How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

No, he didn't do anything to that guy, so what's there to be afraid of?

No matter how you look at it, Gordes should be afraid of Karna, who is his enemy, right?

How can someone be afraid of the referee when they haven't done anything wrong?

Somewhat speechless, Yudou infused magic into the card, condensing a drop of angel's blood, and flicked it into Sieg's mouth.

"Alright, this drop of blood has enhanced your physique somewhat and will slowly improve your body in the days to come, adjusting your lifespan to be equal to that of a normal person."

Zieg stood up from the ground in disbelief. He hadn't expected that the problem of his lifespan that had been bothering him would be solved so easily.

When Astolfo saw him get up, he quickly ran over to ask how he was feeling.

"I feel...so light, and I don't feel that weak feeling I had before when I move around..."

Seeing that he was in good health, the two Servants breathed a sigh of relief.

Without lingering there, knowing that there were other Black Faction Servants behind, Yudo found an open space, summoned the Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon, and took Sieg to Bucharest, the capital of Romania.

It's far from Tulipas, so it shouldn't be affected by the Holy Grail War unless something unexpected happens.

Astolfo, who remained in place, was captured by Siegfried and waited quietly for the arrival of the other Servants from the Black faction.

However, he was actually defeated by Siegfried, so it wasn't really acting...

……

the other side.

After landing in a deserted, open area, and dropping Sieg off somewhere that was probably Bucharest, Youdu used the money dropped by local monsters to get him a set of identification documents and left him some starting capital.

Whether he can live a stable life afterward, and whether he can find a reason to live, depends on himself.

Since it was getting late, Yuuto, too lazy to find another place to summon Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon, simply took Leticia to a local hotel to stay, and also bought a few newspapers to continue searching for Black Faction Assassin's whereabouts.

"Huh? A serial murder case?"

As soon as You Du casually opened the newspaper, he was drawn to the headline on the front page.

After reading the entire report, Yudo was certain that this was most likely the work of Jack the Ripper. After marveling at his good luck, he turned his attention to the location of the last incident.

"The location is... Sigishwara?"

Chapter 141 The place where food is sold is a recommended draw location

[Continuing our report, according to police, the scope of the victims in the serial killings that began the day before yesterday has further expanded...]

The number of victims in this bizarre murder case that began in the capital, Bucharest, has now exceeded 10, and the police have issued a wide-area alert and launched a search...

"It took three days of killings to finally make the news..."

Sitting in a pizzeria in Sighisoara, Yudo shared the pizza that Letitia had prepared for their lunch with her while watching the news on the television hanging in the shop.

You Du was at a loss for words.

He only found information about a murder that occurred in the Romanian capital on the third day after it happened, in newspapers and news reports.

Are the reporters and newspapers there just sitting around doing nothing?

Or is it that this place, like Florida, is full of talented people, and that a simple, bizarre murder case doesn't even need to be reported?

You Du felt that if this was truly the reason why he had only found the relevant information today, then he could completely accept it.

After all, compared to those beets, Little Jack's act of dissecting his heart and lungs seemed rather childish.

"A bizarre murder case... Is this also the work of a Servant?"

Leticia looked at the death toll reported on the news with a worried expression, and for a moment she even lost her appetite for the pizza she was holding.

She now understood why Yudou had always paid so much attention to newspapers and the news...

She used to think that Yuuto, the referee, was unnecessary, since he always chose to fight in sparsely populated areas, and even if they had to fight in a town, they would use hint magic to evacuate the surrounding people in advance.

After all, don't the participating Heroic Spirits all seem to follow the rules very well?

But now, seeing those chilling death tolls on the news, she suddenly understood just how dangerous the Holy Grail War was for ordinary people.

This is only the damage caused by one Servant!

If all 14 Servants participating in the Holy Grail War disregarded the rules like this and recklessly dragged ordinary people into their battles, she couldn't even imagine how terrible the consequences would be!

"Yes, and theoretically speaking, it's the weakest class in the entire Holy Grail War: Assassin."

Unlike Leticia, Yudo's appetite was not affected at all. On the contrary, since he finally received news of Jack, his appetite became even better than it had been two days ago.

Seeing that Leticia still looked listless, he spoke up to comfort her:

"It's alright. Although Black Assassin is killing people everywhere, she mainly does so to replenish her magic power by consuming the hearts and souls of her victims. So, she's currently targeting magicians sent by the Mage's Association and won't go after ordinary people."

Leticia: "..."

That was a good way to comfort you, but please don't do that next time.

Just imagining the image of that Black Square Assassin, whom she had never met, ripping a bloody, still-warm heart from a corpse's chest and then putting it in his mouth to eat, Leticia suddenly felt nauseous and completely lost her appetite for the pizza in front of her.

However, besides this, she was also quite curious about another thing that Yuwatari mentioned.

"You just said theoretically?" Leticia put down her pizza and asked Yuuto, "Does that mean Assassin-class Servants aren't actually that weak?"

While her question was partly an attempt to distract herself, she was genuinely curious about magic tricks.

Previously, Yudo had only taught her the basics, and hadn't explained things like which class was stronger or weaker in the Holy Grail War.

Upon hearing this, Yuuto, who was taking advantage of Leticia's lack of appetite to frantically devour her pizza and lamenting that the store didn't have pineapple pizza, began to explain to her.

"No, although the Assassin class Servants are generally not very strong in the subspecies Holy Grail War, making them more useful than other classes, in a normal Holy Grail War, Assassin class Servants are still weaker than other classes in all aspects!"

"What I mean is that within this class, some Servants are more powerful than those of other classes!"

For example, King Hassan, the Smoke Mirror, and a certain fox that could become the Beast...

These are all beings capable of single-handedly carrying the weight of an entire class.

However, she still couldn't understand even using these people, whom Leticia had never even met, as examples. Therefore, Yuuto used Semiramis, the red side's Assassin, as an example in this Holy Grail War.

Although Leticia hasn't met Semiramis yet, she'll soon understand why Yudo used her as an example once Semiramis's Hanging Gardens are up.

Furthermore, Yudo also knew that while they were having lunch at the pizzeria, two other groups of people had also arrived in the city with the same purpose as him.

The Black Faction Archer, Chiron the Centaur, and his Master Fiore, carrying a mission received from Darnic, have come to eliminate what they believe to be the out-of-control Black Faction Assassins.

The Red Team's Shishi Jie Li also received a mission from El-Melloi II: to bring Mordred to deal with this third party whom they mistook for someone hunting down a magician belonging to the Mage's Association.

With all three parties involved, Little Jack probably won't be able to escape now...

Looking out the glass at the bustling street, Youdu ate his pizza, playfully stretching the cheese on top as long as possible.

All that's needed now is nightfall, when Jack, who needs to hunt magicians to replenish his magic power, will naturally come out and seek out Fiore and Shishigake Kairi, the only two magicians in the town.

Fortunately, due to the rumors of a killer circulating in the town because of this bizarre murder, almost no one in the town still wanders around at night. They don't have to worry about accidentally hurting ordinary people.

He only needs to find one of them—

Ok?

Yudo led Leticia out of the pizzeria and saw a familiar rebellious knight standing in front of a food stall buying fries. Next to him, a man in a black leather jacket who didn't look like a good person was silently paying.

Yu Du: "..."

Last time it was hamburgers, this time it's fries...

Why does he always run into Mordred and his group in places like this?

Does he have some strange buff that increases the chance of encountering Mordred in places where food can be purchased?

Chapter 142 The fog came, the fog dissipated...

"Hey! Ruler! (chewing) What a coincidence! (chewing) Are you here for sightseeing too? (chewing)"

Unsurprisingly, as Yuu was staring at Mordred, the other party also sensed his presence through intuition and greeted him warmly.

Clearly, although Mordred hasn't given up on the idea of ​​challenging Yuto to a match, her attitude towards him is still quite friendly.

Of course, there was also an element of wanting to build a good relationship with Yutaka so that it would be easier to challenge him to a fight later.

"It's quite a coincidence, Saber from the red team."

Yuuto led Leticia to Mordred's side, nodded in response, and then bought a serving of fries from the same food stall. While eating, he pretended to be curious and asked her a question.

"But is there anything in this town worth coming all the way here? After all, there are no skyscrapers, no amusement parks, not even pineapple pizza..."

"You didn't come here just to visit this town that's marketed for its medieval style, did you? This should be a common sight that you've seen countless times..."

Mordred remained silent.

Because what Yuuto said was indeed true. Such a medieval-style town might be quite novel to other Servants, but for her, a Knight of the Round Table under King Arthur, it was a sight she had seen for countless years and was already sick of.

Their purpose in coming here was certainly not... or rather, it wasn't entirely for sightseeing.

However, even if she treats Yuuto well, she won't easily reveal her and her Master's purpose.

"Ahem, I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation, Ruler. I'll answer your question!"

Seeing this, Shi Zijie Jieli coughed twice, and realizing the situation was not right, he quickly interjected into the conversation between You Du and the others.

"Actually, we received a mission from the Magic Association to solve a bizarre murder case that is happening in this town..."

Lion Jie Li revealed the purpose of their visit.

It wasn't that he was afraid of Yudo because of the previous battle, but rather that when he saw Yudo there, he knew that he had already completed half of his mission.

You should know that Ruler was still in Tulifas before. If he didn't have something to do, why would he have come all the way to the town of Sighishwara?

Combining his role as a referee in the Holy Grail War with the unusual nature of this town, Kairi Shishikai quickly deduced a conclusion.

Ruler, like them, is here to solve this serial killing case!

Therefore, the person who committed this crime in this town must be a Servant who participated in the Holy Grail War!

Only cases caused by followers would alarm this Ruler to take action!

When Lord El-Melloi II gave him the mission, he mentioned that Father Kotomine Shiro said that all the Servants of the Red Faction except Saber were with him, so it can be confirmed that they were not the ones who committed this series of crimes.

So it really is a Servant from the Black Faction...

Hmm... Should we invite Ruler to join us...? But Saber probably wouldn't want to miss this opportunity to fight, right?

"I see... That just so happens I'm here to resolve this matter as well. How about we work together?"

Before the conflicted Lion Jie Li could make up his mind, You Du, who was just thinking of using them as bait to lure out Jack the Ripper, took him by surprise by extending an invitation to team up.

"what?"

"what?"

The short, surprised sound from Lion's Claw was drowned out by Mordred's deliberately drawn-out voice.

Her words were full of displeasure, and she was about to refuse Yuto's request to take away her prey, but then she remembered her previous plan to build a good relationship with Yuto, and swallowed back the words of refusal.

Between the unknown Servant and the White Dragon, Mordred hesitated slightly, but ultimately the scales of her heart tipped in favor of the White Dragon.

"Tch... whatever you want!"

Mordred gritted his teeth, as if trying to suppress his desire to fight, and squeezed out a few words as a reply.

Yu Du: "..."

He just wanted to form a team, and at most use Mordred and the others as bait, so why does Mordred look like she wants to kill him?

However, since Mordred had already given his consent, Shizi Jieli naturally wouldn't let go of such a powerful ally as Ruler, and immediately accepted his invitation.

Of course, their cooperation was limited to the task of defeating Jack the Ripper.

Shishikage Kairi was naturally not foolish enough to think that Yuuto had cooperated with them and would help them fight against the Black Faction's Servants.

The two successfully reached a consensus.

……

night.

"Halt! Who are you?! Where are you taking them?!"

Ah... how could I have forgotten about that...

Looking at the police officers blocking Mordred and the speechless Shishikatsu Kairi, Yuuto couldn't help but slap his head.

After all, a series of murders had just occurred, so it's only natural that police would be patrolling at night...