How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

Because his Servants are special, even Sigma himself was included in this special scope after summoning Watcher.

As a Master, he was actually asked by the Servant he summoned to become Lancer?

This is really outrageous.

The Watcher class is an additional class separate from the seven classes in the normal Holy Grail War. As for its abilities...

According to the shadows cast by Watcher, namely the old man from before and the girl from now, they can do nothing except objectively monitor the entire Holy Grail War.

They are unable to fight, have no Noble Phantasms, and can't even lift a chopstick, let alone swords or other weapons. No one can see them except Sigma himself!

As his class rank suggests, a Watcher can only watch like a spectator, but it is precisely because he can only do this one thing that he can make the most of this ability.

Not only can it observe all targets simultaneously through various physical or magical defenses and interferences, but its true form also seems to exist outside the entire world, undetectable by anyone or any means...

That's definitely how it was originally.

However, when Sigma learned from the girl's shadow projected by Watcher that Saber had vaguely sensed Watcher's presence, he couldn't help but begin to doubt Watcher's ability.

Saying that 'no one will detect it by any means'—it didn't even last a day before it was discovered!

Did he eventually find you?

"Heh, of course not." The girl chuckled and then changed her appearance, transforming into a child holding a snake staff.

"Besides, it wasn't us shadows who were discovered, but rather Watcher's gaze! Although I didn't expect him to be able to detect Watcher's observation, discovering Watcher's presence isn't that simple!"

"But this Saber is no ordinary Servant..."

Hearing the shadow that had transformed from a child back into the old man he himself called "Captain" utter such a sigh, Sigma asked curiously, "What does that mean? Is this Servant very strong?"

“Strong? Hmm, of course, he is indeed very strong…” The captain did not deny his words: “After all, he was only summoned yesterday, and today he has already defeated a Servant. Naturally, he is very strong.”

"Huh? A Servant has already been eliminated so quickly?" Sigma was taken aback for a moment, then asked the captain which Servant had been eliminated.

Even if we include the six Servants summoned in the pseudo-Holy Grail War, the Holy Grail War has only been going on for three days. Although there have been many clashes between the Servants in the first two days, they were still just in the probing stage.

She decisively eliminated a Servant within just one day of being summoned... This Saber is not only very strong, but also extremely decisive!

"The one who was eliminated was the fake Assassin." The captain tapped the floor with his cane. "That little girl and her Dead Apostle Master were taken down by Saber with his strange Noble Phantasm, leaving no trace of their bodies."

A dead apostle?!

Before Sigma could even be surprised that a Dead Apostle had become the Master of the Holy Grail War, or wonder what was so strange about Yuwatari's Noble Phantasm, he heard the captain continue speaking.

"And his next target seems to be the Central Hospital of Snowfield City..."

Xueyuan City Central Hospital?

Are there any other Masters and Servants there?

Sigma instinctively took out his phone to report the matter to Faldius, but was stopped by the captain with a casual remark.

"Is this really good?"

"What did you say?"

The captain transformed back into the child wielding the snake staff and let out a cheerful laugh.

"How do you plan to explain the source of this information? You know, according to that person, you've always been in this place and haven't left. Or are you planning to expose Watcher's abilities?"

Sigma's fingers paused: "This..."

"If other Masters were to acquire the ability to completely monitor everything that happens in the city, the Holy Grail War would probably be decided very quickly, wouldn't it?"

"But if the other Masters find out about Watcher's abilities, this Holy Grail War might turn into the 'Sigma War', right?"

Sigma: "?"

What the hell is the Sigma Wars?!

His lips twitched. Although he could understand that the other party meant that if he exposed his Watcher abilities, he would become the focus of everyone's struggle, but wasn't it a bit too abrupt to directly replace the Holy Grail of the Holy Grail War with his name?

Furthermore, since his servants lack combat abilities, the biggest concern is that others might develop the mindset of 'even if I can't have it, I absolutely cannot let others have it,' which could lead to him being eliminated by others first.

If Faldius knew about Watcher's abilities, would he do that?

He felt that he was an unstable factor and worried that Watcher would fall into the hands of other Masters, which would bring unnecessary accidents to his plan to obtain the Holy Grail, so he took the initiative to eliminate him.

meeting.

Sigma had no doubt about Faldius's decisiveness.

Considering that Watcher's true form has not yet appeared, the only way to get rid of Watcher is to start with his Master...

Thinking this, Sigma put his phone away under the smiling gaze of the boy with the serpent staff.

Chapter 271 The Supervisor Warms Up...

Central Church of Xueyuan City.

This is the Holy Church's stronghold in Snowfield City.

In a room in the central church quarters, Hansa Serbandis, as the overseer of this Holy Grail War, rented a room from the priests and nuns as his residence.

He was sitting on the sofa, with a glass containing habanero peppers and ghost peppers, two extremely hot peppers, on the coffee table in front of him.

After offering his usual thanks to God, Hansa, who was wearing an eyepatch over his right eye, did not hesitate to casually pick up a chili pepper from the cup, put it in his mouth, and forcefully crushed it with his molars, which were filled with various sanctified props.

"Hmm... I feel so bored..."

Hansa, without changing his expression, had a chili pepper stem dangling from his mouth. He leaned back on the sofa behind him, staring at the ceiling and muttering to himself.

He arrived in Snowfield City yesterday, but apart from spending some time at the casino last night with the hero who caused such a commotion, and having a cup of coffee with the police chief at the police station, he had nothing else to do.

The bureau chief had originally planned to take action against him, but after inexplicably receiving a phone call, he abandoned the plan, leaving him disappointed as he was looking forward to stretching his muscles.

Isn't this Holy Grail War a little too quiet?

He remembered that the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City was quite exciting, wasn't it?

They need the supervisors over there to clean up the mess every day, so why are they so free on his side?

Aside from the accident at the opera house, it seems there's nothing else he needs to do in the past three days... Oh, and there was the attack on Gilgamesh, who lives in Crystal Hill, earlier today, and the incident where an unidentified object smashed the wall of an animal hospital...

Hmm... It's all over now, so there's no point in talking about it. Let's just use some excuse like a natural gas explosion to cover it up.

Don't ask why the natural gas explosion hit the upstairs apartment; the problem is with the pipeline!

knock knock --

"Come in."

A woman who fits the common image of a nun walked in carrying a few sheets of paper.

"Good afternoon, Lord Hansa. This is the information we have gathered regarding the unusual situation that has occurred in the city."

"Oh, that's perfect, I was feeling a bit bored. Thanks!" Hansa casually thanked the nun and watched her leave. He continued chewing on the chili peppers and picked up the paper to read, treating it as a pastime during his meal.

"Let me see... Hmm, the animals have strange diseases, and humans who leave the city undergo drastic personality changes and return... Is this a list of victims?"

"Ha! This is undoubtedly the work of a follower or a magician!"

He crushed the skin, flesh, and seeds of the chili peppers bit by bit until he had finished the entire cup of chili peppers. Only then did Hansa toss the paper to the side of the empty cup on the table, satisfied.

Yeah!

This is how the Holy Grail War should be!

Nobody's causing any trouble at all. What kind of Holy Grail War is this, so uneventful?

"Hmm~ I remember it said that the patients were all sent to the Central Hospital, right?" Hansa got up and stretched, not intending to bring his team of subordinates called "Quartet", and opened the door and walked out alone.

"Let me go see which guy is making such a big fuss!"

Watch out, the supervisor is warming up on the sidelines, getting ready to enter!

……

dusk.

Xueyuan City Central Hospital.

This is a huge building located in the center of Snowfield City. It is painted completely white from top to bottom and looks like an art museum at first glance.

In reality, it is a large hospital with complete facilities, from surgery to psychiatry, a pure white city that many patients enter when seeking treatment.

Of course, nowadays, many patients and their accompanying family members are constantly visiting the hospital counters and crowding the psychiatric wards.

The reason is that it is a new disease that has not yet been named, so we simply use its symptoms as the name: "Everyone who left the town came back"!

As the name of the disease suggests, everyone who suffers from this symptom has one thing in common: they will run back to the town after leaving it, accompanied by gravity-defying statements such as "I will live in Snowfield City for the rest of my life" and "I will never leave Snowfield City".

The initial diagnosis is that it's from playing in a band. (Just kidding)

"Oh, doctor, is there something you need that you suddenly came back for?"

A little further away from the bustling, chaotic inner area, the young nurse's words interrupted the elderly doctor's aimless wandering around, even though his work hours should have ended long ago.

The elderly doctor waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's nothing. I just accidentally left something in the patient's room, so I came back to look for it."

"I see. Since the area around the hospital's main entrance is quite chaotic right now, please be careful when you leave."

"I understand, thank you for reminding me."

The nurse didn't say anything more, just nodded to him and left.

Behind her, after confirming that the nurse had indeed left, in the blink of an eye, the old doctor's appearance suddenly changed to that of the nurse from before.

Perfect dive into DA☆ZE!

'How is it, Mr. Jack?'

"No problem, I've already got the pass to get in, don't worry!"

Jack the Ripper, who had successfully transformed into the barcode pass hanging around the nurse's neck, replied to his Master Flat in his mind, and then continued to walk into the hospital, constantly brushing past others and transforming into their appearances to obtain fragmented information.

In order to find out the source of the thick fog that covered the entire snowfield city, Jack the Ripper, who was not out of his mind as the Berserker in this Holy Grail War, relied on Flat and his shared senses to gradually find his way to the hospital.

It's worth mentioning that before infiltrating the hospital, Jack wanted to present himself in a way that wouldn't arouse suspicion from others, so he began his experiment in a motel.

From male to female, from fat to thin, from big to small... he has tried almost every classic image.

For some reason, while her other appearances were fine, whenever she transformed into a girl around 10 years old, she would always wear a very revealing black outfit that was practically indistinguishable from a swimsuit.

The torture was truly unbearable...

The moment Flat saw Jack's image, he could almost hear the roar of sirens outside the door... Luckily, he quickly grabbed a blanket and draped it over Jack, which stopped his imagined sirens.

'I didn't want to either... I just wanted to transform into a normal girl, but who knows why I ended up wearing clothes that show my belly button and thighs...'

Muttering to himself, Jack the Ripper followed Flat's directions and arrived at a place called the "Special Isolation Ward".

'...This seems to be the place. Is that Servant isolated here by his Master? Is his Master the doctor here?'

'If anything happens inside, Mr. Jack... please run away immediately!'

Before entering, Flat repeatedly emphasized in his chant: 'In case the situation becomes critical... if it really comes to that, I will use a Command Spell to forcibly summon you back!'

His words seemed to contain a strong determination, which moved Jack to reply.

'Master, you're not hoping I run away at all costs just because you don't want those cool Command Seals to disappear, are you?'

Flat remained silent, guiltily covering the sun-shaped Command Seal on the back of his hand.

Why aren't you speaking? Answer me, Master!

Look in my eyes!

Chapter 272 Sender: Philia

[Special Isolation Ward]

As the name suggests, it is a place used to isolate patients with infectious special infectious diseases. Regardless of whether they enter or leave, they must first undergo disinfection treatment in a sterilization room to disinfect any bacteria and germs they may be carrying.

Since the source of the fog that shrouded the entire city pointed here, then regardless of whether it was a Master or a Servant inside, the danger involved was undoubtedly extremely high.

If it's the Master inside, that's fine; it means the cursed mist might not work on Servants. But if the isolated entity is a Servant, or even if both the Master and Servant are inside, then the likelihood of this mist being a Noble Phantasm becomes extremely high...

Jack, who had transformed back into the female nurse he was before, was about to use his pass to open the door to the sterilization room when, in the next second, the door opened from the inside.

"Oh, didn't you already get off work?"

A female doctor came out of the sterilization room and was somewhat surprised to see Jack transformed into a female nurse.