Walking in the Question and Answer System of Heroic Spirits

Zig: "Huh (⊙o⊙)?"

Feng Xi: "Love comes too fast, like a tornado~?"

Joan of Arc: “∑(○Д○；≡；○д○)”

Bluebeard: "Aaaaah! Sieg, I'll kill you! How dare you defile my saintess like this!"

Afu: "Ah! How cunning! You all went out to play without taking me along!"

Chapter 286 Assassination, the Unlucky Jack Team

Time flew by, and night fell again. Sieg's bait plan was about to begin.

However, the weather isn't very good tonight; it started raining as soon as night fell.

Zieg brushed past a mother and daughter, finding them somewhat familiar. Then he remembered seeing them at lunchtime at a restaurant.

[Just as Zieg was about to leave, he suddenly heard the screams of a mother and daughter. Turning around, he saw that a thick fog had appeared sometime earlier and had already swallowed the mother and daughter.]

Zig covered his mouth and nose and rushed into the fog. He quickly found his mother lying on the ground, but there was no sign of his child.

"Cheer up, I will rescue your daughter..."

[As Zieg helped his mother up and was about to lead her away, he felt a gun pressed against his chest.]

The next moment, he was shot through the chest.

The woman was none other than Lingxia Liu, disguised. She showed no mercy, firing three shots directly at Zieg.

Afu: "Zig!"

Weber: "I said, how could you fall for such a simple trap?"

Zig: "What if it's true? We can't just stand by and watch someone die because we have doubts."

Kenneth: "Hmph, woman's compassion."

Feng Xi: "Shut up. There's nothing wrong with what this kid did, he's just too naive."

Siegfried: "That's right, we still need to be vigilant."

Feng Xi: "You can't be cold-blooded and heartless, but you also can't be soft-hearted like a woman, understand?"

Zig: "Okay, I understand."

The Emperor: "You seem to find this kid quite agreeable."

Feng Xi: "At least he's much more pleasing to the eye than those magicians."

Kenneth: "Hmph."

Webber: "Hey, hey, please don't make sweeping generalizations."

Meanwhile, Jeanne discovers that Jack has swallowed the entire town into the fog, and in a moment of distraction, she loses track of Sieg. She is now searching for him relentlessly in the fog.

"Little Brother Zieg!"

Upon hearing the gunshot, Joan of Arc hurriedly called out Sieg's name, but instead heard a child's voice.

However, Joan of Arc was much more cautious. After finding the child, she first confirmed that the child was indeed human before relaxing and approaching.

"Don't worry, I'll take you to find your mother right away."

[The shroud summoned by Joan of Arc wrapped the girl in, and as she was about to take her away, she suddenly sensed a murderous intent.]

The murderous intent wasn't just directed at her, but also at the child in her arms.

Joan of Arc, holding the holy banner, warily surveyed her surroundings, unaware that the girl in her arms had reached into her mouth and pulled a scalpel from her stomach.

"This is hell, we are fire, rain, and power—"

"Slaughter descends upon this place, 'The Mother of Disintegration'!"

[The Noble Phantasm activates, conditions met; Jack plunges his sword into Jeanne, intending to rip out her heart.]

Joan of Arc: "???"

Afu: "Hey, how did you get infected too?"

Joan of Arc: "That's impossible. I checked the video. It's clearly a human child."

Fiore: "Indeed, and Jack shouldn't have the ability to disguise himself either."

Shiki Jie Li: "So that means manipulation, turning children into puppets and controlling them."

Atalanta: "Outrageous! How could they drag innocent children into this?"

Jack: "Hmph, you can find tons of kids like that anywhere."

Weber: "Where did you learn this kind of knowledge?"

[On the other side, Zieg survived three shots to the heart, which greatly surprised Liu Dao Lingxia. However, she immediately reloaded her gun, intending to finish Zieg off with a headshot.]

"The Guidance and Implementation Begins!"

At the critical moment, Sieg, having regained his mobility, immediately cast a defensive spell, successfully blocking the bullet, and then slowly stood up.

"So you're the Master of the Black Faction Assassin!"

The situation reversed in an instant.

[On Jeanne's side, as Jack's Noble Phantasm descended, Jeanne's Noble Phantasm "My Lord is Here" activated spontaneously, successfully blocking this close-range killing blow.]

[Jack's "Disintegration of the Mother" is essentially a "curse," while Jeanne d'Arc, the saint who embodies the world's faith, is the Servant most resistant to curses in the world.]

[What was supposed to be a meticulously planned assassination turned out to be a disastrous failure, as both sides chose the wrong opponent.]

Rin Tohsaka: "As expected of Siegfried's heart, it can even repair itself after being pierced."

Waver: "So Jack the Ripper's Noble Phantasm is a curse type? Choosing Joan of Arc as an opponent was a huge mistake."

Jack: "Damn it, damn it, damn it..."

"Can the Black Assassin control evil spirits?!"

Joan of Arc knocked the girl unconscious, then poured holy water on her, instantly dispelling the dark aura surrounding her.

"Why aren't you dead?"

Jack's voice could be heard faintly in the fog.

Joan of Arc: "Unfortunately, I am resistant to curses."

[Jack: "Is it that flag? Are you Lancer? No, that doesn't add up. So you're Saber?"]

[Joan of Arc: "Neither. I am the Ruler, the referee of this Holy Grail War."]

[Jack: "Ruler? So there's such a thing."]

Joan of Arc slammed the flagpole down, shattering the evil spirit that was trying to possess the girl.

[As expected, Jack was cunning; he was merely using words to restrain Joan of Arc, intending to continue controlling the girl in secret.]

"Assassin, the Holy Grail War is a battle between Servants. I won't let you get away with dragging innocent children into this."

Joan of Arc was furious because children's minds are very fragile. If they are possessed by an evil spirit for too long, even if the evil spirit is dispelled, they may become a vegetable.

However, Joan of Arc's words seemed to strike a nerve with Jack, who immediately threw a scalpel at the girl, which Joan of Arc blocked in time.

"You can find tons of little kids anywhere. If that's the case, and you still want to protect them, then please keep going."

Jack appeared, wielding several scalpels, and her purpose was self-evident.

Webber: "Jack can actually control evil spirits? There's no such legend."

Kenneth: "Could Jack the Ripper have been a necromancer in his previous life?"

Lion Jie Li: "Kid, where did you learn this kind of thinking from?"

Jack: "What's it to you!"

On the rooftop of the town hall in Tulipas, Atalanta stares in disbelief at the devastation of the town.

[Because Jack released the fog just as night fell, many residents who hadn't yet returned home were affected. Wailing echoed throughout the town, from confusion to screams, until finally only hoarse cries for help remained.]

Atalanta was indifferent to adults; she only paid special attention to children.

All of this is related to Atalanta's background.

[Despite being a princess, she was cruelly abandoned by her father because she was a girl. She was raised by Artemis, but her father felt no remorse upon discovering her existence; instead, he used her as a tool to force her into a political marriage.]

[She arranged a race to choose her husband, but encountered the shameless Meuron, who won her over with despicable means. Forced to marry him, she was then implicated by Meuron and suffered revenge from Aphrodite, the goddess of love. They made love in a temple, and she was transformed into a lion by the angry goddess of the earth, who pulled her chariot until her death.]

It was these tragic experiences that made her deeply resent adults.

Upon hearing the sound of children's voices, she immediately rushed into the fog without hesitation.

Achilles is the most qualified to speak on this matter.

When he first met Atalanta, she was indifferent to everyone, and he had to be shameless and persistent to get closer to her.

Fiore: "Even the red team is joining in the fun."

Achilles: "Yeah, boss, why are you getting involved in this mess?"

Atalanta: "Who knows, maybe it was just a whim..."

[On Qi Ge's side, Liu Daolingxia fired several shots, but Qi Ge blocked them all, so she immediately turned and fled.]