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Chapter 558: The Greatly Lacking and Immoral Clock Tower of Great Britain
Aoko is a significant character in the Type-Moon games "Mahoutsukai no Yoru" and "Kara no Kyoukai", and has also appeared in various forms and roles in the "Fate" series.
In the current "FSN" world, while Aoko has never truly shown her face, she played a considerably important role in a specific route.
In the Matou Sakura route of FSN, also known as the Heaven's Feel route, to save the severely damaged Shirou Emiya, the wealthy girl almost exhausted her family fortune to purchase a blank doll that Aoko had made and left behind years ago, using it to reconstruct his body.
Although this was merely a "doll," as long as a soul was infused and it was regularly supplied with magical energy, its existence was practically indistinguishable from being alive.
It was precisely because of this advanced technical skill, which clearly touched upon the forbidden zones of life, that Aoko was branded with the title of "Sealing Designation" by the Clock Tower.
Cheng Tian had already confirmed this with Bazett, a "Sealing Designation Enforcer" who was professionally suited for the task. She had previously reviewed Aoko's relevant information but had never been assigned any related enforcement missions.
Cheng Tian's reason for wanting to meet Aoko was not merely that their dungeon titles were identical, but more importantly, because of her superb "doll-making" techniques.
Currently, Cheng Tian's large-scale Feng Shui engine contains eight bio-mechanical dolls. Two of them have already been activated by Wootan infusing them with his own memories and personality, becoming his left and right assistants, which has greatly reduced Wootan's own research pressure.
However, if one looks at the bio-mechanical dolls themselves, with an average of 35 points across their four attributes, they have clearly been relegated to the level of, at most, an elite monster in a B-rank dungeon like this.
They are more than sufficient as research personnel, but as combat personnel, they might already be somewhat inadequate, let alone trying to reach the heights of Seth.
Coincidentally, this world has top-tier puppeteers. There's no reason not to try and explore this; perhaps she could even offer some useful suggestions regarding clones.
Besides, isn't there also the Cat Elf Kingdom, a Type-Moon transit hub? It's not Cheng Tian's style to retreat without even trying.
"Good things are saved for last… Though not entirely willing, it's acceptable."
"If I continue to conceal this, I'll probably be exposed. I need to go back and appease Kirei first. If you're ready to seize the Command Spells, find me anytime. I'm really looking forward to our fight."
With that, the blue Lancer, still in his casual clothes, exchanged a glance with Bazett. After a mutual nod, he voluntarily concealed his presence, silently disappearing from the family restaurant.
Cheng Tian threw the ice cubes left from his finished cola into his mouth, chewing them with a crunching sound, then asked,
"Bazett, can your identity in this world still be used?"
"Yes, in your terms, this world is actually my birthplace. Everything from my past will be inherited, and I can use some Clock Tower methods through my own authority, but…"
Bazett, who could now more calmly face the current world and Cú Chulainn, answered, a hint of hesitation appearing on her face.
"But?"
"Tracking Aoko is extremely difficult."
Bazett was certain.
"According to the data, an existence capable of long-term evasion from the Association's pursuit, possessing top-tier doll-making and Rune Magecraft, even with the full assistance of the Clock Tower, I only have about a 40% chance of finding the person, and I can't even be sure if it's a real person.
But now I am officially participating on behalf of the Department of Ritual Judgement and am responsible for supervising the ritual of war, a special mission to ideally recover Holy Grail-related resources perfectly. At this critical juncture, asking the Association for help with other matters would most likely be directly rejected."
At this point, Bazett's expression was somewhat awkward.
"My past self was indeed too naive. In fact, from the moment I was assigned here, I should have realized that I was a casualty of the internal strife within the Department of Ritual Judgement.
The Clock Tower's tolerance for incompetence is very low. If I fail to bring the Holy Grail back this time, marginalization might be the lightest punishment. I think it's more likely that I'll be directly stripped of my current identity and position."
Bazett's intelligence had not undergone any qualitative leap, but as someone who had died, she could more objectively, from an outsider's perspective, review everything from her past.
As the saying goes, those involved are confused, while bystanders are clear. In the past, she was obsessed with advancing her position within the Association, to the point of not seeing her own situation clearly. Now that she no longer cares about such trivial Association status, she sees things much more clearly.
One can only say that being used and betrayed was only a matter of time… "As expected of the greatly lacking and immoral Great Britain~~"
"If I'm not mistaken, although the Clock Tower's entire organization is complex, it is generally dominated by British mage families. It was a foregone conclusion that you, an Irishwoman, would be ostracized… Rather, it's precisely because you are outstanding enough that you would be pushed to this extent. If you were just an ordinary mage with average talent, you wouldn't be targeted so much."
Cheng Tian immediately grasped the long-standing immoral characteristic of the Clock Tower.
Bazett, after hearing this, slammed her chin onto the dining table with a clatter, shaking the empty plate tower nearby, and looked utterly dejected.
How does that saying go… Magecraft has no borders, but mages do.
The accumulated grievances and conflicts between England and Ireland could not be explained or resolved in a few words.
Just from a geopolitical perspective, she could not be fully accepted by the Clock Tower. She probably only obtained the status of Sealing Designation Enforcer because she was seen as a useful enforcer.
Cheng Tian's single sentence stripped away the false facade of the magecraft world, directly pointing to the essence of human nature.
Such a simple problem, why had her past self not thought of it?
The Clock Tower's path was clearly unusable, unless Bazett brought back the Holy Grail, full of black mud, for them to research.
But the inability to track Aoko actually reminded Cheng Tian.
In this world, there was indeed someone who could find Aoko, and she herself had never hidden her identity.
If the worldviews were connected, he should be able to try starting with him.
"Alright, you use your connections to help me find a person, or rather, a family. They are not a hidden family."
"Tell me, I'll write it down."
Hearing Cheng Tian say this, Bazett skillfully pulled out a small notebook and a ballpoint pen from her chest.
"The surname is Ryougi, a prestigious family from the demon-slaying side of Neon. The current head of the family should be a woman named Shiki Ryougi.
She married a husband and should have a daughter around three or four years old. Her husband's original name was Mikiya Kokutou, but he married into the family and should have changed his name to Mikiya Ryougi. Try to help me contact him."
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