"Please remember the correct hand-washing procedure. Make sure to wash your hands carefully for at least one minute."
"""Yees, Nightingale-sensei!"""
"Very good. You are all good children."
"Ms. Nightingale. Here is the list summarizing the sanitary environment of Paradise Chaldea, please check it."
"Thank you, Ms. Altria."
"I have been entrusted by Gil with the governance of Chaldea during the Singularity conquest. As it is a natural duty, thanks are unnecessary... no, I gratefully accept."
"...Splendid. Humidification, dehumidification. Antibacterial sterilization, sanitary environment complete. Clean, optimal. —Paradise, truly fitting of its name."
"Yes. I think so t—"
"Whew! Simulation's over, over—! I really am the strongest of the Round Table!"
"That was some nice lightning, Mordred! This is a lightning match, I don't know who's strongest anymore, oi!"
"Covered in mud and sticky, disgusting! Shaa! Sweated a lot, let's take a shower, shower!"
"—Sterilization!!! I will make you clean!! Even if I have to peel off all your skin!!"
"Uwaaaaaaaaa!!"
"A-Angel—!! Wait! Just a quick bath now—!!"
"Mordred... Haa..."
Camp Interlude 2/2: World-Saving Doctor Ricca & Cú Chulainn's Reconnaissance
'Persuading the Me summoned there, is it?'
In front of one of the camp's tents, Ricca connects a call to Chaldea's Nightingale.
"Yeah. I'm thinking of persuading her to cooperate now, but is there a good way to approach her? I wanted to hear your opinion a bit."
How about it? she asks.
'Let's see... First, be clean.'
Hearing that, Nightingale thinks for a moment and immediately suggests.
"Uh-huh."
'Do not interfere during nursing.'
"Uh-huh."
'And, be clean.'
"Uh-huh, uh-huh?"
'Finally, be clean. That is all.'
"...Okay! Basically, be clean, got it!"
Got it! Ricca half-opens up in resignation.
'Then, take care. Please ensure you do not get injured.'
With a bow, the communication cuts off.
"In the Ricca Manual, there are opponents you can't reason with, so combining that with..."
"Senpai, please leave this to me!"
Funsu, breathing roughly through her nose, Mash raises her hand.
"Mash! Can you do it?"
"Yes! While evolving as a Super Junior, I can handle communication like this! It will be fine!"
'Communication... the opponent is a Berserker, you know? Is it okay?'
Marie murmurs worriedly. Throwing words at a Berserker is for sedation purposes; one cannot hope for dialogue.
'Is there some secret plan? Mash.'
"Yes! If there is a will, we can definitely get along! Because I have witnessed that up close!"
"Mash—!!"
Ricca covers her mouth in emotion. Mash, you've grown so much!
"Please watch, Senpai! Then, I'm off! To fight a battle worthy of the name of Chaldea Goodwill Ambassador!"
Thumbs up, raising her finger, the Goodwill Ambassador Junior storms into the tent where the angel is. Her back was filled with confidence and determination.
'Heeh, her motivation passes, that one.'
Jeanne Alter, who came to deliver sweets to the control room, appears on the communication.
'Like a local wife working hard with rough breathing, something like that?'
"She's grown so much...!"
'I acknowledge the ambition, but she will likely fail.'
"Eh."
'...As if your life could be looked down upon so cheaply that mere mimicry by observation would suffice.'
Hah, Jeanne Alter snorts.
At the same time...
'H-Hello! I am Mash Kyrielight! My favorite word is uhyaaa!!'
Gunshot.
'If you step in any further, I will shoot.'
'I-I haven't stepped in!? Or rather, you shot!?'
'Your eyes stepped in.'
'Eyes!? A-Anyway, won't you listen to my stor—'
'Healthy people do not step into a place of treatment!! If you intend to bring in germs, I will tear you apart to make you leave!!'
Gunshot, gunshot. Roar.
'E-Excuse meee—!'
Mash comes running out of the tent in a panic.
'Kukuku. See what I told you. Do not think you can mimic Ricca with half-hearted resolve.'
Laughing happily, Jeanne Alter welcomes Mash back.
'Good work. It was Good Communication (lol), Mash.'
"U, uuu... Senpai, I am sorry..."
With tears in her eyes, Mash bows her head.
"There there. First is communication, it's important. Mash who chose that is my Main Servant after all!"
She hugs her and pats her head.
"Thanks, Mash."
"Senpai... D-Did you see that, Jeanne Alter-san! I received the 'You Did Your Best Award' from Senpai!"
'Fufu, good for you? Main Servant, Mash?'
Grinning, Alter distributes cakes. She is enjoying the struggles and setbacks.
'Ricca, what should we do? Nightingale-san in Chaldea is calm because the sanitary environment is thorough but...'
'The Head Nurse in the middle of a battlefield is probably the person in this world you can reason with the least. Even for you, dialogue might be difficult...'
Marie and Roman's concerns are valid.
"Really? There are ways to do it?"
'That's right, there are ways... Eh!?'
'There are!?'
"Even if we can't converse, there is a will. If she's the type whose conviction is too solid to waver, there's still a one-chance possibility."
Marie and Roman are dumbfounded.
'I won't praise you saying "As expected" at this point, you know? Since it's natural for you.'
Crossing her arms, Jeanne Alter giggles. An attitude of trust precisely because she fully understands her.
"Thanks! Thanks to Mash, I got a clue, so I'll give it a try!"
Bye! Ricca jumps into the tent.
'Be careful, Ricca.'
"Senpai..."
The two simply saw off the Master's back as she jumped into a battle of exchanging words...
"Nightingale-san! Hello! I am Ricca Fujimaru!"
She calls the name of Nightingale herself, who was moving busily.
"What is it?"
Sway, she tilts her ear to Ricca's words and turns around.
(I did it!)
"You are... a 'Discharged Patient'. I am happy you showed your face, but this place is—"
"Nightingale-san! There is a person I want to save, to treat!"
"—An emergency patient?"
"Yes! There is a patient in tremendous critical condition, whose entire body is burned thoroughly, just waiting to expire any moment."
"! What did you say...!"
Nightingale's eyes widen.
"We must administer treatment immediately! Where are they! Bring them in at once!"
"No, there is no need to bring them in! Because they are already right beside you."
"What do you mean!?"
Eyes mixed with conviction and madness are met by eyes mixed with conviction and determination.
"'The World Itself'. That is the name of the patient I want to cure."
Unwaveringly, with unfeigned conviction, she tells Nightingale.
"————What, are you, saying?"
Nightingale falters as if even her own understanding cannot reach.
Following the Ricca Manual: 'Logic is not needed for an opponent with unwavering conviction. Use conviction that won't lose to theirs', Ricca carries out the conversation.
"Unless we cure this, patients will continue to increase endlessly. Nightingale-san's struggles and battles may keep imminent death away, but they will never reach a fundamental solution. Because there is no end to battle."
"...You say such people will continue to increase?"
"Yes. That's why, please come with me."
Sharp, she steps up to Nightingale, getting close enough for their faces to touch, and stares at her.
"Please lend me your strength. With your oath and conviction, give me courage. I am a doctor, and you are a nurse. There should be no reason we cannot join forces."
"—You are, a doctor?"
"Yes! I am right in the middle of surgery, of a procedure! I am a Maximum Mighty, Hyper Muteki Rescue Doctor whose completion condition is 'Save the world, end the fighting, and save everything hurt by absurdity'!"
She mixes in bluffs as a secret trick. Even if the words don't make sense, if spoken without a single shred of wavering and imbued with spirit, they become truth to the listener.
"In other words, you are saying to accompany you and remove all those who interfere with your treatment. To 'Save the World'."
"Yes! Please lend me your strength, Nightingale-san!"
She stares sharply into her eyes.
"I need you!"
Word by word, putting her soul into it, she slams them against Nightingale—!
"—Understood."
While worrying and gathering her thoughts, Nightingale declares.
"If you say you are a doctor, a doctor who saves the world. If you say you are in the middle of a procedure. Then I shall remove everything that interferes with it. Even if I have to take everything from them."
"Then!"
"I will accompany you, Doctor Ricca. Because I have understood that you are of the same kind as me, one who never bends oneself."
"Thank you very much! Nightingale-san!"
"Nightingale is fine. Names should be precise and swift."
"Yes! Nightingale! Let's save the world, you and I!"
"Normally, I would define such talk as the ramblings of a mentally ill person... but you and I are of the same kind. 'Throwing away everything for a single purpose'. In that case, I have no objection to following you."
"Yes! Ah, then please wait a moment! Please teach Nightingale-san's treatment know-how to the doctors stationed at the camp!"
"I am grateful. If I am to leave, I must drill the correct treatment environment into them. I will go drill medical care that does not discriminate by age, gender, or status into them, so please wait a moment."
"Yes! Please do!"
"Likewise. Doctor Ricca."
Saying only that, Ricca quickly slips out of the Angel's battlefield.
...Here, surely, bringing the local Nightingale into the fold was accomplished.
"Yo, good work."
Exiting the tent while listening to music that had started playing around them before she knew it, Cú Chulainn and Gilgamesh were waiting there.
"You accomplished the recruitment. To tame a Berserker so effortlessly, you are truly a monster of dialogue."
"If there's a will, it's easy-peasy! So what's up?"
"Ah, some idiot is attacking. Numbers are two Servants, and Medb's soldiers, about 1500 or so."
"No way!? They're attacking the camp!? There are only wounded people here!?"
"Those guys don't have that kind of discretion. They're like worker ants moving based on whether it's an enemy or an obstacle. They're still pretty far away but... there will definitely be casualties."
Grrr, Ricca clenches her fist.
Because it's war, because that's normal. She feels deep, deep indignation at the absurdity of war.
"—How far?"
"Let's see. Considering from this distance..."
"About an hour until contact?"
—Calculated from the marching speed by me and the King, and assessed by the battle-hardened Cú Chulainn. It should be certain.
"Now then, our Master. What strategy shall we take? I do not mind any plan."
"Alright, let's crush them!"
The plan Ricca presented crisply was 'Annihilation'.
"Knowing it's a small base, coming to kill everyone... there's no need for mercy! Let's defeat them all before they get close to the camp!"
"Whew! You've got guts, young lady!"
"It's a defense battle, Aniki! Gil! Let's do it before we're done in! What should we do for tactics...?"
—King, your advice.
"I permit it, speak."
—How about leaving the Servants to Cú Chulainn and Ricca, while we clear the way and annihilate the Celtic soldiers? The number is about 1586. Selection finished earlier, so wiping them out in about 3 minutes should be possible.
"Fumu, what about Cú Chulainn and Ricca?"
—Let's have Cú Chulainn carry her, and run through using Protection from Arrows. While supporting Cú Chulainn's solo charge by firing Gate of Babylon from behind, we wipe out all the soldiers, and at the same time, he and Ricca defeat the Servants. With the King's suppression power, Cú Chulainn's combat ability, and—Master's courage and grit, it is a possible operation.
Yes, if we accurately assess the enemy and grasp the overview. We just need to run through before damage occurs and strike them down first.
—If they come with full force knowing it's not an important base. If they intend to take lives unreasonably. Then it is simply a matter of taking a resolute response to that decision.
"Fuhahahahaha! How valiant! A daring plan and spirit worthy of a Princess!"
—The greatest warrior acknowledged by Connla, the oldest King I respect from my heart.
And, if it is our Master, it is an operation that can be accomplished!
"—I like it!! Let us adopt that thrilling plan of yours!!"
"Alright! Master, Cú Chulainn. Lend me your ears. I have thought of a good plan... —"
A place a little away from the camp
"Okay, I'm counting on you, Aniki!"
"Ou! I'll handle you as gently as an egg, so rest easy!"
Ricca is held by Aniki in a princess carry.
"Do not drop the Master. Because of the distance, I will put my back into sniping the small fry. The rest is your job."
"As if I'd mess up something like that. —I'm entrusting my back to you, so wipe them out properly."
"You're quite meek, aren't you, Cú Chulainn."
"Ah, well... Connla was taken care of. She took a liking to you and is noisy about it, 'Gil-sama is a good person!'. Palm-sized Caladbolg, good grief."
"—Hmph. It seems Connla wasn't the only one tamed, Hero Princess?"
—Connla-chan. Your father is the greatest warrior! Yeah!
"Well then, I'm off! Protect Mash and the camp, Gil!"
"Leave it to me. Bring back the Servants' heads splendidly!"
"Hold on tight, young lady—!"
With those words as the last, the Mad Dog carrying the Master becomes a blue comet.
"Ea! Optical weaponry treasures are loaded, correct!"
—Yes! King, the order! All targeting is complete!
"Good—Let's start the show!"
"Your luck ran out when you carelessly marched on the camp! I shall turn that shallow scheme, along with your soldiers, into fine dust!"
Golden Gates, 100 deployed. Firing the latest barrage equipped with a full set of the latest optical weapons now!
" 'The King's Treasure — Gate of Babylon'!!"
Golden light colors the sunset America—!
Relying on Rune defense, Cú Chulainn runs through at a speed of 800km/h.
"Wow! Beautiful!"
Ricca leaks admiration seeing the golden rays coloring the blue sprint.
"Haha, stylish! Now—the bastards are coming into view!"
"Go—! Aniki—!"
"Shaa—!"
In a march with no one else around.
Cú Chulainn easily hammers out a speed transcending the speed of sound with only the dynamism of his body—!
And—
"Kuh, to think there was a warrior capable of such long-range sniping at a camp far away...!"
Teeth gritted at the tragic state of having all Celtic soldiers shot through and becoming only two in the blink of an eye, the half-naked Lancer.
"King! Immediate withdrawal—"
"Hahaha, no need to worry about that, Diarmuid."
Laughing refreshingly, the blonde Lancer.
"Because—"
Instantly, scattering sonic booms caused by transcending the speed of sound, they appear before the two.
"—Yo. The beautiful young warrior and Mac Cumhaill's brat."
Clad in King's attire, carrying the Master, the Hound of Culann.
"—Child, of Light—"
"Having the base crushed wouldn't be tasty either. Due to our Master's policy—we decided to kill you bastards first."
Gently, carefully setting Ricca down, he grips the red spear and black spear in both hands.
"—Because the only place for us to withdraw to is the afterlife."
Accepting the desperate fate, the blonde Lancer... Fionn mac Cumhaill laughs refreshingly.
"—Impossi, ble..."
Stunned, Lancer, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne falls into a stupor.
"Watch me, Master. I'll show you that you weren't wrong in choosing me."
"I'm watching. I believe in you, Aniki!"
"Hehe—that's how it is."
Jakiri, and
"To start with, I'll take two heads. —It's a declaration of war, first you guys go ahead."
Baring his two-colored canines.
Now, the Mad Dog's hunt begins—!!
The Legend of Cú Chulainn
"I came to show my face, Mac Cumhaill's brat!! Ola come out and show your face!!" ← Completed his life long before Fionn lived.
"W-Why is the Child of Light here!? He is not an opponent I can win against! Hide in the mansion—"
"Don't be cheeky!! Ola come out Mac Cumhaill's brat!!"
"He flipped the mansion over—!? S-Salmon, give me wisdom! 'Thumb bite-bite wisdom lots-lots'! —I've got it!"
"Mac Cumhaill's braaaaat!! ...Ah?"
"Babu. Babu."
"...What, just a baby."
Attacking Fionn mac Cumhaill of a far later generation. Fionn survives by mimicking a baby.
"Are? Where are Father and Gil-sama?"
"They went for reconnaissance. Connla-san was told to protect the camp here with me."
"Okaaay! Mashu-Mashu, let's do our best!"
"Yes!"
"Two beauties... no no, this won't do. Scattering buds is behavior unworthy of a man!"
"Do not touch Connla. If Setanta goes mad, the Singularity will collapse."
"I am aware. ...Miss Mash? If you would like, how about a duet with Connla?"
"S-Song?"
"Let's sing, let's sing! Let's sing wishing for Father and Gil-sama's victory and glory, and the soldiers' peace! Sing with me! Ne? Ne? Ne?"
"...Understood! Connla-san, will you teach me?"
"Yes! I will teach you Connla's song!"
"—Hurry back, Setanta. Kuku."
NEW Legend of Cú Chulainn
When they tried to siege the camp, Cú Chulainn came from hundreds of kilometers away on a solo run exceeding Mach speed and annihilated the enemy soldiers.
Taking two Servants' heads while on a run is called "Cú Chulainn's Reconnaissance".
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