Tohsaka Rin was extremely upset, so upset that he wanted to bang his head against the wall.
She already had such suspicions, and after the summoned servant categorically insisted that she had lost her memory, this incident undoubtedly intensified her doubts——
This was undoubtedly a mistake she made during the crucial summoning process, which triggered a series of subsequent headaches.
No more, let me die...
Exhausted……
Every step was full of frustration, as if everything was working against her. The full confidence I once felt before the summoning ceremony has now completely transformed into self-doubt and disgust.
No, be elegant, be elegant, be elegant...
Trying to recite the Tohsaka family's family motto in her heart, the girl still wanted to struggle, unwilling to give up the hope of this Holy Grail War. Although it seems now that she actually has no hope in this Holy Grail War.
but--
Once you miss this Holy Grail War, the next one will probably have to wait sixty years.
Thinking of this, Miss Tohsaka used an indescribable tenacity and showed a fierce force. She forced herself to calm down again and began to analyze the details of the summons to her servants.
As she spoke in a somewhat irritable yet clear tone, Xia Zhi gradually gained a general understanding of the situation in this world.
——This world is of course also the earth.
——The current time point is February 1, 2002.
——The current location is a small seaside town in the far east of Japan called Fuyuki City.
Around the 19th century, this city began to secretly host the Holy Grail War. Unfortunately, it was never able to successfully achieve its goals, so the cycle continued. And every war, regardless of success or failure, will deplete the spiritual energy reserves in Fuyuki City's earth veins.
Therefore, only after sixty years of "recharging" can Fuyuki City's leyline spiritual power be abundant enough to support the next Holy Grail War.
Until now, this city has witnessed only five magnificent chapters of the Holy Grail War under its sky. What's especially special is that the latest Holy Grail War was only ten years away from the last ceremony.
In this fifth Holy Grail War, Tohsaka Rin, the magician who accidentally summoned him here by mistake, is one of the participants.
Her family holds an important position in Fuyuki City, being a member of the Clock Tower Magic Association and the administrator of Fuyuki City.
For generations, the Tohsaka family has always been a strong competitor in all the Holy Grail Wars. From the ancestor of the Tosaka family, Tosaka Nagato, to the previous head of the family, Toki Toki, to the current Tosaka Rin himself, their family's figure has changed from Not absent.
——The main focus is participation.
Of course, having said that, who is not like this?
Looking back at every Holy Grail War in the past, a character who can truly be called the winner has never appeared.
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That's basically it. During the process of Tohsaka Rin's story, Xia Zhi also quietly made insinuations and asked about the situation in the British Island. The response he got was as expected.
That land is currently under British rule and is not some legendary fairy kingdom.
This is actually within Xia Zhi's speculation. Ever since he was summoned, he has been vaguely aware of this possibility - maybe this is another parallel world, or maybe it is the same world, but in a different historical period.
After all, judging from the clues he had, the world in the Fairy Country should be the one that deviated from the norm.
Vivian also mentioned a key point——
There is nothingness beyond the island of Britain, and the surface of the earth has turned into a sea of nothing...
Based on the tense speculation revealed by that "transformation", Xia Zhi is more inclined to believe that the world of the Fairy Country is a new product derived from the time sequence after the decline and destruction of the earth world that he is familiar with. It was born in the doomsday catastrophe. On top of the ruins of the planet afterwards.
Of course, more clues need to be collected and verified as to whether this hypothesis is true.
Back to the current situation, he did not think about such distant problems for the time being. Instead, he quickly searched his huge database and confirmed that he could not find any geographical knowledge about "Fuyuki City".
Obviously, this is likely to be a blank caused by the plane deviation value of another world.
Moreover, the era around the millennium is indeed a bit far away from the era he is familiar with, and the distance in time and space is particularly obvious.
very good.
There is neither the right time nor the right location——
He couldn't help but cast his gaze again at the black-haired girl with twin tails not far ahead, feeling that perhaps he needed to evaluate to see if the remaining people could meet the conditions.
I always feel a bit hanging...
Moreover, it is still unclear whether teammates are pig-like teammates, but there is a high probability that the opponent is really a god-like opponent.
After all, the more formal summoning of heroic spirits often seems to summon great heroes with great names and outstanding achievements from history, myths and legends. Their past achievements were either slaying dragons and gods, or conquering all creatures.
Do you really want to check in and leave immediately?
Xia Zhi was not belittling himself, but after some self-examination, he felt that with his own strength, although he could not be said to play a decisive role in this Holy Grail War, it could be said to be better than nothing.
When I think about it, I feel even more sad...
——Where is Vivian?
——Vivian, come to the rescue!
In the dilapidated living room, Tohsaka Rin did not guess the inner thoughts of the servant she summoned. After finishing the story in one breath, she felt even more tired, so she found a chair that was still intact and sat down.
At the same time, the girl with long straight black hair and twin tails narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the other person up and down with a suspicious gaze.
"It seems like you are a modern heroic spirit?"
she asked doubtfully.
The early depression was like a dark cloud, causing her thoughts to become confused, unable to concentrate, and completely neglecting her sensitivity to details. After calming down for a moment, she realized that the clothes on the other party seemed noteworthy, and she couldn't help but feel suspicious.
--Modern?
——Of course not, I actually come from the future...
Xia Zhi actually knew that although the costume she was wearing had been modified several times to adapt to the fashion trends of the Fairy Country, it still retained some modern style elements, which was indeed more conspicuous.
However, what does this matter to him?
As an "Amnesia Servant", he showed an unusual indifference to this question, and responded consistently and confidently: "I don't know, I forgot."
Tohsaka Rin: "..."
Okay, okay, let's play like this...
She clenched her fists tightly, and the urge to hit her head against the wall became stronger.
The black-haired man with twin tails didn't know that this was the opponent's own excuse in the CPU. He was just more upset about his mistake and wanted to grab the ground with his head. Why would one mistake lead to such serious consequences?
Can this Holy Grail War still be won? Who is winning this Holy Grail War?
Angrily and anxiously, she scratched her hair into a mess and gritted her teeth. Although she tried her best to restrain herself, her eyes still lingered involuntarily on the other party's clothing that combined mystery and modernity, and she could not ignore its uniqueness.
I really can’t help but care!
Today's Tohsaka Rin's understanding of the Holy Grail War is still immature. Frankly speaking, her ideas are a bit thin and one-sided.
For example, in her mind, Saber is undoubtedly the most powerful servant. If she can have this decisive trump card, it is almost equivalent to booking a guaranteed qualification in advance.
If you really can't draw SSR, you should at least choose the other two among the top three riders. That way you can at least have an advantage in other aspects. Even if you can't guarantee a direct pass to the finals, you can still maintain a place in the competition.
If even this condition cannot be met, the situation will be worrying. If she were unfortunate enough to draw a servant that was considered weak, such as Caster or Assassin, then in her opinion, the battle would almost end prematurely.
In the previous Holy Grail War, these two major sewer classes have fully proven their sand content, and they are basically at the level of a round trip.
That's basically it. Tohsaka Rin firmly believes in concepts like this, which is why he is so persistent in wanting to obtain Saber.
She also believes that the older, the more mysterious, and the more mysterious, the more powerful, just as her father originally chose to use the shed fossil of the world's first shedding snake as a catalyst to summon the oldest heroic spirit——
If given a choice, Tohsaka Rin would definitely not mind doing this.
But she had no choice, and the servants she summoned were not only not ancient at all, but also a bit too young, which made her feel more and more chilled...
After all, he was not too determined to give up. Tohsaka Rin stared closely at the strange servant of unknown quality that he had spent half a stone to pull out from the card pool, and almost squeezed out words and sounds through his teeth——
"Really don't remember anything?"
"I really don't remember anything."
"Have you forgotten the true name of the Noble Phantasm?"
"What treasure?" The young man frowned and wondered, how could he have such a thing?
"..."
"..."
The air suddenly became quiet, and silence was the moonlight tonight.
After a while, a voice finally broke the silence.
"Heh, heh heh..."
The girl looked down at the ruin-like ground, the expression on her face was completely obscured by the darkness under her bangs, and she let out strange laughter from time to time.
Just like that, she stood up unsteadily, turned around and walked away slowly like a soulless puppet, and wandered up to the second floor. From the hole in the ceiling of the living room downstairs, she could see Until she walked across the gap.
Not long after, the sound of the room door opening and closing was heard from upstairs.
Everything went quiet.
"..."
"..."
It seems like a big blow to this lady master.
Xia Zhi, half leaning in the rubble, watched this scene thoughtfully.
But that's fine, he didn't call out to the young magician. What she needed most at this time was to take a break and let her mind cool down, lest the violent fluctuations in emotions affect her judgment.
When she truly returns to calmness, she may be able to re-examine their relationship with each other in a more rational manner and prepare herself mentally for future cooperation.
There is nothing he can do about this, just like the reason he gave himself for amnesia. Not only was he aware that the girl had such doubts, so he took the opportunity to PUA her, but it was also because he realized that this was the best solution at the moment. .
After all, I am not a heroic spirit at all...
There are no great achievements or immortal legends...
There is no miraculous ability, a gorgeous Noble Phantasm that turns fantasy into reality...
However, a direct showdown is not the best strategy. It is tantamount to actively exposing the fact that you are an ordinary person, which is not a wise choice. However, pretending to be a heroic spirit is not an option, as such a lie can easily be exposed.
Xia Zhi can also see that the Holy Grail War is very important to girls, especially since this little girl has no palace at all. She probably has never thought of hiding her desire and importance for the Holy Grail War in front of her followers. That thought is written on her face. of.
Therefore, he must be more cautious and consider the possibility that the other party will do something stupid once his mentality collapses... The other party is the Master after all, has an advantage in the contract, and has a guaranteed three-stroke command spell.
In this case, we must leave some room for her fantasy and let her have a sense of luck.
Like now——
The excuse of "amnesia" not only gives oneself a reason, but also gives the other party a reason to prevent the two sides from directly erupting into the most intense conflict.
As long as the truth has not been completely nailed, as long as there is still a sense of luck, then people can exercise self-restraint and not go to extremes because of collapse.
Xia Zhi breathed out softly and thought about the whole process. She felt that she still grasped Miss Tohsaka's psychological activities. He looked away, looked at his body, and tried to raise a hand in front of his eyes.
It worked this time...
This is good news, indicating that action is returning.
He tried to stand up from the rubble, and at the same time couldn't help but curse in his heart, just summon... Why did he change his key position?
Speaking of which, the current body should be regarded as the body of a servant. What kind of situation is this?
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The next morning.
"Whoaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Early in the morning, a shocking scream came from the Tohsaka family's mansion.
The girl, who was swaying as if she was still unconscious, rubbed her eyes and walked out of the room. As she was yawning, she suddenly saw the huge gap in the floor of the living room. Through the hole, she could still see the mess on the ground on the first floor. Messy.
For a moment, Tohsaka Rin felt that his heart stopped for a beat.
His eyes widened instantly, but his pupils suddenly contracted, and then there was a scream that seemed to penetrate the eardrums.
"Why are you shouting so loudly?"
Downstairs, Xia Zhi frowned and poked her head out, looking at the black-haired girl with twin tails upstairs who looked collapsed and couldn't believe it, and reached out to pick out her ears.
"..."
"..."
"Heh, heh heh... So - is it true? Isn't it a nightmare?" Tohsaka Rin's whole body turned gray, as if the artist forgot to color her, and she knelt down in frustration. .
It's over, it's over, there's no hope...
I thought I had a very bad nightmare, and I was already in a bad mood.
Unexpectedly, after waking up, reality dealt her an extremely heavy blow, and her mood collapsed even more.
and……
How much money will it cost to repair the mansion? I am really going bankrupt! !
……………………
After half an hour.
Tohsaka Rin went out. She walked on the road with her head lowered, and her whole person gave people an inexplicable gloomy feeling.
no way.
The pressure of the Holy Grail War, the pressure of wealth and life, the pressure of financial bankruptcy... The weight of reality all fell directly and inexplicably on the young girl's shoulders on this day, and she couldn't laugh at all.
She even has to go to school!
Even though it was such a painful and sad thing, she still had to go to school pretending that nothing was wrong. What kind of dark humorous story was this!
Beside her, Xia Zhi, who was invisible to others, followed the girl with great interest. After recovering her mobility, she instinctively mastered the "spiritual transformation" technique, which can not only save magic power, but also facilitate movement.
He completely ignored how heavy his master's heart was. He walked briskly and looked around this strange Fuyuki City. He quickly looked in a certain direction with a thoughtful look and asked a question:
"Is that where the spiritual veins are located?"
"..."
"..."
Rin Tosaka glanced in that direction feebly, and replied vaguely: "That's Enzo Mountain over there, it is indeed one of the spiritual veins of Fuyuki City..."
She was really not in the mood right now, and she didn't care how this guy noticed the spiritual veins over there, and she didn't know what he was planning.
"Yuanzang Mountain..."
Xia Zhi walked beside the girl, holding her chin and thinking.
He meditated all night last night, constantly calculating the conditions and advantages on his side. The final conclusion was that he had no advantages at all and had to rely on ordinary strategies, which had almost no chance of winning.
Therefore, we can only avoid taking the usual path.
Naturally, his attention fell on the biggest piece of the puzzle in his hand, which was the manuscript of "Baopuzi" written by Index not long ago. The original text was a book that taught people how to become immortal and become immortals. The grimoire.
Among the dozens of pages of taboo knowledge that have been written, the main content recorded is alchemy.
To be more precise, it is the art of boiling stone.
In Taoism, it is believed that mineral medicinal materials such as chalcedony cannot be taken easily. It is necessary to obtain the method of boiling the stone before taking it for practice...Using this technique, the mineral essence and chalcedony can be cooked. All five metals and eight stones must be boiled to extract the essence. , turned into elixir.
If you have enough conditions, you can not only cook five kinds of stones...
It can even cook the energy of earth veins!
Huh? The energy of earth veins...
