With the departure of Jack the Ripper, this Holy Grail War had finally come to its final act.
Only the ending of making a wish to the greater grail remained.
Considering that Mordred also chose to join, and she was the final winner of this Holy Grail War, even though she won by lying down, the task of making a wish to the greater grail was left to her.
Daniel, on the other hand, was busy with thirty or forty homunculi scraping money from casinos all over the world, and then purchasing daily necessities such as food, seeds, clothing, and books.
As for the pursuit from those casinos... there wasn't even a single Magus among them, so what right did they have to pursue?
By the time Daniel returned to Sigisval Town, the appearance of this town had undergone earth-shaking changes.
All the original residents were forced to go out on a trip.
And their houses were temporarily rented to Daniel to store supplies from all over the world.
"By the way, Leticia, aren't you going back yet? If I remember correctly, the time you applied for from school should have ended, right?" Daniel asked, looking at Leticia, who was helping to organize documents and notes on the side.
"I also want to do my part." Leticia replied with a slight smile. "As for the school, I extended my vacation time by a few more days."
"By relying on a small portion of the money you gave me, Mr. Daniel."
Bribing the teacher?
Leticia, you've become bad!
"No, this is called atonement." Leticia probably saw the meaning in Daniel's eyes, blinked, and explained. "After all, I attend a church school."
She had truly become proficient in the method of atonement.
"Moreover, I also want to stay with Jeanne for a few more days." Leticia sighed, looking in a certain direction.
At this time, Jeanne, who had already received a physical body, was using the magic power of the greater grail to work day and night to make the shroud of turin.
In order to prevent Jeanne from dying suddenly from staying up late to weave, Daniel also thoughtfully arranged for a homunculus to be responsible for reminding her of her schedule.
In just a few short days, Gray had also become familiar with the core members of Daniel's Wanderer... phew! I mean travel team.
Even Rikudou Reika, the only ordinary person among them, seemed to her like a fellow who had stumbled into the Magus world and whose ethics were not quite like those of a normal person, so she could talk to her a bit more.
However, the Mystic Code she possessed, Add, was quite popular with a few people.
After all, an iron box with such a foul mouth and such a bad personality made it impossible for people to hold back when beating it, so it was quite capable of letting people vent some negative emotions.
It was also thanks to Morgan who repaired it from time to time; otherwise, Add might have turned from a cube into a sphere.
"Honestly, I don't think developing a tour group or anything like that is something you should be considering at all," Gray said, approaching Daniel once he had some free time. "You should be focusing on accumulating wealth instead."
"Look, in just a few days, you've gotten your hands on at least over a billion dollars." Gray paused for a moment, then shook her head with some regret. "It's just that the people behind those casinos can't afford to lose; once a certain amount is reached, they start kicking people out. Otherwise, the money in your hands could have at least doubled or tripled."
"Gray, you know," Daniel said with an expression of having no desires, "when you possess A-rank Golden Rule and gamble with people, it loses all its fun. I'm completely sick of gambling projects now; it's always an inevitable victory with no chance of losing."
"Right now, it's more interesting to team up with you all to play Landlord than it is to gamble."
"Then how about a few more rounds tonight?" Gray asked, rubbing her hands together.
"Let's skip it tonight," Daniel replied, shaking his head. "Ever since the Yggdmillennia Clan fell apart, the Clock Tower has had the leisure to turn its attention elsewhere. Plus, with how flashy I've been about collecting money these past few days, I'm afraid they might set their sights on us before long."
"To avoid causing any more trouble for Leticia after we leave, I plan for us to pack up tonight and set off."
"Are we finally leaving?" Gray paused for a moment, then forced herself to perk up. "Then I'll have to go around and have a good look; after all, it's my last day in my home world."
After Gray left, Sanzang approached.
"Daniel, I can understand you buying food and daily necessities, but why did you buy so many firearms and ammunition?"
"To deal with ordinary people," Daniel replied with a shrug. "Against ordinary people, the deterrent power of a gun pointed at their forehead is more effective than you punching a wall to crack it or kicking the ground to create a fissure."
"...It's better to minimize the taking of lives as much as possible," Sanzang said, falling silent for a moment before sighing and muttering.
Hmm, minimize, not avoid entirely.
It seems that while Daniel was educating her about the worldview of the next world during this time, he completely infuriated this enlightened high monk.
It's just unclear if, upon actually seeing the situation in that world, this enlightened high monk will have a moment of 'Buddha's wrath' and, like the deity of another sect, unleash a great flood to wash the human world clean.
"Hiss—how could I think like that?" Daniel shivered and shook his head violently.
They hadn't even arrived yet, and based solely on his past impressions of that world, Daniel had already started thinking about doing some world-ending work.
If he were to truly witness a world even more tragic and hateful than he remembered, wouldn't he have to find Shalltear and Aura and stage a world-ending event right then and there?
No, he needed to find a few more people to keep an eye on him.
After all, that world had people like Tendou Kikunojou, but it also had good children like the Holy Son of Heaven, who remained untainted despite growing up in the mud.
Destroying the entire world's civilization for the sake of the majority of bad people would be too cruel to the few good people who still maintained their faith and protected their conscience.
Therefore, Daniel called Sanzang, Jeanne, and Artoria together and voiced his concerns.
"Sorry, I can't help you," Jeanne replied, raising an eyebrow. "Because I still have to weave the shroud of turin; I really don't have the time to deal with your nonsense."
"Apologies, although I boasted to you before, I probably won't be able to look after you either," Artoria sighed, frowning. "If that world is truly as dark as you say, I might end up doing something even more extreme than you."
"It's possible the remaining one-fifth of the population might be reduced by another four-fifths or something."
"I can only say I'll try my best," Sanzang also replied with a frown. "Because it's not just you who has this problem; there's also an even more extreme Atalanta."
"I worry that she might lose control of her emotions and directly unleash her Noble Phantasm, killing all adults in the world regardless of their good or evil."
Daniel was stunned after hearing Sanzang's words.
It seems Atalanta's condition is even more severe than his own mental illness.
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