Chapter 324: Gudako: Mash Wants to Chat with Ber-Lancelot
[Star Forger]: "Jade-kun, here's the Monkey Talisman back. It's really useful."
[Shadowkhan Queen]: "Heehee, I like using it too. Just can't let Jackie and the others know."
[Stank]: "Shouldn't magical things like Talismans be kept in the most secure place? How do you get your hands on it so easily?"
[Shadowkhan Queen]: "They all say Section 13 is a very secure place."
[Star Forger]: "'The most secure Section 13' is the biggest lie. When Jade-kun wants to get in, it's like walking into her own house."
Putting aside powerful demons and sorcerers, even Valmont's three human lackeys can easily get into "secure" Section 13.
It was fine before they said it, but once they claimed it was "secure," Section 13's security became a joke.
[Galactic Baseballer]: "The most dangerous place is the safest place. So hell, where the demons are, should be the safest place of all!"
: "Genius. You can be discharged from the asylum."
[Galactic Baseballer]: "Hehe, Ruan Mei, even Madara called me a genius! Can I join the Genius Club?"
[Ruan Mei]: "...That 'genius' and the theoretical definition of 'genius' probably don't mean the same thing, do they?"
[Ruan Mei]: "You have to be 'glanced at' by Nous to join. Right now, the Aeon of Erudition (Nous) is tangled up with the Aeon of Propagation. He doesn't have time to look at you."
He might even "crash" himself. The Genius Club is the last thing on his mind.
According to Big Herta's observations, Zandar showed up and is acting as support, working hard to help Propagation fight Erudition. If it weren't for the Lord of Silence, Nous would be in an even worse spot.
(Zandar: Fighting Nous? Well, I'm not sleepy anymore!)
The "real father" helping an outsider beat up his "son." Even Aha is calling it great fun.
That whole area is chaotic. Even the Amber King (Qlipoth) stopped laying bricks and is just silently "watching." If the conflict expands...
He'll have to step in. Hammer time!
[Galactic Baseballer]: "Doesn't that mean I can't use the Path of Erudition to prove I'm a genius?"
Hoshi felt like her world was ending.
[Gudako]: "Who needs to be a genius? My girl, just keep being 'abstract.' That's your brand."
[Shadowkhan Queen]: "Section 13's security really is lacking. I think I've been in and out of there many times."
Jade-kun thought back. Section 13's security was a joke.
[Star Forger]: "It's not 'I think.' Just drop the 'I think.' Lots of people have been in and out."
It's not an exaggeration to call Section 13 a sieve.
[Ahoge King]: "I've been summoned as a Servant for a Holy Grail War."
On the Throne of Heroes, there's no concept of time. It's outside the timeline, so you can be summoned at any point.
[God's Tongue]: "So, 'Ria, are you planning to destroy that corrupted Grail?"
[Ahoge King]: "I have no use for the Grail. Even if it weren't corrupted, I've already achieved my wish. It would probably just form a Singularity. If so, forget it."
Artoria had come to terms with it and wasn't obsessing anymore. As for the Grail... she'll just hit it with Excalibur.
[Gudako]: "The Knight of the Lake, Lancelot, is in the Fourth War, right? Mash told me she wants to go over and... 'chat' with him."
She already met him in the Sixth Singularity, but hearing that this Lancelot is a "Berserker" and is all crazy... Mash got an idea.
Her "dinner table" (shield) is getting antsy, and her Spirit Origin is resonating.
[Star Forger]: "Oho! It's a father-daughter matchup! This is gonna be fun to watch."
Lancelot facing Mash... he's probably just going to get beaten up. Even as a Berserker, he's so "daughter-doting" he'd probably just drop his weapon.
[Ahoge King]: "Sir Lancelot... yes, leaving him to Mash is very appropriate."
A mischievous grin tugged at Artoria's lips. She couldn't wait to see the "daughter beats up father" show.
[God of Justice]: "It's a shame, 'Ria. You were summoned a year too late. Otherwise, you could have saved Sakura and killed the 'Old Bug' (Zouken)."
[Ahoge King]: "I may be late, but that won't stop me from giving that Old Bug a taste of Excalibur."
No knight would tolerate such a sinful person, let alone the King of Knights. He can't be forgiven.
[Ahoge King]: "Kenji, you'll step in, right?"
Time... there's someone in the group who can use time. It'd be easy.
[Star Forger]: "Once you get to 'Nuke-pocalypse' Fuyuki, just call me. I'll make a move."
Black Swan is the "mysterious meddling woman," so he'll just play the "mysterious meddling man."
[Ahoge King]: "It really is a 'nuke-pocalypse'."
She didn't know what to say. It was clearly a battle of Heroic Spirits, but it got blamed on a "gas leak." Fuyuki's gas lines are just "too powerful."
(Fuyuki Gas Station: I dunno! There was no leak and no explosion!)
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Female Tiger-ian = Tigress = Orange Cat-ian.
"You're an orange cat-girl♪?" Elysia looked at the head disciple of the Cloud-Top Sect, Fufu. This wasn't what she imagined a "Tiger-ian" would look like.
She didn't have the fierceness of a tigress. She was just... cute. More like a "Hachimi" (cat).
"I'm not an Orange Cat-ian, I'm a Tiger-ian!"
Fufu hated when people called her that. It wasn't her fault she looked like this!
Her ideal self was burly, tall, and mighty, radiating the dominant aura of a fierce tiger.
Even her Master, the current leader of the Cloud-Top Sect, Master Gen, often petted her like an orange cat.
So annoying!~
"Hollow Hunter Miyabi Hoshimi, what are you doing here at the temple?" Fufu was no stranger to Miyabi.
"My friend wanted to see a Tiger-ian. I thought of you, so I brought them over," Miyabi Hoshimi said, straight to the point.
"?! That's it?"
Fufu was surprised. Am I the only Tiger-ian? You came all the way from the Sorn District, where HAND HQ is, to the Veridia District... just for this?
"Er... mainly, she wanted to pet one," Miyabi Hoshimi said awkwardly.
Elysia didn't speak, just blinked her clear blue eyes. She was just... really curious what those cat... no... tiger ears felt like.
And that fluffy tail... it probably felt nice, too.
"You want to pet me like a cat?"
Fufu's mouth twitched. You came all this way... just for that? You Hollow Hunters sure have a lot of free time.
Voom!
Space rippled. Anya-kun used the ability of the Herrscher of the Void to appear right above Fufu, her chubby little hands grabbing the tiger ears.
Tia-mom (Tiamat) was supposed to be babysitting, but when "cat-petting" was involved, Elysia naturally didn't forget her daughter.
(Shi-kun: So... am I forgotten?)
Shi-kun, back in the Toriko world, stared at a pile of textbooks, lost in thought. Is this... what I'm supposed to be learning at this age?
Geometry... Functions... Calculus...
(Kenji: Ehe~ This definitely isn't revenge.)
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