# 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?
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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.
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I see.
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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.
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Very well.
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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?
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Yeah.
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He gets a good read on the ball,
and he's more agile than he looks.
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Nice play!
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Hey, way to go, Yoshida.
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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...
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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?
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Not possible.
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With my skills, I believe that I'd only
end up thwarting Ms. Nakajo and the others.
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All right, I'll be heading out now.
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Um... in that case,
wouldn't Shiba fit the bill?
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After all, it seems that Shiba's
the one who adjusts Miyuki's CAD...
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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.
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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.
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Appointing someone who might bring on a backlash
from the athletes doesn't sound like a good idea...
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I'd like my brother to fine-tune my CAD
for the Nine School Competition as well...
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Am I asking too much?
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That's right!
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Having an engineer you can trust is
a lot of moral support. Right, Miyuki?
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Yes.
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All right, then. There's going to be a prep
session after school, so let's talk it over then.
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I see you've brought
the Silver Horn with you today!
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Yes,
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I just got a new holster for it,
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so I thought I'd break it in.
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What? Would you mind
showing it to me?
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That's fine with me.
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Go ahead.
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It's a genuine Silver model!
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I'm loving the way it's cut. This exquisite
curve, conducive to quick-drawing!
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A nod to usability that never gets lost
in its cutting-edge technology!
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Oh, how I adore you, Lord Silver...
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It's so unusual for
Miyuki to miss, isn't it?
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Must be a coincidence.
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I wonder what kind of
person Taurus Silver is?
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Does he intrigue you?
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For sure, he intrigues me!
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I mean, it's that Taurus Silver!
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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!
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I see I'm not well-informed. Who knew
that he was held in such high regard...
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Hey, hey, Shiba, what kind of person
do you think Taurus Silver is?
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Let's see...
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He might actually be
a Japanese youth like you or me.
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Japanese, did you say?
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Since he works exclusively
for FLT, a Japanese firm.
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By the way, A-chan...
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Yes?
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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?
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For real?
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So what kind of
assignment is this, exactly?
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Actually, it's a report on the Three Major
Puzzles of Weight-based Magic.
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I understand the parts about actualizing
a Gravity Control Type Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor,
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and actualizing a Quasi-perpetual Motion
Machine based on Infinite Inertial Expansion,
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but I can't figure out how to explain why
General-purpose Flying Spells can't be actualized...
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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,
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the most you can hope for is ten layers.
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This is why Flying Spells aren't
feasible in the real world.
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I was thinking that
if layering was necessary,
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you could just cancel the ongoing spell
and launch a new one in its place...
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But if it's that simple, then somebody
must have already tried it, right?
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Not to mention, it's like unleashing
Area Interference after the fact...
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The year before last,
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in England, they conducted an experiment
based on the concept you just spoke of...
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But it ended in failure.
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What was the reason?
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It doesn't say here.
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What do you think, Tatsuya?
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That experiment was
fundamentally flawed.
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A magic sequence can't be used
on another magic sequence.
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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.
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In other words,
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they're just using magic needlessly?
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Yes.
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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.
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A Course 2 student?
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Yeah, but he's on the Disciplinary
Committee, right?
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Is he up to fine-tuning CADs?
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They don't even have a clue
about how good Tatsuya is!
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Yeah.
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I know I'd like to have
Tatsuya take on the job.
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Apparently, some
among us aren't convinced.
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It would probably be best to
have them actually see Shiba's skills.
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What are we going to do, specifically?
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We should just have him
adjust an actual CAD.
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I'd be happy to serve as the guinea pig.
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That would be dangerous!
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If his tuning turns out to be sub-par,
injury will be the least of your problems!
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All right then, since I'm the one who
nominated Shiba, I'll gladly take on that role.
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No, that role...
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Please allow me to take it on.
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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.
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However, I'm not to tamper with
the Activation Sequence itself.
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Is that correct?
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Yes, that's what we want you to do.
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What's the matter?
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I don't really recommend copying
the settings of a CAD with different specs...
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Well, it can't be helped.
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I'll take a "Safety First" approach.
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*Thank you very much.*
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*You can remove it now.*
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What's that guy doing?
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Strictly keyboard in this day and age?
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That's beyond old-school!
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Totally manual fine-tuning, huh?
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Hey, Kei. Is that
something amazing?
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Yeah.
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It's just that there seem to be a lot of people
who don't get what it is that he's doing.
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I'm finished.
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Kirihara, how does that feel to you?
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No issues at all.
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It feels absolutely natural to me.
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So he does seem to
have passable skills...
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But you can't say that he's got finesse.
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His methods are too irregular.
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I, for one, strongly support
naming Shiba to the team!
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The skills he just showed us
are extremely advanced.
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Doing all that fine-tuning manually...
that's something I could never hope to do.
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Sure, his skills may be advanced,
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but if the end-product is
pedestrian, there's no point.
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Kirihara's personal CAD is a model boasting
higher specs than the one for competitive use.
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Preventing the user from
picking up on the difference...
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I believe that such skills
should be rated highly...
**[16:52] ---**
Well, I guess you could say that...
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Chairwoman?
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I support adding Shiba
to the engineering team.
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Hanzo?
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In the Nine Schools Competition,
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our school's prestige will be on the line.
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"Because he's a first year,"
or "there's no precedent..."
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We cannot afford to dwell on
such trivial matters.
**[17:14] ---**
I also agree with what
you just pointed out, Hattori.
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Shiba just showed us that he has the skills
to be a member of our school's team.
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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.
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*Not that it was easy.*
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*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.*
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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.*
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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,*
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*and he's currently in charge of
international crime units.*
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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...
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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.
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On my next day off,
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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.
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Tell me...
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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.
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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,
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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!
***SIGN*** Nine Schools Competition Part II
***SIGN*** NEXT TIME