The Irregular at Magical Worlds

Kushima Mitsunori said with a frown.

"That's right, and their [siege hammer] is not used on people but on the load-bearing pillars of the wall, which is undoubtedly a foul."

Kitayama Shizuku said angrily, slamming her two pink little fists on the table.

Although she usually had a lot of complaints about Morisaki and his two classmates, she felt angry at the same high school student at this moment.

This is similar to when Balance invaded the campus and misled students. Even though Mitsunobu Kushima had many grievances against those idiots, he was still angry that his school's students were being manipulated.

They even went so far as to subject the master of ceremonies to the cruel punishment of being shaved into human sticks.

"Shizuku, that's too arbitrary of you to say."

Honoka Mitsui said softly, and tugged at Shizuku Kitayama's clothes to signal her to calm down.

"Honoka..."

Faced with her friend's dissuasion, Kitayama Shizuku had no choice but to stop talking for the time being, but judging from her flushed face, she clearly still had a lot to say.

"I have another question. If the [City Hammer] is used on a wall, I think the quantum fluctuations when it's activated should be quite noticeable. I doubt those three would be able to miss it and just stand there stupidly waiting to be smashed!"

Mitsunobu Kushima felt that the suspicious points in this matter were not only about the four high school students using super-standard magic.

"That's because the three of them had already activated the [City-Breaking Hammer] when they entered the arena."

Since Shiba Miyuki didn't have a match this afternoon, she spent the entire afternoon helping out in the First High School's camp, so she was very familiar with everything.

Kushima Mitsuyuki glanced in the direction of Shiba Miyuki and noticed that she wasn't spending time with her brother today. It seemed that Shiba Tatsuya must have gone to the competition with the other contestants.

Seeing that Kushima Mitsunori was looking over, Shiba Miyuki smiled and nodded slightly.

In fact, apart from the students and technicians who are currently competing, all the members of the nine-school team from No. 1 High School are already sitting here.

Kushima Mitsunori, who also nodded in acknowledgment, turned around with a playful smile on his face.

"Has the matter of the four high school athletes sneaking out been reported to the competition committee?"

Kushima Mitsunori actually thought a little deeper; he felt that what the four high school players did this time was very similar to the Balance incident.

"Yes, the competition committee is also quite panicked right now."

Watanabe Mari spoke of the matter with great satisfaction. In her opinion, while the four high-achieving athletes certainly had problems, the organizing committee also bore a great deal of responsibility for the lax inspection of athletes and facilities.

"{Decoding the Secret Tablet} How many preliminary matches are left in our school's competition?"

Although he had some other thoughts in mind, he couldn't say them now, so Kushima Mitsunori decided to finish another matter first.

When the matter was brought up, the three administrators straightened their expressions, saying that it wasn't that they didn't care about the injured student but were more concerned about the school's grades.

However, given the current situation, they have no way to immediately restore the injured students to full health; all they can do now is to minimize the damage.

"There are two sessions left. We're going to talk to the conference committee later to see if there are any solutions."

"However, before that, we need to determine the guidelines for our discussions with the conference committee."

"Should we focus on invalidating the competition, or should we get the organizing committee to agree to let us change the competitors?"

"I'm having a bit of a headache," said Katsutoshi Jumonji.

Although {Decoding the Secret Tablet} was eliminated from the championship at the beginning, selecting these three people would at least be enough to get the runner-up score.

Even though the runner-up only has half the points of the champion, given how closely the scores of the three top teams are now tied, the runner-up in the rookie competition is not to be underestimated.

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Chapter 54 Both Sides Suffer

The fact that the Cross-Character Formation is a headache for people makes sense. The current record of the Three Highs team is {8:0}. They only need to win one more game to break through the qualifiers with a perfect record.

The current record of No. 1 High School is 6:1, and the only game they lost was to No. 3 High School.

To be fair, if No. 1 High School could get the {Secret Stele Decoding} competition invalidated, they would definitely feel like they'd struck gold.

As mentioned earlier, although the initial goal was to win the runner-up position, it may not be easy to assemble a team that can win the runner-up position in the nine-school competition.

Those three were already among the top performers in their class, and both projects were already full with people who were even more outstanding than them, so even if they changed team members, they couldn't find suitable ones.

After watching the matches of Mitsuhiro Mitsuhiro and Shinkyoji Makoto, no one would doubt that those three could win the {Secret Stele Decoding} championship.

However, if they were to actually apply, the three high schools would definitely raise objections because it would be extremely unfair to them.

Judging from the current situation, it is actually easier to apply for a change of competitors.

"Mitsunari, I'm entrusting this matter to you and Nanagusa to negotiate with the conference committee. We can accept whatever the outcome is. Does anyone have any questions?"

After thinking it over, Katsuto Jumonji decided to entrust the matter to Mitsunori Kushima, since the Kushima family, as the local power behind the annual Nine Schools Tournament, would be able to offer assistance.

Therefore, Jumonji Katsuto felt that handing over the negotiations to Kudo Kōsen might yield a better result.

"Okay, then leave it to me!"

Kushima Mitsunori nodded in agreement, naturally understanding the purpose of Jumonji Katsuto.

The other students were also confused, but they had no objection to Kushima Mitsunori being in charge of the negotiations.

As a member of the student council and a direct descendant of the Kushima family of the Ten Masters, and having overwhelmed his opponents with his superior skill in {Rapid Shooting}, the students present already held him in high esteem.

"That concludes the meeting. Meeting adjourned!"

Katsuto Jumonji and Mayumi Nanakusa stood up at the same time.

"Guangxuan, come with us."

Since Watanabe Mari didn't get up as well, everyone knew that this was a matter for the Ten Masters to handle, so they wisely refrained from disturbing him and went about their own business.

Kushima Mitsunori followed the two men into a small conference room inside and sat down.

"Let's not waste any more time. Guangxuan, do you think this matter has anything to do with Balance?"

"Is it possible that Balance is retaliating against our school?"

Katsuto Jumonji voiced the question that had been on his mind, since he had only done his part in the matter.

The details of the incident were all investigated by the Kushima family, and it was Kushima Mitsunori who arrested the ringleader, so he felt that Kushima Mitsunori should be able to find some clues from this incident.

"There's a possibility! After all, I don't think the players from the top four would be stupid enough to commit such an obvious foul!"

"After all, they should have anticipated that this move would be a lose-lose situation and would not benefit them at all."

Kushima Mitsunori had no objection to the analysis of the Jumonji Katsuto, because he also preferred this option.

"Ten-character, Guangxuan. Are you implying that the students from the Fourth High School, like our students, were manipulated by mind-control magic and that's why they did these things?"

Mayumi Nanakusa also suddenly realized and said.

"Well, after all, this explanation makes the actions of the four high-achieving players a little more reasonable."

Kushima Mitsunori nodded.

"But there is still a question. If it was retaliation, why not retaliate against us for hindering their main force? It would be more satisfying to retaliate against us."

Katsuto Jumon crossed his arms and said, a gesture that made his already burly physique appear even more imposing.

"This is indeed inexplicable."

Mayumi Nanagusa was also puzzled by this. It might be difficult to interfere with her and Mitsunori Kushima's "Rapid Shooting" match, but it should be easy to sabotage other matches besides "Rapid Shooting".

"Wasn't our car attacked when we arrived? How's the follow-up investigation going, Jūmonji-senpai?"

"Those kinds of assassins shouldn't be something that just any organization can train."

"Unfortunately, although the police contacted me afterward, they didn't find anything substantial."

Katsuto Jumonji said regretfully that he hadn't taken the matter seriously at the time, so he left it entirely to the police.

If he had known this would happen, he would have asked his family to help him deal with it.

"In that case, I'll find someone to handle it!"

"I think these two things should be connected."

Katsutoshi Jumonji nodded. The spheres of influence of the Nanakusa and Jumonji families were in the Tokyo and Kanto regions.

The Kushima family, being the local strongmen, would be a better fit here.

However, Kushima Mitsunori planned to go directly to Kushima Retsu to ask about this matter. He believed that Kushima Retsu was definitely investigating it as well, since with Kushima Retsu's insight, it was impossible that he couldn't have discovered the clues in this matter.

He also planned to look for Fujibayashi Kyoko, as the investigation might be faster than that of Kushima Retsu.

"But wouldn't that be too much of a burden for you? Investigating this matter would require communicating with the competition committee."

"Won't this affect your participation in the competition?"

Mayumi Nanagusa looked at Mitsunori Kushima with some concern. Magicians need to maintain a good mental state to cast spells. If they are busy with so many things at the same time, there is a possibility of accidents.

“That’s right. If there are too many things to do, Guangxuan, you don’t need to force yourself. Right now, the Nine Schools Tournament should be the priority.”

Katsuto Jumonji also snapped out of his daze. He didn't want Mitsunobu Kushima to underperform due to poor mental state and miss out on the championship that he was sure to win.

"This doesn't put any burden on me, but I think we need to pay more attention to our other players."

"If the other side really wants to retaliate against our players or use dirty tricks against Yigao, then it certainly won't be just this once."

Upon hearing what Mitsunobu Kushima said, both Katsuto and Mayumi Nanakusa's expressions turned serious.

"That makes sense. It seems we need to remind the contestants to be more careful in the future, since there are quite a few dangerous projects in the Nine Schools Battle besides {Secret Stele Decoding}."

"Looks like I really have a lot to do!"

"Forget it, let's go to the competition committee and discuss it first!"

Mayumi Nanagusa rubbed her temples, saying with a slight headache.

"Ok!"

P.S.: I slightly modified the rules of the Secret Stele Decoding competition, since the protagonist can no longer let Shiba Tatsuya show off!