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

Let's take a look at the two people he teamed up with.

One was a man with a scar on his face, a burly build, wearing a black leather jacket, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, and sunglasses even when he went out late at night.

The other was a suspicious figure of unknown gender and appearance, dressed in strange full-body armor.

A duo like that wandering the streets late at night would seem highly suspicious to anyone, right?

These two alone would have been enough to stop the police, but if you add him and Leticia, two ordinary people who seem to be 'coerced'...

Doesn't this sound exactly like a serial killer taking their chosen target to a secluded spot to murder them?!

Fortunately, although Shiki Jieli was a necromancer, he was also very skilled at using small magic tricks like hints. He simply drew a symbol with the cigarette he was holding and successfully sent the police away.

"Honestly, things have already blown up this big. If we don't deal with it quickly, what's left of our secrecy and mystery?"

Watching the policeman's figure gradually disappear into the mist, Shiki Jie Li, who was being treated as a serial killer, scratched his head in frustration.

Does he really look that much like a bad person?

None of the others responded to his rant.

Noticing that the surrounding fog was gradually getting thicker, Mordred immediately took out Clarent and loudly warned Shiki-Kai-Li beside him.

"Hey! Something seems off! Watch out—"

"Spell Card activated! [Great Storm]!"

The sound of the ferryman, accompanied by a sudden gust of strong wind, interrupted Mordred's warning.

As the storm blew, the fog around them dissipated, revealing a petite, dark figure standing before them, twirling a dagger.

"Ah...the fog has lifted, what a pity..."

Chapter 143 Everyone Has a Bright Future

The released fog was blown away before it could thicken, and Jack the Ripper's petite figure, holding two daggers, stood opposite You Du and the others, his gaze sweeping over them one by one.

A magician, two Servants, and... an ordinary person?

Jack the Ripper's gaze fell on Leticia at the end, and he tilted his head in confusion.

Why would there be an ordinary person here?

Even if she were just a child, she would know that ordinary people shouldn't be here.

Aren't these people afraid that she'll just kill that woman?

Moreover, one of those two Servants also gave her a strange feeling, a feeling that was...

Ruler?

With the knowledge granted by the Holy Grail when he was summoned, Jack the Ripper quickly figured out the source of this strange feeling, and also knew that his last hunt in Sighshwara was destined to be unsuccessful.

She wasn't naive enough to think Ruler was just a tourist in the city...

The other party had just used some unknown means to dispel her thick fog!

Now that we are outnumbered by the enemy, even setting aside the suspected Saber Servant who is fully armored and wielding a sword...

She already found Ruler a difficult case, let alone the fact that even if she killed both of them, all she would get would be a magician's heart and an ordinary person's heart.

The returns are completely disproportionate to the risks!

Jack the Ripper curled his lip.

She wanted to run away.

If she had known the lineup here was so troublesome, she wouldn't have come here; she would have gone to find the magician on the other side instead.

However, the other side also seems to be not far from here...

"Hey! Are you the Servant who devours other people's souls?"

Just as she noticed something was wrong with the fog, Yudu dealt with it in a simple and brutal way. This made Mordred, who had spoken up to warn him, pause in her actions, but she quickly pointed the Clarentt she had just taken out at Jack the Ripper opposite her and questioned him.

It was so natural, it was as if she had always planned to do it!

Yuu didn't expose her because he noticed the Servant's magical reaction on a clock tower in the distance.

Chiron?

He shuffled the [Great Storm] he had just used back into his deck and glanced over there discreetly.

Perfect timing, Chiron should be able to grant Mordred's wish to play a match.

When the time comes, the two participating Servants will go to the side and have a martial arts match, while Masters Shishikage Kairi and Fiore will compete in magic, and he will go to play cards with Jack the Ripper. Everyone has a bright future.

"Oh well, what can I do? I'm just hungry!"

Faced with Mordred's questioning, Jack the Ripper put his hands, holding the dagger, behind his back, leaned forward slightly, and spoke in a tone like an ordinary little girl whining.

"Mom's cooking is delicious, but it's not enough to fill me up, so I have to go out and fill my stomach myself."

Does "not being able to eat enough" mean there's no way to replenish magic power?

Is this Servant's 'mother' an ordinary person?

Upon hearing Jack the Ripper's reply, Shi Zijie silently analyzed the information contained in her words.

Such an answer from a young girl is indeed quite pitiful, but if people knew that what she used to fill her stomach was a human heart and soul, then the scene would instantly shift to the set of a horror movie next door.

Therefore, even Leticia felt no sympathy for her whatsoever.

"What a joke!" These words from Jack the Ripper completely enraged Mordred.

She treated ordinary people as her subjects, but Jack the Ripper treated her subjects as food, how could she not be furious?

"You're not a hero at all! You're just a murderer!"

Seeing that Yudu made no further moves after dispelling her poisonous fog, and simply smiled at them, Jack the Ripper was naturally happy to stand there and argue with Mordred.

"Huh? Did Ruler tell you?" As he spoke, Jack the Ripper secretly released a cloud of mist to facilitate his escape later.

"tell me what?"

Mordred frowned, not understanding what this Assassin was suddenly saying out of the blue.

Did Ruler tell her anything?

"Of course... I have to say goodbye to you all! You idiot swordsman!"

Just moments before, Jack the Ripper had been smiling like an innocent child. Suddenly, his tone shifted, a malicious smile spreading across his face as he leaped off the ground and into the thick fog that had appeared behind him.

This abrupt turn of events clearly caught everyone off guard. Even though Mordred quickly caught up with his lightning-fast reflexes, he was still slower than Jack the Ripper as he entered the fog.

Even Leticia subconsciously took a few steps forward, until she noticed that Yudo was still standing there calmly, as if he didn't care at all that Jack the Ripper might escape, and then she realized that something was wrong.

Does he have the confidence that he can bring this Servant back even if she escapes?

She tried to figure out why Yudou seemed so relaxed, but it was clear that without the crucial information, she couldn't possibly know the answer.

Yu Du stood quietly in place, watching as Jack the Ripper was about to successfully enter the thick fog and escape using her A+ level aura, when two arrows suddenly flew from a distance at lightning speed toward Mordred and Jack the Ripper.

boom!

Two arrows, one blocked by Mordred's sword and the other deflected by Jack the Ripper's dagger, suddenly exploded.

The explosion was quite powerful, not only stopping Mordred's pursuit of Jack the Ripper, but also dispersing a small patch of dense fog, blasting Jack the Ripper out of the fog as he was about to escape.

"Damn it, who is it?!"

Thanks to the full armor she was wearing, Mordred was not injured even when she faced the explosion. She had already determined the location of the archer by the trajectory of the arrow, and immediately raised her head, looking fiercely in the direction of the clock tower.

Over there!

Considering that Youdu was still there, and that Jack the Ripper's escape was interrupted, he was unlikely to escape Ruler's grasp. Mordred abandoned him without hesitation, picked up the Lion Jie Li, and ran towards the clock tower like an angry lion.

She's not the kind of person who would casually leave her Master in front of other Servants and run off to fight them herself!

Chiron, standing on the clock tower, used his excellent eyesight to see Mordred, who had taken his arrow without any warning and was even able to find him. He couldn't help but sigh with regret, "Saber truly deserves to be rated as the best class."

Even Jack the Ripper, who was just about to escape, was seriously injured after taking that arrow, but for some reason he is now standing still.

Is she seriously injured?

Seeing that Mordred, having found his location, had abandoned Jack the Ripper and was running towards him with her Master, Chiron calmly continued to probe Jack the Ripper's direction with an arrow.

However, this time his arrow stopped in mid-air before it even reached Jack the Ripper's body, as if it had pierced an invisible wall.

what?

Noble Phantasm?

Is there a legend about Jack the Ripper involving transparent walls?

Chiron narrowed his eyes. Although he really wanted to investigate, unfortunately, now was not the right time.

He needs to deal with the Red Team's Saber first...

Chapter 144 Welcome to the Foggy City!

Did Jack the Ripper use his Noble Phantasm?

not at all.

Forget about using her Noble Phantasm, she can't even use any of the magic power within her body right now.

Her body could move freely without restriction, but the sudden influx of information into her mind forced her to stop her escape and stand still to process, digest, and absorb the information.

After receiving all the rules and popular science-like knowledge in his mind, Jack the Ripper frowned and looked at the person opposite him with a puzzled expression.

Leticia, an ordinary person, covered her head with her hands, marveling at the feeling of clearly sensing knowledge entering her mind. Meanwhile, Yuuto, the referee of the Holy Grail War, had already unfolded the Duel Disk on his arm at some point.

"Who...are you?"

It actually directly overrides the rules of the Holy Grail War... Even as a Ruler, the effect of this Noble Phantasm is too outrageous, isn't it?

What's more, this Noble Phantasm can directly instill knowledge into their minds, just like the Holy Grail!

Is this kind of treasure, which is practically a miniature Holy Grail, really real?

Or is it because of this Noble Phantasm that he was summoned to be the Ruler of this Holy Grail War?

"Didn't you already know?" Yuuto said quietly as she watched the thick fog behind Jack the Ripper swirl and gather on her arm, eventually condensing into a gray dueling disk.

If he hadn't known Jack the Ripper's identity, how could he have so decisively chosen to run away?

"I am the adjudicator of this Holy Grail War. Assassin of the Black side, you've gone too far..."

His dark pupils were deep and unfathomable, and it seemed that one could occasionally see a flash of starlight within them.

At this moment, Jack the Ripper, who was being stared at by those eyes, felt as if he were being stared at by a giant dragon, and the pressure immediately filled his entire body.

The feeling of being treated like prey by the person in front of her instantly made her react like a startled cat.

"All we want is to live, all we want is to live with our mother! Why do you have to come and get in our way?!"

There's no escaping it...

After that knowledge flooded his mind, Jack the Ripper, having learned about the duel, had already given up hope of escaping.

"Want to live? Fine, then try to defeat me in a duel!" Yuwatari raised the Duel Disk on his left arm, drew five cards from the top of his hand, and pointed it at Jack the Ripper, who was making the same gesture.

Considering Mordred's speed is amplified by her anger, even with Lion's Lair on her shoulder, she has probably already reached the clock tower and engaged Chiron in battle.

Fiore won't go too far from Chiron, so Shiki-kai will meet her soon, and he shouldn't delay any longer.

"Come! Let this duel that will decide your fate begin!"

"DUEL!" ×2

Jack the Ripper LP: 4000

【Yoto LP: 4000】

While Leticia was still marveling at the screen floating next to Yudo and Jack, Jack the Ripper, who had gained the initiative, had already begun his turn.

"Our turn!"

"We are going to activate the Spell Card 'Temptation of Darkness' from our hand! Draw 2 cards, and then banish 1 DARK monster from our hand!"

boom--!

Leticia, who was watching from the sidelines, glanced at the smoke rising from the clock tower where the loud noise had come from, and then at Yudo and Jack the Ripper, who were playing cards in a harmonious and friendly manner.

Even though she already knew the situation through the information conveyed by the Noble Phantasm, and knew that this seemingly playful card game actually involved the lives of the two of them, she couldn't help but feel a sense of absurdity that was disconnected from reality.

Where is this place?