Volume 24 - CH 1(2/3)
Miyuki, apparently, also feared it.
“We need to think about some countermeasures. She answered with a serious expression of her face.
Needless to say, the first school was not the only place where the media torn. Many reporters also crowds near the work place of Taurus Silver, the office of Four Leaves Technology. There were a lot of reporters, openly removing everything on camera, because there was no need to take care of the privacy of minors. If they were not involved in the media, they could be suspected of interfering in official business.
However, after noon in this frantic activity to gather information came a break. But it happened not because common sense woke up in journalists and reporters.
Two o’clock in the afternoon. The media received a response from FLT with the consent to provide information.
—.. In four days we will hold a press conference of Taurus silver. It will be held on Friday at 10 o’clock in the morning in this building on the first floor, so today we ask you to leave. Those who do not leave this place will be refused to visit the press conference. In addition, if there are complaints about the collection of information not only from the staff of our firm, but also from students of the first school at the National University of Magic, the attendant will also be refused to visit.
After a young office worker in charge of public relations, a loud voice announced the decision, among the press immediately found those who objected to it. In general, they only in varying degrees expressed frustration, but the meaning of shouting was roughly the same.
“This is a violation of press freedom!
It was a boilerplate phrase. However, it was unexpected, but other journalists stopped the onslaught.
They probably thought about what would happen if the press conference was canceled if they were going to have a riot.
Most reporters realized that instead of trying to set up other companies, it would be better to secure their share at the same time.
The journalists gathered in the main office of FLT, exchanging informal phrases with each other, eventually dispersed, without causing disturbances.
Office of Development manager at FLT headquarters. This room was the personal office of Father Tatsuya and Miyuki, Sheba Tacuro. Nominally Tacuro was the largest shareholder and had a luxury office, which was even more than the director of the company.
In this room Tacuro now received a representative of the true owners of FLT, sent from the main house of Jocuby.
-Good work in counteracting the media.
A young man who was about 25 years old, though thanked Tacuro polite tone, but looked like looking down on him.
No, I just gave a couple of instructions on public relations.
Tacuro could not fail to feel disgusted by the fact that he must obey some Iuntsu, who is 20 years younger than him. But he didn’t show it in any way. Regardless of who is the representative, Tacuro not have the courage to show the disobedience of the main family here.
“How humble. But it was pretty fine regulation of the issue. Please continue in the same vein and make the necessary preparations so that there are no extra problems on Friday.
You can rely on me.
Excellent. Good day, then.
Tomorrow nodding, Hanabisi Hyogo wanted to leave the office.
— .. I’d like to ask you something.
When he had already turned around to go to the exit, Tacuro hesitated to called it.
What’s that? “Asked Hyogo, turning on that voice with a slight smile on his face. Tacuro took eyes from the look of Hyogo. He did not ask Tacuro to hurry up and waited silently. When the second hand of the clock managed to make half the turn, Tacuro finally overcame his hesitation and spoke.
What is the main family planning to do with this child?
This kid? Maybe you’re talking about Tacuju.
His lips Tacuro trembled, and he could not answer the question of Hyogo, as if his throat and tongue were unable to work adequately now.
So I’m right? But since I’m a young and inexperienced beginner, I can’t figure out what thoughts our head has on this.
In this polite tone, there was a contempt that “you’re even lower than this rookie.” Tacuro figured it out and started to get out of it.
-In addition, Tatsuya-herself is the groom of the next chapter-herself. Tacuro- donors, with your role, it’s not something that should care about you.
“N-but I am his father!
Tacuro raised his voice whether because he neglected the feelings of the parent to the child, or because he could not endure humiliation.
I know that. What’s the matter?
But whatever he answered, Hyogo did not give meaning to the words of Tacuro.
-when it was decided that Miyuki-itself will be the next chapter, and Tatsuya- herself will become her fiance, the role of Tacuro-donors was fulfilled. Isn’t that good?
-H-what..-Tacuro-donors didn’t like Tacuju-herself? But now you don’t have to behave like a parent or a child anymore?
Tacuro could not object to Hyogo.
“Then, I will give one advice. Miyuki is your daughter, but Tatsuya is not your son. The real mother Tatsuya-herself-is our head-itself. And the real Father Tatsuya—it’s not you, Tacuro-donors.
This was the story that Maya invented to marry Tacuju and Miyuki. But now everything went to the fact that this invention will become the truth.
“If Tacuro-donors showed his love in the role of the parent of Tatsuya-Sana, the main family would respect these bonds. But you rejected Tacuju. The current relationship should be what Tacuro-donors wanted.
Tacuro had no arguments. He could not object to what Hyogo said.
The number of people surrounding the first media school was significantly reduced by the end of the afternoon half of the lessons. But about half of them still remained at that time.
This does not mean that they have abandoned the collection of information. This was due to the fact that the employee of FLT voiced the threat “Those who cause problems in the first school will not be admitted before the press conference.”
In other words, almost half of journalists and reporters did not succumb to these threats. Perhaps most of them just didn’t get the instructions associated with it.
Despite the fact that their number was halved, it was still enough to scare the disciples.
This time there were no magicians among the crowding of the first school of journalists. For students of the first school, capable to use magic, it was strange to fear “ordinary people “, unable to use magic. Among the “ordinary people ” most thought so.
Indeed, if the disciples of the first school use all their power, if “commit an act of violence “, they can easily throw away all these journalists. But as a result they will be declared criminals and expelled from society. But even if it is so successful that they are not blamed now, it is easy to imagine a future in which they are afraid, hated and suspended from them.
The first school students understood that they had no other choice but to live in human society. It was a fear of ‘ pen violence ‘ that could take away their future, where they live peacefully as members of society.
We can’t just break through with force, right?
“Kasumi-chan, don’t say such dangerous phrases.
That’s why I said I can’t.
Answering Izumi, Kasumi again looked at the open space in front of the school gates. They stood at the beginning of a straight road leading from the school yard to the school gate. They hid from the journalists behind a tree and looked at the situation outside.
Is.. Ah, Miyuki-sempai.
Noticing published from the school building Miyuki, Izumi interrupted the conversation with Kasumi. Kasumi continued to watch the media, and Shiina, hidden behind these two, and timidly out to look at the situation outside, after the words of Izumi looked towards the school building.
Miyuki-Sempai, how are you doing? Izumi asked when Miyuki, who was accompanied by mines, approached the distance enough for the dialogue.
-Unfortunately, the director wants to avoid police intervention.
In the voice of Miyuki, responding Izumi, it was not a pity, but a confession that everything turned out, as everyone thought. The point was that the school did not plan to deal with the media.
“Then do we have to be obedient to the hands of the reporters..? “Shiina, who had such a face as if she was now crying, was anxiously asked Miyuki.
-I think that people from the media will not do anything wrong..
The voice of Miyuki lacked confidence. Honest reporters will not use force. But among these reporters could well be present fanatical supporters of the antimagic movement.
Miyuki.
Honoka, going to them through the school yard, called Miyuki. Followed by Shizuku and Mikihiko.
Honoka, how’s the back gate?
Bad. The crowd is such that it will not slip.
“There are even people among them who feel a clear evil. In my opinion, it would be better to refuse the use of the rear gate. -Added Mikihiko after the answer Honoka. Shizuku nodded in support of the words of Mikihiko.
President.
The Chairman of the club management group Igarashi, as well as Tomicuka, Takuma and Saburo, who was not supposed to have a connection with the club management group, were approached by the opposite of the Honoka.
-Chairman of the Igarashi.
Miyuki turned around, hearing the voice of Igarashi. Despite the fact that they have already been familiar enough, Igarashi froze.
Tomicuka, who was more resistant to the beauty of Miyuki than Igarashi, spoke instead of him. But most of all here worried not Tomicuka and not Takuma, and Saburo. He did not even look towards Miyuki, but immediately rushed to Siine, asking, “Are you OK? “.
-We have notified all clubs about termination of activity. Everyone should now be ready to go home at any time.
Thank you for your work. “Miyuki responded with gratitude to the Tomicuki report.
“But what do we do, president?” Even if we go home with the whole crowd, there will still be caught students.. Maybe we should mobilize the guys from the sports clubs to build the walls.
“You can’t make living shields out of fellow disciples. This is gender discrimination, Shippo-kun. -Miyuki politely rejected the kind guys idea takumy.
Shizuku considered the offer takumy “A good idea “, so showed a dissatisfied person after the words Miyuki. Among those who did not support the idea of takumy, there were no other ideas, and all sent their views on Miyuki in the hope of receiving further guidance.
Miyuki deeply sighed, seeing that she was directed also by the views of her classmates and homework, standing in the school yard, and hiding the alley trees so that they could not be seen from the school gates.
But instead of complaining about them, she resigned herself to the idea of “nothing can be done.”
— .. I’ll talk to them.
“You, Miyuki-Sempai!” Izumi shouted with surprise.
Yes. I’ll ask the media people to go home.
It’s dangerous!
I’m against it, too.
After Izumi, Shizuku also tried to stop Miyuki. Since Shizuku was not as perevozbuzhdjonnoj as Izumi, she was more convincing for Miyuki.
I don’t want to do it myself, but can I just stand here and do nothing? I’m the president of the school board.
“But Miyuki and Tatsuya-Sana have a special relationship.
Right. That’s why I should.
Versa.
Versa?
“They have certainly studied the available data and know that Miyuki is a former sister and now a bride of Tatsuya-Sana. It would not be difficult for the media to find out.
Shizuku said an unusually long speech for her intalkativeness. She probably felt the impending danger that Miyuki would come out to the reporters.
Do you realize that’s not normal? If it aggravates the situation, it will not only be your problem, Miyuki.
—.. Are you saying this could lead to a worsening of the reputation of all magicians in general?
-I do not want to admit, but the probability of this is not equal to zero.
The mood of Miyuki worsened. In a sense, she was guilty of her tacuej engagement.
Although Shizuku noticed this, she was not going to retreat. But Honoka and Mikihiko, standing nearby, were very nervous.
“The sense of responsibility Miyuki can be understood. But this time it is better to stop.
Kitayama Ushio, father of Shizuku, is the owner of a large group of companies. When it came to Ushio, even the media hampered, and calls for open attacks became rare. But he was always cautious in counteracting the media.
Perhaps it was her father’s image because she could not consider it. It seems that Shizuku assessed the power of the media so much to be afraid of them more than anyone present here.
“Even if you say so..
Now it is a situation that one cannot do nothing. Of course, Miyuki was going to continue what she took. But she suddenly sent her gaze behind the backs of the reporters, and froze in that position.
— .. Miyuki-Sempai?
Ignoring the voice of Izumi, Miyuki continued to look in that direction, Okrugliv eyes. The voice of Izumi simply did not reach her consciousness.
Feeling amiss, everyone looked where Miyuki looked. Carefully closer, the rest also realized that the car is approaching.
“Is it really..? “Muttered Honoka. She’s not the only one who knew who was approaching this car.
Suddenly Miyuki tried to run to the school gate. But mine stopped her, grabbing behind her arm.
Miyuki surprised. She returned to her self-control, and she realized that she had forgotten. Miyuki smiled at mine, and she let go of her hand and bowed.
Miyuki went calm and mine followed her.
Honoka and Shizuku, Kasumi and Izumi, Shiina and Saburo, each pair exchanged views, and they all went after Miyuki and Minami.
The last went left without attention Mikihiko. Tomicuka and Takuma stayed in the school yard without going out to the alley.
The journalists, reporters and operators gathered at the school gates noticed the approach of the electric vehicle and freed the road. Recently, the police likes to arrest for obstructing road traffic. Although this is a minor violation, it is a clear illegal act, so it will be difficult for the media to file a complaint.
If you are lucky, they can get inside when the electric car will enter. They had even such assumptions.
The electric car stopped in front of the school gates.
With a little delay after that, the other side of the gate came Miyuki and the rest. Few of the reporters and journalists noticed them. The man who came out of the electric vehicle caused a lot of noise among the mass media representatives.
— .. Why..?
Swallowing the phrase “They-sama “, Miyuki said only that. Those who came out of the driver’s seat electric vehicle was Tatsuya.
“You are Shiba Tatsuya-san, aren’t you?”
For media representatives, the appearance of Tatsuya now was quite unexpected. Tatsuya was dressed in the form of the first school and did not use any means of disguise or concealment of the face. If it was a reporter who had already studied data on Tatsuo, he would have unerringly recognized him by appearance. But by the tone of the reporter, who first spoke to Tacuej, it was evident that he doubted.
Yes, it is.
Tatsuya answered in a calm voice. He had a natural tone of voice, and he had no impression that he was pretending not understanding what was going on.
— .. Is it true that you are Taurus silver?
The reporter for a moment was discouraged this imperturbability, which showed that most likely, the interview will not work, but he quickly pulled himself together and demonstrated his excellent ability to be arrogant.
I thought we had already talked to the press?
The Tatsuya response was neither “Yes ” nor “no “.
-On Friday in the main office of FLT will be held a press conference of Taurus silver. If in doubt, ask yourself.
The voice of Tatsuya was loud enough to be heard not only by reporters, surrounded it with microphones, but also by everyone else. Including even the farthest ranges.
Including even those who stood on the other side of the closed school gates.
A press conference? They decided to do it..
The voice of Probormotavshego this Mikihiko was half voshishhjonnyj and half shocked.
Miyuki stood motionless with wide open eyes, and covered his mouth with his hand.
Tatsuya looked at Miyuki. Even if he hadn’t heard the voice of Mikihiko, he already knew that Miyuki and the rest were behind the gate.
“Please clear the way.”
Tatsuya appealed to a group of journalists huddled the gates of the school. He did not shout and did not even speak with an elevated voice. This voice has absolutely no pressure.
But despite this, surrounded his journalists and reporters retreated back, poshatnuvshising and unsolidly standing on their feet.
But some of them still remained before the Tacuej, blushing with shame for their weakness.
So you’re Taurus silver!
Who are you, excuse me?
Tatsuya responded with an indifferent voice to this allegation.
That?
It seems that his question was for the Bonin journalist something unexpected. However, he looked foolish only a few seconds later, then came to himself, and proudly announced the name of one major newspaper on which he works.
Clear. But if you’re not a single journalist, you should have heard from your company.
What to hear!?
The journalist was about 30 years old. Of course, he did not like that the young guy who is younger than him for more than 10 years, behaving so unsuitable. He asked Tacuju in an aggressive manner.
In the eyes of Tatsuya, looking at this journalist, there was no irritation, no anger, no contempt, no pity. In other words, it was a sight equivalent a look at the lying on the side of the stone.
Seeing this view, the journalist did not fall into the frenzy, but trembled. The journalist looked at Tacuju as a creepy creature belonging to another species. If someone had met a harmless man, but then found out that the man was actually different from him, he would have had a similar view, as the journalist now has.
-those organizations that receive complaints about interrogations from first- school students will be denied admission to the Silver Taurus press conference. The FLT should have been alerted.
The wave of confusion spread to the press officers gathered here. Apparently, half of those present didn’t even hear about what Tatsuya said.
It’s only four days. I think waiting so long will not be considered a violation of the freedom of the press.
The words of Tatsuya not convinced the journalists. But stubborn objections did not follow.
Because before they started swearing, they heard a loud clap.
This clap was the sound of the shot. The screeching scream of one of the female reporters was followed.
Reporter, interrogated tacuju, fell, landing on his ass. Tatsuya noticed that he was going to shoot, and pushed the reporter off the trajectory of the bullet.
Tatsuya stood back to the journalist. As if in slow motion, he instantly turned around and caught a bullet with his hand.
After that he pried the left hand fist. A pistol bullet fell out of him.
Reporters standing next to Tacuej, froze, looking at this scene. Some of the reporters noticed that Tatsuya wears black gloves, but it still didn’t explain anything. Even if you wear high-performance bulletproof gloves, they won’t catch a bullet.
A crowd of journalists, reporters and operators threw skelter. People with panic cries tried to escape from Zatesavshegosja in the crowd of the killer with a pistol, resulting in a crush and crush. Some stumbled and fell, but the rest, whether their comrades or rivals, fleeing, just trampled and kicked fallen.
The killer didn’t even look at the runaway reporters. Bloodshot eyes looked only at Tacuju.
Clutching a pistol in his hand, he kept him tacuju.
There were several sounds of shots in a row. Tatsuya caught all the flying bullets.
Needless to say, it was not a simple trick.
Releasing the magic of decomposition in all directions, Tatsuya not rasshhepljal the bullets themselves, and dispelling their momentum (vector) movement forward.
By the way, if you try to deposition too much, then at the point of exposure there is an antiacting force. This will not reduce the damage to the hand pole the bullet. Would not lessen if it was a physical impact.
But for the beginning it is necessary to mention, that decomposition of impulse of a flying bullet without application of external influence is not a physical “phenomenon “. “Information ” that the “bullet pulse dissipates ” existed not only at the point of impact, but also in the entire surrounding space. As a result, the bullets flew to the palm of the Tatsuya already practically stopped.
But the essence of this could only feel the wizards. HID among journalists, a terrorist from the anti-magic movement panicked, seeing with his own eyes such a physically impossible phenomenon for man, as “Catching bullets “.
Even after the shutter stopped moving back (that is, the cartridges ended), he still kept the tacuju in sight and continued to pull the trigger convulsively.
Tatsuya did not try to grasp the terrorist, though he clearly lost his mind and had plenty of open places to attack. So he wanted to show journalists and reporters that it was attacking him, not the other way around.
Tatsuya Eyes looked at the clownery with a senseless pull of the trigger, but his consciousness was occupied with vigilance against possible accomplices. But at this point there were no signs of the appearance of other attackers.
Looks like it was a single criminal. Coming to this conclusion, Tatsuya went to this terrorist.
That man had a bizarre cry. It is not known whether it was possible to call it a cry, because those people who did not see this man, would confuse it with howling stray dog. or c “Howling the injured person ” *.
[Loser, Loser, loser, loser-such values have a used word. But literally it translates “Losing dog “. In English, there is also an analogue with a similar value: “Underdog “.]
Tatsuya made the second step, walking the usual walking gait. The man threw in a Tacuju gun, which ended the cartridges. Tatsuya not even shirked, but the gun flew past him.
Shouting already something more similar to the human language, the terrorist put his right hand in his pocket and took out a short knife.
It was the so-called Bonder Knife, at which at Grip hand the blade protrudes forward a fist. Wearing this was completely illegal, but after using the gun it was silly to think about it.
Although he had a short blade, his length was enough to kill a man. Nevertheless, Tatsuya has made the third step, completely ignoring this blade. Taking another step, he would have already been at arm’s length between them.
But this last step was made by this man, a terrorist. He poised a tychkovym stab at Tatsuya’s belly.
Although it was a surprise for him that he was not in the face, he dodged the blow, leaving the body to the right. At the same time he grabbed the left hand of the man behind the wrist of his right hand and pulled it, returning the body back.
The man lost his balance and fell.
At this point, finally, a guard working in the first school appeared. He slightly opened the gate and climbed into the resulting gap. Naturally, there were no crazy journalists, who decided to take advantage of such a chance to get to the territory of the school.
The guard rushed into place. Prior to the arrival of the guard Tatsuya stood, stepping on the compressive bonder knife the right hand of the man.
Among the USPOKOIVSHIHSJA media staff, there was a noise of voices trying to understand what had happened.
Is it magic now?
“There is no reaction.
Talk about this wording was heard from different directions. Everyone was surprised by the fact that Tatsuya caught a criminal without magic. In fact, he used magic when catching bullets, but the sensors available to those people were unable to detect the magic of Tatsuya.
The magician was catching bullets, not using magic, and defused a man with a knife without getting any wounds. Reporters, operators and journalists were all frozen and stood, not knowing how to understand it.
Tatsuya took advantage of this hitch, penetrated the school gates and brought Miyuki and Minami. He sated them to the rear seats, sat down on the driver’s seat, and drove the car. The reporters reflexively disembarked from the road, letting them pass.
— .. They, when did you get the right?
Miyuki a lot of things to ask, but the first thing she asked was a relatively unimportant question.
There are also other conditions for obtaining driving rights in addition to reaching the age of 18. But unlike in past times, there is now an opportunity to circumvent these limitations. If there is a need to perform work duties, and there is a guarantee from the employer, then, as in the case of the rights to the motorcycle, the right to control the car can be obtained after the completion of compulsory education. For example, Kacuto got the right to manage a conventional car immediately after admission to the first school, under the pretext of the need to work in a construction company managed by the family reveals. These rights are only necessary for management to be a passenger, they are not needed. However, the certification exam is much more difficult than usual.
Tatsuya did not use this exception. His work as Taurus Silver is a secret (now can already say “was secret “), so he could not fulfill the condition “Employer’s guarantees “.
Right after he moved to Izu. After all, the machine is much more convenient in most cases.
“I didn’t even know.. You could have told me. They is so secretive.
Ha-ha, I’m sorry.
Tatsuya turned to so cute obizhajushhejsja Miyuki, and apologized. Of course, he could have afforded it because the car was driving autopilot. After such a minded response, Miyuki finally felt relieved.
—.. But why did you come to pick me up? Why risk and appear before the media?
“Because I thought that Miyuki, as President of the school council, would not be able to resist any action. I couldn’t afford to burden you with such tedious things.
-they-itself..
Miyuki, as usual, made an enthusiastic face, and from the face of mines unnaturally completely disappeared expression.
So, what was your real goal?
When Miyuki asked about the real intentions of Tatsuya, her voice was still slightly intoxicated delight. Mine wide open eyes and blinked as frightened by the loud sound of a dove. It was because she did not expect that Miyuki would doubt the words of Tatsuya.
Hurt. I didn’t lie.
Unlike the contents of the phrase, the voice of Tatsuya was cheerful.
But it’s not just that, is it?
Miyuki also spoke with a smile, but she did not feel deceived at all.
-I had a goal to warn the media. To tell them, that if they will continue to be unceremoniously here something sniff, then in the future will not be able to receive important information. Another goal was also to show that I am not afraid of the media. But the main thing was getting rid of the troubles in which the first school came, and thus to reduce the load on the Miyuki.
— .. I got it. Now I understand.
Implying in the answer that she “did not understand anything “, Miyuki just gave up.
As expected Tatsuya, surrounded first school reporters disappeared. It can’t be said that it was “fast “, but 30 minutes after the electric car Tatsuya left, all reporters and journalists have already dispersed.
There were no reporters who pretended to be gone, but hid themselves and caught the passing pupils of the first school to pry the information. Pupils of the first school (and working staff) were able to return home safely from school.
After all, the threat of losing the invitation to the Silver Taurus press conference proved to be effective.
Dovezja Miyuki to her new home in Tjofu, and having received this information from an observer for the first school, Tatsuya returned to Izu. Those who watched the first school were not Tatsuya himself. Bu-->>