Unfortunately, in the first match, First High was forced to withdraw in
the middle.
Tatsuya departed First High's pavilion that was currently suffused in a
gloomy aura and made his way to the CAD examination pavilion
staffed by the board.
He left Miyuki in the player's resting area — even in the pavilion, it
still counted as a "room".
Based on the modus operandi, it seemed highly unlikely that they
would strike in two consecutive matches, and they hadn't directly
assaulted the players themselves. On the other hand, players usually
focused all their attention on the upcoming match rather than worrying
about details like mechanical inspections and the sort. Tatsuya adopted
a similar line of reasoning with his companions.
CAD examination was a procedure that had been repeated numerous
times in the past few days and should be the area of least hassle or
concern. However, his optimism died the moment he plugged the
CAD into the examination device.
This behavior was completely impulsive.
The moment the board member took the CAD from his hands and
connected it to the examination device and started operating the
controls,
Instantly, he detected the anomaly, and by the time he realized this...
His hand had already dragged the man across the table and thrown
him violently to the floor.
A pained shriek rang out.
Immediately afterward, an angry roar — to be precise, it was the
guard who let out this angry roar — rapidly approached.
But, even hearing this sound was insufficient to halt his intentions.
A suffocating aura of killing intent stopped the footsteps in their tracks
and draped the scene in silence.
This was the manifestation of the last remaining remnant of his
"sincerity" (emotion-wise).
"...You've severely underestimated me!"
The painful groan was likely a biological reaction because of the
increased force from the kneecap pressed down on his chest.
The board member that was thrown to the floor was so terrified of
Tatsuya's demonic aura that his teeth weren't even chattering and
could only lay there with spasms breaking out over his face.
"Did you seriously think that you could tamper with Miyuki's personal
effects and not rouse my ire?"
Despite hearing this, any third party unaware of his family situation
could not comprehend his meaning.
At the same time, even if that was the case, no one would fail to
understand—
The sinister smile on his lips.
The board member who was on the receiving end of this violence had
touched that which cannot be touched — the scales of the dragon.
Completely ignoring the crowd around him, Tatsuya coldly spoke to
the man crumpled on the floor.
"What did you plant inside Miyuki's CAD during the examination?
That's not a typical virus!"
The man's face shook even harder now. This level of terror and despair
went beyond someone looking Death in the eye. This was the face of
the condemned being read their sins in the depths of hell.
"So, this is how you tamper with the CAD software. Owing to the
rules of the competition, no CAD can avoid coming through this
bottleneck."
In the crowd of security personnel who arrived to subdue Tatsuya, the
foremost one overheard Tatsuya's muttering and sucked in a breath.
He turned his gaze on the man responsible for CAD examination who
was currently subdued by Tatsuya. The officer's eyes gradually
switched from watching a victim to gazing at a potential suspect.
"Still, you aren't the only one responsible for all the shenanigans
during this competition, are you?"
Under Tatsuya's knees, tears trickled out of the corner of the man's
eyes as he weakly shook his head.
"Oh? You choose silence?"
Tatsuya expressively formed the fingers of his right into a karate chop
before the man's eyes.
The finger tips approached the man like the fangs of a snake.
Tatsuya's right hand slowly stalked towards the fallen man's throat.
Seeing this, everyone present was mesmerized by the sight and, for
some reason, they were all thinking about the same thing.
They were visualizing the same event.
The young man's fingers would easily tear through this piteous
sinner's skin, gouge out the throat, and pass merciless judgment amid
a sea of blood...
"What is going on here?"
Just before this tragedy could play out to its inevitable conclusion, an
elder's composed voice released everyone from their stasis.
There was no sense of intimidation or majesty; instead, the voice
passed over them like a spring breeze as it swallowed the towering
murderous intent and neutralized it.
"—Kudou-sama!"
His demons exorcised, Tatsuya reined in his demonic aura, retracted
his hand and knees before rising to bow towards Elder Kudou.
"My terrible apologies. I have disturbed you with an unsightly
display."
"You are — First High's Shiba-kun. Yesterday's match left an indelible
impression. So, what's going on here?"
Feeling Tatsuya retract his fangs, someone sought to arrest the young
man responsible for this chaos, but a colleague in the front ranks who
overheard Tatsuya's words restrained him.
"Due to the illegal activities directed towards our school's CADs, I am
currently interrogating the apprehended suspect."
"Is that so."
Anyone who had been held in place by his demonic aura and
murderous intent knew this was a lie.
Interrogate wasn't going to cut it.
However, Elder Kudou chose not to pursue that issue and merely
inclined his head at Tatsuya's words.
"This is the CAD that was tampered with?"
"Correct."
The old Magician once known as the "wiliest" removed the CAD from
the examination device and held it before his eyes before nodding in
agreement.
"...Indeed, an abnormality is present. I've seen this before. While I was
still in the service, during the battles in the East China Seas, the
Magicians in the Guangdong Army used this sort of Golden Electron
Silkworms."
As he said this, he directed a chilling gaze towards the man on the
ground.
This cold voice sent the man crawling backwards.
"Golden Electron Silkworms pass across connections to invade
electronic devices. It's a SB magic that disables precision weaponry."
SB Magic was the name given to magic that used self-regulated
immaterial existences, also known as "spirits", as a medium. Elder
Kudou briefly recalled his experiences and slowly unmasked this
magic.
"The silkworms don't rewrite the process itself. Instead, they interfere
with the output signal and may even alter the signal. This delays the
spell activation by hampering the electronic mechanism without
triggering the OS or anti-virus programs. Prior to identifying the
Golden Electron Silkworms, our forces suffered terribly under its
effects... Were you aware of this?"
"No."
At Elder Kudou's inquiry, Tatsuya avoided any unnecessary movement
and maintained an "at-ease" stance as he replied verbally.
"This is the first I've heard of the term Golden Electron Silkworms.
However, I immediately detected a foreign element intruding on the
system I designed."
"I see."
Hearing Tatsuya's words, Elder Kudou revealed a delighted smile.
Still, by the time he turned his gaze on the perpetrator, this smile had
morphed into a predatory smile that a veteran Magician of a hundred
battles turned on a hapless foe.
"Now, where did you come across the spell for Golden Electron
Silkworms...?"
With a screech, the spy attempted to flee the scene, but was quickly
brought down by the guards who originally came to arrest Tatsuya.
Unfortunately, in the first match, First High was forced to withdraw in
the middle.
Tatsuya departed First High's pavilion that was currently suffused in a
gloomy aura and made his way to the CAD examination pavilion
staffed by the board.
He left Miyuki in the player's resting area — even in the pavilion, it
still counted as a "room".
Based on the modus operandi, it seemed highly unlikely that they
would strike in two consecutive matches, and they hadn't directly
assaulted the players themselves. On the other hand, players usually
focused all their attention on the upcoming match rather than worrying
about details like mechanical inspections and the sort. Tatsuya adopted
a similar line of reasoning with his companions.
CAD examination was a procedure that had been repeated numerous
times in the past few days and should be the area of least hassle or
concern. However, his optimism died the moment he plugged the
CAD into the examination device.
This behavior was completely impulsive.
The moment the board member took the CAD from his hands and
connected it to the examination device and started operating the
controls,
Instantly, he detected the anomaly, and by the time he realized this...
His hand had already dragged the man across the table and thrown
him violently to the floor.
A pained shriek rang out.
Immediately afterward, an angry roar — to be precise, it was the
guard who let out this angry roar — rapidly approached.
But, even hearing this sound was insufficient to halt his intentions.
A suffocating aura of killing intent stopped the footsteps in their tracks
and draped the scene in silence.
This was the manifestation of the last remaining remnant of his
"sincerity" (emotion-wise).
"...You've severely underestimated me!"
The painful groan was likely a biological reaction because of the
increased force from the kneecap pressed down on his chest.
The board member that was thrown to the floor was so terrified of
Tatsuya's demonic aura that his teeth weren't even chattering and
could only lay there with spasms breaking out over his face.
"Did you seriously think that you could tamper with Miyuki's personal
effects and not rouse my ire?"
Despite hearing this, any third party unaware of his family situation
could not comprehend his meaning.
At the same time, even if that was the case, no one would fail to
understand—
The sinister smile on his lips.
The board member who was on the receiving end of this violence had
touched that which cannot be touched — the scales of the dragon.
Completely ignoring the crowd around him, Tatsuya coldly spoke to
the man crumpled on the floor.
"What did you plant inside Miyuki's CAD during the examination?
That's not a typical virus!"
The man's face shook even harder now. This level of terror and despair
went beyond someone looking Death in the eye. This was the face of
the condemned being read their sins in the depths of hell.
"So, this is how you tamper with the CAD software. Owing to the
rules of the competition, no CAD can avoid coming through this
bottleneck."
In the crowd of security personnel who arrived to subdue Tatsuya, the
foremost one overheard Tatsuya's muttering and sucked in a breath.
He turned his gaze on the man responsible for CAD examination who
was currently subdued by Tatsuya. The officer's eyes gradually
switched from watching a victim to gazing at a potential suspect.
"Still, you aren't the only one responsible for all the shenanigans
during this competition, are you?"
Under Tatsuya's knees, tears trickled out of the corner of the man's
eyes as he weakly shook his head.
"Oh? You choose silence?"
Tatsuya expressively formed the fingers of his right into a karate chop
before the man's eyes.
The finger tips approached the man like the fangs of a snake.
Tatsuya's right hand slowly stalked towards the fallen man's throat.
Seeing this, everyone present was mesmerized by the sight and, for
some reason, they were all thinking about the same thing.
They were visualizing the same event.
The young man's fingers would easily tear through this piteous
sinner's skin, gouge out the throat, and pass merciless judgment amid
a sea of blood...
"What is going on here?"
Just before this tragedy could play out to its inevitable conclusion, an
elder's composed voice released everyone from their stasis.
There was no sense of intimidation or majesty; instead, the voice
passed over them like a spring breeze as it swallowed the towering
murderous intent and neutralized it.
"—Kudou-sama!"
His demons exorcised, Tatsuya reined in his demonic aura, retracted
his hand and knees before rising to bow towards Elder Kudou.
"My terrible apologies. I have disturbed you with an unsightly
display."
"You are — First High's Shiba-kun. Yesterday's match left an indelible
impression. So, what's going on here?"
Feeling Tatsuya retract his fangs, someone sought to arrest the young
man responsible for this chaos, but a colleague in the front ranks who
overheard Tatsuya's words restrained him.
"Due to the illegal activities directed towards our school's CADs, I am
currently interrogating the apprehended suspect."
"Is that so."
Anyone who had been held in place by his demonic aura and
murderous intent knew this was a lie.
Interrogate wasn't going to cut it.
However, Elder Kudou chose not to pursue that issue and merely
inclined his head at Tatsuya's words.
"This is the CAD that was tampered with?"
"Correct."
The old Magician once known as the "wiliest" removed the CAD from
the examination device and held it before his eyes before nodding in
agreement.
"...Indeed, an abnormality is present. I've seen this before. While I was
still in the service, during the battles in the East China Seas, the
Magicians in the Guangdong Army used this sort of Golden Electron
Silkworms."
As he said this, he directed a chilling gaze towards the man on the
ground.
This cold voice sent the man crawling backwards.
"Golden Electron Silkworms pass across connections to invade
electronic devices. It's a SB magic that disables precision weaponry."
SB Magic was the name given to magic that used self-regulated
immaterial existences, also known as "spirits", as a medium. Elder
Kudou briefly recalled his experiences and slowly unmasked this
magic.
"The silkworms don't rewrite the process itself. Instead, they interfere
with the output signal and may even alter the signal. This delays the
spell activation by hampering the electronic mechanism without
triggering the OS or anti-virus programs. Prior to identifying the
Golden Electron Silkworms, our forces suffered terribly under its
effects... Were you aware of this?"
"No."
At Elder Kudou's inquiry, Tatsuya avoided any unnecessary movement
and maintained an "at-ease" stance as he replied verbally.
"This is the first I've heard of the term Golden Electron Silkworms.
However, I immediately detected a foreign element intruding on the
system I designed."
"I see."
Hearing Tatsuya's words, Elder Kudou revealed a delighted smile.
Still, by the time he turned his gaze on the perpetrator, this smile had
morphed into a predatory smile that a veteran Magician of a hundred
battles turned on a hapless foe.
"Now, where did you come across the spell for Golden Electron
Silkworms...?"
With a screech, the spy attempted to flee the scene, but was quickly
brought down by the guards who originally came to arrest Tatsuya.
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