"Cough cough, good that combat power can be recovered quickly. Anyway, let's retreat from here as soon as possible."
Feeling he lost his composure a bit, Geronimo coughed twice, sat up from the bed, and spoke.
"Retreat? Because many houses here are destroyed?"
Hearing this, Takumi asked somewhat puzzledly.
When he came in from outside the town just now, he saw many houses smashed to pieces by some dense attacks probably falling from the sky. Very few places were intact.
Incidentally looking at the size of the craters on the ground, Takumi estimated that at least Anti-Army Noble Phantasms had such destructive power.
"That's just one of the reasons. The current situation can even be called a blessing in disguise. When that guy Cú Chulainn inexplicably sneaked over here to attack us, most ordinary people in the town were hiding elsewhere and weren't affected too much, so we wounded don't have to collect corpses or something."
Billy the Kid spread his hands and said helplessly.
"The problem lies in the commotion created by the Noble Phantasm release being too big. Our location has been exposed to that King of Presidents' gaze. If we don't flee quickly, sooner or later he will attack."
Robin Hood took the opportunity to add a sentence.
"King of Presidents? Is it Edison (President Lion)... ah no, Thomas Edison?"
The title "King of Presidents" was truly abstract and full of recognition, so much so that Takumi subconsciously blurted out the title in his mind.
"It is Edison indeed—but the title President Lion is indeed more accurate, haha!"
Robin Hood nodded, repeating the new title Takumi said in his mind twice, unable to help laughing out loud.
Can't be helped. Edison appearing in this Singularity was really baffling. Based on the original Edison's Spirit Origin, the regrets of past American presidents were added, and finally, he miraculously manifested with a funny lion head!
And the title King of Presidents was also crowned on his own head by Edison on this basis.
"Uh, then why don't you join Edison's subordinates directly? Edison should need Servant combat power no matter what, right?"
Takumi asked puzzledly.
Regarding the Fifth Singularity, Takumi didn't remember that clearly. Mainly because there were too many Servants appearing here. Even if distributed into two Singularities, it wouldn't feel out of place.
So Takumi's impression of the power distribution here was basically: three factions. One faction was Cú Chulainn and other Celtic heroes gathering as villains. One faction was President Lion to fight but winnable as friendly forces. And one faction of wild Servants was easiest to win over, natural friendly forces.
Besides this, only that the overall quality of Servants here was high, and Rama was the MVP.
Belonged to knowing, but not knowing comprehensively.
"Sigh, you don't know the situation here; having this idea is normal."
Geronimo sighed, beginning to explain to Takumi.
"—The reason we don't join Edison's camp is simple: he's crazy!"
Geronimo's eyes were serious, not joking.
"Although we aren't clear what his purpose is fighting Cú Chulainn's Celtic army until now, we can be sure he doesn't just want to defeat Cú Chulainn and then exit calmly, but has deeper schemes."
"If this scheme succeeds, it will definitely cause greater trouble. Therefore, before he changes his mind, we won't have thoughts of joining."
Robin Hood also added with a difficult expression:
"And that guy President Lion completely doesn't treat people as humans! He is organizing true universal conscription now. Regardless of old, weak, women, or children, as long as they are human, they have to join his army, put on that mechanical armor, and fight those mass-produced Celtic soldiers who don't know pain or fear."
"Is this some radical form of Iron Man? Protecting the world with armor?"
Listening to the two's description, Takumi looked subtle.
"Oh my, these aren't the parts I find hardest to accept. What I find hardest to accept is that he actually wants to strictly implement a 20-hour workday, and the kind without holidays! Damn capitalist!"
Billy the Kid waved his fist angrily.
"Those soldiers outside basically ran here because they couldn't accept this."
Saying this, Billy the Kid pointed to the people moving things outside the house.
"Very good, I know. This is undoubtedly Bad Civilization!"
Takumi reached out to signal the three not to say more; he completely understood.
Although Takumi himself hadn't become a corporate slave yet, having experienced the crazy study phase, he could fully understand this feeling—Damn it, 20-hour workday, really not treating people as humans!
Why don't you try the feeling of working 20 hours too?
With everyone chipping in, Takumi already had a deeper understanding of the situation in this Singularity.
Thus, what to do now was obvious.
Thinking this, Takumi turned his head decisively, preparing to go out of the room.
Seeing Takumi look like leaving just after chatting, Geronimo felt bad instantly.
'Holy crap! Is this young man going to clash head-on with Edison and the others?!'
Thinking of this, Geronimo hurriedly called out to Takumi:
"Wait a minute, what are you going out for?"
"To find trouble with Edison. What's wrong?"
Takumi turned back, looking at Geronimo who called him puzzledly.
"What's wrong? He has Karna over there! You can only exert eighty percent of Rama's power. If you fight with the three Servants there, won't you fall?"
Geronimo advised earnestly.
In his eyes, Takumi was a child who suddenly obtained powerful strength. Now probably just thinking of playing with Rama's power, not thinking about consequences at all.
"Black Hedgehog, you seem to underestimate this Master I found a bit. Although I'm not clear what happened to him, he at least repaired two or three eras to get here. Not as stupid as you imagine, nor as weak as you imagine."
Elisabeth, who knew Takumi best here, suddenly spoke with a face full of pride.
If nothing else, just appearing silently behind her, she could be sure Takumi was definitely not an ordinary person just borrowing Rama's power.
Takumi, having a bit of his background exposed by Elisabeth, was somewhat embarrassed, but still adjusted his expression and said:
"Besides Rama's power, my own power isn't weak either. Even if Edison's three Servants attack together, with my current strength, retreating safely shouldn't be a problem."
"Moreover, I think Karna and the others are still easy to talk to. Shouldn't evolve to the extent of life-and-death combat."
To prevent everyone from disbelieving, Takumi added another sentence.
Takumi still vaguely remembered that Helena Blavatsky and Karna on Edison's side hadn't gone crazy to that extent. On the contrary, they were very rational, just accompanying Edison to make trouble.
Thinking that as long as he reasoned with them and moved them with emotion, he could definitely pull Edison and the others into his camp.
So Takumi briefly told the Servants his thoughts and known intelligence.
Hearing what Takumi said, the three looked at each other.
"So your 'reasoning with them and moving them with emotion' is asking if they want to join first, then beating them up, and asking again?"
"That's right. What's wrong?"
Takumi scratched his head.
He remembered in later Singularities, many suitable reinforcements basically joined through such a process.
Anyway, had to fight once or twice no matter what.
"No problem, as long as you are confident!"
The three looked at each other again, coincidently expressing no objection.