Fujimaru Ritsuka, but the main god space

Chapter 294 I am really sorry for not being able to let Mr. Kongra use his full strength
The rules of grace that Aqua had spoken of, fell from the sky.

Ritsuka and the others took it and began to think about it.

After all, this is the first gift match, so they plan to take it seriously.

Well.
Is this the rule book for the gift?

A yellow scroll with unfamiliar words printed on it, but the meaning can be understood after reading it.

The winner can obtain Aqua's colored pass - this pass itself means the recognition of the goddess of water, to put it bluntly, it is a kind of [honor]. When placed in Type-Moon's Heroic Spirit panel, the victory of this gift match alone will be recognized as a [great achievement], which can be preserved in the future and transformed into an inherent skill of the Heroic Spirit.

There may be some protections such as "being able to gain combat power bonus near water" and "walking on water without leaving any trace".

The rewards are pretty good.

The punishment for failure would probably be a taunt from Aqua. Although there would be no substantial damage, the thought of being laughed at by this stupid goddess and not being able to fight back was enough to make one furious.

Back to the content of the game, in short, we have to guess Aqua's divinity?
It doesn't matter, but
“Didn’t she say a long time ago that she was the goddess of water?” Gojo Satoru pointed casually.

Upon seeing this, Aqua immediately raised her head smugly and smacked her lips in denial.

“No, no, no~~ The divinity of this goddess is not just this! I have always had multiple divinities!”

"Although most people can only see this point~~ It's not your fault, it's just that this goddess likes to hide her glory~~~ But don't worry~ The gift competition is absolutely fair, so you have already obtained enough [clues]."

"Then please start looking around and start thinking~"

(Puff, puff, puff)

On the surface, she is a glamorous goddess, but in her dark heart, Aqua is trying not to laugh.

She didn't actually tell the whole story.

There are clear loopholes in the rule book that has just been distributed.

— She didn’t say players weren’t allowed to ask.

Because the rules allow asking the organizer Aqua, the rules are much more relaxed, which means - [Aqua herself is the clue].

However, most players will not realize this, and Aqua consciously guides them by saying "You have obtained enough [clues]" and "Please observe your surroundings."

The former will make people subconsciously think of "thinking back to the past".

The latter will make people subconsciously think that "the clues are actually in non-human inorganic matter."

All of them are misleading players.

After all, the gift match only stipulates that [both parties need to agree to the content of the gift match], and does not involve the element of "whether it is fair" at all.

This kind of despicable tactic of warfare was certainly not something Aqua could have come up with.

How could she have such a brain?
These are the rules and exploits that her partner, a man named Sato Kazuma, came up with.

Using this method, Aqua has already dampened the enthusiasm of many new players. Since this is Shiroyasha's task, Aqua can also collect the reward afterwards.

Not only that, Kazuma also told Aqua that as long as she plays the black and white face again in the future, the arrogant new players will have a deep impression of Aqua, and it will be easier for her to expand her circle of relationships in the future.

Ok.

Although she is not very smart, the goddess of water Aqua is indeed a very high-ranking god. With the support of a wise general and an external brain, Aqua's abilities are greatly increased! Explosively increased!
But in the eyes of Gojo Satoru and others——

Aqua's twisted smile that couldn't hide her true feelings at all was really abominable.

This guy deserves a beating!!!

The eyes of the three kids from the technical secondary school all became dangerous.

Even Tony was beginning to find Aqua annoying.

He stopped scanning and began to focus on Aqua.

Iron Man is a hero of technology. According to his thinking, he must start with "physical evidence".

For example——Aqua’s appearance.

(Blue hair. Female. Rather than being a mythological heritage, it is more like the appearance of a Japanese light novel. This part cannot be used as a reference.)
(What material is the clothing made of? — It seems that it cannot be located in a specific area. After all, it is a divine weapon. Damn it, it actually detected thirty-two unpredictable elements. I really want to take it off!)

(What about the clothing style——Jarvis! Give me smart image recognition——It’s actually a Japanese light novel style?!)

Tony gritted his teeth and was a little blind.

And what about Lixiang?

He did have some ideas.

Because of his cautious character and [amazing wisdom], he actually saw the loophole in the rule book, which is that [he can ask Aqua].

but.
"Sora, Shiro, can you handle this?"

Lixiang, look back.

He chose to ask the one who could kill the game.

The brother and sister squatting in the corner slowly raised their heads.

When Aqua saw Ritsuka asking others, she subconsciously followed her gaze to look at Blankness.

She still remembers it, but not much.

After all, he was a bit stupid. In Aqua's mind, Blank only left an impression like "Ah, the guy who played chess with Tet." Aqua didn't understand the layout behind the fight at all. So - "Tet is a god, I am also a god. Tet beat Blank, so I guess my wisdom is higher than these two people! 】

[Aqua, wins! ]

Thinking of this, the goddess smiled.

And after this gap of 0.1 seconds, Blank put down the rule book.

Speak up.

"Oh, it's untied."

Aqua: “?”

?

No.

No no no no no.

Hahahahaha I'm joking again~~
Aqua scoffed.

——Because if there are no 'clues sufficient to reach the result', the box center will think it is cheating, so Aqua did leave enough clues to solve the problem.

But there are too few of them, and they are basically stuck on the edge of [can be solved] and [cannot be solved].

How could an outsider not be able to answer after just one look?

A mere human being is trying to show off again——

"First of all, this Gift Tournament itself has a lot of loopholes. The 'already' in [existing clues] is too ambiguous. It's likely that Aqua herself is deliberately playing tricks to lure us into the wrong direction. In fact, the correct way to play is to ask her in person, because Aqua also [already exists]."

Aqua: Huh?
Aqua's expression changed when the little trap was pointed out to her.

"But it's not necessary. Although the rules are set by the organizer, the game center should have reviewed them. So, in terms of the [existing clues in a narrow sense], first of all, Aqua played a story about a golden axe and a silver axe, which is most likely a [hint]."

Sora scratched his head, and then Bai was responsible for calling up his memory in his mind, and said in a gentle voice that only Lolita could speak, "The source. It must be the gold and silver axe in the fable collection Aesop's Fables written by Aesop, an ancient Greek slave who was freed in the sixth century BC."

Sora: "Extract the key words - Greek mythology. There is no accurate concept of the god of water in this mythology. Although most people think that Poseidon is the god of the ocean, in fact, the ocean is closer to power rather than a godhood. Poseidon's original godhood came from earthquakes, and the phenomenon of 'oceans triggering tsunamis' has been denied by modern theories. The origin of tsunamis is actually due to Poseidon's godhood of 'earthquakes'."

The game siblings spoke with a blank expression and at a very fast speed.

Bai: "In fact, the famous water goddesses in Greek mythology should be Thesis, the jellyfish goddess, and Oceanus. Especially the latter, if you listen carefully, it is actually the pronunciation of ocean, which can be said to be the origin of the pronunciation of ocean in various European languages."

Sora: "Well~ But I have to insert an extra piece of information here - most of what modern people see is classical Greek mythology from Hesiod's system. The status of gods in different versions is different, and Oceanus's divinity has been infinitely reduced, so that his popularity has also decreased."

Bai: "But the earliest origin of the water god Oceanus is actually the Homeric epic. Together with his wife Thesis, they are the ancestors of all other gods, a pair of creator gods. Therefore, the status of the [Water God] must be sufficient."

The brother and sister sang in unison, speaking a long list of headache-inducing foreign names almost as fluently as if they were chatting.

Sora: "But if we want to go further, we need additional proof. Let me think. Another name for Oceanus is Oceanus, which is actually also called the end of the world. Speaking of which, Alexander the Great once fought his entire life in pursuit of the sea at the end."

Li Xiang suddenly realized and nodded to show that he understood.

Bai: "Similarly, this part should also be about Homer's epic poems."

Kong: "Then let's jump to Homer's Odyssey. The end of the world is near today's Hindu Kush Mountains, from the Great Ocean in the west to Pandora in the east. Because of its unique geographical location, it is also mentioned in Homer's epic——"

Sora held up a finger and drew a line from top to bottom.

"[Oceanos itself is the dividing line between Hades and reality]."

"And considering that Aqua will even be the first to greet us as the goddess of the little garden, this function itself means [welcoming] [handling reincarnation], and the surface of the water is often used in mythology to metaphorically represent [life and death] [reincarnation]."

"To sum up, the godhead that can be connected to the underworld is also related to water and reincarnation. It is very likely to be the ferryman of the underworld, right?"

Bai added in one breath.

"The Aeneid mentioned that the ferryman of Hades ferries the dead souls, and the living can only be ferried to Hades by Charon if they hold a golden branch cut from the garden of Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld. This is confirmed by Aqua's behavior of taking us into the small garden."

"By the way, another name for the Golden Bough is Mistletoe, and Aku just showed us the pass in his hand. The pattern on it is very unique, slightly white with yellow and a gold outer circle. Only Mistletoe has such a feature, which is almost a clear card. But in fact, she herself probably didn't notice this clue. The angle is very subtle, so the players who came before may not have noticed it."

"So, the conclusion is that Aqua's second godhood is Charon, the child of the underworld ferryman, the god of darkness Erebus, and the goddess of night Nyx."

How long has that been?

Thirty seconds?
Ten seconds?

do not know.

All we know is that the Blank siblings spewed out a bunch of proper nouns and mythological terms at an unimaginably fast speed, and then clapped their hands with expressionless faces.

"It's basically an open-book test, with general knowledge questions."

"Okay, what's the answer?"

Aqua: “.”

She did not speak.

Just open mouth.

Aqua, motionless.

Hey?
(End of this chapter)