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

Emiya was a little puzzled. Even a Valkyrie should have a complete mind and a fairly high level of intelligence.

"you misunderstood."

"Even if I'm angry, it should be directed at my own low strength and inadequacy. We Valkyries can't fully utilize our expertise when fighting alone. On the contrary, your bravery and wisdom during combat are worthy of praise."

"On the other hand, we Valkyries are excellent weapons and tools, not living beings. Our mission is to find the traces of warriors and guide their souls to join us. Although I was designed as a beautiful mortal woman, warrior, you don't have to think of me as a woman."

Slude's red eyes were pure and calm.

Without the gun and shield, the Valkyrie seemed to have shed her slightly mechanical warrior identity and simply looked like a woman with gorgeous clothes, a cold and unattainable temperament.

"Really? You've been transformed into alteregos, no longer tools under Odin's command, right? And judging by your behavior, you don't seem to be willing to obey the will of that god. Does this mission really exist?"

"To be honest... I don't know." Slude was silent for a few seconds before speaking.

"In fact, originally, the three of us sisters were summoned here to participate in the Holy Grail War, but due to the advent of an unknown god, the Master was replaced..."

"Holy Grail War? Who was your original Master? Wasn't it Odin?"

Emiya's attention was drawn to it. One of the reasons why he attacked Slude was to collect necessary information. Now it seems that he really got something out of it.

The Holy Grail War being held in this place, could it be a virtual electronic Holy Grail War in computer space?

"No, no, the original master was a human with a similar aura, named... Friedrich von Long," Slude told the whole story without hiding anything and continued.

"But he's no longer the Master. Our contract with the Master was taken away by that God, and his spiritual components were altered, making him lose his original form of existence... I'm completely lost. What's the reason to continue fighting?"

"If you're so conflicted," Emiya said as he helped Regirev up from the side, "how about finding a new reason and redefining yourself?"

"Redefine...myself?"

----

"So, this is why you brought the enemy back, Lord Emiya?"

Xia Mi, who was busy at the survivors' base, ran over to greet Emiya, but saw a Valkyrie behind him and suddenly his vision went dark.

"They're not enemies, they're just enemies on the surface, understand? On the surface." Emiya signaled Xia Mi to lower her voice, "In other words, they're captured hostages—"

"It's a trophy, right?"

Slude behind him suddenly spoke, startling Xia Mi, "Warrior, no matter how you use tricks, you are the winner of the battle and you should take everything from the loser."

"Possess?" Xia Mi opened her eyes wide. It turned out that you, Emiya, brought back a new concubine?

"...No, can't our values ​​be more modernized? What you said is like the Viking pirates from ancient times." Emiya waved his hands quickly. Of course, his purpose of carrying it back was not for this.

"Modernization..." This time, Slude finally fell silent in confusion, as if he had touched upon his own blind spot in knowledge, and his words no longer seemed shocking.

Xia Mi looked at Slude and saw that he really had no hostility. Her eyes lit up. She pulled Emiya aside and whispered in his ear:

"Emiya-sama, Emiya-sama, you are very capable. I think there is something going on."

Emiya was confused by what Xia Mi said, "What's going on?"

"Think about it, doesn't Norse mythology record the love story between the Valkyrie Brynhildr and the human Sigurd? Lord Emiya, you should also use your love expertise to influence the Valkyries and make them serve you wholeheartedly!"

My specialty in love?

Emiya pointed at himself and thought to himself, Xia Mi, are you okay?

"Xia Mi, Xia Mi, your idea is indeed very powerful, but it still requires too much operation. Is there any simpler and more direct method you can recommend?"

I am indeed good at using love to influence people, but I think my specialty is using love (physical) to influence people!

Chapter 273: Meh, meh, this is the BB channel!

Valkyrie Slude's appearance drew the attention of everyone in the main hall on the first floor. A woman shimmering in gold, wielding a spear and a round shield, with a pair of radiant wings on her back, was hard not to attract attention.

Some speculated that this was some kind of expensive custom-made prop for a performance—there were still many ordinary survivors on the YAMAL. They were lucky enough not to be hit by the branches, and they had no idea that the ship was dangerously heading towards a hopeless place in the depths of the sea.

However, among the surviving tourists, there were also quite a few who were half-bloods or people who knew the truth about the world. The moment they guessed that this was a Servant, they involuntarily lowered their heads and stepped back.

There's no way, the commotion during the Holy Grail War in Tokyo was too terrifying.

Any force with some intelligence capabilities will keep its distance from anything related to the Holy Grail War.

"Hey, everyone! I'm finally done. Here are the results of the new crew investigation. Can anyone take a moment to check it out?"

Just as Emiya was helping the gradually waking Rigidreve to her seat and discussing matters with Xia Mi, Chu Tianjiao ran over.

Emiya didn't care about how Xia Mi and the other maids worked. He only cared about the results. "So, if you have any findings, just tell me."

"Oh, my goodness! My Lord God Slayer is so straightforward, much better than those secret party members. The report format they requested is so long and boring, like an old lady's foot binding... Then I'll skip the beginning of the long paragraph above."

Since his boss was not around, Chu Tianjiao casually made up a secret party and then flipped through his own records:

"First, we'll investigate the tourist areas on these floors, which are the heaviest workload. Aside from the survivors gathered here at the base, the others are either confirmed dead or have disappeared long ago."

"Missing?"

"Yes, a rather conspicuous disappearance."

Chu Tianjiao's tone turned serious. "Do you know? The YAMAL is not just a luxury cruise ship, but a tool used by operator Vincent to find the gate to the Kingdom of God."

"I know this. I also have former members of the YAMAL around me." Emiya was referring to Rigidreve, Helver and others.

"But they probably don't know the details of Vincent's specific operational plan."

"According to investigations, Vincent's practice in previous years was to attract mixed-bloods with unstable bloodlines, claiming that finding the gate to the kingdom of God would solve their bloodline problems once and for all. So, these mixed-bloods were foolishly deceived and bought boat tickets to blend in with the ordinary tourists."

Emiya raised an eyebrow, "You're talking about the past, right? What about now?"

"I found some hybrids hiding among the survivors. They said Vincent suddenly changed his words this time, saying that participants no longer need to wait to find the elusive gate to the Kingdom of God. They only need to participate in the Holy Grail War to realize their wishes."

"Let's not even talk about where they got the Holy Grail and related technologies. How many people actually believe something that's clearly a scam?"

"It's obvious that Vincent doesn't care who believes it or not. Besides those who voluntarily choose to participate, Vincent also secretly threatened a group of people to force them to participate. The survivors don't know the threats, but those who were forced to participate looked at Vincent as if he were an inhuman monster."

"An inhuman monster?" Emiya remembered that according to the description of Ridgeline and the others, Vincent should be an octogenarian. Has there been any strange changes in the meantime?

"And then... who are the people who actively participated?"

"There's only one. I've sifted through the list of missing persons. That person's name is Friedrich von Roon, a gray-haired German."

Chu Tianjiao handed over the registration information on the list, which also had a small one-inch photo attached. The face of an old man with iron-gray eyebrows and hair appeared in the information.

Emiya remained silent for a moment.

This place seemed to fit. This was the Master Valkyrie had mentioned. This old German man had some kind of obscure connection with Odin.

If Emiya's guess is correct, Vincent must have changed his goal for some reason, forcibly recruited others, and participated in the Electronic Holy Grail War, whose technology originated from a suspicious source. In the end, the ritual went out of control, summoning "God", leading to the current situation.

The Valkyrie also said that the gate to the kingdom of God is where the body of God is, and it is also the direction the ship is heading. The ship has been blocked and fixed by branches, and its direction cannot be changed.

Thinking of this, Emiya asked again: "What's the current situation of the YAMAL? After a large number of crew members were reduced, is it still sailing normally?"

Chu Tianjiao shook his head. "The entire cruise ship is blocked. We can't escape to the outside world by going up on deck. Whenever we try to explore the border, we always end up inexplicably circling back. The space must be in a closed state similar to the Nibelungen."

Emiya didn't find it strange. When he was fighting in the computer space, he discovered the extension of space. He estimated that this situation would occur in other areas one after another.

Then Chu Tianjiao revealed some new news, which wasn't entirely bad:

"However, the cabin on the bridge side is still normal. Although it has lost its normal hull control functions, the radar area is still intact. Our personnel took over and monitored that area. We found that the YAMAL was diving in an incredible way."

Chu Tianjiao's tone was filled with surprise and doubt. "This is a very strange situation. The YAMAL is only a nuclear-powered icebreaker, not a submarine. Its design standards are not suitable for deep-sea navigation. But now, it has done it in an unknown way."

"That's not surprising," Emiya said. "You've also seen those branches that look like a vascular system, right?"

"This ship can no longer be called a ship, but a living container. There is no crew left to control it, because the hull is the body, the cabin is its organs, and the oars and rudder are its hands and feet."

"Of course, an ordinary icebreaker can't dive into the deep sea, but a living creature can. It's using those branches as a meridian and nerve control system, manipulating its 'body and limbs' to dive directly to the so-called gate to the kingdom of God."

Chu Tianjiao suddenly felt a little creepy after hearing these words.

They appear to be huddling together for warmth in a safe base, but in reality, all of them are gathered in an organ inside a giant organism, like a group of tiny bacteria that will sooner or later be eliminated by the immune system.

----

Emiya once again found Xia Mi busy, "Do you know what the Gate of the Kingdom of God is specifically?"

"What gate to the kingdom of God?" Xia Mi didn't react for a moment.

Emiya reiterated the current intelligence from the Valkyrie and Chu Tianjiao, "We've basically identified the mastermind behind this. It's the corpse of the god from the depths of the Arctic Ocean."

Xia Mi's expression suddenly turned very bad, "...the corpse in the depths of the Arctic Ocean...the hatchery...it can only belong to that Black Supreme."

"I suspect it's the Black King, but I'm curious: if it's the Black Supreme's corpse, why would this ship, so far away, attract His will?"

Xia Mi tried hard to suppress her instinctive fear of the Black Supreme, sat down on the swivel chair and sighed, "If you ask why the Holy Grail War attracted that person, I don't know."

"But if you ask why the Black Supreme's corpse has a will... the answer is simple. As I've said before, the Black King is a life form nurtured by the planet itself. Even after death, he will reappear. Currently, he should be in a state of 'resurrection'."

"In other words, since the Black King's body hasn't fully revived and begun to move, his spirit likely hasn't recovered either. The Black King's interest in the Holy Grail War here is perhaps a way to complete or elevate his spirit."

Xia Mi shook her head. She was inexplicably reminded of a series of major events that the White King had done during his time in Tokyo.

Could it be that the Black King is also going to rely on this method to create something big?

You know what, now the entire ship is Nibelungen, and the Holy Grail War has also been utilized...all the conditions are really met.

Xia Mi could think of it, and naturally Emiya could not have failed to think of it, but there was no point in worrying. If they were blocked here and couldn't get out, then they would have no choice but to face the Black King head-on.

"But the biggest question is how it was brought about. According to Reggie Reeves, her grandmother, Maria of the Stars, who is the true form of all of their clones, began showing signs of uncontrolled dragonification a long time ago... Why is this happening?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Mi turned her head to look at Reggie Reve, who was eating to recover her energy at the long table on the other side.

"It was difficult to speculate before, but now it's basically confirmed. Star Maria must have explored the deep-sea hatchery where the Black King was located long ago through unknown means and was contaminated by the Black King's corpse."

"The consequences of being directly contaminated by the Black Supreme are extremely dire. She will be forcibly transformed into a first-generation species like us. Her status is also equal to ours."

"This can be judged from Regis Reeves. I sense the Black King's aura in her. Since she is a clone of Star Maria, then everything makes sense."

Emiya folded his arms and leaned on the back of the swivel chair. Xia Mi's high ponytail swayed gently on the side. He subconsciously weighed the ponytail and habitually reached out to stroke and comb it as if he were doing it to Nono or Eri, feeling the softness and comfort.

The latter was startled at first, then his face raised and became slightly hot.

"As expected, the main cause of the anomaly is that Maria of the Stars had been to the Hatchery and already bore the Black King's mark. Therefore, she was chosen by the Black King as a vessel this time, causing the Holy Grail War to spiral out of control."

Xia Mi suddenly stood up from her sitting position, and after getting rid of Emiya's irresistible grasp, she managed to regain her composure.

"...Yeah! That's it, our great hero Emiya, stop bothering me. Now all that's left is to stop the Holy Grail War from getting out of control. Go and capture the Valkyries and resolve the crisis of world destruction!"

"Even if you say so, I really won't fall in love with a Valkyrie!"

"Lord Emiya, if this doesn't work out, how about we ask for some help?"

"Foreign aid? Oh yes, I remember now."

Emiya suddenly recalled what Su Enxi had told her, that her boss behind the scenes had said he would provide assistance in this operation.

Although based on the "Tower at the End of Avalon", he was a little skeptical whether it was Merlin, but he always kept in mind that this was not a regular world and could not be completely interpreted according to the routine of the Type-Moon world!

It is a coincidence that on many levels, my understanding of it is wonderfully correct according to my own inherent ideas.

He took out a shiny black, unbranded mobile phone...

This is how you call for backup.

Don't ask why the mysterious boss gave him a mobile phone as a way, or whether it can be used in the Nibelungen hull where communication is isolated... Anyway, Emiya prayed in his heart that it would be useful.

He turned on his phone.

One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed...

Still a black screen.

Emiya waited for a long time before it finally lit up, and then a pink screen and the image of an AI girl appeared on the screen.

"what?"

At the same time, a large number of people exclaimed in the main hall, and all the screens in all restaurants, casinos and other cabins switched to the same picture in an instant!

"Test, test! Microphone test! Hmm, no problem, all you idiotic-looking humans~, this is the BB channel!"

Chapter 274 BB: Countdown to World Destruction!

Subway, elderly people, mobile phones.

When Emiya saw this familiar figure, he showed an expression that was too tense.

BB, a rogue AI that appears in Fate Extra CCC, is based on Sakura Matou. She's the inspiration for the Sakura Five team.

Originally just an AI designed by the lunar supercomputer Mooncell, it went out of control due to a bug and became a little devil character who constantly troubles everyone and causes trouble in CCC works.