Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

Thinking of this, the young man began to feel hopeless about defeating the enemy.

"Wait, something's wrong."

Joan of Arc narrowed her eyes and stared closely at Karna's cold face. For some reason, she thought that the other party was not captured alive.

……

As soon as Karna came out of the door, he immediately scanned everyone present. His eyes swept over all the Masters, and when he saw his "former Master", he passed by without even blinking.

The pursuit stopped in the center of the venue, within the barrier where Fujimaru Ritsuka and others were.

Then he walked quickly and went straight towards them.

In just a few breaths, Karna arrived at the barrier and stopped five meters away from the group.

He ignored Joan of Arc's increasingly sharp gaze and quickly scanned the three people present.

"Which one of you is Fujimaru Ritsuka?"

Seeing that no one responded, or perhaps no one reacted, Karna chose to directly state the purpose of his trip.

"I am here by the Master's order to invite Fujimaru Ritsuka to come with me."

"Eh?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka was frightened.

But before the young man could speak, Joan of Arc, whose expression had turned ugly, interrupted him.

"Who is your current Master?"

Even though her whole body was tied up and she had no ability to resist, Jeanne still questioned Karna arrogantly.

"And as far as I know, your previous Master has lost his Command Seals and his status as 'Master', and is now serving under the man who calls himself Number One."

'Eh? ’

How is this going?

Ritsuka Fujimaru didn't understand Jeanne's words, and neither did Mashu.

Only Lion Jie immediately heard the important information from this short question.

"Your former Master is right here!"

When the Command Seals were stripped off and transferred, Jeanne immediately recalled the memory of a few hours ago. At that time, Number One was squatting next to a certain Crimson Master and fiddling with something, causing the Command Seals on his hand and the identity of "Master" to disappear completely.

Now it seems that the master is the master of Karna in front of him.

Lion Jie, who quickly understood the current situation, broke out in a cold sweat. He immediately took a few steps back and became wary of Karna's actions.

An ordinary magus would have no chance of resistance against a Servant, but Shishi Jie would not surrender, even if he was in the enemy's "territory" like now.

"..."

However, in the face of Jeanne's questioning, Karna was indifferent. He even ignored Jeanne and turned to look at the only young man here.

According to the description provided by No. 1, the target is a teenager who looks very young.

Then he's the only one here.

"Are you Fujimaru Ritsuka?"

Mash quickly raised his shield in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka, trying to stop Karna.

The tense atmosphere made the others outside the barrier worried.

Although they didn't know what the people in the barrier said, it looked like they were about to fight.

They were imprisoned here together. If those people started fighting, they would probably not be able to protect themselves. Therefore, some of them even began to move slowly away from the center.

Seeing that the other party had recognized him, Fujimaru Ritsuka knew that he could not escape.

"I……"

"Master, be careful...whoa!"

However, before he could finish, Karna suddenly froze for a moment, then immediately raised his gun to push away Mashu who was blocking him, and quickly grabbed the boy's arm.

Fujimaru Ritsuka, whose arm was suddenly grabbed by the opponent, grimaced in pain.

However, Karna ignored other people's reactions and simply dragged the boy in the direction they came from.

The golden vortex that "closed" instantly when he came out reappeared in the same place as he grabbed the target and walked back.

"Master!"

Mashu hurriedly chased after him, but was still not as fast as Karna.

The boy's resistance was unable to break free from the shackles of the Son of God.

Karna didn't give the boy any chance to speak. In full view of everyone, he grabbed Fujimaru Ritsuka and plunged into the whirlpool.

Then, the vortex shrank and disappeared in an instant, leaving Mashu, who had arrived late, lying at the place where it disappeared.

……

Being dragged into the whirlpool by Karna, Fujimaru Ritsuka subconsciously closed his eyes as he looked at the whirlpool "crashing" towards him.

Then, the expected strange feeling did not appear.

The boy could only feel his body being dragged a few steps by the other party, and felt a slight pain in his arm where it was grabbed.

It can be seen that Karna intentionally "held back".

When he began to think, the "guide" in front suddenly stopped.

I hadn't even taken a few steps when I suddenly stopped?

Out of curiosity, Fujimaru Ritsuka barely opened his eyes.

then……

What he saw was a horrifying scene that almost made him faint.

All I saw were countless identical dolls (I was too frightened to count them carefully) filling my entire field of vision.

And without exception, all the puppets turned their heads and looked at Karna, or rather, Fujimaru Ritsuka behind Karna.

Facing the group of puppets looking at him expressionlessly, the boy suddenly felt a suffocating feeling as if he were being entangled by a python.

Cold sweat instantly wet his back, making his body feel a little chilly.

He felt like he was about to experience the uncanny valley effect.

Gulu...

He swallowed, trying to stay calm.

He was alone now, and he had no idea what he would face next.

Karna didn't care about the boy's condition. After glancing at someone in the crowd, he immediately grabbed Fujimaru Ritsuka's arm and led him towards the group of puppets.

Looking at the puppets that were getting closer and closer, Fujimaru Ritsuka was very resistant in his heart, but the situation showed that he had to face it.

Karna led the boy straight into the deepest part of the group of puppets.

As he followed the former's footsteps and passed by the puppets one by one, those unconcealed and creepy gazes were also torturing his spirit.

"Hush-huh-"

He breathed softly, trying to ease the tension in his heart.

Fortunately, Fujimaru Ritsuka had experienced many things, and after a brief period of tension, he quickly calmed down.

He also remembered that Karna said he was sent to take him away.

In other words, his master is here right now, but so far, Fujimaru Ritsuka has only seen countless puppets with the same appearance.

Then it can be inferred that the other party's master is probably one of this group of puppets.

But who could it be?

Fortunately, the boy did not need to look for the answer.

"Oi, you brought it back so soon?"

An individual who looked obviously different from the other puppets suddenly appeared in front of Karna.

"Thank you for your hard work. I will take you there from now on."

"Yes."

Karna followed the instructions of the puppet in front of him, and then stepped aside to let Fujimaru Ritsuka face the puppet directly.

"You must be the Chaldean Master, Fujimaru Ritsuka. Although it's a bit excessive to 'invite' you in this way, it's also the most efficient method, so I won't apologize."

The doll smiled and told the story in front of the boy, his words full of

Looking at the delicate face with a childlike clear smile, Fujimaru Ritsuka who was standing behind Karna couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Because he was used to seeing the expressionless faces of other dolls, Fujimaru Ritsuka could not imagine that the child-like doll that Jeanne mentioned was a doll.

Now, the boy had to admit that this individual was very different from the other dolls at first glance.

"Hmm...you are '01', right?"

Facing this "cheerful" puppet individual, Fujimaru Ritsuka's nervousness quickly dissipated.

"Hey, you actually know me?"

There were no riddles. Unlike the other puppets, Number One admitted his identity very straightforwardly.

Seeing that the other person was the easy-going type, Fujimaru Ritsuka breathed a sigh of relief.

That’s great, the other party’s “leader” is the “easy to talk to” type.

"You are the leader of these puppets, right? Why did you order me here alone?"

However, just as he said this, he could clearly see that the smile on the face of the puppet in front of him suddenly "cracked".

And at the same time, the gazes locked on him suddenly became more intense.

This sudden change startled Fujimaru Ritsuka, who felt something was wrong.

He began to wonder if he had said something wrong.

"Hahaha, that's an interesting idea..."

For some reason, the doll in front of him suddenly laughed abnormally, as if it was amused by the boy's words.

"But unfortunately, you guessed wrong. I am not the "Commander Unit", nor am I Karna's Master."

"Don't be surprised, I can easily analyze most of your thoughts through 'observation'."

Seeing the boy's look of astonishment, Number One did not give any further explanation.

"Don't be so surprised. I just came to see what the Master of Chaldea looks like. The Command Machine is over there, you can go by yourself."

As he spoke, Number One pointed to the empty area among the sparse crowd.

Following the "guidance" given by the other party, Fujimaru Ritsuka turned his head and finally saw an individual who looked the same as the other dolls, but had a significantly different temperament.

It seems that the individual who made him feel different was the one he was looking for - the "leader" of this group of puppets, the culprit of this singularity.

……

Chapter 70 Communication

“01: Hahahaha!!! I couldn’t hold it in! This Fujimaru Ritsuka actually mistook me for his real self, fufufufu…”

While Number One appeared to be calmly directing Ritsuka Fujimaru, he was also posting his previous opinion in the chat channel of the clone group.

However, before he could be happy for a few seconds, a piece of news popped up from the "corner".

"Xuer: Stop kidding. I have tacitly approved your unauthorized taking over of Karna's mission, but if you continue wasting time, you will be forcibly assigned to your 'post'."

Tsk tsk tsk, are you threatening me with this?

Then you are small...

"Xiul: In addition, if you continue, depending on the severity of the situation, you will be imprisoned in 'Shadow' and punished to not be allowed out for a specified period of time."

Alas--

“01: Don’t do that!”