Kachi Datsutai / My Dear Olga Marie, It's Time to Follow in My Footsteps and Raise a Ruckus

Mash hesitated before saying, "But the Heroic Spirit who granted me my Spirit Origin... didn't tell me anything."

"I see. Don't worry. He'll definitely come out and save you when you're half-dead."

"Doesn't that just make me more worried?" Mash couldn't help retorting. "That's a training automaton for simulated battles. Besides, the current simulated Heroic Spirit Summoning can only summon Servants whose records were obtained from previous Holy Grail Wars."

"Whatever. A fake summon like that is worse than doing it yourself."

As he spoke, Bai Ming reached behind his head and pulled out the Jade Purity Supreme Brick. He hurled it directly at the training automaton. With a thud, the automaton's head shattered beneath the brick's blow, and Bai Ming waved a hand to call the brick back.

"Eh, eh, eh?!! Where did you pull that thing out from, Senpai? And why did that brick fly back on its own?"

Bai Ming spread his hands. "Just a little trick for recalling magical artifacts. My battle is over, so get going, Mash."

The moment he finished speaking, Bai Ming shoved Mash straight toward the training automaton that had just regenerated.

Mash watched the training automaton surge toward her in panic, then summoned the preset virtual Servant and began a battle she had absolutely no idea how to command.

After the battle, Mash fainted because she had failed to adapt to some unknown stimulation caused by the simulated combat. Bai Ming hoisted her over his shoulder like a sack of cabbage and swaggered toward the medical department.

Inside Chaldea's control room, Olga Marie's heart pounded furiously.

After the simulated battles, these Master candidates would need to prepare for Spiritron Transfer testing.

Although she didn't really understand why Da Vinci suddenly wanted to reinforce and modify Bai Ming's Coffin, once she considered how Bai Ming didn't exactly behave like a normal person, Olga Marie accepted it.

Even the reinforcement work wouldn't take too long. The Spiritron Transfer test could still be completed smoothly today.

She looked expectantly toward the narrow-eyed man beside her, dressed in a dark green trench coat and matching top hat.

This was the Grand Bomber, the Grand Blind Man, Lev Lainur Flauros—the creator of Chaldea's near-future observation lens, Sheba, and the man Bai Ming had always guarded against.

"Lev, there won't be any problems, right?"

"Yes. Rest assured, Director. There absolutely won't be any problems."

Although he had no idea what madness had struck Bai Ming this time, making him suddenly reinforce the Coffin, no amount of reinforcement could save those Team A bastards from their fate. At most, Lev would have to put in a little more effort and bury a few extra bombs beneath Bai Ming's Coffin.

"I can see that you care deeply about this matter, Director. But don't worry. I'm here."

Lev's seemingly gentle and considerate words eased Olga Marie's tense heart a little. "Mm. With Lev here... I can feel at ease."

Meanwhile, Da Vinci, who was reinforcing the Coffin, was grumbling inwardly. Clearly, she was the reliable one here, wasn't she? Lev was just standing around watching.

After a series of clanks and bangs, Da Vinci stopped with satisfaction. "All right, construction complete. We can call over those who have already finished their simulated battles and have them wait."

"Good."

Olga Marie's expression turned increasingly serious as she immediately had someone send out the notice.

Time passed bit by bit. Forty-seven Masters had arrived, with two still missing, but Olga Marie had no intention of waiting any longer. She began the meeting at once. During it, one late Master finally strolled in—then promptly began sleeping soundly.

Olga Marie looked at Master Number Forty-Eight, who was sleeping right under her nose, and could no longer endure it. It's one thing for that Bai Ming to disrespect me, but who are you to disrespect me too?!

She immediately woke Master Number Forty-Eight, Fujimaru Ritsuka, with a slap and threw him out.

Meanwhile, Lev was deeply conflicted over Bai Ming's absence. Once these Team A members entered the Coffins, should he blow them up or not? If he did, one would escape. If he didn't, wouldn't all those bombs he had buried be for nothing?

After the simulated battle, Bai Ming first returned to his room to grab two books. Then he hid in a room with Roman, eating strawberry shortcakes while watching the scam livestream of Magical☆Merli.

After Bai Ming vacuumed up the strawberry shortcake on his own plate, Roman finally couldn't take it anymore. "Um... isn't it time for the Spiritron Transfer test? Is it really okay for you, as a member of Team A, not to go?"

Bai Ming casually wiped his mouth. "So what if there's a problem? Olga Marie is reckless, Olga Marie is dim-witted, and whenever she sees me, she stammers so badly she can't get out half a sentence. Going would be worse than not going. At least this way, I won't embarrass her. And besides! Even if I went, I'd just get yelled at, right? Do you think I'm the kind of person who puts up with that? The only reason I haven't punched Olga Marie already is because of her red stockings and beautiful legs."

At that moment, the room's door opened.

The two slackers turned to look at the red-haired girl who had entered, then exchanged a glance.

"Yo, another expert at slacking off." Bai Ming immediately stood, walked over, and warmly welcomed Fujimaru Ritsuka inside. "Come on, there's another little cake here. Let's watch the scammer's stream together."

Bai Ming's words immediately drew a rebuttal from Roman. "I told you, Merli isn't a scammer. Why don't you understand?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka, overwhelmed by the warm reception, didn't know what to do. He could only stiffly introduce himself, then sit between the two of them and watch the stream on MyRoom Tube.

Then, with a boom, the control room exploded.

Lev decided that he still had to blow it up. He couldn't refrain from doing so just because of one bastard like Bai Ming.

After the explosion, Bai Ming first laughed a few times, then began fake crying.

"Waaah, Director, what a tragic death!" Bai Ming flipped through his books. "Let's see which Daoist art can take the Director away... Ah, here it is. The Soul Summoning Incantation, the Soul-Seizing Incantation."

Fujimaru Ritsuka, completely bewildered, felt as though he had stumbled into somewhere truly terrifying.

Chapter 22: Kachitoritai

The control room was a sea of crimson.

When Bai Ming and Roman brought Fujimaru Ritsuka to the control room, Roman quickly determined the situation.

"...No survivors. Only Chaldeas remains intact. It looks like this was the center of the explosion. This wasn't an accident—it was deliberate sabotage. What do you think, Bai Ming?"

Bai Ming looked around. "Looks like Da Vinci isn't here. What a relief."

"So Da Vinci is the only one you care about?"

"Is this really the time for banter?!" Fujimaru Ritsuka was stunned, but still followed up on the topic. "Um—who is Da Vinci?"

At that moment, the broadcast announced once more that the power system had been destroyed and that the backup power had to be activated manually.

Roman said, "...I have to go to the underground power plant. You two need to get out of here, quickly."

With that, Roman hurried away.

Amid the raging flames, Bai Ming's expression lost all of its previous frivolity, replaced by utter seriousness. "There are still survivors here. I'm leaving my dear junior Mash to you, young high school girl. I'm going to drag out the people who aren't completely dead from their Coffins, then kill the things that need killing on the spot."

"I... I understand!"

Although Fujimaru Ritsuka was frightened by the scene before her, she still agreed.

"Oh, right. When you see Mash, tell her this: Galahad, if you keep playing dead and refusing to help, Joslin will settle the score with you over choosing death when you saw the Holy Grail."

"Yes!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka began searching through the sea of fire for people who might still be alive.

Then the broadcast sounded again.

System: Spiritron Transfer entering its final stage

Coordinates: January 30, 2004, Fuyuki, Japan

Laplace transmission safeguards established; factors for the Singularity secured

Anti-Summoning System activated

Masters, please make final adjustments

Sheba's near-future observation data has been altered. Humanity's survival cannot be guaranteed. Humanity's future cannot be safeguarded.

"It's burning up."

Bai Ming looked at the reddening Chaldeas and walked over to Akuta Hinako's Spiritron Coffin. Brilliant golden light radiated from his body as he grabbed the Coffin's door with his bare hands. Veins bulged across his arms. With an angry roar, Bai Ming forcibly tore the door clean off.

In contrast, his hands were drenched in blood. Yet Bai Ming didn't pause for even a moment, directly splashing the blood across Akuta Hinako's face inside the Coffin.

"You gloomy old virgin, you ran your mouth and got me shoved into Team A. And now you want to play dead and sleep? Get the hell out here and start working!"

Akuta Hinako opened her eyes and immediately cursed, "Fuck you!"

Others might be seriously injured, but Akuta Hinako definitely wouldn't be. That bastard wasn't human at all, but an elemental who had lived from the Qin Dynasty to the present. Part of her combat style even involved self-destruction before rebuilding her human form.

Lev's bombs were barely a scratch to Akuta Hinako.

"No time to argue with you, shut-in. Go help out, now. Chaldeas is red like the sun—you should know how bad things are."

Akuta Hinako looked thoroughly unwilling, but she obediently went to help Fujimaru Ritsuka. Bai Ming, meanwhile, completely ignored the blood dripping from his hands and pulled out the Pojun Divine Lightning Halberd. Drawing on Pojun Star Power, he stabbed straight through Beryl's Spiritron Coffin.

Bai Ming put away his halberd, grabbed Beryl's corpse, and threw it into the flames. "Woohoo!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka thought Bai Ming was insane. Mash, her head bleeding heavily, weakly said to him, "Sen... pai, the isolation wall... has closed... We can't get out..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka had no idea what she was thinking, but before Bai Ming could answer, she said, "Yeah, right. Same for us."

"Then it would've been better to let me sleep in the Coffin!"

Akuta Hinako felt awful. Bai Ming looked at Mash and spoke flatly. "Galahad, I'm calmly telling you this for the last time. My patience is limited. Get out here and work."

Specks of golden light began radiating from Mash's body.

The next moment, purple Spiritron armor covered Mash's body. Her injuries vanished completely, and a purple shield appeared in her hand.

"The legendary knight who lent me his Spirit Origin... was Sir Galahad?"

Then the broadcast sounded again.

Spiritron Transfer requirements unmet. Masters inside the Coffins have not reached the required life-sign threshold.

Spiritron Transfer does not meet the required number of participants. Searching for Masters who meet the conditions.

A qualifying Master has been found.

Recalculating. Anti-Summoning System activated. Beginning Spiritron conversion.

3-2-1

All processes complete. Beginning the first Spiritron Transfer.

The four people in the control room began turning into Spiritrons as the first transfer commenced.

"Bai Ming."

Akuta Hinako discovered that she was being transferred. Her tone was extremely calm as she cursed, "Fuck your mother."

Bai Ming let out a long sigh. "Sigh. The ugly sight of a gloomy, antisocial shut-in pretending to be badly injured and sleeping has been exposed."

"Um... maybe we shouldn't argue right now?"

As soon as Mash finished speaking, the four vanished from the control room.

January 30, 2004

In a city consumed by flames, Olga Marie, dressed in a black uniform and red stockings—pantyhose?—ran without stopping.

Behind the red-stockinged Director was a vast horde of Dragon Tooth Warriors.

Olga Marie possessed running ability as exceptional as Orga, commander of Tekkadan.

To the song of "Kachitoritai mono mo nai," she ran without stopping, so fast that the Dragon Tooth Warriors couldn't catch her at all.

The sound of "Kachitoritai" felt somewhat familiar to Olga Marie, but survival came first. She had no time to think about whose voice it was. Still, with that song playing, Olga Marie felt her running pace grow several steps faster than usual.

"What the... I'm actually pretty fast..."

Seeing the Dragon Tooth Warriors far behind her, Olga Marie couldn't help feeling proud. Then, in the next moment, she tripped over a small stone and rolled twice across the ground. The Dragon Tooth Warriors immediately caught up.

Olga Marie was filled with despair. She couldn't even think properly about what was happening.

"Why?! Why are you chasing me?!"

"Because you have cough syrup?"

"Bai Ming! Cough, cough... Bai Ming, come save me."

Olga Marie was overjoyed, but considering the Director's dignity she needed to maintain in front of Bai Ming—which did not actually exist—she forced herself to look serious.

"Let's see..."

Bai Ming waved a hand and traced a talismanic spell. "Let the dying thought be severed, let the dead return to life; seize the soul, return the spirit, never to fade."

As soon as he finished speaking, Olga Marie floated directly toward Bai Ming.

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Chapter 23: My Dear Olga Marie, It's Time to Follow My Lead and Raise Some Hell

"Phew~ Safe at last!"

Olga Marie let out a long breath, then looked fearfully at the Dragon Tooth Warriors tightly surrounding the still mostly intact building. She turned to Bai Ming and asked with some expectation, "The Spiritron Transfer... succeeded, right? What kind of magecraft was that? You actually moved my body directly."

Bai Ming sat nearby, completely unconcerned by Olga Marie's appearance of having narrowly escaped death.