Chapter 64

"I have a feeling that they are not the original Fukuei-shin - but they can certainly be considered the original forms of the other swordsmen in Honmaru."

Abe Haruaki actually realized the existence of anomalies earlier - but the only member of her team who had direct access to the truth kept silent due to the nature of the self-enforced testimony, and the swordsmen of Zero Honmaru themselves kept their mouths shut, so she had no choice but to grab all the Servants and hold a meeting to discuss the anomalies in this world.

"... Let me tell you about what I and my other self have discovered." Ms. Okita chose to break the silence and became the first participant to provide evidence. "Lord Haruaki should already know which swordsmen are in this Honmaru - then I will talk about the issues of Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamato-no-kami Yasunari."

"No matter what happened in the past, the time we are in is derived from the past--" Ms. Okita paused and exchanged glances with Mr. Okita who was sitting next to her, "That's a big problem. In this world, Kashuu Kiyomitsu and Yamato-no-kami Yasunari should belong to the same owner as in the pan-human history, but--"

"Let me explain it in the simplest way." Okita-kun closed his eyes and took over the conversation, "The two of them are not so close because they belonged to the same owner in the past... It's more like me and Sakura, because we have the same past, we will naturally get closer to each other - not to mention from the perspective of thinking..."

"Kiyomitsu seems to be modeled after Sakura - and although Yasuda has some similarities with me, strictly speaking, they are not that similar."

Abe Haruaki, who was sitting in the main seat, exchanged glances with Asaya Michiman beside him, and unsurprisingly found that they both remembered something that happened not long ago - the half-white fox Onmyoji pondered for a long time, took out a book from under the table and handed it to the servants except for the Heian-kyo group who had acted together before.

"It's a replica, temporarily made using Yin-Yang techniques." Abe Haruaki cleared his throat and looked at the servants sitting below who were spontaneously passing the book around. "In short, it's something like the Chaldean Spiritual Base Atlas. The official name of the original is - Sword Book. It records the data and personal information of all the sword men, so it can be considered a reference material..."

"But, speaking of similar ways of thinking..."

Not long after getting advice from the two Okita Sojis, Higekiri, with the help of other sword men, gathered the members in Honmaru who were related to Abe Haruaki's request, and brought a large group of people to the front of the Heian-kyo group. At that time, the servants from Heian-kyo were reluctantly staying in a courtyard at the request of Abe Haruaki, waiting for the sword men's visit.

The Servant who welcomed the Sword Men who came to visit was Asaya Michiman. The black-haired Alterego looked at the Sword Men who came with him this time while exchanging information with the people who had already obtained the Sword Book in the Heian-kyō chat room. In addition to the Sword Men whose direct predecessors were related to them, there were also some Sword Men who were only related to them in anecdotes.

"Ae AD: Judging from the appearance, it should be the Genji swordsmen in the main castle who have arrived. The others should basically be swords related to the slaying of demons and monsters, or they should be from the same sword school as them or...wait, Muramasa didn't come on vacation this time! ? "

"Ae·AnS: Muramasa is not here, he is making hair accessories for Caster——What, a Muramasa sword is coming?"

『Ae AD: ...I see, and it seems like you're here to join in the fun.』

"S·WnT: Demon Sword Muramasa?" 』

"Ae AD: Well, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be affected by that anecdote."

The two Okita sous were only providing Higekiri with directions for solving the problem based on their experience, and they did not expect that the final result would be like pulling out a radish and bringing out mud, causing the Heian-kyo group to meet so many Sword Men.

Based on what happened at the banquet last night, Ibaraki Douji has been forcibly repatriated by Fujimaru Ritsuka - many servants have been able to behave themselves because of the Lord's quick and easy repatriation. Even the servants in the Heian-kyo group have been able to behave themselves.

After the sword men reported their names, they received a new test from the Onmyoji - if there was a previous master, they should look for the previous master, and if the previous master was not here, they should look for servants with anecdotes... For example, the Demon Slayer should look for the group with evil powers, and the Divine Sword should look for the Onmyoji or the Miko Fox, both of which are correct answers.

Abe Haruaki brought three swordsmen who were related to foxes and watched the chaos in the courtyard with peace of mind - and observed the characteristics of the swordsmen whose previous owners were here.

In fact, when Higekiri answered Sakata Kintoki's question last night, Abe Haruaki felt a strange sense of disharmony in Higekiri - although it was completely reasonable for Higekiri to give such an answer, no matter what, it was so similar to what Watanabe Tsuna said to Fujimaru Ritsuka... It was originally a very abnormal thing.

Even the theory of similarities between parallel worlds did not stop Abe Haruaki from trying to study this Honmaru. Lancermello had just finished talking with the Watcher last night and was about to rest when he was blocked by Abe Haruaki. In the end, he was able to stop Abe Haruaki's inquiries only by relying on the constraints of the self-imposed certificate.

"Don't you think that Higekiri's core is more like Tsuna than Raikou?" Abe Haruaki had no intention of avoiding the other three people. He directly asked Asaya Michimitsu to confirm his guess, and at the same time tested whether the swordsman in Zero Honmaru knew about it. "The swordsman will be similar to the original owner... but Watanabe Tsuna is only holding Higekiri temporarily on behalf of Raikou."

"That's Onikiri Yasunagi." Asaya Michiman answered nonchalantly, but after noticing the silence of the swordsmen, he activated the separate communication line between the two of them and sighed, "Great, so quiet, even if not everyone in Honmaru knows about it, at least these three are aware of it."

"I think basically everyone knows about it, the only difference is the degree of exposure." Abe Haruaki and Asiya Michiman exchanged glances, and then stopped at a corner, "Besides, look at those two over there - a servant who learned from Tengu, and the short sword jumping beside her."

"And the monks and naginata standing next to them..."

——That was obviously no longer a similarity brought about by the connection between the original owner and the sword.

Abe Haruaki was originally planning to continue observing like this, but unfortunately, a crane who was keen on creating scares came to her - so Abe Haruaki's observation plan had to end here. The rest of the day was used to deal with Mr. Crane, who was completely different from Miss Cline. The swords related to strikeouts and foxes were taken away by the shrine maiden fox, leaving only Asuka Doman to face these scares that could be triggered anytime and anywhere with her.

Abe Haruaki helplessly cut off her increasingly confused memories and looked towards the area of ​​the Gudo Gudo Group - she knew clearly that when the Heian-kyo Group could no longer be relied upon, the Gudo Gudo Group, which combined the late Edo period and the Warring States period, would be the only hope; and with the evidence provided by the two Okita Sojis, Abe Haruaki also raised her expectations of others.

"…If it's similar in this respect, I would like to mention another person." Ms. Okita looked at the sword book passed to her and turned to the side that recorded Yagen Toushirou. "Yagen Toushirou - from our current perspective, this guy can be said to have followed the letter in a sense."

“That kind of perverse angle is exactly the same as Nobuyuki’s—and generally speaking, in a world without Heroic Throne, two people separated by three hundred years! No one would connect these two guys together, right? How could it be that Nobuyuki in another world has the same attitude towards me and her sword also has the same attitude! The other me and Lord Nobunaga don’t get along like this!”

"Let's put this question aside for now..." Abe Haruaki smiled a little guilty and gave a fair answer, "And you only had contact with the swordsman once, right? Why don't you listen to what they say before considering it? However, according to everyone's different scope of activities, except for your side, it's Ryoma and Okada's group, and the rest of the Shinsengumi members will act together with Hijikata..."

"There are two people from Yamatai who are on their own." Hiyomi answered, "But I and I went to the kitchen and didn't go anywhere else the whole day."

"The only family that could be said to have been active as a group during the Warring States Period was the Oda family..." Nagao Kagetora pondered, "I went alone to look for the swordsmen I had during my lifetime - but, unlike you, I did not find anything abnormal in them. Perhaps it was because I always brought a variety of weapons when I fought, rather than specializing in one type like you, so I did not find anything abnormal about them."

"Then I'll tell you a little about my discovery." Oda Nobukatsu recalled what happened the night before on a snowy night, and slowly recounted his encounter with the purple-haired dagger, "Last night, in order to compete with a dagger for my praise of my elder sister, I chose to drink - even though we both got drunk very quickly and were thrown into the hand room, and I didn't know his name..."

"But, well, how should I put it..." Oda Nobukatsu recalled those purple eyes and began to tremble involuntarily, "Rather than saying that person is one of those swords that onee-sama once held and gave to those close to her... I would think that it was me, another me. But he is undoubtedly a sword man."

"That short sword is called Fudo Gyomitsu." Ms. Okita quickly turned to the corresponding page in the sword book and explained to her teammates, "It is said that Shin loved him very much when he was alive. When he was drunk, he put him on his knees and sang "Fudo Gyomitsu, ninety-nine shots, Goro Saeki sits behind" - and then gave him to his favorite little girl Mori Ranmaru..."

Everyone's attention was instantly focused on Abe Haruaki.

"The first complete development line has come out." Abe Haruaki seemed to be in even greater confusion. "We all know that the Honmaru's Shintoist was once a member of Chaldea - and the Ranmaru spirit base registered in Chaldea is currently the mysterious Ranmaru X in every world, not the real Sengoku Ranmaru."

"And the only servant who can be called a fanatical Nobunaga chef is Oda Nobukatsu, who has received the spiritual support of his younger brother Himiko." Abe Haruaki gave the final conclusion word by word, "If the first swordsmen in this world have all disappeared, then there are undoubtedly imitations and forgeries here - and it is obvious that the Watcher has no authentic ones to refer to. The only scope of her reference is the Servant data recorded in Chaldea."

"That's why the sword man here bears an unnatural resemblance to us."