Chapter 138: Who Stole My Battery?!
Chapter 138: Who Stole My Battery?!
After listening to C Chulainn's speech, Gudako immediately realized the gravity of the situation. Initially, when C Chulainn mentioned gathering an alliance to deal with Schrdinger, she thought about having more expendable resources. Even if they couldn't defeat Schrdinger, they could at least buy more time. With that extra time, she could contact Chaldea and have the Doctor... no, she had sent the Doctor to the hospital.
Then, she planned to have Da Vinci quickly retrieve her and Mashu back to Chaldea. Let whoever wanted to fix this Singularity fix it; she didn't care anymore. That was her original plan. However, she immediately abandoned that plan when she learned that a group of people from Chaldea was summoning Servants into this Singularity.
No wonder the number of Servants in Chaldea decreased by dozens every day. When she set off today, apart from Jeanne, Jack, and Phantom of the Opera, who were usually sidelined, she only had Red Archer, who was still cooking, to choose from.
In the vast Chaldea, the available combat force had been stolen, leaving only one chef. This was truly outrageous. Thinking about someone constantly stealing from her Chaldea, Gudako became furious.
"They think they can just take resources from Chaldea?!" With these thoughts, Gudako firmly placed her hands on C Chulainn's shoulders, gripping tightly and squeezing his shoulder muscles. She said, "Then, I'll leave the difficult task of finding the other Servants to you."
"Ouch! Leave it to me... Ow, that hurts... let go, let go! You're about to break my shoulder!" C Chulainn winced in pain as Gudako's grip tightened, tears almost welling up in his eyes.
Releasing her grip, Gudako casually clapped her hands. She could assure everyone that her squeezing C Chulainn's shoulders had absolutely no ulterior motive. It was just her determination being too strong, and C Chulainn couldn't handle it. It was not an act of revenge against the defector from Chaldea.
"Now that we have a preliminary plan of action, let's set off, Master,"
Looking around, Red Archer continued speaking to Gudako, "We are already targeted by the enemy, and we're on an open rooftop. It's very likely that we'll be attacked again, just like a dog."
"Who are you calling a dog?!" C Chulainn, still holding his shoulder, suddenly realized that Red Archer was possibly insulting him. C Chulainn immediately felt his pain subside.
Red Archer shrugged, mockingly taunting, "Hmm? I was talking about the dog that threw a dog at us."
Just moments ago, C Chulainn had literally crushed him once. How could he pass up the opportunity to mock him?
"Oh, I thought you were calling me a dog... Wait a minute, did you just say 'the dog that threw a dog'? You're not even trying to hide it, are you?!"
Mid-sentence, C Chulainn suddenly realized that Red Archer was indeed calling him a dog. This guy really didn't even bother pretending.
"Enough, let's go!" Gudako declared firmly, pointing her index finger forward.
Without hesitation, Gudako jumped onto Mashu's back once again, using her as a mount. She patted Mashu's head, signaling that she was ready to charge.
"Understood, Demi-Servant Mashu Kyrielight, prepare for departure!"
As soon as the words were spoken, Mashu leaped off the rooftop of the building and descended towards the ground.
"Tch, I'll have a 300-round battle with you when we're back in Chaldea." After giving Red Archer a glare, C Chulainn followed in Gudako's footsteps, leaving the rooftop.
"Well, I'll be waiting." Red Archer spoke with a pleasant expression before jumping off the building with C Chulainn.
Left behind on the rooftop were only the ruins and debris from C Chulainn's transformation and attack with his Noble Phantasm.
On the ground, Bai Song was leading Spike while wearing Tom and carrying Jerry, heading towards his electric scooter.
Along the way, Bai Song used questioning and Spike's nodding or shaking his head to determine what had happened at the dog tethering post earlier.
The cause of the incident was simple: C Chulainn came looking for trouble, mocking Spike, and ended up getting beaten up.
Yes, "getting beaten up" was not a figure of speech; C Chulainn was physically thrown by Spike.
Coincidentally, C Chulainn was thrown in the direction where Bai Song's electric scooter was being charged. So Bai Song decided that he would ride his scooter in the opposite direction, away from the incident.
It wasn't that he was afraid of C Chulainn, a Servant who got single-handedly defeated by Spike. It was simply a matter of avoiding unnecessary trouble.
What if their fights attracted the attention of the police? Bai Song didn't want to end up being arrested again and becoming a Master behind bars. That wouldn't be good.
Two days ago, he had engaged in a battle of wits with the police for quite a while. If it weren't for his evasive maneuvers, combined with the efforts of Tom and Jerry, he wouldn't have successfully escaped the police's encirclement.
Bai Song really didn't want to go through such a troublesome situation for the second time.
"Ah, we're here." Seeing his electric scooter still charging, Bai Song quickened his pace and soon arrived next to the scooter.
"Hmm? It's not charging?" Bai Song noticed that the 'charging in progress' symbol on the dashboard had disappeared. He found it somewhat surprising because he had only eaten a meal at the restaurant, and it shouldn't have been fully charged so quickly.
However, Bai Song didn't dwell on it. The faster it charged, the better.
After getting on the scooter, Bai Song patted the handlebars and called out to Spike, "Spike, hop on the scooter. We're setting off."
"Woof!" Spike responded and immediately crouched on the footboard in front of the seat.
"Let's go!" Bai Song turned the key and started the electric scooter, preparing to head forward.
And then... there was no "and then." The electric scooter started but immediately stalled.
"Hmm? What's wrong?" Bai Song scratched his head, got off the scooter, and began to inspect it.
Soon, Bai Song lifted the seat and finally discovered the issue.
Looking at the empty space where the battery should have been placed under the seat, Bai Song immediately felt speechless.
Looking around, Bai Song shouted in frustration, "Who stole my battery?!"
Suddenly, Bai Song's heart skipped a beat as he remembered that C Chulainn was thrown in this direction.