Chapter 55

The dim light, the desolate environment, and the sudden appearance of a bandaged man. If both of them didn't have extremely strong hearts, the sense of déjà vu from a horror movie would probably make them scream.

Shirou Emiya's eyes widened. He was also a person who summoned a Heroic Spirit, and he was the famous King Arthur. The figure in front of him looked more like a Heroic Spirit than the strange-looking cursed spirit that Geto Suguru had mentioned before. However, it was definitely not a normal class.

A light bulb suddenly lit up in his head, and he exclaimed, "Kayu, this is your Barsarkar! It turns out that a sorcerer is also a kind of magician. Now I understand."

Xia Youjie: “…”

Xia Yujie: “???” What did you understand?

Seeing Emiya Shirou ignoring the cursed spirit he summoned and criticizing the bandaged monster that suddenly appeared, Geto Suguru felt like his heart was about to stop.

He really wanted to tell Emiya Shirou that it was not his Cursed Spirit or even his Heroic Spirit, but a strange intruder. However, he couldn't do it because the feeling of this "stranger" was very strong to him. If he said something he shouldn't have, not only him but also Emiya Shirou would be implicated.

His brain was working rapidly, and Geto Suguru was thinking about how to take Emiya Shirou away from this person. However, the next second, he felt a sharp pain in his head, like the gray and white noise produced when debugging the signal in an old TV drama.

As the debugging progresses, the TV picture will become clearer, and for Geto Suguru, the signals in his mind gradually form discontinuous sentences.

[I, Fuyuki, help me and I will be rewarded. ]

Although he seemed calm on the surface, his heart was already in turmoil. Xia Yujie recalled the description he had heard in Kyoto before. For some reason, he also recalled a casual conversation he had with Kyoto.

"I planted all the peach trees here myself, hahahaha. This kind of plant grows very fast. It seems that it won't be long before there are so many peaches that I can't store them all. In the end, I can only use them to make wine."

At that time, Geto Suguru thought there was something different about the peaches in Kyoto. He even ate the freshly harvested peaches, trying to find out the difference. Now it seems that the peaches are just ordinary peaches. What is different is the concept of time in Kyoto.

He should have thought of it earlier. How could a city consciousness that has lived for an unknown period of time have the same concept of time as humans? So the little mermaid he met not long ago has now become a bandage monster?!

After thinking it through a little, many things are not so troubling anymore. For example, Fuyuki's current image looks like a patient with extensive burns in the hospital, which easily reminds me of the fire ten years ago.

Fortunately, after thinking so much in his mind, only a few seconds passed in reality. Emiya Shirou did not notice anything unusual, but instead asked Geto Suguru: "There is no Command Seal on the back of your hand, have you used up all of them?"

"No, my situation is a little special. I don't have such a thing as a Command Seal." Geto Suguru said casually. No matter what Shirou Emiya thought, he just had to insist that this was his cursed spirit.

Emiya Shirou didn't care too much about Geto Suguru's answer. After all, he only had a vague understanding of the world of magicians, and he knew that Illya's Servant was Barsarkar. Then Geto Suguru's Barsarkar was not summoned through regular channels, so it was normal to have some problems.

When Fuyuki asked him for help, Geto Suguru was naturally willing to help. After all, it was help, not an order, so there was definitely room for negotiation. As for what kind of help this was, Geto Suguru wanted to discuss it with Fuyuki and tried to talk to her in his mind, but got no response.

Before he figured out the situation, Geto Xiayou didn't want to expose Fuyuki's identity, so he walked over and tried to ask, "Are you okay?"

There was still deathly silence, and the other party stood there like a sculpture.

"What are you doing, Geto?" Emiya Shirou was puzzled by his actions.

Xia Youjie just felt helpless: "I'm trying to... communicate with her."

Having been called an outsider by Rin Toosaka before, Shirou Emiya felt that he needed to tell Geto Suguru something: "Barsarkar is a job that sacrifices sanity in exchange for higher abilities. You probably can't communicate with her."

Geto Suguru just wanted to cover his face. What he said sounded like the truth, but he was not a cursed spirit or a heroic spirit. How could he explain this problem?

Moreover, they had other things to do at the moment, so on the premise that Geto Suguru had the ability to protect himself, Emiya Shirou agreed to let him participate in this matter. Originally, Geto Suguru wanted to object to Shirou Emiya's risk, but when he saw those fiery eyes, he knew that he couldn't do it, so he could only repeatedly remind him not to confront those Masters and Servants from ten years ago, and to focus on collecting intelligence.

With only two people and no other allies, Geto Suguru suggested that it would be faster to collect intelligence separately. Emiya Shirou agreed to his method, which made Geto Suguru feel relieved. At least only after the two of them separated would he have a chance to contact Fuyuki.

Fortunately, Fuyuki would always move with him, as if he was bound to the game's idle mechanism, and might even automatically counterattack when encountering an enemy.

Although Emiya Shirou's statement was directed at the Heroic Spirits, Geto Suguru also had some vague doubts. Fuyuki's current image was also a factor to consider. The damage left by the fire ten years ago might not only be physical, but also affected her mind.

Shinichi Hinawa, who is now just a personal accessory, would not know what Geto Suguru is thinking. But even if he knew, he would not refute him, because to some extent Geto Suguru's guess is correct, and Shinichi Hinawa really wants to guide him to think in this direction.

Fuyuki was indeed badly hurt in the fire, to the point that his personality changed drastically and he was no longer in his right mind.

The bloody body under the bandages was only secondary. Yokohama had also been seriously injured. As long as he was not like Edo in the past, there was still a chance of recovery. However, Fuyuki's situation was somewhat special. Compared with the lives burned by the fire, the pollution from the Holy Grail was more important.

The endless resentment of the people affected at the end of their lives, combined with the pollution of the Holy Grail, caused incalculable damage to the city. So the mermaids who had been living in the water were forced to go ashore.

Shinichi Hinawa used Kyoto's identity to guide Geto Suguru and the others to Fuyuki in order to completely resolve this matter. However, the current Fuyuki is indeed somewhat similar to the Barsarkar that Shirou Emiya mentioned. The debuff brought by the body sometimes even affects Shinichi Hinawa.

"Fuyuki, what you want me to help you with is preventing the fire that happened ten years ago." Geto Suguru had been trying to talk to Fuyuki, so he racked his brains to think of topics that might interest her.

It was originally just an attempt without any hope, but I didn't expect to get a response this time.

【yes.】

Geto Suguru looked back in surprise. The bandaged monster standing behind him was still standing there in a daze. His mouth didn't move, but his silver-green eyes turned and met Geto Suguru's gaze.

The voice in my head came again.

[I'm not completely awake. Sometimes the body reacts instinctively. Don't worry about your safety.]

"No, that's not what I'm worried about." After trying to respond with his inner voice to no avail, Xia Youjie chose to speak out. "How are you now? Are you okay?"

He guessed that Fuyuki could not accept his inner voice, and the reason why he could hear Fuyuki's words might be similar to the way marine creatures communicate through radio waves. So he was not clear about Fuyuki's voice, and those words only carried a little emotional information.

The mermaid who is good at singing became scarred after walking ashore, and even communicated with him through radio waves. How could he not see the problem inside? But the problem is that if it is a human, if he is sick or injured, Xia Yujie will first take him to Jia Rushengzi. If he can't find Shengzi, there are a lot of hospitals to choose from.

What about urban consciousness? What if they get hurt?

This was not the first time that Kagome Suguru knew that urban consciousness could get sick and injured. In Yokohama, which was far away from him, the wounds from the Raibo Street accident did not seem to affect the lady's decisiveness at all. Tokyo, which he often saw, had even died once when it was called Edo.

So what about Fuyuki now? Ten years have passed, but time has not healed her wounds at all. The black aura surrounding her body seems to be pulling her closer to death every second.

Xia Youjie had no way to help her.

[Compared to me, the people of this city are probably more important. ]

Geto Suguru denied her view: "Urban awareness is as important as the residents of the city. Please tell me, if we can stop the fire, can you, Fuyuki, be saved together?"

There was no response for a long time this time. When Geto Suguru thought that Fuyuki's consciousness had sunk again, he received the message again.

【Fuyuki will be saved.】

It seemed that in order to respond to Geto Suguru, the city consciousness used up its last bit of strength and sent out a sentence intermittently. After that, Geto Suguru tried to contact again, but there was no response.

City consciousness has abilities beyond imagination, but this time, Fuyuki's ability to reverse time still scared Geto. Thinking of some books he had read, he wondered if an unintentional action of his would have a butterfly effect and greatly change the world ten years later.

However, Fuyuki did not remind him, and Geto Suguru, who completely trusted the city's consciousness, decided not to think too much and focused on helping to solve the crisis that Fuyuki was facing.

Geto Suguru walked around Fuyuki New Town. It should not be called a new town now because there had not been the reconstruction ten years ago. Now the buildings on both sides of the river are no different. They are all tourist cities with a seaside atmosphere.

The mobile phone cannot be used after being soaked in water. Even if it can be used, Geto Suguru is not sure that he can pay with the mobile phone ten years later. Fortunately, Japan is quite traditional and prefers to use paper money. According to Gojo Satoru, the store owners living locally are the people who know the city best.

Xia Youjie inquired about information in these shops. Since it was a tourist city, there were many shops selling souvenirs. He thought that he had finally come here ten years ago and he could buy some souvenirs for his companions.

There happened to be a store selling unisex necklaces, so Geto Suguru bought two. Then when he was paying, he glanced at Fuyuki's consciousness, which was ignored by everyone else, and bought another one.

The little mermaid would love a beautiful conch necklace.

(End of this chapter)