Crossover Anime: Starting by fusing with an old sword and summoning Morgan

Inside the observation car of the Starry Sky Train, the phonograph's needle glides smoothly across a vinyl record.

But at one moment, the note emitted an extremely jarring change in pitch.

"Sizzle...!"

The coordinates of [Edo Star], which were originally locked on the holographic star map, suddenly exploded into a stream of data resembling colorful confetti.

Immediately afterwards, a surge of imaginary energy, filled with malice, mockery, and even a hint of maniacal laughter, forcibly altered the train's navigation system.

The star chart pointer spun wildly through the sea of ​​stars, eventually settling firmly on a dim area called the "Lost Soul Starfield".

The newly discovered planet's code name—

【Hatopia】

"The coordinates have been forcibly hijacked?!"

Walter Young gripped the Star of Eden tightly, his brow furrowed.

As the former Herrscher of Reason, he knew how robust the Star Train's navigation system was.

Only a celestial being could forcefully pull a train in another direction during a jump.

"Don't be nervous, Uncle Yang."

Himeko paused slightly in the hand holding the coffee cup.

She looked at the planet on the screen, half of which shimmered with dazzling golden light and the other half with deathly gray light, and a complex emotion flashed in her wine-red eyes.

Nostalgia, relief, and a barely perceptible resistance.

"Where is that, Himeko-nee? Aren't we going to Edo Planet?"

March 7th leaned against the car window, his face full of confusion.

"We can't go. Someone... or rather, a 'god,' prefers that we go here."

Himeko put down her coffee cup and sighed softly.

Hattopia. Also known as "The Paradise of Two Phases".

"It was a world without absolute black and white, only 'carnival' and 'mourning'."

"At the same time... that is also my hometown. It is the place where this Star Train crashed, and where I repaired it and set off again."

The moment these words were spoken, the carriage fell silent.

Even Hoshino, who had just been fighting Mordred for potato chips, stopped what she was doing and looked at Himeko with concern.

"Himeko's hometown?"

Luo Chen leaned back on the sofa, his long legs crossed, a glint of light flashing in his crimson-gold vertical pupils.

"To forcibly alter star orbits at this time and drag us into your homeland, it seems that the star god Aha, known as 'Joy,' is truly bored out of his mind."

"[Pleasure] Star God... Aha?"

Dan Heng's face instantly turned extremely ugly.

In the universe, anything that gets involved with this star god will eventually turn into a completely illogical disaster.

"Yes."

Himeko nodded, her expression solemn.

"Legend has it that Aha created the first phantom species in Hattopia—'Phantom Moon'."

"With this as an opportunity, that planet became a stage for the masked fool and the mournful actor to perform together."

"Many ancient civilizations, including the Kingdom of Kobenzai, were established there. But under Aha's influence, all civilizations eventually evolved into an endless drama centered around the 'Phantom Moon'—the 'Phantom Moon Game'."

"There, survival or destruction depends solely on whether this game can please that star god."

"It's just an arena that higher-dimensional beings use as a playground for their amusement."

Morgan le Fay held his black tea elegantly, his ruby ​​eyes filled with cold disdain.

"To treat the joys and sorrows of life as a script is indeed a crude act that only an uncultured and barbaric god would commit. Compared to the fairies of Britain, this kind of perverse taste is simply disgusting."

"No matter what kind of game it is, anyone who dares to forcibly change our course is courting death."

A dark red magic spear had appeared in Scáthach's hand.

The Queen of the Land of Shadows licked her lips, her fighting spirit burning brightly.

"Master, since they've extended an invitation, wouldn't it be incredibly disrespectful of us not to smash this so-called 'paradise' to pieces?"

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Luo Chen stood up, his black trench coat fluttering in the slightly fluctuating gravitational field.

He walked to Himeko's side, looking at the planet getting closer and closer on the screen, his tone calm but exuding an undeniable domineering authority.

"Himeko, since this is your hometown, I'll give you face."

"When we get off the bus later, if this place makes you uncomfortable..."

A cruel smile curled at the corner of Luo Chen's lips.

"I'll wipe it off the map of the universe myself. Along with the clown watching from behind the scenes."

The Lost Souls Starfield. The surface of Hattopia.

The Star Train landed smoothly on the huge airport platform.

The sight outside stunned everyone.

There was no apocalyptic desolation, nor the smoke of battle.

What appeared before everyone was an extremely prosperous, even somewhat bizarre, metropolis.

The buildings are divided into two distinct styles.

The left half of the street was brightly lit, with colorful neon lights flashing dazzlingly.

Countless people wearing smiling masks danced wildly and drank in the streets, emitting deafening laughter.

The right half of the street was shrouded in a bitter wind and rain, and the buildings appeared dilapidated and gray-black.

People wearing weeping masks and mourning clothes wailed and whipped themselves in the mud.

It felt like experiencing the most extreme sorrow in the world.

The celebration and the mourning were abruptly separated by a clear red line.

They do not interfere with each other, yet they coexist in a strange way.

"What is this? A massive display of schizophrenia?"

Mordred stepped off the carriage carrying his greatsword, and looking at the bizarre scene of maniacal laughter on the left and painful weeping on the right, he rubbed the goosebumps on his arms in disgust.

"Are all the people here mentally ill?"

"These are the rules of the 'Phantom Moon Game'."

Himeko stepped off the gangway, looking at this land that was both familiar and strange, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

"In the Paradise of Two Phases, you must make a choice. Either join the Masked Fool and lose yourself in revelry, or join the Mourning Actors and sink into despair."

"There is no middle ground. Those who refuse to choose will be directly wiped out by the power of 'Phantom Moon'."

"Will refusing to choose result in being erased?"

Artoria frowned.

As the Queen of Knights, she detested these manipulative rules.

"This absurd law is simply a trampling of free will."

"Slap, slap, slap."

A sudden, crisp clapping sound came from the front of the platform.

"Brilliant! What a powerful and righteous statement! Truly worthy of being called a noble knight from another world!"

Accompanied by exaggerated exclamations of praise, a figure somersaulted twice in mid-air and landed steadily in front of the crowd.

It was a man dressed in red and white, in a style resembling that of a court clown.

He wore a bizarre mask with only half a smiling face on his face and held a comical cane with a skull decoration on the top.

He was like an extremely excited stage actor, giving Luo Chen and the others an exaggerated hat-removing bow.

"Welcome! A warm welcome! Nameless guests from the vast starry sky, and... guests from beyond the bounds of a script!"

The clown waved his cane, his voice sharp and high-pitched.

"I am the guide to the Paradise of Two Phases! The fourth seat of the Masked Fool, you can call me 'Jack'!"

"The great 'Phantom Moon' has been waiting for a long time! To celebrate your arrival, we have prepared a grand welcome ceremony—that is, the brand new 'Phantom Moon Game'!"

"roll."

Luo Chen didn't even lift his eyelids, uttering only an extremely cold and indifferent word.

"Oh dear, sir in black, don't be so hot-tempered."

Jack seemed completely oblivious to the impatience in Luo Chen's tone, and continued to spin around in place with a grin.

"This is a stage personally overseen by Lord Aha, the Star God of Pleasure! Here, everyone must be an actor! Everyone must choose a mask!"

He suddenly stopped spinning, and the mask with only half a smiling face stared intently at Luo Chen.

His voice revealed a chilling malice hidden beneath the fervor.

"If you refuse to participate... you'll be thrown directly into the 'Abandoned Theater.' Even if you possess the power to destroy planets, before the rules of 'Phantom Moon,' which are connected to the essence of pleasure, you can only..."

boom! ! !

Jack hadn't finished speaking.

His head, like a watermelon struck by a hammer, exploded into a cloud of blood mist in mid-air without warning!

There was no magic brilliance, no Noble Phantasm unleashed.

Even Dan Heng and San Yueqi, who were present, couldn't see how Luo Chen made his move.

They only saw Luo Chen slowly retract his right hand from his pocket.

It was as if he had casually swatted a buzzing fly.

The headless clown's corpse stood frozen in place for two seconds before collapsing to the ground with a thud.

The entire room fell silent.

The maniacal laughter from the street on the left stopped.

The weeping on the right side of the street also stopped.

Everyone wearing masks stared in utter terror at the man in black standing in the center of the platform.

"I already said that. Get lost."

Luo Chen took out a clean white handkerchief from his trench coat pocket, slowly wiped his hands, and casually tossed it onto the corpse.

His crimson-gold vertical pupils swept across the entire city.

An indescribable, pure [Three-Digit] mass, like a collapsing neutron star, burst forth from him in all directions!

Buzz—!!!

"Click, click!"

As the pressure was released, the surrounding neon-lit buildings, the solid metal platform, and even the semi-transparent energy shield in the sky that represented the laws of the "Illusion Moon Game" all shattered under the strain in an instant.

"What a masked fool, what a mourning actor."

Luo Chen's voice was like a divine punishment crashing down from the heavens, resounding in every corner of Hattopia.

"There are only two kinds of people in front of me."

"Those who live while lying down, and those who die while lying on their backs."

"Since you all enjoy acting so much..."

Luo Chen raised his right foot and gently stepped on the indestructible alloy platform beneath his feet.

【Simulated Star Chart Creation - Star Truth - Localized Pressure】!

Boom!

Centered on Luo Chen, the entire airport platform, covering tens of thousands of square meters, collapsed a full ten meters downwards in an instant with that one step!

Those "Phantom Moon" creations that were originally hiding in the shadows, trying to maintain the rules of the game, were crushed into mincemeat by this terrifying gravity before they could even let out a scream.

Luo Chen looked ahead at the completely cleared avenue leading to the ruins of "Kobenzai Tenkyo" in the heart of the city.

A haughty sneer curled at the corner of his lips.

"Let's go, Himeko."

"lead the way."

"Go and take away that so-called 'Phantom Moon,' and that statue of the star god Aha who likes to watch fun..."

"Smash it into powder."