Holy Grail War

[Group owner "He Is Simply God" sent an exclusive red packet to group member "The Boy Who Wants to Be a Hero"!]

[He Is Simply God]: "Shirou, I'm sending you a little something."

Emiya Shirou instinctively opened the red packet.

Buzz—!

A wisp of incomparably pure red energy appeared out of thin air in Shirou's palm.

The instant that ray of light appeared, Shirou felt the damaged Magic Circuits within his body instantly filled by a warm power.

"What is this?"

[He Is Simply God]: "This is a wisp of my Earth's Light."

[He Is Simply God]: "Try and see if you can summon me."

Inside the Batcave in Gotham City, Bruce Wayne instantly saw through Lin Xiao's intentions.

[Dark Knight of Gotham]: "...Lin Xiao, are you trying to use your own energy as a catalyst to attempt to breach the Holy Grail summoning system in his world?"

[He Is Simply God]: "If it works, we profit."

[The Boy Who Wants to Be a Hero]: "I understand! Mr. Lin Xiao... I'll give it a try!"

In the Fate world, inside the dojo at the Emiya Residence in Fuyuki City.

Having received Lin Ye's guidance and that wisp of Earth's Light, Emiya Shirou took a deep breath.

He gazed at the warm red glow in his palm, his expression utterly solemn.

Since the group owner said this was the catalyst, then it was time to begin the summoning!

Shirou closed his eyes, drew upon the pitifully small amount of mana in his body, frantically recalling the "cross-world summoning" Lin Ye had mentioned as he shouted:

"I declare! Let thine body be under my command, and let my fate rest upon thy sword... Respond to the summons of the Holy Grail, heed this will, and answer me!"

An awkward night breeze swept through the dojo.

One second. Two seconds. Half a minute passed.

The faint glow in his palm continued to flicker warmly. Aside from making Shirou feel pleasantly warm, not even a spark appeared around him.

Shirou scratched his head and opened the chat group in confusion.

[The Boy Who Wants to Be a Hero]: "Um... Mr. Lin Xiao, I just performed the summoning ritual on this light like you told me to, but... it doesn't seem to have worked? Nothing happened."

The group went quiet for about three seconds.

[He Is Simply God]: "..."

[He Is Simply God]: "Damn! No response?! Did my 'points-saving plan' fail? Is this crappy Holy Grail's Wi-Fi signal really that bad?!"

[Dark Knight of Gotham]: "...So the whole point of this was just to save the 1,000-point cross-world transfer fee?"

[He Is Simply God]: "Of course! That's 1,000 points! Only an idiot would pay for a cross-world flight they could mooch for free!"

Seeing this god, who had previously gone on and on about "Earth's Will" and "protection," now flying into a rage because he had failed to freeload the transfer fee, the Myriad Worlds Chat Group was immediately filled with an indescribably absurd atmosphere.

[Smile Under the Wisteria Flowers]: "...Lord Lin Xiao really is... unexpectedly thrifty and domestic."

[He Is Simply God]: "Ahem, maybe I was too hasty. The timing probably isn't right yet.

Shirou, you should go clean the Archery Dojo at school."

"If that free flight really doesn't work out, then when you're in danger, I'll just spend my own points to travel over."

With Lin Xiao's assurance, Shirou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He carefully tucked that wisp of light against his chest, changed into his school uniform, and headed out the door toward school.

Several hours later. Late at night, Homurahara Academy.

"Clang—! Clang—!"

Having just finished cleaning the Archery Dojo and preparing to head home, Emiya Shirou was suddenly drawn over by the clash of metal coming from the athletic field.

He leaned over the railing of the school building, his pupils abruptly shrinking!

Under the moonlight, two inhuman beings were battling madly at speeds beyond the limits of the naked eye!

One was a white-haired man in a red coat wielding twin blades, while the other was a blue-haired man in a blue bodysuit holding a crimson spear!

"So this is... the Holy Grail War!" Shirou held his breath.

Yet no matter how careful he was, the heartbeat of an ordinary human was still like thunder in the ears of a Heroic Spirit.

"Oh? A little mouse actually saw us." Lancer, holding the red spear, turned his head, his beastlike crimson eyes instantly locking onto Shirou upstairs.

"Not good!" Shirou spun around and ran! Even though he had seen the dungeon and knew what would happen tonight, when he was truly targeted by this killing machine of myth and legend, the pressure of death still made his entire body go cold!

"Think you can run, brat?" Lancer appeared behind Shirou like a ghost, his crimson spear shrieking as it tore through the air and mercilessly stabbed toward Shirou's heart!

At that critical moment.

"Buzz—!!!"

The wisp of "Earth's Light" on Shirou's chest, which had remained completely still until now, seemed to sense the mortal danger—or perhaps it had truly triggered some summoning rule embedded in the foundations of the world—and suddenly erupted with blinding radiance!

Under the impact of that brilliant light, even Ireland's Child of Light, hardened by countless battles, was forcibly driven back three or four steps!

"What is that?!" Lancer stared uncertainly at Shirou, who was enveloped in light.

Rumble rumble rumble!!!!!

In that instant, the massive Holy Grail System beneath Fuyuki City let out a frenzied wail as though it were being pushed beyond its limits!

"What the hell is going on?!" Lancer was sent tumbling through the air several times by the storm-like blast before he barely managed to stop himself, his feet gouging two deep trenches into the wall.

Amid the dust filling the sky and the sacred radiance, a tall, slender young man dressed in modern casual clothes slowly straightened up from the center of the magic circle.

The instant the young man descended, the class information automatically fed back by the Holy Grail System appeared in the mind of Emiya Shirou, the Master—information that was entirely garbled and on the verge of collapse:

[Class: Foreigner (Adventurer)]

[True Name: Lin Xiao (Earth's Will · Ultraman Gaia)]

[Strength: EX]

[Endurance: EX]

[Agility: EX]

[Noble Phantasm: Unable to analyze...]

"It... it worked!" Shirou collapsed onto the ground, staring at the figure with his back turned to him, so excited he nearly cried.

Across from him, Lancer faced him as though confronting a great enemy. "The pressure coming from this guy... what kind of monster is he?!"

Just as the atmosphere turned razor-tight and the epic tension reached its peak.

Lin Xiao, standing where he was, leisurely rolled his neck.

He ignored the thrilled Shirou behind him and the wary Lancer before him, then calmly opened the livestream function in the Myriad Worlds Chat Group.

[Light Giant]: "All set, brothers. Saved 1,000 points."