Intelligence / The Situation on All Sides

"Hundred Faces?" Hassan of the Arm was slightly startled. With just one sentence, he knew that the drunken man in front of him had seen Hassan of the Hundred Faces before. In other words... he had participated in the Holy Grail War!

"No, he is Hassan of the Arm, not Hassan of the Hundred Faces." Mikaela was in good spirits at the moment, having finally summoned a suitable Servant.

"..."

Red A remained silent, looking at Hassan of the Arm and sighing slightly. He hadn't expected that Hassan would respond to his father's ally's call.

Should we call it fate?

Hopefully, we won't see Blue Lancer and Golden Archer next!

Seeing their friendly demeanor, Hassan of the Arm sheathed his short sword and looked at Emiya Kiritsugu earnestly, asking, "Excuse me... Your Highness the Magecraft, do you know Hassan of the Hundred Faces?"

"Yes, I know her. She's the Assassin from the Fourth Holy Grail War." Emiya Kiritsugu lit a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and said slowly, "She's good at gathering intelligence and has many clones. I considered her a rather troublesome target. I thought she would survive to the end, but I didn't expect Saber to take her down."

No, I didn't.

Mikaela spoke up, feeling that Emiya Kiritsugu seemed to have misunderstood something. He said with some helplessness, "Three years ago, time was too tight, and I didn't have time to explain the situation to you. When I killed Gilgamesh, five Servant had already left the stage, and I felt that the Holy Grail War was about to end. But in order to prevent you from being killed by Hassan of the Hundred Faces, I hurriedly went back."

"But when I got back, I found you were fine. You even told me that Hassan of the Hundred Faces had left the scene. Although I felt a little strange at the time, I did not kill Hassan of the Hundred Faces."

"Huh?" Emiya Kiritsugu was slightly taken aback. He had thought that the Hassan of the Hundred Faces was killed by Mikaela, but since it was all in the past, he wouldn't dwell too much on the real answer.

After all, the past is the past; now is the most important time.

"..." Red A looked at Mikaela with great admiration. Killing Gilgamesh... that's too strong. Although he didn't know if the Gilgamesh in the Fourth Holy Grail War was the same guy he remembered.

However, that guy was ridiculously strong; after all, even Heracles was killed by him.

Unexpectedly, the Servant summoned by his own father actually killed that King of Heroes.

'... I think I know why Bai Mao left the stage.'

Looking at Mikaela, Hassan of the Arm suddenly understood why the Hundred Faces had left the Holy Grail War at the end.

If he were to discover that there were individuals closely associated with the First Generation Master in this Holy Grail War, he would likely take the same action.

Well... the premise is that one's master is not the one one is loyal to.

PS: "Sigh~ Seeing those authors in the author group writing and thinking about plots every day, I feel very ashamed. They are all working hard for their future, while I have been slacking off. Suddenly, a strange sense of shame came over me."

P. S.: "No way! I have to work harder on updating too!!!"

Chapter 168 Intelligence

"Aila-chan!"

Back in the room, Irisviel on her like a hungry tiger, and without a word, Mikaela crushed the card, releasing the Oath of Judas and planting it in the ground.

The beautiful wife was bound tightly by golden chains.

"Don't touch me!" Mikaela no longer wanted to sleep with Irisviel. He Emiya Kiritsugu in the butt and told him to go to his room and sleep with his wife.

"Hey hey hey!!!" Emiya Kiritsugu was startled, thinking that Mikaela was so heartless that she wanted him and Irisviel to Replenish Magic.

"Go to sleep early, stop fooling around!! We have things to do tomorrow!!" Mikaela pouted, feeling helpless at Emiya Kiritsugu's frightened expression. Was he really that afraid of Irisviel?

"Irisviel, you should also restrain yourself. That Servant doesn't consume a lot of mana, so you don't need to keep Replenish Magic with Kiritsugu."

Before leaving, Mikaela gave Irisviel a subtle warning, telling her not to continue down that path.

"No... I want to see what you look like when you transform." Irisviel, bound by golden chains, said helplessly, "You look so cute when you transform, and you have such a great figure! It would be so comfortable to sleep with you in my arms."

"Goodbye!" Mikaela slammed the door shut.

Screw you! I'm not changing!! Changing to female form is a waste of magic!!

After closing the door, Mikaela looked at Red A and Hassan of the Arm and said calmly, "So, do you need me to explain the current situation?"

"My Master has already told me." Red A smiled. He had already obtained information about Mikaela from Emiya Kiritsugu.

"Hmm... Master, please get some rest. I'll give you a brief explanation tomorrow."

Hassan of the Arm, told Mikaela to rest first, as it was getting late, around 4 p. m., and the waiters downstairs were all dozing off.

Although Mikaela is full of energy now, she still needs to adjust her schedule. If she continues like this, her body may not be able to handle it.

"Alright then, remember to let me know if anything comes up." Mikaela didn't stand on ceremony. Since Red A and Hassan of the Arm had both said so, he decided to get some rest and set off today to find other Servant.

"No problem."

Hassan of the Arm and Red A nodded. If anything happened, they would naturally report it to Mikaela.

After all, although the other party has a physical body, he is still Servant with strength. If anything strange happens, informing Mikaela is the right choice.

"Well then, goodnight." Mikaela entered Emiya Kiritsugu's room, still slumped over the table, forcing herself into a deep sleep.

"..."

In the corridor, both Red A and Hassan of the Arm remained silent, gazing at each other.

"Do you need any help?" Red A asked, looking at Hassan of the Arm. He seemed to understand what Hassan wanted to do, so he spoke up in advance, "If it's about setting traps, then I have some experience with that too."

"No, Archer, let me go and set up the trap." Hassan of the Arm nodded slightly to Red A, bowing slightly as he said calmly, "Although no one is paying attention to this place right now, if a villain comes to ambush the Master, then the situation will be terrible."

"No, Master has already set up many Magic Barrier before we came to this world. If anyone comes, they will find out immediately." Red A chuckled. He had already checked the things that Emiya Kiritsugu and Mikaela had set up.

"Um."

Hassan of the Arm nodded. When he arrived at the hotel, he had also sensed something, but the traps he had set were aimed at 'Servant'!

In a short period of time, Hassan of the Arm had begun to trust the mysterious Archer, so he was quite at ease letting him protect Mikaela.

Hassan of the Arm disappeared into the shadows; he was about to set a trap.

"Then... I'll also be going on my guardian mission."

Red A enters spirit form, he prepares to protect Mikaela and Emiya Kiritsugu, as both of them need to rest.

The night passed peacefully...

Around eight o'clock in the morning, Mikaela slowly woke up. He yawned, then walked into the bathroom with practiced ease, picked up toothpaste and a toothbrush, and began his washing and grooming routine.

"How is it?" Mikaela suddenly asked, brushing her teeth.

"It's nothing..." Hassan of the Arm appeared beside Mikaela and said calmly, "There are no Magecraft or familiars nearby. I set up seventeen traps around the hotel."

"So many traps were set up in just a few hours?"

Mikaela rinsed her mouth, picked up a towel and wiped her face, saying with a hint of helplessness, "You're really efficient."

"I don't deserve such praise." Hassan of the Arm lowered his head and said calmly, "It's just an alarm trap. At most, it can alert us that there is an enemy intrusion... It can't do anything else."

That's right, it's just an alarm-type trap; Hassan of the Arm is not a trap master.

The traps he researched during his lifetime might be useful to ordinary humans, but for a legendary hero, these traps were nothing more than child's play and could not achieve much.

"That's already very good." Mikaela smiled, clearly appreciating the efficiency of Hassan of the Arm. Mikaela was very satisfied that he was able to determine her location in such a short time.

As expected, none of the low-cost Servant summoned were easy to deal with.

"Knock knock knock".

Just then, there was a knock on the door. Mikaela put down the towel in her hand and said calmly, "Then we should get started."

Upon opening the door, Mikaela 'saw' Emiya Kiritsugu, who was in remarkably good spirits.

"Yo." Emiya Kiritsugu was indeed in good spirits. He had slept very well last night, and Irisviel hadn't made him 'exercise' too much, but instead told him to go to sleep.

"What's the intelligence like?"

Mikaela didn't say much, but reached out to him for information. Now that the Servant had been summoned, it was time to hunt!

"Don't worry, I don't know if the Clock Tower has sent me any information yet." Emiya Kiritsugu walked into the room, which was his workplace, but it had been forcibly occupied by Mikaela.

He didn't know the latest intelligence either.

Upon entering the room, Emiya Kiritsugu opened his laptop, expertly entered the password, and powered it on.

"Ding-dong!"

The moment I turned on my computer, a long-awaited email arrived.

"It seems we've already found out the information." Emiya Kiritsugu looked at the email, a smile playing on his lips.

Chapter 169 Situation of All Parties

"How is it?" Mikaela wanted to see the contents of the computer screen, but he was blind now, how could he possibly see anything on the screen?!

"Hmm... the situation is relatively optimistic, but another guy has left the game."

After reading the information, Emiya Kiritsugu couldn't help but laugh out loud. He said, "Atram Gariasta, that is... well, you probably don't care about his identity anyway. When he summoned his Servant the day before yesterday, he seemed to have used a rather extreme method to make the Servant submit to him. Then, when his servants found him the next day, he had already died a gruesome death in the Magic Workshop."

"Atram Gariasta?"

Mikaela fell into deep thought. He didn't recognize the name, but... why did it feel so familiar? He wanted to force Servant submit to him, and then it was game over...

Uh, could it be that unlucky guy?

"So, the Master's identity is going to change again, isn't it?" Mikaela shook his head and tossed the name aside. What he was more concerned about was whether the other person's Master identity would be randomly given to someone else again.

When Matou Zouken died, Irisviel and Emiya Kiritsugu speculated that his Master status would likely be given to someone else.

So this unlucky guy got killed by his own Servant again, will his Master status be taken by someone else?!

"Won't."

Emiya Kiritsugu said with certainty, "It's too late. The Holy Grail War has already begun, and it's impossible for anyone to interfere."

"Why?" Mikaela asked, puzzled. Why was it possible before, but not now?

"I'm not entirely clear on the principle behind it either, but what I'm certain of is that his departure now is a true departure." Emiya Kiritsugu smiled and said, "The Holy Grail War hasn't even started yet, and now an unlucky guy has died. This is a good thing for us."

"... Where is the Servant?" Mikaela asked quite seriously, "Is his Servant dead!?"

Suddenly, Mikaela remembered that in the Fifth Holy Grail War, there was indeed an unlucky guy who summoned Medea, also known as Caster Mom, only to be toyed with and killed by her.

As a result, Medea survived and found a new Master. If there hadn't been so many powerful Servant in that Holy Grail War, this Magecraft from the Age of Gods might have won the final victory.

This Holy Grail War is different from the Fifth Holy Grail War. Once Magecraft like Medea is summoned, she will definitely not lack magical power! In addition, her Noble Phantasm is also very troublesome.

So Mikaela wanted to know whether that unfortunate guy's Servant was dead or not.

"Theoretically speaking, he is dead." Emiya Kiritsugu wanted a cigarette, so he silently took it out.

Then Hassan of the Arm, silently reached out and snatched the cigarette from the other man, saying in a very calm tone, "Kiritsugu, my Master is still a minor. Please do not smoke."

"..." Emiya Kiritsugu silent. Although he knew that Servant would gain modern knowledge when they were in the present world, why was Hassan of the Arm focusing on something else?

"Smoking is harmful to your health," Hassan of the Arm repeated.

"I see."

Emiya Kiritsugu raised his hands in surrender, indicating that he understood. He was truly speechless. The Fourth Holy Grail War was like this, and now the First Holy Grail War held at the Clock Tower was like this again.

I just wanted to smoke to relieve stress!

"Theoretically, just theoretically." Mikaela felt a slight unease, but he said calmly, "In theory, Gilgamesh was the strongest being in the Fourth Holy Grail War, but he died tragically at my hands because of his arrogance. I believe you know that... We must take this Holy Grail War very seriously."

"That's right."

At this moment, Red A also canceled his spirit form and appeared in the room. He leaned against the wall and looked at Mikaela and Emiya Kiritsugu calmly, saying, "Although he has lost his Master, if Servant has the ability to 'Independent Action,' then he can still survive for a while. Eventually, he can find Master and sign a contract with him, and then he will have the ability to continue fighting."

"Yes, it has the ability to Independent Action, and can operate for a period of time even without Master." Hassan of the Arm nodded.

"However, it would be best if we knew what kind of Servant that person named Atram Gariasta summoned," Mikaela added.

Emiya Kiritsugu nodded silently. He typed on the keyboard and sent the message to his friend, asking him to investigate what kind of Servant Atram Gariasta had summoned.

"Then next up is Bazett Fraga Macremis." Knowing that Mikaela couldn't see, Emiya Kiritsugu said calmly, "According to intelligence, Bazett used his family's heirloom earrings as a catalyst to summon the legendary hero—Cú Chulainn."

Red A's brow twitched slightly, and his heart skipped a beat. This was truly bizarre! Last night, he thought he would never see that guy again.

Today, his father informed him that Bazett had summoned Cú Chulainn.

"..." Mikaela remained silent.

He was pondering: if Big Dog possesses divinity, does it also have Divine Spirit Core? Hmm... theoretically speaking, it's impossible for it to have one, since divinity doesn't necessarily mean possessing Divine Spirit Core.

"Cú Chulainn." Hassan of the Arm didn't think he could defeat this Child of Light, but for his Master, he would do his best.

His class is Caster.

However, Emiya Kiritsugu's next words caused Red A and Hassan of the Arm to suddenly smile! A Caster?! These two aren't afraid of Casters at all!!!