Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

Moreover, it wasn't just ordinary power; perhaps only demons from hell, beings that shouldn't exist after the Age of Gods, could give him such an intense feeling.

It's hard to believe, but despite Kirei Kotomine's acts of murdering his master, deceiving, betraying, and using orphanage children as human batteries, he was indeed an extremely devout believer.

Therefore, he would not hesitate to step forward and eliminate those enemies of the Lord.

"...Sorry, it's nothing."

Kirei Kotomine quietly sat back down, glancing once more at the cross on his chest.

The Lord's holy seal no longer showed any signs of burning heat, and even though He had just used a short, simplified baptismal chant on him for a moment, there was still no reaction.

A fallacy? That's impossible. Not this young man? It's possible, but Kirei Kotomine's intuition tells him otherwise.

and……

His gaze lingered for a moment on the bright red Command Seal on Tsugumi's left hand. This was a Master chosen by the Holy Grail, yet she was so brazen and unrestrained.

Is he a complete novice? Or is he pretending to be something he's not?

Or... is it him? Kirei Kotomine's gaze turned slightly serious as he looked at Tsugumi and muttered something to himself.

Tsugumi didn't care about the messy thoughts that the old priest had just rambled on; she simply took out a Fukuzawa Yukichi card and slammed it on the table.

"Keep your change!"

The head chef/waitress, dressed in a cheongsam with two buns in her hair—a perfect stereotype—came over with a beaming smile, picked up the banknotes, and then glanced at them…

"I'm sorry, sir, we don't accept counterfeit money here."

The girl looked at him with a forced, insincere smile.

Tsurugi was silent for a moment, then took out her wallet, spread out the large wad of banknotes inside, and fell silent again.

Something bad has happened.

I was so focused on the fact that the Japanese yen doesn't have an issue date that I just grabbed a bunch of different currencies and went into the game. But I forgot that while the yen does indeed not have an issue date, the game does change the portraits on it based on different times!

The banknote in my hand was printed by the Japanese government in 2019, which means that there was no Fukuzawa Yukichi, only Shibusawa Eiichi!

Such banknotes, which are still from 2001, are obviously counterfeit.

Dongjiang looked up at the Shandong girl with a forced smile, took a deep breath, and laid out a row of nine silver coins.

"Boss, do you accept foreign money here? Do you want something made in Rome?"

The waitress glanced at the nine silver coins, which weren't even perfectly round, and flashed a bright smile.

"So you're trying to eat and drink for free, aren't you?"

……

Hongzhou Banquet Hall, Taishan, Kitchen

The media devil, the Getia nobleman, the count of hell, the saint of God, Tsurugi, is currently obediently washing dishes to pay off his debts.

Why didn't he just run away? Probably because he felt ashamed. He could covet Rome, he could build a capitalist empire and oppress the whole world, but he just couldn't bring himself to dine and dash.

In short—a real man has his pride (slaps face)!

Even bandits and pirates have to pay for their meals. If I don't pay, what's the point of making money?

"Boss, why are you, a Shandong native, coming to Japan to cook Sichuan cuisine?" Tsurue asked the girl next to her curiously while diligently washing dishes.

"Call me head chef! And speak Mandarin!" The Shandong-born woman, a Sichuan cuisine master chef in Japan, who was supervising him while he washed the dishes, said aggressively.

"Hey, as the saying goes, 'When fellow villagers meet, they might stab each other in the back—oh no, I mean, they might shed tears.' Why are you so bothered by this?"

"A plate of tofu is nothing, I'll treat you anyway, but the problem is you actually tried to fool me with such a fake bill?" the girl said irritably.

"And then you try to scare me with all that nonsense? What a joke!"

Dongjiang was speechless, then sighed, "He doesn't know what's good for him."

What did he just take out to pay off his debt? It was Judas's coins, the shroud of Jesus, Elena's holy nails, the True Cross, and Jesus's holy skin!

After I took out the last one, this girl hit me hard and then forced me to wash the dishes.

Woman! You have no idea what you've missed. That wasn't just any ordinary piece of leather; it was the Holy Son's bag! Even Tsurugi only discovered it incidentally in the ruins of Jerusalem during his time with Tutu!

Using this thing in the Holy Grail War, I don't know how I could possibly lose!

The rushing water washed over Dongjiang's hand, and looking at the bright red marks on it, Dongjiang fell into deep thought.

Oh right...

Why should I stay here and work honestly to pay off my debts?

Wasn't I here to fight the Holy Grail War? Shouldn't I summon a Heroic Spirit first? Maybe I'll summon a Rice King and then I won't have to pay for food!

"Hurry up and wash, don't be lazy!"

"Yes Yes Yes."

Ten minutes later, Tsugumi, having finished washing a pile of dishes, shook the water droplets off her hands and left the kitchen, carrying an extra 30,000 yen in cash.

Wow, is washing dishes in Japan really that lucrative these days?

Of course not. According to the Shandong-based Sichuan cuisine chef who makes very exciting Sichuan dishes, Kirei Kotomine asked her to give it to Tsugumi before he left, saying that if he had any difficulties, he could go to the church to find him.

Looking at the banknotes in her hand, Tsurugi didn't feel she should thank the cheerful priest—because that guy had also taken one of her silver coins!

Although it's a pretty useless decoration, it's still a limited edition item, so exchanging it for 30,000 yen is practically a loss.

Oh well, I'll just redeem it when I have time!

Tsurugi shook his head and swayed as he left the alley. He then quickly went to buy supplies for summoning.

He quickly bought enough materials to summon heroic spirits from shops and docks.

Chalk, live fish, that's all!

He drew a magic circle with chalk. Although he had no idea how to draw Fuyuki Heroic Spirit's magic circle, he just drew a magic circle that he randomly picked up from the Goetia Magic Book!

He couldn't afford gemstone solutions, the kind of expensive stuff only the wealthy and flashy could afford, and human blood was out of the question—too much trouble! He'd just use fish blood instead.

As for the relics...

Tsurugi threw all the stuff she'd gotten from Teacher Daye into the center of the magic circle, then began chanting—

Okay, he doesn't remember the incantation or anything either.

However, the next moment, a ball of light appeared in the center of the magic circle!

Having transmigrated, the only option is to kill, kill, kill! : 35. What is Jesus the follower?

I'm determined to win this time!

Rin Tohsaka, holding the sacred relic in her hands, thought this in the moment before the summoning was completed.

The Fifth Holy Grail War began much faster than she had expected, so Rin Tohsaka had no time to prepare her relics.

Okay, part of the reason is that we don't have money.

After all, the magic of the Tohsaka family is exceptionally expensive to practice and use. In addition, given Tohsaka Rin's family background—a sick mother, a tragically deceased father, an adopted sister, and a broken self—it would be a miracle if she had the money to burn to buy relics!

She originally planned to summon the divination vessel directly based on its affinity without using any artifacts, but unexpectedly found something in her father's workshop.

This is a piece of blood-stained red cloth.

According to the notes left by my father, it is said to be the only sacred relic left in the world by that nameless saint!

Rin Tohsaka doubted the veracity of what her father had said.

After all, the fact that his own father had brought out something that the entire Church hadn't unearthed in two thousand years seemed like a scam no matter how you looked at it.

I suppose my father was worried about the same thing back then, so to be on the safe side, he spent a lot of money to buy another relic.

But he ultimately lost...

So, because of poverty (crossed out), and in order to fulfill her father's unfinished wish, Rin Tohsaka decides to use this relic!

At this moment, in the basement, inside the Tohsaka family's workshop.

A complete, well-organized, textbook-perfect spirit summoning array was engraved in the center of the basement.

Rin Tohsaka placed the relic neatly in the center of the summoning circle. Although this summoning circle did not use a lavish gem solution, it was still a summoning circle flowing with mercury.

Rin Tohsaka even specially chose a good time, exactly eight o'clock in the morning, which was the most suitable time for her!

However, she did not notice

Because of the discovery of her father's messy inventory, the entire timeline of the Tohsaka family became disordered.

However, they weren't delayed; instead, they were moved up two hours in advance.

This resulted in Rin Tohsaka, who had set her alarm, not noticing when she was woken up that it wasn't 7:50, but rather a little before 6:00.

When she arrived at the basement after making all the necessary preparations, the time was 6:05:48.

Unaware of anything amiss, and without even glancing at the sky outside, Rin Tohsaka simply raised her hand, aimed it at the summoning circle, and began chanting with utmost seriousness.

"Proclaim that you are beneath me... Follow... this path, respond... Envelop you... Descend... Ah!"

The summoning circle released a huge light, and the relic that Rin Tohsaka was staring at was shining brightly!

Haha, it's done!

This relic is real; I'm definitely going to win this time!

Rin Tohsaka cheered inwardly, and just then, the gathered golden light suddenly burst forth with multicolored brilliance, before dissipating into an intense, impenetrable darkness.

"W-what happened?"

Rin Tohsaka involuntarily took several steps back, staring blankly at the dissipating black mist before her, her heart filled with panic.

Did I do something wrong at some point? Or is there something wrong with my artifacts? Or is it something else...?

In an instant, countless possibilities of things going wrong flashed through Rin Tohsaka's mind. In the end, before her eyes, the dissipating darkness surged into the sky, and then with a loud bang, a figure actually crashed through the roof of the Tohsaka family's house and fell down!

“Saber, Nero, I have answered the call! You are my player…”

Black skirt, black hairband, black clothing

Her once dazzling golden hair turned into a dull gray-white, and her eyes changed from a bright blue to a dark gold.

At first glance, she looks like a dark version of a British king who has the same face as her, but with a different color.