Road Raging Monster

Uh oh, it's closer than I thought! Run!

Hm, I guess that's too much to ask. Okay, I'll carry you so you can focus on the transmission! Come on!

I-I've just picked up an enormous Spirit Origin reading out of nowhere!

And...it's headed straight for you, Master!

It will arrive at your position in less than five...no, three minutes!

I knew it! You're the one the wolf is after!

Wolf!? You mean this thing coming towards you at...two hundred kilometers per hour!?

Well, that is if you can still call a monster capable of tracking its prey at while running at two hundred kilometers per hour an animal!

This is bad. He'll catch us at this rate!

I suppose you're right. Okay, team up with the Archer of Shinjuku and get ready to meet it head-on!

Yes, Master! If you mean to meet it head-on, I'll do everything I can to back you up from here!

Please...be careful!

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You can feel your soul shudder every time you hear it, right? That's fear at work.

It's an extremely unusual kind of Servant, you see.

Most Servants cannot exist if they are purely fiction. Their origins are rooted in myths and legends that have some kernel of true existence to them.

There must be a powerful reason to exist on fiction alone.

For example...the embodiment of a wish to keep one's children safe. Like a picture book.

Do you have any Servants like that on hand?

I see. Fascinating. I would love to meet them for myself at some point.

I see. Well, if you ever summon one, I hope you'll let me meet them.

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Master, the wolf we're about to come in contact with is entirely fiction; it has no reason to exist.

In other words, it is not a Heroic Spirit, which in turn means that it cannot be a Servant.

At least, under normal circumstances.

Fictions whose Spirit Origin values fail to suffice. Concepts that never go beyond mere urban legend. Beings who simply wither and disappear, failing to become either Heroes or Anti-Heroes.

We call them Phantom Spirits.

Phantom Spirits... Didn't Mr. Holmes mention those once?

Mmm, true, there is much mystery surrounding Chaldea. But there are others I must chase right now.

Namely, the Phantom Spirit who... No, I must not discuss this here. If you'll excuse me, Mr. Fujimaru.

What's more, these Phantom Spirits are extraordinarily peculiar!

They're able to be summoned as a set, you seea mythical pair of twins, for instance, or a hero accompanied by their partner!

However! As remarkable as such a summoning may be, surely it is still unthinkable that two beings who had absolutely no connection in life could be summoned together, right!?

And yet, that's exactly what happened!

What the...!?

That's right. It's a headless knight. In Ireland, these creatures are known as Dullahans.

It is rather like something out of a fairy tale, no? But, well, it is every bit as cruel as the stories, and the wolf is no better.

Indeed. The perfect mount for a headless knight. I'm still not sure which myth the wolf is from, if any. But, it is just as cruel as the wolves from the myths.

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That much I do know.

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Hahaha! I see you're as much of a glutton as ever!

A headless knight...and a wolf that eats people...

And we don't know either of their True Names.

Hmmm... A headless knight we have no Servant record for, but who could become one at some point...

...and a famous, man-eating wolf who couldn't become a Heroic Spirit...

Bah! I've got nothing! There're just too many possibilities!

We should be able to figure out the headless rider soon, but there must be hundreds of different wolves of myth!

So let's save that for later!

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Here they come!

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Heh! I like your spirit!

That was just the call to action I needed! I must say, it's rather nice having a Master!

Come, Rider!

Ha ha ha! My apologies, but I'm afraid I'm completely outclassed.

I would welcome a deus ex machina just now, were such things real!

I bet you could!

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By the way, Master, on a completely different subject... Do you know how to drive?

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Well, whether you can or not, I'm afraid you'll have to.

Da Vinci! I presume you can teach the young Master here how to drive in real time?

Hmm, probably! Why, what have you got in mind?

Why, stalling for time, of course! Don't worry, I'll be fine! Let's reconvene at Shinjuku Station!

Temporary contract or not, I am still your Servant for the moment! I have no plans to allow myself to die!

Now...bring it!

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Ngh!

Is this...a smoke screen!?

Huh!?

A Servant!?

And there's another one headed your way, fast!

Visual confirmation in five, four, three...

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I'm impressed you have found a way to survive out here, Master of Chaldea.

But I suppose we can discuss that later. Come on, let's get out of here!

We do not stand a chance against it just yet!

I'll tell you where to

No need! Come on!

...All right. Take care of him!

Now, I'd better find a way to make my own escape!

Cunning as he may be, my identity should still be safe since I've managed to stay hidden. However...

I still cannot quite understand what his goal must be in siding with Chaldea. Not to mention that last act of his...

No, that's not possible. He is fundamentally at odds with order. There's not a selfless bone in his body.

It must be some sort of plot. I'm certain he has ulterior motives guiding his every move.

And yet...I cannot see any meaning to his actions beyond a Servant defending his Master.

This won't do. I always get too worked up when it comes to him.

There's also the question of... No, never mind. He should be fine with her.

Now, we only need one more Servant to join Chaldea's side.

Of course, she is fairly twisted, but I can't let that stop me from paying her a visit.