"What I need is information on all the Ancestors currently on Earth: their abilities, their lives, their locations—I need all of this."
"And in return, I will give the Son of Aozaki to the one who provides me with the most information!"
671. Transaction in progress, please wait.
The Son of Aozaki—this is the common goal of all the magicians present.
"Please prepare your information catalogs. Later, I will have my knights come to each of you, and please place your prepared information catalogs into the boxes held by my knights. I will review each catalog placed in the boxes to select my collaborator."
The bidding method is that the Black and White Knights each hold a box and go among the magicians. Each magician will put the information catalog they can provide about the Twenty-Seven Dead Apostle Ancestors into it, and then Black Princess will select them one by one. Finally, Black Princess chooses her preferred partner to cooperate with.
As for whether there is any fairness in it, everyone knows that there is no such thing as fairness in this kind of thing. There is no fairness among magicians. Everything depends on interests and mood.
It is also possible that a magician provides more information, but Black Princess doesn't like him, so she doesn't choose him. Conversely, a magician provides less information, but Black Princess likes him, so she chooses him. These things are all possible.
Therefore, in the entire hall, all the magicians who came to participate are waiting for luck to befall them.
The Black and White Knights circled the hall, and after taking all the catalogs, they returned to Black Princess. Then, Black Princess began to unpack those folded information catalogs in front of everyone, looking at each one and comparing them one by one.
Before, when Black Princess and White Princess first came out, there would still be some discussion, but now, no one is discussing anymore. The entire venue is very quiet, except for the sound of Black Princess constantly unfolding the catalogs.
Although there is not much movement in the hall, there are still tables and chairs for them to sit on. After all, they are nobles, and they have this kind of hospitality.
However, what they don't know is that Black Princess is actually just unfolding the catalogs and taking a look herself. In fact, the person who is really looking is not her, but Wang Xiaoming behind her.
Because they need to select a catalog, Black Princess and White Princess are sitting on two chairs, and the box for holding the catalogs is placed on the table in the middle. All the magicians around are also sitting in their respective seats.
And Wang Xiaoming is standing behind White Princess, closer to Black Princess. In fact, Wang Xiaoming can see the content of the catalog in Black Princess's hand just by lowering his head, and he is indeed doing just that.
Essentially, Black Princess takes out the catalog, unfolds it, and puts it on the table for Wang Xiaoming to see. When Wang Xiaoming selects the information he wants, he directly tells Black Princess, and then Black Princess will take the provider of that information as her collaborator.
After nearly 20 minutes of selection, Wang Xiaoming casually chooses the one with the longest catalog. Essentially, Wang Xiaoming doesn't need these things. After all, whoever he calls has to come, unless the other party doesn't have hands. Otherwise, as long as he calls, they have to cross mountains and seas to see him.
After selecting a target, Wang Xiaoming notified Black Princess, and Black Princess also pretended to have made a choice and stood up from the chair.
After Black Princess stood up, all the magicians present focused their attention on her.
Everyone is waiting for Black Princess to announce her selection results.
And Black Princess did not disappoint everyone's expectations, directly raising the selected catalog in her hand high.
"Please have the magician who provided this catalog stay for the transaction."
Everyone looked at the catalog in Black Princess's hand.
Everyone has their own identification method. The magicians looked up at the catalog in Black Princess's hand and quickly identified whether it was their own catalog.
"As for the rest of you, I'm sorry to have made you come for nothing. You can go back now."
All the magicians stood up from their seats. Even the selected magician stood up first, because she didn't want to reveal her identity immediately. A group of magicians prepared to walk out.
And Black Princess slowly retracted her right hand as they moved.
"When you go back, everyone, remember to pay attention to safety, because I will not send anyone to protect your safety."
As soon as these words were said, all the magicians' bodies suddenly paused, and then they moved again, walking towards the door together.
Black Princess's words were already very straightforward, that is, if there are grudges between magicians, they can fight outside, and she will not care how they fight. Also, when the magician who gets the Son of Aozaki leaves, they can directly intercept and kill him halfway, and Black Princess will not care about it at all.
This is Black Princess's final notice.
And the magicians who heard this notice also completely understood Black Princess's meaning. After leaving the manor one by one, they immediately guarded each other, occupying favorable positions and lurking.
Black Princess has said it so clearly, if they still don't know what to do, then they are too stupid.
And inside the manor, the last magician left behind is the owner of this information catalog.
"How should I put it? Seeing you, I feel somewhat surprised, but at the same time, I don't find it surprising at all. You agree, right, my dear sister?"
Black Princess looked at the magician in front of her, smiling happily as she asked White Princess beside her.
"I didn't expect it to be you."
White Princess also looked at the magician in front of her with some surprise, a girl with short blue hair.
"Ciel, one of the Executors of the Burial Agency."
Black Princess directly stated the other party's identity.
Ciel is an Executor of the Burial Agency. Her main task is to find Ancestors and then kill or seal them. Of course, because Ancestors are generally very difficult to kill, they usually choose to seal the Ancestors.
And the reason why White Princess and Black Princess know Ciel is because she is one of Roa's reincarnation bodies. Roa's reincarnation does not distinguish between men, women, old, and young, and in most cases, he will be killed by White Princess not long after reincarnation.
But Ciel is an exception. The Roa in her body was killed, but she did not die. She even became an immortal because of Roa's power. Because she became an immortal, she was absorbed into the Burial Agency. As an Executor, she has always wanted to kill Roa, but unfortunately, she no longer has the chance.
"In a sense, your Burial Agency does have the most comprehensive information on the Twenty-Seven Ancestors. Those magicians, even magician families, cannot compare with your Burial Agency in terms of information."
"However, you actually want to obtain the Son of Aozaki. This makes me very curious."
"Black Princess is also interested in the reasons we want to obtain it? This doesn't seem to be in the exchange conditions you mentioned, Black Princess."
Ciel looked at Black Princess expressionlessly, without any timidity.
"That's indeed the case."
Black Princess nodded in agreement.
"Since that's the case, then let's start the transaction."
672. Transaction complete, please take it away.
In this world, the Burial Agency's grasp of information on the Twenty-Seven Ancestors can be said to be at the highest level, because the purpose of establishing this agency is to fight against the Twenty-Seven Ancestors, so they will not let go of any information about the Twenty-Seven Ancestors.
Under circumstances where they can investigate clearly, they will definitely investigate the other party's information thoroughly.
Moreover, in order to fight against the Twenty-Seven Ancestors, they will do everything possible. Therefore, Black Princess can completely guess what the other party's purpose is for Ciel to exchange information for the Son of Aozaki.
But no matter what the other party's purpose is, it has nothing to do with Black Princess. Black Princess is just a tool person responsible for collecting information.
Then, the two of them started the transaction in front of Wang Xiaoming.
Of course, Black Princess will compare the information. As the Black Princess among the Twenty-Seven Ancestors, she also has a certain understanding of the others among the Twenty-Seven Ancestors.
Therefore, Black Princess will judge whether the other party is really giving her useful information based on whether the information provided by the other party exceeds the extent of what she has mastered.
After all, if the other party only gives Black Princess the information she already knows, then this transaction will not be established.
However, Ciel seems to be here to trade seriously, or rather, the Burial Agency behind her is here to trade seriously, explaining a lot of information about the Twenty-Seven Ancestors.
"I think there is no need to tell you about the information of the previous few. The Primate Murderer is here with you, the Black and White Knights are here with you, White Princess is also here with you, and the Son of Aozaki is also in your hands. Basically, the magic world knows about that big guy in South America."
Among the Twenty-Seven, the top-ranked ones are basically all here. Indeed, there is no need for Ciel to say anything. The only ones not here are the Great Spider of South America, the Aozaki family in Europe, and the Magic Marshal.
But these few, one has the Second Magic that leads to parallel worlds, so I don't know where they are; one lives in South America and doesn't move; and one is already dead.
“Nero Chaos, ranked tenth, the information we currently have is that he went to Japan. As for why he went to Japan, we haven't investigated it yet.”
Because Wang Xiaoming acted quickly, Ciel didn't go to Japan to lie low, nor did she meet Shiki Tohno, so she doesn't know what Nero went to Japan to do.
“The eleventh-ranked Duke of Predation has been eliminated by our Burial Agency, but a lingering magical power of resentment that affects time for a long time was left at the place where he was eliminated. If you are interested, I can tell you where that place is.”
“The thirteenth-ranked Night of Wallachia is your contractor, Black Princess, and is currently active in Czechoslovakia. He seems to be very fond of operating in Eastern Europe. I think you, Black Princess, as his superior, should be able to find him easily.”
“The fourteenth-ranked Van Fem is still in America as his financial tycoon. If you want to find him, it's very simple, just go to New York. Basically, everyone in New York knows where he will appear.”
“The fifteenth...”
Ciel stated the information she had one by one. Although it was somewhat unfair for her, as one party to the transaction, to throw out her information first, Black Princess felt that fairness was fairness. The Burial Agency also understood this, and besides, who could guarantee that what the Burial Agency said was absolutely correct?
In essence, this kind of transaction is unfair to both parties. Whether the transaction is successful depends entirely on the inner thoughts of both parties.
Ciel quickly finished speaking all the information that the Burial Agency had given her. Except for those who were sealed or killed, and those whose information could not be found, all the other Twenty-seven Ancestors were told by Ciel.
Even Zumei Lailai Solomon, who worked in the Burial Agency, was revealed by Ciel.
Meiren Solomon, as the twentieth Ancestor, is also an Executor in the Burial Agency. He is a loyal follower of the former Zhu Yue, the current White Princess. Although he is an Ancestor, he doesn't kill people everywhere, so the Burial Agency absorbed him as combat power. He is an Executor who entered the Burial Agency even earlier than Ciel.
It can be said that, for the sake of this Child of the Phantasmal Forest, the Burial Agency has taken out all the information they can, but the accuracy is hard to say.
However, after Black Princess and White Princess acted together, Black Knights were also behind Black Princess, and a knight and a maid were also behind White Princess, plus the Primate Murder, a total of 7 ruthless people. The Burial Agency should be very clear about whether to offend them or not.
“Very good, I am very satisfied with your information. The transaction is established, this thing is now yours.”
Black Princess handed the Child of the Phantasmal Forest in her hand to Ciel.
Wang Xiaoming had already researched this thing. To put it bluntly, it is a large aggregate of life force, a bit like Alucard's Dead River. How many people are killed will absorb that much life into it, and then Alucard's body will have that many lives, no matter how you kill it, you can't kill it.
This Child of the Phantasmal Forest doesn't have that many lives, but the life force it absorbs can be used as many, many lives. This is the life force gathered by the Phantasmal Forest after it was born, coming to the human world every 50 years to harvest a piece of people. It can also be said to be an aggregate of life force.
Pure life force can directly pile a person into a long-lived species, but it is not an immortal species, because the life force will be exhausted sooner or later, and subsequent continuous replenishment of life force is needed.
So this thing is no longer useful to Wang Xiaoming. If it were a heart, it might be useful, but unfortunately this is just a life force fruit.
“Then, the transaction ends here.”
After both parties got what they wanted, Black Princess directly issued an order to leave.
“You can leave now, please pay attention to safety when leaving.”
Although Black Princess seems to be kindly reminding Ciel to pay attention to safety, Ciel didn't appreciate it at all, because Black Princess had just specifically reminded those magicians who left in this way.
She can already be sure what kind of trouble she will encounter after leaving this manor.
Magicians outside with some thoughts will wait for her to go out, and then try to seize the Child of the Phantasmal Forest in her hand, which is the medium to become the new Seventh Ancestor.
At that time, even if she throws out her identity as a member of the Holy Church, or even the Burial Agency, it will be useless.
Because the Holy Church and the Magician's Association are originally deadly enemies, it's just that everyone seems to have a better relationship on the surface, and even cooperate with each other, but in fact they all can't wait for the other party to die.
Especially the Church, which regards magicians as heretics, and magicians naturally won't be any better.
“Farewell.”
Coldly dropping two words, Ciel left the hall with the Child of the Phantasmal Forest. What awaits her will be the siege of the magicians!
★ GUILTY CROWN ★
673 . Gaze from Uranus
Wang Xiaoming didn't care what kind of siege Ciel encountered after she went out. She is a member of the Burial Agency, and since she took the order to come, there must be corresponding back-up preparations later, so it's not Wang Xiaoming's turn to care, or even if she dies, it's none of Wang Xiaoming's business.
As for the information obtained, Wang Xiaoming still cares a little, because he wants to know if there are any special magic or spells in it. Wang Xiaoming wants to know some of the principles.
It is best to be like the Sword of Refraction, a spell of such strength that can directly modify the law of causality. The power is not important, the important thing is the principle.
Because, no matter how small the power, no matter how demanding the spell, when it comes to Wang Xiaoming, it will become very easy to use, and the power will be large enough, so Wang Xiaoming doesn't need anything with great power, what he wants is the principle.
Wang Xiaoming has already studied the Sword of Refraction after he got it, and successfully figured out the principle of it. Modifying the law of causality, like Cu Chulainn's Noble Phantasm, the Sure-Hit Spear, is also very strong, but unfortunately Cu Chulainn's luck is too low, and he has never killed anyone with a single shot.
Even in one timeline, the Noble Phantasm was about to be activated, but as a result, the Assassin activated the Noble Phantasm first, and then directly had his heart ripped out. Maybe this is a Lancer.
“Father, this is all the information about the Twenty-seven Ancestors that has been collected so far.”
Black Princess handed the sorted information to Wang Xiaoming. After Wang Xiaoming took it, he began to listen to the explosions outside the manor and sat down to slowly browse through it.
The magicians outside don't know at all that this guy who they think is probably a human knight under White Princess is actually the final big BOSS.
From the original White Princess and Black Princess sitting on the chairs, and then Wang Xiaoming and Leticia standing behind them, it became Wang Xiaoming holding Leticia and sitting on the chairs, and then White Princess and Black Princess standing behind them.
The transformation of the whole scene was extremely natural, making the Black and White Knights next to them couldn't help but want to laugh a little.
Of course, what they wanted to laugh at was not Wang Xiaoming, but Black Princess and White Princess. They were not familiar with White Princess, but they were too familiar with Black Princess. As their always respected princess, she has always been high above, and now in front of Wang Xiaoming, this kind of performance is really a bit of a big contrast.
However, because Wang Xiaoming and Black Princess were both there, they only wanted to laugh, but didn't really laugh out loud.
After all, if they really laughed out loud, they would be unlucky. Maybe Wang Xiaoming, this "Zhu Yue", wouldn't trouble them, but Black Princess would definitely trouble them.
Wang Xiaoming browsed through the information of the Twenty-seven Ancestors one by one, and found that he was a little disappointed after reading it.
The information of these Twenty-seven Ancestors is actually not particularly strong. Among the Twenty-seven Ancestors, the stronger ones are mainly concentrated in the top ten, and most of the rest became Ancestors by using special conditions. The spells of such Ancestors are not particularly powerful, and their combat power is also relatively average, otherwise several of them would not have been sealed by the Burial Agency.
This situation made Wang Xiaoming shake his head helplessly.
Sure enough, the biggest gain in this world is still the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. The remaining gains are far less than the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
After all, the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are cheating.
Compared to the world of the Twenty-seven Ancestors, the Holy Grail world next door, which is also Type-Moon, is easier to gain something.
Many of the Noble Phantasms possessed by those Heroic Spirits are very BUG, but the abilities of the Twenty-seven Ancestors, to be honest, Wang Xiaoming looks down on all of them, and has no idea of collecting them at all.
