In the Matou mansion at night, Kirie's voice was particularly penetrating.
"You, you you you you you you you—how come you guys went out and picked up a woman?"
The reason for speaking so loudly was the woman in Sakura's arms, a woman who was tightly wrapped in a cloak and a robe that was obviously not from the modern era, but still exuded a demonic aura.
"Shinji, is it you again!!!"
"What do you mean by again?" Shinji felt a headache when he was questioned, "Who else have I picked up before?"
Wuhui turned her finger and pointed at herself and Fujino beside her: "You picked us all up. Fujino was when you were at the cocktail party, and I was when you were out at night. And Elquet, she said you picked her up too! You, you you you you you - you philandering guy, you all -"
"--You are all there?" Shinji interrupted first. Kirie had said this so many times that he was very familiar with this routine. "Kirie, you really misunderstood this time. It wasn't me who picked her up this time. It was Sakura. At that time, I was dealing with trafficked women and children."
"Sakura?" This is what Kirie focused on.
"Trafficked women and children?" This is Fujino's concern.
"What's going on?" This is the common question for both of them.
"Here's what happened. Didn't we receive news last night that someone who looked like Atram had arrived? Sakura, R-san and I went to investigate this morning."
Atram's plane was very high-profile, but the way he entered the city was not at all high-profile. There was no grand reception, no luxurious car, just a few people quietly arrived in Fuyuki in the middle of the night. Because of the huge contrast between the before and after, the staff arranged by the Matou family near the airport did not write down his license plate.
Fortunately, the Matou family had deep roots in Fuyuki City and was well connected to all parties, so they were able to investigate quickly. It didn't take long for them to identify a commercial property in the Shinto District through real estate transaction records. The property rights had recently been changed and some reconstruction had been done, and no other groups had moved in except for the company registered with the property rights.
All signs indicated that this was the base chosen by Atram. After confirming the location, the three drove directly to find it.
Indeed, not fighting during the day is the default unspoken rule of the Holy Grail War, but not fighting does not mean that you can't do other things. Moreover, compared to night, the daytime magicians are protected by the unspoken rules, and the vigilance of the Master and the Servant will be lower, which is more suitable for activities such as reconnaissance.
By the way, the person driving the car is Medusa. I don't know if it's because of the Rider job, but Medusa is very interested in any vehicle. After being summoned for only a few days, she has already tried a series of driving vehicles such as bicycles, motorcycles, and cars, and she also likes the feeling of driving modern vehicles.
Therefore, although Shinji and Sakura can drive, as long as Medusa is there, the job of driver belongs to her. And her job skills, A+ level riding, are enough to ensure that her driving level is more professional than any professional racing driver. This is a real veteran driver.
What? You mean a driver's license? Hahahaha, of course they don't have one. Not only does Medusa not have one, Shinji and Sakura don't have one either. The legal driving age in Japan is 18, and neither of them meets that requirement. They have always been driving without a license. If they were to have no hood—bah, Sakura has already bought one for Medusa, so she won't have one anymore. Don't ask how Shinji knew that. There was a mall diagonally opposite the police station, and Shinji was looking up information at the police station. Sakura bought things for Medusa, and she used his card, which had nine figures of US dollars in it, the income from the auction of the True Crimson Fruit Enhancement Rights—Medusa driving without a license was nothing.
Coincidentally, when the car just arrived nearby and was circling the commercial building to observe the external environment, we saw a group of strange people running out of the building - it was winter, but they were only wearing uniform white short-sleeved shirts and shorts. A rough count revealed that there were dozens of them, basically young women and children.
Sakura and Medusa were fine, they just felt strange, but Shinji's face turned pale. He remembered a piece of information about the Galiasta family. The magic passed down by this upstart family is a sacrifice, a sacrifice of life! Because there were only a few settings about this family in the previous life, and when he was in Izeluma, Atram used the purchased galvanic magic "original battery" which caused Shinji to forget the essence of this family's magic.
If he had thought of it earlier, perhaps he would not have waited so calmly, but would have considered other ways to target Atram, or even uprooted the entire family!
Shinji had no objection to sacrificing lives, whether it was his own or the lives of his livestock. But using other people's lives was beyond Shinji's bottom line - this was even worse than Ryunosuke Uzumaki. How many people did Ryunosuke Uzumaki kill? How many people were sacrificed by this family
Of course, Shinji is no longer the same person he was when he first crossed over. After so many things, and after seeing the darkness of the mysterious world, his mentality is different now. He has not changed his bottom line, but he will not be too upset about what has happened. After a little reflection, he adjusted his mentality and turned his attention to the aftermath, which is also the obligation of the magician family.
In the original worldline, the church would have tried to deal with it, and Kotomine Kirei was an expert in this area. But now Kotomine Kirei has become a heretic, and the priests stationed in Fuyuki in the past ten years are all ordinary people. Shinji didn't have any hope for them, and he was too lazy to even register with the church. He directly called the charity foundation under the Matou Group and asked them to deal with these illegal residents.
This is the technique Shinji learned from London. Many famous magic families with a long history have set up such institutions to deal with the negative effects of magic. Considering the upcoming Holy Grail War, Shinji also suggested that his father set up such a foundation.
Given the character of the Matou father and son, if they don't do it, then don't do it. If they do it, they must do it well. Therefore, the Matou family is working very hard on this foundation, hiring professionals, allocating a considerable portion of the group's profits every year, and finally letting the uncle Matou Kariya, who was once the only conscience of the Matou family, take charge in person.
It's hard to say how other charities are, but the Matou family's charity is definitely truly dedicated to charity. Shinji feels more at ease than anyone else when he entrusts these poor women and children to the foundation.
Of course, the handover and explanation still took some time, and during this time, Sakura and Medusa quietly sneaked into the workshop - the master and the servant were not stupid, and when they saw these people running out of the building, how could they not know that something had happened in the building? There was no better time than this.
The infiltration went smoothly. The building was empty, with no one inside. But the more this was the case, the more cautious the two became. After checking each floor, when they were near the top workshop, Atram came back. But within a few minutes, this first Master besides Sakura died, and her Servant, Caster, who had lost his possession, walked out of the building alone, in a trance.
Out of caution, the master and servant quietly followed behind Caster, and followed her until she shouted out her last wish - it was this wish that touched the indifferent Medusa, who had been stopping Sakura from going forward to check on her for safety reasons, and that sigh came from this.
PS: I recommend a game called "Soul Sacrifice", in which the essence of magic is price. The stronger the magic, the higher the price. There are many taboos that make you simply inhuman. The ending is extremely dark, but unexpectedly exciting - the only thing is that the graphics are a little worse, but other aspects are really good. I recommend it.
PS2: Speaking of dark games, we have to mention the super masterpiece "Dark Soul". The game itself is of high quality and has many memes. The most famous "Dark Sword 21" which has no memes has finally gotten rid of the name of non-existence, because last night, the white silk JK Qin Miaomiao finally updated it. Dark Sword 21 was officially released, and the real Mong man cried.