Chapter 105
"The banquet preparations have been completed ahead of schedule." On the morning of the fourth day, Laplace's Demon did not appear in front of everyone for the first time, but Ruler's voice still reached the ears of every participant accurately. "The daily mandatory work schedule is suspended. It's vacation time."
There was a noticeable change in the atmosphere among the people dining in the banquet hall - Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly finished the small cake on his plate that he had eaten for breakfast and placed a blue rose on the stacked tableware; the banquet hall maintained its last precarious calm, waiting for the war to break out.
"Well, let's make some arrangements for the future."
After breakfast, all members of the new Group A gathered in the reception room in the guest room belonging to Fujimaru Ritsuka - the reception room still had the floor mat that Kirshtalia, Kadoc, and Pepperoncino had laid last night. The seven of them sat in the reception room with their respective servants and began a meeting to decide on the future battle strategy.
"Now that the battle has officially begun, we need at least a familiar other than the Servants who can go out to the outside world to confirm the situation..." Fujimaru Ritsuka spread a stack of concept costumes in front of his teammates and found a concept costume belonging to the Einzbern family. "How about this one? The White Stork Knight - although there was no costume with me when I first came in, they appeared here just like the magic costumes in the locker room."
"Einzbern's steel wire skills..." Ophelia looked at the concept dress in Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand, "Ritsuka, who will control the familiar summoned by the concept dress?"
"Let's not rush to summon familiars..." Fujimaru Ritsuka turned his attention to Anastasia who was squeezed behind Kadoc, "First, we need to act like a normal magician participating in the Holy Grail War - create a suitable position, magic workshop, or in other words..."
"Just transform this guest room into a workshop." Kirshtalia placed her magic wand across her legs and pointed out the need for the arrangement. "Casters have the ability to create formations, so this kind of work is best left to the Caster team. But, have you thought about the arrangements for the others, Ritsuka?"
"Assassin, go outside to lurk and observe the battles that are not in the N-domain. You don't need to fight with other groups. The first priority is to ensure your own survival." Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at the positions of Mashu and Sansong and quickly assigned the tasks. "Mashu, activate the spirit-based exoskeleton armor Orthnaus. My Command Seal, from the beginning, corresponds to Mashu as the corresponding Servant."
"Rider is responsible for assisting Caster in the renovation of the guest rooms. Since he claims that he would be qualified as a Grand Caster if he appeared at Caster's level, such a small matter should be no problem for him." Fujimaru Ritsuka glanced at the smiling Taigong Wang and Pepe Longchino, "Mr. Pepe, please keep an eye on Mr. Taigong Wang. Our goal is not to win this Holy Grail War, so don't let Mr. Taigong Wang go out and attack us."
"The same goes for the two with divine powers. Don't go out. Oh, and the same goes for Xiang Yu. Senior Jie Zhuzi, just treat it as a vacation with your lover."
"The White Stork Knight will be controlled by Senior Kirshtalia. Senior Kirshtalia is a member of Animusphia and will transform the familiar into a suitable appearance." Fujimaru Ritsuka handed the White Stork Knight to Kirshtalia, stuffed all the other concept costumes into his pocket, stood up and patted his clothes, "Next-"
"Mashu and I are going out together."
After Kirshtalia's transformation, the White Stork Rider was hidden with the help of some simple illusions. They released the Rider from the room and began to diligently broadcast the outside world's situation to the people in the room as a camera.
"Fortunately, we left quickly." Ophelia looked at the image being broadcasted back by the White Stork Rider in the center of the reception room and sighed softly about the situation outside, "They have completely abandoned the formation battle - but, it is indeed as Ritsuka said... The Caster team of the Black Faction will be a very powerful enemy."
"The hypnotic microphone is a mental attack..." Kirshtalia looked at Jie Jinzi who was sitting by the window, "As for Xiang Yu..."
"Master Xiang Yu's class skill is not berserk." Jie Zhuzi closed the book in his hand and glanced at Kirshtalia. "It won't be a problem."
In the video broadcast by the White Stork Knight, the first and fourth puppet groups of the Red Camp were confronting the Caster group of the Black Camp - obviously, the first three days were enough time for most of the participants to judge the difference in strength between each other... and decide their own strategic direction.
But...
"No one would have thought that there would be such a thing in the other world." Ritsuka Fujimaru used the Bluetooth headset he had taken out of Mash's Ortenaus to communicate with his teammates in the guest room. He and Mash entered the basement where Peperoncino and Mustard Hinami found Katarina's body yesterday. "But... the Caster team of the Black Faction will soon be hunted down, just like what happened in the Fourth Holy Grail War."
The three groups confronted each other in the tea party garden that Mashu discovered yesterday—the first to take action was Yicun Ransu.
While Mercury Light took out the Mercury Sword and Cangsheishi took out the Gardener's Shears, Amura Ransuk also took out the Hypnosis Microphone.
A candy-shaped speaker appeared behind Yicun Ransu. Before the other two groups could react, he sang a rap with the hypnotic microphone in his hand.
『I drop my drops
Magikar lollipops
Pick it up
爱になっても知らないよ
I'm always on the lookout for something
"To be the protagonist - or to be able to radiate dazzling charm in the work, no matter what, their willpower, or mental toughness, is very strong." Fujimaru Ritsuka has come to the basement to visit Katarina's body with Mash, "But there is another rule -"
"The peaceful world can never win a single-handed battle against the unpeaceful world."
“That’s the difference between everyday and extraordinary.”
"Iwanaga Kotoko is very strong, but her strength is definitely not in single combat—" Fujimaru Ritsuka reached out and touched Katarina's neck, his tone gradually becoming subtle, "Senior—I say, you two, didn't you see clearly yesterday? Miss 'Katarina' in the basement... is a doll."
"Puppet!?" Peperoncino and Mustard Hinami both showed expressions of disbelief.
"Well, it looks like a Rose Girl doll that's a bit bigger..." Fujimaru Ritsuka retracted his hand, signaling that Mash had finished collecting data and could return to the guest room. "But I don't know why a doll corresponding to Katarina appeared there - it would be great if someone left today and could provide a reference..."
"The first and fourth puppet groups are about to be defeated." Kirshtalia's real-time report came from the headset, "One against two... The protector of Asclepius looks like a Mujik homunculus... or, in other words, an Einzbern - a weapon specially made for a certain purpose."
"It's not surprising to lose to a weapon." Fujimaru Ritsuka followed Mashu and carefully moved, while participating in the discussion of teammates in the guest room, "Did you record it?"
“You can watch the replay when you come back,” Kirshtalia replied.
On the other side, in the tea party garden outside the castle, Ransu Amura did not give the other two groups a chance to breathe - although he had betrayed the Middle King District, his fighting habits could not be changed. Ransu Amura's weapon was specially made to cooperate with the hypnosis microphone, so he would not leave any chance for the enemy who was weaker than him to escape.
『Spring, summer, autumn and winter トリックor トリート
アメじゃない方イタズラとムチ
Don't be so straight
ピーチクパーチク小鸟騒がしいね
Iine! is Viral
マジでsensitivity悪いキミは
Don't note キックスvolt して拝ます
アスファルト上のバブルガム』
During Amura's random rap, the first group to leave was the fourth puppet group - pink alchemy crystal fragments flew out of the puppets' chests and were soon taken over by the first puppet group next to them; Cang Xingshi and Kanzaki Hideo, who had lost their qualifications to participate, disappeared into thin air in full view of the public.
『ねぇねぇ
Nessan
Furatto
Two people travel together
Yeah shall we dance
Furasu
Pink Color Love
Dye Meru
Gap Monakune
Red and white are
Share
It's a good combination
What color is it?
Sing with me now
Sing with me now
Along with the huge illusion of the explosion, the first puppet group also lost the qualification for the Holy Grail War - two Rose Mothers emitted pink light in the air, and were then taken away by the fifth puppet, Shinku, who had already hidden in the garden, and entered the N domain to transfer location, successfully escaping from the attack range of Ranzu Amura.
Naturally, he did not see that after the Rose Mother disappeared from Yicun Ransu's sight - the hypnosis microphone rolled out of Yicun Ransu's hands and fell on the soft grass... and blood overflowed from Yicun Ransu's mouth, which he covered tightly, dripped onto the ground, and quickly seeped into the soil.
Asclepius simply stood quietly behind his patron and cast a simple healing spell on Amura Ransu - unlike the first day they met, he did not force the disobedient patient to undergo treatment even if he had to fight with Amura Ransu repeatedly.
"Drink it." After Yicun Luansu stopped vomiting blood, Asclepius handed a small bottle of green potion to Yicun Luansu with a cold expression, "As long as you don't want to die - and besides, I am different from the doctors you know. I practice medicine not to save people, but for my own research."
In a certain world, a certain Asclepius was summoned to spread a plague to a village in order to research more effective medical methods. This was the god of medicine. Although his spiritual base in that world was forcibly transformed by the rules of that world, this proved that... if necessary, Asclepius could use any means necessary.