Chapter 176. Four vs one


    Once again, the year passed by quickly as First High School gained the undisputed first ce in the Nine Schools Competition.


    However, this first ce wasn''t as easily won asst time due to the fact that all automated sequences using Sequence Casting and the God series were banned.


    In face of this, Rei onlyughed before making weakened versions of these sequences that only required the users to manually activate the sequence. However, they didn''t need to do the aiming since the sequence would do it for them.


    At first the authorities ssified this as automated sequence using Sequence Casting and tried to ban it. But Rei held a public lecture exining the new type of casting he created. ''Visual Thought Conversion'' It has two stages with thest one being a big stage. The first stage was to have a sequence recognise the thoughts and visualisation the user had, and the second step would be to act upon the visualisation. The only downside to this was that the user had to make sure that they had a thorough understanding of what they were doing for it to work more effectively and with more diversity.


    To work around this, Rei had made specialised CAD''s that worked as a second brain after he had inputted the required sequences. Thus, resulting the user having to only activate the sequence.


    This allowed Rei to walk around the rules ced and still allow First High School to get first ce easily.


    The directors had a meeting about this and came to a conclusion.


    "Fucking ban Rei Yotsuba from the Nine School Competition!!!"


    Hearing the news, Reiughed harder as it was Tatsuya''s turn to shine next year anyways. Having studied under Rei when they were at home, Tatsuya had discovered more of his potential since he was able to build his ideas without the need for countless prototypes.


    It was also this year that the government decided to give Rei his own ssification. ''Alpha ss Mage''. The stage above strategic ss mages. One can only be an Alpha ss Mage when they reach an abnormal point of control over the information ne.


    By rights, Tatsuya could also be ssed as an Alpha ss Mage due to Rei''s teachings.


    In addition to this, ''Taurus Silver'' announced to the world that he would be working together closely with Rei Yotsuba. This was mostly due to Tatsuya''s sequences slowly baring high resemnces with Rei''s sequences. Rei was against this at first, but Tatsuya insisted since Rei managed to help him learn more about the information ne.


    Faced with the constant pestering, Rei gave up and allowed it.


    On a more important note, Rei''s ability to cultivate no matter what he was doing allowed him to break through to Divine Rank 6 and 7 consecutively just before the end of the second year.


    [Name: Rei


    Age: N/A


    Combat Rank: Divine Rank 7 (10%) New!


    Current Combat Rank: World (High Tier)


    Body rank: Divine Rank 8 (96%) New!


    Soul Rank: Divine Rank 9 (28%) New!


    Will Rank: God -> High God (9%) New!]


    Whilst Rei was teaching and training, his enemies weren''t quiet either.


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    "We can''t let this continue."


    "Un, if this goes on for longer, the impact he would have on our society would get bigger. The future consequences would be higher as well."


    "But you should know that he''s an Alpha Ranked Mage. We may have three Artificial Strategic ss mages, but I don''t think that''s enough."


    "Of course it isn''t. But he is in the end, just a single person." A person narrowed his eyes.


    "Are you saying..."


    "We''ll have to attack the entire city. He would have two choices. A- protect the people around him. B- protect himself. If he chooses A, we can kill him with Valkyrie. If he chooses B, we kill the people around him."


    "But wouldn''t that be against what we''re trying to do?!"


    "Yeah! Isn''t that just mass genocide?! Do you think a person like him, a Yotsuba, would care about people around him?!"


    "Then what do you propose? This is a sacrifice we have to make for the future generation to be safe! And also, we don''t necessarily have to worry since we got a few patrons to help us fight against Rei Yotsuba."


    A few of the members had heavy faces as they knew the pressure that came from fighting against a person like Rei. It''s either they win, or they die. There was no grey area for them.


    "How many Valkyries do we have avable?" A person asked.


    "We have all 50 Valkyries. However, the output might not be as expected since we had to push forward with their construction."


    "That''s fine. Any longer and it wouldn''t matter. Is n Zero ready as well?"


    "No, it''s roughly 80% done."


    The person frowned as n Zero was their guarantee in killing Rei. They couldn''t cut corners in the preparation of this n.


    Sigh....


    "Just get it done as fast as possible."


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    Rei was currently having one vs four against Tatsuya, Miyuki, Yaiba and Harumi. The four of them had to steal his blindfold whilst fighting against him.


    This was to train how well they could use their abilities that Rei had given them. Tatsuya with his Nano Series, Miyuki with the Jotunheim Series, Yaiba with the Nine des and finally Harumi with the Extremities of the Elements.


    Miyuki''s Jotunheim Series was a set of sequences specifically designed to revolved around her arsenal and innate affinity towards Ice. The series would plunge the target into a world of Darkness and Ice. They would lose both their sigh and senses as the temperature would numb their sensations.


    It worked simr to Harumi''s Extremities of the Elements but revolved around more crowd control. It was her request as itplimented extremely well with Tatsuya''s Nano Series. The time taken for him to create anything was a tad too long for practical use, so Miyuki''s Jotunheim Series bought the time he needed.


    The spell worked with a mix of both perception blocking and a domain. The domain is where she would be able to control all the Ice avable and the perception blocking would confuse the enemy to the actual size of the domain. They would think that they had been teleported to a whole new world. The basic theory was heavily inspired by the reality marble mages have in the fate series which caused Rei to chuckle slightly as he realised just how much he had been basing his sequences on the fate series.


    Nano Series was simr to Unlimited de Works. The Nine des worked as Noble Phantasms. The Extremities of the Elements and Jotunheim Series worked as Reality Marbles.


    Following this trend, Rei decided to do something outrageous just to test how far he could go with the information ne. He managed to create a simr concept to the throne of heroes.


    Reading the historical Eidos codes of this world, Rei incorporated his Instant Cast whichbined different sequences to formte the effect. The result was outstanding as it was literally the Throne of Heroes of this world.


    The only problem was that it only has the information from the past and not the future. In addition to this, all types of mythologies were recreated ording to their descriptions. Rei didn''t publicise this as it was just too shocking.


    Even he didn''t expect the theory to work as he had over a few billion ''servants'' stored in his version of the Throne of Heroes.


    Back to the spar, Rei currently had a smile on his face as he was ''trapped'' in Jotunheim.


    There was the asional gun shot as Rei dodged easily. It didn''t matter which direction it came from, but it felt like the domain and perception blocking had no effect.


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    "Miyuki, uncle is able to read the information ne much better than me so anything such as perception blocking doesn''t work on him. Try focus on attacking while I try to finish the blueprint of this rail cannon." Tatsuya said as his face was currently dripping with sweat. It was taxing on him to construct the weapon whilst shooting at Rei from as many angles as he could.


    "I think sensei has already discovered the cannon. Try mix it up a little. I know sensei taught you some sequences and methods of formting the sequences so try surprise him. Me, Harumi and Miyuki will keep him upied while you do this." Yaiba said as Tatsuya nodded.


    "Good luck senpai." Tatsuya said whilst Yaiba turned to Harumi and Miyuki before nodded.


    Getting a positive response, Yaiba summoned two God Series. The Athena system and the Hermes system.


    A shield and spear appeared in his hand as a light gold pair of shoes covered his feet.


    Harumi reinforced the spear with her Extremities of the Elements coating it with lightning and fire.


    Miyuki, on the other hand, made an ice barrier of sorts that would take a certain amount of damage.


    Yaiba charged towards Rei as he kicked up a cloud of dust behind him.


    Due to the Hermes System, Yaiba''s speed had increased exponentially and could have sudden moments where his speed surpassed sound.


    *BOOM!


    The impact caused a shock wave to st around them as Rei pinched the spear tip.


    "Ai, not a badbination. But you should know that even though the shield of Athena has no upper limit, the drain of your psions per attack it defends against grows as the force behind said attack increases." Rei smiled giving the shield a powerful punch causing Yaiba to retreat slightly with gritted teeth.


    Taking advantage of his current speed, Yaiba shed around Rei as he would attack every so often.


    Rei was nonchnt as he blocked each spear attack with his fingers.


    Flowing into a handstand, Rei kicked towards Yaiba once more who blocked with the shield.


    *BANG!


    The ground cracked slightly as Yaiba gritted his teeth.


    Quickly flipping backwards, Rei avoided the sudden shows of Ice and Lightning.


    Yaiba quickly dismissed his two systems as a bow appeared in his hands. Instead of shooting a sun and attacking Rei with multiple shots, Yaiba opted for a single powerful shot.


    *BOOM!


    The bright arrow shot towards Rei with incredible speeds. The arrow would normally cause even people with sunsses to close their eyes from the brightness, but Rei only smiled.


    Stamping down, Rei caused a wall of void ck metal to rise up blocking the arrow.


    The sudden wall in front of the arrow caused a giant expanse of shadow to appear behind Rei.


    Yaiba appeared behind Rei through the shadows using the Hades System and cut towards Rei with the scythe.


    Bending his body back quickly, Rei avoided the de when he saw another Yaiba about to grab his blind fold.


    ''Hermes was also known as the god of trickery which is why I incorporated the doppelganger projection sequence into the System. Who knew he would use it like this?'' Rei though with a smile a Yaiba used two god systems together simultaneously to bring out the most of their benefits.


    Snapping his fingers quickly, Rei caused two shock waves to suddenly appear between him and Yaiba forcing him backwards.


    While he was restricted on the spells and sequences he could use, Rei had to admit Yaiba was doing much better than he had anticipated.


    "I''ll admit, I didn''t train you for nothing. You''ve shown a great deal of improvement." Rei smiled as Yaiba scratched his head bashfully.


    "If I didn''t get better, I wouldn''t be able to call myself your student." Yaiba said as he got into abat stance again.


    "But I have to say, it was a correct decision for Miyuki and Harumi to transfer their psions to you through the sequence so you could handle the constant use of the god systems. With stronger enemies, tactic that involves rushing the enemy with countless weak attacks no longer work and you have to go with quality over quantity." Reiplimented.


    "However, it still doesn''t hide the fact that you''re buying time to Tatsuya over there." Rei continued as he pointed urately to the Rail Cannon that had just finished being built.


    Yaiba only smiled as he quickly used the Hades system to appear besides Miyuki and Harumi.


    "Tatsuya fire!" He called out as reinforced spear shot towards Rei. The spear held enough kic energy to pierce 1/5th of the way through the mantle of the earth instantly.


    Rei smiled as his arm was covered with a ck shiny material.


    *BOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!


    Punching directly against the spear, the floor behind Rei was shattered instantly due to the power released.


    Tatsuya suddenly appeared behind Rei as he grabbed towards his blind fold.


    ''So he managed to figure out teleportation.'' Rei thought with a smile.


    Manipting the properties of the spear, Rei caused several tendrils of metal to wrap around Tatsuya and restrain him.


    Teleporting away, Tatsuya returned to his spot whilst panting slightly.


    The end result was still Rei''s victory.


    "Haaa.... In the end you''re still the most abnormal out of all of us sensei." Yaibained as heid on his back due to fatigue.


    "I''m not abnormal, just too strong for your level." Rei smiled as he fixed the field they were sparring in. Right now it looked like a war zone as there were craters littered everywhere.


    "Yeah and that''s what people call as abnormal." Yaiba retorted as Rei nced over.


    "I can''t help but feel like you''re growing more of a pair now ah?" Rei said as Yaiba smiled.


    "I know you don''t mind it." He replied as Rei only shrugged. He wasn''t wrong, it did make his life in this world a little bit more interesting.


    "Also Tatsuya, good job on teleporting sessfully." Rei smiled as Tatsuya only sighed.


    "it is still in the theory stages. Right now I had to use regrow on myself twelve times during those two teleports." He replied.


    "We can sort out the safetyter, but just being able to teleport urately ismendable." Rei said giving his shoulder a pat.


    "You start First High tomorrow so make sure you have everything prepared." Rei reminded as Tatsuya nodded.


    "I''ve already prepared everythingst week. You don''t need to worry uncle." Tatsuya said as Rei nodded.


    "As you guys, this is yourst year to don''t ck off either." Rei said towards Yaiba and Harumi.


    "Don''t worry sensei, when have you seen me ck off." Yaiba replied.


    "Plenty of times." Harumi said with a giggle.


    Rei only smiled at the couple.


    "This is also myst year teaching in First High, so I''ll try teach you guys as much as possible." Rei said as they looked towards Rei.


    "Wait howe? Also it''s not like you can''t teach us outside of school right?" Yaiba asked confused.


    "I''ll tell all of you the reason when the timees." Rei smiled towards the four.