"The fastest magi the world..."

  "3 Mach..."

  Iasaki and Kichijou looked at their best friend, Hiiro Masa, who was lying on Masaki's bed speechlessly, w how this bastard, who often pyed around and tricked them, could have su amazing title all of sudden!

  "Dammit, do oop of my bed!"

  "By the way, when did you start to develop your new magic, Mercury, Masa?"

  While Masaki was a Masa, who ate at the top of his bed, Kichijouji Shinkurou was more ed about when Masa developed his magic. Still, when they saw the fastest magi alive eating the cookie prepared by Masaki's mother zily, they had to admit that they really couldn't believe this news!

  Why the heck did this guy develop such magic all of a sudden?!

  The three of them had been together for so long, and they were childhood friends. Moreover, due to the atta Sado Isnd, their retionship was strohan ever.

  Invasion of Sado.

  The event occurred in August 2092 when the New Soviet Union invaded Sado, Japan. They attacked the facility where Kichijouji Shinkurou's parents worked, and during the event, Masaki and Masa went with Masaki's father to joitle, and they annihited the enemy with rupture.

  Due to this retionship, the three of them have a firm radeship and have been together till now.

  So, there was no doubt when the annou of Masa's new magic was heard by the two, they couldn't tain their surprise and quickly questioned him.

  While Masa didn't say the details of the magic, he firmed that this magic was real and he had bee the fastest magi alive.

  "I have been thinking about developing that magic for a while, and it has only been successful now."

  "gratutions."

  Still, there was no doubt that Kichijouji gratuted Masa with a smile, happy that his friend had succeeded, and Masaki could only sigh when he was ignored.

  "But why now?"

  Somehow, they wondered whether there was a reason why Masa would develop such magiow, all of the time. To be ho, they were ihird year of middle school, and their priority should be the entrance exam to ehe Magic High School, which would be held shortly, instead of developing a new magibsp;

  "Is it because of your family's new venture?"

  Kichijouji came to such a clusion, especially when he khat Masa's family was ready to start a new business.

  To be ho, the magi family, especially the o the top, wasn't poor, but Masa's family was on a different level, especially when it had monopolized the market of cyber security. More importantly, it was also about developing itself into cloud putierprising software, business software, sulting, AI, block, i service, teleunicatiobsp;

  Heck, Masaki, and Kichijouji even heard that the Isshiki Family was about to create a beauty business, which made them speechless.

  Regardless, everyone was clear about the Isshiki Family's magic, which gave them a high expertise in cyber, work, and teology, which made this family an important asset of the try.

  Yet, there was no doubt that this alsht envy from many.

  Masaki and Kichijouji were okay sine was the heir of the Ichijou Family, a member of the Ten Master s, and the other was a genius who had discovered the Cardinal Code.

  However, not many magis lived well si everyone had a great ability, and most of them couldn't even use magistead, many also lost their abilities as they grew older.

  For such people, they had no future, and they also didn't have any specialties.

  Yet, many magis who could use magic or a rge family magi also didn't have much money siheir only ine came from taking a dangerous job such as being a soldier or bodyguard.

  So, the Isshiki Family, who could make a lot of money from their magic, brought envy to many. Not only the magis but also normal people were the same. More importantly, those with high financial capability also didn't like this family, too, siheir business rivate instead of publibsp;

  Yes, instead of sharing the money with everyohe Isshiki Family made the business private, which meant it was monopolized by their family.

  Previously, because of this, Masa and the Isshiki Family khat they had to admit their business into cyber security, so no one could say anything, and everyone also khe excellence of this family in terms of cyber security.

  Yet, oheir busiouched another field, it would be different si would affect the profits of the others!

  After all, the market was limited, and no one had the fideo fight against the capability of the Isshiki Family in these fields!

  So, if there was a way to stop the Isshiki Family, it was only by forbsp;

  By hiring killers or others, they would cause trouble or kidnap their people to make this family bow down.

  With all of those thoughts, the only reason why Masa and the Isshiki Family developed new magic was only one.

  To be a deterrent!

  It was like how a try would develop a nuclear bomb to protect themselves aaken by others seriously; the annou of the Isshiki Family of this new magiown as "Mercury" was to bee the deterrent to the world that their family wasn't something that they could mess with!

  Mach 3.

  If one was fident, could they do anything before that speed?

  Because of that, Masaki and Kichijouji, who had made such a clusion, fell in silend didn't say anything to Masa sihis guy must have been w hard.

  "Don't look at me like that. If you are worried about me, why don't you two develop a Strategic Type of Magic so everyone's attention won't be on me all the time."

  "....." 2x

  "...do you think it is easy to develop a Strategic Type of Magibsp;

  Yet, whether it was Masaki or Kichijouji, they didn't refuse him sihey khat having attention on Masa all the time was tough, and if they wao help him, they should also show their excellence, and naturally, creating the Strategic Type of Magic was the best way.

  At the same time, the two of them didn't want to lose to Masa.

  "If you two are together, I think it is possible," Masa said as he ate Masaki's mama's cookie, thinking that it was so good that he wa Masaki's mama with him to Tokyo wheered the First High School.

  Fortunately, Masaki didn't have mind-reading magic, or else this guy would have killed this bastard!

  Still, whether Masaki or Kichijouji felt a bit happy and shy when they heard Masa's firmation toward them sihey knew well that pared to Masa, their excellence was a bit lower, and if they wao match him, they had to work together.

  Yet, how could they not think so?

  Masa was not only a powerful magi and researcher, but he was also a tough businessman!

  If there was a reason why the Isshiki Family could bee the wealthiest magi family, it was all due to Masa.

  Well, even if the Isshiki Family was the wealthiest magi family, there was still a distanpared to other real, hiddehy families in this try and the world.

  "But since you said so, you must have imagined what kind of magibsp;Masaki use, right, Masa?"

  sidering their previous versation, Kichijouji khat Masa must have thought about what kind of Strategic Magic could be used by Masaki.

  Masaki didn't say anything, and he didn't hide the idea of being a Strategic Type of Magi as he could protect his family, especially from the threat of another try.

  "The Ichijou are famous for their magic that trols the liquid. We use the "Rupture," your family's specialty magic, as a basis to develop a Strategic Type of Magibsp;

  Like the Isshiki Family with its "Nerve Disruption" and "Lightning," the Ichijou Family also had their specialty magic, which was known as "Rupture," a magic that evaporated all liquids within an object.

  Yes, as the "Magi of the Ohe Ichijou Family also had magic that directly interfered with living anisms.

  However, uhe Isshiki Family's focus on bio-electricity, the Ichijou Family's focus was on body-liquid.

  With their magic "Rupture," anything with liquids in their bodies, whether it was a mae or a living being, could all be exploded by the magi of the Ichijou Family.

  So, for such a family, what kind of Strategic Magic was suitable?

  "Use the sea and create a steam explosion."

  This was the ahat Masa came up with.

  Masaki and Kichijouji fell into a daze and thought about the possibility of this magibsp;

  Was it possible?

  Naturally.

  But iy, it wasn't so easy.

  If it was just a simple explosion, then it would have been easy for Masaki to do it, but to make a steam explosion parable to a nuclear bomb, then it would have been a different matter.

  "We're still young, so don't bother to think too much about it. Our focus should be orance exam."

  Masaki and Kichijouji nodded, but then, with Masa's words, they knew which focus of researbsp;they should develop during their high school life.

  "I wonder how high school is."

  "I don't think there is a huge differeween middle school and high school."

  "What do you think, Masa?"

  "I think there will be a lot of cute girls."

  "....." 2x

  If this friend of theirs wasn't so frivolous, it would be perfect, they thought.

  Suddenly, the door of Masaki's room opened, which startled the three of them.

  "Akane, what are you doing?!"

  Masaki looked at his little sister angrily, who startled all of them.

  Yet, Masaki's little sister ignored her older brother and looked at Masa with a panibsp;

  "Masa-nii, are you going to the First High School?!"

  "...." 2x

  Yet, Masaki and Kichijouji were also dumbfounded.

  "MASA, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" 2x

  "...."

  Masa thought that his life in this world eaceful as ever.