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It was good news for Kisaragi Rin that Paradise failed to seal the Workshop.
After reading the information provided by Paradise, Kisaragi Rin began to ponder the basic intelligence of the Fate Worldview, which was his advantage over other players.
If normal players didn't have intelligence, they would probably be thinking about how to find summoning tools by now, otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to be killed before completing the summoning.
The Fate World, also known as the Type-Moon World, or simply the Moon World, has a quite complex power system, including magic, magecraft, and the Heroic Spirit system...
A complex worldview, of course, must have a fundamental setting that connects it all. The most fundamental settings in the Fate Worldview are the Root and the Counter Force.
If the Root setting is understood simply, it can be interpreted as the origin of all things.
That is to say, being able to connect to the Root means being able to control everything in the world.
As for the so-called Counter Force, it is essentially a defense system. Created unconsciously, the Counter Force is also divided into two types: "Alaya," which ensures humanity is not destroyed, and "Gaia," which ensures the planet is not destroyed.
The Holy Grail War that Kisaragi Rin is now arranged to participate in by Paradise is essentially a ritual created by the Casters of this world to reach the Root.
Seven Masters summon Heroic Spirits to fight each other until one victor is decided, and then they use the Holy Grail to fulfill their wishes.
It sounds wonderful, but there is a significant problem: under the convergence of worldlines, the true Holy Grail War has never succeeded in any worldline or timeline.
This Fuyuki City is also abnormal; perhaps the reason this world became what it is now is due to some accident in a previous Holy Grail War.
Paradise also mentioned a very important piece of information: the players' identity insertion in this game has been enhanced.
"Disguise my identity?"
Kisaragi Rin opened the textbook on the table and found his new name.
Matou Shinji!
"No, I became Matou Shinji?"
"King of Mobs? King of Clowns?"
Seeing this name, Kisaragi Rin's expression was a bit strange. Matou Shinji was truly disliked in Fate, and Kisaragi wished he could kill him when he first watched Fate.
Matou Shinji, nicknamed Second Master, Seaweed Head, King of Clowns...
A significant supporting character in Fate, Emiya Shirou's friend, Matou Sakura's adopted brother, and the eldest son of the Matou, one of Fuyuki City's three great Magus families.
However, he is most famous for various unmentionable developments with his adopted sister, Matou Sakura. The reason was that Matou Shinji, born into a Mage family, could not learn magecraft at all, while the adopted Matou Sakura could, causing his personality to become quite distorted due to his upbringing...
Later, he also used Command Spells to control Medusa, summoned by Matou Sakura, to participate in the Fifth Holy Grail War.
Regarding the identity of Matou Shinji, Kisaragi Rin touched his face, confirming that nothing had changed.
When class ended, Kisaragi Rin had just left the classroom when he saw a purple-haired girl waiting not far away.
With purple hair draped over her shoulders and a perfect figure, she stood to the side, smiling brightly and greeting passing students, appearing quite radiant.
Kisaragi Rin walked up to her without speaking, as Paradise's identity insertion hadn't given him memories.
Although her purple hair and figure were distinct enough features, her warm and cheerful personality was completely different from the Matou Sakura in Kisaragi Rin's memory.
It would be very troublesome if he recognized the wrong person!
Noticing Kisaragi Rin approaching, Matou Sakura excitedly moved closer and gently called out, "Brother."
That soft "Brother" made Kisaragi Rin quite uncomfortable.
The Matou Sakura of the normal worldline should be gloomy, self-conscious, and not speak proactively at school, and the reasons for this were truly heartbreaking.
At only 5 years old, Matou Sakura was adopted by her biological father to Matou Zouken, and Matou Zouken's original words about modifying Matou Sakura were as follows:
"For the first three days, she would occasionally cry and wail. By the fourth day, she couldn't even make a sound. This morning, I put her in the worm storage. I only wanted to see how long she could last, but I didn't expect her to still have breath after being tormented by the worms for half a day. It seems this material from the Tohsaka Family is truly irresistible."
And after growing up, Matou Sakura encountered the distorted personality of Matou Shinji.
Under the pretext of "if you want to apologize, you must give something up," Matou Shinji completely treated Matou Sakura as a tool for his desires.
And now, the Matou Sakura in front of Kisaragi Rin was not only sunny and cheerful but also showed a girlish blush.
"A Fuyuki City without the supernatural, and Matou Sakura didn't experience Matou Zouken's worm modification?" Kisaragi Rin pondered, looking at Matou Sakura, who called him brother.
Seeing Kisaragi Rin deep in thought, Matou Sakura asked without much thought, "Brother, are you still going home after school today?"
Hearing Matou Sakura ask this, Kisaragi Rin became even more curious about the changes in this world. The self-conscious Matou Sakura became sunny, while the unrestrained Matou Shinji turned into a good boy who went home early?
Since Paradise told him to camouflage his identity well, there must be a reason for it.
"Yes... home."
Kisaragi Rin tried to speak less, observing from Matou Sakura what Matou Shinji's personality should be like.
"Okay," Matou Sakura replied, showing no intention of leaving, and just followed beside Kisaragi Rin.
Kisaragi Rin deliberately stepped aside, letting Matou Sakura lead the way, and looking at her figure, he thought, "She doesn't find it strange that Matou Shinji is quiet, and she's already used to Matou Shinji going straight home after school; instead, she seems a bit happy. Am I talking too much? Is the Matou Shinji of this world even more gloomy than I'm acting?"
"Matou Shinji and Matou Sakura's personalities have been swapped?" he thought with a bit of a complaint, and Kisaragi decided to continue maintaining Matou Shinji's disguise.
Because he had always been smuggling people, Kisaragi Rin had no followers at all and could only find a way to summon a Heroic Spirit from this world.
And one reason why Paradise reminded players to camouflage their identities well was probably that the key tool for summoning Heroic Spirits was hidden within their identity.
No matter how this world changed, as part of the plot, the Matou Family had a much higher probability of containing a Holy Relic than other places.
After all, the ancestor Matou Zouken was one of the founders of the Holy Grail system. According to the normal timeline, the Matou Family had even summoned Medusa of the Rider class and Lancelot of the Berserker class, both of whom were quite powerful Servants and could be considered SRs.
To counter that unknown player who was 20 levels higher than him, Kisaragi Rin had to rely on his current 5 points of luck to summon a sufficiently powerful Heroic Spirit.
"Who could it be? Kibutsuji Muzan?"
Kisaragi Rin thought of Kibutsuji Muzan, who had said before his death that someone would avenge him. After all, besides him, it was unlikely that any other forces Kisaragi Rin had encountered would be involved.
The Zoo? Kisaragi Rin had already been discovered by Shikanoko Noko when he first became a player. That strange creature's strength was quite unfathomable, and his attitude towards Kisaragi was equally unpredictable.
The Black Organization? Kisaragi Rin had never exposed his existence. As for Harada Hiroki's matter, Twilight killed a normal player, which helped to gloss over the incident.
Twilight's official organization? He wasn't that unwise. What good would killing Kisaragi Rin do him? Did he think the Strange Tales Association that appeared before him consisted of only one person?
The Japanese government? Even less likely. If they wanted to capture Kisaragi Rin, it would be much more convenient to act in the Main World than in Paradise.
"I wonder if that guy anticipated this mission mode. If you're going to hunt, you have to be prepared to be hunted back."
Kisaragi Rin was already eager to see how much value he could extract from a high-level player.
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