Thanks for the invitation. I'm in Type-Moon, inheriting the legacy of Zi-O.

"At the same time—I am also one who laments that humanity and civilization, the world and the future have been reduced to ashes."

"Damn it...it wasn't wrong!" At the same time, Mashu's communicator beeped, and Mary's slightly trembling voice came through to everyone's ears, "Didn't it say before that its imagination had become a Reality Marble? That's true! That means it itself is already a Reality Marble!"

"Let me think... it's somewhat similar to the previous demonic book! However, the demonic book allowed itself to manifest and then go into a deep sleep, while this one endlessly spreads its clones. That's probably it—"

“Well then, Mr. Babbage.” Mash stepped forward, shield in hand, maintaining a composed demeanor despite facing such a terrifying enemy. “If what you say is true, then I think we can have a proper talk.” Looking at her companions, Mash stared directly into the other man’s 'eyes,' which gleamed with a scarlet light.

"After all, we, like you, believe that the future absolutely cannot be burned down..."

Then, Mordred stepped forward and stopped Mash, who was about to say something. Compared to Mash, who was still full of expectation, Mordred's eyes were filled with ruthless killing intent and coldness.

“Stop wasting your breath on him, Mashu.” Turning around, Mordred raised her sword and pointed it at the silent Charles Babbage, revealing a sinister grin. “You scrap metal, listen to me. Your acquaintance’s daughter has come to stop you.”

After saying that, Mordred stepped aside, exposing Frankenstein behind her to Babbage's view.

"Shut up and listen to her. Understand?" With her golden hair flowing, Mordred seemed unable to contain her anger, her eyes dark as she warned Babbage, "You can talk about your grand pronouncements after you've heard them."

"...Ugh, ugh!" No sooner had Mordred finished speaking than Fran impatiently lunged forward, loudly uttering monosyllabic sounds, "...Ugh...Ugh, ah...ah, ah...!"

As he spoke, Fran kept gesturing with his hands, moving them back and forth between himself and Nian Zhuo.

"...Ah, ah, ah...!!" Finally, Fran pointed to himself and Babbage, raising his voice several decibels.

"—Oh! Oh!" Sure enough, even Babbage, now in a mechanical body, couldn't completely ignore the daughter of his old friend. "The daughter of Victor, whom I will never forget!—Are you there?" The red 'eyes' turned towards the spot where Fran was standing.

"—What a pathetic android." With a tone completely unlike that of a machine, Babbage's body spewed out scorching steam once more. "A pathetic being who cannot obtain the love of the Creator, yet thirsts for love."

“Alas, of course I can understand your words. Alas, of course I can comprehend your thoughts.” The 'eyes' that emitted a scarlet light gradually dimmed. “No… that’s right—I, we scholars, must fulfill our mission. Our existence is for humanity and civilization. That is why I yearn! I yearn for a world of imagination and a new era of dreams. That is why…”

Gradually, his voice lowered, as if he had fallen into some kind of contemplation or dormancy.

But suddenly, a series of chaotic mechanical noises rang out from inside his body.

"...Goo?!" The red 'eyes' flashed instantly, and Babbage's arm began to rise at an unreasonable angle. At the same time, the chaotic sound of electricity still echoed in his body. "...Goo...Ugh...Gah...Gah?!" As if his program had been attacked, Babbage raised his thick mechanical arm and hammered it into his chest, making a clanging sound of metal colliding.

"What...is this...!" Babbage regained some of his sanity, but he was still completely helpless against the chaotic electric currents surging through his body. "Angolboda's...interference...?!"

Immediately afterwards, his enormous body began to tremble irregularly, and bursts of hot steam spewed out from the vents on his body.

"It's set up, the Holy Grail...!" Even those crimson 'eyes' began to flicker. "So that's how it is, [M]... Even I...!!"

Uncontrollably, the mechanical arm holding the giant iron hammer rose up, and in front of it stood Fran, motionless.

"Victor's...daughter, run... away...!!!" With her last remaining sanity, Babbage left her final words, her 'eyes' bursting forth with a fierce red light, her mechanical arm trembling back and forth, as if she would smash into Fran below at any moment.

“…Ugh!!” Fran shouted loudly, as if she wanted to convey something, but another figure blocked her way.

"That's enough, Fran." It was Nian Zhuo, still in the form of Zi-O's basic armor, looking at the completely berserk Babbage.

“That’s right.” At the same time, standing in front of her was Mordred, who had been watching all along, now stroking her brown hair with a sorrowful gaze. “You’ve said everything you needed to say, and he responded to you. Well done.”

“But these things still happen, don’t they?” A mix of nostalgia and familiarity washed over Mordred as she raised her sword. “Feelings can’t be conveyed to each other, so we have no choice but to draw our weapons—this has happened quite a few times before…”

"Oh, oh...!!" The swaying mechanical arm suddenly became firm and then slammed down on Fran below. Babbage's pupils returned to their usual red light, indicating that he had failed.

"Everyone, watch out!" Mash held up her shield in front of the four, raising an eyebrow as she watched the massive iron hammer hurtling towards them. "—It's coming!"

With a muffled thud, Babbage's hammer slammed into Mash's shield, instantly making Mash's expression show signs of strain.

“Damn it… what’s going on…?” Marie, located in Chaldea, bit her thumb as she watched Babbage suddenly go berserk. “It looks like he’s become unable to communicate and has forcibly started attacking…?! This is very similar to being forced to act by a Command Spell—no, if his actions are constrained by the Holy Grail, then there’s no other way but to defeat him. Mash, Nenju, and Ritsuka!”

"Master, please give the order!" With both hands braced against the shield, Babbage's first attack wasn't as heavy as Mash had imagined. She turned to Ritsuka at the very back, "This time, the battle against a large Servant is about to begin!"

"There's no other way." With a formidable enemy before them, Ritsuka had no intention of persuading anyone. She hardened her heart, prepared to defeat him. "Then, everyone! Stop him!"

“Received!” Mash, Nian Zhuo, and Mordred responded instantly.

“Well, since it’s about machinery…” Nian Zhuo’s mind raced, and he pulled out a bright red watch face from his pocket. “Perfect, I also have a super high-tech knight here.”

It's the Drive watch face that we haven't seen in a long time.

"Mr. Shinnosuke, and Shi, come run a lap with me!" Nencho placed the Decade watch face and the Drive watch face together on the Driver at his waist and flipped it over.

"Armor Time! KamenRide! Wow! Deca! Deca! Decade~!"

The layers of cards coalesced into several miniature figures, which converged on Nian Zhuo's body.

Immediately afterwards, several rings enveloped Nian Zhuo's body, and in a daze, it seemed as if the sound of an engine could be heard.

"Drive! Type Wild!"

A jet-black tire appeared on Nianzhuo's shoulder, and at the same time, Nianzhuo felt a huge increase in the power within his body.

"So that's how it is... A wild model with specialized destructive power..." Nian Zhuo clenched his fist, even more satisfied with the power he had gained after the enhancement.

After all, if it's still a speed-based model, Mash and Mordred will be affected in the same way after I activate heavy acceleration. So why not give up speed and pursue destructive power?

"Haha, well then, I'm ready to go too!" Drawing his Heisei sword, stroking its serrated blade, Nencho charged straight at Charles Babbage, who was being besieged by Mash and Mordred.

With Nian Zhuo's arrival, the previously somewhat dangerous situation was instantly stabilized.

The heavy iron hammer swung, carrying away large swaths of mist; they could even hear the sonic booms coming from it.

However, it was blocked by Mash's raised shield, and the second and third attacks undoubtedly missed due to the interference of Mordred and Nencho.

"Oh—oh oh oh oh!" Babbage murmured unwillingly, his two mechanical arms gripping the sledgehammer and slamming it down with force.

Having already sensed the other party's intentions, Nian Zhuo and Mordred pulled Mash back together.

A heavy thud resounded, accompanied by a violent tremor of the ground beneath their feet, as countless pebbles struck the three people who were not far away.

With just a casual strike, the sledgehammer left a huge crater in the ground, demonstrating just how powerful its destructive force was.

“However… no matter how powerful the attack, it’s meaningless if it misses.” Nian Zhuo shook his head regretfully as he looked at the huge mechanical body slowly moving in front of him.

He then raised the Heisei Sword and charged forward once more.

Mechanical Armor: EX is a full-body mechanical armor made of steam engines that he is constantly clad in. Because of this, his appearance transforms into that of a massive, steel gentleman. Removing it is impossible. While increasing his Strength and Endurance levels, the alien steam engine's boosting function grants a "++" bonus to all three stats. Agility decreases, but he also possesses explosive power.

However, facing Mash Nencho and Mordred, three opponents who could be considered agile, Charles Babbage had nowhere to direct his strength and could only strike Mash's shield.

While it delivers the surprise of doubling the burst damage, it also carries the regret of having Agility reduced to D++.

At this moment, Nianzhuo gripped the Heisei Sword tightly with both hands and quickly approached Babbage, who had not yet been able to react.

"Take this!" The serrated blade in his hand, wrapped in seven-colored light, struck the opponent's steel body directly.

However, what Nian Zhuo expected was that the opponent's armor would be immediately cleaved open by Nian Zhuo, or leave a clear sword mark, or even just a white mark, but the scene Nian Zhuo anticipated did not occur.

Nian Zhuo saw it: after the serrated blade struck Babbage, a crystal-blue barrier appeared in front of him, preventing the direct collision between the blade and the metal, and then quickly disappeared.

"Damn it... I almost forgot that Babbage's body is a Reality Marble." Realizing that his attack was not powerful enough, Nian Zhuo immediately wanted to leave.

But suddenly, the sword in his hand became incredibly heavy. It turned out that Babbage's other hand had grabbed the blade that Nianzhuo hadn't had time to pull away, while his other hand held a large hammer and thrust it straight at Nianzhuo.

"Whoa~" The weapon was grabbed by the other party, but Nian Zhuo remained calm. "You think you can restrain me by grabbing my weapon?!"

Suddenly, he loosened his grip on the Heisei sword, kicked Babbage's body, and was sent flying backward.

Naturally, Babbage's straight, thrusting hammer attack should have missed its mark.

However, Nianzhuo seemed to have forgotten... although the opponent's value was B, there was a '+' sign that could double it, even if only temporarily, but if used properly...

Suddenly, Nianzhuo noticed that some air was gathering at the top of Babbage's hammer.

"What...?" Nian Zhuo tilted his head curiously, not paying any attention to the other party's attack.

Immediately after his attack missed, Babbage, wielding his hammer, thrust it out again.

Boom—like a cannonball leaving the barrel, a shockwave rapidly formed from the tip of Babbage's hammer, shooting straight towards Nianzhuo, who had no way to avoid it in the air.

"I……!"

Sleeping in one's dreams

"Ughh ...

Then, the violent shockwave ripped through the air, knocking Nian Zhuo's body back.

"Oh...that was close..." Nian Zhuo patted his chest and straightened his grip on the Heisei sword.

Just a moment ago, Nian Zhuo was indeed surprised by Babbage's sudden exertion of force, but he immediately blocked the impact that vibrated the air by holding the sword upside down.

"Ugh... Ohhhhhh!" Babbage's roar came again from the smoke as he swung his huge iron hammer, even dispelling the thick fog around him.

"Damn it! You... bastard!" Mordred roared angrily as he leaped from the sky, sword in hand, the crimson lightning covering the blade never ceasing.

"Mordred! Me too...together!" At the same time, Mash launched an attack from the side, attacking Babbage's huge mechanical body from both the ground and the sky.

“...How could...let you...!” However, Babbage’s scarlet 'eye' emitted a blinding red light, and with one hand holding the long iron hammer, he whipped up a gust of wind and smashed it directly at Mash who was attacking him.

Thump—the impact of the collision alone was enough to lift up a section of the street behind Mashu, sending rubble flying in all directions.

At the same time, his free hand spewed out scorching steam and made a mechanical creaking sound as Babbage swung his fist to collide with Mordred's swung blade.

The crimson lightning collided with the steam in an instant, even scattering the surrounding air in all directions.

The ground sank, and under the attacks of Mash and Mordred, Babbage's tall body gradually sank into the ground, but the blade and shield could not advance an inch.

“I…I…daydream…!” he stammered. Babbage, who had lost control of his body, was once again engulfed in scorching steam, and his metallic armor was showing signs of turning red.

"Ugh—oh oh oh oh oh oh!" Then, he let out an even louder roar, the piercing sound mixed with a hint of pain.

Overload: D This is a skill unique to Babbage's mechanical body.

Knowing that they will be harmed, they intentionally rise to power.

In Babbage's case, the steam engine of her armor was intentionally detonated to amplify its output, thereby increasing the attack power of her Noble Phantasm.

The rampaging steam engine will cause damage, and Babbage, who is integrated with the armor, will also be injured.

The arm that had clashed with Mordred's blade suddenly gripped Mordred's blade.

"What—!" The crimson lightning immediately clung to the opponent's hand, only to be instantly torn apart by the steam. Mordred stared blankly for a moment at the opponent's suddenly powerful strength.

Meanwhile, on the other side, someone swung a hammer with one hand, smashing it against Mash's shield, and gradually... Mash's steps began to move backward uncontrollably.

"So... heavy...!" she said with increasing difficulty. Even with her hands braced against the shield, the growing force from the opponent's iron hammer made her face grow paler and paler.

Suddenly, the hand gripping Mordred's blade twisted violently, spewing out scorching steam. Babbage's mechanical arm was already faintly emitting a conspicuous red glow. Then, Babbage actually lifted the momentarily dazed Mordred with one hand and threw her toward Mash, who was holding a shield in defense.

"Mordred!" she cried out in alarm. Mordred's body, carrying the force of the attack, slammed into Mash's shield, instantly breaking through her defenses.

The two figures were sent flying, rolling on the ground several times before coming to a stop.

“Huff... Huff…” However, Babbage did not pursue. The bright red color on the arm that had thrown Mordred gradually faded, and with the sound of mechanical composite, it gradually returned to its original appearance.