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

Chapter 414 So this time it's a swimsuit episode? (Appreciation)

"A chilling turn of events in a triumphant celebration! The long-awaited meeting between the two Caesars suddenly takes a dramatic turn! Click to see the little-known true side of this legendary Roman emperor! (Video included)"

Emiya looked at the news notification that had popped up on his personal terminal and was somewhat speechless. This Chaldea Daily seemed to be a big project that Fingel had been working on since he joined the company, in order to build an intelligence network and sell information to swindle money from newcomers like Lu Mingfei.

Although Findog has been taken by Alien God to the tropical rainforest wilderness of the Lostbelt for survival, his paparazzi crew, resembling the Kassel Press Department, has still been retained. The leader may be gone, but the pack of dogs still roams freely.

As things stand, are they starting to resemble paparazzi? And as more and more heroic spirits move in, digging deeper into the news will surely uncover some "little secrets hidden behind historical figures," right?

Well-meaning paparazzi, be careful not to offend the heroic spirits.

Emiya twitched his finger and casually closed the news notification.

He began to reflect on his previous gains. According to BB's operation and testing, Pope Ruoan's spiritual foundation had successfully begun to merge with the throne left by the God Ancestor. The process had basically stabilized, but it still needed time and some magical power to slowly adapt.

However, according to BB and Emiya's own thinking and discussion, a throne alone could not successfully summon the incarnation of Michael in one go, just like the Roman singularity—let alone Michael, even any small angel would probably be extremely difficult.

Firstly, it lacks the vast energy of the Holy Grail, and secondly, if it were taken to the battlefield, it might not have the same religious environment as ancient Rome.

The energy problem of the former is relatively easy to solve; Chaldea alone has recovered more than one Holy Grail. However, the troublesome issue lies in faith. Pope Joan of Rome during the Roman Singularity spent more than a month preparing for that ceremony. If we include the religious propagation policies implemented earlier due to the lack of popularity of Christianity in ancient Rome, then it took more than a year.

The time cost is obviously too high. While it may be valid as a magic ritual, it is far from suitable for use in a real-world scenario.

It seems we need to change our approach.

However, Emiya was not in a hurry. The priority was to let Joan recover from the Spirit Origin fusion process. BB also seemed to be observing the progress of Joan's Spirit Origin fusion so that he could create his first clone, Alterego.

However, Emiya was afraid that this wicked AI would start to take initiative again and add some strange things to Pope Joan's spirit origin without permission. So he summoned Meryuchina, Nero, Elizabeth, and other Heroic Spirits to the Sword Training Ground and kept an eye on the AI ​​when he had nothing to do.

During this time, however, Melyuchina kept glancing at the little girl next to Nero, probably still thinking of getting Draco to summon the great red dragon and have a three-hundred-round duel with her. But Draco, looking dejected, was listening to the genius singing duo Nero and Elizabeth's close-up singing all day long, as if his ears had gone deaf and his lips had turned white. He completely ignored the little dragon's warlike demands.

Other Servants weren't so bothered. Seeing that the Sword Training Ground was activated and even had its own dungeon training system, they enthusiastically called their friends and went in to fight. Some Servants, such as Minamoto no Yorimitsu and Shuten-dōji, and Elizabeth and Kiyohime, were more interested in venting their personal grudges and also used this place as a special dueling arena.

Emiya ended his recollection.

Yes, it seems that as long as one comes to the hospitable Chaldea, every outsider can find their place.

He took a sip of Darjeeling tea, and like an old man, slowly opened the Chaldea internal communication interface, preparing to clock in and out, and then immediately head home to do his own thing in a few minutes, determined not to carry any work fatigue into his off-duty time...

He wasn't like Director Caesar, a workaholic who would plop down in the director's office chair and stay there from morning till night.

If he's really that busy, wouldn't all the power and influence that Emiya has built up over the years have been for nothing?

Just a few seconds later, his eyes lit up and a new conversation popped up in his communications, sitting firmly at the top of the private chat interface... It was a message from Leonardo da Vinci!

Shouldn't this shrewd businessman be raking in money lately? What does he want from me?
She always complained that Su Enxi allocated too little research funding and too many research projects to her, but in reality, her own Da Vinci Workshop was the only magic supplies window that Chaldea sold internally, with consistently high gross profits.

Since the burning of the human realm, the Chaldea headquarters has been able to sustain itself with enough supplies for a year thanks to advance reserves, but other aspects lack supply channels.

Magical materials and tools are indispensable for studying singularity phenomena, enemies such as Demon Pillars and Demon Beasts, the containment of important samples such as the Holy Grail, and the maintenance and upgrading of Shadow Border's armor and weapons.

This isn't the Chaldea from the original FGO story, which suffered a devastating explosion at the hands of Lev and only had a few survivors. Instead, it's a complete, fully-fledged, and even super-enhanced version of Chaldea. They have ample resources to deal with the enemy, but this inevitably leads to greater losses. The massive supply capacity of Da Vinci's Workshop arose under these circumstances.

Da Vinci and Emiya were well aware of this, but the former did not complain about the sale of his workshop's goods; instead, he filed a complaint.

The complaint was filed against Prierati.

After hearing Leonardo da Vinci's accusations, Emiya consulted relevant records and verified the facts from multiple sources, eventually learning what had happened...

It all stemmed from a business dispute between the two parties. After returning from his trip to Rome, Plerati told Emiya that he was exhausted from casting illusions on a bunch of people and refused to continue working overtime.

After seeing the so-called novelties but actually fashionable junk products from Da Vinci's workshop, as well as the extremely exploitative gacha system, she enthusiastically expressed her desire to learn from her and open a trading company in Chaldea to produce some workshop products, especially focusing on illusion effects.

They even planned to secretly sell counterfeit illusion products identical to those from the Da Vinci workshop to swindle and deceive people.

However, Plerati overlooked one crucial point: she was not familiar enough with Chaldea's system. Since the head of the technology research and development department was Leonardo da Vinci himself, product verification could not bypass the discerning eye of the professional Leonardo da Vinci. Therefore, Plerati's scheme to cause trouble came to nothing before it even began.

However, after Plerati came into contact with the modern world, she did not refute it without doing so. After learning about the so-called "information war," she immediately contacted the paparazzi in the news department and revealed the inside story, implying that they could open anonymous posts on the internal forum to attack and hype up the Chaldean system.

The so-called hype mostly consisted of headlines like "The Blood and Tears Truth Behind the No-Guaranteed-Pity System in Gacha Games!", "Merchants Show No Mercy! Purely Black-Hearted Merchants! - A Personal Experience from a Medical Department Director Who Wished to Reveal His Real Name!", "Monopolistic Workshopism Shows Its True Fangs! The Tragic Bankruptcy of a Dark Magician's Private Workshop!", and "What's Wrong with Ga? Fixed Body Question..." Then, numerous "insiders" appeared, offering similar stories about Plerati's rejected business application. A quick check by Emiya's internal system revealed these were just a bunch of bot accounts set up by paparazzi... Tsk, Finn really taught his subordinates a lot; no wonder they're thriving!
And you know what? With this group of people pointing the finger at him, those who don't know the truth and don't understand Plerati's true nature might think he's a passionate, conscientious French magician who's determined to break the monopoly of Leonardo da Vinci's workshop!
However, with just a quick glance at the title and content, Emiya could immediately spot that Plerati's post, which was subtly trying to stir up trouble, had slipped through his fingers.

Plerati is by no means a kind person; she is a black-hearted person far more ruthless than Leonardo da Vinci. Although she genuinely hates that Leonardo da Vinci is the only workshop in Chaldea that can legally sell expensive goods, she hates even more that she cannot take his place and use the guise of legal business to cause illegal trouble!
Emiya shook his head. Between two evils, choose the lesser. At least Da Vinci wouldn't engage in malicious fraud, deception, or even sell counterfeit or substandard services and products.

But this doesn't mean he's going to completely suppress this trend. Da Vinci's complaints against Plerati are reasonable and justified, but her ridiculous no-guarantee gacha system is indeed unacceptable.

We need to take advantage of this wave of public opinion to optimize our approach.

Emiya began typing a line of text: "Da Vinci, have you considered putting the new 'Shadow Border' submarine into the workshop's production schedule?"

Instead of directly addressing Leonardo da Vinci's request, he evaded the question.

"A new model?"

Da Vinci sent a large, confused cartoon emoji. She was already worried about the plummeting sales and insufficient research funding caused by the overwhelming negative publicity surrounding her workshop; how could she possibly start production of a new imaginary submarine immediately?
It's important to understand that a high-tech product like Shadow Border isn't some low-fashion junk with little magical content. The cost of funds and materials is enormous. Even though Emiya approved it, Su Enxi reviewed the finances repeatedly before approving the funding.

"That's right. Considering that more and more Servants or other personnel will be stationed in Chaldea in the future, our consumption of various resources will gradually increase. After careful consideration, we may need to obtain resources from the singularities we repaired in the past through normal means with low historical impact."

Emiya expressed his concerns.

Basic necessities are manageable, as Chaldea's elite personnel have them all. The underground space is also large, allowing those proficient in botany and zoology to quickly cultivate crops and livestock. Using the Holy Grail can further accelerate these processes. Some Servants are even skilled in these areas themselves, or they can make multiple purchases from the original singularity timeline.

However, manufacturing high-end products, such as the outer armor materials for Shadow Border and the building materials for the Magic Workshop, is quite troublesome. Regarding the former alone, Leonardo da Vinci once stated that it would be impossible to complete without consuming an entire warehouse of Ancient Dragon scales, most of a warehouse of alchemically regenerated metals, plus a dozen or so Noble Phantasm-level weapons.

"Therefore, we need to add additional imaginary underwater operations to go to the past to collect supplies and materials. The new model of submarine is also designed for dedicated supply transport, unlike the first submarine which is equipped with multiple functions such as armament and defense."

Emiya tapped the table, revealing his true intentions: "Then, Da Vinci, the current situation where your workshop has a monopoly also needs to be changed. I will discuss with Director Caesar and consider reviewing the qualifications of newly arrived members—Servants—to open temporary shops and sell goods."

If a new "resource extraction and transportation" type Shadow Border is put into use and travels to different eras, then naturally there will be Servants suitable for that era to collect and transport materials locally, and then select materials to supply those production-type Servants.

In this way, by supporting the opening of temporary shops for Servants, the Da Vinci Workshop can be prompted to offer discounts to customers through diversified competition, thus completely silencing the rumors.

"Huh? Huh? Huh?!" Leonardo da Vinci was first taken aback, then uttered a long string of exclamation marks.

She never imagined that her simple complaint about her superiors dealing with negative rumors would suddenly escalate into a situation where her workload would increase dramatically and her business would be ruthlessly suppressed.

"Don't be so surprised. Who told you to be so heartless as to not even have a safety net?"

"..."

Leaving aside the lamentations of the shrewish merchant on the other end of the communication line, after Emiya closed the window, a new message popped up—

It was Nero, that rascal! She said that after observing and summarizing these past few days, she believed that Chaldea lacked a large performance theater and a regular entertainment program for the whole audience. She confidently declared that she planned to hold a super-grand festival named "Nero Festival" after herself, and would be responsible for hosting and singing, and so on...

Upon noticing the word 'singing,' Emiya felt a wave of dizziness and was filled with confusion, prompting him to ask himself:

What will become of our Chaldea?

Meanwhile, Erii, who was reading and listening to music, took off her headphones. She usually keeps a low profile and doesn't disturb the office atmosphere. She was just waiting for Emiya to get off work, but she noticed that Emiya's expression was off and curiously leaned over to take a look at the screen.

"Huh? Is this... a celebration?"

But what is the Nero Festival?
Emiya could only explain that Nero's terrifying singing ability was completely unsuitable for hosting a performance; it would be almost the same as having her sing with Elizabeth for the enemy.

Erii's thinking was very straightforward. She clapped her hands and thought it was a fun thing to do. "Then let's sing for the enemy! Let's go to the next singularity and hold an event!"

Singing, fighting, playing around, and getting things done—she could do it all! She was also curious enough to listen!

"Eh?"

Emiya racked his brains. The next singularity, barring any unforeseen circumstances, should be... ocean-themed?
Lockdown Ends in the Four Seas - Oceanus?
He remembered something strange: both the Franks and the Romans existed on Earth before. But Oceanus's terrain didn't match any world map; it consisted of vast oceans and islands. He couldn't recall why such a singularity had formed.

Hmm, landing on a deserted island in a big ship for a celebration... Oh, I see, is it a swimsuit event? (Suddenly realizing)

(End of this chapter)