The Irregular at Magical Worlds

"You seem a little disappointed!" Mayumi Nanagusa said with a smile.

No, you must have misread it.

"The match is about to start, let's hurry to the venue."

Of course, Kushima Mitsunori could not admit to such a thing, and immediately turned around and left the tent.

{Group ball scoring} is a ball game similar to tennis and short-ball wall ball, but without a serving system.

Each round lasts three minutes, with a three-minute break in between. Each match consists of three rounds.

The launcher uses compressed air to shoot a low-impact ball about six centimeters long. Players score points by hitting the ball onto the opponent's court with their racket or CAD within the time limit.

Normally, this should be a sport in which two players run and sweat on the court.

Because, to some extent, the game of scoring by swarming balls is a sport that requires a higher frequency of casting spells than {Rapid Shooting}.

Therefore, almost all players choose to use speed magic in conjunction with their rackets to hit the ball back to the opponent's court, so as to save energy and avoid having to quit the game midway through.

That's exactly how it should have been.

The current scene shows Mayumi Nanakusa holding a short-barreled pistol, CAD, in one hand, while her opponent is using a CAD that resembles a double-barreled shotgun.

"A contest of wits!"

Kushima Mitsunori muttered something under his breath, then lost interest in the match.

If the girl is skilled in movement magic, even though there's no chance of winning, it could still be a decent and exciting match.

But she actually chose to compete with Mayumi Nanakusa in terms of sheer numbers, to which Mitsunobu Kushima could only conclude that she had lost her mind.

Who gave her the confidence to compete with the eldest daughter of the Seven Grass Clan in terms of intelligence? Didn't she watch the {Rapid Shooting} competition a couple of days ago?

In fact, it was exactly as Mitsunobu Kushima had predicted.

Mayumi Nanagusa stood in the center of the court, using both hands to prop up the CAD and repeatedly pulling the trigger.

The opponent, on the other hand, started looking around suspiciously in the very first game.

Because the situation she is facing now makes it impossible for her to remain calm.

Every time she hits a ball, three balls fly back to her.

The first game has ended, with the score at 21-15.

Judging from the score, this can barely be considered a closely contested match.

You can check the players' status.

She remained calm and even had the leisure to wave to her supporters before leaving the stage.

One player nearly fainted, his forehead covered in beads of sweat, and he was even walking unsteadily when he left the field.

The difference is immediately apparent.

"Thanks for your hard work.";

Kushima Mitsunori first handed the opened bottle of mineral water to Nanakusa Mayumi, and then took a towel to wipe Nanakusa Mayumi's sweat.

"It's too early to say it's tough! The competition isn't over yet!"

Mayumi Nanagusa said with some doubt, because in her opinion, this sentence should be said at the end of the game, but there are still two small games left before the end of the game!

"No, I think the game is over."

"The contestant on the other side is clearly out of ideas. I reckon their school's administrators will soon go to the judging panel and announce their withdrawal."

Mayumi Nanakusa turned her head to look at the judging panel, and sure enough, the leader of the Five High Schools was communicating with the judging panel.

The contestant was slumped on a bench, undergoing a full-body medical examination.

"This is really..."

Mayumi Nanakusa was both amused and exasperated. She had thought this contestant was confident in competing with her in terms of brainpower!

The result turned out to be nothing more than courage without strategy.

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Chapter Forty-Seven: Nighttime Celebration

Night had fallen, and it was already late at night. In order to prepare for tomorrow's nine-school competition, the players should be resting and recharging.

But in the entire dark building, there was one room that was still brightly lit.

Kushima Mitsunori and Shiba Tatsuya sat on the only two chairs in the room.

The six girls, Azusa Nakajo, Suzune Ichihara, Mari Watanabe, Shizuku Kitayama, Honoka Mitsui, and Miyuki Shiba, were sitting on Mayumi Nanakusa and Mari Watanabe's beds, respectively.

"So, to celebrate the president's back-to-back championships in both {Rapid Shooting} and {Group Ball Scoring}, and to Kushima-kun and Kitayama-kun for achieving the highest scores in the {Rapid Shooting} preliminary round, let's have a toast!"

Nakajo Azusa timidly held up her wine glass filled with a beverage and offered a suggestion in a soft voice.

Cheers!

The nine wine glasses clinked together, producing a crisp sound.

"Thanks, but please don't stay out too late!"

"After all, the competition isn't over yet!"

Mayumi Nanagusa took a sip of her drink and then addressed the others.

"It's alright, Mayumi. Everyone gathered here is free tomorrow morning, so even if we stay out a little late, it won't affect tomorrow's match."

"That's good!"

That's right. Apart from Honoka Mitsui, who has a {surfing race} qualifier to play tomorrow afternoon, everyone else is just a nobody.

Azusa Nakajo, Suzuka Ichihara, and Tatsumi Shiba are also technical personnel and are not included in the calculation.

Mayumi Nanakusa's participation in this nine-school tournament is now completely over.

Watanabe Mari's {Surfing Speed} finals are the day after tomorrow, and the {Star-Picking in the Illusion} competition will begin on the seventh day.

Shiba Miyuki's {Illusory Star Picking} and {Ice Pillar Attack and Defense} were both used on the ninth and fifth days of the Nine Schools Battle, respectively.

Kitayama Shizuku's remaining {Ice Pillar Offense and Defense} match was also on the same day as Shiba Miyuki's.

"By the way, Tatsuya, that magic you created for Kitayama today called [Aerial Dynamic Mine] was really amazing!"

Watanabe Mari turned her gaze to Shiba Tatsuya, who was sitting upright in a chair.

"That's right. Several seismic sources are set up in the effective scoring area to generate virtual fluctuations and apply vibration waves to solid objects."

"Instead of directly vibrating the target with magic, it creates a field that rewrites events and applies vibrational waves to the target."

"According to this mechanism, once the wave propagating spherically from the seismic source touches the target, the virtual vibration wave will transform into a real vibration wave inside the target, thereby destroying the target!"

"What an excellent idea."

Even now, when Suzune Ichihara thinks of this magic, she still admires Tatsuya Shiba's genius idea.

Actually, the activation formula for this magic is not difficult to construct; any engineer with a Class B license can write it.

But what Ichihara Suzune found most fascinating was Shiba Tatsuya's ingenious idea. Even though the {Rapid Shooting} competition had been held so many times, everyone's thinking had always revolved around improving the speed and accuracy of magic or enhancing their own observational abilities.

But no one had ever thought of setting up a seismic source point for targeted blasting.

"As expected of Ichihara-senpai, her analysis is truly brilliant."

"However, this is also because Shizuku's processing ability is exceptionally good, which is why she is able to use this magic,"

A faint smile appeared on Shiba Tatsuya's lips, even though he himself could not use the magic he had developed.

As an engineer, he was also pleased that the magic's power could be perfectly unleashed by the user he had chosen.

"Mayumi, I watched your match live today too. Your magic was so smooth today!"

"That's because Guangxuan helped me deal with the residual startup code in the CAD file."

Mayumi Nanagusa was also all smiles; her high school life could be considered quite fulfilling from today onwards.

Since she enrolled, she has won six consecutive championships in the Nine Schools Tournament. Moreover, judging from the current situation, No. 1 High School's performance is far ahead of No. 3 High School, and the situation of a close score that was initially worried about has not occurred.

So she's in a good mood right now.

"Hey! Kushima, do you want to come help out at the surfing race tomorrow? Anyway, Mayumi's race is over, so you're free again, aren't you?"

Ichihara Suzune has set her sights on Kushima Mitsunori again. In fact, his appointment as Mayumi Nanakusa's engineer today was a result of Ichihara Suzune conscripting him.

"Senior Ichihara, please have mercy on me!"

"Besides, you don't have a shortage of technical personnel anymore!"

Kushima Mitsunori immediately and firmly refused, adding that he had only agreed to be a temporary engineer because Nanagusa Mayumi was among the people in charge.

He didn't want to waste his time without Mayumi Nanagusa, and besides, the results at First High School were already very stable, so there was no need for him to take action.

"Really!"

Ichihara Suzune wasn't discouraged by her unsuccessful attempt to recruit him; after all, she was just trying to conscript people. Success was good, failure wasn't really a big deal.

"Well, there's nothing I can do then, Shiba. You'll have to come help Nakajo tomorrow!"

"I understand. So, which contestant will I be responsible for?"

Shiba Tatsuya readily agreed, which is typical of his personality.

Since he has chosen to serve as an engineer at the high school, he will not have any objections to any engineer's work and will definitely do his best to complete it.

"Then please take charge of my CAD!"

Honoka Mitsui stood up excitedly, even jostling Shizuku Kitayama who was standing next to her as she got up, and shouted loudly.

"Then you must be responsible for my CAD work."

"Wait, Honoka. It's very rude of you to be so agitated."

Miyuki Shiba patted Honoka, who had stood up, and spoke in a slightly reprimanding tone.