Lost Lord Ranbu

To find out the abnormal situation of the Holy Grail War, other people may have no clue, but there is no problem if you hand it over to the ruler. After all, he is the Edogawa Ranpo who is the No.1 detective in the world!

Well, barely there is Sherlock Holmes as well.

Random steps do not require Sherlock Holmes's reasoning ability, he is extremely intelligent, and superimposing the two brains will not make this skill more proficient.What Sherlock Holmes spirit base gave him was knowledge about various aspects. Naturally, the knowledge that comes with being sublimated into a heroic spirit should not be underestimated, and it filled the gaps in some aspects of Ranbu.

Although, he still doesn't know how to drive.

Just like Sherlock Holmes doesn't understand the heliocentric theory, it doesn't seem strange that Luanbu doesn't know how to ride a car.For them, it is a habit to eliminate useless knowledge for themselves.

Ranpo originally had some doubts about the Holy Grail War, but when he arrived at Einzbern Castle and communicated with the Little Holy Grail, all the puzzles were no longer puzzles to him.Looking through the books of Einzbern's family now is just to prove his inference.

"The Third Holy Grail War—"

He closed the pages of the book with random steps, propped his chin and thought for a while.

"Is there something wrong?" Irisviel asked.

"There is no winner in the third Holy Grail War, no, it should be said that the Holy Grail War so far has no results... This kind of game that fails halfway, thanks to you can persist for so long." Ranpo said and put the book away To the side, although he likes reading very much, he feels a little tired of doing it all afternoon, especially when the information is inaccurate and there are fake parts.

Irisviel, the artificial man of the Einzbern family and the little Holy Grail of this generation, replied: "It is the long-cherished wish of a magician to pursue the root, and I was born just for this."

"Then, what heroic spirit did the Ainzbern family summon?"

"..."

Irisviel hesitated, as if she didn't know whether she should clarify or not.

She did know about this period of history.

60 years ago, during the third Holy Grail War, due to the infighting between the Edelfelt sisters, there was no winner in the end.

If there is anything special about it, it is probably because the Ainzbern family, who are not good at fighting but want to win the Holy Grail, resorted to cheating and summoned an Avenger-class Heroic Spirit out of specification.

However, the summoned avenger was unexpectedly weak, just like ordinary human youths, unable to survive the high-intensity struggle of heroic spirits, and was quickly wiped out on the fourth day.

Because it was summoned illegally, and they were defeated at such a fast speed, the Ainzbern family, who had traditional aristocratic vices, felt shameful, so naturally they would not record this matter in detail.

Is it...

Is this related to this Holy Grail War?

Seeing her appearance, Saber, who has been with Irisviel, couldn't help but frowned worriedly: "Could it be that there is something hidden about the third Holy Grail War? Is this why the ruler came?"

"The third Holy Grail War..." Irisviel still made up her mind to say it, "The house of Ainzbern summoned the evil god Angola Mainyu."

"Oh!" Ranbu showed a clear look, "Is it as an avenger?"

"Yes..." Irisviel looked worried.

Ranbu didn't continue to ask, and didn't give any explanations. Instead, he asked quite insignificant questions, such as what will he have for dinner, what is the dessert after dinner, what kind of tree is planted outside the castle, etc. A series of heroic spirits will not know to focus on something.

After Alice Feier answered one by one, she still couldn't resist the curiosity in her heart, and asked one more question: "Is there any problem with Angora Mainyu?"

"Yes, it's a big problem." Ranbu replied.

Regarding the need for a ruler to adjudicate the Holy Grail War this time, Ranpo already understood the source of the anomaly, but he did not directly inform the Ainzbern family.He didn't conceal it on purpose, and he never played tricks on it. Generally, he just thought that there was no need to explain, so he cut off the reasoning process from the beginning to the end.If someone asks directly, he will still answer well.

Now that Irisviel took the initiative to ask, Luanbu clarified the most likely outcome of the incident: "This Holy Grail War will stop halfway, and if we don't find a suitable solution to the problem, we won't be able to hold the Holy Grail War in the future. "

"Why?!" Saber was the first to object.

Obtaining the Holy Grail and making unfulfilled wishes is not only the wish of the magician, but also the summoned spirits.

Saber's ideal is to restore the country.

She wants to change the past and save her people and comrades-in-arms, even if she is looking for a King Arthur who is more suitable than herself to lead Britain...

The Holy Grail is the universal wish-making machine.

She finally had a chance to redeem her mistakes, but now the ruler actually told her that the Holy Grail War will end, and the Holy Grail will not be able to be used later.How should she, who is full of expectations for the Holy Grail function, accept such ambiguous words?

I can't understand it at all!

Saber asked angrily: "Why must the Holy Grail War end?"

"Because there is no way to use the final prize." Ranbu replied truthfully.

"What do you mean?"

"Why do you have to ask three times? It means literally, and I have already explained it very clearly." Luanbu puffed up his cheeks, "It means that the Holy Grail has been broken, and unless the core of the Holy Grail is replaced, there will be no way to hold it in the future." Holy Grail War!"

Ranbu wasn't angry, just a little impatient.

Ranpo knows that other people are idiots, it has nothing to do with whether they are heroic spirits or not.These heroic spirits were also human beings, and their brains were born.In his eyes, King Arthur is no different from ordinary people, except that he has powerful martial arts and needs him to guide him.

"Don't make me repeat it too many times." Probably influenced by Holmes' desire to talk about reasoning, Luanbu explained in more detail under the puzzled eyes of the two, "Why is the evil god in Persian mythology Wouldn’t the leader Angora Mainyu be so weak? Anyway, he was a high-level god who could fight against God Ahura Mazda, but he was killed without resistance on the fourth day of the Holy Grail War. Don’t you find it strange? "

Irisviel fell into deep thought.

Indeed, in Persian mythology, the evil god who represents darkness and can hold up half the sky is as weak as an ordinary human youth, which is very strange in itself.At the beginning, this incident also caused controversy in the Ainzbern family. More people tended to believe that the failure of the summoning caused the deviation of the heroic spirit value.

But in fact--

"The demon god Angra Mainu cannot be summoned by the Holy Grail." Ranbu said.

"Is there a heroic spirit impersonating Angola Mainyu?"

"No, he is indeed Angola Mainyu."

"That……"

"Do you know the origin of Angola Mainyu as an avenger?" Luanbu asked abruptly, before waiting for an answer, he immediately stated himself, "He was just an ordinary young man, but he was regarded as an evil god by the villagers A symbol, cut off his legs, gouged out his eyes, and threw him on the mountain to fend for himself.”

"So..." Saber had a flash of inspiration, and asked in a heavy tone, "The summoned Angola Mainyu is just an ordinary person who bears the title of evil god?"

"Anyone can be Angra Mainyu." Luanbu smiled, "The image of a heroic spirit is easily influenced by human consciousness. As long as the world recognizes you as one, you are."

What Ranpo narrated made both of them silent.

Angola Mainyu is a hero created by the wishes of the surrounding people. It has no power and is only composed of the thoughts of the people around it. It cannot exist.The image of the evil god manifested in that young man, his life was too tragic, and he was unable to resist, and could only be forced to bear the evil of this world.

No one interrupted, and the narration process was speeded up in disorder: "After the heroic spirits are defeated, they will turn into magic power and return to the Holy Grail. When it is full, it will be the day when the Great Holy Grail will come. There is no problem in the first place. If all the seven heroic spirits die and go back, we can start. I made a wish—"

"Wait, seven heroic spirits?"

"That's right, the Holy Grail has summoned seven of you. Of course, all seven heroic spirits must be used as fuel for the wish—ah, no, only seven are needed to get to the root." Luanbu scratched his hair, " It depends on what Xu's wish is, and it cannot exceed the limit that the magic power of the Holy Grail can satisfy. After all, the current Great Holy Grail is only a man-made thing..."

Hearing this explanation, Saber's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

The summoned heroic spirits can reach a consensus with the magician, because they both have a desire for the Holy Grail.Unexpectedly, the magician first thought of using the heroic spirit as the cornerstone of wish fulfillment, so he created the Holy Grail War model. How could the proud heroic spirit accept it?

Emiya Kiritsugu has not had a direct communication with Saber so far, and completely avoided the steps of talking about life and three views with his servant. Saber has to suspect that this man can sacrifice other people by all means for her own wish. No matter whether she wins the Holy Grail or not in the end, her wish to restore the country is impossible to realize anyway.

If Ranpo hadn't finished explaining why the Holy Grail is abnormal, Saber would have rushed out to find Emiya Kiritsugu's theory.

"Didn't you guys read the rules before participating in the competition?" Ranpo continued to add fuel to the fire, "Okay, I know you are all idiots, and you don't even know you were cheated. Emiya Kiritsugu is not bad, Tohsaka It’s not good at home! Archer is still being played around, if he knows the truth, he will definitely blow up the whole Fuyuki in anger!”

Ranpo has already used the ruler's privileges to investigate the Tohsaka family. He compared the violent archer and the duplicity master, and found that it is better to choose Einzbern's house as the base, so he deliberately Run around the long way.

"Regardless of the final wish-making link of the Holy Grail War, the Holy Grail is abnormal now, and it will not reach the end." In order to appease Saber's emotions, Irisviel had to divert the topic, "Ruler, please continue talking about Angola Mainyu .”

"Huh? Isn't it already clear?" Ranpo said, "After Angola Mainyu was defeated, he returned to the Holy Grail."

"Then?"

"Then the Holy Grail was tainted."