IBHJ Chapter 840

As expected of Mordred, she easily thought things through very thoroughly, just like her father, Eternal King who was good at planning. Of course, this absolutely couldn't be said out loud, otherwise Mordred would probably go ballistic.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Mordred," Illya said seriously.

"No need to say that. This is just a transaction," she said with a smile.

"Wait! If Illya is going, I'm going too! That way, even if we run into serious danger, we can summon Sitonai to fight," Chloe said.

Hearing this, they were completely speechless. "Chloe, you're really treating Shitonai like a tool, aren't you? If you keep doing this, she'll probably get very angry."

"Well..." Chloe thought of Sitonai's terrifying face and shuddered.

"No need, Chloe," Illya glanced at Miyu who had turned into a baby, then looked at Chloe with a serious face. "You stay and take care of Miyu."

"But..."

"Please!" she said with a serious face.

Chloe was silent for a moment, then nodded firmly. "I'll take care of Miyu!"

Illya smiled, then turned around and looked at Mordred with a determined expression. "Let's go."

"Mm!" Mordred nodded.

Illya left Salter behind and borrowed Mordred from Mash, heading towards the South American connection point.

With Mordred's help, she had to get Miyu's age, memory, and intelligence back!

Illya had a resolute look on her face.

Oh.

Right, and Gray's too. Illya thought.

Perhaps because Illya and Mordred left with such vigor, it woke up the sleeping Miyu again.

"Wah, wah, wah..." Miyu cried loudly.

Chloe quickly picked her up and rocked her. "Don't cry, I'm here, don't cry, abububu~"

Miyu cried and cried, then suddenly bit Chloe's chest clothing and chewed on it as she drifted off to sleep.

Chloe: "..."

I'm still a maiden!

Come back soon, Illya!

Chloe's heart was in pieces.

At this moment, Emiya, who was lying on Angelica's lap, suddenly furrowed his brows.

"What's wrong, Emiya?" Angelica asked with concern.

"No... no..." Emiya looked like he was having an incredibly terrifying nightmare, his face turning deathly pale. "No... no... don't ask me what one plus one equals anymore, I beg you... I don't know... I really don't know... No—, spare me...!"

"?????"

One plus one equals?

Everyone stared at him, completely baffled as he thrashed in his nightmare.

...

After a burst of spiritron travel, Shirou and the others found themselves in a dark, run-down city.

Shirou glanced at the buildings around them and turned to Gray. "Where is this connection point, Gray?"

"It's Shinjuku."

The answer didn't come from Gray, but from Ayaka Sajyou, with her striking golden shoulder-length hair, black-rimmed glasses, and overall unremarkable and self-conscious demeanor.

"You know about this connection point?" He turned to look at Ayaka.

"Well... I've read up on some information about this connection point before, and my home is in Shinjuku..." Ayaka said timidly, her voice low.

Shirou nodded. The information about connection points was usually given to the Masters to read, so it wasn't a surprise that Ayaka knew this stuff.

He looked around and sighed. "Still, to think that even Shinjuku has given birth to a connection point..."

The place where Shirou had first been summoned was Shinjuku. However, maybe because the connection points were created in different time periods, even Shirou, who had been to Shinjuku before, had some trouble recognizing the layout of the buildings in this particular Shinjuku connection point.

"Yes." Gray nodded. "This connection point was born recently, and we don't have all the specific details yet. But according to Sheba's assessment, the depth is B."

"Born recently?" Shirou raised an eyebrow. "So connection points are still being created left and right?"

"Yes. The Council is constantly creating new connection points, and this one came into existence two months ago," Gray explained.

"Two months ago..." Shirou nodded, lost in thought. At that time, he was still in the Nordic connection point, battling against Surtr with Skadi.

"Since this connection point is newly born, the specific information is not very clear yet. However, just like other connection points, as long as we recover the Black Grail that gave birth to the connection point, our job here will be done. The Black Grail is probably inside the body of a certain entity in this connection point. It's just that the depth of this connection point is B, which means there is a high possibility of non-human anomalies, so we must be careful," Gray reminded, but it was basically said for Ayaka to hear.

When it came to attacking connection points, the brave and invincible Servants didn't need to worry about danger. Only the Masters needed to ensure their own survival.

Gray herself possessed Shirou's Rhongomyniad, and her body was a container for Artoria created by Morgan le Fay, so she was pretty powerful and naturally didn't need to worry. However, Ayaka was just an ordinary and novice Master and a member of King of Knights Blue Class, so she needed to be reminded.

Aside from Team A, which served as the trump card, Chaldea divided the Masters into four ranks, from bottom to top: King of Knights Blue Class, Solomon Red Class, Eternal King Silver Class, and King of Heroes Gold Class. The ranks were named after the kings who had once fought against the Fuyuki Invader.

Originally, when the ranks were first divided, Marisbury had planned to place the disappeared Eternal King at the highest rank, but unfortunately, Gilgamesh was a major shareholder who funded Chaldea. Out of financial considerations, Marisbury had to compromise.

Of course, when Shirou learned about Chaldea's Master rank division, he couldn't help but comment that this might be the work of a third-rate writer who didn't want to use their brain and just copied the dorm dormitory settings from "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX".

Ayaka had just completed her training and was a newbie Master at the same level as Kiara, Blue-class. So Gray, who was Gold-class, had to remind her.

However...

"Gray, it seems you're a bit late in saying that," Shirou chuckled.

Hearing this, Gray was stunned for a moment before her expression turned serious.

It wasn't just her. Artoria and Nero's expressions had long turned grave, and even Altera tightened her grip on the Sword of Mars in her hand, looking vigilantly ahead.

In front of Shirou and the others, a thick fog rose in the commercial district of Shinjuku. Then, a small humanoid figure slowly emerged from the fog.

However, strangely enough, although that humanoid figure was so small, possibly not even as big as Mordred, an incredibly large and twisted, bizarre phantom appeared behind it.

The phantom's presence filled the air with an eerie and terrifying atmosphere. The buildings around them seemed to darken, as if painted with a thick, dark coat, reminding them of the Outer God's city of R'lyeh they had seen in Romania.

"I was wondering when you would come over. As it turns out, not long after the meeting ended, you showed up," a very soft girl's voice rang out from the thick fog.

Gray asked, "Who are you?"

"Me? Oh, right, I forgot to introduce myself. Uncle would definitely scold me if I just started talking like this. Allow me to introduce myself. I'm the Seventh Seat of the Council."

Seventh Seat of the Council? Everyone was shocked, staring at the figure hidden in the fog with vigilant faces. Even Demonic Bodhisattva was only a reserve member, and now they'd encountered the Seventh Seat here? Why had they been so unlucky lately?

Gray inwardly cried out in bitterness, thinking, 'The connection point I chose had a depth of B, not E! So why?!' If she could go back, she'd learn from Hinako how to read the almanac to avoid such misfortune!

"Relax, don't be so nervous. I'm different from the others. Destroying and exterminating life isn't my thing. Us meeting each other? That's fate. The Church would call it a point of intersection of destiny. You're here to fix this connection point, aren't you? I can hand over the Black Grail," Seventh Seat said.

Gray was taken aback. "Wait, you're saying you want to give us the Black Grail? Just like that?"

"Yeah, right. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Hehehe... You're even more gullible than my niece," Seventh Seat chuckled. It didn't sound mocking, more like she found Gray's reaction amusing.

Shirou looked at Seventh Seat, who was shrouded in fog. "So, how exactly do you plan on giving us the Black Grail?"

"Simple. We play a game."

"A game?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Yup. The connection point will be the prize. If you can beat my game, the Black Grail is all yours. Oh, and you can't say no. I've already put this connection point inside a bubble. Even that mage's magic can't touch what's inside," Seventh Seat said with a smile. Her laughter sounded cheerful, but there was something unsettling and eerie about it.