What?! My anime figurines have all come true!

Aria: I'm the real Sherlock Holmes!

“Alright, on behalf of the French government, I have officially hired two people to investigate this matter. But before that, I would like to ask you two a question…”

"It's about the Black Queen, isn't it?"

Victorique knew what she wanted to ask.

"Yes."

Cassandra nodded.

"The Poker Organization did hire agents to escort the Black Queen back to France, but the job was done once the mission was completed, and we don't accept overly demanding requests."

Victorique gave a brief explanation.

If you have no principles whatsoever, and you can hire NFF companies even for tasks assigned to national government agencies, then you won't be able to do business.

Therefore, compared to those shady organizations, Light-Up Skaya would much rather the government pay NFF to do her bidding, so that her 'divine realm' could expand its influence more quickly!

That's good.

Cassandra nodded.

Whether Victorica's words are true or false, Cassandra is at least slightly relieved now, no longer worried that the Black Queen will spend money to hire a bunch of extraordinary mercenaries to deal with her.

"Then let's go take a look at the crime scene first."

Victorique suggested.

Although she knew there wasn't much to see—they were the ones who provided the full map of the Black Queen—she still had to go all out with the act, and as a detective, she had to go to the scene to see for herself.

Then comes a thrilling and exciting mystery-solving session!

Chapter 278 This is the speed at which a famous detective solves cases.

The deputy drove everyone to the crime scene of one of the victims. Because the location was indoors, unlike the noisy 'tourist spot' outside, they did not choose the first victim as their first stop.

"A single, fatal blow."

Victorique took out a pipe and took a puff, then bent down to examine the spot where the victim had fallen, where large patches of blood remained.

(I noticed that everyone said it felt strange for a detective not to have a pipe, so I'm adding it back. Of course, it's not a real cigarette, but a stimulant herb. Those who know, know.)

After examining the scene, Victorica did not immediately begin her deductions. Instead, she had her deputy lead her and Aria to the crime scene of the next victim.

After inspecting several crime scenes, they finally looked at the victims' bodies, paying particular attention to the cut surfaces of their necks. Victorique's unwavering composure impressed even her deputy, who couldn't help but marvel at the girl's remarkable mental fortitude, considering that she would feel a chill run down her spine just from seeing the gruesome state of the corpses.

"It is clearly a crime committed by a superhuman. Only a large guillotine in a slaughterhouse could make such a smooth cut. An ordinary person could not make such a perfect cut with their strength. In addition, the murderer's motive was not simply to vent his anger and kill for revenge, but to... execute him."

Victorique delivered the words she had prepared beforehand.

"Execution?"

The deputy was startled upon hearing this.

If the other party is just a malicious, antisocial terrorist, then they can handle it in a high-profile manner and appease the public. But if the other party thinks they are doing justice, then the situation will be terrible.

"These victims who were 'executed' were all leaders of those 'human rights,' 'environmental,' and 'freedom' organizations, and their funding sources were all related to the murdered congressman and his... well, his partner."

When the senator's partner was mentioned, Victorique couldn't help but frown, showing that even she couldn't stand such a 'forbidden love'.

"Therefore, the killer's target was very clear from the beginning. From the organization leader to the behind-the-scenes financier, they were all targets for execution."

The deputy hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped himself.

In fact, the French authorities were aware of this, but they could not say it outright, because random crimes and premeditated crimes are completely different in nature.

If other members of parliament were to learn that their lives might also be threatened, they would certainly use every means to force the French authorities to resolve the matter as soon as possible.

There will definitely be a lot of trouble during this period...

At that time, it's likely that not only Paris will see a surge of 'beautiful sights' in other cities as well!

Seeing that his deputy remained silent, Victorique continued her 'reasoning': "Furthermore, the criminals are definitely French, or even native French. They have reached their limit of tolerance for the activities of these organizations. As long as we can determine whether these organizations' recent activities have harmed anyone, we can narrow down the suspects to a certain range."

This makes the investigation much easier.

However, it wasn't just Lim's family who got into clashes during the protests these past two days. Hundreds of innocent bystanders had their faces broken, and there were also robberies, vandalism, and damage to shops and vehicles. Seeing this, she couldn't help but complain: "Is your French romance just about smashing, looting, and burning?"

The deputy and other government employees around him were speechless, after all, the facts were undeniable.

Fortunately, Effie's father was so high-profile in front of the camera that he was obviously a target of the organization's retaliation, so Victorica simply removed her from the list.

“This person is Ms. Cassandra’s student! I know her. Although she knows a little dark magic, she hasn’t learned any high-damage magic that can behead others.”

The deputy glanced at the documents in Victorique's hand and immediately instinctively wanted to defend his superior's student.

"What if they've secretly learned it?"

Aria glanced at his deputy.

"..."

The deputy was speechless for a moment, but he still called Cassandra to explain before heading to the store owned by Lim's family with Victorica and Aria.

…………

At night, Eiffela, sitting on the second floor of her house, spreads out her arms and feels the not-so-clean Parisian evening breeze.

“Dead, all dead… Good riddance! Just like this cool summer night! Those villains who polluted France have finally been brought to justice! Next, it’s the turn of the next organization’s leader…”

However, just as Eiffela was still dreaming of restoring peace and order to France with the help of her servants, Sanson brought her bad news.

"Master, a large number of police cars are heading this way. We may have been exposed."

"what?"

Eiffela was planning to move her father to a different place to lie low the next day, but how come they found her in less than a day? The French police used to be so efficient!

It's only been ten hours since the case was exposed this morning; in the past, it would have taken at least ten days to half a month.

However, there was no need to consider whether what Sang Song said was true or false. Standing on the second floor, she could already hear the police sirens getting closer in the distance, and she had indeed been exposed.

We must get out of here immediately!

Without even thinking about why she had been exposed, Eiffila quickly carried her sleeping father on her back and slipped through the back door of the store to leave.

Unfortunately, she was still too young. If she had stayed put and pretended not to know anything, saying that she had been taking care of her father at home, Victorique and the others, who had no real evidence, would have been unable to do anything to her.

But Eiffel, who actually instructed Sanson to kill, reacted by fleeing when she realized she might be exposed, which was a poor choice.

Eiffela was immediately blocked as soon as she stepped out of the alley. It turned out that the police cars surrounding the front of the store were just a decoy; the back alley, which had been cleared out, had been blocked in advance.

"Sorry, I already guessed your escape route."

As he said this, Victorique and his deputy got out of the police car.

"So, surrender."

Aria then drew her two guns and loaded them to show that she was not joking.

However, Efira completely ignored her gun and tried to escape with her father on her back, forcing Aria to fire a warning shot at the air in front of her.

clang--!

"Master! Leave these people to me, you need to get out of here quickly..."

The bullet was blocked by Sanson, who suddenly materialized.

"They actually called her Master?"

Upon hearing Sanson's address, Aria was startled. She immediately put her pistol back in its holster, drew her twin swords, and prepared for close combat. She seemed to have guessed something.

"A body formed from magical particles, and this name... Could it be that ritual?"

Victorique's muttered words were naturally overheard by her deputy. Although he wanted to ask her if she knew something, a battle was about to break out in the distance.

…………

(Some people wanted to see Shinku and Victory in the same frame, so I tried it and the effect looks okay. It's just a pity that the size of the dolls doesn't fit.)

Chapter 279 My special attack didn't react, you must not be human!

In fact, as a Servant, Sanson's base stats are not very good. Strength D, Endurance D, Agility C, Magic D, Luck A, Noble Phantasm B. It can be said that apart from Luck, his only stats on paper are Strength and Agility, which are barely on par with a certain miracle god. His Endurance is even one level lower, making him even more fragile than the god.

This data is so bad that it's not even second-rate; it's at best a third-rate Servant. The only thing it can do is rely on luck with its skills and Noble Phantasm that target humans to see if it can take down the opponent. It's fortunate that Sanson has an A-rank Luck, otherwise the trigger probability of its Noble Phantasm's [instant death] effect would be extremely low.

Fortunately, this Holy Grail War is taking place in France!

And it's in Paris!

This greatly increased his fame from fighting on home soil, giving Sanson even higher stats than the male god. In addition, both his Noble Phantasm and skills are upgraded, and his [Anti-Personnel] special attack is maxed out.

Some people may not understand the effect of [Special Attack].

This is equivalent to playing a PVP game where both sides' attacks are reduced by attributes or armor values. But with special attacks, the opponent can attack you like fighting a ghost boss. Their armor is as fragile as paper, just like the equipment of a ghost player. You can kill them in just a few hits.

It's fair to say that in Paris, almost no one could stop Sanson's 'assassination'.

Don't underestimate me!

Aria, of course, would not back down. Whether it was acting or real combat, she would take it seriously, her twin swords meeting Sanson's double-edged greatsword head-on.

In an instant, sparks flew everywhere in the alley.

However, compared to Sanson, who wielded a heavy double-edged sword, Aria, who was smaller and more agile and had a lighter weapon, was actually being suppressed and was slightly slower than Sanson.

Even so, the battle was so fast that the surrounding French police and the deputy could not see it clearly and could only watch helplessly without being able to provide support.

As for circling around to the other side to catch Eiffel, that's impossible. Given the distance, Sanson, who has the advantage, could easily return to rescue her.

'What should I do...'

The deputy couldn't help but glance at Victorique, whose expression remained unchanged.

"Aria, humans cannot contend with Servants with their own power!"

Victorique, who was watching from the back, spoke up to remind him.

"I know!"

After Aria answered, he kicked the blade of the double sword and quickly distanced himself from Sanson.

Meanwhile, Sang Song on the opposite side noticed something amiss and frowned slightly.

"Assassin, are you alright?"

When Sanson introduced the Holy Grail ritual earlier, he mentioned the importance of the true name. Here, Ephira did not call him by his name, but referred to him by his class.

As for the battle with Aria just now, although as a student of dark magic she could see that her own Servant had the upper hand, she still couldn't help but feel worried.

"I'm fine, Master."

Sanson glanced back at Eiffel, then whispered, "But there's something strange about this girl..."

Something's not right?

Upon hearing this, Eiffila looked at Aria and discovered that a crimson aura had suddenly ignited on her body, and her aura had become extremely oppressive, causing humans, including Eiffila, to feel a tightness in their chests and shortness of breath.

What exactly is this inexplicable pressure...?

"ha----!"

At this moment, Aria was like a Super Saiyan, the only difference being that her hair wasn't standing up and her aura was pink.

As a collectible character, Aria naturally chose one of the three factions—FGO, Gensokyo, and Azur Lane—as her upgrade system. With [Scarlet Gold] and the ability to transform into Scarlet God, she naturally chose FGO.

Therefore, Aria has her own Servant template, as well as corresponding [skills] and [Noble Phantasm].

Just like...

Divinity C~A: Due to the implantation of "Crimson Gold" in her body, and her later awakening as "Crimson God", she gained a level of mystery similar to a divinely created weapon.

Don't be fooled by the fact that this skill is just a debuff in the game. In reality, possessing it is equivalent to transcending one's life form. For example, if two Servants with identical stats on paper were to fight, the one with divinity would definitely win.

In other words, the higher the level of divinity, the stronger the sense of oppression. (Refer to Bow and Sea)

After acquiring Servant-level power, Aria also activated the skill [Crimson Gold (Shell Gold): A], which increases all attributes except Luck and Noble Phantasm by one level.