It was a cool spring night and the city of Kuoh as all seemed well and good. The city was quiet that not even the usual strange problems that usually assailed the town were active. Though as to what those problems were, were unknown to our newest arrival. The young man fell to the ground with a satisfying whump groaning from the sudden impact.
"Why is it always high? It's always high and then I fall. Glad that I learn some runes to mitigate the pain…" Ritsuka looked around before confusion took hold. "Mash? Mash!?"
As he looked around he noticed that no servants with with him. The bonds were still there but they weren't anywhere close to him. It took several minutes before he could calm down and figure things out, especially since he felt a bit weird in this world. It felt almost like he was back in Babylonia. Mana seemed to spread out around the world heavily saturating the atmosphere. His command seals glowed healthily as well seeming to pulse with power.
"Gonna hide that then." He muttered to himself as he placed his black glove back on. The Arctic Combat version of his original Chaldean uniform was perfect for any weather but being in a city might have made it a little awkward. "Oh right… communicator."
As he looked at his communicator only static answered him back. He looked at his surroundings, noting that it was the early morning before the sun arose across the horizon.
"Well… this feels familiar." Ritsuka sighed as he remembered his time in Shimosa whenever Musashi had gone to do some scouting for the night. Though he had never been truly alone like he was at this point. "What do I even have on me…?"
Looking through his pockets he noted that he had a small phone that acted like a hyper storage cube courtesy of the genius known as Leonardo Da Vinci. While he knew she was one of the biggest perverts in Chaldea rivaling even Blackbeard she still managed to be competent when it came to her craft. It also helped that several other Caster servants had assisted on this to hold reagents and summoning catalysts for him to use. Several small jewels from Ishtar's Valentine present were also there, though they were used when he needed to get money from whichever era he was in. Scrolling through the phone he noticed the other object that several of his servants had been working on.
The Illya of the Magical Girl world they went through that one summer called them Class Cards. Each holding the soul of a heroic spirit which a regular Mage could use to become a pseudo servant of a sort. When the concept had been introduced the servants eagerly decided to use them as a birthday gift for their Master. Even the most deranged of servants wanted to do this for him. Only problem was that he wasn't sure how to use them effectively. Illya had just told him to resonate them with his soul and the cards would do the rest. There wasn't much time to actually do so now because of his location but eventually he would find the time to go over this.
The sounds of cars off in the distance caught his attention leading him to a busy street as people scurried to and fro across the avenue. It was a bit shocking to say the least.
"People… they're alive…" Ritsuka muttered under his breath stifling the sadness that had been building up in him ever since he had joined Chaldea.
He wasn't unhappy that he was able to help humanity even if he was trying to survive then save anyone. It had been nearly four years or so since he had met regular people. People not tied to the Moonlit world that hid the secret society of Mages that populated the world. It had been slightly overwhelming but he had a mission to do.
"We've detected a strange anomaly here on earth growing bigger by the day. I need you to check on it since it seems to be getting a bit worse." Gordolf stated as he took his directing job a bit more seriously nowadays.
"It seems like there is a corrupted grail emanating somewhere in this area of japan. The problem is that it is pulsing in a different timeline. This one is somewhat like a singularity but at the same time might just be a parallel world. We've detected heavy mana in the world but we're unsure what it means." Da Vinci chan mentioned as she rolled around on her tiny skates. She was busy looking over several different charts.
"So what's wrong with it?" Ritsuka spoke up clearly confused on why his two bosses were so worried at the moment.
"That's the thing. There seems to be nothing wrong but a grail signature has been recorded within the area. Nothing has warped and there hasn't been any sign of a servant manifesting within the singularity. It could even be a sign that the Throne of Heroes doesn't exist within this belt similar to SIN and Shi Huang Di's reign." Da Vinci chan explained as she finally took a seat at the reyshifting station. "In which case that makes it imperative that we figure out what has corroded the human order so much that the throne is no longer necessary within its bounds."
"I'm also getting a bad feeling here Ritsuka-kun. I've been in enough accidents to know when something is going to go wrong." Gordolf coughed up clearly looking more distraught than usual.
"Ha ha… there is our bold director and his boundless spirit." Holmes stepped up clearly enjoying the small drama unfolding.
"Take this more seriously Holmes-kun! My ulcers only act up when something bad is set to go wrong!" Gordolf yelled back a bit riled by the aloof detective.
"Oh I don't mean to demean. I wholeheartedly agree that something is wrong here but unfortunately all of our attempts to peer beyond the veil have come up with nothing to show for it. So unfortunately for us dear friends, it falls to our master to once more dive into the breach." Holmes smiled his self assured stance once more before taking a drag on his pipe.