Thanks for the invitation. I'm in Type-Moon, inheriting the legacy of Zi-O.

"Hahaha, there's no threat in this era anymore. Anyway, the Holy Grail is in Mash's shield, so I've become a little complacent..." Suddenly, an unknown reaction appeared on the screen again. "Wait, what is this reaction...?!"

Golden light emanated from the storage space of Mash's shield.

Then, a golden stream of light shot into the sky, and the Holy Grail that Mash and the others had retrieved suddenly burst out again for some unknown reason!

At the same time, Nianzhuo also sensed that everything around him seemed to have changed slightly.

"Everyone be careful!" Startled, Mary slumped back into her seat, frantically gathering information about the anomaly. "A section of the underground space has been distorted...!"

"No, that's not right!... Something is about to appear! It's an unknown phenomenon, different from the Servant's current world!"

In the sky, a huge purple ring appeared, forming a massive passageway.

"Unknown? No, this power is somewhat similar to spirit particle transfer!" Anxiously watching the scene on the screen, Mary couldn't figure out who was behind it. "This is impossible! Besides Chaldea, who, who could master this technology...?!"

"Hey, Senpai, and Nianzhuo-san too." Suddenly, Mashu squeezed between Ritsuka and Nianzhuo. Looking at the seemingly unchanged scenery around her, Mashu felt it was incredibly eerie. "Something's wrong, really... Even though nothing's abnormal around us, I feel... a chill down my spine—"

With a hum, the enormous purple spatial passage in the sky opened, revealing its pitch-black interior.

"...The space has opened! We've arrived!"

Tick-tock, tick-tock—as if the hour and minute hands were moving quietly.

Nianzhuo suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

"Ugh—!" Nian Zhuo quickly covered his mouth, his body about to fall to the ground uncontrollably.

Fortunately, his companions reacted quickly and caught Nianzhuo, who was about to fall to the ground. However, when they turned him over, they all stared in surprise.

Golden lines are spreading across Nianzhuo's body.

It's incomprehensible; even a single glance at it feels mysterious. This power definitely doesn't belong to the power of the "present" mental impurities.

So, to whom will this power belong?

The sound of footsteps echoed from the purple spatial passage.

A figure with a somewhat familiar outline appeared on the outside of the passage.

"Who...is that?" All eyes were focused on the suddenly appearing figure, wondering who it was.

"—!" The fox's ears twitched. Tamamo-no-Mae stared in astonishment at the figure, her gaze shifting back and forth between Nianzhuo in her arms and the figure. "Master... how could you...?"

Lying in Tamamo-no-Mae's arms, Nen-cho struggled to open his eyes.

The moment his gaze fell upon that figure, Nian Zhuo felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

The biting cold chilled him from head to toe, almost freezing him into ice crystals.

His throat bobbed, and he uttered the words in a low, hoarse voice.

"……run."

No one heard or felt the movement in her arms, and Tamamo-no-Mae turned her head.

"What's wrong, Master?" His face was full of worry.

There was no time to explain now. The moment Nian Zhuo saw that figure, only one thought remained in his mind.

"Everyone—" With all his might, Nian Zhuo shouted loudly at the Servants in front of him.

"—Run!!!!"

Not far away, beside the huge spatial passage, a figure saw Nian Zhuo below.

Their eyes met, and the figure's lips curled into a smile.

"The show is about to begin."

The future Zio, in the sealed spacetime, is the strongest enemy to date.

"Why—why—!" Nianzhuo wanted to shout, but his throat felt like it was blocked by a stone, and he even had difficulty breathing.

That guy standing on the mountaintop.

That guy looking down at us with a ferocious grin!

how--

How could it be my future self?!

"Run! Run!" Feeling increasingly weak, Nianzhuo desperately pushed away Tamamo-no-Mae and Mashu beside him, shouting to his companions, "Hurry! Once—once that guy makes a move, it will be too late!"

"Mr. Nianzhuo...?" Mashu, who had been pushed aside, stared blankly at the somewhat deranged Nianzhuo, looking incredulous. "What... what's wrong with you?"

The Nianzhuo before him was no longer as calm and confident as before.

He felt as if he had encountered his natural enemy, a monster beyond his wildest imagination.

"Hey, bro." Kintoki looked at Nianzhuo, who was desperately urging everyone to run, then glanced at the figure on the mountaintop. "That guy, doesn't he look a lot like you? Besides, if I were to run away before the fight even starts, I wouldn't be Sakata Kintoki!"

“Yes, Mr. Nianzhuo, the person who appeared looks…quite like you, doesn’t he? Have you seen him before?” Hearing Kintoki’s words, Mashu looked at the figure standing on the mountain and turned around with some doubt.

"You don't understand, none of you understand..." Nian Zhuo covered his head and dialed Mary's number. "Mary, are you there? Mary! Quick! Move Mashu and the others back right now! The sooner the better!"

“…Okay, I believe you.” Originally, Mary also had many questions she wanted to ask, but she chose to trust her servant first.

Fingers tapped on the control panel, but the result of the spirit particle reversal on the screen in front of him was... a glaring red X.

"How is that possible! Spirit transfer has no way of locking onto your era!" Mary shouted anxiously. Once even the only means of communication, spirit transfer, fails, Chaldea will have no way to contact them, who are located in the singularity, except through communication.

It was all too late.

"Good evening, everyone." The man on the mountaintop, laughing heartily, bowed slightly, looking down at the small crowd on the ground as if he were looking down on a bunch of ants.

"What a beautiful moon tonight, so let's have a good chat." With just a flick of his finger, a dark red beam shot straight into the sky.

Then, the man waved his hand lightly.

The ground where Nian Zhuo and the others stood began to tremble.

"What...what's going on...!" Amidst the violent shaking, everyone struggled to maintain their balance.

"An earthquake?" Jin Shi chopped his axe into the ground, trying to stop the tremors.

"No, we—we are ascending!" Mash exclaimed in surprise, the feeling of weightlessness almost causing her to fall to the ground.

"We're going to crash into it! Ahhhhh!" Above them was brown soil, and as Nianzhuo and the others got closer and closer to that layer of soil, everyone covered their heads.

"Haha, just kidding." A soft laugh came from beside him, and the man waved his hand down.

Above Nian Zhuo and the others, the layer of soil hundreds of meters underground in London was instantly swallowed by a dark force, revealing the sky outside.

Looking at the people lying on the ground, the guy smiled as if he had seen a clown.

"Before we chat, I prefer to talk to friends who keep things clean." Still pointing one finger to the sky, the man lowered his head slightly, revealing a ferocious... sharp fang. "Then, please let me close the [door] first."

A dark red light shot straight into the sky, then dissipated into ripples in the air.

Subsequently, in the outer reaches of the universe, beyond the observation reach of Nianzhuo and the others, around a pale blue planet.

Dark red ripples appeared from all directions, and countless chains shot out from the ripples, enveloping the blue planet within them.

The sound of chains clicking and clacking echoed continuously.

Countless chains directly wrapped the Earth into a large sphere.

Subsequently, the planet inside the chains completely stopped moving.

No, it shouldn't be said to have stopped, but rather that it was "fixed".

The Earth's rotation, revolution, the flow of time, and all movement are stopped.

The future is already fixed at this moment.

"Thank me, you scum." Having performed this astonishing feat, the man lowered his head and looked at Nian Zhuo and the others, who were still stunned by the scene just now. "If I hadn't used my power to envelop your bodies, you would have been sent flying into space and turned to ashes the moment the Earth stopped spinning."

"The Earth... has stopped rotating?!" Completely unable to believe her words, Mary nearly fell off her chair, staring blankly at the smiling man on the screen who bore a striking resemblance to [Nian Zhuo]. "This... is this something a magician can do...?"

"Ah~ sorry, I forgot to introduce myself." Having even heard Mary's words, the man smiled, patted off imaginary dust, and bent down.

"I am not a magician, not a heroic spirit, and not someone you can understand."

"I am the beast that controls time, the god that destroys and kills everything."

Then, the man raised his head, his eyes revealing a chilling murderous intent, an emotion so cold it froze everything.

“I am, [Nian Zhuo].

“…It’s over.” As if all the bones in her body had been removed, Nian Zhuo didn’t even want to face the surprised looks on everyone’s faces. She knelt on the ground and said, “Everything is over.” She held her face in her hands.

"Hmph, playing tricks!" However, Sakata Kintoki didn't think so. He slung the axe over his shoulder, and golden lightning gradually enveloped the axe blade.

Bang bang bang—Golden Time shattered all fifteen lightning magazines on the axe. Golden lightning roared and flashed like never before, scorching the rubble on the surrounding ground into dust.

Although it was hard to admit, the man on the mountaintop exerted an unprecedented sense of pressure on Kintoki.

Even... even surpassing the esteemed figure whom Kintoki admired and respected—[Minamoto no Yorimitsu].

Even after firing all fifteen rounds, Kintoki still felt it wasn't enough.

"Damn it, try this move! — [Golden Spar]!" The figure leaped high into the air, Kintoki gripping the axe handle with both hands.

The fully fired axe, imbued with the power of Thor, has likely increased in power from its original C- to a level comparable to A+.

"Hmph, a mere trick." However, faced with such divine power of golden lightning, the man didn't even need to raise his head.

"Give it to me, disappear!" Gripping the axe handle with both hands, Kintoki swung it down hard at the man.

The golden axe blade roared and, with unstoppable force, struck the man's body directly.

Sizzling sounds—countless friction and electrical crackling arose, and intense sparks shot out.

"Ha, in that case—" Kintoki's voice, which had been full of confidence, came to an abrupt halt.

The attack he unleashed, exceeding even the axe's limits, was comparable to an A-rank Noble Phantasm... a single strike.

The sword struck the opponent, but... it caused no damage whatsoever.

Even when his axe struck the opponent's body, none of the sparks that flew were from the opponent's body.

Kintoki could feel his axe gradually shattering as it collided with the opponent's body...

"How is this possible?" Unable to believe what he was seeing, Kintoki's muscular body erupted with unimaginable strength as he pressed down on his axe.

"Aaaaaaah!" The sparks exploded even faster and in greater numbers. Kintoki used his last bit of strength to try and cut through the opponent's body.