"According to this book, in September of 2018, the ordinary high schooler Tokiwa Sougo embarks on a path which leads him to become the overlord of time, Oma Zi-O. In order to remove the Alter Ex-Aid Obstacle, blocking their way. My Overlord and his party detours into, Ex-Aids Universe. My Overlord meets the Riders, gains their trust and access to a new power. Now, he returns to his dimension to continue his mission. Yet, that is not all. Looming over, a Ghostly Figure… Stalks the party..."

The Heisei Kamen Riders and the Holy Grail War have perded for decades. And now, they pass on their power and legacy onto the next generation! Rejoice!, for the Birth of a new King!

(Oh, yeah. Ohh…)

(Sougo, Geiz, Tsukyomi, Olga, and Mash look upon all the Previous Riders doing their Rider kicks. Scene changes to the Time portal, the Time Mazine flying through them, as the Katakana word for Rider attaches to Zi-O's helmet)

Isshun de tsukamitoru no sa Are you ready?

(Are you ready?)

(Sougo reaches out to the clocks on the wall, before swinging his arm down. The Background spinning in sync with his arm.)

Atarashī rekishi wa soko ni Feel it! Feel it!

(Crazy baby!)

(Geiz wipes something off his face before throwing aside his torn coat, the background spinning behind him. Changes to Tsukiyomi walking straight before the camera changes to her side, the world spinning again.)

Hikari wo kate ni kasokushite

(Changes to Mashu and Olga who stand behind the Chaldea symbol. Olga glitches and fades in and out as she looks at her hand. Mash looks at the camera, a clock behind her counting down.)

Konomama Shout it out! Shout it out!

(The scene is crushed by Oma Zi-O, as he looks up his crimson eyes glowing. Scene changes to the Gang standing over the Ride Watches before looking up at the Camera.)

Ima wo susume yō

(Changes to Woz, in a darkened room, with a clock in the background, from the sky flaming scraps of papers fall around him. Woz looks at the screen, flames light his face as he holds the book in his hand.)

Madō hi mo Ikudo tonaku Asu no tobira tatake

(Changes to Heure quickly speeding onto pulling down one of his eyes and sticking out his tongue before moving aside, behind Ora and Swartz keep their back, hiding their faces. Scene changes to a set of large thrones, each designed differently. Scene changes again to Woz who shows the book, flames coming off a close up shows Oma Zi-O obliterating rebels to dust. Then to the Ride Watche's faces turning then activating.)

Mitsumeta sono saki ni

(The Rider statues, crack and stone cascades off revealing the suits underneath. Quick change to Geiz turning his Ride Watch. Then to more Riders, then to Olga who turns a Ride Watch, more Statues.)

Tobikonde mitara

(Then Sougo who turns the face of the watch, as the statue of Sougo crumbles.)

Believe Yourself!

(Oma Zi-O stands behind the rubble. Camera comes close up to Oma Zi-O. The Rubble hiding his helmet only letting the Red eyes glow though it.)

Now, Over "Quartzer"

(Sougo exclaims Henshin before spinning his belt, the world spinning behind him.)

Toki no ame Surinukete Tomo ni

(Armor completes as the Words attach to the helmet. Zi-O, Geiz, Echo drive down a road, explosions and lasers blasting as they pass. Scene changes to a downpour of rain, as Jackers walk away from a destroyed clock. Back to the Riders as the three drive though the frozen Rider kicks.)

You, Over "Quartzer"

(Time resumes, as the Riders Kick, causing explosions. Zi-O Jumps through the fire.)

Mirai wo koe yō

(A shadowy woman, her blade in the ground in front of her, both hands resting on it turns her head back. As the camera flies back passing through 7 bubbles of different times. Before a shadowy figure brings his hands around the 8 bubbles a devious smile forming on his face. Scene changes to Sougo staring straight at the camera. He puts out his right arm as the world stops spinning. Same for Geiz, Tsukiyomi, Olga, and Mash.)

Kako no ishi wa Uso de wa azamuke nai

(Scene changes to a staircase, Zi-O, Geiz, and Echo rush in, their helmets words creating a path for them. All around them explosions go off and lasers are blasted at them.)

Kanjiro sō Nexus Future

(Tsukiyomi walks down the stairs, the Jackers shifting and glitching before disappearing leaving Tsukiyomi by herself. Scene changes to Zi-O who swings his blade attacking. Mash behind Zi-O protects him.)

Now, Over "Quartzer"

(Changes to Geiz, readying his bow before letting an arrow off. At the same time behind him, Echo shoots a few shots before kicking at the screen.)

Mabayui sekai

(Scene flashes title cards from the past before leaving Zi-O and Geiz back to back before they attack each other. The two clash their battle sparks and light up the screen.)

Misete

(The rest of the Title cards flash before leaving.)

ZI-O Grand Order

Rayshift 5: The Dragon and Ghostly Figure 1413

We are Sougo

We set back down in the France Singularity, we get around to explaining our situation to the Servants. "- Now I understand. The whole world, never mind France, is in danger." Marie said looking at me. "As well as the meaning behind the Promise Geiz made to you, Sougo. Altho it's in a different form, this too, is a Holy Grail War?" Marie asks.

"I knew it was dangerous when I learned it was a Master-less summoning, but I didn't expect this." Amadesu said, crossing his arms. "Now there were five Servants in opposition. Nine total including Mash, but isn't that too much?" Amadeus asks.

"The Rule of Seven Servants is no more… Although that doesn't mean ``infinite. It's not surprising at all if there are more than seven Servants." Mash explains. "According to the records, one time a total of fifteen Servants fought." Mash explains.

"Oh, I get it! I've figured it out, everyone!" Marie said. "We were summoned so that- we could defeat them, like heroes!" Marie exclaims.

"Sure, but still. The odds are stacked against us. We may not have to worry about Ex-Aid Alter anymore. But the Time Jackers are still at play. Lest we forget those other Riders who have allied with Jeanne Alter. As well as the machines and whatever else Oma Zi-O has given Alter." Geiz points out. Right, we still have a giant wall blocking our path ahead.

"Geiz is correct. It's perfectly fine to be confident, Maria. But we're up against powerful foes." Amadeus said looking over at us. "Jeanne, Charlotte, Mash, Geiz, Tsukuyomi, and even Sougo, are used to combat. But you and I aren't the fighting type." Amadeus points out. "The numbers matter less than the fact that they're far stronger." Amadeus said.

"...Indeed. Vlad III, and Elisabeth Bathory. One carved their name into history as a hero, and the other, a murderer..." Mash points out. "As well as d'Eon. But, who knows how many more Servants, Alter may have." Mash said.

"Wait, guys, back in the town, didn't Vlad mention an executioner?" Tsukuyomi points out. "That executioner Alter mentioned, might be other servants. Sougo, do you know any Executioners that could be a heroic spirit?" Tsukuyomi asks me.

I think about the question. "That's a tough one to pin down, there are many people in history that could be considered… Franz Schmidt, Albert Pierrerpoint, Charles-Henri Sanson, that one I'm sure you know Marie, Anatole Deibler, William Marwood, Jack Ketch, Giovanni Battista Bugatti and more." I list off. "What does everyone over at Chaldea think?" I ask.

"Hold on." Director said sipping on some tea with her cake. "Romani, take over." Director orders.

"Is this because of the snacks that I ate during the Fukuki mission? I said I was sorry." Romani apologies, I chuckle rolling my eyes. "Anyways… I'm not sure, considering how summoning works, it's likely anyone related to France or it's borders in some way will be prime to be summoned. Altho England might also have some appearance." Romani surmises. "Though, I wonder if some of her servants would be willing to join us?" Romani wonders.

"That might be difficult, I think." Jeanne speaks up. "I've lost my Ruler's ability to see True Names, but there is one thing I could see. All of the Servants under Alter's command have been Given "Madness Enhancement," regardless of their alignment or background." Jeanne said. Madness Enhancement… Wait.

"Doesn't that basically mean, every Servant under Jeanne Alter is a berserker essentially?" I summarize. "Is that something She can do?" I ask.

"No, it's likely that Alter is using the Grail to do this. Even without an episode of Madness, it can give them Berserker traits..." Director said.

"Hmph. The Goal of a Holy Grail War is to get the Grail, but they already have it." Marie said, crossing her arms. "It's not fair." Marie said, puffing up her cheeks.

"But that leaves one mystery. Why were you, and the rest of us summoned?" Jeanne wonders.

"... I might have a Theory." I said raising my hand. "Romani, you told us in the briefing that the Grail is what is keeping this Singularity together right?" I ask Romani. Romani nods, and I look at the gathered servants. "All the Servants we've encountered are related to Europe in some way, form, or fashion. Vlad, Carmillia, Jeanne, Marie, d'Eon, Amadeus, Alter mentioned Gill so Gill De Rais is also here too, as well as this executioner, we can assume he's related to Europe. So when this Singularity was created, the magic used summoned Servants." I theorise.

"Yes, that might be the case." Jeanne said, I look at Jeanne. "Despite the fact that the Holy Grail War hasn't begun, someone already has the Grail. This is a reversal of causality. A bug, if you will, and perhaps the Grail is resisting it. The greater the opponent, the more powerful the Grail's reaction." Jeanne explained her own theory.

"I see. In other words, somewhere else in France-" Mash begins.

"Indeed. There may be other Servants summoned here like Marie." Jeanne said.

"Oh my! That means I can meet even more people, right?" Marie exclaims with excitement.

"That's not necessarily a good thing. It may just mean more enemies." Amadesu points out.

"Better than having Berserkers everywhere." Geiz points out. "Oma Zi-O may have brought the Riders and Robots. Who knows what else he's brought to this time." Geiz said. Right, we still don't know to what extent my Oma self brought to France. "But why isn't he participating in this personally?" Geiz wonders.

"I think I may know the answer." Charlotte said, appearing. "May I?" Charlotte asks Geiz, to which he nods. "I think Oma Zi-O is attempting to test his younger self." Charlotte said looking at me. "It would stand to reason why he isn't here is to ensure his younger self becomes an Overlord like him." Charlotte explains.

"Right, that would explain his appearance at the Fort when getting the Ghost Watch back." Geiz agrees with the theory. "Still, that doesn't explain why he hasn't killed me or Tsukuyomi yet… But why?" Geiz wonders.

"Let's put such a question aside for now. For now, we should start searching for the other Servants as soon as we can. Better we have more allies on our side then what we have now." Amadeus agreed. "We should do so before the Alter Jeanne finds them first." Amadeus suggests.

"Indeed. I've lost my ability to detect Servants. So we'll have to depend on Mr, Roman, Miss, Olga, and Miss Da Vinci." Jeanne said to the Team at Chaldea.

"Sure thing. I can't match a full-powered Ruler, but we can search farther than a Servant." Romani said.

"We'll keep an eye out for them, as well as possible Alter Riders too." Olga said.

"Let's take a little break first! With this Alter Rider business and today's happenings, you're all tired, right?" Marie said to me, Geiz, and Tsukuyomi.

"Yes, Master, rest for a bit. You two as well Geiz, Tsukuyomi. We'll stand watch." Mash said to us. Geiz sighs before sitting against a tree and laying his back against it. Now that she mentions it. I think I'll take a nap. I lay down and put my head against the ground and close my eyes. Tsukuyomi sits and lets out a sigh.

Later that night…

After a good nap, I got up and with nothing to do, I decided to begin practicing with a blade. Swinging it around, not really sure of how to swing it. "I'm going to Patrol the area. Jeanne, please wait here." Mash said, heading off into the forest to patrol. I glance over to Jeanne who looks off with a concerned look on her face, Marie approaches and sits down next to her.

"Is something wrong, Jeanne? You seem defeated… Are you tired?" Marie asks.

"Marie… No, I'm not tired. I am a Servant, after all." Jeanne answers, Marie sits down next to Jeanne.

"Perhaps you're saddened by the state France is in… I mean, are you disappointed?" Marie asks Jeanne.

"No, I'm not disappointed. Thank you for your concern, Marie." Jeanne said putting her hands together. "But… Seeing those familiar towns in flames is a bit hard to bear." Jeanne laments looking at the ground.

"Yes… For you, especially, this era is exactly like it was when you were alive." Marie said. "It's different than what I feel inside… Memories that are still going on." Marie said, I walked over.

"It must especially sting, because of who is responsible… I've had some thoughts on why Alter may be doing this." I said sitting down, putting my blade next to a log. The two Servants listen in. "It has to do with how you died… I wonder if… Alter is just a version of you that regretted everything you did?" I theorised. "I mean, anyone would be angry at being accused of something you haven't done. I know you may not think that way… But it's clear that she does." I pointed out. I glance over to Geiz who's asleep… "I guess I can relate to how you feel Jeanne." I said, glancing over to Tsukuyomi who's also asleep.

"What do you mean?" Marie asks me. I grab my sword and look at it. I clench my grip on the blade. "Sougo?" Marie asks me.

"Don't tell Geiz or Tsukuyomi about this, but… this isn't the first time I've been called an Overlord." I said looking at my blade. "It… It was back when I was 4, only a few months after my parents died, and I moved in with my Uncle." I explain.

Japan 2004...

When I returned to school, what happened to me and everyone has spread around the school. And what I expected as a warm return, changed into a cold return. No one would look at me, or even talk to me. Even my friends, they stopped talking to me and left me alone. The only people who talked were those forced to talk to me and the Teachers… There were multiple nights where I had to cry myself to sleep…

"Hey, Sougo!" Whenever I heard that shouted at me, it always was followed by a bully session. I had become a prime target for a trio of bullies, who were spurred by the news and the demands of a few other students to bully me. From one person in particular.

"Eat this Sougo!" Kakogawa shouts at me, as he punches me across the face. My body tumbled to the ground, with blood beginning to bleed out of my mouth. "I HATE YOU!" Kakogawa shouted as he beated me down in the middle of the hall. Kakogawa Hiryu, another victim of the accident that killed my parents, as well as his. I had my uncle, but Hiryu… All he had was his parents and their dead, so he needed someone to express his anger on. And that was me. Eventually Hiryu was transferred out because of the beat downs he would do.

"Come on Sougo! Do something!" Even then, the bullying didn't stop. It continued, it got to the point where they would call me to the back of the school where they would push me around and hit me. It's around that time that I had enough, while delivering something to the teachers on a request, I had swiped a box cutter sitting on the table. "Haha ha! Come on do-" I was fast, I acted on instinct. Pulling out the box cutter, I extended out the blade and stabbed one of the bullies. "H-Huh?" One of the bullies muttered, I pulled the blade out. Blood begins to stain his shirt. But it wasn't serious, just a flesh wound. I had only extended it out enough to only cut flesh. But I didn't know that. "WAAAAH~!?" The Bully screamed out as he dropped to the ground. I charged at the other two cutting them in a few spots before throwing the two back to their friend on the ground.

"Never… Ever, touch me… Again. Don't even tell the Teachers, because if you do..." I said extending out the box cutter again. The three shaked their heads up and down. "Leave." I said, the three scrambled to their feet and ran away crying. The Teachers never knew, but the bullies never ever approached me again, word silently spread, my threat had made even the other students not say a word to anyone else. Behind my back, I was called an Overlord… Yes, on that day, I had become the Overlord of the school.

France 1413…

"Heh, funny to think… I want to be a king." I said looking at my reflection on the blade. "Perhaps, I really am meant to become an overlord." I said putting down my blade… "I… I hope I'm wrong… Because I really do… Want to be a king." I mutter under my breath. I look up at the two Servants with a forced smile. "Well, on the plus side, if something does make me an Overlord. I have Geiz to cut me down." I said, forcing out a chuckle.

"It's not funny." Jeanne said, standing up and walking over to me. "That's not who you are! You are not an Overlord!" Jeanne exclaims standing in front of me.

"Wh-What?" I asked, surprised.

"I saw how you acted when you saw the towns folk turned into zombies, you were horrified. With Alter Ex-Aid, you were relieved when you saved Mr. Ida and Keisukei. An Overlord wouldn't react like that!" Jeanne said, Marie takes my hands and kneels down in front of me.

"She's right. What you did was in self-defence." Marie assures, smiling. "No king has ever lived without making a mistake. Same with me, you can still become a king. A wonderful king in fact!" Marie said with a smile.

"Jeanne… Marie..." I mutter.

"Miss Nanami said something to Geiz that you should also hear too." Jeanne said. " said that: "Fate can be changed. It is only limited by your will, as well as how much help you have." and I believe that you can change. With Geiz, Tsukuyomi, Mash, Romani, Olga, and Da Vinci, as well as everyone from Chaldea by your side. You can change." Jeanne said smiling. Emu-Sensei told me the same thing...

"...Yeah… Thank you." I said with a smirk forming. "Yes-" I smile, when Assassin drops in with Mash.

"Master! Tsukuyomi! Wake up! We have enemies inbound!" Charlotte exclaims running over to Geiz. Tsukuyomi and Geiz jump up to their feet.

"A Servant? Wyverns? What is it?" Geiz asks, going over to Charlotte and putting on his belt.

"Wh-Uh… G-Geiz? W-Were you… Listening on us?" I ask Geiz, feeling some heat that's different from the fire on my face.

"What? What are you talking about?" Geiz asks me. "This sort of thing happens all the time. We were constantly on the move to avoid yo-Oma Zi-O's Watchers." Geiz explains. Oh… Of course, that makes sense.

"Master!" Mash exclaims running over to me. I put on my belt.

"Prepare for battle!" I exclaim, as Geiz and I put out our watches, turning the faces and inserting them into our belt.

"Zi-O!" "Geiz!" Tilting our belts we spin the belt face.

"Henshin!" We exclaim. The armor appears on us. Amadeus walks over to us, sighing as he stretches.

"What a drag. I've detected it, too. Having good hearing isn't always a good thing." Amadeus complains. "In fact, I hate this sound so much it makes me want to scream." Amadeus complains picking up his Conductor baton. "The Sound of an enemy's footstep is worse-" Geiz cuts Amadeus off.

"If you have time to complain, you have time to explain." Geiz said, taking out his weapon, to which I followed suit. "How many enemies?" Geiz asks.

"Ah I must say though. You had a nice rhyme there." Amadeus said, Geiz just shoots the look of 'Just shut up and answer me.' "*Ahem* from the sounds. Skeletons, Metal men, Wyverns, and… Something big." Amadeus said. Something big?

"How big are we talking? And does it make any growls?" I ask Amadeus.

"It's louder than a Wyvern, we should hear it approach soon." Amadeus said. We ready ourselves, as Skeletons, Guardians, Wyverns, as well as a few mechs. "But those metal men are the most annoying in terms of sound." Amadeus said, "I much prefer the sound of Mash and Maria's sleeping when we were camping. I enjoyed listening to them both." Amadeus said with a happy smile… That's… Weird. "But, not just the sound of you sleeping. I've recorded all the tiny sounds your body makes in my Wolfgang Recorder!" Amadeus exclaims… Wow…

"A-A sexually harassing Servant!" Mash exclaims, running over to me and hiding behind me.

"I'm sorry, Mash. As his keeper, I apologize." Marie said, blushing. "But bear with him a little. Without his ears, he's nothing more than a pervert!" Marie explains looking at Amadeus in a bit of disappointment.

"What are you saying? Human beings create filth just by living! Only by realizing that you create true music. Life is filth, and music cleanses it." Amadeus argues.

"If only." Geiz said, reaching to his watch holder. Taking a watch with a blue face and lime green body and tossing the watch to me. "Here, Zi-O use this." Geiz said to me, I catch the watch and look at who it is… Snipe?!

"W-Wait! Geiz! I'm Terrible at shooting! You've seen it! I can't shoot the broad side of a train!" I exclaim. Geiz sighs as he takes out a blue watch with a silver face.

"The Rider's ability will be yours to use when you transform. Like with Build. You'll shoot fine." Geiz said, taking out his watch. I look at the watch. Oh yeah. We step forward and put out our watches turning the faces on them and activating them.

"Zi-O!" "Geiz!" "Brave!" "Snipe!" We then insert the watches into our drivers, tilting the belt face and spinning it.

"Henshin!" The Watch rings spiral around us.

"Rider Time!" "Kamen Rider~! Zi-O!" "Kamen Rider! Geiz!" The armor appears. "Level Up! Brave!" "Level Up! Snipe!" The watches exclaim as the armor attaches onto us piece by piece.

The Brave Armor is using the same base as the Ex-Aid armor. With the differences being in the arms, helmet, and color. The helmet is now knight-like, with Geiz's yellow Kanji text reading Brave. The shoulders are blue Gashats, and the left arm has a shield, and the right arm has a basic brace.

The Snipe Armor is the same. With Snipe helmet, hair covering the right eye side of the visior. With the word Snipe in pink Kanji. Gashat shoulders, and no difference besides colors like Snipe.

"Ooh. Nice." I said summoning my gun into my hand.

"Gashacon Magnum!" I look at the Magnum in my hand. Cool. Like an arcade shooter cabinet! I take aim, pulling the trigger, the shot flies out and hits right at the joint of the wing. The Wyvern falls to the ground breaking its neck. Wow! I'll really have to practice with Snipe Armor!

"Master that was an amazing shot!" Mash said coming over.

"Yeah, Mash! Cover me from the Guardians while I take out the Wyverns!" I order Mash. I take aim and Mash puts up her shield to defend. I start firing off shot hitting and killing the Wyverns. A Wyvern dives in, but not to me. Towards Tsukuyomi. "Tsukuyomi get out of there!" I shout at her, Tsukuyomi takes out her Faiz Phone X and attempts to shoot down the Wyvern. She hits the Wyvern but it's body falls to the ground and is on a crash course to slam into Tsukuyomi.

"Look out!" Mash shouts at Tsukuyomi. Tsukuyomi dodges out of the way, only for another Wyvern that flew past my view to grab up Tsukuyomi. "TsukuyomI!" Mash shouts, I take aim and shoot the feet, freeing Tsukuyomi, but she's high up enough that the fall could kill her.

"Tsukuyomi!" I shout, I hear galloping as Marie rides in with Jeanne, Jeanne launches up into the air catching Tsukuyomi and landing back on the glass horse.

"Sougo! We have her. We'll handle the skeletons. You and Geiz handle the metal men." Jeanne said putting down Tsukuyomi. I nod and turn back to fight the walkers approaching us.

"Gashacon Sword!" I hear looking over to Geiz who summons Brave's blade into his hand. He swings and cuts down a guardian. Geiz presses the A button. "Ko Chin~!" The blade flips and freezes, Geiz button mashes the B button lifting the blade up then slamming the edge of the blade into the ground. The ground around Geiz freezes, completely freezing the Guardians and the legs of the walker.

"Assassin." Geiz said, Charlotte takes out her knife and speedily cuts though the Guardians. Geiz takes out his blade then runs at the Walker, jumping up and cutting the legs of the Walkers, they tumble to the ground and explode. Geiz presses A again on his blade, switching back to Fire.

"Ka Chin~!" Cool elemental switching! I reach down to my Magnum and press the A button.

"Ba Kyun!" The Magnum said as a barrel extension flips out into a rifle, with a scope on the side. Neat! I take aim and pick off more Skeletons, Guardians, and the last few Wyverns.

"Last!" I shout firing the last shot. The round is a headshot the Wyvern falls down snapping its neck upon impact. Ooh… Ouch.

"All that's left are the Servants!" Mash exclaims.

"Is everyone alright? Does anyone need healing?" Marie asks, blasting a skeleton into a pile of bones.

"We're good here." Jeanne breaks down a Skeleton. "What about you, Tsukuyomi?" Jeanne asks her.

"I'm fine. Romani, are the Servants here yet?" Tsukuyomi asks over the coms.

"They're coming. Are you ready?" Romani asks us. The Trees rumble as footsteps encroach on our location.

"Ground team, heads up!" Olga said, a tree is pushed aside as a Turtle like Dragon walks in. Standing on her back is a woman with light purple hair with blue eyes. She carries a cross staff with her. Considering they are all Berserkers, I don't expect her to be really talkative.

"...Hello, everybody. What a lonely night." The Servant greets us… What a… Calm greeting.

"Who are you?" Jeanne asks, stepping up.

"Who? Let's see, I wonder who I am." The Servant wonders. "I forced myself to be a righteous saint, but in this world I'm a slave to a broken one." The Saint said. She's a saint? Then perhaps she could join us? The saint looks at her palm, I look at her hand to see some blood dripping from it. "Yes, thanks to her, my reason has left and I've gone mad." She clenches her hand hard, as more blood slowly begins to drip out. Oh shit. "I am doing everything I can to hold myself back. What a mess this is." The Saint steps down from her dragon and approaches us. "So while I appreciate your hopes, I cannot join you. You don't want a Servant who'll stab you from behind at every single opportunity, do you?" The saint said looking back at her dragon petting it with her other hand.

"Then why did you come here?" Jeanne asks.

"...My task was to observe you, but my waning reason whispers that I should test you." The saint said, turning back to us. Saint, dragon, cross… Could she be? "You face the Dragon Witch. Disaster incarnate, riding on the "Ultimate dragon." If you cannot surpass me, you will never defeat her." The saint said, raising up her staff and pointing it at us. "Defeat me. Plung your blade into my heart without hesitation." The Saint exclaims, pointing her staff at me. "Do not be held back by the chains of the Past Overlord! Do not let the fear of Tomorrow cloud your judgment! Show me your will to become a King! Now come to me, Iron Dragon Tarrasque!" The saint orders the Dragon behind her roaring.

"Tarrasque… Of Course! She's Saint Martha!" I exclaim looking at her. She still manages to keep a calm look, despite her situation… I look at her determined look. One not filled with Anger and Hatred. It's one filled with Determination and Will. How much will, must you have to still have some part of your reason still with you?... That kind of will… To defy power… "Understood." I mutter looking at Martha. "I, Tokiwa Sougo swear to take you down! Saint Martha! Ready yourself! Let's go!" I shout.

"Yes, that is it. Come all of you! Let us see if you are capable of slaying me!" Martha said.

"Watch out, Ground team!" Olga said. "She's no joke. She defeated the very dragon with her with only her prayers. If she's a Servant, that means she's a dragon Rider!" Olga said, as Tarrasque roars at us.

"What's the plan?" Geiz asks, I look up at the tree line, then back at Tarrasque who approaches us.

"I have an idea! Geiz, make a smoke screen!" I said to Geiz. He switches his blade to ice. Button mashing B before jamming it back into the ground. A large pillar of ice forms, Geiz then switches to fire and mashes B again then setting the pillar on fire with steam exuding everywhere. "Now everyone get it!" I shotu as I turn to the trees and jump up and I begin climbing.

"What kind of plan is this!?" Tsukuyomi asks, shooting. I climb onto a tall tree's branch. I materialise the Bang Bang Shooting Gashat into my hand. Ooh, nice. I insert the Gashat into the Rifle.

"Gashat! Kimewaza!" I take aim, my reticle targeted at Martha who's standing on the back of Tarrasque. "Bang Bang! Critical Finish!" I fire off the shot, it hits Martha off Tarrasque. I continue to fire, this time at the bases of the trees around Tarrasque.

"Timber!~" I shout, as multiple trees fall upon Tarrasque. Everyone moves back to avoid the trees. "Geiz! Put that Turtle on ice!" I shout down to Geiz. Geiz looks at his blade.

"So that's the plan! Not bad!" Geiz shouts, switching his blade back to ice. Then puts Tarrasque's body in ice. "Assassin! Finish it!" Geiz shouts putting up his hand where his Command Seals are, begins to glow.

"Okay!" Charlotte said approaching Tarrasque. "I can't change the world, but the world can't make me lose my edge either." Light begins to glow from the heavens as Charlotte approaches Tarrasque. "Excuse me, would you mind joining me on a ignoreant Murder?" Charlotte stabs Tarrasque in the head, right at the brain, a small bit of blood spurts out onto Charlotte's face. "Le Rêve Ensoleillé. Goodbye, my beloved" She smiles removing her blade with a bit of blood dripping from it.

"Yes! Nice one Geiz! Charlotte!" I said, the tree I stand on begins to shake. I look down to see the tree beginning to fall. "Shit!" I exclaim holding onto the tree.

"Senpai!" Mash shouts, I fall down on the ground. When I approach the ground, I jump off and roll across the ground. The tree falls down next to me, I lift myself up, only to have a staff pointed at my face.

"I'm impressed. But is that all you have?" Martha asks me. I slap the staff out of the way, before aiming my rifle at her face. I fire off a shot, Martha dodges back, swinging around and knocking my rifle away. I summon my blade, as Martha comes in again from above. I manage to block, but I'm pushed against the ground. "A normal Human can't possibly match against a Servant!" Martha said pinning me against the ground.

"G-Grr…" I attempt to push back, but to no avail. "I-I could get some help here! Please!" I exclaim, Martha brings up her staff when Jeanne jumps in kicking Martha away. "Whew… Thanks." I thank Jeanne. She puts her hand out to me. I take it as she helps me up.

"You're welcome." Jeanne replies.

"Senpai!" Mash exclaims jumping over the trunk. "Are you okay?" Mash asks me. I walk over to the trunk, picking up my rifle from the ground, we turn to Martha.

"I am now. Let's go, you two." I said taking aim at Martha. "Time to finish off the saint." I said. The three of us look at each other, before we all nod in agreement. "Mash! Front and center! Jeanne you and Mash move in! I'll cover from a distance." I said firing at Martha. Martha blocks the shots, as Mash and Jeanne charge in. Martha blasts balls of light at Mash. Mash blocks, Martha charges in, jumping on Mash's shield then jumping over at Jeanne. Martha swings at Jeanne, Jeanne blocks and pushes Martha away. "I've got you in my sight!" I said shooting at Martha. Martha dodges a few shots but I get multiple hits in.

"Haa~!" Mash shouts charging in from behind, swinging her shield. Martha jumps over the shield and kicks Mash into Jeanne. "Kiyaa~!" Mash said as she fell towards Jeanne. Jeanne catches Mash, as Martha comes in again. I fire at Martha but she dodges the shots.

"Mash, look out!" I shout to Mash. Mash turns around blocking Martha pushing her back. Mash proceeds to swing her shield at Martha, keeping Martha on her feet. Unable to get a good hit in, Martha jumps back to make some distance. "You're mine!" I shout, taking aim, pulling out the Gashat and then re-inserting it.

"Gashat! Kimewaza! Bang Bang! Critical Finish!" I shoot at Martha, but while I shoot, Martha points her staff at me and fires at me. Oh shi-

We are Mash

The ball of light hits Senpai as he falls on his back. "Senpai!" I shout, running over to him. I kneel down to check on him. I look back at Martha, who clenches her shoulder as she lifts herself up. "Senpai! Senpai!" I shout, shaking Sougo.

"Oooh~ That hurts like hell." Sougo mumbles slowly lifting himself up.

"Senpai! Are you okay?" I ask him.

"No… Not at all. I feel like my guts have been squashed." Sougo said, I take his arm and help him up. Jeanne looks at Martha, with everyone else joining us. "Took you long enough." Sougo said, looking at Geiz.

"Hey, don't blame us. Tarrasque was harder to kill than we thought." Geiz said, walking over to Sougo and helping me. "Here." Geiz said, helping me. Martha stands up, wiping her shoulder where Senpai's shot hit. The clothes and chain mail are burnt and destroyed, but Martha's herself is fine.

"... I see. That's enough." Martha said dusting herself off.

"Martha. Did you-" Jeanne begins to ask.

"Hold back? Of course not." Martha said chuckling. "A quick plan and execution. Well done." Martha said to Sougo. "You and you're allies as well… This is fine, it's fine this way." Martha said smiling at us. "Seriously, don't make a saint massacre you!" Martha said.

"Yeah. One's enough." Sougo said, coughing.

"Senpai!" I exclaim, Sougo assures me that he's fine. We look back at Martha.

"Listen, let me tell you one last thing. You'll never beat the Dragon controlled by the Dragon Witch." Martha said, then pointing in a direction. "There's only one way to surpass that type of Dragon. Go to Lyon… The city once known as Lyon." Martha directs. "It won't be a saint who defeats the dragon, nor a princess. Ever since ancient times, only a "Dragon Slayer" is capable of killing a dragon." Martha said before glancing over at where Tarrasque lies dead. "Tarrasque, I'm sorry… Next time, I hope I'll be summoned properly." Martha laments.

"Don't worry." Sougo said standing up straight. "I get the feeling that we'll see each other again." Sougo said, removing his helmet and smiling. "So when I do summon you. We'll beat up all the guys who're destroying history!" Sougo exclaims pointing at Martha. Martha takes in the comment, before giggling and smiling.

"Yes, till we meet again, You're Highness." Martha said before she fades away into nothing.

"...Even Saint Martha can't resist her." Jeanne said.

"But Damn if she doesn't put up a hell of a fight… Ow… I need to sit down." Sougo said, I help him sit down.

"She'd undergone Madness Enhancement, in addition to being summoned. Perhaps it can't be helped. Normally it would be impossible to even talk to her." I said.

"Yet she pulled that off and kept a straight face." Geiz said, removing his armor. "I guess that just shows the will power she had." Geiz said.

"Yes. She was peaceful, yet fierce as a person. I could tell." Marie said looking at where she once stood. "She is the Iron Saint. She is a woman like adamantite, who solves things with her fists in the end." Marie said.

"A very dangerous person to cross. I hope we may cross paths with her again someday." Charlotte said.

"They say she defeated the Tarrasque with a sermon, but I bet she just beat it up." Amadesu said, sighing. "Anyway, thanks to her, we know where we're going. We should hurry, right? Let's get going to Lyon." Amadeus directs.

"... I'm surprised. Amadeus seemed like, um, the type of person who'd hate to travel on foot..." I said, Senpai taps me and puts out his hand. "Oh, right." I said taking his hand and helping him up. Marie walks over and Helps Sougo up.

"Oh no, Amadeus loves traveling. He's traveled to many places ever since he was a child." Marie said.

"...Well, I suppose it's true that I'm used to traveling." Amadeus said.

"Hehe, I'm getting excited. I wonder what, and who, waits for us in Lyon!" Marie exclaims with excitement. Marie turns around to Sougo and Jeanne. "Come on, Jeanne, Sougo. Let's get going!" Marie exclaims in excitement.

"Right!" Jeanne said smiling.

"Yeah, just… Argh..." Sougo grunted. "C-Can someone carry me? I… I don't think I'm in a good walking condition." Sougo said.

We are Observer

With Jeanne Alter she hears the news. "Did Rider commit suicide? It's troublesome that she retained her sanity. Even with Madness Enhancement." Alter mutters, Savior and Nega walk over.

"Thus the saint falls. A shame. For a woman of god, I figured her faith would be stronger." Savior said flicking his lockseed's button.

"Well that went as well as I thought." Nega said chuckling. "Good a servant she was." Nega said sarcastically.

"Still, she likely fought with all her might. If that's the case, we can't let our guard down. Next time, "he" and I will mobilize. I'm also taking the Servants summoned today." Alter turned to Gilles behind her. "Please contact Berserk Assassin." Alter orders.

"Understood. If I were who I was before, I would've stopped. But now, you're perfect Jeanne! You don't even need luck!" Gilles exclaims, before bowing to her. "Please trample over them as much as you wish." Gilles said, much to Nega's groaning.

"Do you ever stop getting off kissing her ass like that?" Nega said walking at Gilles.

"Silence Creature! You know nothing of her! Jeanne… A perfect being." Gilles exclaims.

"Gilles. Which do you think is the real one? Me, or her?" Alter asks Gilles. Gilles looks at Alter.

"Of course it's you. Are you listening, Jeanne? You were burned at the stake. Betrayed, by everyone!" Gilles exclaims. "Charles VII left you to die, because he didn't want to pay the ransom!" Gilles exclaims clenching his fists. "Not a single person rose to bravely fight for your return!" Giles shouts.

"Then… Does that not include you? From the way you speak, you did not try to invervine yourself." Savior said looking at Gilles.

"Yeah. What? Were you expecting God or something to save her?" Nega asks.

"Yes! He… The great one. It was God! It was our God, mocking us!" Gilles said turning to the glass murals on the walls. "Thus, we deny God. Don't we, Jeanne?" Gilles asks Jeanne.

"...Yes. Yes you're right, Gilles. I have nothing left." Alter said, clenching her hand into a fist. "My soldiers are gone, and my admiries fled. The king betrayed me and the bishop burned me in the name of God. I was wrong. No, everything was wrong. Not just what I believed in. The very country that allowed me to exist was wrong." Alter said.

"So, that's why you want to wipe all of France out then?" Nega asks, tossing his pass up and catching it. "To wipe out the country known as France?" Nega wonders looking at Jeanne.

"Not just France. This mistake must be righted. Jeanne d'Arc was a mistake." Alter said. "So let us do as they decided, and make it all so it never happened. My salvation of the country itself is a fatal mistake." Alter said.

"...Jeanne. Please, don't put yourself under such stress. This is divine punishment. Nothing more. Your revenge is righteous. What you saved, you may destroy." Gilles said. "Isn't that all there is to it?" Gilles asks.

"... You're right, Gilles. What you say is extreme, but it brings me strength." Jeanne said.

"Heh… Hahahahaha!" Nega said clapping.

"What are you laughing about?" Alter asks.

"Ah~ It all makes sense now. That Overlord was right about us being a good match..." Nega said walking over to Alter. "You want to wipe out this timeline and drag as many people down with you." Nega said smiling. "That sounds like one hell of a deal! Hey, bring me with ya. Hearing what you wanna do has gotten me itching for a fight!" Nega said, pulling out his belt. "I've been wanting to cause some havoc!" Nega said, clenching his pass. "So count me in on some carnage." Nega said smiling.

"... Very well. Let's go, Berserker, Assassin… This is getting Complicated. May I use your True Names?" Alter asks. "Lancelot, Knight of the Lake; and the Executioner, Charles-Henri Sanson. Mount your wyverns. I shall lead you." Alter orders, Lancelot is silent.

"... Of course, Master. Only I am fit to take the head of the Queen." Sanson said, grabbing his blade. The team walks towards the door.

We are Marie…

"...And that's what happened…" The man explains to Me.

"I see, I see! Understood. How interesting. How very interesting!" I said nodding. "Thank you, kind sir. Farewell, until we meet again!" I exclaim, the man blushes nodding.

"Y-Yes ma'am! Um, by the way, you seem to be of noble birth. What is your name-" The man asks.

"My name is Marie Antoinette! Hehe, it might be worth remembering." I said and with a little smirk. "... Keep passing it down for 360 years or so, and someone might be in for a surprise, hehe." I said with a chuckle, before leaving. I head back outside the city. "Guys! I got the information!" I said walking over to our camp that was set up outside.

"Sorry, Marie. I will cause a panic if I go into town..." Jeanne apologies, we look over to Sougo who is being given medicine.

"Don't worry, Jeanne. We're both Servants, you know." I assure Jeanne. "Now, I've got some great information. The city St. Martha told us, Lyon. To put it simply, Lyon was destroyed a little while ago. It's refugees have settled here." I explained.

"The "used to be" nuance interests me… So it's just as I thought?" Jeanne said, I nodded.

"Yes. The town is filled with monsters that seem to have risen from the depths of Hell. But I think what came before that is the important part. They said Lyon had a protector." I said, Sougo looks over.

"A protector huh? Any details?" Sougo asks me.

"A knight with a large sword, who defeats wyverns and skeletons." I explain.

"That sounds like a Servant alright, maybe the one Martha talked about." Geiz said.

"Yes. But a little while ago, some scary people came." I said.

"What do you mean by Scary people?" Geiz asks.

"Servants, probably. He was overwhelmed by their numbers and is now missing. And so Lyon was destroyed." I finished explaining.

"I hope he's alive..." Mash mutters. "No, let's believe in the words to St. Martha." Mash said.

"Oh, right. Charles VII visited the village, and General Gilles de Rais marshalled the routed soldiers, they said. He's attempting to attack Lyon and take back the city." I explained.

"Wait. General? Gilles… Well… I'm sure that would be… Difficult to meet with him." Sougo said, glancing over to Jeanne.

"Why is that?" I ask. "Gilles de Rais is an admirer of Jeanne, right?" I ask everyone, Jeanne nods confirming me. "If Jeanne asks, he's sure to lend a helping hand?" I wonder.

"...That's precisely the reason. He knows that I've become the Dragon Witch. He wouldn't accept me like that." Jeanne said.

"... I see. I'm not sure if that's quite right. But I understand that you might not want to see him! You're a girl, after all." I said. "Yes, I agree we don't need to see him! We're in a hurry, after all. I don't think normal soldiers can handle all those monsters in Lyon, anyway..." I said.

"Speaking of not being able to handle things." Olga speaks up, as she appears in a blue light. "Tsukuyomi I think it's best that you return to Chaldea." Olga said.

"What? Why?" Tsukuyomi asks.

"It's due to lack of a proper way to protect yourself. I should have brought this but before, but I was… Busy with other things that I forgot to ask you before you went on mission." Olga explains. "I'll be the first to admit you did better than I thought. But I feel that if you stay like this, you might become a burden to the Ground team. Which is why I want you here in the command room." Olga said to Tsukuyomi.

"What more help would I be there if not here?" Tsukuyomi asks.

"Well, I could always use a helping hand here." Romani speaks up. "With you here, I could work on figuring out more about the Singularity." Romani explains. "You would be able to help more people here than on the field." Romani finishes. Tsukuyomi considers before looking at everyone…

"Understood, Director." Tsukuyomi responds.

"Good, we will bring in our Time Mazine to pick you up." Olga said, before she disappears.

"Tsukuyomi." Geiz said, Tsukuyomi glances over. "I feel more comfortable with you watching over me then anyone else." Geiz assures.

"Heh, don't get comfortable with me not being there." Tsukuyomi said before walking off.

"Right, I guess it's just up to us from now on." Sougo said, standing back up. "We got this." Sougo said.

"Sougo… You're right. This is nothing." Jeanne said.

"With Tsukuyomi watching over us, we'll take back the city in no time." Sougo said with a confident smile.

"Yes, that's what it means to be a boy! Here's your reward!" I said before walking over to Sougo and kissing him on the cheek. Everyone looks at me confused, as Sougo's face turns red as a tomato. "Well? Was it good?" I ask, Sougo takes a moment to take in all his feelings.

"What?" Mash exclaims flushed. Sougo almost tumbles back, when Mash steps in to stop him from falling. "Master, hand in there... Jeez!" Mash exclaims, propping Sougo up.

"What are you doing?" Geiz asks.

"Ah… This must be the Antoinette Kiss." Charlotte said, Geiz looks at her in confusion. "I heard many a rumor that this happened often in the palace." Charlotte explains.

"Yup. Maria's bad habit of kissing everything, caused chaos in the palace on many occasions." Amadeus said. "There were actually factions formed of people she'd kissed and people she hadn't. No playwright would touch a story about a court that almost destroyed itself before the revolution." Amadeus explains.

"What is with that?" Geiz said.

"Master, come on. Snap out of it. Snap out of it!" Mash exclaims, shaking Sougo. Wait… Did I do something wrong?

"Huh? You guys don't do kisses?" I ask looking at everyone. "Maybe like when your heart feels like someones squeezing it… You do it too, right Jeanne?" I ask, looking at Jeanne.

"I-I do not! I do not!" Jeanne exclaims her face flushed red. "Only with someone I was going to marry-" Jeanne said.

"I-..." Sougo mutters, before he shakes his head. "Wh-Whoa… That's a whole new experience… I've never-" Sougo mutters before Geiz walks over, knocking Sougo on the head. "Ow… Thanks." Sougo thanks.

"No problem. We need to stay focused on the mission people. Let's move!" Geiz said, walking off, everyone glancing at each other. Mash, Sougo, and Charlotte quickly follow, with Jeanne, Amadeus, and I all exchanging a glance before following.

Near Lyon… We are Sougo

"We're almost there, don't you think?" Marie asks, crossing the open fields.

"Yes, we should be." Jeanne confirms. "... Though the thought of having to see a ruined town again, is heartbreaking." Jeanne expresses, as we see the outside walls of Lyon.

Lyon…

"...There's no one here." Jeanne said looking beyond the gate of the town.

"Doctor, Tsukuyomi-san, any signs of life?" Mash asks, only to be met with silence. "Doctor? Tsukuyomi-san?... I'm sorry. Reception's not very good here." Mash explained turning to us. "Let's split up and search for that "Dragon Slayer" Martha mentioned." Mash suggests.

"Right. Let's see which of us finds that person first. Amadeus and I will take the west side." Marie said with Amadeus joining her.

"Then Mash and I will take the east." Jeanne said, Mash nods joining Jeanne.

"Then I guess that leaves me and Geiz to take the north." I said looking at Geiz.

"Assassin, circle around to the town and come in through the south." Geiz orders Charlotte, Charlotte nods before heading off to circle around. "Everyone, once we have made our rounds, let's meet in the center of the city." Geiz suggests to everyone. Everyone nods in agreement.

"Okay, now that we have that. Let's go." I said. "And Mash. Stay safe." I tell Mash, she smiles and nods.

"I will Senpai." Mash said before she and Jeanne head off. Geiz and I walk straight into the town… As we walk through the town passing buildings and bodies a question comes to mind.

"Hey… Geiz?" I ask, Geiz glances back at me. "Is destruction like this make me wonder… Is what Oma… I, do in the future, worse than this?" I ask Geiz, Geiz glances around at all the destruction then straight ahead.

"Yeah. No country, state, city, town, or settlement was spared from Oma Zi-O's wrath." Geiz said, stopping at a stall with a soldier's dead body smashed against it. His back is clearly bent at a 90 degree angle, with claw marks on the shoulders. "First the Mage's Association, then the Church, then the major militaries, then the world." Geiz lists off. "If you were a normal person, a quick death is mercy compared to some." Geiz said turning around to look at me.

"What do you mean?" I ask him.

"If you were a mage, politician, CEO, basically anyone with power. You were stripped of everything, humiliated, and tortured, all before being made into a Slave." Geiz said, looking back at the body. "Course that's not to say that submitting to Oma Zi-O didn't end well for some." Geiz said looking up at the sky. "Those who submitted to him, became Oma Zi-O's slaves, making monuments, palaces, and working many of the mines, farms, and factories. Still, they had a comfy roof and food… But they had nothing else besides that." Geiz said.

"That's why people still rebelled. They had no other freedom." I mumbled, Geiz nods.

"That's it. That's why we fought… Does this answer your question?" Geiz asks me. I nod. Just how many people's lives have I ruined just by my existence? The rest of the search is silent, with no one in sight, we meet up with everyone in the city's center. "Did you find anyone?" Geiz asks Jeanne. She shakes her head before Jeanne looks around the town.

"This was once a beautiful town. Why would that Dragon witch do this?" Jeanne mutters aloud as we meet up. She turns to a direction. "Wait… I thought I heard something. Did you hear that?" Jeanne asks, Geiz and I look at each other in confusion.

"Yes, faintly. It may be a survivor. Let's go check it out." Mash said, we approach when we see corpses begin to stand up. "Living dead!" Mash exclaims.

"Let's deal with them quickly!" I said. Geiz and I strap our belts on, twisting our watch faces and putting them into our belts. "Henshin!" We shout spinning our belts.

"Rider Time!" The armor appears on us, readying our weapons and we engage the living dead. I hate to do this, but I'll put your bodies to rest. Rest in peace. I think as we charge and begin cutting down Zombies. You know, I think I'm getting used to fighting now. We make quick work of the zombies. Jeanne cuts the last Zombie down, as the body goes limp Jeanne looks at it.

"Phew! Enemy eliminated. May their souls rest in peace." Jeanne said, footsteps approaching. A man with a dark black cloak, conductor clothing, with red gloves with sharp blade fingers stained with blood. His face is half covered with bandages and a mask.

"Peace… Do they desire peace? That is such a foolish thing to say." He said looking down at the bodies. "They have no peace in their souls. There is certainty none residing in us Servants. This world has been frozen for years..." He said looking at us with a creepy smile.

"...Servant!" Mash exclaims. We all ready ourselves for battle.

"Who are you?" Jeanne asks. I take a good look at the man. Half mask, soul… his clothes...

"This is just a wild guess but… Are you… the man in the Phantom of the Opera?" I ask, Please let me be wrong.

"Correct. People call me- The Phantom of the Opera." Opera introduces himself. Oh come on. "By order of the "Dragon Witch," this town is under my absolute control. Now, now, now. This is the middle of Hell, where the dead live." Opera said. "-What are you going to do?" He asks me.

"We'll take you down!" I said.

"Just like that, Master! Here we go!" Mash exclaims.

"Let's go!" I shout, taking aim and firing. Opera dodges the shot and jumps at me. Shit! I put up my gun barely managing to block Opera's blade fingers. Mash charges in and slams Opera with her shield, knocking him off me. Amadeus and Maria shoot at Opera from two angles keeping Opera on his feet.

"Assassin! Get in there!" Geiz orders firing at Opera. Charlotte runs in with a knife at the ready. Opera and Charlotte begin a clash to blades. I get back up and take aim, Charlotte jumps into the air. Marie, Amadeus, Geiz, and I open fire. Opera dodges the shots, Jeanne and Mash moves in and engages. Opera enters a blade lock barely holding back Charlotte, Jeanne, and Mash.

"Haa~!" The Three shout in sync launching Opera back. Marie and Amadeus fire at Opera managing to get a hit in. Geiz takes out the Brave Ride Watch turning the watch face and inserting it into his weapon.

"Finish Time!" Geiz pulls back the arrow hammer, then letting the hammer fly. "Brave! Gira Gira Shoot!" The Arrow flies into Opera. He attempts to block only for his arms to be frozen solid.

"Mash! Now! Break the Ice!" I order, Mash charges and jumps at Opera thrusting her shield at Opera, shattering the ice and leaving Opera armless. Oooh, I was not… Expecting. Jeanne and Charlotte jump in and stab Opera. The two land on the ground and they back away from Opera.

"Ugh! Still, my mission is accomplished. Though I shall never be rewarded, never. This is where my song ends, but the real Hell starts now." Opera said opening his arms out towards the sky. "Rejoice, oh Holy Maiden! Your evil has grown even more than you." Opera said, then coughing up blood.

"-Be silent. It must be hard to even talk now." Jenne said to Opera.

"These are not words. This is a song. To lament your future, and to mourn it. Forget about the Dragon Slayer… Run to the ends of the earth. If lady luck is on your side, you might just have a chance to escape. Here it comes. The Dragon is here. The Devil is here. An evil dragon unlike any of you have seen before." Opera said as his body began to glow.

"You're a stubborn one, aren't you? The coda has ended, now back to hell with you." Amadeus said, Opera goes limb and disappears.

"An Evil… Dragon?" Mash mutters, I look off into the distance. Why do I get the feeling like I know what's going to happen next? Just then the Cladea Command calls us.

"Ground Team!? Ground Team?! Finally, we're through. Good job Dr. Roman. Ground Team! You need to get out of the city now!" Olga exclaims.

"This reading is way beyond a Servant, it's indicating an "Ultra-size lifeform." It's approaching with incredible speed!" Roman explains to us.

"...Beyond a Servant? Can such a lifeform even exist in this world?!" Mash exclaims, Geiz taps on my shoulder, I look at him, and he points up to the sky.

"Well from the readings it does look like that! Wait… I'm also detecting 3 Servants heading your way!" Tsukuyomi said.

"Yeah, I think we can see them too." I said pointing off to see a large winged creature followed by a small ontrague of smaller winged creatures.

"...It must be them. This is quite a problem." Marie said looking at the sky.

"The Orchestra is done. Let's get out of here. I know we just wasted our effort, but that's life." Amadeus said turning to leave.

"Negative on that Amadeus. If that large creature really is a Dragon, then you need to find that "Dragon Slayer" Now more than ever." Olga said. "Tsukuyomi, search for any other Servant signatures in the town." Olga orders Tsukuyomi, she nods and starts typing away on her console.

"What? Are you a crazy Director?! No no no no! There's no time!" Roman exclaims.

"But if we abandon that Servant now, we may never get another chance!" Jeanne said. She's right, that Servant has to be here somewhere? But… Where? I close my eyes and try to wrack my brain, just then I feel a shock surge through my eyes. Ow… I rub my eyes, opening them. I see what looks like a ghost outline of the town and someone hobbling down the street.

"What the?" I mutter. I follow the shadow.

"Zi-O? Where are you going?" Geiz asks.

"I… I think I see where this Dragon Slayer is. I hope." I said before I started running towards the castle in the center of the town. Everyone follows after me, we enter the castle. Following the ghost into a dark room where a man is lying against a wall. "Hey! Are you okay?!" I shouted, running over to him.

"What a terrible wound!" Jeanne exclaims as we all approach the man. The Man grabs his blade and immediately swings it at me. Mash moves in the way blocking the strike.

"One after… Another." The Man managed to say readying to fight us.

"Please wait! We are on your side! At least, we have no intention of causing you harm!" Jeanne explains to the man, the man gives us a confused look.

"At any rate, please hurry! A dragon is approaching! Several Servants are with it, as well. We are at an overwhelming disadvantage here." Mash said to the Man.

"A dragon, huh… I see… That's why I was summoned and then attacked." The man surmises. Mash and I walk over to the man to help him up.

"We will help you, so let's get out of here." I said as Mash and I lifted him up.

"I'm sorry, I owe you one!" The Man- No he's clearly a Servant, grey hair, knight armor yet… An exposed chest with neon blue markings? And his blade… No, now's not the time. Save that for later. We help the man up and we move to leave the castle, as we rush through the halls, I can't help but feel like someone is watching us.

"Hurry, Sougo! Even we can sense it approaching!" Marie said as we got out into the front of the castle.

"It's in plain sight now!" Tsukuyomi updates us.

"This is… No, it can't be!" Romani said, we looked up at the large Dragon, it's wings flapping as it came towards us.

"Wyverns can't compare to that thing. That's a real dragon!" Mash said. The Dragon lands it's wings blowing large gusts of winds at us. We put up our arms to block the dust and debris coming at us.

"...I was wondering what you found, turns out it's just another dying Servant. Very well, you can all die together!" Alter exclaims as she steps into view, as the Dragon begins walking towards us.

"It's coming!" Marie said readying for a fight.

"No, get back, Maria! Your Noble Phantasm is useless here!" Amadeus said to Marie, Mash steps forward.

"I-I am going out!" Mash said.

"Stop! Don't be ridiculous!" I tell Mash grabbing her by the hand. "There's no way you can stop that Dragon by yourself! Geiz help me- Hey, where's Geiz?" I ask looking around, to see he's nowhere to be seen. The Dragon lifts up it's head preparing to blast fire at us.

"Time Mazine!" We hear as Geiz drops in with his Time Mazine and changes into its mech form. Grabbing the Dragons head and slamming it into the ground. Right! We have our own Titans! Geiz pushes back the Dragon and steps back to look at me.

"What are you waiting for?! Get your mech in here!" Geiz orders me. No argument here! I reach down to my belt and press my Ride Watch three times.

"Time Mazine!" My Time Mazine flies in and I run over to the machine. Everyone makes some distance as I enter my machine. Switching to mech mode, I walk over to Geiz as we stare down the Dragon. Just then we hear a horn go off.

"A… Horn?" I ask when I see a portal appear in the sky, from the portal comes a… Train? No… "That's a Shinkansen?" I ask, zooming in with my camera I get a clear look at the Train.

It's body is white with a black top and bottom, with red visior like glass in the shape of eyes on the front and back of the train. Cross the other cars are an outline of red on the top of the cars. With blue on the outline of the windows. Finally there are dark blue tribal markings across the whole train.

"Good I haven't missed the party." Nega said over the loudspeaker. Nega is in that train?

"Where have you been?" Alter asks looking off in the distance. "And what is that… Steel Dragon?" Alter asks. I guess that could look like a Dragon in one perspective.

"I brought our second ace in the hole. I've been itching to use this bad boy. Seeing those two having mechs too just makes me want to go wild!" Nega said the Train makes some distance away from the city and makes a turn around to move at us.

"Um… I don't like the look of that Geiz." I said turning to him. Geiz scoffs.

"It's nothing. A Shinkansen is a type of train right? All we need to do is knock it off it's rails." Geiz said entering a battle stance. I guess that makes sense, but still… Something about it charging at us doesn't sit well with me. "Besides it's not like it can transform or anything." Geiz said… Oh god.

"Why did you say that?! Geiz! You totally just jinxed us!" I exclaim looking at the Train. "It's totally going to transform now!" I shout looking back at the Train.

"What? What are you talking about? No way it can transform." Geiz said with confidence.

"Accelerate to Ultra Evolution Speed!" Nega said, as the Train speeds up to crazy fast speed. Oh god, it's totally going to do it! "Change! Shinkalion!" Nega shouts.

"Nega Den-Liner! Now transforming into Shinkalion!" A robotic announcer said as the cars of the train detach, as the front and back of the train connect at the nose of the cars. The back of the train splits revealing leg frame, the legs fold out into position, the legs slide up and connect at the knees. The front car tilts 90 degrees as the back of the train splits and folds out into arms. The cab snaps into the chest, the arms snap into place and they clench. A flap at the top of the cap slides back and opens. A head popping out of the slot. A distorted song plays as the visor head lights up and a Sword comes out of one of the container cars into the Mech's hand. "Shinkalion Nega Den-Liner!" The announcer said as the Mech landed on the ground sliding and stopping next to the Dragon.

"It..." Olga mutters.

"It..." Romani mutters.

"It..." Tsukuyomi mutters.

"It..." Da Vinci mutters

"It..." Mash mutters.

"It..." Jeanne and Alter mutters

"It..." Marie and Amadeus mutters.

"It..." Geiz and I mutter.

"IT TRANSFORMED!" We all shout in synch.

"I Fucking called it! I called it Geiz!" I shout at Geiz. I feel both happy and sad that I was right. Cause now we have to face this thing alongside the DRAGON! I look at the Mech. The color scheme is the same but now with silver at the exposed frame. Also the head looks almost exactly like Nega Den-O's face mask. Just a little more angular.

"Now then… Let's dance!" Nega said charging at us. Lifting up his blade, I reach for my own blade and we enter a blade lock. "Let's see if you can stack up!" Nega said kicking me back, I tried to block only for Nega to side step my attack and kick me into a building. He's good! He knows how to use that!

"Zi-O! Make some distance!" Geiz said, taking aim, I move to the side, busting through another building. Geiz opens fire on Nega. Nega tanks the shots, behind Geiz the Dragon opens its mouth to blast fire at Geiz.

"Look out!" I shouted getting up and flying over to Geiz grabbing him and pulling him out of the way. "No way we can hold out against these two! No way!" I exclaim.

"- No, looks like you made it. Thanks to you, my power's restored for a little." I hear on the ground, Geiz and I look over to the Knight who's up to his feet and readies his blade. "It's been awhile Evil Dragon Fafnir. If you've been resurrected, I will send you back to your slumber." The Knight said. Wait, Fafnir… Armor, markings… Could he?

"... Fafnir is trembling… That Servant, could it be-?" Alter said.

"Hear me, One Who Rules the Blue Sky! My name is Siegfried! He who once defeated thee!" Siegfried said the blue gem on his blade's handle flashes, before a massive burst of energy flies out from his sword. A blue azure flame glows in front of us, stretching far into the sky. "Balmung!" Siegfried shouted, swinging his blade.

"Shit!" Nega shouted, moving back.

"Dammit! Fafnir, climb up now!" Alter shouts, the Dragon roars and flies away, Nega moving away. W-Were safe… Siegfried falls to his knees, taking in air.

"...*pant, pant, pant* Sorry, this is the best I can do. Get out of here, before they come back..." Siegfried said, Jeanne and Mash help Siegfried up.

"He's right. Everyone, let's retreat while we can!" Jeanne orders. Geiz and I changed our machines into it's flight mode.

"Everyone get in! This will get us out of here faster!" I said opening the door to the others. Geiz does the same. With everyone aboard we fly away from the city. Carrying with us an injured Servant.

We are Observer

The Time Mazines blast away from the city. Above in the sky Alter is considering her options. "It's dangerous. Considering what's to come, I can't exhaust Fafnir. If they use that sword again it may be a problem." Alter said, turning to the Servants behind her, with Savor also watching. "Berserker, Saber, Savor. That "Dragon Slayer" is the prize. Concentrate on getting him. Berserk Assassin will be joining us soon. This time, finish them off for good." Alter orders. With that, Berserker, Saber, and Savor drop off the Dragon in pursuit. Nega follows after the three.

"Ah~Ah." Uhr said standing on the top of the castle in the center of town, watching the two Servants and the Rider drop to the ground. "Your spotlight was taken… Oh well, who could've expected a Dragon and a Transforming Mech!" Uhr said standing up and walking down the side of the Castle's tower. Uhr walks onto the top of a Window arch, standing upside down. Uhr looks into a room filled with darkness. "Guess we'll have to wait till next time. Though, I guess that means you have more time to power up, right? Ghost?" Uhr said. A ghostly blue light begins to glow, it's light showing a hooded man, a smiling orange face, with eyes as black as night. Around the man, balls of light gather into the light voices echoing out. Uhr smiles at the man.

Elsewhere… Outside the city a Rider in blue armor props himself against the tree. "I-I made it… G-Geiz… Tuku-Yomi… Where are you two?" The Rider asks, clenching his groin. Behind him a damaged blue Time Mazine sits with it's cockpit blinking red.

We are Sougo

"Zi-O, they're still following. Still, here we have a bit more space to fight." Geiz said to me.

"Can't we still continue to just shake them off?" I ask.

"Not likely, Ground Team. Remember that the transforming train is still following." Olga said to us. "So as long as that train is following there is no way you can shake off your pursuers." Olga said to us.

"Still, watch out. I'm detecting more Servants and even that Savor Rider is also with them." Tsukuyomi tells us. We land on the ground letting everyone out.

"I'll keep Siegfried here with me. It's better here than with you guys." I said to the others. "And Mash." I said, Mash looks at me. "Keep everyone safe out there." I order Mash, she smiles and nods. I close up and look at Siegfried. "Sorry if things get a little bumpy." I said to Siegfried, he looks up and me and nods.

"Zi-O! Let's go!" Geiz said to me, Nega approaches with some Wyverns behind him. "Time we take them out." Geiz said, we move to attack Nega and the Wyverns.

We are Mash

"Right, so while Senpai and Geiz-san take out the Wyverns-" I said, turning to our adversaries, two Servants are about to face us. One dressed in black knight armor with red glowing eyes. The other a man dressed like a french gentleman with white hair. "-we deal with the Servants." I said preparing my shield.

"A-Urrr!" The Knight grunted at us, the white haired gentleman stares at Marie in silence.

"...Damn you!" Amadeus shouted. "I should have known. Though I guess this means Sougo was right." Amadeus exclaims at the gentleman. Does that mean that these two know him?

"-My, what a coincidence. It seems Sougo really was right. I've never forgotten your face, you lazy artisan." Marie greets. So the… That means. "It's nice to see you again Sanson!" Marie said smiling.

"That's good to hear. I've never forgotten yours either. Your face, and pale white neck." Sanson said, unsheathing his blade. "Still color me surprised. That Overlord knows of me? Well I suppose since he is one who controls time. I guess it's not that surprising. At the same time, I feel like this is destiny. That you and I share a Special connection. Don't we? The fate of an executioner killing the same person twice, I feel like only we share that kind of connection." Sanson said with a small smile forming on his face.

"...Not only in life, but even now you're eager to execute Maria? Could it be that you are genuinely mad?" Amadeus asks Sanson.

"Mr executioner." Charlotte muttered looking at Sanson.

"...As a human, it pains me to discuss our relationship with a low-life like you. Amadeus, you claimed all lives, all humans, are filthy. Not I. Humans are sacred, precious things." Sanson said pointing his blade at Amadeus. "That is why we executioners respect life. We are incompatible, you and I. Trash who couldn't even love humans, trash who couldn't understand her, has no right to be next to her." Sanson said, when suddenly the knight jumps at Amadeus. I jump in to block, the punch from the Knight is enough to dent the ground I stand on. What an attack!

"Mashu! Get back!" Charlotte said jumping in and swinging at the knight. The Knight jumps back dodging the attack. "Are you okay?!" Charlotte asks me.

"Yes, but we need to stand back! But this strength..." I said looking at the Knight. "This Berserker… He's much more frightening than any Servant we've faced so far!" I said prepping my shield.

"Not only that, look at the sky! Look at the sky! Look how many Wyverns are in flight!" Marie said looking to the sky. We all look up to see an aerial battle taking place between the Time Mazines VS Wyverns at the Nega Mech. Some of the Wyverns make it pass the Mazines and towards us. "Here they come!" Marie said.

"Ugh… Charlotte, please come with me. We will deal with the Wyverns. You three, take care of that Servant!" Jeanne exclaims, gesturing for Charlotte to follow her.

"I shall try my best!" Charlotte exclaimed following Jeanne.

"My sword of execution is pure. It's not for the likes of you who do not submit to death, but… Thinking of it, this entire nation is an execution site. Now, I shall remove your head with one strike!" Sanson said, slowly walking towards us.

We are Sougo

I grab my blade, pulling it off and activating the plasma blade I cut through several Wyverns. "Zi-O! Move back!" Geiz orders, I fly backwards just managing to dodge Nega and a few Wyverns lunging at me. "Why the hell are you using your sword? You have guns on hand, use them!" Geiz tells me.

"Where are they exactly?" I ask.

"There is a quick selection ring on the HUD. Just go to your weapon Icon and hover over, it should show you all of your weapons." Geiz explains. Wow, like in a JRPG. I hover over the icon and look at my weapons. Machine guns, missiles, ooh even plasma weapons.

"I get the feeling that we can do this!" I exclaim shooting at Nega and the Wyverns. Nega drops to the ground, leaving the Wyverns to be gunned down. Geiz and I drop back to the ground to face Nega. "Now, I guess that leaves you." I said, grabbing my blade again.

"Come then. I've been looking for a fight like this!" Nega exclaims.

We are Mash

Berserker charges in swinging his blade. He has madness enhancement and yet I can't help but notice real skill with the blade behind the madness. This isn't just a mad man with no skill. He's a trained Knight! I side step a swing from Berserker and slam my shield into Berserker sending flying back. But without even tripping, Berserker lands on the ground and charges back to me. "Mash! Try and direct Berserker into Sanson!" Tsukuyomi suggests.

"Good idea." I said running at Sanson. Sanson swings at Marie, Amadeus blasts Sanson's blade. Sanson moves back, I charge in from behind and jump at Sanson swinging my shield, Sanson manages to block, but his feet grind across the ground. I charge at Sanson and engage with him in combat. I block and attack when I can. Leaving Sanson little wiggle room.

"Mash! Dodge now!" Tsukuyomi said to me. I knock Sanson's blade to the side, before climbing Sanson and jumping off him, as I backflip in the air. I see Berserker charge into Sanson, the two trip and roll across the ground. "Nice moves Mash!" Tsukuyomi compliments me.

"Thank you for the idea." I thank Tsukuyomi.

"...Damn. What is with that Servant? I mean, that shield is beyond indestructible!" Sanson said getting back up to his feet.

"Sanson… What's the meaning of this..." Marie asks.

"Dammit, now there are more wyverns, too! And who else but that Savor Rider is with them too! If only they'd focus on that Crazy Decapitating maniac!" Amadeus shouted. Oh no, no way Jeanne and Charlotte can handle all of them by themselves! But… I can't leave these two here...

"Mash, go and assist Jeanne and Charlotte." Olga orders me.

"Director? But..." I said.

"Are you disobeying an order? Go, Amadeus and Marie can handle themselves." Olga orders me… She's right. They can handle it.

"Yes mam!" I said running to assist Jeanne and Charlotte.

We are Observer

Mash runs off, confusing Amadeus and Marie. "Where is she going?" Sanson asks standing back up. "Oh, well. I will be able to deal you two better now." Sanson said, beginning to walk towards Amadeus and Marie. Berserker runs past Sanson and straight at the pair.

"Hmf." Berserker hears, Berserker looks to see where the sound came from. Only for a fit to suddenly punch Berserker in the face. Berserker staggers to the side, then looks at the one who punched him. Standing is a Blue Rider with the kanji Rider on the face.

"Another Rider?... Though you're clearly related to that King and the Man from the Future." Sanson surmises looking at the Rider. "Who are you?" Sanson asks, the Rider is silent, only lifting up his hand and gesturing to come get him. "... Very well… No Human could possibly stand against a Servant." Sanson said running in and swinging at the Rider. As the blade is about to hit the Rider, the Rider begins to phase in and out with the ghost of the Rider dodging is seen as the blade passes through the Rider. The blade hits the ground with a thump, the blade being caught in the ground. "What? H-How can that be?!" Sanson shouts.

"As if you could hit me." The Rider said. The Rider's voice is feminen and elegant.

"What? A woman?" Sanson exclaims, just as Berserker jumps in from behind. The Rider upper cuts Sanson, as a Ghost kicks Berserker at the same time. The Rider punches Sanson again, as multiple other ghost fists punch multiple times in different positions. Sanson stumbles back, the Rider moves in drop kicking Sanson and jumping off him. The Rider drops at Berserker drop kicking Berserker from above knocking his head into the ground. The Rider jumps back, reaching to her wrist mounted device with a watch connected. Berserker slowly picks himself up, as the Rider presses the crown of her watch.

"Finish Time!" The Rider then reaches down to the side of her watch, where a crown button sits. The Rider presses the crown, the watch tilts with the Rider spinning the entire watch in a circle. The Rider charges at Berserker punching him. After the first punch knocks Berserker back, a ghost appears upper cutting, followed by another slamming down with her fists, finally one last ghost back handing Berserker. It sends Berserker flying across the green fields. The Rider then turns to Sanson, repeating her finisher before charging at Sanson. The Rider spins her watch again. "Time Fragment!" The watch shouts, Sanson swings at the Rider. The Rider phases though the blade, dropping and kicking Sanson in the chest. Sending Sanson into the air, another ghost appears kicking Sanson up into the air. Followed by one last ghost kicking Sanson into the ground. The Rider backs up to Amadeus and Marie.

"You have my thanks." Marie thanked the Rider. The Rider looks back at Marie and Amadeus. The Rider approaches the two before falling to her knees. "Oh my! Are you okay?!" Marie shouts as she and Amadeus run over to the Rider. The Rider simply stands up and begins fading away, her ghosts fading and disappearing. "Wha… Where did she?" Marie asks.

We are Sougo

I run sideways shooting at Nega. Nega bloks the rounds, Geiz comes in from behind taking out a handle that activates into a Beam Axe. Geiz swings at Nega just barely able to put up his blade in time to block Geiz's axe. I come in from behind taking out my blade and swing at Nega. Nega jumps back. I move to the side, dodging running into Geiz. I take aim at Nega again and fire missles. Nega tanks the shots but the armor is damaged. I look to where Jeanne and Charlotte are fighting, they are holding their own, but I notice a sneaky Carmila moving in from behind. "Oh no, Look out!" I shout aiming a rocket at Carmilla. I fire the rocket.

"Huh? Wha-" Carmilla jumps attempting to dodge but the explosion sends Carmilla flying. "Arhg… Damn Overlord." Carmila grunts as she gets up.

"Now!" Jeanne shouts jumping in Striking Carmilla. Carmila moves back, Mash runs in jumping over and slamming her shield into a Wyvern killing it. Carmilla glances at the battle around her, then back at Jeanne.

"Heh- I expect nothing less from a Ruler. Even with your power stolen, your physical strength..." Carmilla said. "Retreat! Lancelot! Sanson! You too Sa-... Where the hell is Savor?!" Carmilla exclaims looking around. "Agh… Forget it. Nega, fall back." Carmilla orders. Nega swings at me. I block with my blade, Geiz comes in from behind. I change my Mazine back into a Vehicle and fly away. Geiz comes in kicking Nega to the ground.

"Nice!" I exclaim to Geiz.

"It's not over yet." Geiz tells me we glance back over to see Berserker charge at Jeanne.

"A…. ARRRH~!" Berserker shouts, Mash intercepts Berserker.

"... It would seem that Jeanne d'Arc has touched the strings of his heart. Argh..." Sanson said coming over to Camilla. "Now what, Carmilla? Will he even listen to reason?" Sanson asked Carmilla.

"...Retreat! We have no obligation to stay with a black knight that's lost his mind." Carmilla orders. "Lancelot! Buy us as much time as you can. Until the moment your life is extinguished!" Carmilla orders.

"Wait?! The Knight of Lake Lancelot?!" I exclaim. "So then that must mean this must be a version of him during his rescue of Guinevere!" I exclaim. Nega jumps back and changes back into a train riding away. Berserker jumps at Jeanne attacking her.

"Ugh! Why are you..." Jeanne asks looking at Lancelot.

"W-We have to stop them! Master, it's a once in a lifetime chance!" Mash said, Geiz and I came over with our mechs. "It breaks the code of chivalry, but we have to bring down Lancelot!" Mash said, preparing her shield.

"Well that thing is clearly no longer a knight!" Geiz said.

"Still, let's do it!" I said, aiming my machine gun. Please don't hit… I fire a single shot that hits Lancelot in the head. The round bounces off his head, Lancelot turns to me. I aim both of my guns. "Jeanne! Get back!" I order, Jeanne jumps away and I open fire. Lancelot begins running at stupid crazy speeds dodging my rounds and running up to me. "Shit!" I exclaim attempting to stomp Lancelot. Lancelot runs up my leg and onto the cockpit slamming against the metal.

"Zi-O Take to the sky! Try and get him off!" Geiz tells me.

"Right! Siegfried-san! Hold on!" I said to Siegfried. He grabs on and braces himself. I switch the Mazine back into vehicle mode and we launch into the air. I fly widely and high into the air but Lancelot just won't let go as he slams on the door. Crap, Crap, Crap!

*Bang!* I hear as a bullet hits Lancelot blasting him off my Mazine and sending him plummeting to the ground. I slow down and look at where the shot came from. I look but I can't see anyone… I look back and head to the ground. Landing and helping Siegfried out of the Mazine.

"Sorry for the rough ride." I tell Siegfried laying him against a tree. "But who shot Lancelot off the Mazine?" I wonder aloud standing back up. Best to leave it for later. "Stay here, I'll be-" Just then Marie and Amadeus come over.

"Sougo!" Marie said coming over.

"Great timing. I'm going to go help the others. Keep an eye out on Siegfried-san here." I said running over to help the others. Lancelot is battling Charlotte, she's barely able to keep up with Lancelot.

"Assassin! Get back!" Geiz orders Charlotte. She pushes Lancelot away and makes some distance. Lancelot quickly turns his attention to Jeanne and runs at her.

"Mash! Get in there!" I order. Mash jumps in the way and blocks Lancelot. The two battle each other. I run in with my blade jumping in and winging. Lancelot moves to the left dodging my blade. Oh no! Lancelot grabs my arm and swings me around before tossing me into the air. "Whaah~!" I scream before Lancelot kicks me in the groin sending me flying. I roll across the ground and lie on the back of the grass field. Ow… I sit up to see Geiz move in. Lancelot sees Geiz and jumps off Mash's Shield and towards Geiz.

"What?!" Geiz shouts, Lancelot swings at Geiz. Lancelot's blade is blocked by Charlotte blocking the attack. "Assassin! Thanks." Geiz thanks, Charlotte nods. I walk over to Geiz, clenching my groin.

"We need to slow him down, or at least knock him off balance long enough to take him out." I said trying to think of something.

"Zi-O I have an idea. Assassin, Mash, distract Berserker!" Geiz orders, the two Servants, immediately move in and attack Lancelot.

"What are you planning?" I ask him. Geiz gestures me to stand up.

"We are both going to do our finisher attacks. I'll attack first, my finisher will confuse Berserker long enough for you to come around and knock him off his feet. Then Jeanne, Mash, and Assassin will finish Berserker off." Geiz explains. Oh… I see. I stand up and move towards Lancelot. We activate our finishers.

"Finish Time!" I come in from behind while Mash and Charlotte battles Lancelot. Geiz tilts his belt and spins it. "Time Burst!" Geiz jumps into the air, Charlotte pulls Mash away. Lancelot then sees a shadow of his future self, then sees Geiz. Lancelot runs then jumps at Geiz. Geiz kicks Lancelot, sending him towards the ground. I tilt my belt and spin it. "Time Break!" Lancelot hits the ground, as I jump onto and kick him straight into the ground. The ground breaks from the impact. I jump away.

"Mash! Jeanne!" I exclaim.

"Assassin!" Geiz exclaims. The three look at us, as we put out our hands in synch.

"Finish him off!" We both exclaim. The three nod, running at Lancelot. All three jump into the air and drop at Lancelot. Lancelot goes to get away, but something flies and hits his arm knocking him off balance. Lancelot attempts to get up again but it's too late.

"Haaaah~!" The three girls scream, Mash smashes Lancelot. Jumping away, Charlotte slashes cutting open Lancelot's armor before rolling over him. Finally Jeanne drops in stabbing Lancelot with her flag in the opening Charlotte made. Lancelot begins reaching out to Jeanne.

"A-Arthur..." Lancelot grumbles.

"Arthur?... You mean your king, Arthur?" Jeanne asks, Lancelot tries to reach out to Jeanne. "Unfortunately, I am Jeanne d'Arc. I am not Arthur, the king you seek." Jeanne apologises.

"I thought it was something like that." I said walking over.

"What?" Geiz asks.

"I know why Lancelot was so obsessed with Jeanne. She resembles Arthur, doesn't she?" Mash said. I nod. "Not her face, but her soul-" Mash said.

"My… King… I… Please." Lancelot grumbles. I walk over taking Lancelot's hand and placing it on his chest.

"Rest now Lancelot. For the sin that you wish to be forgiven for has been forgiven. You can rest now." I said to Lancelot. "For while I may not be your king… I'm sure Arthur forgives you." I assure Lancelot. Lancelot looks at me then up at the sky, his body beginning to glow.

"Th… Thank… You..." Lancelot said before fading away. I stand up, removing my armor.

"Let's go." I said, everyone nods and we walk away.

Later…

We come upon a fort. "... It looks to be an abandoned fort. Let's rest here for now." Mash said, Jeanne looks back at me and Geiz who are hosting Siegfried up, while Marie attends to him.

"How is Siegfried's wound?" Jeanne asks.

"My Noble Phantasm can heal wounds, just a bit. But not this one, it seems." Marie said.

"...It looks like some kind of curse." Siegfried said looking at his wound.

"Why were you in that city?" Jeanne asks.

"Were you summoned into that city? Sir knight?" Charlotte asks Siegfried.

"Yes, it seems that I was summoned relatively early. I was drifting without a Master… That's when I saw the town being attacked." Siegfried explains to us.

"So you went to rescue them?" Marie asks.

"Yes… Though it's not like when I was alive. Still, with Balmung, I managed somehow." Siegfried said, clenching his wound. "When you're attacked by multiple Servants, it's not easy to pull off… Then one of them hid me in the castle. My wound wouldn't heal, and I couldn't ask anyone for help either. I had no choice but to wait." Siegfried explained to us.

"Was it a woman who could control a dragon?" Mash asks. Saint Martha would be the only one who would know about how he would still be alive.

"Dragon? No, it was a turtle… No, a dragon… A dragon turtle… Now that you mention it, is it possible for that kind of dragon to exist?" Siegfried said, then looking at Jeanne. "Oh. She did have the aura of a Ruler, similar to what you have." Siegfried said.

"That's Martha for sure. No wonder she knew about him being in this city." I said.

"So that's St. Martha, the one who drove off the evil dragon Tarrasque. I want to thank her-" Siegfried said before looking at our faces making it clear that she's not here anymore. "I see, then never mind. I am sure she's prepared for the worst." Siegfried said looking at the ground. "Still, I feel guilty that she saved me when I was useless." Siegfried said.

"Baptism Rites could probably remove this curse. But a Servant of considerably high rank must perform it." Jeanne surmises, as we enter the fort.

"Jeanne, you can do that, can't you?" Marie asks.

"...No. I tried, but my power alone isn't enough. Multiple curses have been put on Siegfried… It's a miracle he's even alive. We need another Saint to remove multiple curses at once." Jeanne said.

"Hmm. A Servant who was a Saint..." I wonder aloud.

"Still, we need to rest. That last fight really drained me." Geiz said, finding our way into a large room with a table near a fireplace. Geiz and I sat Siegfried down in a chair as the rest of us took seats around the table.

"Still, one thing I must ask." Amadeus speaks up. "Mash, why did you leave us part way through that last fight?" Amadeus asks Mash.

"Huh? That's because the Director ordered me to help Jeanne and Charlotte-san." Mash said, they did need help near the end of that last fight. "Right director?" Mash asks the Director.

"What are you talking about? I never ordered you to help them." Olga said, confused at the statement. What? Everyone looks around at each other. "I never said anything in the last fight." Olga said.

"Amadeus, do you think this has anything to do with that Blue Rider?" Marie asks, Geiz and Charlotte look at the two in surprise. Even a silent Gasp from Tsukuyomi.

"What did this Rider look like?" Roman asks over the comms.

"Similar to you two. A clock motif." Marie said to us.

"Geiz. That could that be her?" Charlotte asks, Geiz thinks looking at Olga in the call.

"I'm not sure..." Geiz said.

"You know something about this Geiz?" I ask him. He looks at me, then back at the ground.

"Something like that… This Rider… Her name is Kamen Rider Echo. Just like Marie said, she uses the same technology as us. Except she uses a wrist watch that transforms her instead of our belts." Geiz explains. Oh, so similar but different… Huh? I look at Geiz and he already knows what I am about to say. "Yes, I did say she. In my world she's my version of the Director. Still, I can't be sure if this is my Olga and not just someone else." Geiz said.

"I see… Then until we know for Certain you are to regard Kamen Rider Echo as a potential threat. And act with discretion." Olga orders. "We will rest here in the fortress for the night. Sougo, I want you to come up with a list of potential people that would fit the role of our Saint character. Marie I want you to keep an eye on Seigfried you're the one keeping him alive right now. Till then. Everyone rest up." Olga orders us.

"Okay." Me, Amadeus, and Jeanne said.

"Roger." Geiz and Mash said.

"Very well." Charlotte, Seigfried, and Marie said.

Later at night…

"Sougo, give me an update here." Olga said over the comms. I look up from the fire and I turn my attention to her.

"Okay… Sorry… Here we are." I said, pulling up my list. "Here is what I have so far. Amio, Berno of Cluny, Peter Chanel, Saint Domnin, Genevieve, Georgious, Joan of France, Judoc… And a few more… Need me to look further?" I ask Olga, she shakes her head.

"Not right now. I trust you will spot them when you see them. Your ability to identify Servants is a useful one, but I know that there will be a few Servants who you won't be able to recognize." Olga said, much to my confusion.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"Well, some Servants have skill and class abilities that allow some Servants to keep their True Names hidden. Such as assassins, riders, even some sabers." Olga said.

"Really?" I asked. "I wonder just how many Servants have those kinds of skills." I wonder, that's when I notice Geiz pacing around the room. Marie tending to Siegfried, Charlotte reading a book near, Jeanne watching the door, Mash is being checked up by Roman while talking to Tsukuyomi. "Hey Geiz, is something on your mind?" I ask him. Geiz looks up at me and turns to me.

"Oh… yeah, something like that." Geiz mutters.

"Is it about Echo?" I ask him, Geiz looks at me then at the ground. "What happened with your version of Olga?" I ask Geiz, he crosses his arms and looks at the fireplace. The bright flame, the shifting of the wood causing the wood to pop and crackle.

"For as much as I know… The only reason why she lived in my world is due to Oma Zi-O… I assume with the Ghost Watch, which she told me." Geiz explains, I lift up a finger to ask him. "-I already know what you are going to say. Look, where I came from records on some events around Oma Zi-O are… Sparse… It's just… She lived and managed to help lead the resistance, saving many peoples lives with her powers." Geiz said.

"Including you and Tsukuyomi?" I ask, Geiz nods. "I see… No wonder you wanted to save the Director." I said, Geiz tightens his grip around his arms in clear frustration.

"Last I saw her, she was giving orders to the resistance for an attack to distract Oma Zi-O to give me and Tsukuyomi cover to come here… I know it's very likely that it means she's dead… But-" Geiz said to which I cut in.

"You still believe that she might still be alive, right?" I ask him. Geiz looks at me, then back at the fire.

"Yeah, I hope… Arh..." Geiz grunts ruffling his hair. "I need to get my mind off this. Help me out here." Geiz asks me. Get his mind off that?... How? Hmm… I look around the place.

"The place is pretty dark." I said, Geiz looks at me in confusion. "Reminds me of a scary story I heard. This place reminds me a lot of a temple in my town. The temple is large and dark, with plant life overgrowing everything. It's said that the temple was home to a massive fire, many people died in the fire that engulfed the temple. Their spirits haunt the premises at night." I said to Geiz.

"Wh-What does that have to do with anything?" Geiz said, seeing his hands clench his arms harder. "B-Besides I asked you to distract me with something. Not something as superstitious as Ghosts!" Geiz exclaims at me.

"Oh, come on. An abandoned fort like this, with no one around…(scary finger wave) This place could be crawling with Ghosts!" I exclaim, Geiz seems to clench. Is he scared? Oh he's totally scared! "With Zombies around, there's nothing stopping Ghosts. Besides, you already use Ghost Armor, this should be nothing to you." I said to Geiz.

"TH-This and that is different! First off, Zombies are corpus brought back with no consciousness, Second the Ghost armor is just a Rider that emulates Ghost abilities!... I think." Geiz said, I tilt my head at him in confusion. "L-Look, I only know so much about the Riders of the past. Besides, Ghosts don't exist!" Geiz said, walking over to the fire and leaning against the fireplace.

"Actually, that's not true Geiz." Olga said jumping in. Geiz and I look at the transmission. "In Magecraft, it's quite normal for a Magus to use Spirits. Ghosts and Ghost Houses are a real thing." Olga said. "It's quite possible for spirits to be roaming that fortress you're in." Olga said.

"Could they hurt us?" I ask the Director.

"Not in any normal way. Though, be aware of the possibility that strange happenings could happen." Olga warns. I look around, that's not very comforting… Crossing my arms… Suddenly the fire goes out and the room becomes dark.

"Kiyaaa~!" I hear. I reach for the Faiz Phone X and turn on the flashlight, lighting up the room. I look around. Mash is ready for a fight, Amadeus is standing next to Marie covering her and Seigfried. Jeanne is in a battle stance. That's every… Huh? Where's Geiz?

"Geiz? Where are-" I turn my light to the fire place. There, I see Geiz clinging to Charlotte, his face tightly nestled into her chest. His feet shaking as he holds onto Charlotte for dear life. "Oh." I blankly said. Geiz… Lucky. Charlotte is clearly surprised, her knife at the ready and is raised up, almost about to Stab Geiz when she realises who's holding onto her.

"M-Master?! What are you doing?!" Charlotte asks Geiz, Geiz doesn't answer as he continues to shake and cling to Charlotte. "Master… Please let go of me." Charlotte asks. Geiz only tightens his grip.

"G-G-Geiz-san!? What are you doing?!" Mash exclaims running over to Geiz, pulling him off Charlotte and tossing him into the wall. Whoa! "... Ah! G-Geiz-san! I'm sorry! I put too much strength into that!" Mash said running over to him. Charlotte and I walk over too.

"Jeez Mash, hold back a little." I tell Mash, as we help Geiz up. "You okay Geiz?" I ask him, Geiz looks up and around before nodding.

"Y-Yeah… I… *Ahem!* Sorry Assassin." Geiz apologises.

"No it's fine Master…" Charlotte said, I walked over and crossed my arms.

"So… That was quite the scare huh?" I ask Geiz, he looks at me.

"Wh-What are you talking about! I-I was just Startled is all!" Geiz exclaims. I look at Mash with a smile.

"Sure~" I said, looking at Geiz. Mash chuckles and Charlotte smiles.

"Master~ It's okay to admit you're scared." Charlotte said, to which Geiz begins to sputter.

"Wh-What do you mean?!" Geiz exclaims. Everyone in the room shares in a chuckle.

"Sorry to interrupt, but we have trouble!" Roman speaks up, catching everyone by surprise. "I was too busy earlier when helping Mash and Tsukuyomi, but just now I detected multiple signatures in the fortress." Roman exclaims, the relaxed atmosphere disappears in an instant as we all start looking around the room.

"How many Romani?" Olga asks.

"Uhh… Te-No Tw-No… What? How? How are there that many signatures?!" Romani exclaims in shock.

"What? Let me… Oh no… Wait. What's that at the center of the horde?" Olga asks. The Horde?! "Da-Vinci analyse!" Olga orders.

"... Well, it looks like we might have an Alter in the vicinity." Da-Vinci said. I look at the Faiz Phone to see the scan of our area. To find hundreds of signatures around a darker signature.

"An Alter Rider. Sougo-kun, Geiz-kun you Mash and Charlotte should check it out." Olga orders us, Geiz and I look at each other and nod. "Jeanne, you and the other Servants stay here." Olga said to us, we strap on our belts and ready our watch. We run out of the room and through the halls, as we run towards the signal Geiz and I activate our Watches and transform.

"Henshin!" We exclaim as the armor appears on us, we run into the courtyard. Bodies of rotting soldiers littering the field. Standing on the top of a fountain in the center of the courtyard, the light of the Night sky casts down on a Ghostly figure, his face hidden by a black hood.

"Who is that?" I ask.

"Kamen Rider Ghost Alter." Tsukuyomi said. "That blackout trick he pulled out must've been to draw us out." Tsukuyomi surmises. A small blue ball of light floats past my eye, as we see hundreds of these lights gather around Ghost. "These signatures… Director is this?" Tsukuyomi asks.

"Yes, those are souls..." Olga said.

"Olga..." I hear. "Animusphere." Ghost mutters standing up straight, pulling it's hood off. We get a clear look at the Altar and his ghostly look.

Ghost Alter's color pallet is black, silver, and orange, with bits of white. The body, jacket, and hood are black with bits of silver. The clothes are gothic with the undersuit being covered with stitches. The face is orange, with large black eyes, one black horn on the head, grey hair coming from the back of the head to the front. The center of the chest has an orange eye. The belt is a veiny eye with a handle on the right side of the belt. The hands and feet expose orange skin with red and green veins coming from the inside of the jacket.

"Come..." Ghost mutters before he fades away.

"Hey! Where is he-?" I said before I'm cut off by the spirits going into the bodies of the soldiers. The bodies begin to violently shake before their eyes open. The Zombies start to rise up grabbing their weapons and beginning towards us. "Whats going on?!" I exclaim.

"Fight now, ask later!" Geiz said, taking out his axe.

Chaldea Command Center… We are Olga

"Romani! Find out where Alter Ghost went!" I order, Romani starts typing away on his console. "Tsukuyomi, keep me updated on the situation on the ground." Tsukuyomi continues to monitor the situation on the ground. "Where did you go?" I wonder. Suddenly the danger alarm rings out. "What?" I exclaim.

"Director! We have an intruder!" Da Vinci said, turning in her seat. What? How is that possible?! "We have a visual." Da Vinci said.

"Put it up on screen." I said, Da Vinci puts the video up on screen. In the image we see Wool with Ghost Alter walking through the hall.

"Time Jacker." Tsukuyomi mutters… We don't have any of the Riders here. We can't pull them out of the fight now… And even if we did they wouldn't be able to return here fast enough.

"Da Vinci, tell me you have the countermeasure ready now." I ask Da Vinci, she looks at me. I look at her. "You had the time to integrate the transformation technology from the Jiku Drivers, Right?" I ask Da Vinci. She nods and stands up. "Tsukuyomi, stay here. Give me updates on the ground as things develop." I order, heading towards the door with Da Vinci.

"Director, what about you?" Tsukuyomi asks me.

"I'm going to get something that might help." I said, the door opens. Da Vinci and I run though the hall towards the Lab department. We get to the elevator, the two of us quickly enter and press the floor we need to go to. As we go lower down into the facility, Roman calls me up. "What is it Roman?" I ask.

"Director, not to make you worry but. Alter is coming towards the Command Center!" Romani exclaims.

"Tsukuyomi, are you there?" I ask.

"Yes director?" Tsukuyomi asks.

"I need you to be ready to defend the Command Center if Wool and the Alter enter the room. Understood?" I tell Tsukuyomi. She nods and returns to her consol. "We will hurry and get back as soon as we can." I said to Romani before hanging up.

"Director." Da Vinci said. "Are you sure you can handle it?" Da Vinci asks me.

"I don't know… But it's better to attempt it rather than do nothing." I said clenching my hand. That's right… They never sat around waiting for someone else to do it… Sougo and Mash didn't just watch when I was floating towards Chaldea… Neither was Geiz when he turned me into a ghost to save me… I… I refuse to be weak…

"So take a good look, scion of the Animusphere Family. This is the fate of your family's lunacy." Leffs voice echoes through my head. "She's a corpse anyway." Leff said. I am no corpse! I am still alive! And I won't let Humanity or Chaldea fall today! The doors open to the lab Level. Da Vinci and I ran to the lab. Entering into the lab we walk over to a glass case. Their sitting in the case is a wrist mounted driver, with an orange Ride Watch.

"Here we are. The Tokei Driver." Da Vinci said, inputting a code on the console to unlock the case. The locks on the glass unlock, I take off the Glass casing and pick up the wrist driver and the Ride watch. "We still aren't sure if the watch will properly work or not." Da Vinci advises me.

"Better now then never." I said putting the driver on. The wrist straps fly out and snap together and tighten around my hand. I'm called by Romani again, I answer.

"Director! Good news! The Alter and the Jacker are no longer on the way here!... Instead, they are heading towards the labs." Romani informs me.

"What is their aim? What do they want here?" Da Vinci asks.

"I don't know. But we need to figure it out fast." I said, we head out of the lab and into the hall. Walking into view, Ghost Alter and Wool walk in. "Time Jacker Wool." I mutter.

"Oh! The Ghost Director!... With a Driver… Hmm… But not like the ones Zi-O and Geiz have." Wool said looking at the Tokei Driver. I ready the watch. "Still, we found who we are looking for." Wool said, I look at him in confusion. Wool smirks as Ghost charges towards us.

"Director! Get back!" Da Vinci said as she put out her arm. A nozzle slides out and blasts fire at Ghost Alter. Then lifting up her staff, the staff fires off homing energy shots at Ghost. No time to waste. I turn the Watch face and activate it.

"Chaldea." I insert the watch into Driver, only for shock of electricity causes the watch to fly out of the Driver. What?! Why? I grab the watch and look at it in confusion. Alter Ghost moves past Da Vinci and grabs me.

"Director!" Da Vinci exclaims, Wool puts out his hand. The world feels like it slows to a crawl. Da Vinci freezes in place. I grab Alter's arm that's gripping me.

"Good thing you didn't die by Chaldeas. This death is a lot less painless." Wool said, Ghost Alter takes off it's hood. Ghost brings me close, while I reach down to my pocket reaching inside. Ghosts mouth opens, his jaw unhinges and splits open. Ghost begins to inhale something, I feel my body slowly begin to feel numb. I bring my other arm into my pocket and reach for my Faiz Phone. I take out a stone putting it up to Ghost Alter's face. Light beams out of the stone causing Ghost to look away, as does Wool. I take the chance and take out the Faiz Phone and shoot Ghost letting me go. I drop down and quickly grab Da Vinci lifting her up and running down the hall, dropping the stone behind me. Wow she's heavy! That armor and staff are crazy heavy! I look back to see Ghost stomp the stone crushing the light. Wool looks around and sees me, pointing at me. I manage to bring her to the elevator, I push her in and press the button to go to the upper levels. When I'm grabbed and pulled out of the elevator. "Oh no you don't." Wool said.

"Director!" Da Vinci shouts as she comes to her senses as the elevator door closes behind me. Am… I going to die here? I wonder, as Wool looks over at me.

"Well now, I'm going to make this death a little more… Personal." Wool said snapping his finger. Time stopped-

We are Sougo

I swing at the Zombie, slicing through the spear it carries. The spear's wooden handle splits in two as does the Zombie as it slopes to the ground. "Oh, Zi-O~?" I hear, I look to the roof of the fortress to see Wool with Ghost Alter and-

"Director!" We all exclaim, seeing the Director being held by Ghost. Geiz and I aim our weapons at Ghost when Wool puts out his hand and time freezes. I look on as Ghost opens its mouth and begins sucking something out of the Director.

"Enjoy the show." Wool said, as Director slowly started to become see through. Suddenly, a bullet is fired off, hitting the hand of Ghost Alter letting go of the Director. As the Director slowly falls through the air, Ghost goes to grab her again, when a Blue Rider jumps in, kicking Alter back before taking out a pistol and shooting at Wool. "Who the?!" Wool asks dodging the shots fired upon him. "No matter. She'll die within 24 hours anyway." Wool said before disappearing. The Rider drops down grabbing Director and helping her safely land onto the ground before she too disappears. Time resumes as Geiz and Charlotte look and see the director on the ground.

"Director!" Geiz shouts running over to her, we all run over to her. Geiz picks her up. "Director? Are you okay?" Geiz asks to remove his helmet, I kneel down removing my helmet to get a look at her. Director opens her eyes, as she begins to shift between solid and see through.

"What? What's happening!?" Director asks as she looks at her hands.

"Woz? Explain what's going on." I ask, on que as I said that, a scarf flies in and wraps into a large man sized cone with the scarf unfurling as it wraps around the neck of Woz. "What's going on Woz? Explain." I ask Woz, to which he bows before looking at the Director.

"It seems like Ghost Alter has cut down on the Director's time left on this land." Woz said, stepping over to us. "Ghost Alter has sucked out much of her time." Woz explains.

"Explain." I ask.

"In Ghost's world, when someone dies, they have a chance to return as a Ghost if their mind is preserved in an Eyecon. Thing is, that spirit can only last in the world for 100 days." Geiz explained to me.

"Ghost Alter has cut it down to 24 hours. As well as the potential threat of Ghost Alter I believe it best that you move on Ghost's world and acquire the Ride Watch." Woz advises. I look back at the Director who's trying to keep herself calm.

"But what about her? What do we do?" I ask again.

"In Ghost's world there is a being known as the Great Eye. This Great Eye has the power to grant whoever possesses the 13 Eyecons are granted a wish." Geiz said.

"Interesting, so this Great Eye is like the Holy Grail and the Greater Grail in that it can grant wishes?" Romani asks coming in on the comms.

"Yes. Except the requirements to summon it is a little easier. We just need to collect 15 eyecons to summon the Great Eye." Woz said opening his book. "In many ways, it's simmilar to how one must summon 7 Servants for a Holy Grail War. Yet, if done correctly, not one drop of blood must be spilled in order to acquire the 15." Woz said, showing us 15 eyes like the ones on Ghost Armor's shoulders.

"But we have to acquire 15 right? It does not mean that collecting them would be easy." Mash said. I nod in agreement.

"That's the easy part. We just need to go back into the past at the point where the 15 eyecons were all together. Just as Woz said. If we play the cards correctly, we can get the wish and the Ride Watch in one fell swoop." Olga said, pulling away from Geiz and she stands up.

"Are you sure that's for the best?" Mash asks.

"It's the best we have to go on. Da Vinci? Tell me you have something?" Director asks.

"It's something, normally it would take some time but we have coordinates." Da Vinci said. What? Already? "Though, it seems I can't take the credit for it." Da Vinci speaks up. "Roman, please tell them what happened." Da Vinci hands it off to Romani.

"Gladly, while the Ground team was dealing with the Zombies and I was managing here. Tsukyomi was given data from a third source. She handed the data off to me, the decoding process was quick due to it being the same as our algorithm here. I-(Da Vinci glares at Romani) W-We determined dimensional coordinates to Ghost's world." Romani explains.

"Do you know anything about this Woz?" I ask Woz, he simply shrugs.

"Nothing my lord." Woz said, shrugging. Why do I doubt that? "Still, it's best that you get going. As things stand, you may find yourself in a stroke of good luck. Though, do keep in mind… Watch the shadows." Woz said before grabbing his scarf, tossing it as it wraps around him again and the scarf flies away.

"...Well that's totally not ominous." I muttered.

"How does he transport himself with that scarf?" Charlotte asks looking in the direction of Woz's scarf.

"Save those questions for later." Director said, crossing her arms. "Sougo, Geiz, call in your Time Mazines. Romani, keep track of the Singularity. Da Vinci, figure out what's going on with the Driver, Tsukuyomi, watch our backs." Director orders, all three nod and get to work.

"Director, are you sure you should come with us. You could come in when we find the Eyecons." Mash said to the Director. She turns around and looks at us.

"Maybe, but you guys are stretched thin as it is. Even with Servants helping you, you've only been able to do so much. I'm helping out." Director said, reaching into her pocket and taking out an Orange Ride Watch. "If we play this correctly, we can not only acquire the Ride Watch, but also get my body back, and one more Rider to the playing field." Director said, Geiz and I glance at each other before we look at the Ride Watch. So… She wants to help. I look at Olga's face. Seeing her clear concern, guilt, and a small twitch of fear. She wants to run so badly, but why doesn't she? Is it pride, or something else. Director looks at us putting on her serious face again. "What are you two waiting for?! Daylight! Call your Mazines!" Director exclaimed.

"Yes mam!" Geiz and I shout as we call in our Mazines.

Ghost's World… We are observers…

At the Daitenku Temple, a man with light blond hair sits before an altar. His eyes closed as he meditated. Behind him, the sun beamed down on the clean green yard. Cicada flew through the air and let out their distinctive calls. "Ne~ Takeru." A voice speaks up as an Orange Cat walks up to Takeru. "Nee~ Ta-Ke-Ru!" The Cat said, jumping into the lap of Takeru. Takeru opens his eyes and looks at the cat smiling.

"Yes, Yurusen?" Takeru asks.

"You have been doing nothing all day! Let's do something!" Yurusen said, rolling around in Takeru's lap.

"Sigh~ Weren't you the one who said you wanted to do nothing but lay around and do nothing?" Takeru asks.

"That was yesterday~ Come on." Yurusen said, to which Takeru sighed.

"You know everyone else is gone. You and I are the only ones here. There is no point-" Takeru said when something loud roars from outside. "Hmm?" Takeru said, Yurusen jumps out of Takeru's lap as he stands up. Looking outside a machine lands in the green grass yard of the Daitenku Temple. "What the?" Takeru mutters, as the hatch opens and a blue Rider stumbles and drops to the floor. "H-Hey! Are you okay!?" Takeru asks running over.

Elsewhere…

A portal appears as Savior steps into Ghost's world. "...Are you sure he will come here?" Savior asks, as Oma Zi-O steps though.

"I have ensured that my Younger self and Echo comes here. This grants your desire too. If you play your cards correctly, you may achieve godhood yet." Oma Zi-O said as he turned back to the portal. "Oh, but don't think you could defeat me." Oma said as he walked back through the portal.

"Of course not. You are a god killer after all." Savoir said as the portal closed behind him. Savior looks up to the sky. "Besides, I do not wish to be a god that destroys after all… But uplifts people." Savior muttered as he walked forwards.

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