Chapter 284: ·Changes Out of Control

Gray: "... ir Kay."

Kay: "Ah, it's good that you know my name, because you drank quite a bit of water. According to experience, if breathing stops for too long, cognition will have problems. According to the knowledge of this era, is it called brain damage or something?"

After her consciousness gradually recovered, Gray sat up in a panic and said: "Where is the teacher? Where is the teacher!"

"Over there."

Kay gestured with his chin, and Lord El-Melloi II was lying on the Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side.

After the baptism of the flood, Lord El-Melloi II's already poor complexion became even paler.

"Even for me, carrying two people while swimming is very strenuous; thank me properly. After I managed to swim out, I discovered that the tunnel led to the cave behind, but perhaps it was hit by the flash flood, and the cave collapsed immediately after we left."

Kay shook his head and said: "He lacks physical strength even more than you. Sigh, but because he was completely unconscious, it seems he didn't drink much water."

Gray stepped forward to check, confirmed that Lord El-Melloi II was fine, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Rin Tohsaka: "Thanks to Sir Kay, both of them seem fine. But Sir Kay is actually good at swimming."

Artoria: "Yes, Sir Kay's swimming ability is the best among everyone."

Lancelot: "It's just like a fish that has turned into a human."

"Relieved now. Here, Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take it."

Kay returned Gray's large scythe to her.

Gray: "Thank you. Um, where is Mr. Bersac?"

Kay: "That uncle, he swam into another tunnel alone."

Gray: "Then, what about the Skeleton King?"

Kay: "I don't know about that. But your worry is unnecessary; she is not the kind of person who can be solved by that kind of water flow."

Waver: "Really kind, even though she almost died at the opponent's hands before."

Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia: "But the current situation is not good; although I don't know where they were washed to, it must be the nearby mountain forest, and the villagers have started searching the mountain again."

Kayneth: "After the two sides meet, I'm afraid she won't be able to make a move."

Waver: "Yes, but the opponent won't let her go."

Gray relaxed and checked the surrounding environment and situation. She saw that the surroundings were full of trees, and there was a hint of mist.

Gray: "Is this on the mountain? It looks like it's mostly on the other Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side of the swamp."

Kay: "Oh, that underground space really leads to many places."

Gray, who had relaxed, couldn't help but think of the Black Holy Spear before, and trembled subconsciously.

Really, she almost died under the Holy Spear.

Just at this moment, a large hand pressed on Gray's head and started rubbing it.

Gray: "Ah, please stop, my hair will get messy!"

Kay: "Haha! You really aren't like that guy... Hm, Gareth and you should get along well, right? Sigh, although she is also a person with blood relations."

Artoria: "..."

Looking at the interaction in the video, she couldn't help but think of the time when she was a child training with Kay.

"Uh..."

A slight groan sounded, and Lord El-Melloi II, who was lying on the ground, finally woke up.

After coming to his senses, he first took off his soaked suit, and then took out a cigar box from his bosom with worry.

Well, a chain smoker.

Carefully wiping off the water droplets on it, Lord El-Melloi II opened it; the cigar box was still dry and had not been soaked by water. I don't know if it was because of the seal or if some kind of magic had been applied.

Lord El-Melloi II smoked a cigar, and after a while, he spoke: "So that's it, we were washed to, no, swam to the vicinity of the swamp?"

Kay: "You have to thank me for this."

"No matter what, as long as you are alive, there is hope; leaving here is also a method."

Lord El-Melloi II sorted out his thoughts and analyzed: "I still don't think this is the past. Then, do you think this village will have a simple and easy-to-understand outside world? There might not be an outside world outside this village? This speculation is just like a picture book. Most importantly, this time, the person who made the decision is not me."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "It seems he has realized what situation they are in."

Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia: "Unable to leave the village, they can only continue according to the script."

Rin Tohsaka: "It feels like being manipulated like a puppet, really annoying."

Lord El-Melloi II cast his gaze at Gray and asked: "Gray, what do you think?"

Gray: "Eh?"

Lord El-Melloi II: "I asked the same question before; after all, this matter is your case."

"..."

Gray immediately fell into deep thought.

That's right, this case was the opportunity for her to leave the village, and it was also the truth she had to face.

Gray: "My words didn't move her before. However, if the teacher agrees, I want to face her again."

Lord El-Melloi II: "Then, as a teacher, I can only assist you. Refusing a disciple's request would bring shame to the name of El-Melloi."

Gray: "Yes!"

Lord El-Melloi II: "Moreover, you are not the only one who didn't move her. If I hadn't told you to say those extra words, the Skeleton King wouldn't have attempted to activate the Noble Phantasm."

"Although I don't know the reason, the Skeleton King knows the meaning of reproduction. If so, she won't make the same actions as the first round again, right? Her reaction is likely the key."

Gray: "Key?"

Lord El-Melloi II: "I'm not sure either, but I have indeed always felt that something was wrong. That question was the result of me trying to describe the feeling of something being wrong in words, but I didn't expect her to have that kind of reaction. I am ashamed of my clumsy performance... although I feel that I was only one step away from moving her."

Waver: "Indeed, the biggest mistake was not expecting the Skeleton King to know Zepia, and immediately understanding what kind of situation they are in now."

Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia: "Knowing that she might be fake, she went crazy all of a sudden."

Waver: "The opponent, we all ignored an important question, and that is, are the Skeleton King, Bersac, and those villagers real or fake?"

Kayneth: "From the known situation, this is not time backtracking; after all, the success of those two little guys has already proven that this is a constructed world, but the specific situation is still unclear. Looking at it this way, I'm afraid the people inside are all fake. But, it doesn't feel like it..."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "The Skeleton King liberated the Holy Spear; it doesn't look like a fake."

Rin Tohsaka: "Damn it! More and more confused!"

"Excuse me, I've been concerned since just now; is that area a bit strange?"

Kay pointed to a small path not far away that looked like a beast's haunt, where there were actually human footprints.

Gray stepped forward to check and judged based on experience: "That's right, these are indeed footprints left by humans."

Lord El-Melloi II: "But this is near the swamp, right? According to the rules, the villagers shouldn't approach this place."

Gray: "Teacher, let's follow the footprints and see."

Lord El-Melloi II: "That's fine."

Outside, watching this scene, Zepia said slowly as if giving a lecture: "If a coincidence is used once, the next coincidence will naturally be linked. Because luck is shifted from its original position, some reaction force will occur before the probability converges."

"Ah, this is not a cliché like fortune and misfortune being interdependent, but after applying force to a pendulum, extreme situations are prone to occur before the swing naturally subsides."

Flat: "Uh, are you referring to cause and effect? That's a very important concept in the East, right? For example, saving a white crane in the morning, and the white crane will come to repay the favor in the evening, giving online game items like that!"

Svin: "Flat, this is not the teacher giving a lecture."

Flat: "No, doggy, if there's a question you can ask, you'll want to ask it, right! Whether to spread butter or jam on bread is important, right! It's important!"

"This is wrong no matter how you look at it!"

Svin stopped paying attention to this idiot and analyzed in his heart: "Will there be no problems if we go to the vicinity of the swamp from underground? Or does this mean that place is outside the barrier..."

They had encountered that barrier and ended up straying into this space. Conversely...

"Look."

Zepia pointed to the crystal ball: "Look at what kind of changes your interference has caused to the vortex. Look at what they will discover at the end of the changes."

Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia: "This guy's meaning is that the development has gone out of control."

Kayneth: "No wonder he had such a big reaction before; these two boys really played him once, and next it depends on how this boy Waver breaks the situation."

The screen returned to Lord El-Melloi II's Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side; they followed the footprints forward, walked for about ten minutes, and finally discovered a small house hidden under the shade of trees.

Kay: "Ha, it's really surprising that there is a house in such a place."

Lord El-Melloi II touched the outer wall quietly and said: "It seems to have been reinforced with magic or something; discovering this place might be a kind of inevitability."

Several people cautiously opened the wooden door and stepped into the house carefully.

Looking around, the outer room only had ordinary tables and chairs, nothing special.

Several people walked into the inner room of the small house, and the scene inside couldn't help but make them stare in astonishment.

I saw that the entire wall was covered with many notes and photos, tied together with thin ropes of different colors, like magic patterns.

Kay: "Hey hey, what is this?"

Lord El-Melloi II: "This is an affinity diagram, often used in police dramas. A tool to organize thoughts by taking notes and photos of the whole picture of vague ideas, thoughts, complex cases, etc., and connecting the connections between them to visualize them."

Lord El-Melloi II's gaze swept over the entire diagram and finally stopped at one of the notes.

Gray: "Teacher, what's wrong?"

Lord El-Melloi II: "... othing."