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

"..." Emiya watched the waiter disappear before whispering, "Melyucina, you'd better put your tail away. I'm worried that someone might see it and cause misunderstandings!"

"Oh oh..." Melyuchina, who had retracted her tail, did not stop eating. While eating, she picked up the small dish of sauce next to the plate and poured it directly into her mouth.

"Oh my goodness, little sister, what are you doing!?"

Nono, who was standing beside her, was surprised to see the little dragon swallowing the sauce raw. Only then did Nono realize that the place next to her was already filled with licked-clean avocado sauce, oyster sauce, spicy sauce, Marmite, cold noodle dipping sauce, and balsamic vinegar...

Even a dragon wouldn't worry about tormenting its tongue with such a strong flavor? Or is it that dragons' taste buds are born with a unique sense of taste?

"Haochi!"

Melyuchina's vague answer deeply shocked her two companions beside her - it turned out that this little female dragon was a hidden lover of heavy taste!

So after a delicious meal, in order to satisfy Melyusina's daily need to lick the sauce, Emiya and Nono had to pay extra money to the Regent Hotel kitchen and buy a batch of a full range of kitchen sauces for packaging.

Of course, this is not entirely for Melyusina's consideration. Emiya also plans to use it when cooking at home. As for whether Melyusina can come over and eat some sauce, it is up to him to decide.

"Go home and cook?" Nono's heart moved when she heard Emiya mention this idea. They hadn't decided where to go next. "Last time, Lord Wa mentioned that a family in Japan seemed to specifically invite you. Does that mean our next stop is Japan?"

"No, I'm going home simply to go home, it has nothing to do with any invitation."

Emiya bundled up these treasures that shone with extraordinary brilliance and carefully packed them.

He hadn't actually considered accepting any invitations. As Wa had said, there were countless forces trying to invite him. If Emiya truly intended to visit, even the Clock Tower and the Cathedral would welcome him. So what would a few aristocratic Japanese families suddenly appear to be?

Emiya is no longer the man he once was, teaming up with Old Tang to complete missions and collect bounties, essentially lacking money and background. Many forces need him these days, but he doesn't necessarily need others.

"Speaking of which, before we go home, we have to go back to the Zhou family first."

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In the main hall of Tang City, Emiya brought Nono and Melusina back to the empty Wa Lord's permanent workplace. It felt like they had not been away for long, but a sense of nostalgia came over them... Well, it must be because too many things happened in the meantime?

"I am back."

"Hey, Shirou, welcome—"

Emiya greeted, Wazhu looked happy, and Nono was indifferent. The two sides exchanged greetings for a while, but before they could start talking about the formal topic, they were interrupted by Melyuchina's preemptive speech.

She walked up to Emiya, tugged at the hem of his shirt, and spoke clearly:

"Emiya, I want it, give it to me."

While speaking, she slowly opened her pink lips and stuck out her small tongue, which swayed flexibly.

The hall fell into a deafening silence for a moment.

When Lord Wa saw this scene, he felt a buzzing in his head and almost exploded.

She almost wanted to scold the Frenchman to his face for his shamelessness, but in the end, she forced herself to calm down. She had to hold back in this situation.

Emiya and Nono looked normal. Emiya skillfully pulled a bottle of sweet and spicy sauce from his bag and handed it to Melyuchina, saying, "This is the seventh bottle we've had on the way here. According to the quantity we agreed on, we can't eat more on the rest of the journey."

"Okay~" Melyuchina didn't know whether she heard it or not. She unscrewed the bottle cap anxiously and poured the sweet and spicy sauce directly into her mouth with the bottle mouth facing down.

Lord Wa seemed to finally understand the situation a little, "What are you doing...?" Feeding her sauce often?

"Yes, please understand. This is Melyusina's new hobby that she has recently become passionate about. You can understand it as her liking for all kinds of strong-flavored soy sauces." Emiya zipped up his travel bag again and shrugged.

Wazhu exchanged glances with him subtly: Does this little French girl have an abnormal IQ?

Emiya raised his finger to show his approval: Many foreign girls with a strong personality are like this!

Wazhu nodded silently, the stereotype increased by 1, and at the same time the hostility faded a lot. After all, mental illness still needs to be tolerated.

The order in the hall returned to normal, and the voices of Emiya Nono, Wazhu and the other two chatting could be heard from time to time. Of course, the sound of Melusina licking her tongue into the sweet and spicy sauce bottle and sucking violently also continued to echo strongly.

Wazhu's face darkened at the strange sucking sound, but she suppressed the strange feeling and spoke to Emiya, "...and the Kuroshio Aquarium you mentioned investigating last time, we also took the time to investigate the underworld organization behind it called 'Aoi-ya'. We found that Aoi-ya also has some problems..."

Chapter 121 Odin, look at this black pot. It is big and round.

"Aoi-ya...did you send people to investigate the underworld in Japan?"

Wazhu shook her head. "No, we still sorted and analyzed the existing data and some public information, but some of it also came from the transaction list of the 'illegal experiment' project from the Chen family."

"You might not have paid enough attention to the information about the Chen family's illegal trade. We found out from the original data that the Chen family purchases experimental subjects from human traffickers in South America. They also obtain Deadpool and other pharmaceutical products from gangs in Japan."

"The last time you were traveling, the only information I gave you was that Aoi-ya had invested in the Kuroshio Aquarium and was suspected of transporting Deadpool's cargo. However, Aoi-ya itself also has connections with a large number of gangs, possibly including those that transported Deadpool to the Chen family."

"Then I had someone investigate other businesses owned by Aoi-ya and discovered numerous companies involved in fishing, shipping, transportation, tourism, and other industries... Although the Japanese mafia is generally recognized as legal, they generally don't openly operate these businesses."

"The shipping and transportation industries directly facilitate smuggling, the fishing industry involves controlling fishing ports and illegal fishing, and the tourism industry is often intertwined with underground criminal activities. By combining these industries, Aoi-ya is blatantly giving rise to criticism."

Wazhu finished speaking in one breath, "But the reality is that Kuiwu has been operating legally for over a decade, maintaining a low profile. No industry competitors have ever attempted to provoke it. If those industries are truly a cover for illegal operations, then the most likely scenario is that there are other protective umbrellas actively protecting Kuiwu."

"Furthermore, Aoi-ya's organizational scale is very small, which contradicts the management requirements of a large industry... In other words, I think the relationship between Aoi-ya and the industries under its name may not be what it seems."

"You're saying that those industries weren't actually invested in by Aoi-ya, but rather that other forces were using its name to engage in illegal Deadpool trade. Is this Aoi-ya... a white glove?"

Nuonuo seemed to think for a moment before making a guess.

"I don't know. Only if we can find traces of Deadpool trade, we can make such a judgment."

Nono secretly exchanged a glance with Emiya. Since they had described their travel activities as "going out for fun", they tacitly did not mention that there really was a "Melyucina model" half-dragon, half-snake Deadpool in the Kuroshio Aquarium, and even the dragon subspecies Ghosttooth Viper.

Looking at it this way, we can almost directly conclude that Aoiya has the problem of acting as a white glove for others.

"Really? These people are sneaking around like that, and they're not at all peaceful," Wazhu seemed to be complaining that after investigating this matter for so long, she still couldn't get to the bottom of it. "The family has been so busy with external recruitment lately that I've been too busy to handle it."

"It's okay, maybe these inside stories are just our guesses," Emiya had to comfort Wa when he saw that she was so worried. The idea that he had originally planned to reveal a little bit of information about Deadpool in the Kuroshio Aquarium was quickly extinguished.

Wazhu was already busy enough, and he and Nono had concealed the identity of Melyuchina, the "mistress". If he also planned to ask her to help find the connection between "Melyuchina Deadpool" and Aoiya, it seemed that Wazhu's "work pressure" would be even heavier...

Forget it, I'd better bear with it first and take on these troubles, leaving Wazhu alone, and let myself, Nonomeliusina and the other two go to Japan to investigate.

Oh, that's not right. Is there any Japanese family that wants to invite me specifically?

It’s better not to make yourself suffer first, but make them suffer.

Thinking of this, Emiya patted Wazhu's shoulders gently again and planned to stay and talk to her, and chat about some important matters in Japan. The latter seemed very happy, twisted her snake tail and stretched it out, entwining it with Emiya's thighs twice to show her happiness.

"I'm going shopping now, anyone want to join me?"

Nuonuo looked at the slender and slippery snake tail of the Lord Wa with displeasure. It was like a graceful scaly soft body stretching and winding, flexibly turning and coiling, as if it was a behavior of setting fire in public... This woman really had evil intentions.

However, Emiya didn't plan to go shopping again. The girl's method of killing time really didn't suit him. After the last shopping trip, he didn't want to suffer this torture again...

Hearing this, Nuonuo glared at Wazhu angrily. She felt that this homebody snake woman was shameless. She was always saying that others were unruly. Wasn't she the same when she met Emiya? Such double standards made her feel a little suffocated when she was in the same room with her.

"Melyuzina, come with me! Let's go shopping!"

Melyuchina, who was about to sneakily take out a new bottle of sauce from her bag and open it to eat, was forcibly dragged out of the hall by Nono, who was walking at full speed. She was still mumbling in a daze:

"Not enough, not enough, I want more..."

"Look at you, that's all you can do! Now come with me, and while we're shopping I'll buy you ten or eight more bottles!"

"That's no problem, let's go!"

Looking at the backs of the two, Wazhu covered her mouth and wanted to laugh... She thought to herself, oh, things change, and what goes around comes around, Nono, when you were out playing, you actually teased me through the screen, so I'll tease you like this too, and now I'll ask you, are you happy?

"I feel like you're quite happy...?"

Emiya saw that after Nono left with her breath held, Wa smiled happily. Her small chest rose and fell visibly, and she breathed a refreshing and relaxed breath. She raised her fair face slightly, as if she had finally been relieved from the heavy burden of pressure.

"Hahaha, sometimes, I also find the extra girls around Shirou quite interesting."

"Really? I don't believe it. Before we got here a while ago, you didn't show this face..." I have to say that a girl's mind is like a roller coaster, with all its ups and downs.

"...Speaking of which, Shirou, you sent Nono and the others away. Are you planning to talk about something serious? Or..."

Lord Wa blinked her eyes. She was wearing a light yellow, simple and elegant Han-style loose long skirt. She stretched out her hands to smooth the skirt, and the hazy and tender breasts, slender waist and exquisite curves were outlined from the thin silk wrapping.

The corner of Emiya's mouth twitched slightly, and he unnoticeably pushed the twisting snake's tail away from between his waist and legs. The snake's tail of the Lord Wa rubbed between his fingers nimbly and gently, like the swaying young branches of a willow by the river.

"It's still about that matter with the Japanese family. I wonder if you're willing to agree to send someone over there, and what name did they use when they invited you?"

Lord Wa laughed silently, and after a few seconds she sat up straight again. Her slender white fingers were casually placed on the edge of her smooth chin.

"Hmm... let me think about it. They described it in the email as a high-level exhibition of Japanese sword culture, and they even praised the Zhou family's Dragon-Breaking Platform. Hmph, but I can see that the letter seems to be both overtly and covertly dissatisfied, as if they think their weapons are superior..."

Wa pouted her lips, her two lips like delicate roses slightly opening and closing. She crossed her arms, and the soft lines of her breasts rose naturally, like small waves raised by the breeze.

"Anyway, I'm too lazy to go. If you're interested, Shirou, I can arrange for a few members of the family to accompany you. It just so happens that you have the Broken Dragon Platform with you. As for the Zhou family's representative, few are more suitable than you."

"I do have the idea of ​​making a trip..." Emiya thought that it would be easier for a native Japanese family to investigate things about the aquarium and Aoi-ya than for a family like the Zhou family that had its roots in Shenzhou.

He carefully reviewed all his experiences in that coastal city in his mind, and a series of seemingly abrupt signs were now connected together.

The water dragon hiding in the secret realm of No. 0 elevated platform is undoubtedly an accomplice or partner of "Odin". It and Odin use the same set of mask-style necromancy "magic costume", and the hidden research institute inside the aquarium is their research base.

From the "Melyusina Deadpool" experimental subjects that appeared in those research institutes to the fact that Emiya and his companions were able to accidentally summon the real Melyusina in that secret realm, it also shows that there is a connection between the two, and that there is also some kind of summoning array arranged in the secret maze (Nibelungen).

Considering that Nono is the product of a collaborative experiment between the Chen family and Odin, that he has a physique similar to that of the Lesser Holy Grail, and that Odin once extracted souls from everywhere to create necromancy puppets... it is clear that their research goal is directly aimed at the true necromancy ritual, the summoning of heroic spirits, and the Holy Grail War.

Emiya didn't think that the collapse of that secret realm meant everything was over.

Since there is a Lesser Holy Grail, there must be a Greater Holy Grail hidden somewhere. Even if Nono is the Lesser Holy Grail, it would be a burden if it supplies Melyuchina's magic alone... But in fact, such a situation has never occurred, which shows that the Greater Holy Grail is at work.

Odin and his organization have already revealed research projects such as "Heroic Spirits" and "Lesser Holy Grail", so there must be research on the "Greater Holy Grail" somewhere.

Now the dragon is dead... but Odin is still alive. Perhaps the next time they meet, it will be time for them to settle their accounts.

"Lord Wa, I'd like to give it a try. Perhaps with the help of those noble families, I can investigate whether there's really something hidden behind Aoi House. Relying on the Zhou family's power to investigate is like fighting on an away field. It's far less convenient than relying on the local forces in Japan."

Although he said it was an investigation, in fact, Emiya had already silently labeled the Toyo Aoi-ya, and the power behind it that was related to Odin, as "suspected of researching the Holy Grail."

Lord Wa had no objection. She immediately ordered the Zhou family members to arrange a response to the Japanese side's "invitation to the sword culture exhibition" and the selection and deployment of the accompanying team.

As for Emiya, he seemed to have nothing to do at this time. He planned to leave without disturbing Wa's work... But before leaving, Emiya suddenly remembered what Lao Tang said about taking assistants with him in charge of projects.

"By the way, Master Wa, is the Zhou family recruiting magic apprentices recently?"

Chapter 122: Does Junior Sister smell good?

"Jörmungandr, I've already arranged for Constantine to assist me as my assistant. The development of Heroic Spirit Noble Phantasms, including their abilities, is no longer your responsibility. You should leave. There is no place for you in this Holy Grail War research project team."

"Norton, what do you mean? You come as you please, leave as you please, come as you please, go as you please. Do you think the blood alliance contract we signed is a public toilet?"

"Then I'll say it again. You are not without work. Your next stop is Tokyo, where we've chosen the location for the Holy Grail War. Your mission is to use your powers as the King of Earth and Mountains to place the Greater Holy Grail there and dredge the ley lines. That's all I have to say... Leave now. No one will get hurt."

"Okay, okay, you look down on me like this, right? Okay, I admit it. Right now, you two brothers are stronger, Norton! But in the future, I will definitely repay you tooth for tooth, double your reward. Wait, Norton, you will regret it!"

……

A large patch of bright sunshine sprinkled over the quaint courtyard. Several green vines were wrapped around the aging locust tree. The vines climbed along the thick branches, and the leaves trembled gently in the breeze. The light and shadow of the increasingly dense crowd vaguely shone through the gaps in the windows, conveying a prosperous and fiery atmosphere.

In the academy, or classroom, used by the family to teach external magic apprentices, Xia Mi's eyebrows and eyes were picturesque. She casually tied her hair up, letting a few strands of hair fall on her fair neck. During the long school days, she became a youthful and charming landscape painting, attracting the attention of almost all the opposite sex with strong adolescent hormones.

The talisman lecturer in the classroom is using a soft brush to teach how to write a certain circular character in four ways.

However, Xia Mi just listened casually, and then quickly drew out talismans on the draft paper without any modification. The talismans were much more standard than those recorded in human magic books.

As the Queen of the Earth and the Mountains, she possesses a supreme control over her strength, capable of writing a thousand or ten thousand characters without a single tremor in her fingers. She can perform highly detailed manual labor, or effortlessly unleash her strength to destroy entire bridges or train stations by disrupting their structural stresses.

After finishing the lecturer's assignment in a flash, Xia Mi began to stare absentmindedly at the ink-soaked brush and its darkly stained wooden pen holder. A drop of ink slowly dripped from the bristles of the brush tip, eventually transforming into a gradually expanding blob of ink on the white rice paper.

Her current situation was that she had been driven away by Norton... No, she had been transferred from the project team by him, and had become a glorious expatriate of the Holy Grail War project team.

That's not right. No matter how you look at it, she looks like she was kicked out!

Damn Norton, how dare he disrespect Hela, the future Goddess of Death! Xia Mi unwillingly clenched her pen tightly. Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west. When her magical power is fully developed, she will beat all those who looked down on her to their knees and beg for mercy!

Click.

Oh no, it seems like she broke the pen in an instant.

"Teacher! I've finished my homework. Also, I'm sorry, my brush is a bit fragile. It just hit the table and broke. I was wondering if I could go to the warehouse and apply for a new one..."

Xia Mi handed in her homework and left the classroom after receiving the instructor's permission. As the most outstanding student of this class, recruited from outside the family, her access to this teaching area was practically unlimited. As long as she didn't cause trouble, no one would stop her from doing anything, provided she didn't leave the teaching area.

Not only in this class, but Xia Mi also did this frequently during other classes. The advantage was that she could sit in on many magic lectures at different teaching levels, and even observe the production process of magic costumes in the magic studio...

Unfortunately for Xia Mi, who had been influenced by Master Norton, although these things that humans studied were innovative and diverse, most of them were too basic and she would learn them in a short time.

"Well, let's focus on completing the mission we need to complete in Japan."

If Xia Mi was still with Norton, it would be easy. With the identity of "Ronald Tang" in the Zhou family, he could directly arrange her as an assistant in the name of leading a project and take her to Japan to travel freely... But Norton finally decided to leave the assistant position to his younger brother and let Xia Mi support herself.

Wow! I'm really impressed by this stubborn brother control freak.

In the far corner, a few roses bloomed wildly, red like fire, pink like clouds. Beneath the eaves, hanging rattles played clear and melodious music accompanied by the summer breeze, and the occasional chirping of birds could be heard.

Xia Mi walked with nimble steps on the corridor where light and shadow intertwined. She seemed as light and casual as an elf's dance, but in fact she was cleverly avoiding the surveillance probes in certain corners. All the cameras could only capture a pretty shadow.