The Clone Brigade is based in an ancient castle outside London, built in the 18th century under the name of Barsermero. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 INFO was originally planned as a military facility, and the exterior walls covered with vines and the highly layered Gothic architectural style are just camouflage, but in fact, the interior is unique.

The above-ground buildings of the castle serve as offices and accommodations for the brigade members, while the training ground and various special general workshops are hidden underground, covering an area five times that of the above-ground area.

Shinji once thought that the three-story seven-room workshop under his house was enough to make a big deal, and it was still a small amount compared to the station of the Clone Brigade, and this was only the tip of the iceberg of Barsermero's power, and he didn't know how shocking the family's underground facilities were.

In the assembly area of the first training ground, which covers the largest area of all the facilities, four squads and six cadres belonging to the Clone Brigade, a total of twenty-five members, are all present.

The four detachments were arranged in a column in the order of the first scepter, the second chalice, the third sword, and the fourth star coin, and the code name of the detachment came from the name of the four major cards in the tarot card Arcana Lesser.

Each detachment has a different focus, with the "Scepter" team excelling at wide-area annihilation, the "Holy Grail" excelling in protracted combat and defense, the "Sword" excelling at tackling fortifications, and the Star Coin excelling at quick reflexes. Of course, this is only relative, no matter which squad it is, it has strong combat effectiveness and comprehensive quality.

The members of the detachment are named after the first and second of scepters, and the leader of the squad has the corresponding large card code. The captain of the "Wand" team, codenamed "The King"; The captain of the Holy Grail squad is codenamed "The Pope"; The "Sword" squad leader is codenamed "Justice"; The "Star Coins" squad leader is codenamed "Hermit".

In addition to these four people, there are three others with the code name of the big Arca plate, namely: Loreleia's lieutenant, the "chariot" who pilots a helicopter to cooperate with Shinji's mission, the "Trial", the inspector in charge of enforcing military law, and the cloaked and scythe-wielding "Grim Reaper" who is now standing in the position that should belong to Loreleia.

"I believe that 'Chariot' and 'Trial' have already informed you in advance, Miss Loreleia needs to leave the team for a while because she wants to inherit Barsermero's 'Source Mark'. Until she returns, I, the Reaper, will temporarily take on the role of Captain. ”

Speaking of this, Shinji paused for a moment, his gaze quickly sweeping over the faces of everyone below.

The members of Clone's brigade are all under the age of 30, and 60 percent are men and 40 percent are women. Some of these young people frowned secretly, some were expressionless, and some were implicitly scrutinizing...... However, no matter what they thought of the newly appointed "captain", none of them said it, which showed good discipline.

One of the rules of the Clone Brigade - the commander is not allowed to speak while he is speaking.

Shinji secretly praised in his heart, but his face was silent, although his whole person was now wrapped in a cloak and did not show his face.

"Perhaps you will be suspicious of me, a man of unknown origin, who can't even see his face. Some people may also question my qualifications, how can a guy who has only been on the job for a few days lead us? I know all of this and can understand it. Those who can stand here are elites, and elites will always be a little arrogant. ”

"To be honest, when Lorelea said I should be acting captain, I refused at first. Because it is very troublesome to lead a troop, especially an elite one, and I am a person who is very afraid of trouble. So, I decided to get rid of the trouble in one fell swoop. ”

"Listen to me, I'm going to give you a chance today, just one chance. From the moment I finished speaking, there were no superiors and subordinates here, and there was no class distinction here, you can speak freely, whether it is to give opinions or start scolding directly. I'm a straight-tempered person, if you offend me, I usually scold or beat back on the spot, so don't worry that I will retaliate afterwards, above. ”

"Captain, this ......" The "chariot" standing behind Shinji's left was about to speak.

Shinji waved his hand and motioned to the "chariot" without saying anything, "You can start asking casual questions now." ”

"I'll come first. The man standing behind Shinji's right raised his hand.

He was the oldest member of the team, 29 years old, a member of the Barthmelo family, who was usually expressionless, wearing an old-fashioned tuxedo and roaming the station, driving the monitoring and enforcement powers that Lorelea had given him. He is "judged".

"Speak. "Look at your head with caution.

"The captain must have his own reasons for appearing in such an image, but it is neither revealing nor characteristic, which is really difficult to distinguish. ”

"Your Excellency the Ombudsman is right. ”

"In case the enemy disguises himself as His Excellency the Reaper......"

More than one person chimed in.

"It is indeed a last resort to appear in such an image, and the eldest lady also understands this and allows me to hide it like this. When the meeting is over, I will let the 'Judgment' and the 'Chariot' see my face. As for you - remember my armament, every piece of my armament is unique and no one can imitate it. ”

At least now that there is no Holy Grail War and Shirou is not surnamed Emiya, Shinji has this confidence.

"Hmph, we believe that your armament is unique for a moment, but how can you guarantee that your armament will not be taken away?" someone muttered quietly.

"Huh. Shinji let out a chuckle and asked rhetorically, "Why do you think the eldest lady wants me to be this 'captain'?"

“......”

"Don't you say it? Do you not know, or do you know and don't want to admit it? Either way, you can't deny a reality -- I, the 'Grim Reaper' have enough strength. The principle of the Clone Brigade is 'strength first', and if you don't accept it, you can try to challenge it. Whoever can win me is qualified to be willful. ”

Shinji raised his scythe, pointing at each squad one by one.

"What? No one challenge? I have already said that today is your only chance, if you miss anyone who dares to disobey today, I will clean up whoever you want!! if one person is not confident enough, I will allow you to form a team, the number of people in the squad is no more than four, and the cadre level is counted as two. No matter how much more, I dare not guarantee your personal safety. ”

These words can be described as extremely arrogant, and as soon as they were stimulated by such words, someone finally couldn't help it.

"I'm coming!" A young man in his early twenties walked out of the fourth detachment "Star Coin" team, "Let me state first, I don't doubt the strength of the captain, I just can't get used to your attitude." I, the 'Star Coin Four', coordinated with the entire 'Star Coins' team except the Captain, and challenged the 'Captain'. ”

The other three who were named first glared at their teammates dissatisfied, then looked at their captain, and when they saw that the captain did not react, they all nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Shinji picked up the "Snake Hunting Scythe" with his right hand, and waved his left hand: "The others retreat, let's start here." ”