Guanbuzi International Airport.

"Is this Guanbuzi City?"

After getting off the plane, the European man wearing a gray-blue overcoat quickly scanned his surroundings. Only after confirming that there were no summoned creatures like (Li Wanghao) watching him did he take out a photograph from his pocket.

The person in the photo is Shen Qiu, who is only about twelve years old. He is standing on a pile of ruins, with the city of Fuyuki burning fiercely behind him. Judging from the angle of the photo, it was taken from a fighter jet.

"Suspected Third Magician - High Risk. Recruit first, and eliminate if necessary."

This was the order given to him by the Secret Service, and it was also the purpose of his trip.

"A mage, huh? How interesting. I wonder if every mage is as powerful as him. If I had the chance, I'd really like to take him down a few times."

And in an instant, his eyes turned from azure blue to blood red!

From a perspective invisible to normal people, clumps of dark shadows emerged from his body, transforming into wild beasts of different appearances, such as wolves, leopards, and jackals, and surged toward the entire Guanbuzi City.

"We are searching for a boy named Matou Aki!"

Chapter 375: The Aozaki Family's Twin Sisters - Their First Battle Against the Ancestor

"What's wrong, brother?"

Sakura looked at Shen Qiu, who was clearly eating, but whose body suddenly stiffened, with a puzzled expression.

"It's nothing. Sakura, why don't you go back to your room and stay with your master?"

"Good~"

After only a moment of stiffness, Shen Qiu quickly returned to normal.

"Someone's here? Your hunch was pretty accurate."

Orange wiped the Demon Eye Killer off her forehead with a wet wipe, a sly smile appearing on her lips. She showed no sign of panic before the arrival of a great enemy, but rather a hint of schadenfreude.

"Their enthusiasm is truly unimaginable, those people on the mystical side..."

"What's wrong, A-Qiu? Is there an enemy?"

Although Wu-jo Kirie couldn't fully understand what the two were saying, she could roughly guess what they were talking about, since the power her boyfriend possessed was just too tempting.

"We can't be completely certain that the other party is an enemy... Let's just assume they are. Anyway, I won't have any expectations of the people from the Magicians' Association and the Holy Church."

"After all, their styles of doing things have always been very similar."

After swallowing a macaron, the silver-haired Yustissa gave a very fitting assessment. Having spent so much time in the world of Fate/Apocrypha, she was extremely familiar with the nature of these two major mystical organizations.

Tokyo, on a Shinkansen bullet train in operation.

Kanbuko is part of the Tokyo metropolitan area, so if you're coming from Shinjuku, you can take the Shinkansen (bullet train), and the journey shouldn't take more than an hour.

In fact, after receiving Orange's notification, Aoko originally intended to set off immediately, but since she was penniless, she had to work odd jobs for several hours in a rather miserable manner.

Fortunately, Tokyo is a world-class metropolis, so the hourly wage is also top-notch, and I quickly saved up enough money for my train fare.

"I must get some money from my sister after I see her this time; my travel funds are completely exhausted!"

Touching her empty wallet, the girl couldn't help but sigh. Although their relationship hadn't been as good as it had been since the incident at the Witcher's Night, it had improved somewhat compared to before.

They no longer fly into a rage the moment they meet and start fighting without saying a word.

"Ding! We have arrived in Kanagawa Prefecture. Passengers, please prepare to disembark..."

"Huh? We've already reached Kanagawa? In that case, it's not far from Kanbuko..."

"What bad luck! Being dispatched to a place like this overnight, with no direct transportation and requiring transfers. Luckily, I've learned a lot during this long period, otherwise I probably wouldn't even know how to take the bus..."

"That guy is...from the Holy Church?"

Mei Lian Solomon caught Qingzi's attention as soon as he got into the car.

A white robe embroidered with gold, black trousers and leather shoes—this was clearly church attire. Of course, these things were secondary; the most important thing was the undeniable magical aura emanating from the other person.

Quite large.

Similarly, Mei Lian immediately sensed Aozaki Aoko's presence.

Their eyes met in mid-air. Unlike Qingzi's puzzled and somewhat strange expression, Mei Lian, whose face appeared unchanged, was actually extremely nervous.

Aoko might not know her, but she definitely knows Aoko.

After all, this is the Fifth Mage!

"Are all kids these days so rich...?"

In reality, Aoko's focus was not on this at all.

Instead, it was the extremely luxurious and magnificent rings worn on all ten fingers of the other person, made of gold, platinum, emeralds, sapphires, rubies... Although Aoko's academic performance was not outstanding, the mineralogy textbook she studied at the Clock Tower allowed her to recognize the raw materials of these rings at a glance.

There is no doubt that it is a genuine product.

"Things seem to be getting a bit complicated..."

Mei Lian sighed deeply in her heart.

Meanwhile, on the other side is Kanbuko City.

“Nero Chaos, one of the Twenty-Seven Dead Apostles, ranked tenth. I’m not mistaken, am I?”

On the outskirts of the city, Shen Qiu, dressed in a black DK uniform, looked at the pale-faced European man opposite her, who resembled a vampire, with a complicated expression, and called out the man's name precisely.

“I haven’t appeared in the secular world for quite some time, and as far as I know… information about me is strictly confidential. How did you know that?”

As a magician who also served as one of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors, Nero Chaos was always the secret trump card of the Secret Council and rarely appeared in front of the world. The last time he appeared was during the battle to subdue the Fuhai Forest fifty years ago.

Logically and emotionally, "Matou Aki," who is only a teenager according to the records, should not know about her own existence.

To be honest, Shen Qiu was also taken aback. He had thought that the Magicians' Association might send someone to investigate him, but he didn't expect it to be Nero Chaos.

This shows how much importance is placed on him.

Nero Chaos, ranked tenth among the Twenty-Seven Ancestors, possesses immense strength. Not only is he a magician of the Wandering Sea, but he also possesses a unique boundary within him that bypasses the Counter Force's correction—the [Beast King's Nest]—and boasts a staggering 666 Beast Factors.

Unless Shen Qiu can completely eliminate all 666 beast factors within one second, he can regenerate in the next second. Without a causal weapon like the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, it would be very troublesome to deal with.

“These are not the main points. I want to know what the Magicians’ Association’s purpose is in sending you here—although I can actually guess it.”

"Then, please tell me your answer."

Although he already had a lot of information about Shen Qiu, after seeing him in person, he still felt that the boy in front of him, who looked to be around sixteen or seventeen years old, was probably far more unfathomable than he had imagined.

"The first answer is correct, I am the Third Magician."

"really!"

Although he was mentally prepared, he was still somewhat surprised when he heard Shen Qiu admit it with his own ears.

The second answer is: Impossible.

Do you know what the consequences of saying that are?

The boy's answer was exactly what he expected; he merely frowned.

Then, two pitch-black, wolf-like beasts rushed out from behind Shen Qiu, something he could never have imagined, their target being his neck!

"It seems you haven't imagined the consequences of angering a mage!"

Chapter 376: Aoko Arrives - Shen Qiu VS Nero

A surge of violent magic power erupted from Shen Qiu's body. The terrifying, boundless magical power unique to the Third Law tore through the air like a tsunami. However, to Shen Qiu's astonishment, even so, the two wolves that were tearing at him from behind did not stop their advance.

It looks as if it's completely unharmed!

While magicians are indeed powerful, they are not invincible in the eyes of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors, especially those ranked higher. It is worth noting that the second most powerful magician, Gemstone, almost lost to the Black Princess, Ertrul.

Although they ultimately won, they were also drained of blood and became members of the Dead Apostles.

Not to mention Stuart, one of the three progenitors, the alien creature Oort from Mercury, and the ultimate terrifying white princess—Arquette Brunstadt.

Nero naturally belongs to this category as well.

Ranked tenth among the twenty-seven ancestral masters, he not only possesses superhuman speed, strength, and physical skills, but also an absolute trump card—[Unique Barrier: Beast King's Nest]

"what!"

Shen Qiu was surprised to see that his magic had no effect, but he quickly recovered. The light blue katana slid into his palm and swiftly cut the two black wolves in half at the waist.

"It's useless. All physical and magical attacks are unable to kill my Beast King's Nest. Everything you're doing now is just a waste of effort. Matou Aki, I'm giving you one last chance to choose."

After a brief encounter, Nero Chaos felt relieved. It seemed that the other party was just a young upstart who had just gained power and had no idea how to use it.

"It's really interesting."

Shen Qiu licked his lips. The origins of all attack methods in the world are nothing more than physical and magical attacks. Everything else is derivative. It's no wonder the other party seemed so confident that he could be immune to these two types of attacks.

"but--"

"That's all you're good for, isn't enough to make me surrender!"

The next second, the boy's eyes turned blood red, and the three hooks that had been linked together transformed into a bizarre four-cornered windmill shape. Before Nero Chaos could react, he heard a term that was completely incomprehensible to him—

"Eternal Kaleidoscope: Sands of Time!"

He didn't know what the term meant, but his combat instincts and bloodline abilities, honed over thousands of years, made him instinctively want to turn around and avoid it, as if danger was imminent.

Then, he couldn't move.

Then, there was the katana falling straight down at him in his eyes.

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