Chapter 20: A mere Holy Grail War, does not affect schooling
The night faded in the brilliant light of the sun, and the blue sky was clear. There was no doubt that it was a good weather.
"so sleepy."
Miss Rin yawned and walked down the stairs.
Because a lot of things happened yesterday, I went to bed a little late, and was disturbed by Mother C once in the middle of the night. Naturally, the girl now looked listless.
Unfortunately, she had to go to school and had tasks... She had to get up from the comfortable bed early.
After arriving downstairs, no surprise, Ren was leisurely sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, watching TV shows.
He was holding a bag of popcorn, eating it with gusto, and there were several bottles of carbonated drinks next to him.
And in the TV screen, Ultraman Guga...ah, Kamen Rider Kuuga, he is fighting against the unknown life form No. 39, which is the real man, Brother Turtle.
'Here comes the legendary nuclear blast kick!'
Renn took a sip of Coke and slapped his thigh hard:
"Hurry up and fuck him!"
In the picture, I saw the sublimated all-powerful "Heijo Knight" Kuuga kicking away Turtle Brother, and then there was an earth-shattering explosion. The doomsday-like flames spread to a radius of 3 kilometers, scaring the entire Tokyo citizens.
They were all trembling.
"Nah, isn't this better than an A-level anti-army weapon?"
Ren was amazed and felt that his combat effectiveness still needs to be improved.
By the way, I also lamented that the psychological endurance of Tokyo citizens is really poor. It was just a gas explosion, but they could be so frightened. It was really unheard of in the world.
They should learn from the residents of Fuyuki City.
"..."
Tohsaka Rin's face was speechless.
She couldn't understand his love for tokusatsu dramas. If she hadn't known that Archer was really good at fighting, she would have thought he was just an ordinary fat nerd.
In fact, Renn was not so obsessed with watching dramas before. The key point is that except for the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City in modern society, there was no TV for him to watch at other times...
However, the sumptuous breakfast on the table made Miss Rin's eyes shine.
Grilled fish, rice, miso soup, fried eggs... the food was so tempting that she stopped complaining and started enjoying breakfast.
Half an hour later.
Tohsaka Rin stood outside the courtyard door, looking at the black lock in the center of the door with awe-inspiring eyes. He slowly stretched out his slender right palm and uttered a few short and powerful syllables:
"Verfahren!"
The spell fell, and a stream of light suddenly flashed on the black iron gate.
Then the sound of mechanical rotation sounded, and the entire door was immediately locked in both physical and magical senses.
A flash of silver light flashed in his eyes, and Ren stretched out a palm to activate the underground rune array defense.
Although fighting the Holy Grail War and going to school at the same time makes people a little speechless, but Rin is not Tokiomi Tohsaka, she will not stay at home all the time.
Since people have to go to school, they still need to maintain their base camp like Tohsaka House. If an restless guy like Mother C sneaks in and sets a magic trap, although Ren is not afraid, he will still find it very troublesome.
And near this magic workshop, which is close to the level of a temple, his strength will increase.
With the advantage of the site, if any followers come to attack here, he can easily repel them.
And this is also a spiritual vein in Fuyuki City. Although it is not as good as Ryudouji Temple, it can also serve as the place where the Holy Grail descends.
After closing the door, Miss Lin said domineeringly:
"Let's go, Archer, let's go to the school and see if we can find that third-rate servant who dares to run wild on my territory!"
She has not forgotten that there is a vicious barrier placed by a certain Servant in the school.
However, she was not worried. With Archer's amazing strength, it would probably not be a problem to deal with the hidden servant.
She didn't believe that the guy who still needed to set up a barrier to absorb the students' magic power could be stronger than Berserker Hercules and Lancer Cu Chulainn last night.
Fuyuki City is a third-tier small city.
Early in the morning, there were only a few pedestrians on the cold streets.
Of course, this may also be related to the rupture of the underground natural gas pipeline outside Fuyuki Church last night and the "gas leak" incident. Some TV stations warned people to go out as little as possible recently...
However, the Holy Grail War and gas explosions did not affect the students' schooling.
After getting off the bus, Ren and Tohsaka Rin walked side by side on the street to the high school of Hogunhara Academy.
Because they had experienced battles together and trusted each other, Tohsaka Rin did not deliberately disguise herself as the elegant and perfect young lady in front of him.
After walking for a while, the campus was already in sight. She yawned long and muttered a little dissatisfied:
"Very sleepy."
Before Ren could reply, a clear and sweet female voice came from around the corner.
"Hey, Tohsaka, good morning."
"Um?"
Tohsaka Rin immediately perked up and turned to the female student who stopped her.
Her hair color and eye color are both brown, she wears the costume of the Kyudo Club of Suiqunhara Academy, and she has the face of a Shiki sister.
Not being rude in front of outsiders, Lin immediately showed an elegant smile: "Good morning, Meizu, it's also very cold today."
It was Mizusumi Ayako, the commander of the Kyudo Club, who greeted Rin Tohsaka in a frank tone. She was also a student in Class 2A. She was familiar with Rin Tosaka and was also friends with Shirou.
"It's a bit cold."
Meizu Ayako walked a few steps here and saw Renn beside her. She also said hello, "Ren, good morning."
"Good morning, Meizu."
Staring at her face that looked like two rituals, Ren said with a smile.
If he takes Mizu Ayako to Kanfuko City, I wonder how Kurogiri Mikiya and Ryōri would feel when they meet her.
Thinking of the two rituals and Miya, Ren naturally thought of Aozaki Orange.
It is now early February 2004. At this time, the couple is probably busy raising a baby. Aozaki Yuiko, the scumbag capitalist who has defaulted on employees' wages, should have gone bankrupt long ago. After all, she is so lazy...
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"Ren, be careful lately. Shinji Matou has been trying to cause trouble for you."
Meizu Ayako didn't know that he had thought of so many things, so she lowered her voice and gave a kind reminder in his ear.
Recently, she discovered that Shinji Matou seemed to be a bit inflated, his attitude became much more arrogant, and it was harder to speak than before.
In the past few days, as a member of the Archery Club, he often deliberately quarreled with her, was aggressive, and always inquired about the whereabouts of Rin and her cousin Ren.
"Got it, thank you."
Ren smiled slightly, and the fish was probably about to take the bait.
After bidding farewell to Mizu Ayako, the two came to the campus.
A group of school security guards have surrounded the side of the playground where Ren and Lancer fought last night.
"Hey, tell me, what happened here? Why do you feel like you were dug up by an excavator?" Kaede Shidera, a member of the track and field trio, said carelessly.
"I don't know, but the extent of the damage is really astonishing. It is definitely not caused by humans." Mayor Fuyuki's daughter, Himuro Bell, adjusted her glasses and analyzed.
"But, there is a human-shaped mark on the wall. Could it be that there is a ghost?"
Saegusa Yukika covered her small mouth and said weakly.
"There is a ghost, how is this possible? It's already 2004, who still believes this." Renn came up and explained.
"Handsome guy, who are you?"
Shisi Feng looked at this handsome guy with blond hair and blue eyes curiously.
"A famous detective passing by." Ren said calmly.
Shisi Feng asked: "Are you a detective? Why don't you analyze it and find out what are these traces on the ground?"
"Don't be surprised, it's just a gas explosion." Ren said calmly.
"Mr. Detective, what about the human-shaped mark on the wall?" The famous daughter Himuro Chung stared at Ren and said in a calm voice, "It is impossible for a gas explosion to form such a mark."
"Who knows, maybe they are aliens." Ren said with a smile.
Trio: "..."
Without a few words of conversation, Renne said goodbye to the trio.
Rin also said hello to the three of them, and while there was still some time before class, she took him to search for the magic eye in every corner of the school that supported the barrier "Blood Temple".
Soon, they came to the library.
Because it was still early, there was no one else in the library except them.
"Archer, let's search the bookshelves separately." After saying that, Tohsaka Rin began to search on his own.
"Well, Rin, we just need to search for those bookshelves that are lying around, no one reads them on weekdays, but they are not gathering dust." Ren immediately reminded.
"That's right, Archer, I didn't expect that besides being able to fight, you are also quite clever." Miss Lin's eyes lit up and she smiled.
"Girl, it's your IQ that's off again." Ren joked and started looking for it from the other side of the library.
"Huh, no, it was just a mistake." Tohsaka Rin snorted arrogantly and browsed the bookshelf.
After a long time, I finally found something.
Wiping her slightly sweaty forehead, Rin pressed her palm on a new blood-colored rune node. As the magic power surged, those runes slowly faded and failed.
"Huh, this guy is really stubborn. He actually set up so many formations and spent so much of my magic power."
While flipping through a book of "The Song of the Nibelungs", Renn smiled lightly: "Rin, do you need my help?"
"you?"
Tohsaka Rin opened her eyes wide and looked at him doubtfully.
The girl's reflex arc was a bit long. After a moment, she remembered that Archer could actually do magic and said:
"I want to give it a try myself first. I can't rely on you for everything. After all, I participated in the Holy Grail War and also exercised to test my intentions...
But just be an insurance policy if I mess up."
"knew."
Ren nodded slightly, he understood what the girl was thinking.
Although she really wanted to train herself, she was not confident that she could completely solve such a vicious magic barrier as the "Blood Temple". Once it failed, the students would be in danger.
"By the way, Rin, after feeling these runes, have you made any guesses about the magician who set up the barrier?"
Ren was thinking about the plan in his mind and started to lead the conversation.
"Huh? The person who put up the barrier should be a certain Servent, not a magician." Rin thought of what happened last night, "Do you think it's Caster who is doing something wrong?"
"No, although this barrier is quite powerful, the details are a bit simple and rough. If it were Caster, there wouldn't be such obvious flaws.
Moreover, since that Servant would choose to set up a barrier in the school, is it possible that his Master himself is a student or teacher of this school?
For example, that Matou Shinji, he is also a member of the Demonic Family."
Ren, who was familiar with many situations, asked deliberately, without leaving a trace, directing the finger at Shinji Matou and Soichiro Kuzuzuki, the people's teacher.
"Here, do you doubt Matou Shinji?"
Lin was stunned for a moment, then immediately shook his head:
"This is unlikely. Although Shenji is a bit annoying, he is actually a harmless guy. Moreover, he does not have the magic qualifications to become a Master at all..."
Because the Matou family's affairs concern Sakura, the girl instinctively doesn't want to let trouble involve her.
She was very happy to find that there was no Command Seal on Sakura's body, and the Matou family's demonic bloodline had withered away. In Rin's opinion, Shinji was just a pitiful guy.
"...That's it."
Ren responded calmly that he already had a plan, and now he was just reminding her to pay more attention. Later, he would let her slowly shift her focus to the Matou family.
That disgusting guy, old Chongzi, I'd better just let him go.
As for Sakura, he doesn't have time to help her get out of the shadows, but he will kill the old bug and get rid of Shenji at the same time.
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Of course, Ren was not such a warm-hearted person. What happened to Sakura happened to him now, and he happened to know about it, so he took care of it out of some considerations.
The most important thing is that this kind of thing is not difficult for him.
Otherwise, if it is a good thing that is far away, or requires taking huge risks, but does not have a rich enough reward, Renn will not bother to pay attention to it.
Red A could actually guess what happened to Sakura, but after he was summoned by Rin, he never thought of taking the initiative to help Sakura...
The school bell rang, and Rin hurried back to the classroom.
Ren put his hands in his pockets and wandered boredly in the corridor of the teaching building. Soon, he met a beautiful girl who was also wandering aimlessly in the school.
The Daimao King was looking around with a hint of curiosity in his green eyes.
She has an exquisite face and snow-white skin that looks very delicate. She has her golden hair tied up and wears a uniform of a female high school student at Hogunhara Academy. The simple clothes still give people a ladylike temperament.
"Good morning, young lady of the Knight King." Ren said hello with a bright smile, looking familiar.
"Good morning, Arthur."
It's not surprising that Archer also appears here. After all, Tohsaka Rin is a student here just like Shirou, but Artoria's attitude is a little cold.
In their previous encounters, he didn't leave much of a good impression on her.
The most important thing is that Archer's strength makes her deeply afraid.
She is also King Arthur. She thought about it for half the night last night and found that in her current state, she could not find a way to defeat him.
Hand-to-hand combat?
After witnessing the peak duel between Ren and Berserker Hercules outside the church last night, she knew that the opponent's swordsmanship was indeed at its peak and he had to surpass her.
Moreover, he is not as embarrassed as she is, and he does not lack magic power.
Noble Phantasm Showdown?
They also have the Wind King's Barrier, the Holy Sword Excalibur, and the opponent is also not lacking, and they also have the Demonic Sword Wuhui Huguang, which is specially designed to restrain heroic spirits with dragon blood...
And these are only part of the opponent's Noble Phantasm.
The worst thing is that Arthur must also know the "Wind King's Barrier" and how to use the holy sword very well, and even some unexpected tactics may not be effective.
After thinking about it, King Da Mao had to admit that in his current bad state, it was a blessing to have a 10% chance of winning in a duel with Archer.
Therefore, invisibly, the male Arthur has become a hurdle that she cannot overcome, and he is the most unfavorable enemy in the Holy Grail War.
Under such circumstances, and with the previous "friendly exchanges" between the two, it's no wonder that King Da Mao has a good attitude toward Ren.
‘Hmph, what’s the matter?!’
Looking at Ren's playful face across from him, the girl felt a little unhappy. She subconsciously turned her face away and prepared to pass by.
Shirou and Tohsaka Rin agreed not to be enemies for the time being, and she had nothing to do with Arthur for the time being, so she simply stayed out of sight and out of mind.
"Hey, girl, why are you so cold? We just defeated Berserker and Lancer together last night." Ren blocked the girl's way.
He smiled broadly, taking advantage of his princely height of 1.76 meters, slightly lowering his head to look down at her petite figure.
"Arthur, what do you mean? Do you want to do something?!"
King Daimao stared at him with a stern face and holy blue eyes.
Her tone is very cold, and she has a tendency to get angry if she doesn't agree.
Her attitude was a bit irritable, because whenever she thought of being overpowered by another King Arthur, the girl felt suffocated and could not calm down at all.
Doesn't this mean that she, the King of Knights, is inferior to the male Arthur?
This makes her with such a strong personality not willing to lose to other heroes, and losing to King Arthur in the parallel world makes her even more uncomfortable.
In particular, Arthur denies her actions to save Britain...
This made her even more unwilling to flinch in front of him.
"No, no, don't get me wrong." Looking at the angry girl who looked like a dynamite barrel, Renn took two steps back.
He still had some idea in mind.
When he bullied her like that before, he was still wearing the "old sword" vest, and he overpowered her with words and force. She must have been thinking about how to get back the situation.
"snort."
King Daimao snorted coldly and wanted to leave. Every minute she stayed by his side was a kind of torture for her.
Her angry and unhappy look is very much like that of a girl.
"Hey, wait a minute, Artoria, have you forgotten your promise?" Renn stopped his smile and said seriously.
King Daimao frowned, a little confused: "What promise?"
"...You said last night that if I answered a few of your questions, you would tell me what happened during the Fourth Holy Grail War ten years ago." There was a hint of curiosity in Renn's eyes.
Four Dai and Five Dai are not in the same world.
Although they are both true knight kings, they actually have some differences in terms of personality characteristics and experiences.
Artoria suddenly realized that there was such an agreement.
But so many things happened last night that she actually forgot about this...
After pondering for a moment, she felt that there was indeed nothing to hide, and her two treasures were also owned by others... So she simply kept her promise and said:
"Last time, I was killed in the winter city of Einzbern's house in Germany..."
"Wait a minute." Ren interrupted her.
"What's wrong?"
"Girl, you don't want to talk here, do you? This is the school corridor. If people passing by hear this, they will probably think that we are crazy."
"..."
Ren greeted the dumb King, who was a little speechless, and walked outside the school together.
Finding that the girl had a bad impression of him, he felt that it was time to improve his favorability, otherwise, he would not be able to continue bullying... ahem, he would not be able to continue to happily enlighten her.
Renn looked around, looking for the best-decorated restaurant near the school.
It's just dry conversation, which is boring. Eating hot pot, singing songs, and chatting away the day is the right thing to do.
"Come on, girl, let's go there."
The clairvoyant searched for a while and found a suitable place. He walked towards the restaurant with Da Mao Wang, who said no but was very honest.