Su Luo could not help but smile.
It seemed that no matter which version of Artoria it was, she was interested in eating.
Then, leaving Melly lying on the ground, he took Mato Sakura and Artoria to the nearest buffet restaurant.
Seeing this, Melly stopped playing dead and quickly scrambled up to follow them.
The bruises on her pretty face, which could charm all living beings, had vanished at some point.
"Hey! Wait for me! Don't leave me behind!"
Noon.
Inside a buffet restaurant in Fuyuki City.
Under the stunned gazes of the many waiters, and the gaze of the tearful owner who was nearly about to kneel and beg Su Luo's group to leave, Artoria calmly set down her plate, casually took a napkin, and elegantly wiped her mouth.
"Not bad. I'm about eighty percent full."
Her calm words made everyone present's hearts skip a beat.
No way, you could still eat?!
How long had it been since you last ate!?
They all turned their eyes toward the mountain-like pile of plates beside Artoria, and their mouths immediately twitched.
Group Mission, an Unusual Apocalypse Squad
"Then I'll get you some more."
Su Luo's words made the restaurant owner drop to his knees with a thud.
The owner wanted to beg for mercy, but Artoria's next words brought him to tears of joy.
"No need, Master. Let's go."
How could Artoria not know that if she kept eating, this restaurant would soon go out of business?
Besides, given her current condition, it was not a problem even if she did not eat.
Su Luo did not insist and took Mato Sakura and the others back to the hotel where they were staying.
Afternoon.
After a brief rest, Su Luo planned to teach Mato Sakura Imaginary Number Magic, allowing her to make use of her own talents in the future.
However, not long after he began teaching, a notification from the Chat Group interrupted him.
"Sakura, go learn some basic magic from Sister Melly first." Su Luo smiled and skillfully gave Mato Sakura a head pat.
Knowing that Su Luo had something to do, Mato Sakura obediently nodded, then ran over to ask Melly about magic.
Su Luo returned to the bed, lay down, and opened the Chat Group's chat interface.
Saeko Busujima: @Everyone, everyone, a zombie outbreak has started over here.
Lumine: Already?!
Wang Xiaomei: It's not that fast. Saeko has been in the group for two months already; the apocalypse was bound to break out by now.
Kaguya Houraisan: So the mission system can finally be used?
Su Luo: So this group had a mission system after all. I thought it was still locked because the group level wasn't high enough.
Wang Xiaomei: Of course it does. We issue the missions ourselves, while the rewards are points provided by the Chat Group. The harder the mission, the more points it rewards.
Saeko Busujima: That's right. At first, we wanted to use the mission section to give each other small missions and farm a few points, but we later found that there were restrictions on issuing missions. You can't just post them whenever you want.
Lumine: That's still pretty good. At least the rewards are provided by the Chat Group. I'm really afraid that one day the Chat Group will run out of energy because of this and turn into a useless piece of junk.
Su Luo: Don't worry. The wool comes from the sheep. Even if the Chat Group gave us ten thousand points every day, I'm sure she'd have other ways to earn them back from us.
Kaguya Houraisan: Oh, stop talking nonsense. Saeko, hurry up and post the mission.
Ding! Group member Saeko Busujima has issued a mission. Mission content: Help group member Saeko Busujima and her squad escape the zombies' encirclement and survive in the apocalypse. Mission reward: 5,000 points. Ding! Hidden Quest triggered. Mission content: Clear out zombies. Mission reward: 1 Point for every zombie killed, capped at 50,000 points. (Time limit: one day)
Saeko Busujima: Alright, I've opened up the world permissions on my end. You can come directly over.
Wang Xiaomei: By the way, fellow countryman, let me remind you: use the plot you saw in anime as a reference, but don't completely believe it.
Su Luo: Of course I know that. I'm just curious whether something unusual happened on Saeko Busujima's side.
Saeko Busujima: It's not exactly anything unusual. It's just that there's no one named Takashi Komuro. Oh, and I haven't seen Hisashi Igou or Hirono Toda at school either.
Type-Moon World.
Su Luo's expression remained calm as he read Saeko Busujima and Wang Xiaomei's messages.
Ever since he had used Clairvoyance to observe the changes in Irisviel and Kiritsugu Emiya's relationship, he had already decided to treat the plots he had seen before only as references.
After all, he had not done anything after arriving here, yet the relationship between those two was already different from what he remembered. That was not something that could be explained away simply with the butterfly effect.
He was not that arrogant.
Casting aside his scattered thoughts, Su Luo accepted the mission issued by Saeko Busujima and tried bringing Artoria with him to the Apocalypse World.
"Hmm, looks like there's no problem."
"Ria."
Su Luo looked at Artoria, who stood guard at his side.
"What is it, Master?" Artoria asked gently.
"Come somewhere with me." After explaining that, Su Luo looked toward Melly, who was teaching Mato Sakura magic.
"Melly, stay here and look after Sakura. Don't fill her head with weird knowledge."
"Alright, Master!" Hearing Su Luo's command, Melly immediately patted her chest and promised.
But seeing the frivolous, sly smile on Melly's face, Su Luo knew she had not taken his words to heart.
It seemed Melly still needed more discipline.
Su Luo silently thought to himself, then pressed the Chat Group's travel button.
In an instant, Su Luo and Artoria vanished from Melly's sight.
A hint of surprise flashed through Melly's clear autumn-water eyes. After using Clairvoyance to observe this world, she still could not find Su Luo or Artoria.
"It seems Master is hiding many things from us." A trace of amazement appeared on Melly's pretty face.
Mato Sakura cooperatively nodded as well, wearing an expression of agreement.
Apocalypse World.
Inside Fuji Academy's Chemistry Room, several female characters from the original story had already gathered there.
The two doors had been completely barricaded by Saeko Busujima and the others using tables and chairs, preventing zombies from suddenly breaking in.
"Senior Busujima, did you know something like this would happen today?" Saya Takagi asked as she looked at Saeko Busujima, who was wiping down her longsword.
Saya Takagi's father was a right-wing leader in Japan, while her mother had once been a well-known Wall Street trader.
Having grown up in such a family environment, Saya Takagi's abilities were naturally exceptional.
She usually considered herself a genius.
Although the apocalypse's outbreak had left her shaken and unable to think normally, she had already noticed quite a few issues.
For example, the sword Saeko Busujima held was not a wooden sword from the kendo club, but a sharp longsword.
Fuji Academy did not allow students to bring such dangerous objects back to school. Even kendo club members were no exception.
Furthermore, Saeko Busujima did not usually carry a sword bag with her, yet today she had brought one—and the apocalypse had broken out at just that time. It was hard for Saya Takagi not to be suspicious.
"I did know about this, but I didn't know when exactly it would happen." A trace of helplessness appeared on Saeko Busujima's pretty face.
She had never expected that the very first day she brought the Noble Phantasm Su Luo had gifted her to school, the apocalypse would actually break out.
Could it be because she had received Su Luo's "luck" as well?
Thinking of that, Saeko Busujima inwardly shook her head with amusement.
"Senior Busujima, then you..." Hearing this, Saya Takagi wanted to ask whether Saeko Busujima knew any more details.
However, Saeko Busujima, having seen through her thoughts, cut her off beforehand.
"There's no need to ask about these things at a time like this."
"I can only tell you that the apocalypse has broken out. That is an unchangeable fact."
"As a genius, you should understand that, right?"
Saeko Busujima's words made Saya Takagi swallow her questions.
After a moment of silence, she put on a tsundere expression and said,
"...Of course."
Ancient Nuclear Warhead
"Senior Busujima, what should we do next?" Rei Miyamoto asked somewhat helplessly.
"Wait for someone. You'll find out soon enough." Saeko Busujima did not want to explain further.
If she were alone, she could easily fight her way out of the school with the Noble Phantasm Su Luo had given her.
But if she brought Shizuka Marikawa and the others, the odds of fighting their way out would drop considerably.
It would be better to wait until Wang Xiaomei and the others arrived.
Just as Saeko Busujima was thinking this,
Su Luo and the others had already traveled to this world and descended into the Chemistry Room where Saeko Busujima's group was.
Seeing several people appear out of thin air, Rei Miyamoto and Saya Takagi immediately went on guard.
Shizuka Marikawa, who was somewhat airheaded, did not think much of it. Instead, she showed a surprised expression and said, "Huh?! Saeko, they suddenly appeared in the Chemistry Room, just like people with superpowers in movies."
After those words fell,
everyone present, aside from a few who showed no emotional reaction,
including Wang Xiaomei and Lumine, could not help but feel speechless.
"Uh... why has everyone stopped talking? Did the way we appeared scare them?" Paimon leaned close to Lumine's ear and whispered.
"Huh, Paimon came along too?" Wang Xiaomei looked at Paimon beside Lumine in surprise.
"Yeah. The system determined that Paimon counts as one of my belongings, so I was able to bring her with me," Lumine explained.
"I see. It makes sense that Paimon, as your God's Mouth, could come along with you." Su Luo smiled and teased her.
Paimon immediately became somewhat dissatisfied upon hearing that. Just as she was about to turn around and retort, Lumine covered her mouth.
What a joke. Su Luo was her patron.
A single red packet from him was nearly half a year's living expenses for her and Paimon.
No matter who she offended, she absolutely could not offend him.
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