Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

Roland was studying magic, while Medea was observing her opponent.

She has already gathered some intelligence.

For example, the location of the church was protected by a barrier, shielding it from Medea's detection.

The forest on the outskirts of the city was completely covered by a large barrier, and it was highly likely that the forest was a Master's base.

In a place known as the Ghost Mansion, Medea discovered a magician with short, wine-red hair, wearing a black suit, and looking quite capable. The magician even frequently sent his Heroic Spirit—a blue Lancer—to scout, as if he had no intention of hiding at all.

Inside the city, there is a Western-style mansion with the name Tohsaka and a courtyard with the name Matou, both equipped with detection barriers.

While ordinary people frequently came and went from the Matou family's courtyard, Medea had a very bad feeling about the Tohsaka family's mansion. It was definitely a Master's stronghold, and the other party might have even summoned a Heroic Spirit, most likely one with counter-surveillance capabilities.

"And if you include Roland and me..."

"Because I stabbed the previous Master and then signed a contract with Roland, and Roland, as one of the Masters, did not summon a Heroic Spirit, so we should consider our two families as one."

"So, if we don't count the church and include the Matou family, then there are six families."

Medea did a preliminary analysis, and then her gaze lingered for a while on the church, specifically on the priest named Kirei Kotomine.

"Was the church involved as well?"

"Or are there other families with special circumstances like ours, making them a couple of families in a different situation?"

Medea pondered this point for a long time, and then began to gather more information to address her doubts.

However, if no one takes action in the short term, it will be difficult to achieve any substantial results. Therefore, after determining the direction of the next investigation, Medea focused more attention on another matter.

“I signed a contract with Roland, and Roland was the Master before that… Since we occupy the positions of two families, it means that at least one Heroic Spirit position is vacant.”

"In that case, those two families should each have two Heroic Spirits, right?"

in this way...

"Let's summon another Heroic Spirit."

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9. Mr. Jin, a kind-hearted citizen

"Regarding the 'Fuyuki Disaster' that occurred in this city ten years ago, our investigation found that many people still have vivid memories of it and feel deep sympathy for those who were involved in the incident."

"Next, let's interview some concerned citizens and hear their views on this disaster."

On television, after making these remarks, the reporter wearing square glasses held out his microphone to the side, and the camera switched to the next camera at that moment.

Then Roland saw a man wearing a black tracksuit, with blond hair, who looked somewhat arrogant.

When interviewed by reporters, Mr. Jin, a kind-hearted citizen, gave a very straightforward response.

"You bastard, get out of my sight!"

Seeing this scene and the reporter's embarrassed expression afterwards, Roland shook his head slightly.

When Roland first saw Mr. Jin, a kind-hearted citizen, he didn't recognize him because of the difference between anime and reality.

But after hearing the voice and hearing the other person's words, Roland roughly knew who it was.

Isn't that Gilgamesh?

What a kind-hearted citizen, Mr. Jin!

If you ask him something else, he might not react so strongly if he thinks you're just an ordinary person, but the Fuyuki Disaster... isn't he one of the creators of the Fuyuki Disaster?

Thinking about this, Roland didn't know what to say.

However, compared to this, Roland confirmed that Gilgamesh was indeed in Fuyuki.

As he was thinking this, he noticed that the television screen had been turned off.

When he turned his head, he saw Medea come out of the basement with a remote control in her hand.

"Roland, stop watching TV. I have some preliminary intelligence to share, and now I should talk about my plans for the Holy Grail War."

"it is good."

Medea had previously told Roland that she would participate in this Holy Grail War, and that it would be best to recruit more Heroic Spirits to join Roland's pantheon. Roland had no objection to this.

So Roland followed Medea into the basement and read through the preliminary information Medea had obtained.

This information was somewhat vague in Medea's eyes, but much clearer in Roland's.

There's not much to say about the Church. Kirei Kotomine, that pleasure-seeking monster, certainly won't just sit back and wait through a Holy Grail War. Gilgamesh probably lives in the Church too, so naturally, they can't afford to be unprepared.

The forest covered by the barrier is probably the Einzbern's encampment. Hercules is likely there, so it's best not to provoke him for now.

It's not surprising that the Matou family has a barrier that protects against detection, but the Tohsaka family didn't send Sakura to the Matou family, but instead sent her to a distant relative. So, in this generation, the Matou family only has Shinji. It seems that Zouken Matou, that old bug, probably won't participate in the Holy Grail War casually.

All I can say is that he wouldn't let the opportunity pass him by, but that's about it.

Roland didn't find these pieces of information strange, but the remaining two pieces of information made him think a little.

The Tohsaka family is indeed a participant in this Holy Grail War, but Rin Tohsaka should have been attending school normally during the Holy Grail War, right?

During the time Medea was investigating the Tohsaka family, Rin Tohsaka showed no signs of leaving the house and remained cooped up inside... Roland felt that there might be a problem with Archer, and perhaps the Servant Rin Tohsaka summoned wasn't Archer at all.

All Roland can say about this is that Red A isn't always good or bad.

We'll have to take another look at the Tohsaka family's situation.

Finally, the one who uses the ghost mansion as his residence and whose summoned heroic spirit seems to be that magician from Cú Chulainn... it can only be Bazett.

Because of his proficiency in combat, he was hailed by the Clock Tower as one of the strongest seal-designated executors in history.

Moreover, he is ranked as a Priest Magician in the magician's rating system.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the position of "Priest" is in the middle of the ranking system for magicians—the lowest rank, the highest rank, the opening rank, the sacrificial rank, the official rank, the color rank, and the crown rank. The ranks of magicians are not as simple as they seem.

Even the lowest-ranking junior is a magician who has entered the system; generally, unaffiliated magicians are not even considered juniors in the ranking system.

Moreover, those who joined the association after the Industrial Revolution, after several generations of effort, could at most reach the Opening Rank, which was the maximum—even Gudako was only given one Opening Rank after saving humanity.

The rank of the sacrificial priest is actually quite high.

Moreover, the position of priest is not something that ordinary people can obtain; there are additional conditions for becoming a priest magician.

Simply put, you must have a special skill to be eligible for a priesthood.

Therefore, among these individuals who might be exceptionally specialized, there are even magicians who surpass the Color Rank in their area of ​​expertise, and such individuals are still Priests.

The Priestess Magician is practically a monster horde.

Bazett is one of the monsters in the group of monsters called Priest Magicians.

She comes from an ancient magical family in Ireland, a family so ancient that it can be traced back to the age of gods.

Such an ancient family would naturally leave behind some things.

For example, Bazett wears a divine armor inherited from the Age of Gods—the Sword of the God of War, also known as the Sword of Reverse Light.

This thing has the ability to distort causality, and its characteristic is that it can strike first after being attacked later, but it can only be activated when the opponent uses their trump card.

In other words, as soon as the opponent plays their trump card, you can immediately activate the Reverse Light Sword and hit the opponent before they played their trump card, thus killing them and wasting their trump card.

This guy is definitely a monster capable of fighting Heroic Spirits head-on.

If it weren't for her excessive trust in Kirei Kotomine, which led to his sneak attack, this guy would definitely have been a major problem in the Fifth Holy Grail War.

Roland really didn't expect that this guy hadn't been ambushed by Kirei Kotomine yet... However, Medea had already discovered some contact between her and Kirei Kotomine during her reconnaissance, which meant that Kirei Kotomine would soon ambush her as well.

This is an opportunity!

"Medea, keep a close eye on the Ghost Mansion area—this guy's name is Bazett, she's the magician of the Clock Tower. If there's an opportunity, you can try to recruit her and her Heroic Spirit."

Medea nodded when she heard Roland say that.

After joining the Gods, she trusted Roland more and more, and she also gained a preliminary understanding of Roland. She knew that Roland wouldn't give orders blindly if he didn't have his own plans.

In addition, she had originally planned to bring more people into Roland's horde of gods by participating in the Holy Grail War, so since Roland had said so, she had no objection.

After reviewing this intelligence, Roland had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

So he gave Medea some advice.

"Besides Bazett, just keep an eye on the Tohsaka family. Medea, go find a family called Emiya. They only have one member, Shirou Emiya, who is a high school student. He is also a magician, and he may be one of the Masters in this Holy Grail War."

"The situation with the Matou family is more complicated. They probably only have one magician, an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years. He probably won't participate in the Holy Grail War casually, but if he has the opportunity, he won't let it go."

"As for that forest, let's be cautious. It's most likely Einzbern territory. They'll definitely be involved in the Holy Grail War, and they've probably already summoned Heroic Spirits."

"So you eliminated one of the Masters in this Holy Grail War, leaving six. It's highly likely that it's me, the Tohsaka family, Shirou Emiya, the Einzbern family, and Bazett. Five are known, and I don't know who the last one is. It could be Kirei Kotomine, or it could be the Matou family. Let's investigate that one further."

Roland didn't give a definitive answer, since the original development might not be accurate. So he kept the information vague to prevent Medea, who was investigating the intelligence, from having preconceived notions and suffering losses.

Medea nodded in agreement. She already had some directions for investigation, and now she had made a final decision.

After Roland finished analyzing the intelligence, Medea revealed her plans for the future.

“Roland, you were a Master before you formed a contract with me, so strictly speaking, you did not summon any Servants.”

"As a magician, I'm not actually good at direct combat."

"Just to be on the safe side, I've already made preparations. Summon another Servant."

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