What a crooked merchant!
As a leading figure of the Renaissance, she not only understood science but also possessed a terrifying talent for business. She was quite skilled at ripping people off.
Still, without her mana, he would never have landed this big fish.
"Then we'll do it according to the contract." Da Vinci pointed at the paper in her hand, bearing their names and fingerprints. "Seventy-thirty."
"Pleasure doing business with you."
With Shirou, this big fish, joining the fray, the tonnage rankings were immediately turned upside down.
Caster team still held first place, while Lord El-Melloi II's team remained in second. In truth, if Rider hadn't been completely unable to fish at the beginning, they might have taken first long ago. Shirou was third, while Gudako team came in fourth!
"There are only thirty seconds left. There probably won't be any more reversals, right?" Rin looked at the tonnage rankings. Caster team had firmly held first place and was two tons ahead of them. She was already prepared to give up.
"Until the very last second, we cannot give up so easily, Master." Shirou spoke earnestly. "In a competition, you aim for first place. It's like in StarCraft: everyone only cheers for the champion, the runner-up only gets turned into video material, no one knows who came third, and fourth place is always mocked.
How can we be runners-up? Even in battle royale, only first place gets to eat chicken. In the Holy Grail War, only the team with the highest score can obtain the Holy Grail. Only by taking first in every competition can our score remain number one forever."
Rin asked in confusion, "Then, do you have any good ideas?"
Shirou snapped his fingers, and Illya appeared at once.
Illya's team had actually already been eliminated after