"The emperor actually ran so fast... I really want to see Director Ken's expression when he sees Emil. Kariya won't die for the time being, right?"
After having a nondescript Three Kings' Banquet, I had just returned to the source to deal with the matter that my sister reminded me that "Matō Kariya and Uyu Ryunosuke may be in danger", when I saw that the emperor had already arrived in the Kamui Wheel.
In a mansion deep in the mountains, the little girl Assassin, whom I had just captured, was sitting on my shoulders.
Tohsaka Rin, on the other hand, was looking around on the Huizhou with wide eyes, and kept asking questions to Jin Shanshan, but the only answer he got was "You should be the most powerful heroic spirit, right?" "Hmph, of course.
"
[It’s okay for now, Matou Kariya is doing his best to host Ryunosuke Umei for tea and chat.] Gaia, the stupid system, replied.
'Oh, that's good. There's nothing to see here in Jin Shining. Let's switch the surveillance to the Emperor and take a look.'
The stupid system turned around half a circle and projected the live scene of the mansion in the mountains from the giant globe.
"Little Weber, where have you been hanging out? And who is she?" Sora's Queen-like voice came out before the screen was fully displayed.
"Please step back, my lord, my queen, she looks a lot like Assassin." After the picture became clear, Sora and Kenneth were seen greeting Weber and the Emperor who descended from the sky on the divine wheel, but Diarmuid looked serious.
The ground stood between the two sides, as if facing a formidable enemy.
Hmm... As expected, the mind's eye is very useful and can directly determine who may be a threat.
"Well, she is -" "It's an assassin, that's right!" Weber was interrupted by the Emperor midway through his words, and the "bottom-up glare" he displayed after that was completely lacking in momentum.
"Rider, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation." Kenneth took a step forward and asked, while Luna, who was cleaning the courtyard floor not far away, also rushed over and put on a defensive posture.
'I also want to hear the reason for this behavior of luring wolves into the house.'
"Well, you said that you eliminated the assassin's body that can be divided infinitely, right?" Rider lifted the little girl's collar on his shoulders and put her down: "Then if you eliminate one of the assassins living outside, you will lose one?"
"If we want to destroy it -" "Listen to me."
The Emperor held him behind him with one hand.
"I met Caster when I was taking her with me just now, and she was taking Tokiomi Tokiomi's daughter." The Emperor pointed to the direction where we held the Three Kings Cake Banquet.
"They should have been attracted by the beam of light from Archer and Saber's fight." Kenneth immediately guessed the truth.
"The next thing is the important point. Tokiomi Tosaka actually used the command spell to make Archer appear next to us." Rider said in a deep voice.
"What? How is this possible? With such unfavorable conditions, he should know that we will not take action against the family, so he said-" Kenneth paused: "So, this assassin is very important to them."
"Moreover," Rider added: "Archer stared at the assassin with an expression that wanted to kill him the whole time. It was not until Caster left that he turned his attention to Tosaka Tokiomi's daughter and took her away like a cover-up."
Wow, why didn’t I know there were so many things going on in the farce-like banquet of the Three Kings just now?
"So, Tokiomi Tosaka doesn't care about her being killed, but she can't be handed over to an excellent magician like Caster, otherwise 'something' will be seen." Rider concluded and looked at it with vigour.
Kenneth.
'Hey...what do you see? Stupid system?'
[If you find out it’s the real body... wouldn’t that be worse? 】
"Haha! You made a good judgment, Rider, if there is any secret in this Assassin, leave it to me, the genius of the Clock Tower!" Director Ken actually believed it: "Sora, then I will leave the care and monitoring of this Assassin to you.
I’m with Luna, is that okay?”
"Haha, of course~ Let's go with my sister~" Sora came over and took Emil's hand.
【Why do you all want to be other people’s sisters——Wow!】
'Stop talking nonsense, there's nothing to see here, go to the Matou family.'
1o5:33:21
Whatever Matou Kariya thought was in his old house, it must be wrong.
Because even I didn't expect something like this to come out.
When the surveillance screen was transferred to Matou's house, they saw that the underground insect warehouse was completely clean, except for one - Oro? Molten Maw? Or Narassas? In short, it was a giant monster insect standing upright.
The carapace is thick, the joints are sharp, and the huge jaws seem to have an amazing bite force.
However, Matou Kariya and Uyu Ryunosuke, whose combat prowess is obviously not on the same level, are looking for inheritance in the Matou residence, and it seems that they will go to the basement soon.
'What is that thing? How did it appear?'
[That... you obviously threw it out with your own hands...]
‘Huh? So that’s——’
[Tip: The prototype of ‘pax-2o1’ is in a special mutated state. 】
Is it the mana dragon that was captured by the insect master at the beginning? I looked at the giant insect carefully, and I couldn’t tell its original appearance at all.
'So what kind of special mutation state is it?'
[Because after Maric Zolgen decided to withdraw from the Holy Grail War, he took away all the bugs except this one. It had no 'symptoms' to evolve, so it began to evolve 'special abilities' on its own. As for me specifically
Project it for you.]
"Special abilities" are different from "symptoms". Firstly, they can only evolve actively and cannot be produced through independent mutation. Secondly, unlike "symptoms", they cannot be manifested by the outside world, but they cannot degenerate.
For example, when I was Patient Zero a long time ago, the "pax-2oo" I was infected with, its evolved "airborne transmission", "drug resistance", "drought adaptation", etc. are special abilities. However, those abilities are very important to this disease.
The Holy Grail War didn't help at all, so I basically didn't care about it.
'Okay, show me what it secretly evolved.'
The stupid system made several turns in the air and projected a light screen.
[Rage: The damage caused when injured will be increased proportionally. When the health value drops to 3o%, the damage bonus will reach 1oo%]
[Tear: When causing damage to the enemy, it will cause it to bleed, which cannot be relieved unless it is fully healed]
[Gigantic: HP increased by 4o%, damage caused increased by 3o%]
...This is no longer a life-threatening issue! It’s a matter of death, okay?
"Kariya, how come your magic gifts are all for strengthening summoned objects?"
"Because it is a type of battle that relies on summoned objects. After all, the command spell was originally designed by the Matou family."
From another surveillance screen that has been following Ryunosuke and Kariya, it can be seen that they found some magic gifts in the mansion to strengthen and control summoned objects, including bracelets, arm armor and animal collars.
'Hmm... This is obviously a costume used by small animals, raptors, and wild beasts, right? Why does Mr. Chong only use insects?'
【Let me see……】
The red cube where the stupid system resides spun a few times in the air, and then suddenly said in a tone of reading from a manuscript:
[A few generations ago, Matou Zouken's summons were too many but not good enough. Therefore, the previous Holy Grail Wars ended in defeat. In the end, he threw all the summons he could control into the Colosseum - which is now underground.
Insect warehouse, let them kill each other, and use this to decide which power to specialize in.】
'Victory for the bugs?'
[No, in fact, the one who was supposed to win was an eagle-like raptor. It kept hiding itself and did not attack at all until it was completely sure. Therefore, it remained until the end with another group of insects that had a numerical advantage, and because of its restraint, it was almost certain to win.
.]
'but?'
[However, the group of insects eventually gathered together and transformed themselves into the exact same shape as the eagle. This behavior moved Matou Zouken, who was thinking about how to live forever, so he helped the insects achieve the final victory. 】
'...That eagle must have something to say.'
[After that, Matou Zangyan began to use insects as incarnations, and replaced each generation of family heads after they left descendants. This repeated for twenty-six generations, and therefore completely forgot that he wanted to eliminate all evil in the world.
'This initial wish.]
"I've worked hard to read the setting text, now tell me how to save Matou Kariya and Ryunosuke."
On the surveillance screen, Kariya has already gone to the underground insect warehouse. The two of them may not be enough to take one bite of the mutant giant insect.
【No, I don’t know, wuwuwu...】
'Useless stupid system - it's too late to cry.'
[Tip: Due to the influence of the independent evolution of the 'pax-2o1' prototype, the basement of Matou House has been 'alienated'.] A prompt box suddenly popped up.
'Um... alienation?'
The meaning of alienation is to isolate an area from the real world. The environment and laws in it will change to varying degrees according to the level of the magician who initiates alienation, which is beneficial to oneself. The apex of alienation is "
"Inherent boundaries".
Obviously that big bug has no ability to initiate "alienation" on its own, and it itself is my creation. So, this alienated space is actually - in a sense, the source?
I tried to reach out and wave my hand over the picture of the big bug. The giant bug raised its head as if it was sensing something, and its dark compound eyes moved in accordance with the movements of my fingers.
How does this feel like... I bent my fingers and flicked the giant insect on the projection screen. As a result, it fell backwards as if it was hit by something, and then curled up into a ball, which seemed very aggrieved.
It is indeed an electronic pet... So at least the warehouse can directly interfere with the root cause?
'Stop crying, you stupid system, I've thought of a way to save them both!'
I raised my hand and pulled the red cube down from the air, knocked it twice, and brought it to the screen that projected the underground insect warehouse.
'Now you create...and then put it in..., and then set it to...understand?'
【Is this okay? What if...】
‘If anything happens, I will close the door and let Caster go! You hurry up and work!’
