"The old man brought it, and now she is yours. To be honest, I don't really understand that you have to get her, but I hope you can truthfully fulfill the contract between us. After entering the study, Jian Tong said in a deep voice to Ling Yi.

Although he signed a self-coercive certificate, which was almost foolproof as a guarantee of the credibility of the transaction, the character of the dirty inkstone of Maki was destined that he would never be able to trust anyone easily.

It's not just that he's suspicious by nature, just like a veteran who has been living in war all year round, his thinking nerves are vigilant all the time, and he has developed a habit over time.

Ling Yi clasped his hands on his chest, a harmless smile appeared on his face, and he said while looking at the purple-haired girl: "Your worries are unnecessary, with the assistance of Lacner and Berserker, it can be said that the outcome of this war has long been doomed, as long as I don't want to, there is absolutely no reason to fail." “

"It's great that you can have such confidence, so the old man is here to wish you all the best in advance."

Jian Tong Yan smiled, suddenly remembered something, and his eyes took on a strange color.

"By the way, there's one thing I forgot to say. Although the old man promised to hand over the Berserker to you as a trivial help, the current master of the Berserker is not the old man. If that person had any objections, there was nothing he could do about being an ordinary magician. ”

His words were mixed with unpleasant laughter.

Ling Yi put away his smile and glanced at him lightly.

"Thanks for the reminder, I have my own way. I can't waste the rope you gave me. ”

Yes, the rope is in hand, and the next step is to think about how to put it around the target's neck.

Jian Tong didn't understand this hint, Ling Yi didn't care at all, and he didn't even care if he was secretly planning any conspiracy.

It doesn't matter if it's a true alliance or something, in short, the purpose of this trip has been achieved, and it will be too heavy a burden for Karna to continue to stay. After all, the opponent is several kings, and there is little difference in attribute values, and there is no obvious advantage, delaying the battle is not a clever tactic to be honest, but it is victory to achieve the goal.

The difference between different means is only in the level of efficiency.

Ling Yi walked out of the gate of the Jiantong Mansion with his hands in his pockets, the streets in the dead of night seemed dark and secret, the street lamps flickered from time to time, this is the rhythm of death in the movie, if you put on a low and melodious music, it is easy to create a terrifying and depressing atmosphere.

But Sakura's expression still hasn't changed much, and it's not at all like the mentality that a girl less than ten years old should have.

She just followed honestly, keeping a distance not far away, neither like a stranger nor like a close relationship.

It's not so much that you don't feel the horror, it's not that the degree is not enough.

Because she had seen a deeper horror than this, this level alone would only make her feel a little puzzled at best. However, she did not think deeply, and it should be said that there was no thinking logic in her mind to 'think about doubtful things'.

This happened to fall into Ling Yi's arms.

"Your name is Sakura."

Ling Yi looked at the girl with his spare eyes, and his tone was not enthusiastic, as if he was asking what the weather was.

“”

The answer was a blank silence.

"First of all, I have to tell you a few things-" Ling Yi continued unconcernedly, "First, you belong to me completely now, and you can set your position as a 'hostage'. Second, the hostages have no right to refuse, but I just ask you to be honest and don't trouble me. Third, as long as you do what I say, I can basically guarantee your life, and when the Holy Grail War is over, you will be free. ”

After the Holy Grail War, you are free.

I don't know if it's because of this sentence, Sakura was stunned for a moment, but her expression was still so numb, it looked really pleasing to the eye, just like a living puppet.

It is impossible to take a taxi from the residential area back to the hotel in Xindu in the middle of the night.

There was no choice but to walk.

Damn, who made the Fuyuki Bridge so long in the first place!

When Ling Yi answered the hotel, he found that Karna had already returned, and he was sitting on the bed in civilian clothes watching TV, and Sora was still asleep on the other bed, and it seemed that it would really take a few days to wake up.

"You're back."

"Report on the situation on Warehouse Street." Ling Yi rubbed his shoulders and found a chair to sit down, looking at Karna with a look of surprise in his eyes: "You seem to be very relaxed, I thought you had to go through a battle of life and death?" ”

"The situation is similar to what you expected, Saber's strength is quite extraordinary, although I initially planned to use surprise tactics to kill Saber in one go, but I didn't expect her to block my attack. When I wanted to liberate the treasure, I was unfortunately interrupted by the King of Conquest, and the guy didn't know what he was thinking, and he did a series of incredible acts, and even his real name was exposed, which was really unconsplanatory. All in all, I didn't achieve any substantial results in this battle. ”

Karna let out a rare sigh and lowered his head slightly.

Obviously, Ling Yi's order to him was to attract the enemy's attention as much as possible, and if he could, it was best to kill Saber or any enemy. Although the first mission was completed, the second mission was clearly a failure, and neither Saber nor the Conquest King, nor even the other Servants were so easy to solve.

Even Karna, who can be called the strongest Lancer, has a hard time hiding his identity and killing enemies in front of so many people.

After all, to kill an enemy, it is likely that you will need to use the Heroic Spirit's greatest reliance, the Noble Phantasm.

And it doesn't hurt that the Noble Phantasm is the identity of the Heroic Spirit to some extent, if the Noble Phantasm is exposed, then the possibility of being seen through the real name will be greatly increased, and even if one or two enemies are killed at that time, it will be a loss for Karna.

Whoever gives him an inherent skill that can improve his strength by hiding his identity, so Ling Yi also took the order of 'hiding his true name' as the first criterion for Karna's operation.

In this way, it naturally limited Karna's strength, so that he could not go all out.

It was impossible for Ling Yi's mind not to think of this reason, so—

"The result? When did you get the illusion that this battle was fruitless? ”

Ling Yi raised his eyebrows, and without waiting for Karna to answer, he continued: "The situation was under my control from the beginning, and their actions can be easily judged. To put it simply, just like the army that has just entered the battlefield, all I want is to gather intelligence, find out the enemy's hole cards and wait for the opportunity to play, so I will let you lead them away, this is to confirm my conjecture. ”

"That said, this is just an experiment, an experiment that allowed me to determine if those guys would act as I expected, and now that the results are in, it can be said to be a successful experiment, and it is much more useful to have a head start than to have a little information."

"Do you mean that after tonight's chaotic battle, we have completely seized the lead in the battle?"

"No, it's not that easy."

Unexpectedly, in the face of Karna's question, Ling Yi shook his head.

"Those guys are only weaker than us in intelligence ability, so we have the opportunity so easily, once there is any mistake in the future, it is not impossible to be kicked out, with the least vigilance, continue to move on to the next step."

"Understood."

Ling Yi rubbed his temples like he had a headache, such high-intensity thinking was really laborious, it seemed that he had to consider resting properly, otherwise he would be a young man if he continued like this.

When the gray hair returned to reality, he could even imagine how those bad friends would mock him.

Wow, a white head overnight, just like the plot of a novel--I guess there will be a lot of praise like that.

Like a large doll, Sakura had been sitting motionless on the edge of the bed since she entered the door, her eyes lacking agility were cast on Ling Yi, and she quickly saw the distressed expression on his face, tilting her head very cutely and inexplicably.

The night is still long