Ryuji's consciousness was drowsy, he was half asleep and half awake, like drunk.
But he was a high school student, so he basically had no chance to drink.
Opening his eyes, Ryuji felt a little dizzy.
He remembers that after the previous celebratory banquet, he went out with Utaha, and booked a hotel room...
In front of him was an unknown golden palace, Ryuji had been here before, and was 'invited' by the two Counter Forces.
"Is it Counter Force again?" Ryuji frowned, he didn't like the two black and white little girls.
"Ryuji, don't show that scary expression!" Alaya suddenly appears.
Ryuji asked in a cold tone, "What do you mean? There is still about a year before the agreed time!"
Heck, that's cool to say to Counter Force!
Alaya said in a helpless tone: "I regret to inform you that the plan has already advanced."
"Why?" Ryuji frowned.
"Hmph, it's not because of you… Human." Another cold voice, Gaia.
It hadn't been a day or two since Gaia rejected the humans, and Ryuji didn't care about her own vague personal attacks.
"What does it mean?"
"Let me explain." Alaya picked up the topic.
"Ryuji still remember what happened to the Clock Tower a while ago?"
Ryuji nodded, "Is there a problem?"
"The first half was nothing, but in the end you let Artoria Pendragon use a Noble Phantasm to annihilate half of the Clock Tower, and even the nearby barrier was destroyed. At that time, many people saw bursts of magic shining in the air."
Magecraft's goal is 'mystery', and a mystery to the public is naturally not a mystery.
After Alaya's reminder, Ryuji finally remembered that crazy move.
While it's great fun, it really does have a price.
"Didn't you finish the process?" Ryuji asked.
This was within his expectations, even if people saw it, so what? The Counter Forces would definitely take action to maintain world order, so he had nothing to worry about.
"Ryuji, you embarrassed us." Alaya frowned.
Ryuji relies on his connection with the Counter Force to do whatever he wants, but Alaya and Gaia want to help him wipe out his mess.
Unfortunately, it's really hard to hold back!
"It's not that simple," Gaia said coldly.
"Last time you moved around too much, it had attracted Root's attention. The Counter Force strongly favors humans, which is an 'abnormal' in itself."
Ryuji frowned "What exactly are you trying to say?"
Alaya and Gaia looked at each other and said at the same time: "The plan must be advanced."
According to Alaya and Gaia's plan, Ryuji must first go to a parallel world and get the approval of Root before he can go to another universe.
The original deal was to implement the plan after Ryuji graduated from high school, but Ryuji made a big mistake, and the plan was pushed forward an entire year.
"... Can I refuse?"
"What do you think?" Alaya said with a smile.
"Although we really want to close, we are not in charge of the Type-Moon world, and there is a boss in it!"
For the first time, Ryuji learned the name of the world he lived in from Alaya, Type-Moon!
Alaya made a good point. Counter Force is a product of Roots, and the relationship between the two is like boss and employee.
The kind of social animal that can only be fired unilaterally by a boss, but employees can't change jobs.
After hesitating for a long time, Ryuji finally nodded.
He could only bear the calamity he had caused himself—the main reason being the Counter Force seemed to have no way out!
What else could he do, he could only do it himself!
"Haha, Ryuji didn't let us down!" Alaya said with a relieved expression.
Ryuji said lightly, "Don't get me wrong, I'm for myself."
"Okay, okay, this is what is called a tsundere!"
"No." Ryuji didn't mean to talk to these two restraining forces, and asked directly: "When did I go and how did I get there?"
"Anytime." Alaya explained: "As I said before, this Shrine is free from time and space. From here, you can go anywhere in any world!"
"But when it comes to space-time paradoxes, it is best to have no past of your own existence."
Ryuji nodded, expressing his understanding.
"Type-Moon has nine parallel worlds. The world you are about to go to is slightly higher than your current world. After all, there is a 'human body' with Roots."
"In short, we will send you to the right point in time, and all you have to do is get Root's approval."
Ryuji asked: "Obtaining Root's approval... What should I do next?"
Alaya blinked.
"Fucking with Shiki Ryogi."