Fujimaru Ritsuka was chatting with Mash inside the vehicle as the group traveled back to Shreveport.
Suddenly, Fujimaru Ritsuka froze and involuntarily looked at his right hand.
Mash keenly noticed Fujimaru Ritsuka's movement. Frowning slightly, she asked, "Senpai, what happened?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka did not answer immediately. He merely raised his right hand and pressed his lips together.
"Mr. Geronimo and Mr. McCarty... have been eliminated."
He spoke to Mash with some difficulty.
Lawrence and Nightingale were in another vehicle, while Sita was in the third vehicle, taking care of Rama.
The curse was currently on Rama, so naturally, Rama had passed out again. The one awake now was Sita.
The lovers could never meet, but by alternating who lost consciousness, they could briefly circumvent the curse that eliminated them the moment they met.
It was just rather taxing on the mind, and it made Nightingale angry.
"Eliminated...?" Roman's disbelieving and pained voice came through the communicator.
"They must have encountered an enemy they couldn't stand against over in Washington." Fujimaru Ritsuka's face was pale with cold sweat and grief. "It might have been that black Cu Chulainn."
The atmosphere inside the vehicle turned somewhat heavy.
The loss of two Servants' combat power was an undeniably severe blow.
"...Robin Hood's contract signal is still there, right?" After a long silence, Roman's voice came through the communicator again, asking Fujimaru Ritsuka.
"It's still there." Fujimaru Ritsuka checked and nodded, gently clenching his right hand into a fist.
"Master." Mash looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka with concern.
"It's all right, Mash. I know." Fujimaru Ritsuka shook his head and let out a soft sigh. "I understand."
"The battle is still going on." His resolute gaze turned toward Washington, his clenched right hand trembling slightly. "We will definitely win."
That red thing was an ominous