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TTM CH1-10

Chapter 1: Summoning Tom at the Beginning

Looking at his intact self in the mirror, the man pinched his face and confirmed that he was not dreaming. He couldn't help but say, "Fuck, I'm alive? I really transmigrated?!"

His name is Bai Song. It has nothing to do with his father's gaming skills; it’s mainly because his mother's surname is Song, so he happily decided to call himself Bai Song.

Just about ten minutes ago, Bai Song had gotten up early in the morning. It was already one o'clock in the afternoon. As usual, after staying at home for half an hour, he was ready to buy breakfast.

As a result, when he was about to cross the road to the noodle shop opposite, a truck loaded with goods suddenly stepped on the accelerator and hit him directly. It was hard not to doubt whether it was done on purpose.

But what is certain is that Bai Song was hit to pieces, and it was only a matter of time before he died.

Just when Bai Song was about to be completely killed, a floating frame appeared in front of him. It mentioned something about going to a certain world to save it, but Bai Song didn’t remember the details. In short, it was either resurrected to work or die on the spot.

In this situation, was there any need to consider it?

Bai Song decisively chose the former.

After coming to his senses, he found himself in a house whose owner was unknown. Anyway, the owner of the house was not at home.

It didn’t matter who the house belonged to. What mattered was that his body that had been hit and shattered was now intact, as if there had never been a car accident.

To be honest, Bai Song still felt that it was unrealistic until now.

"So, I really came to Type-Moon?" After digesting the information instilled in his brain, Bai Song finally understood his current situation.

In short, this world is sick, and the purpose of his capture is to save it and prevent it from being blown up. Although... what exactly is going on has not been explained at all, which makes Bai Song always feel that he is cannon fodder.

However, this thing that kidnapped him did not do all bad things. At least it gave him the ability to summon Servants, so he could barely have some self-protection power and not be inexplicably given away.

After calming down, Bai Song tentatively said, "Panel?"

As soon as the voice fell, a floating display screen appeared in front of Bai Song. It was roughly estimated to be about 27 inches.

There were several very conspicuous buttons on the left, but only two were lit, namely "target" and "summon," while the others were gray and unavailable, which should be unlocked later.

After thinking about it, Bai Song did not rush to look at the summoning interface but clicked the first button first, which was "target."

Goal 1: Summon Servant 0/1

Goal 2: ? ? ?

Looking at these two lonely lines of words, Bai Song silently exited this interface and turned his attention to the summon button.

At the moment of clicking, the panel disappeared directly in front of Bai Song.

Instead, a red summoning array quickly formed in front of him, which was not very similar to the summoning array for summoning Servants in Type-Moon, but it was completely the same.

"By the way, what is the summoning word? Well, it seems that it is not necessary."

Looking at the red summoning array in front of him, before Bai Song could think of the summoning word, the summoning array started to run spontaneously, and there was no need for Bai Song to operate it manually.

As the summoning array ran automatically, each line of the summoning array began to emit a light blue light upwards, and it became brighter and brighter.

Finally, the summoning array first darkened, and then the center of the summoning array seemed to explode, bursting out a dazzling pure white light.

As a result, Bai Song, who was watching the entire summoning process, was caught off guard by the flash, just like when he was concentrating on sniping with the opponent and his teammates threw a flash bomb at his face, causing him to be blinded.

Even though Bai Song immediately put his right hand in front of his eyes to try to block the light, it was still a little too late.

After about two or three seconds, when the intensity of the light gradually decreased, Bai Song's vision began to recover.

At the same time, three blood-red lines appeared on his right hand; these were the Command Spells.

At this time, a vague figure had already appeared in the summoning circle. Obviously, this must be the Servant that Bai Song had just summoned.

However, this Servant... isn't it a little too short?

If he estimated it roughly, it might not even be one meter tall and looked a little strange.

Bai Song rubbed his eyes, looked at the Servant he had summoned carefully again, and then... he was stunned.

He saw that a blue-gray cat was standing in the middle of the summoning circle, holding a golden trophy in its hand, with its head held high and a proud look on its face. The trophy also had the words "National Mouse Catching Champion - Tom" written on it.

"Tom... Tom Tom Tom Tom... Tom?!"

After being stunned for a long time, Bai Song finally reacted and looked at the blue-gray cat in front of him with an unbelievable expression.

Seeing that Bai Song appeared to know his name, Tom kept holding the trophy and nodded a few times, confirming Bai Song's recognition, and his expression became more proud.

"Fuck... It's really Tom..."

After the daze ended, a feeling of ecstasy suddenly rose in Bai Song's heart. "Great!!!"

Apart from anything else, saving his life is already a sure thing.

Before, he had been thinking that this was 1994, probably the time of the Fourth Holy Grail War. If he didn't draw a first-rate or even higher Servant, then he wouldn't be able to save the world this time.

He was in a superposition state between being sent and about to be sent.

Then... he summoned Tom, a comedy character.

As we all know, no matter how powerful you are, don't argue with comedic characters.

For example... just look at a certain someone who came into the Dragon Ball world. It's so terrifying.

"Kuso~Kuso~Ka!"

Just when Bai Song was still ecstatic, there was a sound of someone picking the lock at the door.

"Crack~"

With a tiny sound, the person picking the lock outside pushed open the door and saw Bai Song.

The two looked at each other, and finally, the person at the door spoke first.

"Yo~, I'm are the owner of this house. I am Ryunosuke; excuse me..."

Before Ryunosuke finished speaking, Bai Song heard the name, immediately realized who was on the other side, and quickly pointed at Ryunosuke and shouted, "Tom, tie him up for me!!!"

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Chapter 2: Tom's First Battle!

Hearing Bai Song's words, Ryunosuke was startled, thinking that something seemed to be wrong. When ordinary people encounter someone picking their locks, they should first ask, "Who are you?", then tell them to leave, and finally call the police, right?

Usually, it should be like this, but this time... itt a little different.

Could he be someone who is well versed? But there were no signs that his lock had been opened before.

At this point, Ryunosuke was still quickly assessing the situation.

On the other side, when Tom heard Bai Song ask him to tie up the man in front of him, he couldn't help but point at himself and then at the man opposite him, who was nearly three times his height, as if to say, "Are you sure that my small body can handle him?"

Bai Song didn’t say anything but confidently gave Tom a thumbs up.

After receiving Bai Song's affirmative answer, Tom swallowed his saliva.

Although he felt a bit panicked, he threw aside the trophy for "National Mouse Catching Champion" and then reached behind his back to pull out a noose.

He held the end of the rope with his left hand and began to swing the noose with his right hand, faster and faster, leaving even an afterimage.

"Ah? You’re not letting this cat attack me, are you? Hahaha... Wait, this thing is a cat?!" Ryunosuke looked at Tom's next move with a confused expression.

After the rope was swung to a suitable speed, Tom threw it directly in Ryunosuke's direction.

It was seen that the rope, which was only one meter long just now, continued to extend in Tom's hand and flew straight to Ryunosuke, who was six meters away, in an extremely anti-physical manner!

Although Ryunosuke couldn't understand what was happening, he still dodged it. He jumped to the right and easily avoided the noose that Tom had just thrown.

However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, his pupils suddenly shrank.

The noose hadn’t hit him because it flew past; it just hung quietly in the air, as if Newton didn't exist in this world.

Then something even more frightening happened.

The noose stayed where he had been standing for less than two seconds, and then it immediately turned right and flew toward him, tracking him like a missile!

"Not good!" At this point, it was too late for Ryunosuke to dodge. The inertia made him fall into a brief moment of stiffness, and at that moment, the noose accurately went over his head, trapping his whole body and hands in place.

It didn't end there. After catching Ryunosuke, the noose quickly wrapped itself around him in an extremely strange manner.

Finally, as the noose tied a bow knot, it stopped its anti-physics movement that could penetrate Newton's coffin, and Ryunosuke was tied up like a dumpling.

Now, Ryunosuke could hardly move any part of his body; only his calves could move slightly.

Ryunosuke couldn't comprehend this supernatural scene. When the rope had been thrown, it was only one meter long; how could it have tied him up into a ball?!

"Nice, Tom! Great job... Hey." Seeing that Tom had easily caught Ryunosuke in seconds, Bai Song couldn't help but shout excitedly. But before he finished praising, the scene suddenly changed.

When confronted with something he couldn't understand, Ryunosuke subconsciously took a small step back.

It was just such a small movement that caused Tom, who was tightly holding the rope, to be pulled directly one meter toward Ryunosuke!

Even with his feet pressed against the floor to brake... Oh no, Tom's feet left two one-meter-long grooves on the wooden floor!

Until Tom was pulled into the corridor connecting the entrance and the living room, he used his feet to brace himself against both sides of the exit, and then he stopped being pulled by Ryunosuke.

It was not only Bai Song who was stunned. Ryunosuke looked at Tom, who had been pulled more than one meter by him, and at the two more-than-one-meter-long grooves beneath his feet in disbelief. He had only taken half a step back, a distance of ten centimeters!

'Huh? Am I so strong?!'

Ryunosuke, who had originally thought that he had encountered a supernatural event and was destined to die here, suddenly felt brave after realizing that he was able to easily defeat the cat!

According to the way he had just retreated, Ryunosuke tried to take another step back. Just like before, even though Tom had already braced himself against the wall, Ryunosuke still felt no pulling sensation; he could even call Tom "poor and weak."

After confirming this again, Ryunosuke's confidence finally returned completely.

He now fully understood that although the blue upright cat called Tom in front of him appeared a little weird, it was obvious that its fighting ability was far inferior to his own.

As long as he could pull Tom toward him, he was certain he could end the battle with a headbutt.

In contrast, Tom was pulled a full meter closer to Ryunosuke again. However, this time he only moved his body one meter closer; his feet were still firmly braced at the exit of the corridor.

At this point, the distance between Ryunosuke and Tom was only about two meters. As long as he took another half step back, Tom would be within the attack range of Ryunosuke's headbutt.

At this critical moment, Tom loosened his right hand and pulled out a big stick as thick as his wrist.

Although Ryunosuke was a bit confused about where Tom had gotten the big stick from, he felt no panic at all. With Tom's strength, even if he hit him, it would feel like a baby’s fist. Moreover, he was determined to end the fight with a headbutt before Tom could attack.

So... Ryunosuke confidently took his last half step back.

After this half step, he and Tom were face to face, less than half a meter apart.

It can be said with certainty that when two male creatures are face to face at such a close distance, there are only two possibilities: either fighting or giving up.

At that moment, Ryunosuke and Tom, two male creatures, were like two quick-draw gunslingers in a western duel. After a brief standoff, they attacked simultaneously!

Ryunosuke used his legs to propel his body downward, preparing to headbutt with all his strength.

However, at that moment, he found that Tom did not swing his big stick but held it directly above his head, about ten centimeters high.

This made Ryunosuke hesitate for a moment, and he couldn't help but wonder if the cat had given up the attack.

While Ryunosuke was pondering this, Tom didn’t even move his wrist but simply held the big stick with his hand and swung it down, striking Ryunosuke's head.

"Bang!!!!!!"

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Chapter 3: The Battle Is Over

With a bang, the big stick hit Ryunosuke's head accurately. Ryunosuke, who was struck directly on the head, was hit so hard that his legs buckled. He was as straight as a mallet.

At the same time, he floated a full twenty centimeters in the air, as if he were frozen.

Five seconds later, as if he finally remembered to give Newton some noodles, Ryunosuke fell to the ground with a bang, passed out physically, and left peacefully.

Simultaneously, a big bump, as large as a fist, quickly appeared on Ryunosuke's forehead, and golden stars even emerged from it.

"Do... well done, Tom." Looking at what had happened in front of him, Bai Song swallowed and rubbed Tom's head with his trembling right hand.

Although he had known that the fighting ability of comedy characters was unreasonable in serious dramas, seeing it with his own eyes made Bai Song feel that it was simply outrageous, as if it had opened the door to absurdity.

Unlike Ryunosuke, at least Bai Song still had the slightest bit of psychological preparation.

Compared to Ryunosuke, who looked horrified when facing supernatural creatures, that was, of course, much better.

Feeling Bai Song touching his head, Tom casually threw the wooden stick aside and took the initiative to rub his head to Bai Song's palm.

He didn't realize that what he had just done was directly in front of his new master, Bai Song, which shocked him for the entire year.

"In short... moisten first for respect." Looking at the devastated corridor and Ryunosuke, who was tied up and lying in the middle, Bai Song decisively chose to run away, leaving behind the owner of this house. It would be troublesome if he came back.

As for Ryunosuke... it was impossible to kill him. Apart from walking along the marching route of ants, Bai Song had never killed a chicken since he was a child, let alone a living person.

As for Tom? It was just a joke; comedy characters don't kill any living thing!

"Ah, yes, Tom, pack him up and find a place to throw him."

It was impossible to call the police. Bai Song remembered it very clearly from the original work; Ryunosuke's methods of committing crimes were quite clever. No one had ever suspected him, and he was not even listed as a suspect. Calling the police would only let the tiger return home instead.

Therefore, the best solution was to find a place where no one would know and throw him away or sink him into Tokyo Bay.

Hearing Bai Song's new request, Tom nodded quickly several times, so much that Bai Song couldn't help but worry that his brain would shake. Then he dug into his back, pulling out a bag about the same size as Tom himself, intending to put Ryunosuke in it.

For Tom, this was the time to compete for performance in front of his new owner. He couldn’t... at least not expose his lazy cat nature now. He had to let his new owner understand that he was a super capable cat champion!

Just when Tom was about to put Ryunosuke in this small bag that could hold at most a chicken, Bai Song remembered something and quickly stopped Tom. "Wait a minute!"

Quickly coming to Ryunosuke's side, Bai Song struggled to open the rope in the middle and took out a wallet from Ryunosuke's trouser pocket.

As the saying goes, money is not everything, but without money, it is absolutely impossible.

Now Bai Song was in urgent need of startup capital, and getting it from the murderer in front of him was the best choice. First, it was convenient, and secondly, Bai Song would not feel any guilt from robbery.

"Tom, you can continue." After hearing Bai Song let him continue, Tom stepped forward again and easily stuffed Ryunosuke into a bag that was only about the same size as Tom. The most surprising thing was that after stuffing him in, the linen bag seemed to still have quite a lot of room, making the whole bag look loose, just like a four-fold cloud bag. After leaving the house like this, it was obvious that they would not attract attention.

After Tom put Ryunosuke inside, he sealed the mouth with a rope he found out of nowhere, flicked it casually, and tried to put the bag on his shoulder.

But maybe he threw it too hard, causing Tom to tumble to the ground.

Looking at the comedy scene in front of him, Bai Song almost laughed out loud, "...How about I do it?"

It seemed that Bai Song was looking down on him. It wouldn’t be good to be underestimated just after he had found a new owner. He thought that if the new owner found another mechanical cat, it would be over.

So Tom, with a serious look on his face, decisively extended his palm in Bai Song's direction, rejecting his proposal.

Tom rolled up his sleeves casually, spat on his hands twice, grabbed the bag again, lifted it sharply, and then swung it onto his shoulders. Then, Tom looked in Bai Song's direction with a confident expression, as if he were waiting for Bai Song's praise.

Bai Song was still immersed in Tom's operation just now. God knows how Tom had managed to roll up his sleeves using the hair on his arms.

After coming back to his senses, he saw Tom looking at him expectantly. Bai Song had to break away from his thoughts and encouraged him, "As expected of Tom, I'll treat you to something delicious later."

As soon as he heard that there was something to eat, Tom's eyes suddenly glowed with excitement, and his energy was boosted.

At that moment, Tom's eyes seemed to have turned into a slot machine, with several patterns flashing quickly, finally settling on a big chicken drumstick.

"Let's go." Just like that, one person and one cat walked outside the house side by side.

However... just when Bai Song casually closed the door, he remembered that there was a cat next to him.

But it was too late. The moment the door closed, Tom's tail was caught. Tom froze in place, and his face quickly turned crimson, visible from bottom to top.

"Ah, Tom, you're okay..."

Before Bai Song could finish his words, Tom shot directly into the air about one meter, his limbs and tail stretched straight as he screamed loudly!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

A huge scream, like a German Stuka dive bomber, erupted. Bai Song was startled by this enormous sound, and his ears were almost deafened by Tom's roar.

Covering his ears with both hands, Bai Song quickly tried to stop Tom's screams, "Calm down, calm down, Tom!"

Finally, after the roar lasted for about five seconds, it stopped. After landing, Tom immediately picked up his tail. However, not long after he stood it up, his tail broke off in the middle. Tom could only look at his tail sadly.

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Chapter 4: Summoning Heroic Spirits!

In a dark basement, two men were arranging something.

Because the light was too dim, it was hard to see what they were doing at first glance, but with the weak light of the candles around, one could barely make out what seemed to be a silver-white magic circle on the ground, resembling some sort of cult ritual.

If some sacrifices were arranged, such as human heads and internal organs, it could be said to be a complete cult scene.

"Everything needed for the summoning ceremony is ready, Kirei." After confirming, one of the elegant men, named Tokiomi, approached the summoning circle.

Seeing that Tokiomi is ready to summon his Servant, the man named Kirei stepped back a few paces at the right time.

"Finally, it's time, and the artifact is ready." Looking at the small box placed on the small altar not far away, Tokiomi smiled and stroked the Command Spells on the back of his right hand.

"The timing is just right."

He had waited for this day for too long. Next, as long as he used this most precious artifact to summon the hero king Gilgamesh, he would definitely be able to win the Holy Grail, and it would not be impossible to peek into the source at that time. It was foolproof!

This was his assessment of this summoning. Tokiomi calmly stretched his right hand toward the silver-white summoning circle and placed his left hand on his right arm while chanting loudly. "Its foundation is silver and iron."

"The foundation is the Duke of Stone and the Contract."

"Its ancestor is my teacher Shubaiin Ogu."

"The wind from the sky is separated by a wall, and the doors are opened and closed in all directions."

"It comes out from the crown and goes back and forth on the three-way road to the kingdom."

"Announcement—"

Pure white light appeared on every line of the summoning array, and at the same time, the Command Spell on the back of Tokiomi's right hand also emitted a little light.

"Your body obeys my command; my life is with your sword."

"If you are willing to follow the will and the principle of justice, respond to the call of the Holy Grail."

"I swear here."

"I wish to accomplish all the good deeds in the world, and I wish to kill all the evil deeds in the world."

"You are Qitian, who is entangled with the three great words, and the guardian of the wheel of restraint and Libra!"

The white light suddenly enlarged at this moment and instantly engulfed the basement, causing the two people present to slightly open their eyes and be unable to see the situation in front of them.

However, this white light came and went quickly. After just two or three seconds, the light disappeared without a trace, leaving them in a trance.

A slender figure then appeared in the center of the summoning circle.

"Servant Saber, I come here in response to the call." A blonde girl in silver-white armor said to Tokiomi, "Let me ask, are you my master?"

"......" Looking at the girl in front of him, Tokiomi was silent for a long time. No matter how you looked at it, this girl had nothing to do with the oldest King of Heroes in the world, Gilgamesh, right?

He immediately looked at his right hand, and there was indeed a command seal on it, which meant that this servant was indeed summoned by him.

Carefully, Tokiomi walked to the table where the artifacts were placed, grabbed the small box containing the relics, and opened it to see that it was indeed the oldest snake skin in the world that he had prepared, and it had not been replaced by someone else.

Looking back at Saber, who appeared puzzled, and then at the snake skin in his hand, Tokiomi felt despondent. "Did I... buy a fake?"

The same thing was happening somewhere else.

In a castle in Germany, a man in a black windbreaker had just completed his summoning.

As the dazzling light brought by the summoning circle gradually dissipated, a man with long white hair appeared in front of him, holding something like a staff in his hand.

"Kiritsugu, is this... King Arthur?" Irisviel stood behind Kiritsugu, looking at the white-haired man summoned from the summoning circle and asked uncertainly.

No matter what, she couldn't connect the man holding the staff in front of her with the legendary Knight King Arthur Pendragon.

Before Kiritsugu could respond, the white-haired man said, "Of course I'm not King Arthur."

"Who are you?" Kiritsugu asked. "Introduce yourself."

"I'm Merlin, known as the Magus of Flowers, and the Merlin who assisted King Arthur. You can just call me Merlin." As he spoke, Merlin pointed the staff in his right hand at the ground, and a circle of shining flowers bloomed under his feet.

"Did the summoning go wrong? I actually summoned King Arthur's court wizard." Kiritsugu took a puff of his cigarette and thought about it positively. "But it doesn't matter, as long as we can fight."

"Ahaha, master really likes to joke."

Merlin smiled and touched the back of his head with his left hand, saying very confidently, "I'm not kidding at all. Apart from being first-rate at escaping and saving my life, I'm completely useless in a fight!"

"...Kiritsugu, can servants... be returned?" Hearing Merlin's heartless words, Irisviel couldn't help but lean over to Kiritsugu's ear and ask in a low voice.

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The perspective returned to Fuyuki. At this time, the sky had completely darkened.

Bai Song and Tom finally found a temporary base, a place to set up shop. It wouldn’t be impossible to use the magic workshop to be more high-end. It was a house that had not been occupied for at least twenty years. When Bai Song looked at it from the window just now, it gave him a very scary feeling. He couldn’t help but wonder if there was a ghost living in it.

However, Bai Song didn't have much of a problem with this. After all, he had worked part-time in a haunted house before, so he was not timid.

Even if he was scared, didn't Tom help him take the damage?

To be honest, Bai Song was going to break the window to get in, but before he could do it, he suddenly remembered that Tom should be able to slip in through the crack of the door. Although he would become a thin 2D cat for a short time, he would return to his original state as long as he cut the screen.

However... when Tom heard this request, he immediately curled up into a ball.

"Hey... Tom, why are you holding my legs?" Bai Song looked at Tom, who was clinging to his calves with his hands, feet, and tail, and tried to pull Tom off in confusion. "Tom, what are you doing?"

No matter how Bai Song tried to pull Tom off, it had no effect. Instead, Tom's limbs turned into soft octopus tentacles and wrapped around Bai Song's calves like ropes.

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Chapter 5: Haunted!

Tom began trembling all over, shaking so violently that if you ignored the fact that he was a living creature, Bai Song almost felt as if he had tied a massager to his legs. His legs were nearly numb from the shaking.

Compared to the brave Tom who had 'killed' Ryunosuke who was someone much bigger than him, he seemed like a completely different cat.

Since force didn't work, the only option was to try a gentler approach.

"It's okay, believe me, all you have to do is go in and open the door," Bai Song said, gently touching Tom's head, trying to comfort the frightened cat for reasons he couldn't understand. "Once you're inside, just open the door. Don't be scared. Besides, even if there is a ghost, you'll be fine... right?"

Tom had initially calmed down a bit after hearing Bai Song’s reassuring words. His limbs, which had been clinging tightly to Bai Song’s legs, had relaxed slightly. But just a few seconds later, Bai Song’s uncertain tone in his last sentence scared Tom all over again, reversing any comfort he'd felt. The poor cat turned pale with fear.

Yes, actually pale. It was the kind of paleness that, if you had to describe it, would be like he'd been splashed with a bucket of white paint—completely petrified.

After a few moments, Tom's color returned, but he shook his head wildly at Bai Song, so fast and intense that Bai Song could feel a cool breeze.

"Well, there's nothing else I can do," Bai Song sighed. "I was going to use the rent money I saved to buy you cake and milk. What a pity." He pretended to walk away slowly, giving Tom time to think it over.

This was just talk, of course. He was an illegal resident—how could he rent a place?

Even if he had the paperwork, he still couldn’t afford it. Ryunosuke’s wallet barely had any money in it.

Maybe Ryunosuke had hidden money somewhere else, but it didn’t matter.

Bai Song had no idea what to do with Ryunosuke.

Kill him?

He couldn’t bring himself to do that—he’d never killed anyone.

Let him go? That would be like letting a tiger back into the wild.

In the end, Tom would just have to carry him around constantly. Strangely enough, whenever Bai Song looked away, Ryunosuke would disappear. But when he asked Tom, the cat could somehow bring Ryunosuke back, as if he had access to a fourth-dimensional space.

At this point, Bai Song was just taking advantage of Tom’s lack of common sense. If Tom refused to act, Bai Song would have no choice but to break a window. After all, he planned to live in this house anyway.

Tom suddenly couldn’t sit still. The thought of his future food disappearing was too much to bear—absolutely not!

He understood the difference between a full meal and going hungry.

Having made up his mind, Tom immediately released his grip on Bai Song’s legs. His eyes sharpened, and he resolutely decided to get in and open the door!

As the numbness left his calves, Bai Song knew his plan had worked. When he looked back, Tom was already wearing makeshift "armor" he'd found somewhere.

A small pot served as a helmet on his head, a trash can lid became his shield in his left hand, and a spatula was his right-hand weapon for self-defense.

Tom walked toward the door with a heroic air. However, the closer he got to the door, the smaller he seemed to become, his confidence visibly waning.

Once he reached the door, Tom took a deep breath. His upper body slipped into the house through the crack in the door, and after some struggling, his lower body followed.

Inside, Tom cautiously looked around. Spider webs hung everywhere, giving the place an eerie feeling, but there didn’t seem to be any ghosts.

Just as Tom breathed a sigh of relief and was about to open the door, he spotted a white figure floating at the end of the corridor. Its eyes glowed with a strange red light.

If Tom could speak, he would surely have screamed, "Oh no, there really is a ghost!"

"Ahhhhhhh!!!" Tom screamed, abandoning all his equipment. He jumped up, latching onto the ceiling with his claws, shaking with fear.

The ghost, after seeing Tom, didn’t hesitate and flew straight toward him.

But before it could act, a girl with medium-length hair, wearing a blue kimono and a red coat, appeared behind it. With a flash of her blade, the ghost was instantly sliced in two, dissipating into spirits and vanishing from this world.

"That takes care of the last wraith here. Seriously, what kind of world have I been pulled into? There are way too many ghosts..." The girl muttered, but then noticed something above the door. "Huh? Just a cat? But how is a cat alive in here?"

She found it strange but didn’t think much of it. After sheathing her sword, she opened the window and left the house.

Once Tom, who had witnessed the whole thing from the ceiling, was sure the ghost was gone, he jumped down and hurriedly opened the door. Then, like a frightened tiger, he leapt onto Bai Song, trembling once more.

When Tom burst out of the door, Bai Song quickly asked, "What was that scream just now?"

The sudden scream from inside had scared Bai Song, who was watching from outside. He had been about to lie down and try to peek through the door crack when Tom jumped out.

In response, Tom jumped off Bai Song’s body and used both hands to pull the corners of his mouth, showing his fangs. Then he made claws with his hands and waved them around menacingly.

Next, Tom grabbed his spatula and swung it in the air in front of him, then tossed it aside. He returned to the spot where he had just swung it and pretended to play the ghost, clutching his chest with both hands and collapsing forward dramatically.

And so, Tom’s mime performance of a cat playing two roles ended.

"So you’re saying there was a ghost inside... and you killed it with your spatula?" Bai Song asked, trying hard to make sense of Tom’s act.

Tom was about to shake his head but then paused.

If his new owner thought he had taken care of the ghost, wouldn’t that mean lots of cake in the future?

So, he immediately nodded, puffed up his chest proudly, placed one hand on his waist, and gave a thumbs-up with the other.

Seeing Tom nod, Bai Song's eyes lit up, and he enthusiastically gave him a thumbs-up, shouting, "Oh? Tom, well done!"

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Chapter 6: I Summon Myself?

Although Bai Song was very confident in Tom's fighting ability at the beginning, except for beating Ryunosuke, he had never seen any battles with his own eyes.

As shown in the animation, Tom's fighting ability is extremely unstable, always relying on good luck, and in the end, it is Jerry who wins.

There are many such cases; on the contrary, there are many.

It is undoubtedly very good news for Bai Song to know that Tom can defeat the ghost.

When he entered the house, Bai Song first felt a pungent musty smell. The whole house seemed a little damp. There was even a big hole in the wooden floor at the entrance, which was almost the size of a bowl.

Considering that this is an old house that has not been lived in for at least 20 years, this situation can be said to be very good.

Bai Song has no complaints about this house. If you want to ask why, it can only be said that the condition of this house is much better than the dormitory of the school where Bai Song was in high school. Bai Song lived in an environment that would make a dog cry, and Liu Yuxi deleted his humble abode overnight for three years.

To this day, Bai Song still remembers the shock of finding someone pooping in the corridor when he first entered the dormitory.

This old house, which was far better than his high school dormitory, did not disgust Bai Song.

After tidying up the living room and making a place to stay, Bai Song sat on the floor and took out a flashlight, a local map, and a comic book from the plastic bag he had been carrying.

Tonight, Bai Song did not plan to go to bed too early but intended to study the map and roughly determine the location of other masters. With the memory of watching anime in the past, he could still find the location on the map by guessing.

As for the comic book, it was for Tom's entertainment. If it was haunted again, Tom would be the only one who could fight, so Tom must not fall asleep.

Besides, the Holy Grail War also starts at night, so it is better to let Tom sleep during the daytime. If Tom feels sleepy at night, it will be the end. Bai Song knows very well that it is impossible to suppress Tom's sleepiness.

Instead of letting Tom do nothing and feel sleepy, it is better to find something for him to pass the time.

Tomorrow morning, Bai Song will go out to check out various key places, such as the Matou family, the Tohsaka family, and the Emiya house.

As we all know, a Holy Grail War, except for the Holy Grail War in Romania, the Fifth Holy Grail War, the Holy Grail War in the United States, and many other exceptions, is usually a combination of seven masters and seven servants.

He will probably occupy a master position, and then he has to observe how many masters there are in this Holy Grail War.

It cannot be ruled out that the Fourth Holy Grail War has also become an abnormal Holy Grail War and that he is an extra master.

Moreover, to be honest, Bai Song feels that this possibility is even greater because his servant Tom's Class is not among the seven major jobs but a single 'Tom' as a Class, and his ability values are all question marks.

So there will probably be eight masters this time, and he is the extra one, but there is no need to think too much now. The number of masters will always be figured out later. What we need to pay more attention to now is the daytime investigation.

Fuyuki City is just a small city. It is not difficult to find these places in one day, not to mention that this is with a map; just having feet will do.

At the same time, he also has to take advantage of this time tonight to make a good plan for the next step, as well as conduct research on the panel.

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While Bai Song stayed up late to look at the map, a teenager named Waver confirmed that the two old people in his family were asleep, and then he tiptoed out of the house.

From the mark on the back of his right hand, it can be seen that he is also one of the chosen ones of the Fourth Holy Grail War. As long as his servant is summoned, the mark will turn into a Command Spell.

Unlike the two wealthy men, Kiritsugu and Tokiomi, Waver did not use mercury to draw the summoning circle. Instead, he randomly got a few chickens and planned to use chicken blood to draw the summoning circle.

In comparison, Waver's summoning circle seems a bit shabby.

However, although it is shabby, for Waver, who borrowed money from his classmates to come to Japan, it is good enough to participate in the war. What else does he want?

After placing the artifact stolen from his teacher opposite the summoning circle, Waver stretched out his right hand with a nervous look on his face and began his own summoning ceremony.

“Listen to my command, my life is with your sword. Respond to the call of the Holy Grail. If you are willing to follow this will and this principle, then respond. Swear here. I wish to accomplish all the good deeds in the world, and I wish to eliminate all the evil deeds in the world. You are Qitian, who is entangled with the three great words, and you come from the guardian of the wheel of restraint and Libra!”

After the last sentence was chanted, the entire summoning array burst into a short but dazzling light. When the light dissipated, two figures appeared in the summoning array.

“Huh?” Looking at the servants he summoned, Waver sat on the ground, unable to stand firmly, and looked at the two people in the summoning array with a blank face. “Two... servants?”

This is not what he had seen in the book. If he remembered correctly, a master could only have one servant, right?

There were two men in the summoning circle, one tall and one short. The short one was okay, dressed in red, with a cape of the same color behind him. The only issue was that he was too short, only about 1.5 meters tall, and his face looked a little like a boy.

Well, although Waver himself was only 157 cm tall.

As for the other one... it was a bit outrageous. He was wearing a modern suit and even had a cigar in his right hand.

Waver really wanted to complain, “Is this really a servant?” But it was obviously not a good atmosphere to say that.

“I am the son of Zeus, Alexander, or Alexander III, and you are my master, right?” The red boy opened his arms first and said to Waver very proudly.

“It seems... I guess so.” Although he was a little confused about summoning two servants, Waver nodded. “My name is Waver Velvet.”

After saying that, Waver looked at the ridiculously tall man in a suit. “And you? Are you also a servant?”

As soon as he was summoned, the tall man in a suit stared at Waver with a look like he saw something unbelievable. It was not until Waver asked him that he adjusted his mentality. “Ahem, sorry.”

“Yes, I am indeed a servant, named Zhuge Liang Kongming.”

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Chapter 7 Bai Song: I seem to have been tricked by the panel

"Zhuge... Liang?" Waver patted the dust off his butt, then stretched his neck forward, with a look of distrust almost written out, and it would be even more perfect if there was a black question mark on his head.

"Are you sure?"

After saying that, Waver once again examined the man who claimed to be Zhuge Liang, but no matter how he looked at it, this was completely a real British man, right?

Except for the fact that his hair was a little long, it really was full of the flavor of England.

Even if this man who claimed to be Zhuge Liang spoke with a London accent, if he wanted to deceive him, he should at least speak Chinese!

He insisted on saying that he was Zhuge Liang from the Far East without even pretending to have an accent, this... is... just treating himself like an idiot.

And for some reason, Waver always felt that this tall man in a suit was very familiar, as if he had known him for a long time, but Waver could not remember where such a person was.

In the end, he could only blame it on the classic optical illusion of the brain. The so-called optical illusion is simply that the brain is too lazy to process the current information and directly determines that what it encounters now is known.

If he is not mistaken, Zhuge Liang should be a figure in the Far East 1800 years ago, but the person in front of him is wearing a suit that was born in modern times. This has nothing to do with the Far East 1800 years ago, right?

It is impossible that the suit was invented in the Three Kingdoms period 1800 years ago, right?

Unless Zhuge Liang is not a person from 1800 years ago, but a person in 1800 AD.

"I know your doubts, but don't worry about it. You just need to know that I am Zhuge Liang." Zhuge Liang took a puff of the cigar in his right hand. "Anyway, I am your Servant in this Holy Grail War. Is that enough?"

"But..."

"That's enough, right?" Seeing that Waver seemed to want to ask more questions, Zhuge Liang said again righteously.

Waver hesitated again and again, and finally nodded.

"Yeah... Yeah."

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The next day, morning.

Walking on the street, Bai Song frequently attracted the attention of passers-by around him. After all... if there was a cat wrapped around his neck at any time, it would definitely be very eye-catching.

Originally, he wanted Tom to follow him, but it was a pity that Tom didn't seem to be used to walking on all fours all the time. He stood up and walked side by side with Bai Song. To be honest, for ordinary passers-by, this kind of thing is very scary.

Then Bai Song tried to carry Tom, and it was even better. As he walked, Bai Song found that Tom was being pulled longer and longer by gravity.

When Bai Song found out, Tom's lower body had become a rope of 20 meters long. It was so hard for people to hold him. Fortunately, there was no one around, otherwise he would have died.

All methods failed, and he couldn't leave Tom alone, because Bai Song would feel insecure.

After all, apart from Tom who was his combat power, calling Bai Song a scumbag would be a bit insulting. He would definitely die if he encountered danger.

So, in summary, Bai Song finally chose to wrap Tom around his neck as a scarf. It was really warm. Except that Tom kept moving around, making Bai Song's neck itchy, there were no other shortcomings.

Bai Song originally planned to get up earlier, but his biological clock seemed to be fixed, and he slept until 11 o'clock, just like before he traveled through time.

It wasn't him who got up on his own initiative. It was mainly because Tom beside him didn't sleep well. He kicked him in the head while lying down. It hurt, even though it was just a cat's kick.

But thinking back to the time when Tom didn't move his arms, he just waved the big stick with his hand to knock Ryunosuke down. It suddenly became normal.

If it weren't for this, I'm afraid he wouldn't get up until one in the afternoon this time.

Although it was Tom's credit to some extent, it was obviously not a good experience to be kicked awake in the morning. Now Bai Song felt a little buzzing in his head.

But these things are not important. What's important is that he found that this world...seems to be different from what he imagined?

First of all, he was very sure that the fifth Holy Grail War took place in 2004, and the fourth Holy Grail War took place ten years ago, in 1994.

However...why did everyone have a smart phone in their hands along the way?

And they could see all kinds of big screens when they looked up? There are cafe employees dressed as maids on certain streets to promote outside?

Bai Song now is like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

It's not that he hasn't seen these things, he has definitely seen them, but the most important thing is where he saw them.

It's very normal to see them in a modern city, so normal that it's weird not to have these things, but it was different in 1994. The mobile phones at that time were big brothers, and there were no such large-screen smart phones. Now Bai Song feels that the only feeling is outrageous.

All the doubts were not answered until Bai Song risked being treated as an idiot by passers-by and asked a passer-by "What year is it today?"

However, it was this result that confused Bai Song. It was actually 2012, 18 years after the fourth Holy Grail War in the normal timeline. Let alone the fourth Holy Grail War, the fifth Holy Grail War should have been fought, and the Holy Grail would be disintegrated in two years.

18 years later, that's it, but a new question arises. If it's 18 years later, why does the Ryunosuke I met still look like he's in his twenties?

"Tom, do you think we've been tricked?" Thinking of the line of words clearly written on the panel about the Fourth Holy Grail War, Bai Song couldn't help but feel sad, and stroked Tom who was wrapped around his neck.

Tom had no choice but to shrug and spread his hands, as if to say, 'How can a cat like me understand what you're saying?'

Seeing this, Bai Song had to continue investigating in Fuyuki City. No matter what he was going to do next, intelligence was indispensable, especially when he learned that the time was completely wrong.

He had previously determined the locations of the Matou family and the Tohsaka family. After all, the mansions of these two magic families were built quite eye-catchingly. He didn't even need to look for them. He could just pretend to be a tourist and ask passers-by to know where the location was.

The only thing that is hard to find is the Emiya family's mansion. Many houses in that area are similar to the Emiya family's. You'll have to look for it blindly.

On the other side, while Bai Song was scouting around Fuyuki City, a plane from Germany landed steadily on the runway of Fuyuki Airport.

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Chapter 8: The Scum of Scum - Merlin

A woman with white hair and red eyes stepped out of the plane, gazing at the distant scenery and sighing, her face slightly flushed. "Finally, we're here, Kiritsugu's hometown."

This woman was Irisviel, Kiritsugu's wife, who had been by his side when he summoned the servants before.

This trip could be said to be her first time traveling far away; no, it could even be considered the first time she had left the castle in the snowfield. She had spent the previous eight years of her life in that castle, so she seemed quite excited.

"Why don't you post a tweet to commemorate it? How about I take a photo for you?" Before Irisviel could finish sighing, another white-haired man followed her out of the cabin, shouting about lollipops. He was Merlin, the servant Kiritsugu had summoned earlier.

However, unlike the pink robe he wore when summoned, Merlin was now dressed in casual clothes, like a tourist visiting Japan for vacation. He even brought a digital camera, which he had asked Kiritsugu for before leaving. After speaking to Irisviel, Merlin took out a camera from his bag and pretended to take a few photos of Iri.

"Don't do that." Iri's happy mood disappeared as soon as she heard Merlin's words. "We are here to participate in the Holy Grail War, and we can't cause trouble for Kiritsugu."

After saying this, Iri quickly walked down the stairs.

Throughout the journey, her impression of Merlin changed from seeing him as the 'mysterious wizard' when she read the legend of King Arthur to being surprised after summoning him, and finally to seeing him as a scumbag. This degree of impression collapse occurred in just a 12-hour flight. Perhaps Merlin is a genius in this regard.

For some reason, Merlin had talked incessantly on the plane.

If he were merely a chatterbox, it wouldn't have mattered; Iri herself also enjoyed communicating and chatting with people. The problem was that no matter what topic they discussed, Merlin would hit Iri's nerves with pinpoint accuracy. For example, there were hundreds of roads to choose from, but Merlin only seemed to like the road full of mines, stepping on every one as if they were floor tiles.

Had there been fewer mines and fewer awkward moments in their previous 12-hour conversation, Iri might have had a slightly better impression of Merlin.

While praising Iri's beauty, he suddenly started to say something like, "It's a pity that humans have their limits. Life is very short, only a few decades, and artificial people have even shorter lives. Madam, you will die soon, right? What a pity."

Although Iri could tell that this was Merlin's sincere thought when he said it, he immediately followed up with something outrageously cheerful.

Originally, she had envied the characters in myths and legends. Now that she had truly met a legendary figure, for some reason, that envy instantly collapsed.

If someone mentioned Merlin or the legend of King Arthur to her now, she might not show any problem on the surface, but deep down, her expression would be dark and regretful.

"Ah, then the meaning of the camera I prepared is diminished. Really, don’t you want to take a picture?"

Merlin smiled and took a few selfies for himself after hearing this, then immediately followed Iri’s pace.

Iri decisively chose to refuse Merlin's proposal once again. "No, you just need to be alert to the surroundings; I would be very grateful for that."

"Things like this can be filtered out. I have clairvoyance. As long as there is no place with strong magic to block my perception, I can see things clearly," Merlin said proudly, pointing to his eyes.

"Well, even if it's blocked, you can still force yourself to watch, but you'll definitely be exposed."

Merlin valued his clairvoyance very much. After all, during the thousands of years he had been imprisoned in the tower, he relied on these eyes that could see the world to pass the time.

In addition, his biggest interest might be opening a female online account to cheat people online. Don't underestimate it; that feeling is genuinely interesting.

For example, the number one viewer when he streamed with a female account could be considered his die-hard fan. The gifts poured in at an incredible rate. If it were an ordinary person, they might feel a little ashamed, but Merlin did not!

Watching Merlin take photos everywhere on the street, Iri felt a little helpless. "I know this, but are you sure you don't want to build a magic bow now? The Holy Grail War will officially start tonight. For a magician, it is very dangerous not to have a magic workshop, right?"

"As for safety, don't worry. As long as you stay with me, you will be absolutely safe."

As he spoke, Merlin raised his head proudly and patted his chest, very pleased with himself. "I can't guarantee the battle, but in terms of saving my life and escaping, I am definitely a top servant!"

Iri listened to Merlin's words and doubted them in her heart. When she asked Merlin about his actual combat ability before, he had said, "I'm not good at magic at all. After all, you see, if you chant a little faster, you might bite your tongue easily, right? Fighting with a sword is more suitable for me." After that, Iri gave up asking about the matter.

"Oh! Look ahead! There's an arcade!" Merlin's eyes lit up as he pointed ahead and said to Iri, "I've wanted to try it for a long time. Sure enough, you have to experience the arcade here when you come to Japan!"

"Eh, no, wait a minute..." Iri tried to stop Merlin from slacking off, but it was useless. In desperation, Iri followed Merlin to the arcade.

As soon as they left, Bai Song happened to be nearby.

Just as Bai Song passed by, suddenly, Tom, wrapped around his neck, began to move.

Tom's tail suddenly straightened without any warning and pierced into the air. Then, the white hair at the end of the tail began to flash red light rapidly.

"Beep beep!!! Beep beep!!! Beep beep!!!"

As the tail began to flash, Tom's mouth emitted the sound of radar detecting an enemy.

"Tom, what's wrong?" Bai Song was familiar with the streets, and Tom suddenly said something in his ear, frightening him.

Tom said nothing, but straightened his tail with a serious expression, pointing toward the game hall not far away.

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Chapter 9: Bai Song: The Case Has Been Solved. This Woman is a Servant!

Although he doesn't know exactly what Tom meant, that uncharacteristic behavior just now... Oh, sorry, that is quite normal for Tom.

Anyway, Tom must have discovered something, and it is very likely an enemy.

Bai Song looked in the direction pointed to by Tom's tail and happened to see the backs of two people with long white hair entering the game hall—one man and one woman.

"Are those two participants in the Holy Grail War? If so, nod your head."

Bai Song had only seen the backs of the two people as they entered. Before he had time to observe whether there were Command Spells on their hands, the two people disappeared from his field of vision. He had no choice but to lower his head and ask Tom, who was wrapped around his neck.

The two people had silver hair. As far as Bai Song could remember, there had been absolutely no such combination in the Fourth Holy Grail War. Except for Irisviel, the fake Saber Master, there was not even one silver-haired person. The two people in front of him both had silver hair, which could only mean one thing: they must be a new Servant-Master combination not present in the original story.

Listening to Bai Song's question, Tom's brain suddenly crashed. Among the two people, only the man felt like a participant, while the woman did not. Should he nod or shake his head?

In the end, Tom chose the Indian way of nodding, shaking his head left and right like a pendulum clock.

"......Then I will assume they are?" Looking at Tom shaking his head, Bai Song was silent for a long time, feeling a bit confused. Were they or weren't they?

However, Bai Song decided to think of the two as participants in the Holy Grail War. After all, he clearly remembered that in the Fourth Holy Grail War, most people he encountered had black hair, with only a few having red or brown hair.

As a result, suddenly encountering two people with white hair—at the same time, no less—was suspicious. If there was no problem, Bai Song would be shocked.

At the same time, Tom, as his servant, also reacted to this. Together, Bai Song did not believe that these two were not participants in the Holy Grail War.

"Let's go in and take a look." Bai Song casually took off his coat and then used his right hand to cover the Command Spell on the back of his right hand before carefully following inside.

However, just as Bai Song arrived at the door, he was stopped by the clerk.

The clerk pointed to a piece of paper posted at the door and said to Bai Song, "Sir, cats are not allowed inside."

"What are you talking about? This is not a cat; it's just a doll. I just won it in the lottery across the street. Look, it's quite elastic."

To convince the clerk, Bai Song pulled Tom's claws with his hand, stretching them out to more than a meter long. Obviously, this was something that normal creatures on Earth could never do.

Tom was also very cooperative at this time. When Bai Song released Tom's claws, he slowly retracted them as if he were wound up. At the same time, Tom wore an evil grin that no cat could ever manage. "Huhuhahahahahaha!"

After the claws were completely retracted, Tom pretended to be dull again, as if he were a real doll.

"It's not really... I'm very sorry. Please come in." Seeing this, the clerk quickly stepped aside to allow Bai Song to pass normally.

"Can the claw machine in that store produce such a great doll? I want to get one after work!" After Bai Song entered, the clerk looked at the store across the street with eager eyes, determined to get the "doll" he had just seen.

Once inside, Bai Song immediately began searching for the two white-haired individuals.

Obviously, the two silver-haired people were easy to find. There was no need for deliberate searching; both of them quickly entered Bai Song's field of vision.

After quietly approaching to within a short distance, Bai Song pretended to watch others play games while peeking at the duo.

Although they were relatively close—only about five meters away—it should be difficult for them to notice him. After all, he was just an ordinary person without any magical powers. Moreover, even if the two people noticed him looking, it probably wouldn’t matter, as many people around were looking in that direction.

A man and a woman; although both had silver hair, their styles of dress were quite different.

The man was dressed like a tourist, with a camera hanging around his neck, and was obviously a modern individual. The woman wore a cold outfit, entirely in pure white. She appeared bewildered by the noise in the game hall, and there was no Command Spell on her right hand.

Bai Song quickly determined that the man should be the Master and the woman was obviously the man's Servant.

"Hmm? Red eyes?" Just as Bai Song was about to change his position, the woman seemed to turn her head to say something to the white-haired man. From this angle, Bai Song caught sight of the eyes of the female Servant.

"Red eyes... Red eyes, let me think... Maybe it's Tomoe Gozen? It feels a bit like that."

There are many white-haired characters in Fate, but if one wants to be precise, there are few white-haired and red-eyed individuals.

Bai Song only knows Tomoe Gozen besides Female Merlin/Proto Merlin. It can't be Meili, right?

The temperament doesn't match. After confirming this, Bai Song quietly slipped out of the game hall. If he wanted to hear what they were saying in such a noisy place, he would have to get closer, but doing so would make it easier to be exposed.

In this way, if he were discovered, it would be a significant loss.

After walking around for a while today, he found a pair of Master and Servant. While it can't be said that he made a lot of money, it can certainly be said that he made a significant gain.

Even if he did not achieve anything else throughout the day, Bai Song was already satisfied.

"I'm talking to you... It's dangerous here, no matter how you think about it." Looking at Merlin, who was already engrossed in the game, Iri felt helpless.

Although she wanted to play, time was running out. The Holy Grail War was about to begin after dark.

She had only heard Merlin claim he was useless except for trying to survive, and she thought he was just boasting. But after witnessing it with her own eyes in Fuyuki, she realized he was not lying. He was genuinely unreliable.

"Don't worry. I'll run away if there's an enemy! Oh, and I'll definitely take you with me."

Merlin said this while continuing to entice her, "Come and play; it's fun."

"Guwu~, then... okay, just one." Iri swallowed her saliva, checked the time with her left hand, and saw that it was still early, so she decided to give it a try.

Soon, before she knew it, night fell.

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Chapter 10: How to Lose When a Dragon Rides on Your Face?!

It’s dark, which is synonymous with liberation for ordinary Fuyuki office workers.

But for the participants of this Holy Grail War, darkness means that the Holy Grail War has finally officially begun.

However, this is only the first day of the Holy Grail War. Even if there is a battle, it will definitely end hastily. No one should be the kind of idiot who directly shows his underwear to others at the beginning, right?

Anyway, Bai Song was prepared early. After a short nap in the afternoon, he set off directly.

Although Bai Song is half a nocturnal creature and his energy at night can be said to be vigorous and hipster, it is always good to rest for a while. The most important thing is to let Tom sleep a little longer.

He knows the consequences of Tom being sleepy: he will fall asleep directly after walking a few steps. It’s a bit scary to think about it. Let alone encountering a Servant; even if he encountered a Magus, it would be easy for Bai Song to kill him. Bai Song was very confident in his fighting ability and knew that he could not defeat anyone in the entire Holy Grail War.

"It's so quiet; there are not many people on the street."

Walking by the Fuyuki River, there was really no living person to be seen.

Just a moment ago, there were still some people walking along the road by the river. The closer you got to the estuary, the fewer people there were, until there was no one left. But it's good this way; Tom can walk normally, and Bai Song doesn't have to carry Tom around his neck all the time.

To be honest, it was okay at first, but later it became more and more uncomfortable, and Bai Song's neck was full of sweat.

As for why he wandered around the Fuyuki River, it was because the two famous battles in the original work were both fought near the Fuyuki River. The first was the port at the estuary of the Fuyuki River where Saber and Lancer fought each other, and the second was the crusade against Caster in the Fuyuki River. He was completely confused about the so-called "Fourth Holy Grail War," where no one knew who would participate, so he could only try his luck here.

In the original, his walk should have attracted Servants everywhere to fight with him, but there was no such thing at present; at least Tom didn't feel anything now.

"Zizizizi!!!"

At this moment, a sudden sound of electric current flashed in the sky.

"What's that movement?!" Hearing this sound, Bai Song quickly changed his position but did not find anything.

Until Tom pointed to the sky, Bai Song saw a small lightning flash across the sky. It was difficult to find if you didn't look carefully. It was probably at a very high place. It must be a Servant, without a doubt, and it was most likely Iskandar.

If it was, that would be great, as it means that although there is a problem with the timeline, perhaps some of the characters can match up. In this way, the advantage of understanding the characters can be regarded as regained.

Seeing this, Bai Song wanted to take a look immediately, but it was a pity that the thing flew too fast, and he might not be able to get to the scene in time with his two legs.

"Tom, let's go and take a look!" After saying that, Bai Song picked up Tom, clamped him under his armpit, and ran toward the place where the lightning flew.

However, before Bai Song had run a few dozen meters, Tom, who was running with a confused expression, suddenly broke free and jumped directly to the ground.

Then he carried Bai Song and ran toward the direction where the lightning went at a much faster speed than Bai Song.

"???" Bai Song was running and suddenly found that he was being carried by Tom. He looked down with a confused expression.

A few minutes earlier, in the yard of a residential house in Residential Area, Waver was observing the images sent back by the familiar he had released. Suddenly, he heard thunder and lightning in the yard. He looked through the window and found that Alexander had slipped out at some point and had even summoned his warhorse!

Waver quickly opened the window and whispered to Alexander, "Wait, Rider, where are you going?!"

"Huh? Of course, I'm going to battle!" At this time, Alexander had just summoned his warhorse, Bucephalus, in the yard and was about to sit on it. When he heard Waver's question, he immediately answered.

"Nonsense! Of course, I know you want to go out; the question is why you ran out! And you're so ostentatious!"

"Isn't this the Holy Grail War? Of course, I'm going to fight!" Alexander tilted his head, as if wondering why Waver asked this, then turned over and got on the horse directly.

"I want to be a great hero like Achilles. How can I not fight in wartime?"

Seeing that Alexander was about to run out and die, Waver was immediately furious. "Huh? I don't understand what you are thinking at all. The Holy Grail War is not a gladiatorial contest. Stop and don't run!"

He originally thought that there were only seven Servants in a Holy Grail War, and he had two Servants: Rider and Caster. This wave of advantage was so huge that it could be said that he could lose with a flying dragon on his face!

When he got the Holy Grail, he would be able to prove himself in front of the teachers and classmates in the Clock Tower.

However, in such an advantageous situation, one of his Servants suddenly started to play recklessly, which was unacceptable to Waver.

Zhuge Liang who was standing by came up behind Waver and patted his shoulder. "What? You're not going?"

Waver, who was considering whether to use the command spell, was stunned when he heard it, then immediately reacted. "Huh? Why should I go... No, it should be said, why should he go?"

"What? You want to go too?" He first exclaimed, pretending to be deaf and dumb, then Zhuge Liang called to Alexander outside the window, "Rider, Waver said he wants to go with you!"

Just a few moments ago, he used his inherent skill, 'Military Advisor's Loyal Advice A+', to know that Waver would be 100% fine this time. This A+ level skill is enough to predict unexpected events with 100% accuracy. If you want to fight against this skill, you must have the same level of luck.

And every time he sees Waver's idiotic expression now, he feels a stomachache. So he can just throw him out to exercise, it won't be a problem anyway.

As soon as the voice fell, with Waver's blank expression of 'what the hell are you doing?', he grabbed Waver's collar and threw him out of the window toward Alexander.

"What are you doing... Eaaaaaaaaa!!!"

"Eh?! Really? Master, I didn't expect you to be a warrior! Very good! You are worthy of being my Master!" Alexander caught the thrown Waver and put him behind him.

Without waiting for Waver to refuse, he pulled the reins and rushed into the sky.

"Damn you!!!"

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