Chapter 589: Do You Like My Assassin Soul?

Wind and sand twined and blew toward the sunset at the horizon; the usually restless atmosphere of New York City was momentarily quieted by the approaching night.

"When I've saved enough points, I'll quit the Master Space," Lu Mingfei said, watching the sunset slowly draw the sunlight away from the earth, each word deliberate:

"Then I'll go back home and get married."

"When I've gathered 300,000 good deeds points and exchanged them for the Ferrying Talisman, I'll escape the Cycle World," Meng Qi said, lightly scraping the tea surface with the lid, his expression equally hopeful:

"Then I'll hold my wedding in the Divine Capital."

The soft orange light spread like a tidal wave through the modern skyscrapers, their glass facades resembling shell-like creatures glinting beneath the sea.

The mastermind team behind the Holy Grail War—the "Master Space Liaison Team in the Cycle World"—instead enjoyed this scenery after dinner, voicing their aspirations for the next stage of life.

Thanks to this, even though night had not yet fully fallen, the Death Star above began to twinkle brightly.

"Right now we're in the Cycle World; the normal price to leave is 500,000 Cycle Points and three S-rank medals."

Su Lin was forced to take a plate of grilled steak with "double" mushroom side dishes from Erena, reminding the two Reincarnators who'd wandered into the wrong infinite-stream setting:

"And my ears are practically calloused from hearing it—I still haven't seen your wedding invitation to Hui Liyi."

"Teacher Daye's alloy dragon jaw is definitely inherited from you."

Think carefully—on the day Emperor Yufeng was born, this guy vanished without a word, claiming he was "engaged."

Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes: "During my engagement period with the bride's family, a bunch of girls tried to steal me away—whose fault do you think that was?!"

After saying this, Lu Mingfei saw Su Lin freeze, then a glowing tear slide down his cheek.

Not bro…

You can't be serious?!

"I'm not blaming you—after all, it's all that damn Knife Dragon…"

Lu Mingfei grew uneasy, but then he heard the other say something strange.

"You've grown up."

What?

"You've really grown up, Mingfei," Su Lin said, gazing at Lu Mingfei with profound pride, wiping the corner of his eye:

"You've become a boy girls fight over now."

"If you keep looking at me with that old-father gaze, I'll shove Kleine under your wedding carriage as an axle," Lu Mingfei said with a forced smile.

"No, you truly have matured," Meng Qi said, arms crossed, nodding:

"From a clumsy, unlucky kid to a charismatic, mature man—when you think about it, time really flies."

Brother, didn't you join the group later?

What the hell is this whole witnessing-your-entire-transformation thing?!

"But as a half-parental figure from the bride's side, I warn you: you can be flirtatious, but don't make her cry."

"You—" Lu Mingfei started to say something, then suddenly remembered something.

Hui Liyi would drag him to watch "Shining Eyes of Xia Na" every few days, often asking if he'd found Alistair.

"Where the hell am I supposed to find the Sky-Scorching Flame?!"

"Can't I just go to Old Wang's hair salon at the village entrance and dye my divine power red?"

Su Lin yawned: "Even if you don't become the Heavenly Punishment God, you could dye it blue and be a Sea God."

Enough—I'll figure it out myself.

If the girl learned the Heavenly Punishment God's suit hid this whimsical Light God, her anime fantasy would shatter completely.

"From a serious standpoint, I don't want events from this universe to happen in the Real World."

Meng Qi said: "The Real World has been rebooted several times due to the end of eras."

If, in the Real World, we saw local Reincarnators and external Reincarnators fighting over conflicting missions, the scene would be too beautiful.

"Is your hometown still crowded?" Meng Qi asked. "If not, we guys could just shift our worlds a bit later, squeeze together, and become neighbors."

Judging by the activity in the Cycle World, their ambitions across the myriad worlds are huge.

If we ever get the chance, we can all live close and watch out for each other.

"That's great—step outside and you're in a simulated universe. When Kuangdao Sanlang hears this, his soul will heal itself automatically," Song Shuhang's eyes lit up:

"Like moving the Type-Moon universe into the Marvel universe."

Zhou Mingrui, who had been buried in his meal, looked up, puzzled:

"This feels a bit like the multiverse fusion world me and Huai Shi watched in that TV drama?"

Zhong Li's voice fell silent as he sipped tea and conversed with Bai Zunzhe and Teacher Yan Sen; Wei Gong Shilang paused his wok-flipping; Xiao Yan, familiar with his treasures, froze.

"Meng Qi," Su Lin opened his mouth, then suddenly asked: "By the way, you're planning to hold your wedding banquet in the Divine Capital, right?"

"Yes, exactly," Meng Qi snapped back to attention and immediately smiled:

"I meant—why don't we hold ours together? It'd be twice as festive."

"Since your world can't fit so many people, why not come to mine? Use my venue to settle your big life event?"

"We're both surnamed Su, both connected to that damn Lord Haotian—then you marry a demoness, I marry a witch, and it'll be joyous and lively, right?"

"Heartless, faithless man," Su Lin shook his head. "You're moving this fast—do you really want to make other girls cry?"

You bastard

"So you don't want to make other girls cry?" Meng Qi suddenly gasped: "You're so gentle."

Su Lin was about to speak when his sleeve was tugged twice.

【Su Lin-sama is the best~】 Hui Liye, dressed in a shrine maiden's robe, appeared beside them holding a small notebook: 【Will you marry me at the Hachiman Shrine?】

"Not you," Su Lin said, expressionless.

"Strange," Hui Liye frowned, put down her notebook, and said: "Why give them the benefit when I'm just as worthy?"

Su Lin noticed the surrounding glances and the witch raising her hand to activate her Command Seal, and his mouth twitched: "In broad daylight, what are you playing at now?"

"I get it—looks like just me isn't enough for you; you want a threesome, right?" Huiye raised a finger and exclaimed suddenly: "Xingbao!"

"OK~." Xing shrugged off his coat and tossed it aside, spreading his arms in an embrace pose: "You're a bit dull, but for my best friend, fine, let's go."

"At least change the damn lines!" Su Lin activated Strong Hand Shatter Skull, pulling Huiye and Xing toward him and gripping them in his hands: "Am I dull?!"

"Again with this move? Ouch, ouch, ouch—that's for Star's Sky!" Xing struggled.

"I know what comes next—even though I'm not gay, neither of them is available to me, so I'll settle for you."

Lu Mingfei wiped sweat and was about to jump in, but the group chat members all shot him strange glances.

"Wait—that's a meme!"

Why are you all looking at me like that?!

You, the topic's main character—why are you backing away too?!

The scene descended into chaos; voices grew louder, drowning out Zhou Mingrui's attempts to discuss the movie's plot.

"Huai Shi." Zhou Mingrui tapped the "Master" beside him.

"So this is how you defuse a harem scene—I understand."

Huai Shi glanced at Yi Leina, who was staring at Su Lin with disdain; she looked utterly unfazed.

"Zhou Ge, what did you just say?"

Huai Shi snapped back, turning around.

"Nothing."

Zhou Mingrui sighed; he had a strong feeling this team was terrifyingly powerful yet utterly chaotic.

Night fell, and everyone simultaneously fell silent, gradually leaving the place one by one.

"Zhou Ge, what now?" Huai Shi pointed at the elevator.

Zhou Mingrui straightened up, a faint smile on his lips, instinctively reaching into the air.

"Zhou Ge?"

"I wish I could wear a trench coat and a top hat."

Zhou Mingrui suddenly realized how awkward that sounded.

This? This is what happens when the Assassin's Soul and the Chuangyi Disease don't sync up—how did I ever think I could just pull something out of thin air?

Zhou Mingrui, feet planted firmly on the ground, didn't notice that in Huai Shi's dark eyes, a cold, stoic adventurer was reflected.

He stepped out from the air behind Zhou Mingrui, then removed his hat and trench coat, placing them on the ground.

Huai Shi's eyelids twitched twice, then said:

"Look behind you—isn't there…?"

Inside S. H. I. E. L. D.'s temporary base in New York, Avengers from two different timelines stood ready, while Scarlet Witch Wanda clearly grew anxious.

"Why can't I use my Command Seal to summon Pietro back?"

"As long as your Command Seal remains, Pietro is still alive."

Doctor Strange comforted her: "Don't panic, Wanda—you can't act impulsively like you did yesterday."

"I understand you, Wanda," said Tony with white hair.

"When Thanos snapped his fingers, I felt the same way—but in truth, aside from waiting for an opportunity and staying calm, we have no other way to change reality."

"But your loved ones came back," Wanda shook her head, fists clenched.

Doctor Strange raised an eyebrow and sent a text to Tony with white hair: 【Affected by the Dark Scriptures, she cannot hear any reason.】

【I like this redemption method—what if we explain that this parallel universe's Tony Stark has magic and claims he snapped away a universe? Can we go with that?】 Tony with white hair tapped his phone.

Unlike the calm, detached Tony with white hair, who acted as if retired and merely here to watch the show,

Nick Fury wiped sweat as he dialed one hotline after another.

In his hand, he held a document:

【Sunday Without God: "Kiki~ guys, any fun or unique spots in New York?"

You Are All Trash: "You can say 'hey' to greet, but not 'kiki'—it's too close to 'Kike' (a slur for Jews). As a foreign tourist, you must apologize for your wording."

Sunday Without God: "Who the hell are you?"】

【The user ID "You Are All Trash" and the user ID "Sunday Without God" exchanged heated insults on a social forum for days, covering multiple religions, cultures, and personalities.】

Today's chat log:

【You Are All Trash: "God has returned. We, blessed by Him, found you, this vile slave, after obtaining the Holy Grail—you damned trash!"

You Are All Trash: "Why aren't you speaking? Scared?"

Sunday Without God: "I went to hell and brought back a failed art student—would you believe me?"】

"He's said at least five times he'd wipe you out—so now you go find that kike? You don't even acknowledge him as God!"

Nick Fury muttered with a strange expression: "Motherfucker!!?"

He hung up the phone, and at that moment, alarms blared across the base; Doctor Strange's hand shimmered with a circular magical matrix.

"As expected—every night, New York, centered on the Sanctum Sanctorum, becomes entangled by countless timelines from the multiverse, forming an encircling barrier."

Doctor Strange traced a line through the air, amazed: "This is incredible—something must be happening at the Sanctum Sanctorum… maybe we should contact Ancient One."

"Good, I heard." Ancient One stroked his beard.

"I didn't say I was calling you, Ancient One." Doctor Strange was speaking when a knock came at the base's door: "I thought we'd already entered the Mirror World…"

He opened the door. From within the bizarre Mirror World, a girl with pink hair and a white dress flew in, carrying Pietro—limbs gone, yet still chewing food in his mouth.

"Pietro?!" Wanda immediately used magic to restore his limbs.

"Tony Mr. asked me to help bring this big brother back." Lu Mu Yuan remembered being corrected for calling him "uncle," so she switched her address:

"He told me to pass on a message."

Lu Mu Yuan pondered the jumbled phrases.

Mr. Su Tuoni said you should withdraw from the Holy Grail War as soon as possible, or it will be dangerous.

After relaying Mr. Su Tuoni's message, Lu Lu Mu Yuan noticed several people around her casting wary glances, so she stepped back two paces, clutching the Purple Gem.

"Then I'll take my leave," Lu Lu Mu Yuan bowed politely in farewell.

"Thank you, Young Lady Yuanxiang," Natasha crouched slightly to meet Lu Lu Mu Yuan's eyes levelly: "Are you also a mage in this Holy Grail War?"

"No, I'm Archer." Lu Lu Mu Yuan shook her head.

Servant?

This little girl?!

Natasha, who had been trying to strike up familiarity and extract information, froze, then said seriously: "You must have accomplished something extraordinary in life, Young Lady Yuanxiang."

It was not flattery, but sincere admiration.

Servants are summoned in their prime; a child her age should be growing up in school or under family care, yet she was summoned as a Servant.

"Oh, thank you for the compliment, but I only remember my past and maintain my current state thanks to the help of all you big brothers and big sisters," Lu Lu Mu Yuan shyly rubbed the back of her head.

Natasha's eyes lit up: "Then you—"

The Purple Gem flew out and blocked Natasha's path, making a distinctly anthropomorphic gesture and tone:

"Don't waste my Master's time, or I'll burn your multiverse's entire history as magic! Ha! Pfft~!"

"Purple Gem, don't talk nonsense!"

Lu Lu Mu Yuan quickly grabbed the Purple Gem and bowed in apology: "It's always like this—I'm so sorry!"

Remembering the warnings from her other group members, she nodded slightly and walked past Natasha toward the door.

But Lu Lu Mu Yuan didn't see Wanda's trembling eyes fixed on her, her raised hand struggling for a long time before finally dropping.

"She's not much older than my two children," Wanda wept, her body deflating as if all air had left it.

Doctor Strange lowered the hands he had been holding behind his back, ready to cast, and exhaled in relief: "I'm glad you abandoned that idea just now."

"No," Wanda shook her head. "I didn't abandon it. My power isn't fully under my conscious control—it's just—"

"My magic has no effect on her."