The Nine Schools Competition is the most important event at present. Almost any matter related to the Nine Schools Competition must be discussed and negotiated in meetings before a conclusion can be reached.
Yunyi's spot in the competition was secured by Mayumi Saegusa with the prior support of Katsuto Jumonji, and there were quite a few spectators around when he sparred with Gyoubu Hattori and Miyuki Shiba. So, there shouldn't be any problem with this matter being approved at the meeting. However, Tatsuya Shiba's situation is a bit more complicated.
Although he is Public Morals Committee and has achieved good results in his work, whether he can successfully serve as an engineer in the Nine Schools Competition still depends on demonstrating some convincing achievements.
Before the meeting began, Yunyi had already suggested to Mayumi Saegusa that Tatsuya Shiba should adjust the CAD on the spot. As long as he demonstrated sufficient skill, there would be no need to worry about others' opinions or obstacles.
Neither Mayumi Saegusa nor Katsuto Jumonji had any reason to object to his proposal. Yunyi had already discussed the matter with Tatsuya Shiba before coming to the meeting, so Tatsuya Shiba agreed with his approach.
As they expected, Tatsuya Shiba's engineer status was indeed questioned. But after he demonstrated his skills, many people recognized his abilities. As for those few who insisted on the so-called " Course 2 Student theory," they were severely reprimanded by Katsuto Jumonji.
As for Gyoubu Hattori, he seemed to be in a slump. During the meeting, his gaze would frequently sweep over Mayumi Saegusa and Yunyi. Naturally, the two noticed this. However, given the current situation, they couldn't very well ask him about it, so they could only keep it to themselves and ask him about it when they had the chance.
Actually, while Gyoubu Hattori was still somewhat puzzled as to why Mayumi Saegusa had become like this, Yunyi was perfectly clear about it. This guy had some feelings for Mayumi Saegusa, so the fact that Yunyi was with Mayumi Saegusa was a much bigger blow to him than losing to Yunyi in the sparring match!
Following this meeting, the Nine Schools Competition entered its final sprint preparation phase.
As contestants, Miyuki Shiba and Yunyi spend most of their afternoons practicing for their competition events. Meanwhile, Tatsuya Shiba, an engineer, begins contacting the contestants assigned to him.
Perhaps because the second and third-year students still cared about the division between the first and second courses, all the contestants assigned to Tatsuya Shiba were first-year students. Moreover, apart from Yunyi, who was the only male student, the rest were all girls.
When she learned of the result, Miyuki Shiba didn't show any particular reaction. However, after Yunyi's teasing remark that "it's like choosing a concubine," Tatsuya Shiba killed that very night.
Of course, Yunyi was unaware of what had happened at the Shiba family's residence. He had been having a rather leisurely time these past few days. After all, his strength was undeniable; even if he let Hai go, how could an ordinary high school student possibly defeat him?
Even Mayumi Saegusa, who comes from the Ten Master Clans, found it difficult to score points against Yunyi when practicing group Yunyi Crowd Ball. After all, the Mirror Reflection magic was like a bug to her!
Her Double-Speed Rebound had a similar effect, so during their practice sessions, several balls could often be seen flying back and forth between their courts without ever landing. After this continued for several rounds, the vector force carried by the ball bounced back by the Mirror Reflection exceeded the upper limit of the Double-Speed Rebound's capacity, resulting in Mayumi Saegusa losing points.
" Yunyi-kun, your magic is practically cheating!"
On this day, after finishing her practice Mayumi Saegusa sat in the rest area on the sidelines, complaining to Yunyi.
Yunyi smiled and comforted her, then explained the magic of Mirror Reflection to her, asking her to think about whether she could learn something from it to improve her Double-Speed Rebound.
In fact, Yunyi had already copied the Mirror Reflection Activation Sequence and given it to Mayumi Saegusa, but she had never used it. Yunyi didn't know if it was because she didn't want to, or because she hadn't mastered it yet. In any case, with Mayumi Saegusa's level, she could still win the Nine Schools Competition even without using it.
As for Yunyi's other competition event, Icicle Destruction, Mayumi Saegusa has strictly forbidden him from sparring with students from First High School.
After Tatsuya Shiba helped him adjust the Activation Sequence, Yunyi's magic activation speed was improved to some extent. Although it was far from the instantaneous speed of his spellcasting using Domain Magic, it was enough for the competition. Without the drawback of slow activation speed, the students who were sparring with Yunyi had their nine ice pillars burned away by Yunyi's magic in almost a single exchange, without even a chance to fight back!
This kind of crushing practice not only did no good for Yunyi, but it also did no good for the others. In fact, two contestants almost began to doubt their own qualifications to participate in the Nine Schools Competition after practicing with Yunyi twice!
In fact, Miyuki Shiba wanted to spar with Yunyi a few more times, but Tatsuya Shiba stopped her from doing so.
He had adjusted Yunyi's CAD, so he could roughly know the types of magic Yunyi used. If he wanted to win in the Icicle Destruction, then Miyuki Shiba's current preparations were clearly insufficient.
With her brother's intervention, Miyuki Shiba stopped dwelling on the matter. Besides, in addition to Icicle Destruction, she had another skill to practice. Moreover, for that skill, she had a sure-fire winning strategy prepared for her by Tatsuya Shiba!
"Everyone." Before everyone was about to disperse after practice, Mayumi Saegusa called all the contestants together.
" The Nine Schools Competition starts in three days, so we need to prepare to head to the venue. Tomorrow is for everyone to prepare on their own. We'll meet at the school parking lot at 1 PM the day after tomorrow to take the bus together to the venue. Please don't be late!"
"Yes!"
After giving the contestants some instructions, Mayumi Saegusa and Katsuto Jumonji left. They had some things to discuss, so Yunyi left the school first.
Recently, Mayumi Saegusa has been coming to his house for dinner every day after school before returning to her Saegusa Family. However, what bothers Yunyi is that Mayumi Saegusa's attitude has become somewhat strange these past few days.
Yunyi wasn't sure why this had happened. And Mayumi Saegusa didn't seem to want to bring it up, so Yunyi didn't press her for an answer.
However, tonight, Mayumi Saegusa took the initiative to bring up this topic.