Chapter 111

"It's almost time for the bells to ring."

Kirshtalia looked at the direction of the sun, and then looked at the huge chessboard that was still empty. The former captain of Group A finally just sighed softly, took a step back, and waited for the only member among them who was qualified to make a decision at this time to make the final decision.

"Charlemagne." Mashuu shouted towards the edge of the chessboard, smiling helplessly, "Senior, I'll leave it to you."

“Really? You guys are going back.” The golden spirit particle solidified into a solid body close to the edge of the chessboard. At the same time, invisible ripples spread in the air, gently and firmly rejecting the White Saber’s approach. “Then leave this to me! Protecting the Master’s safety is my job!”

"Since your affairs have come to an end for the time being," Kadoc's voice came out from the headsets of the four people, "then let's go back to the guest room directly - Mashu, remember to inform Samson to bring us dinner. And... we have picked up a survivor of the Red Camp."

I don't know if it was due to the arrogance of the winner or some other reason - anyway, with the desperate efforts of Iwanaga Kotoko and Richter, Ashiya Hanae still successfully broke through with Hinamiya, successfully arrived at the area of ​​the White Camp, and received generous help from the two members who stayed in the guest room.

So the four people guarding the chessboard quickly said goodbye to the excited Charlemagne, carefully and cautiously returned to the castle, and quietly returned to the guest room along the stairs.

"...Except for the sixth puppet group that came over, the rest of the participants in the Red Camp have been cleared out by the fifth puppet group. The Rose Mothers of the three defeated groups are all in the hands of the fifth puppet, Zhenhong." Peperoncino pointed at Asaya Hanae who was sitting awkwardly in the corner of the reception room. "Now add the Rose Mothers of the second and third puppets--"

"That means that of the seven pieces of the Rose Mother, only the piece belonging to the sixth puppet, Hebeberry, is still out of the way." Mash paused and looked at Tai Gongwang who was standing behind Pepeloncino. "Mr. Pepe and Mr. Kadoc are not people who make decisions easily - so, Mr. Tai Gongwang, why did you convince them to open the door and pick up Mr. Huahui?"

"Because our goal is not to win—" Ophelia shook her head at Mashu and looked out the window at the bright full moon that was already hanging high in the sky. "We want to take the Holy Grail, but our goal is definitely not to make a wish with the Holy Grail. Just like Director Marisbury became the winner of the Holy Grail War, but he did not use the system of the Fuyuki family to reach the source."

"Because what you lack is time." Tai Gongwang gave the answer after Ophelia finished speaking, "Li Xiang didn't come back today, which means that you are doing something very important and it is uncertain when it can be completed - and the civil war in the Red Camp is about to end."

"I think you all still remember your previous speculation about the conditions for the Holy Grail to appear, right?"

"So that's how it is. Time is indeed not enough." Kirshtalia glanced at Ashiya Hanae and recalled what was discussed at the meeting the next night. "The chessboard area only appeared today. Ritsuka was there completing the 'pawn promotion' ceremony, and Charlemagne also stayed outside the chessboard area to protect her..."

"But we are still slower than the fifth puppet group of the Red Camp."

"As long as the sixth puppet group loses its qualification, they will officially get their tickets to the Holy Grail War - and we don't know when Li Xiang will be able to come out of the chessboard." Kirshtalia's eyes swept over the positions of his teammates one by one, "And if someone from the Black Faction withdraws... the Holy Grail of this Holy Grail War will be formed."

"So we have to delay time - the Holy Grail cannot be formed before Ritsuka leaves the chessboard, and the fifth puppet group must not become the winner of Alice's game before Ritsuka leaves the chessboard..." Kirshtalia paused and smiled relaxedly, "The sixth puppet group came here, it should be Iwanaga Kotoko's arrangement."

"Although they are not from the same world, Ashiya Hanae is a servant of the Monster An, and Iwanaga Kotoko is the God of Wisdom of the monsters and the Princess of the monsters. At the same time, in the work grouping a few days ago... the sixth puppet group had contact with the four groups here, and in the rose maze on the first day, he was grouped with Ritsuka."

"Although the participants of the Black Camp will also save him, Asuka Hanae will definitely come to our area to ask for help as soon as she escapes."

"So, are there any changes in the Black Faction?"

"As for the Black Camp..." Samson recalled what he had discovered while wandering around the castle today, and spoke at Mash's prompt, "Although there were contact battles between the various groups, there were basically no casualties - it was mainly the Caster group from the Black Camp that provoked everywhere, but they did not fight with the Black Saber group and the Black Archer group that they had contact with yesterday."

Akuhiko: "Is this a temporary alliance...?"

"I don't know." Sansong continued expressionlessly, "But today Black Assassin has withdrawn from the Holy Grail War - I saw Black Assassin's lord send three Command Spells to him to make him commit suicide."

“Wow.”

The magicians expressed surprise at this sudden development, but the topic quickly deviated to something else.

"In the previous Holy Grail War records, the rank with the highest frequency of suicide by Command Spells..."

"If I remember correctly, it should be Lancer."

"To be precise, Cu Chulainn of the Fifth Holy Grail War."

"No, before that, no one had ever used a Command Spell to order a Servant to commit suicide, right!?"

"But it's rare for an Assassin to commit suicide."

"By the way, Black Assassin——isn't it The Phantom of the Opera?"

"…How come Phantom is so quick to think of Christina as his master this time? It's not like Ritsuka is his master."

"No, even if it's my senior—"

"Mashu, Ritsuka was able to make a large group of heroic spirits coexist peacefully even when they all thought she was 'someone'."

"What I want to say is that even the seniors - although it was the example of New Chaldea - even Berserker's Salome only started to think of him as John the Baptist after spending quite some time with him and wanted to chop off his head!!!"

"So, why did Phantom choose Christina as his protector this time?" Kirshtalia knocked on the wall beside her to draw everyone's attention to the key point. "Pepe said at the time that the protector of the Black Faction Assassin Team, Aoki Reika, was a Yamato-style girl on the surface, but deep down, she should be a shining soul as heroic as Ms. Okita."

"Although we know that in the Fourth Holy Grail War, Gilles de Rey, who was a Caster, also known as Bluebeard, mistook King Arthur Artoria for Saint Joan of Arc." Ophelia pointed out a fact, "and at the same time, we have all seen these Heroic Spirits - they do look very similar, and to some extent, even Ritsuka and Ms. Okita have the same face as them..."

"But Bluebeard did not mistake Ritsuka or anyone else who looked like Joan for Joan."

"Mashu has the same face, too." Mustard added.

"So, it should be temperament, or there should be some similarities in other aspects." Peperoncino looked at Taigong Wang who was smiling beside him and fell into deep thought, "Although Phantom is a servant similar to Qingji and Salome who will treat the Lord as his own, but..."

"Christina, and Aoki Reika herself - are there any similarities?"

"No matter what era it is, human nature is the same - just like prey will always fall into the trap carefully laid by hunters." Kadoc shook the gun that was leaning against the wall and could not be used at all, and looked at Kirshtalia, "Of course, no matter the region - men's fantasy of a perfect woman is also common on some level."

"So, Aoki Reika can be the perfect woman, 'Yamato Nadeshiko', who fits the Japanese male fantasy - or she can be the perfect 'Christina' in the eyes of the Phantom of the Opera."

Strictly speaking, it was not the Phantom of the Theater itself that forced Aoki Reika to cast three Command Spells in succession to order the Phantom of the Theater to commit suicide - but Amura Ranzu, who took Asclepius with him to wander around and provoke other participants.

Although the Phantom of the Theater has Mental Pollution A among his skills - this skill can ensure that he is not affected by certain specific weakening effects, such as mental attacks, illusions, and mental hypnosis - the power of "clarification" unique to the technological side of the world is enough to restrain every world that is backward than itself in every era, especially the world of mystery.

For Ransu Amura, their combat compatibility is very beneficial to him - the A-level Mind Pollution skill may be able to resist most attacks from Hypnosis Mic - but unfortunately, Ransu Amura was originally created as a clone to maximize the power of Hypnosis Mic.

At the same time, Yicun Ransu's rap ability is to create illusions.

From any perspective, Ransu Amura is a natural counter to the Phantom of the Theater itself - although he may not be as good as the Phantom of the Theater in terms of physical killing - and, on a recent night, Asclepius had used the power of "Cellular Coercion" to completely heal Ransu Amura.

If their accomplice's request to them was not just to provoke and harass other participants, Ransu Amura would probably be able to clear out all the participants of the Black Camp today - after all, allies can turn against each other at any time, which is a feature of the Holy Grail War... Besides, Ransu Amura himself is not the kind of person who will not betray his own side.

——He betrayed his own camp twice.

——Although TDD was still a spy in the Middle King District at that time, he had sincerely hoped... that was his home, the bond he longed for.

But now, there is no need for Yicun Luansu to betray.

So after discovering that the Phantom of the Theater had gone mad, Amura Ransu quickly evacuated with Asclepius, and missed everything that happened afterwards.

"I command you with the First Command Seal to kill yourself, Assassin."

"Use the second Command Seal to order you to commit suicide, Assassin."

"Use the third Command Seal to order you to commit suicide, Assassin."

The claws, as sharp as a large knife, pierced through the chest of the gentleman in formal wear. However, those claws were actually the gentleman's own hands after he took off his gloves.