Da Vinci carefully operated the equipment, using it to directly bypass space and open Rin's heart. Then, with extreme care through the machine, she placed Tiamat's dragon crystal into Rin's heart.
After confirming the crystal was settled in Rin's heart, Da Vinci looked up from the machine, took a towel to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and glanced at the dragon factor that was steadily flowing into Rin's body via transfusion.
Next, Da Vinci moved Rin out of the machine. With one hand maintaining Healing Sorcery over Rin's heart, she deftly picked Rin up with the other, while holding the water bag continuously feeding the dragon factor to Rin in her mouth.
"I didn't expect Rin to be so light!"
Carrying Rin, Da Vinci walked to a surgical bed, gently placed her down, and hung up the IV bag. Then she pulled over a mechanical arm and flipped the switch. As the magic circle on the mechanical arm activated, the light of Healing Sorcery emanated from it.
Having replaced the healing effect with the mechanical arm, Da Vinci then put on the Noble Phantasm she created for herself, 'The Universal Man.' Using the Noble Phantasm, Da Vinci reached through space and into Rin's chest cavity, beginning to graft Rin's nerves, blood vessels, muscles, and mage circuits onto Tiamat's dragon crystal.
Time passed minute by minute. After operating the Noble Phantasm with full concentration for a long time, Da Vinci looked up and let out a long sigh of relief.
"A great success! Haha, I really am incredible!"
Then Da Vinci put away the mechanical arm and the Noble Phantasm, walked to the side, picked up a glass of water, and drained it happily.
"Ah~ Next is just waiting for Rin to adapt to the dragon factor and crystal and wake up. I wonder how Touko and the others are doing. If Touko had been here to help with the surgery just now, I wouldn't be so tired."
In a puppet factory in Fuyuki City.
This factory was bought for Touko by Tokiomi when she first arrived in Fuyuki City years ago. Over the years, Touko had turned it into her own Mage's Workshop.
The factory, which should normally be bustling with noise, was now silent as Touko had announced a paid holiday before the Holy Grail War began.
At this moment, not far away, a car drove into the factory grounds.
Aoko, getting out of the car, sized up the factory environment while carrying her luggage.
"Touko! This place isn't bad! It seems you've been living quite well with Rin these past few years!"
Touko ignored Aoko and, together with Alice, opened the trunk and pulled out three suitcases.
Unlike Aoko, who only carried a small bag with a few changes of clothes, Alice had brought almost all her Mystic Codes and materials related to Fairy Tale Magic to give her two best friends, Touko and Rin, the greatest help in this Holy Grail War. These three large cases were those Mystic Codes and materials.
Carrying the luggage, Touko led Alice and Aoko into the factory at the front.
Coming to the rooms Touko had prepared on the second floor of the factory, after Alice and Aoko had settled their luggage, Touko led them out of the room with a face full of pride. Standing on the balcony, she clapped her hands toward the puppet production area below.
Instantly, a magic circle expanded, covering the entire workshop. Then, a batch of puppets in the corner of the warehouse lit up their eyes, tore off their packaging, and walked out. They gathered around the machines originally used to produce ordinary dolls and began to work, continuously manufacturing new puppets that came off the assembly line.
"How about it! Aoko, interested in trying my puppets?"
Aoko looked at the army of puppets self-producing below and flatly refused.
"No!"
Alice calmly withdrew her gaze, looked at Touko, and asked.
"Those puppets below—did you use Servant technology?"
Touko said proudly.
"Of course. I've been improving them over the years. Although, as Rin said, I still can't produce puppets with a Spiritual Foundation, these puppets are comparable to an average Servant in strength and speed. As long as there are enough materials, I can produce hundreds in a single day!"
Aoko then looked at Touko with confusion.
"Wait, Touko, where did you get so much money to buy materials? The Tohsaka Family isn't that wealthy, is it?"
Hearing her sister's remark, Touko rolled her eyes.
"It counts as Tohsaka Family property, but sitting on a mountain of treasure and going out to beg! That's exactly how this family is!"
Aoko became even more confused after hearing Touko's words.
"Huh?"
"Haven't you heard Rin talk about her experiences in the Fourth War? The hanging gardens of babylon—that aerial fortress built using materials provided by Gilgamesh—is still lying on Mount Ryudo. There are tons of priceless materials inside. Just picking up a few can sell for a fortune! The money I've made from materials I've picked up there over the years is enough to assemble tens of thousands of these puppets!"
After hearing Touko's explanation, not only Aoko, but even Alice—the daughter of the Kuonji Group—couldn't help but gasp. Although Alice lacked a concept of money, she could still roughly understand the value of the puppets before her. The materials for one such puppet would probably cost millions of dollars to acquire, and tens of thousands... wouldn't that be tens of billions of dollars!
"Touko, you didn't tell Rin, did you? No way, you have to give me a share. I want 10 billion dollars, or I'll tell Rin!"
Touko shrugged at Aoko.
"Go ahead and tell Rin. You should know that over the years, I've invested most of the money into Rin and Da Vinci's lab. I haven't kept much for myself. Even if Rin knew, she wouldn't say anything. And don't even think about the hanging gardens of babylon; I've already picked clean the materials on the periphery, and everything inside has been used to set up magical traps!"
Aoko's expression changed upon hearing Touko's words. A sweet smile appeared on her face as she hugged Touko's arm and said to her in a sickeningly sweet voice.
"Sister, dear sister! Just give me a little bit, have some pity on your younger sister!"
Touko gave Aoko a mocking look and tried to break free from her embrace, but she found that no matter how hard she tried—even to the point where her veins were bulging—she couldn't pull her arm out of Aoko's grasp. 'This girl! I have a Servant-level body, and yet I still can't beat her! Is she some kind of muscle freak?'
Alice just stood to the side watching the sisters' farce, a slight smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.
"Aoko, Touko, it's been a long time since I've seen you two like this!"
After a long period of fooling around, Touko, who ultimately could do nothing about Aoko, chose to compromise. While panting heavily, she pulled a check from her bosom and threw it to the overjoyed Aoko.
Aoko happily took the check, looked at the amount on it, gave it a happy kiss, and then carefully tucked it into her bosom.
Alice, seeing the two had settled their dispute, spoke up.
"Touko, tell us about your plan..."
Meanwhile, in the hidden laboratory of the Tohsaka Annex.
Rin slowly opened her eyes, and a golden light shot out from them. As the golden light faded, Rin's pupils appeared golden. At the same time, a massive amount of magical energy wandered through her mage circuits, blood, and muscles, all strengthened by the dragon factor, with every breath she took.
Rin sat up from the bed and clenched her fist forcefully.
Crack!
The air crushed by Rin exploded from her hand!
Then Rin closed her eyes and sensed her own state. After a moment, she opened her eyes, which had returned to their azure blue color, and murmured.
"So this is me after merging with the dragon factor!"
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