Chapter 674

Although I really don't want to admit it, this is the most reasonable guess.

However, even if they guess more now, there is no way to verify it; this video has provided too many questions.

Besides Mash, there is also the question of why the Holy Grail War has started again.

The meaning at the beginning of the video seems to be that this is not the development of a parallel world, but a continuation of this Holy Grail War.

But the Holy Grail has already been taken to the Reverse Side of the World; how could the Holy Grail War unfold again, and even the participants haven't changed?

This question cannot be answered now, and the video has no intention of answering it; it has already ended.

Of course, the group members who joined later didn't know who Mash was, so Waver and the others had to explain it to them thoroughly.

Rin Tohsaka: "This last video has a sense of being a trailer."

Waver: "It should be said that it is a trailer."

Illya: "It actually learned how to leave people hanging."

Shishigou: "Is this the video for the next quiz?"

Waver: "It should be; the end of the last quiz was like this too."

【The first question has ended; the second question will now begin.】

【This is a multiple-buzz-in quiz; questions will be asked at irregular intervals during the video. Each question has a 3-minute time limit, and all group members can buzz in.】

【Answering correctly earns 3 Saint Quartz, answering incorrectly deducts 1 Saint Quartz; if no one answers within the time limit, it counts as void.】

【Please pay attention to the video below.】

Waver: "Is it coming—"

Kayneth: "Let's see what Heartless actually wants to do."

【Video starts.】

【A young boy slowly opens his eyes, finding himself in a narrow, dark alley.】

【The boy's body is clearly very weak; several times he tries to stand up, only to fall back down on his rear.】

【Helpless, the boy can only rest where he is, attempting to recover his magical energy.】

【I don't know how much time passed, but a light drizzle hitting the boy's head brought his consciousness back.】

【"Why is there a sky?"】

【The boy said this out of the blue, and it took him a while to react.】

【He had come out; he had escaped from that labyrinth—no, it should be that the world had floated up, rising to the distant surface.】

【The next moment, the boy seemed to think of something and dragged his broken body, crawling on the ground as if he wanted to leave this place immediately.】

【"You want to hide, don't you?"】

【A voice rang out, making his hair stand on end immediately.】

【A strange man with skin like marble and red hair appeared at the alley entrance.】

【It was Heartless.】

Rin Tohsaka: "He appeared right from the start."

Lady: "But this Heartless in the video feels a bit young."

Rin Tohsaka: "Is it a flashback?"

Shishigou: "This boy said he escaped from a labyrinth—"

Illya: "A labyrinth?"

Waver: "The surrounding scene is London, right? Then the labyrinth he mentioned couldn't be—"

Kayneth: "Shut up!"

Iskandar: "Can't you say it? Another secret of your Mage's Association."

Mordred: "Tch, even if it's a secret, I'm afraid it will be exposed completely in a while."

Shishigou: "Yeah, Lord El-Melloi, don't hold onto such wishful thinking; it's not a big secret anyway."

Kayneth: "..."

【As if by instinct, the boy immediately pulled out a small knife, exhausting the physical strength and magical energy he had just recovered, and stabbed at the other person.】

【Unfortunately, he didn't even pierce the other person's clothes.】

【"It's a pity, that won't kill me. Don't look at me like this; I am the Department Head of Modern Magecraft."】

【Heartless looked down at the other person and said with a smile: "You are a survivor, right? And you didn't take the regular route, did you?"】

【The boy showed a bitter smile; his whole body was paralyzed at this moment, and he couldn't even make a sound.】

【It was clearly the other person's doing.】

【"This doesn't count as deduction; your clothing is too abrupt in the modern era."】

【Heartless laughed: "To add one more point, I sensed a fluctuation in the magical energy connected to the labyrinth. Because the appearance of the crack was very unique."】

【He then released the restraint, allowing the boy to speak.】

【"You don't intend to... catch me?"】

【"I have thought about doing that."】

【Heartless looked confused, as if to say—he couldn't understand his own actions either.】

【"You... why..."】

【"Follow me."】

【Heartless turned and left, and the boy had no choice but to follow.】

【He couldn't resist, and he didn't want to resist; he was so tired, he really didn't have the strength anymore.】

【Heartless took the boy to the main street, where a sign on the side read 'Soho'.】

【They were now in the Soho district of London.】

【Looking at the bustling city around him, the boy was like a country bumpkin entering the city, his eyes filled with amazement and curiosity, as well as deep sadness.】

【Heartless: "Does it feel very novel?"】

【Boy: "No... right, that's it. Although I've seen videos... because underground there isn't... such an easy-to-understand night. Although they operate the amount of light to improve sleep and work efficiency... but that's all."】

【Heartless: "You seem to have been underground for a long time."】

【Boy: "No, I didn't sneak underground; I was born there."】

【"Oh!"】

【Heartless said in surprise: "I have spoken with several survivors, but this is the first time I've met someone born in the labyrinth. I see, so that's why you reacted like that just now?"】