When did all the manipulations actually begin?
On what basis had Kai's Manipulation Ability been gaining proficiency—against a storming Deep One?!
Was there something even a Deep One couldn't perceive—in His own Bubble?!!
Was there a place where the likes of Timelines and Deep Ones couldn't seep Their authorities to?!!!
Yes.
Kai D. Stormborn had both.
He had something that even Zelretch had failed to perceive.
He had a place where the Fate Bubble's Key Timeline and the Deep One failed to barge in to spy on him as well.
Nyarlathotep's Mysteries and Limitless Blood Firmament!
After learning that the Contestants with Zelretch's Blessings had fallen to the status of his father's pets, Kai had given up on accepting His Blessing.
He would rather not give Zelretch any advantage against his father. However, he had also wanted the Blessing—because it would come with its Mystery.
Then, how to go about this impossible, paradoxical scenario?
After mulling it over for hours, letting the Ad Infinitum calculate all possibilities from all angles, Kai had come to a decision.
Why not… let Selene receive the Blessing of True Ancestor?!
Given the Three-Headed Devourer's nature as a beast, it would suit her best. Moreover, as Zelretch had already bestowed the Extremity of True Ancestor upon other Contestants, who were beasts, there was no way He would mind bestowing the Blessing upon her.
But that wasn't the prime reason for Kai to choose Selene.
It was the fact that Zelretch didn't know about his Glitch—Blood Devour!
Once Selene reached the Extremity, becoming a True Ancestor, who would stop Kai from devouring her?!
Then, not only her innate abilities but even the abilities bestowed upon her by the Blessing would become his.
Zelretch, not knowing Kai's Glitch, wouldn't even see it coming!
Thinking that far and already making up his mind to propose a counterdeal to Zelretch that He wouldn't refuse, Kai had only one option in front of him.
— Win the Holy Grail War at any cost!
Which, sadly, was impossible.
Kai wasn't a hotheaded 16-year-old rookie Contestant anymore.
If a Deep One told him that there was no chance of victory, then THERE WAS NO CHANCE OF VICTORY.
It was especially so when the said Deep One was Zelretch—the user of the Second Magic from one of the strongest and largest Random Worlds in the Multiverse—Fate Bubble!
Zelretch could spit Infinity Stones if He wanted to.
There were no Deep Ones in the Marvel and DC Bubbles who could belittle the Father of the Jewel Magecraft.
If Zelretch went as far as asking Kai to reconsider taking His Blessing instead of continuing with his plan and leaving the timeline right there and then, it meant Kai had already lost!
Then, what hope could Kai ever have to change his fate?!
With no answer to this question bubbling as a Lucky Intuition, and even the AI failing to guarantee a win for him, Kai had no choice but to rely on his Mysteries.
Casting the Reality Marble, he had taken out The Tales of Beedle the Bard, summoning Cersei Lannister.
Yes.
In her, once again, Kai found the ray of hope he had been looking for—as Blood Prophecy!
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Story: The Lioness of Casterly Rock
Story Status: Incomplete
-Primordial Theater-
Act: Blood Prophecy
Grade: C+
Specification: The Skill will let the Contestant prophesy certain things depending on the blood sacrifice. More blood sacrifice would let the Contestant see things more clearly and farther into the future.
Requirement: HP>0
Attributes: Limited to the Contestants
Effect:
— Show glimpses of the future centered on the Contestant
— The Contestant can break the Prophecy anytime he wants
— The Contestant can direct the Prophecy in a general direction
— The Contestant can direct the Prophecy toward a general event or an individual
]
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After becoming a Grimoire, Blood Prophecy wasn't limited to the immediate future and uncontrolled events.
Using Biokinesis, Kai could generate over ten times his blood within his body and see days ahead in the future!
The fact that, as long as he continuously supplied the blood, and given that Cersei could exist outside the Book with no limits, Kai could keep using Blood Prophecy with no perceivable end!
And, by itself, it made The Tales of Beedle the Bard deserve to be called Nyarlathotep's Mystery the most!!
The conspiracy had begun, then.
Using Blood Prophecy, Kai lived through countless possibilities. He saw events not only from his perception but also from others', learning things that even they didn't know about themselves!
Every time Kai met a dead end, he would use AI to calculate a new possibility before using Blood Prophecy to try that route.
And all routes ended with the appearance of the Avenger Class Servant, Gorgon, annihilating all his plans…
… all but one.
For that one route, Kai had begun making himself unlucky.
For that one route, Kai had begun actively burying his memories, fooling himself using Facelessness' Contrast so that he wouldn't unknowingly diverge events.
He had gone as far as putting Black and himself under a temporary unsynchronization—a near-deadly thing to do in the Fate Bubble!
All he had done was plant a cue in his mind using the Ad Infinitum, which would unleash the buried memories regarding that one route once a certain event was completed.
And that event was Saber Alter unleashing Excalibur Morgan and destroying Kai and his Reality Marble.
Everything that happened until now happened as planned, as calculated, and as prophesied.
But that alone wasn't the reason behind Kai grinning ear to ear as he walked past a stunned Zelretch, who couldn't see Nyarlathotep's mysteries.
It was the notification.
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Congratulations Contestant Kai D. Stormborn
Your Master Manipulator Ability has upgraded, becoming an Elite Ability
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Elite Ability—Conspirator of Fate
]
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Selfless Breathing: Second Transformation —
"Watch me…" The Emperor's voice boomed as he put his life on the line, losing all joy, despite the wide smile on his face. "Let me show you—what it takes to be a Conqueror…"
And yellow crystals danced in all eyes, making even Zelretch the Deep One stop from intervening at the point of no return.
— Joyless Slaughter!
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