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

"Huh? But how can there be a 'new Nono' in this Japan? Can one appear out of thin air?" Xia Mi found it difficult to understand Norton's conservative and cautious thinking.

"...Logically speaking, Frigga Zero was snatched from me personally. I've also confirmed that all of Frigga's test subjects, except for Nono, died long ago. There won't be any new White King containers."

Norton then changed the subject, "But since Odin and the others have captured Frigga Zero, who has awakened the White King's soul, they will certainly pay attention to this country, which is the White King's territory. What if, what if they have other backup containers?"

"When the enemy comes, we will fight him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth!"

Xia Mi felt that according to Norton's train of thought that "everything must return to normal", he might as well have the ability to eliminate all the possible future accidents and leave only the future development path he wanted.

But Norton obviously couldn't be so awesome, otherwise why would they be so nervous and try every possible means to deal with the Black King?

Chapter 148: Heaven's Cup, Flower of Evil Omen

Xia Mi was preoccupied with how to show off her identity and how to start the Holy Grail War with a high profile, and was annoyed by Norton's endless nagging.

She thought to herself that if a second White King vessel could pop up and cause trouble during this Holy Grail War, then she would... let Fenrir stand upside down while eating spaghetti mixed with Concrete No. 42 through his nostrils!

As for how to solve the problems that have already occurred? It doesn't matter. Anyway, she - King Youxing will take action!

In short, Xia Mi took some effort to get Norton, who was far away, to stop worrying excessively. She cut off the long-distance communication in the midst of his nagging. Then she looked at the center of the alchemy array, which was so huge that it almost filled the entire void, and saw the existence of the Holy Grail.

...hiss, compared to the last time I saw Frigga Zero, this time sealed, she seems to have some more alchemical markings on her body? Is this the processing Norton mentioned?

"Fenrir!"

Fenrir, who was about to sneak a fish, shuddered, "Here, sister!"

"I have something to do later. What exactly I'm going to do... since you won't understand anyway, I won't explain it. Your mission is simple: stay here and watch the object at the center of this alchemy array. Don't let it escape. Do you understand?"

While giving these instructions, Xia Mi's figure gradually walked away. She was preparing to experiment with summoning her vest "Attila". As for Fenrir, he never dared to disobey Xia Mi... or rather, he had become accustomed to obeying Xia Mi's orders over countless years.

"I understand, I understand!"

Fenrir's huge dragon face showed an arrogant and high-spirited expression. He would definitely carry out the task assigned by his sister without any deviation!

firm……

Fenrir couldn't help but roll his eyes and stealthily glanced at the small color TV on the other side. Speaking of which, the programs on it really seemed like an enjoyable experience that was more tempting than potato chips... How could he accomplish what his sister had asked him to do and watch the programs happily and relaxingly at the same time?

This little thing turned out to be a very difficult problem for him.

Fenrir used his brain, which he had hardly ever used, and finally came up with a very simple method!

He stretched out his huge dragon claws, moved the TV to a different position, and carefully moved it to the opposite side of the large alchemical matrix.

This way, Fenrir's field of vision encompassed both the Great Holy Grail at the center of the alchemy array and the contents of the television screen across from him... Yes, this was a really good idea. Although the television seemed a bit far away from this angle, the Dragon King had excellent eyesight, so even this much further away wouldn't make a difference!

Haha, Fenrir can also solve problems independently! When my sister comes back, I will tell her. She will definitely be very happy!

So, Fenrir took advantage of Xia Mi's absence and openly turned on the TV. His huge dragon eyes were fixed on the exciting drama on the screen, and he only monitored the movements of the Holy Grail with the corner of his eyes.

The White King's soul in the Holy Grail is indeed not free.

Just as Xia Mi was trying to summon a new Heroic Spirit, the huge earth energy instantly connected with the Holy Grail, and some patterns on the surface of Frigga's Container No. 0 lit up rapidly.

The White King's soul seemed to have finally discovered a rare opening, tentatively extending its tentacles toward the vast, surging earth veins of magic...

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In order to ensure that Nono solved the problem of imitating her appearance as soon as possible, Emiya stayed at Kazama Ruri's place for a long time before coming out. Therefore, before that, Eri felt bored after staying in the dressing room for a long time, so she went out and walked around the huge building of Kabukiza.

This supreme stage of Kabuki art in Ginza seems far away from the usual hustle and bustle of Tokyo nights. The flowing lights and colors are separated from the art hall here by an invisible barrier, and it can only attract customers and crowds from a street away.

Eri followed the night breeze, her long, smooth hair dyed the color of cold-brewed milk tea being blown by the air current. Her eyes, full of curiosity and innocence, cast their gazes at the fleeting lights and shadows of the night world.

She saw some people drunkenly going in and out of izakayas or bars and shouting loudly, some people spending time in groups of three or four in Wagyu or French restaurants, and some people going to the nearby red and white Tokyo Tower and overlooking the scenery from the highest deck.

Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed into her sight.

Eri had excellent eyesight, and it was almost impossible for her to make a mistake. She instantly noticed the black shadow wriggling and appearing under the only high-top street lamp not far away, bathed in dim light. It looked like a "standing" black shadow with no limbs.

It was strange. Eri couldn't tell where it appeared from. It was as if it had "grown" out of the ground.

The street light suddenly went out, and the black shadow merged into the surroundings and disappeared, completely hidden in the dead darkness.

An ordinary girl might be scared when encountering this scene, but Eri is the top-secret weapon of the Snake Eight Clan and the "Tsukuyomi" of the Uesugi Clan.

Although she didn't understand what it was, she subconsciously took out a hairpin from her hair that was not even as long as a knife, and then waved it casually. The murderous aura slowly spread in the dense air around her.

A faint squirming sound could be heard in the darkness. It was an excited and restless sound at first, and then it slowly weakened and disappeared as if it had encountered a death-like punishment.

"?"

Eri looked around in confusion, she always felt that the thing had not disappeared at all.

But she never saw a similar strange black shadow again. She only saw a familiar red-haired figure walking towards her from a distance.

Eri put the hairpin back on her hair, and she changed from the stern and cold Tsukuyomi back to a beautiful and elegant girl in her youth. As she walked towards Emiya, she took out a notebook and began to write and draw on the paper.

"what happened?"

Emiya breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the girl was intact. He glanced at her hair and gently stroked the strands of hair on Eri's head that were messed up by the night wind.

Eri unfolded the notebook under the moonlight at night. There was no familiar handwriting on it, only an abstract picture of unknown meaning. The content of the picture was a black block that looked like a child's graffiti.

"What does this mean?" Even though Emiya had outstanding comprehension, he couldn't understand what this black mass was for a moment... This was more or less due to Eri's abstract painting skills.

"..." Eri shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

"Good guy, you don't know anything about anything." Emiya was puzzled and simply put his doubts aside for the time being. He decided to end his night market shopping today. His next goal was to catch the last JR line train home before midnight.

Along the way, Emiya explained the "fabricated identity" thing to Eiry. After all, there was a completely oblivious Natsumi living in his house, so a lot of information had to be kept secret. Eiry nodded in approval as she listened to the key points of the fake identity, silently making a few more notes on her own runaway tips.

At the same time, Emiya also sent a message to Xia Mi, but she quickly responded that she had not had time to go home... Guigui, what kind of king of scrolls is this Xia Mi, who can stay in the library from morning to night?

So the two parties agreed to get on the train together on the platform.

Emiya and Eri arrived at the Ginza tram station first, and Xia Mi arrived soon after with a pile of information.

"Hey, Senior Brother Emiya, and Nono... Hey, it's not Senior Sister, who is this?"

As Junior Sister Xia Mi approached the platform, she suddenly noticed that Emiya's companion had been replaced by another woman. "Tsk, could this be someone she picked up from somewhere?" she had heard that in this country, homeless girls did appear out of nowhere...

Emiya and Eri had already agreed on their lines. "Let me be clear! I didn't pick her up. She's a distant relative of Nono's in Japan."

Here it comes, the Chen family’s all-purpose relative excuse that is particularly useful.

"...distant relative?"

Xia Mi looked at Eri's obviously dyed and permed hair and outstanding appearance.

In fact, the excuse of distant relative had already been used on Melyuchina once before. Of course, it was useless to Xia Mi, who knew Melyuchina's true identity. She just pretended not to know.

But this Eri does look somewhat similar to Nono... Xia Mi feels that it seems reasonable to regard her as a distant relative.

"That's right, the Chen family that Nuonuo belongs to is a wealthy and aristocratic family. You know what a wealthy family is, right?" For fear that Xia Mi would not believe the relatives' words, Wei Gong explained the complicated marriage relationships of the Chen family.

"Oh, I've seen it in TV dramas! It's that kind where a rich family's daughter elopes to marry a poor boy, and then the vicious father-in-law and mother-in-law throw tons of money at the poor boy and order him to leave their daughter immediately..."

"That's just a TV show. In reality, people from big families usually marry someone of at least equal status. For example, Nono's family has a number of marriages with families from all over the world... So, having a French relative or a Japanese relative is not uncommon."

"Oh? Then, can you tell me where Senior Sister Nuonuo and Little Sister Meluccina went? Did they go home first?" Xia Mi smiled faintly and asked again seemingly casually.

"Not really," Emiya calmly blocked the questioning attack.

"Today, I went to Eri's house with Nono and the others to visit relatives. Nono and the others planned to stay there for a while, but Eri was also curious about our place and insisted on coming out to stay with us for a few days."

Eri nodded in agreement and showed her prepared notebook:

"Yeah, I wanted to run away. My family is keeping a close eye on me, and this opportunity is rare."

Chapter 149 The torture of life made her soft and sweet

Eri had never ridden a train before, but that wasn't a big deal. She just had to follow Emiya and Natsumi and do what they did... But when they got to Emiya's house, and Emiya was urging everyone to take a shower and go to bed, Eri took advantage of the situation and did something really outrageous...

In front of the other two people, she took off her clothes and pants, exposing her slender white body to the air as if no one was around. Her pair of smooth little feet stepped on the floor as she walked towards the bathroom.

Emiya was stunned, and Xia Mi was also dumbfounded.

But Xia Mi, being a girl, recovered her senses faster. She quickly picked up a large, thin coat from the ground and quickly caught up with Eri to cover her beautiful body. However, Eri looked at her with a confused look, then looked around...

Eiry couldn't understand why the two of them reacted so strongly. Shouldn't one take off clothes to take a shower?

"Hey! Little sister, you can take it off when you go to take a shower, but you're still outside and we're all watching. You can't just take it off!"

Xia Mi, who had just been busy with the affairs of the Holy Grail, felt her eyelids twitching and she had a migraine. Now she really believed that this person was Nuonuo's relative... Nuonuo would sometimes take off clothes in the house abnormally, so it was reasonable for her relative to have some similarly abnormal habits?

What kind of bizarre family is Eri's? How come they don't even need to be taught common sense? Even Fenrir is smart enough to understand that it's okay to have fun in private, but he has to behave properly in front of his sister and not act like a playboy, otherwise he'll be criticized at every turn!

From this aspect, it can be seen that there are probably very few people in the family who truly take care of Eri, and no one teaches her the knowledge she should have at her age.

Thinking of this, Xia Mi's eyebrows suddenly raised, and she covered her mouth with her hands as if to exclaim in surprise.

"Brother Emiya, this is a serious situation. Sister Eri doesn't seem to have any sense of gender differences! You didn't secretly touch her before bringing her back, did you? If you did that, wouldn't Sister Nono be angry?"

"What the hell is that?" Emiya retorted immediately after coming to his senses. "I took care of her all the way here. Not only did I keep her well fed and well-drinked all night, I even took her shopping and bought her new clothes and a new game console..."

Eri also held up a notebook with the words, "Emiya is a very good person!"

Emiya speechlessly accepted the nice guy card from the girl. Fortunately, Eiry's language has always been relatively simple and she didn't reveal the truth directly, such as praising Emiya as a great guide who taught her the advanced skills of running away from home!

Xia Mi was amazed at this:

"In just one night, you've managed to gain a lot of favor from the eldest daughter of a Japanese family, even going so far as to drag her on an intimate date until late at night... Brother Emiya, quickly admit that you're actually a super dangerous assassin girl. Anyone of the opposite sex who hangs out with you will be in trouble!"

"Thank you for the free title, but I don't intend to accept it! And according to your logic, Xia Mi, shouldn't you be afraid and on guard against disaster yourself, and move out of my house early?"

Emiya urged the girls to take a shower quickly, "Alright, stop talking nonsense. You have half an hour to finish your shower. If you stay up too long, you might get up late tomorrow, and then you won't get any breakfast, Xia Mi!"

"Wow, Brother Shameless is so despicable..."

When Xia Mi heard Emiya's deadly threat of "cutting off food and lodging", her face instantly became puffed up with anger, but in the end she forced herself to hold it back and lost her temper. She could only whisper in a low voice, obey Emiya's words, and push the ignorant Eiry to the bathroom reluctantly.

When she was in a foreign country, even finding a job was so difficult. Without the support of her acquaintances, she would definitely struggle. If Emiya was gone, and she had to deal with all her life problems on her own... where could she find such a nice house to live in without having to pay exorbitant room and board fees?

No matter how you calculate it, it's not worth it. It's not worth it at all.

Seeing this, Xia Mi instantly realized that whether she was with Norton or with Emiya, she had lived a very humble life. The constant torture of life not only did not make her stronger, but instead made her so soft and sweet...

How could this happen? How could this be possible? Would she ever have the chance to cross to the other side and live the life of a wealthy young master?

She kept telling herself in her head, "Only those who endure the most hardships can become the strongest dragons. Little Xia Mi, don't be afraid of difficulties." Although taking a step back made her angrier, she knew that if she endured, she would eventually find a bright future. This was just a brief period of darkness before the Holy Grail War began, before the dawn...

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Under the night light, the dim light continued to dispel the darkness on the table, but Emiya did not fall asleep.

He first carefully opened the document bag he brought back, which contained the Aoi-ya information delivered by Minamoto no Chisei. The source of the resources should be the internal archives of the gang channels controlled by their Minamoto family.

When Emiya saw the name of the organization "Genji Heavy Industries, Ltd." marked at the beginning of the document, his thoughts were further confirmed.

He continued reading and found that the information provided by Yuan Zhisheng was indeed more detailed and it was easy to find the key points.

"Aoi-ya is a small-scale mafia organization. The companies it manages are more like trading channels between various mafia organizations than profit-making business companies."

"In other words, Aoi-ya is like a black market intermediary exchange with frequent orders and a huge flow of goods. This includes both domestic gangs trading with each other and cross-border trading chains between domestic gangs and foreign gangs."

"As for the cross-border transactions recorded by Genji Heavy Industries, the largest one is the illegal human trafficking of South American gangs."

South America... South America again...

When Emiya was in Shenzhou before, he had learned about the Chen family's investigation materials, which contained similar records and mentioned the South American population trade. At that time, these were the results of a joint investigation by the Zhou family and other families, and were integrated by the Lord Wa for Emiya's reference.

In this way, things seem to become clearer, at least at the trade level... The relationship between the three parties should be that South America is responsible for the supply of illegal population and transporting experimental subjects to the other two parties. Japan is responsible for the research projects of divine bodies and the Holy Grail, and also sends Deadpool to the Chen family for the latter's Deadpool and "Heroic Spirit" experiments.

...What kind of new triangular trade is this in the underworld?

Emiya read it several times over, marked and underlined the information with a pen, and then sorted it out separately.

He then drew a mind map of the flow of this information, using a red pen to create several directional arrows. These arrows frequently pointed to "Odin" and "Holy Grail War." Additionally, he scribbled the words "Pan-Human History" and "Lostbelt" in faint pencil next to them.

Emiya drew two circles on it with a pencil, and then added a big question mark.

After completing these preparations, Emiya glanced at the clock and realized it was already midnight. While staying up so late was a bit excessive, he felt the Aoi-ya investigation he'd arranged wouldn't be too late. After all, delays can lead to unexpected consequences. Similarly, he should complete his preparations as soon as possible.

"Preparations are complete. Now that things have come to this, let's go to sleep."

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The next two days and the third day were spent in peace.

Apart from completing her daily assignments, Xia Mi basically spends the rest of her time going to the library, so she spends half of her time at home and the other half out.

Compared to Xia Mi, who is under the pressure of life and is almost busier than the people in Tokyo, Eri, who is leaving Tokyo for the first time, seems even more excited.