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

Chapter 308 Let the World Burn!

"Wait, you said...her?"

"Yes! Emiya Kaka!" Finkel nodded heavily and narrated beautifully in an aria-like tone:

"That was the first woman I, Fingel, met and fell in love with in my life, and probably the last woman I fell in love with. I still remember the day we met at Kassel University. She was eighteen years old and had a beautiful face. We fell in love at first sight. It was a beautiful scene that was even more beautiful than Xiao Qiao's first marriage..."

"?" Emiya was surprised by Fingel's sudden and gorgeous transformation from a slick and decadent man to a deeply in love lover in a second.

Seeing his melancholy expression and deep complexion, with tears brewing in his eyes, I couldn't help but be deeply moved.

...Emiya strongly suspected that Fingel had rehearsed this for years and deliberately packaged the character of a love-struck man in order to gain psychological sympathy.

"I sympathize with your situation... but!" Emiya sighed and knocked on the table. "This office isn't your school's stage. If you have something to say, just keep it to yourself and focus on the key points!"

"Ahem...!"

The atmosphere that Fingel had worked so hard to create was interrupted. He felt a tightness in his chest and had to pout and continue:
"I'm talking about a girl named EVA, two years my senior. Back then, she, I, and a few others were on a diving mission arranged by the academy's executive department. We encountered an accident caused by the Dragon King's attack, and no one except me returned safely."

"I risked my life and dived again with the professor, but we only managed to retrieve the severely injured EVA. We tried to save her but couldn't. Finally, we had to try one last solution—using the alchemy of the academy to upload EVA's consciousness and transform it into a data entity with a personality."

Finkel spilled the beans. Honestly, this was a 100% violation of the academy's rules. The information he'd leaked was enough to put him on trial by the entire secret party elders...

But this rough guy is very delicate at heart. Humph, if the secret party had the ability and willingness to rescue EVA, EVA would have come back long ago. Why would he have to come to Chaldea in person to study the secrets of the spirit particle transfer project?
When he thought of this, Finkel simply spoke frankly.

He inexplicably felt that compared to the secret party, Emiya's side had much stronger technology and resources. If he gave them enough information in exchange for the rebirth of EVA, Fingel would be willing to eat delicious food and eat pork elbows every day!

As for the secret party? Haha, Finger said I'm not familiar with it!

This person skillfully began the signature back-and-forth jumps of a multi-faceted undercover agent.

"I see. Now I know what happened. So, the secret party must have used Chaldea's intelligence to lure you in, right? Because this could potentially solve the EVA problem?"

Emiya stared at the electronic panel, which contained the information currently collected on Finger and the transfer of spirit particles. Although he had arranged for Xia Mi to interrogate Pompey to confirm Odin's information, he already had a guess that he had almost reached the truth:

The basis for the success of Odin's spirit particle transfer technology was not created out of thin air, but was obtained from the YAMAL incident.

Based on the core data of the Black King's will body and light body, Odin copied and completed the earth environment model Chaldeas.

Then, based on the various accidents such as the "computerization" on the YAMAL ship and the common characteristics of the light body's "matter storage" - "converting matter into data/intelligence information", the research completed the foundation for the establishment of lepton transfer technology.

Why do I say this? Let’s take a simple example and review the process of lepton transfer.

One of the steps is to convert the human Master in the basket into spirit particle data. When it is released to the singularity, this pile of data will turn back into the Master.

Similarly, the "computerization" on the YAMAL transformed life and even the ship's structure into data, while the "matter storage" performed by the light body transformed the entire world into data. After Emiya resolved the incident, the data returned to its original state.

The whole process is nothing more than a larger-scale transfer of spirit particles.

At this moment, Fingel also said something that confirmed Emiya's conjecture:

"That's right! As long as we thoroughly understand the secrets of the mutual conversion between matter and lepton data, not only will we be able to easily complete the lepton transfer, but the successful materialization of EVA will also be in sight!"

Although Finkel is a burly man with well-developed muscles, he actually thinks very quickly and is obviously a technical expert.

"So once I realized this possibility, I immediately used all my strength to build connections, and finally got into the project team, hoping to get a glimpse into the core technology of soul particle transfer."

Emiya lowered the panel. "So, you used your position as a member of the project team to investigate further, and immediately realized that the key to this was Chaldeas."

"Yes." Finkel nodded, and then as if he had thought of something, he crossed his arms and looked serious.

"But I don't trust Chaldeas!"

"To be exact, I can't believe that thing because I can't delve into it and understand the essence and principles of Chaldeas!

"...Of course, my blatant analysis didn't arouse suspicion. After all, everyone on the project team is a researcher, and everyone is curious about what this strange thing is and how it works. My actions didn't draw too much attention."

"Then the former director of the institute who was managing the project at the time, Pompey, said, 'Chaldeas is a replica of a celestial body, containing data comparable to the soul of the planet. However, it is difficult for humans to understand the planet. Even if we succeed, we will not be able to interpret the data in the documents.'"

"'However, this is unimportant. We don't need to try to open the documents and understand the true nature of Chaldeas. To operate and safeguard humanity's future, we only need the outer layer of the documents, the surface. Just like principles and applications are two different things, simple application does not require understanding of the principles.'"

"After Pompey finished speaking, everyone obediently gave up the investigation, but I didn't! I'm different from them. If I give up now, there may be no chance to save EVA!"

Finkel said, "I tried to secretly collect and intercept some materials. I also invested almost all of my monthly salary to make and debug equipment myself to analyze the data characteristics during the Chaldeas operation. I also secretly contacted the EVA outside and asked her to transfer the personality data to my equipment via satellite."

"But spirit particle transfer is still immature. The true principle of how Chaldeas achieves it is unknown, and activating the accelerator makes a lot of noise. I don't dare to risk an accident by letting EVA try it privately..."

"However, after the device was equipped with EVA's personality, I was more confident in secretly breaking through Chaldea's firewall. So I followed the clues and captured Chaldea's abnormal medical data. After you arrived, I informed Lu Mingfei of the human experiments in Chaldea."

"So," Emiya asked, "in the end, your research into the true nature of Chaldeas isn't much further than anyone else's—you're all still at a stage of uncertainty, and therefore are simply trying to replicate its application?"

"It can't be said that there is no progress... When I was capturing data, I caught a strange tiny signal fluctuation on Chaldeas," Finkel scratched his scalp, looking a little troubled.

"At first I thought it was some kind of error disturbance, but after careful analysis, it was more like an encrypted signal—no, it was a phase-distorted brain wave signal. I once tried to translate it, but the result surprised me..."

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Boom!

Chu Zihang's agile figure was as fast as lightning. He put away his sword at the last moment and stood still. The enemy behind him was sucked into the vortex of fire condensed by the sword's wind.

This decisive and swift sword strike killed the enemy with the free changes of the natural rational flow and the "unity of mind, energy and strength" of the Beichen sword flow, bringing the power of Chu Zihang's own expertise in fire magic to the extreme.

Although, if this scene was seen by those descendants of the ancient Japanese martial arts schools, they would definitely say that such a "fantasy" sword technique is not authentic at all! This is not playing a swordsman at all, but a melee mage!
Unfortunately, there's no point in saying it. If you're not convinced, just challenge Emiya to a duel and see whose swordsmanship is more authentic! As long as I can keep winning, who would dare to say this thing is fake?
Speaking of which, Emiya originally planned to teach Chu Zihang the Two Heavens Style, but unfortunately, the physical requirements for learning this style are even higher. Dual-wielding involves wielding a sword with one hand, while One-Sword Style involves wielding a sword with both hands; the latter allows for greater power and is easier to control. As for the former, it would likely be insufficient when facing stronger non-human monsters.

Emiya carefully compared and tested Chu Zihang's adaptability to the two types of styles, and finally let him specialize in practicing Itto-ryu first.

The vortex of flames exploded magnificently, expanding behind it to form a dazzling miniature sun, with loud rumbling sounds and crackling sounds of high temperature burning constantly heard.

Chu Zihang didn't look back at the explosion, but instead stared at the words floating across the sky:
【Test End】

[Your simulated battle rating: S-rank]

The world changed, and the scene in his vision returned to the spacious training room.

"Excellent result! You are worthy of being Team Leader Emiya's disciple. If you keep up this pace, the last spot in Group A will definitely be yours."

Caesar appeared out of nowhere and applauded generously.

"..." Chu Zihang was silent for a moment. He felt that Director Caesar seemed to truly admire him, even though he had never treated Caesar well before.

He replied indifferently, "Thank you... I didn't expect the director would come all the way here."

"As a qualified director, it is my duty to care about my subordinates." Although he had not been in office for long, Caesar naturally stepped into the role.

"Chaldea should be an excellent organization that accomplishes great things under elite leadership, and every member here is an important foundation for building this grand blueprint."

Chu Zihang frowned. He thought that apart from Master Emiya who taught him swordsmanship, he had no intention of serving under anyone else.

In terms of status, he is undoubtedly a senior student of the Spiral Hall. Coming here to share the work of Chaldea is just a temporary measure during the period of joining the inspection team.

"Your bloodline is strong, right? Why did you choose a management position? If a disaster truly struck, I doubt you'd be willing to stay behind the scenes."

He observed carefully and found that Caesar had obviously never given up on strengthening his body. Beneath his flowing golden hair were a pair of bold and unrestrained eyes that seemed to be flashing with a bright light, which had nothing to do with the description of "all show and no substance".

Caesar smiled helplessly at this, "I also want to charge forward like you guys. It would be even better if I could take charge of the front lines of the battlefield... Unfortunately, I have neither the qualifications of a Master nor the qualifications of Spirit Particle Transfer."

...none of them?

Chu Zihang was filled with doubts. Since he entered the Spiral Academy and entered Chaldea, he had observed many people. Generally, those with excellent bloodlines had good magical skills and were generally qualified to be a Master. Moreover, the probability of them being able to adapt to spirit particle transfer was higher than that of ordinary people without bloodlines.

However, in Caesar's case, he possessed an excellent bloodline but no aptitude... It was like putting a machine into operation, with all its components and features being top-notch, but when it actually ran, its performance was poor? ... The probability of this happening was about the same as the average person finding a person with 100% aptitude for spirit particle transfer.

"..."

Chu Zihang said nothing in the end.

Today's training came to an end. According to Emiya's arrangement, the verdict on the former director Pompey will be held publicly tomorrow.

Before that, he decided to take a look at Lu Mingfei, who was transferred to the medical department, to see how this young man, who came from the same alma mater as him, was adapting.

As far as he knew, Lu Mingfei was only good at esports. Today was Lu Mingfei's first day at the medical department, and he was probably still confused as he was getting familiar with the equipment and basic medical knowledge.

He hoped that this junior student had talent and that his performance in the medical department could still be redeemed, otherwise he would have to find a way to ask Master Emiya to transfer Lu Mingfei again.

When entering the department area, Chu Zihang was holding the divine sword Murasame as usual. The murderous aura left over from the battle made the medical staff, who were confused, subconsciously step aside.

"Lu Mingfei." Chu Zihang clearly found the figure busy among the many medical equipment.

Lu Mingfei, who was wearing a white coat, turned around and was shocked. "Oh my god, Senior Brother! You look murderous, as if you just chopped someone down. Be careful not to upset some of the patients."

"Oh, sorry." Chu Zihang put the knife aside. He didn't know why, but when he held Murasame in his hand, he would unconsciously release an all-round cold and stern aura.

Lu Mingfei waved his hand to show he didn't care. Seeing Chu Zihang's aura "easily controlled", he secretly thought that his senior brother might be a natural killer. He could chop up a bunch of people like vegetables and then come back calmly and chat with others, saying that Hua Xiong had been beheaded and the wine was still warm...

Chu Zihang didn't know the truth. He just looked at Lu Mingfei's previously skilled appearance, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. Did his junior have medical experience before?

Lu Mingfei showed off his pride for once, saying that it was all due to his talent, and never mentioned any proficiency cheats.

Lu Mingfei probably wanted to show off and exchange some glances with a few medical ladies, hoping that Chu Zihang would act as his wingman and give a perfect assist to his wonderful medical career - but Senior Brother Chu was a blockhead. He said he came to see Lu Mingfei twice, but he would never look at him a third time.

So under Lu Mingfei's astonished gaze, Senior Brother Chu only gave him a blessing of "work hard and do your best" and turned away without hesitation.

Chu Zihang still hasn't forgotten the purpose of coming to Chaldea... The key clue to his father's whereabouts must be in Pompeii.

When he passed by the control room, he glanced at the azure sky, and his fingers gripping the knife handle tightened involuntarily.

Chaldeas rotates naturally under the automated operating program, and several unobservable areas on the surface of the sphere are like charred blocks formed by a sudden fire on a gorgeous dress.

Chu Zihang stared at the darkness, lost in thought. Suddenly, he heard someone talking vaguely.

[…The city is on fire! The forests, the wastelands, the rivers and the sea… The whole world is on fire… Let it burn, haha! …Mom, I don’t want to die…]

Very noisy and chaotic voices.

He listened attentively and suddenly recognized someone.

[Run! Run to a place not burned by the light band!]

This familiar voice... is that man! Chu Tianjiao!

(End of this chapter)