Fujibayashi Kyoko didn't say anything about danger. After all, Blanche wasn't a powerful organization, and its Japanese branch was nothing but a bunch of useless nobodies.
With Kudo Mitsunobu's abilities, Blanche wasn't even capable of injuring him.
"Would you like your big sister to come provide backup? There are a lot of them, after all. It'd be hard to wipe them all out by yourself, wouldn't it, Koushu?"
"Big Sister happens to be on vacation right now, and I can even call a few more people to help you."
Fujibayashi Kyoko considered it for a moment as she spoke. At the same time, she was already planning to round up the people in her unit who were resting and bring them along to help her little brother.
"There's no need. If you have time, Kyoko, you can come over yourself. Besides, I'm not alone."
Kudo Mitsunobu shook his head, declining Fujibayashi Kyoko's offer.
"There's someone else? Who?"
"The next head of the Jumonji House, Jumonji Katsuto."
"Oh, him! Then there shouldn't be a problem."
Jumonji Katsuto's familiar face immediately came to mind. Fujibayashi Kyoko also knew how strong he was. He was a man worthy of becoming the next head of one of the Ten Master Clans.
"What about Mayumi? Since you and Jumonji Katsuto are going, Mayumi should be going too, right?"
"No, Mayumi isn't taking part in this operation. As Student Council president, she has to take care of some of the follow-up matters."
"Isn't it really that you're worried about Mayumi and don't want her in danger? I know all about what's going on between you and her!"
As she spoke, Fujibayashi Kyoko's expression turned mischievous again.
Kudo Mitsunobu expressionlessly moved to turn off the screen. Fujibayashi Kyoko was quick to notice.
"Don't hang up! You still haven't said where to meet!"
"Three hours from now, outside the Japanese branch of Blanche."
Then, ignoring Fujibayashi Kyoko's protests, Kudo Mitsunobu turned off the screen.
He was running as he spoke, and he sped up again. That was why he had ended the video call with Fujibayashi Kyoko; keeping it open would interfere with his acceleration.
About a minute after ending the call, Kudo Mitsunobu had traveled from the student auditorium to the First High School library at incredible speed.
"Looks like they've already broken in. Their target must be the modern magic materials. Their intentions couldn't be more obvious."
The library usually had a few students studying, even if it wasn't crowded. But yesterday's debate over improving the treatment of Course 2 Students had led to students of every year gathering in the school auditorium today.
That was why the library had been so easy to infiltrate. If there had been other students around, they and the guards might have been able to slow the terrorists down, even if they couldn't defeat them. The terrorists wouldn't have succeeded in breaking in so quickly.
Even from outside, Kudo Mitsunobu could see two terrorists dressed head to toe in black protective gear, keeping watch behind the central hall's two supporting pillars.
"I can't alert them. If they notice me, I won't be able to wipe them all out."
Kudo Mitsunobu made up his mind and began running multiple calculations in his head.
A deep blue light enveloped Kudo Mitsunobu. The next moment, he vanished from the sunlight.
"Who's there?!"
A wave of intense dizziness hit the last terrorist in the hall. He couldn't fight back and collapsed to the floor.
Kudo Mitsunobu reappeared and crouched down to record the man's personal information.
He had just used Optical Camouflage, one of the Kudo Family's five famous disguise spells. It manipulated light and interfered with the target's mind, creating a state similar to invisibility.
He was recording the enemy's personal information so he could use another of the Kudo Family's five famous disguise spells, Parade of Disguise, arguably the family's best-known magic.
By the time Kudo Mitsunobu straightened up again, his appearance had changed completely. And it wasn't just his looks—his psion aura was identical to the man lying on the floor.
That was Parade of Disguise, a Kudo Family spell that could perfectly reproduce another person's personal information body.
In theory, it combined illusions made from visible light and phantom heat created by manipulating infrared rays with mental interference magic to make the target hallucinate. It then used systemic magic to read the target's information body and overwrite his own.
It was an extreme disguise spell, formed by combining small components of various systemic magics.
"Now, let's head upstairs!"
Kudo Mitsunobu quietly made his way up the stairs. Though his disguise was nearly perfect, he still couldn't simply charge in as if he had nothing to worry about.
He went up to the fourth floor. Along the way, he only had to deal with one Course 2 Student who was standing watch; there was no one else. But he had his reasons for going straight to the fourth floor.
There wasn't much in the library worth breaking into, but there was one place that even students needed a teacher's approval to enter. It was strictly controlled.
That was the archives room. Kudo Mitsunobu looked at the tightly shut door in front of him.
The library's archives room held records of valuable magic formulas and experimental data. Its collection couldn't compare to the Magic Association headquarters or Magic University.
Even so, it was an exceptionally precious resource for a weak organization like Blanche.
He didn't want to destroy the door, but unfortunately, he hadn't brought his student ID. He raised his Night and pulled the trigger. A black hole about the size of a bowl appeared in the lock. At the same time, he seemed to hear a man scream from inside.
Kudo Mitsunobu kicked the door open and saw a terrorist clutching his severed leg and screaming.
The man's right leg had been completely melted off below the knee by Kudo Mitsunobu's Atomic Ray.
Blood sprayed from the wound.
His partner was using delay magic to treat the injury as an emergency measure.
Kudo Mitsunobu glanced at the archives room's main control computer. It was intact, and he felt slightly relieved. He had visited the room before to look up information, so he knew where the main control computer was.
When firing the Atomic Ray, he had been careful not to hit it. Whether he had injured anyone didn't concern him.
The terrorists were one thing. Even if they had been students from his own school, he wouldn't have held back. People had to pay for their mistakes.
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