Investment (Fourth Update, Dedicated to Alliance Leader "Su Xiaochan")

"Father, I've been confessing to you here for 23 minutes and 51 seconds. Under normal circumstances, the shortest confession lasts 30 minutes, so no one will discover what's happening here within the next 30 minutes. The Nun left the church ten seconds ago, which means only the two of us are here. That makes things much easier. I ask, and you answer."

Su Xiao manipulated the Boundary Severing Thread into wrapping around the old Father's neck. Feeling the sharp thread, the old Father swallowed.

"Ryudou Temple. Are you sure?"

The old Father threw away the half of the phone still in his hand, seemingly having made some sort of decision. He had already realized that Su Xiao was no ordinary person.

"Hm? What's different about it?"

"Normally, it's just a local historical site. Now, however, it's under heavy guard. Forget humans—even Servants who enter won't come out alive."

The old Father sighed. He calmed down and knocked on the wooden board beside him.

"Young man, give me a cigarette."

The old Father's request surprised Su Xiao, but he still handed him one. Through the wooden board, he lit the cigarette that was extended toward him.

When he came to find Yanfeng Rizheng, Su Xiao hadn't immediately resorted to force. Instead, he had only restrained him after the other man took out his phone. The reason for this choice was the current difficulty of the Talent Awakening Mission.

Given the difficulty of the Holy Grail World, an LV.3 mission most likely wouldn't involve combat. One shouldn't assume that a simple mission could be completed through violence. Relying on force alone would only cause the mission's difficulty to rise.

The old Father took a deep drag on the cigarette. He had given up smoking many years ago.

"I can tell you how