Recaps

Tatsuya Shiba struggled to hold off Masaki Ichijo as Chiba Yeyou dealt with Shinkuro Kichijoji, until Chiba used his innate magic, Quantum Vacuum, to suppress all magic around Tatsuya. The match ended with Retsu Kudou and Koichi Saegusa recognizing the power of Chiba’s magic and moving to secure their families’ relationship with him.

• Masaki Ichijo intensified his attacks on Tatsuya Shiba, who used Elemental Sight and Cast Jamming to dismantle the magic circles.
• Masaki Ichijo saw Shinkuro Kichijoji fall and impulsively unleashed a deadly barrage at Tatsuya Shiba.
• Chiba Yeyou used Quantum Vacuum to create an anti-magic domain, erasing the remaining attacks and briefly suppressing Tatsuya Shiba’s magic.
• Retsu Kudou recognized the effect of Chiba Yeyou’s magic and reacted with shock.
• Koichi Saegusa ordered Mayumi to mobilize the Saegusa Family’s resources and instructed them not to interfere with Mayumi or Chiba Yeyou.
• Harunobu Kazama told his subordinate to stay on good terms with Chiba Yeyou.

First High School defeated Third High School in the rookie tournament match after Tatsuya Shiba and Leonhart finished off their opponents. Chiba Yeyou healed Tatsuya and celebrated with the team before Mayumi Saegusa rushed to congratulate him and he kissed her.

• Tatsuya Shiba charged Masaki Ichijo and defeated him with a burst of sound that ruptured his eardrums.
• The last Third High School player charged Tatsuya, but Leonhart defeated him and secured First High School's victory.
• Mayumi Saegusa, Suzune Ichihara, Mari Watanabe, and the others celebrated the win as the crowd cheered.
• Chiba Yeyou healed Tatsuya Shiba, who asked about his spell and praised it as incredible.
• Tatsuya Shiba reunited with Miyuki, and he, Chiba Yeyou, and Leonhart exchanged congratulations.
• Mayumi Saegusa rushed to Chiba Yeyou, who kissed her as the crowd behind her cheered and teased them.

No Head Dragon’s leaders ordered an insider to sabotage First High’s competitors in the Mirage Bat event to avoid their enormous losses. Kobayakawa’s CAD malfunctioned during her match, and Mari Watanabe prepared to intervene while Chiba Yeyou went to investigate.

• No Head Dragon’s leaders decided to force every First High competitor to withdraw from the next day’s Mirage Bat matches, even if it meant injuring them.
• Chiba Yeyou warned Mari Watanabe that a man transferred to First High’s competition area might tamper with Kobayakawa’s CAD, but said they needed proof before stopping the match.
• During Kobayakawa’s first Mirage Bat match, her CAD stopped responding as she tried to change direction in midair.
• Mizuki Shibata spotted a strange light on Kobayakawa’s CAD, and Mari Watanabe rushed to help her after she fell unconscious.
• Mari Watanabe confirmed Kobayakawa was out of danger and lent Chiba Yeyou her spare competition CAD as he prepared to investigate.
• Chiba Yeyou asked Tatsuya Shiba to watch the group in case No Head Dragon’s people attacked while he dealt with the sabotage.

Chiba Yeyou caught an Operations Committee inspector inserting a malicious spell into Mari Watanabe’s CAD and forced the conspiracy into the open. Retsu Kudou identified the spell as an Electronic Golden Silkworm and questioned Chiba Yeyou about where he had obtained it.

• Chiba Yeyou watched an inspector introduce anomalous code into Mari Watanabe’s CAD during its inspection.
• Chiba Yeyou stopped the inspection line, confronted the inspector, and severed his left arm with magic when he denied tampering.
• Retsu Kudou arrived, and Operations Committee members took the injured inspector into custody.
• Retsu Kudou examined the CAD and identified the foreign spell as an Electronic Golden Silkworm that could infiltrate and disable electronic equipment.
• Retsu Kudou praised Chiba Yeyou’s ability to detect the infiltration, then asked where he had obtained the spell.

Chiba Yeyou confronted misconduct in the Operations Committee, then returned to First High School and helped Mari Watanabe prepare for the Mirage Bat match. Mari won the match using flight magic, and Tatsuya Shiba agreed to handle the Operations Committee’s demand for its magic sequence after Chiba Yeyou revealed he knew Tatsuya’s identity as Taurus Silver.

• Retsu Kudou condemned the Operations Committee members after the inspector was taken away, and Chiba Yeyou left their internal inquiry.
• Mayumi Saegusa checked Chiba Yeyou for injuries, and he explained that the inspector was likely only a minor accomplice who knew little about the people behind the plot.
• On August 11, Mari Watanabe used flight magic to dominate the second Mirage Bat match and secure victory for First High School.
• Chiba Yeyou told Tatsuya Shiba that he knew Tatsuya was Taurus Silver and asked him to deal with the Operations Committee’s likely request for the flight magic sequence.
• The Operations Committee took Tatsuya Shiba’s flight magic sequence for inspection, and Tatsuya said Chiba Yeyou owed him a favor for keeping his own magic secret.

A group plotting to stop the Nine Schools Competition ordered the Generators to attack the venue, while Chiba Yeyou and the military personnel intercepted the attackers. Chiba lured the magician away from the venue, and Yanagi Ren hurried after him as Kyoko Fujibayashi and Shigeru Sanada feared the fight might cause another disaster.

• The conspirators decided to release the Generators and send four enhanced humans and a magician to halt the competition by slaughtering people at the venue.
• Chiba Yeyou told Tatsuya Shiba and Yanagi Ren that attackers were approaching from several directions, then assigned them to stop the Generators while he drew away the magician.
• Yanagi Ren and Shigeru Sanada confronted two Generators, and Shigeru blasted one into the other before Yanagi knocked both unconscious with lightning needles.
• Yanagi Ren rushed after Chiba Yeyou, and Kyoko Fujibayashi and Shigeru Sanada followed, worried that Chiba might unleash destructive magic in the military-controlled area.

Chiba Yeyou confronted an organization magician in the woods and overwhelmed him with powerful magic. The magician tried to disable magic and attack with a gun, but Chiba Yeyou revealed he had been holding back and fired an even stronger ray.

• The magician pursued Chiba Yeyou into the woods, grew uneasy, and found no sign of an ambush.
• Chiba Yeyou challenged the silent magician, then attacked with a ghastly white ray that dissolved a boulder after the man dodged it.
• The magician questioned Chiba Yeyou about his strength and clan, while Chiba Yeyou denied belonging to any of the Ten Master Clans and kept attacking.
• The magician threw down a stone that sent out strange ripples and claimed it prevented magic in the area, then drew a folding submachine gun.
• Chiba Yeyou said the magician had only been showing off because he allowed it, then fired a stronger ray as the magician cried out.

Chiba Yeyou met Kyoko Fujibayashi, Shigeru Sanada, and Yanagi Ren after they dealt with the criminals, and exchanged information and teasing remarks with them. Kyoko gave him intelligence on the group before he and the others continued their discussion.

• Kyoko Fujibayashi, Shigeru Sanada, and Yanagi Ren arrived after handling the two generators and found Chiba Yeyou's magic had left only a small scorch mark.
• Kyoko Fujibayashi thanked Chiba Yeyou for helping apprehend the criminals, and she, Shigeru Sanada, and Yanagi Ren introduced themselves.
• Chiba Yeyou and Kyoko Fujibayashi traded jokes and demonstrated that they both knew details about the other's background.
• Tatsuya Shiba arrived, and Yanagi Ren and Shigeru Sanada argued over whether the criminals had left any ash.
• Chiba Yeyou asked Kyoko Fujibayashi for intelligence on the criminals, and she handed him their information.

After Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba dealt with a magician sent to attack them, Mari Watanabe won her competition while Mayumi Saegusa learned how dangerous the incident had been. At Operations Committee headquarters, Retsu Kudou demanded that the person in charge resign over the security failure.

• Kyoko Fujibayashi gave Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba information about their attackers, exchanged contact details with Chiba Yeyou, and left after warning them not to damage the building.
• Mari Watanabe won her competition, and Mayumi Saegusa learned from a woman in a suit that Chiba Yeyou had eliminated the magician and that the military had arrived.
• Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba returned to the venue, where Chiba Yeyou told Mari Watanabe that their intervention had helped her match continue.
• Mari Watanabe, Miyuki Shiba, and others from First High School reacted with shock when they learned an attack had threatened the competition.
• Retsu Kudou berated the Operations Committee over the incident and ordered the person in charge to resign.

Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba attacked a No Head Dragon gathering while Watanabe competed in the final Mirage Bat match. After Chiba Yeyou confronted the group, Tatsuya Shiba killed one of its members and took charge of the rest, whose leader pleaded that they had only wanted money.

• Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba prepared to confront their enemies during Watanabe's final Mirage Bat match, while Mayumi Saegusa sent someone to follow them and keep Chiba Yeyou safe.
• Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba flew to a No Head Dragon building, and Chiba Yeyou blasted holes through it with magic.
• Chiba Yeyou revealed himself to the five men inside and said he had come to return the favors No Head Dragon had shown him.
• Tatsuya Shiba used Material Burst to kill a man who aimed a sniper rifle at them, then identified himself to the others.
• The leader pleaded that No Head Dragon had only wanted money and would no longer interfere with the Nine Schools Competition, but Tatsuya Shiba challenged his excuse.

Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba uncovered No Head Dragon’s ties to a Cosmic Nation conglomerate and killed Douglas Huang after questioning him about its leader. Meanwhile, Retsu Kudou pressed Harunobu Kazama about Tatsuya Shiba and Chiba Yeyou, revealing that even the Kudou Family had received a warning.

• Douglas Huang identified Richard Sun, publicly known as Sun Gongming, as No Head Dragon’s leader and explained the organization’s ties to a Cosmic Nation conglomerate.
• Chiba Yeyou ordered Tatsuya Shiba to kill Douglas Huang and the remaining men.
• Retsu Kudou told Harunobu Kazama that Tatsuya Shiba, Miya’s son, should not be confined to serving as a private bodyguard for the Yotsuba Clan.
• Retsu Kudou argued that the Yotsuba Clan’s growing power and treatment of magicians threatened their place in society.
• Harunobu Kazama said Chiba Yeyou was unlikely to join the military, and Retsu Kudou revealed that the Kudou Family had received a warning about him.

Chiba Yeyou confirmed that Mayumi Saegusa had arranged for someone to watch over him and reassured her that he was grateful. Later, Harunobu Kazama and the others thanked Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba for their actions at the Nine Schools Competition venue, and Tatsuya named Chiba Yeyou’s unusual magic Quantum Streamline.

• Chiba Yeyou told Mayumi Saegusa that he and Tatsuya Shiba had taken out the leadership of No Head Dragon’s Japan branch, then realized she had already known and arranged for someone to protect him.
• Chiba Yeyou thanked Mayumi Saegusa and teased her about her figure, and she angrily insisted she was still growing.
• Harunobu Kazama thanked Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba for their help at the Nine Schools Competition venue, while Tatsuya said Chiba Yeyou had done most of the work.
• Yanagi Ren and Shigeru Sanada recalled their involvement and the data they had gathered, while Kyoko Fujibayashi asked about Chiba Yeyou’s new magic.
• Tatsuya Shiba told the group that Chiba Yeyou’s magic was called Quantum Streamline.

Tatsuya Shiba learned that No Head Dragon supplied magic amplifiers made from magicians’ brains, while Kazama and Sanada explained why the military opposed them. At the conference, Mayumi Saegusa and Jumonji discussed the Ten Master Clans’ response to Tatsuya’s victory over Ichijo, and Mayumi Okusami volunteered to handle the resulting farce.

• Tatsuya Shiba heard that Chiba Yeyou’s magic was tied to the concept of quantum, though he could not analyze it fully.
• Shigeru Sanada revealed that magic amplifiers used magicians’ brains as their core components and said the military would not allow their production or use.
• Harunobu Kazama explained that the North American Intelligence Agency had sought domestic help against the amplifiers and credited Tatsuya with helping.
• Chiba Yeyou asked Jumonji why he had missed the previous match, and Jumonji said he would compete in the next one.
• Mayumi Saegusa told Jumonji and Chiba Yeyou that the Ten Master Clans wanted a match demonstrating their strength after Tatsuya Shiba defeated Ichijo.
• Mayumi Okusami called the competition a farce, and Mayumi Saegusa responded, “Leave it to me!”

Chiba Yeyou used his Quantum Domain to show Mayumi Saegusa how he could monitor magic, while Jumonji won the Monolith Code finals and the Nine Schools Competition concluded. After the awards ceremony and social, Chiba Yeyou stood alone on a balcony until someone asked whether he was having trouble adjusting to the dance.

• Chiba Yeyou activated the Quantum Domain and let Mayumi Saegusa see its colorful, numerical view of Jumonji's Phalanx, explaining that it could gauge power but not analyze the spell's deeper workings.
• Jumonji swiftly defeated his opponents with Phalanx, and Mayumi Saegusa said he could not reveal its full power during a competition.
• The Nine Schools Competition ended, and Chiba Yeyou asked Mayumi Saegusa why she was not accepting the award; she chose to stay beside him.
• At the schools' social, Chiba Yeyou danced with Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe, and Miyuki Shiba before taking a bottle of juice to a balcony.
• Chiba Yeyou gazed into the night alone until someone asked if he was having trouble adjusting to the dance.

Chiba Yeyou spoke with Retsu Kudou, who probed his knowledge and attitudes while trying to win his favor. After the conversation ended, Chiba Yeyou left the ball and encountered Jumonji, who advised him to get used to attending such events.

• Retsu Kudou asked Chiba Yeyou about the Ten Master Clans and Tatsuya Shiba, then raised the consequences of Tatsuya Shiba defeating Masaki Ichijo.
• Chiba Yeyou dismissed any concern about the Ichijo Family and countered Retsu Kudou’s probing by praising Kyoko Fujibayashi and showing what he knew about her.
• Retsu Kudou discussed magic and other topics with Chiba Yeyou, offered Kyoko Fujibayashi’s help, and encouraged them to get acquainted.
• Chiba Yeyou realized that Retsu Kudou had been testing him and offering goodwill on behalf of the Kudou Family, then left the ball.
• Chiba Yeyou ran into Jumonji, explained that he had left the ball early, and heard Jumonji say he would have many more occasions like it.

Chiba Yeyou heard about Tatsuya Shiba assisting Suzune Ichihara with her Thesis Competition presentation, then continued struggling with his own research. Tiffany asked him to test a newly completed anti-magic sequence against Quantum Vacuum, but Chiba Yeyou said it could not affect his magic and denied that this meant he could act without limits against other magicians.

• Chiba Yeyou complained that life felt dull after the Nine Schools Competition while Mayumi Saegusa fed him, and the others teased the affectionate couple and the Shiba siblings.
• Suzune Ichihara explained that Tatsuya Shiba would assist her thesis on the feasibility of a gravity-control magic thermonuclear fusion reactor at the Thesis Competition in Yokohama.
• Chiba Yeyou worked alone on his research, recorded another batch of problems, and received an experimental file from Tiffany.
• Tiffany explained that her team had completed an anti-magic sequence and asked Chiba Yeyou to test it against Quantum Vacuum.
• Chiba Yeyou said the sequence could not affect his magic, and he insisted that Quantum Vacuum had major restrictions.

A group from the Cosmic Nation planned to steal a Relic that could store Magic Sequences, while Tiffany warned Chiba Yeyou about their ambitions. Chiba agreed to oversee security at the Thesis Competition, and the group’s surveillance operation turned toward Sayuri Shiba and her husband’s children.

• The leader of the Cosmic Nation’s group demanded that his people obtain the Relic, despite their failed attempt and lack of a physical specimen to study.
• Tiffany told Chiba Yeyou that the group was pursuing its ambitions in East Asia and cautioned him to watch for threats.
• Mari Watanabe and Mayumi Saegusa asked Chiba Yeyou to handle overall security at the thesis presentation venue, and he agreed to deal with unexpected attacks.
• After school, the group monitored Tatsuya Shiba and arranged for a First High School Course 2 student to be picked up in a black van.
• The leader ordered closer surveillance of Sayuri Shiba and asked staff to identify the children she visited; they reported that both were First High School students and he asked for their names.

Chiba Yeyou warned the student council that First High was under surveillance and helped them plan how to protect Suzune Ichihara’s experimental data. After school, Kyoko Fujibayashi unexpectedly approached him and invited him into a café, leaving her purpose unclear.

• A leader ordered his organization to target First High, increase its support for a girl seeking revenge on Tatsuya Shiba, and put Captain Lü in charge of the operation.
• Chiba Yeyou told Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe, and the others that First High was being watched and that Suzune Ichihara’s experimental data was likely the target.
• Chiba Yeyou reasoned that the attackers would wait until the Thesis Competition, face tighter campus security, and might recruit students to steal the data.
• Chiba Yeyou suggested that the Public Morals Committee watch the experiment site and arrest anyone acting suspiciously, then stopped Mari Watanabe from rushing to make arrangements before the experiment was scheduled.
• After school, Kyoko Fujibayashi greeted Chiba Yeyou and invited him into a nearby café, while he wondered whether she represented the military or the Kudou Family.

Kyoko Fujibayashi met Chiba Yeyou to ask for his help after an attacker who had followed Tatsuya Shiba and others escaped capture and was later killed. She suspected a third faction was monitoring First High School, and Chiba Yeyou asked what help she needed.

• Kyoko Fujibayashi treated Chiba Yeyou to coffee and playfully teased him about dating her.
• Kyoko told Chiba that Tatsuya Shiba and others had been followed, and that Chiba’s classmates had failed to capture the attacker.
• Kyoko said the attacker caused a disturbance before escaping, then someone killed him after she sent people to track him down.
• Chiba suspected another faction had targeted First High School, while Kyoko said traces of a third magic system had been found near the body.
• Kyoko warned that the hidden factions might be covertly monitoring First High School, and Chiba asked how he could help.

Kyoko Fujibayashi asked Chiba Yeyou to help identify the force behind a third-party attack, and he scanned the scene where a man following Tatsuya Shiba had been killed. After Chiba sent her his data and left, Kyoko examined it and was stunned by what she found.

• Chiba Yeyou asked whether Kyoko Fujibayashi had come on military orders or at Retsu Kudou’s request, then agreed to help investigate a third-party force.
• Kyoko explained that the available evidence was too sparse to identify the target and took Chiba to the alley where the victim had been found.
• Chiba recognized the victim as the man who had followed Tatsuya Shiba and the others, and Kyoko confirmed it.
• Chiba scanned the area without any visible magic activation and sent Kyoko the resulting data.
• Chiba left, and Kyoko opened the data and reacted in shock.

At First High School, students successfully tested an experimental apparatus while catching a student who tried to sabotage it. The investigation revealed the saboteur’s motive and hints of a wider plot, prompting Chiba Yeyou to call for stronger security as Teacher Zhou prepared to assess the situation.

• Suzune Ichihara injected psions into the spherical apparatus, and the successful test drew cheers from the students.
• Mari Watanabe’s security arrangements helped Sayaka Mibu and Takeaki Kirihara chase down a suspected saboteur, whom Erika Chiba brought back.
• Chiba Yeyou intervened when Sekimoto argued with Erika Chiba and Leonhart, explaining that he had asked them to guard the contestants.
• Mari Watanabe told Chiba Yeyou and Mayumi Saegusa that Koharu Hirakawa’s younger sister had tried to disable the apparatus to cause trouble for Tatsuya Shiba and had mentioned “them.”
• Chiba Yeyou called for stronger security as he and Mayumi Saegusa considered the possibility of another faction’s involvement.
• At a hot spring tavern, Teacher Zhou assured Chris Chen that the saboteur had revealed nothing about their group and said he would check the situation.

Katsuto Jumonji pushed the Club Activities Group through harsh training, then left Chiba Yeyou in charge of improving their morale. As Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe, and Jumonji watched the training, Chiba Yeyou easily detected and reversed Mikihiko Yoshida’s spirit-magic sneak attack.

• Jumonji mocked the Club Activities Group’s weak attacks and ordered its members to train again, using Phalanx to batter those who complained.
• Jumonji challenged Chiba Yeyou to boost the trainees’ morale, then immediately left him to handle the group.
• Mayumi Saegusa, Mari Watanabe, and Jumonji discussed the combat skills of Course 2 students and the limits of the school’s entrance exams.
• Mayumi watched Mikihiko Yoshida attempt a spirit-magic sneak attack on Chiba Yeyou and warned that it was easy for him to detect.
• Chiba Yeyou detected Yoshida’s spirit magic and reversed the attack, leaving Yoshida unprepared and beaten.

Tatsuya Shiba brought the magatama Relic to the FLT laboratory during a strange cyberattack, while Chiba Yeyou watched the attackers to draw out a more dangerous force. Later, Tatsuya pretended to pass out at the Robotics Research Club and caught someone preparing to steal experimental data.

• Tatsuya Shiba arrived at FLT with Miyuki Shiba as Ushiyama’s team fought off a hacker attack, and Tatsuya revealed that the attackers were after the magatama Relic in his briefcase.
• Tatsuya destroyed a crow tracking him, while the leader and Captain Lü ended their intrusion and discussed using the attack to make Tatsuya distrust the laboratory’s security.
• Chiba Yeyou confirmed that Tiffany’s information was accurate and left after deciding to use the attackers to draw out another force.
• Tatsuya Shiba told Miyuki Shiba that Chiba Yeyou had warned him about the Relic, and he said they knew little about Chiba Yeyou.
• At the Robotics Research Club, Tatsuya Shiba felt a familiar scent and dizziness, pretended to pass out, and alerted others before an intruder approached with hacking equipment to steal experimental data.

Sekimoto was exposed as a spy and arrested, while Mari Watanabe and Shuji Chiba responded to a security alarm on the hospital’s fourth floor. They found Lü Ganghu breaking into their protected target’s room, and Shuji confronted him as the two prepared to fight.

• Chiyoda caught Sekimoto using hacking tools, and Tatsuya Shiba’s magic knocked him unconscious.
• Mari Watanabe apologized to Shuji Chiba for asking him to help protect First High School’s affairs, and they discussed Chiba Yeyou’s strength.
• Mr. Zhou spotted Lü Ganghu heading toward the same target and triggered the fourth-floor security alarm.
• Mari Watanabe and Shuji Chiba rushed to the fourth floor after realizing the person they were protecting was there.
• Lü Ganghu ripped the handle off the locked door, and Shuji Chiba confronted him as Phantom Blade.

Shuji Chiba and Mari Watanabe forced Lü Ganghu to flee, while Chris Chen redirected his group toward rescuing Isao Sekimoto from the Hachioji Special Juvenile Detention Center. During an interview with Sekimoto, Chiba Yeyou learned they had sought a Relic before Lü Ganghu appeared as an intruder.

• Shuji Chiba attacked Lü Ganghu, who countered before escaping past Mari Watanabe through the hall’s light fixtures.
• Chris Chen learned Isao Sekimoto had been captured and ordered Lü Ganghu to prioritize eliminating him.
• Mari Watanabe called Chiba Yeyou to the Hachioji Special Juvenile Detention Center, where he joined Mayumi Saegusa to question Isao Sekimoto.
• Sekimoto revealed that his group had planned to investigate Tatsuya Shiba’s belongings for a Relic, which Chiba Yeyou said was not currently in Tatsuya’s possession.
• Chiba Yeyou sensed an intruder in the corridor, and he and Mari Watanabe identified him as Lü Ganghu.