I Can See Health Bars in Real Life

Chapter 525 18: World Line Divergence Rate

Nightfall descends.At this moment, it's not suitable to travel in the night and leave Mount Abif to return directly to Uruk for debriefing, so the Chaldea group temporarily settled down in the valley.

Tonight, there wasn't an event for the God of Food to showcase his skills. Instead, near the pavilion in the valley, they lit a campfire in the open space. The group sat around it, taking the opportunity to get to know each other. Fujimaru Ritsuka and others shared this idea.

After all, the last time they came, they only met Gu Mo once through Merlin's dream. Most of the others were still unfamiliar, making it urgent to get to know each other better and strengthen their relationships.

Oh, Gu Mo wasn't the only one in the dream; Miss Hiri was also present.

However, possibly because, in this world's modern timeline, there is no related work or information on "Gwent" and "Gambling Frenzy," the legend of Ancient Blood doesn't have much fame in this world, thus this Yanzi didn't attract too much special attention.

The witch received similar treatment. Gu Mo originally thought about whether he should use an Illusion Technique to conceal her.

But now, it seems there is no such necessity.

Instead, it was the presence of Miss Akai Hinako that truly caught the attention of the Chaldea group. Previously, they had their suspicions, but upon discovering that the twin-tailed literary girl, presumed frozen within the Spiritual Particle Transfer facilities of Chaldea and whose life was uncertain, was right here, they truly confirmed.

"Miss Akai Hinako…" Mash hesitantly began speaking.

"Mash, are you… are you doing okay now?"

The literary girl's complexion was somewhat unnatural, but she earnestly and carefully examined the shield-bearing girl's condition. Due to certain reasons, including her, almost every A-group member held a special attitude toward the child.

"I'm great! Don't worry, Miss Akai Hinako. You don't have to worry about me, and the Heroic Spirit has already accepted me…" Mash nodded vigorously, raising the Cross Shield she held in her hand to show the twin-tailed literary girl in front of her, smiling brightly.

She may be considered a Sub-Servant, or more accurately, she's an imitation Servant. Due to Chaldea's experiments, she was artificially inseminated and grown as a design-type test-tube baby, existing as an experimental fusion Heroic Spirit, with a lifespan only lasting until 18 years old, and monitored within Chaldea's isolation chamber until she was 14.

The summoned Heroic Spirit possessed her, enraged by Chaldea's inhumane experiments, displaying astonishing battle capabilities, breaking through all of Chaldea's defensive measures, and wreaking havoc.

If it wasn't for Mash's final choice to relinquish control of her body, Chaldea might have been wiped out at that time.

However, after that, the Heroic Spirit possessing the girl fell into silence, discontent with Chaldea's actions, thus refused to manifest to assist Chaldea. If he left directly, Mash, as the dependent, would die, so he adopted non-violent protest instead.

He maintained Mash's life but refused to allow Chaldea's experiments to continue.

Until the Control Room explosion, witnessing something unknown, this Heroic Spirit entrusted his power to Mash and departed, allowing Mash to cross multiple singularities with Fujimaru Ritsuka, becoming the final hope for humanity.

As a member of A-group, Miss Akai Hinako naturally knows Mash's situation. Her expression subtly changed, softening somewhat, and she finally nodded gently, speaking with a touch of emotion:

"That's good, this is… nice."

"Yes, yes, it's already very good…" The shield-bearing girl's expression appeared incredibly bright, unafraid of the difficult obstacles ahead, nor worried about her designed lifespan running out soon because she has found her wish, so she's unwavering and fearless.

"Actually, Miss Akai Hinako, you…"

Mash hesitated slightly, looking at the literary girl in front of her again.

"I don't know what happened either; after waking up, I just found myself here…" Miss Akai Hinako understood her confusion, sighed softly, knowing that besides herself, there were actual Chaldeans present, initially feeling somewhat panicked, but soon calmed down.

It was just how it is; she felt it must have been the accidental explosion in the Control Room that caused her to be thrown into this singularity unknowingly.

Perhaps in Chaldea, she had disappeared in that accident, so it's better to explain directly, for she genuinely doesn't understand the situation. Upon waking, she found herself in this singularity.

Indeed, that's the case…

Beside her, Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes flickered momentarily, instinctively glancing towards Gu Mo across the campfire. Gu Mo noticed and raised a cup towards her as a toast.

This was Ishtar's collection of mead, a rare offering from devout followers, but today, having just achieved significant earnings, the delighted Goddess was unexpectedly generous, offering her treasured mead to share with everyone.

"I see… but that's also a good thing, Miss Akai Hinako. Since we are all part of Chaldea, let's continue fighting together in the future!"

Mash nodded repeatedly, earnestly speaking to the literary girl.

According to Dr. Roman and Da Vinci, since what's done is done, further investigation would be fruitless. Moreover, it seems that Miss Akai Hinako was not treated unfavorably. Not only was Miss Akai Hinako restored to health, but she was proactively involved in signing a pact with the Ishtar Goddess.

This, in any way, seems to be good and a tremendous boost to the work of restoring humanity…

Coupled with the presence of the Immortal here, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash naturally could only tactfully skip this matter and instead extend a renewed invitation to Miss Akai Hinako.

They are indeed Chaldea personnel, so now they should naturally stand united!

Miss Akai Hinako didn't hesitate for long and softly responded, which counted as agreement.

At least the people on Chaldea's side were familiar, and she was more accustomed to Chaldea's crowd. Besides, her memories continued from before the Control Room explosion, so she naturally acknowledged her mission without any plans for alteration.

Gu Mo, sitting across the campfire, withdrew his gaze. As he expected, Akai Hinako probably misunderstood the reason for his arrival at this singularity, and everything seemed fine on Fujimaru Ritsuka's end, possibly even developing in a favorable direction—

Seeing the literature department girl, who was supposed to be severely injured, acting as if nothing happened, naturally led them to believe it was his doing; and upon learning that the Ishtar Goddess had been persuaded a few days ago and had signed a contract with the literature girl, they felt this also indicated his goodwill and assistance to Chaldea.

——Thus, nothing more was said.

In this way, Akai Hinako remained oblivious, and although there were some doubts on Chaldea's end, they couldn't hold onto them persistently, a situation that was also predictable.

However, speaking of which, since Akai Hinako was awakened ahead of time, she probably won't join the Alien God's camp this time, right? Such a huge storyline change, no wonder it was worth a Golden Key, which was also the first Golden Key Gu Mo acquired in this current instance.

Besides, the sword swing on that day was worth a Silver Key.

And promoting the contract between Akai Hinako and Ishtar was worth a Bronze Key; today, going to the Forest Goddess and forcefully forming an alliance through fist talk was only worth three Bronze Keys…

The information passing through his mind made Gu Mo calculate his current gains, yet he shook his head slightly, giving rise to another strange thought: since Akai Hinako's storyline was altered, the Concealers the Alien God planned to use for spreading the doctrine were directly one person short.

——Would this cause any changes to the numbers of Anomaly Zones?

——And what about the situation in the Chinese Anomaly Zone, would there be any shifts?

Truth be told, he was really curious, though he didn't possess a literal Thousand-Mile Eye, nor was his divination skill particularly advanced, making it impossible to see through human history or even the planet's future. Thus, all he could do was remain curious, as he certainly couldn't witness the answers firsthand.

"...Lord Mo?"

While he was somewhat seriously contemplating, Fujimaru Ritsuka across from him raised her head to look at him, with a bright and spirited gaze. She hesitated for a moment, then mustered the courage to tentatively call out once.

"Hmm? What's up… Wait a minute—" He replied casually at first, then suddenly sensed something was off, staring at the red-haired girl in surprise, "Gudah, how did you know my name?"

He hadn't introduced himself before, hadn't he? In this troublesome world, it was often a stage for legendary Heroic Spirits who established achievements and became legends, where mystery and fame were significant metrics for trustworthiness. Not only was it about evaluating someone's reliability, but also their credibility.

As someone who theoretically flew over from another universe, he was practically a blank slate and easily mistaken for a Heroic Spirit, which he wasn't, hence easily inciting suspicion.

Gu Mo's strategy was to maintain an air of mystery, neither affirming nor denying, neither actively displaying nor truly revealing his whereabouts, letting people guess and imagine as they might…

Even when facing Akai Hinako, Ishtar, and them, he only gave "Mo" as his alias.

The Witch remained "Witch," and Hiri remained "Yanzi," altogether quite cautious.

But now…

"Is it truly Lord Mo?!" Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes sparkled, her demeanor joyful from her guess being correct, not minding the odd naming the other party used for her, she directly turned to look at the silent Witch: "Then this must be Miss Kikyo, right?"

"..."

Kikyo also opened her beautiful eyes, glanced at this girl, slightly frowned, then looked back at someone.

Gu Mo tugged at the corners of his mouth, lightly shaking his head towards her.

"Hehe, so I guessed correctly…" Fujimaru Ritsuka seemed particularly happy and quickly explained, "Initially, I wasn't too sure, but upon seeing that Box Garden, I remembered a related historical legend, and now seeing Miss Kikyo, I gained some confidence…"

"Gu Mo? So that's your real name?"

The girl from the literature department on the side also hugged her book, frowning in thought, seemingly having a moment of realization, as if recalling something—

"Should be the one from Japan's Warring States Era, right? Allegedly an alchemist who crossed the sea, some believe to be an Immortal, assisting Toyotomi Hideyoshi to become the ruler of the realm, or rather using Toyotomi Hideyoshi's name to unify the Warring States, bringing the entire Warring States under control…"

Ha? What kind of nonsense is that?

Gu Mo's expression slightly stiffened, had he ever done that?

"So that's it?" Mash on the side also showed a very shocked expression, her knowledge reserve relatively more substantial, "A legend active from the Heian Era to the Warring States Era, supposedly interacted with figures like Minamoto no Yoshiie and Abe no Seimei, in the legend of the Taichu Warrior also supposedly exterminated Ootakemaru as an Immortal…"

What the hell?

How did it also involve keywords like Taichu Warrior and Ootakemaru? Isn't this… supposed to be history belonging to the Nioh World?

Gu Mo's exterior remained unchanged, but inward his thoughts were spinning like lightning, yet… wasn't this instance supposed to belong to the Fate timeline?