Why bother with the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

——Jiang You does not have a corresponding extra card.

Jiang You couldn't help but lament how difficult it was to earn favorability rewards in this game. Should he really ask Medea for some love elixir?

Minamoto no Raikou sighed deeply. Jiang You came before her, so Illya naturally favored that side. She always felt that if possible, Jiang You would probably say this to everyone.

It may not even be gender specific.

But it doesn't matter, I will definitely protect Illya. Minamoto no Raikou held Doujikiri Yasuna tightly, and as long as Jiang You dared to offend Illya, she would take action directly.

Jiang You secretly glanced at Minamoto no Raikou. This guy's favorability wouldn't be improved in a short period of time. And Illya's goal had always been to get Jiang You to help her summon her biological mother.

When Irisviel appears, Minamoto no Raikou's position will be in danger. It can be said that Jiang You is born to stand on the opposite side of Minamoto no Raikou, and it is difficult for Minamoto no Raikou to like him.

Then there's no need to be polite. He gave Minamoto no Raikou a look that said, "When Illya's biological mother shows up, how are you going to call yourself mother?"

Minamoto no Raikou gritted his teeth, but he knew that he could never defeat Illya's biological mother.

Thinking back to this, Minamoto no Raikou looked at Jiang You, who was holding Illya in front of him. Unable to refute, tears even welled up in her eyes. Illya's biological mother was fine, but how could a man who broke his promise take her child away? She felt a sense of sadness, as if her cabbage had been eaten by a pig.

"A Dark Game?" Zouken Matou had witnessed the tragic fate of high-ranking officials who had been preyed upon; those who lost a duel seemed to be erased from their very souls. Although he didn't quite understand the principles behind it, he knew he absolutely could not accept this duel. "I'm not that stupid. You might as well just attack me directly!"

"Unfortunately, this isn't something you can decide!" Jiang You took something out of his inventory and waved it in front of Matou Zouken. "Do you remember this thing?"

“Earrings…?” Zouken Matou quickly sensed a familiar aura emanating from the earrings. “This is a Mystic Code I made for Sakura!”

"You call this a Mystic Code?" Jiang You gave a disgusted look. This thing contained a potion that could heighten the senses. "Regardless, even if it doesn't cause any damage, the negative effects are still considered an attack to me. You made this, didn't you!"

Jiang You crushed the earring in his hand, spilling a peculiarly scented liquid all over his palm. "Then, Illya, as Master, you shall command this duel!"

After entrusting his life to Illya, Jiang You looked at Zouken Matou: "Let's stake our souls and play a dark game!"

The duel space opened up.

Jiangyou LP4000

Matou Zouken LP4000

"To think... to entrust your soul to a young girl from the Einzbern family, and even a soul crystal... it seems your relationship is quite close." Zouken Matou felt he should have guessed this sooner; Jiang You might actually be the former Third Magician.

"I can do it too," Minamoto no Yorimitsu muttered weakly, like a defeated dog.

“Of course, my connection with Ilya began ten years ago.” As he said this, Jiang You glanced at Minamoto no Yorimitsu, which earned him a resentful look.

“It hasn’t been that long… but saying it was ten years ago wouldn’t be wrong.” Ilya nodded.

"A Servant who appeared ten years ago?" Zouken Matou carefully recalled his experiences in the Holy Grail War ten years ago, but couldn't find any corresponding memories. If he had known that Jiang You would appear in the Fourth Holy Grail War, he would have tried everything to seize control of Jiang You, but now he had to get through this dark game first. "However, don't underestimate me. If Shinji Matou can win against a Servant, so can I!"

Chapter 150 Has the level of the Hundred Appearances' Noble Phantasm been increased?

"Then let me see how much you've improved in the last ten years." Jiang You thought to himself that it was already a good thing that the old bug wasn't senile at over three hundred years old.

"I don't aspire to improvement; maintaining the status quo is enough." Zouken Matou only desires immortality, not even age. "I don't have the drive of a young man, so I'll let you have the first strike."

"That's easy for you to say." Jiang You didn't give Matou Zouken any face and immediately exposed his true thoughts. "You want to use the Insect Crest on my monster, right? Well, fine, since you're pretty bad."

Of course, the old bug is still a little stronger than the oil king. Hearing these familiar words, Atram shed tears of blood.

"My turn!" Jiang You declared, and he and Matou Zouken drew five cards from their hands. However, since Matou Zouken didn't have any hand traps, it didn't matter how many cards he had.

"Ilya, it's up to you!" Jiang You had previously told Ilya to play this game, so he handed the cards to her.

“Okay…” Ilya took the token from Jiang You. She recognized Hassan's face on it, but…

"What a head! I can't even see the effects of your cards!"

Unlike the NPCs who can't see card effects, here, even if someone else gets hold of a card that isn't yours, they won't see its effects. Furthermore, cards cannot be physically stolen or destroyed without the cardholder's permission. This is the episode that insects and moths hate the most.

This is Jiang You's purpose: "It was my oversight that the effects of the cards can only be seen by the Master and the Servant. So, Illya, let's sign a contract here and become a magical girl."

"Can you stop spouting nonsense?" Ilya, of course, couldn't possibly understand the meaning behind Jiang You's words, and she could tell from his expression that he really didn't intend to make a move himself. "Always trying to be clever. Honestly, I can't let you lose here..."

"Your body is entrusted to me, and my destiny is entrusted to you..." The incantation was recited, and the contract was successfully established.

So Minamoto no Raikou could only watch as Jiang You took over his position as Illya's servant.

"As usual, there aren't any cards that belong to you," Ilya repeatedly examined the cards in her hand; the spell cards didn't belong to Jiang You either. "Anyway, I'll activate the spell card 'The Name of Hassan' from my hand first! Once per turn, search for one Hassan Sabbach from your deck. I'm going to add 'Hundred Faces'!"

"Next, I'll Normal Summon [Hundred Faces]! [Hundred Faces]'s effect is to summon as many of myself as possible from the deck!" Although this was Ilya's first time using Jiang You's deck, she roughly understood the card effect of Hundred Faces Hassan. After all, she had seen it once before.

[Hundred Appearances] Attack Power 800*3

[Morning Glory] Attack Power 0

"Wait...why is there this too? There's a fifth Servant, [Hyakuma (Host)]."

Miss Baimao, wearing an evening gown and makeup, appeared in the spotlight.

[Bai Mao (Host)] Attack Power 800

"Although heroic spirits can change the nature of their spirit origins according to legends, is it really that arbitrary?" Jiang You really didn't expect that his random play here would actually create a new legend for the Hundred Faces. It makes sense, but the production team must have something seriously wrong with it.

"So that's why you did this..." Ilya seemed to understand Jiang You's good intentions, that he could actually broaden the versatility of his Servant's Spirit Origin and Noble Phantasm.

"You've probably misunderstood... but having an extra card is always good. Let me check if this card is Normal or Special Summoned. I'll declare the type of one card, then flip over the top card of my deck. If it's the declared attribute, I'll add it to my hand; otherwise, I'll send it to the Graveyard." It's somewhat similar to a commentator explaining the situation on the field—getting a reward for being right and being penalized for being wrong. However, in Yu-Gi-Oh!, sending a card to the Graveyard without any cost is mostly a positive outcome.

Now, Baimao can exchange one card for five cards. If it were in a normal environment, it would either require extremely outrageous self-restraint or be banned. Fortunately, this is not the orthodox Yu-Gi-Oh!

Ilya looked at the description below: "Assassin Xyz Servants who hold this card as Xyz Material gain the following effect. When either your or your opponent's Servant declares an attack, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to activate this effect. Flip a coin. If it lands heads, negate that Servant's attack. If it lands tails, proceed with the attack normally."

It fits the audience's impression of Baimao throwing a coin.

Of course, there is another effect that neither Jiang You nor Ilya mentioned: If this card is Ritual Summoned, it can be Special Summoned to the opponent's field in Attack Position. If it is Special Summoned by this effect, this card's effect is negated, and it is banished when it leaves the field.

"Jiang You." Ilya called him by his real name as well; now there was no need for any Servant to hide their names. "What's the most common card in Hassan's deck?"

"Magic cards, right?" Jiang You thought for a moment. Although his deck still contained some cards from Emiya Kiritsugu, magic cards made up the majority. In fact, most Servants were mostly magic cards; their deeds and legends couldn't be written on a single card. "Yes, magic cards."

"Then the type I declare is: Magic Card!"

The top card of the deck was revealed, and it was Emiya Kiritsugu. How should I put it, it was quite perfect.

"Magician Killer... This is the third person whose deck has included him. What's going on?" Zouken Matou couldn't help but complain. Actually, if he could, he felt he could also include one of his cards in his deck.

"【Emiya Kiritsugu】's effect: When sent to the Graveyard by an effect, add one 【Origin Bullet】 from your Deck to your hand." Illya glanced at Jiang You inexplicably; she could now confirm Jiang You's extra privilege as the owner of the Noble Phantasm.

"No matter what, it's an extra piece of material. The condition is two or more two-star Assassins. I'll stack four [Hundred Faces]! Come forth, [Kyouko]!" Ilya decisively summoned the trump card that was currently visible in Hassan's deck.

[Kuangxinzi] Attack power 1000 → 3000

The fanatic who looks like the girl next door appears in the shadows again. Because it has happened so many times, she is too lazy to wear a veil to hide her identity. There is no point in hiding it anyway.

“This power… Leader Bai Mao, you’ve gotten stronger again.” Then she turned and saw Bai Mao, dressed in an evening gown and with exquisite makeup. “You’re doing this for an assassination infiltration… right?”

Although assassins would indeed change their attire and sneak in to kill their targets, Baimao's outfit was too eye-catching, and Kuang Xinzi always felt that something was wrong.

But Baimao just looked at her without saying anything.

She couldn't say that she, as an individual, quite enjoyed her current situation.

Chapter 151 Backcourt Four Covers, Please Comment!

"I cover 3 cards in the backfield, ending my turn!"

Jiang You glanced at the back row cards Ilya had placed; three of them were: [Confusion Master], [Support Shot], and [Origin Bullet]. All of them could block attacks from Servants without magic or trap resistance.

Now, Zouken Matou has no means to deal with the backfield. Even the three seal bugs he summoned at once are useless and cannot get through at all.

“Xyz Summon… I’ve never seen a summoning type like this before. And 3000 attack power,” Zouken Matou cautiously looked at Kyoko. Using the summoning of four Servants at once must be ridiculously powerful.

"Don't worry, [Kerbera] doesn't have any effects that can be activated during the opponent's turn, so your Crest Bugs can affect her. Oh wait, it still depends on luck now." Because of the host's Hundred Faces costume as material, Kerbera now has an additional effect of using a coin to interrupt attacks.

"Do you think I'm as naive as Shinji?" Zouken Matou wasn't going to easily believe Jiang You's words; Illya had already used that trick once before. "My turn, draw a card!"

"First, the effect of [Machiri Zorgen] is to send this card from your hand to the graveyard and search your deck for one [Five Hundred Years' Wish].

"Trying to summon yourself again? This card's effect is really awful." Matou Zouken Eyuu had seen this many times before; it had no offensive capabilities whatsoever and posed absolutely no challenge.

"Survival is the most important thing. As a Servant, you don't understand the value of life!"

"Do you really have the right to say this?" Jiang You never expected to hear such words from Matou Zouken. "Putting aside whether innocent ordinary people have died at your hands, you use your own offspring as vessels to prolong your life. Don't their lives matter?"

"I'm already struggling to take care of myself, how can I care for others? I activate [Five Hundred Years of Obsession], sacrifice [Winged Bladeworm] and [Marking Bug] from my deck to the graveyard, and Ritual Summon [Matou Zouken] from my hand in Attack Position!"

The swarm of insects formed a humanoid figure named Matou Zouken.

【Matou Zouken】Attack Power 1800

"Next, I'll Normal Summon [Matou Shinji]! I'm really curious about how Shinji will appear in this state!"

The Flesh Holy Grail had temporarily lost its core, but its connection to Matou Shinji remained intact. The foul black hole continued to spew black mud.

Shinji Matou fell onto the battlefield in his normal human form.

[Shinji Matou] Attack Power 200

"You old fool! How dare you lie to me!" As soon as Matou Shinji landed, he began to question Matou Zouken. He never expected that he would become a sacrifice to make up the Holy Grail.

"How dare you speak to your elders like that? I remember I taught you manners." Zouken Matou used the tyrannical power he had accumulated over the past decade to pressure Shinji Matou.

But it was no use now. Shinji Matou felt he was doomed, so he let loose and hurled extremely vulgar insults at the old man who had terrified him since childhood. "#Fuyuki profanity!"

"What a noise! ​​Because of [Matou Shinji]'s effect, I can directly activate a set Trap Card this turn. I'm going to activate [Book of False Minister], pay 1500 Life Points, and seize control of [Fanatical Noble]!"

Matou Zouken inkstone LP4000→LP2500

The pain of losing his soul terrified Zouken Matou. If possible, he didn't want to activate a card that would reduce his life points. However, Shinji Matou, who had a very high win rate, always used this card very decisively. He tried to win the duel using Shinji Matou's method.

"You should know I just acquired a [Origin Bullet], right?" Ilya decisively flipped over the face-down card; Kyoko had no way to counter this effect. "Don't even think about it! [Origin Bullet] effect: Negate and destroy [Book of False Subjects]!"

"Damn it!" Zouken Matou had just lost health points for nothing. He felt that Shinji Matou's tactics were useless, so he vented his anger on Shinji Matou, "Useless thing!"

Shinji Matou: "?"

Although Shinji Matou didn't understand what it meant, it didn't stop him from cursing even more harshly.

"Regardless, I've successfully used up one trap." Zouken Matou continued his actions. "Next, the Spell Card [Awakened Will]! Special Summon one Master Servant from my Deck! The Servant Special Summoned by this card is automatically destroyed at the end of the turn! I'm summoning [Sakura Matou]!"

[Matou Sakura] Attack power 1200 → 700

Although the bond is not strong enough, there are still ways to forcibly summon Zouken Matou.

"Sakura, how's the crowd evacuation going?" Jiang You had already made arrangements; he had quite a few Servants at his disposal.

"The evacuation is mostly complete, but a small number of people are still insisting on staying to watch the game." Matou Sakura pointed to the sparse crowd in the stands, putting themselves in danger for the sake of watching the spectacle. "Once everyone who is willing to cooperate has left, Rider and the others will forcibly take these people away."