This Country Girl Smiles So Sweetly! (Continued)
Unbeknownst to Mo Yi, the way Joan of Arc spoke to him had changed. If that's the case, before tonight it would have been 'Mo Yi, where are you going?', but now it's 'Mo Yi, where are we going?', implying that she, as the referee, is on Mo Yi's side.
"Go find Berserker and his Master—"
Under Mo Yi's Scout Ward, Matou Kariya had not yet returned to the Matou Family the 'natural gas explosion' had occurred, so he was in no hurry and took a walk while chatting with Joan of Arc.
"The other party is a very dangerous guy, in every way. If we let him go unchecked, it could cause unnecessary casualties."
After Matou Kariya can't find Sakura's whereabouts, he might go and challenge Tohsaka Tokiomi to a duel at the Imperial Castle. After all, it's all Tokiomi's fault. If it weren't for Tohsaka Tokiomi, Sakura wouldn't have been sent to the Matou Family, wouldn't have disappeared, and her first love, Tohsaka Aoi, wouldn't have been heartbroken!
Therefore, when in doubt, always go to the Tokiomi; you can never go wrong.
"I see—"
Joan of Arc: Caster was indeed a great benefactor; no wonder she had such a saintly ideal as becoming the savior of mankind. Unlike her, who took up arms against the British and ended up becoming a saintly savior of the nation in a muddled way. In truth, she would have preferred that there had been no war, so she could have lived like an ordinary person.
However, Joan of Arc still had many concerns about Mo Yi's idea that "saving humanity requires eliminating the Counter Force."
Although she was illiterate in life, she became a Heroic Spirit after death and still understands the knowledge related to the Counter Force. After all, as a Ruler, she often has to go out and blow the whistle against others. If she doesn't understand the rules, how can she judge when to step in and fight?!
Although I didn't understand what Mo Yi was talking about, such as "Steel Land" and "Moon Coral," I only knew that they were very powerful and probably represented the final end of humanity.
But can eliminating the Counter Force that has always protected humanity and the planet truly change humanity's future?
Joan of Arc herself was unable to make a judgment. Even now, she only said that she was just here to fight a Holy Grail War. After the Holy Grail War, what reason did she have to interfere with what Mo Yi wanted to do?
You can't just kill someone while they're still a good person because they might become a villain in the future, can you?
This behavior itself is a form of 'evil'.
But now, Joan of Arc still couldn't help but voice her doubts:
"Mo Yi, are you really going to eliminate the Counter Force? That sounds too... difficult."
What she really wanted to say was, "It's too dangerous."
"I do think that way about Counter Force; it is their excessive restraint that leads to humanity's chronic death—"
Joan of Arc was, after all, his top henchman, so Mo Yi naturally didn't mind telling her the truth, retorting, "But having such thoughts doesn't mean you have to do them. You're still too naive, haha..."
Joan of Arc: "..."
This answer...
Joan of Arc should be happy to hear that the other party only has the idea but has no intention of doing it. After all, as a Counter Force. If the other party wants to eliminate the Counter Force, she might be sent to the battlefield and become one of the enemies against the other party.
But don't think she doesn't know that the innocence Mo Yi talks about is actually the meaning of 'cute and silly'!
She was so worried about the other person, but she never expected that it was all just a joke. Hmm, having been on the battlefield before, she could guess that this was what was called 'righteousness'. Having corresponding 'righteousness' and 'slogans' in battle makes it easier to defeat the opponent, whether physically or mentally.
This is a common tactic in warfare, after all, 'justice will prevail'!
"Mo Yi, you've gone too far!"
Having said that, Joan of Arc, enraged, unleashed her secret technique used against her allies before her birth, a gouging attack.
Mo Yi: "..."
Joan of Arc's sneak attack was very sudden, but Mo Yi instinctively closed his eyes. Two seconds later, Joan of Arc covered her hands and groaned.
Can the King of Heroes's Five Coward Shields, especially the one from the cricket Joan of Arc, be broken? Moreover, Mo Yi subconsciously activated the Skarner's anti-armor skill instantly.
"Ha ha ha ha--"
Seeing the other person clutching their finger and enduring the pain, Mo Yi couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"They actually dared to launch a sneak attack! That's hilarious!"
Joan of Arc:? 0? 6? 6? 7? 0? 6
After five or six seconds, Mo Yi stopped laughing wildly, since the other person was almost crying.
Then he reached out and grabbed Joan of Arc's reluctant hand, treating her fingers as he said, "I am a Heroic Spirit from another world, umm, a world completely different from this one, a world without origins, without any of those messy things like Counter Force."
"What?"
Joan of Arc had assumed that the other world Mo Yi was talking about was a parallel world like the Old Saber, but now, after hearing what Mo Yi said, she was completely dumbfounded. Did such an other world really exist?
After all, she hadn't experienced the influence of Shenzhou online novels or Area 11 isekai novels, so she was naturally quite surprised when she first heard about this isekai setting.
"In the world I live in, there exists something called ' Honkai'— "
Then Mo Yi briefly explained the setting of the Honkai World. He originally wanted to live a peaceful life, but (in order to save his wife) he was forced to embark on the path of saving the world.
"In my world, even in the face of despair-inducing natural disasters like the Honkai, humanity has never given up, fighting to the very end to protect all that is beautiful in the world. Although the Honkai still exists, and civilization has restarted countless times, I know and deeply believe that humanity will surely defeat the Honkai and create a future that belongs to humankind!"
"After arriving in this world, I saw that there was no natural disaster like the Honkai of the world that could destroy humanity at any time. However, under the excessive protection of willpower, humanity also reached the end of the world in countless parallel worlds."
"Seeing all this, as a human being, I naturally couldn't stand by and watch—"
"Of course, I only have this idea, but I don't intend to put it into action. After all, my world is still waiting for me to save it, and saving this world is the responsibility of the people of this world."
"In the end, it's just a matter of pitying their misfortune and being angry at their lack of resistance."
"So you don't need to worry about me deliberately causing trouble for the Counter Force, unless the other party provokes me, or such an opportunity suddenly appears in front of me, and I can achieve it without expending much effort."
Mo Yi: Although Ai Aika and I don't need any henchmen, as a boss, wouldn't it be incredibly uncool to not have one or two loyal henchmen by your side? Wouldn't that mean you lack charisma?
Of course, Mo Yi wasn't lying. He came here to complete a game mission. The Honkai hadn't been resolved yet, so how could he have the time to care whether the people of the Moon World were living in dire straits?
After saying this, Mo Yi was already prepared for Joan of Arc's questioning later, "Isn't this lying?" Then Mo Yi could say that the other party was still naive, a mere village girl, how could she understand any psychological tactics?
Joan of Arc: Could it be that the other person harbors feelings of love for me but hasn't expressed them? It turns out that his hometown is still waiting for him to save it, and after leaving here, he doesn't know if he will ever see it again.
I may not understand any grand principles, but my past experiences have taught me that I should speak my mind boldly, and not wait until we can never meet again before I regret it!
"Mo Yi— "
Joan of Arc's expression turned somewhat strange as she looked at Mo Yi and asked:
"Are you going back after the Holy Grail War?"
"Of course, the world (my wife) is still waiting to be saved."
"Will you come back? I mean, will we ever see each other again?"
Well, Joan of Arc's concerns Taichi Mo Yi had imagined, but Mo Yi didn't care. After thinking about it seriously, he remembered that after this game ended, there would be a reward of a 90% discount on FGO purchase vouchers and access to the Type-Moon World.
"Although the timing is uncertain, I will definitely come back to this world, probably as a Heroic Spirit."