In Type-Moon, it all starts with adopting Sakura.

At this moment, Cursed Arm realized that the opponent possessed a Noble Phantasm similar to the ability of Serenity Hassan [Transformation].

In other words...

Was I such a useless piece of trash that I didn't even notice the Kyoko had been switched?!

This is such a failure...

Now, in addition to Kyoko, there is another person who looks completely lost at the scene.

Tranquility, Baimao, and Yanzui are working hard for everyone in the mountain village, while he can't even understand his own home. He truly has no face to live on.

"Prophet, what do we do now? Aren't we supposed to negotiate with them?"

Kai, who had finished drawing the defense map of the entire village as instructed by Luo Wei, returned carrying his sword.

Taking the defense map from Kai, Rowe nodded slightly: "We need to negotiate, but I've learned that Hassan's situation isn't much better. Luckily, they've all woken up, so we can start communicating now."

“Come with me. Let Percival continue to keep watch outside.”

"I see."

Kai nodded.

……

In the villages of the mountain people.

One is a completely deceived and frustrated woman, who is in a state of utter despair after repeated failures.

Another one is Hassan, who is also in a state of self-blame because he failed to see through the enemy's disguise.

It's ironic, really. As Assassins, they always pride themselves on their infiltration skills. Who would have thought that today someone would sneak in unnoticed and take over their home?

Both of them now considered themselves sinners, ashamed to face the First Generation and the people of the mountains, so they remained silent, simply bowing their heads quietly.

Da da da……

Footsteps approached, and Rowe walked over with Kai, who was leaning on a cane.

Hassan, the Cursed Wrist, kept his head down, and the Mad Faithful Son, who had previously been so arrogant as to call everyone a heretic, remained silent.

Seeing this, knowing that they must hate him to the core, Luo Wei shook his head helplessly and then spoke.

“Kyōshō-tsuki, Cursed Arm, and many other mountain people, we are actually friends, not enemies.”

Upon hearing this, Curse Wrist sneered without saying a word. After all, if they weren't enemies, why would he use the face of Madman to wipe them out in one fell swoop?

"I know you're probably wondering why I would target you, Cursed Wrist. Well, you'll have to ask that silly girl next to you who keeps calling people heretics and can't even understand her own family's scriptures."

"Love continued."

"What does this have to do with Kyoko?"

Curse Wrist frowned.

Upon hearing this, Kyoshinko angrily retorted, "You heretic posing as a prophet! Don't think I don't know! I've seen you using heretical forces outside! And now you're even using my appearance to attack Senior Cursed Arm!!"

"Is it possible that certain parts of your religious texts are actually interconnected with those of Christianity? Perhaps Christianity uses the terms 'Son' or 'Saint,' while you uniformly refer to them as 'Prophet'?"

Luo Wei explained to the clamoring fool.

"Huh? What does that mean?"

Kai, on the other side, couldn't stand it anymore. He had seen people who were single-minded before, but he had never seen anyone like this.

He criticized bluntly: "How could your Hassanid order produce such an illiterate person? Has he never read the Bible? It means that the saint is both a saint and your prophet, it's just that the two sects have different scriptures and translations."

At that moment, Kyoko was stunned for a moment, and she hurriedly asked, "Then your power must be from heretics..."

"That's because Christianity has a higher reach and a larger market share. And this is the Jerusalem area, so what else could it be but Christianity? Can the power of the prophet really save the world?"

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Wan, who had been silent and filled with grief, seemed to understand something. He quickly raised his head, and even his sorrowful tone suddenly became respectful as he looked at Luo Wei and asked, "May I ask... what is your real name?"

"Finally getting to the point? As expected, there are smart people in Hassanil compared to this little fool."

"Then listen carefully, especially you, you fool."

Lovi stroked his chin, then summoned the staff that had an inextricable connection with the head of the madman, and tapped it lightly on the ground, the light of a saint shimmering on his body.

“I have come to save this singularity, to find the chosen one, a Christian saint, and if you acknowledge me, I can also be your prophet.”

He spoke loudly, "You may call me..."

"—Moses (Musa)."

As his voice slowly faded, the entire scene fell silent.

Chapter 176 The True and False King Hassan

Silence, silence, silence...

As Lo Wei's real name was revealed, the entire environment immediately fell silent.

With the holy light effects he added to himself, and the rustling of green leaves falling around him, the previously somber scene suddenly became sacred, causing Hassan of Cursed Arm to gasp in shock. Meanwhile, Kai, having somehow produced a pile of green leaves, began scattering them behind Rowe, further enhancing the sense of ritual. Of the people present, only Kyoko remained visibly angry, leaving Rowe even more speechless.

Even in this situation, this silly girl who hasn't read the Bible or the Old Testament still regards Loewy as a heretic who insulted their prophet.

"..."

After a brief silence, she continued her futile struggles, prompting Luo Wei to snap his fingers and tighten the chains binding them, forcibly restraining the still-thrashing Madbeard. However, the result was that although she couldn't move her body, she still mustered all her strength and unleashed a flurry of kicks at Luo Wei with her bare foot, which was only covered by a black veil.

However, it's a pity that they can't reach it because their legs aren't long enough.

"Are you really a fool? I've made it so clear just now: I am a saint of the Cross, and I can also be called your prophet."

After glancing at the stubborn Kyoko, Rowe decided not to continue playing with this fool and instead looked at Hassan the Cursed Arm, who was standing to the side with his head down, deep in thought.

"Also, stop scattering them, Kai. Even if you're trying to create atmosphere, you should at least pick some flowers, right? What does it symbolize for green leaves to appear?"

"Cough cough, I wanted to too, but there aren't any around here. After searching for a long time, all I could find were these dry leaves."

Kai reluctantly withdrew his hand; this was a method Merlin had taught him.

During their travels, they would use this method to reclaim a village after saving it; Artoria would take the lead, while he and Merlin would scatter flowers. The scene that had just appeared was so similar to their past travels that he couldn't resist scattering flowers—no, more like scattering green leaves.

Of course, Kai's attempt to join in the fun had no effect on Rowe except for causing him some annoyance.

Then, Kai stood beside Lovi with feigned seriousness, playing the role of a guard. Then, as rehearsed beforehand, he spoke in a deep voice to Hassan of Cursed Arm, who was bowing his head and remaining silent, and asked, "Don't hesitate, Mountain People. We are also knights who have received the apocalypse and are determined to rebel against the Lion King in order to save this world. So we are all on the same side."

"Besides... even if we deceive you, it won't do us any good, right? After all, you two have been captured by the Saint. If we really wanted to kill you, you would have been dead long ago."

After much deliberation, Kai asked the question he often used in negotiations to help Lowe break down the psychological defenses of Cursed Arm Hassan and Mad Nobunaga.

"Humph!"

But Kyoko remained silent, continuing to kick at Rovi.

Hassan of the Cursed Arm gave an utterly astonishing answer.

Faced with Kai's question, he calmly analyzed the situation and then said, "The advantage of not killing us is that it can keep the Mountain People stable. The advantage of deceiving us is that it gains the trust and cooperation of the Mountain People. If you are the Lion King's people and want to carry out the so-called Holy Eradication, it would be much faster to gain their trust and cooperate. On the contrary, if the Mountain People insist on resisting and hide in the deep forests, you will face great obstacles."

"Not only that, after gaining our trust, you can also use our power, namely the Mountain People's intelligence network, to cover a wide area. If you do that, it will be advantageous to you no matter what."

"Senior Cursed Arm is right! We will not give in easily!!" Although she didn't understand, Kyoko, who was greatly shocked, immediately echoed.

Kai: "???"

Is this really true?

He was completely stunned when he suddenly heard Zhou Wan say so many political issues and other influencing factors that he had never thought of before.

Kai never expected that an Assassin would be so knowledgeable about politics and the Knights.

For a moment, he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of respect.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that he had indeed oversimplified things.

He thought that simply revealing his identity and stance would gain the other party's trust, and that becoming an ally was unrealistic. Lovi's decision not to kill Kyouko twice wasn't just to preserve a valuable fighting force, but more importantly, to maintain trust.

They still harbored suspicions about each other.

Even though the saint's identity is related to them, the different relationships between the two sects still make Hassans suspicious and wary.

Although the three of them are now top-notch fighters, they would be unable to make any progress without Hassan's help in terms of numbers and influence. While they still have the Pharaoh as an alternative, crossing the desert round trip would be far too long and time-consuming.

With each day of delay, Artoria's sins would increase, and he wasn't sure if the Pharaoh would really help them.

Because when that time really comes, there will probably still be trust issues.

Moreover, even if they capture all these Hassans now, they still won't be able to use the simplest and most direct method of killing them and then ruling them.

As Loeve said, Hassan has a first Hassan who is no less powerful than the Lion King, and the other party's attitude is unclear, so we cannot act rashly.

Although King Hassan allows the Hassans to be killed by the enemy in battle, he will also stand up for them. Because in the original storyline, the Pharaoh bullied the Hassans so badly that he was beheaded by King Hassan, which is why his Sixth Singularity has never left the Great Pyramid.

Lowe had a premonition that if they went too far today, a "Grand Manifestation" might actually occur, so they still needed to talk things out calmly.

Even though he had revealed his identity as a "prophet," his status as a holy son and saint still belonged to the Christian faith. So even though Hassan of Cursed Arm had almost tacitly accepted his identity, the other party still dared not take the gamble and could only keep his head down, unable to make a decision.

Although singularities disappear after being repaired, and those who survive within them continue to be resurrected in the correct timeline, those who die in singularities also die inexplicably in the correct timeline.

As the Assassins, as elders of the mountains, as guardians of this land, how could they possibly risk the safety of the mountain people?

If Bai Mao, Jing Mi, and Yan Zui were still in place, Zhou Wan could discuss the matter with them, but now that he's alone, he can't make a decision at all.

As for the mad scientist beside him?

At this moment, Cursed Arm had completely given up on her. It was better to let the First Lord make the decision than to discuss important matters concerning the future of the village with her.

Rather, without this fool, the situation wouldn't have turned out this way. They had absolutely no reason to go to war with Rowe. Even if they couldn't be partners, they could never be enemies. It was all because of this oddball, constantly calling him a heretic and confusing everyone. Otherwise, if he had known the other party was Musa, he wouldn't have been tied up and forced to talk.

But it was too late for regrets now. The negotiations had reached a stalemate. Kai was perfectly aware of this, but he couldn't help but admire the saint's astonishing wisdom, because Luo Wei had anticipated this situation while he was outside and made corresponding arrangements in advance.

Only now did he truly understand the difference between Lovi and his sister Artoria.

The biggest difference between the two is that one is a wise and intelligent strategist who can make plans and strategize, while the other is truly a British tyrannical mother dragon.

If Artoria were in this situation today, she would probably be so anxious that she would almost cry.

Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore.

Seeing this, Luo Wei nodded, understanding the meaning of the cursed wrist, and then he said thoughtfully.

"I know that because of our unique relationship as opposing faiths, you still have doubts about me. Even if you're already certain of my identity as the 'Prophet,' you still wouldn't dare take the risk. Am I right, Cursed Arm?"