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

"I say, are you... wearing anything underneath?" Emiya reached out to take the phone that Nono threw to him. Nono originally wanted to lie down on her side and sit next to him to watch it together, but Emiya held it far away to the other side and didn't let him see it, and kept nagging Nono with this sentence.

"Nothing!" I just took a shower and feel comfortable, why should I wear anything?

After saying that, Nono tried to grab the phone twice with his claws and teeth bared, but because of his lack of strength, he couldn't get it back. So he started to stare silently into Emiya's eyes, like a kitten staring at a cat toy all the time.

"Go back to your room and put on your inner clothes first. What if Old Tang comes back?"

Emiya knocked on Nuonuo's head. He couldn't let this girl be free from the constraints of the Chen family and start to act so unruly and lawless.

"Okay, okay." Nuonuo pouted, but in her heart she was muttering that your brother Tang might not have come home all night, and you never said a word to him. Instead, you acted like an adult and started to control me. So...

As Nono left in a flash, Emiya checked the information sent by Lord Wa.

Opening it, he was met with a dizzying array of fund flow data and transaction record tracking, investigation, and analysis. Emiya pressed his temples and patiently searched through the highlights, tracing back to a few overseas companies...

It may be an underground transaction transit point established through false investment, trade or donation, SPV and other means.

Normally, the clues would have been broken at this point, unless a cross-border, overseas investigation was dispatched. However, Emiya wasn't looking for evidence; he just needed to find a suspected target in this city.

Don't tell me, there really is one. The Zhou family mobilized their connections to search the city's major business districts, particularly those with foreign investment. They locked onto their target: the "Kuroshio Aquarium," a Japanese-invested establishment located in the CBD.

According to the investigation, this Japanese company is a comprehensive fishery company established by a Japanese underworld gang called "Aoi-ya". Its business scope includes sea fishing, sales of aquatic products, etc., and of course, it also invests in aquariums.

As luck would have it, the Chen family also had a similar biological research institute that cooperated with a fishery company. The families at that time determined that at least part of the "Deadpool Transfer" was carried out secretly across borders through customized fish transport tanks, under the guise of transporting large fish such as whale sharks.

Even more coincidental was that the largest overseas trading partners of the Chen family's companies, apart from South America, were many underworld gangs in Japan...

Regarding this suspect, Lord Wa asked on the phone whether the Zhou family needed to send some people to support. Shirou thought of the "Dandelion" typhoon that was about to hit, and finally chose to reply and refuse. If the Zhou family rushed over, it would be too late.

He decided to take the initiative and investigate the other party tomorrow to find out what their background was.

"I also need to go!"

Nono, who had changed into beige pajamas with a duck pattern, suddenly came over to peek at the screen, then waved her hand and shouted.

"I can fight! I'm definitely stronger after this training today!"

"...?"

How can it be so fast after just a short period of practice? Do you really think you are the Holy Grail? You can only wish for it to come true...

"You are not allowed to..."

Emiya originally planned to refuse outright, but after thinking carefully about the previous experience, he realized that both of them might be found by those hidden people. Nono had a strange mark on her body, and it seemed unsafe to leave her alone.

"Forget it, let's go together--"

Emiya watched Nono's originally aggrieved expression with a sullen face, but he burst into laughter in just one second - his acting skills of pretending to cry and act pitiful are so perfect, it can be called a unique skill!

Good boy, he is worthy of being the strongest naughty child of the Chen family...

After looking at Nono's slightly excited face and thinking about it, Emiya felt that this would not work and was not very safe.

Emiya decided to take out his phone and contact someone else—not Old Tang. Emiya felt that if Old Tang went, it would probably turn into a "one-day trip to get lost in the aquarium"—

It would be best if that person is also in this city. Being able to bring that person into the team can greatly increase the smoothness of the deep dive into the aquarium.

"Who?"

Nono, who was next to Emiya, saw this and came over to ask.

"You want to know?" Emiya said while typing without raising his head.

"Yes I do."

"I won't tell you, haha."

"..."

When Nono heard Emiya's "Haha" without any intonation, she felt that it sounded a bit weird for some reason, which made her angry and suffocated.

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"Haha, we meet again! Young Master Emiya, Lady Nono!"

The next day, Jiude Mai tied her hair into a high ponytail, wore a pair of dark glasses, slung a large leather bag over her shoulder, and waved one hand high in the air.

Her supermodel-level long legs attracted the attention of everyone queuing in front of the aquarium entrance, just like a spider spirit that caught people's attention as prey in its web.

Fortunately, probably because of the approaching typhoon, the crowd queuing at the door is now sparse. A rainstorm last night briefly stopped, but the weather is still gloomy. People who are worried about the next rainstorm but are still brave enough to go out have prepared umbrellas and rain gear.

Emiya was carrying a huge long violin case on his back, and Nono followed closely behind him with an umbrella. When the two disguised people came in front of Jude Mai, Emiya was about to take out a Mint Club membership card - given to him by old man Snowden from the clock tower.

This magical card comes from Mint, a top international private club and wealth club. It claims to be able to meet all the needs of members. It can customize a large-scale fireworks show at night, help complete the private dining service of a top restaurant, and even buy an entire building for a wedding... provided that you can afford it.

Emiya took this out simply because he didn't have time to buy aquarium tickets last night. This aquarium actually has a daily ticket quota and restrictions on visitors.

...It seems like they don't care much about making money from the guests, which is very suspicious.

When Emiya stepped forward, he saw Mai Jude stretched out her arm to stop him, and then a Mint membership card of a similar shape appeared in her hand.

"you also?"

Jude Mai nodded. "Among us (the trio), I'm the one who's in the spotlight the most, so this thing is basically in my hands. Let's go. I've already made an appointment. We'll go through the VIP channel, so we don't have to wait in the long line over there."

So the three of them disguised themselves as ordinary tourists and entered the Kuroshio Aquarium.

What catches your eye is a huge sea view display window that is more than half a meter thick, eight meters high and 22 meters wide. A huge creature - a whale shark is swimming slowly in it. Behind the whale shark, fish shadows are floating, blocking the light and casting huge blocks of darkness. With the light blue light, it is as vast and endless as a mountain range.

This is the iconic "Kuroshio Exhibition Hall" of the Kuroshio Aquarium. Emiya and the other two heard the tour guide say that "Kuroshio" refers to the name given by the Japanese to the North Pacific Subtropical Current. This second largest warm current in the world has a deep blue, almost pitch black, water color, hence the name.

The Kuroshio Current also brings a huge amount of marine fish resources to the island country, so the Japanese people who respect the sea love and believe in the "Kuroshio Current".

The aquarium was crowded with people. Emiya and the other two continued to walk through it. The crowd in front of them gradually gathered and became even larger.

It was a mysterious deep blue underwater tunnel layer. Visitors exclaimed as they watched a beautiful girl with long wings and a snake tail swimming freely and gracefully in the sea water separated by the tunnel.

The entrance to the tunnel is marked "Melyuzina's Water World".

With Emiya's keen eyesight, he could tell at once that these were played by the staff, but to be honest, these diving actors do have good looks and figures...

Nono beside him suddenly patted Emiya's hand with an unhappy look on his face.

Chapter 85 I am super, ice!

Melusine (also translated as Melusine) is a fairy image originating from Celtic mythology (near France) folklore.

Legend has it that Melyusina was the daughter of the water fairy Prashina and a human man. Prashina demanded that the man swear not to visit her during childbirth. However, he ultimately broke his oath and committed an offense.

When Melyusina grew up and heard about this, she was furious at her father's broken promise and attacked the castle where her father was and trapped him in a cave. However, her mother was not happy about her daughter's private revenge, but instead cursed her.

From then on, every Saturday, Melyusina's lower body would turn into a snake. It was said that if her lover saw her doing this, the curse would intensify, and Melyusina would completely transform into a snake or a dragon and fly away.

Aquariums are constantly coming up with new ideas these days, and the "water world theme" that combines folk legends is all the rage. The "Melyuchina theme" created by the Kuroshio Aquarium is even more unique and distinctive than those clichéd mermaid legends, attracting everyone's attention.

No wonder Emiya couldn't get a ticket just one day in advance.

They are all here to look at the beauties.

"By the way, why are you three here at this place?"

Seeing the noisy voices around, Jiude Mai casually said, "The boss's mission is to do business with an important client here. Sanwu ran over to meet him, and I came along."

Jude Mai did not elaborate, and protecting customer privacy is also an important part.

There was a Media Asia Group in this city, which happened to be Su Enxi's property. Chu Tianjiao's driver position was given by Media Asia Group. This was part of the cooperation between Su Enxi and others and Angers.

This time, Ange took out the "Black King Flesh and Blood Sample" that had been kept in the secret party and traded it to the partners through Chu Tianjiao. The attitude shown by the little devil boss was very important, so the trio rushed over to take on this job without stopping.

"That really is the saying 'it's better to arrive early than to arrive early'."

Thinking about the impending typhoon, Emiya thought to himself that you guys always come at the right time.

"Have you noticed anything unusual about this aquarium?"

Nuonuo glanced around and shook his head. "You can tell without profiling that the people around here are just ordinary tourists. It's the same as it looked all the way here."

"It's normal for tourists, so we can only check the staff," Jude Mai shrugged.

Emiya finally made the decision, "Let's check all the exhibition areas first. Once we're sure the visitors are alright, we'll take another course of action."

The three of them quickly wandered off to other places, but soon returned because they found nothing. When they met again, they decided to change the direction of their investigation. So, with the help of Jude Mai's Word Spirit, Dark Light, the three of them successfully escaped from the crowd of tourists and turned into a wisp of smoke and floated into the "No Tourists Allowed" work area.

However, after visiting the monitoring room, employee rest area, warehouse computer room, water treatment center... they still didn't find anything reliable.

The three of them reunited in a dressing room without security cameras—presumably the place where "Meluzina actors" changed into their diving suits. Jude Mai leaned against the wall to rest her feet. She'd been walking around with the two of them, exhausted from the Word Spirit.

"Are we targeting the wrong person?"

Emiya didn't speak immediately. He first unfolded a diagram of the aquarium's architecture, which was the result of his investigation. "According to all the exhibition areas plus the staff area we just scouted, this is everything shown above, but there are still huge gaps in the middle."

"Where's the blank space?" Jiude Mai took a quick look and said subconsciously, "What's left is just the seawater area..."

"Yes. I'm talking about the seawater area. Don't you think this blank area is too large? Even if we need to maintain the ecology, if we use too large a body of water, the maintenance and operation costs will skyrocket."

Large aquariums may require thousands of tons of water changes per month, requiring tens of tons of seawater, not including backup salt. The larger the water volume, the greater the consumption. Therefore, a reasonable aquarium design should utilize complex circulation systems and filtration equipment to conserve water and improve water utilization.

At this point, Nuonuo's thoughts immediately followed, "They hid a place in the middle?"

But how can I get in if I’m hiding in the water?

Suddenly, the three of them looked at the diving equipment in the locker room.

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"Is that Emiya Shirou so lucky in love? Why is there another female companion around him?"

Today, Xia Mi followed him all the way and complained as they arrived at the diving entrance.

She ignored the diving suit and dived into the vast water in the aquarium with great vigor.

For the mighty Dragon King, entering the water is like returning to her own home. She can swim faster than a swordfish without the help of human tools!

The azure water quickly passed by her, and Xia Mi saw the wonderful sight of the underwater world... but in fact, it was not there. No matter whether it was beautiful or ugly, it was just ordinary in her eyes as the Dragon King. Even the seabed was just a hotbed for dragons to nurture embryos.

Besides, the density of aquatic organisms in the aquarium is much lower than that in the sea. Xia Mi looked at this man-made "fantasy scene" just like a hiker looking at the rockery in the park.

Suddenly, she smelled blood.

"Ok?"

A deadpool figure with dragon wings and a snake tail floated straight towards her.

Xia Mi snorted sarcastically. Facing the Dragon King, instead of choosing to run away, she took the initiative to approach him?

But when she swam closer, she noticed that the thing was dead.

Xia Mi looked at Deadpool's ugly and bloated body and felt a sense of familiarity. Then she slapped her head and remembered, "Why is it the same as those 'Meluzina actors'?"

Melyuzina doesn’t just have actors in it, it actually has this kind of monster in it!

I have to say that humans are quite creative. They even used experiments to create this half-dragon, half-snake mixed version of Deadpool.

Following the smell of blood, Xia Mi passed through several thick alloy pillars and finally looked up to see the "entrance" hidden in the vast waters - wow, it turns out that this secret building really requires diving into the water and then swimming upstream to enter!

Xia Mi couldn't help but speed up while thinking. Shirou and the others were probably attacked, and she couldn't let them die in the water.

But it must be said that the facts were very different from what Xia Mi had imagined.

Crack, crack, huge icebergs fell from the sky, causing exaggerated waves and radiating rapids in the water.

I'm super, ice!

Xia Mi, who was almost covered in ice, had to turn her head and body and quickly float up from the other end in a streamlined posture like a sailfish.

When she emerged from the water, she saw Emiya pulling out the Dragon Breaker and, through a "partial release" technique, creating a large, connected mass of ice. Next to him, Nono and Jude Mai were still standing on the ice, removing their scuba gear, which was in the way.

At this time, the alarm continued to echo, several filters in the corner were opened, and the drain was opened. A group of small fish with silver-blue scales and slender bodies poured out from all directions along the water flow of the drain, like flowing bright blue starlight.

Xia Mi recognized it at a glance. It was a subspecies of dragon, the Ghosttooth Viper!

Chapter 86 The Whole World's Pot

As Xia Mi flew out of the water, she immediately used her Word Spirit to hide in a corner. Fortunately, the scene was in chaos. Emiya was slashing at the several "Melyucina-version" Deadpools that were charging at him, while the other two were sorting their equipment. No one was paying attention to the corner.

Xia Mi noticed out of the corner of her eye that the surrounding walls were the same azure blue as the ocean, which was obviously a camouflage color. This hidden building, built entirely in water, reduced ambient lighting and was specially painted to make it difficult for outsiders to detect it with the naked eye from a distance.

At this time, a silver-blue crystal tide spread from all directions. It was a group of ghost-toothed vipers that smelled the scent of living things and excitedly wagged their tails.

The earliest record of the Devil's Tooth Dragon Viper, a human hybrid, was during the Sumerian civilization dynasty. People used the dragon viper's ability to bite and swallow steel, and the principle of bio-enrichment to purify iron ore - equivalent to biological iron smelting.

But Xia Mi knew that earlier dragon civilizations used the ghost-toothed viper as a torture instrument to punish nobles who committed serious crimes. Those pitiful nobles would be tied to bronze pillars and sunk into the deep sea, where they would be eaten by the ghost-toothed viper along with the pillars.

All these horrific facts stem from the translucent sharp teeth on the mouths of these shiny, slender little fish. These teeth, combined with the highly acidic mucus secreted by their bodies, can allow them to gnaw fiercely even against modern high-strength alloys.