Mr. Cecily attacked again.

　President Koudelka intercepted her.
　The sound of a sword.
　What was repeated was the same scene as before.

　Cecily-san who seems to be saying that her plan has been missed.
　Chairman Koudelka, in contrast, has a grim expression on his face.

''It's still strange.''

　It was Chairman Dristos who voiced his discomfort.
　Did she have the same question as I did?
　I'll check it out.

"That Chairman Koudelka, in his state of polar space, can't get any effective hits from Cecily-san?
You're good.

　He still seemed to remember the same question.
　Even though Cecily-san is an exceptional swordsman, I don't think she can cross over to that <>> without using any strategy.
　Only as a realistic matter.

''Cecily is trying to take the plane off with the slow speed of the sword.......................First of all, I can see that.

　That was a fact that was revealed by the second blow just now.
　His sword speed was faster than the first strike.
　The speed of the first blow was probably the fastest of all the attacks he had shown at this Holy Martial Festival.
　That was why Chairman Koudelka was so surprised.
　But there was an upside to that.

　The aim was, as Chairman Dristos said, to shift the timing of the attack by slow and fast.

　If I were to use a baseball metaphor, it would be like using both a loose change-up and a fast and powerful straight line, to get rid of the opponent's batting timing.

　However, even so, the Kyokku also catches up with them.
　But even so, the "Polaris" was not very effective against Koudelka, who was using the "Polaris" from the start.

''Slow and sudden shaking was ineffective... and yet again Koudelka couldn't get an effective strike in.

　Chairman Dristos says that there is no way Cecily-san can be on the same level as the "Polar Sky" without any kind of seeds.
　Although he has prevented all the attacks, Chairman Koudelka has yet to fight back.
　There must be something, a seed.

'A brilliant one, Cecily,'

　That's when Currier opened her mouth.
　Without taking her gaze off the battle platform, she continued.

''Actually........before the Sacred Martial Festival, I had a hand meeting with the President of the Wind Code once.
What?

　This surprised me.

'I was the one who offered.

　Did Mr. Currier have a meeting with President Koudelka before the Holy Week?
　What does that mean?

'He felt it would be an invaluable experience for him to cross swords with me as president of the wind service. He readily agreed to it.

　One day after school, the two of them had a mock match at the training grounds, just the two of them.
　Ray senior asks a question.

'Wasn't that something Cecily couldn't do in person?
Humph I have no problem giving you my information.

　'I'm not going to give you the skin-sensing information about Cecily Arkwright that you can get from direct contact.

'But the Chairman of the Public Safety Committee was aware of our intentions. But he said there was more to it than that.

　I know this because I'm usually the one who trains with him.
　It's really good for me to practice with Currier.

　She has defeated one of the Four Deadly Disasters, single-handedly defeated Skolbanger, was respected by Commander Sogut, and can even fight with Hibigami with her sword.
　Moreover, she, unlike the Four Deadly Disasters, Skolbanger and Hibigami, would not "go too far".
　If they weren't adversaries, there would be no better opponent among the candidates to train with than this one.

''But Currier-san had something to gain as well, right?

　Of course, you didn't offer to make the match out of kindness just to benefit President Koudelka," he said.

'I played the game to the limit of my allotted time as much as possible. But--

　Currier-san smiles to herself as she stares at the match where the third sword exchange is taking place.

''As expected of the Fuuki-chan too.......he couldn't draw out the 《Polar Sky》. Apparently, it wasn't like Kurohiko's. But we got a lot of benefits too.

　I think I'm beginning to understand what you're after.

'The aim is President Koudelka's sword muscles - or is it his sword habit?
You're good. Yeah, you're right.

　The longer he fights, the more he adapts to his opponent's fighting style.
　If you get right down to it, that also means that you will understand your opponent's quirks and other personalities in their fighting style through your senses.


''I pseudo-performed as Koudelka and had a series of mock fights with Cecily until this Holy War Festival.


　Whenever possible, he recreated President Koudelka's sword and trained with Cecily-san.
　Thanks to this, Cecily was able to get used to Chairman Koudelka's swordsmanship.
　And thanks to that familiarity, she was now able to fight with her opponent in the Polar Vortex?
　However--

I don't understand.

　Chairman Dristos interrupted him.

''Even if you were able to recreate Koudelka's swordsmanship, I don't think that with the amount of training experience you've gained from using it, you'd be able to compete with Koudelka using the Kyokkuku.

　To tell the truth, I thought the same thing.
　It's because I actually tasted the Polar Sky with my own body that I felt I could understand.
　That's not enough to defeat it, I think.
　If I were to break it, I would have to keep hitting 《Attacks that I can't prevent even if I know it》 like I did.
　But that was possible because it was Sagara Kurohiko, Currier-san said.
　I look up at Chairman Dristos behind me.

　Or use an inherent technique that can bring the time that can be used to anticipate the 《Polar Sky》 to nearly zero.......or.....

　Otherwise, we'll have no choice but to steadily build up our strategy.
　If Ayla was in conflict with President Koudelka, I was going to use a series of tactics to deal with her.
　However, Cecily didn't take advantage of the weaknesses of the Polar Sky, which I analyzed in my own way, and right now she and Chairman Koudelkas are fighting each other with swords.

''It's anticipation,''

　Currier-san's words made me huff.

''No way--''

　No, but ... how is that possible?

'Anticipation?　What does that mean?　Something about Koudelka's anticipation of the Polar Sky, or a weakness--
No.

　A ray of cold sweat was shed, and with a huff, Currier-san smiled.


'It's Cecily who's preempting you,'


　Koudelka Ferraris' "Polar Sky" allows her to anticipate her opponent's actions.
　But what does "Cecily Arkwright is anticipating" mean?
　Senior Ray and Chairman Dristos reacted in a way that didn't ring a bell.
　In the midst of all this, I uttered a speculation.


"Are you constructing your attack based on the assumption that the other party will anticipate you in advance...?


"Stupid,

　Chairman Dristos reflexively denies it.

'No way.'
''When I heard from Cecily's mouth after we finished recreating the Fuuki-chan's sword in one go, 'If we [predict] our opponent's predictions beforehand, we might be able to make it...'... I still didn't really understand what that guy was thinking. But after watching this match, I understand now.

　Mr. Currier stared at the match and brought his combined hands to his mouth.

'And what's even more astonishing... that guy is able to deal with the two-fisted sword that I'm sure I've never seen before. The information he's gleaned from my recreations is enough to deal with it.

　The habit of the sword - personality does not change so rapidly.
　Currier-san's sword still has a personality, too.
　Even for Commander Sogut.
　The only person I know of who can change the personality of an individual-derived swordsmanship at will in an instant is Hibigami (and that's an exception).

　It can be thought that the Nito Ryu was a countermeasure to Kurier-san's plan to "read the sword-score".
　However, if that was the case, that strategy hasn't been very effective.
　Even if it became a two-fisted sword, the personality of Koudelka Ferraris could not be deodorized.

　Normally, an opponent who had previously only had a long sword would be strongly confused if he suddenly became a two-sworded opponent.
　They would be confused and would not be able to detect the smell of individuality from the opponent's sword.
　However, the one who would be able to sniff out that smell was Cecily Arkwright.

　Currier-san's eyes narrowed with emotion.

''He's a genius, that guy.

　In addition to the anticipation of the Polar Vortex, this is the next step in anticipation.
　You can anticipate your opponent's move by anticipating their move with the Polar Sky.

　Anticipation, anticipation.

　However, it would be difficult to execute unless you know the personality of your opponent's sword in an accurate and close form.
　That's exactly what you need to know at the skin sense level.
　Especially when dealing with Chairman Koudelka's class.

　That's where Currier-san's "Simulated Reproduction of Koudelka Ferraris" came into play.
　Without Curie Versteen, this battle would not have been possible.
　In light of her ability to read her opponent's personality in a single hand-to-hand combat, she is undoubtedly a genius.
　Of course, this form wouldn't have been possible without Cecily Arkwright, a mass of talent.

　It's ideal.
　As a duo.

　Cecily-san is still on the offensive without any counterattack from Chairman Koudelka in the [Polar Sky] state.
　With that, Chairman Koudelka didn't even have a chance to counterattack--

..........

　No, no.
　It's not.
　That was--

　And then.

Apparently Koudelka was just trying to fulfill his original intentions.

　You're proud of yourself, said Chairman Dristos.
　We looked back.
　I couldn't help but look back, perhaps because it sounded uncomfortably certain.



　That's the proof that I don't underestimate Miss Cecily.
　However.

So I'm finally convinced.

　We have derived it.
　You have figured out a winning formula.

　You have seen it.
　You have seen the potential of genius.

　The crowd erupted in a frenzy.

"Effective strike!

　Lili Sigismos's, sharp voice.

　Effective hit.

　There she is.

　One valid hit.

　The direction that Lili-san, the judge, is holding up her hand...


　Koudelka Ferraris.


　President Koudelka's long sword was tapping Cecily-san's arm.

''The 《Polar Sky》 is--''

　Chairman Dristos opened one eye and looked down at the war table with a sharp expression.

'It's not such a lukewarm substitute that could be torn up by a little bit of anticipation.