CK Simulation, Creating the Style of Tsukino Fumi

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Such exaggerated entertainment may be outdated now, but it was still very attractive to people in the early 20th century, not to mention apprentices who spent their days studying in the Clock Tower and Servants who had little contact with modern products.

While the two girls, who were still children, were captivated by the television program, the adults nearby were already sweating profusely from Quinn's words.

After Aozaki Touko realized that she had been forced into the dark side of the Europa family and could not escape, she accepted the reality that she had to cooperate with Quinn to complete the commission. Therefore, in order to cooperate in the future, Quinn told the Grand Puppeteer some secrets that he allowed Aozaki Touko to know, including the origin of the main god spirit origin in Mordred's body and Mordred's own background.

When these secrets, unknown even to the rulers of the Clock Tower, were revealed in this small Hall of the Temple, both Aozaki Touko and Emiya Kiritsugu inevitably lit a cigarette, their faces showing worry.

The latter is because Mordred's birth and background reminded him of his own daughter, Illya. He began to empathize with the fact that this rebellious knight who would be remembered in history also had such a tragic experience. This made Kiritsugu Emiya feel a pang of sympathy when he saw Mordred's face, which was that of a young girl.

The former...

The smoke from cheap cigarettes rose into the small office as Aozaki Touko puffed out his cigarette with a vengeful air. For the first time, this Grand Magician hated his own extensive knowledge.

"Because the soul of this British emperor could disappear at any moment, he had no choice but to let it parasitize the body of the rebellious knight. As a result, because the two spent too much time together, their spiritual foundations had merged to a very deep degree... That's what the enchantress said?"

After finishing her cigarette, Aozaki Touko finally spoke softly.

Seeing Quinn nod, Aozaki Touko finally understood why, even after experiencing so much, Quinn was still ranked as a Color Rank in the Magic Class Assessment.

So your academic level is really only this level?

Although Aozaki Touko couldn't get a full picture of the British emperor from another world based on Quinn's few words, she could still draw a conclusion about this British emperor based on his feat of "single-handedly gathering the ley lines of the entire European continent into one body, thereby achieving the empire being the emperor and turning the whole of Europe into his own inherent barrier".

This emperor was essentially a magician, and a top-tier one at that.

You're telling me that such a top-tier magician, after accumulating the energy of the European land veins for nearly a thousand years, could have his soul disappear at any moment due to the collapse of his physical body? Okay, maybe my understanding of spirits isn't enough, so let's just say that's how it is.

But don't you find it strange that when a person with a god-level spirit origin fuses with a servant like Mordred who isn't particularly powerful, the main conductor of their consciousness is still Mordred herself?

Aozaki Touko looked worried. She instinctively glanced at Mordred, who was watching TV with Emiya Haku, and finally sighed, "I need to talk to the patient privately."

"Is this process still necessary?"

Quinn blinked, not quite understanding Aozaki Touko's purpose. It was just to create a doll body. He could understand giving Mordred a physical examination, but chatting in private seemed unnecessary.

“Of course I need to. I don’t want to lose my life because the user is dissatisfied when I’m a doll.” Aozaki Touko didn’t lower her voice, which naturally attracted Mordred’s attention. When Mordred looked at her, Aozaki Touko said frankly, “I support customization services. We can talk about topics that men are not comfortable listening to.”

Upon hearing this, Mordred's eyes flashed with interest, and an expression of interest appeared on his face.

Seeing Mordred's reaction, Quinn couldn't stop her. In any case, he wasn't worried about Mordred's safety. Although Aozaki Touko was strong, she was no match for Mordred, who was now undergoing a spirit origin fusion.

With Quinn's approval, Aozaki Touko led the curious Mordred to her doll workshop.

Upon entering, Mordred was immediately drawn to the dolls displayed throughout the workshop. Compared to the more common dolls with clearly visible joints, Aozaki Touko's dolls looked exactly like normal people, perfect works that could be placed next to their original owners without being distinguishable from the real thing.

Upon seeing a work of this caliber, Mordred couldn't help but glance at Aozaki Touko a few more times, saying, "I never imagined that a woman who plays with puppets like you would have such skill."

"It's just a rudimentary skill. Rather than discussing my technique, I'm more concerned about something else."

"what?"

"Is your condition one of fusion and symbiosis or possession and incarnation?" In this doll workshop with only the two of them, Aozaki Touko no longer concealed anything. She was eager to know if her guess was correct. "I certainly can't make a doll that can accommodate a spirit origin of a god level myself. At most, I can give your master some suggestions. But I need to know your current situation so that I can find a suitable reason to help you cover it up."

Mordred's curiosity was overshadowed by panic at these words, but she calmed down in the next second. Then, Aozaki Touko saw that Mordred's appearance had changed. A more mature and taller 'Mordred' appeared before her eyes. The armor and dress on her body had also changed, making her look more like a ruler of a country.

"Your eye for magic is quite good. If you had been born in the Age of Gods, you might have been an even more outstanding magician than my mother. But knowing too much is not good for you. You just need to cooperate with our Master and honestly help us create a qualified body that can adapt to this era and reproduce normally."

Relying on.

Seeing the complete change in the other person's tone and manner, Aozaki Touko's doubts were answered, but even more doubts followed.

"Then why did you hide your situation from your Master? Although his magical talent seems inferior to mine, if he knew your current situation and cooperated with that witch, he might be able to fulfill your wishes."

Until this 'Mordred' revealed his name.

“Because my name is Mordred Europa, not Pendragon, and we only need one body.”

Chapter 263 The Lunar Spirit Particle Project

Two people, one body? What are you trying to do? And that name...

Aozaki Touko dared not speak or ask any more questions, fearing that if she asked even one more question, this so-called "Mordred Europa" would kill her on the spot. Even though the other party was now in her magic workshop, Aozaki Touko did not feel that she could put up any effective resistance.

Now, there's only one thing she can do.

"Do you have any special customization needs regarding your body?"

Aozaki Touko took out paper and pen to start recording the emperor's requirements for the puppet's body. Just as she herself said, she couldn't create a body that could accommodate a god-level spirit origin, but she could still provide some academic reference opinions. Once she got into work mode, she was always the kind of person who was quite responsible.

However, even a serious and responsible magician like Aozaki Touko was confused when she heard Mordred's request. A moment later, Aozaki Touko and Mordred walked out of the doll workshop together. At this time, Mordred had transformed back into the rebellious knight, as if nothing had happened.

"Have you finished talking?"

Inside the agency, Quinn, who was watching TV with Shiro Emiya out of boredom, turned his attention back to Touko Aozaki when he saw the two of them come out.

When questioned by her client, Aozaki Touko remained silent. She simply placed a piece of paper in front of Quinn and sat back in her office chair. With a melancholy expression, she put another cheap cigarette into her mouth. A kind of sadness belonging to an older single woman was entangled around this female magician, making her look particularly pathetic.

Quinn was a little confused, but after glancing at the note, he immediately gave Mordred the same look as the guy with the "senior citizen's phone on the subway," and asked, "Are you serious?"

Mordred nodded repeatedly. "We've already discussed it; one body is enough."

"Can't we really make two?" Quinn looked at Aozaki Touko, whose face was full of melancholy.

"That demon concubine's judgment was correct. Their spiritual foundations are deeply fused. If two bodies are created, their consciousnesses will influence each other and even merge before the bodies are finished. Rather than waiting for this to happen, it is better to create only one body for the two spirits to share."

Under Mordred's gaze, Aozaki Touko let out a sigh, uttering words that went against her professional ethics, but her words were precisely what Quinn found most authoritative. After all, she was a character who had achieved Grand rank in the modern era and single-handedly dominated almost all of the Type-Moon series.

Now that Aozaki Touko has said so, Quinn has given up his last hope and can only accept reality. He was completely unaware that his mistake had led to the current situation, and he didn't even notice the fleeting smile of a shrewd planner on Mordred's face.

"Alright then, Ms. Aozaki. How long will it take you to pack your luggage?"

After a brief period of disappointment, Quinn quickly returned to his normal mental state. After all, although the situation did not meet his expectations, it was not unacceptable either. There have been similar examples in the history of Type-Moon, such as Ishtar and Ereshkigal.

In the Sumerian Singularity of FGO Chapter 1.0, these two goddesses were summoned and simultaneously possessed the body of the same human girl.

Although the situation in the Age of Gods is different from that in the modern era, Quinn's puppet-making skills are not to be underestimated. He may lack basic theoretical knowledge, but he is absolutely perfect in practical skills. With Aozaki Touko providing assistance, he is confident that he can create a body that meets Mordred's needs in the modern era.

However, his thoughts were clearly not shared with Aozaki Touko, whom he had only met once. When she heard that Quinn wanted to pack his own luggage, Aozaki Touko frowned.

Why should I pack my bags?

“Since my workshop is in London, and you’ve accepted my commission, you should at least offer advice on-site, right?” Quinn replied immediately. (The rest of the text appears to be nonsensical and unrelated.)

“No, I’m the designated sealer of the Clock Tower. If you want to take me back to the Clock Tower, just say so.” Aozaki Touko’s lips twitched slightly. “Why do you think I would agree to go to London with you?”

Faced with the questioning of the designated seal holder, Quinn smiled slightly, took out a check and placed it on the table. Aozaki Touko glanced at it out of the corner of her eye, and her expression immediately changed. Her original frown turned into a smile in an instant.

You're so rich, you should have said so earlier.

Seeing the Grand Magus captivated by money, Quinn's gaze returned to the note the other party had given him. It not only recorded Mordred's requirements for the new body, but also Aozaki Touko's speculations on how to create it. The most important of these was the deduction about the creation environment.

Considering that modern Earth no longer allows mysterious life forms such as gods and fantasy species to walk on the surface, in order to create a body that can accommodate a god-level spirit origin, an extremely mysterious environment is needed, such as the Albion Tomb, which is infinitely close to the inner sea of ​​the star and filled with a high concentration of mystery. The less people venture into this environment, the higher the possibility of creating a suitable body.

Quinn agreed with this speculation; he not only agreed, but he even had his own ideas about it.

Moon.

At the heart of Type-Moon, the planet closest to Earth and the one Quinn once visited is the most mysterious, as no one has ever set foot there. Moreover, there are instances in the Type-Moon series where humans have reached the moon. Without a doubt, this planet is the most suitable place to forge Mordred's new body.

Moreover, back when Chaldea was established and the Greater Grail was taken into the Clock Tower, Quinn had heard that the Mage's Association had invested in a business to go to the moon. Some magicians had tried to use the Grail to build a research institution on the moon and attempt to set up a giant spiritual computer there. Judging by the time, this research facility on the moon should be nearing completion.

Given the current influence of the Europa family, it shouldn't be difficult to ask the Clock Tower for an opportunity to travel to the moon.

As long as I can reach the moon, creating Mordred's body will be no problem at all, and besides...

Quinn remembered that he still had a contract with a certain Uo, and since he had dragged this out for so long, it was time to pay back the debt he owed.

Thinking this, Quinn took advantage of Aozaki Touko packing her luggage to leave the Hall of Garan and took out his phone to dial a number.

"Weber, help me contact the Department of Political Science and Law and ask if the Lunar Spirit Particle Project is still short of investment. The Europa family can provide it with some unique technologies from the Age of Gods."

Chapter 264 Nobody Understands Rome Better Than Me

Lunar Spirit Particle Project.

Weber didn't have much information about this far-fetched plan, but during his time teaching in the El-Melloi classroom, he had indeed heard about it, even though it wasn't well-regarded within the Clock Tower.

It was a plan proposed by a group of doomsday magicians who believed that the mysteries would disappear completely and that humanity would eventually perish. Similar to Chaldea, which was established to ensure the safety of human society, these doomsday magicians believed that in the future, with the development of human technology, the mysteries of the earth would eventually disappear completely, and humanity itself would also face extinction. In order to ensure that magicians could survive normally, they proposed to build a large-scale spiritual computer on the moon to calculate a preparatory plan that could preserve the future of magicians.

Compared to Chaldea, which ensures the safety of present-day human history by protecting the past of humanity, even the Clock Tower does not believe that this plan for the future can succeed. Therefore, compared to the already established Chaldea, this so-called Lunar Spirit Particle Project has made little progress to date.

This plan lacks funding, technology, and talent; it's safe to say that without significant intervention, it would inevitably fail and perish.

But things are different now.

"Is the Europa family really going to invest?"

Faced with questions from the two commissioners sent by the Political and Legal Affairs Department to investigate the situation, Weber nodded with a pained expression. As Weber nodded, the woman and the fat man looked at each other in bewilderment. At present, the reputation of the Europa family is extremely high in the Clock Tower. The reason for its prosperity is not only its sudden surge in strength, but also its unique investment vision.

When Chaldea was first established, it was a project that was not favored by the Mage's Association. Now, because of the Britannia Incident, Chaldea has become the target of the magic world's close attention, attracting countless magicians to compete for a place in it. Now, Chaldea is thriving, but the Europa family is going to invest in an obscure project, which is closely related to the fate of humanity. This makes the Clock Tower Law Department, which is already paying close attention to the Europa family, tremble with fear.

To put it nicely, Europa is now a venture capital guru; to put it bluntly, Europa is now like the source of all trouble. How come you're involved in everything that goes wrong?

The Greater Grail of Fuyuki City and Chaldea—these are all major events in the magic world, and you've stumbled upon them all. One accident can be dismissed as a mistake, but you've been involved in one thing after another. There's definitely something wrong with your family.

These are the true thoughts of the veteran magicians inside the Clock Tower.

Rather than saying that the Europa family is the clock tower's lucky star, initiating one change after another, it would be more accurate to say that the Europa family is a harbinger of doom. Although these issues have all been resolved, if any one of them is not handled properly, these issues will lead to terrible consequences. Even the most understated outcome is the 'mystery being exposed to the public,' an ending that could cause a dramatic upheaval in the magic world.

Now, Quinn Europa's investment in the Lunar Spirit Project is quite intriguing.

Whether the Lunar Spirit Particle Project is extremely dangerous, or whether humanity will undergo some dramatic change in the future, are not things the Clock Tower wants to see. However, preventing the Europa family from investing is something the Department of Political Science and Law cannot do.

Rather than ignoring the Europa family's actions, it was better to intervene in advance. This was the consensus reached by the Clock Tower monarchs after the Britannia incident. Under this consensus, the two commissioners from the Department of Law and Politics did not have many options. After they truthfully reported Weber's words, they received news from the Magic Association.

Soon, the entire plan for the Lunar Spirit Particle Project was delivered to El-Melloi classroom and came into Quinn's view.

While Quinn was still in Japan, he looked at the plan information sent by Weber and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly. He saw something quite familiar in the plan: the wreckage of a building that looked like a spaceship. It was an ancient artifact that the initiator of the project had recently excavated from Greece.

“The moon chariot of Artemis.” Weber’s voice came through the phone, tinged with obvious shock. “In Homer’s epics, Artemis drove the moon chariot between the realm of the gods and the mortal world. Some Roman biographies mention that the moon goddess once led a Roman king to her divine realm in her moon chariot. However, there are very few records of this, so many magicians only regarded it as a story until two months ago when this moon chariot was unearthed in Rome.”

Quinn was already used to Weber's self-talk and popular science explanations. Ever since he took over the El-Melloi classroom as a lecturer, popular science explanations from time to time had become an instinct for this genius.

Quinn stared at the familiar spaceship, quite certain that this was the very thing the moon goddess had taken out when she took him to the moon. He never expected that he could still see this thing in the modern world. Logically speaking, such a thing should have disappeared along with the gods as they went to the inner sea of ​​the stars.

"They plan to use this to go to the moon?"

"Yes, but they're stuck on the most crucial step. Nobody knows how to use this lunar rover, and it's heavily damaged. Repairing it has cost a lot of money. The initiators of the Lunar Spirit Particle Project are out of funds and desperately need a large investment. According to the Department of Political and Legal Affairs, if the Europa family is willing to invest, they can give the Europa family equal control over the project."

"That large-scale spiritual computer..."

"We have already done."