"All right, let's pause for a moment."
Tapping his pipe against the console, Sherlock Holmes drew everyone's attention.
"We are not completely beyond saving yet. Otherwise, I would not be sitting here in such a composed manner."
"As for surfacing, we still have one new possibility."
"What—why didn't you say so earlier!?"
Goredolf Musik, who had just been revived at full vigor by Munier's provocation, immediately became excited.
"Yes, I'll just say it outright."
"There should still be things on the surface that are connected to us."
"Ritsuka—I am correct, am I not?"
He smiled at Fujimaru Ritsuka.
"The army that invaded Chaldea."
Fujimaru Ritsuka's expression turned grave.
"Valkyries, Puppet Soldiers, Slaughter Hunter Soldiers. If I remember correctly, while we were fleeing, we encountered an ambush led by Koyanskaya. At the time, Koyanskaya mentioned a term."
"[Lostbelt]."
"Though we do not know exactly what it is, if we make a bold guess, those abnormally powerful Servants and those soldiers should have come from within the Lostbelts."
"We know they exist, and they know we exist. That proves our [reality]."
"Then we can surface from the negative world. Am I right, Mr. Holmes?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Sherlock Holmes.
"Entirely correct! Ritsuka, you have the makings of a detective!"
Sherlock Holmes laughed happily and clapped his hands.
"Just as Ritsuka said, though those people are our enemies, it is because of them that we can avoid the fate of dying in the Imaginary Number space. However, there is one additional problem."
"If we surface, we will appear in their homeland—the [Lostbelt] Ritsuka mentioned. Though we do not know exactly what it is, if soldiers like those exist there, it must be an extraordinarily dangerous place."
".So we'd appear directly in the enemy's base. That truly is very dangerous."
Goredolf had calmed