Toriko: Gourmet Chat Group

"Ritsuka, who is he?"

After being rescued, the white-haired director of Chaldea in the red tights, Olga Marie, looked cautiously at Kenji. Having been inexplicably transported to this burning city, she hadn't seen a single living person. She recognized Ritsuka Fujimaru and Mash, of course, but Kenji was a complete stranger.

"I'm a partner of justice, Kenji," he introduced himself.

"A partner of justice? Are you kidding me? Is it fun to mock me?" Olga Marie glared at Kenji upon hearing this.

"Director Olga, I'm not lying," Kenji said sincerely, placing a hand on his chest. He had changed so many regrettable fates. Wasn't that what a partner of justice does?

Olga Marie's brow furrowed. For some reason, the moment Kenji said that, she felt as if a bullet were about to hit her in the forehead. Gudako and Mash had the same feeling.

"Director, I called Kenji here to help. His strength is absolutely reliable," Gudako said quickly.

Mash chimed in, "Mr. Kenji saved Senpai and me. He's not a bad person."

Good guy card +1.

"How strong can he be?" Olga Marie was highly skeptical. He just looked like a commoner.

"How strong, you ask?" Kenji rubbed his chin. Blowing up the planet beneath his feet should be no problem. This was a normal-sized Earth, not one that had expanded to several hundred times its size.

However, Olga Marie's attitude dissatisfied Kenji. Had she been playing the part of a noble young lady for too long?

CRACK!

Kenji stomped his foot lightly. The ground instantly trembled, and a twenty-centimeter-wide crack split open the asphalt road.

"Hiss!" Olga Marie couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath of cold air. There was no fluctuation of magical energy. In other words, he did that with pure physical strength. Is he a Tyrannosaurus in human form?

"Ahem. With Mr. Kenji joining us, our investigation will proceed much more smoothly," Olga Marie said with great solemnity. She had a feeling that Kenji could slap her so hard she'd cry and beg him not to let her die.

Mash wasn't surprised, having already witnessed his power.

CLANK!

Countless chains suddenly shot out, sealing off the space around them.

"My, my, so much fresh prey. How tender and wonderful."

A female Servant with a slender figure appeared out of thin air. She carried a scythe and wore a hood, from which her long purple hair was faintly visible. Her magnetic voice was extremely dangerous.

Kenji had seen the anime, so he recognized her at once: Medusa, in the Lancer class. Her "great lightning" was really not small. He wondered what kind of magnificent explosion it would create if he fired it from his Pincer Attack Formation. Art is an explosion! It's all a necessary sacrifice.

Kenji's eyes burned with an intense fire. Medusa felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze. She had a feeling this person was lusting after her body.

"Don't anyone fight me for this one!" Kenji charged forward directly. This was the ammunition he was going to use.

"Foolish."

Seeing a mere human try to fight her bare-fisted, Medusa let out a cold laugh. She swung her scythe, about to cut Kenji in two.

BOOM!

The moment Kenji's fist met the scythe, Medusa's expression changed. What is this power?! It was as if she had been struck by a star. The terrifying force traveled up the scythe and into her hands. A sharp pain shot through the webbing between her thumb and index finger; it had been split open.

"Fly for me!" Kenji's fist pulsed with even greater power.

"Aaargh!"

The next second, an unstoppable force surged towards her. Medusa let out a pained cry and was sent flying.

CRASH!

The flying Medusa crashed through who knows how many walls and didn't reappear for a long time. If Kenji's power were converted to a Strength parameter, it would be EX rank with no problem.

"A Servant... was sent flying?"

"He must be an incredibly powerful Servant," Olga Marie began to rationalize in her mind. How could an ordinary person possess such strength?

"Rewind."

Click, clack—

A clock face appeared in the air, and time began to flow backward. The blasted-away Medusa returned along her original path, and the walls she had crashed through were all restored.

"Get in here!"

Kenji grabbed Medusa and, in an instant, refined her into his Pincer Attack Formation. This EX-ranked Noble Phantasm had a function to store "ammunition," which could then be fired directly.

Ammunition loaded. If he had the chance later, he would catch a few more Servants.

"It's over already?" Mash looked at the shield in her hand. As expected of someone Senpai knew; he was so strong and reliable.

Gudako figured she would just be the cheerleader.

Caster Cú Chulainn, who had been watching from the shadows, wiped away a cold sweat. He could tell that Kenji was neither a Servant nor a Heroic Spirit. What kind of monster is this? He doesn't even use a weapon and just beats up Servants with his bare hands! And that was... the power of time, right? Wasn't that too overpowered?

Summoning a Servant. Catalyst: a strand of hair from the Ahoge King.

"Listen up! I'll give you power, and you'll work for me."

...

"That's about it. Oh, right, and remember the most important point: room and board are included! If you heard me, then hurry up and come on over!"

I've brought a lot of food. Ahoge King, come to my bowl!

Hearing this unorthodox chant, Olga Marie and the others were slightly taken aback. Was this right? "Room and board included"... why did that sound like something a black-hearted capitalist would say?

VMMMM!

The magic circle began to operate, and a powerful storm of magical energy swept out. The group didn't know what to think. This was actually working?

Before long, a figure walked out of the light. Golden hair, check. Saber face, no problem.

But... Kenji's brow furrowed. This was...

A majestic and cold voice rang out, filled with a king's authority.

"I am thy Servant, Lancer! Wielder of the lance that shines to the farthest reaches, I shall become thy strength!"

It was a tall figure, clad in silver knightly armor, with a king's cape. A majestic and divine aura washed over them. It was Artoria, alright, but not the Ahoge King. It was the Lion King. She was a king who understood the hearts of her people.

Kenji was silent. It was Lancer Artoria. Logically, it should have been Saber Artoria, right? Could it be that Saber Alter had already taken the Saber class slot in this Singularity?

"This aura... that's cheating, right? What level of Servant is this?" Olga Marie's mouth twitched. Facing the Lion King, she felt an inexplicable urge to kneel.

Mash looked at the Lion King and, for some reason, felt a sense of respect from the bottom of her heart. Could it be that the Heroic Spirit helping her was related to this blonde female knight?

[Star Forger]: @Ahoge King Artoria, did you get here?

[Ahoge King]: Did you summon me?

Artoria was a bit confused. She hadn't felt a summoning at all.

[Star Forger]: Understood.

[Ahoge King]: Explain yourself! What happened?

Riddle-speakers, get out of the chat group!

[Gudako]: I'll explain. Kenji summoned a Heroic Spirit. She has the exact same face as you, but a different aura.

[Ahoge King]: ...

She vaguely understood.

Kenji looked at the Lion King Artoria before him, wondering if she was the one from that Singularity. Was it even possible to summon her? Hadn't the Lion King already reached the realm of a Divine Spirit?

"Lancer, state your name."

"I am the Lion King, the King of Storms, and also the Lord of the World's End—"

"Mm... Master may also call me Artoria Pendragon."

The Lion King replied calmly, sizing up her master. Her deep, yellow-green eyes seemed to see through all things. Interesting. My Clairvoyance cannot see through this person. When I look at him directly, it is as if I am looking directly at the stars.

"Pendragon?"

"...Isn't that the surname of the legendary King of Knights?" Olga Marie was taken aback. Could this be a hero related to that King of Knights? She didn't think of the Lion King as the King of Knights.

After all, how could the King of Knights be a woman?

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