Long Live Money in Anime Crossover

“It’s not that I’m deliberately protecting you,” Artoria denied, “His main enemy is me. Now that he’s released his Reality Marble, I naturally have to deal with him with all my might. As for you… we get along very well. At least stand behind me until I fall.”

Although Artoria refused to admit that she was protecting Momo, Momo's smile grew even brighter.

"Then, Artoria, please allow me to fight alongside you? Although my combat strength is certainly no match for yours, I don't think you'll refuse my willingness to contribute, will you?"

"I have no reason to refuse someone's determination to fight. Besides, I'm afraid I'll die at Archer's hands right now."

"Momo, you can choose to leave now. You should be able to do it, right? I won't blame you."

Momo shook his head slightly and said, "What are you saying, Artoria? You are the one I've set my sights on, the girl I want to pursue. How could I possibly abandon you when you're facing death?"

"But you don't need to die with me for my sake."

"To be killed?"

Momo looked at Shirou Emiya, listening to him recite the last line of the incantation, and calmly said, "Don't worry, Artoria. No one can hurt you, I swear on my life."

"My whole life was Unlimited Blade Works!"

As the final incantation was completed, a massive black torrent exploded from Shirou Emiya's body, its immense magical power engulfing the entire sky and instantly pulling Momo and Artoria into it.

As far as the eye could see, there was an endless wilderness, upon which countless swords lay scattered haphazardly. Sparks flew wildly in the air, and in the distant sky and on the ground, enormous gears stretched out, giving the impression of a vast forging factory.

This is Shirou Emiya's Reality Marble, Unlimited Blade Works.

"I'm sorry, neither of you can leave now. This is my personal barrier, and now that you've been dragged here, you're doomed."

"Saber, this is your last chance. Give up resisting, and I will take you back safely. Otherwise, even if it means cutting off your arms and legs, I will still take you back!"

Faced with Shirou Emiya's threat, Artoria calmly asked, "If I go back with you, will you let Momo leave?"

Upon hearing this, Shirou Emiya felt a surge of anger and said in a low voice, "Impossible! He's a dangerous guy, clearly our enemy. Now that I've made my move, how can I let him go back!"

"Is that so?"

Artoria remained calm and said, "Then, I have one more reason to fight you. Make your move, Archer!"

"You stubborn woman!"

Anger was burning through Shirou Emiya's mind, and he didn't know where this nameless rage came from. He only knew very well that in just three minutes since Momo met Artoria, he had already gained her trust.

This development didn't make him angry; he was so angry he wanted to kill Momo immediately.

"Since that's the case!"

Emiya Shirou casually picked up two swords from the ground and said, "Then I'll show you with your own eyes how I kill this cunning little devil who only knows how to talk!"

Artoria silently raised her sword, gathering the little magic power she had left, while Shirou Emiya bent down, his gaze skipping over Artoria and looking directly at Momo.

"Um... have you two completely ignored me? Hey, a greatsword, a golden greatsword!"

Despite the tense situation, Mo Mo remained completely at ease, and with just a few words, she completely dispelled the tense atmosphere between the two.

Even Artoria, who was focused on keeping an eye on Shirou Emiya, couldn't help but spare a glance to see what Momo was doing.

However, upon closer inspection, even the corrupted Artoria's face darkened even further.

Momo seemed to take an interest in the swords within the bounded field, especially a large, gleaming golden sword about half his height beside him. The semi-transparent Momo tried to reach for the hilt, but unfortunately, Momo was currently incorporeal.

However, even if Mo Mo had a physical form, could he grab and use the Noble Phantasms within Shirou Emiya's Reality Marble Unlimited Blade Works?

Probably... no way?

Otherwise, wouldn't all the enemies pulled into the Reality Marble by Shirou Emiya be equipped with unlimited weapons?

"Mo Mo..."

Artoria couldn't help but call out Momo's name, and Momo immediately turned around and said, "Artoria, this sword seems to be pure gold. What's its name? It sounds very majestic and imposing!"

"Tsk tsk, although I have my own Valhalla now, it's a pity I only have one Noble Phantasm, and it's all show and no substance. Compared to that, Archer, you're the richest of the rich!"

Artoria snorted and said, "It's just a pretty but useless fake." Then she turned around and said, "Momo, if your combat strength is insufficient, you should ensure your own safety first."

Emiya Shirou, standing some distance away, also revealed a contemptuous smile, saying, "See that, Saber? This is the true nature of this person. He can't take his eyes off even the smallest inferior replica. No matter how eloquently he speaks, he's still just a greedy little man."

"what!"

Momo was very surprised by Emiya Shirou's words and said, "How did you know I like money? I'm a miser!"

Mo Mo readily admitted it, which made Shirou Emiya's provocation seem petty. Shirou Emiya snorted coldly, flipped his short sword, and was about to attack again.

“Dad,” Yui’s voice rang in Mo Mo’s mind at this moment, with a hint of cheerful laughter, “Dad’s life force can be traded at will, right? Being greedy for money is a joke to Dad!”

"No, no, no, Dad really does like money, but liking money doesn't necessarily mean being stingy. If you want to spend money freely, you have to make a lot of money first, right?"

"Hehe, Dad is Dad, all he thinks about is money. But whatever Dad likes, Yui likes too. Yui likes money, golden money!"

Hearing Yui's giggles, Mo Mo felt a little more relaxed and said, "As expected of my daughter, you should really experience the allure of money! By the way, Yui, since your voice is here, it proves that I'm not in dire straits yet, is it?"

"Daddy wouldn't have been in a desperate situation anyway! After Daddy completes the deal with Artoria, he can just bring her into the Hall of Heroes. At worst, Daddy will just have to return to the Hall of Heroes, since Mommy Yuki has become a Heroic Spirit too."

"No, wouldn't that make us look like stray dogs? This is my first meeting with Artoria, and we're in a life-or-death situation right now. I need to think carefully about how to be a hero and save the damsel in distress."

"Hmph, then let Yui give Daddy some advice!"

So, Yui told Momo why she was there.

As Mo Mo knew, although the world of anime and manga has countless anime worlds, they are highly independent of each other.

The difference lies in the fact that the world has different rules, and many of these different rules are incompatible.

For example, Artoria and Shirou Emiya, who are right in front of us, would have their strength greatly suppressed if they came to the Accelerated World, which has no magic power and is impossible to have any magic power. They might even suffer backlash from the conflict with the world's rules when they unleash their power.

Conversely, Momo's Valhalla transcends the two-dimensional world and can thus escape the limitations of this rule, even though the world currently connected to Momo's Valhalla is only the Sword Art Online world.

However, even though it is just a regular Sword Art Online world, it is still a complete world.

Author's Note:

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145 Kayaba Akihiko, let's fight side by side!

What does a complete world mean?

In the world of Sword Art Online, the degree to which the Hall of Heroes gains an air of mystery is zero.

In other words, if we take a world that develops normally without any mystique as a template, the mystery level of such a world is zero. This means that everything in the world can be analyzed and explained through scientific principles, and there are no "miracles" outside of scientific laws.

But does this mean that such a world is defenseless against mystery?

not like this.

A mystery level of zero can be understood as empty. Take Shirou Emiya and Artoria for example; their magical power is a symbol of mystery, and a rather powerful one at that.

When the two of them arrived in the Accelerated World, the first problem they faced was the loss of magic.

The Accelerated World has no magic, but the two Heroic Spirits are beings made of magic. Their arrival in the Accelerated World is like placing a balloon in a vacuum; the balloon can only either expand due to the gas inside or burst.

Even if they can ensure that their magic power does not spread to the outside world, they have already spent a lot of energy on controlling their power.

This analogy may not be entirely accurate, but we can also look at the world's suppression of these two heroic spirits from another perspective.

There are no miracles outside of any scientific system in the Accelerated World. Everything that appears in the Accelerated World is necessarily subject to the various natural scientific laws of the Accelerated World.

Therefore, when two people use magic to create phenomena that would otherwise be impossible in the Accelerated World, the Accelerated World will forcibly push these miracles in a direction that can be understood by this world.

For example, Artoria could easily use her power to summon the Wind King Barrier to cover the Broken Steel Sword, and she could also launch the wind that was covering the Holy Sword out like a cannonball in an instant, which is her other move, Wind King Hammer, causing an effect like an explosion.

In the Fate world, her power could easily accomplish all of this, because the Fate world allows Artoria to use her magic to summon the power of wind for her through certain means.

However, things are different in the Accelerated World. The natural laws of the Accelerated World will not allow the wind to rotate around a sword for no reason. As for the wind being able to hide the blade of a broken steel sword, that is an impossible miracle.

Here, if Artoria wants to gather the wind to release the Wind King's Barrier, she must expend far more magic power, perhaps several times more than in the Fate world, while simultaneously gathering the power of the wind and fighting against the unruly air currents that insist on dispersing.

This is also why Artoria's magic power is being depleted so quickly.

All of this is the suppression of other worlds, even those with systems of mystery, by the most ordinary scientific world, which has no mystery whatsoever.

Although this suppression is passive and can even be circumvented by certain means, a world with zero mystery is not powerless against mystery.

Now, Momo has encountered such a situation.

He and Artoria were pulled into a Reality Marble by Shirou Emiya. A Reality Marble is a special kind of space, essentially a small world. Within such a small world, Momo should theoretically be unable to contact the outside world.

Even Kayaba Akihiko doesn't yet have quantum technology to communicate with other worlds. Otherwise, he probably would have already been unable to resist the loneliness and returned to the Sword Art Online world to see the aftermath and impact of everything he created.

However, Yui is now able to contact Momo.

It's important to understand that Momo is currently here as a consciousness entity, while his physical body is still at his and Kuroyukihime's home, where Yui is naturally also present.

Now that Yui can contact Momo, it means that Shirou Emiya's Reality Marble cannot isolate Kayaba Akihiko's quantum communication technology. This also means that Shirou Emiya's Reality Marble, which was originally supposed to mutate a space to form a small world and thus completely isolate the Reality Marble inside and outside the Marble, has failed.

At least, it is no longer a black box, but a black sphere with cracks, through which the phenomena inside can be observed.

This also means that Momo can mobilize his power through Yui.

"BurstLink!"

With a soft shout, Mo Mo's quantum light suddenly exploded, and a blue light abruptly spread out.

Such a light should only be visible to Accelerators, but both Artoria and Shirou Emiya reacted instantly. Artoria was surprised, and Shirou Emiya was alert.

The alert Shirou Emiya even prepared to jump back, but after a flash of blue light, Artoria and Shirou Emiya remained frozen in place.

No, it can't be said to be completely still. The blue light emanating from the two of them is unstable, flickering like a mosaic. Meanwhile, Shirou Emiya's figure is visibly leaping backward within the blue light at a slow pace.

Acceleration increased Momo's thinking speed by a thousand times. For humans, such an acceleration would be enough to make everything around them almost completely still. However, it is clear that this rule is gradually becoming inapplicable to beings like Heroic Spirits.

However, gaining this much time is enough for Mo Mo to get things done.

"Kayaba Akihiko, aren't you coming to see what's going on?"

Mo Mo watched Shirou Emiya move slowly in his accelerated state, but when he opened his mouth, he was calling out to Akihiko Kayaba.

Kayaba Akihiko, sitting opposite him, seemed somewhat surprised. After a moment of silence, he replied, "Is it alright, Momo-kun? This should be your secret, right? If I go over now, will you use the excuse of knowing too much to kill me and silence me?"

"How could that be, Kayaba Akihiko? Am I that kind of person? I would never kill someone to cover it up!"

"After all, you're not human anymore."

As Yui listened to Mo Mo's teasing of Kayaba Akihiko, she couldn't help but grin. Then, in a flash of light, Yui's image appeared next to Mo Mo, but it was still in holographic mode.