Predicament

Conflict Arc 2

A/N Yay I'm glad that I'm on track to update at least once a week and I hope procrastination doesn't stop me from doing so for the following weeks. Anyways, do enjoy this chapter of Predicament.

Golden rays of the rising sun barely grazed Yotsuba Maya's skin before the entire room is engulfed by complete darkness again. The cup of tea she was holding shook so violently in her hands that it broke into a thousand pieces. She was staring at the information that Hliðskjálf is displaying, which reads:

Name: Shiba Tatsuya,
Father: Shiba Tatsurou, Vice President of Four Leaves Technology
Mother: Yotsuba Miya, the late sister of Yotsuba Maya
Official family affiliation: Yotsuba Clan
School: National Magic University Affiliated First High School Class E
Occupation: Special Officer Ooguro Ryuuya of the 101 Independent Magic Battalion, Mr Silver of the Four Leaves Technology
Magic: Decomposition, Regrowth, Material Burst, Elemental Sight
Magician Class: Strategic Class
Titles: Demon of Okinawa

Just then, Hayama came rushing into the room only to be crippled with fear by Maya's magic.

"What is it Hayama?" Maya's gaze seemingly pierced a hole straight through Hayama.

"T-This is a package addressed to you which is allegedly from Jiedo Heigu." This was one of the few rare cases where Hayama displayed signs of unprofessionalism, a testament to how much fear Maya instils with a mere display of her magic.

Maya snatched the package from Hayama's hands and ripped it open. It was a simple package that contained a countdown timer and a little note from Jiedo Heigu which states that all information displayed in the Hliðskjálf will go live once the countdown timer runs out of time.

Maya leaned back on her chair and closed her eyes before taking in a deep breath. It helped to unfold the creases that had formed in the past few minutes and collect her nerves. "This couldn't have come at a better time, looking at how strained our relationship with Tatsuya and Miyuki are. Be as it may, what had just transpired still needs to be conveyed to both Tatsuya and Miyuki. Hayama, clean up the spilt tea and connect me to the Shiba Household immediately."

"At once, Maya-sama." Hayama made sure to be swift in cleaning up and left as soon as he as done.

"At any rate, this situation has escalated past my expectations. It would seem that decisive actions will need to be taken sooner than expected." It was not as if Maya was completely caught off guard by Jiedo Heigu's plans. In fact, she had been coming up with countermeasures every day ever since Jiedo Heigu's death. But not even in her wildest dreams did she expect Jiedo Heigu to be able to hack into the Hliðskjálf and even take control over it. She was prepared that one day Tatsuya's identity would have to be revealed to the world, but she never wanted that day to come so soon for she knew many repercussions were to follow.

(Scene Change)

In the days following the incident which many refer to as 'Uprising of the Dead', the Government declared a national emergency and a shutdown of the entire city of Tokyo. Adhering to the shutdown order, First High School suspended all curriculum and activities within the school, which freed students from school. However, the atmosphere was rather damp. Many are still trying to recover from the horror of 'Uprising of the Dead'.

Tatsuya and Miyuki were no exception to the gloom, except they weren't recovering from the horrors of the incident but the quarrel they had.

Tatsuya, in particular, had a very pressing problem. Ever since Miyuki permanently removed Pledge on Tatsuya, his Psion rushed out of his body uncontrollably. Without hiding the blinding stream of light emitted by his Psion, it would be impossible for him to even step out of his house. The solution Tatsuya had to solve this problem was simple. Since he could no longer seal the Psion, he would just have to use enough magic at every given moment such that he would deplete enough Psion for it not to overflow.