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"Master, do you have any thoughts?"
Scáthach made no secret of her dislike for Steve Rogers, but she was only a Servant, unlike Gilgamesh. Scáthach had a sense of self-awareness; in front of an enemy, such a decision should ultimately be left to Bond.
Bond was still a bit confused; things had happened too quickly, and it wasn't quite clear what had transpired. Looking at the corpses scattered on the ground and its own practically disfigured dog face, its mouth twitched. It said, "You can decide."
"In that case," Scáthach said directly, "I refuse your alliance. No matter what kind of Heroic Spirit or Master, nothing can stop me from winning this Holy Grail War!"
"Is that so? What a pity."
Though he said it was a pity, Steve Rogers showed no intention of leaving.
Automatically ignoring Scáthach's disgusted gaze, Steve Rogers sincerely praised her, "That counterattack just now was truly magnificent. It reminds me of an old friend named Quicksilver. He possessed divine speed, yet he couldn't even outrun a bullet."
Quicksilver was also a Marvel character, originating from a Hydra base. In Hydra Captain's world, this guy naturally wasn't whitewashed; instead, he became a capable subordinate. However, perhaps because the special effects for divine speed were too expensive, the un-whitewashed Quicksilver still died from a bullet's attack.
"If you don't get out, you'll die by my spear too."
Ignoring Steve Rogers' inexplicable praise, Scáthach's temper was indeed very bad right now. Because of Hassan arriving at 128x speed, she had already unsealed the suppressed power within her body.
Her strong dislike for Steve Rogers was not actually because he was full of lies, but because Scáthach saw a vast amount of "evil karma" on him.
It was a kind of dirty yet pure evil, like a god in the sky and a dead spirit from the underworld. Just one glance, and pure misfortune would rush over.
Because of the unsealing of her power, the wisdom of the Demon Realm combined with her fully-developed Clairvoyance allowed Scáthach to see too many things if she wasn't careful.
Battle situations, futures, death dates, knowledge like cheating...
But Scáthach didn't want to see these. If she knew everything, then what meaning would the future she faced have?
Even in the battle just now, Scáthach had been suppressing her eyes, only observing the future of the battle and not looking further.
Now that Steve Rogers was lingering in front of her, Scáthach couldn't help but raise Gáe Bolg Alternative in her hand again.
Before her characteristic of being a good teacher, Scáthach had slaughtered countless undead, humans, and gods, her status being equivalent to Death in Celtic mythology.
"OK, OK, I'll leave immediately."
"One last reminder, there's a player with time-stopping power, be very careful…"
Not daring to finish speaking, Steve Rogers saw the demonic spear aimed at his heart and immediately vanished from the spot, the black shadow of Hydra also dissipating directly.
"Scáthach, are you alright?"
Bond asked cautiously. It had also noticed the change in Scáthach's tone and was quite afraid of Scáthach, fearing she might poke a hole in it.
"I'm fine."
Scáthach calmed the fluctuations in her body. After completely sealing away her ability to foresee the distant future, she looked down at her Master.
Bond was quite miserable now. Under normal circumstances, a seemingly 200-pound large dog would become slender after losing its fur. Especially since only Bond's upper body fur was gone, the missing skin was mixed with blood, a truly rough state.
Scáthach reached out and used magic to heal Bond. A moment later, Bond's injuries were healed, and its fur grew back.
It was at this moment that Scáthach turned her head to look towards the door again.
This burger joint named "Burger King" was truly lively today. After Scáthach, Hassan, and Steve Rogers—three waves of Servants—arrived, Yukinoshita Yukino walked in with Saber and Medusa.
Witnessing the corpses on the ground, Yukinoshita Yukino showed no emotion. The fragile lives of mortals only made her more resolute in her own heart.
In a sense, she also shared some of Kiritsugu Emiya's personality, able to sacrifice the future of a small number of people for the future of many more.
Of course, Yukinoshita Yukino would not sacrifice those close to her.
"Hello?"
Yukinoshita Yukino crossed her arms, looking at the purple-haired Servant and the long-haired dog beside her.
After sizing up Scáthach's figure, Yukinoshita Yukino was a bit displeased, because she inexplicably felt that Scáthach might be Kisaragi's type.
Saber and Medusa had no good ideas for finding other players.
Hmm… While they had no good ideas, they certainly weren't lacking bad ones. For example, Medusa suggested she could create a Blood Temple to widely absorb the magic of mortals. Other players, upon discovering this, would naturally come to stop Medusa from absorbing magic and growing stronger.
Yukinoshita Yukino looked bewildered. She had initially thought Medusa was the easiest to get along with among Kisaragi Rin's Servants, but now it seemed something was off.
After rejecting this method with a two-to-one vote, Yukinoshita Yukino wandered the streets with her two Servants. Upon detecting the magic fluctuations from here, she immediately rushed over.
"Shall we fight?"
Compared to Steve Rogers, Scáthach's initial impression of Yukinoshita Yukino and Saber was much better. The clean feeling was like washing away the eyes previously polluted by Steve Rogers.
However, no matter how good the impression, they were still enemies. Scáthach looked at the two Servants beside Yukinoshita Yukino, subtly shielding Bond behind her, Gáe Bolg Alternative in her hand already prepared for another release.
"Regarding that, it depends on whether you agreed to the alliance with that Servant just now."
Steve Rogers had just left, and the two Servants could naturally sense that Hydra smell.
Yukinoshita Yukino didn't rush to act, first asking about the allegiance of the Servant in front of her.
"No."
Scáthach answered the question, her eyes calmly fixed on Yukinoshita Yukino, with no intention of further explanation. For such matters, if the other party didn't have the ability to discern truth, they would never easily believe it, and it would ultimately come down to a test.
But if possible, Scáthach didn't want to fight right now, as Bond was too close to this impending battle, and it would be completely finished if it got focused again.
At the moment of tension, Yukinoshita Yukino nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's put this battle off for later. I imagine many ordinary people will arrive here very soon."
Taking Saber and Medusa, Yukinoshita Yukino voluntarily withdrew from the area.
Walking down the hallway, Saber's uncertain voice appeared in the minds of the other two.
"My intuition tells me this one is very dangerous."
"She probably wasn't lying."
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