Qin Chuan opened his eyes and instantly remembered where the familiarity of this energy came from.

After learning Moro's magical techniques, he used magic to extract and absorb the energy of many planets.

The energy that the Lesser Grail received after Hassan al-Sabah's death was almost identical to the planetary energy Qin Chuan had previously absorbed.

Heroic Spirits, whose official name is "Boundary Recording Belt," are inextricably linked to the planet's suppressive force in the Type-Moon universe.

Special cases like Heroic Spirit Emiya are even guardians chosen by the Counter Force itself.

Since they are so closely related to the planet's restraining force, it seems reasonable that their own energy is almost identical to the planet's energy.

"So, the Lesser Grail's collection of the souls of Heroic Spirits is essentially about collecting enough planetary energy...?"

Qin Chuan looked at the "Little Holy Grail" on the coffee table—the cigar that gleamed with golden light—and showed a hint of interest.

If his speculation is correct... wouldn't Qin Chuan be able to fill the energy required by this Lesser Holy Grail at any time?

Don't forget, Qin Chuan's body contains a large amount of planetary energy—he devoured a lot of energy from uninhabited planets in the Dragon Ball world to enhance himself.

Even just now in the Dragon Ball world, the energy he gave to Garou contained a lot of planetary energy, and he could use the same method to inject this energy into the "Mini Grail".

In this way, even without eliminating other Heroic Spirits, Qin Chuan can force the Lesser Grail to obtain enough energy to descend and bring it into existence ahead of schedule.

Just as Qin Chuan was considering whether to inject planetary energy to bring the Lesser Holy Grail to life ahead of schedule, a series of urgent knocks came from outside the house.

"Hmm? Who's here?"

Upon hearing the knock, Weber paused for a moment, then stood up and went to open the door.

He certainly didn't think the visitors were Reines and Matou Sakura, since Reines had a key and didn't need to knock.

He thought it might be some kind of staff member—in Japan, there are quite a few staff members who come uninvited, knock on the door, and ask for some kind of handling fee, which is quite annoying.

When Waver first arrived in Fuyuki City, he encountered similar staff members, but he managed to get rid of them by hypnotizing them with magic, so he already had some understanding of this kind of thing.

He opened the door, looked at the person outside, then his pupils contracted, and he instinctively took a step back, his posture instantly shifting to one of wariness.

Who could be the person who could make him so wary? (Also...)

"Who are you?"

Mordred swaggered in through the doorway—she wasn't wearing her usual battle armor, but rather a rather modern set of casual clothes.

Waver retreated because he realized Mordred was a Heroic Spirit—as a magician, he couldn't possibly defeat a Heroic Spirit, so he was naturally extremely wary. Furthermore...

However, Mordred didn't seem to be there to fight this time. After the door opened, she walked straight in and immediately spotted Qin Chuan standing in the center of the hall.

Her eyes lit up, and she quickly ran to Qin Chuan, looking him up and down with excited eyes.

"...Why is it you?"

Qin Chuan was somewhat surprised to see Mordred rushing in. He looked at Mordred standing in front of him and asked...

"What? You're ready to fight me now?"

"No, I'm not ready yet! I've come to see you about something else!"

Mordred shook her head upon hearing this—she was joking; she hadn't figured out Qin Chuan's weaknesses yet, and if they were to fight now, she would definitely lose miserably.

"I'm here to ask you out!"

"puff……"

Webber, who was still somewhat wary, couldn't help but spit out his words when he heard Mordred's words.

He looked at Mordred with a somewhat horrified expression, then at Qin Chuan, clearly not quite understanding Mordred's thought process.

"...Who taught you all this?"

Qin Chuan scratched his head helplessly. He knew Mordred's personality quite well; this guy probably didn't even understand the meaning of the word "dating."

"Huh? Isn't that what they said?"

Sure enough, Mordred paused for a moment, then muttered to himself, somewhat puzzled.

"I read in a book that this is how you should ask a man out..."

Clearly, in order to lure Qin Chuan out to be alone with her, Mordred had even gone through some modern books and learned how to use the word "date" as an invitation.

She probably didn't realize that this date invitation wasn't just between acquaintances, but also contained the element of romance between a man and a woman.

Although Mordred's behavior was somewhat comical, Qin Chuan seemed to realize what Mordred was trying to do.

He probably wants to figure out his own weaknesses by spending time alone with himself, and then make better use of them in battle.

For Mordred, victory is all that matters in battle, and she doesn't mind launching a fierce attack on her opponent's weaknesses—therefore, figuring out Qin Chuan's weaknesses is very important.

There is no chance of winning in a direct confrontation, so the only way to gain a sliver of hope is to find weaknesses.

However, just as Mordred was feeling annoyed, thinking that her invitation might have gone wrong, Qin Chuan spoke up:

"Sure, I don't mind."

Qin Chuan didn't really care—he understood Mordred's thoughts, but Qin Chuan was confident enough that Mordred's operation would only end in failure.

When the gap in strength is large enough, it's pointless to look for weaknesses.

Unless Qin Chuan is like Kakarot from the original Dragon Ball series, who hasn't even developed the habit of using "ki" to protect himself, he'll still get his chest pierced by a laser gun.

But Qin Chuan has now developed the habit of enveloping himself in "qi," and he won't end up like Kakarot, who suffered a setback.

Even if he stood here and let Mordred chop him, Mordred might not be able to leave a mark on him.

"Mr. Qin Chuan...light"

Weber was still a little worried. Although he knew Qin Chuan was very strong, he obviously didn't have enough understanding of him.

After all, Qin Chuan did not actually display any power at the level of a star burst in front of Waver. Waver probably found it hard to imagine that a Heroic Spirit could reach that level of strength.

"Don't worry, it's okay."

Qin Chuan nodded to Weber, then grinned.

"Let's take this opportunity to teach the naughty kid a lesson."

To Qin Chuan, Mordred was indeed like a disobedient and unreasonable brat.

……

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Chapter 579 Matou Sakura's Substitute

In a church on the outskirts of Fuyuki City, Kotomine Riki sat blankly on a pew, her eyes vacant, as if she had lost consciousness.

Indeed, that was the case—Ryanis and Matou Sakura were standing in front of him, and behind Matou Sakura was a somewhat blurry black figure.

Without a doubt, that was the Stand that Matou Sakura had awakened—but if you look closely, it's not hard to see that this Stand is somewhat similar to Qin Chuan's "Blackbird Requiem".

Although this stand-in's figure appears to be female in terms of curves, its feather-like shawl and jet-black body are exactly the same as the original "Blackbird".

Reines, of course, also noticed this. She had heard that Matou Sakura did not initially have Stand aptitude, but only gained it after carrying the "feather" given to her by Qin Chuan for a long time.

Therefore, she couldn't explain why Matou Sakura's Stand was so similar to "Blackbird"—whether it was because her Stand's talent came from "Blackbird's" feathers, or because of Matou Sakura's subconscious influence.

However, at least Matou Sakura seems quite satisfied with her Stand—because her Stand looks a lot like Qin Chuan's Stand, making Matou Sakura feel that she is one step closer to Qin Chuan.

If it were the old Reines, seeing Matou Sakura get even closer to Qin Chuan would probably have made her feel very insecure—but now she's no longer worried.

Even Matou Sakura hadn't done "that" with Qin Chuan yet, but Reines had already done it with Qin Chuan—even right next to Matou Sakura.

Thinking of this, Reines looked at Matou Sakura with a hint of the pride unique to a victor, but Matou Sakura did not notice it.

"That's good. Kotomine Risei's memories have been modified."

Unaware of Reines's thoughts, Matou Sakura was holding a black book in her hand—and the words "Bible" were prominently written on the cover of the book.

This is Sakura Matou's Stand ability: she can materialize and extract other people's "memories," and then modify those materialized "memories."

However, the form in which "memory" is materialized is entirely determined by the mind of the memory's owner—clearly, for Father Kotomine Risei, his memory is a Bible.

Because it's in book form, it's very simple for Matou Sakura to rewrite Kotomine Risei's memories; she only needs to add or delete some content within the book.

Now, she (bgei) has deleted some things from Kotomine Risei's "memory" and written some new content.

"Put the memories back, FreeAsBird!"

Sakura Matou tossed the black Bible in her hand to her Stand behind her, and the Stand, which she called "Free as a Bird," picked up the memory and pressed it down on Risei Kotomine's head without any hesitation.

The heavy book, as if falling into water, spread ripples across Kotomine Risei's head and then merged into his brain.

The reason why Matou Sakura named her stand "Free as a Bird" is very simple - Qin Chuan rescued her from the Matou family and gave her freedom.

Therefore, she combined "freedom" and "blackbird" to create this name, which also made her feel closer to Qin Chuan.

"Is that all? Are you sure this guy won't come looking for trouble again?"

Because she had a maid outfit stand given to her by Qin Chuan, Reines could also see Matou Sakura's stand and watched as Matou Sakura completed everything, so she couldn't help but ask curiously.

The reason the two of them came to see Kotomine Risei was simple—this morning, Reines received a notification from Kotomine Risei.

Kotomine Risei said he received a report that Reines was hoarding the Lesser Grail, which could prevent the Holy Grail War from continuing. Therefore, he hoped that Reines would come and explain what was going on.

Reines knew, of course, that Kotomine Risei was telling the truth, but it was Qin Chuan who was hiding the Lesser Grail, and Reines certainly wouldn't ask Qin Chuan to hand over the Shido.

Just as she was pondering how to fool Kotomine Risei, Matou Sakura, who had already woken up, said that her Stand ability could solve the problem.

So what happened next was simple. The two went to the church, and Matou Sakura used her Stand "Free Bird" to modify Kotomine Risei's memories.

The current Kotomine Risei has absolutely no recollection of any problems with Reines.

"But who could be the person who reported this? It must be someone connected to the Holy Grail War, right?"

After seeing Matou Sakura nod, confirming that Kotomine Risei's memories had been modified, Reines became somewhat puzzled again.

The fact that Shido kept the Lesser Grail was something that only a very few people knew about, and they must have been people involved in the Holy Grail War.

But now most of the Servants and Masters have been captured by Qin Chuan. The only ones left outside are Ryudou Kazunari, Bazett and her Lancer... None of them seem like they would report him.

"His memory just now indicated that the whistleblower was Matou Tsuruno."

Matou Sakura had already seen who the whistleblower was from Kotomine Risei's memories, and a cold glint flashed in her eyes.

"That is, Shinji Matou's father."

Although Matou Shinji and Matou Tsuruno also share the surname Matou, she never considered them family—they were just strangers who happened to share the same surname.

She hadn't originally intended to specifically target the Matou family, but since Matou Tsuruno dared to report Qin Chuan for secretly possessing the Lesser Holy Grail... Matou Sakura wouldn't hold back.

"I see, the Matou family."

Reines understood—Qin Chuan had previously taken Shidone to the Matou family and kidnapped Matou Shinji and the Heroic Spirit Emiya.

Matou Tsuruno must have seen Shido at that time and recognized him as a homunculus from the Einzbern family, the vessel for the Lesser Grail in this Holy Grail War.

Thinking of this, Reines's expression turned cold:

"The original head of the family is gone, and the Matou family has fallen into such a state, yet they still dare to provoke El-Melloi... They've got some nerve."

Like Matou Sakura, Reines also made a decision in her heart—the Matou family would probably cease to exist in the future.

Anyway, Matou Sakura and the Matou family of Fuyuki City didn't have any real relationship to begin with, so even if she disappeared, Matou Sakura obviously wouldn't have any objections.

Under normal circumstances, information about Matou Tsuruno would definitely be kept strictly confidential by Kotomine Risei—as a priest of the Holy Church, Kotomine Risei would not be affected by things like hypnotic magic.

However, he clearly did not expect that Matou Sakura possessed a Stand related to "memories," which led to Reines and Matou Sakura knowing about Matou Tsuruno directly.

Chapter 580 Mordred did it too

Although Mordred suddenly came over and said she wanted to go on a date with Qin Chuan, Qin Chuan never had any expectations of Mordred.

After all, Mordred's personality and experiences destined her to be completely unrelated to the word "dating." Having only learned the word temporarily, she had no idea what to do on a date.

Even someone as clueless about love as Kaguya Shinomiya, who has absolutely no relevant experience, might understand "dating" better than Mordred.

Sure enough, after following Mordred out of the house, Qin Chuan followed Mordred for a while on an empty street.

Because it was nighttime, there were almost no other light sources on the street except for the streetlights, and most of the houses in the residential area had already turned off their lights and gone to bed.

After walking through several streets, Mordred finally stopped, then turned back somewhat awkwardly to look at Qin Chuan following behind, and said hesitantly:

"Um... what should we do on a date?"

"So you don't even know what to do on a date, yet you came to invite me?"

Qin Chuan looked at Mordred with amusement—it could only be said that Mordred's actions were exactly as Qin Chuan had expected.

While it's unclear from which book Mordred encountered the topic of "dating," it's highly unlikely she described it in detail—what one should do on a date.

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