They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 321 Was the winner of the Holy Grail War predetermined?
Sambo looked at the fireworks display around him that he was terrified of, utterly speechless, and finally could only ask helplessly.
"I've advised you before. Any woman around Danlei who isn't a subordinate and can be communicated with on an equal footing is either a genius or an envoy. Why did you have to provoke her?"

This time was alright; I used my mind and illusion magic to create a few memory bodies to go and die. If you had actually gone yourself, I wouldn't have been able to save you from that person's blade.

And now, can you give me back my mask?

Upon hearing that Sambo wanted the mask, Hanabi immediately stood up, habitually patted her skirt, and then smiled.
"Don't rush, come with me to meet that Memory Maker who betrayed our location. After that, I'll return the mask to you."

However, I need to go play with Little Gray Fur first.

Therefore, the task of determining the location of that person who remembers is entrusted to you.

After saying that, Hanabi jumped off the building and disappeared.

Seeing this, Sangbo could only cover his head and mutter to himself.
"This is really troublesome. The Holy Grail War is about to begin. If I don't run away soon, I'll get caught up in it."

However, in order to retrieve the mask, Sambo had no choice but to set off to search for the Black Swan.

The scene shifts back to Danlei, as various factions search for allies they are interested in and test each other.

Danlei and the robin also ventured out of the border of their dream-building journey.

You asked why Danlei could open the door by walking instead?
Dan Lei said that he couldn't understand those who wanted to speed up their journey, as walking with a beautiful woman like a robin, whose mere speech could bring joy to the mind and body.

With the robin by his side, Danlei arrived at the area where the dream architects worked without any hindrance.

Upon arriving in this area, Danlei thought of Calderon Chadwick, and so he spoke to the robin.
"Huh, is this where the Dream Weavers work? May I take a look around?"

The robin didn't know why Danlei had suddenly become interested in the work of the dream architect, but visiting the place was obviously no problem.

After all, this place isn't some kind of secret location.

Robin can lead people around this area simply by scanning their face.

So the robin laughed

"Of course, I just made a reservation at the restaurant and I still have some free time. It's no problem for me to take a tour."

Afterwards, Robin led Danlei on a tour of the Dream Builder's work area.

However, Danlei did not see any elderly people resembling Chadwick in this area.

Clearly, the family that knew about Dan Lei's connection to the Genius Club had hidden him away.

So, Danlei asked some questions about building dreams, and then left with the robin.

Dan Lei decided that he would send a request to Xing and Black Swan himself later.

The family can keep Chadwick away from them, but they certainly can't escape these two.

Because one of them is blessed with great fortune and the other is elusive and unpredictable, their families have no way of controlling them.

However, because of this delay, Danlei and Robin encountered a "young couple" who were preparing to take Xing to their secret base just as they were about to leave.

At this moment, they were being stopped by guards from the hound family.

Then, Dan Lei sensed a fluctuation in the pioneering power of Xing's body, which stirred the memory matter that made up the guardian's body. Suddenly, the guardian exploded, and he shouted...

"I've said it so many times—construction site, no entry without permission!"

You two, are you determined to embarrass yourselves in front of me? Then don't blame me for being impolite!

I've seen far too many people like you! Relying on your youth and energy, you're fearless and idle, causing trouble and being selfish, without any sense of contributing to society!
"You little brat who ignores the rules, I'm going to correct you—Go, Dream Troupe! Give them a good beating!"

After saying that, he ordered the bubble-dog (soda dog) and Mr. Round Screen (television man) who were guarding the place to attack Star and Firefly.

Seeing this, Xing naturally didn't hold back and grabbed a baseball bat to fight back.

However, with the robin present, how could she allow her family staff to instigate the Dream Theatre to beat tourists right before her eyes?

So she immediately stepped forward, infusing her voice with the power of harmony, and shouted.

"Everyone, please calm down!"

The robin's call, with its harmonious melody, instantly suppressed the fighting spirit of the Star, the Hound Family Guards, and the Dream Troupe.

Upon seeing the robin, the hound guard's fear and regret instantly overwhelmed his anger.

At that moment, he felt like someone who had made a mistake at work and was caught by their boss's family, so he quickly came up and incoherently explained...

"Miss Robin, this is... um, not what you saw, them..."

Seeing the guard like this, the robin spoke again using the power of harmony.
"Please calm down and speak slowly."

The robin's words carried on, and the power of harmony instantly calmed the guards of the hound family.

Dan Lei felt that this ability was even more impressive than Xing's clockwork trick.

So the hound family guard, having calmed down, explained...
"Miss Robin, I'm very sorry, I was trying to persuade these two ladies not to enter the construction area."

But for some reason, he suddenly became enraged and ordered an attack on them.

Believe me, I don't usually work like this; today I'm acting like I'm possessed.

Robin didn't believe the hound family's words, since she had witnessed the whole process.

Xing and the guard were communicating, but neither drew their weapons nor showed any intention to attack.

Suddenly, he lost his patience and ordered the Dream Troupe to attack.

However, when the robin was about to contact the hound family sheriff to replace the guard, Danley took pity on him and offered to help.

There was no other way; if this guard were replaced because of the robin's complaint, he would lose not only his job, but also his chance to survive in Pinocchio.

It's better to prevent this tragedy—where I don't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren dies because of me—from happening in the first place.

Of course, since Danlei and Xing have such a good relationship, he definitely wouldn't expose her on the spot. Instead, he stepped forward and said to the robin...

“Miss Robin, he is telling the truth. I just sensed an unusual fluctuation in the memory that makes up his body. This should be the reason why he suddenly became angry.”

I am a traveler of memory, and I cannot be mistaken about these fluctuations in the quality of memory.

After saying that, Dan Lei deliberately glanced in the direction of the Pinocchio Grand Theatre, implying that this was caused by the noise from the same source.

With this perfect scapegoat, the robin had no doubts.

Because she knew that Danlei and the Starry Sky Train crew had an excellent relationship, and it was unlikely that he would speak up for a stranger from the Hound family lineage when they were being attacked, unless there were special circumstances.

So the robin nodded and said to the guard...
"In that case, you should go back to your post."

The guards dared not utter a word of dissent and immediately fled back to their posts.

Seeing this, Danlei spoke to the robin again.

"Miss Robin, could you please accompany this lady in sailor uniform?"

I'll come back as soon as I go. "

Then he grabbed Xing's wrist and pulled her onto the street, talking as they walked.
"Come here, I have something to ask you." A man forcibly dragged a woman into an empty street, something that could have been addressed by calling the police immediately.

But no one at the scene paid any attention.

After all, it's obvious to everyone that Danlei treats Xing like a strict older brother disciplining a younger sister who likes to go out and have fun.

Just as everyone else had expected, Dan Lei pulled Xing aside to a corner where no one could see her and deliberately asked a spoiler-like question.

“What did you do to that guard? I can feel the pioneering power emanating from you, which changed his memory.”

Xing was completely unaware that the clockwork trick used the power of exploration, so he honestly recounted everything from meeting the clockwork kid to resolving the Yellow Springs dispute and accompanying Liu Ying.

Danlei had been spying on the clock for a long time, so he deliberately said to Xing...

"Clock Kid? Or is it just someone you can see?"
So, use the clock trick on me.

Danlei volunteered to try the clockwork trick, and Xing, of course, didn't stand on ceremony.

However, a second or two later, Xing looked worried and said...
"Danlei, the clock trick doesn't seem to work on you. I don't know why."

Upon hearing this, Dan Lei said that although he hadn't turned off his mental protection, he hadn't felt that the protection had been triggered. So why couldn't it be activated?

So, Dan Lei used the Twelve Labors Formation to connect with Xing and said...
"Now? Try again."

Upon hearing this, Xing immediately raised his hand, then quickly and weakly lowered it, saying...

"It can be started now, but I have no way to manipulate your emotions."

Your emotions, within your perception, are as hard as the porous crystal walls of the King of Amber.

Dan Lei finally got a sense of Xing's clock trick this time.

The pioneering power fluctuations that had previously affected the guards were transmitted to him through the energy link of the Twelve Labors Formation.

However, it was easily blocked by Dan Lei's outermost layer of mental protection.

Upon seeing this, Dan Lei was immediately disappointed with the clock trick. With such a low level of judgment, it was no wonder that the game often failed to stir the emotions of those who had regrets in their hearts and were determined.

So, Danlei said to Xing earnestly.
"I understand. It seems your ability is still manageable."

However, even so, you cannot use it on ordinary people indiscriminately.

If I hadn't spoken up just now, that guard would have lost his job.

Xing is a good child with a strong sense of right and wrong, so she immediately felt embarrassed and said she would apologize to the guard as soon as she got out.

Seeing this, Danlei instructed Xing not to tell anyone she didn't trust about her watch tricks, and then led her away from the alley.

At this moment, the atmosphere between the robin and the firefly left outside was very awkward.

Firefly knew that her fabricated identity as a worker from the Iris family might fool the stars, but if she dared to say it in front of the Robin, she would be exposed immediately.

So no matter what the robin says to it, the firefly always seems tongue-tied and doesn't know what to say.

Upon seeing Danlei and Xing emerge, it instantly hid behind Xing like a frightened little animal.

Seeing this, Danlei immediately teased the robin.
"It's rare to find someone who can resist Miss Robin's charm."

The robin, somewhat embarrassed by Danlei's teasing, said...
"Perhaps I was too harsh on the guard just now, which frightened this young lady."

Dan Lei glanced at Liu Ying, but instead of exposing her identity, he helped her out of the predicament.

"Alright, let's not disturb this young couple's date. Let's go, we have our own dates too, don't we?"

The "date" that Dan Lei is referring to is not a date between a man and a woman.

A date is a shorthand for a meeting arranged between two people, including appointments between friends and colleagues.

The robin knew Danlei was just joking, so it didn't object and even checked the time before saying...

"Yes, it's the restaurant I booked, and we need to hurry up."

After saying that, he quickly walked ahead to lead the way.

Danlei waved to Xing and Liuying, and telepathically told Liuying, "Let's meet under the Clockwork Boy statue after our date," before leaving with the robin.

However, the guard who had just been scolded by the robin was already in a state of shock when he heard Dan Lei's words.

Because Dan Lei is a celebrity, to some extent, in the universe, he knows his identity.

Fortunately, Danlei had just saved him, so he decided to keep this secret to himself. He absolutely could not be ungrateful and spread the word.

Xing and Liuying took advantage of the guards' distraction to sneak into the Dream-Building Border and begin their real date.

Time flies, and Danlei's dates with the robin, and Xing's dates with the firefly, all go smoothly.

Both sides said goodbye very pleasantly.

However, after parting ways with their dates, Danlei and Liuying rushed to the Clockwork Boy statue as soon as possible.

After their meeting, Dan Lei went straight to the Dreamy Bar, ordered two drinks, found a booth, and asked...

"Firefly, tell me about the script that Elio gave you."

Of course, if you can't say it, you can say it directly.

Dan Lei asked this question to confirm whether Elio had foreseen that he would suddenly decide to start the Holy Grail War in Pinocchio.

In order to confirm whether he could accurately predict the plot he had changed through the power of the end times.

However, Dan Lei didn't expect that Liu Ying would say something so shocking.
"The script Elio gave me was actually very simple, without much content."

All I can say is that I will experience death three times in my dreams.

Furthermore, I will become the victor of the Holy Grail War and resolve my entropy disorder by making a wish.

Dan Lei was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

There's not much to say about Liuying's three deaths; they're in the game. Anyway, this is a dream, so she could die thirty times, let alone three. After all, dying in a dream is a low-probability event.

But the second half of the sentence is surprising: Firefly was the Holy Grail War victor handpicked by Eriol.
The Holy Grail War hasn't even officially started yet, and the winner has already been predetermined?
It can only be said that, given the value of Elio's prediction, even Dan Lei had to take it seriously.

However, upon closer reflection, it's not impossible for Firefly to win.

Danlei didn't really value the wishes granted by the Holy Grail; the Grail either couldn't fulfill them or had significant side effects.

Therefore, it is not impossible to give away the right to make wishes.

The same applies to Sunday, since Danlei and Star God's goal is to bring the philosophical embryo of order into the Holy Grail, not to make wishes using an omnipotent wish-granting machine.

The wish of Firefly to resolve her entropy disorder has no side effects, and if she really makes it to the end, I will really give her the right to make a wish.

(End of this chapter)