"Thump!"
The game ended with a beep.
Yunyi turned around and quickly left the competition area. After handing the CAD file to Tatsuya Shiba, he said, "I'm going to pick up Mayumi," and ran off in a flash.
The contestant from Fifth High School, who was his opponent, watched Yunyi's departing figure, his face so pale that the audience in the stands felt sorry for him.
From the start to the end of the match, this player used every method he could think of to attack, but the result was always the same: the ball bounced back onto his own court and remained motionless after landing on the ground.
In the audience seats of First High School, Leonhart stared blankly at Mikihiko Yoshida, waiting for him to explain the magic Yunyi used.
Mikihiko Yoshida himself had a pretty good grasp of the concepts, but when it came to explaining them to others like Tatsuya Shiba, he simply didn't have the eloquence.
" Yunyi uses magic similar to the student council president's, right, Miyuki?" Shizuku Kitayama asked.
"Yes, that's right. But judging from the match just now, he must have used another spell at the same time. After all, the spell he chose before couldn't possibly produce this effect," said Miyuki Shiba.
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be Gravity Magic," Mikihiko Yoshida said, seizing the opportunity to voice his guess.
" Gravity Magic?" After pondering for a moment, Miyuki Shiba stated the conclusion she had drawn.
After listening to her explanation, Erika Chiba exclaimed in surprise, "Using this kind of combination magic in this project is practically cheating, isn't it? It's way too overpowered!"
" Erika, this magic isn't against the rules! In the Crowd Ball event, there are definitely quite a few contestants who choose to use Gravity Magic. It's just that to achieve what Yunyi did, you need to repeatedly interfere with the spheres' gravity several times."
" The Gravity Magic that Yunyi chose probably didn't have that much interference force. It's just that when the sphere, carrying gravity, touched the mirror magic, the gravity was also multiplied, which is why it turned out like this." Miyuki Shiba explained to Erika Chiba in more detail.
"What's this!? This situation is practically a wall of sighs for the other contestants!" Erika Chiba exclaimed.
"That's right. Yesterday, when we were talking about the Crowd Ball event, President Saegusa also gave Yunyi that same evaluation. It's said that during regular practice, if the president wants to score points from Yunyi, she can only rely on her speed advantage and do so before Yunyi can unleash her magic," said Miyuki Shiba.
"Wait, doesn't that mean that when President Saegusa practiced Crowd Ball with Yunyi, she never won?" Leonhart asked incredulously.
"It's unbelievable, but it's true. The president has never actually beaten Yunyi even once in practice," said Miyuki Shiba.
Actually, it wasn't just the Crowd Ball event! Yunyi's other event, Icicle Destruction, was the same. When he practiced at school, he never gave anyone a chance to win.
After Mayumi Saegusa Nanagusa forbade Yunyi from sparring with students from the same school on Icicle Destruction, some rumors even circulated. It was said that Yunyi was unhappy with the attitude of the Course 1 Student towards the Course 2 Student, which is why he taught the students from the Course 1 Student such a harsh lesson during the sparring session.
Whether Yunyi truly thought that way, Miyuki Shiba never bothered to verify. However, after the rumor spread, the attitudes of the students in the Course 1 Student towards Yunyi changed considerably.
When Yunyi arrived at the women's competition area, Mayumi Saegusa's match had already ended.
Upon seeing Yunyi arrive, Mayumi Saegusa immediately smiled.
" Yunyi-kun!"
Walking over to Mayumi Saegusa and tidying her slightly disheveled hair, Yunyi asked, "How did the competition go?"
"Very easy!" Mayumi Saegusa countered, " Yunyi-kun, how's it going on your end?"
"Do you even need to ask?" Yunyi raised an eyebrow.
"Uh..." Mayumi Saegusa added somewhat embarrassedly, "I meant to ask, has your opponent lost their fighting spirit?"
Yunyi recalled that he had run away as soon as the match ended, without paying any attention to his opponent's situation.
Seeing Yunyi's appearance and considering how quickly he arrived, Mayumi Saegusa guessed some of the truth. She rubbed her forehead and said helplessly, "I hope my opponent doesn't lose heart; after all, he's a player who can participate in the Nine Schools Competition."
Yunyi rolled her eyes, but didn't say anything more.
The Crowd Ball competition is similar to Speed Shooting, and it also has to be completed within half a day. Therefore, Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa no Mayumi didn't chat for long. After exchanging a few words of advice, Yunyi returned to his own competition area.
From the quarterfinals to the semifinals, and all the way to the final, Yunyi maintained a calm and collected demeanor. However, those sitting in the stands caused quite a stir.
"You'll find out, won't you?"
On the stands where the Third High School were gathered, Shinkuro Kichijoji asked Ichijo Shoki, who was standing next to him, Masaki Ichijo.
"Ah, that guy, he just cast his spell and then did nothing. George, it seems your earlier guess was correct," Masaki Ichijo replied.
"I've never seen a method like this before: to immediately deploy a double barrier high enough to cover the entire arena at the very moment of the match, and then continue the magic until the end of the match," Shinkuro Kichijoji remarked.
"Ah, generally speaking, it's impossible to maintain magic for a long time. But that guy, I don't know how, he just did it," said Masaki Ichijo.
"News from the girls' group: Mayumi Saegusa, the Student Council of First High School, also used a similar spell. However, she only maintained it for a very short time, and after securing the advantage, she switched to other spells with lower energy consumption. This contestant named Liu Yunyi is really something else."
At this point, Shinkuro Kichijoji turned to Masaki Ichijo: " Masaki, is this guy really just someone from a fallen noble family? Is the Liu Family really not Lost Number Families?"
Shinkuro Kichijoji shared the same suspicions as Masaki Ichijo. But based on the information he had, the Liu Family was indeed a low-class, impoverished noble family.
"Regardless, he will be a major rival for us. Inform the players participating in the Icicle Destruction main event to be cautious," Masaki Ichijo concluded.
As the game ended, Yunyi turned and left the arena.
His competitor for the championship was once again a player from the Third High School. At this moment, this player was kneeling on the field, clearly having lost his fighting spirit.
Seeing this scene, Masaki Ichijo sighed and said, "This really is the Wailing Wall."