The Beloved Mascot-Chen Luo

Now, of all the clones created by Kirei Kotomine's servants, only one remains that has not been converted by Chen Luo.

It's the clone located in the church.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Luo returned the three Command Seals that represented his Master status to the other party.

It would be too early for Kirei Kotomine to leave the stage now.

"I'm quite curious whether the weight of the Puppet Transformation or the Command Seals is higher? Let's go find the last assassin clone."

Besides this, Chen Luo had another plan of his own.

After modifying Kirei Kotomine's consciousness, Chen Luo's figure disappeared from the spot.

"Yakumo Yukari, what are you looking at?" Chen Luo slapped Yakumo Yukari on the shoulder.

As soon as Chen Luo got home, he saw Yakumo Yukari looking at something and laughing.

"You didn't just ask for the maid's identity just for fun, did you?" Chen Luo asked Yakumo Yukari curiously.

"No, look for yourself. Tohsaka Tokiomi's antics are absolutely hilarious. Everyone else summons a Servant, he summons a big daddy." Yakumo Yukari said, laughing uncontrollably.

"I feel like you and Merlin have a lot in common. You're both people who enjoy having fun, and you both like to peep," Chen Luo complained.

"Merlin, I just chatted with him, and I feel like we really get along well."

"You actually admitted it so openly." Chen Luo looked at Yakumo Yukari in surprise.

"What did I admit to?"

"You know, Merlin has lived for thousands of years... Oh, no, this nightmare probably appeared some time before the time of King Arthur. Based on that, we can deduce its age, but you..."

In a sense, Yakumo Yukari and Merlin are very similar.

"Chen Luo, do you think you can't live without causing trouble?" Yakumo Yukari looked at Chen Luo with displeasure.

"You're wrong. This is just a real 17-year-old boy's attraction to a fake 17-year-old girl," Chen Luo said, shaking his head.

"..."

This jerk in front of me is really infuriating.

"Never mind. When it comes to being infuriating, you're definitely better. I admit defeat in that respect."

Yakumo Yukari wondered if she had been spending too much time with Chen Luo and he had forgotten her dignity as Yokai Sage.

But thinking about it carefully, I realize that I'm currently asking for their help, so I don't seem to have much authority.

"Oh, right, since you're here, quickly teach me how to use the Boundary Manipulation more skillfully." Chen Luo sat down next to Yakumo Yukari began to ask this youkai who had lived for thousands of years for advice.

Boundary Manipulation and Gap/Space Manipulation abilities are indeed quite useful.

Moreover, the Gap/Space Manipulation created by his Boundary Manipulation can even allow him to travel to other dimensions, such as inside a painting, but Chen Luo can't do that yet, so he's currently seeking advice.

At the same time, Chen Luo was also quite interested in Merlin's clairvoyance that could see all the way to the future, but he couldn't get it for free, so he made do with his Gap/Space Manipulation ability for now.

"... You stole my ability and then brazenly sat next to me asking how to use it. How could anyone in the world be so audacious as you?" Yakumo Yukari glared at Chen Luo with annoyance.

"Don't say that, aren't we having a fair trade?" Chen Luo said, while opening a Gap/Space Manipulation in front of Yakumo Yukari.

"Hmm, I have a feeling... your level seems to be more than just A-level, right?" Yakumo Yukari said uncertainly, looking at the Gap/Space Manipulation in front of Chen Luo.

Yakumo Yukari didn't really know how well Chen Luo had mastered his Gap/Space Manipulation abilities.

After all, it's definitely not as good as myself.

Although there are no A-rank, S-rank, SS rank, or talent-based rankings in Yakumo Yukari's world, Yakumo Yukari can roughly understand the different levels of Chen Luo's assessment based on Chen Luo description.

With a little estimation, it's possible to achieve a nearly accurate classification, which isn't difficult for a Yokai Sage has lived for thousands of years.

"Can you please stop saying you've lived for thousands of years? If you keep doing this, I'm not teaching you anymore," Yakumo Yukari said, somewhat annoyed.

"Oh, did I accidentally blurt out my true feelings?" Chen Luo asked in surprise.

"..."

"Alright, alright, my current level and ability grade are indeed not A-grade, but S-grade, which is probably considered pretty good among S-grades, because I fused A-grade ability slices with S-grade ability slices," Chen Luo explained to Yakumo Yukari.

"Since they were all projected using the River God Ability, they all came from the same source, making it quite easy to merge the A-rank and S-rank together."

"But your contribution is still insufficient," Yakumo Yukari commented lazily.

So although Yakumo Yukari quite lazy and indifferent now, she has almost 10,000 curses in her heart.

Seriously? It's already outrageous enough that you can project Gensokyo, but you can even copy something like talent slices?

And it can even be fused?

Why don't you just go to heaven?

"That's true. After all, it's just a slice of ability, more like a seed. So even if it has the potential of a high-level S-rank, in terms of output, it can't compare to the lowest-level S-rank talent, and it's not much stronger than A-rank." Chen Luo nodded.

This is the drawback of talent slices: although they are easier to obtain, they take a long time to develop.

When you buy an S-level ability, they'll just give you a price.

As for the Talent Seed, you have to slowly water and fertilize it, and then wait for it to grow.

"Wait, I'll teach you how to use your Boundary Manipulation, but first answer me a question. If I were to pluck all my talents and throw them into the river, could I conjure up a silver one and a gold one?" Yakumo Yukari n't listen to Chen Luo's explanation at all, because she remembered a rather important question.

Holy crap, have I suddenly gained a channel for ability evolution?

And it's the kind where you can lie in bed without having to do anything?

But when Yakumo Yukari turned her head and saw the smile on Chen Luo's face, Yakumo Yukari knew that she had probably fallen into a trap.

Chen Luo ostensibly asked me about my cultivation level, but wasn't he secretly hinting at something?

"Ouch, my shoulders are sore." Suddenly, Chen Luo twisted his neck.

"Master, let me give you a massage," Yakumo Yukari said with a very helpful smile.

Chapter 644 The universally loved mascot— Chen Luo

"Holy crap, ouch ouch ouch! Yakumo Yukari, who taught you massage? Is this how you massage someone?" Chen Luo had only enjoyed three seconds of Yakumo Yukari's massage before he immediately ran away.

If Chen Luo hadn't controlled himself, he would have given Yakumo Yukari Chen Luo over-the-shoulder throw long ago.

"I learned it from Fu Hua. Didn't you see it back then? I was prepared for it," Yakumo Yukari said innocently.

"Alright, you'd better stop giving me massages. I feel like I'm going to die from your massages someday."

"The matter of advancing one's talent..."

"There's no room for negotiation."

"Chen Luo, you might not believe it, but I also learned another massage technique."

"Sorry, I'm afraid of pain." Chen Luo shook his head.

"Hmm... Alright, just tell me already, what do you want?"

"I want you..."

"Huh? Chen Luo, I treat you like a brother, and you actually want to sleep with me?" Yakumo Yukari moved a little further away from Chen Luo.

"... the golden talent."

"... How about silver?" Yakumo Yukari tried to negotiate.

"There's no room for negotiation."

"Alright then, at least I can get a silver one for free," Yakumo Yukari consoled herself.

"And I want you too."

"My what?" Yakumo Yukari indicated that she was already familiar with Chen Luo's tactics.

"I want you." Chen Luo emphasized.

"What Chen Luo? I treated you like a brother, and you actually wanted to sleep with me?" Yakumo Yukari had just closed the distance between herself and Chen Luo, but then moved away from him again.

"What are you thinking about all day? I just want you to help me out whenever you need it. You should understand that sometimes what's free is the most expensive." Chen Luo rolled his eyes at Yakumo Yukari.

"You scared me to death. Don't worry, what kind of relationship do we have? I'll definitely help if I can, but let's make it clear first, that doesn't include venting the stress of a boy's adolescence," Yakumo Yukari said to Chen Luo.

"Why don't you go and get your brain cleaned up first? It's full of filthy rubbish every day." Chen Luo sighed helplessly.

"Putting aside the yellow waste and such, I'm just curious, since you, Chen Luo, can summon three talents and enhance your own, why don't you enhance all the talents on your body? If I remember correctly, you said you had a whole bunch of S-rank Talent, right?" Yakumo Yukari asked curiously.

This is what Yakumo Yukari overheard while eavesdropping on Patchouli and Yun Lian'er's conversation.

Even in the bar, Yakumo Yukari couldn't forget her true nature of spying and eavesdropping.

"The situation is complicated. Let me ask you this: can you fully utilize your abilities in this world?" Chen Luo asked.

"No. Judging from your rating, you're probably only at the upper-middle level of S-rank." Yakumo Yukari shook her head.

"The level of mutual exclusion between the worlds is just too high."

"But I didn't. All my abilities can be fully utilized in this world. That's the function of my semi-conceptualized physique. And this ability is also my greatest guarantee for constantly traveling to other worlds."

All of Chen Luo's talents have been conceptualized and transformed.

"So, because of this conceptualized nature, you can't separate yourself from your talent?" Yakumo Yukari seemed to understand.

"No, it can be separated, but my current level of Stripping Ability is not high enough, which may cause the talent to lose its inherent perfect conceptuality," Chen Luo said, shaking his head.

"Wouldn't that mean we're caught in a strange cycle? Or is it possible that your stripping power will be enhanced in the future?"

"It's impossible to enhance the Stripping Ability for the time being, unless I obtain a high-level talent enhancement card... You don't need to know what that is, but in short, I can't upgrade the Stripping Ability for the time being. However... I can upgrade my manipulation talent," Chen Luo said.

"What the hell is that?"

"Keep it a secret."

"..."

The so-called manipulation talent is the professional talent that Chen Luo obtained when he became a puppeteer. Its effect is to enhance all abilities related to manipulation.

When Chen Luo raised his puppeteer's professional skills from proficient to master, he clearly felt that his control talent seemed to have improved by a level.

This also raises the upper limit of the Stripping Ability; otherwise, it would be impossible to perform such high-level, delicate tasks as talent slicing and peeling concepts from objects.

Chen Luo had a premonition that when he raised his puppeteer skills from master to grandmaster, his manipulation talent might also be upgraded, thereby enhancing his Stripping Ability.

The conceptualized abilities that Chen Luo possessed were not impossible to remove; it was just like carving patterns on the shell of a raw egg with a 40-meter-long knife without breaking the membrane inside the egg.

Chen Luo had been trying to improve the accuracy of his Stripping Ability, but in the end he still had to rely on the professional talent of a puppeteer.

Therefore, it's not without reason that Chen Luo kept saying that the profession of puppeteer was quite absurd.

Even if one upgrades to the Grandmaster level and cannot completely strip away the abilities that have undergone conceptual modification, one can certainly do so by raising the puppeteer's skills to a superb level.

Now... let's forget about it now.

If the precision of the Stripping Ability isn't quite there yet, and those abilities that have undergone conceptual modifications are accidentally ruined into ordinary S-level abilities, Chen Luo will be heartbroken.

Moreover, for Chen Luo, S-rank Talent is sufficient for now.

They haven't even fully explored S-rank Talent yet, and they're already thinking about adding new talents and raising the levels of these existing ones.

This isn't how you become proficient in all skills.

Just like Yun Lian'er, almost without exception they all refused Chen Luo's offer to help them improve their talents.

Chen Luo also wondered if, after raising all his talents to SS rank, he could merge his original silver and gold talents together and break through to SSS-rank Talent.

Stripping away talents is not irreversible, but fusing talents is.

If the talent that has already fused with gold, silver, and the original body were suddenly canceled with the gold and silver version, who knows what would happen.

Soul torn apart?

Talent gone wrong?

Talent downgraded?

Even the best outcome would be unacceptable to most people.

Especially those talents that have undergone conceptual modifications seem more prone to causing trouble.

Hahahaha, it's all gone! All gone! The ability is gone! The person is gone too!