Five minutes later, in the plaza of New Fuyuki City.
"I am truly sorry!"
Tohsaka Rin, who had released her magical girl transformation, apologized to Naoki very sincerely.
"I never expected there would be anyone else in the sky besides me and that drill-haired girl. I'm really sorry that stray bullets hit you—hey! Luvia, you come here and apologize too! Show some courtesy!"
"I already apologized before. But you, female gorilla, interrupted me, so I suppose I should apologize once more—Forgive me, sir and madam, that you were caught in the crossfire. You weren't hurt, were you?"
Luvia and Rin knew very well the power of the magic bullets they had fired. Although they themselves couldn't achieve that level, the magic wands in their hands were Mystic Codes created by the Second Magician, capable of absorbing limitless Mana from parallel worlds and firing attacks with considerable power.
Although they didn't remember if they had actually hit the man in front of them, they asked just in case.
"No injuries, attacks at that level can be easily deflected, but the surprise was quite something." Naoki smiled, "While flying in the air, stray bullets suddenly flew towards us. Honestly, it was quite shocking."
Hearing that, Rin immediately let out a sigh of relief: "Huuuh~ Thank goodness you weren't hurt—wait, wait? What did you just say? What did you do to the magic bullets?"
"Deflected them."
Naoki said it with a straight face.
"Like playing tennis, the balls flying towards me, I just hit them back. Why, is there a problem?"
What did he mean by "why, is there a problem"!
Rin and Luvia remembered Naoki's introduction as a half-baked Magus? He could deflect the magic bullets they fired so easily? He called that half-baked?
"You... who exactly are you?"
Luvia frowned, stepped back slightly, and asked warily.
"You're not an ordinary Magus, are you?"
"I don't think ordinary Magus would freefall from a thousand meters either, and I never said I was an ordinary Magus." Naoki smiled, "If you want to know who I am, just call your Grand Master."
Grand Master?!
"You know our Grand Master?!"
"After all, that damned old man was the one who threw me and my little sister here. Although I came willingly, throwing us directly from a thousand meters, if I could, I really want to greet him properly!"
If possible, Naoki wanted to fly to England right now and attack the Clock Tower.
Zelretch only said he didn't want him attacking the Clock Tower there, but he didn't say he couldn't attack the Clock Tower here, so if the Clock Tower here lost one or two departments because of Zelretch, it shouldn't be a problem.
*RING!* *RING!*
Suddenly, a phone rang.
Rin hurriedly took out her phone and answered: "Hello, this is Tohsaka Rin."
[Give the phone to that man, he's an acquaintance of mine]
The voice of the person Rin remembered being called Grand Master came from the other end of the phone.
Rin instantly stared at Naoki in surprise!
"You really know our Grand Master?!"
"I rarely lie. Is that Zelretch on the other end?"
"That's right! Ah, Grand Master says he wants to talk to you."
Taking the phone from Rin's hand, Naoki took a deep breath: "Damned old geezer! What do you mean by throwing me and Gray straight from a thousand meters! Were you really afraid I wouldn't fall to my death!"
[But aren't you still alive? Then it's fine, why the fuss?]
"Because you weren't the one playing freefall from a thousand meters!"
[Calm down, young man, being angry all day will make you age quickly, and do you think I would randomly throw you there?]
"You did it on purpose?"
[Um, because there are some things I want you to help with]
"As far as I remember, you said I came here to avoid trouble and for a bit of sightseeing?"
[Don't make too much of it, I'll give you a reward. You need money to live here too, right? Just consider it me hiring you.]
Honestly, Naoki really wanted to fly right now and attack the Clock Tower. He understood now, the reason he was told to come here to avoid trouble was actually just Zelretch wanting him to help work!
This old man was truly cunning!
"You think I'll help you? It's already good enough that I'm not causing trouble for you at the Clock Tower."
[In Fuyuki City right now, there are some cards called Class Cards. Help those two girls collect them. For every card you collect, I'll pay you one million.]
"What did you say?"
[Why would I lie to you?]
"You've already tricked me once!"
[Do you want to or not?]
This old man...
"Ahem, ahem, ahem!"
Naoki cleared his throat loudly several times: "Whether it's about money or not, it's actually not a problem, you know, my heart is good, I like helping others."
[Oh~ truly an admirable spirit of selfless dedication. You're so kind and willing to help me without pay, that's really great. Honestly, my pension isn't that much either, so I'll leave everything to you—]
"One million per card, if it's even a single cent less, I'll destroy the Jammu Clock Tower!"
[Good heart?]
"My heart is very good." Naoki said it with a face full of righteousness, "After everything is collected, I'll bring those Class Cards to the Clock Tower to collect your money. Alright, here, Miss Tohsaka, your phone."
"Oh oh... Wait a minute! What exactly were you just talking about with the Grand Master! I can't ignore the content of that conversation!"
[Rin]
Zelretch's voice came from the phone.
[That person will be your assistant from now on. If you encounter difficulties while collecting the Class Cards, don't hesitate to ask for his help. The conditions have been agreed upon.]
"Assistant? What do you mean—Grand Master? Grand Master?"
Before Rin could ask clearly, Zelretch had already hung up unilaterally. Listening to the busy tone on the other end, Rin was stunned for a moment, then immediately approached Naoki: "What do you mean by assistant! What exactly were you talking about with the Grand Master just now!"
"Not much. I guess maybe Old Man Jewel felt you guys might not be able to collect those things called Class Cards, so he told me to help. We'll talk about the details later."
Naoki patted the shoulders of the two girls: "Don't worry, I'm very strong. Leave all the fighting matters to me, you guys just stay in the back and be the cheerleading squad. By the way, if I may trouble you, could you help me find a place to stay for me and my little sister? It's already so late, I'm fine, but I don't want my little sister to sleep on the streets."