"What?"
"You two aren't joking, are you?"
"I'm not a participant in the Nine Schools Competition!"
Inside Tatsuya Shiba's room, Leonhart stared at Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba with disbelief.
Before this, Leonhart had never imagined such a thing would happen, let alone that it would happen to him.
"Is it because you understand each other?"
Erika Chiba, leaning on the bed with both hands, sat on the edge of the bed with Mizuki Shibata, looking at the three people sitting in chairs opposite them and spoke.
Tatsuya Shiba the school's social circle, but not so much to Chiba Yeyou Erika Chiba. However, Miyuki Shiba has mentioned that Chiba Yeyou is a bit of a homebody, spending all day fiddling with a data terminal, seemingly very busy.
It's unlikely that this guy knows anyone other than Shizuku Kitayama and Honoka Mitsui.
"Really."
"I'll prepare your CAD file, but could you handle the debugging?"
"I'd really love to experience what it's like to work with a CAD program that you've debugged."
Tatsuya Shiba looked at Chiba Yeyou.
Because the two hadn't been in charge of the same personnel before, Chiba Yeyou had only seen others use CAD to debug it, and the effect was indeed obvious, but Tatsuya Shiba really didn't know what it felt like to use it himself.
"No problem!"
Chiba Yeyou nodded.
"Stop struggling. It's a fait accompli. Complaining won't change anything. Instead of dwelling on those concerns and questions, think about tomorrow's game."
"There's no other way but to forge ahead!"
"And there are both of you too!"
Hearing Chiba Yeyou's words, Leo Haruto felt much less worried. With these two holding the line, he felt he could finally relax.
"Then we can proceed with the strategy meeting for tomorrow's match."
" Tatsuya, what's your opinion?"
"First, regarding the formation, I suggested that Leo play as a defender."
Chiba Yeyou. That nameless guy from Third High School seemed so-so. Leo could handle him without any problem. And if all else failed, there was always her.
"Can."
"In that case, Tatsuya, you take the lead, and I'll hold off the other guy. That way, I can provide support if Leo encounters any problems."
After thinking for a moment, Chiba Yeyou made the safest arrangement.
"That..."
"What are the duties of a defender?"
Seeing that the two of them had explained everything so clearly to him, Leonhart quickly asked a question as well, since he still had questions to ask!
"Simple: Protect our secret tablet to prevent the enemy from attacking or cracking it. Even if it is cracked, do everything possible to stop the enemy from inputting the characters on the tablet."
"Oh, by the way, let me tell you about the victory conditions for Monolith Code. Did you know them?"
Chiba Yeyou looked at Leonhart.
"To prevent the opposing team from continuing the fight, or to input the hidden code in the secret tablet into the terminal, right?"
Leonhart recited the rules he knew.
"To decipher the hidden code, a special spell with a maximum diameter of 10 meters must be cast towards the secret monument. This means preventing the other party from entering this range, or, if they do enter, interfering with their actions as much as possible."
Tatsuya Shiba added.
"But isn't this project supposed to be immune to physical attacks?"
"While it's nothing to brag about, I was genuinely not good at ranged magic by then."
How can I defeat them?
"You can ask Tatsuya for this; he made a little gadget that would be perfect for you."
Chiba Yeyou looked at Tatsuya Shiba, Tatsuya Shiba got up from his seat, bent down and took out a rectangular CAD from under the bed. It looked like a square machete with a strange crack-like mark in the middle.
I want you to try this.
"Oh.."
Tatsuya Shiba placed this strangely shaped CAD into Leonhart's hands.
"A direct attack without using magic is a foul, but using magic to launch a mass object to knock down the opponent is not a foul."
As Tatsuya Shiba finished Kanon, Leonhart attempted to infuse magic, and the upper part of the CAD unexpectedly extended upwards along the track.
"I see."
Leonhart seemed quite excited, as if he had received some interesting toy.
"The meeting is now adjourned."
" Tatsuya, take Leo to get used to this CAD software. There's space here, and there's not much left to tweak in this CAD."
"Give me your CAD software for the competition; I'll go and debug it and bring it back to you in a bit."
"Yes, no problem."
Tatsuya Shiba nodded.
As the preparations for the night were completed, darkness fell and dawn broke.
August 10th, the eighth day of the competition.
Rookie Tournament, Monolith Code, Preliminary Rounds.
First High School vs. Eighth High School.
"Okay, don't be nervous, just do your job."
Seeing Leonhart looking somewhat serious, Chiba Yeyou patted him on the shoulder to help him relax.
"This is Nine Schools Competition!"
How could I not be nervous?
"And now?"
"Much better."
"All contestants, please begin your entrance!"
As the announcement sounded, Chiba Yeyou and the other two entered the arena. The first thing they saw was a map filled with trees, clearly a jungle map.
"I can't believe those two actually made it onto the field!"
In a corner of the arena, Shinkuro Kichijoji leaned against the wall, watching the three people in the scene, and said to Masaki Ichijo next to him.
"Yes, I didn't expect that either."
Masaki Ichijo saw Chiba Yeyou's figure, he was somewhat pleasantly surprised.
Let's see what else he hasn't shown us yet!
"Hmm, let me see how each mechanic performs as a contestant."
Shinkuro Kichijoji turned his gaze from Chiba Yeyou to Tatsuya Shiba.
In the jungle, Tatsuya Shiba was using his physical skills to move quickly, dodging and closing in on his opponent. His opponent had obviously spotted Tatsuya Shiba and raised his CAD to cast a spell, but because Tatsuya Shiba was moving too fast, he couldn't lock onto his target.
"Bang!"
After finding the right moment to use unsystematic magic to prevent his opponent from interfering with him, Tatsuya Shiba immediately ran towards the secret monument.
"Hateful!"
The defender responsible for guarding Eighth High School gritted his teeth and unleashed a spell on Tatsuya Shiba.
"Click!"
Tatsuya Shiba look and continued running forward, but just as the Eighth High School student was about to unleash his magic, a beam of blue light shot out from Tatsuya Shiba's CAD, shattering his magic.
Despite Chiba Yeyou's adjustments, the opponent was still not completely stunned. Tatsuya Shiba had anticipated this, as it was due to his own actions, not a problem with CAD. However, he did not expect that the activation speed of the Mumble Flash could be increased so much.
"Ah!"
"This is?"