Deforestation, Mining, and Construction

I-I'm picking up an unidentified Servant reading! Did someone just appear out of nowhere, Master!?

Hahaha. Hahahahaha!

Sorry if I surprised you! Showing up outta nowhere, being all out of place, and causing trouble is kinda my thing.

Call it the mark of a natural-born wanderer, I guess? Anyway, I hope you don't mind TOO much!

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Yep! I'm Musashi! Anyway...

I was doing my usual wandering thing when a blizzard struck outta nowhere, and I ended up Rayshifting again thanks to the Buddha's guidance!

Then I ran into a one-eyed swordsman turned Japanese agent, and he convinced me to head north.

At first I was just fighting off Russian Yagyu assassins...

...but I guess at one point, I got so turned around that I ended up running into Ivan the Terrible's Oprichniki!

I guess this is what I get for going along with Jubei!

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Yeah, Russian Yagyu! I can't believe they're still around in this day and age!

I swear, no sooner do I get to Russia and go for a little skiing than they just show up and attack me!

They ruined my skiwear! I JUST got it! Now all I've got left is my plain old kimono.

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Fooou. Feeel.

Dang, I can't believe Master's friends with yet ANOTHER sword-totin' hero.

...Do Servants just not feel cold or something?

They OUGHTA. At least a little.

Oh, hey! It's a Yaga.

Man, I know they all have this going on, but I LOVE how soft their fur looks...!

And that gunslinger...

... ...Oh he is SO my type!

Hahaha, damn glad for my gun about now! I wanna keep pleeenty of space between her and me!

...Incredible.

She keeps cutting down Oprichniki one after the other, all without missing a beat in her chitchat...!

So this is the Saber that Master met in that Singularity...Shinmen Musashi-no-Kami Fujiwara-no-Harunobu!

Aw, thanks, disembodied voice! I know that's SUPER long though, so you can just call me Musashi!

Aaanywho, that oughta do it for introductions! Now we just gotta cut down the bad guys that're still left!

Go nuts, gunslinger guy! You won't have to worry about any of them comin' up behind you anymore!

Oh, and don't worry about me. I'll just dodge any stray bullets that happen to come my way!

So I ain't gotta keep her outta my line of fire, huh? Gotta say, that lady's one helluva bandit!

Damn glad she's with us! All right, Master, let's mow these guys down!

Fire!

All right, that's that!

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Yup, that's me! And look at YOU! You've grown up so much since I last saw you.

I'm glad you're doing so well. And that you're still fighting the good fight, just like I thought you'd be.

And that means I bet I can help you out! Don't worry about all the gory details; I've got a pretty good idea of what's going on!

So from now on, I'll be your personal bodyguard! Let's get that formal contract stuff over with real quick♪

I-I can't believe how fast that was. She just...took Master's hand and forged a simple contract right on the spot, almost instantly.

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Yay! Now I can fight at full strength ALL the time! Oh, for payment, I'll accept ten gold coins and one bowl of udon a day, please. Thank yooou!

Now she wants food and money!? You ain't from the Wild West yourself, are you, Ms. Samurai?

Oh yeah, the Wild West was great. There were duels to be fought every day, so I never went hungry.

By the way, uh...Billy, was it? What is this place?

I thought this was the hideout for the bandits some Yaga hired me to take care of, but I'm not so sure anymore.

This is the Minotaur's labyrinth.

The Minotaur? ...Oh, you mean the monster from Greek mythology!? Well damn, no wonder I got lost.

That's what I get for just charging headlong into the entrance of some weird labyrinth that springs up outta nowhere...

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...Master told me about what happened in Shimousa...

...but I don't think I could really picture how it all went until now...

Wow, she's even more reckless than Fujimaru. I didn't think that was possible.

Wait. Yaga! Let me see your face for a second!

Aah! What're you doing!? And how're you so strong!?

Hmm, it looks like you don't have any of the features in the bandits' descriptions... Okay, you're clear.

Sorry about that, but a job's a job, you know? I'm afraid I still have trouble telling Yaga apart.

Plus, they kept attacking me ever since I wandered into this world...

I only recently got to a point where we could do the whole "you scratch my back, I scratch yours" thing!

Aha! So YOU'RE the killer those Yaga were talking about!

Huh? Killer?

...Oh, right. Yup, that was me.

But I swear on my honor, I only went around killing bandits and Oprichniki, okay?

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that. At one point, I ran into a Yaga having some trouble with a Krichat'.

For a race that's all about survival of the fittest, they're weirdly grateful when you save their lives, and this one insisted that I tell him my name.

So I thought I'd play it cool and be all "I am the finest swordmaster in all of Chaldea!" Um...sorry!

Let go of me already! What the hell's your deal, anyway!?

That...is a damn good question.

(Miyamoto Musashi... The stranger Fujimaru encountered in Shimousa...)

(As I recall, she possesses the unusual ability to travel between parallel worlds without Rayshifting.)

(She must have ended up in here right as the base world's surface was wiped clean.)

(That would explain why she wasn't swallowed up by the abnormality...)

Holmes? Is something wrong?

I was just admiring Mr. Fujimaru's extraordinary good fortune...or perhaps I should say, his talent for making connections.

Ms. Miyamoto, rest assured that we have no issue with your willingness to cooperate with Chaldea. You've already been a great help to us in the past.

In fact, your carelessness has already been helpful. I never would have guessed that your unique temperament held such significance.

Here in this Lostbelt, the entire world is against us, and there was no one we could trust...until we ran into you.

You have been to many different worlds, yet retain your sense of right and wrong.

Mr. Fujimaru could not ask for a better assistant.

What do you mean, carelessness!? It's not like I ASKED to go flitting around from world to

Oh. My. BUDDHA! I've never seen such a beautiful man! He might be a little past his prime, but I could still stare at that face for days!

Th-thank you. I must say, I'm used to being complimented, but I've never had someone be quite so...effusive.

Okay, Holmes, put the pocket mirror down. So we can just call you Musashi, right? You're clearly a Saber, that much is obvious.

(ANOTHER supercute girl!?)

I'm Leonardo da Vinci. But please, just call me Da Vinci.

You said you came into this labyrinth from the entrance, right? Do you remember how to get back?

Ahahaha.

Sorry! Not a clue!

...Yeah, that's about what I expected. Guess we're right back to square one then.

At least we now have a significant addition to our fighting force.

In the meantime, I will keep track of your coordinate data and attempt to make a map of the place.

However, by their nature, labyrinths are designed to be impenetrable from the outside.

So I'm afraid you'll need to keep doing your best to make it out of there on your own.

Well, we'd best get movin' then. No sense just standin' around.

Fujimaru, you and Musashi are old friends, right? How 'bout we all walk while we talk so you two can share what you've learned so far?

Well, my side won't take long. I've been here for three months so far, and I've learned one thing: Russia is cold.

But knowing you, Fujimaru, I bet you've already got this whole situation all figured out.

And I know you won't mind filling ME in! I love that about you!

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