Recaps

Baifeng Uesugi helped Mayumi Saegusa and later investigated the attack on First High School, freezing Blanche’s abandoned-factory base before Tatsuya Shiba and the others arrived. He returned home and reassured Maya Yotsuba, who scolded him for acting while injured.

• Baifeng Uesugi melted the broadcasting room’s lock, then took Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa to wait for Mayumi Saegusa, who hoped to meet the white-haired boy they had seen.
• Yakumo Kokonoe told Tatsuya Shiba about Hajime Tsukasa’s family background and his stepbrother Tsukasa Tsukasa’s leadership of Blanche’s Japanese branch.
• After Shizuku Kitayama told him the school had been attacked, Baifeng Uesugi went to First High School invisibly and watched the students subdue the intruders.
• Baifeng Uesugi flew to Blanche’s abandoned factory and sealed its armed occupants in ice, leaving them alive; Tatsuya Shiba and the others arrived afterward and found them contained.
• Maya Yotsuba questioned Baifeng Uesugi about going out while injured, and he offered to cook for her.

Baifeng Uesugi returned to First High after his suspension and learned that the Nine Schools Competition was approaching. When the student council discussed its shortage of magic engineering technicians, Tatsuya Shiba recommended Baifeng for the role, and Mayumi Saegusa planned to discuss it with him.

• Maya Yotsuba returned to the Yotsuba Family after saying goodbye to Baifeng Uesugi at the airport.
• Baifeng Uesugi returned to school, where Erika Chiba told him about the Nine Schools Competition and asked if he would participate.
• Shizuku Kitayama gave Baifeng Uesugi a bento and asked him to make one for her the next day; Honoka Mitsui and Erika Chiba asked for one too.
• Mayumi Saegusa and the student council discussed their shortage of magic engineering technicians for the Nine Schools Competition.
• Tatsuya Shiba declined to tune competitors' CADs and recommended Baifeng Uesugi for the magic engineer position.
• Mayumi Saegusa agreed Baifeng could be suitable and scheduled a preparation meeting after school to discuss the matter.

Tatsuya discussed the engineering challenges of flight magic with Azusa and Mayumi, describing a simpler approach developed by K. He revealed that K was Baifeng Uesugi, who had disappeared three years earlier, and recalled that his search had recently uncovered a clue.

• Azusa excitedly examined Tatsuya’s Silver Horn and asked about its creator, Taurus Silver, and the researcher K.
• Mayumi reminded Azusa to finish her report on the technical challenges of weight-increasing magic, prompting a discussion of why general-purpose flight magic was difficult.
• Tatsuya explained that K had used gravity magic to alter his mass and wind magic to propel himself, though the method was demanding and vulnerable to interference.
• Tatsuya said K had disappeared three years earlier and that researchers could not verify his flight-magic method without missing core information.
• Tatsuya recalled that K was Baifeng Uesugi and that Mizuki had reported seeing persistent psion fluctuations on him before he vanished.

Mayumi Saegusa recommended Baifeng Uesugi for the Nine Schools Competition magic engineering team, and he reluctantly accepted after demonstrating his CAD adjustment skills. The chapter ended with the student council agreeing that Baifeng would join the team, with Tatsuya Shiba as his assistant.

• Mayumi Saegusa recommended Baifeng Uesugi for the magic engineering team, and Shizuku Kitayama volunteered to test his skills.
• Baifeng agreed to take the position on the condition that Tatsuya Shiba become his assistant, and Mayumi accepted for Tatsuya.
• Baifeng manually adjusted a competition CAD using Shizuku Kitayama's settings, prioritizing safety and preserving the activation sequence.
• Shizuku tested the adjusted CAD and reported that it worked without any discomfort.
• Gyoubu Hattori and Katsuto Jumonji supported Baifeng's appointment, and the group confirmed that he had joined the team.

Baifeng Uesugi revealed to Tatsuya Shiba that he was hiding from the Demon Hunters and gave him completed Innate Magic cards for himself and Miyuki Shiba. After Tatsuya learned that No Head Dragon members were suspected of targeting the Nine Schools Competition, he passed Miyuki her card and demonstrated how Fool's World nullified magic.

• Tatsuya Shiba recognized Baifeng Uesugi by examining his psions, and Baifeng explained that he was concealing his identity because the Demon Hunters were pursuing him.
• Baifeng warned Tatsuya that the Demon Hunters were powerful Ancient Magic users, asked him to keep Baifeng's return secret from Miyuki and Mayumi, and gave him Innate Magic cards for Tatsuya and Miyuki.
• Baifeng explained that Tatsuya's Fool's World could nullify magic within a hundred li, including its user's magic, and confirmed that he had perfected Miyuki's Thousand-Li Ice Seal.
• A major told Tatsuya that suspected No Head Dragon members had illegally entered the Fuji Maneuver Area and might be targeting the Nine Schools Competition.
• Tatsuya gave Miyuki the Thousand-Li Ice Seal card and told her Baifeng was well; he then demonstrated Fool's World, preventing Miyuki from casting a spell.

Baifeng Uesugi delivered promised boxed lunches to Erika Chiba, Honoka Mitsui, and Shizuku Kitayama, and told them he had joined the magic engineering team for the Nine Schools Competition. At lunch, the four gathered to eat Baifeng’s unusual cooking, while Erika teased him and Shizuku about their closeness.

• Baifeng Uesugi gave Erika Chiba, Honoka Mitsui, and Shizuku Kitayama the boxed lunches he had promised them.
• Baifeng told Erika that he had joined the magic engineering team after Tatsuya recommended him, and Erika asked him to tune her CAD when he had time.
• Erika teased Baifeng and Shizuku about their first-name familiarity and suggested they had feelings for each other; Shizuku privately decided something after learning Maya Yotsuba had left.
• Baifeng admitted to Erika that he had feelings for both Shizuku and Honoka, then joked that having a harem sounded nice.
• At noon, Baifeng, Erika, Honoka, and Shizuku sat together in the cafeteria and began eating Baifeng’s unusual boxed lunches.

Baifeng Uesugi and Tatsuya Shiba joined First High’s Nine Schools Competition team introductions and planning, while classmates teased each other about Baifeng’s relationships. Later, Mizuki Shibata apologized for revealing Baifeng’s secret to Tatsuya, and Baifeng’s sincere compliment left her flustered and running off.

• Mayumi Saegusa announced the team members, and Miyuki Shiba pinned competition medals on Honoka Mitsui, Baifeng Uesugi, and Tatsuya Shiba.
• Baifeng Uesugi and Tatsuya Shiba introduced their engineering roles, and the girls teased Honoka Mitsui, Shizuku Kitayama, and Miyuki Shiba about their closeness to Baifeng.
• Baifeng Uesugi stopped the teasing and led the group into discussing training and battle plans.
• At dusk, Baifeng Uesugi approached Mizuki Shibata, who apologized for telling Tatsuya Shiba the secret Baifeng had asked her to keep.
• Baifeng Uesugi reassured Mizuki Shibata and told her he thought she was cute; she blushed and jogged away, leaving him flustered.

Baifeng Uesugi and the First High students set off by bus for the Nine Schools Competition, where Mayumi Saegusa rested beside him after arriving late and appearing exhausted. The trip continued with Baifeng asking the others to keep quiet and confronting Gyoubu Hattori over his attention to Mayumi.

• Mayumi Saegusa arrived an hour and a half late, apologized to Mari Watanabe and Baifeng Uesugi, and asked Baifeng to call her Mayumi-senpai.
• Mayumi teased Baifeng about his concern for her and hinted that she already liked someone before they boarded the bus together.
• Baifeng and Mayumi took the last pair of seats, and Mayumi soon fell asleep while Baifeng covered her with a blanket.
• Kanon complained about not getting to ride with her fiancé, Kei, and Baifeng asked her and Mari to lower their voices so Mayumi could rest.
• Baifeng called out Gyoubu Hattori for staring at Mayumi, then backed off when Mari pointed out that Mayumi was nearly waking.

Miyuki Shiba recognized Baifeng Uesugi as the brother she had lost after tasting his cooking and seeing his precise magic. The chapter ended with Baifeng saving the convoy from a burning car while Miyuki wondered why he had hidden his identity.

• Shizuku Kitayama offered Miyuki Shiba a bento Baifeng Uesugi had made, and Miyuki became emotional when its familiar taste reminded her of her brother.
• Miyuki suspected Baifeng Uesugi was her brother and grew angry as she wondered whether Tatsuya Shiba had known his identity.
• A burning, out-of-control car hurtled toward the convoy, and Mari Watanabe stopped the students from casting interfering magic.
• Baifeng Uesugi used Ice Sealing Spell and Hurricane to freeze the car and suspend it in the air.
• Miyuki Shiba became certain Baifeng Uesugi was her brother and wondered why he had concealed his identity.

After Baifeng Uesugi helped stop the attack on the bus, Miyuki Shiba recognized him as the person who had disappeared from her life, and Mayumi Saegusa confronted him over his secrets. Baifeng explained why he had left, and Mayumi revealed that she had missed him for years.

• Baifeng Uesugi thanked Ichihara for slowing the attacker, while Mari Watanabe scolded Kanon Chiyoda for losing her composure.
• Miyuki Shiba recognized Baifeng Uesugi from his bento and his use of Double Casting, then asked whether Tatsuya Shiba had known his identity.
• Mayumi Saegusa questioned Baifeng Uesugi about Double Casting and grew angry when she learned he had made Miyuki's bento.
• Miyuki Shiba demanded an explanation for Baifeng Uesugi's disappearance three years earlier, and he spent an hour recounting what had happened.
• Baifeng Uesugi comforted Miyuki Shiba and told her he had left to protect her; Mayumi Saegusa then embraced him and said she had missed him.
• Gyoubu Hattori asked Mari Watanabe about Mayumi Saegusa's reaction, and Mari recalled that Mayumi had mentioned an older brother who disappeared three years ago.

Baifeng Uesugi comforted Mayumi Saegusa and Miyuki Shiba after revealing that a mysterious group of Demon Hunters had targeted him, while keeping his identity secret. After the convoy reached its destination, Gyoubu Hattori struggled with his confidence, and Takeaki Kirihara reminded him that ability was not determined by course placement or magic power alone.

• Baifeng Uesugi told Mayumi Saegusa and Miyuki Shiba that the Ten Master Clans had failed to uncover information about the organization that attacked him, and that its strongest known member was an S-rank magician.
• Baifeng Uesugi asked Mayumi Saegusa and Miyuki Shiba to keep his identity secret, then teased Mayumi about her feelings for Tatsuya before comforting Miyuki.
• Mayumi Saegusa told the people in the vehicle to keep the incident secret, and the convoy resumed its journey and reached its destination an hour later.
• Gyoubu Hattori told Takeaki Kirihara that the crisis and Baifeng Uesugi’s actions had shaken his confidence as a magician.
• Takeaki Kirihara suggested that Baifeng Uesugi had real combat experience and reminded Gyoubu Hattori that capable students could be found among the Course 2 students.

After Baifeng Uesugi and Miyuki Shiba survived a magical suicide attack, they reached the hotel and reunited with Erika Chiba and Mizuki Shibata. At the schools’ gathering, Erika appeared in a maid outfit and offered drinks to Baifeng and Tatsuya.

• Baifeng explained that a driver had used three concealed spells to cause a crash, likely in a terrorist attack targeting the Nine Schools Competition.
• Baifeng reassured Miyuki, who vowed to do her best in the competition, and promised to watch her events.
• Miyuki met Erika at the hotel, where Erika said she had come to cheer everyone on; Baifeng left to meet the technical team seniors.
• Miyuki and Erika met Mizuki, and Miyuki advised her to change out of her revealing outfit; Erika explained that she had used her family’s connections to stay at the military hotel.
• Erika said she and Mizuki could attend the schools’ gathering, and later approached Baifeng and Tatsuya there dressed as a maid.

Baifeng Uesugi attended a social gathering with Tatsuya Shiba and met Erika Chiba, Shizuku Kitayama, and others. He arranged to visit the hotel’s mixed-gender hot spring with Miyuki Shiba, Shizuku, and Honoka Mitsui that night, then left the gathering early.

• Erika Chiba arrived in an outfit that prompted a conversation with Baifeng Uesugi and Miyuki Shiba about whether it counted as cosplay.
• Baifeng Uesugi threatened to stop making Shizuku Kitayama boxed lunches, then agreed to forgive her if she joined him at the hot spring.
• Baifeng Uesugi confirmed that Miyuki Shiba and Honoka Mitsui could join him and Shizuku at the hotel’s mixed-gender hot spring that night.
• Tatsuya Shiba encouraged Miyuki Shiba to spend time with the other students, and she went to join them.
• Baifeng Uesugi told Tatsuya Shiba to call him Bai Feng at the gathering, then said he was leaving because he disliked the atmosphere.
• Erika Chiba returned with Mikihiko, and Tatsuya Shiba asked where Leo and Mizuki Shibata were.

At the Nine Schools Competition gathering, Miyuki and her friends went to the hot springs while Shizuku went to fetch the absent Baifeng. An accidental kiss led Baifeng and Shizuku to agree to start dating, though Shizuku was still flustered by his affection.

• Miyuki watched Baifeng leave the gathering, while Masaki Ichijo noticed Miyuki and asked George about her.
• Miyuki and her friends planned to visit the hot springs with Baifeng, but Mayumi left after receiving a call.
• When Baifeng failed to show up, Shizuku went to his room and found him asleep.
• Baifeng woke as Shizuku leaned close, and they accidentally kissed.
• Baifeng offered to take responsibility, and Shizuku agreed to become his girlfriend before asking him what he was doing as he touched her cheek.

Baifeng Uesugi and Shizuku Kitayama agreed to keep their relationship secret, then joined Miyuki Shiba and Honoka Mitsui at the hot springs. The chapter ended with Shizuku asking Baifeng to watch her match at the Nine Schools Competition.

• Baifeng Uesugi reassured Shizuku Kitayama that couples commonly act affectionately and agreed to keep their relationship secret.
• Miyuki Shiba and Honoka Mitsui wondered why Shizuku and Baifeng were late, then the pair arrived at the hot springs.
• Baifeng joined Miyuki and Honoka in the pool, where Shizuku pinched his waist after catching him admiring the other girls.
• Miyuki listed the competitors whose matches she planned to watch, and Baifeng felt happy that she had made many friends.
• Shizuku asked Baifeng whether he would come watch her match.

The Nine Schools Competition began, and Baifeng Uesugi helped Mayumi Saegusa calibrate her CAD before her quarterfinal match. Mayumi started competing against Keiko Mawatari as Baifeng watched with the First High students.

• Baifeng told Shizuku Kitayama and Miyuki Shiba that he would watch their events, then said he was only joining the magic engineering team and would not compete.
• The Nine Schools Competition began, and Baifeng wandered around instead of watching Mari Watanabe's Surfing Race.
• Tatsuya Shiba told Baifeng that Mayumi Saegusa wanted him to calibrate her CAD, so Baifeng went to help her.
• Mayumi sent everyone else away and asked Baifeng to calibrate her CAD; afterward, they joined the First High students to watch her quarterfinal.
• Mayumi began her match against Keiko Mawatari, firing at the red and white flying discs that appeared in the air.

During the Nine Schools Competition, Baifeng Uesugi felt uneasy that the event would not go smoothly, though he could not identify a cause. Mayumi Saegusa and Miyuki Shiba later visited him to ask for help tuning Hattori’s CAD and check on his health, and he reassured them before escorting them back.

• Baifeng Uesugi told Tatsuya Shiba and the others that he felt an unexplained unease while they watched Mayumi Kusa’s match, and Shizuku Kitayama held his hand to comfort him.
• After Mayumi Kusa won Speed Shooting, Mayumi Saegusa’s group discussed the competition results and decided Baifeng Uesugi could help tune Hattori’s CAD while Kinoshita was unavailable.
• Miyuki Shiba accompanied Mayumi Saegusa to visit Baifeng Uesugi because she had noticed he seemed unwell, and Miyuki’s psions briefly went out of control when Mari Watanabe teased Mayumi.
• On the rooftop, Baifeng Uesugi told Tatsuya Shiba that he suspected the Nine Schools Competition might not proceed smoothly to the end, though he did not know whether anyone would interfere.
• Mayumi Saegusa asked Baifeng Uesugi to tune Hattori’s CAD the next day, and he reassured her and Miyuki Shiba that he felt fine before walking them back to their rooms.

Mayumi Saegusa reunited with Baifeng Uesugi at the training ground and made him promise not to leave without warning again. First High continued its competitions, but disappointing results in the men's ball-scoring event left the team calculating what it needed to win a third consecutive championship.

• Mayumi Saegusa fell into Baifeng Uesugi's arms, recalled that he had been gone for exactly three years and two months, and accepted his promise not to leave quietly again.
• Izumi told Baifeng Uesugi to handle Saegusa's matches while she took care of the other competitors.
• Mayumi Saegusa scored another point in the women's ball-scoring event.
• Kanon Chiyoda used ground-vibration magic to win her second Women's Icicle Destruction match.
• Rin-chan reported that poor men's ball-scoring results meant First High needed four wins among the six remaining official events to stay on course for a third consecutive championship.

Tatsuya Shiba demonstrated a two-form armed integrated CAD he designed for Leo, with suggestions from Baifeng Uesugi. After Leo tested its floating blade and defensive shield, he learned that Tatsuya’s missing brother was the renowned magic researcher K.

• Miyuki Shiba and the others entered Tatsuya Shiba’s room and saw the armed integrated CAD.
• Tatsuya Shiba handed the CAD to Leonhard Saijou, who activated its separated floating blade and tested it against targets.
• Tatsuya Shiba explained that the blade used Sakura magic to fix the parts’ relative positions and move them in an extended straight line.
• Leo asked about Tatsuya’s brother, and Tatsuya revealed that Baifeng Uesugi was K, who had returned after researching Innate Magic.
• Leo pressed the CAD’s button twice and activated its second form, which automatically created a shield to block damage.

Tatsuya Shiba showed Leo the CAD’s third form, which let him fire and control its fragments, while Baifeng Uesugi and Tatsuya Shiba discovered that magic had caused an accident at the surfing competition. Baifeng discreetly treated Mari Watanabe’s injuries and reassured Mayumi Saegusa that he had taken emergency measures.

• Tatsuya Shiba explained the CAD’s third form and had Leo transform it into eighteen floating fragments.
• Leo used Psions to turn the fragments into an iron fist and fire one at a dummy, then learned he could eventually control and recall the fragments.
• At the surfing competition, Mari Watanabe slowed down to save Lisa Kuroki, but turbulent water sent both contestants off the course.
• Baifeng Uesugi and Tatsuya Shiba sensed magic fluctuations and concluded that a third party had caused the accident.
• Baifeng Uesugi checked the contestants, found that Mari Watanabe had several broken ribs, and discreetly used healing magic on her.
• Baifeng Uesugi told Mayumi Saegusa that Mari Watanabe was injured but that he had already taken emergency measures.

Mari Watanabe woke in the hospital after being injured while saving a Seventh High School competitor, and learned she would have to withdraw from Mirage Bat. Baifeng Uesugi revealed he could speed her recovery but warned against her competing, then raised the possibility that someone had sabotaged a CAD before the accident.

• Mari Watanabe woke at Juya Base Hospital and learned her broken ribs would take a week to heal, forcing her to withdraw from Mirage Bat.
• Mayumi Saegusa told Mari Watanabe that Seventh High School had been disqualified and that Baifeng Uesugi had brought her to the hospital and stayed during her treatment.
• Baifeng Uesugi told Mayumi Saegusa he could use Ancient Magic to heal Mari Watanabe in about a day, but competing so soon would draw scrutiny from the organizers.
• Baifeng Uesugi told Mari Watanabe he could help her recover in five days at the earliest, then asked whether she had noticed strange magic near the water before her fall.
• Mari Watanabe recalled the water moving strangely, and Baifeng Uesugi said he suspected someone had tampered with Seventh High School's CAD and had Tatsuya investigate.

Tatsuya Shiba and Baifeng Uesugi investigated magical interference behind Watanabe's accident and suspected a mole on the competition committee. As First High School recalculated its path to victory, Baifeng agreed to compete in Monolith Code and the men's Surfing Race after Mayumi Saegusa persuaded him.

• Tatsuya Shiba explained that magic had likely been activated from underwater, and Yoshida said Spirit Magic could reach the waterway but was too weak to cause the accident.
• Tatsuya Shiba showed the group tests indicating that someone could have switched a Seventh High School contestant's CAD sequence, and he suspected a mole on the competition committee.
• Mayumi Saegusa and Rin-chan asked Miyuki Shiba to move from the newcomers division's Mirage Bat to the regular division, and Miyuki agreed.
• Tatsuya Shiba pointed out that Third High School's regular division Surfing Race points had been omitted, and Rin-chan recalculated the standings.
• Rin-chan reported that First High School needed a top-three finish in the men's Surfing Race in addition to wins in Mirage Bat and Monolith Code, so Mayumi Saegusa persuaded Baifeng Uesugi to compete in both Monolith Code and surfing.

Baifeng Uesugi won the men’s Surfing Race, then learned that Mayumi Saegusa had signed him up for Monolith Code as well. As Mari Watanabe began teaching him to surf, Baifeng teased her again, while Mayumi and Miyuki Shiba watched them with jealousy.

• Mari Watanabe praised Baifeng Uesugi for balancing on the surfboard, and the next day he won the men’s Surfing Race.
• Mayumi Saegusa, Miyuki Shiba, Honoka Mitsui, and Shizuku Kitayama watched Baifeng’s race; afterward, Baifeng revealed that Shizuku was his girlfriend.
• Baifeng promised Honoka Mitsui he would watch her match after adjusting her CAD, and Mayumi announced that he would enter Monolith Code as well as surfing.
• Mayumi Saegusa arranged for Mari Watanabe to train Baifeng in surfing, while Mayumi and Miyuki warned him to behave.
• At the training ground, Mari took Baifeng’s hand to help him balance, and he scratched her palm, prompting her to ask what he was doing.

Baifeng Uesugi tuned Shizuku Kitayama’s CAD, helping her win the Speed Shooting final as First High swept the top three places, while he also won the Surfing Race. Afterward, he arranged for Shizuku to be credited as the inventor of the magic he had devised, and Mayumi agreed.

• Baifeng Uesugi tuned Honoka Mitsui’s and Shizuku Kitayama’s CADs, and Shizuku asked him to work for her family before accepting his explanation that his role would be much the same as it was now.
• Shizuku used Phonon Maser, configured by Baifeng Uesugi, to win her Speed Shooting preliminary, and he later adjusted her CAD for the final.
• Shizuku won the Speed Shooting final, and Mayumi Saegusa celebrated First High’s sweep of the top three places; Baifeng Uesugi had also won the Surfing Race.
• Rei-chan said the university might add Shizuku’s magic to the Magic Encyclopedia, and Baifeng Uesugi asked that Shizuku be named its inventor.
• Shizuku agreed to take credit for the magic, and Mayumi approved Baifeng Uesugi’s request.

Masaki Ichijo and George concluded that Baifeng Uesugi’s technical skill had helped First High School’s contestants outperform expectations, and Ichijo warned that Uesugi was a monster of a technician. At the venue, Uesugi offered to check Honoka Mitsui’s CAD before her Surfing Race, and Azusa Nakajo welcomed his help.

• Mayumi Saegusa encouraged Baifeng Uesugi to keep supporting the other events and promised him a reward after the Nine Schools Competition.
• Masaki Ichijo and George discussed First High School’s results and suspected that its technician had improved Kitayama’s equipment and Uesugi had tuned her magic formula.
• Ichijo told George that Uesugi was far beyond an ordinary high school student and warned that rival teams might be generations behind his equipment work.
• Baifeng Uesugi brought Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba to meet Azusa Nakajo and Honoka Mitsui, offering to help before Honoka’s Surfing Race.
• Honoka Mitsui asked Uesugi to check her CAD, apologized to Azusa Nakajo for speaking rudely, and heard Azusa endorse Uesugi’s ability.