"How is that?"

  — we received this information from the second Lieutenant Shauly from the eleventh squad. She noticed anomalies in major Antares and First Lieutenant Sargase, and came to Commander Kanopusu for instructions.

  In the eleventh squad all were good in the magic of mental intervention, but the second Lieutenant Shaul was exceptionally good both in sensitivity to pushionovym waves, and in protection from the magic of psychic intervention. It was quite convincing that she was not invaded by parasites and was the first to notice the strange activity.

  She did it because the commander-in-chief didn't seem to be in her room. -Added Mirfak apologetically tone. He thought that the Lina was unpleasant from the fact that the instructions came not to her-commander, and to the commander of the first squad-Kanopusu. But Lina took it without objection, because she just didn't notice it.

  -Immediately after I and the second Lieutenant Algol arrived on an urgent call to the Office of the Commander, was activated "Garden Hypnos " Major Antares. We were able to avoid the difficulties with the help of the "lunar eclipse " of the second Lieutenant Shauly, but all other people in the residential sector were neutralized.

  Used by Antares "Garden Hypnos " is an external systemic magic, Usypljajushhaja people within their area of action. The force of coercion of this magic is not so big, because it targets at once to the uncertain large quantity of people dispersed on an area of action. For example, she will not be able to lull a soldier who is in a state of increased activity during the fight. However it is very effective in cases when it is necessary to prevent awakening of already sleeping people, or it is necessary to lull just birches or very tired people.

  On the other hand, used by the second Lieutenant Shauloj "Lunar eclipse " is a defensive magic, forcing to lose a goal at the mental level and thus neutralizing attacks by the combat magic of psychic intervention, which in America is called "Lunar Magic ".

  Assimilation with the parasite she also escaped due to the reflexively activated "lunar eclipse ".

  — ... What are we going to do now?

  Lina could do nothing to her voice trembling with anxiety. She always acted with the support of the stars. And in the present situation she could not hope for it. It was the opposite: she had no outfit, no money, and the enemies, most likely, will be the magicians of the Star class.

  When Mirfak already wanted to answer the question of Lina, a ringtone of an incoming message was heard from his chest pocket. Mirfak switched the car control to autopilot and took the terminal out of the chest pocket.

  His finger was moving for a long time, apparently, for a decryption message. The cipher seems to have been quite complex.

  Finally, deciphered the message, Mirfak read it with a serious person. Having finished reading, he handed over the terminal Lina.

  Commander-in-chief, these are instructions from Colonel Balance.

  Passing the terminal Lina, Mirfak returned to the manual control of the car.

  "Immediately after the commander learned of the attack on the commander-in-chief, he asked Colonel Balance to plan for further action.

  With bated breath, Lina looked at the Mirfaka terminal screen.

  While reading the message from balance, Lina wonderment rounded eyes.

  — ... To Japan!?

  In the instructions balance said that Lina should flee to Japan and get there protection of the Jocuba family.

  — ... Why... It is...

  "Why should I leave the states and go to Japan? "-So Mirfak deciphered muttering Lina.

  Apparently, Colonel Balance is concerned about the conspiracy against the commander-in-chief. I can't even think of such nonsense as the assassination of Commander-in-Chief, a Wizard of strategic class, but commander can brainwash and use for their own purposes.

  After hearing the Mirfaka, Lina recalled the "military secret ", which she witnessed on board the super-aircraft carrier "Enterprise ".

  Magicians who have become fuel for the generator and forced to use magic.

  "... They'll try to use me as part of some military machine like those guys...? "

  Indeed, the loss of a "heavy metal explosion " In the current world situation is a foolishness that is on par with the attempted self-destruction of the country. However, if you look only at the side of military power, then brainwashing Lina and turning it into an easily used tool is not so impossible...

  "But then it will be considered desertion...

  -I think, from this point of view, everything will be fine. Commander in chief, check out the attached file.

  After these words Lina hurriedly held her finger on the screen of the terminal. The attached file has already been decrypted, as is the bulk of the message. Lina opened the file.

  The order!?

  Inside was an order to infiltrate Japan for the secret inspection of the officers residing there.

  "I think the Colonel has done his best within his powers.

  Colonel Balance was the second number in the inspection department to combat misconduct of military personnel. This meant sending Lina to Japan for the inspection of officers working in embassies and consulates. Although there were a lot of problems in terms of command system, it could be said that this is somehow fit within the scope of balance powers.

  Please use this terminal now. Don't worry, he doesn't have my personal information. The password is the same as used in the first squad.

  As commander-in-chief, Lina had the authority to view the documentation of any of the units. However, these powers within the stars were largely ignored. Lina never made a problem out of it. Only Canopus and major Capella from the fifth squad honestly reported Lina a new password every time he changed.

  -In the bag in the back seat collected the necessary for the mission to penetrate the passport, credit cards and various equipment. Given the way of travel, there are no weapons devices. Unfortunately, I did not have time to take changeable clothes, so please buy yourself at the airport. Colonel Balance prepared a ticket.

  After listening to Mirfaka, Lina once again glanced at the terminal. There, did have the received data on the ticket.

  "We are now heading to the airport in Albuquerque. I think there will be no prosecution because the Commander controls the situation on the spot. However, just in case, I use a shield that is obstructing detection, so, commander in chief, I beg you to refrain from using magic.

  — ... I got it.

  Mirfak possessed the magic of protection from detection best of all among the stars. Detection will be extremely problematic even for the Orion team from the sixth squad specializing in prosecution missions. Lina Obediently followed the Council of Mirfaka.

  Lina arrived safely to Japan on June 19 at noon on Japanese time. She immediately called on the phone number received from balance, and under the order of Maya she took under the protection of the family Kuroba.

  Meanwhile, as a result of the simplified trial at the headquarters of the stars it was decided to send Canopuses, Algolja and Shaulu to the military prison for magicians on the island of Midway.

  Mirfak did not return to the base and fled towards the West coast.

  Chapter 8

  At the same time, when riots took place in Sshsa among the stars, the new Soviet Union was rapidly repairing the super-CAD "Argan ", intended for use in person imaging.

  What's the progress?

  Dr!

  The chief of the Brigade, responsible for the mending, looked round with astonishment when he heard the imaging. He was surprised because for the imaging, as for the celebrity, it was unusual to appear in the Provonjavshem Machine Oil service room.

  — The repair will be completed today. I'd like to ask you to run tests tomorrow.

  The head of the repair service was very tense and spoke very politely, because the ugliness was an important person, like a government official or general of the Army, and had an image corresponding to his importance.

  That's good. What time should I come?

  Ugliness has never applied its power to ordinary people. He was not arrogant with ordinary engineers who did not occupy high positions. But it was not because he had such a character, but because he was absolutely not interested in the people of the lower classes.

  -At any time, starting from the very early morning!

  Clear. Then... In 9:30.

  "As you will!

  The ugliness left the repair shop, deferential the look not only of the chief, but also of all the technicians involved in the repair.

  He came to the workshop not only because he was in a hurry to continue the priority operation, which requires "Argan ", but also because he still remembered how the Tacuej was humiliated.

  It was a sudden "fog-bomb" attack, in which success he was absolutely sure.

  But he could not kill Shibu Tacuju, even though he used "Players "-Live amplifiers "fog-bombs ". In addition, the used 2 "Player " were destroyed, and "Argan " received such damage that it could not be used. What is there to say, even the ugliness would already be dead if not used "Players ".

  Before this ugliness has never failed a mission entrusted to him as a magician of the strategic class. In the battle against Sshsa in the Bering Strait, which was quite virulent, despite the small scale, he killed "fog-bomb " The previous commander of the Stars, William Sirius.

  And he failed his current mission. Or even better to say, suffered defeat.

  To get rid of this feeling of humiliation, the ugliness wanted to resume this mission as soon as possible.

  Thursday, June 20.

  It was raining in Tokyo in the morning. In the vicinity of Hachioji, where the first school was located at the National University of Magic, the rain did not stop for a long time, and the streets were quite wet.

  It was a suggestive rainy season, and it was inevitable. Other disciples treated it carelessly, but Tatsuya was in a state of heightened vigilance from the very morning.

  Sitting next door Mizuki suspected something, but Tatsuya did not try to hide the tension, and answered only vague phrases.

  Although it was a rainy season, but compared to the average, this year there was less precipitation in Tokyo. In the first half of the month there was a lot of rain, but in the second half of today's rain was the first in a long time.

  As though with breaks, but it is raining, it cannot be called a "dry season of rains ". It was just a season in which less rainy days than usual.

  But Tatsuo didn't like that. On the contrary, he would be glad that where he is, it would not rain. He was not originally a rain lover, but this year he could not be happy with the rainy weather.

  He has had such a mood since he returned from Izu to Tokyo.

  That day, when he was attacked by the magic of strategic class in Izu, it also rained.

  The best weather conditions for "Fog-bombs "-is when the whole day there is a mild rain and no wind. And today it is also almost windless. Tatsuya suggested that the ugliness will make its attempt today.

  The ugliness did not surrender.

  Tatsuya was sure of that. Among those who Tatsuya killed 11 days ago, there was no inimage. But Tatsuya believed that he could not be connected with it.

  User fog-bombs can be not only one ugliness. The new Soviet Union could well have created someone "to replace " the Inimage.

  Even if we look only among the officially revealed Wizards of the strategic class- "Thirteen apostles ", "Leviathan " has two users in SSHSA, u "Ozone Circle " On one user in Britain and Germany, u "Impulse of the god Agni " on One user in the Indo-Persijskom Union and in Thailand.

  Passing magic spells of strategic class is not a rare occurrence. In addition, the magic of a great destructive force in the same country, on the contrary, will want to spread if there are suitable candidates.

  However, Tatsuya clung to the idea that the activation of that fog-bomb was implicated in the ugliness.

  The reason for this was the information about the physical bodies of the two magicians, whom he laid out a long-range attack from the Izu Plateau.

  The contents of this information of these two people were absolutely the same. Human bodies made absolutely identical with the help of identical genes.

  There was also a possibility that they were identical twins. However, Tatsuya assumed that "These are clones ". In the information structure of these two people there was a more unnatural distortion than "genetically improved people ". If you count "artificial object " opposite "natural Object ", then for "artificial " synonym will be "unnatural ".

  If based on the fact that it could be attacked by a "fog-bomb " by the direction of the impairment, these two witches were only instruments of imaging. These were the reasoning of Tatsuya.

  Raymond Clark knows that Tatsuya is the "explosion of matter " operator. Undoubtedly, this information was communicated to the new Soviet Union.

  And the new Soviet Union decided to organize a complete neutralization of the magic of the strategic class Tatsuya, that is, the murder of Tatsuya as the operator of the magic of strategic class "Explosion of matter ". The result was an attack on a villa in Izu. This was the conclusion to which Tatsuya came.

  This morning he told about his reasoning Miyuki.

  Reconnected to the systems of the first pixie school, he also ordered to exercise maximum vigilance.

  Until the end of the last lesson of the morning half remained three minutes, when such cautious Tatsuya felt signs of attack. At that time he was sitting in a class in the 3e classroom behind his training terminal.

  After a small setup, at noon the ugliness sat in the armchair of the operator super-CAD "Argan ".

  The clock in Primorsky Krai ahead standard Japanese time for 1 hour, therefore in Japan it was still time till noon. Although it was already lunchtime, the ugliness was not thinking about food. All his attention was directed to carrying out the operation.

  As a result of thinking last time, "Argan " has been improved so as not to get damage, even if "players " will be paired with the magic of neutralizing the intermolecular links (so the ugliness understood the magic of decomposition Tatsuya).

  In addition to this, the train to which was fastened "Argan ", from the suburb of Vladivostok was transferred a little north on the new Trans-Siberian Highway, and now was in the vicinity of Ussuriysk. It was a precaution not to get attacked based on previous geographic data.

  involved "Players " This time will be five, not two, as last time. He took the initiative and decided to engage all remaining "Players " in this operation.

  The formation was as follows: two "player " as an external computing device for activation, one "Player " as a firewall (as an emergency victim), and two more "player " in stock.

  Even when his opponent was the stars from SSHSA, he never went so far in preparation. This was another proof that the ugliness was preparing for the current mission to wash away the shame of the last time.

  ... That time, fearing the attack of Tatsuya, he jumped out of the wagon, which was super-CAD "Argan " and ran away from him.

  This memory Istjazalo the pride of the inimage. This humiliation should be washed at all costs. If he'd left the problem untouched, he'd probably be mad. Such were the experiences of imaging.

  And the only way to forget this disgusting shame was to destroy Sheba Tatsuya. Such reckless persistence is deeply entrenched in the consciousness of the inimage.

  He summoned data from the intelligence service to the console. According to these data, currently Shiba Tatsuya is in the first school.

  The ugliness could not understand what could be learned in high school by the owner of Intellect, who was able to come up with a project of a plant based on a thermonuclear reactor. It seemed a waste of time.

  However, no matter what he learns, his presence in the first school was a problem. A strong reinforced concrete building will be difficult to destroy with a shock wave. Moreover, it was not the usual concrete from the last century, but the high-strength concrete developed during the Third World War. If the shock wave only knocks out glass windows, the fatal injury is not guaranteed.

  However, the fog bomb was not an attack on moving targets. and the building in which he lived was photographed from the satellite, and the appearance was even stronger than the school.

  ... Destroy the windows with a shock wave. The fog penetrates inside and the explosion is already inside.

  The ugliness has loaded this plan from the repository of pre-prepared strategies. The chair, where the ugliness was sitting, was dragged into the control cabin "Argand ".

  Instead of being a "conductor," performing a melody of destruction and murder, manipulating "Players ", waving a conductor's wand, he just pressed the switch on the console.

  "Master. There are signs of magic activation. The activation point is 200 metres above the first school. "

  The warning came from Pixie with a telepathic voice.

  At this time Tatsuya already caught the activation "chain call "-Magic technique of copying sequences of magic with the change of their activation time.

  He got up and snatched from the chest holster CAD in the form of a large pistol.

  There's still a lesson.

  Not paying attention to the surprised views and whispering classmates, Tatsuya looked at the ceiling and sent there Silver Horn customized modification "Trident ".

  There was not a moment of delay in his movements.

  He pulled the trigger at the same time that the aiming was completed.

  Inside the super-CAD "Argan " sounded a cutting ear audible alarm.

  A warning message VYSVETIVSHEESJA on the console stated that the "players " used to activate were destroyed right at the time of the magic sequence deployment, a few tenths of a second before completion.

  The sequence of magic is what is created by the magician. Even if its creation is completed in the area of calculation of magic, magic is not activated if it is not fixed on the target coordinates. If the magician is killed until the moment of projection and fixation of the sequence of magic, the magic will be scattered, and not aktivirovavshis.