Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

"Yes, Mashu, you too."

Gudao smiled and nodded in response. After watching Mashu close the door, he walked to his bedroom door and prepared to go back to his room to rest.

But just then, he suddenly realized that Miss Gudako seemed to still be downstairs and hadn't come up, and he wondered what she was doing.

"?"

He thought for a moment, then went downstairs again. He found that the other person was not in the public area on the first floor, but he could faintly hear voices coming from the doorway. It was Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"Yes...right? I want..."

"Yes...that's fine...tomorrow morning..."

Gudao approached the door with some confusion, only to find Fujimaru Ritsuka standing alone in the courtyard, with no one else around.

"Miss Gudako?"

"...Fujimaru?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 419 Gudako and Gudako's Nighttime Talk

Hearing the noise, Fujimaru Ritsuka subconsciously turned around and saw Gudao's figure. A hint of surprise flashed across her face, but she quickly regained her composure.

She was very familiar with this classic late-night chat time, but this time her stance was completely opposite to her usual one.

At this moment, Gudao's face was filled with disbelief.

He stared incredulously at Fujimaru Ritsuka, or more precisely, at the device the other woman was holding to her ear. If he wasn't mistaken, it was clearly—

"Gudako-san...?!"

"Hey——"

Since she wasn't finished with what she was doing, Fujimaru Ritsuka put her index finger to her lips to ask him to wait a moment, and then continued speaking into the phone:

"Anyway, as long as I can get there by tomorrow morning, that's fine."

"Okay, thank you, Hikaru."

After hanging up the phone and putting it away again, Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled at Gudao:

"Aren't you going to bed so late?"

"I was planning to go to sleep, but then I realized you hadn't returned to your room, Gudako, so..."

Gudao briefly explained why he was there.

Then, he hesitated, unsure whether he should ask him about what he had just seen.

But before he could speak, Fujimaru Ritsuka laughed first:

"That's perfect. Actually, I wanted to talk to you last night, but I fell asleep first, haha."

"So, Fujimaru-kun, do you have time now?"

Gudao paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded, saying:

"……certainly."

"Actually, I've always wanted to find an opportunity to have a good chat with Ms. Gudako."

"that would be great!"

So the two went back inside and sat down at the dining table again. Then, Fujimaru Ritsuka asked with a smile:

"Actually, I'd really like to know more about the situation at Chaldea. Could you please give me a detailed introduction, Fujimaru-kun?"

Chaldea?

Gudao pondered for a moment, organizing his thoughts and words in his mind as he slowly began to explain:

"Chaldea, its full name is the Human Order Preservation Organization, Phineas Chaldea..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka listened attentively to Gudao's introduction. What she really wanted to understand was the difference between the two Chaldea worlds.

To safeguard human order, Chaldea has five crucial facilities:

I. Phenomenon Record: Computer Familiar Laplace;

II. Simulated Earth Environment Model: Chaldea;

III. Guardian Heroic Spirit Summoning System: Destiny;

IV. Near-future observation lens: Sheba;

V. Spiritual Particle Calculation Device - Trismegistes.

Of course, this is only the current situation.

When the alien gods arrive in the future and the Lostbelts sprout, there will also be the [Imaginary Observation Machine - Plane Moon] brought by Sion of the Atlas Institute, but that's a story for another time.

Of the five facilities mentioned above, the most important to her and Gudao are the Guardian Heroic Spirit Summoning System: Destiny and the Spirit Particle Calculation Device: Trismegistes.

The latter is a device for transferring spirit particles; while the former is a system for summoning Servants, which guarantees their combat power.

'Heroic Spirits are higher-level spiritual phenomena, and the Throne of Heroes exists in a dimension above this one. They are beings that transcend time. For Chaldea, a society that safeguards human reason, they are the most suitable assistants. After all, once a contract is formed, they can appear in any era;'

This is the meaning of the [Guardian Spirit Summoning System - Destiny].

——This is how it should be.

Through Gudao's narration, Fujimaru Ritsuka learns that in Chaldea, the Guardian Heroic Spirit Summoning System, Destiny, has been in a state of near abandonment and has never been truly used.

When asked why, Gudao explained:

"Although that was the original plan, according to the doctor and Da Vinci, the experiments to summon Servants have never been very successful."

"Furthermore, due to Professor Lev's... Chaldea suffered heavy losses and the facilities were damaged to varying degrees. Therefore, after officially starting the repair of the singularity, there was no time to conduct any more experiments on summoning Servants."

"I see……"

After listening to Gudao's explanation of the whole story, Fujimaru Ritsuka finally had a general understanding of the current situation of Chaldea in this world.

It must be said that Gudao's reasons did sound quite reasonable, but—

Their bond with Servants is incomparable to the simple Servant summoning experiments of the past!

Even if we don't consider the difference between European and African, it shouldn't be too difficult to summon the Servants who fought alongside them in the Singularities, right?

However, she suddenly remembered that her situation was actually quite similar to Gudao's.

However, unlike the other two, because she had a strong desire to draw cards, Dr. Roman and Da Vinci were both quite indulgent towards her, so they let her perform the Servant summon with the attitude of 'it's okay to give it a try,' thus opening the door to a new world.

"Okay, I know."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded knowingly, already having a general idea in mind.

After understanding the problem, she smiled at Gudao and said:

"That concludes my questions for now. So, Fujimaru-kun, do you have any questions for me?"

"I……"

Gudako hesitated.

He originally wanted to ask about the 'Spirit Origin Shadow' that the other party mentioned that day, but he was also very curious about what had just happened and didn't know what to do for a moment.

Seemingly sensing his thoughts, Fujimaru Ritsuka chuckled:

"Why are you so hung up on this? I never said it was limited to one question."

"In short, I will try my best to answer any question I can."

"really?"

Upon hearing this, Gudao smiled with delight, finally relaxing, and couldn't help but ask:

"Gudako-san, what exactly is this 'Spirit Origin Shadow' that you mentioned during the battle?"

Gudao has been thinking about this question for the past two days. Although he knows nothing about it, he inexplicably feels that it is a very important thing to him.

Moreover, the disbelief that Fujimaru Ritsuka showed at the time that he didn't know about the 'Spirit Origin Shadow' still bothered him.

"This..."

Upon hearing Gudao's question, Fujimaru Ritsuka gave a predictable smile and said:

"Simply put, it's a rather special summoning technique, but it's meaningless to you right now."

"For me right now..."

Gudao muttered these words, feeling that there was a deeper meaning behind the other person's words.

"but,"

At this moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka changed the subject and said with a smile:

"Although it's not very useful to you right now, I can teach you if you're interested."

"Of course not now."

"You can go back and think about it carefully. In short, you can come to me anytime before this singularity is completely fixed."

"...Yes, I will think about it carefully."

Gudao nodded solemnly.

Although he was still somewhat confused, he could sense that this so-called 'Spirit Origin Shadow' was not as simple as Gudako had said; it was just that she hadn't revealed the deeper aspects for some reason.

Shadow of the Spirit Origin...

Keeping Fujimaru Ritsuka's words firmly in mind, and then, recalling the scene he had just witnessed, Gudao hesitated before saying:

"Speaking of which, Miss Gudako, what you were holding in your hand just now..."

Is it a cell phone?

Come spicy!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 420: The showdown, but not a complete one.