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

Chapter 326 The First Eliminated in the Holy Grail War—Hanabi?
After Danlei and the Starry Sky Train crew finished their meal, they immediately learned that the Holy Grail War had begun.

Unfortunately, Pinocchio's ubiquitous television broadcasts were reporting the news of the explosion at prime time.

"Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, the Holy Grail War has begun."

This is special correspondent Jimi, bringing you live coverage.

A golden moment of sweetness was interrupted by a massive explosion in a secluded alley.

It is said that tourists in the vicinity saw a shooting star streak across the sky, but fortunately no one was injured.

The family has confirmed that this explosion was the first shot fired in the Holy Grail War…

Upon seeing the news, Dan Lei spoke directly to Artoria.

"Come on, let's go take a look."

Upon seeing this, Artoria raised her hand, and the pure white Don Starion immediately appeared beside her.

He put on his helmet, mounted his horse, and looked down at Dan Lei, asking...
"Danlei, do you want me to give you a ride?"

Regarding this question, Dan Lei pointed to the sky and said directly...

"Well, I actually have dragon partners, and they've already arrived."

As they spoke, two enormous shadows appeared on the ground. Draig and Albion, who could freely transform into dragon and human forms in the dream, had already transformed into giant dragons and arrived above Danlei.

Because the Clock Tower restaurant is located on one of the streets with the highest foot traffic during peak hours, Draig and Albion landed very slowly, shouting as they did so to avoid crushing people.
"You people down here, do you all want to experience what it's like to become meat patties? Get out of the way!!"

However, few people paid attention to Draig and Albion's shouts. In Pinocchio, tourists would deliberately run into the road every day to experience what it felt like to be hit by a car.

So, in the tourists' minds, what's the big deal about being crushed into a meat patty? No one's going to die anyway, and everyone's busy taking pictures of the dragon with their phones.

As for the dragon appearing in the dream, the tourists weren't surprised. It wasn't a secret that Danlei had come to Pinocchio, nor was it a secret that he carried two dragons, one red and one white.

Fortunately, Dan Lei is considered a VIP at Pinocchio and enjoys some privileges.

The surrounding hound guards dispersed the tourists, allowing Draig and Albion to land.

The reasoning behind it is quite simple: Draeg and Albion are also tourists with rooms, and since everyone is a tourist, you can't restrict other people's movement on the ground.

After Draig and Albion landed, Danlei said to Artoria...

"These two are my subordinates. The one in red is called Draig, and the one in white is called Albion. You can choose one to take you."

Artoria's eyes lit up when she saw the two dragons. As a knight-king with the blood of a red dragon, she had naturally fantasized about riding a dragon and flying through the air.

Unfortunately, by the time Artoria lived, Earth's mystique had diminished considerably, and there were hardly any dragons left on the surface.

Therefore, Artoria decisively abandoned her mount, leaping directly from its back onto Draig's back, and said...

"Dreig, please give me a ride."

Artoria mounted the dragon's back, and her A+ riding skill immediately came into play.

Draig didn't feel offended; on the contrary, he found Artoria's aura quite familiar.

So Draig turned and asked

"You're Danlei's newly recruited Heroic Spirit? You look just like Morgan, and do you have dragon blood?"

Artoria smiled and replied naturally.

"Yes, I possess the blood of the Crimson Dragon, and my heart is the heart of the Dragon's Furnace."

Morgan is my older sister.

Artoria's meaning was clear: the reason she chose Draeg over Albion, whose color matched her better, was because he was a red dragon.

Upon hearing this, Draig burst into laughter.

"Haha, so she's Morgan's sister. That means she's one of us."

Buckle up, I'm about to take off.

After saying that, Drag took off into the sky.

Artoria's riding skills ensured that she was as steady as if she were on the ground on the dragon's back, and she was enjoying the thrill of riding the dragon.

Unfortunately, Danlei soon rode Albion into the sky as well, and reminded him...

"Dreig, Artoria, stop playing around and don't forget our purpose."

Dan Lei urged him on, so Dreig naturally didn't dare to delay and quickly caught up with Albion.

The Golden Moment of Pinocchio is definitely not just a small area in the game; in the dream world, it's a super-large city.

However, for Draig and Albion, no matter how big the city is, it won't take much time to fly around it.

So Danlei arrived at the explosion site very quickly.

By this time, the architects had largely completed the site restoration, filling in all the pits and now repairing the surface structures.

The pit is gone; the scene has been completely destroyed.

However, there is one advantage to dreams composed of memory matter: memory matter itself is a carrier of memories, so memories made into buildings can be extracted using special methods.

The techniques for reading the memories of dead objects are based on the skills provided by the Black Swan.

After all, it's not exactly a secret in the universe that those who remember can access the past by reading stones from the living areas of extinct civilizations.

Of course, the memory material used by the Dream Builder to fill in the gaps must not have any records, so Dan Lei needs to go to the streets near the site to read the "memories" of the surrounding buildings.

The process of reading the memories went smoothly. Although no specific battle scene was seen, the scene of Kurumi Tokisaki and Cú Chulainn walking into the alley one after the other was very clear.

The scene of a "meteor" falling from the sky and destroying everything was also recorded.

Therefore, Danlei immediately identified the three Servants.

After all, Dan Lei immediately recognized the "shooting star" in the sky as a fake Spiral Sword. After all, this move is very famous in the FATE series, and it is the signature move of the Heroic Spirit Shirou Emiya.

Then Danlei began to ponder the master identities of these three Servants.

Cú Chulainn and Shirou Emiya couldn't directly determine who summoned it, since there were quite a few people in Pinocchio who were compatible with them.

However, Tokisaki Kurumi is easy to guess, because there is only one known person who is compatible with her.

So Danlei immediately led his team to the World's End Bar.

As soon as Dan Lei entered the bar, he instantly felt a powerful pressure sweep over him, making his hair stand on end.

Without any hesitation, Artoria summoned her Holy Lance and stood in front of Danlei, staring intently at the source of the oppressive aura.

Draig and Albion also silently summoned their powers, preparing for battle.

At this moment, Dan Lei also saw the source of the oppressive aura, and only one thought crossed his mind.

"Metatron Joan of Arc?! Which European summoned her?"

Then, Danlei heard the sound of fireworks coming from inside the bar.

"Chicken Wing Boy, you've asked me this several times already."

Didn't I tell you? The Berserker I summoned has already been killed by Archer.

The cursed aura here is a remnant from when I summoned her.

I am the Fool, not a priest, and I cannot dispel curses. If you truly believe there shouldn't be a curse in a dream, have your large-winged servant fan the wind a couple of times and see if it can blow the curse away.

After Hanabi finished speaking, she saw Danlei, completely ignoring the tense atmosphere between Metatron and Artoria, and rushed over, holding up the back of her left hand, which only had the stigma mark left, complaining...
"Little Golden Dragon, you be the judge."

My Servant was destroyed, and the Command Seals on my left hand disappeared, but the Chicken Wing Boy still wouldn't let me go.

They insisted on asking where my servant was.

Danlei didn't believe a word of what Hanabi said.

Others may not know about Tokisaki Kurumi, but surely I do?

【Zeffect】The Eighth Bullet’s ability allows a replica of one’s past to appear and be stored in the shadows without limit, and can be summoned at any time before it is used up.

Kurumi Tokisaki's main body can instantly switch places with these clones, transferring her main body to a safe shadow space, making her particularly difficult to kill.

In Dan Lei's perception, the Command Seals on Hanabi's hand were indeed gone; it wasn't a disguise.

But it's obvious that Tokisaki Kurumi is a completely different fighter when she has clones and when she doesn't.

Since she was just summoned, there are definitely no clones in her shadow, so Hanabi's three Command Seals must have been used to give Kurumi more time to activate the Eighth Bullet.

With all three Command Seals used at once, you can imagine how much time Kurumi has now. It would be a miracle if she could be killed by a single pseudo-Spiral Sword.

As for how Hanabi can command Kurumi without Command Seals.

This is a problem for others, but not for Hanabi.

These two are so compatible, and is it strange that Hanabi would do something like not using Command Seals to control her Servants?

However, Danlei did not choose to expose Hanabi, because he had already met Metatron Joan of Arc.

The fact that this person could make Dan Lei's hair stand on end proves that this person already possesses the power to threaten him.

Clearly, with the power of order and destiny covering the entire galaxy of Pinocone, and the blessing of the Holy Grail of Order, Metatron Jeanne definitely possesses the combat power of an Envoy.

This is equivalent to the reappearance of the Order Commander.

Although Artoria, wielding the Holy Lance, was already infinitely close to being a god, she was utterly no match for this being.

Therefore, Dan Lei needs an ally to fight against Metatron Joan of Arc, since confronting her head-on is the last resort.

Since Kurumi Tokisaki was born with a curse, she and Jeanne d'Arc could never stand together.

Although this person has a lazy, depraved, and indolent side, he will surely bring judgment upon evil.

At the same time, she will definitely become an obstacle for him to take the Holy Grail back from Sunday.

So, following Hanabi's words, Danlei said to Sunday...

"On Sunday, Hanabi's Command Seals were indeed gone, which is proof that she has lost her Master status."

Regardless of how those Command Seals disappeared, even if Berserker were still alive, Hanabi would have lost the right to command her.

I tend to believe Dan Lei a little more on Sunday, since the two are allies now.

Moreover, Danlei must have come here knowing that Hanabi summoned the Berserker, so there's no need for her to cover it up.

So, on Sunday, he got up and said to Hanabi.

"In that case, fool, I suggest you leave Pinocone as soon as possible."

The Holy Grail revealed the rules of this war to all Masters. As we all know, Masters who have lost their Heroic Spirits can still form contracts with other Heroic Spirits who have lost their Masters.

While I won't attack tourists who aren't enemies, I might not be so careful with others.

While dreams may keep you alive, the experience of being repeatedly killed is certainly not pleasant.

That's all I have to say. Farewell.

After saying that, Sunday got up to leave the bar.

However, when he walked up to Danlei, Sunday said

"Danlei, I have something I'd like to discuss with you. Please come with me for a moment."

Upon hearing this, Danlei decided to listen to what Sunday was going to say first, and then come to find Huahuo later.

Before Tokisaki Kurumi becomes active again, she probably won't deliberately draw attention by leaving the World's End Bar.

As for Sunday, with the guarantee of his self-mandated testimony, he would not take action against me at that time.

So Danlei said directly
"It's fine to discuss things, but your servant seems to be a little dissatisfied with me."

After Dan Lei said this, Sunday he directly addressed Metatron.
“Metatron, he is the provider of the Holy Grail, not the enemy.”

Metatron clearly acknowledged Sunday as his master, nodding and saying...
"I understand, but this man is dangerous."

On Sunday, I must remind you that if he tries to kill you, I may not be able to stop him in time.

On Sunday, knowing Danlei's strength very well, he nodded in reply.

"I know, but he won't lay a hand on me now."

Seeing how confident Zhou Ri was, Dan Lei chuckled inwardly, hoping that Zhou Ri wouldn't be too vulnerable after he devoured the philosophical embryo of order.

However, Dan Lei still smiled at this moment.
"That's how it is. Artoria, Draig, Albion, there's no need to be so nervous. This Miss Metatron can't really do anything to me."

After saying that, Dan Lei opened a door and said...
"Let's go on Sunday, to our usual spot to chat."

After saying that, Dan Lei led Artoria, Draig, and Albion into the portal.

With Metatron on Sunday, he's noticeably more confident.

So he took Metatron directly into the portal.

Behind the door lies the VIP room of the Daydream Hotel in the dream world, the place where Danlei and Sunday signed their contract.

After coming in on Sunday, he didn't waste any time and went straight to asking...

"Danlei, do you know the genius Calderon Chadwick?"

Dan Lei was somewhat surprised that Chadwick would be mentioned on Sunday, but he pretended not to notice.
"Of course I know. I have two genius girlfriends. How could I not know about the 79th seat in the club?"

On Sunday, he didn't see through Danlei's lie, so he continued...
"He's missing."

Dan Lei wasn't fooled and replied directly.
“I know, he disappeared two Amber Ages ago.”

On Sunday, Dan Lei seemed unaware of Chadwick's situation and immediately looked troubled, indicating that the possibility of his worst fears coming true was now higher.

So Sunday he took the initiative to confess.
"Actually, the two Amber Periods of Chadwick have been hidden in Pinocene all along."

He suddenly disappeared not long ago, and I suspect he became a master.

Sunday's words really startled Dan Lei. What a joke! Chadwick had used selective blocking drugs and could hardly remember anything.

However, if he were to become a Master, the Heroic Spirit he summons would undoubtedly be a scientist who would go down in history.

Even a hero like Tesla isn't qualified to sit on the table; the heroes summoned must be those who have made a name for themselves throughout the world.

Moreover, the one he is most likely to summon is himself, since he is already dead.

(End of this chapter)