Is this cartoonist mentally ill?

"Hello, hello, Lin Shengjie, are you going out to play today? We are going to..."

"No, I want to watch anime at home."

Lin Shengjie hung up the phone directly, then took out his phone and opened Station C.

He ignored the messages from his classmates, and even felt annoyed, so he blocked the accounts of several classmates.

But these classmates are all his good friends, although they have been bothering him recently because they have received a lot of benefits from Shen Xiaoxiao, the little rich woman.

The fact that Shen Xiaoxiao has a crush on him is known to everyone in the class and the entire second year of high school, but he thinks Shen Xiaoxiao is too strong.

And...it's so cold, he really prefers to watch anime at home.

To be precise, Lin Shengjie is a otaku.

Unlike Shen Xiaoxiao who thinks he is a cool male god, he is actually a second-dimensional.

Lin Shengjie has never concealed anything. His avatars are all Q-version avatars of Li Huowang, the male protagonist of "Dao Wei Yi Xian".

There are also "group photos" of David from "Edgewalker", Agni from "Flame Fist", Denji from "Chainsaw Man", Shinichi from "Parasyte" and Li Huowang from "Dao Weiyixian" on the homepage.

But he is not a die-hard fan of cartoonist Qingshan. He also reads other comics and animations, such as "True Dragon God Selection", "God Clan", and "Jujutsu Kaisen".

It's just that because Lin Qingshan is currently the most famous and well-known cartoonist, he will follow the trend and like Lin Qingshan's works a little more.

The promotion of the Internet and smart phones has spread ACG subculture more widely.

The new generation of the Republic, like Lin Shengjie, can be said to have officially come into contact with ACG subculture such as animation series from elementary school to junior high school, and become a member of the two-dimensional group.

After all, there will always be someone who is young.

"This month's new anime... "Fate Zero"? Is it a new self-made anime from C Station?"

Lin Shengjie saw the flash screen push of the C Station anime at this time, but he thought of it and said, "Doesn't it mean that the first and final season of "Chainsaw Man" is also out?"

Obviously, compared to the "Fate Zero" which has no reputation yet, he wants to watch the final season of "Chainsaw Man" more.

However, when he searched for "Chainsaw Man" on the site, the final season 3 of "Chainsaw Man" was out, but... it was updated on Sunday night.

It's only Saturday now.

"Well, let's watch the new anime "Fate Zero" first."

Lin Shengjie immediately clicked on "Fate Zero" in the push anime list below and started playing it directly.

Watching it with the sparse barrage now, it feels a bit lively.

"Congratulations! The wife is giving birth!"

At the beginning, a maid rushed into an auditorium and said to the man sitting on the steps of the auditorium.

However, the man did not have any expression of joy. He raised his head, his face full of numbness. In the dark environment without much light, he seemed inexplicably sad.

Then he appeared beside the bed of a white-haired lady who had just given birth and was holding a child.

His wife kept saying——

"So cute!"

"So petite and weak..."

"Look, Kiritsugu, these eyes are exactly the same as yours..."

"I am very lucky to have given birth to this child."

After hearing the words of his wife, the man called Kiritsugu was silent for a long time, and finally spoke.

"Aili."

Aili looked at him, and then Kiritsugu continued, "I... will send you to death in the future."

This sentence instantly stunned Lin Shengjie...

This is the protagonist, right? The protagonist said at the beginning that he would send his wife who had just given birth to death in the future?

Is this reasonable?

At this time, the barrage on the screen increased, because everyone started to say the same words--

"Opening Lightning Strike!"

"As expected of you, Aoyama the Thief!"

"This show is going to tell everyone from the beginning that it is going to be a rhythm of swords."

"This Holy Grail War is the same as the Knight War of Dragon Knight. In both cases, only the last camp can survive and win the final victory and realize the wish."

"If it were someone else, I might be very surprised, but Aoyama the Thief's show... then it's okay."

"As expected of you, the mental patient is going to be a sword from the beginning?"

"Aoyama the Thief's production is definitely a masterpiece!"

...

In the animation.

But facing Kiritsugu's words, Airi was just stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

"I know."

Behind Kiritsugu, Aili's voice came from the voiceover, "This is the long-cherished wish of the Einzbern family, and I was born for this."

"Because I know your wish, I also have the same wish in my heart, so I am who I am now."

"It was you who guided me and took me on another path different from that of a puppet."

"You don't need to be sad about my death, because I am already a part of you, so..."

However, at this moment, Kiritsugu suddenly interrupted Aili's words with some emotion, saying, "I... I am not qualified to hug this child."

At this moment, the picture suddenly fell on the back of his right hand, and there was a blood-red "tattoo" like a cross on the back of his hand, which seemed to indicate something.

"Kiritsugu, don't forget."

At this time, Ai Li continued, "To create a world where no one needs to cry like you do now, this is you, this is the ideal that Kiritsugu longs for, right... Hold on for another eight years, and your battle will be over, your ideal will be realized, and the Holy Grail... will definitely redeem you."

After saying that, she held out the child that belonged to them both in her arms to Kiritsugu.

"So, come and hug this child, come and hug Ilyasviel."

"You can hug her uprightly as an ordinary father."

Finally, the man named Kiritsugu turned around and looked at the child in his wife's arms.

And then... he hugged this child that belonged to him.

But the next moment, the picture quickly shrank from the window that Kiritsugu had been facing.

The place where they were was a huge castle, but outside the castle... it was covered with snow and wind.

After the transition, a more magnificent villa appeared.

An elegant middle-aged man in a red formal suit, with an aristocratic aura in his every move, was facing two men, one old and one young, wearing priest costumes.

The noble man was now facing the young priest in front of him, pouring red wine and smiling as he said -

"The pattern on your right hand is proof that you were chosen by the Holy Grail."

"It is the stigma given to you to command your servants... Kotomine Kirei."

And on the back of his own hand there was also that unusual blood-colored pattern.

The young priest, whom he called Kotomine Kirei, looked at the blood-colored pattern on the back of his hand with numbness on his face.

This blood-colored pattern was like it was really pierced with blood, dark red but with a bloody smell.

And finally, the confusing Holy Grail War setting of "Fate Zero" appeared in the conversation between Kotomine Kirei and the noble man -

"Holy Grail War, the battle for the miracle wishing machine... actually chose me?"

Kotomine Kirei said in disbelief.

"Originally, the seven masters chosen by the Holy Grail to command the servants should all be magicians."

The noble man responded, "For someone like you who has no affinity with magic to be valued by the Holy Grail so early on, it should be considered an extremely special case."

"Servants..."

He continued, "It is indeed unbelievable that the summoned Heroic Spirits fight each other as familiars..."

"I know it is hard for you to believe what I said, heroes from all ages and countries awaken in modern times and fight for hegemony... This is the Holy Grail War."

"Heroes from all ages and countries awaken in modern times?"

Lin Shengjie was full of interest when he heard this setting, and said, "Is this the Heroic Spirit? Wouldn't it be possible to see these heroes fighting, like Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong?"

Cricket fighting is an eternal hobby of mankind. Even the current electronic games are actually cyber cricket fighting.

And if it is a cyber fight against historical crickets, it is even more exciting.

The key is that this also adds the element of national confrontation, "all ages, all countries"... Doesn't this mean that there must be foreign players participating?

At that time, let's see the ancient heroes of the Republic beat up these foreign heroes and let them see what the martial virtues of an ancient civilization are like!

Just as Lin Shengjie was fantasizing, in the animation, the old priest behind Kotomine Kirei came out and said, "Of course, the duel must be carried out in secret. This is the default rule."

"In order to implement this, our Cathedral Church will send supervisors every time..."

However, in their subsequent conversation, it was revealed that... Kotomine Kirei's father Kotomine Ri was secretly colluding with Tokiomi, the current head of the Toki family, one of the so-called three local magician families in Fuyuki, for the sake of false righteousness, and planned to determine the outcome of the Holy Grail War.

At that time, with the help of the Holy Grail, help Tokiomi fulfill the ultimate wish of the magician-to reach the root.

In the "two-person turn" that Tokiomi and Kotomine Ri were inexplicably turning, Kotomine Kirei understood their intentions and accepted it.

But at the end, Tokiomi was very curious.

Because the masters selected by the Holy Grail War generally have very strong wishes that they want to achieve.

So...what wish did Kotomine Kirei have to be chosen by the Holy Grail?

But Kotomine Kirei himself was also confused. He didn't know why he, who had no wish, was chosen by the Holy Grail.

Tokiomi was still a little worried about Kotomine Kirei who looked expressionless, but when he heard Kotomine Risei say that Kotomine Kirei was because his wife had passed away not long ago, this was probably a kind of purposeless self-salvation for him.

Immerse yourself in the busyness of carrying out the mission and fade away the sorrow of your wife's death.

And then, the screen switched again.

As a descendant of the Tong family, one of the three major magician families in Fuyuki City, Tong Yanye, he and Tokiomi and Tokiomi's wife Toki Aoi were childhood sweethearts, and he also loved Tokiomi's wife Toki Aoi.

But in the end, Toki Aoi chose to marry Tokiomi and gave birth to two daughters, Toki Rin and Toki Sakura.

Because Yanye evaded his responsibilities as a descendant of a magician family.

But he still maintained a good relationship with Toki Aoi, and even regarded Toki Aoi's two daughters, Rin and Sakura, as his juniors.

However…

“Where’s Sakura?”

After seeing that Tokikui’s little daughter was not here, Kariya asked Rin with some surprise.

However, Rin looked very sad.

Then he learned from Tokikui that…

Sakura was adopted by Tokiomi to the Tong family, a family of magicians where Kariya was.

This was because Kariya had resolutely broken free from the shackles of his family eleven years ago because he could not agree with the ugly insect arts of his family and did not want to be a puppet of Zōken.

So the Tong family had no heir.

But it happened that Tokiomi's two daughters, Rin and Sakura, both had very outstanding magic circuits and magic talents.

However, because the magic seal of a magician family can generally only be passed on to one heir, the older Rin became the heir of the Toki family.

As for the remaining Sakura, Tokiomi could not bear to see her magic talent wasted, and in order to fulfill the covenant between the two magician families, he adopted her to Kariya's brother Tsuruno in the Tong family.

But Kariya knew very well how dark and terrible the Tong family and his father Zōken were.

So he returned to the Tong family and asked Zang Yan to release Sakura. He offered to accept the transformation of Zang Yan's seal bugs, and then participate in the Holy Grail War to win the final victory for him and let her wish for immortality as the price.

However, Zang Yan said that he came a little too late.

"It seems a little late now."

The old man Zang Yan, who looked quite evil, laughed evilly and said.

"Stinky old man... is it you?!"

Yan Ye said in disbelief.

However, Zang Yan took him to the secret underground chamber of the Tong family, and under the dark and dark chamber, a scene that made people's scalps numb appeared.

In the pool below, countless entangled, disgusting bugs with mucus were crawling on a cute little girl with black hair and a small bow.

The black-haired girl now had dull eyes, and she was exactly what Yan Ye wanted to find... Tokikui's little daughter Sakura!

Lin Shengjie finally knew why Yan Ye wanted to leave this home.

If it were him, he would have run away long ago in such a disgusting environment in the family of a magician who plays with insects.

Zang Yan looked down at this disgusting scene, even complacently, and said as if showing off -

"She cried so hard in the first three days..."

"From the fourth day, there was no sound at all. I put her in this insect warehouse at dawn today to see how long she could last. She has not died after being ravaged by insects for a long time. This material of the Shi family is really valuable."

Hearing Zang Yan's disgusting words, the barrage was full of excitement.

"Wow! Kill this disgusting old man!"

"It's so disgusting! This old man is really a beast!"

"I really want to strangle this old man to death!"

"Yan Ye is right to run away. I would run too."

"I wonder if the child's mother will regret it when she sees this. This place is simply a demon cave."

...

Lin Shengjie also thinks that this stinky old man is definitely... evil!

I really want to kill this disgusting old man who plays with insects!

However, Kariya immediately went down to rescue Sakura first, and after seeing Sakura's miserable condition, he also agreed to Zouken's request.

Use the Crest Bug to transform his body before the Holy Grail War begins, until he becomes a suitable Master and then summons the Heroic Spirit to participate in the Holy Grail War to obtain the Holy Grail for Zouken.

After that, Zouken will release Sakura.

Then, the other Masters appeared one after another.

Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald, a first-level lecturer in the Spiritual Department of the Clock Tower and the ninth-generation head of the Archibald family.

He chose to participate in the Holy Grail War in order to increase his popularity, and he also has a fiancée, Sora Nazaire Sophia.

However, before that, he had a conflict with his student, Weber Velvet, who was also one of the Masters of this Holy Grail War.

Weber was dissatisfied with the behavior of his mentor Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald, so he stole the Heroic Spirit relics of his mentor and participated in the Fourth Holy Grail War, hoping to show his strength and get everyone's recognition.

Then a year passed in a flash, and the Holy Grail War was about to begin.

At this time, Kariya, who had undergone a one-year transformation by the Zouken Carving Bug, appeared in front of Sakura again.

Now he has become gray-haired and looks extremely old, obviously suffering from great pain and torture.

But Sakura actually also underwent a year of transformation. Her originally black hair has turned purple, and there is no light in her eyes.

But Kariya promised her that he would definitely let her return to her mother Tokikui and her sister Xiaolin, so that they can live happily together from now on.

And then... it is the ceremony of summoning the Heroic Spirit.

The six masters who have appeared in the Holy Grail War so far, Mamoru Kiritsugu, Tokiomi, Kotomine Kirei, Tong Kariya, Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald, and Webber Velvet are now in front of their own simple or gorgeous formations.

Put the holy relics related to the Heroic Spirits into the formation, and then...

They raised their hands with the holy marks of the Command Seals together, and said in unison in the animation-

"I am the one who accomplishes all the good deeds in the world... I am the one who eliminates all the evils in the world..."

"But you should blind yourself with chaos and serve me, and you will be imprisoned in the threshold of madness..."

"You are the Seventh Heaven with the Three Great Words, and you will appear with the theory of self-restraint, the guardian of the balance!"

"Declare! You will obey my orders! My life is with your sword, and if you are willing to obey the call of the Holy Grail, you will obey this intention..."

...

With the completion of the ceremony, dazzling white light bloomed in front of all the masters.

Then……

From before their eyes, in the center of the originally empty formation, various but powerful beings appeared...

They...are the heroic spirits!

Heroic spirits from all eras and countries’ histories...

I saw a knight wearing a black knight's heavy armor, but the eyes of the helmet released a bloodthirsty bloody light.

A king wearing a golden armor and flamboyant short golden hair, showing an extremely powerful aura.

One was a tall, muscular, red-haired man who was extremely strong.

He wore brown-red wristbands on his arms, a brown battle armor underneath, a battle skirt, and leather sandals on his feet.

One is a handsome knight wearing white clothes and silver armor, holding a silver-white dragon-patterned spear. His long black hair is tied up casually, but his handsome face is upright and resolute.

Lin Shengjie, on the other hand, was very excited, because compared to the previous heroic spirits that were obviously exotic, this heroic spirit in front of him looked like he belonged to the Republic!

At this time, there is still the last heroic spirit...

A girl with blond hair and green eyes, a petite figure, wearing a blue and white knight's armor, and holding a knight's sword?

"This is……"

Kiritsugu and Airi both looked at her in surprise.

After she opened her eyes, she asked solemnly, "Let me ask you..."

"Are you my master?"

Then……

The first episode is over.

"Ah? Is this the end?"

Lin Shengjie's eyes widened and he said, "Just now...here, I've already watched this episode of more than 40 minutes?"

It's just that he really hasn't had enough of it yet.

"Who are these heroic spirits? How will they fight next? And...do they have any special abilities?"

The setting of this drama includes magic and the ability to summon heroic spirits, so it is definitely not the kind of battle in ordinary reality.

These heroic spirits definitely have some extraordinary power.

With such curiosity, Lin Shengjie first found the forum in the comment area of ​​the drama, and then found the set of the drama published on the official website of Station C.

At this time, Station C has already revealed the identities of these heroic spirits.

"This is Lancelot? What? Why haven't you heard of him? One of the Knights of the Round Table in ancient Britain?"

"This is Gilgamesh, the king of the ancient kingdom of Uruk in the Mesopotamian civilization, the oldest hero king? No... isn't he the fifth king? Why is he the oldest?"

"This is... Iskandar the Conqueror, oh, Alexander the Great, this one is quite powerful."

"Then this is actually...Zhao Yun?!"

There is no republic that is not excited to see Zhao Yun's appearance, and so is Lin Shengjie.

The historical figure he most admires in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is of course the resourceful and dedicated Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.

But if you want to be the idol of someone like him, you must have the unparalleled Changshan Zhao Zilong with a silver saddle and a white horse!

This is the dream of many boys when they were young.

When they were young, each of them more or less held a long stick, playing the role of Zhao Yun who was almost unscathed after killing seven in and seven out in Changban Slope. This must have been their childhood dream in the second grade.

This is enough to prove how popular Zhao Yun is among boys.

"Then Zhao Yun must be the most powerful. These ancient British Knights of the Round Table and King of Heroes, even Alexander the Great cannot compare to Zhao Yun!"

Lin Shengjie immediately came to a conclusion and said, "And this is a drama produced by the Republic itself. Isn't Zhao Yun sure to win?"

He was very confident, and then looked at the last heroic spirit who revealed his identity.

"Artoria Pendragon...the legendary Holy King, King of Knights, and King Arthur in ancient Britain?"

Lin Shengjie had no memory of the history of Great Britain. He said in confusion at this time, "Was ancient Great Britain so advanced? It turned out to be a female king?"