Disaster.
The calamity that arrives suddenly, plunging people into despair, came all too abruptly.
"Alter...?"
What would it feel like if that calamity was betrayal?
Let's rewind the clock a bit.
We finished preparations to go to the Singularity and gathered in the control room.
"It's America, but it's like India. No, since someone originally mistook America for India, it shouldn't be an issue, I'd say."
"What do you mean, India?"
"Well~"
Dumpty, as always, said something a bit hard to understand. The Servants brought this time were only Kama, Demon King Nobunaga, and Bunyan.
"Isn't it too few?"
"It is few. But I plan to summon more there, you see?"
"You're so laid-back. But you have the right to be. Still, this time I'll show my stuff!"
"I'm looking forward to it."
Dumpty was, of course, looking relaxed. Sakura came with a black armband wrapped around her left arm.
"I'm ready."
"You look good, Sakura."
Ushigozen praised Sakura like that. I head to the Singularity with all my Servants.
The humans Amakusa and Kojiro said they aren't going this time.
A bit disappointing, but since official Singularities are dangerous places indeed.
"But... why am I going too!?"
"Director, didn't you want to go too?"
"Yeah yeah, get some field experience, Olga."
"Sigh..."
And so, the Director ended up coming along too.
Since the Director is coming, I should cheer up more.
"Since Romani is still recuperating, I'll do the briefing."
The doctor, due to some work a while ago, is still not in good health... pitiful.
After Da Vinci's briefing, we headed to America.
"So this is America?"
"What, there's nothing here..."
Black Jeanne made a quite dissatisfied expression and pouted her lips.
Indeed, it was a vast wilderness.
With Dumpty... we got separated again, huh.
This is hopeless.
When will we naturally reunite in this vast land.
The Director isn't here either, and are the Director and Sakura with Dumpty's side?
"[Ritsuka, big trouble~! Only Sakura and the Director fell together! You too, huh...]"
"Huh?"
"[It seems Dumpty fell in a different place too, and the location is suspicious. The distances are considerable, so to meet up, it'll take at least a day.]"
"What's that... We might be fine with our current members, but I'm worried about Sakura and the Director."
"[For now, communication is working. If needed, Dumpty will go. Well, right now, he seems to think it's an experience and isn't planning to move immediately.]"
"He's laid-back. Then shall we move too?"
For now, there's no destination. Since it's a Singularity, there must be enemies or Servants. Or locals. So, we decide to slowly explore the surroundings first.
"I expected America, but with this, we can't get dessert, can we?"
"Etsu-chan, since the era is way back, it's impossible in such a frontier star."
"Again with the Earth discrimination, X."
"But it's true, right? It's a rural star, so the technology level is shameful compared to the Universe."
"But the Universe is definitely good."
Hokusai also says the Universe is good for now. What kind of place is it anyway...
"[Ritsuka. I sense a massive reaction from afar. Phantasmal species... no, human, but what is this reaction?]"
"Huh?"
Looking in the direction of the reaction from Da Vinci's words, a group appeared raising an enormous cloud of dust. People, perhaps...?
"Step back, Master."
Saber Alter steps in front of me and swings the black holy sword's light.
Whoooooosh!!!!
As the black ray is fired, a giant sphere of light appears in the sky. And emitting intense light, it neutralizes Alter's strike.
"Was that just now a spirit?"
For a moment, a green wolf was seen. To Alter, was that a spirit?
"Indeed, so you have the holy sword. Interesting..."
As the sandstorm gradually disappears, a woman's figure becomes visible. Who is she? She looks like a native, but...
"I like it! It's fantastic, that is truly the star's judgment that crushes everything! Isn't it beautiful! I want it, I want it! The judgment sword that kills life so easily!"
She's a woman who gives off an ominous feeling. Something, she looks very ominous.
And the numerous people behind her... somehow, a pale and strange atmosphere.
Moreover, what she's wearing on her body, is it human hands...?
"You, become mine."
Swoosh...
She immediately takes out a dagger and points it this way. Saber tightly grips her sword and takes a stance, but...
Thump...!
For a moment, I felt Saber's heartbeat. What was that just now...?
...
Clank... clank...
"... Alter?"
Alter then staggers and turns around... her sword emits a menacing light.
This is....
Boooooom!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Ouch... can't let my guard down. What the hell is that thing? A god? Kind of, but vague. Hokusai, do you know something?"
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"Really? This is annoying. Unlike the others, I don't have eyes that can see through things, you know."
Hokusai swung her brush from below to above, and a giant wave arising from it protected us from the black menacing sword, and she shouldered her brush and let out a sigh.
"So, pointing with the dagger made her change like that? A mind control type? Not even Aphrodite, huh."
"Mind control?"
Alter's eyes, something is strange.
Like... a monster?
Swish...!
"Snap out of it!!!"
Clang!!
Black Jeanne charges and blocks Alter. Their strength is almost equal. What, is this a Noble Phantasm? Subsequently, she points the dagger at Black Jeanne. Too late, if pointing alone activates it, time...!
Everyone else tries to subdue her first, but Mash blocks everyone first.
Without knowing the activation condition of the ability, we might all fall for it...
Clang!!
"Ugh, you're ridiculously strong!"
"... Huh?"
Black Jeanne repels Saber and shakes her wrist. Immediately, the silver-haired woman is bewildered. What? Jeanne is fine?
"I see... a living spirit, or a created type. If you haven't died, the story changes."
"Haven't died...? Perhaps, the activation condition is..."
"First, calm down!"
Bang!!
Hijikata ambushes from behind and subdues Alter. While subduing her, we attack with Jeanne, who seems immune to the ability, at the forefront!
"Guh...!?"
"Hijikata?"
"Grr... back off..."
Then, Hijikata, who subdued Alter, shows an abnormal reaction and staggers. Immediately, his eyes change too.
"[This, could it be an infection type!?]"
"Ah, bad memories are coming back. Etsu-chan, do you remember the Servant Battalion incident?"
"Yes, I remember. It definitely happened on an abandoned colonization ship. Be careful, it's zombies. It seems infection occurs just by touch."
"Zombies...?"
"Zombies? No, America is kind of a symbol for zombies... Zombies? For real?"
"... Senior, Black Jeanne was fine even after touching. So then this is..."
"Only applies to those who have died...? Then, we're fine. Everyone, back off. X, Etsu-chan, Chocolamisu!"
First, call only those who haven't died. The two living in the Servant Universe are also possible.
"I probably won't be affected either? Maybe..."
"Hokusai too?"
"I did die... but what, it's Cthulhu, right?"
"Ah, true."
"Mash, use your shield to prevent the dagger from touching everyone. I'll leave the rest to you."
"Ha! So laid-back... human. You think you can defeat me with just that? Pathetic."
The silver-haired woman snaps her fingers, and Servants emerge from the crowd she brought.
There are familiar faces. Báthory and Nero... and a few more Servants. Their eyes are strange like Alter's. Zombies... Servant zombies!
This won't be easy. This... what do we do?
"Everyone, become my children."
The silver-haired woman extends her hand and gives the order, and then...
Thud!!!!!
Something falls from the sky. This is...
"... Indeed, it's real? To think someone from Requiem, who essentially became Fate's Togashi in hiatus, appears."
"Dumpty...?"
Should I say as expected, or should I say it's natural... Dumpty makes a grand entrance from the sky.
"The legendary Pokémon is here. Wouldn't I be a fool to miss this opportunity?"
"Another Master... well, whatever. Did you bring Servants too? Bring as many as you want. After all, Servants are those who have faced death. Anyone who has died even once is all my child..."
She smiles bitterly and twirls the dagger. Dumpty, will he be okay...? It's a quite vicious ability.
"I know, I know well. To catch a legendary Pokémon, you need to know the strategy for it. So... the original of zombies? Well, but what are you trying to say? It's definitely good and, what should I say... a romantic ability. But, so what?"
"Huh? You don't understand the situation──"
Grrrrr...!!!
This intense pressure is...
"Having died... so what? Indeed, can you keep talking like that in front of those who govern death? Silver-haired one."
"Ah.... ah...?"
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