Chapter 186

Saiki Kusuo was silent for a moment, then said slowly: "How much do you know?"

Lin Yu thought for a while, and said frankly: "What I should know, I basically know. What I was originally somewhat uncertain about, I also got verification from your attitude just now..."

"..."

Saiki Kusuo looked at him deeply.

"The changes in Bai Zeming, did you do them?"

"That's right."

"You also want to interfere in the Holy Grail War?"

"No, he is the one who wants to interfere in the Holy Grail War."

Lin Yu shook his head and said with a smile: "As for me, I'm actually not very interested. At most, I'll show up at the last moment to help them solve the problem of the Holy Grail's curse."

Saiki Kusuo was stunned when he heard this: "You can solve that curse?"

"Of course!"

Lin Yu smiled and raised his hand, rubbing his head in Saiki Kusuo's somewhat surprised gaze: "So this time, you can go all out to solve that volcano, and don't have to let the world continue to cycle anymore!"

"..."

Saiki Kusuo came back to his senses, furrowed his brows, then took a step back, staring at Lin Yu: "Reversing time is because my power is not strong enough, it has nothing to do with the Holy Grail War."

"Is that so?"

Lin Yu smiled, changed the subject: "Then let's not talk about this, let's talk about you!"

"As a natural superpowered person, aren't you curious about where your power comes from?"

Saiki Kusuo was stunned again, then stared tightly at Lin Yu: "You know?"

"I didn't know originally."

Lin Yu looked at him and said: "But after seeing you in person, I seem to have some clues."

Saiki Kusuo hurriedly pursued: "What clues?"

Lin Yu sat on the edge of Saiki Kusuo's bed, raised his head, and asked with a chuckle: "Regarding mana and magi, how much do you know?"

"Not much."

Saiki Kusuo shook his head: "Although I maintain peace with those magi on the surface, in secret, their organizations and institutions are extremely hostile to me."

Lin Yu smiled: "Then do you know where this hostility comes from?"

Saiki Kusuo shook his head again.

Lin Yu said leisurely: "This has to do with the two major Counter Forces that exist on Earth!"

"The so-called Counter Force is an invisible power aimed at continuing the world. Among them, the unconscious collective body originating from the primate group that wants to continue humanity is named Alaya."

"And the instinct originating from the world that wants to avoid the destruction of the world is named Gaia."

"Gaia's Counter Force is responsible for protecting the Earth, and Alaya's Counter Force is responsible for protecting humanity."

"However, compared to the Earth, humanity is more fragile, so Alaya's Counter Force is also easier to appear than Gaia's."

"The so-called superpowered person is the Counter Force produced by humanity unconsciously."

"As for the object of its countering, you should be able to guess, right?"

Hearing this, Saiki Kusuo thought thoughtfully: "Magi?"

"Bingo!"

Lin Yu snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "But it can be more accurate—【Magic】!"

"In the world of magi, abilities that cannot be reproduced by magic are defined as super abilities."

"To some extent, they are not simply hostile to you, but... afraid of you!"

Saiki Kusuo fell silent.

A moment later, he asked again: "So, my super ability originates from Alaya's Counter Force?"

Lin Yu nodded, then shook his head, and smiled: "Yes, and no."

"..."

Saiki Kusuo's face darkened.

Having lived for so long, this was the first time he missed telepathy so much.

... Riddle-man, get out of Gotham!

Lin Yu looked at his somewhat unhappy expression and exclaimed in wonder: "Are you in such a hurry? I thought you would like this kind of experience you don't usually get!"

After speaking, without waiting for Saiki Kusuo to respond, he continued: "Under normal circumstances, Gaia and Alaya, these two major Counter Forces, will not conflict. But in essence, they have completely different goals."

"Gaia just wants the Earth to continue to exist. On this basis, it doesn't matter what happens to humanity."

"Alaya is the same. As long as humanity can continue to survive, it doesn't matter even if the Earth is destroyed..."

"Therefore, in some extreme situations, the two major Counter Forces will inevitably collide."

"But what's magical is that this world hasn't seen such a situation."

"The two major Counter Forces have miraculously compromised with each other because of one ultimate existence that transcends common sense!"

Speaking of this, Lin Yu paused, looked at Saiki Kusuo, and said slowly: "This person is you—Saiki Kusuo!"

"A superpowered person who possesses god-like power, can prevent the destruction of the world, and even after the world is destroyed, can still turn the tide and reverse everything!"

Admittedly, Saiki Kusuo's birth involved the interference of the two major Counter Forces, but it went far beyond that.

It should be said that the two major Counter Forces were just using him to achieve their own goals, and in the process, endowed Saiki Kusuo with many super abilities that could affect the world.

But in essence, Saiki Kusuo is still a natural superpowered person.

The fundamental source of the powers on him, even Lin Yu at this moment couldn't see through.

Hearing Lin Yu's explanation, Saiki Kusuo's expression was stunned, as if his past worldview had been impacted.

A moment later, he came back to his senses and spoke for the first time, saying in a somewhat complex tone: "So, my thought of wanting to prevent the volcanic eruption is also influenced by Alaya and Gaia?"

So he was thinking about this question!

Lin Yu suddenly realized, then asked with a chuckle: "Why do you think so?"

"Gaia is one thing, but Alaya is the unconscious collective of humanity."

"Aren't you... a human?"

Saiki Kusuo was slightly stunned, then his mind shook violently.

That's right, he is also a member of humanity.

Theoretically, the collective consciousness that makes up Alaya also has a part of him.

Since that's the case, why struggle with whether saving the world is his own thought?

Lin Yu smiled: "Don't think so much, you are you. Even if we take a step back, you really were influenced by the Counter Force, do you not intend to prevent the destruction of the world?"

"..."

Saiki Kusuo pondered for a moment and shook his head: "No, I will still do it."

"That's it then!"

Lin Yu supported his knees with his hands, stood up, and said with a full face of smiles: "Alright, having disturbed you for so long, I should go!"

Saiki Kusuo was stunned: "Leaving now?"

"Why, can't bear to part with me?"

Lin Yu teased, and said with a smile: "I came here this time mainly to see you, and by the way, to verify my guess. Now that both goals have been achieved, what else am I staying here for?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand again and rubbed Saiki Kusuo's hair.

"It's getting late, rest well!"

Before the voice fell, silver light burst from his palm and poured into the two arcade game stick-like antenna hair accessories on Saiki Kusuo's head.

According to the plot, these two hair accessories were super ability suppressors manufactured by Saiki Kusuo's brother, Saiki Kusuke, used to suppress Saiki Kusuo's increasingly growing super abilities.

However, this thing wasn't very sturdy in the original work and could be easily destroyed by external force.

Lin Yu used his own means to set up multiple restrictions to help Saiki Kusuo reinforce the suppressor.

Saiki Kusuo also sensed this, so he didn't stop Lin Yu's behavior.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Soon, thirty seconds passed.

Lin Yu was still rubbing his hair, seemingly quite unable to put it down.

Saiki Kusuo had black lines all over his head and finally couldn't help but say: "That's enough, right?!"

Hearing this sentence, Lin Yu finally withdrew his palm and exclaimed in wonder: "I don't know why, but your hair feels very smooth, just like petting a cat—could it be because you once turned into a cat?"

"..."

Saiki Kusuo had black lines all over his head and refused to answer this boring question.

Lin Yu smiled slightly, grabbed a piece of paper out of thin air with his right hand.

"This is Bai Zeming's contact information. If you have any questions in the future, you can contact me through him at any time. I will definitely play the role of a caring big brother well!"

Do you count as a caring big brother?

Saiki Kusuo complained in his heart, but his body honestly took it.

Putting aside Lin Yu's mysterious identity, the other party was indeed the most powerful existence he had ever seen, even giving him an illusion similar to an apprentice meeting a master.

Such a feeling had never appeared in his career as a superpowered person.

If possible, he also wanted to keep in touch with Lin Yu and seek some guidance he couldn't get from ordinary people.

Seeing Saiki Kusuo's action of taking the paper, Lin Yu smiled slightly, flashed, and disappeared from the room.

The next second, the door was pushed open, and Saiki Kurumi walked in with a fruit plate.

Seeing Saiki Kusuo in the room, she was slightly stunned.

"Where's Student Lin?"

"Already left."

Saiki Kusuo glanced at her.

"Oh, that's a pity..."

His mother showed regret, then raised the fruit plate in her hand and asked with a sweet smile: "Want some watermelon?"

Saiki Kusuo: "..."

What thick-nerved parents!

At the same time, Bai Zeming and others on the other side were not idle either.

After successfully persuading Emiya Shirou to participate in the Holy Grail War, he pulled Emiya Shirou to the warehouse and summoned the last Heroic Spirit—Saber—just like in the original work!

It was a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, whose figure looked somewhat slender.

She wore a blue knight's long dress, covered in silver armor full of mana constructs, her gaze like a vast blue ocean, clear but full of unspeakable powerful momentum.

After appearing, she protected Emiya Shirou in the first instance, looking at Zhao Yun and Archer with a solemn expression.

Fortunately, Emiya Shirou reacted in time, hurriedly grabbed Saber's wrist, and explained the situation to her.

"So..."

Saber furrowed her brows: "Before solving other Masters, you intend to form an alliance with your two classmates?"

Emiya Shirou nodded: "Correct."

Saber turned her gaze, looked at Zhao Yun and Archer, and said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, I can accept a temporary truce and alliance."

"That couldn't be better!"

Bai Zeming said with a smile: "The alliance is established. Next is the first action. I have a very good action target, and I think you two will also agree."

Emiya Shirou and Tohsaka Rin looked at each other.

"What target?"

Bai Zeming said word by word: "Rider and Matou!"

(End of chapter)