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Chapter 558 The Greatly Immoral Clock Tower
Touko Aozaki is an important character in the Type-Moon series of games, including "Mahoutsukai no Yoru" and "Kara no Kyoukai". She has also appeared in various forms and roles in the "Fate" series.

In the current world of FSN, although Aozaki Touko has never actually shown her face, she plays a very important role in a specific route.

In the Matou Sakura route of FSN, also known as the HF route, in order to save Emiya Shirou, whose body was severely damaged, this rich girl almost spent all her money to buy a blank doll made and left behind by Aozaki Touko in her early years and reconstructed his body.

Although it is just a "doll", as long as it is infused with a soul and replenished with mana regularly, its existence is not much different from when it is alive.

It was precisely because of this advanced technology that clearly touched upon the forbidden zone of life that Aozaki Touko was given the title of "Sealing Designation" by the Clock Tower.

Cheng Tian had already confirmed this with Bazett, the "Designated Seal Executor" whose expertise matched hers. She had reviewed Aozaki Touko's information beforehand, but had never been assigned any related tasks.

Cheng Tian wanted to meet this Orange not only because the two had the same name in their alternate accounts, but also because of her superb "doll making" skills.

Currently, Cheng Tian's large-scale feng shui engine contains eight bio-mechanical dolls. Two of them have been activated by Wu Tan by injecting his own memories and personality, and have become his left and right assistants, which has greatly reduced Wu Tan's research pressure.

However, if we look at the bio-mechanical doll itself, we can see that with an average of 35 points in its four attributes, the bio-mechanical doll has obviously been reduced to at most an elite monster in the current B-level dungeon.

More than enough to be a researcher, but probably not enough to be a combatant, let alone try to reach the level of Seth.

Fortunately, this world has top-tier puppeteers, so there's no reason not to try and find one; maybe they can offer some useful advice on the clone.
Besides, there's still the Cat Elf Kingdom, the Type-Moon transit station. It's not Cheng Tian's style to back down without even trying.

"The best things should be saved for last... I'm not entirely willing to do it, but it's acceptable."

"If we keep hiding this any longer, we'll probably be exposed. I need to go back and appease Kotomine first. If you're ready to take the Command Seals, come find me anytime. I'm really looking forward to our battle."

And so, the blue-clad lancer in his everyday clothes exchanged a final glance with Bazett, nodded to each other, and then deliberately concealed himself, disappearing silently from the family restaurant.

He threw the remaining ice cubes from the empty cola in his glass into his mouth, crunching them loudly, and then asked.

"Bazett, can you still use your identity in this world?"

"Well, in your words, this world is actually my birthplace. Everything I have in the past will be inherited. I can use my authority to access some of the Clock Tower's methods, but..."

Bazette, who was already able to face the current world and Cú Chulainn with relative composure, hesitated as he answered.

"but?"

“Tracking Aozaki Touko is extremely difficult.”

Bazett looked completely confident.

"Based on the information, even with the Clock Tower's full assistance, I only have about a 40% chance of finding someone who can evade the Association's pursuit for a long time and possesses top-notch puppet making and rune magic. I still can't be sure if that person is actually real."

But now I'm officially representing the Bureau of Ritual Adjudication in the war, and I'm responsible for supervising the war rituals, with the special mission of perfectly recovering the Holy Grail's resources. At this critical juncture, asking the Association for help with anything else will most likely result in a direct rejection.

At this point, Bazett's expression became somewhat awkward. "I was indeed too naive in the past. In fact, I should have understood from the moment I was assigned here that I was a victim of the internal strife within the Bureau of Arcane Judgments."

The Clock Tower has a very low tolerance for incompetence. If I fail to bring the Holy Grail back this time, marginalization might be the lightest punishment; I think there's a higher chance I'll be stripped of my current position and status.

Bazett's intelligence didn't experience any significant leap, but as a dead person, she could more objectively review her past from an outsider's perspective.

As the saying goes, those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things clearly. In the past, she was so focused on improving her status within the association that she couldn't see her own situation clearly. But now, she doesn't care about any association status at all, and she sees things much more clearly.

It's only a matter of time before I'm used and betrayed...

"As expected of England, a country notorious for its lack of morality and ethics~"
If I remember correctly, while the Clock Tower's structure is complex, it's primarily dominated by English magic families. Your exclusion as an Irishman was a foregone conclusion long ago… Rather, it's precisely because you're exceptionally talented that you've been ostracized to this extent. If you were just an ordinary magician with mediocre talent, you wouldn't have been targeted so much.”

Cheng Tian immediately grasped the clock tower's long-standing unethical nature.

Upon hearing this, Bazett slammed his chin on the dining table with a loud thud, causing the empty plate tower next to him to shake. He looked utterly dejected.

What's that saying again... Magic has no borders, but magicians do.

The deep-seated animosity between England and Ireland cannot be explained or resolved in just a few words.

From a purely geographical standpoint, it's impossible for me to be fully accepted by the Clock Tower. I'm afraid that even if I were to be designated as the seal executor, I would only be seen as a useful henchman.

With a single sentence, Cheng Tian stripped away the false facade of the magic world, pointing directly to the essence of human nature.

Why didn't I think of such a simple question before?
The clock tower approach is clearly no longer viable, unless Bazett takes the Holy Grail, which is covered in black mud, back for them to study.

But the inability to track Orange actually reminded Cheng Tian.

Indeed, there are people in this world who can find oranges, and they have never hidden their identities.

If we share similar worldviews, we could try starting with him.

“In that case, you use your connections to help me find a person, or rather a family, who are not from a reclusive family.”

"You tell me, I'll remember it."

Upon hearing Cheng Tian's words, Bazett skillfully pulled out a small notebook and a ballpoint pen from his chest.

"The surname is Ryougi, belonging to a prestigious family in the Japanese demon-slaying faction. The current head of the family should be a woman named Ryougi Shiki."

She married a man and has a daughter who is probably three or four years old. Her husband's original name was Kurogiri Kanya, but he has since married into her family and should be renamed Ryougi Kanya. Could you try to contact him for me?

(End of this chapter)