Chapter 193

How could it be like this?

Tohsaka Rin took a few steps back, looking at Bai Bai Zeming in disbelief.

If this is true, then isn't all the common knowledge she thought she knew just a lie?

Lin Yu looked at the crowd with their varied expressions and said with a chuckle: "Regarding the mages' act of 'shearing the wool' from the Throne of Heroes, I really have nothing to criticize; after all, I am doing the same thing myself."

"But whether successful or not, the only ones who become the content of the Holy Grail are Heroic Spirits..."

"Don't you think doing this is a bit too unfair?"

Emiya Shirou said angrily: "It's more than unfair; it can simply be called despicable!"

Heroic Spirits are, after all, former human heroes; how can they be treated like this by later generations of humans?

Archer glanced at him, arms crossed, leaning against the wall, without speaking.

Lin Yu snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "I thought so too, so I made some small modifications to the Command Spells, allowing the Masters and the mages participating in the Holy Grail War to also receive the honor of becoming the content of the Holy Grail!"

Hearing this, everyone in the room finally understood what Lin Yu had done.

Tohsaka Rin's expression shifted slightly, looking at Bai Bai Zeming and saying in a deep voice: "Is this the reason you said earlier that there was no need to fight?"

"Correct!"

Bai Bai Zeming nodded, his eyes bright: "Counting the Masters, there are a total of seventeen people participating in this Holy Grail War, and the Holy Grail only needs six souls as content."

"In other words, as long as our alliance is within eleven people, we can completely form an alliance until the very last moment!"

"Wait, why seventeen people?" Tohsaka Rin frowned, "Isn't it sixteen?"

"Because there is also an irregular Heroic Spirit left over from the last Holy Grail War..."

Lin Yu explained with a smile, then transmitted to Bai Bai Zeming: "However, you still calculated wrong; this year's Assassin was summoned irregularly by Caster and doesn't have a human Master, so it should still be sixteen..."

Oh right, almost forgot about this!

Bai Bai Zeming suddenly realized.

According to the original plot, the Caster of the Fifth Holy Grail War is Medea from Greek mythology.

This guy possesses the title of the Betrayer Witch and is a Servant with a twisted personality and is quite troublesome.

But setting aside her personality, Medea masters Age of Gods magic; as a mage, she has reached the level of a Magician, an existence surpassing all modern mages.

Precisely because of this, she was able to irregularly summon another Heroic Spirit with the dual identity of Servant and mage.

Calculating this way, removing one Assassin Master, plus a certain enthusiastic citizen Mr. Gold, it is indeed still sixteen people.

Of course, this kind of thing wasn't said out loud.

Anyway, missing one or having one less makes no difference to their alliance.

At the same time, hearing the words of Bai Bai Zeming and Lin Yu, the two Masters and the various Heroic Spirits fell into silence, digesting this bombshell news.

A moment later, Tohsaka Rin raised her head, looking at Lin Yu with a complex expression: "Since you know everything and have the power to modify the Command Spell system, why not stop this meaningless war?"

"Stop this war?"

Lin Yu shook his head and said bluntly: "Then what would be the point!"

Tohsaka Rin and the crowd: "..."

So direct, not even pretending a little bit?

Lin Yu smiled: "Of course, if you strongly request it, it's not that I can't do it, but... I am, after all, an existence from outside the world and cannot stay in this world forever."

"Even if I stop this Holy Grail War, won't there be a next one?"

An existence from outside the world?!

Tohsaka Rin's pupils shrank slightly, unable to help but glare at Bai Bai Zeming, as if saying: 'Look at what you've done!'

Bai Bai Zeming twitched his mouth, pretending not to see Tohsaka Rin's gaze.

Emiya Shirou beside them didn't know the weight of this sentence and couldn't help but ask:

"Is there no once-and-for-all solution?"

"There is, but it requires me to interfere with the Holy Grail more deeply."

Lin Yu glanced at them: "It's just that I highly doubt you can accept the consequences of me intervening in the Holy Grail..."

Tohsaka Rin was slightly stunned: "What do you mean?"

Lin Yu thought for a moment and said euphemistically: "The so-called Holy Grail is actually a hole opened to reach the Root of the Vortex; coincidentally, I have some small conflicts with the Root of the Vortex."

"If I were to open this hole myself, I fear it would cause an overly intense reaction from Him..."

Once these words were out, not only Tohsaka Rin, but even Bai Bai Zeming widened his eyes, staring at Lin Yu in a daze.

If these words were looked at separately, they were easy to understand, but combined together, why couldn't they understand them?

What do you mean by having some small conflicts with the Root of the Vortex?!

What do you mean by causing an intense reaction from the Root of the Vortex?!

Big brother, what on earth have you done?!

Bai Bai Zeming couldn't help but complain in his heart, but in the end, he didn't dare to say it out loud.

Lin Yu coughed twice, pretending to look at a non-existent watch, then said to Bai Bai Zeming with a serious face:

"Time is almost up; I should go back too!"

"..."

Bai Bai Zeming was slightly stunned and hurriedly said: "In such a hurry? How about I extend it for another day?"

Lin Yu shook his head: "No need; I have some of my own things to do when I go back this time. If you don't feel confident, just wait until the day of the final battle and invite me over again!"

Bai Bai Zeming thought for a moment and nodded: "Alright, I'll listen to big brother!"

Lin Yu smiled and nodded, then opened the chat group and clicked return.

In an instant, silver light burst forth, and Lin Yu returned to his internal universe, immediately flashing his figure to the Treasure Pavilion, taking out a metal device about three meters long from his sleeve space.

Looking at the silver metal cabin in front of him that looked like it could hold one person, Lin Yu couldn't help but show a satisfied smile.

This trip to Bai Bai Zeming's world could be considered a very fruitful harvest.

Besides a large amount of magic knowledge and insights into world rules, there were also some material gains, such as this game cabin in front of him made by Saiki Kusuo's brother!

That's right, before going to the outside of the world, Lin Yu also took the time to meet Saiki Kusuo's brother.

This guy is also a god-like person; although he doesn't have his younger brother's superpowers, his IQ is as high as 218, a super genius who can even crush Iron Man in some aspects.

In the original work, he had many outrageous inventions, such as Saiki Kusuo's power limiter, telepathy shielding device, and era-surpassing exoskeleton armor and robots, etc.

In a certain timeline, he even invented a time machine to resurrect Saiki Kusuo, thereby triggering a world war, causing that timeline to become a cyber-wasteland world.

From this, it can be seen how outrageous Saiki Kusuo's brother is as a human.

It's a pity that facing a younger brother who is like a god, even someone as strong as Saiki Kusuo only has the fate of defeat.

From childhood to adulthood, he never won against his younger brother; therefore, even if he is a brother-complex deep down, he is still his younger brother's opponent on the surface, always wanting to win against his younger brother once.

Naturally, he also tried to use magic to defeat his younger brother.

But unfortunately, he is like someone defined by a certain great existence as an 'absolute human'; no matter how he tries, he cannot become a true mage.

Until Lin Yu appeared, bringing the Spirit Seed that didn't exist in this world.

Saiki Kusuo's brother was pleasantly surprised to find that the Spirit Seed could indeed bring him extraordinary power.

So he reached a deal with Lin Yu without hesitation, exchanging his inventions for Spirit Seeds.

But due to the tight schedule, the only thing Lin Yu took away this time was this game cabin; the rest were still only on the order list and would need the next crossing to pick up the goods.

As for the reason Lin Yu pre-ordered the game cabin, it was related to the world coordinates he had just discovered.

That's right, only ten days after the last connection to a group member's world, he discovered two other world coordinates—Under One Person and the Marvel Multiverse!

Up to this point, he had connected seven of the nine group members' worlds.

Only Ainz and Bai Bai Zeming, who had just joined the group, were still out of contact...

Lin Yu left this game cabin in his internal universe for Linghua and his main consciousness to study.

And his clone left the internal universe, heading to Lin Lie and He Jingfeng's world as usual.

With a flash of silver light, a familiar yet unfamiliar scene came into view—

It was a living room decorated luxuriously yet low-key; through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows in front, one could see the courtyard outside full of ancient Chinese garden style, as well as the stone bridges, rockeries, green bamboo, and green trees in the courtyard...

Not only that, there was even a lotus pond under the stone bridge, with many golden koi swimming in the pond.

Looking at the courtyard outside the floor-to-ceiling windows that had changed greatly, Lin Yu twitched his mouth and asked somewhat speechlessly:

"If I remember correctly, this should be Number Three's property in Beverly Hills, right?"

"Correct."

He Jingfeng was wearing a tight-fitting custom suit, holding two glasses of some brand of wine, and said with a smile: "Ever since we incorporated the Spear of God, this place has been exposed."

"Many forces, including Behemoth, know the exact location of this manor."

"Shadow Three is, after all, the frontline person in charge of the Nether Pavilion's assassin business; his residence and whereabouts need to be strictly confidential, so naturally, he couldn't live in such a place anymore..."

Lin Yu glanced at him: "So you just came over?"

He Jingfeng said seriously: "No, it should be said that he gave it to me!"

"What's the difference?"

Lin Yu rolled his eyes, reached out to take the wine glass handed over by He Jingfeng, took a sip, and shook his head: "Doesn't taste good; not as good as the magic fruit juice provided for free by the Dragon's Stomach."

He Jingfeng said helplessly: "Big brother, this is just ordinary tequila; how can it compare to magic drinks?"

Lin Yu smiled, put down the wine glass and said: "Shadow Three didn't dare to live in this place, but you dared?"

"Why wouldn't I dare?" He Jingfeng shrugged and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, it's all thanks to big brother; it's because of your several displays of divinity in the East and the Pacific that the outside world thinks I'm just a spokesperson. Even if they killed me, there would be no benefit, and instead, it would draw out the even more mysterious Bai Yujing behind me..."

(End of chapter)