I, Madoka Kaname, am just a Kamen Rider passing by

In a barbecue restaurant in Toufalis, Romania, two girls dressed strangely sat in their seats as if it was a matter of course, but the people around them did not notice their presence at all, or regarded their attire as common sense.

"Hey, barbecue? The performer's taste is surprisingly poor."

Wearing a luxurious red dress that was transformed from her original spiritual outfit by retaining her skills, Nero bit her lip in dissatisfaction, and her holy blue eyes swept across the menu before complaining.

"Don't ask. If you ask, you don't have the money."

Although El-Melloi II gave Li Lin some activity funds, given that the El-Melloi family still owed a lot of debt, the amount naturally could not be enough to allow Nero and Li Lin to spend lavishly.

To be precise, half of this money actually came from the support of Li Lin’s two friends, Leif and Olmariga.

I always find myself unexpectedly poor.

"Honestly, Nero, if I hadn't summoned you, I would have even planned to use hypnosis magic to live with my Servant in the local church."

Although it is not impossible to stay in the hotel for free by using hypnosis magic, Li Lin, who once opened a coffee shop and understood the difficulties of life, was really uneasy.

"Church... forget it, performer. I have no good feelings towards those charlatans." Nero muttered softly, playing with the blond hair.

Hearing this, Li Lin also recalled that the reason why Nero was called a tyrant was because he expelled and suppressed religion.

"Dangerous rabbit, blue feather grilled meat, pierced grilled meat... Player, I think it would be better to change to another store? The menu is full of confusing contents. If it were in my Rome, all employees of such a store suspected of deceiving customers would be sentenced to death."

Nero maintained a lovely smile, but cruel words came out of his lips, which made Li Lin once again realize that he was a tyrant.

——Coo, coo, coo.

While Nero was boredly flipping through the so-called "special barbecue recipe", a fat round-faced Scottish chicken with a stiff expression flapped its wings and flew in from the door, then landed on Li Lin's shoulder and whispered into her ear.

"Father Kotomine, the overseer of the Holy Church, is waiting for you at the church five kilometers away. After you meet him, he will arrange follow-up matters for you."

The round-faced fat chicken said so.

Li Lin knew very well that this so-called Father Kotomine was not the pleasure-crazy Kotomine Kirei, but his nominal brother, whose real name was Amakusa Shiro Tokisada.

He was the Ruler who was illegally summoned by the Einzbern family during the Third Holy Grail War. He stayed in this world because he came into contact with the Greater Holy Grail and was incarnated.

"Kotomine... is that the priest named Shirou?"

Glancing at the round-faced fat chicken, Li Lin asked the question even though he knew the answer. The magician who was operating the cuckoo chicken just said in confusion, "I'm just a messenger. I don't know the details," and then left the barbecue restaurant.

"Kotomine Shiro... Player, I remember you told me about that guy before, right?"

Nero, who had been listening nearby, raised his head and cast an interested and curious look.

"That's right. I saw everything about him through an ability similar to 'Future Vision'."

He is also one of the reasons why Li Lin must participate in this Holy Grail War.

Regarding this, we have to mention what happened to Shiro Amakusa during his lifetime.

Amakusa Shiro was a resistance hero at the end of the Japanese Warring States Period. He was known as a child prodigy since childhood, and grew up to be handsome and elegant. His real name was Masuda Tokisada, and he was later adopted by Amakusa Shinbei and renamed Amakusa Tokisada. He was a Catholic.

In 1630, the shogunate issued a ban on religion, and anyone who failed to give up his "pagan" beliefs within two months would be put to death.

In 1638, the intolerable Amakusa Shiro led 4000 believers to launch an uprising. The shogunate sent troops to suppress it. However, even with such regular troops against militiamen, the shogunate suffered more than casualties while the Amakusa side suffered less than casualties.

The city was finally broken due to the lack of food and grass in the city and the heavy attacks of the 12 punitive troops of the shogunate. All people in the city were brutally massacred and no one survived. Amakusa Shiro attributed the sins of the people's deaths to himself. Before he died, he cried out in a sad voice: "Almighty God! Please give me another chance! This time I will...will...take all the goodness in the world into my hands!"

Because he has such a strong desire, he responded to the private call and became the first and only Ruler who would respond to the private call.

The painful experience in his life made Shiro Amakusa constantly think about how to avoid similar tragedies.

He was incarnated in 1934, and seventy years have passed since then. He kept thinking and finally came up with a plan.

"That is to use the Greater Holy Grail to squeeze orange juice out of all of humanity."

Not only did he say that, Li Lin also asked the waiter to bring a glass of orange juice and place it between himself and Nero.

"Once this plan is realized, humans in the current sense will no longer exist on Earth." Li Lin sighed. "You should understand why humans fight with each other, Nero. No, to be precise, no one has seen more ugliness than an emperor."

The Rose Emperor restrained his girlish demeanor and revealed a slightly helpless look: "Greed. Status, wealth, women, it all comes down to one word: greed." Although she is a woman, Nero said this without hesitation.

"In fact, it's probably more than just desire. Even among humans, there are racial divisions, right? Things we are not good at, things we are good at, things we like, things we hate. Because humans are imperfect, that's why we keep having disputes."

Li Lin, who witnessed the second creation and the history of two worlds, also came to his own conclusion.

But this is great, isn't it? This is what she, once a god, expected? Humans who open up the future with their own will.

With a hint of sarcasm in his golden eyes, Li Lin poured the contents of the seasoning jar on the table into the orange juice and stirred it evenly: "Complete the incomplete human beings. There will be no distress, no pain, and no despair. Of course, there will be no need to struggle desperately for survival while having a sense of death."

"Ah, let's not talk about such annoying topics for now. How about some barbecue first? I think this dangerous rabbit meat sounds pretty yabee?"

"Don't you want to go and see the adjudicator?"

Nero raised his eyebrows.

"It's dove!"

Chapter 20 Sorry, making the bullet turn is a basic magician's operation

The afterglow of the early morning sun shines on the young man with a bright smile.

Kotomine Shiro, or rather Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, stood at the door of the church, watching Lion Jie, the only one who escaped the trap because of his vigilance and the innate intuition of a Servant, go away.

"Is it okay to let him and Saber go, Master?"

The oldest empress transformed from a spirit into a physical entity, and with her hands folded across her chest, she asked Amakusa with a little reluctance, but the "boy" just shook his head.

"They are also companions who are pursuing the Holy Grail with God's tacit consent." Amakusa Shiro said seriously. "There is no need to increase the number of enemies before we can decide the outcome with the Thousand World Trees."

Haha, he spoke nice words, but secretly plotted against the other five Masters hired or dispatched by the Clock Tower, and snatched the Command Seals from them.

That being said.

But, how to say it.

For some special reasons, she did not hate Amakusa, but instead looked forward to the world after the boy's wish came true.

"Assassin, I remember there should be another Master in the Clock Tower this time. He seems to be the apprentice of El-Melloi II?"

Amakusa said with a smile as he looked at Assassin's slender figure.

Amakusa has already obtained information about the Masters of this Holy Grail War through the intelligence network of the Cathedral Church. However, among these people, there is only one person that he is particularly concerned about.

Li Lin.

Perhaps because he was a religious person, Amakusa became interested in this girl when he came across her information.

A year and a half ago, he was sent to the Clock Tower for further training by the monarch of the Modern Magic Department, and a year later he obtained the rank of an open-level magician. At the same time, he became close to the magicians of the Archaeology Department and the next monarch of the Celestial System.

At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with his resume, but what concerns Amakusa is Li Lin's background. No matter whether it is Japan or the ancient Eastern country that the Holy Church and the Magician's Association have no control over, Amakusa has asked other agents to investigate as much as possible, but in the end he came to the conclusion that there is no such person.

Besides, how to say it better?

He always felt that Li Lin seemed dangerous.

There was no reason for this feeling, but that's what he thought.

"I've asked the magician who ran errands to convey that."

Assassin turned his head away as he looked at Amakusa's cheerful and friendly smile that was not annoying.

"But I didn't expect the Clock Tower would actually break the rules, allowing its magicians to illegally summon extra Servants... Should I say they are truly worthy of being magicians?"

"That is why I am standing here, participating in this Holy Grail War."

Amakusa said something that sounded confusing to others, but Assassin just smiled knowingly.

"Then I will wait and see, Master." Assasin said. "But are you sure you really want to stand here and wait for the Master who summoned you illegally?"

"Of course. According to the analysis of existing archives, Miss Li Lin is a rare magician who is very punctual." Amakusa said.

And so, three full hours passed.

Tiancao's originally kind smile gradually became stiff.

What's the matter?

Why hasn't this person come yet?

Wrong church or just lost?

That shouldn't be the case. The only churches within a radius of 20 kilometers are the one that Amakusa is currently using, and another one in the city of Tofallis. However, the magician in charge of the notification should have told him the specific locations.

When Amakusa was about to start doubting his life, a small, round-faced fat chicken made of mercury appeared in his eyes, flapping its wings, and then dropped a note.

"Sorry, grunt!"

......

"You really have a bad taste, or rather a bad heart, Player."

The Emperor of Roses smiled wickedly as he walked side by side with Li Lin on the streets of the ancient city.

"What's wrong with pigeons? This is one of the three essential qualities of human beings!"

Li Lin refuted Nero's slander with righteous indignation.

"Three essential qualities?"

"Repeaters, pigeons, and really good smells have been part of human nature since ancient times. People who can't even adapt to this can't save the world."

"Hmm... I don't understand. But I feel more and more that responding to the call of the player is not a wrong choice. This Holy Grail War seems to be very lively and interesting." Nero looked up at the sky, then put his hand on his chest and said happily. "Such a magnificent and grand stage, isn't it prepared for me? Let the glory of Rome and my honor bloom on this foreign land."

"I am Rome and Rome is me."

"Fourteen Servants, plus two Saints. So many audiences, ah, Performer! I can't wait any longer. I can't suppress the urge to hold a concert in this foreign country! Haha, I'm the better one this time, Red Lancer!"

Thanks to Li Lin's magic trick of suggesting that idle people should leave and that his presence should be weak on himself and Nero, otherwise Nero's remarks alone would have attracted a lot of people to look at him as a fool.

However, even so, Li Lin still put on the hood and mask, hiding his face completely in the darkness.

And what did you say, old man?

concert?

Li Lin thinks it’s not possible.

Nero probably wanted to massacre the city.

Although Nero's singing sounded purely out of tune before she traveled through time, when she was practicing her voice this morning, Li Lin, who only listened for a few seconds, felt his eardrum bleeding.

"So much for the impromptu speeches, Nero."

Li Lin raised his hand and slapped Nero, who was in a state of self-absorption, to wake him up. Then he pulled out a gun from the inner pocket of his coat and emptied the entire magazine at the seemingly empty roof.

The ten bullets flying in the air kept changing their flight paths in an incredible way, as if they were looking for a target.

Just when Nero was still full of questions, the bodies of several androids who were shot several times rolled down from above.

"It's a very simple, precision-operated magic trick, that's all." Li Lin explained. "I just asked someone to give this costume a pseudo-personality that can automatically search for enemies. It's not a skill worth boasting about."

This is a magic costume developed for encountering bad time travel knights in the future. After all, if you can let the opponent kill you with one shot, why wait for him to transform and increase the difficulty of your own battle? Li Lin is not the kind of battle maniac who gets excited and can't help himself when he smells the smell of battle like a mad dog.

"Magic like optical refraction? It's pretty good for an artificial human, but it's a pity that he is too naive and can't even hide his own breath." Li Lin sighed and looked around. He didn't know when, all the passers-by on the street had disappeared, and even the windows of the houses on both sides were closed.

In the eyes of Li Lin, who had experienced being followed by the origami master, the concealment skills of these androids were so poor that she couldn't even look at them directly.

"I see. An enemy attack?"

Nero poked the android's corpse with the Primordial Fire and looked at the Grems that appeared around him.

"After all, this city is their base. What I didn't expect was that they would attack in the daytime, but it's not a big problem."

As he said this, Li Lin replaced the magazine in his pistol.

"Leave the android to me, and you deal with Grem, is that ok?"

Did he steal the role from Shizi Jie? Li Lin looked at the group of artificial humans with a smile on his face.

Although he didn't really want to take other people's lives, as long as someone blocked Li Lin's way, he would have to kill him even if he was a god.

As for the reason for not becoming a knight? There was no need to use the Evol Driver against this kind of enemy. It was better to hide the trump card first, and Li Lin always had a bad feeling.

——Sorry, everyone.

"of course."

As Nero finished his words, metal armor condensed on the red dress.