10-20-2095
Extracurricular Activities Federation
Yay!
The room temperature plasma device operated without a hitch.
Meaning that Phase 1 was successful.
Yes.
That girl!
Hey! Mibu!
Saya?
That's...
Come back here!
What do you want?
You're a first year, right?
I'm Sayaka Mibu of Class 2-E.
A Course 2 student like you.
I'm Chiaki Hirakawa of Class 1-G.
Hirakawa?
Ms. Hirakawa, that's a wireless password breaker, isn't it?
Hiding it won't do any good.
Because I once worked for spies myself.
So let me give you a word of advice.
I don't know who they are, but cut ties with them immediately.
It has nothing to do with you.
I can't just stand by and do nothing!
Those people will only use you and then discard you!
But of course they are!
It's not like I teamed up with them because I wanted something.
Kirihara...
Yeah.
Get down!
Tear gas?
Was that overkill?
I'd say so.
Never mind that...
...you look like you're assaulting that girl.
That's not what this is!
Yeah, yeah, we got that.
Hey, are you okay?
Hey... Hey...
Nurse's Office
I was wondering where you'd run off to, abandoning Ms. Ichihara's protective detail...
You guys really went overboard here.
So Dr. Asuka, what's her condition?
No need to worry.
She'll wake up eventually on her own.
Then sorry for the inconvenience, but could you text me when she's awake?
Since I've got to go back to guard duty.
No problem.
Oh, but no complaining if she escapes, all right?
Because I have zero combat skills.
But you'd never let one of your wounded escape.
Hey, you! What are you doing?
It's none of your business.
What?
Sekimoto...
We're just observing, that's all.
Hey, Shiba, what's going on?
And besides, we're not doing anything wrong.
Apparently, seeing Erika and Leo wandering around doesn't sit well with Sekimoto.
I don't even know why you're yelling at us.
With Sekimoto?
Whatever! You two are in the way!
Sekimoto, I think that's enough...
Shut up! You get back to work!
Anyway, what's with that attitude of yours?
You're outsiders, so keep out!
Why? Everyone else is looking around, too!
Sekimoto, what's going on here?
Chiyoda...
Well, it's not a big deal.
I was just telling these Course 2 students not to wander around.
For future considerations,
there's no reason to stop the first years from observing these experiments.
If there's a problem, those of us on guard duty will do the reprimanding.
But I'm on the Disciplinary Committee.
The protective detail for the Thesis Competition will be handled
by the Extracurricular Activities Federation and volunteers.
Would you mind leaving this to us?
And would you mind leaving for today?
That incident you caused earlier could be construed from a different angle as a four-against-one assault.
We'll be taking off now, okay?
Tatsuya, Miyuki, see you tomorrow!
Right.
I'm heading out, too.
Sorry, Kei! I'll be right back!
Hey, Kanon, wait up!
Ichihara?
I thought you had no interest in this type of practical theme, Sekimoto.
Leo, are you free today?
Well?
I guess I don't have any plans.
Then come with me.
Nurse's Office
Excuse me...?
Um...
I'd like to ask that girl some questions, so could you let her go...
No, wait.
Could you sit her down, please?
Sure thing.
You were reckless the day before yesterday, too, didn't you?
Why did you try to steal that data?
No...
My objective was to re-write the program,
and disable the magic device for the presentation.
You wanted the presentation to fail?
No, that's not it!
As much as I hate to admit it, that man would recover anyway.
But I thought that he'd at least panic a little!
You did that out of spite?
Depending on the outcome, you could've gotten yourself expelled, you know!
I don't care!
Not if it means getting one over that guy...
Chiaki Hirakawa...
You're Koharu Hirakawa's younger sister, aren't you?
You think it's Shiba's fault that your sister ended up that way?
Well, it is, isn't it?
He left Ms. Kobayakawa for dead...
and because of that, my sister felt responsible!
If Shiba was in any way accountable for that accident,
then all of us on the engineering staff were equally to blame for not seeing it.
Please don't make me laugh.
Even my sister didn't realize it.
So there's no way you'd have noticed, either, Mr. Isori!
He was able to see it because of who he is!
That man said so, too!
And yet, he's still...
All right, that's enough.
Ms. Asuka...
I'm handing her over to the Magic University Affiliated Hospital for tonight.
Ms. Chiyoda... please pick this up tomorrow.
Very well.
Let's go, Kanon.
Don't you think it's too simple?
What is?
It's not over yet.
Your own school is also one of the East's targets!
That girl might just be a decoy.
You want me to play detective so we can smoke out the real culprit, then?
As if.
We can just leave all the thinking to Tatsuya.
Then we're bodyguards?
Well, except that we'll be counter-attacking more than defending.
But there's still something lacking toward that end.
Something lacking?
Leo, your latent skills as a foot soldier are first-class.
I think you've got the potential to surpass Hattori and Kirihara.
Potential, huh?
Meaning that there's something wrong with the skills I'm showing now, is that it?
Well, you don't have a trump card, do you?
Trump card?
The kind of move that can kill your opponent for sure.
You've got one, then?
Yes.
It's true that I don't have a technique designed to kill my opponent.
It could be that it doesn't have to be us taking this on.
But if you're serious about getting involved,
you probably need to be ready to kill or be killed.
Are you prepared to learn something like that?
That's a dumb question.
In that case, I'll teach you.
The Secret Sword, Usuba Kagerou.
It's the perfect move for you.
Yokohama Disturbance Part III
I see.
So she's Ms. Hirakawa's younger sister.
What's that about?
Isn't that just an unjustified grudge?
Or maybe she's taking it out on Tatsuya?
She must really love her older sister.
So it shouldn't be a problem if we just let her be, right?
You're the one she's targeting, you know!
I think the best thing would be for Ms. Hirakawa to talk to her, and make her reconsider...
Let's not involve Ms. Hirakawa in this.
They may be sisters, but she has nothing to do with this, and isn't accountable.
Hey, so you do have a nice side.
Only because it could escalate into even more of a hassle.
Besides, she's not the only one who's been skulking around this place lately.
Long story short, Mr. Zhou...
Apparently, the girl in question has failed.
I like to think that I understand your concerns, Lord Chen.
But since we've revealed nothing about our true identity to her,
I don't believe there's any danger of information leaks.
I'm impressed that you groomed her to become a collaborator.
People that age are still pure and passionate, after all.
In order to show their worth, they'd rather speak out than listen well.
Thanks to that, I have learned quite a lot.
If you say so, Mr. Zhou, then we should be fine.
But I'm trusting you to take care that there aren't any unexpected twists.
I am well aware of what I must do.
In the next few days, I'll appraise the situation myself.
Are Erika and Saijo still in training?
I think those two are off today.
The two of them together?
Right, the two of them together.
Of course, it's always possible that it's just a coincidence...
It's also possible that it's not a coincidence.
Those two as a couple...
Not really a stretch, is it?
Really?
What good will it do to ask us, Mizuki?
You're right.
No, I didn't really notice anything between them...
But if they're taking the day off together,
then what on earth could they be doing?
Erika and...
Leo...?
Here's my take on it, which is conjecture layered over a hypothesis.
Erika might actually be running Leo into the ground now...
You filthy pervert Peeping Tom!
Shut it already, moron!
10-21-2095 / Chiba Family Dojo
Hey! It's wrinkled again!
Hey, that hurts... I've told you a hundred times!
Talk to me before you raise your hand!
Well, you wouldn't get it even if I said something.
And clobbering me is what's gonna get through to me?
Well, I guess I can't blame you for wanting to hit a wuss like me.
Okay, why don't we take a break?
Here.
You were able to do it with that cloak on...
Is it all that different?
You mean during the Nine Schools Competition?
That day, even if there were small wrinkles, it didn't affect its function as a shield.
And it had an auxiliary spell incorporated into it, to aid its expansion.
But this one has an auxiliary spell incorporated into it, too.
I guess it would be faster to ask Tatsuya, then?
No, we can't do that!
Putting Tatsuya to trouble would be messing up our priorities.
I just have to master it myself, that's all.
That's so manly.
10-22-2095
First High School outdoors practice field
Jumonji, I know you're trying to boost the morale of the protective detail...
But don't you think they might lose confidence instead?
He probably wants to put them through the wringer while he can.
He is the chief commander of the protective detail, after all.
That's seven he's lost already, huh?
Who's left, then?
Is that...?
I thought I'd learn a lot if I came here, but...
Did I jump the gun?
Calm down, Mikihiko.
This is just a mock battle.
I've been discovered!
Three, two, one...
Now!
Interesting.
Sorry to ask you to do this on such short notice.
It's fine.
If it's practice against Jumonji, please ask me again anytime.
Everyone on guard duty, good work today!
We've brought you your lunch!
Thanks!
All right, I'll be heading out now.
You stay for lunch, too, Yoshida.
But...
Break time!
The food's here!
Um...
Good work today.
Thank you, Ms. Shibata.
Mizuki?
Let's stop for lunch now, too.
R-Right.
Jumonji was awesome, wasn't he?
Nah, Watanabe was way scarier after the mock battle.
I hear they're gonna double our practice time starting tomorrow!
No way!
Oh, uh... would you like some more?
Y-Yeah.
Thanks.
U-Um...
Ms. Shibata?
Um... I think I'll...
Sorry!
Are you all right?
I'm sorry!
What are you doing, spacing out like that?
Go after her!
Right!
Ms. Shibata! I'm sorry!
Excuse me!
Ms. Shibata!
Yokohama Disturbance Part IV
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