Chapter 12. Fuyuki City, the battlefield of great heroes through the ages, Yukino welcomes calamity!
[Saber! Lancer! Archer! Rider! Caster! Assassin! Berserker!]
[The story begins from what appears to be an ordinary high school...]
[The three great families of Fuyuki City secretly uphold a ritual from ancient times...]
[However, no one knows that the Golden Grail capable of granting any wish had already been tainted since the 3rd Holy Grail War, bearing the malice of this entire world; the endless hatred had twisted the Holy Grail...]
[What kind of terrifying ending will there be in the end?]
Divine Authority Jade is being consumed at an extremely fast rate, the framework of the supernatural world gradually taking form.
A passionate BGM resounds, countless silhouettes, the fates of billions of beings intertwining densely.
Countless magnificent images are born, a stage with epic style appears.
From the past to now, one after another, renowned Heroic Spirits who left immortal milestones in human history are successively summoned.
They are either calm or sneering, each confident that they themselves can reach the Holy Grail.
All heroes inscribed in the annals of history, who once suppressed entire eras while alive—who among them would admit they're inferior to others?
How does one determine superiority?
There is only kill!
Kill every last one of you, and I will be the strongest!!
Heroes from different space-times gather in Fuyuki City, the scene is so magnificent it renders one speechless.
The traitorous witch kills her Master once again, she sneers coldly, the red lotus-like flames had long since incinerated everything...
The swordmaster who once slew dragons ends it all in twilight, his unrestrained smile hiding a trace of regret...
The great hero of ancient Greece dies countless times, only to protect a fragile dream in his heart...
A cold and mysterious female Heroic Spirit stands atop the grave of swords, swinging her sword toward her own immature past self...
Countless corpses fall from the high heavens, their faces bearing unwillingness in death...
As if one could hear a desperate scream, as if witnessing it with their own eyes.
"Under the name of the Command Spell, Saber, destroy the Holy Grail!"
A blinding golden light splits the world in two.
Black magical water flows backward from the sky, the tainted Grail nearly shattered.
A young man steps forward, his eyes complex, as if trying to hold on to something.
That stunning silhouette, whose face remains unclear, still holds onto the last bit of pride, choosing rejection, stepping into the tainted Holy Grail.
Everything, ends here.
...
Raku Sou slightly raised his head, a gloomy glint flashing in his eyes.
These scattered fragments of memory—were the entire PV of Fate/staynight that he personally created.
The production process flowed smoothly like water and clouds, perfect scene transitions, well-rounded character designs, exquisite visuals, grand and macro battle scenes, transcendent detail—every aspect reached the utmost refinement, not a single flaw to be found.
The battle of the Heroic Spirits burned to its very limit, every frame igniting the budget.
Just a two-minute PV video completely crushed all fantasy films across the world.
Because—all the visuals were "real."
It made people feel as though they truly stepped into the world, sharing joy and sorrow with the characters in the [Movie].
Even Raku Sou himself found it difficult to create a video more outstanding than that.
Unless—he materialized a drug even stronger than NZT-48 with twice the effect, allowing his brain to reach an even higher level, or used Divine Authority Jade to strengthen himself to a non-human degree, with intelligence surpassing the limits of mankind.
…Then, it's time to upload it.
Raku Sou rubbed his chin.
Now that he thought about it, not only did he madly rewrite the script, he also added quite a bit of screen time for himself, and all the original Masters were completely replaced by boys and girls from this world.(Note: Naruhodo, no wonder I felt something was off—it turns out the MC changed the plot.)
When the time comes, and these boys and girls see their parallel selves, they'll definitely be extremely confused!
But it didn't matter at all—they were merely tools for him to harvest Divine Authority Jade.
Once the entire Holy Grail War finished airing, that certain Raku could freely show some goodwill, and manifest the powers of their parallel selves for them, conveniently leading them to reveal themselves right under the world's nose.
At that point, even if the people didn't want to believe, they'd have no choice but to believe—and contribute even more Divine Authority Jade to him.
Too damn satisfying!
A moment later, an account named [Observer of the World] was created on the video sharing site.
Within the Observer's network, the previously empty off-white background was no longer there. A PV video titled Fate/staynight was pinned on the main page under recommendations, and its 2-minute runtime already hinted that this was no ordinary thing.
Divine Authority Jade remaining: 5.41 units.
"Void, is this amount of Divine Authority Jade enough for me to plaster rogue-style ads across every website in the world?"
Raku Sou pondered for a moment, then asked softly.
This was part of his plan—to stick ads with links to his site on every website, fixed firmly in the bottom right corner of the screen, impossible to remove, and upon clicking, it would automatically redirect to the Observer site. It could only be described as utterly disgusting.
There was no other way. With his pockets screaming empty, until the celestial screen appeared, this was all he could do.
"Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz~ (at least 9.62 units of Divine Authority Jade are required)."
Immediately after, a silver ripple gently spread out and provided the answer.
"That so? Then I'll just wait a bit."
Raku Sou chuckled softly.
Land of Steel was still trending on Twitter, continuously generating Divine Authority Jade for him. He figured he only needed to wait half an hour.
However, at the very next moment, a notification appeared that shocked Raku Sou.
[The faith from Yukinoshita Yukino, Divine Authority Jade +4.52.]
"Blood Disaster has already come to pass…?"
The young man scratched his head and suddenly revealed a gentle smile.
Looking at the Divine Authority Jade piling up within the silver waves, he smiled and began to take action.
...
At the same time, in front of Sobu High School.
As class time approached, the number of students on the street began to dwindle.
Not far away, a black-haired girl with a graceful appearance gently set down the cat in her arms, her expression still a bit dazed.
Just moments ago, as a cat lover, she had nearly been hit by an out-of-control truck while trying to save this dumb cat. The truck was loaded with tens of tons of heavy cargo—just a slight scrape would've been enough to kill her on the spot.
Yet, at the exact moment she was about to be hit, it was as if an invisible force pushed her aside.
That allowed her, right at the edge of life and death, to take two steps forward and narrowly escape the gates of Hell.
"…Thank you, Raku-san."
Yukinoshita Yukino whispered, her voice filled with gratitude.
Gentle rays of sunlight shone down, reflecting a metallic sheen on the snow-white skin of her neck.
The necklace with the red ruby had become dull and dim. The stone in the center was covered in cracks, as if it could shatter at any moment.
Such a severe level of damage—it was as if it had taken on disaster in someone else's place.
Regarding this, Yukinoshita Yukino understood it well in her heart.
If she ever got the chance, she would definitely thank him in person!