After I have found their location, then...

On the second day, without a doubt, even if Kirihara had lost in the Crowd Ball event, the First High School left the other school teams with a huge difference, especially when Mari had won the Battle Board game. However, even if they had won, they couldn't show a happy smile since they knew that they had been targeted by the mafia syndicate.

After the second day of the event ended, the teams from the First High School gathered together, especially the members of the Student Council, Moral Committee, and Club Management. As for the rest, they weren't told since it was better there wasn't any unnecessary thought on their minds so they could focus on the Nine Schools Competition, after all, not everyone had a strong mental fortitude, and even if they knew what had happened, they might not be able to do something, only adding more anxiety, so only a few people gathered together, talking the countermeasure that might happen in the next events on the Nine Schools Competition.

"Without a doubt, the ones who have sabotaged us are the No Head Dragon," Haru said to everyone in the meeting room.

"...No Head Dragon?" Mizuki was confused by this name.

"It's a mafia syndicate in Hong Kong. You can say that this syndicate has some connection with us too," Haru said.

"Eh?" Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard Haru's words.

"Remember the anti-magic terrorists of the past? In truth, they also have a connection with this organization too," Haru said.

"........." Hearing those words, they suddenly had a headache.

Juumonji frowned and asked, "Was this revenge?"

"No, it was just that we're unlucky. The business of this syndicate is a casino, and they have just happened to bet on the Third High School, so we, the First High School, who is in the 1st place, become their target since if we win the competition, they might lose a lot of money," Haru explained to everyone.

"Just for money?!" Mari slammed her fist to the table, and she was furious when she thought about what had almost happened to her.

"Calm down, Mari." Mayumi patted Mari's shoulder and looked at Haru. "Haru, do you have a countermeasure?"

"For now, this syndicate won't dare to attack us openly, even Mari-senpai has been sabotaged on the location where there isn't any camera, but if they know that we have realized their plan, then they might send out a magician to kill some of our students," Haru said.

"..........."

Everyone was silent when they heard it.

"For now, let's not do anything until I have found their hiding location," Haru said.

In Juumonji's eyes, there was a killing intent, but it was quickly hidden, and he said, "I'll also ask the army to help us with this matter, and when we have found them..."

There was no need to say what they were about to do now, the syndicate had planned to hurt them and even kill them, so there was no need to give them mercy anymore.

"Mizuki, I know that it'll be a tough job for you, but I hope that you can always be with the participants and the engineering team so you can check whether there's a staff that has sabotaged our CAD, especially after Mari-senpai has won the Battle Board, we have distanced our gap with the Third High School, and I'm sure that they'll become impatience, and might start to sabotage us aggressively," Haru said.

"Yes!" Mizuki nodded without hesitation. She had been using her eyes for the past few days, and fortunately, she didn't see anything.

"Say, Haru, in the worst case, what will happen?" Erika asked. She was also a member of the Moral Committee, and with her connection with the police, she was a great help in this matter, so she was also in this meeting.

"Worse case, they might send a suicide attack with a bomb to cause chaos in the Nine Schools Competition, so it'll be stopped, and the bet will be null," Haru said with a serious expression.

"......" Hearing Haru's words, they had a chill since they had never expected that someone could be so vile just for money.

"I know the situation is serious, but I won't let anyone be hurt in this Nine Schools Competition, so don't worry and do your best in the competition," Haru said.

Hearing Haru's words, they somehow felt very secure and warm.

"Oh, right, before the end of the meeting, I want to remind you that if you want to eat, it is better to eat together with the members of the Third High School and if possible, you should be careful with your food, least that you might be poisoned," Haru said since he knew that the terrorist was very simple and very crude, so the way that they sabotaged them would be by either poisoned, sabotaging the CAD, or sending out a suicide attack like what they did before.

After the meeting, they went out to their room since they needed to rest.

Haru walked with Mizuki, looking at her small body that was trembling slightly. He asked, "Mizuki, are you scared?"

"Ah!" Mizuki was startled, but then, she nodded, since she knew that everyone's safety was on her hands at that moment, and if she missed...

When Mizuki was in doubt and hesitant, her hand was grasped by Haru.

"Don't worry, I'm here with you, so you don't need to be scared," Haru said gently.

Mizuki was surprised. Her face was covered in blush.

"I believe in you, and that is also the reason why I have brought you here, but it is also because of that it is my responsibility to protect you, so don't hesitate and ask for my help if you need it," Haru said.

"Um." Mizuki was shy, and her heartbeat was moving very fast, but she nodded. "I - I'll ask you!"

Haru nodded and had to admit that this girl was very cute, but he couldn't eat her since he needed to do something else first. He thought that this mafia syndicate was only a coward that didn't dare to do anything extreme since there was Kudo Retsu on the venue, but he thought that this old fart name might have been long gone, and it was better to deal with this mafia syndicate by himself so he could do this Nine Schools Competition peacefully.

'I have to find their location first, then...'

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The third day ended peacefully without any problem, and Mari, Juumonji, and Kanon won on their respective events all without trouble, but they weren't drunk with the success and quickly focussed on the day after since on the fourth day, the first rookie event would start, and it was the day when Haru would show his skill as an engineer for the first time.

The score that would be gotten by the rookie event might be only half of the official event, but the importance of this event was also important.

Honoka, Erika, and their group gathered together in the audience seat to watch Shizuku, who was about to enter the Speed Shooting event later.

Mayumi, Suzune, and Mari were also the same since they were curious about how well Shizuku was with the CAD that was managed by Haru, but when they thought that they were about to watch the event peacefully, they didn't expect that there was a trouble that happened on one of their players.