This world and myself are both crazy after all.
Xia Zhi had a dull expression on his face, like a still statue, half-leaning and half-sitting among the piles of messy and broken rubble. He wanted to stand up from it and dust himself off, but he couldn't. Do it.
The moonlight passes through the simple windows, and shines coldly and softly into the building.
The dim and mysterious light environment, but not completely dark, also allowed him to better examine the surrounding environment.
Although everything you see is broken rubble and scattered debris, as if you are looking at a scene of ruins left behind after being ravaged by a typhoon, under the bright moonlight, you can still vaguely glimpse the past appearance of this place. ——
The smashed sofa and coffee table next to it were in dilapidated condition, but they were still barely recognizable.
It looks like... it's a living room?
His gaze rose along the inertia, and the ceiling that was supposed to be as flat as a mirror now revealed a huge and eye-catching crack, which was suddenly eye-catching and dazzling. The edges of the gap were rough and broken, clearly showing the traces of a severe impact.
so--
Did you fall directly from above?
Naturally, he constructed this series of causal relationships in his mind and came to this conclusion.
Although this way of appearing on stage can't be said to be free and easy, it can definitely be called embarrassing.
At the same time, Xia Zhi's eyes wandered to the wall not far away, where a wall clock hung. It was obviously not immune to the disaster. It was affected by the aftermath and hung there leaning and shaking as if it was about to fall down at any time.
Despite this, it still sticks to its duty and is showing the current time:
——It’s exactly two o’clock in the morning.
If there is no mistake and the time can be believed, then it is obviously late at night.
Sure enough, if you summon heroic spirits in the middle of the night, you are destined to lose your luck...
Xia Zhi couldn't help but twitch his lips. He already understood more or less what was going on. Regarding the sound he heard in his sleep, maybe it was not an illusion in the dream, but such a bizarre thing actually happened.
He recalled that he and Vivian also summoned heroic spirits late at night, but ended up summoning Index by mistake. Now someone is summoning heroic spirits in the middle of the night, and ends up summoning himself by mistake?
What kind of cycle of injustice is this?
While he was thinking wildly and trying to collect more information and use the moon phase to guess the current date, he heard a rush of footsteps coming from far away and approaching quickly.
Thumb thump thump——
Judging from the reverberation track and direction of the footsteps, it seemed that they were running up from the basement. The owner's steps were full of anxiety and urgency, making him appear rather reckless and impetuous.
He probably has that kind of reckless temperament... And here's the problem. Judging from the feeling, based on the bond between contract and magic, this hurried visitor is most likely the magician who inexplicably summoned him here. division.
From this point of view, the real summoning ceremony should be held in that basement.
However……
Why do you appear here in this state?
This question is obviously worth pondering, but it was too late to think about it at this time. Not far away, the basement door leading to the living room suddenly made an unusual sound, and the door handle seemed to have suffered several violent blows from behind. Tightened, but didn't open.
It’s hard to tell whether the door lock is damaged or stuck…
The moment that followed——
boom!
With a loud bang, the door panel was kicked open like a leaf being swept away by a strong wind. The powerful impact caused the door to slam against the wall.
Then, a figure suddenly appeared behind the door and walked into the living room quickly and menacingly.
When she stepped into the living room, her first reaction was to quickly look around her surroundings. Wherever she looked, she saw a damaged ceiling, messy and broken furniture, and decorations scattered everywhere...
This messy scene made a deep feeling of regret and regret quietly slip through her eyes.
Then, her eyes stopped and focused on Xia Zhi. The sequence of the entire process subtly reveals her subconscious prioritization of the importance of things...
"..."
"..."
Quiet, dead silence.
The two looked at each other, and no one broke the silence for a while.
The scene became awkward for a while, and the air seemed to freeze.
In terms of psychological quality, Xia Zhi is obviously slightly better, so he can maintain a calm state and look at the black-haired girl with twin tails with a calm and unhurried gaze. At the same time, he can't help but feel a sense of déjà vu in this scene.
——Hey, I remembered...
——It seems that this is how I met Vivian before.
At the beginning of the time travel, he also accidentally broke into the library where Vivian was reading alone, knocking over an entire row of bookshelves and mountains of books, and the scene was once chaotic. The scene in front of me now is naturally like a reappearance of the scene.
Well, it should be a coincidence, definitely a coincidence.
While Xia Zhi was convincing himself in his mind, the girl with black hair and twin tails who was confronting him finally made some move.
She seemed to see something out of the corner of her eye. She frowned and looked in the direction of the wall in confusion, and then stared straight at the tilted wall clock. Her expression suddenly became tense and her eyes were obviously widened.
It was like he suddenly remembered something, something very important.
"Hehe... Hehe... screwed up again..."
Her eyes were straight, her face was dark, and she was shaking in place with a dry smile, like a puppet without a soul.
Um?
Xia Zhi inadvertently cast her gaze at the wall clock, and combined with the strange reaction of the black-haired twintail in front of her, she had already sketched out a rough possibility in her mind.
Although we are not completely sure yet, we can try to guide you in this direction...
What a smart person he is, the girl just revealed some flaws and tricks, and immediately prepared to manipulate the other party in this regard, so as to take the initiative in the subsequent negotiations...
The person involved, or the reserve victim, did not realize that she had exposed a flaw. She just stared straight at the wall clock, annoyed and angry with herself, angry at why she was so stupid!
Why didn't I think of such an important thing?
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Tohsaka Rin was in a devastated mood and almost wanted to die in self-loathing.
For this day...
She has been preparing tremblingly for this moment to come.
The purpose is to be able to summon the strongest servant - Saber in the most complete manner!
Since there was no holy relic that could accurately specify the summons, she had to look for supplements from other aspects. Her original plan was to summon at two o'clock in the morning, which was the time when her wavelength was the best.
This was her first and last chance at the limit, and she had to do her best to be the best she could.
However.
There was nothing wrong with the plan, but there was a little accident during the implementation...
Just yesterday, when she was in the final preparation stage, she made a discovery in interpreting her father's last words. She found an ancestral gem pendant in the basement. It has a history of more than a hundred years and is far ahead among the gems in the family. exist.
Especially for girls who practice gem magic, this gem pendant will definitely bring help beyond imagination.
She was naturally extremely happy about this, but she did not expect that when she took the gem pendant out of the magic workshop, the powerful power of the pendant seemed to disrupt the clocks at home, making them all speed up by an hour.
——It took a long night to interpret the last words...
——The magic power is also consumed a bit too much...
——In addition, all the clocks are out of order, causing the alarm to sound an hour early...
All these factors came together accidentally, and the result was that she felt a little lethargic and low-spirited throughout the whole day.
And the worst thing is that in the morning, she still barely remembered that "the gem pendant forced the clock at home to mess up." But when she came home from school in the evening, she was so confused that she completely ignored this important thing in her exhaustion. details.
Until the bell rings at midnight, the summoning ceremony begins according to the established time point...
What followed closely was what just happened.
It was at the decisive moment of victory that she committed an incredible act of negligence.
At this moment, the girl with black hair and twin tails stared closely at the tilted and misaligned wall clock on the wall, feeling as bitter as blood dripping from her heart. It was obviously only one o'clock in the morning, and she was still an hour away from reaching her best condition, but she actually This crucial time was ignored!
You know, just to draw the materials for the summoned magic circle, she has used up half of her precious gems. This operation cannot even financially bear the result of failure...
But why, the chain still dropped at the critical moment!
Is this some kind of genetic curse? !
After taking a few deep breaths, she clenched and unclenched her fists. It took her a while to collect her thoughts, and then moved her eyes back, staring at the guy who seemed to have no intention of speaking in a very unhappy mood...
I didn't get the card I wanted, and it seems I summoned an uncooperative follower?
This kind of development... can be said to be terrible.
The girl felt like crying inexplicably, but the words her father left before his death, and shouldering the honor and obligations of the Tohsaka family alone, gave her an absolute reason not to back down, no matter what... no matter what...
She glared at her servant stubbornly, trying to express her attitude: "Aren't you going to talk about it? Who are you?"
"Before you ask this question, why don't you introduce yourself?"
Xia Zhi was very calm and did not rush to answer, but instead directly threw the question back.
Obviously, this magician lady has shown a proactive and strong personality. In this case, a different strategy must be adopted.
Moreover, this time is the Holy Grail War, so there are naturally established rules. The other party may also have a natural understanding and attitude towards this, and will subconsciously want to control everything. In this case, the other party must be allowed to Wake up.
The most important thing is that he also has to examine the situation of the magician lady to see if it is suitable to cooperate.
If he wasn't a good partner, then Xia Zhi felt that he might have to consider whether this Holy Grail War was worth participating in.
After all, according to Vivian's explanation, the Holy Grail War is like a black boxing fight by an illegal organization. Only the person who survives to the end is the winner. You can imagine the difficulty... He doesn't think he is an ordinary person at all. Ordinary people can compete with legendary heroes.
If he is paired with a hopeless Master, it would be better to break up the team as soon as possible and defeat him.
"Hey, wait, aren't you my follower?" The girl opened her eyes wide, with a hint of alertness in her words, "I am your master, and the master-slave relationship should be clear from the beginning..."
As a summoned servant, this person looks completely human.
But she knew very well that she couldn't be fooled by the other person's appearance. This was definitely something beyond human beings, an undead person who had reached the realm of elves in a human body.
Therefore, subconsciously, the girl instinctively felt that as a master, she must firmly grasp the leadership and not allow the followers to suppress the master's status. Otherwise, this would definitely be a very dangerous thing.
he's mine!
Let him understand this relationship!
——In this regard, she is actually more enlightened than her unlucky father who surrendered to his servants and was eventually killed.
"As far as theory is concerned, it is indeed true..."
Facing the girl's plausible question, the young man opposite answered casually.
"What does it mean in terms of theory?" Tohsaka Rin noticed the implication of his words, and his tone suddenly became a little angry.
"It means that the actual situation may be a little different... After all, you understand, right? In the new era and new atmosphere, everyone now pays attention to two-way choice, and forceful melons are not sweet."
Xia Zhi answered with a smile and meant something.
However, he said it very tactfully and politely, and did not directly say anything like, "A man is born between heaven and earth, how can he live in depression for a long time" or something like that.
"How is that possible! I can't understand!"
The girl shouted excitedly and took a step forward.
She felt that the ominous premonition in her heart had indeed become reality. This guy seemed to have no intention of admitting his status as Master!
"Look at this! You see, this is the evidence that you are your master. Aren't you going to admit it?" She angrily raised the back of her right hand, revealing the three-stroke command spell on it. It was the master's command to the servant. Three absolute commands.
"Hey——! Calm down first..."
Xia Zhi twitched the corner of her mouth. Why did she feel that the magician lady was so excited that she immediately wanted to use a command spell to command herself to do that? Could it be that her mentality had completely collapsed due to some successive blows?
"——Confirm, you are my servant, right?"
The girl had no intention of calming down at all, she spoke forcefully and glared at him.
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After a while.
After some friendly discussions, the two sides finally reached an agreement on the most basic stance.
However, in the messy living room, the negotiations were still going on, but they were not going very smoothly.
The expression of the black-haired girl with twin ponytails had softened just now, but now it began to darken with increasing dissatisfaction: "That's it! Aren't you going to introduce yourself to me properly? Like your name, origin, What!!"
"have no idea……"
The young man shook his head and replied calmly.
He had just been suppressed by the other party, and now he had to find a way to make up for it, KTV this reckless master lady.
"you--!!"
"I really don't know. There's no point in glaring at me... I appeared here in the blink of an eye. Who knows what happened? My name, origin, etc., I have no impression at all. My mind is blank. .”
Xia Zhi explained calmly, while looking at the girl opposite with a pointed look.
"If you really don't believe it, you can try using a command spell to order me to recall it. It might work." Lying mainly relies on a mentality. The less blushing and out of breath you are, the more convinced you are. force.
"How could you..."
Tohsaka Rin opened his mouth, subconsciously thinking of his failed summons, and suddenly became suspicious. Could it be because of this? !
"That's it. I can't remember anything right now. Can you tell me what happened with this summons?"
After a few simple sentences, Xia Zhi looked at Tohsaka Rin seriously, preparing to analyze the intelligence of this new world.
He actually thought about it carefully and felt that the reason for this incident should be that he had come into contact with the Heroic Spirit Summoning System not long ago when he summoned Index.
If it was a terminal that communicated with the "world", then in theory it should not only be able to download information, but also upload information... I might have uploaded my own information at that time.
so--
I wanted to order a takeout, so I downloaded a takeout app, and then... registered as a rider?
