"Hmm, yes, Mashu-chan, it looks like it." The other orange-haired girl, Fujimaru Ritsuka, tightly hugged the girl she called Mashu with her right arm, while her left hand naturally rested on a soft area, and she spoke with a serious expression, spouting nonsense.
"Um... Senpai?" Feeling the pressure from Ritsuka's hand, Mashu's face immediately flushed.
"The time point for this visit is ten years before the Holy Grail War of Singularity F. For some unknown reason, the anomaly index here reached an extreme value two days ago. First, our mission is to investigate the current situation."
As she spoke, Fujimaru Ritsuka frowned slightly, pretending to be profound as she looked into the distance, but the movements of her hand did not weaken in the slightest; she continued to firmly grope.
In fact, at some point, Fujimaru Ritsuka herself gradually started to become chibi-fied!
At this moment, Mashu couldn't help but swallow. Fujimaru Ritsuka would always enter this chibi state for inexplicable reasons. The reason was unknown, but what was certain was that every time she fully entered this state, she would become the scum of scums, not only scum but also extremely obsessed with gacha.
In short, it was really hard to evaluate Fujimaru Ritsuka's mental state at this time.
Seeing Fujimaru Ritsuka indeed start to grope her, Mashu finally managed to completely voice her words of protest, "Senpai, what are you doing, Senpai... This is too strange!"
"It's fine, Mashu-chan, it's high enough here, so no one will notice~." Fujimaru Ritsuka's right hand gradually explored upwards, finally pinching Mashu's chin, and coaxed, "And Chaldea definitely lost contact again, so it's perfectly fine~."
"Even... even if that's the case...!" Listening to Fujimaru Ritsuka's description, Mashu admitted she was somewhat tempted, but a sliver of rationality remained, "Ah~."
"...Cough cough, actually, it's still connected." Just as Mashu was still struggling, a faint voice came from the side. Subsequently, a light screen appeared in front of the two, and a male with a ponytail wearing a white lab coat appeared on the light screen.
"Tsk~, Doctor, you're here." Seeing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka's desire instantly diminished, as if she no longer had that kind of urge. She casually and instantly left the chibi state, and at the same time pushed Mashu away with a flick of her hand, as if she had entered sage mode, decisively treating everything that had happened before as if it had never occurred.
After Fujimaru Ritsuka stopped, it was Mashu who was suddenly greatly disappointed, feeling empty inside.
"Although I've said it before, I'll explain it again here, because the current situation is a bit different from what was observed in advance."
Seeing that the situation seemed a bit awkward, the man called Doctor decisively chose to ignore what had just happened before his eyes, "This is not a continuation or a precursor to Singularity F. Although chronologically it's roughly ten years before Singularity F, it seems... the place you entered is the world of AD 2012."
"Huh? Wasn't the detected Singularity before departure 1994?" After tidying her appearance and putting on her glasses, Mashu asked somewhat puzzled.
"It was supposed to be, but it changed after you arrived. The current time point changed from 1994 to 2012, and the Human Order Foundation Value also changed from C to???. The reason is currently unknown. Your mission is to investigate the cause and correct it."
Upon hearing this, Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but think of the several 2012 apocalypse movies she had watched back then. So she clasped her hands behind her head and said casually and lazily, "2012, isn't that the Mayan prophecy for the end of the world?"
"If that were the case, we'd truly be doomed..." As he was speaking, the Doctor's image suddenly started to freeze, "Communication seems to be having problems again. The rest is up to... you... you all."
As soon as he finished speaking, the communication with Chaldea was completely disconnected.
"Now... no one will disturb us anymore."
Saying this, Fujimaru Ritsuka once again raised her sinful hands and slowly approached Mashu.
"W-wait, Senpai!" Seeing Fujimaru Ritsuka seeming to start again, Mashu couldn't help but take half a step back, a flush returning to her face.
However, as she stepped back, she suddenly saw a very familiar person standing on a bridge below. So she quickly stretched out her left hand to stop Fujimaru Ritsuka, while her right hand pointed to a spot diagonally below, "Wait a moment, Senpai, look there!"
"Huh?" Seeing Mashu's reaction, Fujimaru Ritsuka stopped her movements again and turned her gaze to where Mashu was pointing.
There stood a white-haired man in casual clothes. At this moment, the white-haired man was raising his hand in a French military salute, greeting Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu.
"Who was that person again?" Fujimaru Ritsuka placed her right hand on her forehead, squinting at the white-haired man.
Completely different from Fujimaru Ritsuka's reaction, a white furry creature that had come to this Singularity with the two of them and had been idle for a long time, noticed the white-haired man and immediately jumped onto the railing at the edge of the building, baring its teeth at him. It was as if it had found its lifelong enemy.
"Huh? Fou, that's dangerous!" Discovering that Fou had suddenly jumped onto the railing, Mashu quickly hugged him back.
Seeing Fou's reaction, Fujimaru Ritsuka crossed her left arm over her chest, rested her right elbow on her left arm, then placed her hand in front of her mouth, pretending to be profound as she analyzed, "Fou's reaction... it must be that person!"
"Ah, it's Merlin." After clearly seeing the white-haired man's face, Mashu exclaimed in surprise, "That's great! As long as Mr. Merlin is here, we can find out the current situation of this Singularity! Senpai!"
Just as she was about to give her profound conclusion, she heard Mashu directly blurt it out, rendering Fujimaru Ritsuka's previous setup meaningless, "...Although that's true, I still hoped to be the one to say it."
"Eh...?" Mashu couldn't help but tilt her head, not knowing what Fujimaru Ritsuka was trying to say.
"Nothing, let's go down, Mashu." Saying this, Fujimaru Ritsuka wrapped her arms around Mashu's neck, and Mashu, in turn, scooped Fujimaru Ritsuka into a princess carry.
"Understood, Senpai." After Fou jumped onto her shoulder, Mashu, carrying Fujimaru Ritsuka, leaped from the rooftop.