Instead of shuttling between two mission worlds, it's better to finish the missions in one world first before moving on to the next.
……
"What a terrible magic trick... to ruin one's body like this, he probably won't live more than a few days."
In Reines's base living room, Waver squatted down in front of Shinji Matou and gave him a thorough examination, and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Having just returned to the Mage's Association two days after receiving Reines's request, he rushed back immediately—his purpose being to help Reines research a method for creating a new Lesser Grail.
Of course, before conducting his research, he also took the opportunity to investigate Shinji Matou's physical condition, and discovered that Shinji Matou's body had been completely corroded by the Crest Worms.
Although Waver's magical skills were not strong, his theoretical knowledge of magic was excellent, and he immediately realized that Shinji Matou's life was nearing its end.
He frowned as he looked at the 4.8 Matou Shinji, and muttered to himself:
"Is it really necessary to fight so desperately for the Holy Grail...?"
"This guy probably thinks that as long as he gets the Holy Grail, he can wish to get rid of this state."
The voice that answered Waver came from behind him—as soon as Qin Chuan returned to the world of Fate/Stay Night, he saw Waver studying Matou Shinji.
Having read the original work, Qin Chuan knew very well what kind of personality Matou Shinji was. This guy, whom Type-Moon fans jokingly called "Second Master," was a cowardly scoundrel who bullied the weak and feared the strong.
This guy dared to let the Crest Worm replace his magic circuits; he definitely didn't have a somewhat noble goal like Matou Kariya's "having someone he wanted to save."
This guy is simply unwilling to be reduced from a family of magicians to an ordinary person, so he wants to take a gamble; it's just a gambling addict's mentality at play.
Chapter 547 Sakura Matou's Mysterious Obsession
"Mr. Qin Chuan!"
The moment Qin Chuan appeared inside the house, Reines sensed it, so a short while later, Qin Chuan saw Reines appear on the second floor.
Reines's house had a standard multi-story layout. After coming out of her room on the second floor, Reines jumped over the second-floor railing and landed on Qin Chuan in the hall.
Qin Chuan helplessly reached out and caught Reines, who then smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck.
After getting to know each other better over the past few days, Reines has become increasingly less reserved around Qin Chuan, and has even started to engage in many intimate gestures.
I don't know why, but Qin Chuan always felt that Reines's behavior was somewhat similar to Ilya's—probably because Reines also lacked someone to rely on from a young age, so she always lacked a sense of security.
Qin Chuan's appearance filled the void of security in her heart, which is why she's so close to him? This is somewhat similar to Ilya's lack of paternal love.
Reines, of course, was unaware that Qin Chuan was pondering why she was behaving so intimately towards him. At this moment, she remained in the position of being held by Qin Chuan's hands, looking at Weber: (2)
"Hey! I called you here to study the 16 Lesser Grails, what are you doing studying that useless thing?!" (Shan)
When facing Waver, Reines' tone was anything but polite—after all, Waver was just a worker for the El-Melloi family. 4.
Although Reines is still too young to inherit the El-Melloi name, Waver has temporarily assumed the title of "El-Melloi II".
Ultimately, Waver was just a talented magician without any family connections, so Reines naturally wouldn't treat him the same way she treated Qin Chuan. Dad
"Yes, yes, but Miss, this guy is a participant in the Holy Grail War after all, so it's still necessary to check him out a bit." (Tsukasa)
Waver seemed to have long been accustomed to being treated like a beast of burden, so when faced with Reines's complaints, he simply sighed and stood up.
Reines called Shinji Matou a "useless guy," but since he was a participant in the Holy Grail War, Waver still needed to check on his condition to ensure things were going well.
Fortunately, after examination, it was found that Shinji Matou's body was indeed in a state of complete decay, inside and out, and there was no need for any rescue efforts.
As for why Matou Shinji wasn't killed immediately... that's because, as Master, he also needs to provide magical energy to the Heroic Spirit Emiya so that he can remain in the mortal world.
Although the Heroic Spirit Emiya's class is Archer, and he can survive for a few days by "acting alone" even if his Master dies, the exact number of days he can survive is still uncertain.
What if Emiya's "solo operation" couldn't hold out before they could create the new Lesser Grail and he simply disappeared? Wouldn't the Grail ritual have failed?
In this respect, Weber even had to find a way to keep Shinji Matou alive, lest he die prematurely.
……
"So, there are now 6 confirmed participants."
Back in Reines' bedroom, Reines sat on the bed and began to organize the information she had gathered over the past few days in front of Qin Chuan.
“We are the Berserker clan. Rin Tohsaka is in the Saber group, Bazett is in the Lancer group, and Shinji Matou is in the Archer group.”
As she spoke, Reines glanced at Qin Chuan and asked again:
"And then there's that Ilya from the Einzbern family... what's her class again?"
“Zhidu is Caster.”
Qin Chuan nodded and replied, "Although in the mobile game FGO, Shido's class is Alter Ego, the situation here is obviously different."
At least in this Holy Grail War, Shido was indeed present in the world as a Caster. Qin Chuan had asked Shido about this before, and Shido obviously wouldn't lie to Qin Chuan about such a thing.
"It's Caster? I thought it would be like the Third Holy Grail War, creating an illegal class."
Reines was somewhat surprised, as she had obviously heard about the Einzbern family's "masterpiece" during the Third Holy Grail War—summoning a Heroic Spirit of the illegal "Avenger" class.
I thought that the Servant Shidoni created by modifying the Spirit Origin this time would also be some kind of illegal class, but I didn't expect that she would be a normal Caster class.
"Besides these, Sakura also summoned a Heroic Spirit... but I don't know what class she summoned."
At this point, a hint of frustration appeared on Reines's face—she didn't know how to face Matou Sakura.
Although by process of elimination, Matou Sakura summons either a Rider or an Assassin, how can she be sure? Should she just go to Matou Sakura's place and ask, "What class did you summon?"
Putting aside how abnormal it is for a participant in the Holy Grail War to come to her door so directly and ask such a question, what if Ichigo Sakura asked in return, "What kind of Heroic Spirit did you summon?" How would she answer?
Should we reveal Qin Chuan? Matou Sakura would probably go berserk on the spot.
"Sakura's heroic spirit... Should I go and investigate?"
Seeing Reines's nervous expression, Qin Chuan guessed what she was worried about and couldn't help but find it a little funny.
This Holy Grail War was actually much more harmonious than the Fourth Holy Grail War – the participants were almost all young people, and it lacked the ferocity of the Fourth Holy Grail War.
……
"Master, the investigation is complete. The Heroic Spirit of the Tohsaka family is Saber."
In room 343 of the Hyatt Hotel, Medusa returned to Sakura Matou and reported her findings.
Sakura Matou's order to her was to investigate the Heroic Spirits of the other contestants... Logically speaking, this was indeed very important information, but Medusa felt that something was not quite right.
She felt that Sakura Matou's collection of this information didn't seem like she was researching countermeasures against Servants, but rather like she was... looking for someone?
"Is it Saber...? Is it a man or a woman?"
Medusa's intuition was correct; Matou Sakura was indeed looking for someone.
In her view, the fact that she couldn't summon Qin Chuan even with his bird feathers could only mean that someone else might have already gotten there first.
The biggest suspect is Rin Tohsaka – because Qin Chuan was Rin Tohsaka's Heroic Spirit in the last Holy Grail War, so it's not impossible that he was summoned by Rin Tohsaka again this time.
Although Medusa said that the Tohsaka family's Heroic Spirits are Sabers, it is also possible that the same person could be summoned in a different class.
"It's a woman."
Medusa answered Matou Sakura's question, and then saw a look of disappointment on Matou Sakura's face.
Logically, at this point, Matou Sakura should have inquired more thoroughly about the investigation findings regarding this Heroic Spirit... but Matou Sakura seemed to have suddenly lost interest in that Saber.
This left Medusa even more confused.
Chapter 548 Medusa and Qin Chuan on the Rooftop
Sakura Matou released Medusa again, sending her to continue gathering information on the other Holy Grail War participants.
This greatly troubled Medusa, who felt that Matou Sakura didn't seem to have much need for the Holy Grail at the moment, and was instead preoccupied with investigating the condition of all the participating Servants.
As a Rider, Medusa is not very good at intelligence gathering, so she has only investigated two Servants during this period.
One is Saber, a Heroic Spirit of the Tohsaka family. Medusa doesn't know her real name, only that she looks young and has a rather impetuous tomboyish temperament.
The reason they were able to investigate Saber was because she was too impatient and seemed to have a grudge against someone, always planning revenge, and often ran away from the Tohsaka family to wander around.
Medusa noticed this Heroic Spirit while she was wandering around aimlessly.
The other is Lancer, a Heroic Spirit from the Mage's Association, who is a male Heroic Spirit wearing a blue bodysuit and wielding a red spear.
The discovery of Lancer's information was purely coincidental. It seems that Lancer's Master also asked him to investigate information, which led to Medusa encountering him at a construction site.
The two engaged in a battle, which ended with Medusa's escape. However, afterward, Medusa secretly investigated and discovered that Lancer's base was a place rented by a woman named Bazett.
She then told Matou Sakura the name Bazett, and Matou Sakura immediately revealed the other's background.
After all, the Matou Sakura of this world was studying at the Mage's Association and had some knowledge of some of the more well-known families in the Mage's Association, including Bazett.
However, neither Saber nor Lancer seem to be the people Matou Sakura is looking for, so Medusa is now being driven out by Matou Sakura to continue gathering information.
"Searching aimlessly like this isn't a solution...~"
Standing on the rooftop terrace of the Hyatt Hotel, Medusa gazed at the night view of Fuyuki City and muttered to herself with a hint of distress.
Matou Sakura seems to have some kind of obsession, which Medusa cannot understand—but since it is her Master's request, Medusa will still carry it out seriously.
As she stood on the rooftop pondering where to go next to find information about Heroic Spirits, a voice suddenly came from behind her, as if echoing her words:
"Yes, it's a waste of time to search for a target aimlessly."
“That’s right, but my Master hasn’t returned to this town for many years, so he can’t provide any more valuable information right now…”
Hearing someone agree with her, Medusa subconsciously replied—she didn't have any complaints about Matou Sakura, but she was just a little annoyed by her own behavior of wandering around like a headless fly.
Sakura Matou said that she lived in Fuyuki City when she was young, but then went to the Mage's Association for ten years of further study, and only recently returned to Fuyuki City.
Therefore, the only information that Matou Sakura could provide to Medusa was the location of the Tohsaka and Matou families—other than that, there was almost no other valuable information.
She investigated the Tohsaka family and found out about Saber. She went to the Matou family but didn't find anything; she only knew that Shinji Matou had disappeared last night.
However, after replying, Medusa seemed to suddenly realize that something was wrong—when she came to the rooftop, there was clearly no one there.
Where did that voice behind me come from? Someone approached me without me even noticing!?
"who!?"
Medusa immediately turned around, and with a flick of her right hand, the silver spikes bound by chains stabbed fiercely in the direction from which the sound came.
However, her attack had no effect—the pointed cone she threw out was instantly caught by Qin Chuan behind her, and it didn't even pierce Qin Chuan's skin.
Medusa felt her swung spike being caught, so she forcefully swung the chain on the spike, sending it in a circular arc, and then wrapped it around Qin Chuan's wrist that was holding the spike.
"Come here...!"
Seeing that her chains had successfully wrapped around Qin Chuan's wrists, Medusa said coldly, then pulled hard, trying to pull Qin Chuan's body towards her.
However, embarrassingly, when she tried to pull the chain in her hand, she found that she couldn't budge it at all.
The chains were wrapped around Qin Chuan's hands as if they were wrapped around something rooted to the ground; her pulling couldn't even make Qin Chuan's wrist sway slightly.
In an instant, Medusa realized the seriousness of the problem—Qin Chuan's strength far exceeded her imagination. Even though she had B-level strength, she couldn't even make him move.
"A contest of strength?"
Qin Chuan laughed as he watched Medusa seemingly trying to drag him over using the chains wrapped around her wrists.
"Your strength isn't enough. To pull someone over... you'd need this much force!"
As he spoke, Qin Chuan pulled his right arm, which was bound by chains, back—the terrifying force instantly swung the chains, and the irresistible pulling force yanked Medusa toward Qin Chuan!
"Such immense power... Could this guy be a Berserker!? But he clearly possesses reason..."
Medusa felt her body uncontrollably flying towards Qin Chuan, a chill running through her as she marveled at the irrational power she witnessed.
But of course, she wouldn't surrender so easily—as she flew towards Qin Chuan, she activated her Noble Phantasm:
"Bellerophon (Riding the Hero)!!!"
A silver-white steed instantly appeared beneath her—(okay, okay) it was a mythical creature from the Age of Gods, and its accelerating charge was so powerful that almost no Heroic Spirit could withstand it head-on without any defense.
While it might be a bit of an exaggeration to send someone out of the game before even understanding their situation... that's the cruel reality of the Holy Grail War, and Medusa would never show mercy at a time like this!
With this thought in mind, the pegasus beneath Medusa slammed into Qin Chuan, and white light almost enveloped the entire rooftop of the Hyatt Hotel.
However, just as Pegasus was about to collide with Qin Chuan, Medusa clearly saw the expression on Qin Chuan's face.
It was an expression of complete indifference—even when the enhanced Divine Age Fantasy Species charged at full force, Qin Chuan seemed completely unfazed, and didn't even bother to adopt a defensive stance.
He just stood there, watching him with a half-smile, as the pegasus beneath him crashed into him.
Chapter 549 Innate Binding Holy Body
Boom! Ryu
Medusa's Noble Phantasm struck Qin Chuan smoothly—the mythical being from the Age of Gods, enhanced by the "Reins of the Hero," it slammed into Qin Chuan's chest with absolute force.
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