I am a Type-Moon comic artist!

That means the bid must exceed the sum of these two items.

He wasn't very clear about the price of oil fields, but nuclear power plants...

A nuclear power unit with a capacity of one million kilowatts.

He remembered one that seemed to cost hundreds of millions or even billions of euros.

However... according to Marisbury's idea, what's needed is national-level funding. While Kurokawa Kazuya is currently wealthy, he's still far from reaching that level.

Even if you take out everything, it might not be enough to satisfy the appetite of the person in front of you.

This is the second time...

This is the second time I've felt like I have less money.

Sure enough... even if you don't need it normally, you should still accumulate some money... such as buying some real businesses... even if you don't operate them yourself, you shouldn't lose money thanks to the golden rule.

Indeed, the accumulation of real business and wealth cannot stop...

but--

Do you... know about parallel universes?

"Huh? What do you mean?" Marisbury asked, somewhat puzzled.

"I can show you the completed Chaldea, the form that Animusphia's dream took after it was fulfilled... the reality that arose in that world. Would you like to see it?"

"...You mean...you can take me to a parallel world? By the way...you seem to have some connection with the Jewel Elder, so maybe you really can do it, but—how can you be sure that Animusphia in that world actually fulfilled her dream?"

“Because I’ve been there.” Kurokawa Kazuya laughed. “I’ve been to that world, I know what that world is really like, I know the future after Chaldea was built… that future after what can be called the burning of humanity, I saw it with my own eyes… What? Don’t you want to… witness that Chaldea where you and your daughter are already dead?”

"What—?" Even Marisbury jumped to his feet upon hearing the news. "You mean... a future where my daughter and I are dead? What... what happened—!"

His daughter... Olga Marie Asmiret Animusfia

Whether such talent exists is still unknown.

However, it was his daughter, who had been born not long ago.

It's only one year old this year.

And now... someone has told him that his daughter is dead?

And he died too?

Who else would care about burning it...?

"The future you saw... well, never mind. Even so, I can't possibly hand over the contract with the Atlas Academy." Marisbury shook his head. "To fulfill our dream, that contract is indispensable, so handing it over is impossible..."

“Well then,” Kurokawa Kazuya said, “I don’t need anything else, but I hope you can make something for me while you’re carrying out that contract, is that alright?”

"Make something... Sure. If you can really show me a completed Chaldea, then it's fine."

Kurokawa Kazuya smiled and extended his hand: "Well then... let's leave it at that."

"But first, tell me what you want to get?"

“Pseudo-spiritual computer, or rather—spiritual computation device Trismegistes.”

"Oh... I know about this... Hmm, I was planning to make one of these too, which means I'd order two... But—even so, even if you can let me see that future, you'll still have to pay for the materials yourself, well... even I'm in that situation. So I'm saving up money, and once I have enough, I can commission him to make more things at once... Of course, some things are limited by the uniqueness of the materials, so only one can be made, but Trismegistes doesn't have that limitation."

"Oh..." Kurokawa Kazuya's eyes lit up slightly: "So, if you have enough money, you can make as many as you want?"

“Ah, that’s right.” Marisbury nodded. This thing mainly relies on technology, not materials… Of course, only the Atlas Institute has the technology.

"So, what's the price? How much is it?"

"I remember Tsbia told me the price was about 1.5 billion US dollars per unit..."

"I want three."

Marisbury's eyes lit up: "Deal!"

Chapter 365 The Contract of the Atlas Academy

The contract of the Atlas Academy.

Although the rule states that you can only do one thing, it doesn't specify what that one thing should do...

That being said, he couldn't possibly go around bidding and making money off this, since it was a contract from the Atlas Institute, and the value it brought couldn't be bought with money.

First, you need to be qualified.

What Kurokawa Kazuya mentioned about being able to go to a parallel world was that qualification.

Otherwise... money can certainly buy this qualification, but first—let's start with two nuclear power plants to whet our appetites.

Kurokawa Kazuya's qualification was that it allowed him to see the complete version of Chaldea, to give him information, to give him a direction for the future, to know where he was lacking, and how to work hard to reach that direction.

but...

He still managed to swindle a small sum of money after that.

Spiritual Particle Calculation Device - Trismegistes.

He naturally wanted this too, so he had already inquired about the approximate price. It was one billion US dollars per unit, with the first unit free. Originally, he planned to only use the free offer to make one unit.

But now... if Kurokawa Kazuya ordered three units for $1.5 billion, that means he actually made a small profit of $1.5 billion...

That's great...

I can buy another nuclear power unit now.

We are one step closer to the completion of Chaldea.

After finalizing the details, the two parties signed a contract.

After repeatedly confirming the contract, Kurokawa Kazuya still asked, "There are no traps in this contract, are there?"

"Don't worry, there are no traps," Marisbury said with a smile. "Even if there were traps, they might not be effective against you, would they?"

"Who knows?"

Kurokawa Kazuya smiled and felt much more at ease after confirming his soul with his substitute.

but...

Considering one thing, he checked the contract twice more, and Kurokawa Kazuya even handed it to Ryougi Shiki, who was standing nearby, to take a look.

You can't be careless with the person in front of you.

In the world of FGO, the seven members of Group A were chosen by Marisbury, but they all ended up getting involved with Lostbelts. Even if he told him that the person in front of him was the mastermind behind the Lostbelts, Kurokawa Kazuya wouldn't be surprised at all.

Indeed, the person in front of me is experiencing a decline in his vitality.

Even without a Stand like his sister, Kurokawa Kazuya could roughly sense this using his own Ripple...

Xiao Yuan sensed the decline in the person in front of him.

He didn't have many years left to live, but even so, Kurokawa Kazuya wasn't going to let his guard down.

"I don't feel anything," Ryougi Shiki said to Kurokawa Kazuya after confirming it twice.

“Hmm… so there probably aren’t any traps.” Kurokawa Kazuya nodded and said to Marisbury, “However, this matter is quite important after all. We’re not very good at this kind of thing, and there might still be loopholes in the documents.”

"Hmm...you really don't trust me?"

"Hmm, I don't believe it at all." Kurokawa Kazuya smiled. "After all, we didn't know each other before. I have no idea who you are. Such an important matter needs to be confirmed again and again, right?"

"So, what are you going to do?"

"Wait a moment, I want to have a professional examine it." Kurokawa Kazuya said, taking Ryougi Shiki's hand. "Wait a moment, we'll be back in a bit."

As he spoke, he traversed a parallel world to Marisbury's astonishment.

"Space jump? No... Imaginary number travel? No, none of that is right, this should be a travel to a parallel world! How... how did this guy do it? Is it his own ability? Or does he have something from the Jewel Elder?"

but...

Why was the hat left behind?

Was it intentional? Or was there some other reason?

After remembering the location of the hat, Marisbury picked it up and examined it. Finding nothing amiss, he frowned slightly. "Kurokawa Kazuya... what a mysterious fellow... but whatever, his affairs are none of my business anyway."

As he spoke, he carefully placed the hat back in its original position.

A magic trick that restores everything, including your fingerprints, back to the state you were in before you touched the hat.

Then, I just sat there and waited quietly.

A full hour has passed.

The two of them reappeared in front of him as if they had stepped out of the hat.

"I didn't expect it to still be here." Kurokawa Kazuya smiled and said, "It's confirmed that there are no traps in this document, so I'll start signing."

As he spoke, Kurokawa Kazuya picked up a pen from the side.

"Wait a minute—this document has been out of my sight for an hour, so I need to check if there's anything else wrong with it."

"Okay."

Kurokawa Kazuya nodded: "Please feel free to do as you please."

just--

He and Ryougi Shiki went to Chaldea.

He went to find Sherlock Holmes in that other world.

After all, he is a world-renowned detective; if there were any errors in the details of the contract, he would surely have noticed them.

In addition, it has already been confirmed by myself and Ryougi Shiki.

This would constitute triple confirmation.

No... adding the Stand's YES/NO confirmation makes it a quadruple confirmation.

In this situation, if Marisbury really manages to leave behind some kind of trap, then Kurokawa Kazuya will have no choice but to accept his fate.

“Hmm...nothing's wrong.” Marisbury didn't pick it up, but placed it on the table, looking at it one last time where all three of them could see it. “Then...you can sign it.”

"Then... the contract is now established."