Amakusa had complete confidence in Lancelot’s abilities.
Therefore, when it came to the task of helping Tony Stark become Iron Man, Amakusa entrusted Lancelot to complete it on his own.
Considering that Mash called Lancelot “Father,” Amakusa was certain that Lancelot would do everything in his power to complete the task.
Reality also proved that Lancelot possessed an extraordinary level of execution.
As the strongest Knight of the Round Table under King Arthur, he completed Amakusa’s request with incredible speed, arriving in Los Angeles and successfully locating Tony.
It should be noted that Amakusa had not even had time to tell Lancelot what Tony looked like.
He had merely told him that Tony was currently at a casino and shown him the route there.
Yet he never expected Lancelot to actually find Tony among so many people in Los Angeles.
“Master, I have found Tony Stark.
I am currently following behind his convoy.
What should I do next?”
While riding his motorcycle and following behind the convoy ahead of him, Lancelot reported the situation to Amakusa, who was far away in New York, through their Contract.
“Is that so?
Your speed is truly remarkable, Lancelot.
I originally thought you would need quite a bit more time to find Tony.”
Amakusa, who was far away in New York, immediately responded after receiving Lancelot’s report.
In order to monitor the progress of the mission at any moment, even though it was already midnight in New York, Amakusa had not gone to sleep.
He sat alone inside the church hall, waiting for news from Lancelot.
“Lancelot, can you tell me what your current situation is?”
“Of course, Master.
I encountered Tony Stark outside a casino.
He was preparing to leave the casino at the time, so I followed behind him.
He is currently driving out of the city.
What should I do next?”
Faced with Lancelot’s question, Amakusa lowered his head and began to think.
Only one month had passed since they arrived in this world.
He and Mash had official identities in this world, but Lancelot did not.
Meanwhile, Tony was the owner of the world’s most powerful technology company.
If Lancelot brazenly went directly to his home, Tony most likely would not pay him any attention at all.
Lancelot needed a sufficiently impressive way to make his appearance.
However, Amakusa already knew what Tony would do next.
If nothing went wrong, tonight Tony would take a female reporter home and sleep with her.
Then, the next day, he would board a plane to Afghanistan to show off his new missiles.
The main objective of this mission was to make Tony become Iron Man safely.
Therefore, suffering severe injuries was something that absolutely had to be avoided.
But if his serious injuries had to be prevented, how could Tony still become Iron Man?
After thinking for a moment, Amakusa made his decision and contacted Lancelot through their Contract.
“Lancelot, do you know what an airplane is?”
“An airplane?”
The reply came in a confused tone.
“It is a type of transportation that flies through the sky.
I need you to become its pilot.”
“No problem, Master.
I possess Riding Skill Rank B.
As long as it isn’t an excessively high-level Phantasmal Beast, I will certainly be able to control it.”
“No, no, no.
It isn’t a Phantasmal Beast, but a machine.
Just like the motorcycle you’re riding right now, it is a form of transportation powered by machinery.
Besides, you don’t need to use your Riding Skill, because your Noble Phantasm, Knight of Owner, can control it perfectly.
Exactly the same way you are controlling your motorcycle right now.”
Amakusa naturally had not forgotten the scene in which Berserker Lancelot piloted a fighter jet and engaged in an intense dogfight against Gilgamesh over the skies of Fuyuki.
If Berserker Lancelot could do it, there was no way Saber Lancelot couldn’t.
“If that is the case, then there is absolutely no problem.
Master, what should I do next?”
“It’s very simple.”
Amakusa crossed his legs inside the church and rested both hands on his thighs, a smile spreading across his face.
“Follow Tony to his residence first.
Then, using his residence as the center point, find the nearest airport.
There should be a private aircraft belonging to Tony there—the kind that isn’t particularly large but is extremely luxurious.
Find that aircraft, then find a way to become its pilot.”
“I believe that with the assistance of your other Noble Phantasm, For Someone’s Glory, accomplishing something like this should be no problem for you at all.”
Lancelot, who was still riding his motorcycle, was momentarily stunned.
“I never expected Master to understand me so well, even knowing all of the Noble Phantasms I possess.”
“Yes, Mash told me all of this.”
Amakusa naturally wasn’t going to tell Lancelot that he had known everything from the very beginning.
He simply told a small, well-intentioned lie, and the lie turned out to be remarkably effective. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
“M…
Mash told you, Master?”
Lancelot asked Amakusa in a slightly emotional tone.
“Of course.
Mash told me many things about you, Knight Lancelot.”
When saying “Knight Lancelot,” Amakusa deliberately imitated Mash’s tone of voice when she was angry—the very tone that, in Lancelot’s opinion, made it seem as though she did not regard him as her father at all.
“S-So that’s how it is!”
“Then, Knight Lancelot, you can certainly complete the task I’ve given you, can’t you?”
“No problem, Master!
I, Lancelot, hereby swear that I will certainly complete the task you have entrusted to me!”
Hearing Lancelot’s solemn oath, the smile on Amakusa’s face grew even wider.
He knew that even without making such a grand oath, Lancelot’s abilities were already more than enough to complete this task.
Yet when faced with such an amusing father-in-law figure, Amakusa still couldn’t resist teasing him a little, and the result had proven to be quite satisfying, hadn’t it?
“Then, Lancelot, I’ll leave everything to you from here.
I leave all decisions to your own judgment.
Once you arrive in Afghanistan tomorrow, contact me again.”
“Yes!”
After ending the communication with Lancelot, Amakusa stood up with a broad smile, left the church hall, and walked toward the rooms in the rear area.
Although he possessed the Saint Graph (Spirit Origin) and appearance of Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, he was not a Heroic Spirit.
He was still an ordinary human being who needed sleep and rest.
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Far away in California, Lancelot carried out Amakusa’s orders with utmost seriousness.
After following Tony until he arrived at his luxurious seaside villa, Lancelot did not stop at all.
He immediately rode his motorcycle like a streak of blue light past the outer grounds of the villa, searching for the location of an airport.
Just as Amakusa knew, Tony spent the night with the female reporter named Christine.
Then, the next day, he headed for the airport.
Although he had promised Rhodes the previous night that he would not be late, he was still a full three hours late—forcing Colonel Rhodes to wait inside his private aircraft for three hours.
Faced with Rhodes’s reprimands, Tony didn’t care in the slightest.
He even lied, claiming that he had just finished an interview and that it had caused him to run late.
Although he had indeed been interviewed by Christine, that interview had actually already ended the previous night.
After Tony arrived, the plane took off and flew toward Afghanistan.
What they did not know was that the aircraft’s pilot had already been replaced by Lancelot, and the plane itself had been transformed into his Noble Phantasm.
The exterior of the aircraft now seemed to glow with a faint blue radiance.