Chapter 013 13
By the time the Moriarty family arrived at the scene, the Holy Grail had already disappeared without a trace, and only the magicians were cleaning up the battlefield in the center of the ruins - but the high concentration of magic in the air still made them feel obviously uncomfortable*. When they looked again, they saw that the two people at 221B Baker Street were wearing masks and standing together with the magicians.
"...Look at it from a bright side. At least if this continues, Velvet will be an expert at dismantling the Holy Grail." Lansermello leaned on his cane and twitched his lips, trying to comfort the people in the control room who were unhappy because of the loss of the Holy Grail. "At worst, we will just shut down all the equipment and drift in hibernation for a few hundred years."
"Is it really impossible to bring back some from the spiritual veins here?" Marisbilli sighed with regret, "Then prepare to transfer the spiritual particles back after you finish the finishing work."
"Ah, of course." Lansemello took a deep breath of the magic-rich air. "Besides, since we are here, it would be terrible if we don't bring back some special products. Is the spirit base atlas ready?"
"The recording mode is on." Fujimaru Ritsuka stretched his back lazily, "Mashu and I will go to the cafeteria first?"
"Well, you've worked hard." After completing the dismantling of the Holy Grail, El-Melloi II terminated the summoning one step ahead of time, allowing Zhuge Kongming to return to the Spiritual Base Atlas. He is now standing outside the ruins wearing a mask. "From the Lord's appearance, he probably plans to resume his wandering mode after returning. He should eat something good during this last period of time, otherwise he will have to wait hundreds of years before he can come out again."
Grey handed a stack of Da Vinci's specially made masks to Louis, and turned around to see that the ruins had disappeared, and the collapsed buildings had all been restored to their original intact appearance.
The sniper at the end clicked his tongue: "I remember this place was intact before we left... William?"
"Moran." William walked towards the magicians. "We came back here today to seek answers just like the detective did."
Time goes back to the time when the three Chaldeans had just gathered not long ago.
“…Then just tear it apart.” Lancer Mello poked Jack the Ripper, whose features were blurred, with disdain, and pronounced the end of the Holy Grail. “Although the Holy Grail is Jack the Ripper’s heart and soul, we cannot rule out the possibility that it can summon additional Shadow Servants. Gray, the job of protecting Velvet will be handed over to you from now on… Is that ok?”
"I see." Weber walked to the edge of the cave entrance and handed two masks to Sherlock and John, splitting into two people. "Specially made by Da Vinci - for filtering high-concentration magic. This time we are not dismantling the remains of the Holy Grail, so necessary protective measures are still needed."
The ball of golden light in the cave paused for a moment, then quickly rose into the air and began to jump violently.
The boy-like Caster pulled the heavy cape on his shoulders uncomfortably, and looked at the bright red Command Seal appearing on the back of the adult-like magician's hand, and asked: "You don't wear a mask yourself? Where do you start?"
"Let's take down the shell first." El-Melloi II put on a mask, glanced at Gray who threw out the sickle and cut off the Shadow Servant like harvesting crops, and began to command Caster to dismantle the Holy Grail. "It would be more efficient for the two of us to work separately at this time, right? Jack the Ripper is under the control of the Lord, and the Shadow Servant can also be blocked by Gray..."
"Yes, I understand." Zhuge Kongming spread his hands and began to dismantle the Holy Grail according to the steps given by El-Melloi II. "There is no Holy Grail War in this world, right? How come there is a Holy Grail framework that is almost exactly the same as the one in Fuyuki?"
"I don't know even if you ask me." El-Melloi II heard the sound of a building collapsing from behind him and continued to instruct Zhuge Kongming to work without changing his expression. "Logically speaking, even the Tosaka family and the Einzbern family don't have the Machili Zorgen family who performs the Holy Grail ceremony by themselves - there is no Machili Zorgen here."
"Besides, at least the completely consistent framework makes our work easier when it comes to disassembly."
The Holy Grail struggled even more fiercely under Caster's hands, and more Shadow Servants poured out from the surrounding alleys and surrounded everyone.
The dismantling work over there was nearing completion. Lancer Mello stood next to Jack the Ripper, staring calmly at the densely packed Shadow Servants in front of him like a tide. He used Holmes' second Noble Phantasm to imitate the spirit base of the Holy Grail Knight. Gray held the Scythe that Jade had transformed into, jumped back a few steps, looked straight at the Shadow Servants in front of him, and took a deep breath.
"Real name, revealed - I stand at the Seat of Disaster! It is our homeland that can heal all wounds and all resentments. Reveal!"
"Yade!!!"
The magic outfit in Gray's hand changed from the Scythe of Death to a Battering Hammer; the wall of the City of Chalk appeared behind Lancermello, blocking everyone behind the wall; El-Melloi II's speed of reciting the steps to dismantle the Holy Grail became faster; Zhuge Kongming's speed of dismantling the Holy Grail continued to increase as El-Melloi II's speech speed increased -
The actions of the three parties came to an end at the same moment.
Gray held the battering ram tightly and smashed it hard on the shadow servants. The shock wave caused by the collision of magic destroyed many shadow servants, but many shadow servants were not destroyed and continued to pour towards the crowd. However, they were blocked outside the gate of the Cretaceous City by the treasure released by Lancermello imitating the spirit base.
"The ideal city is already far away!"
The Chalk City rose up behind Lancermello, isolating the endless stream of Shadow Servants from the Holy Grail. Jack the Ripper, who tried to fight based on instinct when Lancermello's attention was diverted, lost his supply of magic power before he could make a move, as El-Melloi II completed the work of dismantling the Holy Grail, and dissipated into the air as spirit particles.
At the same time, as the dismantling of the Holy Grail was completed, El-Melloi II raised the back of his hand engraved with the Command Seal in front of him, looked at Zhuge Kongming and gave three orders in a row -
"Return to the spirit base atlas, sever the contract, and cancel the summoning."
As El-Melloi II finished speaking, Zhuge Kongming disappeared in front of everyone, and the Holy Grail exploded at this moment, destroying the endless stream of Shadow Servants and the nearby buildings - thanks to Lancer Melloi's use of the Holmes Noble Phantasm to imitate the Spiritual Base's opened Noble Phantasm, the few people did not suffer much damage. The only trouble was that Chaldea lost a recoverable Holy Grail.
Back to the present, everyone in the Moriarty family put on masks that filter out magic power and gathered around the magicians.
However, the first person to ask the question was a consultant who was obsessed with finding the answer to the mystery.
"You're here to find the Holy Grail. Is it okay to dismantle it?"
Sherlock asked questions that went straight to the point right from the start. He didn't care about the atmosphere around him at all, he only cared about whether the questions he was curious about could be answered.
“Although I’d like to say that even if I answer you, you’ll forget everything that happened here…” Lancer-Melloi tugged at his gloves, sighed, and split into two like El-Melloi II before him, “But after all, guys like Sherlock Holmes are the ultimate creatures who love to pursue mysteries, right?”
"Haha, I'll just take this as your compliment." The split British gentleman responded to the magician's complaint with a smile, "Let me introduce myself, my name is Holmes - Sherlock Holmes. Although I really want to just say 'I'm a detective. If you want a hero, then I can only say sorry to you, but if you want a detective or a reasoner, then you have drawn a good card' like in the past..."
"But the world isn't in a good place for me to say that."
"Sherlock." The doctor and detective assistant left Grey's body at the same time, looked at Holmes disapprovingly, and cleared his throat. "My name is John H. Watson - but I guess people are more familiar with Conan Doyle... Oh well, it seems that your Watson hasn't started writing the Sherlock Holmes collection yet?"
"I'm already writing it!!!" John immediately retorted, and then he widened his eyes, "Wait, what did you just say!??"
"It's rare for our Sherlock to be so quiet..." Watson paused, and looked at Lancermello, who had transformed back into a fairy in the air with a high concentration of magic, with a subtle expression, "Miss. AG, have you always kept your clairvoyance on?"
"Hmm." Lanser-Mero nodded. "The best way to punish the detectives is to give spoilers in advance. Clairvoyance is very useful for giving spoilers...Okay, it's time to get back to the point and answer their questions."
"First of all, dismantling the Holy Grail cannot be said to have no impact - but the Holy Grail here must be dismantled directly." El-Melloi II exhaled, "Because the Holy Grail is the heart of Jack the Ripper. If the heart is not destroyed first, this gang can continue to exist. But for us, the impact is actually not that big..."
“It’s just a return to the old way of life.”
"You mentioned that we would forget what happened here..." William looked at Lansemello, "Then why did you need our cooperation to lead the residents of Whitechapel away before?"
"The experience of the singularity is nothing but a dream." Lansemero shrugged nonchalantly, "But the casualty data of the singularity will appear in real history - that is, if someone dies here tonight, even if the Holy Grail is recovered and the impact is eliminated, at the same time in real history, the dead person will die in a different way."
"For example, sudden death."
"As for repairing the battlefield, it is only to ensure that in real history, they will not fall into accidental death due to the collapse of the house. After all, the changes in the buildings will occasionally reflect the past." Lansemello smiled at William, "Crime Lord Moriarty - as far as I know, the guys you killed were all nobles who oppressed civilians and had more than one life on their hands..."
"I think I can use this to confirm that you don't want civilians to be accidentally injured... or that you are more inclined to protect them, right?"
"The process of transferring soul particles has been prepared." El-Melloi II pushed up his glasses and glanced at Holmes. "If you have anything to remind them, just tell them now... although they may not remember it."
"Alas..." Watson sighed helplessly, and with a wry smile, he asked Lansemero to leave hints for his peers. "Be careful of Milverton - this guy controls the mouthpiece of the media... I think, even though Mr. Holmes firmly believes that the Lord of Crime is Mr. Moriarty, he would not want that guy to publish the identity of the Lord of Crime in the newspaper, right?"
"That guy is the worst person in all of London," Holmes added. "Even Moriarty here doesn't disgust me so much. Your ideals are good, the type that the Master would like. So I will give you a piece of advice - Milverton must die."
"If you want your plan to go smoothly."