What Kind of Type-Moon Is This!

Akuta Hinako took a deep breath, trying to steady her emotions, and asked, "Is the time synchronized?"

"Yes, it's synchronized," Bai Ming replied with certainty, which calmed Akuta Hinako. She then asked, "Do you have anything you want to say?"

"No," Bai Ming paused before continuing, "It's not completely nothing..."

Akuta Hinako's heart leaped with joy, but it quickly turned to annoyance as Bai Ming said, "Let's find an opportunity to become sworn brothers. I've wanted to do this for a long time."

Akuta Hinako's expression froze.

You damn beast, Bai Ming, do you really want to solidify the story of Consort Yu and Xiang Yu's eight sworn oaths?

Go become sworn brothers with yourself.

Akuta Hinako immediately said, "I refuse."

"Refusing won't help, will it? After all, we spend our days together like sworn brothers, and we don't interact at night."

Bai Ming's words silenced Akuta Hinako. She pondered for a long time and realized it was true?

"What you're saying does make sense—"

Bai Ming chuckled at Akuta Hinako's serious expression. "What are you talking about? Sworn brothers bathe together. Have you bathed with me?"

Akuta Hinako was silent for a moment before replying, "...There hasn't been an opportunity."

Bai Ming quipped, "You win. Go see how Ritsuka's practice is going."

At this moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka was engaged in a heated wrestling match with Roman.

Fujimaru Ritsuka had grasped the basics of combat, and Roman was continuously feeding her moves. However, seeing Roman's shaky stance, Bai Ming shook his head repeatedly. This Roman was truly weak, already exhausted after three nights of being drained by the black-skinned beast-eared girl.

King Solomon, sigh. The shame of a Grand Caster. How can one forcefully conquer others without a good physique and remain unharmed?

Even Merlin, and even Gilgamesh, who suffered from overwork every few days, had better physical condition than King Solomon.

As he mused, they arrived at Fujimaru Ritsuka's training ground. Upon seeing Bai Ming and Akuta Hinako, Fujimaru Ritsuka's spirits soared. She grabbed Roman's arm and executed an over-the-shoulder throw, followed by an elbow strike.

Roman caught Fujimaru Ritsuka's elbow strike, grabbed her, and with a thud, threw her directly away.

This style originated from the legend of Jacob himself wrestling with an angel for a day and a night until dawn. It encompassed a comprehensive competition of striking and grappling techniques, much like ancient Greek Pankration. Various individuals would modify and improve Jacob's Limbs according to their preferred style.

Roman, as the Israeli boxing champion, embodied a standing fighting style akin to Saint Martha. Naturally, he taught a standing-based approach. However, Fujimaru Ritsuka, based on Roman's standing style, developed her own unique grappling techniques for Jacob's Limbs.

Overcoming the strong with the soft was Fujimaru Ritsuka's combat philosophy.

Roman couldn't understand why he had taught someone proficient in grappling, but he continued to spar with her earnestly. After all, Queen of Sheba had a Servant contract with Fujimaru Ritsuka, and if Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't fully enjoy herself, Roman would likely suffer from exhaustion that night.

Olga Marie walked over quietly and observed Fujimaru Ritsuka being fed moves by Roman. "At Fujimaru Ritsuka's current level, even going to the Clock Tower, she would more than suffice with personal self-defense training."

"So, most mages at the Clock Tower are like trash."

Bai Ming commented, "If this level is sufficient, then an ordinary person could also get injured by a surprise knife attack."

Olga Marie sighed, "You are too demanding."

"Her current level is not enough," Akuta Hinako interjected. "She's far from it. She can't even beat me at this level."

Olga Marie remarked, "You're quite strong too."

There were those who were skilled with dual swords, but very few could be considered renowned. In terms of dual-sword combat, few could match Akuta Hinako in skill and ferocity.

However, Akuta Hinako merely shook her head. "I know my own capabilities. I'm not skilled in swordsmanship or command. In terms of combat alone, it's only due to my innate advantages."

"Alright, Ritsuka, let's take a break."

Seeing Fujimaru Ritsuka about to charge again, Roman quickly called a halt to the fight. "Go review reinforcement magic. Although both I and Bai Ming object to this kind of 'neither martial nor magical' usage, it's indeed very useful for amateurs."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded and began practicing reinforcement magic while listening to Bai Ming and the others' conversation.

"That's right, but generally, we don't use reinforcement magic."

Bai Ming nodded. Olga Marie crossed her arms. "Speaking of which, I remember in Lord El-Melloi II's classroom, there were two female students who practiced martial arts reinforcement magic. They always destroyed the pillars, floors, and classrooms during training."

Bai Ming said, "They must be the head of the Tohsaka Family and the head of the Edelfelt Family."

"You actually know these two? Well, I suppose it's understandable, given that Edelfelt's titles of 'the world's most beautiful hyena' and 'the scale that measures ore' are quite famous," Olga Marie mused. "You haven't been abroad, have you? Your activity locations have only been China and Chaldea... No, considering the historical records you've left, my assumption might be incorrect."

"You don't need to figure out my affairs so clearly," Bai Ming stated. "I'll handle the Fifth Singularity and the Sixth Singularity. Fujimaru Ritsuka will go to the Seventh Singularity first to run errands for that arrogant Gilgamesh. You don't need to worry about the rest. I have three or four different mysterious surprises prepared for Goetia."

Roman immediately retorted, "No using King Solomon."

Bai Ming replied, "Then there are two others."

Chapter 103: The Summoned Servant is Jeanne Alter

"Hi hi~ This is Da Vinci, can Bai Ming, Roman, Ritsuka, and Mash all hear me? The greatest omnipotent being has made a series of adjustments to Chaldea's Heroic Spirit summoning system. Now you can directly summon Servants in Chaldea and bring them to the Singularities?"

Da Vinci's voice came through Chaldea's broadcast, interrupting their conversation.

"However, the number of summons still depends on your own magical energy burden. Let's head to the control room first~"

"You... what's wrong?"

Seeing Bai Ming's hesitant steps, Akuta Hinako and Olga Marie couldn't help but feel curious. But then they thought about how Bai Ming had been flirting around at various historical nodes, sometimes not even using his own name, and found it a bit difficult to comprehend.

Summoning a Servant either relies on compatibility, a Holy Relic, or the willingness of the other party to respond to the summons.

With Bai Ming being the one to summon, standing in that summoning circle, he looked like a veritable Holy Relic widower.

"N-nothing."

Bai Ming had a bad feeling. According to the warning Morgan left him, whoever he summoned would definitely have nothing to do with the Round Table. While the Round Table members were preserving humanity's strength in the Sixth Singularity, they were likely preparing a net to forcibly subdue him.

He didn't know, nor did he want to know, who he would offend in the future.

"Someone's feeling guilty."

Roman mocked Bai Ming, seeing his hesitant appearance. In that moment, Roman was kicked in the backside by Bai Ming. Roman ran, and Bai Ming chased him, and the two of them only calmed down after reaching the control room.

Before long, the remaining Chaldea staff also arrived at the control room. After Da Vinci explained the general situation, everyone began to prepare for Servant summoning.

"Speaking of which, the Boundary Record has no concept of time or space,"

Bai Ming said abruptly. "In other words, if Akuta Hinako were to give up on living, she would definitely be recorded in the Boundary Record. Perhaps I might even summon an Akuta Hinako with a different Spirit Origin."

Akuta Hinako looked disgusted and asked, "Do you have some strange obsession with me?"

Bai Ming sighed, "Ah, a living Akuta Hinako versus an Akuta Hinako with a different Spirit Origin and different attire – it's just too entertaining no matter how you look at it."

Not to mention that Akuta Hinako was actually the type to have surprisingly thin skin in some aspects.

"So, who wants to try first?"

Da Vinci looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, Bai Ming, and Akuta Hinako, her gaze shifting between the three. "Considering Ritsuka-kun has already signed one contract, and Bai Ming-kun still has a contract with Mash, how about you, Hinako-chan?"

Akuta Hinako retorted, "Shouldn't the experienced ones go first?"

"That's true. Then, Bai Ming-kun? Since Ritsuka-kun's previous summoning was an irregular process, how about you try?"

"If you say I should, then I will."

"Oh, right, here's this for you."

Da Vinci threw several hexagonal colored stones to Bai Ming. "These are stones that contain divine power, crystallized objects after future concepts are determined. They are called Pseudo-Spirit Origin Crystals, commonly known as Saint Quartz. While summoning is possible without them, having them significantly reduces the burden of summoning."

Bai Ming took the Saint Quartz and put it away directly, intending to summon a Servant with his charm. Da Vinci was quite shocked by Bai Ming pocketing the Saint Quartz. Bai Ming didn't care, only saying, "Whoever wants to come can come, whoever doesn't can stay away. I won't force it."

Then, Bai Ming injected mana into the summoning circle.

The summoning circle pulsed with mana, and a dense white light emanated from it.

"Servant Avenger, I have come in response to your summons... What's with that expression? Take it, this is the contract."

A contract filled with crooked characters was thrown out of the light. A girl with white hair, golden eyes, and black armor emerged from it. "Surprise, it's me who answered your summon."

Upon seeing Jeanne Alter, Bai Ming sighed, "Ah."

Olga Marie, through the contract she maintained with Bai Ming, keenly sensed Bai Ming's negative emotions, but it wasn't the time for her to ask about it.

Jeanne Alter immediately bristled, "What's with that sigh?! Are you disappointed to see me?!"

"I wanted a powerful male Servant, like Heracles. You're unlucky to have met me."

In reality, Bai Ming wanted a sparring partner, not someone who would punch him into the ground. Thus, while Black Jeanne outwardly disliked Bai Ming, Bai Ming genuinely disliked Black Jeanne.

"Bai Ming-kun, how does the burden feel?"

Da Vinci, looking confused, adjusted the Heroic Spirit summoning system. After all, in her understanding, the summoning system absolutely could not summon beings outside the seven classes, and Avenger-class Servants like this were impossible.

Bai Ming shook his head, "I don't feel anything. It's not even as burdensome as Olga Marie was."

Ultimately, raising Olga Marie was no different from raising a demon. However, Servants existed as familiars, so their consumption demands were entirely different.

"But I don't plan to summon anymore." Bai Ming turned to leave, and Black Jeanne, with a look of disdain, followed him, shouting, "Hey, you annoying guy, take a good look at the contract! I worked hard to write this! I don't plan to be a puppet anymore; I plan to be myself. Although I don't know why I survived and was recorded in the Boundary Record, it's great, isn't it? I never thought I'd appear again."

Jeanne Alter's noisy chatter made Bai Ming, uncharacteristically, feel a headache. Bai Ming stopped walking, and Jeanne Alter, caught off guard, bumped into his back. "What are you doing, you guy!"

"Ah..."

Bai Ming turned and hugged Jeanne Alter, whose nose was red from the bump. Jeanne Alter immediately stumbled back several steps, shouting with a blushing face, "You... What are you doing!"

"Congratulations, dear Jeanne Alter, you're alive. I know your excitement from surviving is overwhelming, making you eager to share it with me, but at a time like this, I hope you can be a little quieter. I need to calm down."

Jeanne Alter's existence was a phantom dream.

Could he, who could summon Jeanne Alter, be like Fujimaru Ritsuka, someone with 100% Spirit Transfer compatibility? Had he dreamt about Jeanne Alter without realizing it?

This was clearly impossible.

But Bai Ming couldn't dream, so he pondered if there was a problem with the "place" where he had thrown away trash.

"Huh? Calm down?"

Jeanne Alter couldn't understand, but Bai Ming didn't intend to explain in detail. He just vaguely said, "I'm so excited to see you that I don't know how to face you for a moment. So I hope you can give me some time to accept reality."

Chapter 104: Is the Divided Killing Intent Still So Fierce! (3/11)

Upon hearing this, Jeanne Alter became unexpectedly quiet. Although there was still a hint of shyness on her face, it didn't have much of an impact.

"First, go find Roman and have him arrange a room for you, then come find me."

"No problem."

Jeanne Alter ran off down the corridor.

Bai Ming fell silent, watching Jeanne Alter run off. He wondered if Humanity's Foundation would hold a grudge against him for something like this.

Bai Ming pondered. Fundamentally, Servants outside the seven standard classes shouldn't appear through this Heroic Spirit summoning system. The existence of Extra Classes itself was due to Humanity's Foundation. It was as if Humanity's Foundation wanted him to understand the meaning of Extra Classes for humanity earlier, and then achieve reconciliation between Extra Classes and Humanity's Foundation.

Bai Ming couldn't figure it out for a moment. After all, Humanity's Foundation wasn't particularly strong, nor particularly weak.

Humanity's Foundation was the principle that allowed humanity to survive longer and more steadfastly. It was also an entity capable of judging and eliminating Lostbelts. Patches were constantly applied, its functions increasing, but this only made Humanity's Foundation seem more and more idiotic, its actions becoming more abstract with each passing event.

Bai Ming thought and thought, but couldn't understand. He muttered, "I'm not afraid of being held back. Whatever happens, happens. If they push me too far, I'll just bring Goetia back for another Humanity Foundation incineration, and make Humanity's Foundation my Humanity's Foundation."

Thinking of this, Bai Ming felt much better. He tossed his previous negative emotions and worries into the "trash can." Instead of returning to his room, he headed to the training room, muttering, "I'll do a few extra sets of training today."

He truly loved to exercise.

Meanwhile, Jeanne Alter, after getting her room from Roman, eagerly went to her own room. She took a long, hot bath, changed into comfortable pajamas, and lay down on the bed, quickly falling into a carefree sleep.

She had a dream—or at least, she supposed it was a dream. After signing the Servant contract, Masters could dream of some of their Servants' past experiences, and Servants could also dream of some of their Masters' past experiences.

But Bai Ming didn't dream at all, so Jeanne Alter instead dreamed of what happened before she responded to the summoning.

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The taste of revenge was as sweet as honey. Jeanne Alter had forgotten who had said this. At first, she had taken it as gospel, but after encountering that muscle-bound man, she thought revenge wasn't that big of a deal.

After all, that man had physically overpowered her and played dirty, rendering everything meaningless. Existence, life, even her spirit and concepts were thoroughly dissected by that man and that country bumpkin.

Nothing belonged to her; it was all given by Gilles de Rais, that dark magician.

However, that man told her to find her own life, and then he killed her. She believed she had no future, but his words, like a curse, allowed her to live.

Therefore, Jeanne Alter had to start from scratch.

She stayed in a place that normal people couldn't see, guess, or comprehend for a long time.

It was a modern city, filled with skyscrapers she had never seen, many vehicles she hadn't seen, food she hadn't seen, and even the writing on them was incomprehensible to her. Of course, she could understand what the people around her were saying. At the very least, during the first Singularity, because Bai Ming didn't know French, she had quickly learned Chinese using the Holy Grail.