Miss Gudazi, who almost became a walker, is saving humanity

"Although I don't like it, it doesn't matter in general."

So II took out a diesel lighter that can be said to be "ancient style", lit the cigar and took a puff.

... By the way, were there lighters in 1888?still none?

But this singularity is already messy enough in these subtleties, and now a lighter is not necessary to care so much.

"Although this is still a somewhat controversial topic in the scientific community, it is basically believed that the [prototype] of the lighter was invented by the British scientist Alfred Denhill in 1917."

Just when Lixiang gave up caring about the lighter issue, Nishi suddenly said such a sentence.

"I think you will care about this—and, this lighter is not something that has nothing to do with this [singularity (case)]. But before going into details about the singularity, let me explain my initial self-introduction Bar."

"Oh, yes, you seem to have said that you belong to Zhuge Kongming..."

"As a follower, I am closer to [Pseudo-Servant], but unlike Grey, my state is more like a [Stand-In]——the follower who was supposed to be summoned was [Zhuge Kongming], but the great military strategist He gave me the spirit foundation, and let me be summoned instead of him. According to that military adviser, the case that happened in London is also something related to me."

"So, this change that happened in London... Where is the Holy Grail?"

"Where is the Holy Grail and what is it used for? Although we have been investigating for a long time, we don't know these things."

To Lixiang's question, II responded like this,

"However, we can still be regarded as [relatively familiar] with what is happening in London now—for example, this lighter."

As he said that, II once again raised the diesel lighter he had used before.

"This lighter happened in London, the biggest change."

"The lighter is the biggest mutation?"

"To be precise, it is what the lighter represents - almost a year ago, the mayor of London suddenly established an organization called the [Urban Development Committee]."

Using this sentence as an introduction, El-Melloi II started talking about the [mutation] that happened in London.

In fact, this London was not normal from the very beginning. The [Terrain] of this London a year ago was exactly the same as it is now—but, except for the terrain, it was basically normal.

Although there are some rumors, there are not a few incidents mixed with mystery.But they all stayed at the [normal] level, not beyond the scope of London in 1887.

Until a year ago, the mayor of London suddenly established an organization called the [Urban Development Committee].

As its name suggests, this organization has made many contributions to the development of the city far beyond the [era].For example, the faucets that are everywhere now - of course, the most primitive faucets were invented as early as the 16th century, but the modern faucets that only matured in 19XX are all over the city.

The cholera problem, the pollution problem, the job problem... blah, blah, blah, blah.

While few major changes have been made, there have been many small changes that may seem insignificant but have far-reaching consequences.

"Like this lighter, I bought it in a shop nearby... at a price cheaper than modern society."

"If London changed a year ago, it would only take one year to change the whole of London into this..."

Lixiang recalled what he had seen and heard so far, but couldn't think of a suitable term to describe the current London, so he could only say a little rudely,

"...Is it so weird?"

"Think back a little bit to what you knew a year ago, lady. The so-called society has always been something that is constantly changing - while these seemingly [good] changes are happening, there is another [change]. "

"...a rumor?"

According to Nishi, about a few months ago, [rumors] suddenly became prominent.

There are many [mysteries] in this London. After all, this is where the clock tower is located, and it is England known as [the country of fog and magic].

After all, if the concept of [magic] can be traced back to its origin, this country is its origin.

——Of course, it doesn’t mean that magic didn’t exist before that, after all, one of the powers of the Norse god Odin is [magic].

However, the source of the well-known image of "magician" is indeed this country.The largest mysterious remains on the surface, Albion, which leads to the Fairy Realm, also remains in this land.That being the case, it is not surprising that there will be many changes in London.

However, the rumors of the past are nothing more than urban legends to put it bluntly.And the rumors of this year, each and every one of them are as big as the "murderer" that should have appeared in 1888.

"At that time, the Urban Development Committee distributed this to every household in the city."

Saying so, Nisho patted the radio that was placed next to him.

"This radio will broadcast the news of the whole city, so that the changes in every corner of the city will be known to the whole city in an instant. In short, although it is a bit out of date, it looks quite normal. early warning.”

In order to demonstrate this radio full of sense of the times, II turned on the power of the radio.

【... Then the next piece of news.Not long ago, a lady came to the headquarters of the committee with many [relics].According to her these are the relics of victims who went missing in the "Strangulation Scare", which was also solved by a good detective - oh, looks like something to celebrate Good thing, but we still...]

II turned off the power to the radio.

"Anyway, that's it."

[However, in this case, the [Urban Development Committee]'s problem is a bit big,]

"That's what we thought at first—so we tried to sneak in and investigate. It turned out that there was no [Holy Grail] in the urban development committee. Not only the Holy Grail, but there were no followers, and everyone was ordinary."

"In that case, the technology of these little things ahead of their time?"

"There is indeed such a technology, but they just got it and used it... And, there doesn't seem to be a conspiracy."

"It seems? How to say?"

"It seems to be because the act of [doubting] itself is necessary."

Second King took out a stack of documents from the file on the desk, and continued,

"We used the magic of insinuation and learned that some unknown people gave the mayor the knowledge of these technologies. And they used this knowledge to set up the purpose of the urban development committee... It really is [to make London and even the United Kingdom a better place. better】."

[Which… so the ones in question are the ones who gave the committee knowledge, but what about the rumors? ]

"We have resolved several [rumors] incidents. According to the current situation-the core of all rumors is the Dead Apostles. In fact, there are indeed rumors in London that [a huge vampire group is secretly attacking the city] rumors. But..."

Nishi knocked the ash of the cigar into the ashtray beside him, then looked at Tachika,

"Master, you should understand about the church, right?"

"After all, I'm wearing a nun's uniform. It's not surprising to see that—yes, those dead disciples are not normal. Although they are not normal...but the feeling of killing them is indeed [vampire]. That's right."

"The city development committee, the mysterious man, rumors... In short, this is the current situation in London. As for the temporary policy of this detective agency, it is to try to find fragments of the truth from the countless rumors spread all over London. After all, there are many rumors everywhere in London. It is an incident, and it is a strange thing that these incidents have nothing to do with the mutation of the singularity."

"that……"

Matthew raised his hand at this moment and asked,

"Have Mr. II and Miss Gray been to this singularity for a long time?"

"That's right." Li Xiang nodded, "It seems that you are very clear about what happened in London this year."

"If you want to talk about it for a long time, it is indeed a long time... However, it was only a month or two ago. The reason why we know so clearly is because one of our companions is particularly good at such things."

"Is there another one of you here?"

"He goes to collect rumors in this city every day... Calculate the time, he will be back soon, right?"

The moment the Second King finished speaking, a man dressed in a way that blended in with this singular London pushed open the wooden door and walked into the room.

"I'm back. To be honest, I'm very tired. I didn't expect to be called... Anyway, please give me some special labor subsidies, "Director."

"Sir Kay, welcome back."

Hearing Gray's name for this man, Mash thought of someone after a short pause.

"Could it be—"

"Let me introduce." The Second said, "This is the third servant summoned with me and Gray, Kai, one of the Knights of the Round Table."

12. Cooking Dice Big Success

■Elmello II Detective Agency

"Ok?"

The third member of the detective agency, the Knight of the Round Table named 【Kai】, was stunned for a moment after entering the room.

"It's a surprise that there are so many people in this crowded room—are you the Master from Chaldea?"

He looked at Lixiang and said with some surprise,

"It is said that it is the last master of mankind. Since it is the savior, I thought it was more like Gawain's gorilla, but it turned out that this is not just a little girl?"

"...I'm just short, and I'm almost an adult."

"Isn't that still a minor?"

"If you want to say, isn't Arturia also become king at about this age?"

"Yes, and I've actually been very unhappy about it."

"……Feel sorry."

Li Xiang sincerely apologized.

"It's really really apologizing directly... Forget it, I was the one who said the bad things first, but that's my personality."

Saying so, Kai looked at Mash who was standing next to Tatsuka.

"You...so that's the case. It's a good shield, you have to use it well, little girl."

Obviously Matthew is not a follower now, but Kai said such words, which made Matthew's eyes widen immediately.

"Sir Kay, do you know who my hero is?"

"How could you not know—however, there is no need to say."

"Eh?"

"I can see that you are very concerned that you don't know the real name of the treasure? But I'm not kidding. That shield [it doesn't matter if you don't know the real name], when you really need it, you will naturally call out that The real name. On the other hand, even if you know the guy’s name, you won’t be able to use the Noble Phantasm.”

Kay was right.

After trying his best in the battle with Mechanism, Mash felt that his ability was insufficient. 【If you don't become stronger, you won't be able to protect your senior】, she thought of a 【shortcut】when she realized that Kai knew the true name of the heroic spirit on her body.

That is to say, he wants to know the real name of the heroic spirit who possesses himself, so as to liberate the true Noble Phantasm of that heroic spirit.

However, according to Kai's statement, it's not because she doesn't know the real name of the treasure that she can't use the real treasure of the heroic spirit.

"In that case...it's just me—"

At this moment, Lixiang held Matthew's hand and glared at Kai by the way.

——This is completely unreasonable anger.

"...In short." Kai took out a stack of papers from his arms and handed them to the Second King who was standing behind the desk, "This is the rumors collected today... Seriously, if you want to know the rumors, just listen to them. Wouldn’t that radio station be fine?”

"The news doesn't report [details], and there should still be [rumors] in London that the news doesn't know about. I think these fragments may be indispensable if you want to find out the truth."

After speaking, he looked up at Lixiang and Matthew.

"Do you have a direction to investigate now?"

"We just moved to this singularity yesterday, how could there be such a thing—is your detective agency still short of manpower?"

"to be frank."

The Second Emperor moved out a large box from under the table, with the word [Entrustment] simply written on the box,

"It is very short. Whether it is the entrusted solution or the investigation of the rumors, we need manpower. We have fallen into a state of complete manpower shortage."

Looking at the box full of commissions, Li Xiang was a little dumbfounded for a moment: "...you, are you quite famous as a detective?"

"Because the master is very powerful."

Gray said so in a flat tone, but there was a little pride hidden in that flat bottom.

"So, there are problems with setting up tents in the park every day... then I'll bother you."

Thus, Lixiang and Matthew became members of the detective agency.

□Time flies~

Early the next morning, a scent echoed in the office.

Attracted by the aroma, the trio of veterans of the firm walked out of their rooms and came to the bedroom.

Then they knew where the aroma was coming from—the kitchen in the house that hadn't been used for a long time.

Although it doesn't look dirty because it is cleaned in spare time, the kitchen that has been useless does look like a "dusty" feeling.

However, the current kitchen does not see that feeling at all.Perhaps there is a reason why the kitchen, which was only cleaned briefly in the past, has been carefully tidied up this time, but the main reason must be that there are two figures busy inside.

"Fufu, help me get that one over there."

"Fuwu (this)?"