Chapter Summaries

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.

Chiba Yeyou, Mari Watanabe, and Mayumi Saegusa confronted Lü Ganghu after he entered the detention center, intent on reaching his target. Mari defeated him with her weapon after he used a shield prepared to counter Chiba Yeyou’s magic, leaving him incapacitated.

• Lü Ganghu walked directly toward Chiba Yeyou, Mari Watanabe, and Mayumi Saegusa, and Chiba questioned how easily he had entered the detention center.
• Lü Ganghu recognized Chiba Yeyou from the information Chris Chen had given him, including a defensive Activation Sequence designed to counter Chiba’s magic.
• Mari Watanabe explained that she had summoned extra help because the detention center’s security worried her, then stepped forward to capture Lü Ganghu.
• Mari attacked Lü Ganghu with her segmented weapon as he tried to get past her and charge at Chiba Yeyou.
• Lü Ganghu blocked Chiba Yeyou’s white beam with a blue shield, but Mari struck him from behind and slashed his shoulders, leaving him unable to fight.

After Lü Ganghu was captured, Douglas Chen sought Mr. Zhou’s help, and learned that Lü would be transferred the next day. A rescue team ambushed the prisoner transport, freed Lü, and took him away, leaving him wary of Mari Watanabe.

• Mari Watanabe asked Mayumi Saegusa to stay and help handle the aftermath, while Chiba Yeyou left alone.
• Douglas Chen told Mr. Zhou that his homeland was sending a fleet and asked for help rescuing Lü Ganghu.
• Mr. Zhou revealed that Lü Ganghu would be transferred to the prison for foreigners in Yokosuka the next day, and Douglas Chen agreed to try to keep the operation from affecting Cosmos Street.
• A rescue team bombed the police transport carrying Lü Ganghu, freed him from his shackles, and asked him to return for the next mission.
• Lü Ganghu crushed the overturned vehicle with magic, then left with the rescue team after deciding Mari Watanabe was more dangerous than Chiba Yeyou.

Chiba Yeyou and Erika Chiba arrived at the Thesis Competition’s opening ceremony, met Kyoko Fujibayashi, and joined their friends in the auditorium. As the ceremony was about to begin, Erika went to greet Tatsuya and Miyuki, while Chiba Yeyou’s friends teased him for seeming unlike a normal high school student.

• Chiba Yeyou and Erika Chiba arrived at the Yokohama International Conference Center and spoke with Kyoko Fujibayashi, who said she had finished helping someone with a problem.
• Chiba Yeyou and Erika entered the auditorium, met Mikihiko Yoshida, Mizuki Shibata, and Leonhart, and Erika admitted that the man waving at them was her older brother.
• As attendees filled the auditorium before the opening ceremony, Erika spotted Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba and went over to see them.
• Mizuki Shibata and the others called Chiba Yeyou laid-back and unlike a normal high school student, and he wondered how he differed from Tatsuya Shiba.
• Chiba Yeyou noticed that the opening ceremony was about to begin.

Kyoko Fujibayashi confronted Haruka Ono about her interest in Tatsuya Shiba and warned her to leave him alone. After learning that Lü Ganghu had escaped during a prisoner transfer, Kyoko coordinated with Harunobu Kazama, who suggested seeking Chiba Yeyou’s help if the situation worsened.

• Kyoko Fujibayashi met Haruka Ono and asked her to stop investigating her important partner, Tatsuya Shiba, warning her that excessive curiosity could be dangerous.
• Kyoko Fujibayashi cautioned Haruka Ono against being curious about certain people, prompting Haruka to suspect Chiba Yeyou.
• Kyoko Fujibayashi contacted Harunobu Kazama and learned that Lü Ganghu had escaped after his escort vehicle was attacked on the way to Yokosuka Prison.
• Harunobu Kazama told Kyoko Fujibayashi that his team was heading to her location and would arrive around 3:00 p.m.
• Harunobu Kazama suggested that Kyoko Fujibayashi ask Chiba Yeyou for help if the situation deteriorated, and Kyoko acknowledged the order.

Jumonji strengthened security after Hattori and Kirihara detected unusual activity around the conference center, while Suzune Ichihara presented First High School’s gravity-controlled nuclear fusion reactor. As a Cosmic Nation force deployed at Yokohama Port and a mysterious submarine watched, Chiba Yeyou sensed that something had arrived.

• Jumonji ordered Hattori and Kirihara to patrol the venue’s perimeter, and after they reported increased foreign presence and killing intent, he ordered security personnel to wear bulletproof vests.
• Suzune Ichihara presented First High School’s gravity-controlled nuclear fusion reactor and explained that a stable reaction still lacked a solution to electromagnetic repulsion.
• A Cosmic Nation general reported that his force’s deployment at Yokohama Port was complete, while an unmarked submarine observed the operation from offshore.
• Mr. Zhou watched from Cosmic Street as Suzune concluded her presentation, and Chiba Yeyou suddenly sensed that something had arrived.

A coordinated attack struck Yamashita Pier and the Yokohama International Conference Center, forcing Toshikazu Chiba to seek military support while Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba defended the students. The attackers’ weapons were disabled, but fighting continued around the conference center.

• A truck loaded with explosives rammed the control building at Yamashita Pier and exploded.
• Toshikazu Chiba learned that missiles had been launched from a disguised ship and asked his father to request National Defense Forces support and send Raimaru and Orochimaru.
• A grenade exploded at the Yokohama International Conference Center as armed attackers moved to surround the auditorium.
• Two soldiers entered the auditorium and ordered everyone to surrender their casting devices, while Chiba Yeyou and Tatsuya Shiba prepared to fight back.
• Chiba Yeyou melted the guns of two soldiers, Tatsuya Shiba used Decomposition on the other attackers’ weapons, and the security personnel moved to seize them.

Chiba Yeyou and the others fought off intruders at the Yokohama International Conference Center and prepared to evacuate as attacks continued. When they learned that Nakajo's group was using an underground passage, they sent Hattori and Zemu after them to prevent an encounter with enemy forces.

• Honoka Mitsui checked on Tatsuya Shiba, while Chiba Yeyou assigned Takeaki Kirihara to handle nearby intruders and protect the students.
• Chiba Yeyou split up with Tatsuya Shiba's group to clear the conference center, sending Erika Chiba and Leonhart to attack intruders while he used Cloud Mist and Ashes.
• Chiba Yeyou's group returned backstage, where Suzune Ichihara reported that the data deletion was nearly complete and Tatsuya Shiba returned with his group.
• Jumonji warned that the situation was very bad, and Tatsuya Shiba raised concern that Nakajo's group could meet enemy forces in the underground passage.
• Chiba Yeyou sent Hattori and Zemu after Nakajo's group, while Jumonji went to search for anyone left behind and Tatsuya Shiba agreed to help delete the remaining data.

As enemy forces attacked Yokohama, Chiba Yeyou and the First High students prepared to reach safety while uncovering the likely target: the Magic Association’s main database. Tatsuya Shiba destroyed a truck bomb with Material Burst, and Major Kazama arrived as the National Defense Force prepared a counterattack and lifted the information restrictions on Tatsuya.

• Chiba Yeyou and the others reviewed surveillance footage showing that Yokohama’s coastal area had become a combat zone and concluded that the enemy might be targeting the Magic Association’s main database.
• Mayumi Saegusa reported that a rescue ship would arrive in ten minutes, but it could not carry everyone, so Mari Watanabe proposed taking shelter at the station.
• Suzune Ichihara reported that Hattori had protected Nakajo and the others at the shelter, where they faced only a small number of enemies.
• Chiba Yeyou sensed an approaching threat and used Quantum Domain to show the group a truck packed with explosives; Tatsuya Shiba erased the truck and its driver with Material Burst.
• Kyoko Fujibayashi and Major Kazama arrived, and Kazama reported that the National Defense Force had engaged seven enemy squads but had not brought the fighting under control.
• Kyoko Fujibayashi told Tatsuya Shiba that the information restrictions on him had been temporarily lifted.

At Hodogaya, Harunobu Kazama revealed that Tatsuya Shiba was a military Special Officer and ordered him to deploy. Chiba Yeyou learned that a hostile nuclear submarine was targeting the Magic Association Yokohama Branch and warned the others, leaving them to consider how its operators’ plans related to the landing force.

• Harunobu Kazama introduced himself and had Kyoko Fujibayashi explain the fighting near Hodogaya and the incoming reinforcements.
• Kazama ordered Tatsuya Shiba to deploy under special service regulations and required everyone to keep his identity confidential.
• Tiffany warned Chiba Yeyou that a decommissioned American nuclear submarine near Japan had fallen into criminal hands and carried nuclear missiles.
• Chiba Yeyou told Kazama and the others that the submarine was targeting the Magic Association Yokohama Branch and showed them an image of it.
• Erika Chiba questioned how the submarine’s attack could fit with the landing force’s objectives, and Chiba Yeyou said the two belonged to different factions.