Chapter 416

【Shock————!】

【Takanashi Chika's ahoge straightened instantly; her animal-like intuition told her that the one before her was the true Demon King.】

【She wasn't even afraid of Lord Sakura anymore and hid directly behind Sakurajima Mai.】

【"Since no Heroic Spirit is responding to the summoning..."】

【The young man smiled slightly and said nonchalantly: "Then why not summon me? After all, I quite like this little Rikka."】

Once spoken.

Both inside and outside the world, it went quiet.

"Are you finally done playing, Holy King?"

"I feel like even the Holy King version of the Fourth War is different; he's completely a troll, happily watching the show for so long."

Many people sighed.

No one thought that even a Singularity, or a Beast, could trouble the Holy King.

As long as that person really is the Holy King, none of this is a problem.

The problem is whether he is willing to deal with it.

"However, I feel it's not that simple."

"Damn, don't be a jinx."

"Unspoken words, unspoken words."

……..

【"Summon you?"】

【Sakurajima Mai was stunned.】

【Is Mr. Belly-Black finally dropping the act?】

【In fact, long ago, she had guessed that Luo Shu might not be human.】

【But rather a Heroic Spirit summoned by Chaldea's first Master and Chaldea's first Director—Sawamura Spencer Sawako.】

【After all, the Heroic Spirit summoning system that doesn't require a Holy Grail only fully matured this year, but it took shape much earlier.】

【"That's right."】

【The young man nodded and said with a smile: 'When it comes down to it, all we need is the qualification to participate in the Holy Grail War; even obtaining the Holy Grail is not a necessary option."】

【"So, using the Holy Grail to summon a blank Servant vessel and then having me inhabit it will have the same effect."】

【"Well, although I am just a mere mortal, I still have some insights into Magecraft, so being a Caster shouldn't be a problem."】

…….

"Damn, your jinxing actually came true."

"Bullshit, if my words could influence the Holy King, the President would have to kneel down and call me Daddy."

"Bull... damn, it really is."

All over the world.

Many people were disappointed.

As everyone knows, watching TV won't kill you, but watching the Sky-Curtain will.

Not only will it, but it often leads to a crisis where all of humanity holds hands and dies together.

Therefore, at this moment, humanity and Sakurajima Mai on the Sky-Curtain feel the same way.

Do your best, Mai-chan.

Billions of people are standing with you; you must conquer the Holy King.

Believe in yourself, you can do it.

Kobe.

Film base.

In her temporary residence, Sakurajima Mai, dressed in home attire with the aura of a wife, looked at the messages flooding the internet and was filled with shame and anger.

You guys, do you have no integrity at all?

All of humanity: We don't even have our lives, what do we need integrity for? Besides, is licking the Holy King a lack of integrity? That's called gratitude.

"Forget it."

Sakurajima Mai decided not to look, patted her flushed cheeks to calm down, and began to wash up, make breakfast, and prepare to head to the set.

It is said that many fans are coming to visit the set today.

One of them is even a previous Sky-Curtain Master, and the once-famous detective Kogoro Mouri.

However...

Sakurajima Mai rubbed her brow.

It seems Kogoro Mouri's reputation isn't very good; mainly because wherever he goes, someone dies.

Many who didn't believe in the curse either became the deceased or the perpetrator.

Behind his back, his nickname isn't "Sleeping Kogoro," but "The Harbinger of Death of the Reiwa Era."

It should be... it should be a rumor...

I don't know why.

Sakurajima Mai is a little panicked.

Subconsciously looking at the Sky-Curtain, she blurted out: "Mr. Belly-Black, let me dream of it sooner."

She was shocked by the tone of this address, which was identical to that of her Sky-Curtain self.

Sakurajima Mai was stunned for a long time before hesitantly walking toward the set.

Perhaps it was because she wanted to obtain the power from the Sky-Curtain too soon?

……

Sky-Curtain.

【"Meditate on the Command Spells, every line, every arc."】

【"Suggest to yourself, concentrate, communicate, call out."】

【"Don't stop the incantation, and don't mess it up."】

【"Don't panic."】

【Sakurajima Mai said seriously: "This time it will definitely succeed."】

【"Believe in yourself, believe in Luo Shu; although he looks a bit unreliable, he is undoubtedly someone you can completely trust."】

【It was already dusk.】

【In the desolate abandoned factory, the young girl named Takanashi Rikka's crisp voice gradually carried a hint of solemnity as she chanted:】

【"... Entwined by the seven days of the three great incantations."】

【"Cross the wheel of restraint and appear, guardian of the balance."】

【It's different.】

【Completely different.】

【This time, the moment she opened her mouth, Takanashi Rikka felt as if she had traveled through time and connected to some infinitely magnificent entity.】

【Countless pieces of information flashed in her mind, then sank into the depths of her consciousness.】

【She felt with absolute clarity that she was establishing a connection with another individual far away.】

【Infected by him, transformed, tainted, resonating...】

【By the end, she didn't need to recall the complex incantations at all; her body seemed to complete everything naturally.】

【She didn't need to complete the summoning; she understood it now.】

【It's real!】

【It's all real!】

【Everything the Commander said is true.】

【Ecstasy? Excitement? Cheering?】

【She didn't know.】

【She only felt as if all the images and sounds around her were fading away, as if she were isolated from the world.】

【All her attention was focused on the glowing Magecraft array, or rather, the altar.】

【Until an incomparably brilliant light shot into the sky, like a "dragon" piercing the sky and roaring upward.】

【And that relaxed, composed, and casual figure walked out from within: "Yo, according to the procedure..."】

【Silver, gorgeous eyes gazed over, and a frivolous smile played on his handsome face: "Should I ask, 'Excuse me, are you my Master?'"】