Walking in the Question and Answer System of Heroic Spirits

Danic: "Sure enough, giving that pendant a close-up earlier wasn't a waste of time."

Kotomine Shiro: "There are still mysteries in this case, such as how the murderer summoned Hephaestion, and if the murderer is not Calabre, then who is it, and how did they do it?"

[In order to buy time to raise funds, Melvin, following the instructions of the Second King, went to complain to Leondra, successfully postponing the auction until midnight.]

Meanwhile, the Second Prince took Gray to see the young director; only she could help now.

Upon learning that the murderer might be the second generation's enemy, the enraged junior police chief slapped the second generation across the face.

She's feeling very frustrated right now, filled with resentment and bitterness.

[She was practically forced to go with Hinako Adashino to expose the culprit.]

[Himeko's actions severely damaged the dignity of this monarch's daughter.]

After finding Theresa's head, the junior warden was on the verge of a breakdown.

Even Theresa could see the old director's abandonment of the young director; how could she, as the person directly involved, not know?

The only person who cared about him, Tereza, is dead. The young director is devastated by the thought of being all alone from now on.

However, after a pep talk from the second generation, the young director finally cheered up.

What she wants most right now is to slap that woman, Hideaki Adashino, in the face.

Kenneth: "Why is Maris Billy so concerned about the Holy Grail War? He's changed so much since he found out the Holy Grail was corrupted."

Feng Xi: "I'm afraid our hopes have been dashed, and even our last hope is gone."

Kenneth: "That's certainly possible, but what exactly does that guy want to do with the Holy Grail?"

Meanwhile, Lion's Roar found Flat and Sven and gave them the information about what had happened during this time.

After reading it, both expressed their dissatisfaction with the Second Prince.

[Such a shocking thing happened, and the teacher didn't even call on them.]

The relationship has faded.

The three chatted casually as they prepared to carry out a certain task, with Flat and Sven offering to leave it to them.

Back on the train, the junior director had already told the Second Prince about the Holy Grail information his father had uncovered.

[King Murder was also surprised to learn that the Holy Grail had been corrupted.]

At the end of the Fourth War, although the Second Prince witnessed the destruction caused by the Black Mud, he was unaware of the causes and consequences.

At the time, he assumed it was either Kiritsugu Emiya or Kirei Kotomine using some kind of magic.

Because of the emperor's death, he had no mind to think about anything else at that time.

"It's practically an illusion."

[The junior police chief was heartbroken to learn that Teresa had gone to investigate for his sake and might have discovered something that led to her being silenced by the murderer.]

"Everything is like a scene left behind; the master has long since gone far away, only the shadow remains in the present."

"Knowing it's just a shadow, why do people still cling to it so desperately?"

"It's like an afterimage..."

"This is it!"

Hearing the junior director's感慨 (sentiments/reflections), the Second Prince suddenly had a flash of insight.

The Conqueror King: "Ah, what do you understand?"

Feng Xi: "He guessed Hephaestion's identity."

Conqueror King: "Shadow, oh, I get it now."

Conqueror King: "But this kid is really something, he can even guess that."

Feng Xi: "If he weren't smart, how could Zhuge Liang have taken a liking to him?"

Conqueror King: "That's right."

Danic: "Hephaestion's identity? What do you mean? Isn't that Servant Hephaestion?"

Rin Tohsaka: "She is Hephaestion. Just watch and see. The video should reveal the answer soon."

Gold: "What exactly does Hephaestion's identity, the shadow, mean?"

Koles: "I don't understand."

[Then, the Second Emperor called Luvia, asking her to help find out who had instigated the old director to investigate the Holy Grail War.]

[Luvia, who already knew the answer, simply told him Hartres's name.]

[Later, to help the Second Generation with their investigation, the junior director specially brought out a virtual globe.]

This is a specially designed virtual environment simulation by the Animusfia family, capable of simulating the development and trajectory of various environments.

Kenneth: "I didn't expect the Animusfia family to have something like this. They've kept it well hidden."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "This is the essence of the Clock Tower."

[The Second Prince simulated the path of the spiritual veins above and successfully found one connecting London and RB.]

This successfully validated my hypothesis.

"Really, why didn't I notice this before?"

Having figured everything out, the Second Prince laughed directly: "This isn't even a mystery. Hephaestion isn't the problem; the problem is why she calls herself Hephaestion."

"This isn't a case in itself, but rather a remnant of a past case."

"No, it's an even more irreparable wreck."

"Now we only need one last piece of the puzzle, but that woman, Adashino Hisauri, has hidden it."

The Second Prince looked at the junior director and said, "Back then, there wasn't only Theresa's head hidden in the imaginary space, there were other things too, right?"

"You mean this?"

The junior director took the pendant out from under the sofa cushion.

[Grey: "This is it!"]

[Junior Police Chief: "I've examined it; it's just an ordinary pendant. What does it have to do with this case?"]

[Second Generation: "That woman, Hana, thought the same thing, because this thing would prevent her from completing her puzzle, so she deliberately excluded it."]

[Junior Chief: "So, this thing really is the key to catching the murderer?"]

[Second Generation: "Of course, this will overturn the Law and Politics Department's reasoning."]

The video gave the pendant a close-up, making all the women in the group blush with embarrassment.

Mrs.: "Ahem, Ilya, don't look anymore."

Rin Tohsaka: "Is something this lewd really Buddhist?"

Feng Xi: "This is the 'Buddha of Bliss,' a principal deity in Tibetan Buddhism, also known as the 'Deity of Desire' or 'God of Love' in Buddhism."

Feng Xi: "The male body in the Buddha statue represents the Dharma, and the female body represents wisdom. The male and female bodies embracing each other represent the union of the Dharma and wisdom into one person, symbolizing the infinite wisdom of the Dharma realm."

Everyone: "!!!"

Koles: "Is there really such a Buddha? I thought it was just a prank pendant."

Fiore: "Does Buddhism even have this kind of belief?"

Kenneth: "It's normal that you don't know, after all, there are very few Buddhists in Europe."

Rin Tohsaka: "I don't know, and I don't want to know."

Feng Xi: "Haha, because the Buddha of Bliss is a Tibetan Buddhist, he is very famous in China. It's normal that people in other places don't know him."

As night fell, the auction, which had been anticipated for three days, finally began.

The auction was held in the train's eye collection room, with shelves on both sides filled with all sorts of magic eyes.

The Magic Eye Collection Train truly lives up to its name.

Although there were fewer than ten participants in this auction, the competition was exceptionally fierce, with prices increasing by tens of millions at a time.

Yvette joined in and managed to capture several images of the Mystic Eyes.

[Soon, the last item up for auction was Calabash's Magic Eye of the Foam.]

Danic: "Is the lack of Rainbow-level Mystic Eyes a ruse, or...?"

Kenneth: "That's normal. I knew it. How could a rainbow-level magic eye possibly appear?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "What a pity, I thought I would be able to see the legendary Rainbow-level Mystic Eyes."

The competition for Bubble Eyes is incredibly fierce, mainly because of that woman, Adashino Hisauri, causing trouble.

She kept bidding, eventually reaching a staggering 230 million, stunning everyone present.

[The second son of the king, having made a bold move, added another ten million, but Leondra did not strike the gavel.]

This is a question raised, suggesting that the second prince simply couldn't come up with that much funding.

Melvin quickly stopped them, saying they needed more time to raise the money, and Leondra agreed.

Back in his room, Melvin advised the young prince to give up, because they couldn't compete with Adashino Hishiri.