Chapter 315

＜2000＞ Name: hakusan 09／17 21：00

Monsters, ghosts, demons, monsters, ghosts...

Although ordinary people generally don't see these guys, that's only because they also abide by the rules of their world.

Most urban legends disappear quickly after being widely spread, precisely because they pay the price of "breaking the rules".

Since there are anomalies, there are naturally people who maintain the rules and are responsible for punishing the anomalies that violate the rules.

Miko, priest, Onmyoji...are all people who walk on this boundary and maintain the existence of rules.

For example, Izumo Akuni in the Azuchi-Momoyama period and Abe no Haruaki in the Heian period.

"I really can't think of any representative priests, so let's just leave it at that for the first stage of the introduction." Asaya Doman glanced at Abe Haruaki, who took the initiative to drag a stool to stand next to him, and said to BB that this was the end of the story. "There are an overwhelming number of people who like ghost stories on this website. I guess everyone knows Abe Haruaki and Izumo Okuni."

"Even if they don't know Akoku, Haruaki is well-known among ordinary people. If the Holy Grail War is held in another world, even if there are no relics, there is at least a 90% chance that Abe Haruaki will be summoned if we go to Kyoto to summon servants. Genji's family and I don't need to be considered. Those ghosts also need corresponding relics or extremely high non-human compatibility..."

"No, maybe the magician is more compatible with those ghosts--"

"After all, magicians don't have normal human thinking." After returning to the restaurant, Fujimaru Ritsuka sat on the other side of Asaya Doman. "But generally speaking, there aren't any magicians who kill people. I mean, at least it's rare for magicians to forcibly take ordinary people back as materials. The materials of magicians are either artificial humans or test-tube babies, and they haven't harmed the ordinary people in society yet."

"Senior, strictly speaking, you were abducted to Antarctica..." Mash reminded Fujimaru Ritsuka subtly.

"Well, now I am considered an entry-level magician..." Fujimaru Ritsuka avoided Mary's sight with a guilty conscience. "Besides, it was because Director Mary couldn't find a candidate for the master that things turned out like this! Besides, it was me who proposed to accept the tuning."

"It took me a lot of effort to get the deputy director to agree to tune the instrument."

"In short, what I mean is that there shouldn't be anyone among magicians who can attract Shuten and the others just by relying on their compatibility, so strictly speaking, Abe's probability of appearing in the world is indeed the highest - because when the land itself was a holy relic, the affinity that Lord Haruaki had left there was the strongest."

"And there's also a huge local bonus in Japan." Asiya Doman smiled, watching BB split up the story into sections according to the plan discussed earlier. "Ah, it can almost be considered as being invincible - as long as we don't run into perverts like Gilgamesh and brainless lords."

"It's not necessarily a bad thing for the lord to be brainless." Fujimaru Ritsuka objected, "I'm just afraid of meeting a guy who has a brain and gives orders blindly."

“There are also incompatibility issues,” Roman added, “but that hasn’t happened between Director Marinesbury and me.”

"Because you are Solomon, the curly-haired sheep." Abe Haruaki said angrily.

"That's because the king didn't raise any opinions about the battle..." Lansemello glanced at Marisbilli, who came with him to take over, and sat down in the seat vacated by Roman who clocked out. "The planning of the attack was all done by Maris. I dare say that the other participants must have wanted such an obedient Servant who almost had no self-awareness."

“No wonder he made such a wish to the Holy Grail.” Asahi Doman curled his lips and commented on Roman mercilessly, “Solomon at that time was not yet a human being. His style of behavior was of course the same as when he was alive, with no self and was like a prop. But now this romantic little cake doesn’t seem to be much better than before.”

Roman, who had just walked to the door, was hit by Asoya Michiman's ruthless comments and walked out of the control room in a very depressed mood.

"Achiman is obviously shocked." Marinesbury laughed and looked at the control room's automatic door that slowly closed. "It's a pity that I still have a job now-"

"Then you can leave now. It's not like Floros can't do you a favor." Lansemero picked up Floros, who had turned back into a doll, and shook him in front of Marisbilly. "The seventy-two demons don't need to rest anyway. Let them continue to work seamlessly without worrying about over-exploiting them."

"Floros!!!" Several demon gods that Roman had just forgotten on the director's desk protested with their magic power, "Impeach!!! Impeach!!! Great Lord of Paradise, we are going to impeach this guy!!!"

"If you yell again, we'll all work overtime together." Although the demons didn't make any sound when communicating with each other, Lansemello was still disturbed by the abnormal magic fluctuations they created. "No one can go before the king - I mean, I will inform Achiman to forbid you. Of course, don't even think about asking him to turn back into the king and carry you to the cafeteria like in the past."

Everyone who heard Lancermello's punishment on the 72 Demon Gods laughed - Fujimaru Ritsuka on the other end of the line had already fallen on the table laughing.

"It's a good idea to prohibit these guys from having close contact with Solomon." Abe Haruaki, who was also said to have a large group of shikigami, but died too early and didn't receive any shikigami, smiled with satisfaction, "There are a few of them sticking to him every day, even if they don't look like Solomon, there will be a few of them hanging on him..."

"It's good to let these idle guys work overtime. I have no objection."

"...Chaldea's overtime has nothing to do with the Throne of Heroes, Lord Haruaki." Mashu reminded Abe Haruaki in a low voice.

"The current situation is that two plans have failed, and we are pushing forward the third plan, right?" Lancer Melo confirmed the battle situation with Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"Yes, at the beginning I gave the possibility of the method of committing the crime in the case where the death incident had nothing to do with the living sacrifice Kaguya-hime." Fujimaru Ritsuka summarized the situation for Lancermello, "The story that was just denied was a story based on the existence of the living sacrifice Kaguya-hime - but just like when the possibility I gave was denied, it was not completely denied."

"That means none of the truly useful points have been denied by the other side, right?" Lansermello raised an eyebrow and opened the real-time record of the combat developments that Roman had previously made up. "The story you are telling now was made up by Asaya, right? Ask BB to send a copy of the complete story to the control room. I'll put it in the folder for this mission."

"Okay." Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded and asked BB to send the complete story to the control room. He explained to Lansermello the difference between the story made up by Asaya Michiman and the previous two stories. "But this story is different from the previous two - Asaya Michiman made it up purely fictional. Except for the death case this morning, it has nothing to do with reality."

"Strictly speaking, it is a new story of the great Onmyoji Abe Haruaki in a new era - the only difference is that the protagonist has changed from Abe Haruaki to another person whose identity is unknown."

"I remember William and the others prepared a story for you?" Lansemero read the story at a glance and mentioned what he had learned from 221B earlier. "Let's use that one. Although there is nothing in the story of Asaya Doman that can be denied by the other party, not everyone can accept such a development that has nothing to do with them."

"So the people on the other side will seize on those visitors who don't believe that Kaguya-hime has been captured, and use a large number of speeches that do not accept this development to change the public opinion - or in other words, deny the foundation of your story, denying that Kaguya-hime is the misinterpreted name of the monster that was captured in your story."

"But, won't this turn into a Jack the Ripper situation?" Fujimaru Ritsuka blinked and looked at Lancermello's projection in surprise, "This is a world where fantasy can become reality!"

"Jack the Ripper appeared in the 19th century, and the world is now in the 21st century. The technological gap is enough to squeeze out the existence of ghost stories with a realistic basis." Lansemello sighed, pointing out that Fujimaru Ritsuka lost his concept of the gap between the times due to the nature of his work. "If ghost stories are defined as symbols of real criminal groups in this era, it will cause a wider range of sensations, but it will definitely not create ghost stories like Jack the Ripper."

“Humans will therefore be convinced that the legend does not exist - because even if the criminal group will bring unknown dangers, they still exist in reality. In William’s story, this criminal group has no clear name, no symbols, and no direction except that they are the origin of this legend.”

"That is, any criminal group can be compared to this legend - people's fear will correspond to the more specific evil people around them, and scattered fear does not have the power to create another phantom."

As Lansemello finished his words, the comments on the website that were originally left celebrating the capture of Kaguya-hime as a living sacrifice due to the story fabricated by Asuka Michiman were quickly drowned out by more comments denying the story - just as Lansemello said, the creator of the strange story began a fierce counterattack.

Although for most people, the completely fictional story of Asaya Michiman is the most suitable ending for various ghost stories, the visitors here only want the most interesting developments, so some people still believe that Kaguya Hime is still in existence. Such a large number of comments is enough to bring many unsteady visitors back to the camp that supports the existence of Kaguya Hime.

——Although this number of people is of no importance to the two sides in the battle.

"Although this story is not interesting," Lansemello looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and motioned her to completely overturn the table in front of them, "but for any species, fear is an emotion that can instantly suppress other emotions and take the upper hand. Since we can't create a more interesting story, we can only use extreme fear to make them no longer care about the story of the ghost story."

"Fujimaru, don't let BB input the story for you this time - add a hint of fear to this story."

"It's time to end it."