Hearing Chen Yu's question, Nyarlathotep turned to look into the distance.
Her deep purple eyes pierced directly through the Matou Family's walls.
A Mystic Eye is a type of engineering magecraft, where one's own eyeballs are transformed into a Magical Circuit, converting the passive function of receiving external information into an active ability to influence external objects.
Although Nyarlathotep's pair of purple pupils are not Mystic Eyes from the Type-Moon World, there is no doubt that she possesses some of the magical power that Mystic Eyes possess.
Compulsion, Charm, Clairvoyance, Binding, Distortion, Illusion, Far Sight… while none of these effects reached the pinnacle, they were still enough for Nyarlathotep to easily discern what was happening in the city.
After staring in the direction of Shinto for a while, Nyarlathotep retracted her gaze and said to Chen Yu, "It's not an earthquake, Darling. It's the shockwave from the collapse of a building over 150 meters tall in Shinto that exploded."
"However, when the explosion caused the building to collapse, its exterior walls fell inwards. Currently, besides a large amount of dust covering the entire street, making the pedestrians on the street grimy, there seem to be no casualties for now."
Hearing Nyarlathotep say it wasn't an earthquake, but an explosion in a building in Shinto, Chen Yu realized that the tremor he felt was not an earthquake, but Kiritsugu Emiya blowing up a building, using controlled demolition with explosives.
This is an explosive demolition technique used to destroy large high-rise buildings, utilizing the force of explosive charges to destroy load-bearing walls and critical pillars, causing the structure to collapse inwards due to its own weight.
This controlled demolition technique requires meticulous design. Besides being intimately familiar with the building's structure, one also needs to have a complete understanding of the explosive power generated by the amount of charges installed.
Kenneth El-Melloi probably never dreamed that the copper walls and iron fortifications he created with a Magical Reactor would be destroyed by Kiritsugu Emiya using terrain demolition.
However, Kiritsugu Emiya's act of blowing up the building also indirectly indicated that Kiritsugu was getting anxious.
The wound on Saber's arm was caused by Lancer's Gae Buidhe. Once stabbed, it leaves a curse, preventing the wound from healing.
Saber was already incapacitated in one arm after fighting Lancer, while the remaining six Servants were still intact. From this perspective, Kiritsugu Emiya was already at a disadvantage.
Generally, curses related to magecraft dissipate with the demise of their wielder, which is why Kiritsugu Emiya was so eager to eliminate Kenneth El-Melloi.
However, Kenneth El-Melloi possesses the Mystic Code Volumen Hydrargyrum, which uses 140 kilograms of mercury as a medium, combining the physical properties of mercury with the Magus's expertise in fluid manipulation to create a Mystic Code.
Precisely because its form is like mercury, it can unleash whip-like slashes; it can also detect enemies by sensing fluctuations and heat sources in the air; and it can transform into defensive modes such as a membrane-like shield and a columnar defense.
It can be said to be a Mystic Code that integrates three major functions: automatic attack, automatic enemy detection, and automatic defense.
Volumen Hydrargyrum can also be used as a computer. In "Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files" after the Holy Grail War, Volumen Hydrargyrum, even when only a fraction of its abilities were unleashed under Waver's control, could calculate the internal truth of one of the Seven Weapons of Destruction whose output was restricted.
This is sufficient proof of its excellent computational capabilities.
In summary, as long as he wasn't at the center of the explosion, relying on Volumen Hydrargyrum's automatic defense function would be enough to keep Kenneth El-Melloi safe.
A liquid computer, huh… Tony might be very interested.
Should I bring some back? Perhaps Tony could combine nanotechnology and Volumen Hydrargyrum, providing him with some inspiration, you never know.
Even if Tony doesn't understand Type-Moon's magecraft, it would still be like bringing him a specialty from another world.
Speaking of which, even though Volumen Hydrargyrum's computational function is far superior, Kenneth El-Melloi insisted on using it as a combat weapon.
Kenneth El-Melloi, who invented Volumen Hydrargyrum, was indeed a genius in magecraft, but he was certainly not a qualified warrior.
To go to battle with a 4090TI computer, I really don't know who gave him the courage. Could it be Fish Leong?
"Got it, Nyarlathotep."
Chen Yu inwardly complained while calmly flipping through the secret texts left by Zouken Matou.
"So, Darling, do you want to go take a look? We might even find some fun there…"
Nyarlathotep blinked her bright, eager eyes at Chen Yu, like an energetic husky, impatient to go out and play.
It seems that even tonight's battle against Zouken Matou didn't fully satisfy Nyarlathotep.
The chaos in Shinto still made Nyarlathotep want to participate.
But Chen Yu was somewhat reluctant to go, after all, the benefits from the Matou Residence, this stronghold, hadn't been fully processed yet. There were so many magecraft books yet to be recorded. It wouldn't be too late to join the battle after digesting the benefits already obtained.
"No, Nyarlathotep, tonight's battle against the old worm consumed quite a bit of magical power. I feel a bit tired now and don't feel like moving."
As a Servant, Nyarlathotep's every move consumed her magical power, especially summoning the mist that temporarily pulled the entire Matou Residence into another dimension, and summoning the overwhelming swarm of otherworldly bees to fight the old worm's insect horde. Although Chen Yu himself didn't consume too much magical power, and due to the effect of the Time Child, his magical power would automatically replenish at midnight, he truly felt a bit tired at this moment.
Lazy, not wanting to move. Now, besides the study, he didn't want to go anywhere else… "Alright, Darling… if you don't want to go out, then I won't go out either…"
Hearing that Chen Yu didn't want to go out, Nyarlathotep also gave up the idea of going out to play.
Although her Darling wasn't interested in lolis, saving the purple-haired little girl in the room was out of pity for a human child.
But there's an old human saying, "There's no way to repay a life-saving kindness, except to offer oneself."
From the perspective of human history, marriage at sixteen or seventeen in island nations is only a recent development of the last hundred years.
Nyarlathotep also didn't want to go out and play while that little loli named Sakura took advantage of the situation.
What's the difference between that and having your home stolen?
Nyarlathotep thought to herself while saying to Chen Yu, "Since Darling is tired, then Nyarlathotep won't go either. Speaking of which, it's so late, Darling, are you hungry? Should I use the Matou Family's kitchen to make you a sumptuous dinner? I just took a quick look, the Matou Family's kitchen is quite large, and there are many types of ingredients. I guarantee that after you eat my cooking, Darling, you'll be refreshed and all your fatigue will be swept away!"
Refreshed after eating?
I think it would be mentally mutated after eating, and perhaps he might even shed his humanity and grow some strange things inside his body.
Recalling Nyarlathotep's extremely Cthulhu-esque breakfast that morning, Chen Yu still declined Nyarlathotep's kind offer.