"Because of all the “accidents” Tatsuya asked Haruka, the school counselor in charge of their class to research where the base of the “No Head Dragon” was. She asked him why and he answered it was just insurance…to calm his mind by knowing where he would need to attack if it became necessary. It hasn’t been said before, but she is actually a “secret agent” from the public safety department working undercover in the school. She has also received Yakumo’s ninjutsu training (much less than Tatsuya). Since Yakumo would reveal her secret identity to Tatsuya, but would not reveal his to her, she more or less understands Tatsuya is above her in the “power/authority chain” to the point that she even served as a carrier for him
Haruka brought Tatsuya 1 coat and 1 mantle that were later found out to have some magic circles in the fabric to boost the magician’s ability. The student council wasn’t sure they were legal in a match, but he had again used loopholes in the rules. Mayumi was really worried about Tatsuya’s wellbeing and explained to him that he had already fulfilled his duty. By advancing to the semifinals, he had already gathered enough points as a whole for the school to win the points in the “new comer” division. He really didn’t intend to win at this point, he just wanted it to finish without getting injured so that his “self-healing” ability wouldn’t trigger in front of a crowd. However, as he was leaving Miyuki approached him and told him that even though she knew he couldn’t use most of his power in the match, and even though she knows she is part of the reason why he can’t use his power (no details given as to how exactly she limits his power), she still believes he will win. After that, losing was no longer an option for Tatsuya.
And so... on the day of the match, Leo and Mikihiko showed up on the stage wearing one of the clothes each. While most of the crowd was interested in how the clothes worked, Erika was just laughing her ass off. After calming down, Mitsuki told her that she wasn’t sure how the clothes worked, but a lot of “spirits” where gathering round Mikihiko. By the way I should mention that Mitsuki has been little by little gathering the courage to remove her glasses (good for her… not so much for Tatsuya). As soon as the match started, the crowd went , “OHHH!”. The reason was that even though both team bases were hundreds of meters apart and normally only reachable with a long range type CAD, Tatsuya and Masaki were already attacking each other accurately. Masaki kept using his “explosion” magic modified with the “cylinder” magic I explained previously. Tatsuya had 1 gun CAD with the “magic demolition” spell and the other had a vibration spell. From the very beginning, Tatsuya’s goal was to get in Masaki’s close range so he kept advancing towards him while destroying Masaki’s explosions before they even happened. Cardinal noticed the magic on the 2nd gun was different and was really surprised Tatsuya had been able to change the magic+tune a CAD within such a short time. A lot of important people had come to see this match specifically because of Tatsuya’s magic. Magicians can see psions and to them the spectacle that takes place every time Tatsuya blew away Masaki’s spell was like a fireworks show. On top of that, it’s very difficult to see this magic in action since most magicians can’t use that magic at all, and even those who can are limited to 1 shot a day. To see a high school student use it continuously was very surprising. Among those that went to see the show was Kudo, the advisor of the country’s magic defense department. He used to be considered one of the top magicians in the world when he was in active duty (now an old man but still holds great respect+power). As Tatsuya got closer to Masaki, it became more difficult to predict and cancel the magics before they activated, so Tasuya had to start using his body to dodge them as well. While that was going on, Cardinal had gotten close to school 1’s base and was in battle with Mikihiko and Leo. Cardinal managed to land his spell on Mikihiko and he fell to the ground as if someone was pressing his chest against the floor. Just as Leo was about to land his attack on Cardinal, he suddenly went flying and got knocked unconscious thanks to Masaki’s intervention. However, that small distraction was used by Tatsuya to finally close the gap with Masaki and get into close combat. At that moment, Masaki felt immense fear; like his instinct was telling him the person in front of him was too dangerous. In the middle of his panic Masaki released 16 attacks with each having more power than the rules allowed. It was explained at this point that depending on the magician, each spell has a level of “strength” and that in order to blast away even 1 of Masaki’s spells required more energy than most magicians could gather in an entire day. Even then, Tatsuya stuck to his word of not using his “disintegration” magic and managed to blow away 14 of them. Just after firing the spells, Masaki had noticed he had used too much power and when the 2 shots hit Tatsuya he knew he would be disqualified for over attacking. However, in that fraction of a second while he was thinking about that, Tatsuya’s regeneration kicked in and brought his conscience back (he had received enough damage to break few bones and bleed severely) Before Tatsuya even noticed he had been knocked out, he was already conscious and healed while Masaki was still a bit shocked from using too much power. Tatsuya took advantage of that, got close to him and launched a punch which Masaki instinctively dodged. As soon as his hand was near Masaki’s ear, he flicked his fingers and a big BOOOMMM was heard in the stadium. Masaki fell to the floor unconscious and Tatsuya fell to his knees."
100% written by raptorfalcon. It was done well enough that if I wrote another one, it would be a waste of energy and.... the quality of mines would at best be the same. I guess I need to mention that there were 3 other Monolith Code rounds that Tatsuya swept through before meeting the Crimson Prince and Cardinal George. I kind of skipped right to the Finals.