Chapter 696

Monk calmly watched this scene. As someone also of the Buddhist faith, he naturally understood what kind of existence the so-called "Enlightened One" in that world truly was.

The erasure of Kishinami Hakuno on the opposite shore was not an act of evil, but rather a judgment that humanity could not escape the cycle of reincarnation.

After all, he himself had only ascended to become a Demon God in his brief lifetime by attaining enlightenment regarding reincarnation.

This kind of *deus ex machina* intervention was, in reality, an extremist take on the Buddhist concept of Nirvana!

Achieving liberation through the elimination of the individual was, in fact, a negation of Kishinami Hakuno's obsession with human history.

But to someone at his level, all of this was too childish; he had long since stopped playing such games.

Whether intervening in human affairs or not, it was all irrelevant to him now.

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"... Everything is over." Looking at the bottomless abyss of a crater beneath his feet, TWICE's heart was filled with sorrow and despair.

Is this humanity's choice...

Enough... Since this is humanity's choice, then let it end here.

He turned back in silence, stepping into the Moon Cell core, choosing self-destruction and shutting down the SERAPH.

And with no one left to save, the Enlightened One left behind his Noble Phantasm and departed from this universe.

TWICE's body turned into spiritrons and dissipated within the Moon Cell core. Everything should have ended there, but after TWICE was decomposed, his computer-body remains—Malicious Information—actually appeared!

Because the Enlightened One had left the Chakravartin behind upon his departure, the Moon Cell automatically determined that the Chakravartin was established, and Dead Face continuously strengthened itself through the Chakravartin!

Malicious Information is negative information activity generated by self-aware activities, such as malicious incitement, repeated lying purely for profit, and the widespread circulation of baseless rumors.

Malicious Information pollutes positive truths like cancer cells, spreading rapidly and eroding the domain.

In the SERAPH, spiritual death and physical death have two completely different meanings. If one does not die completely, their resentment will be branded onto the virtual world's network.

Under the influence of the Chakravartin, the Moon Cell changed its mode of existence; the Threshold of the Burning Heaven was closed, and the Holy Grail War thus ended.

Correspondingly, the decomposition and purification device for the resentment of the dead also disappeared. Death was abandoned, and the numerous dead and losers accumulated a massive record of defeat!

And the sum of it all is Dead Face!

The massive resentment accumulated by the dead gathered together, solely to carve this hatred into the winner who sat upon the Burning Heaven. Thus, Dead Face TWICE hated everything on the moon!

And he intended to use the Chakravartin left behind by the Enlightened One to completely destroy the SERAPH!

A thousand years of time passed in the blink of an eye—

And Kishinami Hakuno was resurrected once again because of Dead Face, and in the world where the Enlightened One had vanished, she met Dead Face TWICE once more!

The golden Chakravartin unfolded. The Knight of the Round Table, Gawain, burned his spirit origin and unleashed a full-power strike with his holy sword, but it only managed to block the opponent's attack!

When it falls again, it will be their doomsday!

"Now is the time, Praetor. Use a Command Spell on Me. I will use the damage dealt to the Chakravartin by the holy sword... No matter what, I will make the wheel stop for two seconds!" Nero looked at Kishinami Hakuno and said firmly!

"Take this opportunity to enter the Moon Cell core!"

There was no room for hesitation. After their final farewell, Nero's figure shot straight into the sky!

And landed upon that incredibly shocking Chakravartin!

"Stop!" Nero gave up on blocking the attack and thrust her Aestus Domus Aurea heavily into the ring!

In just a moment, Nero's body suffered heavy damage!

And at the same time, a streak of light also charged toward the Moon Cell core!

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Across the Myriad Worlds

Everyone raised their eyebrows. As expected, even if one dies, there are still various ways to be resurrected.

However, what they found interesting was that it was the Enlightened One who killed Kishinami Hakuno.

And in a sense, it was also the Enlightened One who resurrected Kishinami Hakuno. The causality within is thought-provoking.

As for the final winner of this battle, there is no need to guess. The Enlightened One has already left; what reason is there for Kishinami Hakuno not to win?

Last time, facing the Enlightened One, Kishinami Hakuno might have lacked a miracle fragment, but this time, after the Enlightened One's departure, it is different.

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"Stop the Chakravartin? Weigh your own worth! You mad tyrant!" Dead Face TWICE roared, launching an even fiercer attack!

"Such a trivial matter... is not worth mentioning!" Under the more intense attacks, the flames on Nero's body burned even more fiercely!

"What I saw was the birth of a planet, the lament of a fledgling without a self, the trajectory of a meteor flying higher than anyone else!"

"That's right... always shouting to live on!"

"It is weak, it is strong, more vivid than anything else. It is a life burning with heat that even I was fascinated by!"

"Then how could I not burn my own life! Even if it disappears into the void, a meteor will become an eternal beacon!"

"Even if this body falls into Limbo, every time I look up at the sky, my eyes will shine!"

"My name is Nero! On this moon, the brave one who fights until the very last moment, the lovable Servant!!!"

A brilliant, fiery red pillar of light bloomed, and that Chakravartin actually stopped!!!

"I succeeded, Praetor." Nero leaned on her sword, battered and exhausted, but a satisfied smile appeared on her face.

She did it, Praetor.

"It's just... although this is a scene worthy of praise, there really is no other way this time."

She is about to disappear...

"As expected of Nero, the title of tyrant is well-deserved." A familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind. A joyful smile instantly appeared on Nero's face.

But Nero immediately realized: didn't Kishinami Hakuno head to the Moon Cell core!

Kishinami Hakuno smiled; it was Tohsaka Rin who went in her stead. A counterfeit like her had no qualification to obtain the Holy Grail.

"Besides, I promised you, didn't I? I won't let you be alone," Kishinami Hakuno said gently.

Those jewel-like eyes filled with tears. In a daze, it felt as if they had returned to a thousand years ago... It was still Kishinami Hakuno, only... a thousand years ago, they had died in battle...

Nero wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes hard, her chest heaving violently. This tyrant revealed a smile she had never shown before.

But Nero, who had burned her spirit origin, could no longer hold on. "I'm sorry, there is one more thing to do, Praetor."

Nero looked toward the larger ring of light in the sky and handed the Aestus Domus Aurea in her hand to Kishinami Hakuno. "Show your Servant that you are the best Master!"

"I leave the rest to you. May I become your sword!"

"Yes!" Kishinami Hakuno took the sword, looked deeply at Nero, and then turned into a streak of light, charging toward Dead Face TWICE!

"Really, having achieved so many great feats, yet still making a mistake at the end. Although the result is unexpected, it ends here!"

Dead Face TWICE stared at the incoming Kishinami Hakuno.

"You claimed it was for humanity, yet you couldn't kill your own life and desires. You have lost."

A pitch-black hand of resentment struck at Kishinami Hakuno. TWICE said contemptuously, "We are both Dead Faces. Your body will become the skeleton to house me. I shall inherit that uninjured body."

But the moment his palm touched Kishinami Hakuno, Dead Face TWICE froze. "Why can't I interfere?!"

He fired off more tentacles in a frenzy, but it remained completely useless; even Hakuno Kishinami walked straight through Twice H. Pieceman!

"No... how could such a thing be possible!", Twice H. Pieceman watched the departing figure of Hakuno Kishinami in shock!

Hakuno Kishinami actually couldn't see him?!!

She did not treat him as an enemy, and even... felt no hatred!

"We are both existences born from death, the accumulation of human love and hate, and the evil that arises from being human."

"Such an existence... how could you not have any hatred or anger, and instead sing praises to life!"

Countless tentacles shot out from Twice H. Pieceman's body, but they could not affect Hakuno Kishinami in the slightest!

"The dead... are unable to grasp the living, are they," Twice H. Pieceman reached out, looking at the departing Hakuno Kishinami in confusion.

There was no answer, only the dead man's bewildered self-questioning.

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Chapter 359: The Curtain Falls! The Philosophy of the Buddha! Controlling the Regalia! The True Moon King Zabiko!

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The figure of Hakuno Kishinami turned into a stream of light, shooting towards the Moon Cell!

Hakuno Kishinami raised the longsword in her hand, then unleashed the Archer-class skill of slashing the Holy Grail upon the Moon Holy Grail!

Hakuno Kishinami ultimately entered the Moon Cell core, where Rin Tohsaka had been waiting for a long time; she had ordered the Holy Grail to wait for the true wisher.

"Thank you, Rin, for looking after me until the very end," Hakuno Kishinami revealed a gentle smile, bidding her final farewell to Rin Tohsaka.

"What wish are you going to make?" Rin Tohsaka asked softly.

"A wish, huh...", Hakuno Kishinami thought of what Nero had said regarding the question of whether she would disappear.