The white moonlight is my vest

"I have to tell you something, Shang Ye."

If it weren't for the "six eyes" reminding Gojo Satoru all the time, Gojo Satoru might think that this is not a virtual copy, but a real world.The warm sunlight shone on his long silver eyelashes, covering his facial features with a faint light, making him the focus of the audience.But Wujo Wu didn't care at all, and he didn't care about others—the gazes cast by those anthropomorphic npcs, turned their heads and said to Chanyuan Shangya.

The Chanyuan Shang lazily responded.

Unlike Gojo Satoru, who felt that everything was new, since the sacrificial activities began, the monk of the Chanyuan had been staring closely at the center of the venue, not wanting to miss any clues.How gorgeous the sacrificial activities were supposed to be thousands of years ago sounds like a fantasy, but it is not difficult to see from the layout of the venue that they attached great importance to this sacrificial ceremony.

"Is this supervisor really opening the back door for them?"

After resting in Florian's mansion last night, Gojo Satoru had a deeper understanding of Florian's identity this time - at least in terms of being rich.Neither the Emiya couple nor Florian are very materialistic people. Although Florian loves food, he is not picky about food. Even if you give him a big bowl of white rice, he can still eat deliciously.And Gilgamesh is almost the epitome of extravagance, and the servants in the whole mansion revolve around him.

To be reasonable, Gojo Satoru actually thinks that this kind of thing is nothing to envy... After all, he is also very rich in reality, this is just a game, right?

——Yes.

Even in today's sacrificial activities, the status of the Emiya family and Gilgamesh is different from that of the monks of the Zen Monastery and Gojo Satoru, and they are surrounded by the center of the crowd.Chanyuan Shangye and Wujo Wu could only stand on the edge of the crowd, if they tried to squeeze in, they would be stopped.

Fortunately, for these two people, standing in the middle hindered their observation.

But that didn't appease Gojo Satoru.

"It's not important," Chanyuan Shangya replied, "I'm more concerned about whether Shenlu Che will come out."

Gojo Satoru asked curiously: "Isn't he locked up? Did he think about it?"

The monk of the Chanyuan also kept his voice down as much as possible, not wanting to attract attention and hinder the progress of this sacrifice: "No. This is a sacrifice, so who is it for? God? What position does Shenlu Che occupy in it? Since he obtained the beliefs of the villagers by accident, theoretically speaking, offering sacrifices is the fastest way to obtain these beliefs. That iron rooster will never let go of this opportunity."

"So he will definitely come out, it's just his status..." Gojo Satoru thought of the words and deeds of the previous village chief. There is no doubt that in their eyes, Shenlu Che is just a gift to God, "Sacrifice?"

Chanyuan Shang also nodded: "This is where I am most confused."

"First of all, since Shenlu Che is a sacrifice, what did he pay in exchange for the smooth weather of the village? He is still far from reaching the level of a god, and he is still a human being. But everything we see about him is normal—— At least there is no lack of arms or legs.” Chan Yuanshang also pointed out this point, “Then, the village chief mistook us for people who came to rob Shenluche, so the existence of Shenluche should only be known to them in the village, but now The sacrifices were far more than people from one of their villages. With so many people watching, what did the village chief do to hide the truth, so that Shenlu Che has been a sacrifice for so many years and has not been discovered?"

"But now that the village chief is dead and the body has been disposed of, the news won't spread to the village so quickly."

Gojo Satoru followed his words.

That means... for this sacrifice, the existence of Shenlu Che may not be able to be concealed.

The venue for the sacrifice was located on the top of the mountain, which happened to be the mountain where Shenlu Che was imprisoned.Villagers from all over the world gathered together, singing unknown songs, with a pious look on their faces.Even though the priests thousands of years ago wanted to decorate luxuriously, they were subject to various restrictions, but it can be seen from the spotless stone table, the solemn villagers holding their breath, and the various rich foods on the table that they valued it.

In the Heian era, there were many curse spirits, and countless of them murdered people for wealth. It was really normal for the villagers to pray for some peace in this troubled world.After waiting for a while, Gojo Satoru suddenly sighed.

"What's the matter? Have you noticed any clues?" Chanyuan Shang also asked him quietly, looking a little excited.With the "six eyes" Wutiao Wu is much better than Zenyuan Shang in terms of observation.

Gojo Satoru looked back at him, then sighed again.

Gojo Satoru: "...they sing so badly, I can't listen anymore."

Igarashi Kaede wearing the Zen Academy Shoya vest: "..."

Why, does this person still want to set a demonstration for this group of villagers and show off his "beautiful" singing voice?

Wujo Wu and Chanyuan Shang also stood outside the sacrificial venue, able to have an overview of the overall situation.However, the Emiya family and Gilgamesh, who were surrounded in the middle, noticed some details that were difficult for the Zen monastery to discover.

"I have to say." Under such an atmosphere, Emiya Kiritsugu subconsciously lowered his voice, "It seems that our luck this time is really good."

Alice Feil straightened the long hair around her ear, bit her lip: "I think there's something wrong...why are we in the middle?"

The venue for the sacrificial ceremony was located in the middle, and Irisviel and the others were not yet the people who presided over the sacrificial ceremony, they were just politely invited to sit here.

Irisviel always had a bad premonition, and never let down her vigilance.

Whether it's Gojo Satoru, Irisviel, or Florian, their appearance is out of tune with the people of this era.But the dungeon forced them to follow the settings, and these villagers didn't seem to notice anything wrong—or maybe they didn't have such a high sense of autonomy at all.

"...I don't know, it should have some kind of special status." In order not to let Gilgamesh hear these words, Emiya Kiritsugu lowered his voice to the lowest, fearing that he would arouse the anger of the King of Heroes , One accidentally ruined this sacrifice. "But this is a good thing, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get to the core of this copy so quickly."

Emiya Kiritsugu felt that the current situation was much more difficult than the Fifth Holy Grail War back then.

In the last Holy Grail War, Kiritsugu Emiya summoned Altria who was a saber. Although they were not compatible, Irisviel and her got along very well, and the King of Knights also insisted on the way of chivalry. Will get angry at will.But this time the King of Heroes is moody and extremely arrogant, and he will not obey Emiya Kiritsugu's command at all.

And Emiya Kiritsugu is not the Master of Gilgamesh yet.

"Core?" Irisviel obviously didn't understand, and was still a little hesitant, "But didn't they say that they had encountered the divine law in the past, but didn't they have any clues?"

The surrounding singing concealed the conversation between them.Emiya Kiritsugu glanced at Gilgamesh who was watching from a high place, and then continued to explain to Irisviel: "This is the story of Shenlu Che, and he must be the core."

Even though he only met Shenryuche once, Emiya Kiritsugu could still deduce one or two things about Shenryuche's actions: "He is not the kind of npc that will answer whatever others ask, I am afraid he has to bring enough things to exchange, which is the so-called 'deal'."

Emiya Kiritsugu would not have thought of this if it hadn't been for the fact that before Shenlu Che opened his mouth and kept his mouth shut, it was a deal.

"But the only ones who have seen him are Zenyuan and Wujo. We don't know where he is," Irisviel was not so naive. "If you ask Zenyuan rashly, they will startle the snake, and it may affect the next action."

At this point, Irisviel has fully understood.

Continuing to follow the game is the best choice.After all, the game is always fair, it is impossible to only give Zenyuan and Wujo a chance to see the god of this world, isn't it?

Irisviel let out a breath slowly.The tension had been with her since entering the game, but they had no choice—they had to win.Irisviel patted Florian's head, on the one hand for Florian's sake, and on the other hand to solve "all the evils of this world" in his body.

"...But what are we going to trade with him?"

Irisviel quickly realized this again.

Regarding this point, Emiya Kiritsugu was not very clear either.This magician killer used to collect all kinds of information before taking action, but this time he entered the game too suddenly, and he didn't have many clues about Shenlu Che.

"It has to be discussed," Emiya Kiritsugu said succinctly, "the possibility of winning by killing him cannot be ruled out. Ellie, have you seen the other players?"

Irisviel shook her head.

Although Emiya Kiritsugu and Zenin Shang also deduced together yesterday that all the players should be near this mountain.But she didn't see any other players today - there were so many people in the Armed Detective Agency, but none of them.

And Shenlu Che...

"Wait," Irisviel immediately thought, "Then what is the identity of Shenlu Che, who is a player, in this dungeon?"

Emiya Kiritsugu couldn't give an answer, because he himself didn't know the answer.

He frowned, and countless guesses flashed in his mind.As the protagonist of this dungeon, Shenryu Che has an incomparable advantage, that is, he is familiar with everything around him—Emiya Kiritsugu suddenly wants to light a cigarette, but obviously this service is not provided in the game.

Florian, who heard their whole conversation, had no fluctuations on his face.He seemed bored, looking around all the time, but sat obediently with Irisviel and the others, not intending to move around.It wasn't until he finally met Gilgamesh's gaze that he lowered his head quietly and stopped looking around.

Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes slightly.

He doesn't like God, and he hates this scene of offering sacrifices to God from the bottom of his heart. It's quite rare to not mess up.

The ballads sung by the villagers finally came to an end. As the last note fell, the priest in strange clothes waved his hand downwards, and the villagers voluntarily moved out of the way, and a strange-looking straw man was caught When it was delivered, the straw man's hands and feet were still tightly tied together.

On the straw man's face was a note with "Che" written on it.

It seems that Shenlu Che is indeed the so-called sacrificial offering.

Emiya Kiritsugu watched coldly as the villagers brought the long-prepared firewood and piled it in front of Florian.At the order of the priest, the torches lit the pyre.The villagers are ready to throw the straw man into the flame that burns instantly——

"Sorry, the sacrifice is stopped."

Everyone subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound.

Edogawa Ranpo put on his glasses, and the wind on the top of the mountain lifted his shawl, drawing arcs one after another.