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Meanwhile — the receding tide had distributed people across Fuyuki with the indifference of a natural event.
Dai came to on a commercial street. Nero was lying next to her, covered in blood.
Dai stared at Nero. Nero's eyes opened.
"...Cough. Are you the Master of that Elizabeth?" A pause. "Forgive me for letting you see my current state. If you could provide treatment, I would be eternally grateful."
"I don't know healing magic."
"Then find me food. Or — find a bathhouse. Let me soak."
"Stop talking. I'll find you food."
[Chat]: NERO IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THE BATH
[Chat]: she nearly died and her first request is a bathhouse
[Lore]: Emperor's Privilege EX. even near death, the priority hierarchy is non-negotiable.
[Dai_Chat]: Dai just acquired an injured Nero. Nero's Elizabeth is best friends with Dai's Elizabeth. Dai's plan is now: keep Nero alive, use Nero against Lü Bu, do not think about the concert.
[Counter]: the concert is still being planned regardless
Back underground: Wei and Teacher Pu were tightening screws in adjacent workstations, watched by an audience that had grown considerably since Teacher Pu's arrival.
[Combined_Chat]: GO OUTSIDE. THERE IS A BATTLE HAPPENING.
[Also_Combined_Chat]: LÜ BU IS ON A TOWER. SOMEONE NEEDS TO DEAL WITH LÜ BU.
[Teacher_Pu_Viewer]: Teacher Pu, please remember you have one Command Seal remaining. it commands Servants. not magical energy. it COMMANDS SERVANTS.
[Wei_Viewer]: Wei gave his Command Seals to Edison. Wei has none.
[Chat]: WEI
Wei was explaining his plan to Teacher Pu with the energy of someone who has had three hours to develop confidence in a strategy.
"Teacher Pu, follow my lead. This entire factory is mine and Edison's. Once we hit one hundred thousand robots, the Archer on that tower is nothing — our steel flood buries him. Then we sweep the rest. I take first, you take second. If that doesn't work, we ally until the others are gone, then a fair duel between us. One-on-one. Clean."
"...Alright."
"Don't sound so reluctant! The two of us together are unbeatable!"
Teacher Pu looked at the assembly line. Looked at the wrench in his hand. Made a private accounting of his remaining Command Seal and what it could accomplish.
Then he decided to keep that information to himself for now.
He picked up the wrench.
[Chat]: Teacher Pu is scheming
[Chat]: Teacher Pu ALWAYS schemes
[Wei_Chat]: Wei has no idea
[Warm_Chat]: this is actually a really sweet friendship dynamic
[Counter]: one of them is being used as unpaid labor in a robot sweatshop
[Still_Warm]: sweet friendship dynamic
At the tower: Lü Bu stood exactly where he'd been standing. He had not moved. The wind off the receded flood carried the smell of seawater and distance. His visual range covered most of Fuyuki from this elevation. He was tracking movement in four directions simultaneously.
His Master — Little Cat — had relocated to a nearby rooftop and was watching his back with a Glock and the focused energy of someone who'd received one unexpected Command Seal reward and was not going to waste it.
[Little_Cat_Chat]: she is not moving. she has been on that roof for forty minutes. she has not made a single mistake.
[Counter]: she also has not done anything.
[Defending]: she is not doing anything WRONG. with Lü Bu as her Servant, doing nothing wrong is the correct strategy.
[Maverick_Status_Update]: Maverick surfaced from the flood with salvaged equipment. Lü Bu immediately fired at him. Maverick is back underwater.
[Dai_Status_Update]: Dai found food. Nero is eating. Nero has asked about the bathhouse again.
[David_Status_Update]: David is in the water, alive, covered by Drake's lingering magical energy field. he has not surfaced.
[Darius_Status_Update]: Darius III's skeletal army is rebuilding from underwater. ETA unknown.
[Edison_Status_Update]: seventeen robots now.
[Chat]: seventeen robots and one hundred thousand to go
[Chat]: this Holy Grail War is going to be decided by whoever survives long enough
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