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Chapter 604 Tokyo
Lord El-Melloi II. A detective.
——Of course, he does not admit that he is a detective. He can be a magician or a professor. But he should not be a detective. He is just good at logical reasoning, but isn't that the quality that a magician should have?
The so-called magic is to deceive the world. How to deceive? That is to use history, myths, legends and all the ancient things to form a set of logically self-consistent theories.
However, most of the time, Lord El-Melloi II was doing the work of a detective. In the 19th century, detectives were very popular, and even in the 20th century, they were still mainstream. But as time entered the 21st century, when technology developed, people no longer needed detectives to find answers and truths from the layers of fog. Cameras can see clearly what happened, and fingerprints, footprints and other technologies can easily find clues.
However, the world of magicians is different. The images seen by the camera are not necessarily real. Magicians can change their appearance and physique. It is also unreasonable to apply fingerprints, footprints, etc. to magicians. Because they are "supermen", "Orientals" and "supermen" that are not allowed to appear in detective novels.
Therefore, they believe in logical reasoning more.
As for whether the inference is correct or not, that is not important. Magicians are cold-blooded creatures. They do not care about the truth of a matter unless it involves the "Grand Order" of their pigeons. Therefore, when faced with insignificant but unavoidable matters, magicians have only one idea, which is to get an answer. As for whether the answer is the real answer, it is not important at all.
They just need an answer.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, Lord El-Melloi II was not that kind of magician. He couldn't remember how many times he had been told that he was a heretic magician.
He is thinking now.
Last night, Ergo followed the man named Bai Ruolong and a conflict broke out between the two. Then, it can be known that, like Ergo, Bai Ruolong is also a god-eater, but who the other party is eating has not yet been answered, and only the keyword "竜" has been obtained.
Now, he was in a commercial building rented by Ryougi Kan'ya. According to Ryougi Kan'ya, this was once the magic studio of Aozaki Touko, but she sold it a few years ago and it was bought by someone else. Ryougi Kan also borrowed it for a few days through his own channels.
"Professor, I'm back with breakfast."
"Thank you so much, Mr. Matou."
"You're welcome. The professor has helped me a lot."
El-Melloi II looked at the young man in front of him. He was the elder brother of his disciple Sakura Matou, but the two were not related by blood. He knew a little about the situation of the Tohsaka family and the Matou family.
As a participant in the Fourth Holy Grail War, El-Melloi II had some connections with the elders of this group of young people. That war completely changed his fate. So much so that he paid close attention to the information related to the Fourth Holy Grail War. Even...if he hadn't been delayed by other things, El-Melloi II would have participated in the Fifth Holy Grail War.
But looking back at the Fifth Holy Grail War, I feel that the whole process is confusing. It was clearly a life-and-death war, but in the end it turned out like this.
If he were still here, it would be very interesting, right?
"Miss Grey is awake."
"Yes, good morning. Mr. Matou."
"Good morning. Are Ergo and the two guests still not awake?" asked Shinji Matou.
Gray: “No.”
"Then go and wake them up. By the way, professor, Mr. Ryougi said that he has something to do and won't be here for a while. He wants to discuss the matter of Akira with you." Shinji Matou conveyed the words of another person.
El-Melloi II nodded and said, "I see. Mr. Matou, you and Akira Yazhe know each other?"
"Yes. To be precise, I know her mother. How should I put it... This is a troublesome matter. To put it simply, it was probably because of some supernatural events that I was asked by Yazhe Akira's mother to help solve the problem, so I got to know her."
El-Melloi II: "Paranormal events?"
"Yes, at that time Akira was not yet the heir of the Yejie family. It was her sister who was the heir of the Yejie family."
The situation of the Yejie family is actually very simple. Yejie Akira's parents left two daughters, and after the divorce, each of them took one daughter away.
Akira followed his mother and encountered some supernatural phenomena later. Akira's mother was an ordinary person with knowledge, and she wanted to find help from people in the industry, but it was really a coincidence that she found Shinji Matou.
Because of that encounter, Matou Shinji paid more attention to the Night Robbery family. He even established a certain cooperative relationship with Ryougi Kan'ya and learned about the situation of the traditional forces in Japan.
El-Melloi II didn't ask about the past. He could sense that Matou Shinji was hiding something. But he had seen this happen many times before. He was not surprised at all.
"Fuyuki City sent me a reply. Toosaka Rin and Mr. Li Mo are both back in Tokyo."
"Has the matter in Fuyuki City been resolved so quickly?" El-Melloi II said.
Matou Shinji said, "Yes, it has been dealt with. Professor, do you have any questions?"
The title of professor should not have been used by Matou Shinji. He was not a member of the El-Melloi classroom, so he should not be called that. However, considering his relationship with Matou Sakura and others, El-Melloi II acquiesced to it.
"Servants, how many will come?"
"Only Archer will come."
"That's enough."
El-Melloi II knew how powerful his servants were, and with the mysterious Li Mo, no matter what was behind Night Robbery, it would not matter. Even if it was the magician from the Wandering Sea, it would be fine.
While the two were talking, Ergo woke up and was called over by El-Melloi II to have breakfast. At the same time, Gray also called Bai Ruolong and Ye Jie Akira, who were in the guest room, to come out for breakfast.
Last night, both sides could still be called enemies. But now, the tension has faded a lot. This is probably because Matou Shinji knows Akira.
"If you have anything to discuss, let's talk about it later. What's important now is breakfast," said Shinji Matou.
"Thank you, Uncle Matou."
Matou Shinji said helplessly: "Isn't it good to call you brother? You are still as unlovable as ever."
Who wants to be called uncle? He is still so young.
Chapter 605: Incident
Breakfast is something you can find everywhere, and Matou Shinji bought it nearby. He got up early and rushed here, and bought some snacks when he saw one.
It was still early to buy, and the breakfast was still hot. At his invitation, the two groups of people who were opposite to each other yesterday sat together.
It can be noticed that Ergo is looking at Bai Ruolong. Matou Shinji knows what is going on. Ergo has lost his memory, but it does not mean that Ergo has no past. Bai Ruolong happens to know his past, and they are even good friends.
Friends? Matou Shinji did not deny that it was friendship. In his opinion, it was a friendship that was stimulated by the same experience. It was like people with the same fate were attracted to each other.
He would rather call their relationship as enemies.
"Bai Ruolong, can we talk for a moment?"
"Are you chasing after your past? Isn't your present life good enough? Why are you still chasing after the past?"
“Life without the past is incomplete.”
There was an exchange between Ergo and Bai Ruolong, which made Ye Jie Akira, who was sitting next to Bai Ruolong, seem so out of place.
Matou Shinji called her, "Come over here, I'll comb your hair."
He took out the comb from the packaging bag from his pocket. He bought it at the convenience store this morning. Yesterday he saw that Yajie Akira's hair was messy. After taking a shower yesterday, it didn't look so dirty, but it was still messy.
It's completely different from what I've seen before.
"Yes, Uncle Matou." Akira Yajie walked to the side of Shinji Matou.
The little girl had met this uncle Matou when she lived with her mother. During that time, her mother had been running around for her own affairs and had cleared many people, but none of them could solve her own problems. After inviting this uncle, the problem was solved.
Memories came back to him little by little. Akira Yazhe missed that time very much. That warm life with his mother seemed to be only in his memory.
Matou Shinji skillfully combed Akira Yazhe's hair. As a boy, he shouldn't be so skillful. But he is a sea king.
This is not something he is embarrassed to talk about. He, Matou Shinji, has had many girlfriends since high school. Of course, most of them are for sex, but sometimes he would choose to use small actions such as combing her hair to impress the other party and make the other party obey him.
Of course, most of the other party would make him feel at home for the sake of money, but he could not resist his occasional whim.
"Akira, you don't want to go back, right?"
"Well... I don't want to go back. I want to find my mother, but she doesn't live where she used to live."
"She moved to a new place. I can go see her later."
"Has mother abandoned me?"
"Of course not. Auntie cares about you more than anyone else."
"Then why did she leave?"
Why did you leave?
Yes, why? The answer is obvious, Akira, when your sister died. The Yejie family had no successor. The family of the Demon Dao does not allow no successor, this is a tradition of generations. For this reason, it is necessary for Akira to return to the Yejie family, regardless of whether her mother is willing or not. And the love between mother and daughter? In front of the Demon Dao, any emotion must retreat.
Shinji Matou did not directly say the reason. Isn't that too cruel?
"Because she is sick. So she hasn't come to see you yet."
After the words were spoken and her hair was combed, Akira once again became the little princess in her memory who was well taken care of by her mother.
At this time, a quarrel broke out over there. El-Melloi II stood in front of Bai Ruolong and spoke calmly. Bai Ruolong showed a bitter expression, and seeing this, Ye Jie Akira also ran to Bai Ruolong, showing his determination to stand by Bai Ruolong.
Compared to Shinji Matou, with whom he had met several times, Akira Yajie chose to stand by Shiraha Long's side.
This is a good choice.
Matou Shinji stepped forward and said, "Professor, we finally signed a truce agreement. Please stop provoking this fragile relationship."
Earlier, Bai Ruolong's tone turned cold because El-Melloi II told Bai Ruolong in person which god he devoured. In fact, the monarch had already figured out Bai Ruolong's secret last night. But now...
"Professor, I know you have good eyesight. But... it's a bit too much to say such things in front of others." Shinji Matou said tactfully.
No wonder he is called "The Plunderer". This style of not caring about other people's face and directly telling their secrets is what magicians hate the most.
Magicians, like those who perform tricks, are the most undetectable profession.
At this moment, the mutation occurred.
"it hurts……!"
The girl made a painful sound, and when everyone looked at her, a black mask was covered on her face.
Is that the Kagura noodles from Noh? Probably.
No one present had time to react.
A dark cave appeared behind the girl and then spread out.
“It hurts so much, so much, so much, so much!” At the same time, the girl’s voice was increasing in pain.
An anxious expression appeared on Bai Ruolong's face: "Damn, it's those guys from Night Robbery."
"Aru, save me."
Something, from the dark abyss, created waves. Just like a mermaid leaping out of the sea at night, something like a black rope instantly wrapped the girl and Bai Ruolong in it.
……
……
airport.