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Chapter 41 - Report 33.5- Subarashii

Clatter!!

"Huff!! Huff!! Huff!!" Siegfried looks up to see his master, Tomura. "I…" He looks down in shame, dishonored. "I have failed again."

"… Siegfried." Tomura spoke softly. "You did the best you can. Do you know who that servant was? Kurogiri hurry and heal him."

Kurogiri comes over and begins to heal Siegfried with some medical Magecraft.

"They said they were Lancer. Thank you Kurugiri." Siegfried nods as the punctures Mélusine made slowly begin to close up.

"Lancer."

"!?" Siegfried turned to see the monitor on.

"Siegfried stand up." Tomura asked.

"Yes. Wash that expression from you noble face. You wonderfully flushed out Lancer." Said the male.

Siegfried gets back on his feet, barely.

"Could you gleam anything from Lancer to their identity?" asked Kurogiri.

"That… is hard to answer." Closed his eyes, remember the battle fresh on the mind. "For things I do know Lancer is a woman or teen by her voice and size. Her Noble Phantasm is also at least Rank A."

"Hoh~" The voice said. "During the bout I did see she got through your armor."

"Which brings up another thing. She is a dragon type servant like myself. She took damage from my attacks, but her skills were enough to minimalize any damage I could have made, add in her instantaneous speed and the only damage I did was during those last moments."

"Any named moves or attacks?" Tomura asked.

"She said… Innocent Arondight, Magnum Cannon, and the move she was gonna destroy my Saint Graph, Shokaneryuken."

"Did she really say those things?" The voice said a bit surprised.

"She did, sir."

"Master do you know who she is?" Tomura asked.

"She is Lancelot, but I never heard of Lancelot being female?"

"Maybe the historical records were changed? You know during those time periods in Europe it was rare for a woman to be anything but a dainty little thing. Maybe Lancelot was originally portrayed as a woman but changed much like how Lancelot and Guinevere affair was considered romantic before some author decided to make it not and portray it as evil."

"Maybe Lancelot was originally portrayed as a woman crossdressing like a man like with Mulan or Joan of Arc?" Kurogiri added.

"Regardless. Her other named moves, Magnum Cannon and Shokaneryuken. Magnum Cannon is a weapon from Gundam."

"So she's into Gundam?" Tomura said a bit quizzically.

"And then Shokaneryuken, or Rising Metal Dragon Fist, barely any different than the move Shoryuken from the Street Fighter series."

"Street Fighter?" Tomura and Kurogiri said.

"It was a video game, a fighting one. Bit of a lost media. Shame.. Capcom couldn't make it to the 22nd century… Hm. Well do what you will with this information. Lancer may have finally been flushed out but so did Siegfried. Keep that in mind while you are looking for new recruits."

"I will." Tomura nodded.

The screen turns off.

 

Sitting in a dark room the man sighs.

"Haa…"

Slither~

Slither~

"Master." Said a female voice, hidden in darkness. "You look to be in a bad mood?"

"Bit nostalgic of the past. I remember me and my brother playing Street Fighter against one another… Nice memories. Do you have any as unlikely as it may be? Avenger?"

Avenger replies immediately with a nostalgic tone.

"Once. When me and my sisters just came to be, we all looked the same. It ended quickly when I began to change..."

The man could feel a anger beginning to build in her and it shown in her tone.

"Worry not, Avenger. You will have your time to eat your fill and collect status for your garden. For now return to slumber, reminisce of those halcyon days."

"Like you master?"

"… Yes." He leans his head back. "Those… days." A wolfish grin began to form. "We will be together again, my little brother. Avenger, the next attack, I want you to join and get me Albert. His Quirk, Perfect Body, can or will bring me to stabilization."

"Of course."

 

Elsewhere.

"Uuuooooo!!!" Nobunaga shouted, taken by the fight. "Look! Saber and Rider!!"

"How do you even know that flying servant is Rider?" said Overhaul.

"Riders are the fastest servants! Thus she is a Rider!"

"But she is not riding on anything?"

"And I do not use the bow, no wait I do? But!! Wahahaha!!" She bellowed out boisterously. "I primarily use my rifles! So how can I call myself Archer if I do not use the bow!"

Overhaul sighed as he leaned back on the couch.

"… Either case. Do you think you can shoot that servant down?"

"Nope! Wahaha!!!" She laughed boisterously again. "You saw how—or well not see how she moved? I maybe damn near invincible here in Japan from the Cultural Sphere."

Cultural Sphere is a factor in a servants strength, the closer they are to the land where they originate from the more powerful they will become. For Archer, Oda Nobunaga, being in Japan has greatly boosted their strength, but if she was Europe her strength would not be as impressive as it would be in her homeland.

"Maybe if i fight them in Owari or well I guess the Aichi Prefecture now. I could possibly shoot them. But considering their armor is not Japanese they are wildly fast."

 

Somewhere in Kamino Ward.

"… Assassin." Mirai said looking at the large television in the city square from a alleyway. "Your thoughts?"

Assassin appeared next to him.

"Master. See that servant fight Saber gives me a mechanical kind of feeling. The movements are nothing a organic being can make. One could can argue they are using magic but even then the armor does not move to propel them. Almost as if they move at the speed of thought."

"Then when targeting them we will should deal with their master first. In the mean time now that Saber is known and is part of the League of Villains, Shie Hassaikai will be on the move."

Ring-Ring!

Mirai glanced at his desk, his phone was ringing. He picks it up and answers it.

"Sir Nighteye!!" shouted Mirio. "Did you see the news!!"

"I am. I'm watching it right now."

"Who do you think that Servant is? Or even their class?"

"Most likely Lancer. We have Rider accounted for so the only other Servant who could rival a Rider's speed is Lancer. All the servants have been accounted for, seeing those creatures proved that Saber, Caster, and Berserker are on the same side, the Villains."

"Then you think we should try and see if we can get Lancer's help? Ushi is a bit excited to fight them."

"… It will depend on the Master. Until then we will keep our head down and gather as much information as we can and root out Shie Hassaikai."

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