While the match on the beach was in full swing, in the woods on the other side of Chaldea, Touko had somehow managed to get some alcohol and was chatting with Da Vinci... Touko raised her glass slightly toward Da Vinci twice, then tilted her head back and drained the liquid in one gulp.
"Ah~, it's been so long since I've felt this relaxed! It's just that these snacks are Spiritron food manifested using permissions; they don't fill the stomach at all..."
As she spoke, Touko picked up a chicken skewer from the plate on the grass and tore off a large piece with her teeth, completely disregarding her image.
Da Vinci held a glass filled with strong liquor, took a small sip, and then her eyes lit up. She quickly downed the rest of the glass and poured herself another.
"Touko, this isn't a Spiritron manifestation! Where did you get it? Come on, give me some of that sausage first!"
If Touko, being Japanese, had to pair her alcohol with grilled chicken skewers, then Da Vinci, as an Italian, naturally chose Italian sausage. However, Da Vinci, who had been tricked into staying by Rin back then, although possessing high Spiritron World permissions, only had the lowest level of saint graph bestowed by Rin at the time. Due to her scarce magical energy, it was somewhat difficult to use her weak magic to connect to the permissions.
Touko, already slightly tipsy, looked at Da Vinci with hazy eyes and asked curiously.
"Baka! Don't you have your own permissions!"
Da Vinci didn't mind Touko's words, simply shrugging as she said,
"I didn't bring my tools when I went out."
"Oh, oh, oh~ I get it."
Then Touko waved her hand, and a pile of various foods appeared on the grass.
"Is that enough~!"
Da Vinci's mouth twitched; drinking with Touko for the first time, she realized Touko was a terrible drunk.
Having manifested the food, Touko hugged the empty bottle she had just finished, a silly smile on her face as she collapsed onto the grass and began to complain incessantly to Da Vinci.
"Seriously! I'm telling you hic! That girl Rin isn't cute at all anymore... hic~ not at all. Do you know, I originally planned to have her return to an era and pick a perfectly intact city, but that girl Rin wouldn't listen at all, hic~ she brought back a pile of ruins. What use is a pile of ruins!"
Becoming more agitated as she spoke, Touko suddenly scrambled up from the ground, waving the empty bottle in her hand as she began to shout.
"Rin is a baka now! Even though Chaldea's supplies were clearly emptied out before, she still didn't bring more back. Just how many supplies can there be in this Tokyo that's been flooded by seawater~ hic!"
Touko suddenly bent over and grabbed Da Vinci, who had a sour expression, and with a boozy hiccup, she pressed her face against Da Vinci's cheek and continued.
"And then she has to trouble us again! Not to mention converting those tattered resources inside into usable supplies, she even brought back a whole bunch of Dead Apostles. What use are those things~~~ they don't taste good, and they're weak as lackeys. Only that idiot Kiritsugu would like them!"
Suddenly, a voice filled with killing intent rang out from behind Touko.
"Oh~! Could it be that you've actually eaten a Dead Apostle?"
"Hic! Why wouldn't I have? Let me tell you, you know Akuta Hina, right! I tasted plenty of her blood during experiments, and it tasted terrible, ptooey ptooey ptooey! By the way, who are you?"
As she spoke, Touko tilted her head to look behind her. When she saw clearly who it was, she shuddered, her eyes rolled back, and she let go of Da Vinci, collapsing onto the grass and starting to snore.
Rin, in her Ishtar Form, looked at the Touko pretending to sleep on the ground with a mix of anger and amusement. She kicked Touko's thigh, moving it into a suitable position, and then lay her head down on it. Without minding the glass Touko had used, she lay there on Touko's thigh, pouring and drinking for herself.
Da Vinci glanced amusedly at Touko, who was being used as a pillow by Rin, and said to Rin,
"Why did you come over?"
"My other self is having a blast on the beach; can't I relax a bit too?"
"No, I was just asking."
"Oh."
This Rin was the saint graph clone manifested by Rin in the Throne of Heroes at the beginning of the Incineration of Human Order. The relationship between this Rin and the original Rin was very subtle; it was a clone, yet not entirely like one, more like a part of Rin-chan's own personality placed into a saint graph. It was precisely because of this relationship that Touko had pretended to sleep after seeing this Rin, because the memories of the two were connected.
In other words, Touko's words behind Rin's back, calling her a baka and so on, were already known to the Rin currently playing on the beach, which was why Touko was now playing dead.
"Da Vinci."
"Yes, what is it?"
"The main body asked me to ask you, is Chaldea really that short on supplies now?"
Da Vinci scratched her head, and after organizing the data in her mind, she said to Rin,
"In terms of sheer volume, most of the supplies could be described as overflowing. After all, even though most of it is ruins, the scale of Tokyo is still there. However, Touko's words aren't actually wrong..."
"How so?"
"For example, regarding food, although we're currently overflowing, most of it is nutrient paste synthesized by Touko using alchemy from the leftover wood and wooden furniture in Tokyo. It's fine for filling the stomach, but as for eating it..."
"Ugh! Is there more?"
"Yes, for those hundreds of thousands of Dead Apostles, the plasma they need is currently a fake we've manufactured using alchemy. Although it can suppress their blood-drinking impulse, if it weren't for those few Ancestors keeping them down, I'm afraid that group of Dead Apostles would have revolted by now!"
"Ugh, does this count as the main body dropping the ball again! So there are quite a few other problems too! By the way, what's the situation with Kiritsugu?"
"While there aren't any major problems, there are indeed many small ones. As for Kiritsugu, he's trying to integrate the Dead Apostles, planning to include them in his Perfect World Creation Project."
Hearing Da Vinci's answer, Rin couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"As expected of Kiritsugu!"
After saying that, Rin slapped Touko's thigh hard. A pink handprint quickly appeared on Touko's thigh, visible to the naked eye. Having slapped Touko, Rin put down the glass, stood up from the ground, stretched, and said to Da Vinci with her head tilted,
"The main body knows everything now. She told me to tell you to make her a list. She'll be going to the next Singularity, and she'll resolve these supply issues there."
Having finished speaking, Rin turned into a beam of light and quickly disappeared into the horizon.
"Aah~!"
Once Rin had completely disappeared, Touko let out a cry of pain and scrambled up from the ground while rubbing her thigh. There wasn't the slightest hint of drunkenness in her eyes.
"That was a brutal hit, you brat!"
Da Vinci pointed at Touko in surprise, asking with a face full of confusion,
"You weren't drunk?"
Touko gave Da Vinci an annoyed look and shook the empty bottle in her hand.
"Nonsense, can this little bit of alcohol make a True Ancestor drunk? Da Vinci, have you also become stupider from spending too much time with Rin?"
"Then why did you pretend to be drunk and complain to Rin?"
Touko bent down, picked up an unopened bottle of alcohol from the ground, bit off the cap with her teeth, and took a long, satisfying gulp first.
"Nonsense. If I didn't pretend to be drunk and just told Rin directly, wouldn't I be waiting for her to give me a hard time?"
At this point, Da Vinci, remembering Rin's little devil personality, couldn't help but give Touko a thumbs up.
"As expected of Touko!"
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