Why fight the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

Mo Yi was so frightened that her face turned pale. Her other lover said, "Mr. Jiang You, he, he..."

"He died a long time ago and is now in Servant status..."

Illya replied indifferently that Jiang You didn't know how to restrain his aura. Anyone with a little knowledge of magic could tell at a glance that Jiang You was a servant.

Moyi couldn't understand the meaning of the word "Servant", and she didn't understand it, so she almost became sloppy in an instant.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeee!"

"It seems you haven't learned anything about magic at all."

Illya looked at her innocent self and burst out laughing. It felt like she had a useless sister, which made her put on some elder sister airs.

"I remember you were still doing your homework, right? Let me help you, and I'll also give you some tips on magic. While the ceremonial attire is nice, you still need to maintain your basic combat power, as there will always be unexpected situations."

"Then, please."

Moyi looked cautiously in the direction of Jiang You. Before Illya explained the knowledge about servants, Moyi didn't dare to approach Jiang You.

After summoning Baimao and arranging for her to take Shirou Emiya and his best friend Issei to Hawaii, Jiang You ordered quite expensive ingredients and held a banquet at the Emiya household. After a feast, Jiang You was kicked out by Sera in this world. The Emiya household is now a small country of women, with no place for Shirou, let alone Jiang You.

Jiang You glanced at the time. It was still some time before the appointment with Miyu. So he decided to visit Rin Tohsaka in this world during this time.

Aside from Kiritsugu Emiya's victory in the Holy Grail War and the subsequent divergence from the main world, the rest of the historical events remain largely unchanged. The Tohsaka family fell into decline after the death of Tohsaka Tokiomi. Furthermore, this world's Tohsaka Rin, while emphasizing her personality, overemphasized her trait of failing to keep up appearances, making her a completely comical character.

When Jiang You came to visit, Rin was fiddling with her landline phone, calling the number listed in the job posting. Even though the Tohsaka family had fallen on hard times, she still had to keep them going. Furthermore, the gem magic inherited from the Jewel Master required a large amount of gems, which put a strain on the Tohsaka family's already tight finances. So Rin often took on part-time jobs after school to supplement the family income.

Of course, Toosaka Rin's ability as an electrical killer still came into play, and this time the phone finally fought back - it was the first time that Jiang You saw someone who could entangle him with a phone call.

In order not to damage her own phone, Toosaka Rin didn't dare to struggle hard and cause unnecessary damage, so she was tied up for a long time and couldn't get up. Jiang You finally couldn't bear it anymore and took the initiative to help her untie the phone wire.

"Thanks……"

Rin Tousaka breathed a sigh of relief. She'd nearly been killed by a phone call, though it wasn't the phone that had truly killed her, but poverty. As she expressed her gratitude, she realized someone had appeared in her home. And the voice was a strange man!

Her hair stood on end, and she quickly distanced herself from Jiang You, displaying her fighting skills. At the same time, her hand secretly grasped a gem behind her back, ready to activate the magic bullet if Jiang You made any unusual movements.

"Who are you?! This is the territory of the Tohsaka family. How could you avoid our defensive magic and come here quietly? What do you want to do?!"

Looking at Toosaka Rin who was as if facing a great enemy, Jiang You knew that he was misunderstood again.

"Is it possible that your family's defensive magic isn't activated at all?"

Due to their limited savings, many parts of the Tōsaka mansion hadn't been repaired. Its condition was only slightly better than when it was destroyed by the Divine Lord during the Fourth War. The courtyard was overgrown with weeds and hadn't been tended to, and Tōsaka Rin couldn't afford to hire someone to do it. Therefore, the expensive fortifications, which required gemstones to maintain, had been suspended, allowing Jiang You to enter unimpeded.

Toosaka Rin quickly remembered that she was the one who cut off the magic supplies of these magic circles, and her face turned red with shame.

"But that's no excuse for trespassing. And since you know magic, you must be a magician, right? Tell me why you came here. If you can't give me a satisfactory answer, I will consider you an enemy. After all, this is my magic workshop. You don't think you have any chance of winning, do you?"

Rin Tōsaka had to support the family on her own, so even if she failed miserably, she remained resolute in such moments. Showing weakness in front of a fellow magician would easily lead to their complete defeat. This wasn't bluffing; the house contained numerous defensive formations, and as the master, she only needed to inject magic power into key nodes to activate them. Fighting in another magician's territory was an unwise, even foolish, decision, and Tōsaka Rin hoped to scare Jiang You away.

"It's not a bad thing to be cautious. You did a great job, Rin."

If it was the Rin Toosaka from his own world, Jiang You would definitely laugh at her, but since this was their first meeting, he decided to leave a good impression on her.

"You still need to tell me?"

Toosaka Rin lifted her smooth chin, feeling deeply touched by Jiang You's compliment. Since her father's death, she'd hardly ever been praised like that again. And she had an inexplicable feeling that the young man across from her was very familiar with her. That look definitely didn't belong to someone she was looking at as a stranger.

"Also, don't try to change the subject. Tell me why you came to me!"

"I came here to ask for your help."

Jiang You talked about the purpose of his visit. "You should be very clear about the job card matter, so I don't need to explain it. Is there any information about the job card recently? I need to collect it as soon as possible. Miss Toosaka Rin, as the de facto manager of Fuyuki, you should know where some abnormalities have occurred, right?"

"Wait! You know about the job referral card?"

Toosaka Rin looked at Jiang You. He looked good, but the frequency of the magic power he emitted was a bit strange. Toosaka Rin couldn't help but investigate carefully and discovered a shocking fact.

"Are you a Servant?!"

"Replacement guaranteed."

Jiang You nodded in response. There was no need for him to hide this fact. Pretending to be a human would only restrict his actions.

"But isn't the Holy Grail War over? And the Job Cards don't appear like this. What exactly happened?"

Toosaka Rin was puzzled.

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Chapter 378: Sneaking out in the middle of the night makes you a bad boy.

"The Holy Grail War here has indeed ended, and Servants cannot be summoned using conventional means."

Jiang You explained, "But the parallel world didn't end just like that. You should also know that the Class Card is not a product of your world, right?"

"So it's not a product of our world?"

Rin Tōsaka truly had no idea. She never grappled with the minutiae of missions, and besides, no magus could refuse an order from Jewel Master, right? But that didn't mean she was stupid. Now she understood why Jewel Master had issued this mission. It was already set in the parallel world.

"No wonder Bao Shi Weng would give such strong support to such a place."

"So, you're here to take care of this?"

A Servant from a parallel world, I think only Lord Jewel could do this. Jiang You was too lazy to explain this situation, because Lord Jewel was too famous, which led to almost everyone linking him and Lord Jewel right away.

"What a shame you're so late. The person in charge of this matter has changed, so you shouldn't have come to me. However, considering your relationship with His Excellency the Demon Marshal, I can come and show you the way."

"I came from that side. My purpose this time is very clear, I came here to find you."

Jiang You directly stated his purpose, "I need your intelligence network."

Referring to the plot of the original work where Toosaka Rin tracks Medea, we can conclude that Toosaka Rin definitely has a channel to obtain information in Fuyuki. This is what Jiang You wants. Otherwise, Fuyuki is so big that he can't find it bit by bit, and he can't destroy the entire Fuyuki just to find a few cards.

"So you're on the side of that little Einzbern girl named Illya?"

Rin's brow, once relaxed, furrowed once more. Though she'd claimed to have found a card collector, she felt a pang of reluctance. This was a magic gift set specially crafted by Mr. Jewel, something so many coveted. If she truly didn't care, she wouldn't have chased after it.

"Sorry, I don't have anything like that."

As soon as Jiang You heard it, he knew that Toosaka Rin was in trouble, but Toosaka Rin's current state made her a very easy woman to deal with.

Jiang You pulled out a box and repeated the same tactics he'd used on Sera. The filthy adult was adept at exploiting the situation. As the human closest to Ishtar's wavelength, he had no resistance to the glittering gems.

When the huge pile of gems came into Toosaka Rin's sight, her eyes began to lose focus.

Jiang You struck while the iron was hot: "Could you please think about this? As the oldest mage family in Fuyuki, I'm sure Your Excellency, Rin Tōsaka, must have a very extensive intelligence network, right? You're so busy, so naturally there are things you can't remember. I wonder if these things can help you recall them."

"That's true now that you put it that way!"

Toosaka Rin didn't even look at Jiang You. Her eyes had been blinded by money and she couldn't see anything.

"The Tohsaka family does have a long-standing unused information channel. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten about it. I'll give you an address. You can find it by following the correct code, and someone will lead you in. As for the cost of the intelligence, I think it shouldn't be a problem with your financial resources, right?"

Jiang You looked at the note in his hand. He didn't expect that Rin Tohsaka was still using such a primitive method to obtain information. But considering that Rin Tohsaka was so skilled at electronics that she was almost a killer, he felt relieved.

The intelligence base wasn't much to discuss; Jiang You didn't even see any famous or prominent figures. Most of the people gathered there were small-time magicians from the underworld, as well as people related to the otherworld. After hiring professionals to search for information about the job card, Jiang You arrived at the open space he had agreed to meet with Miyu.

"You're such a beast, letting so many young girls surround you in a deserted place in the middle of the night."

Jiang You didn't even need to distinguish which Illya was speaking. Mo Yi couldn't say such words.

"Who told magical girls to hide their identities? If you don't mind, you can do it anytime."

Jiang You looked at Mo Yi. It was she who had made this request. She was a fundamentalist. In fact, in the eyes of the people in the other world, a magical girl was just a magician in strange clothes. As for the word "magic", they would probably laugh when they heard it.

Even if the two wands were made by the Jewel Master, they were still far from being magic.

"I have no objection. This is not a shameful identity."

Meiyou immediately expressed her opinion. As long as it wasn't too outrageous, she would almost unconditionally stand on Jiang You's side.

"Why are you looking at me? I'm not a magical girl."

Seeing that Moyi's gaze turned to her, Illya spread her hands to indicate that she could do nothing to help.

"Magicians do have a principle that mysteries should be kept secret, but in my world, someone has broken this rule, causing everyone to flock to Fuyuki, and that person has no self-awareness at all! So... I think you should be prepared. This guy will cause some big trouble sooner or later."

"Let's not discuss this topic for now."

There are many reasons why Moyi doesn't want to reveal her identity, shame is one of them. She looked up at the sky. This was the first time in her life that she sneaked out at night, and she was somewhat excited.

"The most important thing now is, Mr. Jiang You, what is your purpose in calling us out in the middle of the night?"

"There's no one around here..."

"Please don't use such a dangerous opening line!"

Mo Yi crossed her arms in front of her chest and made a cross, then said to Jiang You in a lecturing tone, "It's because you talk like that that Sera misunderstood you, okay!"

"You kid, your head is full of dirty shit. Next time I get a chance, I'll check under your bed and your browser history."

Jiang You pulled out a book called "Wu San" from somewhere and hit Mo Yi on the head. He had no idea where Mo Yi got all this idiotic knowledge. "Of course, I called you out today for a real-life drill. You didn't think the Class Cards would just stay where they were for you to pick up, did you? The Heroic Spirits corresponding to those classes will become your opponents, and only by defeating them can you retrieve the cards."

"The opponent, is it you, Mr. Jiang You?"

Moyi looked around but didn't see anyone else.

"Of course not, unless you want to play cards with me."

Jiang You’s own combat capability may not even be as good as Bai Mao’s.

"This time, your opponent will be the enemy generated by the Class Card you will face next. Medusa, come and strengthen the future Emperor of Heaven!"

The purple hair fluttered in the wind, and the lady with a blindfold appeared in front of Moyi.

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Chapter 379: To deal with servants, you must attack their weaknesses!

"This big sister is our opponent?"

Moyi looked at Medusa and felt that this sister was so sexy. Her charming aura and wonderful figure, combined with the black and purple slim clothes that represented mystery and succubus, were really too bold.

"The Servant summoned by the Job Card is actually Sakura's Servant?"

Illya felt that the world was really small. There were acquaintances everywhere. Even the Mesopotamian gods had the face of Rin Toosaka. It felt like the world couldn't afford actors.

"It's better to say that all those who appeared were our Servants at the time."

A single FSN is enough for Type-Moon to make a living, so naturally, it has to be sold over and over again. The Servants of the Fifth War are also the hardest-working group in the Type-Moon world, and they appear in almost all the derivative works to some extent. "The main body should be stronger than the insentient projection, right? The primary goal now is to improve the combat power of the two magical girls. We won't see any defeat CGs here."

"There's no such thing!"

Moyi's face flushed crimson. The modern internet is so advanced that even a ten-year-old girl knows this. Seeing Miyu's puzzled look, Moyi quickly covered her steaming face. "Miyu, if you don't understand, don't ask. This is definitely not a good thing!"

"Doesn't that mean that Jiang You is here too?"

Illya suddenly became interested. Even though Jiang You had seen through her (not physically), Jiang You was still mysterious.

"Tell me, what kind of deck would you use? If you act on instinct, you'll definitely be using your own cards, right? Even the part-time workers in Fuyuki have their own decks. I doubt you'll be able to use any of your cards."

"Haven't you seen my cards?"

Jiang You only has two cards, one of which belongs to Yao Cui and isn't very useful in other decks, but it's still quite powerful. The development team (perhaps) understands the value of sentiment.

"If your entire deck is truly filled with that stuff, I suggest you just surrender. As for my true identity, I'll reveal it to you sooner or later. Please wait and hope."

"It's very mysterious, but since you don't want to tell me, I won't force you."

Illya actually doesn't care about Jiang You's true identity. It's enough for her that Jiang You is her servant. She wants to know Jiang You's true identity just to understand her servant better.

"It doesn't matter if you're the demon king who destroys the world. Besides, you're just an idiot with too much compassion!"

"Jiang You, which timeline is this?"

Medusa finally found the opportunity to ask. She was very confused by the two Illyas who looked almost identical. Especially when one of them was wearing a light and airy outfit similar to a magical girl's, which only appeared in cartoons and had no protective function at all, she even thought Jiang You was playing something shameful with his Master. Although Medusa's own outfit was similar.

"Are we going to deal with another crisis?"

Jiang You often does some saving-the-world work when he's free, something all the Heroic Spirits in Fuyuki know. Even Red A and Jason (not actively) have pledged their allegiance to Jiang You, allowing him to summon them whenever needed. In fact, if Jiang You summons them at full power right now, his hero pool is formidable. It's just that there aren't any opponents who can bring Jiang You to full power right now. And strong opponents usually engage in true 1v1 duels with Jiang You, the kind that others can't interfere with.

"There's nothing wrong with the world here."

Jiang You pulled Miyu to his side, "But there's something wrong with this kid's world. In short, there's someone who wants to destroy the world and create a better one, just like in the world line of Chaldea. The villains here are basically like this, you have to get used to it."

"The world has always been like this. Human desires are like a bottomless abyss."

Medusa nodded. Her sisters were endlessly harassed because of human greed. Even though they knew the Invisible Island was teeming with life-devouring monsters, they still flocked there, desperate for the pure goddess. Medusa had a natural fondness for these troubled girls.

"So how can we help them?"

"Their next opponent is a Servant without an ego, created by something called a 'Job Card,' and that Servant is you. Since both of these are first-time magical girls and have no combat experience, they could lose their lives if they lose. That's why I asked you to do a pre-rehearsal."