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How can a person see so far into the future? Li Mo explained with a serious face.

Illya mentioned it casually, her eyes still on the idea on the table. It seemed that she was trying to convince herself that the whole idea was printed out, as if she was not afraid of others seeing it. It was obviously mysterious and fixed, and the more people knew it, the less powerful it would be.

The above content is to gather the contestants and servants of the Fifth Holy Grail War, create the conditions for the "Fifth Holy Grail War", and thus get the result of summoning "Goyanskaya".

The conditions have been listed, so they must be met. Among them, the participants of the Fifth Holy Grail War must gather, and so must the Servants.

Illya said, "Aren't you going to have Lancer?"

"Who will be the Master? Kotomine Kirei has been killed." Li Mo made a gesture of wiping his neck.

Kotomine Kirei was already dead, having died as an enemy three years ago, the only Master to die in the Holy Grail War. Illya didn't have any feelings for that man, even though she knew that he and her father, Emiya Kiritsugu, had a love-hate relationship ten years ago, she didn't feel anything.

Because Emiya Kiritsugu was also dead.

Illya had hated and been sad before, but she had always been calm about everything.

She added: "Have you forgotten Bazette?"

"Her... But I can't guarantee that I can summon Cu Chulainn."

The Caster's job was right beside him, so Li Mo was not worried about summoning a certain great god in the skin of Cu Chulainn. He had a deep relationship with that great god, after all, he had borrowed power from them.

However, there are quite a lot of Servants with the Lancer class.

Illya: "Bazette would be happy if she had the chance."

Yes, Bazette is obsessed with Cu Chulainn. Probably like Zhuge Kongming appears to readers of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. After all, that is Zhuge Kongming.

Unfortunately, Bazett happily brought Cu Chulainn to Fuyuki City, but was stabbed in the back by his "good partner" and Cu Chulainn was taken away by the other party. I think if there is another chance, Bazett will not give up. In other words, the identity of the other party is a bit troublesome, he is the designated executor of the seal.

On second thought, it's not a big deal. It's just a clock tower, not the Sea of ​​Wandering. What's there to be afraid of for those who were wiped out in the fourth singularity?

Li Mo agreed to this proposal. Of course, it was Illya who contacted Bazette, as she had a pretty good relationship with Bazette. As for the modification of the technique, Medea could handle it alone.

"Next, I'm going to Southeast Asia."

It had been several days since he returned to Fuyuki City, and the next day Li Mo said he wanted to go to Southeast Asia, because the idea was born on that day, and the follow-up was all about perfecting the details.

Moreover, the combination of the keywords "Tousaka Rin", "Singapore" and "Zheng He" makes people imagine a lot, because maybe they can meet El-Melloi II.

"So, is there anyone who wants to go with me?" Li Mo asked.

Chapter 572: Second Life's Experiences Part 1

If we talk about Southeast Asia, we have to mention the Strait of Malacca. It is one of the most important transportation routes in the world. Many cargo ships pass through it every year. Its status is the same as that of the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal. It is a place where you can collect money just by sitting there.

But unlike Egypt which controls the Suez Canal alone, it is jointly managed by Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Singapore is a country with a very special status in Southeast Asia because its economy is very developed. After all, as a small country, its population and territory are destined to prevent it from becoming a resource-rich country or a country with low value-added industries. If it wants to develop, it must go for high value-added industries.

So, what else has higher added value than finance?

If the UK is the tentacle of Wall Street in Europe, then Singapore is the tentacle of Wall Street in Southeast Asia.

Of course, those are all things of the surface world and have nothing to do with the people in the inner world.

El-Melloi II is a member of the other world. Moreover, he is also a well-known figure in the other world, or the world of magicians. He is called the "Lord of Plunder" because he can easily see through the concepts of other people's magic, and then reverse crack and imitate it.

For a magician, magic and mystery are more important than the soul. El-Melloi II could easily take away all of these from others, so he did not have a very good reputation in the magic world. If it were not for the powerful disciples around him, he would have been assassinated long ago.

As a member of the Clock Tower Monarchs, he originally stayed in England for a long time. But now he appeared in Southeast Asia, initially for other reasons, and now for his apprentice, Rin Tousaka.

"Rin, what are you doing here?" El-Melloi II was a little confused. He pressed his temple and felt a slight pain in his forehead.

He came to Singapore for some reason and accidentally got the news that his disciple was kidnapped. So he came to this island rooted in mangroves according to the information. But when he saw the other party's appearance, which was like the Statue of Liberty guiding the people in Delacroix's painting on the theme of the French Revolution, he knew that the other party was not kidnapped.

"Wait, could it be that you are the consultant?" El-Melloi II thought of a possibility.

Before coming, he knew that there was an advisor among these pirates.

Toosaka Rin's eyes wandered for a while.

Despite this, she still confessed, folded her arms and looked up and said, "Yes, I am the pirate consultant here, what can I do for you?"

The self-righteous look is consistent with El-Melloi II's understanding of Toosaka Rin.

"What's going on!"

"Don't worry about it! It's just a combination of various factors that eventually led to this situation. I don't think there's any need to waste time explaining it."

What kind of experience is required to be a pirate consultant?

This thought flashed through his mind, and El-Melloi II knew that there would always be many questions in this world. Because he was like that.

"I knew it... How could you be moved when you have Archer's protection?"

So, who is that person wearing the Monkey King mask? Why did he convey such a message?

"Huh, kidnapping? We have two servants here, who would kidnap us?"

All around, the boys who became pirates, and even Toosaka Rin, tilted their heads.

"Two riders? Rider is here too, are Sakura and Shirou here too?" El-Melloi II asked decisively. "I remember now, you all applied for a Summer Vacation with me. But I never heard that you were coming to Singapore and the Strait of Malacca!"

Rin Tousaka, Sakura Matou, Shirou Emiya. All three of them are from Fuyuki City. They entered the Clock Tower through the relationship between the Tousaka family, the Matou family, and the Einzbern family. El-Melloi II, who participated in the Fourth Holy Grail War, knew that these three families were the three families that established the Fuyuki City Holy Grail War.

In fact, it was difficult for Emiya Shirou and Matou Sakura to enter the Clock Tower, even though they had the recommendation and relationship of the two families. But the former had no inherited magic seals at all, while the latter's magic seals were brand new. But I don't know how they got through the channel of the Law and Politics Department and entered the Clock Tower.

Of course, El-Melloi II didn't care about these. There was no shortage of problem children in El-Melloi II, but these three students made him look askance.

Servant, servant. Just following behind them so openly, the Holy Grail War has ended. But there are still servants left in the world. This inevitably reminds him of his previous enemy, the former director of the Modern Magic Department, Dr. Hatteris. That enemy was acting with the Servant Faker.

Now, there were not one rider, but two riders. Later, he learned that the development of the fifth Holy Grail War was different from the fourth.

"Professor, you don't have to ask too much. Besides, isn't the slogan of the El-Melloi classroom 'Self-Reliance'?"

What the black-haired girl said was indeed correct, and El-Melloi II was speechless for a moment. He didn't know how to answer her.

Toosaka Rin treated the injured boy and casually asked, "By the way, Professor... who is that girl?"

"Gray, keep your hood on."

In fact, the girl named Gray had put on her hood properly, but she still followed El-Melloi II's instructions.

"Gray? Could it be that she is the inner disciple who teaches you?"

Gray: "Yes, yes. No, but..."

Toosaka Rin: "Hey, professor, every time we have a lecture, don't you bring her with you? Everyone in the classroom knows each other, but we don't? Could it be that we are isolated?"

The rose standing proudly in the wind and rain always has thorns, and the polite words are also full of thorns.

"There are many reasons for this... Gray, come back and say hello." El-Melloi II called Gray. Letting both parties say hello satisfied Toosaka Rin's curiosity.

In order to continue to curb Toosaka Rin's strong curiosity, El-Melloi II took the initiative and asked: "What about Sakura and Shirou? Aren't they here?"

"They went to Singapore. The network signal here is not good." Toosaka Rin said, "It seems that there is news to be exchanged in their hometown, so they just went there."

El-Melloi II asked, "Hmm? What's going on over there?"

"I don't know, it's probably not a big deal."

Indeed, what could go wrong with a city with multiple servants?

"Professor, let's go in and talk." Toosaka Rin said.

Chapter 573: The Second Life's Experience Part 2

The rooms on the island are actually made of wooden boards, which can barely keep out the wind and rain. But if the wind and rain are stronger, they will probably be blown down, right? Surprisingly, there are no insects in this kind of house. Is there a spell to repel insects?

From what El-Melloi II had observed, the houses on the entire island were like this, made of wooden boards and nails. It could be called a fishing village, but it looked more like a slum. Most of the pirates following Rin Toosaka were minors.

Sitting on a chair made of discarded wood, El Melloi II took out the cigar and matches in the waterproof box, cut off the front half of the cigar with a scientist's knife, and lit it with a match.

Soon, the room was filled with the smell of cigar smoke. He felt at home in this place and asked, "In other words, you have been preparing for this place since last year?"

"For salvage activities, we only need to arrange the work in advance. There is no need to stay at the construction site all the time. We can just contact by phone during regular contact."

Toosaka Rin spoke eloquently in front of him, just like an honor student reporting her thesis. But...how could an honor student become a pirate?

The smell of the cigar spread in my mouth, preventing the stomach from aching.

El-Melloi II raised his hand, interrupting Toosaka Rin's report: "Salvage. I've also heard that the pirates around here don't rob, but mainly salvage. I just didn't expect that Shirou and Sakura would agree with your action."

"Actually, Shirou and Sakura are pretty easy to convince."

"…Really? I heard someone say that the consultant is very anxious because of my arrival."

"Um……!"

Toosaka Rin was speechless for a moment and subconsciously looked away.

"It seems that someone doesn't want the Clock Tower to know what he is doing?" El-Melloi II continued.

Toosaka Rin paused and said seriously, "As the saying goes, it is not a crime if you are not discovered. Besides, I did not violate the mysterious principle of concealment. The islanders here are particularly superstitious, and my magic is also considered to be of that kind. Even if it is exposed, I can still use high technology to get past it. Various media reports are just simple salvage work. I just didn't know that the person who came was a professor..."

"You were almost exposed! But even if it got to the Law Department, Hanano Hisiri would be able to cover it up for you. Besides, the transaction between Fuyuki City and the Law Department must have brought a lot of profit, right?"

El-Melloi II was well aware of the relationship between the student in front of him and the Law Department. In recent years, the Law Department has always been able to sell a lot of high-quality magic crystals, which are hard currency among magicians, and the price is reasonable. The source is Fuyuki City, and there are magicians who want to bypass the Law Department and get magic crystals directly. But this also has difficulties.

First, how to bypass the Law and Politics Department? The Law and Politics Department is an organization composed of magicians who do not study magic, responsible for all the affairs of the Clock Tower. Even a monarch would find it difficult to fight against the Law and Politics Department.

Of course, it's not like a magician who wasn't from the Clock Tower sneaked into Fuyuki City and then nothing happened. Others may not know, but El-Melloi II knows that there are at least three Servants in Fuyuki City. The magician who went there probably didn't have good intentions, otherwise he wouldn't have ended up missing.

"Professor, you know that. The expenses are huge. If we let that woman from the Law and Politics Department in, she'll ask for a share of the money."

Increase income and reduce expenditure, and be self-reliant. Toosaka Rin deeply understands this principle. Making money is the first priority. How can you study magic without money? Your own teacher helped you cover up that you don’t need it, but the woman Kanono Hisiri wants money.

Sometimes, Toosaka Rin felt that Kanono Hishiri was not a snake, but some other animal. Why was she so greedy for money? What kind of expensive research is your Law and Politics Department going to do?

El-Melloi II said, "Let's get back to business. What are you salvaging?"

"Zheng He's treasure ship." Toosaka Rin said seriously, "Professor, you should know that it was a fleet carrying 27,000 people, sailing from the wealthy Ming Dynasty along Southeast Asia to the Arabian Peninsula. The trade along the way accumulated a lot of wealth."

She explained her purpose of salvaging Zheng He's treasure ship, which was a fleet with hundreds of years of history. The items on it were all antiques, and antiques could be easily sold through magician channels. As for why? Toosaka Rin was too lazy to think about it, she just knew that antiques were valuable.

She also said that the salvage operation was carried out according to a map, which was bought by Toosaka Rin from an antique dealer she knew.

"Well, I want to add something to you. If there are salvage items related to magic, it is likely to be items related to thought magic. As someone who belongs to the Clock Tower, you will get into big trouble if you dig without permission."

"Yes, so I originally planned to do it secretly. As the saying goes, it is not a crime if you are not discovered."

"That's not what I meant at all!"