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The blond boy hopped briskly to Hu Tao's side, turning his face curiously to look at her expression.

"—!!"

The green archer changed color in an instant, and instinctively raised his arms to block the boy away, but little Jill jumped aside before being blocked, and made a happy face at him.

"Ah~ah, you don't have to be so vigilant, Brother Green. I won't do weird things to Walnut."

"Ghosts will believe what you say. Break into other people's houses and talk nonsense as you like, and now you want to play the top student to pretend to be good?"

Green Archer still held Walnut behind him with his arms, and narrowed his eyes vigilantly.

"Oh, I was entrusted by someone yesterday? Besides, I was a completely different person at that time... Uh, it would be too unfair to alienate me like this."

Unable to see the slightest look of being wronged, the golden child opened his arms and spun around in a circle, and raised an innocent smile like an angel at the two of them.

"...Compared to this, I came here specially to give Hutao a reminder. Is it really okay not to listen? Really, since you have become a Master, cheer up a little bit. How long do you want to continue to be a headless chicken. "

"……hint?"

Noticing a sensitive word that cannot be ignored, Walnut immediately poked his head out from behind Robin Hood.

"Hey Master, don't you really want to listen to this guy, please spare me—"

"Well, hint."

Ignoring the archer's complaints, Young Jill nodded happily.

"Big sister, you haven't been to the library much recently, have you? It's the big library where many students study by themselves."

"Huh? Ah, it's been a long time since I went..."

The unexpected question made Hu Tao a little flustered.

——Indeed, since I started preparing for the Holy Grail War, I haven't put much thought into studying and studying, and I just deal with the usual lessons casually.To be honest, running around in the town every day and still being able to guarantee class attendance is already close to a miracle.

(Wow, I feel like a lost boy...so ashamed.)

However, the purpose of the King of Heroes is obviously not to accuse Hu Tao of slacking off in his studies.The young man looked at Hu Tao's flustered expression for a few seconds with a smile, and then continued unhurriedly:

"Big sister, it's better to go to the library to have a look right now. If it's too late, everyone who studies hard~ will turn into a puddle of blood."

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The ancients often said: Fufu likes to walk alone, but disasters always go out hand in hand.

At the same time that Walnut received a warning of danger, Lancer Diarmuid and Berserker Lancelot, who allied with her, also encountered crises of varying degrees.

Let's start with Diarmuid, who has never experienced good luck in several lifetimes.

Because Gilgamesh has the habit of traveling in casual clothes, Nero, who has lost his casino playmate (...), has nothing to do, and occasionally wanders the streets on the occasion of his pleasure—naturally, he is walking with Himisaka Fuyuki who is the Master .Although recorded as a cruel and innocent tyrant by historical materials, the current "King Nero" is a passionate girl who attaches great importance to her Master.

As a result of today's trip, Nero caught the aura of another Servant who was also wandering around the town, and directly challenged Fuyuki.

…Unfortunately, it happened to be Lancer, the leader of the green team, who fell into her detection range.

What's more unfortunate is that although Lancer's lord Komatsu Nanako kept a distance to observe the battle, Fuyuki hid near the battlefield under Nero's order and did not show herself in front of Nanako.As a result, the two people who had met face-to-face didn't see each other, and the Dongshu family's embankment flood flooded the Hutao family's Dragon King Temple vigorously.

Of course, just like when he met his strongest enemy King Arthur in the first battle, Lancer himself was not dissatisfied at all.

Rather, it would not be an exaggeration to call it a "pleasure" to be able to agree to a confrontation with another Saber...just for Lancer.His Master didn't even share a tenth of his joy.

"Hello? Hey, Miao. The situation here is not right. I originally wanted to find someone in the town to kill, but I somehow caught a big fish... What's the matter, that Saber in the see-through suit, Are you going to use exposure to create a charm effect to match Lancer? I feel dizzy when I see the face of the King of Knights now, please change hands—"

"...Oh, I'm sorry."

Kawashima Miao's slightly hesitant voice came from the other side of the phone.

"As a matter of fact, Nanako, I'm a bit stuck here...I'm wondering if a lunatic might be involved in this Holy Grail War."

"what……?"

Although the caller couldn't see her movements, Nanako subconsciously raised her chin towards Lancer's back.

"There is one idiot who loves chivalry like a lunatic... You mean him?"

"...According to your standards, almost all the lunatics in this war, including my family."

Miao complained coldly.

"Nanako, please seriously think about it, which Master is stupid enough to launch an attack in broad daylight? This is definitely not something that normal people do, only crazy people play like this-I actually met Already! Is Japan a country ruled by law?!"

"…………"

Nanako Komatsu silently glanced at Lancer who proposed a knight duel in broad daylight, and cut off the call with a blank expression.

——Although they shifted their foothold to an unmanned abandoned factory before the official confrontation between the two, if it turned into a fierce battle of fighting for treasures, it would only be a matter of time before the city center would have good people come to watch.

Obviously, it is a situation where a quick battle must be done by all means, but the two sides in the battle still open up their battles and report to each other in a serious manner, so they almost bowed and bowed three times and kowtowed... Is this the knight's engagement ceremony?Why does it seem to be quite similar to modern blind dates...

The so-called plan can't keep up with the changes, and when Nanako secretly complained, an unexpected situation happened that caught her off guard.

Diarmuid swiftly unwrapped the charm wrapped around the crimson spear, and then—three times, five divisions and two, tied his eyes tightly with the cloth belt covered with spells.

"...Wait, Lancer?! What are you doing without authorization!"

Due to the sudden incident, Nanako had no time to figure out the true meaning of her Servant, and her voice changed in horror.

"That's right, Master Komatsu."

Contrary to Master's shock, Lancer bowed his body slightly respectfully, and explained calmly and calmly.

"As you can see, my opponent is a woman, and...the clothes seem to be too cool. Out of respect for this warrior, please allow me to face the battle with my eyes covered. Otherwise, if I am on the battlefield It is also a kind of blasphemy to her honor to treat her as a woman instead of a knight equal to me..."

"...What a ghost!"

Without thinking, Nanako kicked on her high-heeled sandals, took off the leather whip hanging from her waist, and rushed out of the hiding place.

Just like walnuts who practice kendo, Nanako also has the hobby of pinching a long whip and drawing circles-of course, it is not for beating suitors, although this mature woman does have quite a few suitors By.

In order to cope with the (in every sense) dangerous house Holy Grail War, the girls of the green team have more or less strengthened their physical exercises, although they cannot be compared with the priests who are proficient in Chinese Kung Fu and the assassins who are full of guns. But at least it won't be cut off from behind.

However, unlike the Japanese sword that Walnut can use freely as a magic dress, Nanako's whip is usually used to beat her own people... such as now.

"Dear Lancer, can you hear me? Although the eyes are blindfolded, are the ears still working? Hey—I said Lancer—"

"Master Xiaosong, I can hear it without repeating it so many times... Also, this place is too dangerous, please back off!"

"I think it's your head that's dangerous. It's her fault that the red Saber dressed like this and went out. Why do you, want, pay for your opponent's lack of self-respect?"

Nanako clenched her whip tightly and hit the ground with a snap, making a dangerous echo.

"In short, as a Master, I forbid you to use this kind of big move that costs you [-] before killing the enemy."

"My lord, please..."

Reluctantly, Diarmuid unfastened his blindfold, his upright face was filled with the sadness of having nowhere to find a bosom friend.

"No, no, no."

Secretly complaining about the development of such a plot full of sinister sight, Komatsu Nanako had to resort to the last resort, solemnly showing the command spell on her arm.

"——If you are more verbose, I will use Command Seals to order you to dance like Hatsune Miku. In front of a female audience."

"..."

Killer.

Center the red heart.

The effect is outstanding.

The spear that pierces the death thorn... No, this is the name of another Lancer's Noble Phantasm.

All in all, when the Master, who has never been joking, uttered this command that sounded like a joke, Diarmuid immediately gave up the last hope of pleading for his life, and turned to thinking about "fighting against women wearing see-through costumes" And "forced to sing and dance in front of women" which tramples on chivalry more seriously.

It seems... no one wants to think about it...

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While the master and slave of the gun team were constantly arguing over whether to be blindfolded, the culprit Nero stood at the other end of the open space with a fiery red sword in his hand, watching the dispute between the two in a daze.

While waiting for the battle to start, she vaguely heard a few words "clothes are cool" and "improper" wafting in the wind, she unconsciously lowered her head and glanced at her dress, and even lifted the hem of the skirt and swayed it lightly from side to side. Seeing this, Lancer immediately pulled the cloth strip reflexively, and was immediately slapped down by the enraged Master.

"...Um, I don't understand."

The Roman emperor muttered to himself, tilting his neck in confusion.

"Is there something wrong with my clothes? Both are men, and neither the King of Heroes nor my performer showed any discomfort... Mu, no matter who that hero is, he is really a petty man."

——What the swordsman in red doesn't know is that, not to mention the King of Heroes who is used to "a certain image", when Himisaka Fuyuki gets along with her, he always quietly takes off his contact lenses in advance.

27 Knights of the Round Table in Black and White, Act II

Masaaki Akita will also be selected as one of the Masters by the Holy Grail of Otaku, which is completely a not-so-beautiful mistake.

In layman's terms, this error can be described as "the Holy Grail gave Shirou the last three command spells, but Shirou neither summoned Saber nor was killed by others."In this case, it is unknown what will happen to the original Holy Grail of the Fate world.However, the "Holy Grail of Otaku" that has penetrated into this world is not sure whether it is born with the virtue of fearing that the world will not be chaotic, and simply chose the most shocking solution-not to take back Nanakusa Izumo's Command Spell, At the same time, he gave the Command Seal to another boy who wanted to join the Holy Grail War.

As far as the result is concerned, Akita Masaya, who was not eligible to participate in the competition, replaced Izumo and became the No.14 Master of this Holy Grail War.

For Nanakusa Izumo, who has no intention of fighting, it is undoubtedly a happy event to be able to return to a peaceful life-if Saber's master is not so obsessed with him.But having said that, if Izumo found out that the lucky one who joined the Holy Grail War instead of him was Akita Masaya, maybe he would feel a little bit of regret in his chest.

It is an ironic fact that Masaya and Izumo are not unrelated.

To be more precise, Izumo, who has always been indifferent to the things around him, has always maintained an inexplicable disgust towards Yaya.

That emotion is quite easy to understand: Masaya Akita is the person Kaori Shiratori has secretly admired for more than a year.Izumo's attitude towards this matter is naturally not jealousy, but "what are you doing with this third-rate girl manga plot".

Unlike Izumo, who has weak interpersonal relationships, Masaya is quick-witted, outstanding-looking and cheerful. She has always been the target of girls in the school, and Kaori is one of them.

A cute girl at the idol level, and a handsome boy in her heart.

No matter how it sounds, it sounds like the beginning of a good campus story.

It's a pity that Akita Masaya's personality... If I insist on an image description, it will be "the three-dimensional Matou Shinji".

He enjoys the satisfaction of being the center of sight with all his heart, and greets every girl with a smile, but has no intention of having a deep relationship with them at all; he is intimate with people on the surface, but in fact he never gives his heart.To put it simply, within the human being named "Akita Masaya", there is no room for the existence of people other than himself.Although he was born with a lovable and beautiful skin, due to congenital short-sightedness and acquired lack of upbringing, this person could not see other people's sorrows and joys at all, and grew up to be a complete solipsist.

Nanakusa Izumo pays attention to Kaori who shared many childhood memories with him.Naturally, she hated men who played with Kaori's feelings.

Closer to home, Akita Masaya, the male high school student who was held in the apex of Kaori's heart and scoffed at by Izumo, was ecstatic after getting the command spell, and immediately connected to the game to summon his own Servant——in "Fate/staynight" The heroic spirit driven by Matou Shinji, Rider Medusa.

So much for telling stories in circles, let’s just say the conclusion.

The blood barrier that is threatening the Himizaka Kurumi University campus right now was erected by this Masaya-kun ordering Rider himself.

The real name of the enchantment is one of the treasures held by Medusa, "Seal of the Other. Temple of Blood".The effect is just like the literal meaning, it can completely dissolve the human beings inside the barrier into crimson blood for the creator to absorb and use.

Naturally, Walnut, who had made sufficient preparations in advance, recognized the type of magic circle in the library at a glance.

"F**... ummm!!"

Just as Hu Tao grinned and scolded halfway, the young man who was traveling with her pressed her mouth from behind.

"Ummmmmm... Hey, what are you doing, Archer!"

"Let me tell you, that's not something young girls like Missy should scold."

Robin Hood chuckled and made a silent gesture, then stared dissatisfiedly at the strange magic circle carved on the ground.

"If it's really something that makes the lady so angry, I'll help you scold it. F**......... Ugh!"

"...you shut up too."

Hu Tao withdrew his hand from Ying Ling's mouth, and kicked his calf expressionlessly.

"Tsk, miss, you attack... No, it's too cruel. I just want to tell you, compared to this enchantment now..."

"'Compared to this enchantment'? How can there be more urgent matters than this. Have you figured out the situation, Archer, this is a terrible thing—"

Hu Tao urgently grabbed the cuff of the young man who was about to turn around, and reprimanded in a low voice.

"—Miss, I mean."

The archer stopped in his tracks, then turned around sensitively, and supported Hu Tao's slightly trembling shoulders due to excitement.

"The enchantment we set up has also captured prey. I will leave the investigation of the magic circle to me. Miss, go collect the nets and fish. Maybe there will be a celebration banquet tonight...although there are only hot pot and dumplings."

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Three 10 minutes later.

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"……go to hell."

The blonde girl grabbed the brunette boy by the bangs and dragged him up from the ground, spitting out curses viciously.

"You're going to die..."

Despite being in a delirious and semi-comatose state, Nanakusa Izumo still instinctively speaks unforgivingly.

Reluctantly, he took out the pill to resist the poisonous mist and forced the young man to swallow it. Kurumi grabbed Izumo's arm and violently threw it on his shoulder.

"Hey, Archer has become more and more lenient when using poison, and even left people with the strength to speak... Isn't this the poisonous mist that claims to suffocate even elephants quickly? It's thanks to you that you can still maintain consciousness after inhaling so much Ah, boy."

--good.On the way to find the hiding place, it was Nanakusa Izumo who left the station to seek death and stepped into the Green Archer trap by mistake, triggered the enchantment mechanism and fell to the ground after being poisoned.

Last night, shortly after Joan of Arc rescued Izumo from the swords of the two knights, Diarmuid and King Nero had a confrontation in the town.After all, Joan of Arc is a manager with a major mission, and must maintain the rules as her top priority, so she rushed to the scene quickly to avoid exposure of the magic battle.Izumo, who was left alone again, became a victim of the poor tactics of the half-baked magician again.

"...So, why is it you again..."

As the saying goes, people who are destined to go to the same goal by different routes, and Hu Tao can't wait to kill this predestined funeral star on the spot.

(If I had known that he would step on a trap and add to the chaos, it would be better to let him be cut into a sashimi by Saber... No, after all, why should I help him detoxify? Although this guy has no competitiveness, he is still an enemy anyway. .)

Turning his face to look at the stable side face of the boy with no sense of crisis on his shoulder, Hu Tao suddenly felt full of resentment and gritted his teeth angrily.

(Forget it, he’s still an impotent brat anyway. Not much more than him.)

Resisting the urge to throw Izumo back into the poisonous mist barrier, she pulled the unconscious boy closer to her, half dragging and half supporting him as he walked slowly towards the home.

In the spirit of humanitarianism, Hu Tao spared the life of the young man. Unexpectedly, Izumo not only has amazing resistance to poison, but also recovers incredibly fast.Only halfway through, the young man who should have been oblivious to the effects of the poison was fully awake—along with his unlovable mouth.

"You did something good, right? Auntie."

As soon as the boy regained his language ability, he said this to Hu Tao right away.

"……Aha?"

Even for Walnut, who was used to unconventional unfolding, this was the first time he was questioned like this by the person he had just revived.

"You haven't woken up yet, boy. I just detoxified you. Should you use this tone to your savior?"

"Huh... that's nice to say. If you didn't poison me, why did you detoxify me?"

"Hey, are you the old lady who was knocked down? As I said before, no matter whether I was the one who hit someone or not, I will help the old man when I see him fall, absolutely."

Hu Tao threw out such a sentence angrily, and once again pulled the boy who was about to slip off his shoulders closer to him.

"...?"

Immediately afterwards, she suddenly realized a strange situation that she had neglected until now.

"Hey kid... isn't your weight too light?"

——The boy's mind has basically returned to normal, but his body is still weak due to the residual poison, and the weight of his whole body is on Walnut's shoulders.This should have been a strenuous burden, but in Hu Tao's view, the weight of Izumo was almost the same as that of his slender girlfriends who paid attention to maintenance, and much lighter than himself with hidden muscles.

Although Hu Tao's arm strength is far superior to that of women of the same age, it is not strong enough to lift a 17-year-old boy without any effort.Just now she was eager to take Izumo away from the poisonous mist so she didn't pay attention, but now thinking about it, it is extremely bizarre.

"Weight?... I was indeed diagnosed with malnutrition during the physical examination, but I didn't realize it..."

The young man was startled, and rarely answered honestly.

"This unscientific."

Walnut reached the conclusion arrogantly.

"How can a male high school student who is not sick or disabled be younger than me? Don't make me suspect that you are not a man."

"...Aren't you too heavy, auntie. Of course, maybe you are not a woman."

Izumo is confident.

"———."

Unexpectedly, being said to hurt her feet, Hu Tao hated to turn her head away, trembling all over, and fell silent.

One thing is one thing, there are always some sluts in this world who can't afford to offend, obviously this is the one she picked up.Fortunately, if you can't provoke it, you can at least hide it.

"Hello? A-aunt--? If you don't say anything, I will call you uncle later."

The juvenile voice full of joy resounded in his ears.

"You mean uncle...?!"

Walnut couldn't hide in an instant.

She turned her neck abruptly to face Izumo, stared ferociously at the young man, and gritted her teeth word by word:

"Don't get carried away, brat—I'm just thinking about where to dump corpses around here."

Hearing the words, Izumo tilted his head slightly, his expression unchanged:

"...If you abandon the corpse, isn't it suitable there?"

"Ah? Where are you talking about?"

The young man raised a hand and quietly pointed towards the front of the street.

"Over there, in the place where the thick smoke is billowing, there should be heroic spirits fighting. The place will soon become a scorched earth full of corpses. Even if the corpses are thrown there, no one will be suspicious."

"Thick smoke? Don't be stupid, how can there be a heroic spirit in the daytime—"

Walnut smiled casually, and turned his head to look in the direction Izumo pointed.

then……

"——I'm going to go, isn't that our stronghold?!!!"

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——Near the base at this time——

For the first time in Kawashima's life, she doubted her vision.

After all, the scene that was unfolding in front of her at this moment was too unrealistic.

If we want to describe this battle objectively, the only appropriate word is "round table level".And this is not like the knights of the round table in the legend of King Arthur, more like the two humanoid mobile weapons fighting each other in the animation "Lelouch of the Rebellion".The only difference is that "Lancelot" in the animation is a light-weight white body, while "Gowin" is heavily armed in black, which is exactly the opposite of the black Lance White Gawain in front of him.

The British knights in shining armor turned into two bolts of lightning, and they shuttled between the buildings row upon row in a gust of wind and thunder, and their figures could hardly be caught by the naked eye.

The grand flames that burst out when the weapons intersected were like fireworks blooming in the daytime.

The whirlwind of the sharp sword mercilessly chopped down trees and destroyed walls.

Every confrontation is accompanied by a loud noise like thunder, and then billowing dust rises into the sky like wolf smoke.

Without exchanging a word, the two knights realized the fate of a battle today just the moment they met their eyes.

The rest is just a pure collision of "wu".

However, as a discussion between colleagues at the round table, this battle is too absurd and cruel.

A bystander with some discernment can see that although both sides possess extraordinary holy swords of comparable specifications and their martial skills are equally matched, the black knight's swordplay has completely fallen under the ferocious suppression of the white knight, and is being defeated step by step. On the defensive.

——Different from the bravery and courage when facing foreign enemies, Lancelot's sword is now full of confusion and regret.

Besides King Arthur himself, who else is more familiar with the silver holy sword hidden in the shadow of "Sword of Promised Victory" than him.

Even King Arthur himself may not be as familiar with Gao Wenqing's hatred for him as he is.

In Lancelot's view, Gawain's anger was a matter of course.

From the moment he rescued Guinevere and killed Brother Gawain by mistake, he was no longer regarded as a companion by this former comrade in arms.It is ridiculous to say that Sir Gawain, who was originally pure and innocent from the inside out, degraded his own character precisely because of his anger at Lancelot.

If there is no hatred for Lancelot, he is a perfect knight—the white knight who always shows off a refreshing smile seems to be so evaluated by later generations.

Knowing this, Lancelot, just as King Arthur blamed himself for his fall into the Seat of Madness, also regarded Gawain's mad imprisonment as a continuation of his sins.

The guilt he felt towards the king was no less, and it also applied to Gao Wen.

My apologies to the king, I have gained a little relief in the Fourth Holy Grail War.However, what about Gao Wenqing's apology——

Lancelot scolded himself more severely than anyone else, and at the same time longed for punishment from the king.Of course, it also includes Sir Gawain who followed the king from beginning to end.

So, it's up to you.How can a swordsman who longs to be punished swing his sword to protect himself or even hurt others?

It was the same with Artoria during the Fourth World War.If she hadn't been supported by the belief that she must obtain the Holy Grail, she might have been willing to fall under the sword of the berserk Lancelot.

Still have to go back to that old saying.

——It is their own nobleness that can really stab the noble knights with ultimate moves.

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However, should we say that times have changed and the situation has changed... Lancelot at this time is different from King Arthur back then.There are people around him who won't allow tragedy to happen.

"Hey, what are you kidding, if you continue to be suppressed and beaten like this, you will be wiped out, cheer up Lancelot—"

"Mr. Lancelot, wake up!! That guy is not the Gawain you know—"

Two high-pitched female voices sounded at the same time.

The first sentence is naturally from the restless Kawashima Miaozhi, and the latter sentence is from Himizaka Kurumi who is dragging Izumo and rushing towards him.

"Himizaka-sama... what did you just say? 'Not Gawain' means..."

The wonderful rebuke is not difficult to understand, so Lancelot turned first to the walnut who made the strange speech.

Although he lost his language and reason, there is no other knight in the world who is wearing white armor and holding the "Sword of Rotating Victory".

"Hoo... huh, I mean... huh..."

Out of breath, Hu Tao rushed to the side of the devastated battlefield, put his hands on his knees and panted heavily, trying to get his breathing evenly.

"Hoo hoo...cough, I don't know about your situation back then, but according to Nasu Kinoko's official information, Gao Wen should have forgiven you after becoming a heroic spirit... It's better to say that Gao Wenqing, who is a heroic spirit, really blames himself That’s right—because of his expedition to the king, the empty homeland was invaded by the rebels, which eventually led to the death of the king...Gao Wen didn’t think that everything was your fault, he thought it was all his fault !"

Roar heartily in one breath.

To be honest, Walnut didn't fully grasp the situation at hand.

It's just that Gao Wen's Noble Phantasm is too conspicuous, and the scene of "a certain knight being chased and beaten by her old friend who has become crazy" is too visual, so she made the above judgment in a flash.And the best way she could think of to relieve Lancelot's guilt was... to give him the official setting of Gao Wen.

"So, this kind of guy chasing you is not Gawain... Sir Lancelot, if you don't liberate him from his madness, the knight you know will never come back! I feel sorry for him If that’s the case, please don’t show mercy to him——!”

He had to be told.

Atonement by death is hardly a laudable way to save the White Knight from his frenzy.

If things go on like this, no one will be saved in the end.

Just when Walnut shouted hoarsely to Lancelot——

"You woman, you are very annoying."

Inorganic cold voice suddenly sounded in the ears.

"...Woo?!"

She didn't even have the time to look back to confirm, she had already received a heavy blow to her neck that made her almost faint.

In the next second, Bai Jian came from behind with the sound of wind.

"—"

Hu Tao, who was too weak to react in time, could only grit his teeth and wait for the pain from the blade cutting his body.

However, the expected pain did not come.

"...tsk..."

Instead, there are fine pieces squeezed out by the boy from between his teeth.

"Why... Hey, brat?! Are you kidding me, what stupid thing did you do, brat!!"

When Kurumi turned around, what she saw was Nanakusa Izumo, whose face was distorted due to the severe pain, lying behind her and blocking the blow from the blade for her.

"Woo... ah, my pain perception is quite dull. I usually don't feel anything when I cut my finger. Is it too deep this time..."

Moreover, he also chanted strange remarks about being completely out of the situation.

"Sorry, I'm nosy. Auntie, you must want to lose a few kilograms of fat."

"...It is said that when a person is about to die, his words are good. It seems that your life is not in danger."

Forgetting to get angry at him for a while, Hu Tao breathed a sigh of relief.

When she confirmed that the boy was not fatally injured, and turned to look up at the attacker behind her, she had already changed into a cold expression filled with murderous intent.

"—Are you Gao Wenqing's Master? Forcibly dragging Gao Wenqing, who is a Saber, to the Berserker rank, really did something strange during the summoning process. I am willing to accompany you one-on-one, even Gao Wenqing and this Let's settle the account of the brat together."

However, Gawain's Master, the tall man in a pitch-black hooded windbreaker that completely covered his head and face, turned a deaf ear to Walnut's provocation, and stared directly at the black-haired boy half-embraced by Walnut under the hood.

Then, the strange man moved his lips and spit out a mechanical whisper without the slightest emotion.

"... Nanakusa Izumo is a defective product. Since it is a defective product, it must be disposed of."

28 Act III God's Light

"... Nanakusa Izumo is a defective product. Since it is a defective product, it must be disposed of."

What kind of untouchable blackness is hidden in the emotionless and indifferent words of the man in black.

And Himisaka Kurumi, who was confronting him, didn't even have the time to think about it quietly.The moment the man pulled out the blade from Izumo's back, and the boy's warm blood splashed all over her front, she reached out to the long knife behind her——

"Ugh...!!"

— failed to catch up.

The man flew up a roundabout kick like lightning and hit Walnut's abdomen. Under the impact of the impact, she rolled backwards on the spot, flew into the air for a few seconds, and then hit the gravel-covered ground firmly.

When Hu Tao came back to his senses, he had already prostrated himself on the ground and gnawed a mouthful of dust. His muscles and bones all over his body were throbbing like they had been pierced by a steel needle. The various parts inside the body wriggled disgustingly, and an ominous fishy sweetness rose from his throat.

(Wait, could this be the legendary...internal injury?!)

Hu Tao suddenly felt a heat on his forehead, and struggled to support the ground to stand up, but he was in a hurry, and he couldn't regain his posture for a while.Seeing the man's shiny black leather shoes bypassing Izumo and approaching her step by step, she couldn't help but subconsciously glance at the three tattoos on the back of her hand, which were like life-saving straws.

It stands to reason that accumulating strength is the basis of warfare, but the crisis is imminent, and even if you use the precious Command Seal, you must survive here.

"Tsk... in the name of Command Seals, Ar—"

She only managed to utter half a sentence.

"Ah, who dared to hurt you, Joan...?! How dare you attack my holy girl, it is unforgivable, absolutely unforgivable...!!!"

As shown above, a more high-pitched and passionate confession than hers instantly drowned out Walnut's shouts.

Before Hu Tao could react, several soft tentacles with suction cups swept from behind her, tightly wrapped around Hu Nuo's waist and limbs, lifted her up in the air, and yanked her backward.

"Wooah?!"

Surprised by the cold and slippery touch on the skin, the hairs stood on end, and Hu Nuo screamed instinctively.

In the next second, human warm and powerful arms replaced the sticky tentacles.Hu Tao had just dropped the heart that had reached her throat back into her chest, and she suddenly looked back while panting—not to mention that her hairs were standing on end this time, she felt that even the hairs of her hair were standing on end.

"OK Dana, I've caught Miss Joan of Arc, let's make a huge fuss~~!!"

(Hey. This, could it be