#536Chapter 508 The Twisted Matou Family
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Chapter 508: The Twisted Matou family
Boom!
Boom!
Explosions echoed continuously. Medusa sat beside the purple-haired girl, shielding her. The violent tremors and falling sand from above reminded them that, at this very moment, the Matou family's mansion was likely under some kind of destructive attack.
And the "young master" they had deliberately left upstairs was probably already a puddle of gore.
Medusa only hoped that those people would leave after seeing the blood and flesh.
The woman sitting deeper underground, however, knew very well that Reincarnators could clearly see who they had killed on their status panels.
A single Matou Shinji would not satisfy that beast.
From the information brought back by Servant Medusa and the information Chi Zha sent back before the final battle began, there was no doubt that Tao Pai Pai had entered this world and most likely became the Assassin, a Servant that should have been the most harmless but was now extremely dangerous.
Assassin, among the various classes, had few combat bonuses in class battles. Therefore, most of the time, Servants of this class found it difficult to confront other classes head-on.
They could only hide themselves using their Presence Concealment ability, performing intelligence gathering or assassinating Masters. Facing powerful Servants directly would easily lead to death.
But when a guy like Tao Pai Pai became an Assassin, things became quite tricky.
The woman codenamed ""Mandrake"" knew the strength of Chi Zha and Phantom Dragon. This duo, working together, possessed strength almost at the upper tier below the "Fierce" rank, and could preserve their lives against ordinary Servants in this world.
But against Tao Pai Pai, both died, and even the swiftly departing Medusa didn't have time to rescue them.
Moreover, according to Medusa, Tao Pai Pai was extremely fast, not inferior to her, who had obtained the Servant class correction.
A top Martial artists whose speed was close to a Servant… "Mandrake"'s brow ached just thinking about such an enemy. As a spellcaster, she hated speed-type Reincarnators the most.
"Mandrake"'s gaze shifted to Matou Sakura, hesitating whether to risk trying to find the bug that Matou Zouken had hidden in Sakura's heart at this moment.
The "Mandrake" team had entered this world before. This time, they chose to join the Matou faction because, among the several possible outcomes of the Fifth Holy Grail War, she believed that only the Heaven's Feel route (Sakura route) was closest to reaching the Root.
Therefore, after joining the Matou family faction, she quickly used her abilities and the Reincarnators' foresight to have Phantom Dragon and Chi Zha launch a preemptive sneak attack, directly killing Matou Zouken's physical body.
However, both from the spatial panel and their understanding of the plot, they knew very well that Matou Zouken was not dead, and most likely had transformed into a bug and was hiding somewhere in the mansion.
After Chi Zha and Phantom Dragon died, she immediately decided to take Medusa, Matou Sakura, and the remaining member, "North of Mohe," to hide underground and set up a barrier.
She wanted to use Tao Pai Pai to destroy Matou Zouken's other trump cards and methods. If Matou Zouken was not yet dead, then he was most likely hiding in Matou Sakura's heart.
Whether she killed him or had Tao Pai Pai 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 bugs crawled out from the cave floor. "North of Mohe" immediately stood up, extending his right hand, revealing a hollow in his palm, with flames burning within.
He was a mechanical modification type Reincarnator, and his compatibility with someone like Matou Zouken, who played with bugs and Crest Worms, was quite excellent.
The bugs seemed to pause for a moment until "Mandrake" reached out and stopped North of Mohe. Only then did Matou Zouken slowly transform back into human form after a large number of bugs gathered together.
It was only a human shape, without skin. The constantly wriggling Crest Worms made "Mandrake" feel a deep-seated disgust.
She disliked this bug whose mind had long been twisted by old age. The idealist who wanted to eliminate all evil in the world, the radiant "Makiri Zolgen," had completely vanished with the passage of time.
What remained was just a disgusting bug that had lost its way, doing anything to survive.
In her opinion, this guy was even more disgusting than Shimura Danzo, that ambitious talker from the Naruto World.
Her disgust was undisguised, and Matou Zouken could sense it, but he didn't care. Currently, this group of people controlled Sakura, killed his unworthy grandson Shinji, and his own body was destroyed.
And according to his informants, the Tōsaka family and Emiya Kiritsugu's adopted son had both successfully summoned Servants. In this Holy Grail War, he was already at an overwhelming disadvantage.
To reverse the situation, he could only cooperate with this group of people.
"Even if you kill this old man, with your abilities, you won't be able to win at all, will you?"
"Heh, although I don't know how you found out about the tricks this old man played on Sakura, even with a fragment of the Great Holy Grail, Sakura's qualification as a small grail may not necessarily surpass that girl from the Einzbern family…"
"Your plan to kill that girl has already failed, hasn't it…?"
Although "Mandrake" disliked Matou Zouken, she admitted that what he said was indeed true, especially after Phantom Dragon and Chi Zha died together. She was a spellcaster, and North of Mohe was a mechanical cyborg, making assassination missions very difficult.
Especially knowing that Tao Pai Pai was with Ilya.
If Ilya was in good condition, with her knowledge, she was indeed unsure if she could make Sakura a small grail and thus guide the plot towards the Heaven's Feel route.
This old bug, although his combat power might not be much, as a magus who had lived for over two hundred years, his understanding of the Holy Grail War was incomparable to that of these Reincarnators.
Moreover, as one of the creators of the Fuyuki City Holy Grail War, Matou Zouken could use the Great Holy Grail for some "backdoor" operations.
For example… summoning additional Heroic Spirit Servants again to supplement their combat power.
The cluster of bugs that Matou Zouken had transformed into twisted and approached the group, now under the light beneath the barrier. Medusa stood in front of Sakura. She could feel that these bugs harbored a certain greed towards her Master.
At this moment, Matou Sakura slowly opened her eyes, her gaze still filled with confusion.
"Mandrake" frowned, reached out, and swiped her hand in front of Matou Sakura's eyes. Matou Sakura fell into a deep sleep again.
She returned to the familiar school, seeing the boy jump over the bar again and again. That vitality and youthful vigor made her envious.
Like a flower in a dark swamp, she wanted to stretch her head out and yearn for that ray of sunshine.
But the next moment, a red-clothed girl with black twin-tails appeared in front of the boy. The two chatted happily, their actions intimate.
Matou Sakura's dream world once again turned into darkness.
She didn't understand why this world always took away everything she had. Even her sister, who had enjoyed everything from the Tōsaka family, still wanted to take away this last ray of light.
A dark aura continuously emanated from Matou Sakura.
This action was noticed by Matou Zouken, and his voice exuded a certain sense of relief.
"This stage is still a bit too early. If Sakura falls into darkness now…"
He had a point. "Mandrake" thought for a moment, then reached out and wiped Matou Sakura's forehead again. Matou Sakura's expression gradually softened.
Medusa watched this scene, her hand holding her Master moved slightly.
These people… even while protecting this poor girl, they didn't forget to squeeze out her last bit of value.
It was truly… nauseating.
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White Mask tilted her head, listening to some information, then smiled. 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 "Kirei Kotomine" seemed to have undergone some changes today. The other party seemed to suddenly have some kind of pursuit?
He scrutinized the other party with a detached gaze. White Mask also noticed "Gilgamesh's" keenness. She pinched her brow. These plot characters with divinity were indeed troublesome. If it weren't for the final outcome, she should have used that item on Gilgamesh.
She resumed her cold expression and walked out of the church, preparing to rescue that group of people and, incidentally, embed the foundation of the Human Complementation Project into Fuyuki City's ley lines.
Ch. 536 / 787