Lu Mingfei challenges FGO

77. The Ancestral Giant (Part 1)

——This happened before Thousand World Tree formed an alliance with Chaldea.

Although we have formulated a strategy to unite Wu to fight against Cao, will things really go so smoothly?

When he went to negotiate, Kong Ming not only brought his close disciple and bodyguard Gray as usual, but this time he also specifically named Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei didn't have any special feelings about this. At most, he thought, "It's a routine that follows this kind of story. Although I don't know, Kong Ming will let me play an unexpectedly important role in the negotiation process." Bar?"

What really made Lu Mingfei care about was another thing.

"Shouldn't we take Cores with us? Although the memory has been covered by the fairy tale world, the basic setting has not changed, right? Won't the relationship between him and the Thousand World Tree come in handy?"

"I can't do it, because this world is just like your character. In the big picture, it looks grand and serious, but in the details, it's obvious that you are lazy and careless. You can tell at a glance that you treat most things like that. They are all guys who only have three minutes of heat.”

"Stop scolding, stop scolding! The child will be scolded stupidly!" Lu Mingfei hugged his head and pretended to be innocent.

Kong Ming just glanced at him like this: "Cores. That child is also my student. Although he is not this Cores, the result is the same. Cores is a child who will be considered by the magic world to lack talent. , but he has his own talents. After an ordinary man accidentally came into contact with the manuscript left by Dr. Frankenstein, he quickly absorbed and accepted the contents, and even created a new type of 'electrical magic'. In modern society, modern culture has created a 'Noble Phantasm'.

From a magician's point of view, Corless can even be regarded as the successor or adopted son of Dr. Frankenstein. It is natural to have a fate with that Frank. In some parallel worlds, if he is involved in the Holy Grail War, He will definitely summon Fran as a servant. As siblings in a sense, it is naturally a good thing to have more contact with them. "

"Oh, but how did I hear that Dr. Frankenstein's purpose in creating Fran was not to create a daughter, but to create a wife for himself?"

"I just want to avoid that situation." Kong Ming pushed up his glasses with an expressionless face, "Lest one day Cowles is not interested in three-dimensional women at all, and really do that kind of thing from the bottom of his heart." Create a two-dimensional wife’s situation.”

Lu Mingfei thought for a moment and suppressed the words that he almost blurted out, "This doesn't seem to be a problem, right?"

Classmate Cowles obviously doesn't know what kind of problem he, who has always regarded himself as "the only normal person among the professor's students," is in the eyes of his teachers and juniors.

Lu Mingfei glanced at Gray, covering his mouth and snickering, but did not actually speak.

Hmm. Including Kong Ming himself, there seem to be many weird guys around Kong Ming who "think they are the only normal person".

Lu Mingfei sighed helplessly.

Then he jogged to catch up with Kong Ming, who had already set off: "Speaking of which, Teacher Kong Ming, since you are going to take me to negotiate, is there anything I need to pay attention to or advise?"

"Excuse me? Did I mention it before I asked you to come? I asked you to drink coffee to refresh yourself before you come back."

"I drank, what next?"

"Then you listen carefully to me and treat it as if you are having special tutoring."

".What?"

Aren't you going to negotiate to unite Wu against Cao? Why did it become a make-up lesson again?

Lu Mingfei's face became bitter again when he thought of this.

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As the current representative of the Qianjieshu family, Fiore personally received the envoys who came to discuss the alliance with Wu to fight against Cao.

Of course, the real focus is not the acting leader of the Cinderella Cup, but Chiron and Finn who were sent to serve on both sides of her.

The real leader of the Thousand World Tree, Darnik, a crown-level magician who specializes in the field of 'soul interference', did not come in person.

The reason should be similar to that of Kenneth who didn't want to come. He didn't want to meet the Sherlock Holmes of this era and let him see through the secret of his magic.

This guy can be said to be a veritable ‘Anti-Mage’.

Although now I am pretending to be a pet fishing.

The person actually responsible for negotiating with Kong Ming should be Finn.

Chiron's personality is actually quite similar to Kong Ming's, so both sides can roughly guess what the other side will do. If they really want to negotiate, it will be endless.

after all--

"Can you form an alliance with us?" Kong Ming threw a straight ball somewhat abruptly.

"Of course." Finn seemed to have expected it, showing a particularly hearty smile.

——After all, the Thousand World Tree Blood Alliance, which had just experienced a disastrous defeat against the Argonauts in the ball game, really needed new allies.

Kong Ming came with him - to be precise, it was Lu Mingfei who was held in Fiore's arms, fed cakes and enjoyed it, but he didn't expect that things would go so smoothly.

Is this the end? What about the verbal battle with the Confucian scholars? If this is successful, then what is the purpose of bringing me here?

Lu Mingfei took a bite of the pudding that Fiore fed to his mouth.

It's a pity, I want to enjoy it for a while longer. Speaking of which, I don't know if it is due to the lack of exercise caused by the natural paralysis of the lower body. Corless's sister Fiore has an unexpectedly good figure, full of the beauty that an ordinary little girl can hope for. Inaccessible sensuality (praise).

It's quite comfortable to sit on your lap like this, especially the touch on your butt and head.

However, it is obvious that this negotiation did not end there.

After all, this is Finn, a legendary hero who possesses the ability of 'divination and foreknowledge' that is equal to or even better than Kirshtalia's to some extent.

He is a god-killing knight, a mage who can bring the dead back to life, and a wise man with great foresight. Perhaps the only thing he is not good at is being a leader and a mentor.

Finn is not good at dealing with people internally. To be more precise, he is easy to be soft-hearted and impulsive towards his companions, but it is different externally.

A second ago, he readily agreed to the alliance's invitation.

But the next second:

"Then what? What's the specific content? What kind of tactics can you provide us? Speaking of which, Kirshtalia was originally from your Chaldea, right? When I saw that Chaldean fluctuation, I Got it, does she have any weaknesses?”

A barrage of ‘questions’.

To be more precise, he is constantly making his own ‘requests’.

Because of Finn's overly explicit attitude, even the dull Lu Mingfei felt that something was wrong.

"This guy"

"He doesn't want to provide us with any help at all. He just wants to get it from us unilaterally, brother."

The figure of the little devil emerged.

Suddenly - although it was only for a moment, Lu Mingfei caught a glimpse of it. At the moment when the little devil appeared, Finn's eyes seemed to glance over here unintentionally.

He glanced at Lu Mingze's face.

Can he see it?

Obviously even Chiron here can't detect the existence of the little devil. Finn, who seems to have a very frivolous attitude and even makes people think of the narcissistic little boss that often appears in hot-blooded boy comics, can actually see it. get?

"Don't underestimate him, brother. Although he is a frivolous guy with obvious advantages and disadvantages, this man may be the strongest person on this planet as the apex of the human species. Although he is not as good as Solomon's God's Eye, he also has high The level of special clairvoyance can detect my presence.”

"I thought he was an acquaintance of yours."

"Who knows, after all, his scope of activities actually overlaps a lot with my previous scope of activities." Lu Mingze said carelessly, obviously not intending to delve deeper into this topic.

——In short

Regarding negotiations for the purpose of alliance, Finn's attitude at this time can be said to be extremely bad.

But this is also a kind of rhetoric. The two parties responsible for the negotiation - Kong Ming and Finn, had already guessed this step before they came, right?

".I see." Facing the aggressive Finn, Kong Ming took a sip of black tea slowly, "In other words, everyone in Thousand World Tree has something in their hands that you think may be able to defeat Kirshtar. Leah's trump card, right?"

"So what?"

Finn smiled.

"When we defeat Kirshtalia, you will become enemies sooner or later. In other words, this alliance will split sooner or later, so isn't it natural to seek benefits for your side as much as possible?"

"But your trump card is not sure of victory, so you agreed to form an alliance with us——"

"That's right." Finn nodded extraordinarily calmly, "Yes, that's right, and then what? So what? Your Excellency Kong Ming must also know it very well, right? What is the biggest advantage of our Thousand World Tree in this transaction? If you can’t even answer questions of this level, I think there is no need to continue this transaction.”

What is Thousand World Tree's biggest advantage in this negotiation?

Lu Mingfei frowned.

Then he nuzzled into Fiore's arms.

Hmm, I can’t figure it out. If you can’t figure it out anyway, then you don’t bother to think about it.

Kong Ming naturally lived up to expectations and pointed out the key point: "For Qianjieshu, this Cinderella Cup victory is not necessary. You even have to consider whether it is worth fighting for a game that you may not necessarily win. The outcome depends on exposing one's trump card, but we are different in Chaldea, for us Chaldea, recovering the Holy Grail is a must-do."

"That's right! Your Excellency Kong Ming, that's exactly the case. Oh, to be honest, if we hadn't been waiting for you Chaldeans to visit, we would have been discussing whether to evacuate like this - I like it. This is the reason for communicating with smart people. You must be very clear, right? The current situation is that Chaldea needs something from us and we don’t care about victory or glory.

——Oh, if guys like Diarmuid heard this, they would definitely get angry, and they would not dare to talk back to me because of their identity. I can’t help but feel happy when I think of that kind of scene. . "

Finn, who was already frivolous, now spread his hands in an extremely exaggerated manner.

"The matter is already obvious, isn't it? Oriental strategists, we are already considering withdrawing our troops, but your purpose is to let us go up and help you as thugs. If you lose, you can see what other methods the Argonauts have. , if we win, our trump card will be exposed in front of you, this kind of transaction is a loss no matter how it is calculated~"

Finn narrowed his eyes cunningly like a fox.

"If you want us to participate in the war, you must 'pay', right? If nothing else, why not first give us a copy of the technology of Miss Tesla and Miss Lulu as a gift to express your sincerity Send it over~"

This is both a conspiracy and a conspiracy.

Thousand World Tree has indeed been discussing the matter of withdrawing its troops from the competition, but the loudest person among them is Finn, who is the leader of the alliance, Darnic's servant, but - in the final analysis, it is just a discussion.

There is no final decision on whether to withdraw troops, or even "if we want to fight, whether we should reveal our trump cards in the battle with Kirshtalia."

Thousand World Tree has a trump card, which is enough to subvert the entire singularity, even the entire world, and cause the entire human history to collapse.

However, that trump card requires preparation time. Moreover, its weaknesses are obvious. It is hard to say whether it is possible to win against a guy like Kirshtalia who has the miraculous power of reaching the stars.

In general, even if they are bound to lose, Qianjieshu will still choose to fight instead of withdrawing troops directly. Anyway, people in the fairy tale world will not die for this reason. They will try their best to fight with Al without exposing their trump cards. The main intention within Qianjie Tree is to fight against Ge Yingxiong and find out more information there.

Kong Ming could naturally guess this. After all, human beings are easy to say to each other individually, but once they gather together, it is extremely difficult to guess what they will think and how they will act.

--but

Kong Ming is also not sure if he does not come up with conditions that can convince Finn and let them fight with all their strength, Fenn will use his influence within Qianjieshu to force Qianjieshu to withdraw from the battle directly.

After all, although Finn is a god-killing warrior and a wise sage at the same time, he is also a very motivated guy.

Finn, on the other hand, took advantage of what the other party knew about him.

After all, there is nothing wrong with what Finn said. If you compare it to a bet, just as Finn said, the biggest advantage of Thousand World Tree is that 'it doesn't matter whether you win or lose'.

But Chaldea had to win.

Just chewing on his thumb, the Noble Phantasm of Wisdom will allow Finn to be absolutely sure of this.

In fact, this is not so much a deal with the goal of forming an alliance, but a special 'debate match'.

Finn's side had the right to "declare the opponent defeated" from the very beginning.

This is a 'debate' with no answer.

Even if Chaldea continues to work hard and try its best to meet the requirements of the Thousand World Tree, Finn can still say "I think we still can't win. There is no need to expose our trump card for this, right? It's not worth it." It’s not worth it, it’s not a fair deal, so we’ll just take what you gave us and withdraw.” Solve all problems.

so.

Finn knew very well that there was only one way to reverse this situation.

That is to find out the reason why Thousand World Tree has to participate in the war.

Chew your thumb.

The Noble Phantasm of Wisdom tells Finn that "there is no such thing."

So Finn started looking forward to it instead.

The legendary Eastern Military Advisor, even the representative of the most legendary ‘Oriental Military Advisor’.

Zhuge Kongming, what will you do?

".First of all, I want to correct something."

Kong Ming, who was treated so maliciously, just drank the black tea leisurely.

Even took out a cigar.

"I'm not the legendary military strategist Kong Ming, I'm just an ordinary modern magician whose power he lent me."

".?"

Finn, who possesses the Noble Phantasm of Wisdom and always seems to be in control of everything, looked surprised for the first time.

Kong Ming smiled.

"Why do you think I am Kong Ming? You can immediately know this kind of thing as long as you chew your thumb with the Noble Artifact of Wisdom? But you still don't know, because you have never wanted to ask this kind of question - yes, Even if it is a Noble Phantasm of Wisdom, or even the so-called divination that predicts the future, you must 'ask' to get the 'answer'. On the other hand, the answer it can provide is only the 'answer you can think of'."

Yes.

"You will also have things beyond your imagination. For beings like you, the better at predicting, the easier it is to be disrupted by unexpected variables. That Kirshtalia also suffered a setback."

".What do you want to say? Kong Ming."

"The more scheming a person is, the easier it is to be bound by common sense, and in the end, the easier it is to fail due to unexpected variables, so - let me tell you, it is beyond your imagination. for example--"

Kong Ming paused and deliberately showed a somewhat obscure and mocking expression.

"You want to hide, be wary of our Chaldea, don't want Chaldea to know, and even plan to give up the 'ace' in this battle - I have actually seen through it!"

"As long as there is no need to hide this trump card, then I think we can have a good and fair talk, right?"

What exactly is Thousand World Tree’s trump card?

"Let's talk about the [Ancestor Titan] in your hands."

——to be continued!