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When the seven-second time stop ended, Ito Makoto, who was standing outside the school gate, finally came to his senses.
Since he didn't know that Berserker's Noble Phantasm ability was time stop, Ito Makoto wasn't aware that seven seconds had passed, nor did he know that the battle had already ended.
In his mind, just a moment ago he was releasing three Command Seals to order Berserker, and now the Servant had disappeared from his side.
"Has he already started fighting with other players?"
Pretending to peek his head out from outside the school gate, Ito Makoto saw nothing.
Having no intention of entering the school, Ito Makoto Shrink his neck and decided to leave quickly.
How the battle unfolded was irrelevant to him; as long as Berserker died there, Ito Makoto would immediately settle the game.
"Leave now!"
Having made his decision, Ito Makoto no longer looked at Honoka Academy, which was enveloped in magic, and quickened his pace in the opposite direction, leaving the area.
Many students from Honoka Academy were waiting on the road, carrying backpacks, their expressions somewhat bewildered, as if they had been sent out by their families after returning home.
Before Ito Makoto could run too far, his body, which had been continuously having its magical energy drained, suddenly paused, and he no longer felt the draining sensation.
Ito Makoto's steps slowed, and he stumbled a few more steps before realizing what had happened, and his heart filled with joy.
"Berserker is dead?"
Since his body no longer needed to supply magical energy to the Servant, then the Servant naturally was gone.
"Maybe Berserker even killed a few players before he died, and I can get a higher reward after I go back." His heart pounding rapidly, Ito Makoto opened the player panel and chose to settle the game early.
A few seconds later, Ito Makoto heard passersby talking and dorayaki being hawked, but he didn't hear any notification from the Paradise.
"What happened?"
Ito Makoto had a bad premonition and frantically called out to the Paradise in his mind.
"Settle the game!"
"Paradise! Settle it!"
"My Servant is dead, according to the rules I can settle the game!"
Finally, under Ito Makoto's frustration, the Paradise sent a message through his bracelet.
[Rule 5: You can only actively settle and exit this game in a non-combat state if you have summoned a Servant and that Servant has died.]
[Player - Brother Cheng is not afraid of the Cleaver, please exit combat status before attempting to actively exit this game.]
"I'm not in combat!"
"You…"
The curse word didn't come out. Ito Makoto trembled and bent over, his fingers touching his stomach, which had already slightly bulged.
"This thing counts as a combat judgment?"
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The morning sun shone through the thin window into the main hall of Ryudoji Temple. Under the dappled light, the Buddha statue originally enshrined in the hall had disappeared.
Yuusuke held a copy of the "Amitabha Sutra," leaning against the place of worship, occasionally flipping pages, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"Joyfully believing and accepting, bowing and departing."
Reading these two lines, Yuusuke chuckled, placed the sutra beside him, and looked at Steve Rogers, who was sitting restlessly on the other side.
Glanced at by Yuusuke, a chill suddenly ran down Steve Rogers's tailbone. With a bright and cheerful smile on his face, Steve Rogers took the initiative to speak.
"Sir, it's a bit unexpected."
"Ito Makoto used up three Command Seals, and the time stop lasted seven seconds, but after the time stop ended, that player didn't die."
Relying on the Berserker summoned by Ito Makoto, Steve Rogers created two extra selves last night.
One played Yuusuke, and the other, as himself, went to Honoka Academy.
As the main body, Steve Rogers could sense what these split individuals were doing.
Holding a large bucket of popcorn and a 2L bottle of soda, Steve Rogers was ready to watch a bloody horror film, but the development of events was somewhat unexpected.
First, the number of enemies: a total of six, including players and Servants.
Six?
Come on, a team fight only has five people!
The identity insertion clearly stated that players, as Masters, summon their own Heroic Spirits, so what's the deal with you bringing three Servants by yourself?
Compared to other players, are you very benevolent?
It's one thing for him to have three Servants, but this guy also brought a teammate!
As a player, when you see someone next to you has three Servants, why don't you quickly expose this information and seek alliances with others to gain an advantage in winning? What's with your Zen-like attitude of having already accepted it?
One benevolent, one Zen-like, Steve Rogers gritted his teeth and endured it, after all, theoretically he could still create nine of himself, which is equivalent to nine Heroic Spirits.
"What's the use of having more people? As long as that Ito Makoto thing is present, under the effect of time stop, seven seconds is already enough for Berserker to kill you countless times."
Telling himself this, Steve Rogers drank his soda and watched himself fight one against five.
Beheaded by Medea, Steve Rogers split into two; killed once by Excalibur, Steve Rogers split again into four.
"Damn it, where did that Ito Makoto guy go?"
Using the means left on him, messages were sent one by one, like being out of service, always failing to connect. If it weren't for sensing that Ito Makoto was still alive, Steve Rogers would have long ordered his individuals to retreat.
Under the increasingly severe battle, Steve Rogers finally contacted Ito Makoto, who had left the Bounded Field.
On Ito Makoto's way to the school, Steve Rogers, who was playing Yuusuke, was actually discovered!
This was the disguise of the Hydra Totem Divinity. After performing the disguise, even Steve Rogers himself would forget his memories and completely regard himself as the disguised person.
"How did you find out?"
"Huh? You guessed it?"
Steve Rogers drank his soda, not daring to look at his Master, trying to suppress the reason for the exposure deep in his heart.
Fortunately, at this time, Ito Makoto appeared on the battlefield with his Heroic Spirit, time stop descended, and Steve Rogers's live broadcast also went black.
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