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However, the banquet hall did not have the three long tables that Fujimaru Ritsuka had guessed, but a huge round table divided equally by the colors of the three camps. The colors of the chair backs also indicated the differences between the three camps. As soon as Laplace's Demon stepped into the banquet hall, Fujimaru Ritsuka took in all the members of the three camps who had arrived at the banquet hall.
——The new A group was really packed in without missing a single one. However, the only advantage was that they were in the same camp, so they could always find a chance to formulate a plan to recover the Holy Grail. As for the other two camps…it was not so much that there was almost no one they knew, but rather that there was no magician in the camp, and they were all obviously from other worlds.
The three groups of people who were finally brought to the banquet hall by Laplace's Demon sat in their respective seats under everyone's gaze. Although Yimura Ransu from the Black Camp looked like the kind of person who would talk without considering the occasion, he just stared at Laplace's Demon without saying a word. Although Asuka Hanae from the Red Camp was full of doubts, she also chose to sit down quietly while holding Hinamiya.
As for Fujimaru Ritsuka, she pretended not to know the other six members of the new A team without changing her expression. She sat down in the only empty seat among the seven seats of the White Camp, which was also the seat representing the Sword Knight "Saber" team, crossed her fingers in front of her, and stared sharply at the Devil of Laplace who called himself Ruler.
"Finally, all the members of the three camps have gathered here." Laplace's Demon raised his hand to his chest and bowed gracefully to everyone in the banquet hall. "But before this battle begins, we still need to make two preparations. First--"
"Please ask the participants of the three camps to exchange their identities and names - the puppets can only say their ranking, and the servants can only say their ranks..." Laplace's devil's red eyes swollen and flashed with a strange light, "But, you must not lie, and you must not not say anything - this is the rule you need to abide by this time. "
"The order is - starting from the Red Camp and ending with the White Camp."
As Laplace's Demon finished speaking, all the members of the new A team, who had carefully transformed their servants into spirits from the beginning, could only helplessly let their servants restore their physical bodies in front of everyone and stand behind them - but in this way, they would obviously be judged by the participants of other camps as having known each other before...
"Crimson Camp, a member of the four-star school flower song group, Lily Shirogane."
The calm blue-haired girl in school uniform was the first to speak in the order arranged by Laplace's Demon, but she clearly had no intention of speaking for her doll.
"The Red Camp, the Rose Girl's first puppet, Mercury Lamp—" the silver-haired puppet wearing Gothic clothing declared, "Only I will see my father."
"Monsters, ghosts, demons, monsters, ghosts..."
——Nice to meet you. My name is Iwanaga Kotoko——I am the god of wisdom of monsters, ghosts, demons, monsters, and ghosts... In short, I am the god of wisdom of all the monsters that exist in this world.
As the voices of the second group of Crimson Camp participants rang out, Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but recall the voice of the girl who was the princess of the monsters and the one who maintained the balance, whom he had met at the Shibuya Anomaly.
"... Anyway, I'm treated as a princess by these guys. I'm the god of wisdom of monsters and the shrine maiden who arbitrates and resolves disputes between them." The girl in a white dress introduced herself. "My name is Iwanaga Kotoko - Iwa for rock, Eternal for eternity; Koto for musical instrument, Child for child."
"The second puppet, Canary, is also the most brainy one among Rose Girls!" The puppet with spiral green double ponytails stood on the table in front of Iwanaga Kotoko and said proudly.
"I am the fifth prince of the Kingdom of Granzlaih - Rishite von Granzlai...ah, the full name is too long, just call me Rishite." The young man with long golden hair looked at everyone with a smile and blinked briskly, "You can also call me Rishio casually!"
——The last unpronounced lip shape, if put together... is it Granzleich? The name Reichert von Granzleich seems to be a name that only German-speaking nobles would have.
Kirshtalia, who was sitting with Fujimaru Ritsuka separated by Ophelia, stroked her chin* and calmly began to analyze the information that could be obtained from these forced self-introductions that could not be simpler - after all, it was not easy to put it together, and Fujimaru Ritsuka would definitely find a way to gather them together for a meeting later, so he had to make corresponding preparations before the meeting.
"The third Rose Girl doll, from the Emerald Star Stone."
The doll with floor-length dark chestnut curly hair hid behind Richter, revealed its face, said his name, and then shrank back.
"Kanzaki Rizhao is an employee of the Attribute Cafe—" The person with long white hair wearing a green cafe uniform skirt winked happily at everyone, "The goal is to become a popular idol!"
——It was a self-introduction that only required telling the name and identity, but why did you start to introduce yourself as a yang-style character? ! !
Peperoncino turned his head and saw that Cadoch was lying on the table. He almost fainted.
"The fourth puppet, Cosmos Stone." The puppet dressed in a blue prince costume stood on the table belonging to the Red Camp and finished his self-introduction simply and quickly.
"Fifth puppet, Zhenhong." The blonde puppet in a rose-red dress finished introducing herself according to the rules while enjoying her tea. She then turned her head to look at the man with light blonde hair sitting behind her. "Among all the mediums I've contracted, you're the first human who can make tea so well without me saying anything."
"I'm Camus, a member of the idol group QUARTET☆NIGHT." Camus spoke in a voice that sounded like an idol's job, smiling at Shinhong who was drinking tea in front of him. "After all, besides being an idol, I'm also a butler. Brewing black tea is a basic skill for butlers."
"Awaya Hanae is currently working as a servant for her classmate Abe Harusai at Monster An to pay off her debts." Asaya Hanae smiled helplessly while holding Hinamichi, and she also completed her self-introduction on behalf of Hinamichi, "Hinamichi is the sixth doll of Rose Girl, and she is a very cute child."
"Katarina Claes is the only daughter of Duke Claes." The chestnut-haired noble girl calmly introduced herself and the dolls beside her. "My doll is the seventh doll of the Rose Girl, Xuehua Qijing. Because it has no body, it can float beside me like this."
——It’s over!!! This banquet hall is already filled with her destruction flags!!! Ahhhh, what should I do next……
Katarina Claes, although she appeared calm on the surface, was actually panicking on the inside, and in her mind she activated the Katarina Council, which was specifically designed to avoid destruction.
"The Red Camp has ended." Laplace's Demon spoke at this time, "The judging begins - this time, no one has violated the rules. Next, the Black Camp, please begin."
——People have more than one identity. However, based on the results of this judgment, it can be confirmed that... as long as there is one real identity, it is enough. It is not necessary to reveal all identities.
The eyes of the remaining fourteen groups suddenly became sharp - thirteen of them focused their attention on the two people from the Black Saber Group who were about to be introduced.
"Irene Adler, former prima donna of the Royal Opera in Warsaw."
——This face…
It was the time when the Whitechapel anomaly had just ended - Fujimaru Ritsuka reviewed the report of that operation during a break in his shift, and then waited for Lancermello, who had personally come into contact with the Moriarty family.
"Is there anything you're concerned about?" Lansermello sat down in the staff seat next to Fujimaru Ritsuka and turned his chair to face her. "That report was written by the two people who engraved the Throne of Heroes. In short, in this way, most of the important data of that world is basically in our hands."
"I mean, the main information of the Main Story."
"It's not that I'm concerned about anything, but I suddenly felt that..." Fujimaru Ritsuka opened a file, and in the photo section of the file, there were two photos that looked completely different. "Is Irene Adler in this world, in a sense, having a similar but opposite life to Knight Dion - just like a mirror?"
"They are indeed very similar." Lansemero glanced at the information and agreed with Fujimaru Ritsuka's idea. "Dion may have been Miss Dion or Ms. Pomon for the rest of her life - and this Ms. Irene Adler, her rest of her life... no, it should be him. They both exist as James Bond of the Moriarty family or MI6."
"In a sense..." Fujimaru Ritsuka opened several other files and looked at the records with a subtle expression, "Although they are completely different world lines, the existence of MI6 and James Bond... this point actually shows the characteristics of world line convergence."
"Ah, but the 'M' in MI6 in this world is the 'M' of Moriarty—" Lanser-Mello sighed, "The Moriarty family and the Holmes family bear the sins of the British Empire together, serving Her Majesty the Queen forever... This is a rare development in the world."
——It’s really like looking in a mirror.
Ritsuka Fujimaru couldn't control her gaze from moving behind Irene Adler, and finally landed on the Servant behind her - and when she saw the person's pretty and lovely face like a young girl, Ritsuka Fujimaru even relaxed helplessly, and her expression changed.
——They are like twins. Before she heard the name of Irene Adler, she even thought that if the Servant was Knight Dion, then the Lord should be Irene Adler. Before that, Fujimaru Ritsuka subconsciously ignored the existence of the Servant standing behind Irene Adler.
"My rank is Saber, and my identity is the White Lily Knight who protects the French royal family." Saber of the black side held the thin sword upright in front of her, and then said the words that Fujimaru Ritsuka had heard countless times, representing the beginning of the battle, "I hope that this will be a dignified battle--"