The Fool Who Calls Others a Fool Is the Biggest Fool

"Alright, let's start the summoning." The System's cheerful voice echoed, seemingly pleased with its recent transaction.

A large round table appeared in Yu Luo's mind, crackling with silver electricity. Suddenly, a circle of silver light materialized out of nowhere, and a bronze card leaped out. Yu Luo glanced at it:

, 1-star Noble Phantasm Card, Effect: Slightly reduces damage taken.

Immediately after, a second card leaped out, also a 1-star Noble Phantasm Card:

, Effect: Increases own damage.

Seeing a paper card appear, Yu Luo curiously asked, "I know Heroic Spirit Cards are for transforming, but what are these Noble Phantasm Cards for?"

"One type is for temporary effects. You can equip one Noble Phantasm Card at a time, gaining its effect while equipped. They can be removed at any time and have a time limit."

"And the other type?"

"The other type is used as material to enhance Heroic Spirit Cards. You can feed Noble Phantasm Cards to Heroic Spirit Cards, and the Heroic Spirit Card's performance will improve by a portion of the Noble Phantasm Card's. However, the Noble Phantasm Card will disappear, and the enhancement effect is not as strong as direct equipping. But the advantage is that there's no time limit, and they can be stacked infinitely, eventually surpassing the Heroic Spirit's original form."

"One is passive, and the other is active, right." Yu Luo, with his understanding as an Opening-rank Master, explained concisely.

"Correct."

In the blink of an eye, nine cards had appeared from the free Friendship Ten-Pull. All of them were 1-star and 2-star Noble Phantasm Cards with various effects, making Yu Luo grimace. "I suspect you've lowered the drop rate."

"How can you slander me out of thin air!" The System sounded wronged, as if it had suffered an injustice.

"I'm someone who got four support Servants for free, how can my luck be this bad in a free summon? Not even a single 3-star!"

"Bad luck can't be blamed on the System, maybe the feng shui here is bad?" The System said, shifting the blame as if it had nothing to do with it.

As they chatted, the last card finally appeared with three silver lights. Yu Luo immediately watched nervously. As expected, it was a Heroic Spirit Card, a bronze card depicting an Archer. Yu Luo's heart sank. A low-star Archer, there could only be one card that fits, right?

Yu Luo held onto the one-in-ten-thousand hope that the System had modified it, and watched as the card turned over.

"No!" Yu Luo cried out in despair, clutching his head. As expected, it was the Heroic Spirit Yu Luo once loved the most, but now least wanted to see—

Archer Arash!

"Pfft." The System shamelessly laughed in Yu Luo's mind. Yu Luo, having recovered from the shock of the "Great Hero," asked expressionlessly, "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm not laughing."

"You're clearly laughing at me, you haven't stopped."

"It's like this, Host. We've undergone professional training and generally don't laugh unless we can't help it."

"You!"

"How about this, Host, why don't you do another Friendship Ten-Pull? I guarantee a 3-star card will come right after."

"Hurry up." Yu Luo impatiently urged, while shoving the Arash card to the deepest part of the Heroic Spirit Compendium. Yu Luo doubted he would ever use this card.

"Good luck." The System said slyly, and the second Friendship Ten-Pull quickly passed. Yu Luo watched with a serious expression. When three silver lights appeared, Yu Luo's heart tightened. The silver lights quickly dispersed, revealing a bronze card depicting an Assassin wearing a mask, an Assassin-class Servant.

"Please don't be Mata Hari!" Yu Luo prayed frantically in his heart. If the System hadn't modified the star ratings, then there were only four low-star Assassin Servants. The abilities of the other three were quite suitable for the current situation. But if it were Mata Hari, Yu Luo felt he would completely lose it.

Fortunately, Yu Luo wasn't completely unlucky. When the card face fully appeared, Yu Luo jumped up in surprise. "Kojiro, this is great!"

And the good luck didn't stop there. Three more silver lights appeared. When the light faded, a silver card back appeared before Yu Luo's eyes, with an Archer depicted on it. Yu Luo swore that this was the first time he found a silver card so beautiful.

When the card face turned over, a boy holding a revolver appeared in Yu Luo's vision. "Archer Billy the Kid. Too bad it's not Kid Gil." Yu Luo sounded rather greedy.

"How do I use a Servant Card?" Yu Luo asked the System. Perhaps Yu Luo had finished his spending, and the System returned to its indifferent demeanor. "Read the instructions yourself. I'm not the old man in the ring, don't ask me every little thing."

Black lines appeared on Yu Luo's forehead. "Do you even understand basic after-sales service?!"

"You've already paid, and I didn't even give you a receipt. Report me if you can. Play if you want, don't if you don't."

"Hmph, I can't be bothered with you." Yu Luo looked at the information on the side of Sasaki Kojiro's card, which recorded the usage method and usable skills. It was simple and clear, and Yu Luo understood it in minutes.

"Are you treating this like Kamen Rider? That's too chuunibyou." Yu Luo complained. "You even have to shout 'henshin', why are there so many flashy things?"

The System didn't even acknowledge Yu Luo's complaint and continued on its own. "Thought Acceleration function ended. Usage fee for this session: 1 Saint Quartz. Thank you for your patronage."

"I... This wasn't free? Why didn't you say so!" As soon as Yu Luo finished speaking, he noticed that the outside world, which had been still, began to return to normal, and he could control his body again. The Zombie Girls lunged towards the fallen Yu Luo with open mouths.

"Henshin!" Yu Luo pointed his right index finger to the sky, disregarding the shame and chuunibyou, and quickly used Sasaki Kojiro's Heroic Spirit Class Card. The next moment, a blinding silver light emanated from the gaps between the Zombie Girls.

"Teacher Yu Luo!" Kiana was anxiously looking back, wanting to rescue Yu Luo, who was completely surrounded by the Zombie Girls, without even considering how she would get out herself.

Suddenly, a blinding silver light flashed from where Yu Luo was surrounded. Immediately after, dense swarms of Zombie Girls were scattered outwards, falling like scattered dumplings. A young man in a light purple kimono stood proudly, holding a long katana, with a dark blue ponytail trailing behind him.

Kiana was stunned, not understanding what had happened at all. Looking at the swordsman with the same face as Yu Luo, she asked uncertainly, "Te-Teacher Yu Luo?"

Yu Luo nodded. The Zombie Girls, who had been shaken off, were about to surround them again. He immediately said to Kiana, "I'll get you out of here. Hold on tight."

Facing the zombies who had lost their humanity and were lunging at them, Yu Luo lightly swung his katana, Bizen Osafune Nagamitsu, cleanly severing the zombies' bodies. He grabbed Kiana's shoulder with his left hand, tapped his foot, and ran at a speed far exceeding Kiana's. Kiana originally wanted to ask a few questions, but the rushing wind made it impossible for her to speak.

Yu Luo easily killed these ordinary high school girls who were not so ordinary in life. He took the opportunity to check his current stats.

"Class: Assassin

Name: Sasaki Kojiro

Strength: C

Endurance: E

Agility: A+"

Magic: E

Luck: A

Inherent Skills:

Presence Concealment D

Possessed Skills:

Mind's Eye A

Translucence B+

Monohoshi Zao B

Noble Phantasm:

Anti-Person Demon Sword

Maximum Capture: 1 person

"With these stats, I could clear out all the zombies in Changkong City, let alone just Qianyu Academy, assuming there aren't any hidden bosses. But it seems the System has screwed me over again."

In Yu Luo's vision, after transforming using the Heroic Spirit Card, there was a battery-like icon in the bottom right corner. In less than a minute, the number on the battery icon had dropped from 100 to 80. Yu Luo also noticed that the more intensely he fought, the faster it drained. Knowing the System's usual tricks, this state would likely end when the number hit zero.

Yu Luo had even tried activating Mind's Eye A to dodge a barrage of attacks. The number on the battery icon dropped like a faucet turned on full blast. Terrified, Yu Luo didn't dare to engage head-on and could only rely on his A+ Agility to escape the horde of Zombie Girls.

Kiana, whom Yu Luo was holding, frantically beat at his arm. The airflow from Yu Luo's full-speed sprint was too intense, and she choked on air several times when she tried to speak. However, Yu Luo was focused on shaking off the Zombie Girls behind him and didn't pay her any mind. He wondered to himself:

"Did I touch something I shouldn't have? But I didn't feel anything. Has it really become this flat?"

Following a familiar path, Yu Luo ran all the way back to the classroom where he had first appeared in this world before stopping. He killed the Archer girl who had ambushed him with an arrow, then released Kiana and deactivated his transformation, returning to his original attire.

"Hey, Teacher Yu Luo!" Kiana angrily questioned him. Seeing Kiana's expression, Yu Luo's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly apologized, "Sorry, sorry, I wasn't paying attention. The situation was too urgent back then." He then glanced at the pair of 'A's on Kiana's chest and foolishly added, "Besides, I didn't feel anything, so please forgive me."

What greeted Yu Luo was Kiana's flying kick, which landed squarely on his face. Before Yu Luo could react to the fleeting white flash, Kiana grabbed him fiercely by the collar and shouted in anger, "Idiot teacher, why didn't you just run over the rubble just now!"

"Huh?" Yu Luo suddenly realized a very important point.

"With your condition just now, you could have leaped over the obstacles blocking the way! Why did you turn back? If you had just run straight through, we would have left Qianyu Academy! Idiot!"

Faced with Kiana's soul-crushing question, Yu Luo was speechless and felt a sense of despair: "I'm being called an idiot by a white-haired idiot. I'm even worse than an idiot..."