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First High clinched the overall victory before the final day and decided to postpone the celebration until tomorrow. (Again? Anyone who said this was promptly ignored.)
Tomorrow, the finals for the Official Division's Monolith Code, one of the most popular draws of the Nine Schools Competition, would comnce.
First High's representatives advanced to the finals after taking first in the preliminary round. Neither the players nor the auxiliaries had the ti to attend the party.
However, since there was only one event remaining, it was also true that most of the mbers had plenty of ti on their hands.
As Miyuki powerfully contributed to First High's overall victory with her performance in Mirage Bat, this ti she was the center of the celebratory tea party held in the conference room.
Mayumi and Suzune hosted the event, with the female players making up the majority of those in attendance. That being said, it's not like there were no boys present. The uninjured Year 1 male students were congregated in a corner and holding their cups in a dejected manner. (The Year 2 and 3 male students were busy preparing for tomorrow's contest.)
Not only were Mikihiko and Leo present, Erika and Mizuki could be seen as well. Mayumi likely had another purpose in mind. (Erika tried her utmost to decline, but was forcibly conscripted by Miyuki.)
Yet, for so reason, there was no trace of Tatsuya. "...So, he said not to wake him until morning?"
"Yes."
"That's no surprise."
"Since he's been quite active lately..."
As the Year 1 female students were in a group discussing a certain young man (they were Erika, Miyuki, Shizuku and Honoka), a Year 2 couple approached.
"Hm? Your brother went to bed already?" It was Kanon and Isori.
"Indeed, he said he was quite exhausted."
"That... would be true. And he's injured as well."
Hearing Miyuki's answer, Isori nodded deeply. Once he raised his eyes and looked towards Miyuki, his eyes slightly widened.
"Hm? Isn't this Erika?"
"Kei-senpai, have you completed the calibrations for tomorrow?"
"No, taking a breather... Though it's more like Kanon dragged
out."
Isori could only smile wryly at these slightly mocking words. Next to him, Kanon wore a slightly irritated expression which was not completely caused by the earlier verbal exchange. There appeared to be sothing deeper as well.
"...Ah, Erika knows Isori-senpai?"
"Chalk it up to family relations."
Still, Erika didn't hold Kanon's mood against her, or more like intentionally pretended not to notice, as she turned to Miyuki.
"The Chiba Family is greatly indebted to the Isori Family."
"That's certainly not true!"
"No need to be shy, that's just how it is, objectively."
Seeing Isori frantically shake his head, Erika adopted a more teasing tone.
"My CAD was also developed by the Isori Family. Speaking of which, didn't Isori-senpai make it for ?"
Speaking of which, Erika pulled out her CAD that was shaped like a retractable police baton out of nowhere.
"Well, I guess... But only the 'Engraving' portion."
"You designed the Engraving spell yourself? That's incredible..."
"Kei is a genius!"
When Mizuki expressed her sincere admiration, Kanon was so proud that she montarily forgot her displeasure. Isori could only shyly murmur once more: "That's definitely not true."
By the ti his absence had ceased to be a topic of conversation, Tatsuya slipped out of the hotel and advanced towards the parking garage reserved for officers on base. The other party was already there waiting for him.
"How rude, to leave a woman waiting!"
"My apologies."
This was hardly the ti and place, but since he was in the wrong
less on the gender issue, more on his tardiness
Tatsuya frankly apologized when scolded.
Maybe she was disappointed that Tatsuya didn't offer any excuses, but Haruka didn't complain as she gestured for Tatsuya to get in the car she was leaning against.
After Tatsuya slid into the passenger seat, Haruka sat behind the wheel.
Both the interior and exterior of the vehicle remained darkened.
Haruka didn't bother to glance at the ignition and directly pulled out a smartphone from the storing space on the door.
Seeing this, Tatsuya also pulled out a terminal from his jacket pocket.
This was not the uniform for the auxiliaries, but a pitch black jacket with two bulges beneath the armpits, which Haruka pretended to be oblivious to.
"Just the map data is sufficient?"
"If you have the list of mbers, can you pass those to
as well?" Haruka sighed. Tatsuya started sending data towards her terminal. Seeing the display, Haruka's eyes widened in shock.
"Is that not enough?"
"No, that's quite enough!"
Haruka hid her expression and manipulated her own terminal. Tatsuya skimd over the data sent to him and said.
"Much obliged."
Just as Tatsuya slightly nodded and was about to press the button to open the car door,
"This is insurance, isn't it?" Haruka asked stiffly. "Indeed it is."
By the ti this concise answer passed to Haruka's ears, Tatsuya's back was already facing her.
As he watched Haruka drive the electric double-door sports car through the main exit, Tatsuya removed the gauze covering his right ear and headed towards another car. Before he could tap on the window, the car door on the passenger side automatically opened. Inside, a woman near Haruka's age sat in the driver's seat.
"Who was that woman?"
"Agent from Public Safety."
Tatsuya easily revealed Haruka's identity and smirked at Fujibayashi. "Though she insists that her day job is that of a life counselor." Fujibayashi burst into laughter.
"So she's a part-ti agent."
"I think she's fine on the ability end. Compared to seasoned veterans, rookies fresh out the door tend to be more reliable. They usually stick to confidentiality down to the letter, so I feel safer asking them for temp work. At any rate...... Accepting side jobs is slightly unethical, but money talks and rit walks
I guess that's just how it is."
Hearing Tatsuya nonchalantly speak such bleak words, Fujibayashi squinted at him
her eyes remained calm.
"Sotis, why do I get the feeling that you should be 10 years older?"
"I feel that this has nothing to do with age and everything to do with experience. After all, I've accumulated varied experiences of all sorts here and there."
Emphasis placed on the term varied. Hearing this, Fujibayashi casually averted her gaze from Tatsuya.
Tatsuya didn't anticipate any particularly special response.
He removed the connection cable from the dashboard compartnt and smoothly operated the touch screen on the passenger's seat and transferred the map data he obtained from Haruka into the navigation system.
"...I wonder if I can report this as overti..."
"I think this certainly qualifies."
"The labor laws hardly apply to people like us!"
Despite elastic employnt becoming mainstream, so laws still stubbornly survived the tis. At being prompted to retread familiar territory, Fujibayashi didn't even bother to force a smile and rely shot Tatsuya a look and shifted the stick forward.
The commonly seen electric car employed by the masses shifted into silent run, a feature not detailed in the instruction manual, and slipped away in the darkness.
anwhile, the one who ordered (?) Fujibayashi into the field was entertaining an unexpected guest.
"Please co in, sir."
The individual in question, who was not being welcod by the soldiers on duty but by Kazama himself, was Elder Kudou.
Back when the old man was in the service, the rule that the "Ten Master Clans shall not assu high roles in governnt" had not been established yet.
That was because this rule was put into effect after experiencing a series of circumstances involving Kudou himself that ultimately led to the establishnt of this rule.
When he retired, Elder Kudou held the rank of major general. Kazama's greeting was not out of respect for his status as an elder of the Ten Master Clans, but done in regards to his rank based on military protocol.
Kazama was a B-ranked Magician and also a mber of the magical community that had the Ten Master Clans at the pinnacle. That being said, he identified himself as a Magician using the Ancient Magic "Ninjitsu
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