Recaps

Mari Watanabe dominated the third Battle Board preliminary heat, prompting Chiba Yeyou to assess the contestants’ abilities and discuss his experimental Light Energy Pulse with Mayumi Saegusa and Tiffany. Tiffany learned that the magic was only a weakened version, while Chiba Yeyou considered it an important first step toward his larger project.

• A contestant in white disrupted three rivals with clever magic, helping Mari Watanabe pull far ahead in the Battle Board heat.
• Mari Watanabe used vibration magic to make a dramatic leap, crossed the finish line first, and received an enthusiastic reception from the crowd.
• Mayumi Saegusa explained that Mari’s past victories and showmanship had earned her a large fan following, then told Chiba Yeyou the other contestants were already strong competitors.
• Chiba Yeyou concluded that rival schools’ contestants were unlikely to be much stronger and that Mari probably would not need to use Light Energy Pulse.
• Tiffany reacted with excitement when she learned about Light Energy Pulse, but Chiba Yeyou clarified that it was only a greatly weakened version and described it as a first step toward his larger project.

After Mari Watanabe celebrated her easy victory, she invited Chiba Yeyou to work for her family, but he declined. Before Mayumi Saegusa's Speed Shooting preliminary, Chiba took her CAD to the Operations Committee for inspection because he suspected its operator might tamper with it, then returned it after the inspection went smoothly.

• Mari Watanabe celebrated crushing her opponents and credited Chiba Yeyou's work as her technician for helping her perform so well.
• Mari invited Chiba Yeyou to work for her family after graduation, but he declined, while Mayumi Saegusa reacted jealously to the offer.
• Mari, Mayumi, and Chiba went to eat before Mayumi's Speed Shooting preliminary.
• Chiba took Mayumi's CAD to the Operations Committee for inspection because he suspected the operator was a turncoat who might tamper with it.
• The operator inspected Mayumi's CAD without incident, and Chiba returned it to her.

Mayumi Saegusa prepared to compete after Chiba Yeyou handed her his CAD and encouraged her. Earlier, Harunobu Kazama's group discussed the attack on the Nine Schools Competition with Tatsuya Shiba, then raised Chiba Yeyou as their next topic.

• Chiba Yeyou tossed his CAD to Mayumi Saegusa and wished her victory, easing her nerves before the competition.
• Tatsuya Shiba met with Harunobu Kazama and his colleagues, who confirmed that No Head Dragon had carried out the previous night's attack.
• Tatsuya Shiba said he had noticed something unusual while out walking, and Kyoko Fujibayashi questioned whether he had been keeping watch.
• Tatsuya Shiba confirmed that his teammates did not know he was Silver and agreed that he could not use military-secret magic at the competition.
• Harunobu Kazama introduced Chiba Yeyou as the next topic of discussion.

Harunobu Kazama showed Tatsuya Shiba satellite footage of Chiba Yeyou’s magic and asked him to establish friendly relations with the powerful, elusive talent. Meanwhile, Chiba Yeyou joined Mari Watanabe and Tiffany in the spectator stands, where the crowd gathered to watch Mayumi Saegusa’s quarterfinal match begin.

• Harunobu Kazama played footage of Chiba Yeyou’s flight and attack magic and explained that the military had recently discovered it.
• Tatsuya Shiba assessed Chiba Yeyou as exceptionally powerful and skilled, and Harunobu Kazama tasked him with approaching Chiba Yeyou on the military’s behalf.
• Chiba Yeyou joined Mari Watanabe and the others in the spectator stands, where Tiffany introduced herself to Mari Watanabe.
• Mari Watanabe explained that the stands were crowded because Mayumi Saegusa was competing, and Tiffany learned that Mari Watanabe had a boyfriend.
• Mayumi Saegusa and her opponent completed their preparations as the crowd cheered and the match countdown began.

Mayumi Saegusa used Chiba Yeyou’s calibrated CAD to win her match with overwhelming speed and accuracy. Afterward, she and Mari Watanabe praised his work and asked him to calibrate their personal CADs.

• Mayumi Saegusa rapidly destroyed the targets, leaving the audience and her opponent stunned by her improved speed and accuracy.
• Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba admired Mayumi’s performance, while Katsuto Jumonji recognized Chiba Yeyou’s role in her improvement.
• Mayumi finished the match with a decisive victory, raised her CAD to the cheering crowd, and silently thanked Chiba.
• Chiba congratulated Mayumi, and Mari and Mayumi both praised the boost his calibrated CADs gave their abilities.
• Mayumi and Mari asked Chiba to calibrate their personal CADs.

Chiba Yeyou celebrated First High School’s victories with Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe, and the other girls. They arranged for Tatsuya Shiba to help with CAD adjustments, and the chapter ended with the group promising to watch Chiba Yeyou’s Icicle Destruction match the next day.

• Mayumi Saegusa took Chiba Yeyou to the dormitory to celebrate, where Mari Watanabe and several other girls joined them.
• Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe credited Chiba Yeyou with helping their victories, while he insisted they could have won without him.
• The group discussed Hattori Gyoubu’s miscalibrated CAD and agreed that Tatsuya Shiba could help with adjustments the next day.
• Miyuki Shiba explained that competitors had begun asking Tatsuya to adjust their CADs after Honoka Mitsui and Shizuku Kitayama praised his work.
• Mari Watanabe and the others promised to watch Chiba Yeyou compete in Icicle Destruction at three the next afternoon.

Third High School’s team, led by Masaki Ichijo, discussed how Chiba Yeyou’s CAD adjustments had helped Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe dominate their matches and examined the unusual magic Mari had used. They learned Yeyou would also compete in boys’ Icicle Destruction, but the meeting ended with Masaki urging the team to win the other events and take first place.

• Masaki Ichijo asked Third High School’s team to compare Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe’s recent performances with their past matches, and they concluded the two had improved dramatically.
• Masaki and Shinkuro Kichijoji suspected that Yeyou’s engineering had enhanced the girls’ competition CADs and discussed the unfamiliar magic Mari had used.
• Shinkuro shared what he had learned about Chiba Yeyou, while Masaki revealed that his family’s channels had also identified Yeyou as a capable engineer and competitor.
• Shinkuro explained that Yeyou would compete only in boys’ Icicle Destruction and adjust CADs for Mayumi and Mari’s events.
• Masaki encouraged the team to focus on winning the remaining events, and the students agreed that Third High School could still defeat First High School.

Chiba Yeyou finished tuning a CAD for Mayumi Saegusa and watched her dominate her Crowd Ball match. Mayumi won decisively, while Chiba Yeyou headed into his own afternoon event with his preparations complete.

• Chiba Yeyou completed a CAD tuned to improve Mayumi Saegusa's magic activation speed and tracking, and Mayumi tested it successfully.
• Mayumi Saegusa teased Chiba Yeyou about what he had seen when she leaned over his work, then stomped on his foot and left to test the CAD.
• Mayumi Saegusa praised the CAD's performance, wished Chiba Yeyou farewell, and prepared for her match.
• Chiba Yeyou told Mari Watanabe that he had finished preparing for his afternoon event, and Mari expected First High School to continue its winning streak.
• Mayumi Saegusa used her CAD to return her opponent's shots at difficult angles and won the match so quickly that the crowd was left stunned.

Mayumi Saegusa won her match decisively after Chiba Yeyou optimized her CAD, drawing disbelief from the crowd. She celebrated with Chiba and Mari Watanabe before they headed to meet Suzune Ichihara and the others to review First High School’s standing and prepare for the remaining events.

• Mayumi Saegusa defeated her opponent, and spectators reacted with shock at how much her abilities had improved.
• Chiba Yeyou credited Mayumi’s optimized CAD for her victory, while Tiffany and Mari Watanabe emphasized his contribution to their own improvements.
• Chiba Yeyou and Mari Watanabe left Tiffany and went to congratulate Mayumi, who ran over and embraced Chiba Yeyou.
• Mari Watanabe congratulated Mayumi, and Chiba Yeyou reminded them to find Suzune Ichihara so they could review the competition data.
• Mayumi Saegusa warned Mari Watanabe that her Battle Board event was important and that she needed to take her evenly matched opponent seriously.
• Mari Watanabe said she was confident with Chiba Yeyou’s help, then followed him and Mayumi Saegusa to meet Rin and the others.

First High School’s leaders reviewed the competition results before Kanon Chiyoda faced Matoko Satonaka in the girls’ Icicle Destruction preliminary. Kanon gained an early lead by shattering her opponent’s ice pillars, and Chiba Yeyou recognized that Satonaka was unlikely to catch up.

• Suzune Ichihara reported that the girls’ results matched expectations, while the boys’ division had technical problems that Mari Watanabe and Mayumi Saegusa said the school had neglected to address.
• Mayumi Saegusa explained to Chiba Yeyou that the Icicle Destruction crowd included contestants and schools seeking firsthand information about their rivals.
• Kanon Chiyoda and Matoko Satonaka began their match by attacking each other’s ice pillars, and Kanon’s vibration magic destroyed pillars faster.
• Satonaka reinforced her remaining pillars, but Kanon’s magic cracked through the defenses and widened her lead.
• Satonaka switched back to offense, but Chiba Yeyou judged that Kanon’s advantage in destruction speed had made the match’s outcome clear.

Chiba Yeyou drew the attention of Retsu Kudou and Tatsuya Shiba’s military colleagues before his boys’ Icicle Destruction match. Tatsuya explained that Yeyou activated magic through empty magical bands, leaving the group eager to observe him compete.

• Kanon Chiyoda won her match, and Chiba Yeyou left to prepare for his first-round Icicle Destruction event.
• Retsu Kudou watched the arena after learning that Chiba Yeyou had destroyed several Blanche branches and a subdivision of Blanche’s Japan branch.
• Tatsuya Shiba joined Harunobu Kazama and the others to watch Chiba Yeyou’s upcoming match.
• The group discussed how quickly Chiba Yeyou activated magic, and Tatsuya said his magical bands appeared empty.
• Tatsuya told the others to watch closely when Chiba Yeyou took the field, and they reacted with astonishment at the possibility.

Chiba Yeyou entered the Icicle Destruction match in his school uniform and faced Yamanaka Ri of Third High School. He cast the unfamiliar Quantum Shatter, which made the ice pillars disintegrate and vanish, leaving Tatsuya Shiba and the other observers unable to identify the magic.

• Chiba Yeyou rose into the arena in his school uniform, surprising the spectators and his friends.
• Yamanaka Ri appeared as Chiba Yeyou's opponent, and Chiba Yeyou prepared his pistol-shaped CAD.
• Masaki Ichijo and Shinkuro Kichijoji watched, eager to judge Chiba Yeyou's abilities for themselves.
• Chiba Yeyou cast Quantum Shatter, causing the ice pillars to break apart and disappear before reaching the ground.
• Harunobu Kazama, Kyoko Fujibayashi, and Tatsuya Shiba discussed the strange effect, and Tatsuya concluded that it was not Decomposition.

Chiba Yeyou defeated his Icicle Destruction opponent with a single strike, stunning the spectators and prompting Retsu Kudou to see him as a potential source of balance among the Ten Master Clans. As his friends tried to understand the unfamiliar magic, Tiffany began explaining how it differed from the usual approach.

• Tatsuya Shiba said the magic seemed to disrupt individual information bodies, and Harunobu Kazama confirmed that its destructive power had reached A rank.
• Retsu Kudou praised Chiba Yeyou's abilities and lack of ties to the Ten Master Clans, then left saying that peace might continue.
• Chiba Yeyou defeated Yamanaka before his opponent could activate his magic, leaving the venue stunned and Yamanaka humiliated.
• Leonhart struggled to believe how quickly the match had ended, while Erika Chiba stepped on his foot and Miyuki Shiba intervened.
• Shizuku Kitayama asked Miyuki Shiba about Chiba Yeyou's magic, but Miyuki said she did not know what it was.
• Mari Watanabe and Tiffany discussed the magic's vast coverage and psion demands, with Tiffany contrasting it against the usual method of using Loop Cast.

After Chiba Yeyou won his first event, Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe, and Tiffany joined him to celebrate. At Third High School, Masaki Ichijo tried to restore his teammates’ confidence, but Shinkuro Kichijoji accused him of lying.

• Tiffany refused to reveal how Chiba Yeyou reduced his Psion consumption, while quietly gauging Mayumi Saegusa’s place in his heart.
• Mayumi Saegusa invited Mari Watanabe and Tiffany to celebrate Chiba Yeyou’s victory, and the group congratulated him after the match.
• Masaki Ichijo gathered Third High School’s competitors and told them not to let Chiba Yeyou’s performance affect their own events.
• Masaki Ichijo urged the boys competing in Icicle Destruction to devise tactics against Chiba Yeyou and insisted they could beat First High School.
• After the others left, Shinkuro Kichijoji approached Masaki Ichijo and told him, “You lied, Masaki.”

After First High School’s poor Crowd Ball results threatened its overall lead, Mayumi Saegusa and the others reassessed their chances and concluded they still had the advantage. That evening, they celebrated in Chiba Yeyou’s room, where he revealed the name of the magic he had used in combat.

• Masaki Ichijo encouraged Shinkuro Kichijoji to keep Third High School’s contestants confident despite their unlikely chances in boys’ Icicle Destruction.
• Suzune Ichihara told Mayumi Saegusa and the others that First High School needed to win four of the six remaining main events to stay within the safety margin.
• Mayumi Saegusa backed the contestants in the remaining events, and Chiba Yeyou confidently said the boys’ Icicle Destruction would be fine.
• After night fell, Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe, and the others gathered in Chiba Yeyou’s room to celebrate their opening-event victories.
• When Erika Chiba asked about his combat magic, Chiba Yeyou named it Quantum Shatter.

Chiba Yeyou discussed his Quantum Shatter magic with the others, comforted Miyuki Shiba, and said goodbye to Tiffany as she left. Hattori Gyoubu then asked him to tune his CAD to improve his chances in the competition.

• Chiba Yeyou explained that Quantum Shatter destroyed Information Bodies by making their fundamental particles disintegrate, and Mayumi Saegusa reminded him to cooperate with Magic University’s request to document the magic.
• Chiba Yeyou sent Miyuki Shiba an encouraging message, making her laugh and rejoin the conversation.
• Tiffany told Chiba Yeyou she had to return home, said goodbye, and left in a car.
• Hattori Gyoubu asked Chiba Yeyou to tune his CAD because he doubted he could beat his upcoming opponents and wanted to help Third High School win.
• Chiba Yeyou agreed and asked Hattori Gyoubu to send him his remaining events and their exact times.

Mari Watanabe raced against Risa Kuroki and Makiko Hidaka while Chiba Yeyou watched a man secretly use Spirit Magic to target a contestant. After Mari safely passed the straightaway, the man’s interference appeared to threaten Risa and Makiko near a bend.

• Chiba Yeyou teased Mari Watanabe about facing her old rival Risa Kuroki, and Mari vowed to win the Battle Board race.
• Risa Kuroki tried to obstruct Mari at the start, but Mari took the lead and steadily widened the gap.
• A uniformed man secretly sent Spirit Magic toward the course, abandoning his failed plan to target Mari and aiming instead at Risa Kuroki.
• Chiba Yeyou noticed the man’s spell and chose not to intervene after Mari safely passed the straightaway using Light Energy Pulse.
• Makiko Hidaka drew level with Risa Kuroki as they approached the bend, and Mayumi Saegusa reacted in terror to what happened next.

During the surfboard race, Makiko Hidaka suddenly lost control and hurtled toward Risa Kuroki, prompting a rescue effort. Chiba Yeyou and Mayumi Saegusa recognized that the accident had been deliberate, and Mayumi ended by inviting Chiba to her room that night.

• Risa Kuroki blocked Makiko Hidaka on the bend as they raced for second place behind Mari Watanabe.
• Makiko Hidaka's surfboard suddenly plunged forward, sending her toward Risa Kuroki, who tried to catch her before they flew off the course.
• Mayumi Saegusa asked Chiba Yeyou whether he had known the accident was coming, and he claimed he had only noticed something.
• Mari Watanabe joined the rescue effort while Chiba Yeyou and Mayumi Saegusa stayed behind to monitor the area.
• Mayumi Saegusa told Chiba Yeyou to come to her room that night and promised to take very good care of him.

After Risa Kuroki and Makiko Hidaka were injured in a suspicious Battle Board incident, Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe, and Chiba Yeyou concluded that someone had plotted to target Mari. They ruled out the competing schools and suspected outside betting organizations, while Chiba revealed that the sabotage had used spirit magic.

• Chiba Yeyou followed Mayumi Saegusa after she walked away, and they continued talking.
• Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe learned that Risa Kuroki had fractured ribs and Makiko Hidaka had suffered lighter injuries.
• Chiba Yeyou and Mayumi Saegusa told Mari Watanabe that the incident was a planned attempt to sabotage her, thwarted when she surged ahead using Light Energy Pulse.
• Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe, and Chiba Yeyou dismissed Third High School as the culprit and suspected outside betting organizations.
• Chiba Yeyou reassured Mari Watanabe that he had installed a defensive program in her CAD, then revealed that the sabotage had used spirit magic.

Chiba Yeyou identified the interference against First High as Spirit Magic and warned Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe that the Operations Committee might be compromised. He reviewed First High’s remaining events and promised to protect the women’s matches, leaving Monolith Code as their biggest concern.

• Chiba Yeyou told Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe that their opponent had used Spirit Magic, likely through a rare spirit magician.
• Chiba Yeyou suggested a CAD inspector may have sabotaged the equipment and warned that the Operations Committee could contain other infiltrators.
• Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe agreed to have Jumonji discreetly alert the Operations Committee while they prepared for further interference.
• Chiba Yeyou reviewed First High’s remaining events and said they needed to win Mirage Bat, Monolith Code, and Battle Board to preserve their lead.
• Chiba Yeyou promised to guard against interference in Mari Watanabe’s events and said Tatsuya Shiba would support the rookie competition, but the team’s Monolith Code prospects remained uncertain.

Shizuku Kitayama competed in Speed Shooting using Tatsuya Shiba’s customized CAD and vibration magic, while Chiba Yeyou and the others watched. She shattered the targets with powerful vibrations, and Suzune Ichihara explained how the magic worked.

• Chiba Yeyou and Mayumi Saegusa discussed his busy schedule and agreed he would receive a feast if First High School finished first overall.
• Miyuki Shiba praised Tatsuya Shiba’s technical skills, while Tatsuya noted that his CAD system differed from Chiba Yeyou’s approach.
• Suzune Ichihara said competitors had praised Tatsuya’s work and brought him personal CADs to adjust.
• Shizuku Kitayama began Speed Shooting and shattered the flying disc targets with vibration magic.
• Suzune Ichihara explained that Shizuku used Tatsuya’s Activation Sequence to generate vibration waves from nine points within the scoring area.

Shizuku Kitayama used Tatsuya Shiba’s newly designed rifle-type CAD in her Aerial Active Mine match against Minami Kawamura, quickly building a commanding lead. The chapter ended with the spectators praising both Kitayama’s ability and the technicians who supported the competitors.

• After Shizuku Kitayama’s previous match ended, Tatsuya Shiba left to check on the competitor he was responsible for, and Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe praised his inventive magic.
• Chiba Yeyou praised Tatsuya’s willingness to innovate, then noticed him giving Shizuku a new rifle-like CAD fitted with an aim-assist module.
• Tatsuya encouraged Shizuku before she entered the arena, and Chiba Yeyou and the others wished her luck.
• Mayumi Saegusa and the others noticed Shizuku’s unusual CAD, and Miyuki Shiba confirmed that Tatsuya had designed it.
• Shizuku faced Minami Kawamura from Second High School in Aerial Active Mine and rapidly opened a large scoring lead, reaching 68 points while Minami had 33.
• Shizuku won decisively, and Mari Watanabe remarked on the importance of both the competitors’ abilities and their technicians.

After the match, Chiba Yeyou explained that the CAD enhancements were exclusive to him, while Mari Watanabe asked about his relationship with Mayumi Saegusa. Mayumi decided to trust that she and Chiba Yeyou would eventually become a couple, as Miyuki Shiba privately contemplated testing her dating guides.

• Chiba Yeyou told Mayumi Saegusa that the CAD improvements were exclusive to him and would not last after the Nine Schools Competition.
• Suzune Ichihara teased Chiba Yeyou and Mayumi Saegusa, and Miyuki Shiba suggested they go celebrate with Kitayama.
• Mari Watanabe asked Chiba Yeyou about his relationship with Mayumi Saegusa, and he said they were more than friends but not quite lovers.
• Mayumi Saegusa exchanged a smile with Chiba Yeyou and resolved to trust that they would end up together.
• Miyuki Shiba imagined trying her dating guides, then apologized to Mayumi Saegusa after spacing out.

After First High swept the top three places in the rookie girls' Speed Shooting event, the team praised Tatsuya Shiba's engineering work and discussed the university's interest in Kitayama's magic. Chiba Yeyou refused to let the university publish or include his Light Energy Pulse, explaining that its effects depended on him.

• Shizuku Kitayama won her match, and Miyuki Shiba congratulated her while Suzune Ichihara praised Tatsuya Shiba's contribution.
• With Tatsuya Shiba's engineering support, First High's remaining competitors won their matches and secured the top three places in the event.
• Mayumi Saegusa celebrated the sweep and thanked Tatsuya Shiba, while he credited the competitors for their results.
• Suzune Ichihara told the group that the university wanted to include Shizuku Kitayama's magic in the Magic Encyclopedia.
• Suzune Ichihara said the university was also pressing for an answer about Chiba Yeyou's Light Energy Pulse, but he refused to publish or include it because others could use it only with his help.

After First High School’s victory, its team discussed Mari Watanabe’s use of “Light Energy Pulse” and Tatsuya Shiba’s wish to conceal his role in developing it. At Third High School, Masaki Ichijo and Shinkuro Kichijoji assessed their worsening prospects against Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba.

• Mayumi Saegusa realized that Mari Watanabe could use “Light Energy Pulse” only with Chiba Yeyou’s help, and Chiba explained that he had provided safeguards against the spell’s harmful backlash.
• Suzune Ichihara noted that she would tell the magic university the spell was not mature, while Tatsuya Shiba asked the group to credit Shizuku Kitayama as its developer.
• Chiba Yeyou argued that concealing Tatsuya Shiba’s authorship could draw attention, and Suzune Ichihara agreed to register Tatsuya Shiba’s name.
• Mayumi Saegusa redirected the discussion toward celebrating First High School’s win and encouraged Tatsuya Shiba and Chiba Yeyou to keep performing well.
• Masaki Ichijo and Shinkuro Kichijoji discussed First High School’s strength, lamented Third High School’s poor chances in the remaining events, and urged their team to recognize Tatsuya Shiba’s skill.