Earth Princess? No, it's Fujimaru Ritsuka!

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded as well.

She blinked rapidly, looking in the direction the voice came from. Without a doubt, the owner of that gentle male voice was Sherlock Holmes...

However...

But when he came out, it wasn't a man.

Light footsteps echoed through the maze.

soon.

A petite girl, about 14 years old, with black hair and red eyes, emerged slowly from the darkness.

Her long, smooth black hair cascaded down, blending into her equally dark Lolita dress. The most striking contrast to the black attire was her slender, snow-white legs, clad in white stockings, which added to her overall charm.

She blinked.

He looked at everyone with innocent, red eyes, then bit his thumb, his red shoes seeming to tuck in slightly because of the movement of his toes.

"Senior, could it be... could it be that this little girl is the legendary Sherlock Holmes?!"

Mashu's heart raced, her mind pounding as she looked at the cute-faced girl in front of her, seemingly very nervous.

At the same time, Fujimaru Ritsuka also felt a sense of unease within her.

"I don't think so. I'll go check it out."

After saying that, Fujimaru Ritsuka stepped forward.

As always, with a gentle smile on her face, she stepped forward, extended her hand to the girl, and asked:

"Little sister, were you the one who just spoke?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked into her eyes.

She met those red eyes.

The little girl blinked again.

"Fu..."

Fou, nestled in Mashu's arms, let out a slightly uneasy cry.

Then, stretch out your foot...

What is she going to do?

Before Fujimaru Ritsuka could react, the little girl suddenly raised her small foot, clad in white stockings, and stomped hard on Fujimaru Ritsuka's foot!

"Ouch—! My foot...you little brat!"

Fujimaru Roku 1 Hiss Ritsuka immediately cried out in pain.

Is he that strong?

Even with Fujimaru Ritsuka's true abilities, she was still able to hurt her by stepping on her.

Even Ritsuka herself found it somewhat unbelievable.

"Woo..."

But then the little girl pouted, suddenly ran away from Fujimaru Ritsuka, and quickly came behind Mashu, timidly looking at the half-head that was peeking out at Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Chapter 209: The Future After 2017 Does Not Exist

"Senior, who is this child?"

Mashu stared blankly at the black-haired girl hiding behind her.

The blood flowing through his body, a third of which belonged to the Dead Apostles, trembled, as if facing some superior being.

It's like the feeling you get when facing a senior or a princess.

However, this feeling doesn't seem that strong.

"I don't know... why did she step on me?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was stomped on hard, wincing in pain.

"Woo..."

The black-haired girl hid behind Mashu again, timidly letting out whimpering sounds like a small animal.

"It's okay, we won't hurt you."

Mashu smiled gently: "You're a very kind person, so you won't hurt me."

"F——!"

Fou blinked her beady eyes, slid off Mashu's shoulder, and landed in the black-haired girl's arms.

"Eh, Fufu-san... is so close to people other than me and my senior."

Then, Fufu stuck out her soft, pink tongue and licked the black-haired girl's face.

"It's so itchy."

The black-haired girl spoke softly.

"Why would something like this be here...?"

Mashu couldn't sense any malice from the other party; she was simply curious as to why the other party was there.

She looked at her senior, her pupils filled with doubt.

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded.

Without a doubt, the other party possessed the incredible aura of a Dead Apostle and a True Ancestor.

This was something that should never have happened.

Although the Dead Apostles deny human history, the premise of this denial is their existence.

In other words, although the Dead Apostles are a denial of humanity's future, and are life forms born from humanity yet denying humanity, they have no reason to exist in the present moment when human reason is burned away.

"Well, you don't need to be too surprised. This is the Atlas Institute, and there are far too many life forms that are similar to humans but not quite. However, even if the physical body becomes non-human, everyone's soul still moves forward with the goal of protecting the human world."

"This is the Atlas Institute, a research institution whose responsibility is to prevent the world from ending."

A man dressed in black finally emerged from the dark corridor.

He was refined, easygoing, and had an extraordinary demeanor, with a gentle smile on his face, like a character straight out of a book.

"Nice to meet you, I am Sherlock Holmes. You might say I am the world's greatest detective, and the only consultant detective. I am the embodiment of the detective's concept, the one responsible for uncovering the truth."

“Miss Ritsuka, and Miss Kyrielight. Servants, Xuanzang Sanzang, Knight Mordred, Knight Bedivere, and Pharaoh Nitocris. This is truly astonishing. Are you planning a rebellion against the Knights of the Round Table?”

"what."

Mordred laughed heartily and said, "Killing my father on his orders is at most an internal strife, not a rebellion."

Bedivere was taken aback: "Um, how did you know about us...?"

"nothing."

Holmes spoke with an air of self-assurance, as if solving an elementary school math problem: "It's just common sense, folks."

"Senior, that's a famous line! A famous line from Mr. Sherlock Holmes! That's right, this is the real Sherlock Holmes!"

Mashu excitedly grabbed Fujimaru Ritsuka's arm.

"By the way, you've already obtained the information I left behind at the Mage's Association in the Fourth Singularity, right...? Eh, you guys should have obtained it, right?"

Holmes observed the expressions of Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others.

They looked completely bewildered.

"Yi Qilu Yin Shan'er II Jiu'er ah..."

Holmes slapped his forehead: "It seems you haven't checked the Magic Association's records—"

"that..."

Fujimaru Ritsuka was a little embarrassed. She gave a wry smile and scratched her cheek, trying to ease the awkwardness.

"It sounds strange, but... the Mage's Association had already been occupied and reduced to ruins by the sacrifices when we arrived. Even if we wanted to find information..."

"Oh?"

Holmes raised an eyebrow, slightly surprised: "So...something strange happened in London after I left, and the entire clock tower was completely destroyed, right?"

"Yes, you might not believe it, but the clock tower was taken over by a parallel world master named Ayaka Sajō, which led to an unprecedented anomaly."

Mashu quickly explained.

"Parallel worlds...do they involve the realm of the Second Law? Theoretically, parallel worlds cannot interfere with each other, but singularities are a different story...However, why was that particular singularity in that timeline chosen? That's a point of contention."

"Suspicious points?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka quickly asked.

"ha..."

Holmes shook his head, then gave a smug smile and changed the subject.

"It's not time to explain yet, and I won't hastily give a guessed answer. But one thing is certain: Fujimaru Ritsuka, your ability to resolve the Human Order Burning issue is a certainty."

"Identify the situation?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka narrowed her eyes, though she understood that Holmes was trying to change the subject.

Unfortunately, he successfully changed the subject.

Holmes's words were loaded with hidden meaning, yet they sent a chill down one's spine.

Now, she truly has the confidence to defeat any opponent.

This statement is clearly the same as what old man Wang Hassan said...

"Yes, that's just speculation, Miss Mashu."

"Yes!"

Upon hearing Holmes call her name, Mash immediately straightened up, her crystal-clear eyes looking extremely serious, and nodded hurriedly like a well-behaved student.

"For example, imagine you've lost something important and want to get it back, but you find that you can't get it no matter what you do. Then you notice that your neighbor also has an intact item, and you decide to take it for yourself. However, after observing it for a while, you soon discover... that the item has been thrown into a fire and burned to ash. Would you still have the idea of ​​taking it for yourself?"

"Would it be...? Actually, personally, I don't want to take other people's things for myself."

Mashu tilted her head, thought for a moment, and then paused:

"However, if I were the owner in the story, I'd probably look for an intact item to steal, right? Wait, you mean..."

The girl quickly figured out the key to the matter.

"Bingo, you got it right! If a major historical shift leading to the extinction of humanity were to actually happen, then there would be no point in the other party coming here."

Because the ultimate goal of "Sajyou Aika" is to create a Britain that can endure forever, where a male King Arthur can reign eternally.

"Her success was to rewrite human reason, not destroy it. That's the biggest difference between her and the 'burning of human reason'... Ah, love, how should I put it, it really does make people lose their minds."

After Holmes made a couple of jokes, Zheng Jiu O liuli 78 Erba%se said:

"Let's get back to the main topic."

"The burning of human reason is, in fact, the event of [using some means to divide history and then exterminate all primates]. In a sense, it is an unprecedented murder case."

"Hmm. We need to conquer seven singularities."

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded in agreement: "We've recovered the Holy Grail that disrupted the singularities and eliminated the cause. We've already conquered six of them."

"Very good. So, Miss Fujimaru Ritsuka, have you ever thought about this question?"

In the empty Atlas corridor, Holmes's echo had not yet faded.

His voice seemed to possess a magical power, causing Fujimaru Ritsuka's heart to tremble.

The premonition that the battle would not end grew stronger, and then, as if confirming Fujimaru Ritsuka's guess, Holmes' voice rang out again.

"Why did the burning of human reason begin in 2016? That is to say, not 2015, not 2017... any year, but 2016. I think this probably involves the true purpose of the burning of human reason. If so, then the burning of human reason is not the event itself, but a countermeasure that the other party is trying to deal with a certain thing."

"If my reasoning is correct, then I will be able to complete the task that Babbage gave me."

"Babbage, is that Charles Babbage?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka recalled briefly that it seemed to be a Heroic Spirit summoned from the Fourth Singularity, but Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't have much interaction with it.

"At that moment, his intellect, which was as elusive as a spark, almost vanished into nothingness, but even so, he still raised this question."