In Chiba City, at Happiness Manor.
The long night stretched on, the sky gradually lightening with a hint of dawn.
In the bedroom, a boy dressed in a moon-white feathered robe scratched his head in frustration, fiddling with a smooth, blood-red jade orb—the killing stone.
"What am I supposed to do with this thing?"
After safely escorting Ge Wei to the Twilight Shrine, Luo Shu returned to his rental apartment.
Following the battle in the Saw Mountain Forest, he manifested a one-time skill, the [Secret Sword: Swallow's Return], effortlessly slaying an A-class malevolent spirit threatening the city, but burning through approximately seven hundred divine rights in the process.
This was partly due to the release of the Fate/stay night promotional video, which had given many people a clear impression of Sasaki Kojiro's Swallow's Return.
Otherwise, it would have cost him at least three hundred more divine rights.
Despite the hefty expense, after one night of accumulation, more and more people entered the Observer Network worldwide, becoming loyal fans of Fate/stay night, contributing a significant number of divine rights out of admiration.
At this moment, his divine rights had reached 7,256.14!
And with the momentum building, the growth rate was accelerating.
He had reached the threshold for creating a celestial canopy.
However, he needed to figure out how to deal with the killing stone first.
Using it himself was out of the question; the killing stone harbored a deep magic that would subtly turn him into a killer.
Although the side effects could be removed with divine rights, dealing with a treasure in the fourth-order realm required tens of thousands of divine rights, which was far too extravagant given his current financial state.
Crossing his arms, the boy fell into thought and suddenly asked the silver ripple, "Void, is it feasible to use the killing stone as a power source to create heroic spirits from the Fate series?"
"Buzzing... (Calculating now)."
On the left side of his vision, the silver ripple shimmered with excitement, quickly providing an answer.
Feasible!
The essence of the killing stone was a mass of energy.
It inherently embodied the concepts of both positive and negative polarity, containing the deep resentment of the nine-tailed fox at its death, while also storing vast amounts of harmless pure energy.
This was why the holder of the "killing stone" was prone to corruption.
When using the power of the evil dragon, his neck would sprout reverse scales.
The two were inseparable, intertwined in a complex relationship.
Separating the malevolent aura from the energy perfectly was quite challenging.
But Void offered a unique solution!
Luo Shu could choose to invest two thousand divine rights to implant the heroic spirit mode into the killing stone!
Once implanted, he could summon heroic spirits using the malevolent aura; when the spirits perished, the aura would dissipate into the world, leaving behind pure energy to be collected and used for his own ascension.
At minimal cost, he could gain a powerful bodyguard on par with the fourth order.
And if the bodyguard died, he could collect gold!
It was a perfect two-for-one deal.
Luo Shu's lips curled into a subtle smile, his expression warm as spring.
But then, a thought struck him, and he fell back into contemplation.
Wait...
Since he was preparing to expose the "parallel world" Holy Grail War to the heavens...
Why not act as a puppet master and ignite a Holy Grail War in the real world as well?
While shocking the world, he could enhance the credibility of the Fate series!
Normally, summoning seven servants in reality would require several million divine rights.
But now, it was different.
He could do it for free!
Utilizing the abundant resources of reality to stage a grand Holy Grail War.
Although Luo Shu didn't have millions of divine rights, others had killing stones!
He recalled that in Food Spirit Zero, there were nine killing stones scattered across the world.
Five people had possessed a killing stone.
This included Kagura's father, Kagura herself, Mikawa To, and Huang Quan and her sister.
While Kagura and her father possessed the same stone, Mikawa To had his own, and Huang Quan and her sister shared one, the anime didn't present a fourth stone...
Theoretically, reality could summon up to nine heroic spirits at most.
Whoever possessed a killing stone could summon heroic spirits.
Once the spirits descended and battled on the grand stage of reality, it would certainly shock the world!
All he needed to do was sit back and play the shadowy observer.
Whenever a servant fell, he would reclaim the pure energy.
He would earn divine rights while acquiring vast resources.
It was akin to Qin Shi Huang discovering electricity—an incredible win!
Luo Shu rubbed his chin thoughtfully, a faint smile creeping onto his face.
However, all of this hinged on whether he could use the killing stone in his hand to influence the other killing stones scattered around the world.
He softly asked, "Void, can you implant the heroic spirit mode into my killing stone and create a resonance system so that the other killing stones achieve the same effect?"
"Buzz! (Yes, but it will cost an additional two hundred divine rights.)"
The silver ripple shimmered obediently.
"Alright then, let's proceed with that plan."
Luo Shu nodded in satisfaction.
Upon receiving the command, Void began consuming divine rights, a radiant light invisible to outsiders enveloping and penetrating the blood-red jade orb, initiating a reconstruction of its internal structure, with mysterious energies seeping out.
In an instant, the killing stone transformed into a streak of light that slipped into his wrist, forming three bright red command seals.
Curiously, the boy touched his wrist.
He could sense a strange power residing within him, ready to be summoned at any moment.
Yet, it felt as if something was still missing, leaving him unable to summon a servant, as if a fishbone was lodged in his throat.
Luo Shu understood clearly that the killing stone was limited to summoning heroic spirits from the Fate series, and without creating a pseudo-heroic spirit hall, the three command seals were like boundless waters—virtually impossible to summon a spirit.
Meanwhile, in places like Tokyo, Hokkaido, and Osaka, killing stones scattered across the island nation began to glow, trembling oddly before settling into calm after several minutes.
"…"
Across various locations, several holders furrowed their brows in unison, puzzled by what was happening.
Concerned about their precious treasures, they sought to uncover the root of the issue, examining their blood-red jade orbs carefully. After some time, they found nothing unusual; the killing stones remained as manageable as ever.
Ultimately, they assumed the killing stones were simply malfunctioning.
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"Phew, everything's been resolved~"
"It's time to create the celestial canopy and play the full version of Fate/stay night!"
In Happiness Manor, the feathered-robed boy became slightly distracted, a smile fading from his face.
Divine rights began to deplete rapidly, soon nearing exhaustion.
His right hand clenched, filled with an aura of mysterious profundity.
Then, he opened his pale palm toward the sky, releasing a mysterious golden light.
It seemed as if an inexplicable force was pulling from above.
As the light ascended, it grew smaller, quickly surpassing the stratosphere, ionosphere, and thermosphere... until it broke through the atmosphere, rapidly spreading and enveloping the northern and southern hemispheres in a brilliant glow!
A wondrous wave emanated from the heavens, cryptic and profound.
At this moment, all around the world.
Across nations and cultures.
Regardless of age or gender.
Everyone gazed upward in astonishment.
In the gaze of countless awestruck individuals, the sacred light enveloped the vast expanse.
The celestial canopy... had descended!
*(TL/N - bro is casually igniting a war.)
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