They've already fought their way through the Holy Grail War, and you still call them dragons?

"But how did the King kidnap Eri?"

Gen Chisei knows that the family's strict watch over Eri isn't because she's vulnerable to abduction, but rather because they're worried about the dangers to those who dare approach her. Eri is the "Tsukuyomi" of the Snake Eight Clan, the family's sharpest weapon. If mishandled, she could harm innocent people.

"It sounds like a 'clapperboard sound,'" Emiya said.

"Bangzi?"

"Upon closer inspection, it looks like a primitive tribal instrument, but the melody is very unique. For some reason, Eri reacts to the sound of the clappers. Once she hears them, she's manipulated like a puppet."

When these words were spoken, everyone present except Emiya and Eri looked a little solemn.

Relying on sound to manipulate others is an insidious and despicable method, and some are difficult to guard against. There are psychic-type word spirits, but the more common word spirit, Senra, also uses vision as a channel for hallucinations. It's rare to manipulate others solely through hearing.

Boom boom boom!

A sudden knock on the door interrupted everyone's thoughts.

Ling went over and opened the door. Nono, with damp red hair and wrapped in a cashmere coat that was dripping with water stains, walked in with a clatter of short boots. "Wow, the ward can actually accommodate so many people? Sorry, the rain outside has gotten heavier and I'm late."

Emiya noticed that Nono was not wearing a miko costume, but a new set of casual clothes, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Nono was quite careful and smart, otherwise it would easily arouse Gen Chisei's suspicion.

Emiya then continued to explain, "What I said earlier about saving Eri in the sewer... The real problem is not the king, but the 'god' who escaped!"

Yuan Zhisheng's voice suddenly rose an octave, "What did you say?"

"God! The Supreme Mother Goddess Izanami has appeared! I think I've made myself clear enough, haven't I?"

Emiya saw Minamoto nod in understanding from Chisei and Uesugi Kotsu before continuing, "He claims to have signed a 'God and Miko' contract with Eri. I suspect this contract is similar to the Master-Servant Contract of the Holy Grail War. He drained Eri's magic power and vitality."

Gen Chisei subconsciously glanced at the back of Eri's hand, and his breath caught in his throat. "But there are no Command Seals..."

"Yes, this is most likely a contract, but it's not a fair contract. It's a unilateral forced contract."

At this moment, Ling suddenly walked over and, in front of the surprised gazes of Genji and his son, called out Anastasia, "Can you observe it? Caster."

The princess, having released her spirit form, glanced at Eri, then closed her eyes again for a few seconds, picked up her spirit familiar, "Wei," and opened her eyes again to speak:

"Wei told me that this human girl had part of her life taken away by a forced contract. Furthermore, this contract channel is very stable and cannot be broken. We cannot rule out the possibility that the other party will attempt to take her life again."

Uesugi Yue was anxious after hearing this. "What should we do? Will Eri be okay?"

The princess's speech style was always merciless. She said coldly, "There is almost no guarantee of safety, unless you can hope for the enemy's mercy."

dong dong dong.

Everyone frowned immediately. Who else was coming?

This time, when Ling opened the door, he did not invite anyone in, but took back a few inspection sheets and threw them to Yuan Zhisheng.

"Father, this is yours." Gen Chisheng handed one of the sheets to Uesugi Yue, as it was the paternity test results of Uesugi Yue and Eri - undoubtedly father and daughter. As for Eri's blood sample, it came from a medical examination she had done at this hospital.

The other papers were the family medical team's analysis report on the stability of Eri's current bloodline.

The report showed very surprising results -

Eri's dragon blood concentration was nearly zero! She had practically become an ordinary person! This level had dropped below the standard for awakened bloodline, making it impossible for her to use Word Spirit: Judgment. She was no longer the invincible family weapon, Tsukuyomi!

Yuan Zhisheng put the report away silently.

Under normal circumstances, he might have breathed a sigh of relief and been grateful to fate for allowing his sister to escape the family's tragic fate and return to a normal life.

However, the cold truth that "Eri had a part of her life taken away" made Gen Chisei unable to agree that this was a good thing.

Having extracted a portion of her life force, she's now a normal person, which seems like a good thing. But what if she continues to be extracted? Will Eri become a patient? A vegetable? Or... dead?

"I say..." Seeing that everyone looked somber, Emiya proposed the solution he had thought of at the beginning:

"Since its effect is similar to that of a Master-Servant Contract, we can infer that the God's activities require Eri to maintain them. We can continue with the Holy Grail War method and deal with Him the same way we treat Servant—directly kill the God, and this contract will naturally disintegrate."

"He actually just opened his mouth and said he would attack God," Yuan Zhisheng seemed to sigh a little, "What a bold move! The nickname 'God Slayer' is indeed not for nothing."

At this moment, Uesugi Yue's calloused palm also patted Gen Chisei's shoulder.

"Why are you so scared? He's just a god. The family has sealed him for so many years. How can you be afraid of those withered bones from ancient tombs? Hehe, for the sake of my daughter, I wouldn't be afraid even if I had to smash Yomi Hirasaka to pieces!"

Chapter 211 Today's Victory is Emiya's

The sound of rain continued and became more and more rapid, almost forming silver lines outside, hitting the window glass and gradually turning into an endless and magnificent symphony.

Seeing everyone's focus shifting to how to quickly find and defeat the gods, Emiya breathed a sigh of relief. He was telling the truth, not making up any lies; he and Eri had indeed encountered the King General and the "gods."

But before this, Eri had never stayed in the family honestly.

After confirming that he had successfully gotten away with it, Emiya walked over to Nono, whose soaked cashmere coat had been hung on the rack, dripping freely. "Did you find anything over there (Genji Heavy Industries)? Didn't Melyusina come with you?"

"She sent me here and then went home. As for the investigation—don't even mention it," Nuonuo leaned over and complained softly in his ear, "As for me, I was investigating well when suddenly a masked man appeared and banged on a gong, making a strange, awful sound—that was the Wang Jiang you were talking about, right?"

"Yeah."

"That was him. He probably thought I was Eri and tried to control me, but when he found out I wasn't, he got mad and tried to kill me, so he was chopped down by Melyusina. Then a female Servant with flames coming out of her body rushed over - she probably wanted to get rid of us, but the battle spread too far and all the data was burned!"

When Nuonuo said this, there was a hint of gnashing of teeth in his tone.

"So I asked Melyusina to teach the other side a lesson. Later, a new male servant appeared. Melyusina described the appearance of the other side's master and servant... I suspected that they were people you knew, so I let them go."

"Oh, I do know them then." Emiya, after hearing Nono's mumbling, roughly guessed that it was Ibaraki Douji, the character of Kazama Ruri, and Watanabe Tsuna, the character of Minamoto Chisei. If the king were to appear with the demons, then it wouldn't be surprising for Kazama Ruri to show up, but he wondered what his final fate would be...

"Melyuzina beat them all up, causing them to transform into spirits to recover from their injuries. After that, I asked Melyuchina to take me home. It rained halfway through, and I got soaked."

Nuonuo sighed. "In short, the investigation has revealed very little. What we can confirm is that the divine skeleton existed in ancient times. At that time, one faction wanted to seal it, while another group wanted to obtain the power of the gods..."

Emiya recalled the scene in "The Adventure of Lord El-Melloi II" where Akira Yazhe was forcibly implanted with the Okuninushi God by Akane Yazhe. "This is quite natural. People have always worshipped gods, but they also feared their power... So this entangled and contradictory mentality eventually evolved into using human bodies as containers to restrain gods."

"There's no point in talking about this now. Thanks to the King, the God has left Eri's body."

While they were chatting, Uesugi Yue suddenly slammed his calloused hand on the bedside table. He turned around and noticed Emiya and Nono whispering to each other, and he immediately felt indignant:

"Emiya, you brat!"

You clearly seduced his daughter away and you're not going to stop, and you're hooking up with another woman now, right?

What Uesugi Yue hated most in his life was the playboy, even though he was the same kind of guy after all, what a hypocrite...

The old former Shadow Emperor narrowed his eyes and said, "And I noticed earlier that this Nono looks a bit like Eri. Could it be..."

"Father... please don't rush into claiming kinship. This person really isn't his," Gen Chisheng quickly dissuaded him. He already knew about the misunderstanding that had occurred when Uesugi Yue tried to "recognize" Emiya as his kin. If he did it again, wouldn't that be a clear offense?

Therefore, Yuan Zhisheng quickly explained the situation:

"Miss Nuonuo is from the Chen family of Shenzhou. Although she is related to us, she is only a distant relative."

Uesugi Yue suddenly realized that his own mother, Charlotte Chen, was of Chinese and French descent, and his grandmother was from the Chen family at that time. However, the time span between her and the current Nono of the Chen family was at least a century.

"So, Master Yue, you are a relative of ours? That's really rare. It's a small world."

Nuonuo replied casually in a nonchalant tone. She had no good feelings towards the Chen family she came from, and the same went for her relatives, treating them all equally.

Turning around, Nuonuo borrowed a comb from Su Enxi and began to carelessly take care of her hair. When the comb teeth scraped across her scalp, she accidentally broke a few hairs.

"Yeah, it's a small world."

Uesugi Yue casually grabbed a glass of unsold Daiginjo from the side of his plate, raised it to his lips and drank it all. He didn't pay attention to Nono's tone, but just sighed with a vicissitudes of life.

He thought he would be alone and bored for the rest of his life, accompanied by a pot of ramen soup, chopped green onions, barbecued pork and pork bones.

Who knows what will happen once the Holy Grail War breaks out... All kinds of strange things keep popping up, faster than weeds growing wildly in the ground, one crop will pop up again after you cut it.

Not only did beings like gods appear, but even his children and relatives, who he had originally thought did not exist, appeared one after another and gathered in Tokyo where he lived.

These little days were becoming more and more hopeful. Uesugi Yue couldn't even see what this little world would become until his death.

"The world is... small?"

Eri took two bites of her onsen egg, her head tilted slightly in confusion as she listened to the conversation. The medical wristband slipped off as her arm moved. Her understanding of the "world" was still at a relatively shallow stage. Eri felt that the world must be incredibly vast.

"It's just that Tokyo is too small. The world is huge." Emiya noticed Eri's curiosity about their topic and asked, "Eri, do you want to go on a long journey and see the world outside?"

Emiya felt it was necessary to remove Eri from the chaotic Holy Grail War, especially now that she had lost her powerful power over death. The upcoming Holy Grail War might enter a "War of Gods" phase, and Emiya felt that even staying away from Tokyo wouldn't be safe; at least, he needed to go abroad.

"Outside……"

Eri's eyes flashed with anticipation and excitement. At Emiya's suggestion, she had also watched a few documentaries. "I want to see... the snow in the Alps, the pyramids in the Egyptian desert, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Great Wall of China..."

"Okay," Emiya pointed at Su Enxi who was leaning against the windowsill, "Did you see that sister? In the next few days, let her take you out for a few days to see the scenery around the world."

Eri opened her mouth, wanting to agree subconsciously, but she suddenly felt a sense of reluctance and worry in her heart. She had become an ordinary person, so Emiya was probably doing this just to keep her away from the battlefield...

What if one day, while she was in Paris, passing the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe, strolling carefree down the Champs-Élysées, others were fighting a bloody battle with the terrifying and dangerous Yomizu-no-Kami halfway around the world? Eri clutched the corner of her clothes. How could she possibly be at peace in such a situation?

"I, don't want to..."

Eri finally spoke - in the face of Emiya's words, she actually refused in a rare move. Her eyes flickered, and she subconsciously looked for her brother Minamoto no Chisei, and the newly recognized father Uesugi Kotsu... as if she hoped that her wishes would be supported.

But Yuan Zhisheng did not object to this.

The Snake Eight Clan, and indeed all of Tokyo, will soon face the resurrection of the "god" they have feared for millennia. In this dire, even life-or-death situation, Eri, having lost her bloodline and become a mere ordinary person, will be safer the further away she gets from here.

"Eri, you have to understand that the situation is going to become increasingly dangerous. This is no joke."

Gen Chisheng was silent for a moment, then spoke out a few words of advice in a deep and direct voice, "If you stay in Tokyo... there'll be no one to play Street Fighter with you online. Even if you leave home, you might be caught in an accident caused by the war and won't be able to find any open recreational facilities..."

As for Uesugi Yue, he interrupted Minamoto no Chisei's words, raised his calloused hands, grabbed Minamoto no Chisei's black windbreaker and pushed him aside.

"Zhisheng, get out of here! If you don't understand the atmosphere, just keep quiet!"

He turned around and said soothingly:

"Don't listen to your brother's nonsense. Eri, Dad knows you're worried about Emiya, but don't worry, he's not someone who can be defeated so easily! If you really want to stay, then stay. I'll protect you! If anyone dares to touch a hair on your head, Dad will fight him with his life!"

But Eri just lowered her head and said in a voice so low it was almost inaudible, "So, Emiya... you're not going with me, are you?"

Uesugi Yue's expression instantly turned to stone: "..."

I'm your father! Why do you treat me like this? Damn Emiya... This girl is probably hopeless. She's completely obsessed with that kid!

Jiude Mai clapped silently beside them:

Hahaha, wonderful, wonderful! Emiya once again won by a large margin, becoming the ultimate winner of "The Number One Person in Eri's Heart"! As for the others, they all suffered crushing defeats!

She came to this conclusion while observing the low pressure that was always hovering around Gen Chisei and Uesugi Yue, Su Enxi who took out her laptop and concentrated on online stock trading, and Nono who turned around angrily as if to pretend she didn't see anything.

Ling said nothing, but just set the dishes and served tea and wine.

"Eri, don't worry about me. There's a saying that goes 'parting is for a better reunion tomorrow'. You won't lose anyone, and we will see you again."

Feeling the air pressure of everyone in the room rise and fall, as unpredictable as atmospheric turbulence, Emiya felt a little numb.

There were too many people, it was like a trial by three judges, and even a simple matter started to become distorted.

"Eri, you're no longer a 'monster'. We are the heroes fighting to save you."

"Hero..." Eri raised her head, tears of reluctance flickering in her eyes, "You must win."

Amidst everyone's puzzled gazes, she raised her fair hand with her palm facing outward.

"Yeah." Only Emiya understood the meaning of this action - this was Eri's understanding of the "victory" gesture, and he also raised his palm and stretched it forward.

Snapped.

The palms of one hand, big and one small, touched each other gently.

"..."

Tsk.

Nuonuo put down the comb stuck in her hair.

Several comb teeth had accidentally broken off in the middle.

Chapter 212: Uesugi Yue: Stop! This is not Niten Ichiryu at all!

The next day, the wind and rain continued to fall, making thousands of dents on the beach.

On the empty private helipad by the sea, a man in white clothes and scarlet hakama climbed onto his seat amidst the noisy roar of the engine. A small hand waved lightly in the narrow gap of the door for a moment, and then as the altitude rose, it gradually turned into a silhouette on the horizon.

The only ones who came to see Eri off were Emiya, Minamoto no Nakasei, and Uesugi Kotsu.

Nono and Eri had no close ties, so she clearly had no intention of coming. Genjiro would not have publicly informed the subordinates of the Snake Eight Families, adding unnecessary ostentation to their Tsukuyomi's secret departure.

Uesugi Yue would not even send Ange an invitation to help see his good daughter off, because the old bastard Ange was the leader of a secret party, and he didn't want his daughter to be involved in such a huge and bloated organization full of "bastards".

"...Today's wind and rain are particularly noisy."

Yuan Zhisheng held an umbrella and watched the thick dark clouds that stretched endlessly to the end of the sea level. The clouds, carrying a huge amount of water vapor, turned into fierce rain that poured down. He felt a subtle sense of crisis as if the sky was collapsing and the earth was being destroyed.