
    Miyuki to miss, isn't it?
[10:23] ---
    Must be a coincidence.
[10:26] ---
    I wonder what kind of
    person Taurus Silver is?
[10:29] ---
    Does he intrigue you?
[10:31] ---
    For sure, he intrigues me!
[10:33] ---
    I mean, it's that Taurus Silver!
[10:36] ---
    Starting with making
    Loop Casting a reality,
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    he's an engineering genius
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    said to have catapulted specialized
    CAD software forward by at least ten years!
[10:47] ---
    I see I'm not well-informed. Who knew
    that he was held in such high regard...
[10:52] ---
    Hey, hey, Shiba, what kind of person
    do you think Taurus Silver is?
[10:57] ---
    Let's see...
[10:59] ---
    He might actually be
    a Japanese youth like you or me.
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    Japanese, did you say?
[11:08] ---
    Since he works exclusively
    for FLT, a Japanese firm.
[11:12] ---
    By the way, A-chan...
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    Yes?
[11:14] ---
    Weren't you supposed to finish your
    assignment during the lunch break?
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    Chairwoman!
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    I'll help you out just a little, all right?
[11:23] ---
    For real?
[11:24] ---
    So what kind of
    assignment is this, exactly?
[11:29] ---
    Actually, it's a report on the Three Major
    Puzzles of Weight-based Magic.
[11:35] ---
    I understand the parts about actualizing
    a Gravity Control Type Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor,
[11:39] ---
    and actualizing a Quasi-perpetual Motion
    Machine based on Infinite Inertial Expansion,
[11:44] ---
    but I can't figure out how to explain why
    General-purpose Flying Spells can't be actualized...
[11:50] ---
    In order to use magic to fly, every time
    you accelerate, decelerate, ascend and descend,
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    you need to layer a new spell over
    the magic already being executed.
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    Since the necessary Phenomena
    Interference Magic increases each time,
[12:05] ---
    the most you can hope for is ten layers.
[12:08] ---
    This is why Flying Spells aren't
    feasible in the real world.
[12:12] ---
    I was thinking that
    if layering was necessary,
[12:17] ---
    you could just cancel the ongoing spell
    and launch a new one in its place...
[12:21] ---
    But if it's that simple, then somebody
    must have already tried it, right?
[12:26] ---
    Not to mention, it's like unleashing
    Area Interference after the fact...
[12:30] ---
    The year before last,
[12:32] ---
    in England, they conducted an experiment
    based on the concept you just spoke of...
[12:36] ---
    But it ended in failure.
[12:38] ---
    What was the reason?
[12:41] ---
    It doesn't say here.
[12:45] ---
    What do you think, Tatsuya?
[12:47] ---
    That experiment was
    fundamentally flawed.
[12:53] ---
    A magic sequence can't be used
    on another magic sequence.
[12:56] ---
    That's true even in the case of
    Area Interference.
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    Unless it's a spell that directly
    wipes out the magic sequence,
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    it's no exception to this rule,
    even if it's an anti-magic spell.
[13:10] ---
    In other words,
[13:12] ---
    they're just using magic needlessly?
[13:14] ---
    Yes.
[13:16] ---
    The British scholars who planned that experiment
    must have misunderstood the nature of anti-magic.
SIGN    Nine Schools Competition Part I
SIGN    First High School Extracurricular
     Activities Federation HQ
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    The Student Council hereby nominates Tatsuya Shiba
    of Class 1-E as a member of the engineering staff.
[13:39] ---
    A Course 2 student?
[13:40] ---
    Yeah, but he's on the Disciplinary
    Committee, right?
[13:42] ---
    Is he up to fine-tuning CADs?
[13:45] ---
    They don't even have a clue
    about how good Tatsuya is!
[13:47] ---
    Yeah.
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    I know I'd like to have
    Tatsuya take on the job.
[13:52] ---
    Apparently, some
    among us aren't convinced.
[13:56] ---
    It would probably be best to
    have them actually see Shiba's skills.
[14:02] ---
    What are we going to do, specifically?
[14:04] ---
    We should just have him
    adjust an actual CAD.
[14:09] ---
    I'd be happy to serve as the guinea pig.
[14:11] ---
    That would be dangerous!
[14:12] ---
    If his tuning turns out to be sub-par,
    injury will be the least of your problems!
[14:16] ---
    All right then, since I'm the one who
    nominated Shiba, I'll gladly take on that role.
[14:22] ---
    No, that role...
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    Please allow me to take it on.
[14:32] ---
    The task is to copy Kirihara's CAD's settings
    over to this CAD for competitive use,
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    and to make it immediately usable.
[14:42] ---
    However, I'm not to tamper with
    the Activation Sequence itself.
[14:46] ---
    Is that correct?
[14:48] ---
    Yes, that's what we want you to do.
[14:52] ---
    What's the matter?
[14:54] ---
    I don't really recommend copying
    the settings of a CAD with different specs...
[15:01] ---
    Well, it can't be helped.
[15:03] ---
    I'll take a "Safety First" approach.
[15:19] ---
    Thank you very much.
[15:21] ---
    You can remove it now.
[15:32] ---
    What's that guy doing?
[15:34] ---
    Strictly keyboard in this day and age?
[15:36] ---
    That's beyond old-school!
[15:39] ---
    Totally manual fine-tuning, huh?
[15:42] ---
    Hey, Kei. Is that
    something amazing?
[15:45] ---
    Yeah.
[15:46] ---
    It's just that there seem to be a lot of people
    who don't get what it is that he's doing.
[15:53] ---
    I'm finished.
[16:05] ---
    Kirihara, how does that feel to you?
[16:09] ---
    No issues at all.
[16:11] ---
    It feels absolutely natural to me.
[16:14] ---
    So he does seem to
    have passable skills...
[16:17] ---
    But you can't say that he's got finesse.
[16:19] ---
    His methods are too irregular.
[16:21] ---
    I, for one, strongly support
    naming Shiba to the team!
[16:25] ---
    The skills he just showed us
    are extremely advanced.
[16:29] ---
    Doing all that fine-tuning manually...
    that's something I could never hope to do.
[16:34] ---
    Sure, his skills may be advanced,
[16:36] ---
    but if the end-product is
    pedestrian, there's no point.
[16:40] ---
    Kirihara's personal CAD is a model boasting
    higher specs than the one for competitive use.
[16:45] ---
    Preventing the user from
    picking up on the difference...
[16:49] ---
    I believe that such skills
    should be rated highly...
[16:52] ---
    Well, I guess you could say that...
[16:55] ---
    Chairwoman?
[16:56] ---
    I support adding Shiba
    to the engineering team.
[17:00] ---
    Hanzo?
[17:01] ---
    In the Nine Schools Competition,
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    our school's prestige will be on the line.
[17:06] ---
    "Because he's a first year,"
    or "there's no precedent..."
[17:09] ---
    We cannot afford to dwell on
    such trivial matters.
[17:14] ---
    I also agree with what
    you just pointed out, Hattori.
[17:18] ---
    Shiba just showed us that he has the skills
    to be a member of our school's team.
[17:23] ---
    I, too, support adding
    Shiba to the team.
[17:32] ---
    It's been a long time.
[17:33] ---
    Yes, long time no see,
    Special Officer.
[17:36] ---
    If that's how you're referring
    to me, are we on a secret line?
[17:41] ---
    I'm really amazed at how adept you are at
    breaking into civilian landlines every single time.
[17:46] ---
    Not that it was easy.
[17:48] ---
    Special Officer, isn't the security
    around your house way too hard-core?
[17:53] ---
    That's because hackers
    these days are relentless.
[17:57] ---
    So Major, what's
    on your agenda today?
[18:02] ---
    First, some work-related news.
[18:04] ---
    Right.
[18:05] ---
    Today, we finished
    overhauling the Third Eye.
[18:09] ---
    At this juncture, we'd like you to update
    the software and run some functionality tests.
[18:15] ---
    Very well. I'll head over there
    tomorrow morning.
[18:18] ---
    No, we're not so pressed for time
    that you need to miss school.
[18:23] ---
    No, I'm scheduled to report to
    FLT on my next day off anyway.
[18:27] ---
    I see.
[18:29] ---
    Then, tomorrow morning,
    report to the usual place.
[18:32] ---
    Understood, sir.
[18:36] ---
    Moving on, Special Officer,
[18:37] ---
    rumor has it that you'll be taking part
    in the Nine Schools Competition, too?
[18:43] ---
    Yes, sir.
[18:44] ---
    The competition site is in
    the Southeast Fuji Training Area.
[18:48] ---
    Well, of course it's
    the same every year, but...
[18:51] ---
    Watch your back, Tatsuya.
[18:54] ---
    In that same area,
[18:56] ---
    we've repeatedly spotted what are most likely
    members of an international crime syndicate.
[19:01] ---
    Considering the timing, we think they're
    targeting the Nine Schools Competition.
[19:05] ---
    You said it was an international
    crime syndicate?
[19:09] ---
    I had Mibu look into it.
[19:11] ---
    First High School, second year,
[19:13] ---
    Sayaka Mibu... you're
    talking about her father?
[19:15] ---
    That's right.
[19:17] ---
    After retiring from the army, Mibu transferred to
    the Cabinet Information Management Agency,
[19:21] ---
    and he's currently in charge of
    international crime units.
[19:24] ---
    I'm surprised.
[19:26] ---
    According to Mibu, they might very well be
    members of a Hong Kong-based crime syndicate,
[19:29] ---
    the No-Head Dragons.
[19:33] ---
    I'll be in touch as soon as
    I receive any additional information.
[19:37] ---
    Thank you very much.
[19:44] ---
    Brother,
[19:45] ---
    I've brought you some coffee.
[19:47] ---
    Perfect timing. I was just
    about to go get you my--
[19:56] ---
    Is that your Mirage Bat
    costume, by any chance?
[19:59] ---
    That's correct!
[20:03] ---
    What do you think?
[20:04] ---
    You look very pretty.
[20:06] ---
    It really suits you well.
[20:09] ---
    Thank you very much...
[20:15] ---
    The Flying Spell...
[20:18] ---
    Congratulations!
[20:19] ---
    So you've succeeded in launching
    a Sustained Gravity Control Type Flying Spell!
[20:26] ---
    Once again, Brother, you've
    made the impossible possible.
[20:30] ---
    I am so proud to be your
    younger sister, Brother!
[20:35] ---
    Thanks, Miyuki.
[20:37] ---
    This has brought me
    one step closer to my goal.
[20:42] ---
    On my next day off,
[20:43] ---
    I'm going to test this out at FLT,
    but first I want you to try it, Miyuki.
[20:50] ---
    With pleasure!
[20:52] ---
    Shiba Residence / 2nd Floor Underground
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    I'm going to begin now.
[21:10] ---
    Tell me...
[21:12] ---
    Do you find the successive processing
    of the Activation Sequences draining?
[21:15] ---
    I'm fine. No headache,
    and no sense of fatigue.
[21:18] ---
    That's good.
[21:20] ---
    All right, now let's see you slowly
    move in a horizontal direction.
[21:24] ---
    Very well.
[21:31] ---
    Does the spell feel choppy?
[21:33] ---
    No, not at all. The time recorder
    function is working perfectly.
[21:38] ---
    The cornerstone of this
    system is its recording function,
[21:41] ---
    which allows it to accurately record
    the activation points of each ongoing spell.
[21:45] ---
    Humans aren't made to do
    this kind of digital processing.
[21:49] ---
    I figured that all I had to do was
    use the machine to supplement it.
[21:52] ---
    Just as I expected of you, Brother!
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