Chapter Summaries

Chiba Yeyou cheered up Miyuki Shiba before First High School held its Nine Schools Competition send-off rally. After the competitors received their badges, he joked with Mari Watanabe and Mayumi Saegusa about being assigned only two girls to supervise.

• Chiba Yeyou noticed Miyuki Shiba was upset and teased her until she smiled.
• Chiba Yeyou guessed Miyuki Shiba's worries involved her brother, then encouraged her to keep moving forward on her own path.
• At the send-off rally, Mayumi Saegusa addressed the students while Miyuki Shiba pinned First High School badges on the competitors.
• Chiba Yeyou, Kei Isori, and Tatsuya Shiba received their badges as the audience applauded.
• Chiba Yeyou complained to Mari Watanabe and Mayumi Saegusa that he was responsible for only two girls, then agreed that two beautiful girls were wonderful.

Chiba Yeyou prepared equipment adjustments for Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe, promising to boost their strongest abilities. Later, he sensed strange will-o'-the-wisps in the pharmacology lab and found Tatsuya Shiba and Mizuki Shibata there with a boy performing a ritual.

• Mayumi Saegusa said she would enter Speed Shooting and Crowd Ball, while Mari Watanabe named Battle Board as her main event.
• Chiba Yeyou dismissed the need for tactics and promised to enhance each competitor's strengths, reassuring Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe.
• As evening fell, Chiba Yeyou sensed a strange fluctuation and saw a Course 2 Student performing a ritual amid will-o'-the-wisps in the pharmacology lab.
• Chiba Yeyou encountered Mizuki Shibata peeking into the lab, and Tatsuya Shiba dispersed the will-o'-the-wisps when someone shouted.
• Tatsuya Shiba calmed the boy, whom Chiba Yeyou recognized as Mikihiko Yoshida, and Chiba Yeyou continued inspecting the will-o'-the-wisps.

Chiba Yeyou, Tatsuya Shiba, and Mizuki Shibata discovered Mikihiko Yoshida practicing Spirit Magic and learned why he had been keeping his ability quiet. Mikihiko realized Mizuki might have Crystal Eyes, a trait that made his family nervous, and the chapter ended with Chiba joking that he might kidnap her.

• Tatsuya Shiba explained that Mizuki Shibata had disrupted Mikihiko Yoshida's concentration, though Mikihiko blamed his own lack of practice.
• Mikihiko admitted he had been using water spirits to practice evocation magic in the pharmaceutical laboratory.
• Tatsuya explained that Spirit Magic was difficult to detect, and Mikihiko said he feared others would become wary of him if they knew he was a spirit magician.
• Mizuki described seeing blue and indigo lights, prompting Mikihiko to suspect she had Crystal Eyes and move close to inspect her.
• Chiba Yeyou stopped Mikihiko from crowding Mizuki, and Mikihiko apologized, explaining that Crystal Eyes were his family's bane.
• Chiba joked that Mikihiko might want to kidnap Mizuki.

Mikihiko Yoshida explained Mizuki Shibata’s Crystal Eyes and promised to keep her ability secret. Chiba Yeyou revealed that his special ability let him read precise information about spirits, magic, and physical phenomena, leaving Tatsuya Shiba and Mikihiko shocked.

• Mikihiko Yoshida apologized to Mizuki Shibata for frightening her, and she forgave him while asking him not to do it again.
• Mikihiko explained that Mizuki’s Crystal Eyes let her see spirits’ colors and made her a rare talent to Spirit Magic practitioners, then promised not to reveal her ability.
• Tatsuya Shiba and Chiba Yeyou also promised to keep Mizuki’s secret, and Chiba introduced himself to Mikihiko and Tatsuya.
• Chiba said he had come to investigate the unusual Spirit Magic he sensed in the laboratory, not because he had Crystal Eyes.
• Chiba revealed that his special ability let him read and analyze information about spirits, magic, and physical phenomena, prompting Mikihiko to grab and shake him in astonishment before Tatsuya calmed him down.
• Chiba explained that he had sensed Mikihiko’s Spirit Magic from three rooms away and had come to investigate the unusual activity in the pharmaceutical laboratory.

Chiba Yeyou explained that his ability could reveal information about any living or dead matter, alarming Tatsuya Shiba, who decided to add protection for himself and Miyuki. On August 1, the Nine Schools Competition participants prepared to leave First High School, and Chiba Yeyou helped organize the boarding before escorting the late Mayumi Saegusa onto the bus.

• Chiba Yeyou told Tatsuya Shiba, Mizuki Shibata, and Mikihiko Yoshida that his ability could reveal information about all matter, living or dead.
• Chiba Yeyou said he usually used the ability as an early warning system and did not normally read other people's information, while Tatsuya Shiba remained wary and planned to protect himself and Miyuki.
• On August 1, Chiba Yeyou checked the Nine Schools Competition roster as participants boarded buses and vans at First High School.
• Suzune Ichihara and Mari Watanabe helped or checked the preparations before boarding, while Chiba Yeyou had sent Tatsuya Shiba to rest.
• Mayumi Saegusa arrived an hour and a half late, showed Chiba Yeyou her dress, and he teased her before leading her onto the bus to rest.

Chiba Yeyou and Mayumi Saegusa grew closer during the bus ride, and Mayumi told him she had set her sights on him. Their conversation was interrupted when a sedan crashed over the guardrail and flew toward the bus.

• Chiba Yeyou took Hattori Gyoubu's blanket and covered Mayumi Saegusa with it as she rested by the window.
• Kanon complained to Mari Watanabe that the technicians' separate bus kept her from riding with her fiancé, Kei.
• Mayumi Saegusa asked Chiba Yeyou about their future, then declared that she wanted to pursue him herself.
• Kanon spotted a black sedan flying over the gap between two overpasses toward their moving bus.
• Chiba Yeyou warned Mayumi Saegusa to hold on and aimed his CAD at the approaching sedan as the driver braked.

A burning car threatened the bus carrying the students to the Nine Schools Competition, but Chiba Yeyou sent it skyward and Tatsuya Shiba destroyed it with Material Burst. After the bus continued to the dorm, Hattori Gyoubu struggled with his confidence, and Takeaki Kirihara urged him to compare himself with someone more ordinary than Chiba Yeyou.

• Mayumi Saegusa, Kanon Chiyoda, Shun Morisaki, and Shizuku Kitayama reacted to the burning car, while Mari Watanabe tried to stop their uncoordinated magic.
• Hattori Gyoubu asked Chiba Yeyou to handle the danger, and Chiba Yeyou used Constant Force Deflection to launch the car into the sky.
• Tatsuya Shiba used Material Burst to destroy the car, while Miyuki Shiba recognized her brother's magic and Jumonji lowered his hand without using Phalanx.
• Mayumi Saegusa praised Suzune Ichihara and Chiba Yeyou, and Mari Watanabe reprimanded Kanon Chiyoda for acting without coordination.
• After the bus reached the dorm, Hattori Gyoubu admitted to Takeaki Kirihara that the incident had shaken his confidence.
• Takeaki Kirihara told Hattori Gyoubu that Chiba Yeyou had once leveled a factory and advised him to find a more ordinary person to emulate.

Hattori Gyoubu and Takeaki Kirihara discussed the dangerous abilities of Tatsuya Shiba and other students, while Tatsuya explained to Miyuki that their apparent traffic accident had been caused by concealed magic. The siblings concluded that the driver was the most likely person to have cast the spells.

• Takeaki Kirihara told Hattori Gyoubu that Tatsuya Shiba had shown terrifying killing intent and warned him not to provoke Chiba Yeyou.
• Takeaki Kirihara said the distinction between Course 1 and Course 2 students mattered little, since several current students were exceptionally capable.
• Tatsuya Shiba told Miyuki Shiba that he and Chiba Yeyou had found traces of magic connected to the vehicle incident.
• Tatsuya explained that three tiny spells had burst a tire, spun the vehicle, and launched it off a barrier, with each spell cast from inside the vehicle.
• Tatsuya and Miyuki concluded that the driver had most likely cast the magic.

After the siblings discussed the confirmed suicide terrorist attack, Chiba Yeyou joined them at the Nine Schools Competition venue and teased Miyuki Shiba about her brother finding a sister-in-law. Later, he attended the social mixer with Mayumi Saegusa, where he ran into Erika Chiba serving drinks.

• Miyuki Shiba learned from Tatsuya Shiba that the crime was likely a premeditated suicide terrorist attack and condemned the attackers.
• Erika Chiba greeted the Shiba siblings and explained that she had come to cheer them on; Chiba Yeyou said Tatsuya’s duties could help him earn recognition.
• Chiba Yeyou told Miyuki Shiba that Tatsuya’s assignment could be a chance to find a sister-in-law, startling her before he clarified that it could earn Tatsuya recognition.
• Chiba Yeyou met Mizuki Shibata, who showed him to his room, and complimented her outfit, making her blush.
• Mayumi Saegusa invited Chiba Yeyou to the social mixer, where he arrived with her and joked with Erika Chiba as she served drinks.

At a military social gathering, Retsu Kudou used a large-scale illusion to test the students and gave a speech about refining their magical skills. As the gathering ended, Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe caught up with Chiba Yeyou and asked whether he had noticed the magic.

• The hall went dark, and Chiba Yeyou reassured the tense Erika Chiba that the military facility was secure.
• Retsu Kudou revealed that he had used Mental Interference Magic to disguise himself onstage, and Chiba Yeyou explained the trick to Erika Chiba.
• Retsu Kudou said only seven people had seen through his illusion and urged the students to refine their use of magic.
• Chiba Yeyou told Erika Chiba that Retsu Kudou had taught Miya Yotsuba, Maya Yotsuba, and Koichi Saegusa, and they recognized his address as the gathering's real purpose.
• As the event dispersed, Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe approached Chiba Yeyou, and Mari asked whether he had noticed the magic.

Chiba Yeyou discussed the weak mental interference magic detected at the military facility while the students prepared for the competition. Miyuki Shiba skipped the hot spring and visited Chiba Yeyou as he tuned Mayumi Saegusa’s CAD, asking whether he was adding a new spell.

• Chiba Yeyou explained that people had failed to notice the mental interference magic because they had relaxed their guard in the military facility, while the vigilant few had detected it.
• Mayumi Saegusa urged everyone to rest before the competition, and Miyuki Shiba and her friends discussed which events to watch.
• Eimi invited Honoka Mitsui, Shizuku Kitayama, and Miyuki Shiba to the hotel’s hot spring, but Miyuki declined, saying she needed Chiba Yeyou’s help.
• Chiba Yeyou worked on tuning Mayumi Saegusa’s competition CAD and adding a spell when Miyuki Shiba arrived at his room.
• Miyuki Shiba looked over Chiba Yeyou’s work and asked whether he was developing a new spell.

Miyuki Shiba asked Chiba Yeyou to teach her how to cast multiple spells simultaneously, and he agreed on the condition that she publicly acknowledge him as her teacher. She left to consider the offer without telling Tatsuya Shiba about it.

• Miyuki Shiba noticed Chiba Yeyou developing a new spell for the president's Speed Shooting and asked him how to use multiple spells simultaneously.
• Chiba Yeyou hesitated because the technique was one of his closely guarded secrets and considered the risks and benefits of teaching her.
• Chiba Yeyou offered to teach Miyuki Shiba if she was willing to call him her teacher in front of other people.
• Miyuki Shiba left Chiba Yeyou's room with a conflicted expression, and he returned to working on the spell.
• Tatsuya Shiba found Miyuki Shiba looking troubled, but she did not tell him about her request.

Chiba Yeyou watched Mikihiko Yoshida practice Spirit Magic and confront three armed criminals, while Tatsuya Shiba intervened to disarm them. Afterward, Tatsuya tried to build Mikihiko’s confidence and learned that Chiba had previously pointed out flaws in Mikihiko’s spell activation.

• Chiba Yeyou noticed Mikihiko Yoshida practicing Spirit Magic in a grove and watched him run toward a source of malice.
• Mikihiko Yoshida encountered three masked criminals, and Tatsuya Shiba used Decomposition to dismantle their guns before they could shoot.
• Tatsuya Shiba praised Mikihiko for incapacitating the criminals without killing them, then challenged his lack of confidence.
• Mikihiko Yoshida explained that Chiba Yeyou had criticized his Spirit Magic’s Activation Sequence, prompting Tatsuya to ask whether Chiba could read Magic Sequence information.

Tatsuya comforted Mikihiko after revealing that he could analyze Magic Sequences by sight, while Kazama observed them. At the Nine Schools Competition venue, Chiba Yeyou finished tuning Mari's CAD and added a speed boost as she prepared for Battle Board.

• Tatsuya admitted he could read Activation Sequences and analyze Magic Sequences by sight, leaving Mikihiko stunned.
• Tatsuya encouraged Mikihiko to refine his Spirit Magic, and Mikihiko went to fetch troops to handle the three criminals.
• Harunobu Kazama spoke with Tatsuya and suggested Mikihiko's difficulties reminded Tatsuya of his younger self.
• Chiba Yeyou tuned Mari Watanabe's CAD, increasing its operating speed and ability to interfere with phenomena.
• Mari tested the CAD, and Chiba Yeyou revealed an added half-second speed boost that she could use only on long straights.

Chiba Yeyou explained how Mari Watanabe could use his new Light Energy Pulse spell to surge through straightaways in the Battle Board competition, and Mari entered the race confident in her improved abilities. As the preliminary heat began, Mari took an early lead after a competitor disrupted the water behind the racers.

• Chiba Yeyou warned Mari Watanabe that Light Energy Pulse consumed enormous amounts of Psions and explained how to use it safely during a straightaway.
• Mayumi Saegusa worried about the spell’s danger, but Chiba Yeyou described its built-in acceleration and deceleration safeguards.
• The Nine Schools Competition began, and Mari Watanabe told Chiba Yeyou she was ready for the Battle Board heat.
• Chiba Yeyou introduced his older sister, Tiffany, to Mayumi Saegusa, and the two women silently scrutinized each other.
• At the start of the race, a girl in white destabilized the water, and Mari Watanabe surged past most of the competitors to take the lead.

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.