"Is it that scary? This is terrible!" After listening to Tia, Lancelot was seriously thinking about how to stop the birth of Chaos Evil.
At this time, Tia and Lancelot were talking in their minds while walking towards Ryougi Shiki.
"Okay, no matter what strange powers and identities you have, just help me stop this machine first. You can stay here as long as you want after that," Ryougi Shiki said.
"Lancelot, stop this machine first. Gudako's problem can't be solved here. Let's talk about it later if we have a chance to go to Chaldea over there," Tia said to Lancelot in her mind.
"Okay, I'll do it," Lancelot said, picked up Holy Sword, and slashed directly at the machine.
Stopping the machine was just violent destruction.
As expected, the machine couldn't withstand the power of Holy Sword's strike at all, and was instantly split in two.
However, the black mist surrounding them showed no sign of disappearing. But without the machine spewing out black mist, the natural disappearance of the black mist would only be a matter of time. After all, Mash's Noble Phantasm Mosaic Castle was just a defensive Noble Phantasm and didn't have the function of dispelling the mist itself. But it allowed them to force their way in under those circumstances, which meant that the black mist wasn't that big of a deal. A blast of light from Holy Sword could definitely dispel it completely, but Tia was worried about destroying the room.
And Mash's Noble Phantasm Mosaic Castle itself, while having a physical form, could also coexist with real objects, making it perfect for this situation.
However... after the machine was chopped in two, nothing different happened as Tia had expected.
It was just a simple machine that was split in two.
Ryougi Shiki looked at the machine that had been split in two, still with her arms crossed and silent. The others were quietly watching without saying a word.
Just then, figures appeared in the black mist.
Soon, someone walked out of the black mist.
After a while, more people walked out of the black mist.
Obviously, the machine didn't just spit out black mist. It also gave the black mist properties that ordinary people couldn't see. In fact, in the eyes of ordinary people, the black mist was probably just a wall. Even Lancelot almost missed it. Now that the machine was broken, people naturally came in.
"It seems to be working," Ryougi Shiki said. "In that case, thank you very much. I'll have people give you some extra treatment."
"This... Miss Ryougi Shiki, you don't have to be so polite. We won't be staying here for long," Mash said at this time.
"Miss Ryougi Shiki, where did this machine come from? Why does it make it seem like people outside can't see what's inside?" Gudako also asked.
"I don't know. It suddenly became like this one day. No one outside except me and the construction workers here could come in, until you came in today," Ryougi Shiki shook her head.
"By the way, speaking of which, what your father said about wanting you to learn powerful magic, is he still doing that?" Lancelot said.
"Yes, that's why my father had so many people living in the house in the first place," Ryougi Shiki said.
"I think it's necessary to see your father. It would be best to find out from your father where he learned of this method," Lancelot added.
At this time, Katsushika Hokusai had nothing to do.
Because from beginning to end, Katsushika Hokusai's target, that giant octopus, had never appeared, not even a trace of its presence.
"Father? What's wrong? Why are you asking about this? Is there something wrong with it?" Ryougi Shiki asked.
"The person who encouraged your father to do this has other motives. We must stop him," Lancelot said.
"Other motives? Isn't it just to let me learn powerful magic? It doesn't matter what he does, right?" Ryougi Shiki said carelessly.
"Lancelot, the current Ryougi Shiki doesn't understand what evil is, just like Asagami Fujino before. She doesn't even know what it means to be angry," Tia said to Lancelot in her mind. "For the current Ryougi Shiki, any bad things or bad ideas don't exist from the Root. You can't explain it to her, including her Dad. Now we just need to ask her Dad where Araya Souren is."
Lancelot nodded: "In that case, can we ask your father some questions?"
"Yeah, come with me."
Ryougi Shiki agreed without hesitation, just like she let Tia stay at that time without hesitation.
It seems that the current Ryougi Shiki is still completely trusting of everyone, and it has nothing to do with her Dad opening up their house. Presumably, as long as someone wants to live in, Ryougi Shiki will agree.
Tia even suspected that everyone else was like that.
For example, when they were at Asagami Fujino's house, Asagami Fujino's parents didn't doubt Tia at all and let Tia stay in their house.
At this time, Ryougi Shiki was walking in front again, and Tia and the others followed behind.
"Mister Lancelot, what are you going to do?" Gudako wasn't aware of the danger here, so she curiously came over and asked.
"Lancelot... Mister," Mash also came over and asked curiously, but before she could finish her question, Lancelot turned to look at Mash.
"Mash, I still hope you can call me Dad," Lancelot's tone suddenly became very gentle.
"Uh... that... Dad... Dad, is there anything dangerous in here...?" Mash couldn't help but be shy when facing Lancelot, even though Mash had already experienced the Sixth Singularity and the Seventh Singularity.
"You should have experienced a mutated Singularity, where you met Miss Ryougi Shiki, right?" Lancelot approached Mash and Gudako and explained in a low voice.
Mash and Gudako both nodded.
"What do you remember encountering in that mutated Singularity?" Lancelot said, speaking of the things Tia had told him.
"Miss Ryougi Shiki, and apartments," Mash said.
"That's right, apartments. The name of that apartment building was Ogawa Apartments, a barrier created by a man named Araya Souren, with the aim of taking Ryougi Shiki's body. And the construction pattern here is very similar to that of Ogawa Apartments. At the same time, the black-clothed, black-robed monk that Ryougi Shiki's father met, Araya Souren also looks like that," Lancelot whispered to Mash and Gudako.
(End of The Chapter)
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