8 These Walls

"So, who's gonna be my opponent?"

Lev pointed his wooden sword forward, glancing at everyone. Kinoe who saw that then stepped forward.

"There's no need to rush, Haiba-kun. We still have plenty of time here. Kitahara." Kinoe then glanced at one of the Kendo club members, telling him to be Lev's opponent.

"Me?"

"Yeah, I think you're a good opponent for Haiba-kun here considering you just started Kendo a year ago. Don't be so hard on him." said Kinoe, smiling at the young man called Kitahara.

Kitahara who heard that nodded, he then smiled and stood in front of Lev. The people who were there then stepped aside, making room for the two of them.

"You don't have to worry, I won't be too harsh on you."

" Sure. " Lev said, he then put on a strange stance that made everyone raise their eyebrows.

Standing casually, and holding his wooden sword in one hand. His entire body was so open to attack, in contrast to Kitahara who had a perfect posture, crossed legs and his wooden sword tightly gripped by both hands.

"Huh, so he really doesn't know Kendo at all."

"Even though he's a Bloom, I'm not sure he'll win this spar. His posture isn't convincing and weak."

While Tatsuya who saw that glanced at Erika.

"What do you think, Erika?"

"Hm? You mean Haiba? Well he's definitely an amateur, no one wields his sword in front of an enemy like that except someone in anime and manga." Erika said.

"So you think he will lose?"

"I don't know~, he's an amateur in swordsmanship, but not in fighting. I've shaken hands with him, I know that." Erika said, she and Lev talking to each other in the cafeteria a few days ago.

Tatsuya who heard that agreed with Erika.

' Besides the presence he emits, Its not normal for a highschool student. '

Kinoe who saw Lev's attitude couldn't help but laugh in his mind. After the two people were ready, he then stepped forward to act as a judge.

He opened his mouth in front of everyone, right now they were all interested in the fight between Lev and Kitahara. The clubs demo postponed.

"As I said before, the rules are simple. Whoever hits the opponent first wins, no magic is allowed. Are you two ready?"

"Yes." Kitahara said, while Lev just nodded.

" In that case... "

Silence enveloped the Dojo, as Kitahara stared at Lev in front of him with a piercing gaze.

'His posture is full of flaw, I can just swing my bokken over his shoulder and finish this match quickly...'

Then the last word was spoken.

"...Start!"

Hearing that, Kitahara immediately charged towards Lev while shouting.

"Ha-"

*clack*

Silence.

Everyone including Kitahara fell silent when they saw the tip of Lev's wooden sword suddenly on Kitahara's neck, it happened so fast that everyone had a hard time processing it.

' What just happened? '

Maybe that's what's on their minds right now. Even Tatsuya and Erika who saw that widened their eyes in surprise.

Kinoe was also speechless at the sight in front of him.

"Th-that... The winner is Haiba-kun."

Lev who heard that then pulled his wooden sword from Kitahara's neck and threw it to its original owner. He then turned and walked over to Shizuku before someone clapped. Right now the place was so quiet.

*clap* *clap*

"Amazing, just amazing, look how an amateur destroys you in your area of ​​expertise. Your club is a fucking joke, aint it." Kirihara said, the atmosphere getting even more chaotic.

Lev who heard that just glanced at Kirihara with a flat gaze. While Mibu who heard that, mocked him.

"You say that as if you could fend off Haiba-kun's attack earlier. Moreover, you haven't practiced kendo for several years, Kirihara-kun." Mibu said. He and Kirihara were friends, even though their relationship was now strained.

"Heh, I don't have time to play some kids games." Kirihara said, he then looked at the girl in front of him with a scornful look.

" A kids game you cant play. "

"Oh~... so you want to experience what it's like to face a real sword, Mibu!"

Suddenly Kirihara activated his magic, several yellow magic circles shone on the bokken in his hand, it was an Oscillation type magic called Sonic Blade. Just as the name suggests, it can make any object as sharp as a sword by utilizing the vibrations on the object's surface.

Lev who saw that then prepared to stop Kirihara, before a voice could be heard from afar.

"Stop right there."

The magic circle coiled around Kirihara's hand and his sword instantly shattered into pieces. No one noticed it because it happened so fast except for Kirihara, Lev and of course Kinoe who widened his eyes in surprise.

' Cast jamming!!? How? ' he thought.

And that voice belonged to Tatsuya, he then immediately approached Kirihara and grabbed his hand and pushed him to the ground, making him unable to move.

Everyone who saw that was shocked, but Tatsuya's armband caught their atenttion the most.

"That Black and red armband, the Public Morals Committee!?"

"But how can a Weed become one?"

"Let go of Kirihara, you damn Weed!"

The other Kenjutsu club members then started to activate their CAD's and attempted to attack Tatsuya, but their magic sequences were also destroyed instantly before they could even finish their magic invocation.

Seeing that, Lev smirked.

' What a terrifying ability. Entered the information dimension, changed the magic sequence in it, and canceled all magic activations. ' Lev thought.

Tatsuya's ability is indeed ineffective against Lev, because his Insta-Invocation makes Tatsuya unable to read Lev's information dimension. But this is still a great ability.

Actually there is a way to do it using a rare and expensive material called Antinite. It was known as Cast-Jamming. But it's really hard to get for that reason. Both Cast Jamming and Tatsuya's abilities are classified as Counter Magic abilities.

Although Lev's Hypertoxin can also be classified as Counter Magic, since its use can interfere with the magic activation process by interfering with the Eidos of the magic subject itself, meaning its application is in the physical dimension by manipulating the oxygen.

"On duty, Tatsuya?" said Lev, smiling at Tatsuya.

"Hello, Tatsuya-san." Shizuku said.

"Yes, it looks like you guys got into some trouble, huh." said Tatsuya, he then gave a report about this accident and dispersed the crowd of students to avoid further trouble

He then chatted with Lev and Shizuku for a while before taking Kirihara away.

"Everything's done, want to go for another walk?" Lev asked.

Shizuku nodded.

"Hm, we haven't met with Miyuki yet. And Honoka should also have finished her business."

Hearing that Lev nodded before he and Shizuku walked away. The two of them walked past Kinoe who was still standing there, seeming to be thinking about something.

But when Lev was beside Kinoe, he patted him on the shoulder and whispered. His voice so low, only Kinoe could heard it.

But Lev's whisper is like a giant hammer, Kinoe widened his eyes in shock.

"Tell your brother Tsukasa Hajime to stay away from First High or all his hard work in building his 'Empire' in Japan will be ruined."

And with that, Lev left the dojo with Shizuku beside him. While Kinoe standing there clenching his fists. Blue veins emerged from his head and his anger would explode at any moment. How dare he insult his brother.

' Haiba Lev!! '

***

At night, in one of the rooms in an old unused building. At this moment seen a thin man, wearing a white Trench Coat, he has a weird purple hair. He put on his glasses and crossed his arms.

That person was none other than the leader of the Japanese branch of Blanche, Tsukasa Hajime.

"Sigh, didn't I ask to send a Strategic-Class Magician. Why did that guy send you here instead?"

In front of him was a tall and burly man, towering over 2.3 meters with his muscles poking out of his clothes. He is the perfect definition of Giant, a monster who could crush everything in front of him. He had scars all over his body and his sharp gaze was intimidating.

"That guy... Be careful what you say ant, Zhou Gongjin has absolutely no time to mind your unimportant business so he had to bother sending the only Strategic-Class Magician available in the Great Asian Union here. That's why he sent me, Liu Zhigang to this place."

said Zhigang. He really wanted to squeeze this man in front of him, his gigantic grip might be enough to crush Hajime's skull in an Instant.

"Heh, isn't he planning to go to Japan too. One of his main goals is here, in Japan, the Yotsuba Family, after all."

"..."

Zhigang who heard that fell silent. Hajime's words were true. Zhou Gongjin, the fact that one of the important figures in the Great Asian Union was a high-ranking Blanche would definitely shock everyone.

Zhigang then opened his mouth.

" So what should I do? "

Hajime who heard that answered.

"Your job isn't much, you just need to kill a few highschool kids who happen to come from important families..."

He then smirked, the moonlight Illuminate his face. It was a devil's grin.

"…We will start a war between the Ten Master Clans."