Chapter 26: The Ruler (Part 2)

"It's that we don't go to war from the very beginning like we did in Fuyuki, but when the time comes, or at my direction, we do."

"Why do the two of us have to follow this stupid and abusive directive?"

Jeanne immediately becomes disgruntled as always when I make or say something, but this time I will be more serious with her as her and Artoria's Master.

"This is a war with 16 Servants unlike 7 Servants, its properties are also different from being single individuals, but forces being red clock towers, and black Yggdmilennia also has a Middle Grail Ruler summoned to oversee the war, if we act arbitrarily first then we will have to face our enemies with serious consequences and fight with them, , so you understand?."

I closed the sentence "you understand and then contain" sternly, with my attitude becoming more serious than before causing Jeanne to become surprised but humble.

"Ah...yeah, I get it."

"According to you, we are facing 4 forces, the first is the clock tower of the red faction consisting of 7 Servnats, the second is the Yggdmilennia faction which also includes 7 Servants and the supervisor Ruler so the remaining Servant is definitely the subordinate of the person behind, so to avoid detection we should just watch the battle for now."

Artoria followed my words and summarized and hypothesized about the 16th Servant and came to the conclusion I wanted, and I was quite satisfied.

"You are right, so to be safe and avoid any trouble, when the time comes I will appear."

"Then let's just do what the Master says."

The three of us went back to eating and drinking, but they didn't know that I had other plans that only I could do for me now, which were hidden from the two of them.

At the same time at the bakery next to MC's Caffe, Jeanne D'arc of the Ruler school was buying a Donut, then she went to the wooden chair placed under the tree, she sat there eating while looking around.

"Looks like no one is watching me, I wonder what the red side's plan was that the red Lancer attacked me yesterday, but thanks to the black Saber I also avoided an unnecessary fight but..."

She sighed and continued eating the donut she had just bought at the store.

"Haizz...the clothes in my Suitcase were mostly damaged due to the fight last night, but for now, I'll find out later, now I should look for an inn to stay."

After eating the cake, she got up and walked through the line of people going to find an inn, when she suddenly saw a black-and-red figure and green eyes flashed past.

"Looks like the one who just passed by...has black hair with a bit of red and green eyes, could it be..."

She immediately turned her head to look, but the figure was nowhere to be seen.

"It's gone!."

She kept walking in the direction the figure was headed before disappearing, but after walking for a while and looking around, she still couldn't find the figure.

"I lost him...but in exchange I knew he was here, the one I was looking for along with monitoring the grail, I had to act tonight and he'd definitely show up around the fight, so otherwise he might be gone."

She left the street she was standing on to prepare for tonight's fight, unaware that a hooded woman was watching her in an alley opposite.

"Haizz...so successfully lured her in, now she knows he's here, so now just wait for the fight in the jungle tonight the two of them will meet, because this is what is needed for you Mighty Guardian Lost Avian."

Saying that, the mysterious woman disappeared into the alley after luring Ruler.

In the evening at the inn after having breakfast at the cafe, the three of us went for a walk around the town to see the area but mainly I went sightseeing, that day was not unusual even after a day of wandering around town, it was already dark.

"Hey Master, it's almost dark, so should we go fight today?"

As soon as Artoria saw that it was getting dark, she asked for my opinion, and I replied that.

"No, since the nature of this battle is slightly different from that of Fuyuki, it is imperative that we act carefully and secretly, so when necessary, I will signal to join the battle as planned."

"Then I'll go to bed, if we go to war, call me."

With that she went to bed, and so did Jeanne.

"Then I'll go to bed too, even though just wandering around this town all day bores me, so remember to join the war early."

"Then I'm so tired, I'll go to sleep."

Then we both turned off the lights and went to bed except for I was pretending to be asleep, and near midnight I sneaked out the door and jumped onto the roof nearby.

"The two of them are asleep now, I should go investigate alone, so that one or both of them will be easily detected."

I turned on the bracelet to see the location and time of the battle in the forest.

"So the battle's about to begin? Then we have to get there quickly and avoid being detected by the Achers, it's time to use the armor."

I took out the arc reactor and put it on my chest and activated the armor, the NanoTech layers wrapped around me to form a blue, yellow and white armor, shaped almost like an F1 race car, with two wheels on the arms, in front of the F1 front spoiler, behind the F1 racing rear spoiler and jet engine.

[Author: This is the super form of Kamen Rider Driver, named Type Fomula].

"Now let's go!"

With this form I have a tremendous speed even more than the Accel form of the previous armor, very quickly I was out of town, at this speed it will not take more than 5 minutes to reach my destination.

But while I was running, the system identified a Servant running after me, surprising me because there was another Servant running after me.

"Identified, there's a Servant approaching."

"What!? Is there a Servant following? Could it be the two of them? No if that's the case then the system already says there are two, but who is this? I'll have to stop and take a look."

I immediately slowed down and stopped, and the Servant who had been following me all this time was able to reach me.

"Finally, I caught up with you!"

A minute ago in the motel room next to Khanh Minh's room, Jeanne D'arc or Ruler had put on a battle uniform, she jumped out of the window of the inn and landed on the ground.

"The war has begun, it's time for me to get there, and maybe he'll be there too."

She immediately moved from town to the battlefield, after a while she moved out of town, there was a figure running not far from her, she looked over and saw Khanh Minh wearing armor running at terrible speed.

"What's that!? Is it a Servant? It's not like I don't see any identity or there's a Servant wearing armor like that, could it be him! If that's the case, I'll speed up and chase him."

She immediately accelerated to catch up with Khanh Minh but it was almost impossible, because his speed was too fast, so he left her quite far.

"It's too fast! I can't keep up with him, no, I can't keep up."

Just when she could barely keep up and lost track of him, he stopped and looked in her direction, so she was able to catch up to him.

"Finally, I caught up with you!"

"You're Ruler!...Jeanne D'arc."

I looked at her in surprise, but because I was wearing armor, my facial expression couldn't be shown, and when she caught up, she took a stance and pointed the flag at me.

"Who are you? As far as I can see, you don't seem like the Master of the red or the black faction."

"That's right, I'm not on any side, and you don't know what's wrong with you following me?"

"Nothing...but not really telling me who you are?"

I thought for a moment about her question, should I say it? always answer.

"I am nobody."

At my answer like that, she became annoyed.

"So you don't want to reveal your identity? That's fine! Then I'll ask another question...is the one with black hair with a hint of red and green eyes?"

"That's right! How do you know?"

I was surprised by the next question, which made me wonder why she knew, before I could ask anything she said.

"So it's just as I thought you were an outsider from this world!"

"Wha!...why are you talking to me like that?."

"You don't need to know, for now I will destroy you the enemy of the world."

She stabbed the spear into my chest, but with the speed of the armor I was able to dodge the curved attack.

"Fast! That armor is troublesome."

Jeanne became more serious and cautious at the speed of the armor, and I was still thinking about her words.

"I don't understand why you say that to me? What is the enemy of the world and the good outsider?"

"I'm not very happy either but with the holy grail summoned I not only oversee the war but also destroy you who are not of this world and in case something bad happens I am forced to destroy you here, and that is my duty."

Although it was quite a surprise, I quickly regained my composure and confidently told her.

"Is that so? Okay you want to kill me? I don't think it's that easy, but first I'll change into this form to make it easier to fight."

"What!?."

"Activate Beast Mode."

The armor transforms into a red and white armor, the part looks like a tiger, around the waist and back there are engines that look like fangs, the overall armor should be slimmer, in the armor like a sports armor suitable for martial arts users like me.

"The armor has changed!?."

"That's right."

I bring my right hand parallel to the palm of my chest at the heart, and I bow my head in salute and raise myself up into battle fourth.

"Now then...let's get started."

[Author: This armor is either Super Genki Red from the movie Super Sentai Genkiranger, or Power Ranger Jungle Furry Red Ranger Master Mod].

To Be Continued.