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"No matter how you discover it, your inevitable end is to be defeated under Time Stop!"
After seven seconds of black screen, the three Steve Rogers who were caught in Time Stop recovered, and his main body successfully saw the outcome.
On the shattered battlefield, he stood there covered in ice shards, wounded all over, yet miraculously not dead!
After that, the three Steve Rogers were successively petrified without any resistance under the suppression of magic, and his live broadcast completely went black.
Steve Rogers peeked at his Master's expression, but his gaze met Yuusuke's, causing Steve Rogers to immediately lower his head.
"Captain," Yuusuke sighed, "It is precisely because of a power like Time Stop that I remained at Ryudoji Temple. Yet, Time Stop couldn't kill him. Do you have any clues?"
A random dog, using a Holy Relic that Steve Rogers didn't know where he found, summoned a UR card with a high-end power like Time Stop.
When Yuusuke heard this news, he was surprised for a moment, then immediately decided to have Hydra Captain take Berserker to kill that player.
The fundamental reason why Yuusuke remained at Ryudoji Temple was also due to this power of Time Stop.
"A dog possessing the power of Time Stop?"
After only a brief contact, Yuusuke had already seen that Ito Makoto's essence was cowardice, the type who wouldn't even get emotional if his girlfriend was played with by others.
Although he saw this cowardice, Yuusuke still underestimated the extent of Ito Makoto's cowardice.
Ito Makoto hadn't even understood his own Servant, and he had no idea about this power of Time Stop.
And Yuusuke didn't know this, so he didn't dare to gamble.
"Possessing such power, even an ant would develop the idea of killing humans, let alone a dog that can wag its tail and beg."
If it were normal mode, he would simply have given Ito Makoto a psychological cue, an ideological imprint, and that would be it.
However, this mode was a restricted confrontation, with Skills sealed. The only means Yuusuke had to control Ito Makoto were his charm and the flesh and blood left by Hydra Captain.
"Such control is too unsafe."
"What if this dog really develops some rebellious thoughts?"
"A gentleman does not stand under a crumbling wall."
Finally, Yuusuke made the decision for Ito Makoto and Hydra Captain to go out together and kill the opponent.
"Whether he can kill that player or not, as long as he doesn't stay by my side, that's fine."
When this battle began, Yuusuke held the Buddhist scriptures of Ryudoji Temple and watched, inwardly assuming that this chase would end this way.
"Now you're telling me that under this power of Time Stop, the opponent didn't die?"
Yuusuke stood up, walked over to Steve Rogers, sat down beside him, placed his hand on his leg, and asked with a sigh, "Captain, do you have any clues?"
"Uh…" Steve Rogers was a bit speechless. He truly couldn't imagine how Kisaragi survived those seven seconds of Time Stop.
Although it wasn't his business, Steve Rogers knew he had to give his Master a reason, a plausible "excuse."
After thinking for a moment, Steve Rogers decided to answer from the perspective of the world itself.
"The power system of this world is very strong. Since Ito Makoto can summon a Servant with Time Stop, then perhaps the opponent can also summon a Servant that counters Time Stop…"
Although this reason cannot be verified, from a rational point of view, it is indeed reasonable.
Since this world has Servants that can use Time Stop, isn't it very reasonable for there to be Servants that counter Time Stop?
Although worlds are diverse, some basic rules are interconnected, like mutual generation and mutual overcoming. If Time Stop had no nemesis, wouldn't that Servant be invincible under similar conditions?
Yuusuke nodded, indicating he agreed with Steve Rogers' statement.
The reason didn't matter; it was just a way to explain this failure.
Moreover, before coming to hunt Kisaragi Rin, Yuusuke didn't know he would take in a dog with Time Stop power. Killing Kisaragi with his own methods was the initial plan.
This defeat was insignificant; being able to understand most of Kisaragi Rin's methods was already a victory.
"If Time Stop can't kill him, then it can't. I will personally take action."
Thinking this in his heart, Yuusuke continued to look at Hydra Captain, signaling him to describe all the enemy's methods he had seen.
"There are two players, one male and one female. The one being pursued is the male."
"It's also this man. He has three Servants. One should be of the Caster class, capable of constructing magic. In just a few dozen minutes, he covered Honoka Academy with magic, suppressing all my attributes, which greatly countered my unique Skill - Fifty-Fifty."
"The next one's class is unknown. His Strength and Agility are quite high. He possesses Mystic Eyes that can petrify enemies and fist power that can shatter a vibranium shield. The key is that this ability, when used, shows no difference from a normal attack. His legendary true identity must be Medusa."
"The third one's class is also unknown. I only know that his Noble Phantasm has healing power. The healing method looks somewhat like time reversal. Perhaps it was this Servant that blocked the Time Stop released by Ito Makoto…"
"The fourth Servant should be of the Saber class. A single sword strike released by his Noble Phantasm, even if I released my Noble Phantasm, I couldn't block it. His Strength and Agility are both very high."
"Oh, and that Caster can also use magic to strengthen his Master, increasing his Strength and Agility to the level of a Servant."
Steve Rogers recounted the information he saw during his live broadcast one by one.
These were all abilities displayed in combat. As for Black Flash, Kisaragi Rin used a Command Seal to bestow this Skill upon Medusa, and it also had a special effect—Invisible Existence. Relying solely on his naked eyes, how could he possibly discern its true nature?
"All bad news."
Yuusuke pondered for a moment and asked Steve Rogers, "Can you still sense the petrified individuals?"
Steve Rogers could only split into nine independent individuals, including himself. Those five Steve Rogers were merely petrified and sealed, still occupying slots. If the seal wasn't broken, Steve Rogers could only appear four more times.
When asked about this, Steve Rogers tried again to communicate with his consciousness, but finally shook his head.
"I can't sense them. Perhaps they were hidden by that Caster with some magic."
Humans cannot imagine things they have never seen. Yuusuke and Steve Rogers naturally wouldn't know that Kisaragi could freely use a special space in the restricted confrontation mode.
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