165 Preparation for the competition part 1

Arriving early in the morning, Rei took a leisurely stroll to his office with Fey.

She wore a tight office skirt and shirt along with a white lab jacket. Admittedly she chose a tighter shirt hoping to create more of a bust for Rei to see but alas it failed with her flat board.

She drew countless gazes as her beauty shocked the students. While her body stature was... less mature, her beauty makes one ignore that.

"Oi did demon sensei kidnap someone?"

"Shh! Do you want him to hear you? I doubt he kidnapped someone, but doesn't he know not to bring underage people here."

"Hold up, didn't he say he had a daughter a little older than us? Ignoring her body could she be his daughter?"

"I doubt it since they look nothing alike. Also, can't you see her outfit. Could she be an assistant?"

"Surely not."

"Uuu, master they're calling me your daughter." Fey said out loud as she looked over at Rei.

"Mn. Ignore them." Rei replied but the commotion grew bigger.

"Holy shit! Did she just say master?!"

"Yeah she did! She's his maid?!"

Rei only gave the surroundings a glare as they backed off.

Reaching his office, Rei started to organise his files as Fey stood beside him.

*Knock knock knock

"Come in." Rei called out as Kazuo walked in.

"Who's this?" Kazuo asked as he immediately saw Fey.

"My assistant." Rei replied simply whilst transferring his files he needed into his tablet.

"Master you forgot my role as your cute maid." Fey smiled budging closer to Rei.

"Mn." Rei ignored her as he swung his chair around.

"Do you need anything?" Rei asked.

"Yeah it's about the student yesterday. The one-"

"I broke the knees of? Yeah what about it?" Rei said crossing his legs.

"If you're worried about it just go look in the rules and agreements. Clause 24 section B- Malicious slander which could affect teaching and personal life. It should get them off my back. If not just tell them I belong to the Yotsuba family." Rei replied as Kazuo twitched his smiled a little seeing how nonchalant Rei was.

"But you still shouldn't have done it." He replied.

"So? I could have done worse. I'm pretty sure a broken knee cap is easier to heal than disembowelment." Rei replied as Kazuo thought 'HOLY SHIT!'.

"D-disembowelment?!" Kazuo said as he widened his eyes.

"Don't worry it's not like I'll kill them." Rei said as Kazuo laughed nervously.

"Ahaha.. I see it was a joke since you can't live after being disembowelled." He said as Rei turned to him again.

"Who said so? I got my means of keeping them alive." Rei replied seriously as Kazuo wanted to cry but had no tears. He couldn't do anything either since Rei was the brother of the current head of the Yotsuba family. A professor like him couldn't go offend them

"Anyways you need me for anything else?" Rei asked as he saw that it was almost time for his lecture.

"Ah yes, the school had made a class of forty students for the upcoming Nine Schools Competition, the lecture is just after lunch." Kazuo said as Rei nodded.

"Can you send me a list of all the people participating?" Rei asked as Kazuo nodded.

"Ah right, do you know how I can register my magic sequences?" Rei asked as Kazuo nodded again.

"Just fill in this form and make sure it isn't copied off an already existing sequence and it should be registered under your name." Kazuo said sending a form to Rei's tablet.

"Thanks." Rei said as he stood up.

"Oh, also please try tone it down a little. They're still only sixteen." Kazuo said with a tired smile.

"I'll see." Rei replied without looking back.

Entering the lecture hall with Fey, Rei could see some new faces including Mayumi Saegusa, Katsuto Juumonji and Mari Watanabe. The future/new Student Council president, Club Management President and Public Morals President.

"Alright, today I'm joined by my assistant Fey so ignore her." Rei said straight away as he sat down on the chair and turned the board on.

"Let see, today we have around 200 of you in this lecture hall, 38 new faces and around 50 students who didn't come back. Not too bad." Rei said.

"Right then, so in yesterday's lecture I introduced you guys to my creation, Sequence Casting. For those who weren't here, I've already sent the document and recording for yesterday's lesson to your devices. You can check them when you have some free time. This also goes to other people as well since re-watching my lecture might help since it was crammed with quite a bit of knowledge." Rei said as everyone got a notification on their devices.

"With that being said all of you should know my rules during lectures. Don't talk unless I allow it. Unless it is urgent don't interrupt me, got it? Good. Today's lesson is on real time adaptation of Sequence Casting. Some of you may have thought of this yesterday. Since we make an automatic sequence which runs on itself you may think it would have a hard time adapting to quick changes such as a battle. In which case then you didn't think deeply enough." Rei said as he transmitted a huge diagram of codes and sequences to the board.

"This is the simplified sequence which only covers the basics. I'll go deeper into the codes in future lessons. But anyways I like to call this code Real Time Reaction Sequence or the RTR-Sequence. The way this works is the device this sequence is launched from will spread out a 'zone' which observes your body. This zone is like a skin tight cover of your body and anything connected to you. Don't worry you wouldn't feel anything when you use this." Rei said zooming onto a part of the codes.

"Through this 'zone' there will be several sequences that will activate. These sequences observe your movements and acts upon them. The zone reads muscle movements, eye sight, hearing and basically anything which you use to observe the world around us. Example being if you were to lock down a room using your 'area/zone' using the command 'who ever acts against my intentions shall be paralysed until I release them' and then a new person enters the zone without your knowledge. The RTR-Sequence would automatically register the person and the code would therefore act on them as well." Rei said as he gave the roof a glance.

"So, the students experimenting with how you can escape my influence, too bad." Rei said as he glanced at Fey.

"Catch them." Rei said as his sequence paralysed the two students on the roof.

The rest of the students in the lecture hall looked up to see two students falling before a blur caught them and placed then in the corner.

"Thanks." Rei said towards Fey.

"No problem master." Fey bowed slightly.

"Continuing the lecture, the RTR-sequence will be observing your movements whilst making corrections to the already inputted sequences. As for the psion cost of such sequence is essentially non-existent. The only psion required is to activate the sequence since the rest would be fuelled by the psions in the air. The coding and programming of the sequence is like this...."

Rei continued his lecture on the RTR-sequence for another hour and a half as the two hour lecture finished.

"As I have stated at the start of this lecture, the documents and recording will be sent to your devices. The lecture's over now scram." Rei said as he leaned back on his chair.

Closing his eyes, Rei could hear the students leaving.

"Master would you like a shoulder massage?" Fey asked as she stood near him.

"Sure go for it." Rei said as Fey proceeded to massage his shoulder's. The feeling made him close his eyes as he relaxed slightly.

Opening his right eye, Rei could see the trio, Mayumi, Katsuto and Mari standing in front of him.

"Do you need anything?" Rei asked as he looked at them with his opened eye.

"Yes, we're just asking about the lecture this after noon." Mayumi said with a smile.

"Oh that, yeah I got all the sequences ready except for the one for Monolith Code. I'll have to design some codes for the participants after I see their skill set." Rei said as he waved his hand.

"Oh also, how much authority have I been given for the Nine Schools Competition?" Rei asked as he was thinking about some course two students, namely Harumi since she has a great foundation fit for a lot of his sequences.

"You've been given full authority over the maintenance team for the CAD's as well as adding some of your personal suggestions for the participants. Though I must say it's very shocking for you to come up with codes for every event par from one." Mayumi said as the others nodded.

"Mn, it's easier when you understand the set of rules you have to work around. Anyways, it's quite surprising to see two of the ten master clans in this school seeing as the Third High School has a better reputation compared to First High School." Rei said looking at the three in front of him.

"Same can be said for you Professor Yotsuba." Mayumi replied as Rei shrugged.

"I'm here on my own accord since I've finished my research. I live nearby so it's easier for me to just come to this school. As for my dealing with the Yotsuba, just think of me as a holder of the surname without much to do with them." Rei said with a light smile.

"How can that be? Especially since hierarchy wise, Professor Yotsuba can also be called the current Yotsuba clan head." She replied.

"The title's more fitting for my sisters since they have more dealings with the family. Next class is starting so you should head off. I'll see you three this afternoon." Rei said giving them a small wave.

Waving back, they left the room.

"Wow, Mayumi you surprised me with how composed you were. You know he's technically the Yotsuba clan head as you said right." Mari said giving her friend a glance.

"I wasn't composed at all! Didn't you see how much I was shaking? My goodness the pressure he emits was terrifying." Mayumi said giving her arms a rub since she had some goosebumps from feeling how dangerous Rei was.

"Indeed, my instincts were warning me so much that my muscles tensed up and refused to relax." Katsuto said as he clenched and unclenched his hand to make sure his arm is relaxed again.

"Do you know why he's teaching in this school?" Mari asked as Mayumi shook her head.

"No, my father was surprised as well. The Yotsuba clan is mysterious in their members that we only know a select few. For an important person like Rei Yotsuba to teach in our school is a mystery in itself. My father just told me to attend as much of his lectures as I can since he is a genius in the study of magic." Mayumi said as Mari agreed.

"I had news that the Yotsuba clan are slightly restless since his return was unplanned. Only his sister knew he was coming back. Not only that, but rumour has it that Miya Yotsuba/Shiba is getting weaker and weaker. Her body can't withstand the constant use of her magic, so it is said that there is a chance that she'll die soon. The Yotsuba clan have started to express their desire for Rei to go back but Maya Yotsuba is getting in the way. People don't know why but the most likely guess is that she wants to be the clan head instead, but the rumour can't be trusted." Katsuto said giving the two a serious look.

Lunch passed uneventfully as Rei lazed around in his office.

Giving the codes a double check and making sure that the restrictions are in place, Rei walked to the new class.

"Right then, you probably know me while I don't know you. But what I do know is that I'm meant to help you win the Nine Schools Competition. I made a few sequences yesterday and I'll demonstrate them today. After that we'll be spending the time leading up to the competition training for you to get more proficient in these sequences." Rei said straight off the bad.

"Since we have a lot to cover today let's not waste any more time and head to the field where I'll demonstrate the first sequence." Rei called out as they followed him to the field.

"The sequence is called Bounce Tracker. Shitty name I know. But the main basis of this spell is to help out with those in mirage bat. The sequence will generate bounce pads for the user to rebound themselves off of in mid-air. You also have the choice of making solid platforms instead of bounce pads like this." Rei said as he started to walk up into the air easily.

The students started to clamour as what Rei is doing is very close to flight but not the same.

"People can't see the platforms but the sequence will automatically adjust its location to just under your feat. Fey help me make a few holographic orbs in the air and simulate a Mirage Bat stadium." Rei said as she nodded.

"The bounce pads take are completely safe as they adjust tension based on how much you can handle. When you travel towards a bounce pad, the pad itself is like a cushion that takes in all the kinetic energy before redirecting it. Once your momentum stops, the bounce pad will harden back to its original shape launching you in a direction." Rei said as he jumped slightly on the bounce pad.

"How fast it hardens back to the original shape is determined on how much strain you can handle. The more you can handle the faster you can go." Rei continued as he looked towards the floating orbs.

"I'll demonstrate to you the potential of this sequence." Rei said crouching down on his platform.

"Student Mayumi, are you able to start a timer?" Rei asked as Mayumi nodded. The timer floated mid-air as a countdown began.

3..2..1...GO!

*BAM BAM BAM BAM!

Several collisions could be heard as before they realised it Rei was already high up in the air scoring 28 points instantly.

They saw him crouch once more but facing the ground.

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM

They could barely see a blur as Rei's figure flashed across in the air hitting everything down. In less than ten seconds, Rei had already scored a full 100 points.

Landing lightly back on the ground, Rei tucked his hands into his pockets.

"And that's what the sequence is capable of in its peak. Of course, when you guys use the sequence the speed would be much much slower since you can't handle the force generated." Rei replied. If only they knew this wasn't even a tiny fraction of what he could do with the sequence. Right now, he had restrained himself so they could barely see a blur of his body. Should he go all out, every object in the arena would be hit within a single second.

"The next sequence is for the Ice Pillar Break. I like to call it Element Conversion." Rei smiled as the day was still early. He has much more surprises in stock for them.