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"The players over at Ryudoji Temple have started to move."
"One male and one female, but they definitely have more than two Servants with them."
"Attempt to have Hassan, who awakened Incantation - Kamaitachi, probe from a distance…"
"Attempt to have Hassan, who awakened Incantation - Wind King's Eyes, directly stir up a storm to probe…"
"It's not an illusion, it's a physical entity. These existences are not like the individuals split off by Hassan of the Hundred Faces. It's basically confirmed that they are independently existing Servants."
"One, two, three… five?"
Pulling back her attention from receiving intelligence from the Hassans, Hayasaka Ai rubbed her temples and reported the results of the probing and the Hassans' judgment to Shinomiya Kaguya, without missing a single word.
"...It's getting stranger and stranger."
It was already enough that there was a Scáthach they couldn't defeat; now, the other players being so troublesome truly made Shinomiya Kaguya feel mentally exhausted.
—
Rewind to yesterday...
Hayasaka Ai's Hassan of the Hundred Faces were scattered in groups of three to five throughout Fuyuki City, investigating all information about other players and Servants.
It was at this time that Steve Rogers, dressed in a tight suit, appeared before a Hassan.
"Where is your Master? I have some information I'd like to give you."
The phantom of Hydra eerily floated on the wall under the streetlights. Steve Rogers made no attempt to conceal his malice.
Since he had sought out Scáthach and been rejected by her, Steve Rogers naturally wouldn't miss the other party in the conflict. He immediately tracked them down, ready to relay information about Kisaragi Rin.
Moreover, Kisaragi Rin already knew the resurrection principle of his Hydra Noble Phantasm, making it impossible for Hydra Captain to have another chance to resurrect and split.
Steve Rogers needed to find a Servant who didn't know the full details of his Hydra Noble Phantasm in order to separate the remaining three individuals...
Originally, Steve Rogers intended to directly provoke Scáthach to split himself, but the demonic spear in Scáthach's hand gave him a rather dangerous feeling.
To be safe, Hydra Captain gave up on Scáthach as a choice and came before Hassan.
As he expected, the Hassans wearing skull masks didn't hesitate. Their scorching golden eyes lit up, and their attacks were already heading towards Steve Rogers.
Communication?
That's a term used when one possesses equal strength. If you can't even withstand our assault, the Assassins, the Hassans, are more skilled in the art of "interrogation."
A Sixth-Tier Instant, a 64x speed Hassan was like a flash of lightning, the blade in his hand passing through Steve Rogers's neck without any obstruction.
Such an easy kill caused a hint of doubt to surface in Hassan, especially since the previous 128x speed Hassan hadn't even been able to kill a dog in Scáthach's hands.
Because Steve Rogers was alone, and there were several Hassans in front of him, his inherent Skill - Fifty-Fifty did not activate, raising his agility to Hassan's level.
He was so fast that Steve Rogers didn't even feel much, only thoughtfully touching his neck when his vitality began to drain.
"Interesting."
Steve Rogers smiled, personally lifting his head from the cross section, letting blood gush out.
Then, the corpse fell into a pool of blood.
Before the Hassans could step forward to investigate, under their lit golden eyes, the deceased Steve Rogers split into two people, and their aura was exactly the same, their strength not weakening due to the split.
"How is it?" x 2
Two brand new Steve Rogers climbed up from the ground and asked. Their answer was another 64x speed slash from Hassan.
In just a moment, the two Steve Rogers lying in the pool of blood split again, turning into four.
The four Steve Rogers looked at the Hassans, their eyes filled with malice.
Since the other five individuals were not dead but sealed by petrification, still occupying slots of existence, Steve Rogers, having been killed again, could not continue to split into more individuals, only maintaining the number at four.
However, Hassan did not know this.
Hayasaka Ai and Shinomiya Kaguya, who were behind Hassan, also did not know this information.
Steve Rogers's eyes were full of malice; he was pretending, feigning that he still had reserves.
And Steve Rogers indeed succeeded. Faced with this Servant's two resurrections and splits, the Hassans no longer acted rashly.
Such a bizarre Servant, willing to be killed twice without resistance just to deliver a piece of information—shouldn't they listen to what he had to say?
"What information do you want to tell us?"
One Hassan uttered a hoarse voice, relaying Hayasaka Ai's message to Shinomiya Kaguya.
"Hehehe." x 4
The four Steve Rogers laughed in succession, saying:
"My Master is a high-level player who came in to hunt. According to the rules of entry, attacking non-hunt targets will incur severe penalties from the Paradise."
"Given my Master's player level, even if he wins in this world, he won't get a reward. You should know this."
"With these two basic conditions, would you like to team up with us?"
"When I brought the alliance, you should have already known how troublesome this opponent is."
"Two people… five Servants…"
"Time stop… petrification seal… Caster, Swordsman, and even a healer for support…"
"They should be at Ryudoji Temple now."
"If you don't believe me, as an Assassin, you can go see for yourself."
One sentence after another, the shadow of Hydra enveloped the surrounding houses. The Hydra Captains, who were about to enter the shadows and leave, turned back again, scrutinizing the Hassans, and left their final words.
"Of course, don't give your Servants to the other side either. If that happens, I'd be very troubled."
...
After receiving the intelligence from Hassan, Shinomiya Kaguya did not immediately agree to the alliance because she wanted to verify the authenticity of the information first.
Moreover...
Can't kill non-hunt targets?
Too high a level to care about winning this game?
While it was true, trusting an alliance based solely on these two pieces of information would be too foolish.
Shinomiya Kaguya knew too many cases, too many ways to exploit loopholes and reach targets directly.
—
To verify Steve Rogers's information, the Hassans intensified their search efforts.
Aside from the flattened Honoka Academy, the traces of Servants at Ryudoji Temple, and Scáthach, no other traces of Servants were found.
When Kisaragi Rin and the others emerged from Ryudoji Temple, the Hassans hidden in the crowd began their probing.
And the recent probing allowed Shinomiya Kaguya to basically confirm Hydra Captain's information.
That is, there truly were two allied players, and they possessed five powerful Servants!
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