The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 240 Odin: This scene seems familiar (two in one)

Shocking divine power.

Not only Charlotte, but even Xia Mi, who was a participant in the "design project", watched this scene with wide eyes.

The great god Bull-Headed Heavenly King held up the heaven and earth in the thick darkness, and the power of thunder spread in all directions.

With the appearance of the great messenger of the god, the mighty divine thunder that almost tore the sky apart continued to emerge from the narrow gaps in the dense dark clouds and struck down madly, with the piercing sound of lightning crackling incessantly.

The original site of the Nezu Shrine, which served as a temple not far away, seemed insignificant in the face of the intimidating momentum of the great messenger. He only needed to take a step forward and release thunder to destroy it in one fell swoop.

"Hey, hey, can't it be... it's so big?"

At this moment, Charlotte, the queen of talking nonsense, was frightened by the approaching huge bull's hoof and her legs went weak. If she had not been a pseudo-servant, she would have almost started to tremble and could not stand steadily.

No wonder her servant Sima Yi told her to stay alive before giving her the power. This Holy Grail War was so dangerous. Anyway, she, a rookie magician, could never play it.

hum-

The sacred bull began to move with a terrifying momentum.

The huge shock sound began to make the eardrums vibrate. The two people stared into the distance nervously, and their attention was completely taken away by the great envoy of the Bull-Headed Heavenly King. They subconsciously ignored the abnormality of Nono beside them.

When the cow's hoof dropped and trampled, an earthquake was accompanied by thunder and roar. The slope between the highlands was crushed by the hoof, and the next thing to suffer was the shrine hall on the top, and the dark barrier surrounded by the tall jade-like pillars.

Rumble!
The huge Thunder Bull, as big as a mountain, seemed to be galloping freely across the raised terrain around the shrine as if it were a plain.

The wind was blowing violently, and a large amount of dazzling and sacred purple electric light overflowed from the body of the great messenger.

Along with the charge and trampling attack emitted by the divine thunder, the violently released power broke the divine Jade Pillar of Heaven from the outside, tore apart the temple that Izanami had carefully prepared, and severely severed a part of the ascension ceremony!
Charlotte, who was watching the whole process, felt her vision shaking violently...

She looked at the Thunder Bull from a distance of several hundred meters. It was as if she saw a moving mountain. She felt dizzy after looking at it for a few more seconds.

At the same time, Charlotte began to regret why she had rushed over to participate in the Holy Grail War without even thinking about it. Her small body was not capable of handling the situation at all...

The scattered thunder struck the ground, making a loud roar. For a moment, the mountains and forests were howling, and wild beasts and ghosts fled frantically without caring about anything else. The divine power of the Bull-Headed Heavenly King was so great that the creatures in the mortal world had no intention of resisting.

Compared to the little girl who was about to burst into laughter, Xia Mi seemed calm after being surprised. There was nothing strange about it. This kind of large-mass treasure could be regarded as the ultimate word spirit that could move by itself.

But she suddenly remembered that as a pseudo-servant, Charlotte was in such a state, so Senior Sister Nono would not be able to bear it.

"what?"

Xia Mi saw that Nuo Nuo was safe and sound, and his body didn't even shake. She even ignored the Bull-Headed Heavenly King and closed her eyes and began to take a nap.

...No, sister, you are too calm, aren't you? Besides, you should know when to take a nap, okay?
"Senior Sister Nuonuo?"

Xia Mi was just about to wake up Nuo Nuo when she suddenly heard the noisy cry of crows.

The inky black crows were almost invisible in the thick black fog, but with her superb senses, Xia Mi was able to easily capture these unusual flying birds.

Those crows, as if startled, flew out from the dense forest not far from the Nezu Shrine and flew away towards the distant sky without any reluctance.

"Xia Mi?" Charlotte barely suppressed her frightened and panicked mood, but saw that the person who looked like the Dragon King was no longer paying attention to the sacred bull, but looking far away in another direction.

"Is there anything in that direction?"

"Nothing, just a flock of crows."

"Crow?" Charlotte didn't understand what was so good about crows.

"Nothing. It reminds me of a not-so-likable guy who likes to hide everywhere."

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"Report to the Master, Setagaya District has been cleared."

Watanabe Tsuna jumped lightly onto the roof, waved his hand and sent out a swift slash, cutting off the head of a Tengu. Blood instantly sprayed into the air, dispersing a black mist.

"Hmm...wait, Saber, did you see that? The sudden thunderstorm and the huge...sacred bull that appeared in that direction?"

"Ah... Master, I saw it. It is undoubtedly a divine messenger of gigantic size. It seems that a considerable concentration of divine power resides within it. I do not recommend making an enemy of it."

"...This Holy Grail War is so terrible."

Yuan Zhisheng made a remote call through the headset, "This is a modern city, not like the past. If we allow this kind of horrible thing to run wild, the other side of the world will probably be exposed to the world."

If Yuan Zhisheng had not made timely arrangements for the Eight Clans of Sheqi, their family's landline phone would probably have been bombarded with calls from government agencies.

The Sheqi Eight Clans are said to rule the other side of this island country beneath the surface society, that is, the shadow side of this country. Therefore, Yuan Zhisheng, the leader of the Sheqi Eight Clans, is also known as the "Shadow Emperor".

The family has been building relationships with government agencies for many years, and with Kaguya-sama's close monitoring, the spread of sensitive information has been cut off. So the situation in the local area is still manageable for now...

To tell a hellish joke that's not funny, Gen Chisei originally thought that the massive black fog mutation would make it almost impossible for the Snake Eight Families to complete the hypnosis and brainwashing of all Tokyo citizens in order to maintain the principle of confidentiality.

But in the end, when the family dispatched almost all the manpower they could mobilize to carry out the rescue and carried out hypnosis in the name of it, they unexpectedly discovered that their hypnotists were not under much pressure.

Because there are so many dead people, there are fewer living people who need to keep secrets.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the Holy Grail War develops to this point and quickly enters the ending process, without further deterioration or more outrageous plot developments.

When Yuan Zhisheng began to think about how to deal with the spying of forces outside the island, he clearly felt that it was a bit tricky.

Yuan Zhisheng was certain that the major powers had already concentrated their detection satellites on the Honshu Island area. This area was unusually shrouded in dark clouds that lingered and lingered, and looked suspicious no matter how one looked at it.

Not to mention the secret party, the Holy Church, the Clock Tower, and other similar forces that have already sent people here.

Although everyone seemed to be joining in as enthusiastic teammates and helping to deal with unusual situations, they would definitely not stop taking this opportunity to collect various intelligence.

All the secret information of the Holy Grail War will be leaked through these ubiquitous eyes.

When Yuan Zhisheng thought of this, he felt overwhelmed with thoughts for a moment. Dealing with so many unexpected situations was almost enough to turn his hair white.

I originally wanted to assign all these tasks to others, but unfortunately Crow and Yasha are not calm enough and need training. Yabuki Sakura is okay, but she is not in the country now.

The old father Uesugi Koshi is a French idiot at heart. Not to mention returning to the family to take over the job, he might not be willing to be a leader in other companies or organizations. This old man loves to sell ramen for decades.

Yuan Zhisheng sighed softly in the communication channel, feeling that he was aging prematurely.

I don’t know how Herzog, an old man, managed to play two roles and hold on to the leadership power for many years.

If it were Yuan Zhisheng himself, he would have quit long ago due to the mental exhaustion.

As if he had heard Minamoto Chisei's sigh, Watanabe Tsuna hurriedly said:

"...Master, don't worry. From what I've observed, there's a familiar smell in the power of this divine bull. It seems like I... probably am not an enemy. In my opinion, just wait and see."

Watanabe Tsuna originally wanted to say that this was like the aura of Lord Raikou, but it didn't seem like it, so he just vaguely evaded the question.

Fortunately, Gen Chisei was busy with trivial matters and did not dwell on this matter too much. Watanabe Tsuna had always given him the impression of being reliable, so he gave up asking further questions and mentioned another matter instead:

"That's good. My subordinates here reported that among the people who were rescued, there was actually a female student who was a Master."

Watanabe Tsuna knew that Minamoto Chisei's words were always pointed, so he raised his blade, "Has a dispute or conflict broken out? The Servants are very troublesome, do you need me to handle it?"

"No, not really. It's just that the Master simply rejected the hypnotist we sent. She also saved a lot of people and gathered around. Such behavior will cause our confidentiality to be compromised."

The confidentiality strategy arranged by Yuan Zhisheng was to use the name of rescue to change the public's perception of the disaster.

The rescue operation is indeed real, but once people get on the bus, they will start to forget those monsters that shattered their worldview under the hypnotic effect.

"Saber, you just need to go over and observe. I need to know the danger of this Servant. If she is not strong and will not threaten the safety of the people, let her go."

"Is this really good?"

"…There is no other way. Let's just keep it this way. If it doesn't work, we can incorporate those ordinary people into the family business. This way, it won't violate the principle of 'ordinary people cannot know secrets'…"

"No matter what, Saber, remember not to hurt the other person at will. That girl seems to be someone Emiya knows."

"I see... As you command."

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Aso really felt deeply that it is not easy to live in troubled times.

Yes, in her opinion, modern society, where such mysterious events break out from time to time and cause disasters to ordinary people, is no different from a chaotic world.

At most, the island government is a paperhanger. It has done a good job of maintaining confidentiality on the surface and is familiar with the procedures of bowing and apologizing in private, so it can barely maintain social order and prevent it from collapsing.

Even because he had witnessed with his own eyes the brainwashing and hypnosis methods used by gang members on the public last time, Aso Shin began to have great distrust of these "officials".

There are countless deaths in this country every year. How many of them are killed by those terrible monsters and then simply passed over as an accident?

In the final analysis, in their eyes, the public is something that can be manipulated and fooled at will... and only when they have unique power and bargaining chips will they try to take them seriously and negotiate with them. "Wow, Zhen, you looked so cool when you spoke just now. Really, I didn't expect that Zhen, who usually keeps a low profile, would have such a big face in front of a well-known company like Genji Heavy Industries."

After Masao Makoto talked to the rescue team of the Snake Eight Families, his best friend, who was unaware of the situation, clapped quietly and made a few random compliments.

Behind her, there were many neighbors, relatives and friends who were rescued by Masao. People who had seen the horror of monsters all followed Masao's footsteps.

With the help of Assassin Chiyo, Aso Shin successfully survived the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, and even inadvertently saved more and more people she knew. But the trouble was that the team grew so big that Chiyo couldn't take care of it.

Finally, the rescue team of the Eight Clans of Sheqi arrived in time and helped to resolve the siege.

According to the Snake Eight Clan, they have established a temporary base in Yamanashi Prefecture outside of Tokyo to accommodate the surviving "disaster victims". Although the place is shrouded in black fog, it is hardly visited by monsters. If you follow the Snake Eight Clan there, there will be a special convoy to pick you up.

Aso really knew what was going on. According to Chiyo's reminder, those people were performing "mental illusion" on the bus, so the people who got on the bus would have their own perception of the disaster replaced by another set of packaged information.

Aso Shin refused to be hypnotized, so he asked the Snake Eight Families to remove this part.

"Oh...it would be nice if that's really the case." Does Aso really think that he is a person with a very impressive background?
She felt that she was just taking advantage of Mr. Emiya's name and pulling out a tiger skin to force the other party to give in.

If I hadn't met Emiya that day, if I hadn't participated in the Holy Grail War to summon Servants, I would have died in a corner long ago.

"Zhen, don't underestimate yourself," her best friend whispered, probably because she saw Masao's bitter face and wanted to liven up the atmosphere:
"The Mr. Emiya you just mentioned to them is the red-haired man you asked me to find last time. It turns out he is also a big shot related to Genji Heavy Industries! That's amazing. He was able to organize a rescue operation when monsters were rampant. I think Mr. Emiya is capable of doing that."

"Yes, yes, you heard it..." Aso waved his hands embarrassedly, "It just happened that we met again later."

"Really? Come on, you will definitely catch up. I support you!" My best friend patted my shoulder with a giggle to show encouragement.

"You...what weird things are you talking about!"

Aso Makoto hesitated and she quickly changed the subject, "Everyone, get in the car!"

Before getting on the bus, a man dressed in ancient Heian period costume looked at her from a distance.

Aso was nervous for a moment. According to his intuition, this "person in ancient costume" was probably a servant. At this time, Chiyo was still quietly hiding in the shadow under her feet. But until the end, the man did not make any move.

Time passed quietly without any twists and turns. Soon everyone got on the bus and set off for Yamanashi Prefecture.

Chiyo was paying close attention to Masao Makoto's condition. Suddenly, after getting on the bus, she heard a whisper that only Masao Makoto could hear:

"My Lord, is Emiya the husband you have chosen?"

Husband!?

Aso's face turned red, and he began to imagine the future... No, no! That kind of thing is too far away, and now we are just beginning... the friendship stage, right?

"My lord, if you like Emiya," Mochizuki Chiyome didn't seem to want to stop the topic, "I can teach you how to seduce... seduce men and some techniques for intercourse..."

"Hey! This is too shameless!" Aso felt his face getting hot, "And you just said seduction, right?"

"Yes... What's wrong, lord? I am a female ninja from the Koga Mochizuki family. Seducing men and collecting information is one of my jobs. How to make men feel happy is also part of my training as a ninja—"

"Stop, stop, stop!"

"..."

Perhaps because of the topic brought up by Chiyo, Aso's mind began to linger on pink. In addition, she was only in the first year of high school, and although she said she would stop, the strong secretion of adolescent hormones made her unable to stop fantasizing.

When he finally heard that they had arrived at their destination, Yamanashi Prefecture, Aso Makoto felt as if not much time had passed.

After getting off the car, she followed the temporary base arranged by the Sheqi Eight Clan and walked into the mountainous area. The road became increasingly rugged, and even vehicles were not easy to drive on. Because Yamanashi County is really as its name suggests, it is a mountainous area with few people, no wonder there are no demons coming here.

Masao followed the crowd and saw the continuous mountains and red soil. The water of the Tama River flowed majestically until a certain valley mouth, and an astonishing echo that could be clearly heard by human ears began to come from underground...

The guides of Sheqi Bajia said that this was caused by the mixing of groundwater with huge temperature differences, and this place is also known as "Thunder Valley".

After passing this place, we entered the red land. The guide said this was the "real red land". A few hundred meters ahead was a flat land near the river bank, where they set up a temporary shelter.

"Huh? What's that?" someone asked, pointing to an ancient shrine in the distance.

The guide thought for a while before answering that it was the Yamata Shrine dedicated to the Yamata no Orochi, which was built there during the Nara period.

"Ah... the shrine of the Yamata no Orochi..."

Asou Makoto suddenly heard Chiyome's whisper, turned around and found that the Assassin had jumped out of the shadows on his own initiative, staring at the shrine intently.

"My Lord, please allow me to go over and investigate... There may be something important to me there."

After saying that, he turned into a shadow and rushed into the shrine.

"Eh? Why? Wait, I—"

After talking to her bestie, Asou Makoto also ran towards the shrine. When she arrived at the gate of the shrine slightly out of breath, she did not see Chiyo looking for anything. Instead, she was sitting on a futon, staring at the Shimeji knot in the main hall in a daze.

"Assassin, what exactly are you looking for?"

"My lord, do you remember? When I first appeared in this world, I had no memory of my previous life. Even though Lord Emiya kindly pointed it out, I still had no recollection."

"Yes... that's true, but it doesn't seem to have much impact on your daily life and combat?"

"That's because the Holy Grail system will automatically inject some common sense," Chiyo's eyes moved slightly, "but my own memory loss will make it impossible to use the treasure."

"Noble Phantasm..." Asou's eyes suddenly widened. She was a complete layman Master with almost no common sense, and she really didn't know there was such a thing. "Assassin, you mentioned this, are you saying——"

"Yes, my memory suddenly came back."

Chiyo looked at the spirally wound shimenawa with a complicated look, which was a metaphor for the giant snake inside the shrine.

"I am the leader of the shrine maidens of Kai and Shinano, and also the chief of the Shinano shrine maidens."

"Eh, you're not a ninja...?"

"I am a kunoichi and a shrine maiden, serving the faith passed down from the ancestor of the Koga Mochizuki family, Koga Saburo... Ibuki Daimyojin, also known as the shrine maiden of the Yamata no Orochi."

According to legend, Koga Saburo was cursed by Ibuki Daimyojin and transformed into a snake. Ibuki Daimyojin was described as a giant snake in the Nihonshoki (Nihon Shoki) and was later confused with Yamata no Orochi and considered the same entity.

Chiyo Mochizuki inherited the curse of the snake from Koga Saburo.

"My Lord, I may not have been summoned because of your comic book, Koga Ninja Scrolls... The catalyst for my summoning may have been the Yamata no Orochi."

Aso Makoto was shocked. She had seen the terrifying snake-headed monster from mythology when she was in the Night Food Field. So that was the source of Chiyo's curse?

No wonder, she is a shrine maiden, the shrine maiden of the Great Snake, and her treasure is called——

"The origin of the spiritual communication with Ibuki Daimyojin——"

Chiyo suddenly covered her mouth. Strangely, she didn't want to activate her treasure. But, it seemed like someone was speaking through her mouth just now?

She glanced around; the Yaki Shrine was still quiet.

Apart from the huge shrine, there are no terrifying snake shadows, only the black fog that permeates the air all year round and does not dissipate.

The master and servant present did not realize that the shrine is the temple and the shrine maiden is the catalyst for the advent of spirits.

Although the ritual of Izanami's deity was interrupted, another ritual involving the deity quietly met the requirements.

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The endless grassland is covered with flower petals and filled with a peaceful fragrance.

But Izanami was in a terrible mood.

Her connection with the temple was completely cut off. If she had completed the ascension to godhood, this little trick would not be a big deal. But in the current situation, she was stuck at the last step that was about to be completed.

This step, like a chasm between heaven and earth, made her always remain at the level of a pseudo-god, unable to become a true god.

"Damn humans, it's all because of you! Huang Quan, take all the living people away!"

The false god Huang Quan roared angrily, and thick materialized darkness erupted, attempting to erode this small world, but she seemed to be suppressed by the entire space in an instant.

Because this is Emiya's unique barrier, the Infinite Sword System.

Sharp swords were inserted into the hilly rocky terrain in the distance, and each one was a sword treasure of extraordinary quality.

Emiya waved his hand gently, and the swords shot up into the sky from the stones, like a rain of metal swords flashing with cold light. All the swords began to shine with the glory of the liberation of their real names.

Just as the thick darkness expanded towards the sky, it was freed by the colorful swords and engulfed by the resulting elemental torrent.

"I am about to take on Izanami. Do you have enough Yomiuri?"

(End of this chapter)