"Anyway, let's keep moving and try our luck. We won't find anything by staying here."
The women nodded and quickly followed Su Mo.
The group wandered through this apocalyptic Fuyuki City. Towering buildings blazed all around them, and aside from the occasional lone Skeleton Soldier that jumped out only to be burned to death by Kiyohime, they had walked for half a day without seeing a single living person.
"As expected of Berserker. A true Servant really is different," Director Olga Marie praised, as if Kiyohime were her Servant.
"You flatter me. As a Heroic Spirit, Lord Su Mo is actually far more powerful than this humble woman!" Kiyohime said with a smile blooming across her delicate face.
"Is he really that strong?" Even though Kiyohime had said it, the Director still found it hard to believe. How strong could a Heroic Spirit who only knew support be?
Su Mo glanced at the Director and could not be bothered to argue with her. Whether he was strong or not was not something words could explain. Once they encountered danger and he gave Kiyohime a hand, she would naturally understand just how powerful he was as a Heroic Spirit.
"Come to think of it, we've been walking for a long time, haven't we? Nothing around us has changed." Mash surveyed the surroundings, then turned her gaze to the Director and continued.
"Director Olga Marie, as far as I know, Fuyuki was not like this before. What exactly happened here?"
The Director frowned slightly and remained silent for quite a while before speaking. "Right. I haven't explained it to you before. It's time I told you properly."
"Chaldea uses a model of Earth called Gadeas to observe the future, while also using the Laplace Familiar to compile records of the past. According to those observations, a Holy Grail War took place in Fuyuki City in 2004."
"The so-called Holy Grail is an omnipotent wish-granting machine capable of fulfilling its holder's wish, a magical chalice that leads to the Root of Magecraft, correct?" Su Mo naturally understood its effects thoroughly.
"That's right. Different Holy Grails have different activation conditions, but Fuyuki's Grail system is very simple: it summons seven Servants and has them fight to the death. The final surviving pair obtains the Holy Grail." The Director paused before continuing.
"My father... no, the former Director, used the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City as a reference to build Chaldea's Heroic Spirit summoning system: Fate. It was the third invention after Laplace and Chaldea. That is why ordinary people like you can command Heroic Spirits. It is more advanced than the Holy Grail War system of the past."
Su Mo's face darkened at the unnecessary phrase "ordinary people like you." He looked at the Director and casually flattered her. "Amazing, incredible. The Director's family really is something else. You actually invented something so impressive!"
Olga Marie put her hands on her hips and thrust out her ample assets. It was obvious that she was quite pleased by Su Mo's flattery.
"In short, Fuyuki City is where the Heroic Spirit System originated. According to the records, the winner of that Holy Grail War was Saber. Yet the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City ended without anyone knowing why. Some kind of anomaly must have occurred, ultimately twisting human history and bringing about humanity's extinction."
"So that is our job: analyze the cause of the anomaly and find a way to repair this Singularity, returning history to its proper course."
Mash nodded and added this. Kiyohime, standing nearby, looked utterly confused and had no idea what they were talking about, but her expression soon changed.
"Master, watch out!"
"What?!"
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two throwing knives shot toward Su Mo at high speed. At the critical moment, Kiyohime pounced on him and knocked him down. Her soft body pressed against him as she helped him evade the deadly ambush.
That was not all. Worse still, his face was buried in her *********** breasts, and even as he felt a moment of bliss, he also found it incredibly difficult to breathe!
"Enemies!" Mash stepped in front of everyone, raised her shield, and watched the surroundings with an incomparably grave expression.
Yet after Mash remained on guard for quite a while, there was not a single person nearby. There was not even a Skeleton Soldier.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Another two throwing knives flew toward them, this time targeting the Director!
Kiyohime got off Su Mo, waved the folding fan in her hand, and instantly conjured a mass of flames that smashed fiercely into the throwing knives, blocking the attack for Olga Marie.
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