Driving his car, Masa was absentmihinking about the request of the Itsuwa bsp;

  " you help us to make Mio healthy?"

  Instead of a fight betweewo families, the meeting of Masa's uncle and the head of the Itsuwa was smooth. No fights uments.

  When the head of the Itsuwa heard about the job of moving the materials for the creation of the Academy City, he naturally agreed as it could be a way for two families to smooth their retionship. Not only could he make money, but he could also take part in the Isshiki family's project, which would be of great be to his family!

  While the others thought that the Isshiki family was more suitable to bee a member of the Ten Major s, her Masa nor the others had much of an i in such a position, and they were okay with their status quo, especially with their current power being above all the magis in this try.

  Whether they were the Magic Association, the Ten Major s, the 28 Assistant Houses, the Hundreds, or the rest, even if they were all bined, no one could match the Isshiki family despite they were only the 28 Assistant Houses.

  No, probably no one ever thought to cause trouble since being an ally was much better than being an enemy.

  Instead, many wished to lick the asses of the Isshiki family, wishing this family to employ them sihe only thing that this family didn't ck was money.

  Regardless, if the retionship between the Isshiki family and the Itsuwa family became closer, it would be great, especially if they could even bee closer to Itsuwa Mio, the only Strategic Css Magi in this try, so when Masa heard the request was reted to Itsuwa Mio, he had to admit that it was troublesome, he decided to agree.

  Yet, despite being a magi whose might was parable to a nuclear explosion, Mio's body was weak, and while she could stand, she couldn't walk, and most of the time, she would stay in a wheelchair.

  At the same time, her health was also far below a normal person, and probably, while no one said anything, they were sure that she wouldn't live a long life.

  To use dangerous and strong magic was impossible without a price; many magis had to pay a certain price within their bodies, minds, or other parts of their lives, simir to Tatsuya, who couldn't use ics, which made him a failure iernational standard of a magi, making him always to feel inferior to others.

  Still, Masa had to say he was quite fused by Tatsuya's act since even if Tatsuya's emotions had been erased, he could tell that Tatsuya had various other emotions within him, including inferiority due to his inability to use ics properly, like others even if inwardly Tatsuya roud of his power and achievement.

  'Let's put this guy aside.'

  Masa khat it was impossible for Tatsuya to kill him. Not only because of his ability, he wouldn't have died, but Tatsuya had no way to defend himself against a mental type of attack, including mind maniputioe being known as the stro in this world, especially when Tatsuya's ability would always be limited to Depositirowth, and Elemental Sight.

  With those three abilities, even if Tatsuya tried to develop or bihem, it was impossible for him to defend against a mental type of attabsp;

  Or rather, with the power of Yami Yami no Mi, it was impossible for Tatsuya to do anything.

  Instead of Tatsuya, his focus was on Itsuwa Mio, the official Strategic Css Magi of Japan.

  Even though Masa was familiar with this term, he felt that he had to expin it again, especially in the official term.

  In official terms, a Strategic Css Magi is an individual who possesses Modern Magic that was created through the use of highly advanced sd teology. All of which wield power parable to ons of mass destru.

  Only a few tries mao develop strong military-grade magic. With the tinued practice of providing developed magic to the Allied Nations, it also became normal to aowledge Allied Magis as Strategic-Css Magis for their great capabilities with Strategic-Css Magibsp;

  It's been rumored that around 50 people possess strategic-css magic. However, only 13 people who possess Strategic-Css Magic have had their identities revealed to the world for the sake of national prestige; these individuals are known as the Thirteen Apostles. These Magis are seen as a big factor in the world's military bance.

  '50...'

  This number was quite high, and at the same time, there should probably be more than two people who wielded the Strategic-Css Magi this try, other than Tatsuya and Mio.

  'ht, I am also one.'

  If Masa wishes to, he could also create magic that could destroy a try by either pullieorites from outer space or abs everything within the darkness of the Yami Yami no mi.

  Yet, the focus was on Mio, whose magic was known as Abyss, a Movement-Type Magic that could create a spherical depression in water with a diameter of up to several kilometers and a depth of up to a kilometer. Ships caught in the zone would be pulled down the walls of the water, then upon celtion of the magic, would be swallowed up by the massive waves as the water returo a horizontal phe depth of the sphere allowed for the destru of submarines as well.

  Yet, even if this magic owerful, it was pletely powerless against attacks from the air because Abyss couldn't be used to attaemies in the sky. Also, Abyss could only be used to manipute water, which meant that it owerless if used on nd uhe caster knew beforehand that there was a subterranean source of water on which the magic could be cast.

  While this magic had such a weakness, it was strong magic regardless, especially when Japan was an isnd try that was surrounded by water; having this magic was enough to cause many not to mess with this try.

  The one who created this magic was the 5th Researstitute, which the Itsuwa family came from, also having a foaterial Phase Manipution Magic, so even if this family was also good at liquid-reted magic, its focus was pletely different from the Ichijou family that came from the 1st Researstitute, which magic for direterference anic bodies in anti-personnel warfare.

  Still, while this magic owerful, only Mio could use the "Abyss," and that was why no ohisuwa family wished for her to pass away early, so they thought to ask the help of the Isshiki family, who was the best within the medie ah research with magic, especially when their magic, "Mercury," allowed them to increase their physical ability further.

  If the Isshiki family could use this magiio, wouldn't she bee healthier?

  They didn't expect the Isshiki family to give their magic as it was impossible to master it either since, uhe Isshiki family, which focused on bio-electricity, the Itsuwa family's focus was on the Movement-Type of Magic, which further specialized to material phase manipution.

  So, they just asked whether the Isshiki family had a way to improve Mio's health.

  While Masa's uncle couldn't make a promise, he decided to ask Masa, w whether Masa could improve Mio's health, then as expected—

  "While this is their request, even if you 't do it, it doesn't matter as it won't affect our cooperation."

  "It's fine. Let me try."

  "Okay, then."

  This is the reason why Masa is on his way to Mio's p Tokyo. Still, he was lucky that Mio's little brother was studying at Magiiversity, so instead of staying at her home in Ehime, Shikoku, she stayed in Tokyo, which made his trip ve.

  Remembering all the information about Mio, Masa also arrived at his destination and was ready to meet the official Strategic Css Magi of this try.

  Still, there was no doubt that it would be his first job as a therapist.

  Meanwhile, Mio and her little brother, Itsuwa Hirofumi, also stayed together to wele the "Blue Beast," Hiiro Masa, who would beio's therapist to improve her health. While the Isshiki family told them not to prepare much as Masa didn't pn to stay too long, they couldn't help but prepare many things to welasa, especially with how famous Masa was, especially after that spee the broadcast previously.

  "But I never expected that they would send the Blue Beast..."

  If it was someone else, Hirofumi might feel envious and even threatened as if he was being challenged, especially when he would bee the head of the Itsuwa family, yet whehought of Masa, at that time, he really could any will to fight since he could tell that Masa was just on another different scale, probably on the same level of his older sister.

  "What? Why are you looking at me like that, Nee-san?"

  "I thought that you would get angry, thinking that the Isshiki family didn't care about me by sending a young man to help with my therapy."

  "I am not stupid."

  Yes, among all the Isshiki family, Masa was the oh the best mastery over the "Mercury" magic, or rather, he was the creator, which was a magic that was reted to the therapy to improve Mio's health, so even if Masa was just about to enter a high school, and he wasn't even a doasa was the best choice to do this therapy.

  While it might seem like a guess, there was a ce that Masa might be the "Reaper," the magi of the Isshiki family who could take the lives of many iial people around the world in a single night.

  'The Reaper...'

  Hirofomi was nervous, and Mio, as the older sister, also uood that, so she said, "It will be fine. We're an ally, after all."

  "You are right, Nee-san."

  The Itsuwa and Isshiki families had started their cooperation to build Academia City, so as long as this project existed, their retionship would be amiable.

  Regardless, as they waited for Masa, their subordiold them that Masa had arrived, and they quickly got ready to wele him.

  Only whewo saw him did they have to say that the impact was greater than they had imagined.

  "o meet you. My name is Hiiro Masa. Please take care of me."

  As Masa introduced himself, it would be his first meeting with the official Strategic Level Magi of Japan, Itsuwa Mio.