At the start of the first round, the character controlled by Eriri launched a fierce assault, and the fight looked almost completely one-sided. (Continued)

At that moment, a morning talk show on TV suddenly caught his attention.

"Mr. Fujino, did you know? Just yesterday, Tian XX, known as the 'Asian Eagle,' broke the 100-meter world record once again. And lately, we've often been hearing about sports world records being broken. What do you think about that?"

"Isn't that perfectly normal? World records are meant to be broken. With more scientific training and improvements in the limits of physical fitness in the twenty-first century, this was only to be expected..."

That was obviously just an answer to placate ordinary people!

He grumbled inwardly.

It was incredibly difficult to surpass the limits of an ordinary person's abilities. This wasn't some inexplicable Guinness World Record that someone could break every day.

This had to be because, as the Day of Heavenly Change drew closer, the shackles on all things were gradually being removed, until the day they were completely destroyed arrived.

"The agencies around the world must have noticed these abnormalities, right?"

He wondered.

But even if they noticed the phenomenon, that didn't mean they could figure out its cause.

For humanity today, it was still an uncharted realm.

On the train to Shuchiin.

Hasegawa Izumi gazed out the window, but his thoughts were on the plans he'd make next.

For various reasons, it seemed no new members had joined the Far East Magic Society. Perhaps it wasn't because of interference from the Management Bureau; perhaps there simply weren't that many people awakening to their potential at this point in time.

In that case, it was time to change their approach.

You have no idea what you're up against...!

Class 1-C.

The students filed in one after another, and the classroom gradually grew lively.

Fujiwara Chika slipped her schoolbag under her desk and glanced toward the figure