It was late spring and early summer, and it coincided with the rainy season, which inevitably caused this city to be mild and dry all year round.

The rainy season is the most annoying, not only because of the softness and fineness of the rainfall that is different from the rainforest rainfall, but also because of the duration of the rainfall.

As if it was going to complete the rainfall of the whole year in one go, the dripping rain continued to wash away everything that could be soaked -

Dirt, asphalt, grass, summer flowers, glass, brick walls, birds, and passers-by hurrying through the irritating drizzle.

Zhou Jianwen, who was inexplicably exiled to this city by the system, did not use an umbrella, and her early life experience told her that even if she held an umbrella under such rain, it would actually be useless.

After all, the rain was so gentle that it would only need a breeze to blow through the air, and eventually it would be contaminated everywhere.

Thinking so, she stopped in the drizzle, lowered her head and looked at the trousers she was wearing. The fabric of the black suit reflected a shallow glow in the not-so-good light, which was clearly the result of the rain, or the humidity in the air, to be exact.

It's not all soaked, but it's wet and sticky on your body, and it's really uncomfortable.

However, Zhou Jianwen had no intention of turning back because of this, she looked up at the sky behind the umbrella, and the sky without the slightest sunlight was white, not to mention that she could feel the heaviness and oppression of the problem just standing on the ground.

This pale sky is really dazzling.

Feeling that his eyes were about to be blinded in another sense, he sighed silently, and then walked forward again.

Completely different from the stranger walking beside him, Zhou Jianwen's slow and methodical behavior really seemed to be different from the city, especially in the rainy season, but more like a recluse enjoying the life of idle clouds and wild cranes in the countryside.

Such an abnormal posture has also attracted the attention of some idle people.

Zhou Jianwen naturally noticed the gaze they cast at him—he had been in the previous world for a hundred years and had experienced more than nine thousand battles; Even if Zhou Jianwen used to be a dull person, he would become sharp.

Besides, she's never been a dull person.

However, Zhou Jianwen didn't pay much attention to them, and just walked slowly and leisurely at her own pace in this highly modern, even modern city, which gave her some illusions.

She had been in the last world for a hundred years, but in those hundred years or so, in order to avoid all sorts of problems, she ended up going to this world only three times—and each time she came and went in a hurry to save people, and she didn't even have time to observe the situation properly.

Of course, Kuza itself is a mostly residential town, and even if she wanted to see something, she would only see a variety of houses.

So the last time she stood in a city full of tall buildings seemed to be on the first map.

It's ridiculous that even in that world, she didn't have the opportunity to observe the city - because she was either busy running for her life or calculating how to kill the boss, and she didn't have the leisure time to reflect on the rhythm of life of the city.

Now that he has been standing in the modern city again after many years, Zhou Jianwen is surprised to find that he seems to be unable to adapt to the fast pace of urban life.

That's not a good sign.

In particular, the map in this chapter is based on the premise that the city is the background.

That's why Zhou Jian Wen walked in the jade wood like this after the system transferred her to this world, in order to be able to grasp the situation in a short period of time, so that she could reintegrate into the life of the city faster and better.

It's just that......

As if sensing something unusual, Zhou Jianwen, who had been walking slowly down the street, even looking left and right at the goods in the window and his own reflection on the glass, suddenly quickened his pace, and then turned into an alley.

Seeing that the person who was still unhurried and walking slowly suddenly ran away, the tail ||The man following the woman in the suit was stunned for a moment, but when he saw which alley the woman had turned into, an exaggerated and malicious smile appeared on the other person's face.

So he quickened his pace and followed.

It was a rather deep cul-de-sac, located between two high-rise buildings, and because it was usually deserted and could not be seen all year round, this cramped alley was cold and damp despite the lack of garbage.

If you're looking for something private, this is definitely the place to be.

But for those who escaped, this is not a good place to go.

The man who had been following him for some time turned from the already lightless avenue into the darker alley, and then saw the back of a young woman in a suit.

The woman is tall, and although she is wearing a pair of black square leather shoes that don't look very trendy, her legs are even more slender; Her long black hair was tied up high by a hair rope, and her well-maintained strands were thinly wet from the rain.

Seeing this, the man showed a revealing smile, and seeing that there was no third person in the alley except them, he took the initiative to speak to the back.

"Is this young lady waiting for someone?" that is a very cliché opening statement, but it is extremely useful in this situation.

After all, it doesn't really matter what is said, what happens next. It seemed to him that the woman had probably discovered his heelTrace, trying to go around the alley to throw him away, but he didn't want to break into a dead end, "Seeing that the person you are waiting for doesn't seem to be coming, it's better to ...... with my big brother first"

"The person I was waiting for didn't come?"

Zhou Jianwen, who had not made a sound since she had walked into the alley, suddenly spoke, interrupting the man's clumsy hook-up with obvious despicable thoughts, and she mockingly curled the corners of her mouth, and then slowly turned around.

Perhaps it was the clear female voice that was quite attractive, and the man even subconsciously ignored the mockery in her tone, just as he was about to take a good look at this rather striking woman's face from a close position with the help of the not-so-bright light, and even took the first sinful step towards her—

The next second, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck, followed by a whirlwind, and before she was completely plunged into darkness, she heard the good-looking woman say:

"No, you're wrong, the person I'm waiting for has already arrived."

The unconscious man's legs went limp, and he threw himself on the wet ground in a face-to-face position without support. And because of his downfall, it also revealed the petite woman in a suit with silver hair and red eyes standing behind him from now.

This petite woman is full of feminine aura that makes people almost mistake it for a little girl at a glance, and the red eyes that look at the man's slowly falling figure are full of indifference, and in the absence of a fourth person in the alley, this woman is obviously the culprit who knocked the man unconscious.

The silver-haired woman tugged at the black gloves she was wearing, then took out a black long-handled umbrella out of nowhere, and opened it as she walked towards the boat, without even looking at the fallen man.

"You're going to catch a cold like that," the silver-haired woman said, holding the end of the umbrella in one hand, tiptoeing up and lifting it high above her head, "Iraglio. ”

The scene of the petite girl tiptoeing makes Zhou Jian Wen feel both heartwarming and a little funny at the same time. It's just that considering the self-esteem of the secretary ship he trusts, Zhou Jianwen finally swallowed all his smiles back.

She took the umbrella from Veneto's hand, patted her on the shoulder under the other party's somewhat dissatisfied gaze, and then propped the umbrella between the two of them, "How's the situation at the command post?" ”

When they moved from the map in the previous chapter to this map, the command post didn't know if there was a small shock because of the spatial shift, although it was not as serious as the earthquake, but there were some problems that were not big but troublesome.

That's why Veneto didn't appear in this world with her.

Because she is responsible for counting the damage in the command post.

"The twenty-two shipwrews in the current command post are in good condition, no one was injured due to the shock, and there is not much loss in terms of property except for some porcelain that was broken due to falling, but it is just ......"

Veneto showed a rare look of hesitation, which also made the boat who had already restarted his steps and walked out of the alley, wonder, "What happened?" ”

Hearing Zhou Jian Min's own question, Veneto made up his mind to report the incident after a short hesitation—even if he didn't say it now, Zhou Jian Wen would find out sooner or later.

"Yes iraglio, Branda...... Missing. ”

Is Bailan missing?

This is really a new thing for Zhou Jianwen.

After all, she was sorting out her thoughts in her office when the command post was shaken, and after being shocked by the shock, she didn't care about where Bai Lan was, but before she could finish investigating the damage in the command post, she was sent to the city by the system.

So I didn't think about why Bai Lan never had a problem.

Zhou Jian Wen was extremely sure that he had indeed returned to the command post with him after he had killed Bai Lan on the previous map, so now he didn't show up - was he also sent somewhere by the system?

Zhou Jianwen felt that this possibility was really not low.

"Forget it, Bai Lan's problem is not in a hurry," Zhou Jian Min held the black umbrella and returned to the main road with Veneto, "The priority now is to figure out where the world we are in. ”

Regarding Bai Lan's disappearance, in fact, Zhou Jianwen didn't worry about it for too long, because she believed that as long as the other party was still in the same world as herself, performing the same mission......

Then sooner or later they will all meet.

So it's better to buy time to investigate where she is now, she doesn't want to repeat the mistakes she made in the previous world.

With the assistance of Veneto, who is a ship's mother herself, Zhou Jian Min is finally no longer walking aimlessly on the street as before. According to Veneto's guidance, or to use a fashionable term that fits both Veneto's identity as a ship lady and the modern metropolis, it is under Veneto's guidance that Zhou Jian Min has explored the city more efficiently.

Or rather, half of the city called Fuyuki City.

Before night fell, they ate and walked around most of the city, and finally took advantage of the darkness to come to a red bridge that is said to be the landmark of the city.

Since she already knew the name of the city, before stepping on the bridge, Zhou Jian Min subconsciously looked up at the sign located at the entrance of the bridge, and the big characters of Weiyuanchuan Bridge in the book were not difficult to recognize for her who had lived in the corpse soul world for a hundred years.

But it's hard to admit that the world is really the world she knows.

Thinking of what was about to happen in this world, Zhou Jian Min's breath that had been blocked in his chest for about half a day finally couldn't help but sigh in front of Veneto.

As keen as Veneto actually noticed that his own Commander's mood was not very good early on, and at this moment he heard her sigh again, Veneto quickly raised his head and looked at the other party's side face through the light of the vehicles passing next to him, "Iraglio? ”

"No, nothing."

As the sky gradually turned from white to red and black, she and Veneto walked on the pedestrian passage on the left side of the bridge, and looked through the rain curtain towards the motorized passage in the center of the bridge, and saw that the red and white headlights formed a bond in the center of the bridge, and the bridge deck was reflected because of the water.

In addition to the pair of boats and Veneto, who are carrying a wet black umbrella and a suit that is not easy to mess with at first glance, there are actually quite a few people on the sidewalk, some of whom seem to be locals hurrying back from the bustling city to their homes on the other side of the bridge, but also many tourists with cameras in their hands.

As for Zhou Jian Wen and Veneto, they don't look like locals or tourists, they don't carry anything other than an umbrella in their hands - they don't even have the necessary bags for most women to go out, plus their suits, gloomy faces, and some bad aura, many passers-by have questioned their identity for a while.

- For example, black|||Hand |||Party or something.

Zhou Jianwen has heard this countless times in a day today, and she never cares about the eyes and discussions of others, not to mention that her heart is in turmoil at this moment.

"I think Iraglio has already come to a conclusion about the world."

Seeing Zhou Jianwen find a place with few people, looking at the reflection left on the water of the bustling city under the bridge, Veneto, who had not seen such a scene for a long time, was the first to break the silence.

As Zhou Jianwen's most powerful assistant, she even has the right to continue speaking without waiting for her own commander's response during non-command operations. ”

Not surprised that Veneto was able to see through her distress at a glance, she shrugged her shoulders and lingered for a moment unfocused on the bright lights reflected on the river, before she replied in a muffled voice, "...... It may be more troublesome than every previous one, and if you don't get it, you really have to explain it here. ”

"But Iraglio won't back down no matter what, right?"

Veneto was not the first shipwreck to come to the port area, but since she became Zhoujianwen's secretary ship, she has been with Zhoujian Minu longer than any ship's mother, and naturally knows that her own commander is not a cowardice who will back down easily.

Flinch? Hey, what a joke!

This is the commander of the H-BF19 Minato Ward who is famous in their world for "not accepting the front anus, and the trapezoid is dry"! In the words of Richelieu, who is still asleep, all the words associated with withdrawal never appeared in Zhoujianwen's dictionary.

Even when the deep-sea revenge fleet came to the command post, Veneto had never seen his own commander afraid, and now how could these enemies who didn't even appear in a shadow let Zhou Jian Wen surrender without a fight?

Veneto believed that her commander was now only confused by the information and intelligence at hand, and that she had come to her senses when she woke up from that confusion......

It's time for those enemies to taste the power of the bombing brigade and the artillery team.

Sure enough, after hearing Veneto's question, Zhou Jianwen was silent for a very short time, and then showed a confident smile that made Veneto feel extremely familiar-

This is the smile that all the shipwives in the command post like to see.

"Do you need to ask?"

She said.

Even if you really want to participate in the black mud in the end...... No, what about the Holy Grail War, even if you have to fight six groups of enemies at the same time that are more powerful, cunning, and difficult to deal with than any opponent you have ever come into contact with?

"How could I do something like backing down that only coercion would do."

- She still won to show them!

In fact, just as Veneto firmly believed, Zhou Jian Min never flinched from the beginning, but the sudden realization of what she was about to encounter when she came to Fuyuki City made her a little dazed and uneasy. After all, as she said, this world is more dangerous, if not dangerous, than the previous two; But with the character of Zhou Jianwen, she will wake up from this daze sooner or later, and then participate in it energetically.

Veneto's words only accelerated the process, of course, the acceleration itself is indispensable for Zhou Jianwen, because without knowing what kind of time background it is now, Zhou Jianwen also feels that he does not have much time for unnecessary confusion and fear.

After all, once the Holy Grail War begins, it will not stop until the winner is decided, and in the case of a melee between multiple parties using intelligence and material resources, there is rarely even a stalemate.

That's why it's important to get into the groove early and do enough preliminary work to control the pace once the battle begins.

Veneto's prompting and encouragement came just right, directly and decisively dispersing Zhou Jianwen's emotions that he didn't know how long it would take to deal with them - not even overnight.

And this is the reason why Zhou Jian Wen asked Veneto to be his secretary ship, because she not only has a clear mind and the skill to handle complicated tasks quickly and effectively, but also because she can always know what Zhou Jian Wen needs in the first place.

Whether or not Zhou Jian himself is aware of this.

"Rio," Zhou Jian Wen reached out and rubbed Veneto's short silver hair, which was still a little damp, the soft texture made Zhou Jian Wen feel quite satisfied, and when he saw Veneto's indifferent treatment of outsiders, his face was also dyed with a slight smile at this moment, Zhou Jian Wen even took her hand and prepared to turn back the way he came.

Now that the emotional problem is solved, the next step is to enter the intense preparations.

Although he didn't know what the timeline was, and he wasn't even 100% sure that he was really going to get involved in that black mud war, Zhou Jian felt that in this city that was chosen to be the main battlefield, he had to have the means to protect himself.

What is most needed during the war as a person who could be drawn in at any moment?

Of course, it's your own position!

If there is not even a place where you can rest and make tactical preparations quietly, and you can retreat to a position at the most critical moment, then what kind of serious battle is there to fight?

Just be a rogue.

The void in the void circle could be easily swept away by her because those beings with empty power and no mind did not know the importance of establishing a camp.

As for the death skeleton of the former owner of the Void Night Palace, who was brutally killed by her and Bai Lan, Zhou Jianwen said that it was a matter of strength.

Belch...... Perhaps there is also the existence of the necessary factor of "looking at the face".

"And the camp must meet the conditions of being able to attack and defend, both offensive and defensive is the last word, that is to say, turrets and defense towers are indispensable," After sweeping away the gloomy mood, Zhou Jian Min seemed to return to the way he was when he was in Minato, and said more and more to Veneto, "But for us, ......"

What exactly is "said", Zhou Jianwen was not able to say it completely.

For she was only halfway through her exuberant words, as if someone had been slammed by the neck, and her steps were also stopped.

Veneto, who had been silently listening to his commander's explanation, raised his head in confusion, and then looked at the other party's suddenly staring eyes like brass bells and an expression of disbelief.

What can make Zhou Jianwen, who is in the midst of excitement, show such an expression?

Veneto, who stopped his steps with Zhou Jianwen, followed the other party's line of sight and looked behind him, only to see a red-black tall back illuminated by the oncoming headlights, nearly one meter nine tall, and his dark complexion made him not so obvious in the night, but his white hair looked a little dazzling under the illumination of the headlights.

But what is more eye-catching than his white hair is the outfit on his body that does not match the background of this era no matter how you look at it.

The black tights and red tunic weren't ugly at all—they were even perfect for this muscular man. But it's one thing to fit, it's another thing to match the background of this era, Veneto already has a little idea of urban life in this day, so she doesn't think ordinary urbanites would wear such clothes.

Yes, that's out of place.

However, for those of them who are not human beings and did not originally live in the background of this era, this kind of clothing may be a "normal" dress, and they are more tolerant of clothes that seem strange to ordinary people.

At the same time, she also noticed that just from a back, she could perceive that this man contained an aura that was different from ordinary humans.

It wasn't just murderous, there were more things she couldn't talk about.

After discovering the anomaly of this man who has gradually faded away, Veneto is also a little incomprehensible to the fact that "he didn't notice this man who passed by them no matter how he looked at it" in the first place.

It's not that she thinks that Zhou Jianwen, who is a human being, is inferior to the ship's mother equipped with a radar detector in this regard, but she is simply curious about this matter.

Because judging from the situation just now, the passers-by on the bridge didn't seem to notice the existence of this man except for them, so why could the commander of her own house notice it in the first place?

But Zhou Jianwen did not answer Veneto's question, or she was also full of doubts at this time.

If she wasn't mistaken, the man just now was indeed the Archer who would not appear until the Five World Wars—a future spirit in Emiya's real form. At this time, he appeared here, could it be ......

The Black Mud War has actually already begun?

And is it a rather cheating five wars in a sense?

So what is her mission in this world?

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