The Crime of Proper Human History

...What is it you want, Professor?

Come now, Mr. Holmes. No need to be obtuse.

I want to eliminate you all. As far as I'm concerned, Chaldea is no more than an eyesore.

As I said, I am a Foreign Disciple.

(A Foreign Disciple... How is that different from a Disciple of the Foreign God?)

Is that so? But you know, you

Ah, yes. Forgive me, but I have no interest in addressing myself to a broken doll.

Be a dear and give us some room to talk, yes?

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Now then... We have Sherlock Holmes, as we've already established.

I presume this distinguished gentleman here is Vlad III.

And finally, we have Kadoc Zemlupus...and Fujimaru.

I'll ask you only one more time. What is it you want, Moriarty?

What would you say if I told you I was here to dispose of a traitor?

I'd say I'm flattered.

Then I'd laugh in your goddamn face because holy shit is the Foreign God petty.

But that's not why you're actually here, is it?

Of course not. The Foreign God has no interest in you whatsoever.

Imagine my relief.

For that matter, you don't even qualify as a traitor.

The Foreign God was only ever interested in Kirschtaria Wodime, and Kirschtaria Wodime alone.

The rest of you were just...the toy prize in the box of Kirschtaria Flakes. Am I wrong?

Hell if I know. Why don't you ask the Foreign God? (Kirschtaria Flakes?)

No, there's only one reason I've come to you.

...! Run! All of you! Whatever you do, do not fight him!

Ahh, Mr. Holmes. You really have gone soft.

The real you would have understood my plan before I even showed up.

...!

Kazikli Bey!

Oh?

I know I got him...but he's still unharmed!

Is that all Vlad the Impaler can muster?

As a Foreign Disciple, I was given two abilities. One of them is, frankly speaking, unimpressive.

But, as the saying goes, it is not the size, but how you use it.

(He took Vlad III's Noble Phantasm head-on, and he's not even scratched... What the hell kind of ability does he have?)

(Based on the data they showed me, he must have some kind of Divine Spirit ability, just like Limbo and Muramasa.)

(Come on, Kadoc, think. You can figure this out.)

(Moriarty's completely unharmed, even though Vlad hit him dead-on with his Noble Phantasm.)

(It's not that he instantly recovered. It's more like...he was never harmed in the first place.)

(I can't be certain, but if I don't figure this out...I won't be able to forgive myself.)

(Sigh)

I confess, I don't relish the idea of relying on another's power to destroy you. Even if that other is a god...

... ...

Apologies. That was a lie. This is actually exhilarating.

You are a grade A asshole, aren't you?

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...I see. So even though my attack hit him, it was all for nothing.

That ability of yours

Can't figure it out, can you, Mr. Holmes?

In fact, you can't figure out a single thing about me.

I'm afraid the reverse doesn't hold true.

I can tell exactly what you're thinking and how you'll act.

... ...

The difference in our power couldn't be more pronounced. I can do anything I like to you, and you're helpless to stop me.

Oh no, you don't!

Nice try.

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To be clear, Mr. Holmes isn't the only one of you I'm reading like a book.

I can tell exactly what every one of you at Chaldea will do before you do it.

Kch!

(I can't move! What is this power? Chains? Rope? Mystic Eyes?)

(...No, it's nothing like those. These restraints are binding me from the inside out.)

(My very will to move has been completely cut off!)

Tell me, Fujimaru, have you ever played shogi?

I see. I enjoy it, myself.

My favorite part is how you can steal your opponent's pieces for yourself.

You really should. You're truly missing out.

I'm quite fond of it, personally.

Stealing your opponents' pieces for yourself just gives you so many options to choose from.

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...!

There's the power of a Demonic Beast fighter. You need those quick reflexes and even quicker decision-making skills when facing vicious, wild animals.

But you're still too late.

You gave up your best option when you failed to drop everything and run the second you saw me.

...Partake of the rebellion.

Bas...tard...!

I don't know which realm you'll end up choosing...

...but I do hope you'll make a name for yourself there, hero of Romania.

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Stay back!

This is bad... Very bad. Rebel. Rebel...

Now I see. So that's what happened to those Servants...

Detective!

...Count Vlad?

I am about to change sides and rebel against humanity.

One can never tell what fate will have in store for you, but you must accept it all the same.

... ...However.

The one thing I hate more than anything...is being forced to do another's bidding.

Oh!

Kazikli Bey!

...Hmm.

It seems some of these more prominent Servants have rather stronger spines than I expected.

I would never have expected him to bind himself with his own stakes rather than submit or die.

What's more...

...it was a tactical masterstroke as well. He gave them all time to flee while he used his Noble Phantasm... No, even before he did so.

So, they abandoned one of their Servants to save their own skin, hm? No, wait.

One of them shouted something about coming back to save him later, didn't they?

No matter. I'll just have to go after them. Although

You there, Servant. Who are you?

Oops. Took a little too long here.

Still, that did buy them some time. Now it's just a matter of finding out where they ran off to.

...Not that it will make any difference in the end.

Not when the Revenge, Reinstatement, and Righteous Realms are all still rebelling against Proper Human History.

What are you talking about?

Ah yes, my apologies. I do hope you'll forget everything you saw here.

Or, in simpler terms... Die.