Chapter 503: The Twisted Matou Family

Boom!

Boom!

The sound of explosions rang out incessantly. Medusa sat beside the purple-haired girl, shielding the latter beneath her. The violent tremors above and the falling sand and soil were all reminders that, at this very moment, the Matou mansion was likely suffering some kind of devastating attack.

And the "young family head" they had deliberately left upstairs had likely already turned into a puddle of mush.

Medusa only hoped those people would leave after seeing the flesh and blood.

The woman sitting in the deeper part of this underground space knew very well that Reincarnators could clearly see on their panels who they had killed.

A single Matou Shinji could not satisfy that beast at all.

From the Intelligence brought back by Rider Medusa and the information transmitted by Chizha before the final battle began, there was no doubt that that guy Tao Baibai had entered this world, and in all likelihood, had become the class that should have been the most harmless but was currently dangerous to the extreme: Assassin.

Among the various classes, Assassin has very few bonuses for class-based combat, so most of the time, Servants of this class find it difficult to confront other classes head-on.

They can only hide themselves through the Presence Concealment ability to conduct Intelligence gathering or activities like assassinating Masters; if they encounter a powerful Servant head-on, they are easily killed.

But things become quite thorny when a guy like Tao Baibai becomes an Assassin.

The woman with the code name 【Man-Eating Flower】 knew the strength of Chizha and Huanlong. This duo, when joining forces, possessed strength close to the upper tier below the 【Fierce】 rank, and could even preserve their lives when facing ordinary Servants of this world.

But facing Tao Baibai, both died, and even Medusa, who had dashed away, did not have time to rescue them.

Moreover, according to Medusa, Tao Baibai was extremely fast, not losing out to her even with the Rider class correction.

A top-tier Martial Artist with speed approaching a Rider...

Just thinking about such an enemy made the space between Man-Eating Flower's brows ache. As a spellcaster, she hated speed-type Reincarnators the most.

Man-Eating Flower's gaze shifted to Matou Sakura, hesitating whether to risk trying to find the Worm that Matou Zouken had hidden on Sakura's heart at this moment.

Man-Eating Flower's team had entered this world before. This time, they chose to join the Matou faction because, among the several trajectories of the Fifth Holy Grail War, she believed only the HF Route (Sakura Route) was closest to opening the Root.

Therefore, after joining the Matou family camp, they swiftly utilized their own abilities and the Reincarnators' advantage of foresight to have Huanlong and Chizha launch a preemptive sneak attack, directly killing Matou Zouken's physical body.

But whether it was the space panel or their understanding of the plot, they were very clear that Matou Zouken was not dead; he had likely transformed into a Worm and was hiding somewhere in the mansion.

After Chizha and Huanlong died, she made a prompt decision, immediately taking Medusa, Matou Sakura, and the remaining member 【North of Mohe】 to hide underground and set up a Barrier.

She wanted to use Tao Baibai to destroy Matou Zouken's other trump cards and means. If Matou Zouken was not yet dead, then in all likelihood, he was hiding on Matou Sakura's heart.

Whether she killed him herself or let Tao Baibai kill him, both were acceptable outcomes.

"At a time like this, you still want to kill this old man?"

A voice suddenly rang out, and a large number of Worms crawled out from the bottom of the cave. 【North of Mohe】 immediately stood up, extending his right palm, which revealed a hollow cavity from which flames ignited.

He was a mechanical modification-type Reincarnator, and his compatibility with a guy like Matou Zouken, who toyed with Worms and Crest Thaumaturgy, was quite excellent.

Those Worms also seemed to pause for a moment, until Man-Eating Flower reached out to stop North of Mohe, and Matou Zouken slowly transformed back into a human shape after a large number of Worms gathered together.

It was only a human shape, without skin; those constantly wriggling Crest Worms made Man-Eating Flower feel a sense of disgust from the bottom of her heart.

She did not like this Worm whose mind had long been twisted by old age. That Idealist who wanted to eliminate all the evils of the world, the glowing 【Machiri Zorgen】, had completely perished with the passage of time.

What remained was just a disgusting Worm that put the cart before the horse and would do anything to survive.

In her view, this kind of guy was even more disgusting than that Shimura Danzo from the Naruto World who spoke empty words and had grand ambitions.

Her disgust was undisguised, and Matou Zouken could perceive it, but he did not care. At present, this group of people had controlled Sakura and killed his unworthy grandson Shinji, and his own body had also been destroyed.

And according to his informants, the Tohsaka family and that foster son of Emiya Kiritsugu had already successfully summoned Servants. In this Holy Grail War, he was already in an overwhelmingly disadvantageous position.

To reverse the situation, he could only cooperate with this group. "Even if you kill this old man, with your abilities, you won't be able to win at all, right?"

"Heh, although I don't know how you found out about the tricks I played on Sakura, even with a fragment of the Greater Grail, Sakura's qualifications as the Lesser Grail might not necessarily surpass that girl from the Einzbern family..."

"Your plan to kill that girl has already failed, hasn't it..."

Although Man-Eating Flower loathed Matou Zouken, she also admitted that what the other party said was indeed the truth, especially after Huanlong and Chizha both died. She was a spellcaster and North of Mohe was a cyborg; it was difficult to carry out assassination missions.

Especially knowing that Tao Baibai was by Ilya's side.

If Ilya was in good condition, with her knowledge, she was indeed not sure if she could make Sakura the Lesser Grail, thereby guiding the plot toward the Heaven's Feel route.

This old Worm, although his combat power might not be much, as a Magician who had lived for over two hundred years, his understanding of the Holy Grail War could not be compared to that of Reincarnators like herself.

And as one of the founders of the Fuyuki City Holy Grail War, Matou Zouken could use the Greater Grail to perform some "backdoor" operations.

For example... summoning additional Heroic Spirit Servants again to supplement their own combat power.

The mass of Worms that Matou Zouken had transformed into twisted as it approached the group, having already reached the light beneath the Barrier. Medusa stood in front of Sakura; she could feel that these Worms had a certain Greed Sin toward her Master.

At this moment, Matou Sakura slowly opened her eyes, her gaze still lingering with confusion.

Man-Eating Flower frowned, reached out and swiped in front of Matou Sakura, and Matou Sakura fell into a deep Sleep once again.

She returned to the familiar school once more, seeing that boy jump over the bar time and time again. That kind of vitality and youthful spirit made her feel envious.

Like a flower in a dark swamp, she wanted to poke her head out and yearn for that touch of sunlight.

But the next moment, a red-clad girl with black twin-tails appeared in front of the boy, and the two were chatting happily, their behavior intimate.

Matou Sakura's dream world turned into darkness once again.

She did not understand why this world always had to take everything from her, and even her sister, who had clearly enjoyed everything from the Tohsaka family, still had to take away this last bit of light.

An aura of darkness continuously permeated from Matou Sakura.

This action was noticed by Matou Zouken, and his voice radiated a certain sense of relief.

"It's still a bit too early for this progress. If Sakura falls into darkness at this time..."

He had something in mind. Man-Eating Flower thought for a moment, reached out and wiped Matou Sakura's forehead again, and Matou Sakura's expression gradually relaxed.

Medusa watched this scene, her hand holding her Master moving slightly.

This group of people... even while protecting this poor girl, they did not forget to squeeze out her last bit of value.

It really is... disgusting.

——

Bai Mian tilted her head to listen to some news, then revealed a smile. She looked at the ancient scroll in her hand, then stood up and said to Gilgamesh,

"We have to go and help our lovely allies... We can't let that beast destroy everything before that plan begins..."

Gilgamesh increasingly felt that Kotomine Kirei seemed to have undergone some changes today; the other party suddenly seemed to have some kind of pursuit?

He scrutinized the other party with indifferent eyes, and Baimian also sensed the keenness of Jinshanshan; she pinched the space between her eyebrows, as such Plot Characters possessing Divinity were indeed troublesome; if it were not for the final ending, she should have used that item on Jinshanshan instead.

She resumed her indifferent expression, walked out of the church, and prepared to save that group of people, while incidentally burying the foundation of the Human Instrumentality Project into the Meridians of Fuyuki City.

(End of this chapter)