Fate/Grand Order story · Events, Isolated Realm of the Far East, Imperial Capital
Section 8: Tenkai
Isolated Realm of the Far East, Imperial Capital. Sakamoto Detective Agency
1 scenes, 172 lines
1. Before the battle
172 lines...I never thought I'd have to unleash my killer demon like this.
Your Noble Phantasm really is like a dragon soaring through the heavens...
But...that's also why it won't work on me.
I can't believe it... I never imagined you would be this far gone.
Oda Nobunaga, Demon King of the Sixth Heaven...
...Oryou's sorry, Ryouma.
Oryou failed to keep you safe again...
Thank you, Oryou.
You should have ascended to the heavens without worrying about me...
...Have you finished your goodbyes? ...Then it looks like this is it, Hero of the Meiji Restoration.
I'm going to destroy this world, and move on to the next.
...Well, I don't know about that. Now that I've faced you directly, there's one thing I know for sure.
...As I suspected, you aren't yourself, Lady Nobunaga.
What was that? What do you mean, Rider?
...So now, my work here is done. From here on, someone else will have to...handle this...
I'm...not myself...?
Well done, Lady Nobunaga. I knew you would stand head and shoulders above the rest of this rabble of Heroic Spirits.
...Who are you?
Who am I? What a cruel thing to say. We just signed a treaty mere hours ago, remember?
So you're the Caster. Now I see. With Rider dead, and the tide of this war turning in my favor...
...you realized you were nearly out of time to ambush me, and hurried here before missing your opportunity.
Yes, I am a Caster. My True Name is Nankoubou Tenkai. It was my idea to build this Imperial Capital with the goal of keeping the Tokugawa dynasty safe.
So you're Takechiyo's man...? Hmph, never heard of you.
Well, no matter. This saves me the trouble of hunting you down.
Now, now, Lady Nobunaga, are you quite certain you don't remember me? Perhaps it would help if I took off these sunglasses.
...You!?
It's been a long time, my lord...Lady Oda Kazusa-no-Suke Nobunaga!
...What's the meaning of this? What are you even doing here!?
...!?
What the...!?
...I can't move!
I already have you in the palm of my hand, Lady Nobunaga. Just like back at Honnoji!
...Ah, now I see. "Nankoubou Tenkai" was just a cover... And you rule this land...?
I knew you would catch on quickly, Lady Nobunaga. Indeed, this entire Imperial Capital is my territory.
Compared to the power I have amassed, the fights among you other Servants have just been little scuffles and brawls.
With each Holy Grail War, my territory collects new Spirit Origins...
This is my territory...
...The Imperial Capital of the gods!
...So this entire Imperial Capital is your territory, huh!?
I have waited a long time for this day. A very...very long time.
This is why I fled from that man, curried favor with the Tokugawa family, and have been biding my time for three centuries.
Now, at last, the true Lady Nobunaga will return!
...Mitsuhideee! You bastard!
...Good. Take her away.
Yes, sir!
Now, I have the Holy Grail, Lady Nobunaga's Spirit Origin, and the souls of the countless Heroic Spirits that have come to this land.
At last, my wish will be granted!
Hehehe... Hahahahahaha...!
Haaahahahahahahahahaha!
We're back.
I hope Sakamoto's okay.
Huh?
Nobukatsu...!?
Come on, Sister, don't just pop up out of nowhere like that. You're scaring them.
Right, right, sorry. It's just that your body is so suffocating it's hard to get comfortable in here.
Well, what do you expect? We're two different people sharing the same Spirit Origin.
What are you... WHAT?
So, you're Nobukatsu and Nobbu?
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...What is this person, Master?
Long time no see! You're my sister's
Shut it, Nobukatsu. I'll do the talking.
Oh, hey Okita, I didn't know you were here too. You look different though... Did you do something with your hair?
...And your...skin?
Nobbu? Is that you?
Yeeeah... Now it feels like GUDAGUDA...
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Well, you could say that, and you could also NOT say that.
Look, just hear me out.
Basically, Fujimaru...
...the Holy Grail summoned both me and you here at the same time.
Well, more like it tied me down to it, really.
Tied you down to it?
Then, did that happen to Okita too?
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Yep. Normally, my Spirit Origin would've been made into the Holy Grail's Servant...
...and I would've been forced to do its bidding.
But right before I was Servantized, I cut off a bit of my Spirit Origin to prevent that.
I didn't know that was a thing you could do.
Yikes...
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Usually that sort of thing would be impossible.
But after everything that transpired last time, Nobukatsu happened to be inscribed near my own Spirit Origin.
I therefore rented out a bit of space in his Spirit Origin so I could manifest, too!
Usually, my Spirit Origin would be too weak to materialize at all...
...but I managed to pull it off after adding Sister's to my own.
Still, this was an all-star team technique. It only worked because Nobukatsu and I are actual siblings.
That said, this Spirit Origin is a little small for me, so it's kind of cramped in here. Can't do anything about that, though!
Anyway, I've been here biding my time seeing how things would play out ever since.
Are you kidding me? What kind of plot twist is that?
Long time no see, Senpai!
So, about that Okita who isn't like Oki
Sorry Mash, but this is urgent.
I am intrigued by the idea of housing two personalities in one Spirit Origin...but, yes, this is definitely more important.
I figured out the structure of that Singularity...or rather, why it was made in the first place.
Listen closely. That entire area is designed to collect Servants and produce pure Spirit Origins.
It's more like a magical circuit used for magecraft rituals than anything else.
It collects Servants?
Pure Spirit Origins?
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Now I see... It's a kodoku.
You know about it, Sister!?
Hmm, interesting. A kodoku is old Eastern magecraft that involves filling a pot with venomous snakes or insects and having them kill each other.
The mage then uses the fluids of the one creature that survived to cast a curse. What an excellent analogy.
Basically, whoever's behind this is having Servants kill each other to get their hands on extremely pure Spirit Origins.
That's why they needed a Holy Grail War with so many different Servants fighting each other.
And if that wasn't bad enough, from what we've observed, they've actually conducted a great many Holy Grail Wars there.
How many is a great many?
For a long time now?
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I can't say for sure, but I'm pretty sure that since the whole place was carved out of history...
...it's been host to Holy Grail War after Holy Grail War in order to keep collecting Spirit Origins.
Even if he IS taking advantage of the Holy Grail's power...
...the sheer planning, preparation, and time it would take to pull that off is insane.
...Maybe, but I wouldn't put it past that kumquat.
Kumquat?
Isn't that your
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Now that he's come this far, that Caster must be planning something pretty outrageous.
...Now I see. So that's how we ended up out here.
...Rider. I see you're all right.
Yup! Thanks to Lady Nobunaga's...kid brother?
What a relief...
Where's Oryou?
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Sorry. Oryou's still trying to live the whole thing down.
Oryou's actually my Noble Phantasm, you see. Once I was back up to snuff, she was able to maintain her form again.
Things don't usually go this well, but it looks like these are special circumstances.
All that posturing you did when we said goodbye, and now look at us. This is so embarrassing. Oryou wishes she could just crawl into a water hole and die.
Well, I can't exactly take advantage of my power in Nobukatsu's body anyway. Rider may be an especially weak Heroic Spirit, but he's better than nothing.
Haha, you've got me there.
Still, I'm hardly the only one. Compared to you, Lady Nobunaga, almost every Heroic Spirit here is third-rate at best.
All the same, we still have to do something about the Caster's plot...
...or Fujimaru will never be able to get back home.
Then there's only one thing to do.
We grind that kumquatI mean, Caster's plans into the dirt...
...and go back to Chaldea like the badasses we are.
True. If we can stop him, then Master can go home.
Then what are we waiting for!
We can do this if we all work together!
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...Hey. I'm coming too.
Izo? Is that you?
Do I know you?
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Izo... That's the outfit you wore during
I'm not doing this for you. I just don't like being anyone's pawn.
I don't know who this Caster thinks he is, but nobody pulls my strings and gets away with it.
Come on, Ryouma, we don't need him, do we?
...We can absolutely use him. Izo is worth a hundred ordinary soldiers.
...Hmph. So, do you know where this Caster is?
I've got a decent idea, but I don't have his exact whereabouts just yet. But you can fix that, can't you, Assassin?
You bet. If there's a Servant in their territory, I can find them no problem.
...Let's go, Master. I have a feeling this is why I'm here.
All right, let's go!
Alter...
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Please take good care of Senpai, Alter!
...Phew! I finally got to say it.
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...Mash, right?
Yes! I'm Mash Kyrielight! Uh... Your name is Alter, right?
Yes. Don't worry. I'll make sure to protect Master in your stead.
Thank you so much!
All right then, it looks like all the players are in place.
Talk about a motley crew.
...But, at least things are finally getting interesting!
Don't you think, Fujimaru!?