Chapter 1816 - Don't Let Them Know, Alright?
Even though Mayumi's event ended, there was still another event on the second day, Haru also took a break and watched this event together with Suzune at the First High School camp.
The next event that would be held was the official for both Crowd Ball for the boys' division and the Ice Pillar Break for the girls' division.
The Crowd Ball for the boys' division would be played by Kirihara Takeaki and the Ice Pillar Break for the girls' division would be played by Chiyoda Kanon.
Haru had to admit that Kirihara's luck was very good since Kirihara's girlfriend was very cute, but he thought it might be the reason that this guy might lose on the event today. As for Chiyoda Kanon, he had a feeling that this girl might become the winner of the Ice Pillar Break.
Icicle Destruction or "Ice Pillar Break" is a game where two players stand on a tower four meters in height, defending twelve pillars contained in a twelve-meter square area while attacking twelve pillars in the opposition's field.
Players compete to destroy the opponent's pillars before their own are broken. There is no need to use the body, since players compete remotely with magic, so players may wear whatever they wish, with the only restriction being that "It Must Not Offend Public Order or Morals".
It is said the Women's Pillar Break has become a fashion show in recent years. Also, it can be assumed that it is the only game where even Lethal Rank A magic can be used due to it not being a directly combative sport.
Unfortunately, Kanon's dress was pretty plain, but Haru wasn't that surprised, considering Kanon had a fiance already. By the way, her fiance was Isori Kei, who was also the engineer on the Nine Schools Competition.
"What do you think of those two events, Haru?" Suzune asked.
"Kirihara-senpai will lose and Chiyoda-senpai should be able to get 1st place in the event," Haru said.
"......" Suzune.
"Well, if Kirihara-senpai can win then it is all good, but if he can't win, then without a doubt, if we have to put all the burden on Juumonji-senpai and Mari-senpai. I don't need much to worry about Juumonji-senpai, but Mari-senpai..." Haru then looked at his tablet, watching the route that Mari had taken on the Battle Board game.
"What have you been watching?" Suzune asked.
"It's Mari-senpai's route from the 1st year until now," Haru said with a frown.
"What did you see from it?" Suzune asked, wondering what Haru had found out.
"Well, hopefully, I might be thinking too much, but almost all of her route isn't that much different from each other, or rather, it is very predictable," Haru said.
"Predictable?" Suzune raised her eyebrow and asked, "Just what do you want to say, Haru?"
"It's just my own guess, but someone will probably try to sabotage Mari-senpai in this place," Haru said while pointing his finger at the sharp turn on the Battle Board's map. "We have Mizuki so we don't need to worry that someone might sabotage us, but what if someone sabotages the other team? Such as making their board move faster so suddenly so it'll collide into Mari-senpai."
"I don't think you need to worry about that, Mari's control over her magic is superb," Suzune said, believing in Mari's ability.
"That's true, I also believe in Mari's ability, so I can guess that Mari-senpai will be able to stop this person who is about to collide with her, but then what if some accident happens in the middle? For example, what if the water suddenly sinks and causes Mari-senpai to lose her balance? Then without a doubt, both of them will collide with each other and Mari-senpai will be hurt," Haru explained slowly.
"How can the water suddenly sink? If there's magic that is used on the water, then someone will realize it, right?" Suzune asked in doubt.
"In truth, I know who has attacked us before," Haru said and didn't answer Suzune's question immediately.
"Who?" Suzune asked with a frown.
"It's a mafia syndicate from the Great Asian Union which is known as No Head Dragon. You should also know that, unlike our country where we excel in Modern Magic, the Great Asian Union excelled in traditional magic, so I have thought that they might use a spirit to cause water to sink," Haru said.
"......." Suzune knew that her man was smart, but this guy was too smart, right? "Just how did you make such a hypothesis?"
Haru smiled at Suzune and said, "It is because I'm a bad guy, Suzune-senpai." He caressed her hair lightly, brushing it with his fingers.
"......" Suzune blushed and lowered her head shyly.
Haru really wanted to kiss Suzune's lips at that moment, but then he said, "I want to kiss you, but this isn't the place. Let's talk about this matter in the room later and let's focus on Mari-senpai now."
"........." Suzune blushed even more, but then she coughed to calm herself and asked, "So why did this organization do this?"
"I have told you the reason, right? It's money," Haru said.
"Money?" Suzune still felt disbelief in this matter.
Haru opened the gambling site on his tablet and explained. "Even though I didn't join the gamble, I still observe the odds and the site. You can see how confident the dealer is for the Third High School to win this competition, but in reality, you can see how the First High School has created a huge gap and become the 1st rank in the Nine Schools Competition, right? If the Third High School can't win the competition, then without a doubt, those casinos that are owned by the No Head Dragon syndicate will lose a lot of money, no, without a doubt, they will go bankrupt." Even though he didn't gamble on himself, he asked a middleman to gamble on the behalf of the Rokkaku clan, and his team also prepared to short sell all the casinos stocks that were owned by the No Head Dragon after his school won the competition.
"So if they don't want to go bankrupt, they will need to sabotage us, they might try to hurt, or kill us in the process," Haru said with a serious expression.
"I need to tell Mari about this," Suzune said with a serious expression and was about to stand up.
"I know, but you need to calm down now." Haru quickly held Suzune's waist and said, "I have uncovered their tricks, but don't let them know about this matter, alright? We need to do it slowly so they will come out and I can catch all of them in one swoop, alright?"
"Un." Suzune also calmed herself, letting her body be hugged by him. She knew that this guy was very bad, but she just couldn't get away from him.
"Well, there's only two of us here, should we continue?" Haru asked in a whisper.
"..........."