SS 2: Shotgun!
In any competition: sports and non-sports, magic and non-magic, the real confrontation begins even before the competition. And in the Tournament of nine schools in 2096, this trend was especially noticeable.
All schools of magic strive to challenge this prestigious competition, and each of the nine schools, from the First to the Ninth, has a school-wide training led by a school board. Unfortunately, it cannot be said that all schools set themselves the goal of winning a common victory. However, from the point of view that it is necessary to show at least some good results, the goals of all coincide.
Choose players, pick up CAD for them, set up activation sequences. With such preparations, competitions really begin. And such preparatory work takes place taking into account the characteristics of each competition. Therefore, it was quite natural that real chaos began when the committee for the Tournament of nine schools announced about changes in the competitions.
The first school was no exception. The president of the school board, Nakajo Azusa, was so shocked by this that work began to accumulate in the school board for 2-3 days ahead.
Time passed and nothing was done. But the situation can become difficult if you just sit and grieve instead of preparing. Azusa was able to gather strength and start from the beginning precisely because of fear of this, and not because of a sense of duty.
When the “tops” recovered, the rest also quickly began preparations again. Azusa was the most shocked of all, because if you look at the situation from the other side, the rest of the students received much less harm from these changes.
The “shocking" news came on July 2, Monday. Three days later, on Thursday, July 5, by the time the lunch break ended, new members were selected.
After school, on the same day in different places and at different times, meetings of the teams appointed for each competition were held.
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- Sorry for the intrusion.
First School, Grade 2B, Akachi Amy. A girl with characteristic dark red curly hair, nicknamed "Amy *", entered the room dedicated to the preparation.
[Here I will clarify that in translation it will be "Amy" everywhere, but in the original text 2 different spellings are used. In the text of the "narrator" the name is written in the characters 英美, which can be read as "Amy" and "Amy." And in the speech of the characters addressing her, her “nickname” is written, which is read aloud by ear, but written エ イ ミ ィ]
She was selected as a doubles player in this year’s new nine-school tournament competition, called Rower and Shooter.
According to the planned schedule, starting today, she will meet in this room with her partner, as well as with the engineers responsible for them.
Although she knew her engineer well before they met here. She was a classmate who was hard to say that he was ordinary and who already took care of her at the Tournament of nine schools last year. A year ago, she was surprised why he was a student of the second stream, but then, by a lucky chance (?), A new "Course of magical engineering" was organized, to which he transferred. In short, skills and intelligence were in the right place.
When she heard this, she was happy as if for herself. You could even say she felt relieved. Because even they, students of the first stream, were inferior to him in assessments according to theory, and there was no sense for him to remain in the second stream. Although there were some classmates who did not want to admit it. They said: "This is just a victory for the overall score. We lost only in the marks for the written tests." But for Amy, these were just the words of losers who did not want to admit defeat.
If we take the grades for the tests, then the very "total score" is just the grading system in this school. Aimee thought so too. Classmates for some reason did not notice his real abilities, which he showed on the Monolith Code of the beginner’s division last year, when he brought the school a general victory by defeating the team of the Third School, in which there was an heir to the Ichijo family from the Ten Main Clans.
As Amy had expected, there was no response from inside the room. There was another 10 minutes left before the scheduled meeting time. Her partner was a third grader, and the engineer of this third grader was the President of the school board. From the point of view of common sense, it was impolite to make such people wait. Amy breathed a sigh of relief upon learning that she had come first.
- Wow, you're already here. You early ~
Five minutes after her arrival, two high school students came.
“Ah, thanks for coming.”
Amy, who was studying the Rower and Shooter rules, looking at a file uploaded to her mobile information terminal, jumped up and bowed with a sharp movement.
“I'm Acechi Aimee from class 2B.” Friends call me Aimee. I will be glad to work with you!
Two third-graders smiled tightly at Amy's energetic greeting.
A student with brown eyes and dark short straight hair, who was about the same height as Amy, answered her idea.
“Amy-chan, then?” I am Kunisaki Kumiko from class 3B. Call me Ku-chan.
A high school student companion seemed to have a carefree character that went beyond Amy's expectations.
- N-no, it's somehow ...
“Well, why.” No need to limit yourself. When you change your mind, you can call me Ku-chan at any time.
- Good...
"Oh, she's a pretty straightforward and open person ...!"
Amy now thought the same thing that other people usually thought of herself.
- And this person, you probably know? School Council President A-chan.
- Ku-chan!
Azusa blushed and screamed when she heard Kumiko introduce her. Amy, who could not even imagine such a situation for Azusa to raise her voice, stood surprised and clapped her eyes.
- Uh, what? She screamed so suddenly. Scared Aimee-chan.
“That's because Ku-chan made such a stupid show!” Don't say anything like "A-chan!"
“Uh, but isn't that what I usually say?”
“This is normal for you, Ku-chan!” And for younger students so to speak ...
“Um, president of Nakajo?” Of course I know you, President. - Using a pause in the words of Azusa, Amy was able to wedge into the conversation and defuse the situation.
- Uh? Ah, I see ... Akechi-san, counting on you. Azusa shyly replied, regaining her composure thanks to this intervention, while her small body contracted to even smaller sizes.
Although this was a gross mistake, Amy was carried away by the contemplation of this inappropriate appearance to the president.
- Sorry for delay.
With the arrival of the last participant, Tatsui, who had time to cool down, the tension in the atmosphere again slightly increased.
- It's okay! You're just in time!
This tension mainly came from Azusa.
For the unaware observer, this scene looked like Tatsuya was mocking Azusa every day, but in fact there was nothing like that. Azusa was unilaterally nervous.
But this timidity of hers made the others feel that "she needs help."
“Shiba-kun, this year I am also counting on you!”
Amy bowed vigorously, as if it were a New Year's greetings.
- Nice to meet you, I'm Kunisaki Kumiko from class 3B. I count on you.
Kumiko calmly bowed after Amy, as if becoming a completely different person. She was no longer like that of herself, who at the first meeting invited the student to call her "Ku-chan" younger than herself.
At least that's what Aimee thought. She kept a close watch on Kumiko's expression.
But Tatsuya did not know about this "transformation."
“Kunisaki-senpai, let's work together.” Amy too, counting on you. So president, let's start the meeting.
He considered it quite obvious that the relaxed atmosphere had changed to a tense one. Noticing this from Kumiko’s behavior, he called for a quick meeting.
“Ah, yes indeed.”
Having said this, Azusa looked at Tatsuya.
However, Tatsuya was silent. Having received a silent look in response, Azusa became nervous.
- Um, Shiba-kun?
“President, please.”
Tatsuya asked Azusa to get down to business. He did not care that it looked hostile. He believed that in this place Azusa should command, being not only a high school student and President of the school council, but also the leader of the team of the Tournament of nine schools.
As if accepting that this was a reasonable judgment, Aimee and Kumiko looked at Azusa.
“... So, let's start the strategic meeting of the Rower and Shooter female couple.”
Azusa quickly stopped resisting and stood behind the oratory platform that equipped this small "conference room." Instead of continuing to sit next to Tatsuya, she was much more comfortable being away from him.
“First ... let's introduce ourselves properly?”
- Got it. I am Shiba Tatsuya, engineer responsible for Akechi-san.
After entering the room, he already introduced himself. But Tatsuya did not indicate this, but simply got up and introduced himself briefly.
- Akechi Amy, second year. I was chosen as a member. I will make every effort to speak with dignity and not interfere with the performance of Kunisaki-senpai.
Catching on herself the compelling look of Tatsuya, who had sat down in her place, Amy continued after him.
After Aimee sat down, Kumiko embarrassedly stood up.
- Class 3B, Kunisaki Kumiko ... I was first chosen to participate in the Tournament of nine schools, but I will do my best and give everything in full.
Reluctantly, Kumiko said in a low voice and looked at Azusa.
“Um, A-cha ... Nakajo-san?” I have already finished introducing myself ...
Azusa's face flushed when Kumiko said this. However, the character of Azusa did not allow her to remain the only one who did not introduce herself when she herself proposed this.
“I was chosen as the engineer Kunisaki-san.” Third year, Nakajo Azusa ...
When Azusa returned to her seat, she looked completely depressed. Her face, burning with shame, said that she barely found the strength to say this, so Tatsuya decided to throw her a life buoy.
- President, perhaps, for starters, we will choose who will be the rower and who will be the shooter?
- Right. - As if biting her tongue, Azus quickly mumbled in response to Tatsui's suggestion.
Even if Tatsuyu was not worried about the attitude of other people towards him, but when someone so openly showed fear, he could no longer ignore it. But this will have the opposite effect, if you just talk about it. Having come to this conclusion, Tatsuya swallowed the words he was about to say.
“Nevertheless, there is no need to discuss this, is it?”
- I will be a rower.
- I will be a shooter.
Kumiko and Aimee without hesitation instantly answered immediately after Tatsuya had finished.
- Thank God. If they told me that I need to row, then I would not be able to.
Amy put her hand to her chest, showing a gesture of relief, but it looked like an acting game to escalate drama.
- Well, there will not need to row.
Tatsuya answered Amy's joke in such a voice that it was unclear whether he was serious or joking. Then he looked at Azusa.
“President, will that be okay?”
- Yes, it will.
Azusa no longer looked bewildered. Such a separation of roles was planned from the moment the pair of Amy and Kumiko was determined, so, as Tatsuya said, there was nothing more to discuss.
Amy is in charge of the shooting. Kumiko - for the boat.
If the competitions of the Tournament of nine schools had not changed, Aimee would have participated in the “High-Speed Shooting”, and Kumiko would have participated in the “Battle Surfing”. They possessed magical skills for shooting and for moving on the surface of the water. Therefore, they were selected for Rower and Shooter according to these skills. No one would give a task that does not correspond to their strengths.
- Then it's decided. Tatsuya said, and Azusa, Amy and Kumiko nodded, agreeing with him.
Azusa looked at a notebook-sized terminal and ran her eyes across his screen. She read the description of the competition to choose what to discuss next. However, there were too many details regarding Rower and Shooter on the screen. She did not expect that she would have to be here in the role of the main one, so after a quick look at the document, she could not quickly come up with a new topic for discussion.
“... Um, do you have anything you would like to solve today?” “In the end,” Azusa asked, looking around the other three people. But from the duration of eye contact with Tatsuya, it was obvious that this question was for him.
“I think we need to determine the type of boat.”
As expected, it was Tatsuya who answered Azusa's question.
- Type of boat?
Unfortunately, it seems that Azusa could not understand the meaning of this answer.
- Should it be a narrow boat to emphasize speed, or a wide boat to emphasize stability to improve the quality of shooting? Should the draft of the boat be deep for a good forward movement, or shallow, to emphasize increased handling during cornering? Since the movement will be carried out using magic, you can not think about curving the course from the resistance of water.
With a shallow draft, the steering grip with the water is weak and the boat can easily slide to the sides. However, when controlling the boat using magic, a good grip on the water is not required to change course.
“What are the wishes of Kunisaki-senpai?” - Having said that, Tatsuya asked Kumiko's opinion.
- It is better that the boat was narrow with a deep draft ...
Kumiko squinted at Amy's expression. This was an option to facilitate the movement of the boat. But at the same time, even if the shooting will not be carried out by real bullets, the shaking will still be such that aiming will be difficult.
“I think it will do.” It is comparable to shaking like riding a horse.
Hearing the answers of the two girls, Tatsuya performed some manipulations with a terminal the size of a sheet of A4 size. With these actions, he ordered a suitable boat.
- Although it is made with emphasis on speed, but it is not as long and thin as the boat used in competitions. However, standing in such a boat, I think, will be difficult.
The first half of his speech was for Kumiko, and the second for Amy.
- Will standing shooting be impossible? In contrast to firing real bullets, in magical shooting, the standing position is one of the best in terms of maximum field of view. Will shooting be possible on one knee? In a sitting position, aiming will be difficult, right?
- Three-dimensional aiming is quite possible. In fact, the knee stand is rapidly improving in practice.
- Ahem. And I do not fall out of the boat?
Instead of answering Amy's question with a compassionate face, Tatsuya turned to Kumiko.
“Kunisaki-senpai, what do you think?”
“About the knee rack in a moving boat?” Yes, there is a risk of tipping over ...
Kumiko's answer made Amy's face even more sullen.
- In this case, we will begin with training, helping to learn not to get out of the boat.
Amy did not complain about this proposal Tatsui.
The meeting ended in less than 10 minutes. Tatsuya hastened to the next meeting, and Azusa to the President’s room in the school council room. Left with Amy alone, Kumiko reached out and sat back in exhaustion.
- Oh, I'm overworked.
“Was it a tense meeting for Kunisaki-senpai?”
Although she herself said so, but before Tatsuya she showed herself to be a “calm girl”, so Amy doubted whether this openness of her was an acting.
- Ku-chan.
- Uh, but ...
Amy could not hide her embarrassment in front of the senpai girl, who at first seemed to “change her mind”, and now again asks to call her such a too close name.
- Sorry. Now you can call it that. If you don’t, then I can’t relax.
For Amy, the connection between these two points was a super complex theory that she could never understand, but given Kumiko's expression, she could no longer resist.
“... Then let it be Ku-chan-senpai.”
It was the maximum compromise Amy could come up with.
- Hmm, yeah, come down.
Having received permission, Amy mentally sighed with relief. At the same time, she thought about the absurdity of the situation, and why she feels tired of this conversation.
“So, Ku-chan-senpai, what bothered you so much?”
In response to a repeated question, Kumiko laughed, and then answered with an embarrassed smile.
“I don't like guys.”
Amy changed her face from such an unexpected confession.
“Ah, no, not in that sense!”
From this change, Kumiko determined that she was misunderstood, and in a panic she waved her hands, making excuses.
“It's not that I like girls!” And in the sense that I am against concepts such as cruelty and militancy. And in front of the guys who are much stronger than us, the whole body shrinks from fear and it becomes difficult to even speak.
- ... I'm sorry.
Hearing Kumiko's confession, Amy apologized with a guilty face.
- Why are you suddenly? Do you have anything to apologize for?
- No, do not pay attention.
The wizard girl is afraid of brute force and violence. This is not uncommon. And in most cases, everyone has the same reason.
Amy knew that Kumiko was the so-called “first generation,” a wizard born as a result of a mutation from ordinary people who did not possess magical powers and did not have wizards in the pedigree. Among the women of the "first generation" there are quite a few who dislike violence, and their psychological predisposition in most cases reflects the negative experience experienced in childhood and adolescence. Amy was familiar with this situation much better than the rest of her classmates (and possibly even high school students), because her father was also the "first generation".
She knew that this was not the best topic for discussion with strangers.
“Ku-chan-senpai, so you're a pacifist?”
- Mm, the pacifist sounds good ... Actually, I don’t really want to participate in the competition. But I'm glad that I got A-chan as a technician.
“So you and the President are on good terms?”
“Yeah, I'm not so terrible.”
- It's okay, so to speak?
Amy and Kumiko exchanged sly smiles. So they were able to get closer a little thanks to "sympathy for an accomplice."
“But Shiba-kun is not the kind of guy who will bully other people for no reason?”
From this phrase, the relaxed atmosphere again evaporated. Amy did not know the character of Tatsui so that she could intercede for him. Amy said this rather than for Tatsui's sake, but to weaken Kumiko's negative attitude towards him.
The reason was not that Amy was somehow particularly supportive of Tatsuya. Kumiko also understood her intentions.
“Yes ... it looks like you're right, Aimee-chan.” Even if he is so scary, A-chan seems to rely heavily on him. You can understand that he is not a bad person, if only because you girls from the second year of study are very attached to him.
- Tied ...!?
Amy was slightly panicked by such an unexpected change of topic and an unusual interpretation of the question. While she was in a hurry trying to find the words of objection, Kumiko continued to speak, remembering something from the past.
“But when I saw IT in Yokohama ...”
In Amy's mind, it seemed as if a switch had clicked.
Kumiko talked about last year's Thesis Competition. Due to certain circumstances, Amy could not come to support her, but as a result, she was lucky that she did not get into this trouble. Therefore, what happened on that day in the Yokohama International Conference Hall, and what Tatsuya did then, Amy knew only by rumor.
However, his “actions” were shocking even in the form of rumors.
"I heard that he caught bullets with his bare hands, and also chopped off the hand of the attacker."
"Of course, in fact, this cannot be considered with bare hands. He used some kind of magic."
"Kichijouji Shinkuro-kun from the Third School suggested that it was a Molecular Divider. It seems to be the secret magic of the U.S. Army, but that’s not the problem ..."
"He chopped off the hand of the attacker without pity or doubt."
"It's scary. Even it scares me, but ..."
“But he's still not a bad person, is he?”
In the end, Amy gave Kumiko a smile with that answer. If this were heard by a person who knew the character of Tatsui, he would have thought that he was being drawn into some sort of "grandiose deception."
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Saturday, July 14th. On this day, training was resumed, interrupted by the interim exams.
On the training grounds located on the territory of the First School there was a winding water channel describing the shape of an ellipse. Until last year, there were training sessions for "Combat Surfing." And now it could be used to prepare for the new competition "Rower and Shooter." This is quite natural, given that to use magic outside the school you need to go through a bunch of tedious and lengthy procedures, and still there will be many restrictions.
This channel on the training grounds was not performed in three dimensions (with ups and downs), like the “Battle Surfing” track, but it was quite long and wide. On one of the sharp turns of this channel, Kasumi and her partner-shooter from the first year of training with sympathetic glances swam past Kumiko and Aimee, immersed in the water on the shoulders.
“Amy-chan, are you okay?”
The depth of the water channel was 3 meters, and, of course, they did not reach the bottom with their feet, but they were wearing life jackets, so there was no reason to worry. It was already mid-summer, and the water was not too cold. ... However, time after time in clothes, plunging into the water with a head of joy did not deliver much.
- Yes, everything is in order.
Although Amy answered Kumiko floating next to her that "everything is in order", but she felt that she was gradually getting worse. Unlike short-cut Kumiko, Aimee had voluminous long hair. Like clothes, these lush bright red, ruby-shiny, hair soaked in water and became heavy.
"Heavy hair causes heavy thoughts in a heavy head, yes ...?"
Her character did not allow her to complain aloud about her mistakes. But without even saying it out loud, from thinking about it alone she felt more and more depressed. Amy sighed, not hiding it, and sailed to the overturned boat.
After that, there was another rollover, and their boat finally crossed the finish line / start line.
Amy, who descended from the boat mooring at the pier and was drying her hair and clothes with magic, called out to Tatsuya, who came to meet them.
“Amy, I did a good job.”
- Oh, Shiba-kun?
At the beginning of the practice, only Azusa looked after Amy and the others. According to today's schedule, it was assumed that Tatsuya would replace Azusa a little later, and not now.
“Have you changed already?”
- It seems that there are problems associated with the organization of the tournament. The president was invited to deal with this.
“She has a hard time.”
Amy had the impression when she heard the circumstances.
- Yes. However, here, it seems, you are also having a tough fight.
From the point of view of the difficulties, for Amy it was far from a stranger.
“Ahaha, and that is true.”
Therefore, she had only one thing left to laugh at the situation in which she fell.
Today, training on standing on one knee in a moving boat has just begun, but Amy felt depressed that she had knocked over the boat four times already only in the first round. Her smile, intended by Tatsuya, was lethargic and lifeless.
- It turned out to be not quite like riding a horse?
From such an indifferent murmur of Tatsuya, her mental state only worsened to a negative state.
- Yes ~, really. And the more you fall from a horse, if you stand in the pose of shooting on one knee ...
However, she did not have the character to openly show her gloomy mood. She gave her answer with a frivolous smile on her face.
- And in what position would you be more comfortable?
Tatsuya didn't seem to be going to support her self-flagellation. He asked Amy a completely serious face.
- Uh, what pose are you talking about?
- From what position would you not fall while riding a galloping horse?
For Amy, who could not understand the meaning of the question, Tatsuya politely repeated this question in a more understandable wording.
Amy finally understood Tatsui's question. She bowed her head in puzzlement, putting her hand to her chin.
“Do you mean something other than just sitting in the saddle?” Hmm ... Besides the acrobatic ride practiced in circuses, I only know "sideways ride", "two-point" and "monkey saddle".
- A rather meager variety. "I ride sideways," I understand, and what are the other two options?
- "Two-point" position is, roughly speaking, riding a horse, standing up from the saddle. It is used when jumping obstacles. "Monkey saddle" ... will you understand if I say that this is the position when the jockey at the races rides a horse in such a bent position, leaning forward?
- I see ... In the "monkey saddle" position, both knees rest on the saddle?
“I haven’t tried it myself, but it’s not quite like a knee-rack.” The jockey simply stands on stirrups and uses his knees to maintain balance.
“That means how ... Amy, can you aim when you stand in this stance on two knees?”
- Uh, let me think?
After doing some calculations and simulations in her head, Amy nodded confidently.
“I think it will, but why?”
The question “why” was within Tatsui's expectation at the moment, so he did not hesitate to answer.
- How about trying to stand in a boat on a rack not on one knee, but on both? Such a stand will be more stable, and the height of the line of sight will decrease not so much.
Amy stepped one foot into the boat and tried to imagine what it would look like, after which she looked up at Tatsuya and asked him.
- ...But how to do that?
- It seems to me that if you slightly spread your legs to the sides, then the vibration of the boat will be damped by bent knee joints.
Amy took this position on her knees and waved from side to side CAD, made in the style of a shotgun.
- Yeah ... come down. Then try again.
- Good. Kunisaki-senpai, rely on you.
Kumiko timidly glanced at Tatsuya from her place in front of Amy, and nodded silently to him. After that, the boat started off smoothly.
- This is an old style of motor boat racing.
When they went through the first bend, Kumiko spoke to Amy, without turning back. The turn was not sharp, and the boat behaved more stably than the last time.
- Motor boat racing?
- Mm? Amy-chan, don't you know? That there are boat races?
- Dont know.
They hadn't picked up speed yet, so Aimee still had time to talk with Kumiko. During the previous swim, this was only possible after falling into the water.
- I heard that before the war there was a competition in small single-seat motor boats. It was like horse racing, where motor boats were used instead of horses.
“Heh, even that?”
- So, according to what I read from old books, the athletes were sitting in these boats on their knees, legs spread slightly.
“I see, just like I do now.” Maybe Shiba-kun also knows about these boat races?
- I do not know. I didn’t have that feeling. But he set a good example, which has precedents in books, so it might work.
- Agree. Senpai, speed up.
- There is! - Kumiko immediately accelerated the boat.
When the two made a circle and returned to the starting point, neither their hair nor their clothes were wet. No, they were not completely dry, since spray cannot be avoided. However, there was clearly no complete immersion in water.
- Saw, saw !? For the whole circle, I never fell!
- Yes, this is an excellent progress in just one round.
Tatsuya smiled slightly, answering Amy, who ran up to him with a joyful face expressing the phrase "how do you like it?" After that, he turned towards Kumiko, who continued to sit in the boat.
“Kunisaki-senpai, do you have any problems managing the boat in this position?”
“Yes ... not a very good field of view.”
Before Tatsuya, Kumiko invariably became a different person. Tatsuya was not clairvoyant, so I thought about Kumiko that she was a "schoolgirl with a calm character." Therefore, he did not pay attention to such a cold attitude towards him.
- Hm, as I thought ...
In the double rower and shooter competition, one person controls a boat and the other shoots at targets.
The field of view of each of these two people is an important point here. In the case when the seats of the participants are located in a boat in a line, one after another, if the rower is sitting in front, then he prevents the shooter from shooting, and if the shooter is sitting in front, then the rower does not see the route.
To solve this problem, the boat for the couple from the First School was designed so that the front rower seat was slightly underestimated, and the rear arrow seat, on the contrary, was slightly overestimated. Thus, when the rower takes his place, the lower half of his body is inside the boat. This approach solves the problem of covering the arrow with the body of the rower. However, a decrease in the shooter's point of view inevitably worsens his field of vision.
- During the competition, the first round will be test, and the second for a while. It will be possible to get directions during the first round, so there should be no stress from the fact that you can’t have a long view ... We will discuss this moment with the President.
Tatsuya seemed to already have some kind of plan. Despite his indifferent tone and disinterested look, his words sounded reliable. Amy did not understand what he was thinking about, and was a little stressed by this, although she was not a direct participant in the dialogue.
She still remembered her shock (or even fear), which she experienced from the first “tuning” that Tatsuya had for her.
Perhaps she even thought that she would remember this all her life.
Although it was supposed to be a CAD setting, she had the feeling that she herself was being carefully studied, and that the tuning stand was a cutting board, and she was a dish that was cooked on it.
It was a look that saw her through and through.
No, it was not such a look that she saw naked, looking through her clothes.
And one that could examine its entire internal structure: it penetrated under the skin, studying muscles, internal organs, bones, and even individual cells and the genetic information contained in them.
This was a kind of analysis, which was not limited to the area of calculation of magic, but studied its inner world, its very essence.
And CAD, ready for use, allowed her to use such an amount of force that exceeded her usual limits.
No, she understood that it was her real limits, and not those that she knew before.
These emotions were similar to those that she experienced when a grandmother from the Goldie family taught her the "Tatlum Magic Shell". Impressions of using Tatsuya’s CAD setup also resembled her grandmother’s training in that magic seemed to force her inside. This, most likely, can be considered an excuse that in the “Destruction of the ice pillars” last year it was completely exhausted after the qualifying rounds.
The fatigue accumulated from the “High-Speed Shooting” still remained, and then she said that she could not fall asleep due to the excitement from the occupied second place. However, by the final stage she was so exhausted that she was forced to refuse to participate. Amy was sure that CAD Tatsui was the cause. When, during dinner, she said: “When you set up your CAD - in a sense, you show your inner side and reveal your secrets” - these were not just general words, but her thoughts on the setting made by Tatsuya.
And now, perhaps it’s Kumiko’s turn to become a carp on a cutting board.
"... Kunisaki-senpai's engineer is President Nakajo, so everything will be all right, right?"
The fact that Tatsuya performed the setup was not harmful. On the contrary, it was lucky that she got the opportunity to use the CAD configured by Tatsuya. Last year, for Amy, it all ended in severe exhaustion, but in return she was able to achieve results that exceeded her idea of her abilities. That is, she was in a big plus in terms of the balance of advantages and disadvantages.
However, Aimee could not get rid of the worry that Kumiko might become the new “subject to study."
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