I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

All these rumors fell into the ears of a man passing by, and no one knew that this seemingly harmless man was the culprit of this murder.

His name is Ryunosuke Uesugi. Wearing headphones, Ryunosuke squeezed through the crowd, but the scene that excited him yesterday was difficult to arouse his interest at this time, and now his attention was all on the red mark on his arm. This was not a tattoo, but it suddenly appeared on his arm when he committed the crime last night.

Looking at these marks, Ryunosuke Uesugi's heart was filled with infinite surprise. He considered himself to be a bright and cheerful person who could see through the subtleties of other people's moods without being fussy about details. He always maintained an optimistic and constructive mood. He did not give up because of failure, had a strong curiosity and thirst for knowledge, and was a good young man who seriously enjoyed life - but his hobbies were torture, murder, and corpse abandonment.

He was not mentally twisted because of trauma. He was simply curious about blood. Ryunosuke wanted to know what death was like. The color of the blood spurting out of the artery and the temperature of an organ in the abdominal cavity when touched by hand. Pulling all of this out. The pain felt by the victim before death and the desperate wail before death. Nothing could be more real. However, these were just substitutes. Ryunosuke Yusheng knew that what he really wanted to pursue had not been found by himself, and the others were just byproducts of his pursuit.

Just before the mark appeared, he suddenly had a feeling that it was just a voice from the unknown. But it was this voice that made him overjoyed, and he knew that as long as he did what the voice in the dream told him, he would truly know what he was pursuing.

Unable to restrain his excitement, he followed his feelings and committed the incident last night. As expected, after he killed the woman, the mark appeared on his hand, which made him more certain of the authenticity of the voice.

And now he felt the call again, so he came here again and followed the instructions to a very old house.

"Is this right here?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke looked at the house in front of him which was so old that it was overgrown with plants. He could even see the door inside the house through the broken hole.

"dong dong dong"

"anyone there?"

There was no response for a long while. Of course, no one would respond. Ryunosuke didn't mind. This was just an action he made out of excessive excitement, and it had no practical significance.

He pushed open the old broken door and followed his instincts to the attic of the old house. As soon as he entered the attic, the first thing he saw was the huge magic circle carved on the ground. He didn't know what method was used, even though the surroundings were covered with dust, only the magic circle was spotless. This strange scene made Ryunosuke exclaim in amazement.

Then he turned his head and looked at the small cabinet beside him. On the cabinet there was an equally old notebook. It was unknown what material the cover of the notebook was made of. Although it was covered with dust, it still had a full texture.

Ryunosuke reached out and picked up the notebook and began to read it. After a while...

“I don’t understand~”

Ryunosuke yelled like a child and then laughed to himself. This notebook recorded some things, as well as something about the magic circle. Unfortunately, Ryunosuke couldn't understand it at all, but this didn't affect his understanding of the purpose of this notebook.

Ryunosuke smiled as he looked at the magic circle, then put the notebook in his arms and walked towards the supermarket not far away. He wanted to fill the magic circle with the materials in the notebook.

In the evening, Ryunosuke returned to the old house carrying a large bag of things. According to the arrangement and instructions in the notes, Ryunosuke arranged the things one by one, and then took out a chicken.

"thorn"

The small knife he always had on hand cut the chicken's neck, and the smelly blood spurted out directly, even splashing on Ryunosuke's face, but he didn't care. Years of career as a killer had made him accustomed to the smell of blood, and he would even get excited by blood. But this time it was just chicken blood, so Ryunosuke didn't react much. He was an artist who focused on people.

Drawing blood on the magic circle engraved on the ground, Ryunosuke carefully examined every corner until every place was covered with blood.

'pop'

After clapping his hands twice, Ryunosuke glanced at the moon hanging high in the sky, and then he realized that it was already midnight.

"Okay, it's okay now."

Ryunosuke couldn't wait to follow the instructions and stood in the middle of the magic circle, chanting some strange words (actually, summoning words).

Then when he finished reading those incomprehensible words, the magic circle in front of him suddenly lit up and then a burst of black wind pressure bounced him out of the magic circle.

"Cough cough~"

Ryunosuke coughed twice, then stood up. He felt that something was connected to him, and he looked eagerly towards the center of the magic circle.

A man wearing strange colorful clothes appeared in the middle of the magic circle.

"You are the one who summoned me?"

The man said with a smile, looking very kind.

"Yes, it's me."

"Oh, ho, ho! My name is Gilles de Rais. Good evening, my Master."

The marshal held the book and bowed as he spoke, his two extraordinary eyes rolling around, looking extremely terrifying.

"Good evening!" However, Ryunosuke was not afraid. He even responded happily. Then he pointed behind the man curiously and said, "Is that your companion?"

"Ok?"

The marshal looked back in confusion in the direction Ryunosuke pointed, but nothing happened.

"What's that..."

The marshal turned around as he spoke, and the moment he turned his head back he saw a dark shadow filling his vision.

In just a moment, in Ryunosuke's sight, a black thing pounced on Gildre's head the moment Gildre turned around, and then spread out many tentacles to wrap around him. Gildre, who was wrapped, was silent in just a moment, and then the black shadow went along his body and into Gildre's body, and then the face that originally belonged to Gildre was shrouded by a black shadow.

Gilles de Ray shook his head and said:

"Ah~ It feels so good to come out."

"who are you?"

Ryunosuke inexplicably felt fear from him, and this fear was directly reflected in Ryunosuke's body. He sat on the ground trembling, but his eyes were filled with indescribable excitement. He understood! The person in front of him was the one who gave him inspiration and could lead him to find what he really pursued.

The black shadow looked at Ryunosuke. Although he had no eyes on his face, Ryunosuke clearly felt a gaze falling on him.

It smiled and said

"My name is Abyss..."

Chapter 10: Undercurrent (Part 2)

Continuing from the previous story, Xier and others were divided into two groups. Now let’s talk about the stargazing and Brownie group.

After Guanxing pulled Brownie away, the two came to the street. Although Xier's information was detailed enough, Guanxing felt that it was not enough. No matter what era, information is one of the main conditions for victory.

"So what are you doing on the street?"

Brownie unhappily smoothed her bunny ears that were almost deformed by stargazing, and pulled her hat to cover her face. Cyberpunk style clothes are too advanced for people of this era. Even if Brownie is just standing on the street, countless people will cast curious glances at her. Although Brownie doesn't care much, the many gazes still make her feel uncomfortable.

"Why don't you feel anything?"

Brownie asked curiously as he looked at Guanxing, who was also wearing clothes that were out of date and was also being stared at with strange eyes but remained calm and composed.

"We are the emperors of the Huang Empire. Isn't it normal to be respected by all the people?" Guanxing said as a matter of course.

"Wow, I almost forgot you were an emperor, Mr. Stargazer who often lies on the sofa, drinks bitter melon juice and watches TV."

Brownie covered his mouth with his hand and pretended to speak sarcastically in a low voice.

"You!!! How do you know? I always do it in the middle of the night... um"

Guanxing was shocked and asked subconsciously, then he realized that his current actions were a bit self-defeating, so he quickly covered his mouth.

"Huh? Mr. Stargazer, you must have forgotten that I'm the best hacker in the world. It's not easy to hack into the ship's surveillance~"

Brownie shook his head, and the ears on his hat and the silver-gray Roman curls swayed with his head, which was very cute.

"Wait!" The rabbit walking in front suddenly stopped and looked at the burly man standing in a queue in front of him with a serious expression.

Guanxing looked over curiously and knew the general situation at a glance. That group of people was so easy to identify.

"I didn't expect to meet my match so soon..."

The people in front of the two were none other than the rider group that Xier had met before - Iskandar and his princess. Looking at the two defenseless people, Brownie's fingers shook slightly, ready to project his weapons at any time.

"Not urgent……"

However, Guan Xing held her hand, shook his head and said, "Now is not the time to fight. Look, the other party is not making any moves either."

Brownie suddenly looked up at Rider, only to see that Rider, who was laughing just now, had turned his gaze over here.

“What a keen perception!”

Brownie whispered that she had only shown a hint of hostility, but this guy caught it and accurately locked onto her position.

"After all, he is a king, so he must have faced many assassinations."

Guan Xing sighed and said, "After all, this is our fate."

"Tsk, it starts again."

Brownie glanced at Rider again, who was smiling and greeting him, and turned to ask, "What do we do now?"

"One word, wait."

Guanxing smiled and said, "That guy has already discovered us, and it looks like he has something to say."

After a while, the emperor came up to the two wearing a shirt with the words "Grand Strategy" printed on it and a world map attached. However, compared to his sturdy physique, the originally loose shirt seemed a lot smaller, which made him look a little dull.

"Hey! An unknown group, this is the first time we meet!"

The emperor greeted them with a smile, without any awareness of being an enemy. If you didn't know better, you would think they were very familiar with each other.

"rider, what are you doing?"

Waver shook the emperor's clothes. He couldn't understand why he would bother with this pair of heroes! They were obviously enemies, weren't they?

However, the emperor seemed not to have heard what his little master said. He looked at the two and said, "What can I do for you two?"

"Nothing, just hanging out."

Stargazing said this very naturally.

"Oh?"

The rider's eyes flashed with a gleam of light. He was just going out for a stroll, but he was really looking for someone. He just didn't know who he was looking for. The rider was not a fool. Although he looked silly, that was just his attitude towards others. No one believed that this guy who founded a huge empire would be a fool.

"By the way, you two, I didn't see you at the dock before. You should be the caster pair that I have never met." The emperor said with a smile.

(Baked.)

Guan Xing thought to herself that indeed, she was out to look for someone as the Emperor thought, but her target was not a certain person. She only needed a group of Heroic Spirits to appear and then find out their identities. Seele's summons did not come with a clear class, so the Masters could not see their classes. Therefore, when it comes to knowing the class clearly, everyone should judge the class based on the general image, weapons used, and fighting methods. However, when six of the seven groups are known, anyone would think they are the caster group that did not appear that night. The rest of them just need Guan Xing to play the role of caster well. She is good at using magic circles, so it is the most suitable for her to play the role of caster.

[Rider! The woman's class cannot be seen.]

Waver spoke quietly to his Heroic Spirit through telepathy.

【really! 】

The rider thought to himself that as expected, he had secretly asked his master to try to check their classes before asking any questions. Although it was highly likely that he would not be able to find out, six of the seven groups had already appeared and only the caster group was left. So it didn't matter if the caster hid his class.

The emperor asked this question in an attempt to see through the micro-expressions on Guanxing's face whether the other party was hiding something, but unfortunately Guanxing managed his expression very well and there was not a single flaw.

"In that case, how about joining my army? How about sharing the joy of victory with me?"

"You haven't given up your idea yet!" Weber was about to collapse. How could he have encountered such a heroic spirit?

"No"

Guanxing refused directly. Although she could see that the other party was sincere, such things could not impress the sage king of the Huang Empire.

"Don't say that. The treatment can be negotiated!"

The emperor was not discouraged at all. Instead, he acted like a mercenary businessman and even rubbed his two fingers together.

"Rider!!" Weber felt like his face was becoming familiar. He had never felt so embarrassed before.

"No need for that. We have our own pursuits. What's more, our pursuits are not something you can achieve," Guanxing said firmly.

“Okay.” Hearing what Guanxing said, the emperor knew that his plan had failed again. However, he was not disappointed at all. Instead, he smiled and said, “Then, I look forward to our next meeting, ahahaha!”

After saying that, the emperor pulled his little master to the other side.

"By the way!" Suddenly the emperor turned around and said, "I'm planning to hold a banquet. Caster, do you want to come and see it?"

"Oh?"

Guanxing raised his eyebrows. What is he doing?

"The time will probably be tomorrow, and the location should be at Saber's castle!"

The emperor gave a thumbs up and said, "I heard that her castle is very big. It should be big enough for us to go in! Ahahaha!"

"can!"

Stargazing suddenly agreed loudly in the face of Brownie's puzzled look.

"As expected! You are also a hero!!"

The emperor showed his eight teeth, then waved his hand again and pulled his master away.

It wasn't until the two of them walked away that Brownie looked at Guanxing and asked, "Why did you agree to him?"

"First of all, he has sent out an invitation. As an emperor, he cannot lose his dignity at this time."

Guanxing said while waving a feather fan he had taken out from somewhere.

"I really don't understand your emperor..."

Brownie spread his hands and said helplessly.