Chapter 1042

"Ho... how could this be!"

Nitocris stared blankly at the scene before her; she truly could not understand why her Noble Phantasm would act like this.

A Noble Phantasm is supposed to either successfully kill the opponent or be blocked by them; what are you all doing, kneeling down together like that!

Lin Ye didn't pay any attention to these vengeful spirits at all; he was the Underworld God, so what qualifications did these little ghosts have to be held in his eyes.

He walked directly in front of Nitocris and then looked her up and down.

"If you want to kill or carve me up, go ahead; if I even furrow my brow, I'm not fit to be a Pharaoh!"

Nitocris closed her beautiful eyes, waiting for death to arrive. However, for a long time, she did not feel Lin Ye strike; instead, she heard Lin Ye's voice ring out by her ear.

"My name is Lin Ye. Go back and tell Ozymandias to prepare good wine and food; I'll come find him to hang out after I finish dealing with things here."

Lin Ye? Wait! This name!

Nitocris reacted immediately. If she remembered correctly, this name was the Master mentioned by Hundred Faces at the time, and also the close friend mentioned by the Sun King!

So... you're one of us? Then you should have said so earlier! You scared me to death just now!

Nitocris looked at Lin Ye's back with grievance. If you had shouted the Sun King's name earlier, I wouldn't have attacked; now, I've lost a lot of face.

Of course, Lin Ye certainly wouldn't report Ozymandias's name right off the bat; wouldn't that make it seem like he was being taken care of by that guy Ozymandias? He had his own face to maintain, alright!

Nitocris watched Lin Ye's back, then leaped onto the back of a Sphinx Queen and vanished into the wind and sand.

Watching Nitocris disappear, Lin Ye took Mash's little hand and said,

"Let's go."

Swish!

Lin Ye waved his hand, and intense mana erupted from his palm; in an instant, a massive pit appeared in the yellow sand.

"Go."

Lin Ye and Mash leaped, then fell directly into the yellow sand.

Underground is always synonymous with pitch-black. At least light and heat have a hard time reaching here, especially in the desert.

"Senpai, it's so dark here," Mash whispered.

It was indeed dark here, but fortunately, she had been holding Lin Ye's hand the whole time, so she wasn't afraid of losing Senpai.

And as if hearing Mash's words, a voice suddenly rang out in the pitch-black space.

"Apologies, then please allow me to light the lamps."

As this voice sounded, bright magic lamps lit up one by one in the basement. Immediately after, a man with a pipe in his mouth, a cane in his hand, and dressed in British attire appeared before the two.

Looking at the two before him, the man bowed slightly and said,

"Welcome to the Atlas Academy, two friends who have traveled from afar. I am Holmes, the only detective consultant; it is a pleasure to meet you."

The great detective Holmes! The world's most famous detective! Although he called himself a detective consultant, everyone still regarded him as a detective.

However, in the FGO world, Lin Ye still preferred his other name.

"Hello there, Grand Lighting Technician."

Grand Lighting Technician? Holmes was also taken aback, then immediately thought of something and couldn't help but laugh. "Grand Lighting Technician, what an apt title. But you'd better just call me Holmes; after all, I really have no research into lighting or anything of the sort."

"You're Holmes!" Mash, on the side, was somewhat surprised; she had naturally heard of Holmes's great name.

"Hello, Mash," Holmes greeted Mash with a smile. "Actually, this isn't our first contact; we had an intersection back in London."

"Ah, I remember now." Mash immediately recalled the adventure in London. Lin Ye had had something to do and didn't go with them that time, so she had gone to the Fourth Singularity with the members of Team S.

The result and the process were both very simple: a bunch of Masters with a bunch of powerful Servants almost completely steamrolled through. But whenever they had problems, someone would pass them information, which was why they finished the battle so quickly.

"So, that person was actually you?"

"That's right, it is my honor," Holmes nodded with a smile.

Subsequently, he looked at Lin Ye before him and said, "It is also a pleasure to meet you; I have long admired you in spirit."

"You are too kind; I have also long admired you in spirit," Lin Ye greeted him with a smile as well. This wasn't him being polite; after all, he really had heard too much of Holmes's great name.

After transmigrating to this world and obtaining the system, he had even thought about whether he would be able to simulate online with Holmes. He had even specifically read through the Holmes detective collection, preparing to show off in front of Holmes when the time came.

Think about it: Holmes just encounters a case and he immediately names the culprit; wouldn't that be incredibly cool? Maybe he could even earn the title of "Detective Consultant Consultant."

Unfortunately, he never had the chance.

"That is my honor," Holmes was still very polite. "I was truly worried that you wouldn't come here, but now that I see you have arrived, I am relieved. After all, as a detective, seeing the greatest murder case in history and not participating would be a great pity."

"Greatest... murder case?" Mash didn't understand.

"That's right, the greatest murder case, Miss Kyrielight. The act of destroying all of humanity is, of course, the greatest murder case. Alright, you two, I know why you have come, so please follow me."

Holmes was a smart man; he naturally understood what Lin Ye had come here to find. The Trismegistus, that miraculous supercomputer.

However, Lin Ye shook his head. He looked at Holmes before him and said, "Then you really guessed wrong; compared to that big computer, I'm actually more interested in you."

Lin Ye was telling the truth. The mysteries surrounding Holmes were indeed too many. In 1.0 he was just a side character, in the Pseudo-Singularities he began to show his mettle, and by 2.0, the mysteries surrounding him became increasingly complex.

A Holmes like this was indeed very interesting.

And looking at Lin Ye's up-and-down appraising gaze, old Holmes suddenly felt goosebumps all over.

This Lin Ye... he wouldn't be a bit abnormal, would he!!