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"I promise, I mean you know ha-RM!?"

"Yeah, but you're still a Rogue Servant who snuck onto our ship... and what do you have to say for yourself?" Anne took her musket and pressed it right against the young woman's chest, right over her heart. Melusine had taken Naruto's orders very seriously, and instead of just simply keeping an eye on the girl, she had captured the girl to chain her up.

So, the servant they had been ignoring was now tied up in ropes.

She was surrounded by most of the crew as well, so she couldn't escape even if she wanted to. She was pretty much captured, and at their mercy plain and simple.

"What is going on here?"

"Master, I captured her." Melusine rushed so that she was standing by Naruto once more again. Mary was a little shocked, and looked at the empty air next to her that Melusine had been standing in. The girl had disappeared in a blink of an eye to be standing by her master again.

Naruto looked at the tried up girl.

He walked right up to her and crouched down, looking her up and down.

"... You a slut?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow. She wore the SMALLEST of booty shorts he had EVER seen in his life, combined with thighless/assless chaps and a black, leather armor bra. A tattered red jacket used like a cloak, and black boots. Naruto reached out and poked her belly button, because she had a red marking on it.

She gave off strong gyaru vibes.

Blond hair tinged pink with yellowed-red eyes, and slightly tanned skin.

"I could be if you need a slut, but no... I am Archer, Chloe Von Einzburn... A Rogue Servant summoned by one of the 7 Holy Grails in this war... I don't know which one." Chloe introduced herself to Naruto. She looked HIM up and down, seemingly relieved by what he looked like up close. "... That was a great job with Charybdis you did, I was close to peeing myself back then." Chloe praised him.

That got annoyance from the crew, who remembered that she didn't help at all during the events they suffered through.

"You little-"

"Shuten didn't help either, so we can't be too mad at her. Anne, Mary, Atalanta... you 3 almost didn't help either. I had to knock the sense into you 3... so Chloe... one of the Holy Grails on one of the 7 Master ships summoned you?" Naruto asked her just to clarify.

That was useful information.

"Master."

"Goghie, I'm kind of busy." Naruto raised a hand when Van Gogh wanted to say something to him. She was looking, no longer at Chloe, at something that was off the side of the deck. He wasn't looking at her through. "... So there are 6 more Rogue Servants out there?" Naruto asked Chloe, since he really wanted to make sure he got an accurate count of how many servants had actually been summoned to this war.

If each Grail had summoned a Rogue Servant on it's own, then that would be a total of 9 servants summoned by each grail, not 8 like he originally assumed. At that point, there would be a total of 63 servants to worry about considering for the war.

"Master... I don't like the look of these narrow cliffs we're approaching." Van Gogh pointed out as the ship approached a gap in an island where 2 narrow cliffs faced each other. Naruto glanced at her, and he took his eyes off of Chloe to look at the dark cliffs they were approaching.

He gestured to Anne.

"Go and change course around the island, but stay closer to the shore. Ishtar is pointing out some Skeleton Crews out in deeper waters." Naruto noticed that Ishtar was up in the Crow's Nest, pointing out at see with her bare foot. Anne left the group that was surrounding Chloe, and went to take the wheel of the ship again. Naruto grabbed Mary by the wrist to stop her from joining her other servant half.

Naruto focused his attention back on Chloe.

She was looking around.

"Well... I can't say for certain more servants were summoned... but yeah... if I were to guess, I would guess that each Master has the chance to get a 9th servant to their crews if they make a contract with the Rogue Servant." Chloe looked around for anything that she could use to her advantage.

Nothing.

"How old are you?" Atalanta asked the girl.

"Well, I was summoned 10 years ago on Wyvern island, and on that island I stayed until I could sneak onto the ship of a Master Crew. I have useful information, if Mister Delinquent-OW!" Chloe stopped what she was saying when Naruto just extended his fist and knocked it against her nose.

"Don't call me that."

"Okay, okay, you're not 'Mister Delinquent' then. Anyway, I'll join your crew and share my information with you. When I was summoned, I was summoned with a Treasure Map... that leads to Charybdis' Swimming pattern." Chloe had valuable information with that alone.

Atalanta was floored.

"She... swims... she isn't just rooted in one location?" Atalanta was floored, genuinely floored by that revelation that the whirlpool goddess wasn't stuck in one location like in the legends that spawned her.

Chloe glanced at her.

"Nope... I know from 10 years of watching her, that she passed by Wyvern island every 17 days. She opens her mouth 3 times a day, and whenever I saw her open her mouth, it was in the same spot off the coast of Wyvern island." Chloe was surprised when Naruto untied her right then and there.

"You're useful, that information on it's own is useful. What else do you have?" Naruto asked her, and he tapped the side of her head. He helped her to stand back up to her feet.

"I have guesses."

"Give me your guess then."

"Well, since I spawned with a treasure map that gives map details on Charybdis, I think there are 6 other legendary water creatures... and the other servants have treasure maps that lead to maps that show where they are." Chloe gave her guess.

"Oh... what makes you say that?" Naruto was curious.

"I saw a kraken attack a pirate ship once and sink it... there is a reason that I never tried to steal a ship from one of the pirate crews of skeleton crews... I have heard rumors of the oceans here being terrifying... the only crew I felt safe with was... well... with servants." Chloe had spent 10 years on the wyvern island picking up bits and pieces of information.

"Anything else?"

"Nope, most people who see those monsters don't survive the encounter. These waters have a curse on them, those killed by the ocean monsters seem to come back to life every new moon as a skeleton crew." Chloe heard that rumor from some pirates that she... stole information from. "This ocean is super dangerous, and I made it a point to never leave the island I spawned on until I saw a Master with servants." Chloe pulled her shorts off her body.

She pulled a folded up map from her shorts and handed it to Naruto.

Naruto unfolded it.

"... We're heading to this island right now... this is the island we nicknamed Resource Island." Naruto noted that the island that map showed was one they already had as a destination. He was a little stunned at how lucky that was. "So... there is also a Kraken in the ocean... that is... worrying."

"I'm stronger than a kraken." Melusine pointed out to him with a nod of confidence.

"Mary, go and rejoin with Anne. Tamamo, take Chloe and this map to the Chart in my quarters, and mark down everything on this map we need. Chloe... have you heard of Chaldea?" Naruto asked Chloe as she was walking away.

She nodded her head.

"Yeah, they left Wyvern island a few days before you arrived... they got captured by a pirate crew that one of the Rogue Servants had taken over." Chloe didn't really consider that information worth sharing.

"Which servant?"

"Berserker Class, Lancelot. He had taken command of a ship and turned it all black and red... all he does is scream Arthuuuuuur... so I did not feel like joining them at all." Chloe deadpanned, since she did NOT want to listen to that everyday.

Melusine looked up at Lancelot's name.

"Oh?"

"Well, that is good to know too... do you think they are still alive?" Naruto asked Chloe.

"For sure, Lancelot's boat moved faster than a speed boat on cocaine, that boat can avoid most monsters pretty easily... and Chaldea's Master seems like a pretty chill woman... I don't think she will piss off Lancelot." Chloe entered his cabin with Tamamo.

...

Naruto looked at Van Gogh and Melusine.

"... Okay, so we have 7 monsters on this ocean, 7 masters, and now a Crack-Boat led by Sir Lancelot, with several Chaldea servants on board the Crack-Boat... Melusine... join Ishtar on scouting. We need to stay on high alert." Naruto gave his command, and Melusine followed it as she joined Ishtar in the Crow's next.

"Me?"

"Go and paint all the wyvern hides Ocean Colors. The second we get to Resource island, we are going to get to work making this ship better... and Shuten." Naruto looked towards the woman who barely did anything.

"Yes?"

"If we see the Crack-Boat... you WILL fight with us, even if I have to use a Command Spell to make you do it. You're one of my strongest fighters, and I want you to pull your weight." Naruto pointed a finger at her.

She giggled and saluted.

"Of course, no need for a command spell... I'm itching for a fight." Shuten would relish the chance to get in some real combat. As much as she was enjoying watching Naruto fight, she wanted to rip an enemy apart even more. "But... without Melusine by your side, I wonder who your personal guard will be."

Naruto watched Atalanta step forward.

"... Fine." Shuten didn't seem like she enjoyed that very much.

She seemed to have wanted to pull some kind of trouble, and using the chance as bodyguard to pull her prank. Atalanta wordlessly watched as Shuten left Naruto's side.

"... She's trouble." Atalanta noted.

Naruto nodded.

"She's strong, but she's also an Oni... they do what they want. She's a powerful ally, but she could easily become an enemy if the mood strikes her... I don't think the mood will strike her, she seems decently loyal... but I can tell, she will only be helpful during specific situations... which is why I have Tamamo and Beni keep an eye on her." Naruto knew those two would be more than enough to keep the reigns on Shuten if it was needed.

There was more than one reason why he teamed those 3 up with each other for combat and defense, because he wanted Beni to keep an eye on Shuten, and Tamamo to be the peaceful bridge between Beni and Shuten to stop them from fighting each other.

Shuten, Van Gogh, and Ishtar were three of his stronger servants... but they were all his most problematic, at the moment. Ishtar gave off clumsy vibes, Shuten did whatever she wanted, and Van Gogh was chronically depressed... and just gave off dark vibes, to the point he was sure there was insanity in her soul waiting to burst forth at any moment.

His servants were all strong.

"Melusine isn't much better than Shuten."

"... Melusine is loyal to a fault... but he IS loyal... if a bit too... affectionate. Did you know I caught her under my bed a few times?" Naruto asked Atalanta, who didn't seem even slightly surprised by what she learned.

Melusine was very clingy.

So it was not a surprise at all.

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