Souma watched this scene, unable to suppress a faint smile.
Mash as a child was indeed adorable.
A true pure white sheet.
Even the cruel human experiments had not led her to fall into darkness.
She maintained her curiosity and gentleness throughout.
In her eyes.
All humanity were the "seniors" of life, deserving of respect.
Everything existed in the most ideal form.
No matter how terrifying the pain, no matter how much suffering and torment she endured, she would always see the kind and bright side of humanity.
She loved to see others smile.
Just by watching, it brought her joy from the depths of her soul.
She would rather be hurt herself than allow Galahad to harm those people.
So gentle.
It made her more susceptible to injury!
What a silly, foolish little eggplant.
Also, a lovely angel!
Souma looked at the first director, clearly seeing the shadow of Kiritsugu Emiya in him.
That guy had initially claimed he would become a partner of justice, rescuing him from the ruins of Fuyuki City.
Unlike him.
To save the majority, he could unhesitatingly sacrifice a minority.
However, when you choose to sacrifice others, it is no longer justice…
But soon, he could no longer smile.
In the video, Doctor Roman continued, "As your attending physician, I must make it clear to you. As a synthetic human, your cells deteriorate quickly; you will not live beyond eighteen at most!"
A brutally harsh truth.
Mash was, after all, a synthetic human.
And by forcibly initiating the heroic spirit fusion, she had become a sub-servant.
This had severely damaged her essence; no medical treatment could heal her.
Mash calmly said, "I understand. Life inherently has a time limit; this is a natural law."
"Is that so… It seems I must work harder; otherwise, I'll really be pulled down by you, my senpai."
Doctor Roman looked down at the ring on his hand, his feelings quite complex.
Even the adorable little one was unafraid; what was he afraid of?
Mash curiously looked at the ring on his hand. "Doctor, are you married?"
In the memories she had received, only married men wore rings.
"No, this is just an ordinary ring." Doctor Roman replied with a smile.
The scene shifted.
The atmosphere grew somewhat dark.
The first director, Malice Billy, stood quietly in his office.
A mysterious figure appeared silently behind him.
Malice Billy spoke softly, "You seem to be five minutes late; that's quite rare."
"Stop it; you can live." The mysterious person's tone was icy.
"Ha, to make Chaldea cease operations? Impossible; I would willingly die for that!"
Malice Billy answered without hesitation.
Then.
He died.
Killed by the mysterious person.
His body fell heavily to the ground, pointing a finger at the white-haired girl before him, leaving his final words: "Olga, you will become the next director; do not stop!"
The girl was named Olga Marie, who would later become the second director, known as Director Olga.
A new flower of hope began to bloom.
The audience felt a mix of emotions.
This first director, who initiated human experiments and was cold-hearted.
Yet he truly adhered to his path from beginning to end, willing to sacrifice even himself!
For a moment, countless viewers found it hard to judge whether he was good or bad.
After his death.
The voice of Romani Archaman echoed—
[That day, the unannounced arrival came!]
[Humanity would be completely extinct by 2016!]
[Chaldea sifted through all information from the past two thousand years and concluded—Singularity F!]
[In the cherry blossom Fuyuki City, a non-existent event would occur, affecting the survival of human history!]
[For this, a total of 48 masters will be sought from across the world, allowing them to transfer their souls to protect humanity!]
...
The so-called soul transfer is, in fact, turning humans into souls to traverse time and space.
They would travel to the singularity, repair the anomalies in human history, and safeguard humanity!
The scene shifted again.
From the original Chaldea to Fuyuki City.
Above the ruins.
The red-haired boy severed the hero's elbow, piercing his heart with a sword, completely ending the Holy Grail War.
And thus, ending this disaster.
It was the earlier scene from "Unlimited Blade Works"!
After concluding the disaster.
The boy signed a contract with [Alaya], agreeing to work for her to protect humanity in exchange for reviving countless humans killed by the black mud of the Holy Grail.
Then, he arrived in another parallel world.
Namely, the true world of Pan-Human History.
There, he came to a new Fuyuki City and became an ordinary high school student.
Illya exclaimed in amazement, "Wow, it's actually the scene right after Unlimited Blade Works!"
Yes, this was exactly the scenario that had once played out.
After deploying Unlimited Blade Works and defeating the chuunibyou Golden King, Nameless truly began his long battle to protect humanity.
Roya couldn't help but hum that familiar tune: "Like sunlight piercing through the night, dawn silently sweeps across the sky, whose figure traverses the cycles of time..."
It was from here that he began his journey through the vast expanse of human history.
Time and again, through life and death, he fought desperately to protect humanity.
No one knew how many heroic spirits he had safeguarded.
Nor how many calamities he had resolved.
And then.
Under the gaze of everyone.
The boy Nameless, now an ordinary human, saw the blood donation van ahead and walked over. "Um, I'd like to donate blood."
"Of course."
The staff member smiled in response.
But the boy had no idea that this staff member was actually from Chaldea.
And this blood donation van was merely a disguise.
Its true purpose was to search for suitable Master candidates.
Chaldea intended to train 48 Master candidates, from whom the most qualified guardian of humanity would be selected.
At present, only 47 had been found.
The last one remained elusive.
The staff member, holding no expectations, drew his blood and placed it into the testing device.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
The device instantly lit up, displaying a line of text—
[100% compatibility detected. Subject qualifies as the 48th Master candidate!]
It was all the choice of fate.
A boy who had simply wanted to donate blood had, by an incredible coincidence, encountered a Chaldea employee and just happened to possess 100% compatibility.
Souma smirked at the scene.
Did they really think it was all a coincidence?
This was purely [Alaya]'s arrangement.
That black-hearted capitalist just wanted him to work for her—how could she possibly let him go?
Even if he hadn't come to this blood donation van, he would have inevitably encountered some other "coincidental" event that would lead him to join Chaldea anyway!
Souma watched the screen.
The bewildered boy, utterly confused, was guided into Chaldea and became the final Master candidate.
Though called the last, he would become the only one.
Thus began his journey of insane, 24/7 workaholic hell.
Truly a tragedy of the highest order!
In the footage, the 47 Master candidates had already assembled at Chaldea, with only the last one yet to arrive.
The second-generation director, Olga Marie, was holding a meeting.
She was instilling in them the beliefs of protection and salvation.
These individuals were the elite of the elite, selected from magus families across the world.
They bore the crucial mission of safeguarding humanity.
The scene shifted to a room.
"I really am disliked by the director," Romani Archaman muttered softly. "She outright said, 'Romani being around makes everyone slack off,' and kicked me out."
Casually taking a bite of strawberry cake, he hid in the room, enjoying a rare moment of leisure.
Knock knock.
Someone was at the door.
"Ah, come in," Romani replied absentmindedly.
The director was still lecturing the others—there was no way she'd catch him slacking off.
The door opened.
But the person who entered was a complete stranger.
Romani blinked in surprise. "Uh, who are you?"
"Hello, I'm the 48th Master."
The other person smiled at him and said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Fujimaru Ritsuka, but you can call me Gudao."