About an hour after leaving the Kanto branch of the Magic Association in Yokohama. Tatsuya arrived at the main house of the Yotsuba in less than half of the planned time.
"Miyuki-sama, Tatsuya-sama, the lady is waiting for you. Please follow me."
Only Tatsuya, who arrived at the main house, met Hayama himself.
Hayama is the main servant in the hierarchy of the main house of the Yotsuba, and also the confidant of the head of the family, Maya. His presence was a way to show that the status of the heiress and her fiance are not just titles in words.
Miyuki followed Hayama, Minami followed her. Hyougo followed Tatsuya behind him.
With Minami everything is clear, but for Tatsuya it was unexpected that Hayama did not say anything to Hyougo. Was Hyougo only a simple escort who knew how to fly an airplane?
Before he could ask this question, Tatsuya found out that they had come to the dining room. The same room where the candidates were gathered at the New Year's meeting, and where Miyuki was named the next head.
Shibata Katsushige. Tsukuba Yuka. Twins Kuroba Fumiya and Ayako.
They were the same faces present as at the New Year's meeting.
However, unlike the previous time, the head of the Yotsuba family, Maya, was already in place.
"We apologize for keeping you waiting."
"You are not late, so do not apologize. First of all, take a seat."
Maya quietly responded to Tatsuya's apologies.
"Thank you. I'm sorry."
Tatsuya slightly bowed, and Miyuki followed him with a full bow.
Tatsuya looked at Miyuki's place, thinking that it was necessary to push back her chair, but found it already prepared by Minami. Nodding to the eye of Tatsuya looking at her, assisted Miyuki.
Hyougo put forward Tatsuya's chair.
Perhaps the head of the family regards Hyougo as a candidate for a personal servant for me? Such a thought came to Tatsuya's mind.
However, now was not the time to be distracted by the reasons for Hyougo's presence. Tatsuya focused on Maya.
Maya looked at Hayama standing behind her. In response to this, Hayama rang a bell in his hand, it was not clear from where it came from.
No sooner had the echo of the ringing sounded, and, as if waiting in advance, the maid came into the dining room, pushing the cart before her.
It was already late for dinner, but Tatsuya's group was called up to the main house without having had time to grab a bite.
Before Tatsuya and Miyuki was arranged a variety of light snacks.
More snacks are not given to anyone else, not even Minami. Although she, but for her it would be an insult to her official duty if she started to eat here.
Tatsuya, who understood this, with permission from Maya, started eating. Miyuki also followed the example of her brother.
Of course, they did not go away from talking, focusing on food. They participated in a conversation between Maya, Yuka and Ayako, periodically responding. Having finished eating, they waited until the dishes were cleaned, after which they felt that the atmosphere around Maya had changed.
Tatsuya and Miyuki immediately straightened their backs.
"So... Now I'd like to hear about the events on Saikashin Island."
"Good."
Tatsuya responded to Maya's request. He briefly summarized the events on the main island of Okinawa, Koumé Island, and also on an artificial island and its environment.
"Agents of the Australian Army, Captain James J. Johnson and Captain Jasmine Williams, were eventually transferred to Miyakijima."
"I've already heard about these two. Good work."
Miyakijima is a small island formed as a result of underwater volcanic activity in 2001, the year of the snake, and was 50 kilometers east of the island of Miyakejima.
The name Miyakijima [] was derived from the original name of the neighboring island of Miyakejima [], which was recorded as Goyakidzima [], with the first character [?] replaced by [?
(snake)], in honor of the year of the snake in which it appeared.
It was also sometimes called the "New Island of the 21st Century," because it appeared in the first year of the 21st century.
During the 20-year-old World War III, there was a base of the defense forces.
However, due to repeated volcanic eruptions, in the 2050s the base was abandoned, and at the moment the island is used as a prison for magician-criminals.
With the assistance of Toudou Aoba, this island in fact became the private property of the Yotsuba family. In fact, the owner is a certain company engaged in real estate, however, through the chain of owners, the Yotsuba family holds the bulk of the shares.
In other words, the Miyakijima prison is an object entrusted to the Yotsuba family that is designed to secretly isolate dangerous magicians. Maya has free access to viewing data about prisoners sent there. Tatsuya mentioned Johnson and Jasmine, because he personally accompanied them there.
"Miyakijima?"Was it not planned to reconstruct it as a place for experiments?" Asked Shibata Katsushige. After Miyuki was declared the next head of the family, he decided to tackle the affairs of his branch family, and began to work in the Ministry of Defense. So he knew about some of the projects promoted by the Yotsuba family.
"Thats not a problem. Soon we are going to get rid of them."
Hearing Maya's answer, Katsushige slightly frowned. Among the young people present at the table, this was the strongest reaction. But there was no one who didn't understand what Maya meant by the word "get rid".
But despite this, not only Tatsuya and Yuka, but Miyuki and Fumiya listened to this with disinterested persons, as if they were saying "That's how it is?". And Ayako did not react at all to this part of the conversation.
"Head-sama. Miyakijima is the place where Miyuki onee-sama was trained in using Niflheim? So the object for experiments, being built there, will be designed to test large scale magic in the open air?"
Ayako was interested in a new place for testing. As she said, during the high school days, Miyuki used the land of the island of Miyakijima as a training ground for the development of the Niflheim casting.
Then this island was considered just a prison for dangerous magicians.
But only a small western part of the island was used for this purpose.
Continuing underwater volcanic activity increased the area of the island from the frozen lava to 8 square kilometers. This is roughly equivalent to the Tokyo area, Kunitati. So there was plenty of room for practicing cooling magic over a wide area.
"Although this is not yet the final decision... Okay, probably, you can already tell."
Maya seems to be really thinking, not trying to give the words importance.
"Are the buildings here very old?"
Everyone, including Tatsuya, nodded in response to Maya's question.
The equipment used by the Yotsuba family for the most part consisted of what was left of the Fourth Laboratory after World War III. Although preventive maintenance and repairs were performed on a regular basis, no one could deny that in general the equipment was out of date and incompatible with the modern era.
"However, just sorting out the existing equipment and replacing it with a new one will be very difficult."
This time, only Tatsuya and Katsushige nodded.
Among the equipment received in wartime there were many rare components, of which replacements are almost impossible to find. Fears that after a complete update of the equipment some studies may be interrupted, were quite understandable.
"That's why I thought it would be better to build a new experimental facility on Miyakijima."
"So you got the army's consent to abolish the jail entrusted to us?" Yuka asked. Unlike Katsushige, she was not informed about this plan.
"Officially, it will still function for some time. Also, new facilities will be nominally called defense laboratories."
"Would it be a problem that the so-called defense forces laboratories will in fact be the property of the Yotsuba family?"
"All the details are already negotiated."
It seems that, without considering it necessary to explain what kind of negotiations they were, Maya looked from Yuka to Tatsuya.
"Better let's hear the continuation of Tatsuya-san's report. It seems that it was called "Gatekeeper". Tatsuya-san's magic that neutralizes magicians. Can it be used by other magicians other than you?"
"The sequence of magic still needs improvement, but magicians with a good predisposition to mental interference magic, in theory, will be able to use it right now."
In addition to Maya, Yuka and Fumiya showed great interest. Among the living members of the Yotsuba family, these two had the highest abilities in mental interference magic. Although their skills were still inferior to their parents' generation, in terms of talent and potential, the two competed for 1-2 place among the whole family.
"Could you translate it into code?"
"I brought it with me."
Coding created the description of magic through the activation sequence. In most cases, a new magic is created in the magician's imagination.
At the moment, this is the biggest obstacle and bottleneck for those who want to share magic skills, because specialized skills are required to describe the magic algorithm in the form of an activation sequence.
However, for Tatsuya to develop the code for the activation sequence of the new magic, there was no difficulty. Maya knew this, so she asked about the availability of the ready activation sequence.
"I see. Will you transfer it later to Hayama-san?"
"Of course."
"Yuka-san. Take a copy of the activation sequence from Hayama-san."
"I understand."
"I think further improvement of Gatekeeper can be entrusted to the Tsukuba family. Tatsuya-san, do you mind?"
"Of course, I do not mind."
Tatsuya from the very beginning did not intend to keep "Gatekeeper" a secret. Because he knew that she could not hurt the magicians, who had an order of magnitude higher than the usual psion reserve, such as Miyuki and himself. He did not want to disclose it to everyone, but he intended to share it with the Yotsuba, at least.
However, Tatsuya did not have a predisposition to mental interference.
He used "Gatekeeper" with the help of his other ability. He himself was not suitable for working with mental interference magic. Therefore, the decision to leave further work on improving the magic to the Tsukuba family, which has many users of mental interference magic, looked reasonable. Thinking it over, Tatsuya nodded.
Only Fumiya had a slightly disappointed face, but apart from Tatsuya, no one else said anything. It seems that everyone decided that the events in Okinawa should not be discussed anymore.
"So..." After taking a sip of tea, Maya continued, changing the subject.
"Further, I would like to hear details about today's meeting."
"Of course."
When Tatsuya's story reached the point where he mentioned that they wanted to make Miyuki an advertising face that would work on the image of the magicians to improve public opinion, an atmosphere of indignation began to build around Fumiya and Ayako.
"Already many people treat us like friends. Is it not better, at last, to show the world its seriousness?" Yuka said sarcastically. The word
"world" used by her meant "magic world," that is, the world community of magicians.
"Whether we like it or not, we do not need any unnecessary actions."
Katsushige responded briefly to Yuka's words. Although he was thinking in the opposite direction, it was clear that his feelings were also hurt.
"Tatsuya-san, the Yotsuba family supports your decision. We simply ignore this and all subsequent plans trying to use Miyuki-san."
There was no irritation or anger in Maya's voice. However, there was no room for misunderstanding in her words.
"You are not even worried about a possible confrontation with the other 27 houses?"
Even under the pressure of Tatsuya's difficult question,
"Yes."
Maya answered quickly and without hesitation. Perhaps Maya in advance foresaw the plan of Saegusa Tomokazu, that is, the Saegusa family.
"Can we just ignore it?" Asked Fumiya. It seems that he meant whether it would be normal not to respond with counter actions to attack opponents.
"Of course, we will not sit quietly if they attack us."
Maya's answer implied a ban on creating conflicts first. However, Tatsuya's behavior at today's meeting, where he refused to cooperate, fell under Maya's policy of ignoring it, because it was clearly provoked by the other side. You can even say that he was forced to do it
"But do not relax. I think you understand that we are not invincible. It cannot be said for sure that a Yotsuba magician will absolutely always defeat the magician's of another family."
Although it was not read by face, it was not difficult to guess that everyone was thinking that "it's too late to say that". However, one could not say that in their minds there were no such arrogant thoughts as "we will never lose."
"Special attention should be paid to the families Juumonji and Tooyama.
And also Kudo Minoru."
Most did not understand what she meant. Only Tatsuya and Katsushige were not surprised by Maya's words.
"Kudo Minoru... Second-grader from Second High? Is he such a formidable opponent?"
"Last fall, he helped in Zhou Gongjin's case, and he is undoubtedly an enemy, demanding special vigilance." Tatsuya answered Yuka's question. But he was surprised by the answer Katsushige, and not Yuka.
He read the report on the case of Zhou Gongjin and knew about Minoru's cooperation. Indeed, there he was rated as a magician with high combat performance. Perhaps its danger at the level of Yuki or Fumiya.
But Katsushige did not think that Tatsuya would lead him by the nose, saying that the enemy "requires vigilance."
Nevertheless, he showed no doubts. Doubt in the abilities of Minoru means doubt in the words of Maya. For the first time you can still get forgiveness, but the second time you cannot wait for mercy. Katsushige could not have known this. But that's why his doubt was not lost, and firmly entrenched in his mind.
"I saw the strength of the Juumonji family during the Yokohama incident. Does the Tooyama family have the same level of strength?"
It seems that Miyuki decided to change the subject to stop Katsushige, who at any moment could say something superfluous.
"The official line of research for the Tenth Laboratory is "magic with a large coverage area, creating virtual structures," but the real goal was to create magicians, which will be the last line of defense of the central government. The "products" of these studies, the Juumonji and Tooyama families, received combat power, placing them on a completely different level than the rest of the 25 houses."
When Maya talked about 25 houses, it was not a mistake in her calculations. Among the 28 houses, the Juumonji, Tooyama and Yotsuba families were those they consider "different."
"The last line of defense of the central government? Not the entire capital?"
From the published results of the Tenth Laboratory's research, one can easily remember the key phrase: "In case of emergency, the magicians of the Juumonji family will be the last line of defense of the capital." This means that if the magicians of the Juumonji family are on guard, they will be able to prevent even a direct attack on the capital. This was the basis of Miyuki's doubt.
The magic of the multiple barriers of the Juumonji family is not very suitable against infantry, but manifests itself fully against mobile troops, aviation and missile weapons. Their powerful magic barriers boast of the power to stop not only artillery shells and large bombs, but also hypersonic missiles and even tactical nuclear weapons (although they are in fact prohibited).
There is no need to encircle the entire metropolitan area with a barrier. It is enough to form a barrier on the trajectory of the projectile's flight. If it's a bomb, then you can wrap it with a barrier that will absorb the explosion. And such accuracy, speed and strength are possessed by the magicians of the Juumonji family.
Their characteristics are enough to "protect the city from attack," so they can be called "the last defense line of the capital."
However, Maya said that the real purpose of the Tenth Laboratory is
"the last line of defense of the central government." If this is not just a play on words, then the magic that the Tooyama family possesses will be different from the magic of the Juumonji family.
"Yes. It seems that Miyuki-san does not know. The magic of the Tooyama family is designed to protect people."
"I did not know either. So, the magic of the Tooyama family is designed for personal protection?"
Asked by Yuka, Maya shook her head imperturbably.
"Not personal. To protect a group of people, it creates for everyone an individual barrier. This is the magic of the Tooyama family."
"Simultaneous targeting? Or is it a Multiple Casting?"
"I do not currently know such details." With a smile Maya answered the question of the interested Fumiya.
Tatsuya felt that further questions to Maya might turn out to be not good.
"I understood. We will interact with Juumonji, Tooyama and Kudo Minoru with extreme caution."
He intervened in the ongoing conversation, bowing his head showing his consent. Perhaps Katsushige like Tatsuya, realized the danger so he did not continue to talk about the magic of the Tooyama family.
"And yet, is it really good to adopt a policy of one-sided confrontation?
I cannot accept the plan to use Miyuki-san as an advertisement, but I do not think that completely refusing to cooperate with other families in the fight against anti-magic movement is a good idea."
Instead, he expressed concern about the appointed policy of disobedience.
"If there is nothing more, there will be no confrontation... But cooperation is impossible, until the other side apologizes? Because they wanted to use the next head of our family. This is the limit."
Katsushige responded to Yuka's speech with a surprised face.
"Yuka-san... Why are you so belligerent?"Setting the conditions is, of course, good, but when it comes to isolation, the balance will clearly not be in our favor."
"Is that true?" Those who expressed their disagreement with Katsushige's rather judicious opinion were Fumiya, not Yuka. "Isolation from the whole of society is undoubtedly fatal. However, will isolation only from the society of magicians somehow harm us? Moreover, the conversation is about the problem of isolation only within the framework of the 28
houses, which are only a small part of the magical community. There is no reason to be afraid of such isolation."
Fumiya's arguments proved to be compelling. It seems that this was the thinking of a young inexperienced person when unnecessary details were discarded.
"Society", which provides the Yotsuba family with the products of civilization, is indispensable. And the magical skills necessary for their existence, like magicians, they have enough of their own. The Yotsuba family had the power to defend itself only by themselves, even in the event of a conflict with the Stars from the USNA, which have a reputation as the world's strongest magician unit.
"In case of emergency, even if it comes to total war with other Numbers, all the forces of the main and branch families should be thrown to the support of Tatsuya-san and Miyuki-san."
"My instructions do not change. Completely ignore all plans for turning the next head into an idol. In case of an attack, you can answer at your discretion."
It is unclear whether she supported the last utterance of Fumiya, but with these words, Maya put an end to the discussion of this problem.
His shoulders rose and fell to the beat of his heavy breathing. His legs almost did not obey and could hardly stand on the floor. However, the light of fighting spirit has not yet extinguished in the eyes of Saburou standing in front of Erika. These eyes were not looking with malice. He merely watched.
Erika's lips curved in a smile. And the next moment her silhouette disappeared. The image of the knife fell from Saburou's belt.
A dull sound was heard twice to the left of Saburou.
Starting to move to the right, Saburou turned to the left. A wooden sword with a length of wakizashi, which he held in his right hand, he exposed in front of his face.
Erika's wooden sword touched the wrist of this right hand.
"Well, it's much better than before."
After Erika lowered her wooden sword, Saburou also left the fighting stance.
There was no pain from the received impact. After fights began with Leo, the long training with Erika was only now completed.
This could be called an additional occupation. Erika tried to attack at a level of strength just slightly above Saburou's skills, and Saburou, using his psychokinesis, tried to slow Erika's moves and get a chance to counterattack. And this has been repeated many times.
Since he did not receive any real blows, there was also no need for medical magic. However, he had to constantly move all this time, so now all the muscles of his body ached from spasms.
"Okay, we'll finish up for today. I will not tolerate negligent work."
"...Thank you very much!"
Because of fatigue, the language of the bowed Saburou twisted, and his words sounded like "Spa... shoee."
When he lifted his head, Erika had already disappeared from the dojo. It looks like she went to the shower.
Saburou's body collapsed to the floor, as if he had been paralyzed. Leo seated in the vicinity, looking at the half-chilled Saburou, thought about Erika.
The training that Erika appointed Saburou was not her style at all. Leo could not tell what was going on, but it was clearly different from the approach to his training technique "Usub Kagero."
Erika took helping Saburou's very seriously. She wanted to give him the power, not skills.
At least, so it seemed Leo.
And this, in Leo's opinion, was not in the style of Erika.
Leo came to the Chiba dojo, because he was asked to become an opponent of Saburou in training. Leo himself believed that it was rather
"forced", rather than "asked." Therefore, since Saburou's training ended, he no longer had any reason to remain here. Leo said goodbye to Saburou who was still unable to get up, and went to the shower room for the dojo pupils.
The last time Leo was deceived and he came across Erika in the bathroom. At that time, the compensation for seeing Erika's body wrapped in a towel was such that, compared to her, the cauldron in hell would seem like a cool bath. Although he thought that he was lucky enough to get rid of it easily, he swore to himself that "the second time it will never happen again."
In the distant past, the dojo adhered to the rules of "taking a cold bath when sweating," but in the present era, a modern hot shower is simply irreplaceable. The huge Chiba family dojo has a shower room, where there are ten fully enclosed shower cabins in a row.
The problem is that there is no division for the male and female areas (and most of the students are men), but there is no reason to worry about spying, since the cabins are locked from the inside, and there is enough room to change.
In addition, women were allowed to use the bathroom of the main building, so the shower room of the dojo in fact was used mostly by men.
Only one booth was occupied. Not caring about this, Leo walked into the next booth with a bag of change clothes in his hand.
Without much fuss, in automatic mode, it took him about three minutes.
Just standing, smeared with all the universal liquid soap-shampoo and quickly washed off the sweat. He massaged his hair with his fingers, and while washing his face with his hands, the rest he left to the shower machine, thereby he quickly finished taking a shower.
But the automatic shower cabin was only for the washing of the body.
Drying off and changing clothes were also necessary. Having included these actions in the total calculation, he left the shower cubicle 5 minutes after entering.
On the opposite side of the shower walls was a mirror, and next to it was a simple dressing table. Leo usually just wiped his hair, but today he suddenly wanted to use a hairdryer.
Now he was in a T-shirt and shorts. The jacket remained in the locker in the dojo. Now, in the middle of April, on the street in this form it will be pretty cool, however here, in the shower room it was warm, because the heater worked.
Perhaps, because of the relaxed atmosphere, he succumbed to the temptation. Standing in front of the mirror, he strained his biceps. The kind of strong hand was enough to satisfy the pride of the young guy.
Feeling better, Leo, who had only strained his right hand, added a left.
He puffed out his chest and bent his elbows over his shoulders and stood in the most famous pose, called "Double biceps in front".
Then he put his hands on his waist, and straightening his shoulders, stood in the pose "Wide back muscles in front."
The developed latissimus muscles of the back formed the shape of an inverted triangle (the shape of the letter V).
Then, slightly bending forward, taking his fists slightly forward from the waist, straining at the same time the muscles of the arms, chest, shoulders and neck, this was the "Most Muscular" pose.
Leo returned to the original pose with one right hand raised, looked at that hand and sighed contentedly.
"...What are you doing?"
"Ueeaa!?"
Leo, who had lost his alertness, did not notice Erika reflected in the mirror until she spoke.
"Yes, and you took a hair dryer."
Leo, who was flushed, hurried to turn away. In addition to the thought that he was found in this shameful activity, there was something else.
"W-why are you in this form!?"
Leo simply could not look directly at the reflection of Erika in the mirror in such an unseemly appearance for a girl.
She was wearing a T-shirt, the length of which was barely enough to cover her breasts. And from below there were only short tight shorts, covering the legs only slightly at the base of the thighs. The slender waist, arms and legs, as well as the skin on the top of the chest (so called "décolleté zone"), reddening from the rush of blood, were completely naked.
"Ha-ha? It's a normal look when you get out of the shower. All the necessary clothes are on me."
"T-this I understand! B-But why are you here...!?"
"Why not? I was too lazy to go to the main building."
Saying this in a tired voice, Erika sat on a stool next to Leo and held out her hand to the fan.
"Well, do not you want to dry your hair quickly now? It looks like your wonderful behavior has already subsided."
"N-no, I, perhaps, I'll go!"
Leo threw the hair dryer in a sharp movement, quickly turned and walked towards the exit from the shower. Seeing the departing Leo, Erika shrugged her shoulders. Having finished drying her hair, she threw a robe over her T-shirt and shorts and went to the extension, which plays the role of her room.
At a meeting that continued with tea drinking, the theme of Tatsuya's report flowed into the story of a magical attack that was supposedly
"Tuman Bomba."
"That is, even Tatsuya-kun could not recognize the user of this magic?"
"Yes." Tatsuya confirmed Katsushige's guess.
"But if this magic was "Tuman Bomba", then..." Katsushige thought for a moment, then expressed his thoughts. "...This means that the New Soviet Union has really begun to implement the ultra-long-range auxiliary targeting system in practice."
"Auxiliary targeting system in ultra-long range... Like the Third Eye, used for the Material Burst?"
Katsushige nodded to the inquiring Yuka.
"Although, because of the supposed properties of this magic, the accuracy of aiming, like the Third Eye, is not needed. On the other hand, it seems to me that the computing power of just one magician will not be enough to compute the copying of an infinite number of magic sequences, changing the values of variables for simultaneous activation.
I think they use a complex system that includes a large computer that helps with calculations."
After the first sentence, the rest he spoke, turning to Maya.
"Really. Tatsuya-san, what do you think?"
"I think that's a reasonable assumption. Moreover, when using a large CAD that has such integrated functions that allow all variables to be preliminarily entered into the activation sequence, the load on the magician must be heavily reduced."
"That is, the magician will only have to count the ready activation sequence?"
"Even reading the activation sequence can be automated."
"Does all this really reduce the burden on the magician?" Yuka expressed her doubt about the discussion of Maya and Tatsuya. "After all, if magic is activated by automated reading of the activation sequence, then the magician can get into a situation when the finished magic will exceed his capabilities?"
"Magic, beyond their abilities, simply will not activate. Although, if you use the "Sorcery Booster", then, perhaps, it will." There was no hesitation in the voice of Tatsuya responding to Yuka.
"Speaking about the amplifier, did you mean " Sorcery Booster", which was distributed by the Hong Kong mafia? Was not the organization that produced them destroyed?"
"This does not mean that the manufacturing method was lost. Well, all this are of course just guesses."
"That's right."
It seemed that Yuka still wants to say something, but the tone of Maya's response made her retreat.
"I'm also interested in how this magic works, but there is a more urgent question..."
Finishing her sentence, Maya looked at Miyuki with the question "Is it interesting, did she understand?" in the view. Perhaps there was some teaching lesson for the next head.
"I think the most urgent task is how to protect ourselves from magic, which is supposedly "Tuman Bomba"."
Fortunately, Tatsuya had already told her about it last night, so Miyuki was not troubled to answer. Maya nodded in satisfaction. She did not know that Miyuki's answer was actually overheard from Tatsuya, or she did not care that you can get answers by fraud.
"To begin with, let's put aside the question of whether the magic that generates a detonating gas and explodes it is Tuman Bomba. How would Miyuki-san defend herself against this magic?"
About this Tatsuya also gave her a lecture, only on the way here on VTOL, not last night.
"If you can predict the activation time, then I think it can be stopped by the "Freeze Flame". But to catch the right moment is a rather difficult task..."
"Freeze Flame" is magic that prevents a fire, keeping the temperature of the target object below a certain level. Even if the "Tuman Bomba"
magic combines hydrogen and oxygen without application of heat, the synthesis still releases heat, which can be stopped by the "Freeze Flame", which is precisely designed to prevent heating.
"Understood. What about Katsushige-san?"
"Hmm... I think, depending on the scale of the attack, I can get by using the "Density Manipulation" to isolate the oxygen from the hydrogen immediately after their creation, thereby causing an error in the logic of the attacking magic and forcing it to fail activation."
"What does Fumiya-san think?"
"I think I will not be able to do anything other than trying to protect myself with a barrier, but my sister's "Perfect Diffusion" will probably be able to prevent the activation of the magic."
One by one, the so-called detoxification facilities gradually created an optimistic atmosphere.
"It is theoretically possible to neutralize with the help of "Density Manipulation" and prevent activation with the help of "Perfect Diffusion", but..."
At this point, Tatsuya intervened with criticism.
"As Miyuki said, the main problem is whether the moment of activation of the enemies magic can be guessed. This high-speed distribution of magic sequences by copying, I for convenience called "Chain Casting". I believe that it will be quite difficult to have time to call up your magic before the end of the call of enemy magic."
"However after all this, supposedly Tuman Bomba requires water on the whole area of the attack zone? On the sea or the lake everything is clear, but on land it is necessary to create first a fog or a puddle of water? I think, in this case, to some extent it is possible to predict the attack in advance."
This time, Yuka spoke in an unexpectedly serious tone. However, Tatsuya refuted these arguments without saying anything superfluous.
"If I were the user of that magic, I would just wait for a rainy day. We are in Japan, not in the desert in the Middle East. Finding the opportunity will be easy."
Yuka only shrugged her shoulders. Tatsuya could not understand whether she expresses any meaning in this, or does not think about anything at all. He only worried for a moment, and decided to give up thinking about it.
"Chain Casting copying is extremely fast. If the right moment cannot be precisely determined, it is better to be protected by barrier magic if possible."
When the words "Barrier Magic" sounded, the views of all those present, except Tatsuya and Miyuki, involuntarily rushed behind Miyuki's back.
Standing there and kept silent all the time Minami cringed under the gaze of five people.
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