"No, no, no, no, no!"
"This won't work at all!"
"Ritsuka usually leans toward these somewhat risky tactics, fine, but why is Mash too?!"
Leonardo da Vinci had just entered the computer room and finished a brief call with Goredolf when she ran back out. After circling around to drag the severely wounded and unconscious Sherlock Holmes and Norla aboard, she suddenly saw Mash standing on the deck, facing off against Sigurd alongside Fujimaru Ritsuka. Her scalp instantly went numb.
It did not take much thought to figure out what had happened inside the ship.
She had told Goredolf to give them whatever they wanted, all to preserve the lives of everyone aboard. Chaldea's current situation was already beyond desperate; calling it a dead end would have been putting it mildly. There was no way they could fight a Servant as powerful as Sigurd. Goredolf should have done as she said, though she had no idea what exactly the other side had demanded.
And what happened afterward was even more obvious. Ritsuka must have believed that item was important to Chaldea and could not simply be handed over, so he had brought Mash after them—
But the problem was, how could they possibly fight Sigurd now?!
This was different from a Singularity. It was simply impossible!
"Go, hurry..."
Leonardo da Vinci's voice was trembling with a sob.
If Ritsuka and Mash were killed by him, then it truly would all be over.
She had to save them.
"We won't let you retreat so easily."
Mash gripped the handle of her shield tightly and stared at Sigurd.
"Retreat? Have you misunderstood something?"
Sigurd shook his head.
"Never mind. State your names."
"Girl, and that half-finished product—tell me your names."
"That is what humans who call themselves heroes do, isn't it?"
"I