The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 305: Boss Emiya is fun to play with

"Welcome Captain Emiya and everyone on the inspection team to visit the Spirit Transfer Working Group!"

The next day, Da Vinci came to the control room with a listless look on his face. At the invitation of Director Pompeii, he came to the experimental site of the spirit particle transfer...

In fact, the so-called Soul Transfer Working Group had only recently been publicly established. Previously, it had been kept secret as Project Alpha, unknown to all but a few early employees. Otherwise, Caesar, the self-appointed deputy director, wouldn't have expressed such surprise upon learning of the situation.

However, what puzzled Director Pompey was that Da Vinci, who was invited, seemed to have little interest - this was not right. When he first listened to him explaining the spirit particle transfer plan, Da Vinci was very excited. When he was questioned by Emiya, he stood up to defend him and explained the plan on his behalf.

How come the enthusiasm dropped sharply after just two days?

What Pompeii was destined to never know was that Leonardo da Vinci was still struggling with the problem of the imaginary submarine vehicle.

——Hey! What exactly is Imaginary Submarine? ...

She felt like a cat being toyed with by a cat teaser over and over again. Her curiosity was piqued by a blueprint of Emiya's, but she had no idea where to start because she lacked a key piece of the puzzle.

This is too much torture for an inventor in the engineering field like her. Hey, I feel like Emiya did it on purpose?

Maybe he actually knows everything, but he won't tell her. Hey, he's just playing with her! Oh, why is Emiya so mean!
When Da Vinci looked up again, the Emiya she was "thinking about" was already greeting Director Pompey.

Fortunately, as a Heroic Spirit, she didn't have to go through time-consuming social activities, so she had the time to carefully examine Emiya, whom she had just met briefly last time.

He had dark red hair, which was not common among ordinary people. He had a handsome face, an upright posture, and spoke in a calm and steady tone, which made it difficult for him to give anyone a negative first impression.

Leonardo da Vinci has always been an artist who can appreciate "beauty" and finds it even more difficult to resist.

However, in Leonardo's perception, Emiya had even more unique qualities - he was more like a seasoned warrior who had restrained his terrifying edge and was waiting for the right moment to strike, as if he could make a stunning move without even moving.

From the information Da Vinci subsequently found on the Chaldea public website, it turned out that Emiya was indeed like that. His combat performance was extremely astonishing, and he could be said to be the best in the world...

A warrior who can control the power of gods is really exaggerated.

Ordinary Servants are nothing in his eyes. So he really values ​​his own talents rather than the strength of his Servants.

Da Vinci sighed softly in his heart. Even a person like this needed to make plans in Chaldea. It seemed that the future development would be unimaginably bad!
She nodded to herself, collected her thoughts, and unconsciously increased her trust in Emiya's warning. At the same time, she followed the crowd and entered the mysterious control room.

Director Pompey continued to explain to Emiya and the members of the investigation team who followed him:

"Although this place has been sealed for a long time, it was recently opened and maintained. Please see, over there is the essential equipment for the transfer of spirit particles. The 'basket' for those qualified for the transfer of spirit particles is stored, and the accelerator that assists the transfer of spirit particles is set within the wall."

"Everyone, look up again. That magnificent celestial sphere model is the simulated environment model we created to protect this Earth. It's the Chaldea Organization's most groundbreaking invention—Chaldeas!"

"...Relying on this Earth Environment Model, Chaldeas, as well as the Near Future Lens, Sheba, and the Heroic Spirit Summoning System, Destiny, and many other devices built to observe this facility, we, Chaldea, must utilize these to continue and ensure the continued prosperity of human history into the future. This is our sole and absolute mission!"

"To completely eliminate the factors that destroy the world, and to ensure a prosperous and glorious future for human civilization, that is the great cause! Through this, we, Chaldea, will leave a great legacy in human history!"

During Pompey's passionate speech, everyone's attention was focused on this spacious room.

The huge control room was brightly lit. Everywhere one looked, one could see a dark blue background painted in a space style, with a faint glow, as if one was really in space. Dozens of basket-shaped devices stood quietly like sarcophagi, square monuments, or space capsules.

The Chaldeas, suspended high above the control room, looked like a blue star floating in this bright deep space. A long device like a star track was spread out in the void, constantly rotating and changing around Chaldeas, as if describing a kind of geocentric cosmology in which "the earth does not move and other celestial bodies revolve around the earth."

On a larger cosmic scale, this geocentric theory may not be wrong compared to the heliocentric theory... But as an astronomical model, it is obviously not simple enough, not to mention that it was adopted by modern researchers like Pompeii... Why is that?
Da Vinci looked at it curiously and buried the doubt in his heart.

Emiya's previous reminder worked, so she began to think about any incongruous details of Chaldea.

Pompeii's statement further caught her attention: "Chaldeas is a model of a very small celestial body obtained by replicating the information of the Earth. However, because it is in a different phase from us, human perception and knowledge alone cannot obtain detailed information."

"Hence, the Sheba observation lens is needed to 'see' it clearly. Using this, we can observe the scene on the surface of Chaldeas—the lights of the cities on land."

"Then set the state of Chaldeas to a hundred years from now. This is equivalent to Earth a hundred years from now. As long as the lights of civilization remain on Chaldeas, humanity will still have a future a hundred years from now."

Emiya's eyes were sharp, "...Isn't the light on this Chaldeas a little dim?"

"As expected of the investigation team leader, you discovered the key so quickly." Pompey nodded and instructed the operator beside him, "Videl, adjust the polarization angle of Sheba."

Under the gaze of Emiya and the others, the complex devices surrounding Chaldeas began to operate rapidly. Then, the scene on the celestial sphere became clearer, as if a camera had zoomed in, revealing every detail. Apparently, some of the lights on Chaldea's surface had vanished, fading into an unobservable black.

"—This means that civilization is beginning to die out."

A gentle male voice said in the team.

"Very good, Abbas, that's a good response!" Pompey nodded. "Actually, this is why I decided to further open up the project. Not long ago, Chaldeas began to change color, and the lights gradually faded, making future observations increasingly difficult."

"Of course, this matter is too serious and somewhat alarmist, so for now, only the working group and the investigation team can know about it. Furthermore, we are keeping it confidential because we find it difficult to explain the possibility of such a future—"

"Based on observations, humans will be completely extinct by the beginning of the decade 2010."

The director's words echoed in the ears of everyone in the control room. The dim lights of Chaldeas and the bright lights on the surrounding walls illuminated faces that were either panicked, worried, or calm.

This shocking fact shocked most people.

Emiya thought about it and compared it with what he knew about the burning time of human principles without saying a word.

"Needless to say, this future is absolutely impossible, and there's no calamity that could have caused it. There was no economic collapse, no tectonic shift, just one day, and human history simply came to an abrupt end. It's simply inexplicable!"

"We! As the Chaldean institution responsible for safeguarding humanity's future! We must uncover the cause of this anomaly—the 'disappearance of the future'—within less than six months!"

"If the cause isn't in the present, then it must be in the past. We have absolutely no reason to panic. As long as we thoroughly sort through the intelligence from the past, we'll definitely be able to find where the anomaly occurred!"

Pompey raised his voice and shouted slogans loudly. His rich emotions and desire to save the world in the face of the doomsday crisis instantly infected a considerable number of people.

After all, no one wants human civilization to suddenly end at the beginning of next year. Everyone wants to live a good life, and no one wants to die without knowing anything.

"Captain Emiya, I must thank everyone on the investigation team for coming to assist us. Time is of the essence, and we must quickly investigate the historical events and find the cause."

"If all goes well, we might be able to find the anomaly in the past that led to this incident. That way, we'll have time for Captain Emiya to report to the United Nations and get approval to conduct a spirit particle transfer experiment to interfere with the past."

"Sure, sure—if it goes well."

Emiya nodded slightly and agreed quickly.

Pompey's move clearly thwarted Emiya's plans to report to the UN and block Chaldea's illegal projects. As long as the "future disappears" banner was hoisted, Chaldea's series of spirit particle transfer projects would be deemed legitimate and could not be stopped, and the initial transfer was inevitable.

Emiya took a moment to glance at Chaldeas above him again. He sensed that the object, like the planet itself, could not be destroyed. Furthermore, the imaginary submarine had not yet been proven to be usable and was too risky. Therefore, spirit particle transfer remained the only means of resolving the crisis of humanity and could not be abandoned.

However, without knowing the "plot" in advance, no one could have imagined that the future burning and blank paper incidents were actually caused by the first spirit particle transfer incident.

But it doesn't matter. Even if he can't transfer the spirit particles, it doesn't mean that Emiya can't do anything to Director Pompey.

As the saying goes, if you can't solve the problem, solve the person who created it.

"Captain Emiya, let me introduce you to these guys. They are the elite of Group A, carefully selected by Chaldea. With their adaptability to spirit particle transfer, they are definitely the ones who can save the world!"

"Come and see, the first in Group A, Patsy Gattuso! He is the one with the strongest bloodline and the highest talent in our Gattuso family."

What appeared before Emiya was a young man with an elegant smile, a humble and polite demeanor, and his falling golden hair just covering one eye.

"The second one is Ophelia Famsolone, a talented necromancy expert from the Clock Tower."

There was no need for Pompeii to explain, since Ophelia was a false identity created by Emiya to plant Slude within his ranks. Slude was a Servant, not a human. Ophelia (Slude) and Emiya locked eyes, but she skillfully controlled her emotions, feigning a cold and unfamiliar demeanor.

"This, Abdullah Abbas, haha, is a talent I discovered while traveling. He's a Middle Eastern man who believes in God, but after coming to Chaldea for further studies, he became very interested in Indian culture and enjoys meditation."

Emiya saw the handsome man with green eyes smiling at him. The man was the one who had just interrupted him. It seemed that even the end of the world could not affect his mentality.

"This one, Zero, is a descendant of Russian royal blood."

This person is also an old acquaintance. It seems that the boss of the trio is very good at taking advantage of opportunities and directly allowed his subordinates to infiltrate Group A of Chaldea.

Zero raised her head, her light golden hair combed behind her ears. She raised her small hand wearing a white silk glove and shook hands with Emiya.

"These two are talented alchemists from the British Clock Tower and the North American Secret Party, Charlotte and Finger, respectively. Thanks to them, the progress of improving our facilities in Chaldea has been greatly accelerated."

That's even more of an old acquaintance.

Emiya thought that this was simply a large-scale offline meeting event for acquaintances. Except for Persi and Abbas, every single one of them was a familiar face. Even among the alternative members outside Group A, there was Su Xiaoqiang who was arranged by Emiya.

"meet again."

...The styles of the two alchemy geniuses are completely inconsistent.

Five years have passed, but Charlotte is still a girl who has not lost her childishness. She touched hands with Emiya without hesitation, and after greeting him, she looked at him with a proud expression on her cute face, as if showing off the spirit particle transfer project she participated in developing.

She was still unaware of Emiya's proposal for imaginary submersible navigation, and she thought she had achieved a great goal - surpassing Emiya and reaching a field that even he was not good at.

As for Fingel, after five years, he looked even more decadent, with unshaven beard and messy clothes. Emiya really suspected that he had experienced some emotional sadness. Even when facing the Holy Grail War and the god Ibuki-douji, he was not so depressed.

"Well, and this one, isn't she from Group A?"

After recognizing everyone in the circle, Emiya seemed to casually notice the pink-haired girl standing at the end.

Pompey hesitated for a moment and introduced, "This is Kyrielight, an early member of the Soul Transfer Working Group and a member of Group A."

The little girl didn't seem to expect that she would be noticed by a "big shot". She adjusted her glasses and greeted him. A slightly tense atmosphere lingered in the air.

"I see," Emiya waved his hand, signaling there was no need to be nervous. In the original FGO, Mashu was indeed a member of Group A, a group that originally consisted of eight people. The difference was that Mashu was a Sub-Servant while the others were Masters.

Pompey continued to explain, "The original Team A is actually short of one person. According to the plan, they will be selected from dozens of candidates, choosing the best ones based on their adaptability to spirit particle transfer. Of course, any talented people on Captain Emiya's side are also welcome to participate in the competition."

"Then I'll accept your offer with all due respect." Of course, Emiya would place Chu Zihang, who was originally planned, in Group A. This arrangement would not change. No matter what the result was, it would be beneficial for him to control Chaldea.

Besides, the current progress is really fast——

Yesterday, someone actually took the initiative to reveal Chaldea's negative information to him through Lu Mingfei.

Well, it's a good opportunity to take advantage of this moment - the control room has just been restarted and the project is in urgent need of new progress, so Emiya can remove the overly conspicuous destabilizing factor.

Emiya withdrew his gaze and suddenly turned to Director Pompeii, who looked like Odin.

"Director Pompeii, I've almost fully understood the details of the spirit particle transfer project. However, there's one thing I'm still unclear on."

"Oh? What happened?" Pompey had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Aside from this Soul Particle Transfer Plan and the Heroic Spirit Summoning Plan, is it true that Chaldea has no other private projects?"

Emiya beckoned, and Su Enxi, who was in charge of overseeing finances, came over and handed over a list of Chaldea's past financial statements and the results of an investigation into the movement of supplies. "It's a little strange. Comparing the two here, it seems like the goods don't match the pictures."

"This..." Pompey cleared his throat calmly. "This is normal. Chaldea's early management was somewhat chaotic, so record-keeping errors are common. Some of this is indeed due to losses incurred by these two projects, and there are also cases of some employees abusing their position for personal gain."

"However, such problems have been greatly improved after a large number of personnel changes and the establishment of the inspection team system."

Emiya calmly flipped through the paper records. "...I heard that Chaldea conducted inhumane human experiments in the early days. Is this true?"

"!"

Pompey looked a little stunned, then said, "Absolutely not! This is an act that violates UN regulations and basic humanitarianism. Moreover, Chaldea is an advanced organization dedicated to pioneering a prosperous future for human civilization. It is impossible for it to be tainted by such a stain!"

Kirilet on the side suddenly lowered his head quietly.

"I didn't doubt the director's intentions, but someone made this accusation."

While Emiya was speaking, the instigator, Fingel, had his eyes half closed, pretending to blend in with the other ignorant people, with a look of confusion on his face.

"Accusation? Is there any evidence?"

Pompey's voice became noticeably louder, and he stared intently at the file that Emiya was flipping through, as if he could see something in it.

But unexpectedly, Emiya shook his head and didn't take anything out of the file. He just took out his phone, pressed the buttons, and said to the screen (BB inside):

"Put out the information about that incident for everyone to see."

The projected video footage suddenly lit up on the large screen in the control room.

As everyone stared in bewilderment, a vivid record of an inhumane experiment and a horrific record of unforgivable crimes suddenly appeared before their eyes.

"...Regarding the cruel project hidden in the Shenzhou Chen family massacre, 'Odin', in collusion with the Chen family, conducted repeated human experiments and cloning experiments on the experimental subject [DATA EXPUNGED], including severely inhumane torture..."

This was the result of an investigation into the Chen family's "Frigga Zero" case, which had been uncovered a few years prior. Since the impact of the incident had been mitigated, the remnants of the Chen family had been liquidated, and the confidentiality level had been lowered, it was easy for Emiya to obtain a portion of the information from the Lord of Wa.

However, the more everyone looked at it, the more strange their expressions became. How could the Shenzhou Chen family, which was thousands of miles away and disappeared a few years ago, have anything to do with Chaldea?
Pompey's heart skipped a beat, and the pressure increased suddenly. Could it be that the investigation has reached this point?
Impossible! Kirilet's appearance has clearly been specially adjusted—

But Emiya's next words made him furious.

"I hope to identify the lady's genes to prove a certain idea. Director, do you have any objection?" Emiya stared at the light and shadow on the screen intently.

When he learned from Lu Mingfei that Chaldea had conducted human experiments - not the test tube baby adjustment experiments like FGO, but cloning experiments, he had already sentenced the director to death in his heart.

As for cloning, it was Odin's old trick. And Emiya could also guess what kind of genetic samples Odin would use for cloning.

Whether it is Nono, Eri, or Regirev, the girls who were once chosen by Odin as containers are now on Emiya's side.

As long as the genetic identification is carried out and the results come out, the identity of Odin, which Pompeii tried hard to hide, will inevitably be made public.

"...No! Kirilet's body is quite weak, and he needs to go to the sterile room for regular checkups and blood draws—"

Pompey blurted out.

The moment he said it, he realized a big problem.

He actually panicked for a moment and took the initiative to point out the abnormality of Kirilet's body. Moreover, Emiya's original words did not specifically mention Kirilet!

Pompey's eyes met Emiya's, who looked as if he wanted to laugh but had to hold it back.

He was played!

Emiya had no evidence at all, only anonymous accusations and groundless information. Faced with this man who repeatedly shattered his ambitions, he fell into the trap under great pressure!

(End of this chapter)