Chapter 496

[Just then, a dagger tore through the darkness and pierced Matou Sakura's right shoulder.]

Househusband: "!!!"

Red A: "Another participant in the Holy Grail War? They arrived so quickly."

Nameless: "A dagger ambush—it seems to be an Assassin."

["Sakura!!!"]

[Emiya Emiya Emiya Shirou held the heavily wounded Matou Sakura, glaring: "Who are you?"]

[The opponent's strike was too fast; Emiya Emiya Emiya Shirou couldn't react in time.]

["Too careless. How frivolous."]

[The dagger was retracted by something resembling a thread in the darkness. A ragged figure appeared at the gate, their tone filled with madness.]

["Really, really now. You useless sister, you actually wanted to run off with a wild man so easily?"]

[The man walked out of the darkness, dancing and gesticulating, revealing a blue bowl-cut.]

[It was none other than Matou Shinji.]

Harmless: "(゜ロ゜)!!!"

Tohsaka Rin: "Shinji! It's you bastard again!"

Harmless: "Hey, hey, this has nothing to do with me! Don't pin this on me again!"

Matou Kariya: "Shinji..."

Harmless: "Uncle! Calm down, this really has nothing to do with me!"

Red A: "..."

Something is wrong. Why does this Shinji in the video look so strange?

Those ragged clothes look like he just dug them out of a trash heap.

Could it be that he already had a fight with another Master before coming here?

["Brother!"]

[Matou Sakura's pupils shrank, her face full of disbelief.]

["You said brother?"]

[The Emiya Emiya Emiya Shirou of this world was clearly seeing Matou Shinji for the first time. He asked angrily: "Since you are Sakura's brother, why would you do this!"]

[Matou Shinji: "That's right, I am the legitimate heir of the Matou family. My name is Matou... uh, strange, Matou what was it again?"]

Everyone: "..."

They also started to feel that something was wrong.

He even forgot his own name—could this Matou Shinji have gone senile?

And he kept swaying back and forth, as if he were suffering from rickets.

Tohsaka Rin: "Could the Matou Shinji of this world have developed a mental illness?"

Harmless: "..."

He wanted to tell her not to curse him, but looking at 'himself' in the video, he was powerless to refute it.

How embarrassing. Why is this guy so embarrassing? Even more embarrassing than the me in the original history.

[Matou Shinji: "Ah, whatever. Anyway, as long as I kill you two, I'll definitely remember!"]

[A red light flashed, and the attack came again.]

["Reinforce!"]

[Emiya Emiya Emiya Shirou quickly reinforced his umbrella to defend, but it was blown apart by the opponent's strike.]

[However, he also saw Matou Shinji's attack method clearly.]

[The opponent's right hand could actually extend strange tentacles, which he used to manipulate the dagger for attacks.]

Tohsaka Rin: "Eww—are those tentacles? How disgusting."

Blonde Rin: "Matou Shinji, has he turned into a monster?"

Harmless: "..."

["Hey, hey, this is too strange. Why are you defending!!!"]

[Matou Shinji, whose attack was blocked, suddenly had a nervous breakdown. He started dancing and raving, then took out a Class Card and pressed it under his feet.]

[A magic circle expanded, and dense tentacles formed a cocoon that wrapped around him. When the tentacles receded, Matou Shinji had turned into a true monster.]

[Pitch-black pupils, a skeletal mouth, skin like a corpse, and his right hand had completely turned into several long tentacles.]

Magical Girl Illya: "Ah!!! What is this!!!"

Blonde Rin: "...Matou Shinji has really turned into a monster now."

Tohsaka Rin: "He's completely turned into a tentacle monster."

BB: "Oh my, a tentacle monster? I didn't expect anyone would want to turn into such an evil thing."

Harmless: "(Wants to dig a hole and bury himself)"

It's over. He finally understands what social death is now.

You guy, if you were going to transform, why did you have to turn into a tentacle monster!

Caules: "This is a transformation from a Class Card, so it must be some Heroic Spirit's."

Everyone: "..."

Which Heroic Spirit would be so disgusting?

Waver: "That skeletal chin... could it be Hassan?"

Hundred Faces Hassan: "..."

Hundred Faces Hassan: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Hundred Faces Hassan: "Although we are Assassins, we are also normal people. I've never heard of any Hassan being modified into a tentacle monster!"

Hundred Faces Hassan: "If there really were one, I'm afraid the First Master would have cleaned house before they even became a Heroic Spirit."

Cursed Arm Hassan: "..."

Cursed Arm was a bit panicked now.

Big sister, please stop talking.

Looking at Matou Shinji in the video, he already had a bad guess in his heart.

(Emiya the Hero)

["Ahahaha-hahaha—"]

[After transforming, Matou Shinji was clearly even more deranged, letting out sharp, uncontrollable laughter.]

[Emiya Emiya Emiya Shirou hurriedly pulled Matou Sakura into the house to escape, but Matou Shinji chased them in and forced them into the courtyard.]

[Matou Sakura seemed to recognize whose Heroic Spirit ability Matou Shinji had and wanted to tell Emiya Emiya Emiya Shirou, but never had the chance.]

["Sakura, run! I'll hold him off!"]

[Emiya Emiya Emiya Shirou, who had been kicked away, clutched his stomach and said to Matou Sakura in a deep voice: "Didn't you say you wanted to abandon everything? So don't worry about me anymore. Even if you're the only one left, you have to run away and live a happy life somewhere in this world."]

["No, Senpai!"]

[Matou Sakura tore off the scarf around her neck, picked up the Class Card, and her eyes gradually became firm: "I won't run. I will defeat my brother!"]

["Hehehe, you've really grown up, Sakura."]

[Matou Shinji said with a ferocious face: "Not only do you dare to defy your brother, but you also want to defeat me? Were you incited by that guy over there? What a terrible sister!"]

["As expected, killing such a sister with my own hands is what feels best!"]

Zabiko: "Is Matou Shinji letting himself go?"

Fujimura Taiga: "What kind of nonsense is that! Matou Shinji, go copy books a hundred times for me!"

Harmless: "Hey, hey (/?Д?)/, what does that have to do with me!"

Tohsaka Rin: "Mm, as expected of Sakura, she's very strong even in another world."

[Matou Shinji's words deeply stimulated Emiya Emiya Emiya Shirou. He hurriedly tried to stop the siblings from killing each other, but Matou Sakura revealed a big secret.]

["It's okay, Senpai. My brother died a long time ago."]

[Unfortunately, Emiya Emiya Emiya Shirou misunderstood Matou Sakura's meaning at this moment.]

["And, although Senpai didn't choose me in the end, I still like you the most."]

[Matou Sakura smiled with tears in her eyes and raised the Class Card: "So, I will protect Senpai. I will definitely not lose, as long as I rely on this card."]

["Summon!"]

[The Class Card glowed, and then—there was no then.]